The Straits Times, 12 January 1933

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARft A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST 3JVD MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN UACATA. 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS
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      177 1 Singapore: ts. cccii ST. cphoni iitiT* r i 6.15 Tonight 9.15. THE MAID OF THE MOUNTAINS. I Phone 5261-2. I DRINK MORE (jra% MILK! There is no milk of greater purity and higher quality than "BEAR BRAND." Guaranteed to be entirely free from adulteration and impurities, it is a safe
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      151 1 MOUNTAINS. Phone 5261-2. I 'Solve Your Transport Problems with the RALEIGH LIGHT TRANSPORT VAN. 50 MILES PER GALLON OF BENZINE TAX ONLY $18.00 PER YEARTHREE FORWARD SPEEDS AND REVERSE TAKES LOADS UP TO 5 CWT. 5.98 H.P. LOW FIRST COST, LOW RUNNING COST" THE MOST ATTRACTIVE PROPOSITION ON THE LIGHT
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      511 2 P. BRITISH INBIA AW) APCAR Lite. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINRt'LAR ANI> ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S CoVFRVMKJjT, LONDON AND FAR PAST MAIL SPRVICE. OUTWARD PROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage. Due Spore. 1933. X SOMALI 6,r,00 Jan. 18 RAJPI'TANA 17.000 Jan.
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      598 2 SHIPPIING ■HfiBBB^^VMaSBMIBUIMMBBV (NIPPON TUSEN KAISHA.) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseille*, l.nnrion, Antwerp Rotterdam and Middlesborough. Vessels. Tonnage. Due. Sail. KASIMMA MARU 10.000 Jan. 12 to t YABHUKUNI MARU 12.000 Jan. 84 2S HAKONE MARU 10,400 Feb. 8 9 S SUWA MARU 10,700 Feb. 23 24 ii PU9HIMI MARU 10,900 Mar. 9
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      480 2 BURNS.pflttf Jp. (Incorporated in Austrana.) FOR BRISBANE. BVDNEY AND MELBOURNE yin JAVA. DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAM). Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELI/A (T,8«8 'tons) and the MANGOtA t3,«» tOH») (OaTfo only). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest -and finest steamers trading to Australia, cabins de luxe
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      451 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., uwm. (Incorporated in Denmark.) Telephone 5323. YASSENSEfc AND FRETOHT SEIRVICE. tO QENOA. LONDON. -ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. Laave Spore. Penang. M.s. MEONIA Jan. 24 Jan. 27 m.s. BORINGIA Feb. 14 Feb. 17 m.s. FIONIA Mar. 7 Mar. 10 m.s. ERBIA Mar. 28 Mar. 31 m.s. ALSIA
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      949 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP < (>, Steam Ship Co.. Ltd, and Ckiaa (1932). LTD. Mutual Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) THE SARAWAK STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. THE -STRUTS STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. THE CUNARD STKAMSIIIP CO.. 1.1 l> THE CHIN\ NAVIGATION CO, LTD. THE AUSTRALIAN ORIKNTAI. LINE, Ltd
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      LINER AND WARSHIP COLLISION.
      1562 3 French Co.'s Appeal. LORD JUSTICE AND NAVAL MANOEUVRES. In the Court of Appeal on Dec. 13, be-, fore Lords .lust ices Scrutton, Lawrence and Greer, sitting with Vice- Admiral W. Mann and Capt. W. E. Whittingham as -ors, judgment was given in the appeal by the
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      VICTIMS OF PRESS GANG.
      395 3 Seven Men Leap Into Harbour. A startling incident occurred in the Hong Kong Harbour near West Point on Dec. 29, when seven mea jumped overboard from a steamer which was about to leave Hong Kong. Apparently desperate men, they one after the other, jumped into the
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    VESSELS ARRIVED.
    129 3 BLINJOE, Dutch, 715 tons, from Bandjermassin 12.1 for Koemai and B'masin 15.1. GEN. V/D HEYDEN, Dutch, I.BH tons, from Genting 12.1 for Anamba and Natuna Us. 15.1. HO SANG, Brit., 333 tons, from Calcutta 11.1, for Japan via China Ports 12.1. KASHIMA MARU, Jap., 6,147 tons from Yokohama
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    112 3 Thursday, Jan. 12. Skips alongside the Wharves or expected to 48 West Wharf Kota Pinane 2 4 CEPPEL HAKBOUR. Main Wharf Centaur, Lch. "Hygeia", Sijdi, W. Bt. "Splendour", Edendalc, Gen Vnn Geen. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjong Pagar. Albert Dock Nil.
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    SAILING SHIP OWNERS.
    606 3 Grave Position of The Coaster. In their annual report for 1931-1932. the British Sailing Ship Owners' Association, Ltd., state that during the period under review the severe depression in the shipping industry has continued without abatement. It is the experience of members of the executive committee that
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      258 3 §NORDDEIITSCHER LLOYD. [UecrporaUi U ••isissy.) Tha nndermentloaad an tta eompaVi Intended fixtures: OUTWARD. 5 s.i. FRANKEN for Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Japan and North China J n zo GOSLAR for Japan and North China Jan 28 COBLENZ for Manila, Hong Kong, Shanirhai and Japan Feb. l 5 NECKAR for Munila,
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      410 3 notutm rrtAMflmp unb c*W AMERICAN I MAIL LPOI LOWEST THROUGH FARES To England rla America an bow being quoted Take advantage of them— NOW I Include the CHICAGO INTERNA. TIONAL EXPOSITION JUNE— NOVEMBER ltU And the INTERNATIONAL ROTARY CONVENTION AT BOSTON la yonr Itinerary. A trip rla the Panama Canal
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      543 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. Xlncorporatrd in England.) "ELLERMAN" LINE. Kre^ht Service ta UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. Via Torts and Suez CanaL OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI A JAPAN, Steamer Due Spore. s.s. CITY OF KHIOS Feb. 25 Feb. 26 HOMEWARDS. ».s. CITY OF ATHENS L'don, R'dam H'turg Due Jan.
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      199 3 SINGAPORE WEATHER REPORT. Station Yesterday Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Min. temp, ins Sunshine temp. *P hrs. *P i Alor Star 89 Ni' 8.0 72 Kota Bharu 84 0.27 7.5 75 K. Trengganu 83 0.02 8.0 76 Bukit Jcram 86 0.67 6.4 71 Mersing 82 0.04 7.1 76 Singapore 87
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      582 4 ■•ad OaUe: 78, Cecil Street. Singapore Phone*: SIU4IS2. Tel: "Times" Singapore. KaaJa Lampnr Ottce: IS. Ja.a Street. Phone: MM. London Offlre: S, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, London, EX. 4. Phone: Central 4430. TeL "Leadmalaya" London. London Adrertising Ki'ineeeotative: 24. Old Jewry, London, E.C.2. City 1630. Tel. Reutrattc" London. Aaerlran AdverUsing
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      749 4 HOUSES. FLATS TO LET TO LET, D. Eber Rd. off Oxley Rd. Apply to 2, Eber Rd. or 10, D'Souza Rd. 6 i" iSTAngullla Park' 363 A, "Orchard Rd. M, Robinson Rd., Oil Factory. Angullia Co. TO LET, SHOP, FLAT. Amber Mansions. Apply Spore Building Corp., 44. Market St TO
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      708 4 FOR SALE KELVINATOR ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR* USED KELVIN VTOflg Low prices, easy terms, full' guarantee,. KELVINATORS RENXgD Malayan MeehMicil Eoiipw.t C«. 14, Robinson Road. Tel. M«4. FOR SALE, one set 32 volumes 13th edition Knryclopacdia Britannica with oak case. Any offer subject to quick sale. Apply 95U, Straits Times. TUBA CUTTINGS
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      1234 4 PUBUC NOTICES. ATTENTION OF SINGAPORE MANUFACTURERS! A FIRM WHICH HAS JUST BEEN ESTABLISHED REQUIRES TO TAKE UP AN AGENCY FOR ANY GOODS MANUFACTURED IN SINGAPORE. For full particulars please apply 891, Straits Times. LUHJf TIN DREDGINC LTD. (Incorporated in the F.M.S.) NOTICE is hereby given that the Share Transfer Books
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    NEED OF MINISTER OF COMMERCE.
    544 5 Sir Harry McGbwan's Suggestion. Speaking at the Ramsay Chemical Dinner at the Central Hotel, Glasgow, Sir Harry McGowan admitted that, though from the nature of his position he could not but be keenly conscious of the results of scientific work, the difficulty was not so
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    YACHTING.
    84 5 Arrangements For Sunday's Races. The Royal Singapore Yacht Club announces that on Sunday, Jan. 15, the A Class of the R.S.Y.C. will sail the first race of the series of three for the Dodo Challenge Cup presented by Mr. D. D. McDiarmid. Start 10 a.m. Kathleen 111 won the
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    CHILDREN'S OPERA.
    57 5 Interesting Experiment In Russia. Leningrad. Jan. 10. The first opera house for children whs »p*n*<l here today at the "People's House," Where a large hall has been reserved for the purpose of giving '*pera performances for young people. Performances take place 'daily between ti and 10 p.m., grown-ups
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    MR. GANDHI.
    59 5 Refuses To Abandon Passive Resistance. Bombay, Jan. 8. The liberation of Gandhi is no longer expected, as the Government does not intend to set political prisoners free until the Mahatma abandons passive resistance, and Gandhi refuses to give in on this point. This news caused great commotion in
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    SPANISH AMERICA.
    58 5 Prince Of Wales At Institute Meeting. Rugby, Jan. 10. The Prince of Wales presided today a*, a meeting of the General Committee of the Ibero-American Institute of Great Britain, when its past and 'future tfrtin was discussed. The Prince congratulated the Institute on the good use being made
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    CHILE PANIC.
    30 5 Several Volcanoes In Eruption. Sanitago, Jan. 10. Several volcanoes in Southern Chile have become active. The eruptions are accompanied by subterranean rumblings, causing panic among th« population. Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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    GOLD FOR U.S.
    56 5 Big Consignments Leave Bombay. Boiribay, Jan. 8. The Chitral toft -Bombay with two consignments of gold on board. One >f 2,698,000 rup>es is for New York and the ofh>r, of 2,198,000 rupees is consigned to T-or.Jon, but with a New York option. The Taraijtia, which left yesterday
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    SIX THOUSAND MILES.
    40 5 Crossley Pacific In Small Boat. San Pedro, California, Jan. 9. A young Australian, Fred Rebelle, has succeeded in croisiig the Pacific from Sydney to San Pedro, a distance of 6,000 miles, in a 5% metre boat.— Aneta-Haw.
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    ADRIFT ON AN ICEFIELD.
    431 5 Scotsman's Ordeal In Arctic. Alexander Austin, a young Scotsman, who has sjwnt three years in the Awtk\ te en fcte'way home to Scotland, while his companion. Napoleon VerriHe, a Frehch-Canadian, who lost several toes, i» recovering from ganjrroni' in hospital at Edmonton. The vessel that took
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    RIVIERA CLOUD-BURST.
    70 5 Unlucky District Again Threatened. Toulon, Jan. 7. It will be recalled that the French Riviera was devastated by a violent storm and cloud-burst in September, particularly in the vicinity of St. Maxima. A terrible storm broke over the same district yesterday. The newly constructed bridges have been swept
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    PETROL BLAZE.
    65 5 Subdued After Twenty-one Hours. Liverpool, Jan. 7. After 21 hours of effort, on the part of firemen from all MtaMUlhl town.'to confine the tire which broke out yesterday in the petrol depot at Ellesmere, the fire burnt itself out during the day. Nothing, but pome twisted steed plates,
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    REDS EXPELLED.
    46 5 "Cleaning Up" Communist Party. Moscow, Jan. 10. Over 30 per cent, of the members of the Communist party in the northern Caucasus have been expelled from the ranks as undesirable elements as a result of the campaign inaugurated by the Central Executive. Aneta -Trans-Ocean.
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    MR. LLOYD GEORGE.
    38 5 Reported To Be Much Better. Rugby, Jan. 10. Mr. Lloyd George, who is suffering from a slight chill, is reported to be much better but Will remain indoors for two or three days. British Wireless.
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    LADY BAILEY.
    43 5 Attempt On England-Cape Record. London, Jan. 9. Lady Bailey, who intended to l«ave Lympne at 4 a.m. in an attempt to beat Mrs. Amy Mo!li*on's record flijfht to the Cape, was obliged to postpone her departure owing to bad weather.— AneU-Havb.-;,
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      213 5 OTELS y RAFFLES HOTEL MALAYA S PREMIER HOTEL TONIGHT! SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT OF HUGO JOSEPHINE in BALL ROOM DANCES. DIRECT FROM LONDON, PARIS NEW YORK. DANCING FROM 9.30 p. m. PHONE 5381. SEA VIEW HOTEL BOOK NOW/ SATURDAY, 14th friday SPECIAL DINNER DANCE CABARET SPECIAL OPENING NIGHT— "GLADYS" "JOYCE" JAZZY SPECIALITY
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      34 5 RAFFLES HOTEL Comfortable rooms at Special rates for monthly residents. INSURANCE FIRE-ACCIDENT-MOTOR. FIDttITY CUARANTEE-MARfNt THILOfinON ASSpfcAWdB. HONG KWG T^]£ INSCS. CO,, LTD. EAGLE STAR' BEIT. DOM. INSCK.' Co., GUTHRIE Cis.. Ltd. (Incorporated In 5.8.)
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    PICTURE VERSION OF "CAVALCADE."
    2665 6 "The Lodger," the thrilling mystery story, starring Ivor Novello with Elizabeth Allen and A. W. Baskcomb, is cirawinsr full houses at the Pavilion. Tonight is the last opportunity to see it. Tomorrow, the Pavilion Theatre will change programme with Paramount's latest production, "The Night of June
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    ANCIENT SERVICE.
    181 6 Flute Player the Sole Musician. A service of a kind customary in the. Established Church about 200 years ago was held on the night of Dec. 14 in 0.. Mark's Church, South Noiwood. A Prayer Book dated 1650 was used, the altar and its drapings were almost 1
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    £6,500,000.
    156 6 Year's Voluntary Offerings For the Church. One of the most striking features of the past year in the Church of England, as recorded in the official year book, was the increase in the number of men who presented themselves as candidates for ordination. From Advent, 1931, to Advent, 1932,
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    CALLED A FOOL.
    219 6 Mr. Bertrand Russell And His Children. Mr. Bertrand Russell (Earl Russell), speaking at a literary luncheon at the Trocadero on "Modern Methods in Education," said the world always had been in a bad way, because it had had a bad education. "It has always been the practice
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    VARIETY AT COMEDIE FRANCAISE.
    242 6 Jazz Bands in Home Of Moliere. Paris, Dec. 2. For the first time for over two hundred years all the traditions of the ("oinedie KintKiiise wan abandoned this evening when the theatre was Rhran over to a variety entertainment. The shades of Moliere and Racine have
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    MR. CHURCHILL ON INDIA.
    270 6 I Round-Table Conference Criticised. Mr. Winston Churchill, M. P., and Sir Thomas Inskip (the Attorney-General), t were the principal speakers at the annual Muncheon of the Kssex Provincial Division 1 of the National Conservative and Unionist I Association, at the Connaught Humus, London. Referring to the
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    NEW CHITTAGONG TRIAL.
    301 6 Chittagong, Jan. 3. The supplementary armoury raid case, in which Ambica Charan Chakrabutty, Hemendabikas Hastidar and S irojkant i Guha are on trial, began here today before a special tribunal. The trial is heing held in the Settlement Office buildings close to thfli local jail. In opening
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      298 7 ALUAMBRA THE INDEPENDENT THEATRE WITH THE PICK OF THE WORLDS PICTURES. TOMGHT the new THIULL \Ol\l-: UTED FOR!! GEORGE O'BRIEN Comini; to you in Ihr lirst Mipirh. fullliliioilcil Wislvrn cut to reach Singapore auduncin in full— AS IT WAS M \I)K— n Wi'Mtcrn nuch as you can hardly imauiu', brilliantly
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      210 7 "An Absolute Triumph for The BRITISH TALKIE INDUSTRY" F\.ff... "STRjjjfe riMES" (Yestenfcy) 615 CAPITOL 915 "The Biggest, Brightest and Best British Musical Comedy yet filmed" (Unanimous Public Opinion.) FREDERICK LONSDALES greatest R success Presenting I BETTY STOCKI-ELD and Jk^ Distinguislied Cast. Hear the delightful rendering of the famous song "Love
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      167 7 RESERVATIONS PHONE 6903. LAST NIGHT OF THE LODGER.. starring IVOR NOVELLO ELIZABETH ALLAN: A. W. BASKCOMB. TOMORROW *X y <y^ A grand treat of thrills and excitement !Z "THE NIGHT OF CX <y JUNE 13" S^, A Paramount Picture. fc, CLIVE BROOK l> CHARLES RUGGLES v and big star cast.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    272 8 Rubber Quotations Maintained. COVERING FOR JAPAN SHIPMENTS. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Thursday. Today's Prices: Rubber, 7 cents per Ib. Tin. Singapore price $74.62 '/z per picul. Yesterday's Prices: Rubber, London, 2 13/32 d. unchanged. New York, 3'/« ct., unchanged Market Tone: —A shade easier Tin. London.
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    83 8 Noon, Jan. 12. R.S.S. equal to London Standard: Buyers. SellerSpot (loose) 7 7 1 If (F. 0.8.) 7% 77 10 Standard R.S.S. on Tender: Buyers. Sellers Jan. 7M, 73 If Feb. ..7 3 16 714 Mar. ..7 5 16 7% Apr.-June 7 Mt 77 If
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    PRODUCE.
    171 8 Singapore, Jan. 12. (iambiur 4*l (Cube No. 1 unpicked) ll.Oi Copra 5.3 c mixed 4.8. r Sago flour, Sarawak 2.X White Pepper 20 Black Pepper 16VPearl Sago 4. CM small 5.0< medium 6.0' Rice Siam $134 to 20r Saigon $130 to 13' Rangoon $128 to 15 1 No. 1
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      EXCHANGE RATES. SELLING.
      205 8 Singapore, Jan. 12. London, 4 months' sight 2/3 31/32 London, 3 months' sight 2 8 15 16 London, 60 days' sight 2/3 29 32 London, 30 days sight 2 3 7 F London, demand 2 3 27/32 London, T.T. 2 3 13 16 Lyons and Paris, demand
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        MINING.
        434 8 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers. Sellen. £1 £1 Asam Kumbang XI £1 Austral Malay 5/- 5/- Ayer Hitam Tin £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 1 1 Batang Padang 1 1 Batu Caves 1 1 Bukit Arang £1 £1 Burmah Malay £1 £1 Chenderiang 1 1 Hitam Tin 1 1 Hong Fatt
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        GENERAL.
        266 8 Issue Val. Pd. Buyer*. Sellers. 2 2 Alex. Brick Ord. 0.50 I Z Alex. Brick Prefs. 1.00 0.80 nom. 1.05 £1 £i Brit. Am. Tobacco 5.1.6 5.5.0 10 5 British Malaya Trustee 5.00 £1 £1 Con. T. S. *!'■'< Prefs. 20 6 £1 £1 Con. T. S. Old. 15,
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        140 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 100 101 ci. Singapore Municipal 6 p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 105 110 nom. Singapore Municipal 4/£ p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 104 105 nom. Singapore Municipal 4'/^ p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 104
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        374 8 1 raser and Co. and Lyajl and Evatt'i Quotations. To-day's Price Fraaer Lyall Evatt Co. Allenby (91) 0.46 0.55 0.45 0.60 Alor Gajah ($1) 025 0.39 0.30 0.40 A. ilitam ($1) 0.50 0.65 0.50 0.60 A. Kuning ($1) 0.06 0.15 0.05 015 A. Malay ($2) 0.75 1.00 0.75
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    EXCHANGES.
    95 8 Rujrby, Jan. 10. Foreiprn exchanges are: Amsterdam 8.3.'?' •> Athens 625 Brussels 24.10 Belgrade 247 V* Bombay 1/6 3/16 Brussels 24.16"^ Bucharest 565 Buenos Aires 42'/» official Copenhagen 19.29 »/a Geneva 17.4QV-J Helsingfors 227 Hong Kong 1 3 1/2 Lisbon 110 Madrid 41 .Milan 65 7 16 Montevideo 30
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    45 8 From China and Japan by Pcnang Mpiu due at Singupore 8 a.m. tomorrow. From China and Japan by Kutsanf; due at. Singapore tomorrow af tor noon. Fnm China and Manila by President Van Buren due at Singapore daylight on Saturday, the 14th instant.
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    MIRACLE PLAY.
    87 8 Big Catholic Gathering In Berlin. Berlin, Jan. 10. An interesting and colourful sight w;is witnessed by Berliners yesterday morning, when 1,000 Dutch girls in the smart uniform of a Catholic' organisation marched through the streets of the capital with an equal number of German Rillto the Public Hall
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    40 8 Br Tallin ba TVArtarnas Christiaan Huygent Corfu Indrapnrra Conto Rosso Lttt Arrd. B'por* I ond-m n«-t M«» t* Oct. 10 Not. 14 Not. 25 Dec. !.<■ Nov. 26 Dec. 17 Pec. 2 r>oc. t9 Dec. 15 Jan. 4
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    SINGAPORE HAILS CLOSE.
    299 8 Today. Coylnn, Etrvpt. EUN|M anil Great Britain i Eumaem i ..3 p.m. Ceylun, Southern i""l W. 'stern India, Mao, Egypt, Europe :uul Gnat Britain i Sniiilan > 1 \< .m. Ciyli. 11 at Egypt (Parcel*) (Soudan) BJWp.ia. Upper Burma. North and Baal India, Aden. Egypt, Europe, Croat
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      91 8 THE ROYAL EXCHANGE; LONDON Head Office of the ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE INCORPORATED -AO- I 7 2O Tn. Ivri/urntloa wu founded ora* tl* rrara aro and In thp oldcat cnmpqaltp Inporanrt Offirr In th* World Thr Hrad Offlcr has ori-nplrd th* ahoy* ullr Ib th* hurl of the City of I
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      117 8 ARKANGKMKNi'S FOH THE WEEK, Thursday. Jiinuarv 12. s i>..ti- Rooarsphical s..i t>- mratlaa Rafllei rollege, s PJn. Travel Talk by Mrs. Bert Birtles, y.W.CJL, U0 p.m. Pcnaas Raws, fmirth H;iy. Friday, Jan. It. Pi Band, Telok Ayer, p.m. Saturday. Jan. I I. Pi nang Races, fifth Hay. Mond.-iy, Jan. Hi.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      LONDON TIN MARKET.
      616 9 Difficulties Begetting The Pool. EASTERN SMELTERS SELL IN LONDON (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 14. The position of the pool, which is trying to hold tin at a minimum price of £150 a ton, is nene too comfortable, for were the market left to itself ther»
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      MALAYA TIN STATISTICS.
      198 9 Production During December. Domestic Prodoction (as ascertained by exports from Federated Malay States. Unfederated Malay States, and Straits Settlemi nts of tin and tii-iii-orc at 72 p.c. during December, 1932. Ton». Ton». Federated Malay States l- r '9° I'nfederated Malay States— Johore Kednh KelanUn ..nil Trengganu 31
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      HOME AND AMERICAN STOCKS.
      298 9 Closing Quotations In London. (From Our Owa Comapondw*.) London, Jan. 11. Closing quotations today of "the principal British and American stocks are given below: The rise or fall is in relation to the price of Jan. 10. GOVERNMENT BTOCKR, BRITISH. < Rite or Fall Conversion Loan
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      SHARE MARKET.
      656 9 Fraser and Oo.'s Weekly Report. Fraser's and Co.'s report, dated Jan. 11, states: Markets generally since reopening after the holidays have beeti on the quiet side and in the shore market especially there has been very little change to report, either m quotations or sentiment. Tin, as the
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      BULLION REPORT.
      527 9 China Supports a Weak Market Messrs. Samuel Montagu and Co.'s weekly bullion letter, dated London, Dec. 14, states: The Bank of England gold reserve against notes amounted to £1fi0,42i:.0 r i7 <n Dec. 7, as compared with £139,422,0!)4 on the previous Wednesday. In the open market, fair amounts
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    STERLING RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
    567 9 LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES DEC 24. Abaco (£1) 14; Allaear (2/) /4%; Amhcrst '2') /I; Anitlo-MaUy (£1) Kuninfj (£1) 10/7* Bagan Serai (fi) 6/1G: fiahru f8el.) (2/) l/\ Banteng (ft) 8/9; Batnif Cns. (B/) /2; Batu Cam (ft) 7/; Batu Tiga (ft) 6/3; Bekoh (2/) /2K; B'nanr
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    110 10 Singapore. AI.HAMBRA.— GoIden West with George O'Brien, Marion Burns and Janet i Chandler. 6.15—9.15. Phone 6909. CAPITOL.— The Maid of The Mountains with Nancy Brown, Gus McNaughtou. 6.15 9.15. Phone 5281-2. GREAT WORLD.— The Black Camel with Warner Oland. Pasar Malam. Gate 10 cts. Ladies Free. MARLBOROUGH.— Parijatha Pushpa
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    46 10 ROMAN.— Mrs. Radjamoney Roman, beloved wife of Mr. A. S. Roman of Wilkie Roail. The corteg* will leave the house at 4.30 p.m. today for the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, thence to Bidndari Catholic Cemetery. Penanjf and Saigon paper* please copy.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JAN. 12, 1333. A TIMELY GESTURE.
    956 10 A number of Kuala Lumpur people met at a hotel the other day to dine oil pea soup, bread and cheese and water. They paid for their meal and the proceeds were given to the Federal leper settlement and
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    133 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. A. E. Hawkins, formerly Assistant Accountant, F.M.S. Railways, has left for home on retirement. It is reported that Professor Williamson, who has been engaged in anti-mala-rial work at Cameron Highlands, will leave Malaya in March. Mr. H. D. Collins Free, of Reuters, Ltd., is leaving for Shanghai
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    POLAND'S HIGHWAY TO THE SEA.
    1160 10 How Corridor Difficulty Might be Overcome. Thft the political vmnstro/rity of the Polish Corridor still causes economic ill ">'d /o»« of prestige is a fact ably stressed by Dr. Carl Budding, President of the District of Marienwevder in East PniSHio. In the following article, Dr:
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    881 10 BACK TO BARTER. Here is a striking extract from a letter received from the United States. "I didn't know what it meant not to have money untif I was at T this summer. The people in that part of Arkansas just don't have any money. They
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    CHINA AND JAPAN: CRITICAL WEEK FOR THE LEAGUE. SEEKING FOR A FORMULA.
    2356 11 U.S. and Russia May Be Asked to Join. MORE FIGHTING. Chinese Hang On Grimly At Chiumenkow. London, Jan. 12. The week beginning on Monday is likely to mark a very critical phase "in the Sino-Japanese discussions at Ceneva.
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    RUBBER RESEARCH BILL.
    98 11 Contributions by All Manufacturers. London, Jan. 11. The text is issued of a Bill to ensure the. contirtuance of the development of scientific and industrial research in rubber and to place the Research Association of British Rubber Manufacturers, which hitherto has be-n sup|w>rtpd voluntarily, on a sound
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    WED IN HONG KONG.
    137 11 Third Daughter of Mr. Eu Tong-sen. A distinguished gathering 1 of local re» sidents was present at Gloucester Building, Honjf Kong, last week at the wedding reception following the marriage of Miss Julia Eu, third daughter of Mr. Eu Tong-scn, the multi-millionaire of Singa pore, and
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    TURKISH CURRENCY.
    89 11 New Silver Coinage Being Issued. Istanbul, Jan. 11. New silver coinajre is to be issued by the Turkish Government to replace the present banknotes to the amount of Ki,400,000 sterling. They comprise denominations of one Turkish pound, oO piastres and 25 piastres, roughly corresponding to 35., Is. 6d.
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    KINGSFORD SMITH.
    77 11 Flight from Australia To New Zealand. New Plymouth, Jan. 11. A 1,200-mile flight from Australia to New Zealand has been completed by Air Con-imodore Sir Kingsford Smith and four companions in the aeroplane Southern Cross. They left Sydney at 2.50 a.m. and landed and 7 p.m., being welcomed
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    WORLD CONFERENCE.
    123 11 Preparatory Commission Meets. Geneva, Jan. 10. The Preparatory commission for the forthcoming World Economic Conference reassembled yesterday for a second meeting to effect an agreement on the draft agenda for the conference, the draft to be later submitted to the organising committee. The commission is composed of experts
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    OPIUM FIND.
    27 11 Paris, Jan. 10. Eighteen hundredweight of opium was discovered in the bunkers cf the steamer Pierre Loti on arrival from the Far East. Aneta-Trans -Ocean.
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    GOLD STANDARD AND WAR DEBTS.
    258 11 Necessary Conditions. REASONABLE ACCESS TO MARKETS. Rugby, Jan. 10. When the Preparatory Committee of Experts for the Economic and Monetary Conference resumed sitting at Geneva today the Italian representative, Count Beneduce, expressed the gem-nil approval of the proposal made yesterday by Sir Frederick Leith Ross,
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    OIL DISPUTE.
    218 11 Persia Wants to Settle Out of Court." London, Jan. 11. There is at present every indication that the Anglo-Persian Oil Co. dispute will take its course before the League of Nj-.tions, notwithstanding indications that the Persian Government is very anxious to "settle out of court." The Persiaa Minister
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    IRISH ELECTION.
    126 11 Determination to Maintain Order. Dublin, Jan. 11. The big parties are united on one important point in the election campaign, namely the determination to maintain order. Mr. de Valera, in a speech at Navan, Co., Meath, appealed to his supporters to give their opponents an undisturbed hearing. General
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    MR. WANG CHING-WEI.
    99 11 Mystery of Departure From Berlin.' Berlin, Jan. 11. Mr Wang Ching-wei has left the sanatorium at Tuebingen and is proceeding to China via Marieillcs. The reason for his sudden departure! is understood to be the latest developments in China. Berlin, later. An element of mystery has entered
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    FIRE RISKS AT SEA.
    316 11 French Decision. DRASTIC CHANGES IN CONSTRUCTION. Paris, Jan. 12. The Georges Phillinar and Atlantique disasters are expected profoundly to affect the construction of French liners, in accordance with the comprehensive it-commendations of the Minister of Merchant Marine to Parliament. The recommendations involve the almost complete abolition
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    HONG KONG MURDER.
    167 11 Cheng Kwok-yau to Be Executed. Hong Kong, Jan. 12. It is officially announced that the (•overnor-in-Council declined to accede to the petition asking for the remission of the death sentence on Cheng Kwok-yau. It is learned unofficially that the accused will be executed on Monday. Reuter. Cheng
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    MR. W. E. PINE.
    229 11 Death Of Former Singapore Journalist. It is with profound regret that the Straits Times announces the death of a former member of its editorial staff, Mr. Walter Elmore Pine, at the age of 42. Mr. Pine, who had held responsible positions on various newspapers in Ceylon,
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    BETTER POSITION IN ALWAR.
    204 11 British Troops Relieve Situation. Alwar, Jan. 11. The arrival of Brit'sh troops has considerably improved the situation, and no further clashes are repoited. The civil population of Ramgarh and the adjoining 1 villages bave left their homes in order to give the troops a free hand
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    MISS GRACE HO TUNG.
    136 11 Wedding to Take Place In Hong Kong. It is announced that the wedding will take place, probably at the end of January, between Miss Grace Ho Tung, seventh daughter of Sir Robert Ho Tung, of Hong Kong, and Mr. Lo Man-ho, more popularly known as Mr.
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    GERMAN HONOURED.
    72 11 First in Diplomatic Academy. Paris, Jan. 10. Baron Werner von Rheinbaben former German Secretary of State under Dr. Stressem&nn, has become the first German member of the International Diplomatic Academy in Paris. His admission was unanimously voted at a special meeting of the Academy presided over by Senator
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    TROTSKY'S DAUGHTER
    82 11 Found Dead from Gas Poisoning. Berlin, Jan. 11. Frau Volkow (nee Bronstein). who is credibly reported to have been Trotsky's daughter, was found dead from gas poisoning today. She had recently been worried over the threat of eviction from Germany, where she was undergoing treatment for lung trouble.
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    FRENCH BUDGET.
    71 11 Proposals Adopted By The Cabinet. Paris, Jan. 11. The Cabinet unanimously passed M. Cheron's Budget proposals, but there will be no borrowing and the Government will therefore not fall through internal dissensions, as had been rumoured. The proposals will be submitted to Parliament on Tuesday. The Government is
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    CHINESE MISSION.
    34 11 Dessau, Jan. 11. Dr. Kung the Chinese Minister of Commerce, who is touring- Europe as a member of an industrial mission, visited the Junker works today, accompanied by the Chinese Minister. Reuter.
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    JAPAN'S TRADE IN MALAYA.
    1382 11 Growth of Intense Competition. PIECE GOODS. "Wipes the Floor" With Rivals. (By Our Own Representative). The Japanese population in Malaya, which is included among other nationalities in the 1931 census report, is very small. I am informed .there are only 6,000 of that nationality in this
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    RADIO POSSIBILITIES IN MALAYA.
    1446 12 Local Broadcasts. MUNICIPAL BUILDING AS STATION. A vixion of the extent to which broadcasting could be utilised in Malaya in the futur* wiUi a possibility of the flat roof of the Municipal Building being uxed as a ten ml transmitting station was given in the address
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    PENANG ASSIZES.
    295 12 Mahiys Not Guilty Of Murder. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Jan. 11. The first session of the Penang Assizes opened yesterday and concluded today. After the ceremonial opening the short calendar of three cases was dealt with. A Chinese, Teo Hah Kung, was charged with possession of materials
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    " HELLO-HELLO!"
    238 12 HELLO-HELLO Sequel to Interrupted 'Phone Calls. What is believed to be a sequel to an tpidemic of telenhone wire cutting in Singapore, particularly in the suburbs, was heard in the Second Police Court before Mr. A. W. Hay yesterday, when Tan Pch, a Chinese dealer in secondhand goods, was charged
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    R.A.F. VISIT.
    133 12 Four Machines Arrive From India. A flight of four Wapiti aircraft belonging to Number 28 (Arrry Co-opera-tion) Squadron arrived at Seletar at 4.40 p.m. yesterday from Taiping. The aiicraft. which had been carrying out a long distance exercise flight left Ambala, their home station, on Jan. 2 and
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    RUPTURED SPLEEN.
    119 12 "Wonderful Recovery" By Chinese. Operated upon for a raptured spleen, a Chinese made a wonderful recovery and is now the complainant in a case of alleged assault which was mentioned yesterday before Mr. H. A. Forrer, the Criminal District Judge. The accused, two Chinese, Lee Beng Keng and
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    COPYRIGHT IN THE F.M.S.
    662 12 Writers' Safeguard. BERNE CONVENTION TO APPLY. Modifications and additions to the copyright Enactment 19(50, made necessary by the ratification of the Berne Convention of June 2, 1928, are published in an F.M.S. Government Gazette Extraordinary. Accordingly the Chief Secretary directs that the Enactment, including the provisions
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    JOHORE ADVISER IN CAR SMASH.
    292 12 Two Injured. CHINESE DRIVER CHARGED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Job ore Bahru, Jan. 11. The General Adviser to Johore, the Htm. Dr. R. O. Winstedt, and Mrs. Winstedt were involved in a serious motor accident yesterday afternoon at the first mile on the Johore Bahru-Batu
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    LORRY ACCIDENT.
    64 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Jan. 1 1. Mr. Tan Hock Siew, electricity foreman to United Engineers Ltd., sustained a fractured leg as a result of an accident to a motor lorry. He was seateJ next to the driver of the lorry, who swerved to avoid a cyclist,
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    KNIFE ATTACK.
    415 12 I AssaiHt in Plantation Off Thomson Road. Knife attack in a plantation off Themson Road ended in two convictions. One man who had been trespassing went to prison for six weeks, while his assailant was yesterday fined $70, or two months' rigorous imprisonment by M. 11. A. Forrer,
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    AGA KHAN'S SON.
    170 12 Arrives By Ptene At Penang. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Jan. 11. Much excitement was caused yesterday «t Butterworth when a Puss Moth plane landed, carrying a Royal passenger in the person of Prince Ali Khan, son of H.H. the Aga Khan. The Prince was accompanied by
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    SOUTH AFRICA CALM.
    90 12 Roos Ready to Work With Smuts. Capo Town, Jan. !>. The political atmosphere appears calmer. Mr. Roos declares that if he could obtain the backing of General Sn'.u'.-i he conk) force the resignation of the pn- sent Government. A farmers' delegation which asked for tM formation of
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    RUBBER IN N.E.I.
    70 12 Variation in Percentage Out of Tapping. Batavia, Jan. 12. At the end of November 23 per cent, of the area of rubber under cultivation in the Netherlands Kast Indies was out of tapping. The percentage out of tapping varied considerably throughout the Mar being as follows January,
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    THE ALHAMBRA.
    65 12 Miss Marion Burns, star of the film "Maneater" which is being produced in Malaya, will attend the opening tonight at the Alhambra of "The Golden West" in which site is featured. "The Golden West" wa-; released short- ly after Miss Burns left America, and was hex first picture.
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    JAPANESE PINE INDUSTRY.
    744 12 May Rival Malaya. A WARNING FROM FORMOSA. In the course of a recent interview nilh the Straits Times. Dr. 11. Tetnpany. C.8.X., Direeter of Agriculture, s!s. and F.M.S.. ■MrtMcd I serious warning lo tiie pineapple industry of .Malaya. bagWattaa," he slated, "is under consideration at the present
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    THE GOVERNOR.
    87 12 Attends Penang Rotary Club Tiffin. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ptnang, .lan. 11. Sir Cecil and Lady Ctaauati'a party, who went to Langkawi Islands in the s.y. Sea Belle, returned yesterday. Tlu- (lovernor attended ttv- w< ekly tiffin Hurting, uf the Rotary Club at which th<- Hon. Mr. Lim
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    Singapore Hockey: Europeans And Rest Draw In Hard Game. INTERESTING HOCKEY AT S.C.C.
    1057 13 Singapore Hockey: Europeans And Rest Draw In Hard Game. INTERESTING HOCKEY AT S.C.C Match Drawn. UEST'S ATTACK FALLS AWAY. Europeans...!; The Kest.l. Thi- r.iiiope.-m- vi'isu-. the Rest hinkcy Mtek on the B.CC. I'mlan^ yesterday NM very evenly MBtaated as the linal icon- indicated. The European! save a vplmdkj show in
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    TOPICS OF ENGLISH TURF.
    1481 13 Aintree Probables. WILL FORBRA WIN ANOTHER NATIONAL (From Our Own Correspondent.) Straits Times Office, Fleet Stre^:. Dc. 26. The Christmas lull on th- racecourses has given the pundits time to prophesyin i only about tho (JranJ Nat.onal, wiiic.i i- t bl run at Aintree in March,
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    PENANG RACES.
    382 13 Handicaps for Today's Events. The full Hst of handicaps for today's races at Penang is as follows: Race 1. Ponies. Class HI (six furlongs ).-^Tim bang 9.6, Salome 8.12, Yellow River 8, Shorty 7.13, Land's End 7.8, Vitality 7.7, Chaldoyle 7, Minoru 6.12 The Anne lian 6.7, Bacchante
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    SINGAPORE GOLF MATCHES.
    337 13 Win for Keppel Ladies' Team. The result of the match played be'tuveen the ladies of Keppel Golf Club and j Sepoy Lines Golf Club over the Keppel rourse yesterday, was a win for the horn. 1 team by 6% to IV Scores were as follows, Sepoy Lines
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    UNISON B.P.
    76 13 At the annual general mcetinjr of tho Unison Badminton Party the following officials were elected: president, Mr. Gan Enp Thiam; vice-presidents, Messrs. Khoo Peck Kim and Fooo \Sial' C'huan; hon. secretary, Mr. Seah Geok Pan; hon. Asst. secretary, Mr. Goh Eni* Koon; hon. treasurer, Mr. Soh Chee Kong;
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    320 13 Today, January 12. Football: Wiltshire Reßt. vs. Chinese, Mm Hcsar. Ruphy: Medical Colluirc vs. Wiltshire;, M.C. frrd. Pcnang Races, fourth day. Friday, January 13. Hockey: S.C.C. vs. S'porc Khalna Assn., Padaag; S.R.C. "A" vs. CMmm S.R.C. irrd. Raffles Colli'ire vs. V M.C.A R.C. trrd. HA K. vs. A
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    SAW A FIGURE IN THE ROOM.
    540 14 Alarming Experience For Women. Two women liu<l an alarming SMporlnnri in liic early hou.s o! .New ears Day when itiey wore awaKened at four o'cIock by a movement under the bed, and shortiv afterwaroa sow a ngure siauding in the room. Later 111 in-
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    AUTOMOBILE ASSN.
    157 14 Interest In Nejfri Sembilan Branch. I-' rum Our Own Corre.-ixmdent.) Seremban, Jan. 11. A meeting oi the N'egri Sembilan Branch of the Automobile Association of Malaya >wi^ held in the Sungei L'jong Club.' Those present being: -Messrs. \V. H. Pratt iin the chairl. R. T. Mills. F. S.
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    DRIFTING HELPLESSLY
    95 14 How Russian Dirigible Was Damaged. HilMiigfors, Jan. 10. Further details el the destruction o." the Russian dirigible show that a threeencined airship left Moscow shortly before Christmas in order to participate in manoeuvre.- over Leningrad, anil was forced by engine trouble to make a landing. After repair- ha.l
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    JUDGE AND HIS TAILORS.
    97 14 a Urn of tailors applied at Westminster County Court for an orde-. oa a judjrmeaj mibmhhh aaaiaal a retired major respecting aebt'ef ttM, Judge Sir Alfred Tobin remarked: "They are my tailors. I nay my bills almost as soon as they me in and I'on^t like
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    "DROVE HER CHILD TO SUICIDE."
    437 14 Chinese Mother Who Beat Daughter. Remarking that he wished vary much that he would deal with the accused much more severely for driving her daughter to suicide, Mr. .1. F. V. Gregg, the Third Police Magistrate, inflicted a fine of $10 on a Chinase woman,
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    RIVIERA MURDERS.
    241 14 Mystery of Englishman's Disappearance. Paris, Dec. 27. A Mad pearl, hidden in a tobacco pouch, is tonight's surprise clue in the mystery of the murdered Englishman on j the Riviera. This is the fourth unexplained death at the same spot, and that one of the other victims was
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    ASTRONOMER'S THEORY.
    165 14 Errors In Stellar Measurement. New York, Dec. 12. The u?e of a photo-electric cell attached to reflectors at the Mount Wilson and Washburn observatories has disclosed exttnded clouds of small particles in interstellar spaces, according to Dr. Joel Stebbins, cf the University of Wisconsin. He believes that they
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    ILLEGALLY ENTERED! COLONY.
    362 14 Hylams Charged Under Aliens Law. Six Hylams, charged in the Second Police Court yesterday before Mr. A. W. Hay wttfc attempted illegal en- ry into the Colony, pleaded guilty, and were fined $10 each or in default two weeks rigorous imprisonment. This was the first prosecution under
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    EARTHQUAKE.
    100 14 Two Violent Shocks In Thessalia. Athens, Jan. 7. Two fresh earthquake shocks, of which the first was very violent and lasted five seconds, have been felt iti Tho--a<ia. 0 lly material dMtUfc b reported, but the tcrror~stricken popi'lation is camping out. Anetai Havas. a Sofia, Jan. i). A violent
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    PRINCE ALPHONSO.
    39 14 Munich, Jan. D. Prince Alphon.sc of Bavaria has died here, aged 71. He fell dead as he changed his clothe.^, after rct'Tning from mass. He was married to TiinoesK Louise of Oilcans ami leaves four children. -Anetu-rrans-Oeeen.
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    Aesthetic Designs To Be Sacrificed To Utility! THE CAR OF THE FUTURE.
    615 15 1 Super-Streamlined Vehicle. There i> a Khool of thought beadsd J)\ Sir rjealilomi Barney which believe* that the car >>f the future —and which should be the car of today —is l>y M mvans the thing of loaf
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    MOTOR-CAR SALVAGE SIDELIGHTS.
    233 15 Nothing Wasted. USES FOR CONDEMNED MATERIALS. Aeeordiag to the United States Department of Commerce and the reports of commercial attaches, the dissected parts of motor fin that have been condemned to the scrap-heap live again in most unlikely ways and places. I One would scarcely recognise the
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    PRODUCER GAS PLANT.
    422 15 b. er for Motors From Charcoal. In many sparsely settled countries, the high cost of petrol makes the excessive running cost of motor cars, motor lorries, tractors and stationary engines a serious problem for all engaged j n agriculture, industrv and transport. In such districts, however, ample
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    142 15 Proposed Course Round The Houses." Following the success of the speed trials held on the .Madeira Drive this year, steps, we learn, ma y be taken to promote in Parliament a Bill giving the Brighton Corporation power to close certain roads for the purpose of a road
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    "DOPED" FUEL FOR R.A.F.
    517 15 Big Change. TENS OF THOUSANDS MORE HORSE POWER. Sweeping advances in the speed and climb of almost every aircraft in the R. A.F. will result from an important chantre in the composition of the fuel used which the Air Ministry is shortly to make. Tens of
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    EYSTON AND "BABY" BREAK 9 RECORDS.
    162 15 Scooping the Pool For Britain. London, Dec. 22. Driving the Magic Midget, his M.G. wonder "baby" car, at a speed reaching at times more than 95 m.p.h., Captain j Ryston with the help of Mr. A. Denly I today broke the last nine records
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    77 15 An interesting method of constructing saloon bodies is now being developed in j United States. This consists of making a combined pressing and stamping of a complete half of a saloon body. The halves then require only to be welded together strengthened where necessary, and equipped with damping: materials to
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    AVERAGE LIFE OF A CAR.
    341 15 Seven Years. 4 EXPERIMENTS IN U.S.A. AND GREAT BRITAIN. The motor trade long has sought a "yard-stick by which it might di-U'iniiiie the "life expectancy" of the average automobile. Obviously, conditions of operation and use vary so materially in thu different countries that no completely
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      253 15 SERVICE COUNTS I IN BUYING A USED CAR IM.KSS A I'l l« lIASKK IS KK.M.I.Y (ONKIDKNT THAT THE CAR U IS HJHNC WILL GIVE GOOD SKKVICE HE IS MAKING A I'OOK INVESTMENT LOOK <»Vi:it OIK STOCK Of I SKI) t'AKS— THEY \KK All. IN i.oon OBMtl AND BEAM FOB TIIOI
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    SARKIES BROS. BANKRUPTCY SCHEME.
    3443 16 Unanimously Approved By Creditors. TWO COMPANIES. ALTERNATIVE TO FIVE PER CENT. DIVIDEND. A scheme to form Raffles Hotel, with ii^ ancillary businesses, and the K. and Hotel, IVnan>r, into two separate compnni tn ba run by one lx«ard of directors, \va uiianiinoi^ly approved at a meetintr
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    SEDITIOUS PAPERS.
    135 16 Chinese Sentenced At Seremban. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Jan. 11. Several charges of being in possession of documents likely to cause sedition were brought against Chinese at Negvi Sembilan Assizes before Mr. Justice Mills. A .portion of one 'document seized staled, according to translation, "Oppose the extortion
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    TIN RESULTS.
    87 16 Rambutan Arrangement With Tekka-Taiping. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 11. Rambutan Tin Ltd., report a loss for the year ended June SO of £2,022 compared with a loss of £1,859 for the previous twelve months. The sum of £3,BU'J is carried forward. Arrangements have been made with
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    THICK FOG IN LONDON.
    50 16 Rugby, .la >. 10. A fog occurred in the outer suburb* of London last night and increased in density this morning. Traffic, particularly in the I .north-eastern suburbs', was slewed down I and in many parts visibility was between I five and ton yards.— British Wiieiess,
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    ARTIGLIO DIVIDEND.
    43 16 Genoa. Dec. 14. The Sorima Co., the owners of the Ariiglio, the Italian salvage vessel which has been engaged in salving gold from Lhe sunken British liner Kgypt off Bresl, have declared n dividend (if 100 per ien'. for the year.
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      224 16 WAKE UP YOUR LIVER BILEWIT H OUT CALOMEL And You'll Jump Out of Bed in the Morning Uarln' to Go. If ;ou feel sour and sunk and tha world looks punk, don't swallow a lot of salts mineral water, oil, laxative candy or chswir.g gum und expect them to make
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      9 16 What will happen on the night of the 13th
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      364 16 Buflt fer the Owner Driver THE AUSTIN SEVEN SALOON THE AUSTIN SSVKN TOURjSB sets a new standard in small cars. is the embodinu-nt of avanrthing Beyona a .uestion it is a Uttl. «J K-St^SffS.^ "luxury car" beautifully pro- waßi«« with the hood down, way portioned, handsomely finished and %s ->ih
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    Chinese Topics In Malaya.
    1713 17 Sir Mihs Lam/ison In Singapore Trust The League Of \atitnts" ShunhaiLnan Athiir ISol I nex/tecteri NmmUmg Hlamed For Being In prepared Views Of Loral Chinese !\euspain<rs-r-" (.hum Sliould light Aliens Bill Comes Into Force The First Arrival Mo Luiuling IHflU'ulties Round Tlw World Cyrlst In Malaya
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    UNEMPLOYMENT FUND.
    104 17 The following donations to the NunEuropean Relief Fund were receive. I in December Previously acknowledged $24,376.23, A. Subramunian, (Jenias Malayan Tobacco Distributors Ltd. (Wills's Gold Flake Coat.) 150, Kurasian Association Singapore (Seventh Subscription List) 18, Municipal Commission."--18.20. Tan Tock Seng Hospital Staff 14.50, Municipal Commissioners, being receipts of
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      602 17 NOTICE flSraHB aerosheu "rising /^^£l/^\ I I \/v I^J ANCHOR ANCHOR CRESCENT 00 SHELL BRAND NOTICE is hereby given mat the Trade M »rk« runsii.tinK of the several device* and words depirted above arv the exclnnive Drnm-rtv of THF ASI\Tlf PFTROI EI'M COMPANY (Straits SettlementsT, r.IMITF.I) and TIIK ASIATIC PETROI.KI
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      10 17 Don't make any engagement for the night of the 13th
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    BOAT OVERTURNED.
    72 18 Tragedy Brings Early End To Adventure. Paris, Jan. 10. Death has overtaken Dingvorth on his journey from Wenlow, Holland to Cape Town in a fifteen-foot boat. Having passed the Rhine, the Rho.ie and ihe Midi canals, the boat overturned in the Garonne, near Montauban, where Dingvorth shot the
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    MERRY WEATHER AND CO.
    120 18 M<\ ryweather and Sons, Ltd., received the contract for the fire protective installation in the enlarged premises of the Bunk of England. The arrangements include a fixed "Fire Suds" installation comprising a twin cylindrical lank of 325 gallons capacity to contain the chemical solutions for the
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    SELETAR THEFTS.
    378 18 i Javanese Arrested With Jewellery. Arrested in connection with a number of thefts in the Seletar district, a Javanese named Kamsen bin Karsen, stood his trial yesterday before Mr. H. A. Forrer, the Criminal District Judge, on charges of housebreaking with intent to commit theft, or alternatively, dishonestly
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    SIR SAMUEL WILSON.
    151 18 Reporting on Constitution In Ceylon. Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Wilson, G.C.M.G., X.C.8., K.8.E., Permanent Un-der-Secretarv of State for the Colonies, who is conducting an inquiry into the working of Ceylon's new Constitution. I arrived at Colombo by the Sarpedon on Jan. 3. On arrival of the steamer Mr.
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    JOHORE WEDDING.
    229 18 Mr. G. A. C. Field and Miss E. M. Murray. On Tuesday afternoon, at St. Christopher's Church, Johore Bahru, the wedding took place of Mr. George A. C. Field, of the Sarawak Civil Service, aid Miss Elsie M. Murray, daughter of the late Rev. D. S. Murray and
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    DEVIL'S ISLAND.
    108 18 Penal Colony May Be Abolished. Paris, Jan. 9. The early abolition of the penal settlements in French Guiana, including Devil's Island, is forecast by Le Quotiditn in connection with the forthcoming reform of the penal code for which prepaiations are nearly completed. According to the newspaper the new
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    OUR LONDON LETTER.
    5094 19 Modern Christmas Mistletoe And Turkeys Fall From Favour. PAHANG CONSOLIDATED SPEECH SENSATION. 1 1 ron Our Own orreßpondN <w.) Straits Timi Office, M.'cl Street, I•< <•. 86. bo you rentenmer the good, old fa* saiQßßd liri-trnas of the days before the War. when as ninny members of
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      149 19 Today's Crossword Puzzle ICt-UES.) APRfKQ Sodium eoaipeuad ACKUSS. Ta nish 18. Uubbeil I. cleans -_>i. Monster I. 'ruth JJ, J'lease-el K> 25. KruKiitent 1 Afriiun plant M. Bestowed 14. PeaaeSMf U. Knd 16. Toe) 2!». Belch IT. Festivul 30. Walk ix. •weoa :,l. lothinir la. BsoMaaensed 32. Writs CO. Speake-r
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    In Inhospitable Surroundings: Bride For Palestine.
    28 20 IN STRANGE WATERS A swan resents the intrusion of a flamingo which has taken up its quarters in Richmond Park. (Planet News.)
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    32 20 HONEYMOON AT LAKE GALILEE Miss Shelia Beddington leaving London for her marriage in Jerus;.l,m to the Hon. Mervyn Wingnel d who is serving as a constable in the Palestine Police. (Planet News.)
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    23 20 INDIAN BISHOP IN LONDON:—TheN The Rt. Rev. J. S. C. Bannerji, Assistant Bishop of Lahore, preached at Westminster Abbey, London, recently. (Planet News.)
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    25 20 AMERICAN HUNGER MARCHERS Wearing Soviet uniforms, 1,000 hunger marchers left New York in, lorries for Washington. The picture shows the contingent entering Philadelphia. (Planet News.)
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    45 20 Mlt \\<.K MOIRNER An 81 year-old Australian living; in Brussels, (Convicted of the murder of his son. obtained permission from the authorities to attend the funeral of his victim. (Planet News.) ATHENS STRIKE An injured rioteri oter being arrested during the ceeent Lamport strike disorders.
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    26 20 DISMISSED MINISTER :-Prince Timour Tache known as the Persian Mussolini, has been dismissed by the Shah who is dissatisfied with his handling of the oil dispute.
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