The Straits Times, 12 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 12, 1931. PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1931. PRICE 10 CENTS
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      250 1 SINGAPORE: 78. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 6161), 6.1S Tonisht 9.15 j MARLENE DIETRICH in "Dishonoured"; Phone 5261-2. THOUSANDS m**m SLEDGE kit 4 BRAND FULL li^^^^'-Pl CREAM SWEETENED CONDENSED SWISS MILK FROM THE FERTILE VALLEYS OF THE FAMOUS SWISS ALPS. SUPPLIED TO ALL GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS IN SINGAPORE. Sole Agenti for
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      185 1 KUAtA tUMPURiW 27. JAVA (yV|pNE mgmX TABLE CLOTHS and NAPKINS IN Good Quality Cotton Damask, Hard Wearing. Specially For p enod Reduced of Prices. Sale Only. No. G.D.S. CG. All White ready for use. b pretty Ron] dMigm. Ifchfe Clothfl hemmed n-ady for use. Size 70 x7O inrlips. t 70
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      11 1 6.15 Tonight 9.15 MAKI.ENE DIKTItK II in "Dishonoured" i Thone 5261-2.
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      524 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporntrd in England) MAIL, PASSENGER 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 FOB CHTNA AND JAPAN. Tonnnge due Spore. KASHMIR 9,000 Sept. 19 NAI.DERA 16,000 Oct. 3
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      739 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdsm and Middlesbronga. Vessels Tonnage Due Sail tTERUKUNI MARU 12,000 Sept. 23 24 t HAKI'SAN MARU 10,500 Oct. 7 8 HARL'NA MARU 10,500 Oct. 21 2!! KATORI MARU 10,000 Nov. 6 S KASHIMA MARU 10,. r .OO Nov. 19
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      468 2 BURNS PfflLP LINE (Incorporated In Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknewn steamer MARELLA (7,866 tons) and the sj. MAN* OLA (8362 tons) (Cargo only). The s.s. MARELLA U one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia,
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      665 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED (Incorporated in Denmark.) Telephone SS2S. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. To 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. SKLANDIA Oct. 21 Oct. 23 m.s. FIONIA Nov. 4 Nov. 6 m.s. FALSTRIA
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      586 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO, LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England.) REGULAR SERVICE TO MARSEILLES, LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG and BREMEN, GENOA, HAVRE. LIVERPOOL and GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK and BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON and NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON, ROTTERDAM and HAMBURG.
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      456 2 SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siam) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE. For Kelantnn, Tabai, Bangnnra, Telupln, Patani, Singora, Lacun, Sichon, Handon, Kohsamui, Langjuan, Tuku, Chumpon and Bangkok. Arrival Departure SUDDHADIB Bee*. IS Sept. 16 VALAYA S.pt. Sept. 23 MAUN I Sept, 81 1 These vessels are fitted throughout with electric
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      598 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. TACOMA ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO., TACOMA, WASH. STATES STEAMSHIP CO., PORTLAND. ORE. JOINT SCHEDULB Failing for United States and Canada Points from Hung Kong. Bait Fran.-isea and Lo* Angclea. S.S. GOLDEN TIDE mils from Heac Koi.tf Sept. 20 S.in Fraaeteea ami Portland SS
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      534 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE ofnd AMERICAN MAIL LINE ROUND-TIIE-WORLD VINCAPORE, PKNANG, COLOMBO. SUEZ PORT SAID. ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GKNOA, MARSEILLES, NEW YORK AMD BOSTON. Arrive L*av« I S'por*. S'por*. Penang PRES. HAYES Sept. 14 Sept. 17 Sept. 19 IRKS. FILLMORE Sept. 28 Oct. 1 Oct. 3 PRES. MONROE Oct. 12 Oct. 15
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      989 3 BANKING ANNOUNCEMENTS, ELLEMAN BUCRNALL STEAMSHF? CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England.) "ELLERMAN" UNE. Passenger aud Freight Services to: i UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT Via Porta and Soei CaaaL OUTWARDS. To HONG KONG, SHANGHAI and JAPAN Steamer Da* S'por* s s. CITY OF PERTH Oct. 12 CITY OF ADELAIDE Nov. 25 HOMEWARDS.
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      562 3 NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPY, N. V. Netherlands Trading Society. (Established at Amsterdam 18J4.) PAID UP CAPITAL F1.80,030,000 (about £6,669,000). STATUTORY RESERVE FUND F1.40,016,000 (about MUN). HEAD OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM WITH AGENCIES IN ROTTERDAM AND THE HAGUE. HEAD AGENCY IN BATAVIA. BRANCHES Bandoeng Weltevreden Rangoon BandjcriiULsin Kota-Rudja Semarang Bombay (Acheen) Shanghai Calcutta
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      523 3 NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK, N.V. Entabliahed 1863 at Amsterdam. Authorised Capital Glds. 100.000,000 (about £8,500,0X10) Paid up Capital Glds. bT>.OOO,OOO (about £4,600,000) R.servei Glds. 29,190,007 (about £2, 132,000) HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM. BRANCH OFFICES TIIK HAGUE, ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BRANCHES BATAVIA Head Office for Dutch East Indies. KOBE Head Office for China and
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      732 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. There are approximately seven words to a litiM aad Hum i- is a Hat rate charge of 26 cents per line pi-r infection willi A niir imuiu of uni dollur per insertion. •Vdmrttaementa will ac accepted up to 10 a.m. mi Ike d:iy of ism. A fee af
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      776 4 BOARD-RESIDENCE. TO LET, bed sitting room. 971, S. T. PRIVATE Guest House at 2, Lloyd Road. Every comfort. Very low rates. Call 6 p.m. EAST ANGLIA, 6, OXLEY RISE, Phone 1390. Central, Convenient, Homely, Te< nit, Garases. Daily or monthly rates. SELETAR GRANGE LICENSED l.'ith mile Thomsnn-Seletar Road. SUNDAY, SEPT.
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      574 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO LET, shops at Grosvenor Hotel Bids. OFFICES TO LET, 24-B, Battery Road, 2nd floor. Apply Guthrie Co, Ltd. TO LET, two storied godown. Road and River frontage. Area 10,000 sq. ft. Apply 424, Straits Times. TO LET, OFFICES at 4, Prinoe Street, top floor and
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      539 4 MISCELLANEOUS FRENCH conversation by French Lady, moderate term«. Apply No. 961, Straits Times. IF YOU HAVE RELATIVES OR FRIENDS overseas, have the Straits Budget poated to them every week, $14 yearly, including postage, outside Malaya (J13.20 within Malaya). Orders, accompanied by remittances, should be addressed to the Manager, Straits Budget,
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      803 4 EDUCATIONAL. ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE, HONG KONG Boarding School for Chinese Students. Classes in English by resident English and Chinese Graduates. Chinese Classes from beginners upwards. Fine New Buildings on site 25 acres. Prepares students for the Universities. Football, Tennis etc. Chinese or Foreign food. For prospectus Apply The Warden, St.
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      793 4 LEGAL NOTICES "PEERLESS" "ADMIRATION" "CONQUEROR" NOTICE is hereby gr*«ll that xhv afc*vS Trade Marks are the exclusive property of DIW'LOP RUBBKR COMPANY (STRAITS SETTLEMKNTSI UMITED, a Company incorporated in the Straits Settlements, ;i:'.l that the same are used by th.- miwl Company in respect of three kinds of Transmission and
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      414 5 HOTELS tonight I RAFFLES HOTEL SPECIAL RACE DINNER AND DANCE Till 1 a.m. EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION (PLEASE BOOK EARLY) I »_J SUNDAY with September 13th pi "15 p.p. MODERN GRILL GRAND CONCERT SAN^! lON By MONIA LITTER and Terms HAVE YOUR GRILL HIS NEW RAFFLES ORCHESTRA Moderate ON THE LAWN m
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      597 5 HOTEL Real Palace V ffiPnVj FO F Vouß KoMg""" ?bya Thai ?nlnt?<?~" THE PREMIER HOTEL OF BANGKOK We// known for its distinction and refinement. >V .-r r BOXING Biggest fight of the year. Between two great artists that ever vinlted here AL 12 Rounds ALBERT RIVERS vs. GRETHER (American) at
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      636 5 i n .A* j-. -rr^t'lfc 4 |T,i :jxj THE IDEAL £j W^ BATHROOM O CONTAINS ill jl 1 1 1111 RAQTIAN vi I* 1 WATER HEATER You can HIRE them from the Municipal Electrical Dept. Sole Agents CFNTRA3 I NSYttttK L KUALS >IPUR IPOH. Tel. 5471 (4 lines). THE 'ROLLOROY'
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    A JOURNAL IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL. TRAINING DRIVERS FOR THE F.M.S. RAILWAYS.
    3688 6 Yarns Of The East Coast Railway A Haunted Bungalow Conjuring With A Corpse The Ttmrist In Kelantan A Wonderful Plain And A Quaint Capital—The F.M.S. Railways Past History And Present Problems, (By Our Kuala Lnmpnr Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur,
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      163 6 >2^B^^^ av^avMaiuLn I mp Internationale Credlet.-en HantelsveWVvniglng'Rotlsre&ffl 11 SINGAPORE THE NEW WORLD SHOW Established, 1923— Still Going Striinc THE NEW WORLD TALKIE THEATRE 7.13 p.m. TONIGHT 9.30 p.m. MEN WITHOUT LAW Western Talkie featurinc Buck Joivh. Reserved Seats $I.— Other Seats 20 cents. TOMORROW Sl'Nim. LUCKY in LOVE A Paine
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      98 7 TODAY at 3, 6.15 9.15 Elissa Landi in Fox Movietone's gripping romantic adventure "Always Goodbye" TOMORROW Opening at the Matinee at 3 p.m. t Salute to a great new Star Created by Metro Goldwy n Mayer hB >?V£Sl^aW-- M M You iipplauilcd him in THE DIVORCEE, FREE AND EASY AND
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      203 7 atoooooe 0000 Of)oo"g6 oa 66 ovoooiz x o|BHHHHHHBHHBUfIo C 2 o^m*^^amwmw/^B^^amw§^to&4BL^mKl J POSITIVELY LAST NIGHT OF Paramount's Brilliant Dramatic Achievement MARLENE DIETRICH in Josef von Steinberg's Triumph DISHONOURED Don't miss this great picture thai ran in London for 10 weeks. TOMORROW (Sunday) Commencing at the Matinee 3.15 The Brightest, Gayest
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      93 7 FRIDAY NEXT SEPTEMBER 18. GREAT RE-OPENING WITH THE MAMMOTH SPECTACLE OF THE ANTARCTIC "DIRIGIBLE" Starring JACK HOLT RALPH GRAVES FAY WRAY BOOK NOW. TEL. 6903. VICTORIA THEATRE COMMENCING TONIGHT AT 9.30 p.n.. THE GREAT LEVANTE (ILLUSIONS AND MYSTERIES FROM MASKELYNE'S. ST. GEORGE'S HALL, LONDON) MASTER OF ALL MAGIC Popular Prices
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    NOTICE TO MARINERS.
    64 8 SHIPPMG NOTES. Survey of Sarawak River And Its Approaches. A notice hM»d to mariners states that! temp :;iry mall liliick buoy, with staff nd black ilaß. has been laid by H.M.S. j hii-h ll about to begin a survey] iarawmk river and its approaches,! ..I' about 125
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    EXCHANGE RATES.
    213 8 Singapore, Sept. rj. SELLING. London, 4 months' sight 2/8 29/32 1. i don, 3 months' si|?ht 2'3 V J..ndon, fiO days' sight 2/3 27/32 London, 30 days' sight 2/3 13/16, London, demand 2/3 23/32 1, T.T. 2/3 21/32 and Paris, demand 1425 Hamburg, demand 234^ nom. N( York,
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
    237 8 Today. South-Kast Borneo (Blinjoe) .'I p.m.! bilahan and Indraglrl (Najam) 3 p.m. j lijambi (Tobal 4 p in. 1 Ilengkalii and Bag.in Si-Api-Api (Toboali) i p.m. Slim. Hiri, l.al.uan, North Borneo am! Jole 1 Marada) I p.m. l.iiin, Billiton, Javii, South-West Sumatra, South-Kast Borneo, Ceiclu>!«, Moluccas and
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      CHURCH SERVICES.
      603 8 ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. 13th Sonday after Trinity, Stptember 13. 1981, 0.00 a.m.. Holy Comn. 7.:!U a.m.. MatllU i 8 am., n. (Choral l 3.:;n p. m., Evensonic boral) and Bermon Holy Co-inn, on Men., Wed. and Friday It ajn, Tues., Thurs. an.i I Batnrday 7 a.m. 11. M.
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      PRODUCE.
      80 8 Singapore, Sept. 12. Gambler 10. 10 I 1 Cube No. 1 unpicked 1 l">.')0 1 opra 4.00 j mixnl :;.70 1 *aco flour, Snrawak 1 7Jft White P«pp«l 28.00 Black IVppur 18.00 Pearl Sairo 4.25 I «niall 6.00 median peqrl 6.00 Ilicc, Sbm $-.62 to 223 S:iitr. B -155
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        MINING.
        440 8 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. II £1 Asam Kumbang 20/9 22/- cd. £1 £1 Austral Malay 18/- 20/-S/-J Ayer llitam Tin 10/6 11/6 il ill Bang Tin Tin 10/- 11/6 1 1 Batang Padang 0.10 0.15 1 1 Batu Caves 0.29 0.32 1 1 Bukit Arang 0.30 0.40n0m. £1
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        GENERAL.
        262 8 Val. I'd. Bayers. Sellers. 2 Alex. Brick Orda. 1.75 2£snom ■1 2 Alex. Brick l*refs. 1.95 2.05 fl Cl lirit. Am. Tobacco 3.8.9 3.13.9 1 I Central Engine 0.25 .Wnom. iOO M Chinese Com. Dank 70.00 75.00 a il Con. T. S. 7% Prefs. 16/6 17/il t\ Con. T.
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        138 8 gupure Cold Storage 7 p.c. .leu. of 1926 red. 1931-36 102 104 ci. igariore Municipal 6 p.c. f 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 par. 1% prcm. a yap ire Municipal 4',i p.e. of 11)07 red. 1947 $1,600,000 96 par Singapore Municipal 4ft p.c. I of 1909 red. 1955
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        RUBBER SHARES
        396 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotations. At tb« present time ih« majority of abort rubber shars quotations are nominal only. LYALL BVATT. Today* Price Fraser Lyall Co. Evatt Allcnby (fl) O.fO 0.60 0.50 0.60 Alor Gajah ($1) 0.30 0.40 0.30 0.40 A. Hitam (fl) 0.60 0.70
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      MALAYAN WIRELESS PROGRAMMES.
      827 8 Today's Schneider Trophy Broadcast. (By Onr Wireless Correspondent) Singapore, Saturday. The list of stations which may be heard daily in Malaya is as follows (Singapore time 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 7 p.m.,
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    42 8 Khybcr Joban de Witt Sibajak Takliwa Andre I.cbon P. C. Ilooft Left Arrd. Augr. 7 Auk- 31 Aug. 1 Aug. 31 Aug. 14 S.-pt. 4 Aug. II Sept. 1 Au B 12 Sept. 7 Au B 21 Sept. 10
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    221 8 Saturday. Sept. 12. Ship* alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive. KEPPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Uh. Mata Mata, Liflitcr Uaransr, Uuij-skes. Oil Wharf Mil. Coal Wharf Mil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCE8. Tanjong Tatar. Albert Dock Nil. Victoria Daaft Miiiik-roo. Keppel Harbour. Kind's Dock Nieuw Hollan<l. No. 1
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    AIR MAIL.
    22 8 Air Mail Karachi London dispaU-hi'd l,y s.s. Rohna on Aug. 21 was delivered in London on Sept. 11 (21 days).
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      308 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. I Daily Weather Report. 1 YESTERDAY. l p.M. YESTERDAY. Briirht Wind. Stations. Temperature Rain- Sun- Relative Direc- Force. Weather. Max. Mm. full, shine. Humidity. tioa. F. F. ins. hours. m p .h. Alor Mar 85 70 1.02 4.7 <Ji SSW 15 Rain Kelantan j Kou IShuru No
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      112 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOB THE WEEK. Salnrcl.iy. September 12. II. W. 10.50 a.m., 8 ft. 8 in., 10.25 p.m., 10 ft. -1 in. London mails expected at Singapore via I'enanjf. Sincanorc Racas, Autumn Professional Meeting. Last Day. The Croat Levante. Illusionist, Victoria Theatre, LMiO p.m. Sunday, September 13. H. W. |1J| a.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    273 9 Home Rubber Stocks To Be Down. TIN SALES CONTINUE SMALL. i (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Saturday. Today's Prices Rubber, 1\ cents per H>. Tin, 123 tons at $59.12^2 P*r P>cul. Yesterday's Trices Rubber, London, 2 7-lfid., up l-16d. New York, IK fts.. up ct. Market Tone
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    S.V.C. TRAINING.
    38 9 Programme of drills up to and for week- ending Sept. 13 Saturday, Sept. 12, 2 p.m., Bukit Timah Range, 2nd Bn. S.S.VJ., All Table "B" I Casuals 2 p.m., Farrer Range, "A" (M.G.) Co., AH Casuals.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      PRYE RUBBER.
      330 9 Chairman's Survey Of Year's Work. The twenty-second annual ordinary general meeting of the Prye Rubber and Coconut Plantations, Ltd., was held on July 31 at 71, St. Mary Axe, E.C. Mr. E. B. Skinner (the chairman), who presided, said the rubber receipts totalle-1 £4,689, a decrease on last
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      LEYLAND RUBBER.
      87 9 No Distribution On The Ordinary. The directors of the Ley land and Birmingham Rubber Co., have decided not to pay a dividend on the ordinary shares on account of the year ended June 30 last. Dividends at various rates have hitherto been paid on the ordinary shares for
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      58 9 Tone of Market Quiet, steady. Latest Cable London Spot Sheet 2 7-16 d. per lb. New York Spot Sheet G. cts. 5>4 per lb. LAS. equal to London Standard tandanl R.S.S. on Tender Spot September October November Oct.-Dec. Jan.-Mar. Buyer*. 7% 7* 7% ■II B>/4
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      CONTROL OF RUBBER PRODUCTION.
      451 9 Twenty Days* Tapping Per Month. A new and simple plan for correcting the over-production of rubber and placing the industry once more on. a profitable basis has been suggested to a representative of the Financial Times in the course of an interview with two leading members
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      CABLES AND WIRELESS.
      120 9 Preference Dividend Not Earned. The directors of Cables and Wireless state that the full dividend for the halfyear ended June 30, 1931, on the 5' 2 per cent, cumulative preference stock of the company has not been earned, and in these circumstances they have no alternative but
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      AUG. RUBBER RETURNS.
      479 9 The figures in brackets give the outputs for the corresponding period of the year. Anglo Malay.— sl,Bl7 lb. A11enby.— 52,636 lb. Brunei United— 39,300 lb. (43,500 lb.). Broome (Selangor). 68,760 lb. Bikam.— B4,loo lb. Bukit Kajang.— l39,s94 lb. Katu Tiga l Selangor).- 193,000 lb. Changkat.— 34,3Bo lb.
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      RENEWED WEAKNESS IN RUBBER.
      372 9 Problem of Statistical Position. The renewed weakness in rubber is ascribed in some quarters to the sympathetic effect of the break in cotton prices. The real cause, however, is to be found in the weakness of the statistical position and the growing conviction that a much
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      RUBBER REPORT.
      173 9 Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Ltd., in their weekly report dated Sept. 11 state: The market has shown a slightly better tendency during the past week, but is extremely nervous in consequence of which business has been very small. The London market had quite an appreciable rise owing, we
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      KLUANG RUBBER.
      196 9 The directors' fourteenth annual report of the Kluang Rubber Co., Ltd., for the year ended June 30, states The result for the year under review shows a loss, subject to directors' fees, of $21,126.41, which, deducted from the balance of $28,158.03 brought forward from last year, leaves a
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      EXCHANGES.
      77 9 Rugby, Sept. 11. Foreiirn exchanges are Amsterdam, 12.04H, Athens 375, Bombay Is. 5%d., Berlin 'JO.'ilt'i, Brussels 34.934. Bucharest 816 Vi, Rio 3 1-32, Buenos Aires 31 5-10, Copenhagen 18.17%, Geneva 24.91 hi, Helsingfors 193H, Honp Konsr 11^,, Lisbon 110, Madrid 53.85, Milan 92.90M>, Monte Video 22>4, New York 4.85
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    THE ROYAL DUTCHSHELL.
    322 9 Campaign to Lower Expenses. The managers of the Royal Dutch. Shell group have distributed a circular to their staffs announcing a reduction in salaries and wages for the entire group. The decision, it is stated, has been postponed as long as possible, but has now to be
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    CAPITAL SCHEMES.
    151 9 Registration details arc now available of two new rubber companies Ceylon Consolidated and Tenom Rubber Estates which have been formed to acquire tho properties of undertakings with similar names which have been forced to adopt reconstruction schemes as a result of tho low price of rubber, says the
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    MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS.
    241 9 RETURN OF COLONY STOCKS AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS, AUGUST, 1931, AS DECLARED, IN TONS A. DEALERS' STOCKS. DRY. WET. TOTAL. Total CreP pl 11 a «™<*c 3 R.S.S. blanket, Scrap, rubber as A it'Sl EBtate bark nd Y et lump and Wet and estimated Are*. U.S.S. crepes.
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      79 9 TO BUD OR NOT TO BUDP Budwood Budded Stumps FROM Finest Selected Clones APPLY PRANG BESAR ESTATE KAJANG, SELANGOR. A VISIT WILL CONVINCE YOUNANYANG STRUCTURAL CO. We, tin; undersigned, carrying on the business of Civil Engineers and Contractors having our head office at No. 43, Wilkie Road, Singapore, beg to
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      44 9 RENE ULLMANN'S WONDERFUL BARGAINS NEW WATCHES of the best Swiss makes NEW stock of JEWELLERY of every description REDUCED PRICES and special discounts on all the prices marked. AT RENE ULLMANN HEAD OFFICE BRANCH CAPITOL BUILDING 30-A. RAFFLES PLACE STAMFORD ROAD. SINGAPORE Phone 2464
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATH
      69 10 TAN'. Mr. Tan Jiak Choo passed away peacefully at 114, Heercn Street, Malacca, on Friday, September 11, 1031 at 10.30 p.m., aite SI, leaving three sons, Messrs. Tan Soo Ileun. Tan Soo Sim and Tan Soo Chmijr and M'Vi-ral daughters, sons-in-law and grani children to mourn his loss. Deeply
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      62 10 Messrs. Wee Tcow Bond:, Oei Tiau Soon, Ooi Tiau Joe, Wee Teow I'oh and family bef? to thank their relatives, friends and members of the Amateur Sporting Association, United Chinese Musical Association and Kani; Har Tone for attending the niirht visit* and funeral of the lute Mr. Oei Iluk
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPT. 12, 1931. FREE TRADE MUST GO.
    1202 10 I How much more satisfactorily and equitably the supplementary Budget could have been balanced had it been built up around the central core of a general 10 l<er cent, import tariff That, undoubtedly, must be the thought uppermost
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    DUTIES OF A MODERN DIPLOMAT.
    746 10 Social Success is Not All That Matters. (An interview with Walter E. Edge, the American Ambassador in Paris.) A life of social MMNiHM is out of keeping with diplomucy in the opinion of Mr. Walter E- Edge, the American Anihitsxiiiliir to Paris. Although he has
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    23 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. The Hon. Mr. Justice F. G. Stevens, who returned from leave recently, has been appointed to act as Senior Puisne Judge.
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    20 10 Mr. G. A. Mountain, of the Perak River Hydro-Electric Company, and Mrs. Mountain sailed for home on Thursday on retirement.
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    23 10 Mr. J. H. Pedlow, acting SolicitorGeneral, and Mrs. Pedlow and children are proceeding to England on leave by the Cathay on Sept. 18.
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    27 10 When Dr. H. G. Holdbrook leaves Kuala I.umpur next week to become Chief Medical Officer, Penanpr, Dr. H. R. Dive will act as Senior Medical Officer, Sela:(gor.
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    39 10 Owing to the G.O.C.'s Inspection on Oct. 3 and 4 it has been decided to postpone the annual dinner of the Society of Yorkshiremen in Malaya until Oct. 10. The function is to be held at the Europe Hotel.
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    37 10 Miss An:ie M. Bignell, general secretary of the Y.W.C.A. in Kuala Lumpur, has arrived in Singapore on her way to Australia on leave. During her absence. Miss M. E. Robertson, of Adelaide, will act as general secretary.
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    773 10 SYLVAN SLENDEKNESS. A shocking lack of co-operation between the MwUeal and Kiirost Departments 'mis been rcv.-aled by The Malayan Forester," which contains the following item The i*m anr.aal priitli increment of forest officers is said to be remarkably low. We understand that the formatior of a
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    WHAT THE WORLD THINKS.
    169 11 Sterling Well Above The Gold Point. WALL ST. TRIBUTE. New York, Dominion And Other Views. New York, Sept. 12. The best tribute to sterling, following Mr. Baowdea'l Badge*, has been paid by Wall Street brokers by their implicit assumption that there is no further need to
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    EDGE OF PRECIPICE.
    335 11 Snowden on Britain's Near Approach. London, Sept. 11. In simple language, speaking "as ninii to man aa though silting round the fire Mr. Philip Snowden, broadcasting tonight, explained the circumstances of the crisis which had led to yesterday's Bud get The Chancellor drew a picture of the
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    YOUR CHOICE.
    421 11 My Budget Or Ruin For Everybody. The choice, said Mr. Snowden roundly, was bi'tweoM his Budget (with some unpleasant economies and heavy taxation) and a paper currency worth no stable value meaning ruin, more or less, for everybody. "'I know," he said, "the sacrifices you are being called
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    HOW GREAT BRITAIN IS MALIGNED.
    120 11 Trying to Keep France And Germany Apart Geneva, Sept. 11. An emphatic denial to the charge that France had any idea of delaying or postponing the Disarmament Conference was macie by M. Biiand (the French Foreign Secretary) in his annual speech to the Assembly. He
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    CHINA AND JAPAN.
    373 11 Chiang Tso-Ping to Be Minister at Tokio. Shanghai, Sept. 11. Mr. Chiang Tso-ping, the former Chinese Minister to Germany and to Austria, is expected to leave (Berlin?) for Peking shortly en route for Japan to assume the post of Chinese Minister at Tokio in place of Mr.
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    TIN ASSESSMENTS.
    50 11 Exaggerated and Unreliable Statements. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 12, It is understood that the statements which have appeared in certain newspapers with reference to the revision of assessments of tin mines in Malaya are exaggerated and unreliable. An official communique on the subject is contemplated.
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    390 MILES AN HOUR.
    32 11 Italian Seaplane's Fine Performance. Desenzano, Sept. 11. A new Italian seaplane today attained a speed of G35 kilometres (over 390 miles) an hour 0.l Lake Garda today.— Reuter.
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    KLIAN-KELLAS, LTD.
    61 11 Winding-Up Meeting Has To Be Postponed. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 11. The absence of a quorum necessitated a week's postponement of the meeting of Klian-Kellas, Ltd., fixed for today. The meeting was called to consider the following resolution That the compar.'y cannot by reason of its
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    SEAPLANE FOR CHINA.
    36 11 To Fly from Germany To Nanking. Berlii Sept. 11. Tht Junkers seaplane F. 13, piloted by Captain Bertram, took off from Templin l^ike today for delivery to the Chinese authorities at Nanking.— Reuter.
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    LABOURITES DIVIDED ON THE TARIFFS QUESTION. WILL T.U.C. TURN DOWN FREE TRADE ?
    223 11 LABOURITES DIVIDED ON THE TARIFFS QUESTION. WILL T.U.C. TURN DOWN FREE TRADE Views Differ at Bristol QUESTION REFERRED TO THE UNIONS. London, Sept, 11. Strongly divided opinion among Labourites on the desirability of tariffs was displayed at the Trades Union Congress at Bristol, whe:l it considered a resolution from the
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    OXFORD MURDER.
    88 11 Sir Bernard Spilsbury's Evidence. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 11. Sir Bernard Spibbury, the Home Office pathologist, gave evider.ee at the trial of Henry Daniel Seymour, aged 39, a commercial traveller, who is charged with the murder of Mrs. Annie Louisa Kempson, a widow, at Oxford on
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    REJECTED SUITORS.
    134 11 Terrible Vengeance At Wedding Feast. Bucharest, Sept. 1. Terrible vengeance was exacted by two rejected suitors while the village of Cernauti was celebrating the marriage of a rich farmer's daughter, who is the most beautiful girl in the whole district. She refused many suitors, and when finally she
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    FALLS INTO SEA.
    82 11 Thousands of Bathers Witness Disaster. Paris, Aug. 26. Thousands of bathers on the Toulon beach this morning saw a seaplane drop into the water approximately half a mile from the shore. Boats rushed immediately to the scene of the disaster, but no trace was found cither of
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    BACK AT WORK.
    64 11 Marchioness of Reading As Husband's Secretary. London, Sept. 1. The Marchioness of Reading is back at work as her husband's secretary, assisting him in his duties in connection with the crisis. She told an interviewer: "I am working harder now than I have ever done, but I
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    RUBBER AND TIN.
    31 11 Shares "Quietly Firm" In London. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 11. The Stock Exchange is viewing the Budget very philosophically. Rubber and tin shares are quietly firm.
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    SIR DAVID BRUCE.
    30 11 Late Colonel Commandant Of R.A.M.C. 111. London, Aug. 31. Major-General Sir David Bruce, late Col. Comdt. of the R.A.M.C., is in a London nursing home, seriously ill.
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    "DRIVE THE BRITISH OUT OF INDIA."
    95 11 Murder All Europeans. SEDITIOUS PAMPHLETS IN CALCUTTA. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, Sept. 11. The Calcutta police are looking for the authors of a printed pamphlet which has suddenly appeared on the walls in the Indian quarter. It is signed by the Bol?hevik Indian
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    CHINA AND LEAGUE.
    192 11 Anxiety for Peace Among Nations. Geneva, Sept. 11. There is no country in the world more anxious than China for the development of co-operation and goodwill among nations," declared Dr. Alfred Sze, the first Chinese delegate to the Assembly, this morning. The assistance the League is giving
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    SURPLUS WHEAT.
    68 11 U2S. Farm Board's LongTerm Sale to Germany. Washington, Sept. 11. The Farm Board has reached an agreement for the sale of 7,500,000 bushels of wheat to Germany on the basis of a longterm credit, bearing interest at 4'j per cent, and maturing on Dec. H, 1934, delivery to
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    GLOOMY PROPHECY.
    100 11 Conditions in Germany Next Winter. Berlin, Aug. 31. A gloomy prophecy of conditions in Germany next winter wa3 uttered by Dr. Adam Stegerwald, Minister of Labour, addressing a Congress of Socialist Trade Unions at Frankfort-on-Main. He predicted a heavy increase in the number of unemployed. Dr. Stegerwald estimated
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    BOY'S SIGHT RESTORED.
    73 11 Remarkable Case From Polish Village. Warsaw, Sept. 2. Devout worshippers in the village of Miesnice ascribe divine intervention to the remarkable restoration of sight to a small boy who had been blind since birth. The boy recently returned from church and was playing in an orchard when
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    NON-STOP RACE FROM! PARIS TO TOKIO.
    130 11 Two French Planes Make Bids for Records. Le Bourget, Sept. 11. Capt. Le Brix and Doret hopped off for Tokio at 6.10 a.m. Capt. Codos and M. Robida followed at 6.17 a.m. It is to be a race for the world's longdistance record and
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    THE NAKAMURA CASE.
    248 11 Nanking to Publish The Documents. Shanghai, Sept. 11. The Central (Nanking) Government is reported to be preparing to publish documents relative to the alleged murder (if Captain Nakamuia. a Japanese military officer, in Mongolia. It is understood that the attitude which Nanking is taking up is that
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    CHINESE IN MEXICO.
    52 11 America Declines To Intervene. Washington, Sept. 11. The United States has declined to intervene in the dispute between China and Mexico relative to the expulsion of Chinese immigrants from the country. Information to this effect has been received at the Chinese Legation here from the U.S. State
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    SELANGOR CLUB.
    62 11 Half Year's Loss on Chambers At Fraser's Hill. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Sept. 11.The accounts to be presented at the halfyearly meeting of the Selangor Club show a balance in the club revenue account of $1,808, excess of income over expenditure. On the other hand, the
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    DEVIL'S ISLAND.
    54 11 French Penal Settlement May Be Moved. In consequence of complaints from foreign Powers, who have possessions in the neighbourhood of Devil's Island, rerarding the number of escapes from the French penal settlement, the authorities are considering the removal of the settlement to Kerguelen Island, in the extreme south
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    MAJ.-GEN. MUSPRATT.
    36 11 Secretary Of Military Dept., India Office. London, Sept. 1. Major-General S. F. Muspratt has been I appointed Secretary of the Military DeI partment, India Office, in succession to the late General Sir Alexander Cobbe.
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    SIR ALAN COBHAM.
    30 11 Return From 12,000-Mile Aerial Survey In Africa. London, Aug. "1. Sir Alan Cobham has returned to Southampton at the conclusion of his 12,000-mile aerial survey in Africa.
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    NO REFERENCE TO RUBBER.
    119 11 D.E.I. Governor-General Installed. JAVA'S WELCOME. Financial Soundness Of The Territory. Butavia, Sept. 12. The town was gaily decorated this morning on the occasion of the arrival of the new Governor-General, Jonkhecr B. C. de Jonge. Before a packed meeting of the People's Council the now Governor-General
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    8,000 REDS KILLED.
    91 11 Reported Fierce Battle In Kiangsi. Shanghai, Sept. 11. General Chan Ming-shu, the former chairman of Ihe Kwangtang Provincial Government, who left Canton in haste just before the anti-Chiang Kai-shek coup took place, and who, since then, has been commanding the li)th Route Army which has been taking
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    BRITISH HONDURAS.
    84 11 Hurricane and Tidal Wave Hit Capital. Rugby, Sept. 11. Belize, the capital of British Honduras, was visited by a hunicane and a tidal wave yesterday. It is understood that the damage done was very great, and relief is urgently needed, but the number of casualties is not yet
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    VERY DIFFERENT STORIES
    159 11 Chinese Found Not Guilty Of Trespass. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Sept. 11. By a majority of five to two the jury at the Assizes here yesterday found Khu Kheat not guilty of trespass. The accused had been charged with house trespass at 150-A Pitt Street, occupied
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    HYLAMS SENTENCED.
    96 11 Possession of Seditious Documents. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Sept. 11. Chan Hin Hoe and One Boon Sin, both Hylams, wore sentenced at the Assize* here today to six months' rigorous imprisonment for the possession of seditious documents. The jury added a rider that the two accused should
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    THE ELEVENTH HOUR.
    67 11 Final Canton-Nanking Peace Efforts. Shanghai, Sept. 11. Marshal Chiang Kai-shek is now stated to do. awaiting the arrival of the three Kuomintang leaders, Messrs. Li Shihtseng, Chung Chi and Wu Teh-cheng, who have been recently attempting to negotiate peace at Canton. He is desirous of consulting with
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      71 11 TODAY'S FEATURES. Pace A Journal in the Federal Capital 6 Wireless Programmes 8 Around the Markets. By the Financial Correspondent 9 Malaya Rubber Statistics 9 Duties of Modern Diplomat. By Walter E. Edge 10 Sarkies Brothers' Bankruptcy 12 Final Day of Autumn Races 1 Canzoneri Defeats Him 13 Home Football
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    SARKIES BROTHERS' BANKRUPTCY.
    1228 12 The Surviving Partner Adjudicated. MR. M. S. ARATHOON. QUESTION OF LEASE ON RAFFLES HOTEL. Mi. MaHj mat 9arfcJoi Arathoon, who was recently publicly examined, was adbankrupt yesterday in connection with the recent bankruptcy of Sarkies Brother*. Ha is the surviving partaer cf the firm which formerly owned
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    ESTATE RICE CONTRACTS
    152 12 Labour Controller's Warning To Managers. At the last meeting of the Indian Immigration Committee the Controller of Labour, the Hon. Mr. C. D. Ahearne, addressed the committee on the subject of forward contracts for rice made by estate manager*. He stated that in his view it was
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    H.E. THE GOVERNOR.
    72 12 Returns to Singapore After Tour of East Coast. His Excellency the Governor, Sir Cecil Cknie>nti and party, returned to Singapore this mi rmnjr by the Sea Belle II after it tour of the East Coast, during which, with H.H. the Sultan of Kelantan, he opt-ned tho East
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    35 12 The tender of Lim Ho, for $95,000, h:is !,<■< n accented for the erection of emurttn for the nursing staff of the General Hosnita! at Pringgit, Malacca. The Mfheat tender was $141,000 and the lowest $93,000.
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    HEIRESS SAVED.
    207 12 Escape of Lady Louis Mountbatten. Lady Loulis Mountbatten had a narrow escape from drowning while bathing on the Riviera recently. She and. a party, which included Miss Celesicia Fiske and Mrs. Peter dv Cane, had been lunching at the villa of Lady Louis' brother-in-law, Captain A. S. Cun-ningham-Reid,
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    KILLED ON A LORRY.
    45 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kua!a Lumpur. Sept. 11. When a lorry struck a telegraph post on the Kuala Selangor road on Wednesday the post fell on the head of a man sitting on the back of the lorry, injuring him fatally.
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    12 12 It is gazetted that cholera exists in an epidemic state in Bombay.
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    EUROPEAN PLANTER SHOT AT.
    187 12 Wounded by Would-Be Gang Robbers. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Sept 12. A sensational attempt to hold-up a European planter is reported from Sungkai, (the centre of a large planting area in the Batang Padang district. Mr. J. B. King, of Sungei Chinoh Estate, near Trolak,
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    BREACH OF TRUST.
    311 12 Manager of Firestone Co.'s Branch Store. Alleged to have committed criminal breach of trust as a servant a young Straits-born Chinese, manager of a substore of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. (S.S.) Ltd., Singapore, was charged before Mr. G. E. Clayton, the Singapore Second Police Magistrate,
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    SULTAN OF SELANGOR.
    128 12 Celebrations for His 68th Birthday. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, Sept. 11. The 68th birthday celebrations of the Sultan of Selangor were held here today. The whole town was decorated and shops were closed for the day. In the morning there was a parade of the M.V.I,
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    DEAD WITH HANDS TIED.
    62 12 Inquest on Indian Found Floating in River. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Sept. 12. A verdict of death due to drowning was returned a* the inquest here on an unknown Indian/ whose body was found floating in the river. Mr. William Fox, giving evidence, said he
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    52 12 Dalton and partner, speciality dancers, will appear at tonight's dance at the Adelphi Hotel. Levante, the illusionist, this morning cariied out his feat of jumping off Johnston's Pier handcuffed and manacled and freeing himself under water. He managed it in 25 seconds. Tonight Levante will appear at the
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    30 12 The tender of United Engineers, Ltd., for |21,460, has been accepted for the erection of a new market at Nibong Tebal. The lowest tender was |19,700 and the highest $34,500.
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    WILD SCENES WHEN MR. GANDHI LANDS.
    151 12 Has to Plead for Air In Marseilles. Marseilles, Sept. 11. Hundreds waited at the.dockside here while the P. O. Rainutana, bringing Mr. Gandhi to England, docked. There was a burst of excited exclamations when they saw the Mahatma standing on the boat deck, wearing
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    IN THE LION'S DEN.
    231 12 Hat-Lifting in The Police Courts. A particularly annoying form of pests have been operating in no ether place than the Singapore police courts durk»g the frst few days with regularity, and several of the be.st hats left there by counsel, detectives and others have disappeared during
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    MR. TAN JAIK CHOO.
    212 12 Death of < >,UI Malacca Resident. (From Our' Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Sept. 12. The death from heart failure took place at 10.30 p.m. last night at his house, 114, Heeren Street, of Mr. Tan Jaik Choo, J.P., at the age of 61. He had been ill
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO.
    246 12 When Tea Was Grown In Johore. The following is taken from the Straitf Times of Sept. 12, 1881 Johore tea has been characterised a? good blackish leaf, strong. Pekoe flavour." This, to 'begin with, is encouraging, and it may be that at no distant day we may
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    32 12 Committee no. 2 of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners accepted the tender of Teo Man Lat, $8,380, for earthwork at the site of the new coolie lines, Henderson Road. Twenty-nine tenders were received.
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    ECONOMY BILL.
    311 12 Mr. Mac Donald Moves The Second Reading. Rugby, Sept. 11. In the Hou~e of Commons this morning the Prime Minister moved the second reading of the Economy Bill, under which the Government takes powers to carry out their economics by Orders in Council. These economies total i' 22,000,000
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    THE OPPOSITION.
    319 12 Responsibility for Many Of Proposals. Then, in the background, not estimated aR yet, was to be a War Loan Conversion Scheme to be launched at the very earliest opportunity, which would effect considerable savings. Continuing, the Prime Minister said that when the new Government came into office it
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    DOLE CUTS.
    175 12 Premier Defends Them In Detail. A Reuter me«sag<? adds that Mr. MacDonald defended the dole cuts at length, despite noisy interruptions. He 'aid the question of tea and sugar taxes had been raised by the late Labour Government and would have been inevitable without the dole cut. Heated
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    ATTEMPT ON THE AIR SPEED RECORD.
    294 12 May be Made Today. SCHNEIDER TROPHY ARRANGEMENTS. Rugby, Sept. 11. Unless weather conditions enforce a postponement Flight-Lieutenant Boothman will take off tomorrow at 12.30 p.m. in the SGB Suptrinarine Kolls-Royce Seaplane in an attempt to beat the record set up by the British victor
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    TEACHERS PROTEST.
    80 12 March Four Abreast To Kingsway Hall. London, Sept. 12. London witnessed a most unusual procession tonight when 3,000 well-dressed schoolmasters marched four abreast, in a most orderly fashion, to Kingsway Hall to protest against the salary cuts. Five thousand packed the hall, whilst about a thousand were unable
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    PRESS OPINIONS.
    386 12 Budget Finds General Favour. Rugby, Sept. 11. Except among the supporters of the Opposition the Budget has had a good reception. The view is expressed, in the majority of the newspapers, that it represents an honest fulfilment of tht Government's pledge to rectify the state of the national
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      FINAL DAY OF THE MEETING.
      284 13 Gold Cup Race. GOOD CHANCE FOR LIGHT WEIGHT. The Singapore Turf Club autumn meeting concludes today with a programme of eight events, including the race for the Gold Cap. Going was on the soft side this morning. Our final selections are as follows Race I.—
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      HOBBS AND SUTCLIFFE AGAIN.
      366 13 Twenty-Sixth Stand. YORKSHIREMAN EQUALS PERSONAL RECORD. Herbert Sutcliffe, the England anil Yorkshire batsman, had a great day at, Scarborough Festival when playing for Mr. H. D. G. Leveson-Gower's eleven against the New Zealand tourists. lly scoring a century he equalled his personal record of obtaining 13
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    DONCASTER CUP.
    67 13 Singapore Easily Beats Brown Jack. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 11. Singapore easily won the Doncaster Cup yesterday over l\i miles, beating the ;cven-yeai-o!d Brown Jack. Details Lord Glanely's SINGAPORE 1 Sir H. Wernher 1 BROWN JACK 2 Mr. V. H. W. Cundell's NOBLE STAR Won by
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    S.A.F.A. FOOTBALL.
    130 13 Team Selected to Meet Hong Kong Tourists. The following have been selected to represent the S.A.F.A. against the Hong Kong tourists in the third match of the series, to be played at Anson Road Stadium on Tuesday next F. M. Adam (S.C.C); Gek Soo (Chinese) and Leslie (R.A.);
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    S.C.C. SIX-A-SIDE.
    161 13 I'rummitt's Team Easily Win Competition. The S.C.C. six-a-side competition was completed yesterday afternoon when R. D. Brummitt's team defeated C. Kendall'team by three clear goals in the final. It was unfortunate that the lorers had had to play their semi-final tie just before the final, for they appeared
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    FOOTBALLER FINED.
    57 13 charge Against Well-Known Chelsea Player. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 11. Hugh Gallachcr, the famous Chelsea and Scottish international centreforwanl, was fined 10s. at the West London Police Court today for being drunk and disorderly. It was stated that Gallacher was fighting in the centre of a
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    RIFLE SHOOTING.
    119 13 Cheah Cheang Lim Cup At Ipoh. (From Our Own Correspandent.) Ipoh, Sept. 11. The annual competition for the Cheah (heanpr Lim Cup open to all Chinese Volunteer units in Malaya resulted in win for No. 1. Platoon (Chinese) M.V.I. I'erak. The results were as follows Perak M.V.I. No.
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    LAST BARE-KNUCKLE FIGHTER.
    494 13 Jem Smith's Death. Man who fought 106 ROUNDS. London, Sept. 11. The man who fought 106 rounds with bare knuckles for the world's boxing championship, Jem Smith, died in a London nursing home today. Smith's opponent on that occasion was the American fighter, Jake Kilrain, and the
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    CANZONERI RETAINS TITLE.
    214 13 Berg Beaten in New York. New York, Sept. 11. Tony Canzoneri (U.S.A.) retained the world's light-weight championship by outpuir.tir.g Kid Berg, Great Britain, in a 15rounds contest here today. Canzoneri fouled Berg in the eighth round, and Berg would have been champion but for the New York
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    TONIGHT'S BOXING.
    121 13 AI Rivers' Difficult Task Against Grether. At the Theatre Royal, North Bridge Road, this evening, one of the most interesting contests staged in Singapore for a long time will take place when Al Rivers, the well known American lightweight, will meet the Sui-s boxer Albert Grether. The fight
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    MALACCA GOLF.
    36 13 The Malacca ladies monthly medal competition for September resulted as follows Mrs. A. R. Whit. Mrs. W. K. ton Miss B. Buckley Mr«. K. Bruce te MilliiiK52— 14 =3< 49—10 3! 58— 18=4< 54—14-44
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    PERRY BEATEN IN U.S.A. SINGLES.
    99 13 Loses After Winning First Two Sets. Forest Hills, Sept. 11. In the semi-finals of the U.S.A. national tennis singles championship today G. M. Lott (U.S.A.) defeated J. H. Does (U.S.A.-holder). 7—6, G— 3. 6— o, and Ellsworth Vines (U.S.A.) beat F. J. Perry (Great Britain),
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    SINGAPORE TENNIS.
    517 13 S.C.C. Tournament Finals. There was to play at the S.C.C. yesterday. All the remaining matches with the exception of the final of Profession Pairs, will be played next week as follows MONDAY. A Doubles Final. W. H. Droogleever and E. W. P. Fulcher plus 3 vs. W. B.
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    U.S. BASEBALL.
    50 13 Results of Games in the Two Major Leagues. New York, Sept. 12. Yesterday's baseball results were .National League. Chicago 3 Philadelphia Pittsburgh 3 New York Cincinnati I Brooklyn St. Louis 3 Boston 1 2 I 6 American League. New York 1 Chicago Boston 5 Detroit Reuter. 3 0.
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    BASEBALL.
    37 13 There will be a baseball match between two Japanese teams on the Raffles Institution ground on Sunday, beginning at 2 p.m. The teams will be the Singapore Japanese Baseball Club and Old Boys of Japanese Universities.
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL. LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    263 13 LEAGUE FOOTBALL. Champions Entertaining Sunderland. The following matches will be played in the English and -Scottish Leagues today Finit Division. Arsenal vs. Sunderland. Aston Villa vs. Grimsby Town. Blackburn R. vs. Derby County. Blackpool vs. Birmingham. liolti n Wand. vs. Portsmouth. Everton vs. Manchester City. Huddersfield T. vs. West Ham
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    YEARLING SALES.
    126 13 Big Price for Half -Brother Of Sandwich. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 11. At the Doncaster Yearling Sates today Mr. A. B. Briscoe paid 0,600 guineas for a Spion Kop Colt out of Waffles. Waffles, was the dam of Sandwich which won the St. Leger on Wednesday,
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    S.C.C. BRIDGE.
    135 13 Ties in the S.C.C. Bridge tournament are as follows Monday F. W. Peachey and L. A. Williams vs. E. H. R. Bowcrman and B. Scott. W. Hardy and L. G. Smith vs. J. B. Williamsfn and D. Timms. Tuesday F. W. Peachey and L. A. Williams vs. W.
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    YACHTING.
    108 13 Second Race for Ladies Challenge Cup. The Royal Singapore Yacht Club announces This afternoon, the ladies will sail the second race of a series of three for the Ladies' Challenge Cup and trophy presented by Mr. Denis Santry. The start will be at 4.30 p.m. and the course will
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    SEA SPORTS.
    54 13 Johore Programme on Sultan's Birthday. The uraal em snorts will be held off Johore Bahru on Thursday next in honour of the birthday of EL 11. the Sultan. Ther«> will be koleh racing at 11.30 a.m. aid in the afternoon the programme v ill include aquatic sports an
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    34 13 Saturday, SipUmbir 12. Yachting: f ■■Im' Challenge Cup and Trophy. R.S.Y.C. Golf: Monthly Medal Boppy Competition, Koppel <;.< Singapore Knees. Autumn Professional Meeting, Last Day. liuxini;: Al Rivers vs. Albert Grether, Theatre Rival.
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    The New Hats Mean More Thought For Hair Styles.
    828 14  -  Margaret Canton By Our London Fashion Expert. Boat-Shape Bowler London, Aug. 12. IT.NTII. autumn officially arrives we. are not likely, except in the salons of the dressmakers, to see much of the new styles and fabrics. Summer dresses must have a
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    Tricorne Glengarry
    541 14 tended to blues, gieen3, etc. So that an olive green overcoat will comple'c a flannel suit or dress in pale green or one in navy the suit t\;tt is narrowly st: ipeJ with navy on a white ground. Tweeds Grow Softer And Thinner. TJAME fashion is kinder than
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    Furs Tliat Are Fashionable.
    294 14 Going Home Soon? Tbi* or tide, by Eduurd H. Sy>nond3, president of' the Britltk Fashion* and Fabrics ISnrcuu and managing director of Rei-ille, in cxclmvice to the Strait* Times should be of great interest to those MUM in Malaya who will be at huxie during thy
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    Household Hints.
    185 14 Rubber sponges should not be thrown away when they are worn out. Use them I for scouring porcelain baths and sinks. The crinkly surface will act like a brush, without scratching, and will hold the scouring powder well. Doors painted in a light colour should be cleaned carefully.
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    Shantung Handbags
    64 14 PRINTED or coloured shantung is very much in demand for hot day" dresses, and handbags are now being designed to maieh these frocks. A bag in china blue shantunjr. made in the pouch shape, it decprated with a fastener at the top in the shape of a tiny
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    Scarf Hats
    58 14 A N extremely cool hat has a very wide brim of cream-coloured straw, an,d a tight-fitting crown of white and blue spotted chiffon. The chiffon is draped to form a close-fitting skull cap, and a small second brim of chiffon appeals across the forehead. A blue and white
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    Will The Crinoline Come Back?
    896 15 Jean Charles Worth Tells Of His Ideas For Autumn Models. 'Inhere is not much news alon^ fashion lines in Paris at the moment, becuuse everyone is patiently or impatiently awaiting the lew iol'ectio:;s. Humours, as usual are thick and fast and as usual, mostly unreliable.
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    Nothing But Pyjamas But Such Pyjamas!
    432 15 Cap D'Antibes. rpi.'r: Kivkra suniir.::- mm is in full swing and Juan-lcs-F'irs and Cap tl'Antibcs havo many visitors. Antibess cannot take any more at preMH and the dining-room at Eden-Roc— built out over the rocks like the saloon a a vast liner— is crowded
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    Fashionable Racegoers But No Races.
    286 15 QUEER things happened at Ascot rerertly, writes a Daily Expre?.* correspondent. Beautiful women strolled up and down the Royal enclosure accompanied by faultier ly drese;l youner men. Thc\\ looked jur,t the same as the exclusive crowds who 'pared the sacred lawn:; two months aso. Suddenly
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    PREPARATIONS FOR ROYAL WEDDING.
    647 16 Will It Take Place In The Abbey? (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 18. Interest in the forthcoming marriage, of Capt. Abel Smith and Lady May CCarm r bridge continues unabated and one hears many inquiries as to the church in which (he ceremony will probably
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    CHILDREN AS SECURITY.
    69 16 Police Searching for Farmer In California. Police in Tulare, Cal,, are searching 5 for Mrs. H. Hawano, a Japanese farm owner, whci lig alleged to be holding two children as hostages because their parents failed to pay rent and medical bills while they were staying at Mrs.
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    AN AIRMAN'S WEDDING
    71 16 Flyer Who Nearly Died In Burmese Jungle. Mr. Jack Bush Matthews, the airman, who crashed in a Bui ma jungle when Attempting a flight to Australia about a year ago, was married recently to Mis i Hilda Ann Hallctt at Netley, near Southampton. He became engaged shortly
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    80 16 From China, by Gange, due at Singapore tomorrow afternoon. From China, by Talma, due at Singapore tomorrow. From China and Manila, by President Hayes, due at Singapore daylight on Monday. From China and Japan- by Sumatra Maru, due at Singapore on Monday. From China and Japan, by Bengal
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    27 16 Mrs. Wilden, wife of the French Minister to China, and formerly in Bangkok, flew with the Viromte and Vicomtcsac d. 4 Stbour from China to Le B.ourgei.
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      231 16 RAILWAYS THE RYOT. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—In your notes in yesterdays' issue you mention a correspondent who wrote regarding the Malays in Johore. Sure there is some truth in what he says. Will a big estate industry in blu Kelantan benefit the peasants and other natives
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    MAN FRIDAY.
    62 16 Taxi-driver Claims to be A Descendant. In Trinidad there is a coloured taxidriver called Fitiday who says he is a direct descendant of Robinson Crusoe's Man Friday. Alexander Selkirk, "the real Robinson Crusoe," is believed by some to have been marooned on the island of Tobago, near Trinidad,
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    ONE BOY ONE BRIDGE.
    69 16 The Board of Education has approved of the expenditure of £40 by the Holland Education Committee of South Lincolnshire for the construction of a footbridge across the forty-foot drain to make it possible for a five-year-old boy to be taken to the Swineshead Council School in
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    HOME SPORT REVIEWED.
    6362 17 Yorkshire's Popular Success In County Championship. SUGGESTION OF SUMMER RUGBY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Straits Times Omcs. Fleet Street, Aug. 18. Seldom h:is there ix-en a more disastrous summer tor EaglMl iport During the last week, the bad weather that has persisted aim Bt throughout the season
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    SOVIET OFFER TO FRANCE
    155 18 Bijf Orders Promised if Credits Can be Arranged. PKris, Aug. in. That Russia intended to place with French industry order* to tlu- total of 200,000.000 francs, mi stated today in a I*ress interview by the ice-president if the Supreme Economic Council at. M«KOW, M. Mashiauk, w
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    THE ST. PHILIBERT.
    89 18 Disaster Not Due To Explosion. Several hundreds of people have visited the beach where the wreck of the ill-fated St. Miilibert is lying hi^'h and dry. The hull is filled with mud, which mukes the search for bodies difficult, and only five have so far been discovered.
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    NO MORE BRIGANDS.
    42 18 It is claimed in Athens that not a single hivjrand is left in recce, and that even those brigands who h.ul sought refuge in Albania, Bulfciuiu an I Romania have all been extradited and executed by the Greece Government.
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    Secrets Of Buried Treasure
    1571 19  -  FRANK BARDON BY THE many different types of lost treasure may be roughly divided into two classes treasure which is buried on land, and treasure at the bottom of the oceans. I Of the many amazing tales of buried treasure which circulate today, the most credible
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    DONOGHUES AIR THRILL.
    217 19 Forced Landing on His Way To A Race. Steve Donoghue, the jockey, had a thrill when an airplane in which he was travelling from Blackpool to the Haydock Park racecourse ran into a thick mist and made a forced landing at Huyton, on the outskirts of Liverpool.
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    BIG STOBM IN POLAND.
    91 19 Mother Killed While taking Splinter from. Girl's Finger. Warsaw, Aug. 21. This evening a woman stood removing a splinter from her daughter's finger while a terrible storm raged outside her house. A lightning flash killed tier instantly. The storm which raged across the country with every
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    GREAT BRITAIN'S SPEEDY 'PLANES FOR TODAY'S RACE.
    157 20 BRITAIN'S WONDER MACHINE Britain's new defender for the Schneider Trophy contest, the new wonder air racer, the Superntarine 5.6.8. made its first appearance before experts at Calshot on Southampton Water on Auk. It. The photo on the left shovs a practice machine being
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    34 20 ARM SUNSHINE IN SWISS ALPS Warm sunshine is being experienced at Montreux, Switzerland, a resort better known for its winter sports. The picture shows visitors enjoying a ball game in the sunshine. (Central Press.)
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    30 20 GIANT SUNSHADE IN SWITZERLAND: A Riant sunshade seen at Montreux. Switzerland, where visitors are enjoying waYm sunshine. The resort is popular with British tourists for its winter sports. (Central Press.)
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