The Straits Times, 17 August 1932

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  • 39 1 The Straits Times 'ESTABLISHED^ 1 NEARLY A CENTURY.! THE LARGEST, AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1932. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 2<\ PAfJKS. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1932. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 312 1 SINGAPORE! 78, CECIL ST. ('PHONE 6151), v j 6.15 Tonirht 9.1" "THE j MIRACLE MAN" 1 I'hone "261-2. I I .L I^^^^^^ I I f^T^H i Mj|l I J II I f^i^^^ Kill 1 I ITTt^^^^ jiTirtTTTT^^^ S44i-^A Ki_l_i l_i I r w" I f ~t ~T—T^fck. BIIjI i A^
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    • 21 1 KUALA LUMPUR 27, JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683). V -I r I 6.15 Ton^rht 9.15 "THE J MIRACLE MAN" I Thone 52C.1-2.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 537 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, t'ASSENCEIt AM) CARGO SKKVH KS. iULAR 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. 1932. R \KC.m 16,740 Aug. 19 XNOVARA
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    • 710 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. i?^^^L^L^^r^Ban^^^BLf^Baß^B^«^^^3S (NIPPIN YUSEN KAISHA.) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam snd Middlesborough. Vessels. Tonnage. Due. Sail. KASHIMA MARU 10,000 Aug. 25 26 t YASUKUNI MARU 12,000 Sept. 6 7 HAKONE MARU 10,500 Sept. 21 22 8 SUWA MARU 10,700 Oct. 6 7 FUSHIMI MARU 11,000 Oct. 20
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    • 472 2 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNET AND MEI.UOURNH via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7,866 tons) and ths s.s. MANGOLA (8,362 tons) (Cargo only). Ths s.s. MARELLA is ona of tha largest and finest steamers trading to Australis, csbins
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    • 601 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO. LIMITED (Incorporated 111 Denmark.) Telephone 5321. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA, LONDON. ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. Leave Spore. Penang. ms. LALANDIA Sept. 14 Sept. 16 MEONIA Sept. 21 Sept. 2S m\. BORINGIA Oct. 12 Oct. 14 m.s. FIONIA Nov. 2 Nov. 4 ms. ERRIA Nov.
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    • 1062 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO. Steam Ship Co.. i.td.. and China (1932), LTD. Mutual Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) THE SARAWAK STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP Co, Ltd. THE CUNARD STEAM SHIi- Co., Ltd. THE CHINA NAVIGATION Co., Ltd. THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINE, La. THE
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  • Shipping News.
    • 705 3 British Total Lowest On Record. The statistics issued by Lloyd's Register of Shipping regarding vessels under construction at tne end of June, show that in Great Britain and Ireland there is a decrease of 92,281 tons in the work la hand as compared with the figures for
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    • 211 3 Notice of Anchorage And Depths. Tlic Master Attendant issues the following notice concerning anchorage and depths in Penang Harbour for local home trade vi <scls: Swettenham pier, Ir.t. degs. 25'N, long 100 degs. 21'K (apprax.) (a) The western limit h an imaginary line drawn in a I'. 1
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    • 202 3 To Leave Liverpool For Canada In September. An opportunity for British traders to cement and develop their business wi.h Canada is contained in the proposal announced yesterday for a trade slip to leave Li\erpool for Montreal on Sept. 2, with the object of capturing a goodly share
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    • 187 3 Liners Dealt With In Record Time. Two recent instances of the celerity with which passenger and cargo traffic i« handled at Ha\re are reported. On June M the steamer Pennland, of the Red Star Line, arrived at Havre at 3.30 p.m. from Southampton, and wai iroored at
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    • 289 3 Prince George'* Visit To Warspite. Prince George Hted the Warspite, the raining ship of the Marine Society in the Thames, off Grays, recently, and carried >- the annial inspection of the boys. It was his first visit since becoming the Pat•cm of the Society. Addressing the boys, the
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    • 247 3 Aberdeen Liner Changes Hands. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company iave acquired from the Aberdeen Line the passenger liner Euripides. The ship has made her layt voyage in the Australian •service, and will be entirely remodelled before her first voyage to New Zealand at the end of the
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  • 132 3 CREMER. Dut., 2,784 tons, from Amoy 16-8, for Penang and B. Deli 17-8. HOSANG, Brit., 3,293 tons, from Kobe l"6-«, 'or Calcutta 17-8. KAJANG, Brit., 1,246 tons, from Sandakan 15-8, for Sandakan 20-8. KURANDA, Brit., 553 tons, from Stbu 10-rf, for Situ 20-8. KEDAH, Brit., 1,033 tons, from
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  • 133 3 Wednesday, August 17. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive. Entrance KUTl.l. HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lch. "Shark," Lch. "Spartan," Dredjrer "Foremost, Tuk "Pentower," Hoppers J. J. 12 and 13, Mapia. Petronella. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IX DRY DOCKS. ranjong Pagar. Albert Dock Dukat.
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  • 121 3 Adherence to Policy of Freedom Of the Seas. The Standing Committee of the International Shipping Conference iret in London recently and approved for submi^ioi to the Conference the following: policy: Adherence to the policy of the freedom of the seas on a footing of equality for all ships
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 686 3 4NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD (Incorpcrsted in Germany.) The undermentioned are the company's intended fixtures OUTWARDS. SAARBRUCKEN for Iloilo, Cebn Manila, Hong Kong, S'ghai, Taku, Dalny and Japan Aug. 20 ISAR for Manila, Hong Kong, S'ghai, Kobe, Taku, Dalny and Tsingtau Aug. 28 COBLENZ for Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taku, Dalr.y, Txinjrtau and
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    • 425 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINB <Jnd AMERICAN MAIL LINB A FEW MORE REASONS WHY DOLLAR LINERS ARE POPULAR. 1 The staterooms are the largest and most comfortable you can buy. 2 The cosmopolitan atmosphere of thesa World Liners insures you an interesting cruise. The ship is yours from stem to sUirn No
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    • 461 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England.) "ELLERMAN" LINE. Freight Service to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. Via Ports and Suez (anal. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI JAPAN. Steamer Due Spore. s.s. CITY OF CAMBRIDGE Sept. U HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY OF FLORENCE for Marseilles, Havre, London, Rotterdam nnd Hamburg Due
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 163 3 TIDE TABLES. Wednesday, August 17. H. W. 11.48 a.n»., 9 ft., 11.10 p.m., 10 ft. 2 in. Thursday. August 18. H. W. 12.12 p.m., 9 ft., 11.49 p.m., 10 ft. 2 in. Friday. Augunt 19. H. W. 12.31 p.m., 9 ft. Saturday, August 20. H. W. 12.24 a.m., 10 ft.,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 776 4 SITUATIONS VACANT. When appiylnf for any position advertiMed, la these colnmns send copies of testimonial*. Do not send originals. WANTED, a compounded 371, S. Times. WAN'I r I., cook boy and wife, both M;ilay spcuking, MO.OO 'or both. Can any lady recommend B*X No. MS, BtR it> Time*. SITUATIONS WANTED
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    • 739 4 HOUSES, FLATS TO LET NEW bungalow, 3, Balmoral Crescent, cool healthy locality. Apply 32, Balmorul Road. 9, OXLEY RISE, first class accommodation, with full board and service, available now. TO LET, 4, Angullia Park, complete oil mil factory, 02, Robinson Road. Apply Angullia Co. T'» L^TT, 1 Cairnhill Circle and
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    • 521 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET OFFICES TO LET, 24-B, Battery Road, 2nd floor. Apply Guthrie Co., Ltd. TO LET, grround floor, 73, Cecil Street, also offices in Stanley Street. Modern sanitation. Apply J. S. Nathan, 6, de Souza Street. No. 4, BATTERY ROAD, formerly occupied by Bank of Taiwan, I,"1., to
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    • 465 4 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE TUITION, Kindergarten, Piano, Violin, Elocution, French lessons. Box No. 380, Straits Times. EDUCATIONAL. ROMANOFF," BEXHILL-on-SEA, SUSSEX. Good class HOME SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Most suitable for children from abroad. Excellent health record, and examination successes. 100 gns. per annum, including necessary extras ages 6 to 18. Apply Principal or,
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    • 591 4 PUBLIC NOTICES. FORM "C." (Pursuant to Section 112 of Ordinance No. 155 (Companies).) STATEMENT BY BATU PAHAT BANK LIMITED, AS AT JUNE 30, 1932. The Share Capital of the Company Is $500,000.00 divided into 5,000 Shares of $100.00 each. The number of shares issued is 2,500. Calls to the amount
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    • 475 4 BUSINESS CARDS. SAPPER'S SERVICE A STEP AHEAD IN WORKMANSHIP. A STOP BEHIND OTHKK COMPETITORS CHARGES 18 S.V.'M'KKS MOTTO We undertake motor repairs to all makes of cars and g— rilMtaa perfect satisfaction. All repairs will be carried out )>y skilled motor mechanics under Kuropean supervision mi iar owners premisr. We
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  • 93 5 Severe Punishments To Be Meted Out. Nanking, July 22. The Cabinet Council, at a meeting: today, adopted the text of a mandate ordering educational reform. The mandate points out that such incidents as attacks on professors and strikes by stjudents will no longer be tolerated. It declares that
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  • 87 5 Ambassadors to Moscow And To Rome. Tokio, July 29. It is understood the Foreign Office has today instructed Mr. Koko Hirota, Japanese Ambassador to Mo-cow, and Mr. Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese Ambassador to Rome, to return at once to Tokio. It is expected Mr. Hirota has been summoned
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 308 5 HOTELS RAFFLES HOTEI^I MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL Rooms with Modern Sanitation and Hot and Cold Running Water THIS EVENING TEA DANCE 6-30 to 8-15 p.m. INFORMAL DINNER DANCE 9-30-mid-night. GRILL-SPECIAL DISH SPECIAL DAILY TOMORROW DOLLAR LUNCH TOMORROW M;i\.'l!;n-i <^ < 'sp !na«h ALA SIMPSON SPECIAL DINNER B— < Potatoes Served in
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    • 513 5 RAFFLES HOTEL Comfortable rooms at Special rates for monthly residents. LEGAL NOTICE. IN THE ESTATE OF CLAUDE SINGLETON EVANS, DECEASED. Pursuant to Section 29 of the Trustees Ordinance 1929 all persons having claims against the Kstate of Claude Singleton Evans of 3, Portsdown Rond. Paddington, London and formerly of tho
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    • 372 5 BAND PERFORMANCES FOR AUGUST. S. S. POLICE BAND Wednesday, 17, 9 p.m. TELOK AVER. Wednesday, 24, 5.15 p.m. BOTANIC GARDENS. Friday, 26, 9 p.m. KATONG PARK. Wednesday. 31, 5.15 p.m. TELOK AVER. Friday Next, August 19, 9 p.m. Band of Ist Batt. the Gloucestershire Regt. BOTANIC GARDENS. By kind permission
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    • 241 5 LAMPS OF LASTING BRILLIANCE /ooA/or the name Wm /IsBaBE2Z3E^.^KS-''V "T ,'W I BRITISH MADE SOLE AGENTS: UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlement*) SINGAPORE AND BRANCHES. TALKIE PROGRAMME 7.15 TONIGHT 9.30 SKINNER STEPS OUT with GLENN TRYON and MERNA KENNEDY AUCTION NOTICE. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE JUDGE AT
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    • 312 5 AUCTION NOTICES. AUCTION SALE of freehold leasehold Singapore properties At Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng Co.'s sale* room. No. 30, Chulia Street, on Wednesday, August 24 at 2.30 p.m. Lot 1. Valuable freehold land and compound dwelling house known us No. 1209 A, Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore, area 2 roods, 08
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  • 2087 6 -By Our Film Correspondent. rTWE Capitol's attraction commencing le> day brings back in talk c foim a story which will Ik> mneakand as havirg been one of the outstanding MrSM successes of the silent day: The Miracle Man" in which Lon Chancy origin-My achieved
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 206 6 T 0 N I P H T Jm f] fesE am A k RESERVATIONS PHONE 6903. I *3sFm£ I WENT IS WHAT WE PROMISED I Wgfi&F' AND IT S EXACTLY WHAT WE J^^^C^M^.l I l^^vrT" DELIVER:::FOLLOW THE CROWDS ai '^^^S? I IF IT>S AT THE pav|l 'on >; '^^Wj Ht
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    • 330 6 TONIGHT SB TONIGHT 6.15 9.15. 1 6 15 9.15. A SUPER p| £D|^ WITH TWENTY-EIGHT xai ii.r BS^B IN TAMIL. TAL K I b CHITRASENA ffjl UPAKYANA. See and Hear:- Lord Sri Krishna, Arjuna, Dcvi Subhadra, n n i^naWal Narad Muni, etc., etc. Dramatized by Kao IHlw^ Bahadur P. Sambanda
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 267 7 "TARZAN" IS ON THE WAY! MATINEE TODAY AT 3 p.m. Aj-ain Metro brings you a Superb Week-end show! Laughs and tears in a grand comedy drama! JJT% W bLC 1 k J"m B^ Km m,^ II II B^ g^* WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND A METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER PICTURE. and it
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    • 125 7 SE6 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ON PAGE 6. f^VT^V^inf^^TTl COMMENCING TONIG H^T ANOTHER GENUINE ALL"'^TSTAND.Nr'SE^r WHICH EMPHASISES THE HIGH QUALITY OF OUR exclusive selected BRITISH PICTURES. A FILM THAT BUBBLES WITH MERRIMENT APTLY DESCRIBES BUBII m■■2k SmZt mmam■wawT IV^l II I IH El \9k if^i*!|\& jf A^^J BK« ife^ i^'m B 1
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  • 174 8 Further Tin Price Appreciation. RITRBER SUGHTLY EASIER. (Tljr Our Finanrial Correspondent.) Singapore, Wednesday. Today's Prices Rul)b?r. 7'i cents per 1b. Tin, Singapore price S73.12 1 per picul. Yesterday's Prices Rubber, London. L",d.. up l/10d. Nev York, cts., down 1 16 cl. ,i Tone: Slightly easier. Tin, London,
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  • 62 8 N K>n, Any. IT. R.S.S. equal to London Standard Bnven. Sellers. 7'o T" 1 Standard R.S.S. on Tender Buyer*. Sellers. pt ..7 9 I<*> 7% Oct. 7% 711 16 Oct.-1 711 in 7'S .Tan. -Mar. 7 7 15 16 Tone of Market Latest Cable 12'
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  • 162 8 A -i.e. 17. Gam 1 C.23 (Cube Xo. 1 unpicked) 12.00 5.G0 mi\<'d 5.05 Sago flour, Sarawak 1.95 White Pepper 25.00 Black Pepper 19.00 Pearl Sago 4.2 c small 5.00 medium G.OO Rice Siam $155 to 194 Saigon $140 to 151 Rangoon $140 to 153 No. 1 12-") catties
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  • 63 8 ail Karachi lx>ndon dispatched by l\:iii.:i on Julj 2 mv delivered lon wn Auj:. It. 19 days). outward Hutch afi-oplano from Amsterdam arc Mpectoß to arrive ;tt Si .gapore hy the evening exprsm on Correspondence s4dresscJd lo 1 oxh ilden onlj will be raadj for deUvefrj nt 7.
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
    • STOCKS AN D SHARES.
      • 448 8 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. £1 £1 Asam Kumbang £1 £1 Austral Malay 5/- .">/- Ayer Hitam Tin €1 £1 Uangrin Tin 1 1 Batang Padang 1 1 Batu Caves 1 1 Bukilt Arang £1 £1 Burmah Malay £1 i'l Chenderiang 1 I Hitam Tin 1 1 Hong Fatt
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      • 285 8 Issue Val. Pi Buyers. Sellers. 2 2 Alex. Brick Ord. 0.50 0.80 nom. 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 0.90 1.00 £1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 4.7.6 4.12.6 10 5 British Malaya Trustee 4.00 100 50 Chinese Com. Bank 63.<>0 5.00 66.00 £1 £1 Con. T. S. 7' Prefs. 18
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      • 142 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 102 103 ci. Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 104 107 nom. Singapore Municipal 4K p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 100 103 nom. Singapore Municipal 4'/^ p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 100
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      • 381 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's Quotations. The above rubber quotations are mostly only nominal. To-day s Price Fraser Lyall Evatt ft Co. Allenby ($1) 0.30 0.40 0.30 0.40 Alor Gajah ($1) 0.20 0.30 0.25 0.35 A. Hitam ($1) 0.40 0.60 0.40 0.50 A. Kuning ($1) A.
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    • 215 8 Singapore, Aug. 17. SELLING. London, 4 months' sight 2 3 16 16 London, 3 months' sight 2 3 29 32 London, GO days' sight I 8 London, 30 days' sight 2 3 27 32 London, demand 2 3 13 16 London, T.T. 2 3 25 32 Lyons and
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    • 86 8 Kughy. Aug. 16. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam 8.64 Athena 550 Belgrade 215 lin 14.58 Bombay Is. 6 7 '64 Brussels 25.07i0 Bucharest 590 Buenos Aires nominal Copenhagen 18.75 K'\a 17.80' .> Helsingfors 232*4 Hong Kong Is. 4 3 16 Lisbon 110 Madrid 43% Milan 57% Monte Video 30 nominal
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  • 103 8 Alor Gajah. -32/00 11.. Aver Pmim. 78,000 lh. Bukit Knbu. 17,060 ll l >. Hruseh. -4U.12" M>.. (44.500 110 ("hanirkiit. 80,777 Ib., 110 «89 \b.) ilj 50,760 lb. [7,460 :i cJi.ir,:: lb). Henrietta. -1 LS.OOO Ib. Indragtri. 77.:i5! Ib., (92,703 Ib). JaUn Kehun. -i*.BoO Ib. Kuala Renan.-
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  • 16 8 From Eurono (London mails dispatched 28th July) by ltanchi due Penang 6 a.m. tomorrow.
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  • 218 8 Today. Vyli M. Egypt, Europe and Great Hvit.iin i Meiifliius i p.m. C«yl«H, Kttypt unrt Great llntain Panels j (Maaalansj J.:io p.m. Banka island, Pladjue A Palembang (Thedens) 3 p.m. Saninnini;. Sourabnya, Celebes, Molurcas. Timor Dilly and South-bast Borneo (Van aer Lfn t pm, (forth N'.-Kast :iml
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  • 50 8 By Left Arrd. Spore London D'Artagnan Kaiser-1-Hind IH'mpo Andre Lebon Talisne P. C. Hooft Hajputana June 29 July 25 July 8 Aug. 1 July 13 Aug. 2 July 14 Autf. 8 July 13 Aug. 8 July 14 Auk. 8 July 1!2 Aug. 11 July -Z-l Aug. 16
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  • 439 8 Many Import Restrictions Removed. The Hijfh Commissioner for Australia (Sir Granville kyriei ii statement in connection with the- Imj Conference, n the course of which he states On July 8. Sir Edmund Veste; C rculated among memben of the House of Commons a pamphlet entitled The Menace of
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 99 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. \VfdPf«d«v. Amnmt 17. Tor U Omtti N'iirht. Sneaker Rev. 'Mr. "Kohs" Ford. Adelphi Hotel. S j>.m. Polire Bund. Telok Aver, U p.m. "riday. An (root 19. Singapore B*du tu. .it S. <'.('.. BM p.m. Taipinfr Amateur Race?. First Day. Saturday. Anro*t 20. T:iipin< Amateur IJaco?. Second
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 627 9 More Cheerful Tone Continues. BUT TURNOVER ONLY SLIGHT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Manchester, July 20. Any improvement in trade is very slow i r i taking: place. Although a more cheerful tone has continued to prevail on the Manchester Royal Exchange and sellers have continued to meet
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    • 19 9 Katu Tin Drodgias;. Hours run 248, cubic yards treated .r>G,OOO.. r >G,000. tin ere won 330 piculs.
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    • 656 9 In Strong Financial Position. The twenty-seventh annual ordinary Reneral meeting of the Cicely Rubber Estates Company, Ltd., was held on July 15 at 4, Lloyd's Avenue, E.C. Mr. Bertram F. White (the chairman) said Turning to the balance-sheet, you will notice that we have written the whole
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    • 248 9 Dec r ine in June Index Number. The Chamber of Shipping index number of freights for June at 17.10 shows a decrease of 12.04 per cent, when compared with the previous month and is 9.19 per cent, lower than a year ago. The European Waters group at 20.74
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    • 665 9 Fraser and Co.'s Weekly Report. Fraser and Co.'s report, dated Aug. 17, states There has been a further hardening in all sections of the local share market during the past week, and an advance has to be noted in both commodity and share prices. In spite of a
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    • 383 9 Winding Up Resolutions Approved. The adjourned extraordinary general meeting of the Kuantan Rubber Syndicate, Ltd., was held at the registered othcw of the company, Chartered Bank Chambers, Singapore on Monday. Those present were Mr. G. A. Potts (chairman), Mr. W. L. Kitserow and Mr. J. E. King, the
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    • 274 9 Closing Quotations In London. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 16. Closing quotations today of the principal British and American stocks are given below: The rise or fall is in relation to the price of Aug. 11. GOVERNMENT 8TOCK8. BRITISH Rise or Fall Conversion Loan h"
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    • 119 9 Decrease in Operating Revenues. Railway operating revenues of the Seaboard Air Line (U.S.A.) for 1931 amounted to $42,:>03,666, a decrease "f $7,375,383, while expenses were $3,999,968 less at $35,649,906, leaving net revenue at $6,653,759, compared with $10,029,175 for 1930. Tax accruals absorbed $3,461,592 (against $3,397,977). Including other
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 609 9 BANKING. NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK N.V. Established 1863 at AsuUriassV Authorised Capital Glds. 100,000,000 Paid up Capital Glds. 66,000,000 Reserves Glds. 24,190,324 HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM. BRANCH OFFICES THE HAGUS. ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BRANCHES I Batavia Head office for Dutch last todies. BRANCH OFFICES DUTCH EAST INDIES Ampenan, Banloeng, Cheribon, Gorontalo, Makassar, Meian
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    • 36 9 BANKING. [HE NATIONAL CITY BANKOF NEW YORK Capital Surplus Undivided Profits U.S. $205,445,000.00 HEAD OFFICE: 55, WALL STREET, NEW YORK. LONDON OFFICE: 36, BISHOPSGATE, E.C /AVING/ J^^m^\ OCEAN BUILDING, COLLYER QUAY. Phone 5826. P.O. Box 414.
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    • 462 9 BANKING. NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCIIAPPY N.V. Netherlands Trading Society. (£>tablished mt Amsterdam 1824.) PAID UP CAPITAL VI 30,030,000 STATUTORY RESERVI Fl. 20,016,000 HEAD OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM WITH AGENCIES IN ROTTERDAM AND THE HACUB, HEAD AGENCY IN BATAVIA. BRANCHES 'Bandoeng Hong Kong Rangoon Bandjermasin Kobe 'Semarang Bombay 'Weltevreder Shanghai Calcutta Medan Solo
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  • 134 10 Singapore. ALilAMBRA.— Jackie Cooper in When A Feller Needs A Friend. 6.15 9.15. Phone 6909. CAPITOL.— Sylvia Sidney and Chester Morris in The Miracle Man. 6.15—9.15 Phone 5261-2. GREAT WORLD.— Talkies, Talk of Hollywood and Stepping Stones. Pasar Malam Gate 10 cts. Ladies Free. NEW WORLD.— Side Show*, Cabaret
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  • 83 10 Mrs. A. C. Brown and daughters wish to thank all friends for their kind condolences in their sad bereavement, and convey sincere appreciation of the floral tributes sent in sympathy. Mc<-r-. Sim Ann Tuan and Sim Wan Kiat beg to tender their heartfelt thanks to the many
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  • 1028 10 Officially it is almost certain to bs Clifford Pier, public feeling on the matter notwithstanding. So much is apparent from the latest authoritative pronouncement on the subject published yesterday. The Colonial Secretary has written a further letter to the
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  • 142 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. A. M. Goodman, Secretary for Chinese Affairs, and Mrs. Goodman are staying at Fraser's Hill. Mr. Justice Thome, acting Chief Justice, has arrived in Ipoh for the \ssi*e« which open next veek. Mrs. Dunford Wood, the, wife of the 'poh lawyer, is expected back from home yr
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  • 1205 10  -  Ayimer Vallance, DJ!I TL. 17. Much Still Remains To Be Done. (By i, the Assistant Editor of The Economist.; To imagine that Lausanne has rescued the world from its critical situation would be foolish optimism. Until there it greater assuranoe that the United States will pay
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  • 752 10 MISPLACED ZEAL. There is in Singapore a man occupying prominent public positions who, according to his friends, has become entangled in the meshes of his creditors who have obtained judgments against him." That is a most unhappy state for anyone to ha in and especially so
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  • 50 10 An Aneta cable from Berlin >tates that Dr. Albert Saunier, who was recently appointed German Minister in Bangkok in succession to Dr. Asniis, and who was to have left for his new post within a few days, has been taken <M suddenly and a blood transfusion has been found necessary.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 64 10 fg§ss2 who with inimitable skill unlocks the secrets of laughter and good fellowship with many cunningly devised cocktails. VISIT HIM AT )oMs> CAFE JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. (incorporated in England.) SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, PENANG and IPOH. I LV IKS' i\ K^^ I Hb sW k^ V lv i nncfc H/^
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    • 26 10 THE STURDY, HILLMAN MINX 10/30 H.P. THE CAR with "CUSHIONED POWER" Family Saloon $1,675. UNIVERSAL CARS LTD. 45, Orchard Road. HORLICKS IS AN IDEAL LIGHT DIET.
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  • 1532 11 HINDU-MOSLEM DIFFICULTIES. Majorities in Certain Provinces. UNANIMOUS FINDING. "A Fair and Honest Plan." The British Government yesterday gave a unanimous decision on the communal problem in India, the effect of which would be, while retaining the system of communal representation by separate electorates, to
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  • 367 11 Funds Exceed Company's Needs. At the conclusion of the annual meeting of Hammer and Co., Lti., to be held on Friday, Aug. 26, the following resolution will be proposed "That, as the company possesses funds considerably in excess of its needs for efficiently carrying on
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  • 344 11 Enthusiastic Reception For the Princes. Corfu, Aug. 14. A testimony to the strength of tl*e tiaditional friendship between England and Greece was strikingly given today on the occasion of the visit of the Prince of Wales and Prince George. Union Jack.-, brought from the mainland, wire eagerly
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  • 132 11 Fifteen Generals Under Arrest. Madrid, Aug. 13. Fifteen generals and 33 other officers are now under arrest as th<. result of the intvfcstigation into the military rising in Madrid, and 120 ex-officers and civilians have been arrested in Madrid alone. The Government has received shoals of telegrams from
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  • 111 11 America Delighted. MOTHER AND SON DOING WELL. Englewood, New Jersey, Aug. 1G. America is delighted with the news that Mrs. Charles Lindbsrgli, wife of the famous airman, gave birth to a son this morning at the home of her mother, Mrs. Morrow. The news of the birth
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  • 89 11 Two People Killed By Lightning. Cologne, Aug. 15. Terrific heat has been experienced in West Germany during the week-end. There were also severe thunderstorms which caused floods resulting in much damage being done and a number of persons losing their lives. Two persons playing football at Lengo and
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  • 110 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 17. A scheme is afoot here to organise public opinion in the F.M.S. on lines similar to the Straits Settlements Association. The proposed name of the new body is the Malay States Association. It will be open to British subjects,
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  • 86 11 U.S. Rubber Consumption Figures. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 16. United States rubber consumption f<:r July was 2S.272, tons, against an estimat- 1 of 25,000 tons. The June consumption was abnormal, bcin;* 10 tons, whi'c that of July, 1981, was llj&l tons. Dutinc t ht» first
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  • 77 11 Verdict in Lancaster Trial Expected Today. Miami, Aug. 16. The verdict in the trial of Capt. Lancaster on a charge of murdering Haden Clark has been delayed by a further speech for the prosecution. It is expected to be given toda^. Reuter. Lancaster is accused of shooting
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  • 41 11 Houston, Texas, Aug. 15. Twenty-two people up to now have been killed as the result of a 75-mile-an-hour hurricane which has swept along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Reuter Wireless.
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  • 303 11 Mr. Baldwin's Message. SPIRITUAL UNITY OF THE EMPIRE. Ottawa, Aug. 17. The closing stage of the Ottawa Conference has been postponed from Thursday to Saturday, and there are reasonable hopes of agreement. The Irish Ministers have cancelled their passages home in order to continue the negotiations
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  • 67 11 Strong Tone on Stock Exchange. London, Aug. 16. Although the success of the War Loan conversion cash bonus operation was already assured, the huge figures issued by the Treasury created a great impression in financial circles. On the Stock Exchange a strong tone pi emails throughout. British Government
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  • 94 11 Senator Marconi's New Experiments. Rome, Aug. 14. Communication by ultra short-waves over a greater distance than has been theoretically believed possible has been proved feasible by experiments made by Senator Marconi in the use of ultra shortwaves combined with portable reflectors. From his yacht, the Electra, he
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  • 87 11 Mr. de Valera and the New Volunteers. Dublin, Aug. 14. Mr de Valera declines to make a statement regarding the new volunteer organisation, which, with the official Free State Army and the Irish Republican Army, will make the Free State's third army. It is understood that the
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  • 88 11 Driver to be Charged With Negligence. (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Aug. 15. A seriouis accident occurred at Jalan Ampuan when a young Arab boy, son of Syed Hassan bin Jaflfri, was knocked down by a car in which Mr. E. C. Hicks, Inspector of Schools, Muar, was
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  • 32 11 Many people were unable to gain admission to the Catholic Young Men's Association's performance of "The Victim of the Seal." It is hoped to give another performance shortly in a larger hall.
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  • 82 11 Spanish Woman's Story To Police. Paris, Aug. 16. A man who was apparently a Bourbon Prince was found with his throat cut in a hotel bedroom. His identity card was found inscribed, Prince Edgard Bourbon, born 1870. Rothenstcin, son of Alice of Bourbon, no profession." Simultaneously
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  • 457 11 Flow of Gold From U.S. Reversed. New York, Aug. 16. An excited flurry of short covering gave the list a boost from one to seven points early today. Later, however, the bullishness was tempered by disappointment caused by the fall in wheat, and the losses were only
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  • 114 11 Employers Give Notice Of Reduction. London, Aug. 16. There has been a further development in the Lancashire cotton wage crisis. The Spinners' Federation has decided to give a month's notice of reduction of spinners' wages by approximately 2s. '.id. in the pound. Reuter. London, Aug. 15. The
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  • 1462 11 Leads Attack on West Gate of Chinchow. LEGENDARY VALOUR. Compels Japanese To Retire Into City. A Chinese girl student from Shanghai, who has been taking an active part in the fighting on the MukdenPeking railway during the past fortnight, thrilled China yesterday It seems
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    • 64 11 On Other Pages. Page Cinema Page 6 Around the Markets By Our Financial Correspondent 8 Kuantan Rubber Meeting 9 Lausanne Seen in Retrospect By Aylmer Vallancc 10 Hong Kong Murder Case 12 Malayan Cricket Notes 13 County Cricket 13 S.C.C. Tennis 13 Entries for Malayan Athletic Championships 14 S.R.C. Beaten
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    • 11 11 JUST A REMINDER! "THE MIRACLE MAN" OPENS AT THE CAPITOL TONIGHT!
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  • 2348 12 Question of Admitting Evidence. LEGAL ARGUMENT. ZIMMERN INTERRUPTED IN THE BOX. Hone Koftg, Aug. 11. A crucial stag* in the trial of Chv-nj; Kwok-\au on a charm 1 ol prc.curing the mnrder of Ciorge hurt' on Mar. 24 in Village Road was reached yesterday, when
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  • 399 12 New Installation At Tanjong Pagar. A considerable aid to vhe palm oil industry in Malaya is the establishment of a pumping: installation, for the purpose ef transhipment in bulk, by the Singapore Harbour board at Tanjong Pagar. The oil will be stored in tanks of
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  • 114 12 Death Penalty for Arson Suggested. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok. Aug. 16. The People's Assembly haa passed a resolution to re luce the term of imprisonment of a number of prisoners and jjrant v.n amntfcty to others to mark the establishment of a constitutional monarchy. It is expected
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  • 494 12 Plaintiff's Case Described As "Utterly Hopeless." A claim against Mr. A. W. Cashin, a Singapore landowner, for monies alleged to be due was dismissed by Mr. Justice Whitley in the/ Supreme Coutt yesterday. Mr. S. Fung appeared for the plaintiff, Kana Nadasan, while Mr. P. Sammy was
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  • 207 12 Shot Down in Ambush In Ipoh Street. That death was due to a bullet wound inflicted on the deceased by Mr. R. W. M. Davis, when deceased was attempting: to •?vade lawful arrest that Mr. Davis fired at the deceased in the execution of his fluty in
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  • 167 12 Storekeeper Sent For Trial As Sequel. The preliminary inquiry into the charge of criminal breach of trust in respect of Erasmic products to the value of $7,193.0 1 against a Chinese storekeeper, Oon Ee Thiam, of Messrs. Sime Darby and Co.'s godown in Malacca Street, ended this morning
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  • 292 12 Judge Disagrees And Orders Retrial. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 16. I am prepared to die and I am not going to say anything moie. He has cheated me of my money and I am not satisfied the hard earnings of an old man like
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  • 112 12 Young Jew and "More Serious Charges." A young Jew, Saul Zakko, was charged hefore Mr. A. \V. Hay, the Second Police Magistrate, this morning with cheating in respect of a typewriter by falsely representing to a woman, Mrs. May Seraditch, that he had purchased a new portable typewriter
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  • 76 12 To Be Considered By S.S. (S.) Association. A special meeting of the committee of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association will be held on Tuesday, Aug. ?.3, at 5 p.m. to consider the report of the Municipal Retrenchment Committee and the petition forwarded by the Singapore Ratepayers' Association. The
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  • 562 12 Questions to Doctor. DENIAL OF MALICE OR ANIMOSITY. A long cross-examination of the complainant. Dr. V. I*. Menon. who spent the whole day in the witness box. by counsel for the accused. T. Menon, was a feature of the continued preliminary inquiry hefi>re the
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  • 171 12 Woman Who Tried To Convert Hindu. (From Our Own CtmiPOadkflL) Ipoh. Au:' l'i. A Christian woman's uonucccwful it-ti-nipt to convert her IInulu lover, i quarid arising freH it, then BubwqaeDt parting, and, finally, her death at lii; band* were the motives advanced by tlw prosecution in the mm
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  • 132 12 Penang Mass Meeting Votes Against It. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. IB. Penang subordinate (iuwnimrn, servants do not want weekly wages. Under the auspices of the .Junior Civil Service Association a mass meeting wmi held this afternoon of all ranks of subordinates to obtain an opinion
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  • County Cricket Results.—Final Positions At Los Angeles.
    • 1239 13 Bryan's Sparkling Century COMBINED SCHOOLS HOLD CEYLON CLUB. (By Our Cricket Correspondent) Rain seems to make habit of appe-u-ing on the scene whenever the .Singapore Volunteer Corps arrange a tixtur;' with the Regulars ami tfttaaay mi no exception. The Volunteers were far from being ;it full .strcngm.
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  • 520 13 Championship Struggle. ONLY THREE KINS IN IT AT DOVER. The fight for the County Championship is gradually approaching f t climax the, match between Sussex xi :*< 1 Yorkshire which ta on the 27th at Hove. I up their winning I sequence by n ten victory
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  • 644 13 Results of Yesterday's Ties. The following were the results of ties I layed in the S.C.C. lawn tennis tournamest yesterday B Class Singles Handicap. A. C. C. Perdriau owe 15 vs. W. A Wilson scr. (unfinished, set all). Lt. M. T. L. Wilkinson owe 15
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  • 342 13 Local Horses and Ponies In Training. The following: is the list of locally trained horses and ponies in training for the Singapore Turf Club Gold Cup meeting, which begins on Sept. 3. A complete list of horses and ponies in training for the meeting will be
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  • 255 13 Handicaps for Friday's Events. The following are the handicaps for the first day of the Taiping Turf Club's amateur meeting (Friday): Ponies, Class II, Third Division (about five furlongs).— Abbot 11.9, More Gold 11.2, Mickey Mouse 11.2. S f. B 10.9, Timbanjr 10.7, Barima 10.2. Yellow River 10.
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  • 98 13 The racing competition in the Sunday Times will be on the seven events set out above. The programme consists of eight races, the first being a mule race for men of the Burma Kifles. This obviously is not included in the competition. As scratchings for the first day
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  • 112 13 Udaipur and Dastur Joint Favourites. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Aug. Hi. Latest betting in f .he St. Legrer which is to be run at Doncastcr on Sept. 7 is as follows: I to 2 H. H. the Ajra Khan's UDAIPUR. 8 to 2 H. H. the Agi
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  • 376 13 Proposal at S.C.C. Meeting. A suggestion to begin the hockey season on Sept. 1 instead of Oct. 1, and thereby cause an early start and finish to the cricket season, was made at tht annual meeting of the S.C.C. Hockey Section last night when Mr.
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  • 143 13 U.S.A. Wins Championship By Big Margin. Los Angeles, Au>r. J5. The final unofficial score card in connection with the Olympic games gives the U.S.A. 795 points, Italy 257 li points, France 2!3 points. Swe.ien 168 points, Germany 165"- points, Japan 15.5 point-;. Finland 143 points, Great Britain 1S3
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    • 70 13 Other Sporting News Appears On Pages 14 and 16. m "JUNIOR" StfUiCr 4-SEATER TOURER Ultra modern, comfortable, economical and reliable, the 1932 Singer "Junior" 8 h. p. 4— Seater Tourer is a steadily improved model with complete equipment, four full-size seats, 4-speed gearbox, silent third, safety rear petrol tank with
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  • 365 14 More Entries Than F^ist Year. KnaiH LaiwyOT, An*. ]t\. Tho Amaronr Arhlotio A*s<viai|«vi of Malaya ar« hoMinjr their annual chamar on th«> SshMgor f lnh l>ad(m(t ft* Friday nnrl Mxt. fh«r« vill h«» fen evwWa for fag chams\i,iv»^hip. whil«« r»th«>T cv<»nf« w ii nolud<» •nt«r-st«r<> and setHement
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  • 81 14 \nmi;<l Kvrn( »< Tanjonu IMalini. •j| lc Annual r»njonp Nalfm squattc =)•''>'= tre being held «< <''«> BttlUifi Wrii i ..lice*- twimminfi l""' 1 iwxi Bttmfakyi >. i, ..i. (ito main item* will b€ mntbitlon dirint bj a fermei Olympic* cn*mpton tn>»= fiom Ipoh lv"3'!» 1 inii|iin havp
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  • 625 15 HOW CEYLON LOST MALAYA 4> Pioneers Now Being Repatriated. Dfhii-.<! the Press communique issued a few days ago that conditions in Mair.ya, u; tii huuda and outside u;. pabtii were tach t. h:it ku,v numbers ol Indians .'!,<i Ceylonese were being repatriated, ;;nd that no i employment .:w^;!.'il for MW
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  • 31 15 Final Dividend of 2' 2 Per Cent. (From (Jin- Own Correspondent.) i' nang, Aug. ir>. The Kedah Rubber Co. has declared i inal dividend of l"- per cent.
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  • 60 15 Suggested Remedy For Unemployment. <i« ;k va, A UK- IZ, The convocation of u Bpeei&l session of +he In ernational Ltboar Conference to iiaeoai the quci-tion of ;i redoctjon in irorkiag bonn for Industry! owing to the widespread UEemjCojrment, was »;ik<'<1 »y Siffnor De Kicheli Italy's icpicsentalive to
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  • Sporting News.
    • 536 16 A Comparison of The Wickets. The clerk of the weather did not keep his promise when it looked as if it would turn out a good day. I awakened this j morning to torrents of rain, which nave Ron<> on unceasingly all day. Instead of fifing aide
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    • 83 16 N.S. Club Well Beaten By T.P.C.A. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Serembmn, Auk. The Tamils' Physical Culture Association from Kuala Lumpur wore visitor^ to Seremban over the week-end and played el a«-ai:>t the Negii Semliilan Club. The visitors wen- victora bjr the maririri of lix wickets. Batting ftist the
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    • 182 16 End of League Season. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Serastnh, Aug. 15. By defeating the Poit Pickson Recreation Club by two clear goals yesterday, tho Negri Sembilan Club, who, in spite of fielding a much depleted side this JTMf managed to obtain the runners-up posi tion in the Negri
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    • 49 16 Indians' Late Rally to Beat Cricket Club. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Aug. li>. In a League game today the Penang Cricket Club beat the M.A.F.C. by -i— '2 The padang <.hil> had the game well ir. hand until nearly the close when the Indians scored twice.
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    • 245 16 Results of Games in Twc Major Leagues. New York, Aug. 16. Today"■ lisehall results were The Dodgers had their run of wins and 'ig hittini; stopped today when the Pirates' pitcher, French, tied them down :o seven hit>. By winning both games in this double header the \ankees
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    • 410 16 Good Win by Straits Cattle T. Co. Straits Cattle T.C. I j S.R.C. 0. The S.R.C. were eliminated from the S.A.F.A. Challenge Cup competition yesterday at the Anson Road Stadium by ths Straits Cattle Trading Co. in the first round by three goals to nil
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    • 293 16 Friendly Match Against Bramtoco. S.C.C. II 0 Rramtoco 3. In a friendly match on the Padang yesterday the S.C.C. lost to Bramtoco by .hree clear goals, two of which came from p«Mlty kicks. It wa? a hard fought game »'ith the firm having the better of the
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    • 102 16 British Empire Athletes Beaten. San Francisco, Aug. 15. At the San Francisco athletic (relay-) meeting the United States beat the British Empire by six events to four. U.S.A. won the 400 yds., the mile, two miles, 120 yds. hurdles, three miles ami four-lap steeplechase. The team's time for
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    • 75 16 jGordon Richards' 100 Wins This Season. London, Aug. 13. Gordon Richards, the 28-year-old champion jockey, rode his 100th winner this season on a ten to one chance, when he rode Wash Out at Windsor. Richards has been the champion jockey five times in the last seven years and
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    • 74 16 Wins German Tennis Championship. Hamburg, Aug. 15. The men's singles in the German tennis championships was won by G. von Cramm, who beat the title-holckr, the Czechoslovakia n Roderick Menzel. In the women's singles Mile. Payot 'Switzerland) triumphed over Fiaulein KraWinli-"' in thi<-e se*«. In the finai
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    • 25 16 Third Lanark Beaten In Scottish League. London. Auj*. 16. The Celtii l.cat Third Lanark 4—2 in the Scottish League (Div. 1) today. Reuter.
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    • 68 16 The results of the 400 yards (12 lengths) free style handicap races at the Chinese Swimming Club on Sunday were as follows A Division 1, J. E. Tan (a*t 35) 2, Lim Chin tfin (at 55) 3, Chia Kirn Bee (at 120 scr.). B Division 1. Khoo Hock Tien
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    • 216 16 I Wednesday, August 17. Football: S.A.F.A. Div. 1: S.C.C. vs. Gloacesters, Pudant;; Anglo-Chinese School vs. Raffles Institution, S.R.C. grd. Golf: Garrison G.C. Women's Monthly Medal (bogey). Methodist Girls' School annual sporU day, 11, Mount Sophia, 4 pirn. Tennis: S.C.C tournament. Thursday. August 18. Football: S.A.F.A. Div. 1: Chinese
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    • 347 16 \KT /^isterijstib\ VOineil as an J discovered this way of keeping •f/CsV/C T~ g^ g^g^gY^ '^'l^Sßvsßßßßßßßßßa^isßallalßl xoutlmil Jo many women have written us enthusi- JJF/ /JS astically about Listerine Antiseptic used as Wr* I an astringent, we feel duty bound to pass the B^i^f Jo'- Ms§tr suggestion on to you.
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  • 33 17 Serprsnt Major Instructor W. Williams, of the M.v.i. C mpany, Setaagor Battalion, F.M.S.V.F. h;i :i transferred to th. M.V.I. Company. Pahang Battalion, P.M.S.V.F. Mr. .T. H. Holland, of the Kir.-'s Rog'ment, mwdl him.
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  • 214 17 Progress of Campaign In Hupeh. Shanghai, Aug. 17. A laige force of Government troop-?, under General Wei Lip-wang and Li Mykuin are reported to have reoccupied the important town of Huanjran, in Hupeh Province. 65 miles north of Hankow and to the east of the Hankow-Chengchow railway. Communist
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  • 310 17 Dutch Visitor Found Gassed In Bath. Hong Kong, Aug. 5. Married in Hong Kong only a few weeks a^c, John Kanis, a native of Amsterdam, ;:nd an RMBt of the Commercial and Credit Information Bureau, was found diad from cn«lj|M poisoninir at the Trocadero Hotel, Kowloon. early
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  • 156 17 Chinese Gunboats Lend A Hand. Wuehow, Kwantr-i, July 18. At a time when business depression, is felt throughout the South and when bus-i-■en concerns «'vo!ywhert; are wondering v hen tin- clouds will lift and prosperity's shine pact more, it seems that the only business that is
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  • 64 17 Protracted Trial Drawing To A Close. Meerut, Aug. 16. The Iontr 'Irawn out, conspiracy case, which began three yea.s ago and in which ,'!0 persons were charged with sedition, is drawing to a close. Tv.o British accused, Bradley and Spratt. were today found truiity hy the assessors arH
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  • 49 17 Huge Decline During Past Year. Berlin, Aug. 16. A huge decline in Germany's trade during the past year is re\ea.led by the offlcin! figures. Exports in July were 4.i2,000.000 marks and imports 366,000,000, compared with 827.00rt.0fl0 marks exports .ni. I 662,000,000 importa in July hM yoar. Reuter.
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  • 516 17 Should Ministers Abroad Be Single? There was a dramatic surprise at the Wesleyan Methodist conference at Man-; Chester. It was announced that the Rev. F. Luke Wiseman had headed the list in the united voting for the first President of the new united Methodist Church after September,
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  • 76 17 Refusal to Sign Record Of Evidence. Shanehai. Aug. 17. The trial of Mr. and Mrs. Noulens was resumed before th* Supreme Court at Nanking yesterday morning. Mr. Noulens refused to sijjn the record of evidence in Chinese, after it had be^n Tead t»y the presiding Judge, on Mm
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  • 65 17 Twenty-two Lives Lost In Tornado. Paris, Aug. 16. Twenty-two livt>s are believed to haw teen lost when the dispatch boat carrying mails from Natal, Brazil, to Dakar. Senegal, foundered in a tornado off the West African coast. The ship belongs to the French Aero Postale Company, being: one
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  • 172 17 Fewer Go Abroad for Their Education. Shanghai. Aug. 1. The number of students going abroad this year is half of that of laat year, according to statistics available at tho World's Chinese Students' Federation it Shanghai. From July 1, 1930, to June 30, 1931, 1,228 students sailed for
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  • 52 18 Man Arrested on False Information Charge. (From Our Own (.'uirospondent.) Ipoh, Auk- 10. A < hini'Sf who told the railway police that un Chinese had ]>ui mhm sleepers on the track has bMB arrested for giving false information. It is stated he was trying i<> make inonfy
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  • 27 18 A Y.W.I A jumble sale will be held at B. Kam\> (Juay on Friday, Aug. 23. (Jifts of old dot lies in- household goods will be welcome.
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  • 345 18 Why Hitler Refused Office. Berlin, Au<r. 16. My followers would never understand me if I accepted President von Hindenburg's compromise," declared Herr Hitler in his first public utterance since he rejected the Vice-chancellorship of the Reich and the Premiership of Prussia. Hitler said he was convinced that uovtrnment
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  • 199 18 When the late Mr. Edgar Wallace stood at the last General Election as Liberal candidate for Blackpool, he stretched h'.s bank overdraft U, the extent of £150 for deposit with the returning officer. On repayment of the money he went to
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  • 42 18 I Long-Distance Record Holder Crashes. New York, Aug. 16. 'Die airman, Russell Boardman. holder of the distance record, has been seriously injured in a crash. Hp gained the record in 19.11 flying with Polando from Lons Inland to Istanbul. Reutcr.
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  • 203 18 Orders by Licut.-Col. M. J. T. Reilly, M.C., commanding G.S.V.F., Singapore, Aug. 17. H. E. the Governor has been pleased to approve the transfer of Lieut. Esoof bin Hussein Jewa to the S.S.V.F. Reserve of Officers, with the rank of Captain, with effect from 23.7.32. Malaya Command Rifle
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  • 33 18 H.E. the Governor, Sir Cecil Clementi, will attend the Children's Concert on Thursday and the audience is requested to be seated by 5.5 p.m. The concert will commence at 5.15 p.m.
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  • 26 18 A requiem high mass will be sung at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Johore Bahru, tomorrow morning at 6.30 for the late Bishop Perrichon.
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  • 153 18 Young Men Leap Into Circus Ring. There was an entirely spontaneous and unrehearsed turn at Harmston's Circus the other day, says the Bangkok Times. During the trapeze act by all the nien> bers of the company, a party of fiftetn young men who occupied three boxes, fired no
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  • 67 18 To be Prohibited Shortly From Big Area. London, Aug. 15. A horseless London is foreshadowed by the announcement that horse traffic will shortly be prohibited within a considerable area of the City of London, except during certain hours of the day when there is normally no likelihood of
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  • 154 18 Hope of Building New Wonder-Car. London, Aug. 13. The question of building a successor to Sir Henry Segrave's wonder-car, the Golden Arrow, will be discussed at a conference in London on Monday between Captain J. S. Irving, the designer of the Golden Arrow, and a number
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  • 58 18 Fear of Attack on Villa Where Baby Was Born. A Reuter Wireles.s message from Vienna stated that Macedonian emigrants thieatened to bomb the villa at Moedling where Princess Ileana's son was born. The villa was heavily guarded by police. The baby was born on Tuesday. Princess Ileana married
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  • 241 18 Monday, Aui. 8. The Hon. Mr. P. Simpson arrived to stay at Government House. His Excellency presided at a meeting of the Legislative Council held at the Council Chamber, Government Offices this morning. His Excellency presided at a meeting of the Executive Council held at Government House this
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    • 765 19 IS IT A HOAX Mr. F. O. Rasmussen Replies. To ttu- Kditor of the Straits Times. Sir, It certainly is a hoax when Mr. Laurenre Henderson accuses me of "hair splitting" for that is :> method of discussion I never enter upon. I fully agree with Mr. Henderson that there
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    • 969 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Your "Brighter Side of Life in Britain" correspondent, whose occasional contributions make quite good reading, on his recent carter to Cornwall missed, for want of a friendly hint, several items of interest round about Mawgan: items at once unique
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    • 619 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, In your correspondence column* of Aug. 4, under the heading "Manchuria", a Mr. A. J. Moore-Bennett, for reasons only obvious to himself, undertook to correct the impression that stems to exist in Singapore that Jehol or Mongolia and Manchuria belong to
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    • 222 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Bili After all that has been written and spoken on the name that the new pier should be known by, without pleasing the multitude, I suggest, that ii should be named after Won Hup, its builder!— Yours, etc., B. P. GRANT.
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    • 174 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, The name of Raffles was immortalised years back in a lighthouse known as Raffles Light, by those who realised only too well where honour was due. Would it be an exaggeration to say that that light is no less than the index-hano
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    • 381 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, By its petition to the Municipality, the Singapore Ratepayers' Associations is getting down to business and I am thinking what material benefits a man gets by becoming a member of that body. That landlords will be reaping a
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    • 344 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Your Chinese correspondent in his article of Aug. 11, states inter :ili Theie has been, so far as I am aware, no book yet written which deals with Chinese superstitions and beliefs." As a matter of interest to him I
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  • 323 19 A $40,000,000 "Forgery" Plot at Dairen. About the time the revolt of General Ma Chan-shan began to develop, largy quantities of bank notes were smuggled into Manchuria, evidently with the object of disturbing the money market of North Manchuria. The plot was discovered in time, but, in view
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  • 73 19 Nanking Aug. 2. The Government has issued an edict in which the Military Governor of Hunan (General Ho Chien) is severely reprimanded because of the illegal manner in which he ordered the closure of the Nanking Civil Aviation Bureau in Hunan without consultation with the Nanking higher
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  • 479 19 Proposed New Action Against Manchukuo. Shanirhai, Aug. 4. The possibility that China Proper will l>c placed in a position <>f being unable to co mm "i meat I- with Manchuria, not only by mail, but also by telegraph, was indicated yesterday by Mr. Chun Ao. chief of
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  • 305 19 Italian Substitute For Five-o'CIoeks." A national congress with the refreshing; object of promoting the mission of dispensing liquid joy has passed resolutions in Turin calculated to give more sparkle to life. The congress the of its kind in Italy was one of barmen, wine waiters, and chefs.
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  • 87 19 Capital Suffering from Acute Water Shortage. Nanking:. Aug. 4. The capital is fai-ing t hi worst period of drought it has experienced for many decades, conditions being so had that many of the wells and ponds have dried up, making the water shortage an acute problem. The Weather
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 288 19 Today's Crossword Puzzle *'M lip ~j~ ~!E 1 1" "ill 39 to i W f£&£ *5 US M —M S §8 11**" iLii_ i m\ m\ 1 I I BUI mi 111 J.^ (CLUES.) ACROSS. Part of th e verb "to be" IK. Writing table 20. Accomplishes 11 21. Vexed
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  • 275 20 I (MM) TRENCHARO UNVEILS ARRAS MEMORIAL lord Trenchard. Marshal of Ihe Hoval Air Force, unvti led at Arras the memorial which bears the names of 3S.OM I'.ritish soldiers who found unknown graves in that area and of 1.000 airmen .11 at various points on
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