The Straits Times, 4 September 1931

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] WE LARGEST, AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 4, 1931. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1931. PRICE 10 CENTS
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      359 1 SINGAPORE: 78. CttCIL ST. CPHONK BUD*. 6.15 Tonight 9.15 rookery NOOK" With TOM WAULS, KALI'H LY.YN, I WINIFRED SHOTTEK. J Thone 5261-2. j DERIVES WONDERFUL STAYING-POWER FROM I PHOSFERINE IJL ji "T would like you to know of the great > >n^ s b« n cflt I have received from
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      132 1 §pw uMI> i H£v T Cr HO f l M| CARRON PREMIER DOVER m^ Jill Ranges at sale Prices. \|p An opportunity to Buy one of these Famous Ranges at Sale Price No: 6 Sale Price $29.50. Fitted with Boiler Sale Price $56.50. No. 7 $39.50. $66.50. No. 8 $46.50.
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      20 1 i j T" I 1 6.15 Tonight 9.15 ROOKERY i NOOK" With TOM WALLS, KAI.I'H LYNN. wmmo mmo, Phone 5261-2.
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      519 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL PASSENGERS AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage due Spore. MANTUA 11.000 Sept. 5 BURDWAN 6.070 Sept 6
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      631 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.) TO LONDON. Naples. Marseilles, London, Antwerp^ Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels Tonnage Due Sail HAKOZAKI MARU 10,500 Sept. 9 10 TERUKUNI MARU 12,000 Sept. 23 24 HAKI'SAN MARU 10.500 Oct. 7 8 HAKINA MARU 10,501) Oct. 21 22 KATORI MARU 10,000 Nov. 6 I KASHIMA MARI'
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      484 2 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailing* by the wellknown teamer MARELLA (7,865 tons) and the s.s. {ANGOLA (3,362 tons) (Cargo only). The MARELLA is one of the largest and ineit steamers trading to Australia, cabins le
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      656 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO; I LIMITED (Incorporated in Denmark.) Telephone 5325. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. 0 GENOA, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG and COPENHAGEN. Leave Spore. Penang. M.s. MEONIA Sept 16 Sept 18 m.s. BORINGIA Oct. 14 Oct. 16 m.s. SELANDIA Oct. 21 Oet 23 m.s. FIONIA Nov. 4 Nov. 6 m.s.
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      565 2 THE BLUE FUtfNIEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO., LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England.) lEGULAB SERVICE TO MARSEILLES. .ONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, 5 ANTWERP, HAMBURG and BREMEN, B GENOA. HAVRE, LIVERPOOL and GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK and BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON and >JDRTH CONTINENT. .ONDON, ROTTERDAM
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      472 2 SIAHf STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siam) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE. For Kelantan, Tabai, Bangnura, Telupln, Patani, Singora, I.aeon, Sichon, Bandon, Kohsnmui, Langsuan, Taku, Chumpon and Bangkok. Arrival Departure MALINI Sept. Sept. 9 SUDDHADIB Sept. 13 Sept. 16 VALAYA Sept. 20 Sept. 23 These vessels art fitted throughout with electric
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      426 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. TACOMA ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO., TACOMA, WASH. STATES STEAMSHIP CO., PORTLAND, ORE. JOINT SCHEDULE Sailings for United States and Canada Points from Hong Kong. San Frsnrltro and Lo* Angele*. SS QOLDEM TIDE suils from HoUc Kong 2r> San FraacJaM am! Portland S S.S.
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      518 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE of mi AMERICAN MAIL LI N E KOUND-THE-WORLD SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO, SUEZ, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA, MARSEILLES, NEW YORK AND BOSTON. Arrive L**T« L*aTe S'por*. S'por*. Penang. PRES. HAYES Sept. 14 Sept. 17 Sept. 19 PRKS. FILLMORE Sept. 28 Oct. 1 Oct. S PRKS. MONROE Oct.
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      468 3 ELLERMAN BUCRNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England.) -ELLERMAN" LINE. Pa*a*rieer and Freight Sarric** to: UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VU Port* and Snei CaaaL OUTWARDa T< HONR KONG, SHANGHAI and JAPAN Steamer Do* S'por* s.-. CITY OF KHIOS Sept. 5 s.v. CITY OF PERTH Oct. 12 HOMEWARDS. CITY OP HALIFAX
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      1628 3 BANKING ANNOUNCEMENTS. NEDERLANDSCH HANDEL MAATSCHAPPY, N.V. Netherlands Trading Socieiy. (Established at Amsterdam IS! I.) PAID UP CAPITAL F1.80,030,000 (about £6,669,000). STATUTORY RESERVE FUND F1.40,015,000 (about £3,335,000). 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
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      687 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. There are approximately srven words to a line and there is v flat rate charg* of 25 cents per line per insertion with A minimum of on* dollar per insertion. Advertisements will be accepted up to 10" a.m. vii the day of issue. A fee of "J6 cents
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      872 4 HOUSES, FLATS TO LET TO LET FLAT. Namasie Mansions. Apply M. A. Naraazie. NO. 12. Balmoral Crescent, 277, Bukit Timah Road. Apply tt, Balmoral Road. Bungalows 6, 14, 18, Anfillia Park. 863, 3CI-A, Orchard Rd. fixing modern sanitation. TO LET, No. 9, Sophia Rd., No. 4-6, E«»t Coast Rd. Apl.
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      1034 4 BUSINESS PREMISES MISCELLANEOUS TO LET MONEY TO LOAN ON MORTGAGE upon good town properties. Apply to 921, Straits TO LET, shops at Grosvenor Hotel Bldg. rimes. OFFICES TO LET, 24-B, Battery Boad, TRANSLATIONS undertaken from and into 2nd floor. Apply Guthn* Co, Ltd. French, German and English by expert linTZ
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      1014 4 PUBLIC NOTICES ORDINANCE N0 96 (MINOR OFFENCES). Police Order* made under Section S (4) of Ordinance No. 96 (Minor Offences) for the regulation of traffic on the occasion of the Autumn Race Meeting to be held on August 29 and September 2, 5, 9 and 12, 1931, at the Race
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      833 4 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE is hereby <riven that all roads within Government House Domain will be closed to the public from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. on each of the followire days Viz Aug. 29. 19S1, Sept. 2, 6, 9 and 12, 1931. R. L. XUNN, M. Inst. C.E. Deputy
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      363 5 HOTELS Raffles Hotel I EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION WITH MODERN SANITATION. TERMS MODERATE THIS EVENING TEA DANCE 6.30—8.15 p.m. FOLLOWED BY INFORMAL AFTER DINNER DANCE 9.45 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. Special Race Dinner Dance Music by MONIA LITTER and HIS AUGMENTED ORCHESTRA Sea View Hotel I SATURDAY, SEPT. 5. SPECIAL
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      836 5 HOTEL SENTOSA PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL HOTEL 61. STEVENS ROAD, TANGLIN Situated in the healthiest district of Singapore— Excellent Cuisine aad Service— Teanis Courts and Carafe. INCLUSIVE TERMS DAILY or MONTHLY UNDER SUKOPBAN MANAGEMENT. Tel. No. 4584— Telegraphic address: "SENTOSA," Singapore. tenders Auction notices. Singapore municipal ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SAIi NOTICE of high-grade
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      484 5 VERITY'S _ttaHi-__s_____i_____________< m *B~M»~TF, Bj. "KARACHI" FANS FOR ALTERNATING CURRENT. UNSURPASSED FOR EFFICIENCY Sole Agents: CC g ~j^TRA| 1 SINGAPORE IPOH KUALA LUMPUR. Tel. 5471 (4 lines.) 0/ BUSSAH KW? K S 'N6APO^ NOTICE is hereby given that the above Trade Mark is the property of the CONDENSED MILK ASSOCIATION
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  • INDIA, BURMA AND CEYLON WEEK BY WEEK
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      Notes From Bengal.
      1836 6 Kaleidoscopic Politics Mr. GandhVs Petty Quibbling H India's Terrorists Mangoes For Britain Long-Drawn-Out Conspiracy Trials The Red Raid In Shanghai The Locust M c nac c—e Sports Arena For Calcutta When Bird Hits Plane The ISew Treatment For Malaria. (Kroni Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, Aug. 22. Politics
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      COMMUNISM IN THE EAST.
      610 6 Shanghai Revelations. PROVIDE FOOD FOR THOUGHTJN INDIA. In view of the news to hand yesterday from Shanghai concerning the fresh startling revelations which have come to light, as to Moscow's activities in the East, during the course of the Noullens trial, the following article by the
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      FLOOD VISITATION IN BENGAL.
      293 6 Touching Sights. HOMELESS VILLAGERS' PLIGHT. Calcutta, Aug. 20. j Magistrates and litigants approaching the Court in 'boats, bazaars held on rafts J and boats, shopkeepers selling their goods on "jetties" run out into the middle of flooded roads, children fishing from the nouses and a flooded
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      A Ceylon Letter.
      1474 6 The Rubber Scheme /Veil? Governor Of The D.E.I To Be Told AH About It When He Passed Through Colombo Better Quality Tea New Electrical Method Of Firmg Can Ceylon Grow Cotton Drinking Lake Water Kaiuly's Predicament Chief Secretary As G o I f c r The Woes
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      SEDITIOUS SPEECHES.
      85 6 iTed Planters Resent Official Indifference." Bangalore, Auk. 17. The South India European Planters' inference has unanimously adopted a solution that the Conference views with aye concern the apparent indifference splayed by the Government of India to ditious and inflammatory speeches beg delivered by extremists throughout c country which
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    IRATE FATHER'S CRIME.
    93 6 Child of Four Battered To Death. Lahore, Aug. 18. Following a quarrel with his wife in his father-in-law's house in Jhang Ouraditta, a goldsmith struck her with a hammer repeatedly until she became unconHe then picked up his four-year-old daughter and battered her against the wall until
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    INCITEMENT TO MURDER.
    214 6 Three Years' Imprisonment For Lahore Printer. Lahore, Aug. 13. For publishing a poster bearing the L heading Khimka Radla Khan ("a life for I a life,") Churanjilal, the keeper of .the L Bande Matram Press of Lahore, was sentenced today to three years' rigorous imprisonment and a
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    POLITICAL CRIME.
    116 6 Inciters in Bengal Warned By Governor. Dacca, Aug. 12. j Glorification of political murders must be regarded, in a great measuie, as res- U ponsible for the loss of several valuable U lives, said His Excellency the Governor li of Bengal in his address at the investiture M
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    FOUR PERSONS KILLED.
    56 6 Villagers Terrorised By Tigers. i C'hittagong. Aug. 13. l< Depredations by tigers are reported 1 from the Kaherhat area and, withinl a few days, four villagers have been mauil ed and killed. Kaherhat is on the border of the hilly Pnear Mirsarai station on the engal Railway,
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    DAWSON'S BANK.
    62 6 Grant of Application Refused. Rangoon, Aug. 18. Mr. Justice Das has refused to grant I the application for the compulsory )jpnd- II intr-up of Dawson's Bank. I The bank, it will be remembered, re- I cently proposed to change from the de- I posit to the debenture system,
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      192 7 A \M£A I kl A^a^^aW telephone 6909 ~*^j4MmKm 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 Crowds again acclaim a marvellous actress NORMA SHEARER eclipses her wonderful performance in "THE DIVORCEE" with a glorious new role with ROBERT MONTGOMERY in the Season's most polished, brilliant picture STRANGERS MAY KISS A Metro Goldwyn Mayer Triumph Booking
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      193 7 Have YOU seen This Splendid ALL -BRITISH Entertai nment The Whole Town's Talking about RALPH LYNN and TOM WALLS The SCREEN'S NEWEST and BEST COMEDY PAIR AT THE CAPITOL "The Theatre of International Successes" in the Celebrated British Side-splitting Comedy "ROOKERY NOOK" with winsome Winifred Shotter. BEN TRAVERS' FAMOUS ALDWYCH
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      73 7 .v*s^l THE PICTURE WHICH GIVES YOU A 100 MILES AN HOUR THRILL "DIRIGIBLE" The film which triumphed 8 weeks at the LONDON TIVOLI COMING SOON— Watch for Opening Date VICTORIA THEATRE LAST NIGHT, TOMORROW, SATURDAY, AT 9.30 p.m. MATINEE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER Bth at 5.30 p.m. GLOOM! GLOOM!! GLOOM!!! CHASED AWAY
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      200 7 Today's Crossword Puzzle :r JZ 'tiLt iL ZW~ _g| Jli_il V? g ST" %T p|; SST I I 1 \Sm I m 1 I t-^ 1 I I «JLUti».j ACROSS. 19- J^' 11;'"1 oins 1. Outer coat of grain s.;. V-.rt of blood 5. Geometrical figure 15. Cook 9. AbiindoneU
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  • SHIPPING NOTES.
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      OIL POLLUTION AT SEA.
      317 8 Hill To Make Separators Compulsory. In ilic EaMM of Commons in mail week, Sir Cooper LtMN asked leave to introduce the Oil Pollution Bill, which, lie s:iid, was in response to a just and growing demand not only from private individuals, but from municipal councils, and
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      P. AND O. COMPANY.
      168 8 Concession for Round Trip London-Singapore. The P. and O. S. N. Co. is now issuing first saloon return tickets for the round voyage by any steamer from London to Singapore for £140. the passenger making the round voyage in the one steamer, and ihus having a
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    S.V.C. TRAINING.
    72 8 ProgTaranM of drills up to and for weekending Sept. 6 Friday, Sept. I. r > p.m.. I>rill Hall, "F" (Malay) Co, SO Yards Range: 5.1. r > p.m.. Drill Hall, Bde. Signal Section, Section Parade. Saturday, Sept. J |>.m., Farrer Ranpi*. ■V (M.ci.i Casoala; 2 p.m.. Drill Hall,
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    40 8 ■r Hempo Karapara D'Artagtta Kliyl»T Jolvin .Ie Witt B'pore London Left Arrd. July 31 Aug. 20 July M Auk- 24 July U Aug. 25 Auk. 7 Auk. *1 Aui. 7 Auk. 31 Aut;. J I Sept. I
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      EXCHANGE RATES.
      203 8 Sini;u|H>re. Se|>t. 1. SELLING. London, 4 months' sight 2/3 29/32 London, 3 months' sight 2'3?t« London, 60 days' sight 2/3 27/32 London, 30 days' sight 2/:; 13/16 London, demand 2/3 23/31: London, T.T. 2Ai 21 32 Lyons and Paris, demand 1425 Hamburg, demand 234 nnm New York, demand
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      PRODUCE.
      170 8 Singapore, Sept. 4. ■Jambier 10.0( (Cube No. 1 unpicked) lfcni copra mixed 3.70 ■'.iito flour, Sarawak I.72 White Pepper 28.50 Black Pepper 18.50 Pearl Sago 4.25 small 6.00 medium pearl r" n Itice, Siam $172 to 2:.V> Saigon $X" t 1 "> Rangoon $157 to 17(1 No. 1 of
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      225 8 Today. Selat Pandjanfr, Bcngkalif, Siak, P. Baroe, Pajakombo and Padang (Hong Thong) 3 p.m. North. N.-East and N.-West Sumatra (Toracljnl 3 p.ir. Siam (except Lower Siam) llafthor) l>.m. .Snuialiaya (HntiiMUiai 1 l>.n:. Java, South-West Sumatra, SouthEast Borneo. Celebes, Moluccas and Timor Dilly i Nam Yongi 1 p.m.
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      MAILS EXPECTED,
      43 8 From China, by Hilda, due at Singapore tomorrow. From China and Japan, by Nagato Maru. due at Singapore tomorrow. From China and Japan, by Hawaii Mimu. due at Singapore tomorrow. From France, by Chenonceaux, due at Singapore 7 a.m. on Sunday.
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      Vessels Arrived.
      129 8 BUKGERDUK. Hut.. 4.22:" tons, from Macasser :;■!>. for Boston via Penan* 5-9. CHINEBE PUNCH, Brit.. 3,650 tons, from Boston 4-H, f<ir IViiaiii: 8-0. CIRCE. Brit.. 114 tons, from Kelantan 4-9. for Kelantan 5-9. GEN. VERSPECK, Dut., 6JO tons, from Natuna Isl. 4-11, for Natuna Islands 8-9. HIA SONG.
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      MINING.
      443 8 Is- lie Val. I'd. Buyers. Sellers. II £1 Asam Kuml.iunr 20/9 22/- cd. £1 £1 AuKtr.i! Malay 18/- 20 6/-J Ayer Hitam Tin t\/$ 12/3 £1 £1 Dangrih Tin 9/- 10/1 1 Hiitiinir Pudang 0.10 0.15 1 1 Batu Caves 0.29 o.:U 1 1 Bukit Aran«r 0.30 0.40n0m. £1
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      GENERAL.
      264 8 Issue Vn!. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. 2 2 Alex. Brick Ords. 1.75 2.25n0m. 1 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 1.95 2.05 U fl Brit. Am. Tobacco 3.5.6 3.0.0 1 1 Central Engine 0.25 .:<onom. 100 SO Chinese Com. Bank 70.00 '5.00 £1 1 Con. T. S. I','c Prefs. 16/6 17/3 £t
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
      134 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.e. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 102 104 ci. Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 par. i% prem. Singapore Municipal 4% p.c. uf 1907 red. 7947 $1,600,000 95 par Singapore Municipal 4'j p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 95 par
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      RUBBER SHARES
      394 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotations. At Ue present time the majority of above rubber .bare quotations are nominal only. J LYALL ft EVATT. Today's Price Fraser Lyall Co. Evatt lenby ($1) O.fO 0.60 0.50 O.CO lor Gajah ($1) 0.30 0.40 0.30 0.46 L Hitam ($1)
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      MALAYAN WIRELESS PROGRAMMES.
      824 8 Details of Week-End Concerts. (By Our Wireless Correspondent) Singapore, Friday. The list of stations which may be heard daily in Malaya is as follows (Singapore lime only is given) ALWAYS ON THE AIR. HANDOENG, P.L.M., 32 metres, 5.10 to 6.30 p.m., recorded music 6.30 to 7 p.m.,
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    125 8 Friiluy, September I. Ships alongside the Wharves or rxptcted to arrive. KEITF.L HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lch. Mats Mats, Lch. Shikuri, Tu(f I'entower, W. lit. Sweet, The Cable, M. Lch. Btntsaa*. Lighter lln mac. H.l'.M. Lighter 190. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjons;
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    OUTWARD MAIL.
    41 8 Mails from Europe (London mail* dispatched on Auk. 13), ex P. and O. Mantua which anchored at Penang at 6.10 p.m. yesterday, will arrive by train tonight. Correspondence will be ready for delivery to boxholders at 8.30 a.m. tomorrow.
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      98 8 "Coleman" Instant-Lite TABLE LAMP NO I'KF.-HEATING ti iM) (/.P. NO AITING O BK L l^tJrn NO mi j STRIKE no si'ii.T oil flj A MA^Jjsrs NO EYE STRAIN W AIX 1 LAMP COMPLETF. AS ABOVE. (Kremlite Shade). $22.50 J. LITTLETCO.. LTD., (Incorporated in England) Singapore. K. Lumpur. Penanr Ipoh. HARRIS
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      43 8 SPECIALLY PREPARED FOR MALAYAN GARDENS GARDEN FERTILIZER FOR LAWNS SHRUBS FLOWER BEDS POT PLANTS NURSERIES VEGETABLES. Packed in bags of 281b5., 1 cwt. and 2 cwts. FL*LL INSTRUCTIONS SUPPLIED IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES (MALAYA), LIMITED. 144, Ro'iin on Road. Tel. 5476. SINGAPORE. Tele*. IMPKEMIX."
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      209 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. YESTERDAY. Bright Stations. Temperature Rain- SunMax. Mm. fall, shine. Redan hh °UrS- Ke'?.'nUnStr -87 I Kota Bharu ..91 73 0.03 8.6 I Trenxganu K. Trcng Kanu W) 73 Nil 10.5 P!Ln §g g Prrnc.W.W NU Sl i Hutterworth .88 74 0.07 0.7 I'nhanc 1
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      83 8 1 P.M. YKSTK RDAY. Wind Relative Direc Force. Weather Humidity tic a. m"-h-7'"" 5 overcast 55 SW 3 Fin» 73 E 10 Fine 2 %Z M« 6? SSW 2 5K* 7.", W 5 ChHidy C 5 NX •> vinp fir, t-a| nl Ki 05 SSE 10 Fine C 5 WSW
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      222 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Friday, September 4. H. W. 2.8 a.m., 8 ft. I in., 2 p.m., 8 ft. 0 In. Saturday, September 5. II. W. 2.55 a.m., 7 ft. 3 in., 2.31 p.m., 8 ft. 4 in. Singapore Races, Autumn Professional meeting, Third Day. Y.M.C.A. Swimming Carnival, and Singapore
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    264 9 The Rubber Position Unchanged. LITTLE BUSINESS PASSING. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Friday. Today'B Prices Rubber, 7'J cents per lb. Tin, 75 tons at $61 per pica). Yesterday's Prices Rubber, London, 2 '/id., unchanged. New York, 5 cts., up 1-16 ct. Market Tone Quiet. Tin. London. (I
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    EXCHANGES.
    74 9 Rugby, Sept. 3. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam, 12.00'!., Atfltftif 373, Bombay Is. 5%d., Berlin 20.52M1, Brussels 34.09, Bucharest 817, Rio :i 1-16, Buenos Aires 31 11-16, Copenhagen 18.18, Geneva 2-1.95, Helsingfors 193, Hong Kong 11 l /tt, Lisbon 111). Madrid r>3.85, Milan 1)2.95'-.:, Monte Video 22, New York 4.86
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD.
      987 9 Chairman on a Record Revenue. The thirty-seventh annual general meeting of the Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ltd., was held on July 23, 1931. In moving: the adoption of the balance sheet for year ended Mar. 31, 1931, the chairman, Mr. De Burgh B. B. Persse, said
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      59 9 Tone of Market Stagnant. Latest (able London Spot Sheet 2<4d. per Ib. New York Spot Sheet G ets. 5 per lb. R.S.S. equal to London Standard Standard R.S.S. on Tender Spot September October November OcU-Dec. Jan.-Mar. Buyers. 7% 7% 7% 7% 8* Sailer*. 7% 7%
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      PROTECTION RESULTS.
      302 9 Tata Shareholders Fortunate." Presiding at a meeting of shareholders of the Tata Iron and Steel Co., Mr. N. B. Saklatwalla said that, while the results left a good deal to be desired from the shareholders point of view, they were fortunate in comparison with their rivals in other
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      RUBBER STATISTICS.
      140 9 P i!■ i^n imports of rubber during the month of August, 1931 Notes Tons. 1. Figures for 1930 were 135,456 Average per month. 11,288 2. Figures for this year are January 11,029 February 9,672 March 12,008 April 9,977 May 10,479 June 12,115 July 11,996 August 9,063 'Including 6
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      MALAYA TIN STATISTICS.
      97 9 Foreign imports of tin ore during the month of August, 1981 Country laf origin. Tons. Australia 4 Burma 244 Dutch East Indies Banka and Billiton 1,642 Singkep 106 Other places nil French Indo-China 89 Japan 74 Siam 1,711 Union of South Africa 10 Total 3,780 Note Tons.
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      RUBBER REPORTS.
      104 9 Guthrie and Co., Ltd., in their weekly rubber report, dated Singapore, Sept. 3, state There has been little or no change in the position since last reporting 1 prices showing a slight drop on balance. Total shipments from Malaya during last month, were 42,832 tone, as against 43,658
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      THE WORLD CRISIS.
      212 9 Lord Lloyd and FaHacy Of Cheapness. Lord Lloyd, vice-president of the British Empire Producers' Organisation, speaking at a luncheon held in London on July 24 to mark Sir Edward Davson's election as chairman, said: "All those who believe in cheapness as such have seen its results and
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      RAFFLES LIBRARY.
      233 9 The undernoted non-fiction works will be ready for issue on Saturday, at 9 a.m. Essays of a Catholic Layman in England, 1931, (Hilaire Belloej Memories of Choirs and Cloisters, 1931, (50 years music), (Sir H. Brewer) Troublous Times, 1931, illus. (Russia and Turkestan), (A. H. Brun) The Maori,
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      AUGUST TIN RETURNS.
      169 9 Satupulo N.L. 748 piculs, 572 hours, 89,000 yards. Muang Tin N. L.— 544 hours, 90,100 yards, 464 piculs. Ayer Wen* (Rahman).— llo piculs. Takuapa Valley N. L.— 1,399 hours, 337,000 yards, 1,671 piculs. Nawnur Pet. -205 hours, 12,500 yards, 123 piculs. Katu Tin.— 7o4 hours, 119,000 yards,
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      THE CAUSE OF THE DEPRESSION.
      1035 9 Are Banking Laws Responsible (By Professor Edwin Canaan, the English economist, Emeritus Professor of Political Economy in the University of London.) People who have become so accustomed to measure the value of things by what they will fetch in money that they are loth to
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    THE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS.
    372 9 Tha following publications were issued or received by the Department of Statistics, 5.3. and F..M.S-. during; the period fttom Auk. 17 to Aug. 26, and are available for public use in the Reference Library, Fullerton Building. Issued by the Department Exports of Rubber by States and
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    AUG. RUBBER RETURNS.
    32 9 Anglo-Jchare.— 50,000 !b. Bukit 1'along. -l'j.;)i,o II.. Consolidated Malay. 1K*,COO 1b. ChuUa iSflanitur;. 75,000 Ib. Mam bail (K.M.S.J.— 60,000 ib. Sungei Salak.— 149,500 Ib. Sejianif V alley.— *0,000 Ib.
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      215 9 MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS. Ocean shipments of rubber, including concentrated latex, latex and revertex, being- final shipments on ocean-steamers at all Malayan ports, during the month of Auif., 1931 3he*t and Crepe. Latex, Concentrated Late* Total. Tons. Revertex. Tons. Tons. Transhipment. Transhipment. Transhipment. Export Straits Malay Export Strait* Malay Export Straits
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1931. FIRST THINGS FIRST.
    994 10 It is customary to say that Malayan rubber estates have reached bedrock in nll-in costs, but the costs which are mean' are those which comply with normal or sub-normal requirements of the healtt nd labour laws, not the requirements
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    391 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Bishop Edwin F. Lee, who recently eturned from Sumatra and has been in Penanp, Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur will b? in Klang next Sunday. The death has taken place at Guildford jf Mr. John Kerr, formerly dockmaster >vith the Bangkok Dock Co. Ltd. He retired in 1921 after
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    A UNITED STATES OF SPAIN.
    1285 10 Why I Favour a Federal Republic. (Bv Colonel Francisco Macia, Spanish statesman and leader of the Catalonian autonomists, in an interview.) When the Cortes seta to work my friends and I will insist not only on the accomplishment of Radical ideas but on complete autonomy
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    670 10 AN ASTONISHING DECLINE. That the buying power of the Federate*! Malay States has fallen by nearly fifty per cent, in one year is shown by the trade returns, just published, for the second quarter of the current year. The value of the imports of grain and
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    BRITISH PUBLIC CONFIDENCE BEING RESTORED. CABINET'S TASK COMPLETED.
    1013 11 No Further Meeting Until Monday. STOCK MARKETS. Reported "Generally Cheerful." London, Sept. 4. The speed with which the new Cabinet has completed its nlans has taken the Labour mtmbeis of the Opposition somewhat aback, for it had been freely forecast in Opposition
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    WHEN BERLIN BOURSE REOPENED.
    228 11 Nerves Steady Ignore Rumours" the Order. Berlin, Sept. 3. Excited scenes, with huge crowds thronging the streets, marked the opening of the Berlin Stock Exchange for the first time since the crisis. The directors and the staffs of the banking institutions had a strenuous week. They
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    SILVER DEPRESSION.
    110 11 Conference of Experts In Paris. Washington, Sept. 3. An unofficial conference of financial experts will meet in Paris on Sept. 17 under the auspices of the International Chamber of Commerce to study the silver depression. This move was apparently initiated by the United States Chamber of Commerce, which
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    FRANCE OBJECTS.
    72 11 To American Plan to Aid Germany. Washington, Sept. 3. France i; described, by the State Department, as being the sole objector to the United States plan to pay Germany $9,0C0,C00, representing the balance under the awards of the German-American Mixed Claims Commission. The Assistant United States Secretary of
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    EAST TEXAS OIL.
    208 11 Field to be Re-Opened Today. Austin, Texas, Sept. 4. The East Texas oilfield is reopening tomorrow, under the production rationing scheme, with the approval of the Governor. Martial Law, however, will not be lifted at present. It is estimated that production, under the scheme, will be in
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    MISS AMY JOHNSON.
    53 11 Forced Landing During Return Flight. Moscow, Sept. 3. Miss Amy Johnson, who is flying back j to England from Tokio. has 'been forced down between Arsk and Kazan (430 miles ca.»t of Moscow). Details are not yet available. An earlier message stated that Miss Johnson landed at
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    PROPOSED CUSTOMS UNION.
    198 11 Renunciation. AUSTRIA AND GERMANY MAKE A DECISION. Geneva, Sept. 3. The Chancellor (Dr. Schober), on behalf of Austria, today formally renounced the proposed Customs Union with Germany at a meeting of the European Union Commission. Dr. Schober said he had taken the decision, in view of the
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    TROUBLES IN SPAIN.
    211 11 Serious Strike Position In Barcelona. Madrid, Sept. 3. The syndicalist trade unions declared a general strike in Barcelona at dawn. This was unexpected in view of the recent conciliatory document signed by a number of prominent syndicalists favouring the abandonment of the present terrorist tactics. The alleged
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    NAUTILUS VENTURE.
    182 11 Absence of News Causing Anxiety. Oslo, Sept. 3. The Norwegian coalship Ingertr? claims to have heard weak and unintelligible signals from the Submarine Nautilus, according to a report from Spitzbergen. In despite of this anxiety is felt regarding the submarine, of which no newa has been received for
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    CHURCHES AND CHINA FLOODS.
    321 11 League Aid Suggested. APPEAL TO NATIONS OF THE WORLD. London, Sept. 4. f The international executive committee I of the World Alliance for International Friendship Through the Churches, at a meeting held at Cambridge last night, passed a resolution sympathising with the people of China who
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    THE ROUND-TABLE.
    146 11 Changes Announced By India Office. Rugby, Sept. 3. 1 The India Office states that, since the announcement of the names of the delegates to the Indian Round-Table Confer- circe, the following changes have been mads in the Indian States delegation In the unavoidable absence of the Maharaja of
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    TIN POSITION.
    81 11 Statistics Considered Favourable. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 3. The August tin statistics are considered favourable. The Financial Times remarks "If the disparity between deliveries and supplies continues at the same rate as in August, wtoen the total available stocks (total visible supplies plus Straits carry-over) were
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    CHINESE IN MEXICO.
    133 11 United States Maty Help To Solve Controversy. Washington, Sept 3. The State Department tlias advised the Chinese Legation that tie Government might be able to help in seeking a solution of the controversy in connection with the expulsion of Chinese from Mexico. Reuter. Dr. C. T. Wang
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    HALF A MILLION STERLING.
    70 11 Sir William Morris' Gifts To Charity. Rugby, Sept. 3. Sir William Morris, the motor manufacturer, has made another big contribution to medical charity, having given £25,000 to the British Empire Cancer Research Campaign for the establishment of a Research Fellowship in Radiology at Mount Vernon Hospital,
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    NAVAL REVOLT.
    177 11 Leads to New Government In Chile. Santiago de Chile, Sept. 3. The sequel to- the naval revolt has been the formation of a new Government under Gaspa Mora, who has been given extraordinary powers to suppress the revolt. Admiral von Schroeder flew to Coquimba and arranged terms for
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    U.S. BOND ISSUE.
    109 11 $800,000,000 Flotation Over-Subscribed. Washington, Sept. 3. The $800,000,000 long term bond issue was over-subscribed. Reuter. It will bo remembered that a message from Washington, dated Aug. 30, stated that an issue of $1,100,000,000..0f 2 par cent. United States Bonds was to be made shprtly. According to a
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    NEW SPEED RECORD.
    74 11 Achievement of Two French Airmen. Paris, Sept. 3. Naval Lieutenant Demougeot and the airman Genord, flying a two-engined seaplane carrying a load of 2,000 kilograms, claim to have bioken the world speed record for a flight over 2,000 kilometres at a speed of 165 kilometres an hour.
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    GOVERNOR OF BAHAMAS.
    103 11 Sir Charles Orr to Retire In December. The Colonial Office announces the retirement, on the ground of ill-health, of Sir Charles Orr, Governor of the Bahamas, with effect from Dec. 7 next. British Wireless. Sir Charles William James Orr, K.C.M.G., has been Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the
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    LANCASHIRE COTTON.
    38 11 Negotiations with Weavers Break Down. London, Sept 3. The joint negotiations between employers and weavers in the Lancashire cotton industry over the more looms per weaver scheme have broken down on the question of wages Reuter.
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    CHINA AND SOVIET.
    29 11 Conference to be Resumed On Sunday. Nanking, Sept. 3. It is learned that the Sino-Soviet Conference at Moscow is to be resumed on Sept. 6.— Reuter.
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    THE SCHNEIDER TROPHY.
    888 11 France Italy Withdraw Their Entries. A "FLY OVER." British Planes to Do Over 400 Miles An Hour. t Rugby, Sept. 1 The Royal Aero Club this morning received official notification from the Aero Club of Italy and the Aero Club of Franco that, unless the British Club
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      77 11 TODAY'S FEATURES. I Pace Page of News from India, Burma and Ceylon 6 Wireless Programme 8 Around the Markets. By the Financial Correspondent 9 Malaya Rubber Statistics 9 A United States of Spain. By Colonel Francisco Macia 10 1 < Housebreakers in Tanglin 12 |< Prospects for Tomorow's Races 1*
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    HOUSE-BREAKERS IN TANGLIN.
    271 12 European Lady Attacked. CHARGE AGAINST TWO HYLAMS. An alarming experience befell a Eurr.pt an lady living in the Tanglin District yesterday afternoon, when two Chinese broke in and one of them attacked her. Fortunately tht. alarm raised frightened the intruders, who attempted to jjet away. One of
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    CANTON JOURNALISM.
    40 12 Newspaper Office Burnt Down. Hong Kong, Sept. 3. The Yuetwah newspaper office was burned down yesterday afternoon. The Yu Kung Daily News has ceased publication, by order of the Government, for publishing indecent (sic) articles." Sin Kuo Min.
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    THE ALHAMBRA.
    285 12 Norma Shearer's Brilliant Performance. A year ago Norma Shearer won the greatest honour that can fall to a screen artiste the Gold Statuette awarded by the Academy of Arts and Sciences for the finest performance of the year for her role in The Divorcee." This year, she is
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    NANKING IN DANGER.
    69 12 Emergency To Prevent Flooding. Nanking, Sept. 3. Three important dykes outside the west gate of Nanking were washed away yesterday morning 1 and about a thousand refugees are now living on top of the famous city walls. The Yangtse River level is nine inches higher than the
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    SINGAPORE'S HEALTH.
    146 12 The Singapore Municipal Health statement for the week ended Aug. 29, gives the total number of deaths as male 116 and female 63. This represents a deathrate of 20.88 per mille, per annum, compared with 27.41 in the preceding week and 26.85 in the corresponding week of last
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    MARSHAL CHIANG.
    119 12 A Call to Peace And Unity. Shanghai, Sept. 3. Marshal Chiang Kai-shek has issued a circular telegram, addressed to the people, pointing out that as a result of the flood disaster, of the Communist menace and of internal disruption China today is at her lowest ebb. Marshal Chiang
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    PREPARING FOR WAR.
    173 12 Activities Continue in South China. Hong Kong:, Sept. 3. Yesterday, the Aeroplane Corps applied to Canton headquarters for several hundred cases of 50-lb. bombs. Headquarters decided to arrange for the transportation of the bombs to Shaokwan tomorrow. There is still much activity on the Kwangtung-Hunan border. It
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    MR. A. M. CASSELS.
    162 12 Death of Chartered Bank Branch Manager. Medan, Sept. 3. The death took place suddenly yesterday from heart failure of Mr. A. M. Cassels, manager in Medan for the Chartered Bank, says a special Aneta cable to the Straits Times. Mr. Cassels, who was 47 years of
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    ANOTHER TYPHOON.
    32 12 Boats Sunk and Many Drowned. Hong Kong, Sept. 3. Vet -another typhoon struck Hong Kong and Canton yesterday, sinking boats on the river and drowning many people. Sin Kuo Mm.
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    FIGHTING IN KANSU.
    165 12 Fears That The Trouble May Develop. Hong Kong, Sept. 3. Fighting is reported to have broken out in the province of Kansu. In well-informed quarters it is declared that the trouble originated among the Chinese Mohammedans. It is feared that the situation may develop unless immediate steps
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    CANTON TAXES.
    93 12 Cigarette Monopoly Being Enforced. Hong: Kong, Sept. 3. The Canton Government is still enforcing the cigarette monopoly to which such strong exception has been taken here. The limited stock hold by the dealers, prior to the enforcement of the monopoly, has been sold out in 15 days. The
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    "LOSING THE RUBBER INDUSTRY."
    129 12 LOSING THE RUBBER INDUSTRY." Mr. R. W. Duff Advocates Control. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 3. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Duff Development Co. this morning, the chairman, Mr. R. W. Duff, said it was amazing to see the nation losing the advantages which could be derived
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    INTENDED ROBBERY.
    105 12 Bride Who Wore Jewels Worth $40,000. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Sept. 3. In Taiping police court yesterday Hashim bin Pandak Ibrahim, stated to come from a well-known Kuala Kangsar family, wes bound over for six monthu in $250 and. in default six months' imprisonment. It wan alleged
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    EUROPEAN ACQUITTED.
    81 12 Careless Pedestrian Who Was Killed by Car. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Sept. 4. Mr. R. E. Forrester, of the Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation, who wea charged with driving a motor-car negligently and causing the death of a Chinese, has been acquitted. The court held that the Chinese
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    "HELLO! BOOM !!"
    67 12 HELLO BOOM Draws Another Enthusiastic Audience. The happy looks on the members of the audience when leaving the Victoria Theatre after witnessing Hello Boom is ample recommendation for the revue, which has certainly had an enthusiastic reception. Last night the theatre was again crowded, and all the "Items wera enthusiastically
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    SINGAPORE'S LATEST FIRE ENGINE.
    409 12 Similar to Nine Others Ordered by London. Before an audience which included Mr. W. Bartley, president of the Municipal Commissioners, other members and Mr. R. St. G. Caulfield, resident engineer for the Singapore aerodrome, the latest engine to be added to the Singapore Fire Brigade's fleet
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    MALAY TAPPER'S DEATH.
    137 12 Man Gets Seven Years Rigorous. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Sept. 2. On a charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder Ayakannu was sentenced by Mr. Justice Pritchard at the Assizes here to seven years' rigorous imprisonment. It was stated that Malay tapper eating his evening
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    CONFIDENCE VOTE.
    708 12 How It Will be Raised Next Tuesday. Rugby, Sept. 3. Having successfully completed last night, after three days of continuous work, its scheme for balancing the Budget by effecting economies and imposing fresh taxation the Cabinet, at a meeting to be held later today, will deal with business
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    BULLEN COMMITTED TO ASSIZES.
    717 12 "Was He a Partner?" PROTRACTED INQUIRY CONCLUDES. Following a preliminary inquiry which has been spread over two months, Frank Bullen, a European, was yesterday afternoon committed to stand his trial at the forthcoming Assizes on charges of forgery of an endorsement on a cheque or alternatively
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    Form for Tomorrow's Races Discussed.-Today's S.A.F.A. Semi-Final. ALL DIVISIONS VERY OPEN.
    1441 13 Form for Tomorrow's Races Discussed. Today's S.A.F.A. Semi-Final. ALL DIVISIONS VERY OPEN. Tomorrow's Races. MANY CHANGES IN CLASS I. Promotions and relegations on a liberal wale in Class 1 horses together with the addition of a number of horses that were not entered in the shorter race leave all divisions
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    ST. LEGER BETTING.
    99 13 Short Odds on Derby Winner. London, Sept. 3. The Victoria Club call over for the St. I*ger, to be run at Doncasttr on Sept. 9, was as follows Mr. J. A. Dewar's CAMERONIAN, 6 to 5. Sir J. Rutherford's ORPEN, 7 to 2, taken and offered. Lord
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    THE PANTHER.
    113 13 lsiy uerby Upset Recalled liy Horse's Death. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 3. The famous racehorse, The Panther, whose defeat in the 1919 Derby cost the public over £1,000,000, died at Newmarket today. The Panther, which was owned by Sir A. Black, won the 2,000 guineas from
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    US. BASEBALL.
    40 13 Results of Games in the Two Major Leagues. New York, Sept. 4. Yesterday's baseball results were National League. Pittsburgh 6 St. Louis 4 Cincinnati 3 Chicago 2 American League. Chicago 3 Detroit St. Loub 11 Cleveland 3 Reuter.
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    S.C.C. SIX-A-SIDE.
    354 13 Corner Decides Issue In Three Ties. The S.C.C. six-a-side competition started yesterday when three ties in the first round were played on the Padang. As usual there was little good football, and many players whose football days are over or whose knowledge of the soccer code is somewhat
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    KLANG'S VISIT.
    163 13 Two-Day Match Against S.C.C. An S.C.C. team is to meet Klang on the Padang over the week-end. The following have been invited to play for the local side D. C. Bum. A. L. B. Perkins, G. S. Dunkley, L. V. Rolfe, W. W. Dean, R. Jarvis, G. E.
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    TODAY'S FOOTBALL.
    196 13 Mini- r mai ttepiay iseiween R.A. and Malays. The R.A. and tho Malays will meet today lit the Anson Road Stadium in their semi-final replay in the S.A.F.A. Cup competition, having drawn in their match on Tuesday, 2—2.2 2. The R.A. have had a harder passage into the
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    ENGLISH FOOTBALL.
    33 13 Thames and Brenttord Score One Goal Each. London, Sept. 3. The Third Division (Southern) match between Thames and Brentford, played today, ended in a draw, each side scoring one goal. Reuter.
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    YACHTING.
    100 13 Classes to Sail Together On Sunday. The Royal Singapore Yacht Club announces on Sunday both classes will sail together in the first of a series of three races for the .Batavia Visitors' Cup. The start will be at 10 a.m., and the course will be posted in the usual
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    AMERICAN AMATEUR GOLF TITLE.
    297 13 Veteran's Fight Against Seven Youngsters. Chicago, Sept. 4. In the quarter-finals of the American amateur glof championship F. Ouimet is the lone old fighter against seven youngsters, but he put his back to the wall, and was 6 up at the 18th against Jackson. McCarthy was
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    SCHOOL BOXING.
    285 13 Today's Finals at Raffles Institution. The finals of the inter-school boxing championship in connection with the Aw Boon Haw Shield will take place today on the Raffles Institution ground, beginning at 4.30. There will be ten bouts between the boys of Raffles Institution, St. Anthony's School, Trade School,
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    SWIMMING.
    82 13 Singapore Championship Events for Tomorrow. Fifteen final events are to be decided at the annual swimming championships of Singapore which will be held under tho auspices of the V.M.C.A. at the latter* pool at Fort Canning tomorrow, starting at 4 p.m. In addition, there will be a life saving
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    HISTORIC EVENT.
    83 13 When Surrey Beat Kent In 1923. Surrey, until the year 1923, had not beaten Kent on a Kent ground since 1897, their success being 1 achieved at Beckenham. From 1923, however, they have not lost a match played on a Kent ground. When the spell was broken eight
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    SINGAPORE POLO.
    264 13 suitan oi reran And Macdougall Cups. The matches for H.H. the Sultan of Perak and the MacDougall Cups began at the Singapore Polo Club yesterday, when the first round of the MacDougall Cup was played. Five teams have entered for the MacDougall Cup the players being as follows
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    TEN STROKES UNDER PAR.
    115 13 Horton Smith Wins St. Paul Golf Championship. In spite of the fact that he had such players as Walter Hagen and Percy Alliss (winner and runner-up of the Canadian open champion) against him. Horton Smith won the St. Paul open championship with the aggregate of 278
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    HOW A RACEHORSE IS TRAINED.
    1459 13 Temperamental Animals. A FAMOUS WINNER'S MANNERISMS. (By Eleanor, Viscountess Torrington, the well-known racehorse owner.) The thoroughbred foal is not, as many people are inclined to think, necessarily a born racer. Because it has racing in its blood, it does not follow that racing is it*
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      235 14 S.C.C. Tournament Results. The following were the results of ties played yesterday in the S.C-C. tennis tournament A Singles. H. S. Haskin plus 5 vs. N. A. Sedwick owe 30 (unfinished set all). A Doublet. W. B. Wig? and F. T. K. Hobbes scr. beat A. 11. Anderson and
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      S.C.C. BRIDGE.
      200 14 As the playing off of the following ties in the S.C.C. Bridgs Tournament will all but complete the tournament, members are requested to adhere to the ties ai ranged. Monday. J. B. Williamson and D. Timms vs. W. T. Cherry and F. J. L. Mayger, E. H. R.
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      UNPOPULAR CHANGE.
      179 14 U.S. Association to Discard New Golf Ball. The New York Evening Post declares that the UniUd States Golf Association has decided to listen to the wail of the duffer and discard the new ball. The paper states that the governing body has already voted against the new fighter
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    157 14 Friday. September 4. Boxing: Tnter-school tournament Aw Boon Haw shield: Raffles Institution ground, 4.45 p.m. Football: S.A.F.A. Cup semi-final: RJV. vs. Mala-s. Anson Rd. Stadium; S.C.C. Six-u-side tournament. Saturday. September 5. Singapore Races. Autumn Professional Meeting, Thin] .'ay. Tennis: Johorc Civil Service Club open tournament begins: Johore Bahru,
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    19 14 [The ro-i.p.-rstinn of club sPcrrtaTin is nquvited io keeping this diary uf i|»irting •imti »ccur»t« »ud up to d»t«.J
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    MOTOR BANDITS ROB COLONEL.
    322 14 Night Hold-Up on A Lonely Road. Two motor bandits who held up and robbed a retired army colonel who was motoring home along a lonely road in Hampshire recently found they had caught a tartar." In the course of a fierce struggle in the road, one
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    BILL COLLECTOR'S LAPSE.
    67 14 Six Months for Criminal Breach of Trust. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Sept. 3. Ngai Yong Tai, charged in the District Court here with criminal breach of trust in over $1,000 while employed as a bill collector by Messrs. Sime, Darby and Co., Ltd., was sentenced to
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    HUNTER'S ADVENTURES.
    114 14 Prison for Man Who Travelled In Three Continents. Sentence of three months' hard labour was passed at St. Albans Police Court recently on Alexander Wardlaw (29), of Markham Street, Chelsea, S.W., for being (found on enclosed premises at St. Albar.s with intent to commit a felany. He told
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    BARD'S FOOTBALL POEM.
    92 14 Winner of The Crown at The Welsh Eisteddfod. The Rev. A. K. Jonc*. a Calvini.stic Method!*! minister at I'enmacnmawr, has become the Crowned Bard at the Wrlsh National Kislcddfod at bangor. He derived the idea for his winn.ntc poem from the liugby international match at Twickenham, and
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    INLAND WATERWAYS.
    202 14 On Eve of a Great Revival Says Shipping Report. "We are of opinion that the long-neg-lected but invaluable waterways of the country are on the eve of a great revival." This statement forms part of a report just issued by the Trent Navigation Committee of the Nottingham Corporation.
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    SOLUTION OF SOCIAL EVIL PROBLEM.
    807 14 Dr. Sundquist's Lecture. EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS ADVOCATED. The education of children in mattera concerning birth, in their tender years by parents and later in schools was strongly advocated by Dr. Alma Sundquist in a lecture given before a gathering of women on the lawn of
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    INDIAN LABOUR.
    58 14 Departures Still Outnumber Arrivals. The Deputy Controller of Labour, Malaya, announces the following arrivals and departures to Madras Presidency for the month of August Arrivals (State aided) (Figures supplied by travelling inspectors), six adults, two minors, one infant. Arrivals (Others) 1,099 adults, 84 minors, 21 infants. Departures (Figures
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    RUBBER SHARES.
    23 14 Depressed Market Continues In London. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. Rubber shares did not follow today's improvement in the commodity.
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    THE LITERARY PAGE-NEW BOOKS REVIEWED.
    2887 15 THE LITERARY PAGE- NEW BOOKS REVIEWED. One Of France's Greatest Empire Builders Marshal Lyautey— What He Thought Of Singapore's Barracks An Old Naval Diary Michael Arlen's Women Fun In A Malayan Setting Adventures Of A Chinese Girl. Marshal Lyautey. Mar-Mai Lyautey. By Andre Maurois. Translated by Hatnish Miles. Lane. 12s.
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    GLOZEL VERDICT.
    161 15 Appeal Court Declares Relics Authentic. The Riom Appeal Court has just given judgment in favour of the Fradins, i owners of the Glozel remains, that goes far to justify the family's claim for the authenticity of their relics. The Appeal Court has rejected the appeal of the French
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    THE MATTERHORN.
    159 15 North Slope Climbed for First Time in Thirty Years. For the first time for thirty years the ascent of the northern slope of the Matterhorn (Mont Cervin) has just been successfully accomplished by two students from Munich. Many attempts have been made to conquer the northern slope during
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    THAMES SWANS.
    84 15 Swans on the Thames 160 more than last year now number over 650. The annual marking of swans, which are jointly owned by the King and the Dyers and Vintners City Companies, between Southwark Bridge and Henley, has just been completed. The largest brood one of six cygnets
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    THE KING'S RACING MANAGER.
    12 16 Death at Windsor of Maj. F. H. Fetherstonhaugh.
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    ATTACK ON SHELLEY.
    196 16 "Better That Such A Man Had Never Been Born." Thr Ol >ivau>:<- Hnmano notes the anary at the birth of Percy Bysshe Shelley by publishing an uncompromising on bis admirers and on the poet, declaring fcr us it would have been belter that such a man had
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    DAMAGES FOR BERLIN.
    116 16 Indignant Landowner Fined 30s. The City of Berlin has secured 30 shilling c..:!!i«ges for insult from the owner of a strip of land who has been refused permission to build on it. To vent his indigr.ntion he put up a notice, which runs- I eor.sick-r myself cheated
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    SOLDIERS CHARGED.
    304 16 Window-Smashing Case In Hong Kong. The shattering of a shop window in Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, in the early hours of Aug. 24, had a sequel at the Kowloon Magistracy when Stevens Robertson and Dav>id Kirk, privates of tht Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, j were charged with
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    NEWSPAPERS BEST.
    253 16 View of Foresters After Careful Study. The superiority of newspaper advertising over al! other forms of publicity was emphasised at the amfual High Court of tho Ancient Order of Foresters at Carliff. In an endeavour to increase the membership of the Order the Executive Council have had under
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    MINER B.A.
    123 16 Hewer Wins His Way Through Oxford. Mr. Albert Dowdall, a young Durham miner, has obtained the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Oxford University, with first-class honours in philosophy, politics, nnd economics. Formerly a hewer at Mamaforth Colliery, ho became a student of the Workers' Educational Association five
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    THINGS PEOPLE SAY.
    220 16 I tell the House quite frankly that the outlook for the Budget of next year, unless very considerable economies can be effected, is a very serious prospect indeed. Mr. Snowden. Society today consists of a number of widely-scattered ostriches which, with their "heads buried in a patch
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    NO RESEARCH FOR WAR.
    178 16 Einstein's Call To Scientists. An appeal is made by Professor Albert Einstein to his fellow scientists, to refuse to co-operate in research for war purposes. A national conference of pacifists is to be opened at Lyons soon, and Professor Einstein's appeal is contained in a message
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    RAILWAYS SYSTEM CRITICISED.
    1091 17 Delivery of Goods. PROTRACTED HEARING CONCLUDES. Strong c-iticism of the working system of tfcc F..M.S. Railways, particularly in the dispatch, carriage and delivery of jfoi.iis, \v:i made by counsel who held that it wa» "mine honoured in the breach than in the ObaprvMet yesterday afternci;n when thi*
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      227 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, As the committee of the Trade 3 Exhibition has now been constituted, a suggestion might be offered to its members not to overlook (possibly it has alrtady occurred to them) to recommend to the Government the issue of special stamps
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      427 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I fear, Monsieur Gallup that your memory rejects facts. Poor Rotax undoubtedly plunged in casting aside all questions of courtesy, goodwill and cooperation, which apparently does not please you, judging from the rambling effort made to explain away his
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    NEW MALAYAN MAP.
    136 17 Once again the Map Production section of the Survey Department, X.M.S. and S.S., are to be congratulated on their latest publication, a large wall map showing alienated lam' in Malaya. Besides showing all the areas alienated for agriculture, mining, forest reserves and Malay and other reserves it
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    SMOKE-HOUSE ON FIRE.
    41 17 A section of a rubber smoke-house at Jalan Kemaman, wav damaged by fire early this morning. On arrival, the brigade found the place well alight, but they eventually extinguished the fire. The contents in tho smoke-house were destroyed.
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    DRASTIC REMEDIES FOR TERRORISM.
    1350 17 All-India Congress Guilt. COUNTRY LEAGUE CALLS FOR STERN MEASURES. Simla, Aug. 19. The European, Hindu, Mohammedan, Sikh and Parsi communities are represented among the members of tho central executive and finance committee of the Country League who have expressed in unmistakable language their opinion of Congress-cum-anarchist
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    74 17 The Europe Hotel Sunday concert programme from 9.15 p.m. to 11 p.m. will be Waltz, The Skaters (Waldteufel) Overture, Alexandra Stradella (Flotow) Intei mezzo, By the Swanee River (Mythelthon) Fantaisia, La Boheme (Puccini) Suite, Italiana (Thurban), 1. In Sunny San Marino. 2. A Venetian Love Song. 3. The
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    CAUSTIC COMMENTS BY JUDGE.
    837 17 Lamentable Drafting Of Rules. Strong criticisms of the rules relating to objector's suits were made by the acting Chief Justice (Mr. Justice P. J. Sproule) sitting as a Court of Appeal in Johore with Mr. Justice Palgrp.ve Simpson. K.A.R.S.T. ArunaaahUi Chetty was the plaintitt, and appealed
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    HIS PRAYER ANSWERED.
    151 17 But He Thought His Helpers Were Dishonest. The employees of th:- post office at Denain no longer I elieve that virtue is HI own reward," .-tatcs a Paris message. A letter from an old man addressed "To God the Father in the Kingdom of Heaven was opened
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    ILLICIT DIAMOND DEALING.
    581 18 Many Ways of Tricking The Police Although the boom of three years ago has been replaced by stringent Government regulations which practically abolish private digging and prospecting, diamon 'r. still play a pre-eminently im|K)rtant part in the lift- of Namaqualand. When diamonds were first discovereJ there, every
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    REAL-LIFE DRAMA.
    119 18 Dying Reproach To Chorus Girl. Down-end-out ami starwr.g. only having ji shilling a <!ay, Mr. William Kevitt Manton. the Engliah actor who went U the United Statts twenty-six years ag >, ■was found dying ir. a New York hole! lwdroom mt..;lv. It is believed that he took poison,
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    WOULD-BE SUICIDE.
    86 18 Kills Another But Only Injures Himself. A would-h; 1 uioitfe, who failed to I >ol before he lia;: out of a third-More, ■window in tha tola ft of Berlin, wa haulked in liis endeavour to end hi- <i\vlife but took that of a passer-by. The would-tu- suk-iik', >\
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    55 18 The m::uber of tails attended by th. Sinßapoio Kiro Department uml>ulanc> service during August was 22H. ami ol these rcven were to casts outstd< municipal limits. The la-cr nrc classifiet ;is follows motor-rar i-ccidt-nts 27 jv.otor-loir.v aicidents IU. motor-bu-uccidents trolley-car accidents S. <:o\ lapse tases ">. attempted suicide 4 shooting
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    ILLOGICAL ENGLISH.
    460 18 Secret of Success In Colonising. All children are illogical and so are all Englishmen according to Mr. Ernest Young, formerly assistant secretary to the Middlesex Education Committee, when he lectured on the teaching of geography i at the City of London Vacation Course. "The reason that Great Britain
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    DENTIST'S CHAIR.
    305 18 Making the Drill A Pleasure. For anyone who has a taste for vieari- Mil thrill* the eighth international den- la! congTeH which h;;s just opened at the Grand Palai* in Paris should not be j missed, says the Paris correspondent of 111- Morning Post. Here you will find
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    THE CONSTANT ONION.
    212 18 Rare Electrical Qualities Discovered. The onion has be.ome a scientific inftiumcnt of a constancy rivalling its Miiell. Almost all lining bodies *how an t'le-.-tric prttton between their extremities, ami that of an onion has been shown by i irscau-h worker of the General Electric Company to approach
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    STRENGTH AS A DISEASE.
    306 18 A Ten-Year-Old Hercules In Berlin. A ten-year-old prodigy of muscular strength born in Oianienburg, an outlying suburb of Berlin, has been the subject of much medical criticism, (luring the past few weeks. Not since the strong man Breitbart, who died a year or two ago, has
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    SUN-SPOT THEORY.
    241 18 Are They Responsible For Crimes and Disasters. Has a sun->pot a bad effect on the human character? An ominent French scientist. Dr. Leon Vannic-r, is of the opinion that there is a close connection between sun-spots and the kind of mental aberration which drives people to murder and
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    WAS IT PLAGUE ?
    179 18 WAS IT PLAGUE Fate of Man Who Opened An Ancient Tomb. In the Roman Catholic church in Kesmark (now in Czecho-Slovakia), where renovations have been in progress for some time, an old tomb was recently opened by a mason. On the following cay the man was attacked by cramps and
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    CUT OFF BY TIDE.
    76 18 Bishop Who Was Preaching On the Sands. The BUhop of Blackburn was preaching at his sands mission at Blackpool recently when it was suddenly noticed that the whole gathering was surrounded by the incoming tide. A wooden platform was quickly dismantled, and the Bishon. clergy, and
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    THE MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
    72 18 The plans for Singapore's musical festival are now open at Little's and booking is brisk. All seats, including those at SO cents, may be booked in advance. Th? orchestra and choir are well advanced with their preparations. The perfoimances will start at 9.15 each night, and on
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    ROUND AUSTRALIA IN 127 DAYS.
    463 18 Unemployed Youth's Cycle Adventure. An Australian youth, Arthur Wake- f ling, of St. Kilda, Melbourne, has just completed the remarkable feat of cycling round Australia, some 9,000 miles, in 127 days. Wakcling is not yet 22 years old. He is of average height and weigh
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    WELBECK ABBEY.
    241 18 May be Closed Owing To High Taxation. The Marauess of Titchfield, son and heir of the Duke of Portland, is building a country house in \Velbt_ck Park, within sight of the historic Abbey. It is understood that the closure of the Abbey, in view < f the high
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    MAROONED MEN RESCUED
    131 18 Picked Up After Two Years On An Island. After beinn marooned for two years on Campbell Island, in the S»uth Pacific, four men have been picked up by a steamer and brought back to New Zealand. La.u November their flour anJ other provisians became exhausted. Their pole
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    IRONWORKS TO REOPEN.
    26 18 Sheet mills at Llanelly, closed down a year ago because of trade depression, are to re:-tart. Three hundied men will be found employment.
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    IDYLL OF RUM, TUM, AND KUM.
    439 18 Siamese Fighting Fish At The Zoo. There live at the City of Zoo, Cam Den in Lun Dun, two Siamese princes ard three princesses, says U. R. in the Daily Expre.-s. They aie Princps Takh Sin ard Chula Korn, and the Prirxesses Rum, Turn
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    20 18 More than 2,000 passengers were carried by the Royal Dutch Indian Airways during July. The Singapore-Bata-via service was well maintained.
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    SUSPENDED M.P. FINED.
    513 19 Mr. McGovern Prefers To Go to Prison. The hearing was concluded before the Stipendiary, Mr. Smith, at Glasgow Stipendiary Court recently of the summonses against Mr. John McGovern, Socialist M.P. for Shettleston, and others, for addressing meetings on Glasgow Green, no permit having been issued. It was
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    OGPU'S NEW "KEY MAN."
    151 19 OGPU'S NEW KEY MAN." Politician Supplants Spy Specialist. Highly significant changes among the< chiefs of that peculiarly Russian institution, the Ogpu (which is described by Stalin as the Soviet Committee of Public Safety have been announced. The Pole, Menjin?ki, remains chief at the Luhianka headquarters. But the Chief Assistant is
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    FOREIGN TRADE OF MALAYA.
    883 19 1930 a Year of Hardship And Difficulty. The year under review was one of hardship and difficulty, after the comparative prosperity of 1929, owing to the steady decline in commodity values and the necessity of adjusting stocks and costs of production to reduced consumption and a
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    MANGOES IN LONDON.
    146 19 Carrying Tropical Fruit By Air. For the first time mangoes, the muchprized tropical fruit, are now on sale in London in a fresh condition. -Gathered in Egypt late on Saturday evening, they are placed on board the Imperial Airways flying-boat leaving Alexandria for London with the Indian
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    TUBERCULOSIS IN THE SETTLEMENTS.
    481 19 Steady Decrease In Death Rate. The problem of the ravages of tuberculosis in the Colony was first emphasised in 1918 by the publication of the Housinc Commission Report in which stress was laid on the fact that in Singapore there was great overcrowding; in the slum
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    AN ENGLISHMAN'S WORD.
    190 19 American on British Methods In Argentina. High tributes to Englishmen in South America arc coupled with an indictment of their business enterprise in a striking article by Mr. William Lytle Schurz in thu New York Herald Tribune. This article largely agrees with the analysis of Anglo-American trade
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    THE ST. PHILIBERT.
    149 19 Sunken Pleasure Steamer Beached. The St. Philibert, the excursion steamer which capsized with the loss of about 500 lives last June, was beached recently and the receding tide left her high and dry, 50 yards from the shore. Her decks were covered with slime and her sides
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    LEARNING TO FLY.
    45 19 Distinguished Surgeon's 70th Birthday. One of Italy's most distinguished surgeons, Senator Bastianelli, is celebrating his seventieth birthday by qualifying for taking out an air pilot's certificate. For several years Dr. Bastianelli h s made use of hired aeroplanes for reaching urgent cases.
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