The Straits Times, 5 September 1931

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST, AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1931. PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1931 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      323 1 SINGAPORE: 78. CECIL ST. X'PHONE Ciffi). MM9M 6.15 Tonight 9.15 ROOKERY I NOOK" With TOM WALLS, 1 I RALPH LYNN, WINIFRED SHOTTER. Phone 5261-2. j THOUSANDS h»ve chancd io SLEDGE BRAND FULL !l :^^^5ll REAM SWEETENED CONDENSED SWISS MILK FROM THE FERTILE VALLEYS OF THE FAMOUS SWISS ALPS. SUPPLIED TO
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      142 1 (MUALA LUMPUR: 2T.; JAVA STTXTHONE 3683). fft CARRON PREMIER DOVER |J| RANGES AT SALE PRICES. Hf An opportunity to Buy one off these Famous Ranges at Sale Price No, 6 Sale Price $29.50. Fitted with Boiler Sale Price $56.50. No. 7 $39.50. v m n $66.50. No. 8 $46.50. $73.50.
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      20 1 1 TSb^ulukJbi^bh 6.13 Tonight 9.13 ROOKERY NOOK" with Von w ai.i s. RALI'H I.VW, I WINIFRED SHOTTEK. J 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. 6 BURDWAN 6,070 Sept. fi
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      734 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 .MAKU 12,000 Sept. 23 24 "HAKISAN MARL' 10,:.00 Oct. 7 8 HAIU.NA .MARU 10,500 Oct. 21 22 g KATORI MARU 10,000 Nov. 6 5 KASIUMA
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      477 2 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown iteamer MARELLA (7,866 ton*) and the s.s. ANGOLA (3,352 tons) (Cargo only). The i.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and Inest steamer* trading to Australia, cabins
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      654 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED (Incorporated in Denmark.) Telephone 5323. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. To GENOA. LONDON, ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG and COPENHAGEN. Leave Spore. Penang. M.s. MEONIA Sept 16 Sept. 18 m.s. BORINGIA Oet 14 Oct. 16 m.s. SELANDIA Oct. 21 Oet 23 m.s. FIONIA Nov. 4 Nov. 6 m.s. FALSTRIA
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      584 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, B GENOA, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL and GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK and BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON and NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON, ROTTERDAM and
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      470 2 SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO, LTD. (Incorporated in Siam) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE. For Kelantan, Tabai, Bangnara, Telupin, utani, Sineora, Lacon, Sichon, Bandon, uhsamui, Langsuan, Taku, Chumpon and angkok. Arrival Departure MALINI Sept. 6 Sept 9 SUDDHADIB Sept. 13 Sept. 16 VALAYA Sept. 20 Sept. 23 Those vessels art fitte.l throughout with
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      522 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION (0., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. TACOMA ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO., TACOMA, WASH. STATES STEAMSHIP CO., PORTEND, ORE. JOINT SCHEDULE Sailings for United States and Canada Points from Hong Kung. Ssn PranclNco stid Los Angeles. S.S. GOLDEN TTDE fails from Hong Koi Sept. 20 San I'rancisro and Portland S.S.
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      543 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE AMERICAN MAIL LINE jC*yS gs^J '^-^t jT^ RO UNDTHE- WORLD JINGAPOUE, PKXANG, COLOMBO, SUEZ, PORT SAID, ALF.XANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA, MARSEILLES, NEW YORK AND BOSTON. Arrive Lsav« Lssvs S'pors. S'pors. Pensng. PRES. HAYES Sept. U Sept. 17 Sept. 19 PRBS. FILLMORE Sept. 28 Oct. 1 Oct. 3 I'KKS.
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      652 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England.) "ELLERMAN" LINE. Passengsr snd Freight Services to: UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT Via Ports and Sacs CanaL OUTWARDS. To HONG KONG, SHANGHAI aad JAPAN Steamer Dus Spore ha. CITY OF KillOS In port s.s. CITY OF PERTH Oct. 12 HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY OF
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      1427 3 BANKING ANNOUNCEMENTS. NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK, N.V. Established lt'63 at Amsterdam. Authorised Capital Glds. 100.000.000 (übout £8,500,00(1) Paid up Capital Glds. &5.000.000 (about £4,600,000; Reserve* Glds. 29,190,007 (about £2,432,000) HRAD OFFICE AMSTF.RDAM. BRANCH OFFICES: THK HACiIK, ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS HRANCHES BATAVIA Head Office for Dutch East Indies. KOBE Head Office for China
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      767 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. There are approximately seven words to a In.' and there Is rlut rate charge of 20 e*nta per line pei Inssrtlea with A sslalamai i-r nn- rti.lliir [>'-r iniertlnn. Ailvi'iir i-i. i, -Hi-, will ki ui-ofpH-d up to 10 a.m. m the as i I ac, A frr
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      730 4 HOUSES, FLATS TO LET TO LET FLAT. Namaiie Mansions. Apply M. A. Namazie. Bungalows 6, 14, IS, Angullia Park. 863, 361-A, Orchard Rd. fixing modern sanitation. TO LIT. Me. Sophia Rd., No. 4-B, East I Coast Rd. Apl. Ed. M. Nathan, 8-D, De Souia Street. j TO LET, KLAT, Amher
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      646 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO LET, shops at Grosvenor Hotel Bldg. OFFICES TO LET, 24-B, Battery Road, !nd floor. Apply Guthrie Co., Ltd. TO BE LET, new building, corner Cecil Street and Market Street, now nearing comiletion. suitable for first class offices. Apply Manasseh A Co, No. 6-2, Malacca Street.
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      445 4 FOR SALE PICTVRM, Bukit Timah Rifle Meeting. \>. I'hoto Studio, 87, Selegie Road. For -ale, freehold land modern brick :ile bune-alow, Sernn?oon Rd. $8,000. 933, S. T. LIQUIDATION PRICES. London Dry Gin (8.50 per case duty extrs. Dupire Brothers, Ltd., in liquidation. 2 BILLIARD TABLKS, complete for sale. Rood condition.
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      810 4 PUBLIC NOTICES RAILWAYS REVISED TRAIN AND ROAD MOTOR SERVICES On September C, 1931, a revised time table will be introduced giving accelerated services on the local trains and bringing into force through services to and from Kelantan. For economic reasons* a few trains have been withdrawn. The principal alterations are
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      664 4 TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE TENDERS NOTICE is hereby given that tenders are now invited for the following materials or services, and that particulars of such tenders may be cbtained in the Tender Room, Municipal Offices. Annual Supplies 10.12— Municipal Engineer's Dept. Date of closing, See Tender Room. Bending and placing
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      788 5 HOTELS Raffles Hotel TONIGHT Special Race Dinner Dance Grand Opening Night OF MONIA LITTER And His New Raffles Orchestra FEATURING The Latest Hits Played in the New Rhythms (PATRONS ARE KINDLY REQUESTED TO MAKE THEIR TABLE RESERVATIONS EARLY). Sea View Hotel TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER RACE BALL THE GLOUCESTER REGIMENTAL BAND.
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      52 5 C_l__l_M_l SANITARY, ELECTRICAL AND GENERAL ENGINEERS. This Company having decided to cease manufacturing Structural Steelwork, etc., announce that no orders for such work, for completion after 30th November, 1931, can be accepted. We invite your enquiries for Engineering Material from Stocks at SINGAPORE. IPOH. KUALA LUMPUR. Tel. 5471. Tel. 368.
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      222 5 Today's Crossword Puzzle ii i I iif j r^g jSftj i w h w w°r j _f |l~|p~g sSr^ H j^i jgj_- 3-T" :vi^; x^ z iL.li-.ii, b_l— j< Wm^ ®M 1111 MM* II II I t (CLUES.) ACROSS. 17. Threw missiles 19. Argued 1. Pledged person r}**™* P'P« 6.
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    Antarctica And Its Future
    1135 6 BY DR. VILHJALMUR STEFANSSON (THE FAMOUS ARCTIC EXPLORER) MfHENEVER in the past anyone has i made a long-range prophecy about i Uh future of some great area of the world, he has always been proved in the wrong eventually. Tacitus, for instance, in his "De Germania,"
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    INDIAN STUDENTS.
    216 6 Difficulties in Obtaining Admission to 'Varsities. Calcutta. Aug. 20. A suggestion by a speaker at the last meeting of the Senate of the Calcutta University. that the High Commissioner for India in England did not facilitate the admission of Indian students into English Universities was promptly challenged by
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    BY LOCAL LAWYERS.
    467 6 Book on Carriage of Goods By Sea Ordinance. The Carriage of Goods by Sea Ordinance 1927 is of considerable significance to all whose business involves the carriage of goods by sea, and a good service has been rendered by two members of the local Bar, Mr. Richard
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    MISS ENGLAND II.
    395 6 Kaye Don's Bid for British Trophy. Kavt Don, who has twice broken the world's record en wtter, has left London for America, where he Will compete iijrairst Commodore Gar Wood on L*k*» Michigan for the Biitish International Trophy, in Lord Wak'efield's speed-boat Miss England II. Since her
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    TORNADO VICTIMS.
    112 6 High Death-Roil Feared In French Disaster. Toulon, Aug. 10. Search is being continued this morning for further victims of yesterday's tornado. Six bodies have been recovered, including a blind man and his daughter and her fiance, who had gone for a pleasure trip, but it is feared that
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    LONDON CRIME ON THE INCREASE.
    1051 6 Disquieting Situation. CRIME DOES PAY SOMETIMES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 11. It is, perhaps, only to be expected that crime of every type should have, increased in the London area during the past year, since the number of workless has grown, and the
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    HIS FIRST TALKIE.
    350 6 Will Rex Ingram Reveal Some New Stars? (From Our O\rn Correspondent.) London, Aug. 11. Rex Lngram, the famous Irish film producer, who claims to have made more "silent stars" than any man living, ha." now decided, after a long period «>C watchful judgment, to produce his first
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    "FOR ADULTS ONLY."
    419 6 Police Court Sequel To West End Play. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Lyndon, Aujr. 11. There was recently put on at the GerrWl Theatre a pl:iy called "The Lifo Machine." which some of the critics described as an amazingly realistic an I thoughtful drama" and others as "an
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      75 6 WRIGHT* Coal Tar Soap ESSm PLANTING MATERIAL ALL TYPES OF GREEN MANURE SEEDS also BUDWOOD AM) BUDDED STUMPS from well-known Jara and Sumatra Cloae*, etc. rtc Detail* and quotation* on applications to FRANCIS PEEK CO., apork. Freckles Stillman-.Fr* cklcCrt.m bisacbolbcm out wmil. you ilaep. Leaves the tain aafcand whitr- tha
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      74 6 ANOTHER CRUSH Manufactured from various fresh fruits with a basis of specially imported frozen Raspberries and Strawberries. ASK FOR IT. FRASER and NEAVE, LTD. AERATED WATER SPECIALISTS. ACMEQUAL/TY The Modern Pyroxylin Spray Finish Automobile Enamels, Basic Tinting 1 1 1^^^. Colours, Commercial Car Lacquer, and other relative compounds for up-to-date
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      130 7 TELEPHONF 6909 TODAY MATINEE 3 p- m I Vl/M I evening 6.15 9.15 Matinee Tomorrow at 3 p.m. Still in the lead with another great picture NORMA SHEARER eclipsing her wonderful performance in "THE DIVORCEE" with a glorious new role with ROBERT MONTGOMERY in the Season's most polished, brilliant picture
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      154 7 *****Q0 oeoo o^oo^e cr& oq co nooK HIL^U B 1 1 or |H*** 6.i5 TONIGHT sis Positively Last Night of The Famous British Comedy "ROOKERY NOOK" URN TKAVKRS Side splitting Aldwych Theatre Farce Featuring TOM WALLS, RALPH LYNN and WINIFRED SHOTTER. Don't Mm This Geftatady Ci«od AIl-Hritish Entertainment I .I,
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      233 7 P* >>W3! 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" TONIGHT at 9.30 p.m. MATINEE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER Bth at 5.30 p.m. GLOOM! GLOOM!! GLOOM!!! CHASED AWAY BY HELLO!
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    SHIPPING NOTES. CREWS' ACCOMMODATION.
    764 8 Possible Improvements Being Considered. The attention which is now being paid omnxulation oi merchant seamen r akes it interesting to note that it was (ha c.M-tinie sailor himself who prevented i ost of the progress being made. Many ill remember the experiments that were i di-
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    PRODUCE.
    181 8 SiiuMmjic, Sept. (Jambier ]OO fl (Cube No. 1 unpicked; is. on r l>ra mixec R:> Sago flour, Sarawak 17! Whit* Pepper 2 8 > 0 J'-PPer 18.S0 I'earl Sago t£s small 600 mcr'.mm pearl Ann Rica, Kan $172 to 225 Baigoa $i 6.-, l 0 17r I!;miro,,n |i 57
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    49 8 From Kranc-e, by Chenonceaux, due at Singapore 7 a.m. tomorrow. From China and Japan, by Honolulu Mara, due at Singapore on Monday. From China and Japan, by Buenos Aires Maru, due at Singapore on Wednc*<.ay. From China and Japan, by Rangoon Maru. due at Singapore on Wednesday.
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      CHURCH SERVICES.
      596 8 ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL. -4th Sunday afU-r Trinity, S .picnber 0, 1DJ1. 6-0 a,.,.. Holv (on,,,.; 7.W u.nr.. Matins 8 a.n... llolv Coinn. (Choral); 1« a.m.. Children s Service; lit !>•"... r.v. -..sung K horal an. a Holv rural on Moil., Wed. 80 1 K"d.y «"t 8 .In... f
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      EXCHANGE RATES.
      214 8 Singapore, Sept. 5. SELLING. London, 4 month* 1 sight 2 3 29/32 London, 3 months' sight 2 3% London, 60 dny»' sight f/J 27/82 London, 30 days' bight J '3/16 London, demand 23/82 London. T.T. 21/32 Lyons and I'nris. demand 142 a Hamburg, dfinnnrt 234 S4 riom. Niw
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      DUTCH AIR MAIL.
      29 8 The suppk'nicntary air mail Alor Star Am. tordam dispatched at 6 p.m. on Sept. 3. duly connected with the honiewanl aeroplane at Alor Star this morning.
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      S.V.C. TRAINING.
      54 8 Programme of drills up to and for weekending Sept. C Saturday, Sept. B, 2 p.m., Farrer Range, "A" 1. M.C.1 0., Casuals; I p.m., Drill Hall, "D" Eurasian) Co., 30 Yards Range. Sunday, Sept. C, Bukit Timah Range, "C" (Scottish) Co., Company Rifle Meeting 7.30 a.m., Farrer Range,
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      MAILS FOR EUROPE.
      40 8 ■y Dempo Kurapara D'Artagnan Khybcr Johan de Witt Sibajak 8'pore London Left And. July 31 Aug. 20 July 30 Aug. 24 July 211 Aug. 26 Aug. 7 Aug. 31 Auk. 7 Auk. 31 Aug. 14 Sept. 4
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        MINING.
        435 8 Val. !M. Buyers. Sellers. il £1 Asam Kumbang 20/9 22'- cd. £1 £1 Austral Malay 18/- 20/.V 5/- Ayer Hitam Tin 11'- 12 £1 £1 Banprih Tin 9/- 10/1 1 Batauir I'adang 0.10 0.15 1 1 Batu Caves 0.29 0.32 I 1 Bukit Arang 0.30 0.40n0m. £1 £1 Burmah
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        GENERAL.
        279 8 V<ue V iL P.I. Buyers. Sellers. 2 2 Alex. Urick Ords. 1.75 2.25n0m. 1 2 Alex. Brick Prcfs. 1.95 2.05 (1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 3.5.6 3.9.0 I 1 1 Central Engine 0.25 .:<Pnom. I 00 50 Chinese Com. Iliinlc 70.00 75.00 111 Si. Con. T. S. f% Prefa.
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        145 8 Sfjigaporc Cold .Storage 7 p.c. j deb. of MM red. 1931-36 102 104 ci. I Siugaporo Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 par. 6% prcm. i ."'.nrraporc Municipal 4V& p.c. j of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 95 par oingapoTe Vjnicipal 4V4 p.C of IUO9 red.
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        RUBBER SHARES
        393 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotations. At the present tint* the majority of above rubber share quotation, are nominal only. LYALL EVATT. Today's Price Fraser Lyall Co. Kvatl AUenby ($1) O.ri) 0.60 0.50 0.60 Alur Gajah (%l) 0.30 0.40 0.30 0.46 A. Ilitam ($1) O.CO 0.70
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      MALAYAN WIRELESS PROGRAMMES.
      814 8 Concerts from Saigon And Kuala Lumpur. (By Our Wireless Correspondent.) Singapore, Saturtlny. The list of stations which may be heard daily in Malaya is as follows (Singapore lime only is given) ALWAYS ON THE AIR. BANDOENG. P.L.M., 32 metres, 5.10 to 6.30 p.m., recorded music 6.30 to
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    213 8 Today. South-East Borneo (Belawan) 8 p.m. Tombilahan and Indrawn (Najam> 3 p.m. Belawan, Ceylon, Egypt and U.S.A. (Latranbanki 3 p.m. Kemaman, Kcmasek, Krctay, Duntrun, Trengiranu and Besut (Boribat) 4 p.m. Djambi (Tobat ..4 p.m. Belawan (Bulan) 4 p.m. Bengkalis and Bagan Si-Api-Api CToboali) 4 p.m. R u
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    256 8 Satunlay, Scptcm lier 10IM. Ship* alongside lh<- Whinci or expected to arrive. KEPI'EL HARBOUR. Main Wharf I.rh. Ifata Mat.. Uk. Shikari. W. Bt. Sweci, The Cable, Pha.sianella, M. l.eh. Bintanff, Lighter IS:ir:m. B. P. M. Lighter 196. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS.
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      307 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. YESTERDAY. j P M YKSTKRDAY. i Briffht Wind Station.. Te.perat.re Rain- Su,. J^ iw bh-taSf 8i) 76 109 65 sw 10 cloudy Kota Bharu U 73 Nil 10.8 fij v-v I v:_ Trriißßanu I K. Trengganu ..89 73 Nil 10.7 C 5 EKE 10
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      236 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Saturday. Sipf.-nihcr 5. H. W. 2M a.m., 7 ft. 3 in., 2.81 p.m., 8 ft. 4 in. Singapore Races. Autumn Professional meeting, Third Day. Y.M.C.A. Swimming Carnival, and Singapore Swimming Championships, Y.M.C.A. pool, Fort Canning. .Annual meeting. South Johore Rugby Cl lb, Johore Civil Service Club.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    287 9 Rubber Down Again In New York. UNEXPECTED DROP IN TIN. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Saturday. Today's Prices Rubber, cents per Ib. Tin, 75 tons at $59.37 Vs per picul. Yesterday's Prices Rubber, London, 2 1 ,d.. unchanged. New York, 4 15-16 els.. down 1-liiil. Marl.H Tone
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      SEMENYIH RUBBER.
      412 9 An Economical Working Policy. The seventesnth annual general meeting of the Scmenyih Rubber Estate, Ltd., was held on Aug. 10 at Walsingham House, E.C. Mr. H. F. Crosthwaite, the chairman ?aid: The crop harvested has been 755,818 lb., an increase of about 15,000 lb. and the f.o.b. cost
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      RUBBER POSITION.
      176 9 Salvation Lies in Lower Production. The August issue of the monthly resiasr of the Mincing Lane Tea and Rubber Share Brokers' Association states that the statistical position of rtifcber continueß to show a slow tendency towards impro.td conditions, l/ut the full effect of a selling price below the
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      60 9 Tone of Market Stagnant. Latest Cable London Spot Sheet 2Vid. per lb. New York Spot Sheet G. cts. 4 15-1G per lb. t.S.S. equal to London Standard standard R.S.S. on Tender Spot September October November Oct.-Dec. Jan.-Mur. Buyers. Vi 7V4 7% 7% 7% •8 Sellers.
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      U.S. TRADE.
      249 9 Middle Asia Statistics For July. Mr. Don C. Bliss, American Trade Commissioner, 7A, Ocean Building, Singapore, Ims just received by cable the following statistics relating to the foreign trade of the United States with Middle Asia for the month of July 1931 Total exports from United States G5177,000,000
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      CANADIAN GOLD.
      275 9 New Record in 1930: 2,102,068 Ounces. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics at Jttawa has forwarded to the High Comnissioner for Canada in London its finally ovised figures relative to Canadian gold roduction in 1930, indicating that MOL'.OiiH fine ounces, worth $43,453,601 valued at the standard price of 20.*****4
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      YUGOSLAV TRADE.
      139 9 German Competition With Britain. "Reparations deliveries, for many years jne of the most serious obstacles to British trade with Yugoslavia, are now decreasing," states a report of the Department oi Overseas Trade. This is being followed by a very determined effort on the part of Germany to capture
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      SAPONG RUBBER.
      48 9 The directors of the Sapong Rubber and Tobacco Estates, in view of the situation of the rubber industry, have considered it advisable to cease production from the end of August and to put the estate on a care-and-maintenance ba'&is, reports the Financial Times on Aug. 13.
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      PUBLIC ECONOMY.
      334 9 Vital if Disaster is to Be Averted. The Friends of Economy have issued a call for a halt in legislation and expenditure. It is stated that, 13 years after the close of the War, "the world is in n worse position than ever, and the only cure for
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      SHIPPING FREIGHTS.
      293 9 Index Number for July Falls 2.55 Per Cent. The Chamber of Shipping index number of shipping freights for July at 18.35 shows a decrease of 2.55 per cent, compared -with June, but is 1.83 per cent higher than in July, 1930. The Europear waters group index number at
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      SUNGEI PUNTAR.
      149 9 Offer Of 10 Per Cent. Notes. Shareholders of the Sungei Puntar Rubber Estate, which has a paid-up capital of £110,000 in 2s. shares, are invited to subscribe to an offer of £3,000 10 per cent, notes. The notes are redeemable on Sept. 30, 1936, at £110 or at
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      EXCHANGES.
      72 9 Rujby, Sept. 4. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam, 12.06, AOhens 375, Bombay holiday, Berlin 20.52, Brussels 34.09, Bucharest 817, Rio 3 1-16, Buenos Aires 31%, Copenhagen 18.18, Geneva 24.94, Helsinjrfors IBS, Hong Kong IPs, Lisbon 110, Madrid 55, Milan 92.924. Monte Video 22, New York 4.85 31-32, Oslo 18.17%, Paris
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      AFTERMATH OF THE HOOVER BOOMLET.
      970 9 Rqbber Share Brokers' Views. The Mincing Lane Tea and RubbeShare Brokers' Association, Ltd., in theiweekly report dated London Aug. state The quick aftermath of the Hoove" boomlet, the German financial crisis, th changed conditions in the home mone markets the issue of the Macmilla report
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    135 9 Economy Campaign By Government. The Federation of British Indu.-.tiics has received from it.s correspondent in Java a report as to conditions in that island, which states that ilie Java Government is carrying out a campaign of enforced economy, which has rmnit—1. among other things, in the cancellation of
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    AMUSEMENTS.
    129 10 Slnimpore. ADELPHI HOTEL.- Special Race Dinner and Dance, Jack Skyrme and His New Orpheans. ALHAMRRA. Strangers May Kiss with Noima Shearer. 6.15—9.15. Phone 6909. CAPITOL.— Rookery Nook with Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter. 6.15 9.15. EUROPE HOTEL. Race Dinner and Dance, Europe Hotel New Dance Band. GREAT WORLD.—
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH
    16 10 J. J. DE MF.LLO.—At Batavia-Centrum, Java on August 24, 1931, aged 58 years.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPT. 5, 1931. THE CRISIS AND AFTER.
    933 10 On Tuesday Great Britain is to know what the economy and fresh taxation proposals are to be. On Thursday, most probably, those proposals will be ratified. There will assuredly be some grumbling but, in the main, it is
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    256 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. H. J. Cockman has beein appointed to act as Relief Assistant Secretary to the F.M.S. Government. Capt. Brock Birkett, who is to succeed Capt. E. C. O. Thomson as Captain-in-Charge, Singapore, will be leaving London on Oct. 16, cables our London correspondent- H.H. the Sultan of Selangor
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    AL CAPONE NOT THE HUB OF CHICAGO!
    1307 10  -  Judge Frank M. Padden (Hy i. Deputy Mayor of Chicago.) City Not As Bad As It Is Painted. Evidently Judge Paddcn really enjoys living in Chirago and honestly believes the insurance companies ought to regard his as a "good life" despite the gangsters
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    744 10 U.S. BANK CRASHES With reference to the note which appeared in this column on Thursday last, under the al)ove caption, an American reader kindly writes pointing out that the Federal law provi-.ies and the Comptroller of the Currency clearly lays it down in hi > instructions
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    EARLY GENERAL ELECTION ON THE TARIFF ISSUE? MAY COME IN A FEW WEEKS.
    232 11 Short Life for National Government. LONDON VIEWS. What Form Will the New Taxation Take? London, Sept. 5. On the eve of the re-opening of parliament speculation is rife along two distinct lines— What are the Government's taxation
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    ON TUESDAY NEXT.
    215 11 Big Demand for Seats In Commons Galleries. Rugby, Sept. 4. There was no meeting of the Cabinet today, but the Ministers were hard at work in their departments attending both to foreign business and to special problems in connection with the Government economy and financial proposals, which
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    MR. J. H. THOMAS.
    244 11 "Measure of Sacrifice Will be Heavy." Rugby, Sept. 4. Speaking at a luncheon today at Derby, which constituency he has represented in Parliament for 20 years, Mr. J. H. Thomas (the Dominions Secretary) said the Government's financial policy would be an-noum-ed in the House of Commons
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    NEW MINISTERS.
    184 11 Further Additions To The List. Rugby, Sept. 4. Four more appointments \o the National Government are announced tonight ImtA Privy Seal (Lord Peel, Conservative). Paymaster-General (Sir Tudor Walters, Liberal). Soli< itcr-Gcneral for Scotland (Mr. J. Waif >n, who served under the late Government). Mr. G. M. Gillett, who
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    ALL WELL ON BOARD THE NAUTILUS.
    326 11 Radio Communication Established. Oslo, Sept. 4. The Nautilus is safe. Later Radio communication with the Nautilus was established at 11 p.m. tonight (Friday) by the Meteorological Institute Wireless Station at Tromsoe. The Nautilus sent greetings and declared that all was well. Earlier messages stated
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    LEAGUE ASSEMBLY.
    326 11 Lord Reading Hopes To Attend It. Rugby, Sept. 4. The Foreign Secretary (Lord Reading), who was prevented by pressure of urgent Cabinet work from heading the British Delegation to the present League meetings, is anxious, if possible, to visit Geneva, while the Assembly of the League is sitting.
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    WHEAT FOR CHINA.
    164 11 An Announcement From Washington. Washington, Sept. 4. President Hoover has announced that the Chinese Government has accepted the Farm Board's wheat proposals and has also agreed to buy an unspecified amount of flour. Reuter. A message from Nanking (which appeared in yesterday's Straits Times) announced that the
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    CIVIL AERODROME AT KALLANG.
    105 11 Rumour Denied. NO INTENTION TO CHANGE SITE. A rumour has been current in Singapore that the Government has been compelled to move the site of the proposed civil aerodrome from Kallang Basin to Seletar. The reason given for the change of site was that the Municipality
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    THE SLUMP EXODUS.
    66 11 During the first five months of this year Malaya's immigrant population has been draining away at the rate of between ten and fourteen thousand (net loss) a month, and up to the end of May over 64,000 more people had left this country than had arrived in
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    90 11 the progress of the proposed civil aerodrome at Kallang Basin is inaccurate. Further, the statement that because of this attitude it has been necessary to move the site of the proposed aerodrome to Seletar is also without foundation. The Civil Aerodrome Office has under construction at Seletar a hangar for
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    ON THE ROCKS.
    112 11 Burgenland Gets Off Again. Seoul, Sept. 4It is reported that a German steamer, believed to be the Burgenland, has run aground j n the vicinity of Fukusa Island, off Korea, whilst on her way to Nagoyj from Tsingtao. The vessel is leaking badly. Twenty-five passengers and the
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    DISARMAMENT.
    59 11 Britain Not Likely To Cause Postponement. London, Aug. 4. An authoritative denial is issued of the rumours that Great Britain is in any way likely to be responsible for the postpone- ment of the Disarmament Conference. On the contiary the preparatory work which is being done in London in
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    THREAT TO NANKING.
    112 11 Flood Position Growing More Serious. Shanghai, Sept. 4. The Nanking flood position is growing momentarily more serious. The road connecting Nanking with Chungshan ia seven feet under water. The destitutes are stated to number 30,000. The China Times, commenting upon the flood relief loan proposals, declares that
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    VIOLENT SCENES IN BARCELONA.
    330 11 Fierce Street Fighting. WOMEN HELP TO SETTLE STRIKE. Madrid, Sept. 5. Another serious incident is reported fxom Barcelona. There has been a dramatic siege of the headquarters of the Building Trades Union, where the strikers, equipped with rifles and an unlimited supply of ammunition, held out
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    THE U.S. NAVY.
    62 11 Minimum Programme Submitted. Washington, Sept. 4. The Navy League, expressing the opinion that it is practically impossible for the United States Fleet to reach London Treaty strength by 1935, has submitted a minimum programme entailing an expenditure of $767,000,000 during the next fiscal six years. This is
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    THE CUSTOMS UNION.
    166 11 How London Received The News of Renunciation. Rugby, Sept. 4. Commenting on the renunciation by Germany and Austria at Geneva yesterday of their projected Customs Union, The Times says Now that this impediment is out of the way, the world will look especially to those whose opposition
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    AFTER THE HONEYMOON.
    51 11 Tragedy Follows Romance In Vienna. Vienna, Sept. 4. The honeymooners, the Archduke Anton von Hapsburg and Princess Ileana of Rumania, had a most tragic homecoming. Following an uigent summons they flew from England to the bedside of the Archduke Leopold von Hapsburg. The Archduke Leopold died today.
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    LATE MR. TAN YEN-KAI.
    60 11 State Interment In Nanking Yesterday. Shanghai, Sept. 4. The State interment of Mr. Tan Yen- I kai, the former chairman of the Nation- I list Government and President of the Executive Yuan, is taking place in Nanking to day, when there will be a cessation of
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    JAPAN'S DESIGNS ON MANCHURIA?
    313 11 Plan to Strengthen And Extend Her Influence. Shanghai, Sept. 5. Foreign reports to hand from Tokio state that the military clique in Japan is proposing to take advantage oi" the dire circumstances in which China today finds herself, as a result of the devastating floods, Communism
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    GOLD IN U.S.A.
    95 11 Not a Case for Action By Government. Washington, Sept. 5. It is stated that the United States Government does hot consider the record accumulation of nearly $5,000,000,000 in gold in the United States as a problem to be dealt with by governmental action. It is asserted that
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    MISS AMY JOHNSON.
    100 11 Petrol Shortage Causes Forced Landing. Moscow, Sept. -I. Miss Amy Johnson left Kazan for Moscow at 7 a.m. Her forced landing near Kazan was dua to shortage of petrol, a supply of which was rushed to the scene after the dispatch of an S.O.S. Later Miss Johnson
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    ZEPPELIN RETURNS.
    106 11 Successful Non-Stop Flight To Pernambuco. Pernambuco, Sept. 4. The Graf Zeppelin took off from here at 2.40 a.m. today on her return flight to Fried richshaven. The giant German airship left Friedrichshaven on Saturday, Aug. 29, at 9.36 a.m. on a non-stop flight to Pernambuco, Brazil, a distance
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    AUSTRIA'S PLIGHT.
    76 11 Unable Herself to Restore Her Finances. Rugb;-, Sept. 4. At this afternoon's meeting of the League of Nations Council at Geneva the Austrian Chancellor (Dr. Sehoeber) stated that, while Austria was doing her best, she was unable to carry out herself the measures necessary to restore her finances
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    SCHNEIDER RACE SURPRISE.
    776 11 France and Italy Not To Compete. BRITISH POSITION. Will Try to Improve On Record. .'.ug'oy, Aug. 1. The Royal Aero Club announces tonight that it has been informed by the Air Ministry that, in response to inquiries by the British attaches in Paris and Rome, official notification
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    CHINESE IN MEXICO.
    48 11 Time for Expulsion "Extended Indefinitely." Nogales, Arizona, Sept. I. The exodus of Chinese from North Mexico has been temporarily cherked by an order of the Mexican Government extending indefinitely the time limit for their expulsion, which was oiiginally to hare ended on Sept. 5. Reuter.
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    DEAD MAN'S NATIONALITY MYSTERY. Startling Developments Anticipated.
    1769 12 TEETH AND NAIL CLUE AMAZING STORY TOLD TO CORONER. The casual finding of a body in an advanced itatc of decomporitioß in an out-of-the-way spot in a plantation at Bcletar, wktea at Brrt was thought to be :,m ..nknov/n Chinese vagrant, promises to
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    TWO JUDGMENTS.
    137 12 Spagu Mines Chinese Press To Pay. Two judgments, both for the plaintiffs, were delivered this morning in the Supreme Court in two cases, one against a lead and silver mine and the other against a Chinese press. In the. former c^se, his Lordship, Mr. Justice Sproule, the acting
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    PRETTY GIRLS.
    128 12 So Provoking Says Joseph Hergesheimer. This is what Joseph Hergesheimer, the American author, thinks of the European girl: She hasn i as much intelligence as the American girl. She hasn't the same pretty figure. She hasn't the same pretty legs, and She lacks a sense of humour. Hergesheimer,
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    MARRIAGES TOO!
    401 12 Spread of the Instalment System. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 11. There is much dissension amongst the economists concerning the present popularity of the instalment system, by which one may purchase almost anything from cups and saucers to coffins, clothing to sea voyages, or from engagement rings
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    CANTON GOVERNMENT.
    128 12 Still Demand Expulsion Of Marshal Chiang. Hong Kong, Sept. 2. An extraordinary meeting of the Carton National >: Government, held in I Canton yesterday, passed resolutions to the following effect (1) That Marshal Chiang Kai-shek and Mr. Wu Tszo-hui should be expelled from the Kuomintang. (Mr. Wu Tsze-hui
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    NORTHERN MILITARISTS
    110 12 Conference A Success Says General Han. Shanghai, Sept. 4. General Han Fu-chu, the chairman of the Shantung Provincial Government, returned to Tsinan yesterday. He stated, on arrival thei'e, that the Northern military conference had proved eminently suc:es£ful, the military leaders being determined to maintain the status quo. General
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    REDS IN KIANGSI.
    26 12 Further Military Activity Reported. Shanghai, Sept. 4. Reports to hand 'from Kiangsi record a further revival of Communist military activity. Sin Kuo Mm.
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    RAFFLES ORCHESTRA.
    100 12 Mir. Monia Litter will play again at taffies Hotel from tonight, and the >rchestra will include two new musicians 'rom Shanghai, 'Mr. Carl Marechek, saxo>honist, who played at the Aator House, tnd Mr. Ptanny Marechek, violinist, who vas at the Palace Hotel. The orchestra s now built up
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    26 12 The band of the Gloucester Regiment < will play for the race Ball at Sea View Hotel tonight. Dancing will go on untjl 2 a.m.
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      GALLUS AGAIN.
      211 12 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, With tin at 60, rubber at anything you like and the temperature nearing 95 deg. in the shade, tempers appear to get short. Rotax did not see eye to eye with me but he addressed me as his friend. Your
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      TRADES EXHIBITION.
      372 12 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, The Governor has broken his I "•oppressive riicice" in a manner well calculated to bring "impressive" results. Popular opinion appears to be that the committee selected for the purpose of organising the Trade Exhibition could not be improved, and undoubtedly
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    PREPARING FOR WAR.
    220 12 Armies Approaching Each Other in South China. Hong Kong:, Sept. 4. The commander of the Citizens' Army in Southern Hunan hr.s wired to Canton stating that en September 2 he captured Chenchow, which is en the Canton-Chang-sha railway five miles on the Hunan side of the Kwangtung-Hunan
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    JOHORE JUDGMENT.
    63 12 In the case in the Johore Court of Appeal concerning an objector's suit, which was reported in the Straits Times yesterday, the judgment was that each party should pey its own coats as to proceedings before Mr. Justice Thorne in the Court below. The Court allowed costs to
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    AN M.P.'s PRIVILEGES.
    353 12 When He Cannot Be Arrested. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 11. Mr. J. McGovern, the Labour M.P. for the Shettleston Division of Glasgow, is appealing against the sentence of a fine, or imprisonment which has been passed on him in respect of his infringement of the
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    2,713,350.
    314 12 Hew Britain's Workless Total Is Mounting. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 11. The number of registered unemployed reported in the latest return issued by the Ministry of Labour is the highest yet recorded, and, although it is swollen by the substantial addition of 42,778 to those temporarily stopped,
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    BRAVERY RECOGNISED.
    187 12 U. S. Awards to British Seamen. The Board of Traae have received, through the Foreign Office, a gold watch and chain, two binocular glasses and five gold medals, which have been ■warded by the President of the United .States to Captain J. L. McQueen, master, W. Paterson, chief
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    TREASURE SHIP IN SINGAPORE.
    478 12 Modern British Art For Exhibition in Tokio. One of the finest collections cf modern British paintings and drawings that has ever left Great Britain for foreign exhibition arrived in Singapor? this morning on the way to Japan. Singapore, unfortunately, v/ill not see these treasures as they
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    THE OPPOSITION.
    186 12 "Nervousness in Some Quarters. London, Sept. 4. The Cabinet will not meet again before Monday afternoon, when it will put the finishing touches to the parliamentary programme. Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald left for Cheqre:« today, where he is spending the week-end with a mass of detailed work, and
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    31 12 The Central Engine Works, Ltd., of Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh, have decided to cease manufacturing structural tttelwoik after Nov. 30, and to concentrate their forces upon developing their other departments.
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  • Singapore Races—Selections for Today's Events.—Malays Enter Cup Final.
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      CLASS I EVENTS VERY OPEN.
      445 13 Today's Programme. GOOD GOING AFTER RAIN. Practically no rain fell overnight and the going was on the hard side this morning, but the rain that has since fallen will make the going this afternoon just right. There are more scratchings than on the first two
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      MALAYS ENTER CUP FINAL.
      1261 13 R.A. Unfortunate. DEFENCE DISORGANISED BY INJURY. Malays 3; R.A. 0. Everybody's sympathy went to the R.A. for their defeat in the replayed semi-final la the S.A.P.A. Cup at the Anson Road Stadium yesterday, when the Malays won by three clear goals. There is no doubt, on
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    OUIMET IN FINAL.
    37 13 Veteran's Success in U.S. Amateur Golf. Chicago, Sept. 4. In the semi-final round of the American Amateur Golf Championship F. Ouimet beat Howell, 2 and 1, and Westland beat McCarthy, 3 and 2. Reuter.
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    SCHOOLBOY BOXERS.
    426 13 Excellent Sport in Local Finrfls. Great enthusiasm was shown at th< finals of the inter-school boxing competition held on Raffles Institution ground 1 yesterday, and the quality of the sport 1 richly deserved it. As the referee, Major \V. K. Campbell, D.5.0., M.8.E., M.C., remarked at the conclusion,
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    A.A.A. MEETING.
    212 13 Decision to Abandon Veterans' Race. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 5. At the annual meeting of the Amateur Athletic Association of British Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, the Hon. Mr. Andrew Caldccott presiding, it was decided that the championships meeting should be held in Kuala Lumpur again
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    ENGLISH LEAGUE.
    264 13 Birmingham to Entertain Arsenal. The following matches are to be played in the English and Scottish Leagues today First Division. Birmingham vs. Arscnul. Chelsea vs. Huddcrsficld T. Derby County vs. Sheffield Utd. Grimsby Town vs. Newcastle Utd. Leicester City vs. Manchester City. Liverpool vs. Aston Villa. Portsmouth vs.
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    PORT DICKSON SPORT.
    77 13 Revival of Football Competitions. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Sept. 3. The Port Dickson Football League starts on Sept. 0 when the Customs XI meets the Government Servants' XI. Other teams which have entered for this competition are P. D. Pernakan and Moonlight team. The competition is
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    S.C.C. SIX-A-SIDE.
    44 13 The results of the six-a-side matches at the S.C.C. yesterday were as follows Brodie's side beat Adam's, I—o.1 0. Kendall's side beat Pennycook's, 2 c&rners to 1 corner. Brummitt's side beat Thornton's, 3—o.3 0. Three more ties will be played on Tuesday.
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    U.S. BASEBALL.
    58 13 Results of Games in the Two Major Leagues. New York, Sept. 5. Yesterday's baseball results were National League. New York 3 Brooklyn 0 Philadelphia 11 Boston 1 Cincinnati 12 Chicago 3 Pittsburgh 3 St. Louis 1 American League. Boston 0 Philadelphia 2 Boston 1 Philadelphia 6 Washington 5
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    PUBLIC SERVICES R.F.C.
    33 13 The annual general meeting of the Public Services Rugby Football Club will b« held on Monday, Sept. 7, 1931, in the Board Room of the Municipal Offices lat 5.30 p.m.
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    TENNIS.
    507 13 S.C.C. Tournament Results. The following 1 ties were played in the S.C.C tournament yesterday A Singles. A. D. Anderson owe 15.5 W. Rodger plus 4, postponed. A Doubles. C. Puller mnd H. S. Haskin owe .1 lost to W. H. Droogleever and E. W. P. Fulcher plus 3, 6—
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    60 13 Saturday, September 3. Singapore Karon. Autumn Professional Meeting, Third Day. Tennis: Juhore Civil Service Club open tournament begins: Johore Hahru, 330 p.m. Swimming: Singapore Championship!, V.M.C.A. pool, Kort Canning. South Johore Rugby Club annual meeting, Johore Civil Service Club. Golf: Monthly Bogey competition, Singapore G.C. Indian Association Hockey
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    WEATHER RUINS CRICKET.
    183 13 Three Matches Spoilt By Rain. London, Sept. 4. Kain throughout the country interfere*! with the three first-cltss cricket fixtures whi?h started on Wednesday. Big Score By Blunt. At Eastbourne the N'tw Zealand tourists were opposed to the Gentlemen of England. The touryita opened with 377, of which
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    INDIAN CRICKET TOUR.
    163 13 Bengal Confirm Decision Not to Assist. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, Sept. 4. In spite of the decision of the Board of Control to send an Indian team to England next year the Bengal Cricket Association last night reiterated ita former decision refusing to associate itself with
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    AMICABLE A.A.
    173 13 The annual meeting of the AmiculikAthletic Association was held at the clubhouse, when the election of officers resulted as follows Patrons, Messn. Lhia Ling and Lim Kens Tiam president, Mr. Tan Henjt Chua vicepresidents, Messrs. Ang Lian Kee, Cheong I'heck Tee, Koh Swee Loy and Wee Ja> hionjf
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    1238 14  -  Margaret Carlton By Our Ijondon Fashion Expert London, Aug. 5. I have just been told by a kind friend that so few women are interested in (owes rhat it isn't the least use my •writing about
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    155 14 fruit stains on the hands disappear when rubbeel with vinegar, lemon, or a raw tomato before being dipped in water. Do*rmats will not curl up or slip if they are neatly lined with carpet. A piece of a partly worn rug may be used for this purpose. Earthenware
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    171 14 As a local Mem, I am naturally interested in the latest fashions from London and Paris. Singapore is notoriously behind the times today's home style being: at least three months ahead of the styles shown in any of the Singapore maisons. And that is most obvious wh«i the
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    Does Man Take Woman For Granted ?
    781 15  - Does Man Take Woman For Granted Maurice Dekobra By The Famous French S'ovelist stupid half the number cf trim* po**io»- a man requires when dealing with her. „</-. would not take "lace. Everyone can She must learn the art of renewing herself s-e the truth of my remarks by making
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    Bowler Hats At Goodwood.
    37 15 fpHE lati -t style of hat, pictures of which have already appeared in the Straits Times, resembles a man's bowler hat. The picture shows this new fashion a .'opted by racegoers at Goodwood.
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    103 15 Varnishi-d surfaces can be brightened by wiping over them with cheesecloth moistened with linseed oil, a liquid furniture polish, or wrung out of a pint of hot water containing one dessertspoonful each of turpentine and linseed oil. Afterwards rub with a heavy woollen cloth until the gloss is restored. Ebony-backed
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    The New Fashions Demand Lovely Shoulders.
    431 15 HPHAT Victorian off-the-shoulder line for evening gowns, which is among the sensational mid-autumn fashions, creates a problem for the beauty experts. i Women are faced with the necessity of transforming their tanned and 'frequently too thin necks and shoulders into the sipping but beautifully
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    28 15 DURING the last big motor race meeting at Hrooklands the women's fashioos almost rivalled those of Ascot. The picture shows a spectator wearing one of the latest hats.
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    Attractive Sun Hat.
    69 15 SUN hats for v.-ear on th I l-wi'-h w larger every day, but no matter how enormous they are, they keep u> exLre.noiy simple lines. A huge, natural-coloured straw hat has a narrow band of green velvet round the base of the crown, and the only other
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      112 15 The Glamour of Rhythm )W[fflifc^\L %^lj§£^f In those hours of social enjoyment, the enchanting fragrance of "1/7/1" stimulates and refreshes by its subtle radiance. Inhale it from the handkerchief when tired, dab it on wrists or forehead to feel active and fresh. In bath and wash basin, as an after-shaving
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    A JOURNAL IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.
    3335 16 Forgetting The Slump— The Rich Variety Of Kuala Lumpur More About Our Artistic Life— A Remarkable Exhibition —The Modern Malayan Girl— Relay Races In Yellow Pyjamas Fish In The Home— Some Local Trivialities. (By Our Kuala Lumpur Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 4. IT is
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      456 16 DEFECTS OF VISION. l^JBIl ■rasas: y^yjag Cuticura among which may be mentioned Si s i^r^r;::^;:: preparations (S) Of a great percentage of Cross-eye*." c n tl«.oraSoop- rra r nt:l 1 dp w ff ssraissr seerain rtupidity Siiswisss^W^ to remove pimples, rashes and irriw(5) Of loss of nerve energy and many
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    A NINE-YEAR-OLD BANKRUPTCY.
    485 17 Discharge Suspended For| Another Year. Tfce discharge f';o:n the nine-year-old bankruptcy ol Qeorge Fernando mi suspended for a year by Mr. Justice Palgiave Simp, on yesterday when presiding over tne Bankruptcy Court. Mr. E. N. Taylor, Assistant Official raadfag from the Official ort said that the total
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    CAPTURE OF REPUTED HOUSEBREAKERS.
    446 17 Another Round-Up By Detectives. The campaign against reputed tluevcs and housebreakers is s ill being carried cr. by the Singapore Detective Branch urd four more 01 these lests have fallen into the hands of the police much to the relief of suburban resident:,, chiefly European?. In
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    DIED FROM JOY.
    53 17 John Flanauran. wh^ returned home to Anralong, co Down, after i! 0 .-.ears in the United States, died within an hour of his an ival. He was greeting friends when he had a fatal seizure. A doctor attributed the trajredy to heart attacks following the sho?k of
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    TWO DISCHARGED IN RAILWAYS CASE.
    614 17 Investigating Officer Struck Too Soon." Another stage in the F.M-S. Railways rare in which three employees of the j Tank Road goods department and a Chinese consignee are charged with forgery and abetment of forgery of certain I invoices and documents, was reached yes- I
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    THE EX-KAISER.
    184 17 Neighbours Have To Give Him Work." The ex-Kaiser It forced to rely on his neighbours at loom, Holland, wheie he lives in exile, to '"(live" him wirk. For years he has indulged his hobby of wood-chopping, and now he has completely cleared his own extensive grounds of fallen
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    OXFORD TUTOR'S DEATH.
    99 17 Theory of Overdose Of A Drug. The death occurred in tragic- circumstances recently of Mr. Mauiice Sopote, a well-known private tutor, of Kennington, near Oxford. he had been ill for some time and a few days ago left Ra -cliff e Infirmary, Oxfoid. Mrs. Sc;ote became alarmed
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    50 17 The tender of Tan Kee Liau for $19,500 Ua bern accepted foi hand d'erigin? for (he formation of a new chanrel and filling in of the existing channel at Sung:': Berlajci'. P««ir I'anjan*. The hirho-! lender was that of Yb L;y Kee. $142, < .iOO, and the lowest F. Bullcn,
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      295 17 The Essence of Economy in Transport! Tin- Morris Minor represents the Tf^T^fc SS^^^fe clietpest travelling possible in P *tB| rM^B M:<laya. Imagine it 3.12 cents per .^^&_&^^HM^k^^^S2^^5~SH mil< for four passengers cheaper H^t than even Rickshaws. To fully j^KI R^^. appreciate the economy ef u Morris d^^^Hll^l Minor S.V., you
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    HELPING HAND FOR ASIATICS.
    1001 18 Unemployment Fund. GOVERNMENT TO BE APPROACHED. A meeting of the general committee of ths Asiatic Unemployment Fund was held al Raffle* Chambers on Sept. I. The fol- lowing were present Messrs. Lim Ke:- 1 Check (chairman), G. Shelley (hon. treasurer), Koh Soon Huat, Chan Hai Seng
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    TRAIN SERVICE SPEED-UP.
    572 18 New Time-Table. A FEW SERVICES WITHDRAWN. The F.M.S. Railways are introducing tomoriow a new time-table, the chief features of which are A considerable speeding up of the local passenger train service, and The withdrawal of a few trains which, owing to the present trade depression, have become
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    POWDERED FUEL.
    274 18 Unusual Method of Drive Uy Steam Engines. Messrs. Clarke, Chapman and Cj., Ltd., of Gateshead-on-Tyne, whose r.owdere:! luel plant in the pioneer ship, the steamer Berwindlea, has evoked such interest a* the result of the publication of the figures of the first fourteen month?' performan-e ci this vc-srl,
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    MERCHANT NAVY SALARIES.
    575 18 Do the Old Men Hamper Promotion (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 11. In relation to their responsibilities, the srlaries paid to officers in the British mercantile marine seen to the outsider to be disgracefully inadequate. Not lon»* ago. I travelled across the Pacific on a hip
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      223 18 HFIIfI RflflM Bread and milk party: How unjust! How awful! ?But the curious tiling is that the P children likcJ it betrcr than the a, J cake, UKtt I 1 r WITH A SMILE x mil^' you _y*7 'Jl^x Milkmaid Milk spread nice and M% '^T pAo thick on lhin
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    MALAYAN TRADE.
    286 19 July Not so Good As June. Malayan trade for the month of July did not show any improvement over the previous month, according to the Return of Foreign Imports and Exports, which Hives the total imports as $39,262,061 (£4,580,574) and exports $35,909,567 (M;196,4M). Total imports of merchandise amounted
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    CALCUTTA CORPORATION.
    271 19 Dinesh Gupta Resolution To Stand. Calcutta, Aug. 20. The resolution expressing grief at the execution of Dinesh Gupta, the murderer of Colonel Simpson, is to stand permanently on the records of the. Calcutta Corporation. At yesterday's meeting, the Corporation adopted, by 39 votes to 24, Mr. Nalini Kanjan
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    BOMBAY'S TRADE.
    154 19 Revenue Falls by Rs. 54 Crores. Bombay, Aug. 17. A total drop of Rs. 5-1 crore.~, or 22 per I rent., as compared with the previous year, in Bombay's trade for March 1930 to 1931 I is recorded in the official report on the foreign trade of the
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    BIGAMY CHARGE.
    115 19 Thompson Sent to Prison For Two Years. Calcutta, Aug. 20. J. Thompson, who was on trial on a charge of bigamy, has been sentenced by the Fifth Presidency Magistrate to two years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 600, or six months' further imprisonment. The prosecution case
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    THE SANKEY SCHEME.
    377 19 Indian Princes Submit An Alternative. t Bombay. Aug. 17. H. the Maharaja of Patiala has n me (writes the local Statesman espondent) a statement summing up results of the conference of Princes Ministers held in Bombay la^t week. ip statement, inter alia, says ie scheme of Federation
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    MR. GANDHI'S ADVICE.
    210 19 Get Ready for the Next "War." IAhmedabad, Aug. 15. r. Gandhi, accompanied by Sardar abhai Patel, the Congress president, 'ed here this morning from Bombay le Gujerat Mail. f. Gdndhi is actually preparing for lor war, as he admitted in the course s address after prayers this
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    COMMUNAL RIOTS.
    158 19 Four Dead 14 Injured at Dera Ismail Khan. B Delhi, Aug. 13. ndus and two Mohammedans 1 anil 14 persons were injured ed to hospital in the communal •a Ismail Khan on Wednesday. r minutes the disturbance had oughout the bazaar. Swords, this and bricks were freely le
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    RAJA OF POME.
    97 19 Risoner's Escape From Custody. Shillongr, Aug. 15. been received of the escape a of the Raja of Pome, a in Tibet. ..irs ago, there was an insurrection in Pome and he had given an undertaking that he would not return to Tibet or Bhutan without the consent
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