The Straits Times, 21 February 1933

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AMD MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1933 PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PACES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1933 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      478 1 SINGAPORE: 78, CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5151). 6.15 Tonight 9.15. SUNSHINE SUSIE, j Phone 3261-2. I J tMjjM KEY BRAND r^M Eau d( k Cologne /s*H^B There is an exquisite lingering Anfly\m fragrance to "Key Brand" Eau de A %jTi!\ Cologne rendering it distinctive *T|l :uu attractive. This worthy product of
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      254 1 KUALA LUMPUR 28, JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683). Ir us show you the many other <q^MF NY'N V' /^^^§]F J^ lovely Tootal Products which we (W^\;< /'V m stock, including Tarantulle, for y'^f^illlfljli Im Jm lovely lingerie; Tootisha, a de\&^o=^Mim~^lLw lightful artificial silk fabric; J^^^^^^^^^gfl^ Robia and Bunty voiles; Tootal WorSe
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      9 1 «.1I Tonight 9.15. SUSIE. I Phone 5261-2. I I
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      468 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CABGO SERVICES. PBNINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. LONDON AND FAB EAST MAIL SERVICB. OUTWARD FKOM LONDON FOB CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage. Do. S'por.. 19SS. BANCALORR C.OOO Feb. 20 KANPURA 17.000 Mar.
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      600 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON TUSBN KAISHA.) TO LONDON. Naple., Marseilles, London, Antwerp Rotterdam and Middlesbroogh. Vmrli. 1 Tonnace. Due. Sail. I BUWA MARU 10.700 Fi-b. 22 i rIiSHIMI MARU 10,900 Mar. 10 HAKOZAKI MARU 10,400 Mar. 22 23 t TERUKUNI MARU 12,000 Apr. 4 5 HAKUSAN MARU 10,400 Apr. 19 20
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      442 2 BURNS PHUP LINE. (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR BRISBANE. SYDNET AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7,865 toss) and th. MANGOLA (3,362 tona) (Cargo only). The i.e. MARELLA ia on. of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia, cabins de
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      1508 2 TBE EAST ASIATIC CO., y^^^^-, j i j TO GEN A R I J'P,' O S O JJ E V R M HAM THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO. BURG AM) COPt.NHM.tW. StMm gh|p Qo ud -nd c|)|na (1»32). LTD. c- vi 0 Pnrf P.nVn» Mutual
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      3 MONTHS' WORK IN SHIPYARDS.
      1013 3 3 MONTHS' WORK IN SHIPYARDS. Heavy Decline. 1 TONNAGE COMMENCED" FIGURES HIGHER. The statistics. Issued by Lloyd's tegister, of vessels under construction t the end of December thorn that there as been a further > light deereue in the mount of work in hand in this couny and a substantial
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      SEARCHING FOR CONTRABAND!
      625 3 SEARCHING FOR CONTRABAND River Steamer Held Up By Armed Chinese. How a Japanese river steamer was I ciiidwl by an armed gang of Chinese under .mho pretence of searching for atai.id, and how the ship was held up for two hours while the gang, after I intimidating members oC the
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    VESSELS ARRIVED.
    159 3 MAROSA, Norw., 839 t.-liS, from Bangkok 20.2. for Malacca 21 1. HKNRIK, Norw., 761 tons, from Bangkok 20.2, for Bangkok 22.2.. FAGKR, Norw., 661 tons, from Bombay 21.2, for Bangkok 21.2. KEPONG, Brit.. 1,:i22 tons, from Pt. Swettenham HJ. for Hani-kok 22.2. SEISTAN, Brit., 1,571 tons, from Hong
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    PASSENGERS.
    638 3 The following- passengers are soiling on the V. and O. Ranpurn, which left London on Feb. 3:— Capt. J. C. M Balders, Capt. H. Mcl S Bruce, Mr. J. E S Codner, Mrs. Codnor, Mr. A 1 Perera, Mrs I'erera, and child, Miss Perera, Miss Perera, Mr. J W.
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    124 3 KEPPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lch. "Hypela," The Cab'e, Tidore, Lch. "Lady Clifford," W. Bt. "Enterprise," Petronella, Tug "Pentower." Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjong I'apar. Albert Dock Nil. Victoria Dock Soli. Krppel Harbour. King's Dock Thordis. No. 1 Dock Singapore, Lch. "Moonstone."
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      430 3 to NORDDEUTSCHER J&L LLOYD. Vjf|?j sl*l (incorporated U ilTOiiol 9«nuHJ ,3Tt? i Th !i ,111, III d »™«ntlonsd are ths enmpany'i intended fixtures: OUTWARD. I LAHN for Hanila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Japan and North China Mar. S HOMEWARD. Passenger steamers with cabin and intermediate class accommodation. Cargo steamers with limited
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      397 3 OOUJkM tTKAaMSIF LINE •—^o^a_— aaßßa¥fß^sk__^__^flßV__ TO EUROPE (Panama Canal America Canada Saea BT PRESIDENT LINERS 24 to 53 daya of real comfort Enjoyable Economy ■wlnunlng Bata— ExesDsa* CeJataa, Lar«« cabins with beea. Hot and cold rnnnlag water la erery etsterooss. DOLLAR STEAMSHIP UKES, lIC. LTO (Incorporated In U JJL.) LNDO-CHLNA
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      501 3 ELLERMAN BUCRNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England.) "ELLERMAN" LINE. Freight Service to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. Via Ports and Suez Canal. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI JAPAN Steamer i is. CITY OF KHTOS Due Feb. 21 Sails Feb. 21 HOMEWARDS .s. CITY OF LYONS for Havre, London, R'dam Hamburg
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      77 3 SINGAPORE WEATHES i REPORT. 1 I Station*. Yesterday Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Min. temp, ins Sunshine temp. •F hrs. *F i AIoi- Star 94 Nil 9.2 73 I Kota Bharu 86 0.33 6.5 75 > i K. Trenggunu 85 0.2^ 9.5 73 Bukit Jeram 89 0.12 10.3 72 Mtrsing
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      132 3 TIDE TABLES. Taesday, February 21. H. W. 7.1 a.m, 7 ft. 9 In, 10.15 p.m., 7 ft. 8 in. Wednesday, February 22. H. W. 8.38 a.m., 8 ft. 4 in., 10.54 p.m., 8 ft. 3 in. Thursday, February 23. H. W. 9.45 a.m., 9 ft. 1 in., 11.25 pjn8 ft.
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      655 4 Head Office: 7R, Cecil Street, Singapore. Phones: 5151-.*i:>2. Tel: "Timeh" Singapore. Kuala Lumpur onice: 2:>, Java Street. Phone: .IBS.). London Office: B<.lt Coarl, Fleet Street, London. EC. 4. Phone: (Vntral 44.10. Tel.: "Leadmslaya" London. London Advcrtihiiijr lii-pre-sentative: M. <>M Jewry, London, K.C. ity (6AO. Tel.: "Rrutraffic" London. American Advertising Kepreaasstati**:
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      721 4 HOUSES, FLATS TO LET 81, Wilkie Road. Apply, 8. Malacca Street. HOUSI on Institution HilL Moderate rent Onited Engineers. 6 A 16, Angallia Park, Oil Extraction Factory, 02, Robinson Rd. Angullia Co. TO LIT, SHOP, FLAT, Amber Mansions, ipply B'pora Building Corp., M, Market St. DALVEY HOUSE, self-contained fuml«h.-l flat,
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      494 4 FOR SALE Re RICKAfiD LIMITED (In Voluntary Liquidation) 138, Cecil Street, Singapore. OFFERS ARE INVITED for any Portion of the Remaining Unsold Plant and Machinery, Including: 1 Linotype Machine, 400 Cases of Type Imposing Surfaces, Chases, etc. 1 Folding Machine 1 Stitching Machine 1 Cutting Machine, Binding Materials, etc. 3
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      484 4 MISCELLANEOUS Ton can haw THB SUNDAY TIMS daltvered to you every week tui three mouths for $1.60. Manager, Scnday Tinas, PUBLIC NOTICES. NOTICE. WATERS WATSON. As from February 20, 1933. Mr. D. R. WATERS, P.A.5.1., A.1.A.5., M.R.San.l., of No. 98, Robinson Road, Singapore, has taken into partnership Mr. E. C.
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      491 4 LEGAL NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that the Trade Mark depicted' above has by an Assignment dated July 7, 1932. been assigned by Hnns Renold Limited to The Renold and Coventry Chain Company Limited o* Renold Works, Didsbury, Manchester, England, who are now the owners thereof. AND NOTICE is hereby
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      297 4 BUSINESS CARDS. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE. Mrs. HARU and Mm lIANA. 60, WATERLOO SIREET. Telephone 7467. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR GOOD REPAIR WORK CONSULT the house that knows its job save money endless trouble. Giv* us a trial. VICK WOU HINC, 425, North Bridge Kd. nr. Middle Rd.
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    CHETTIARS' WIVES.
    236 5 Making New History In Malaya. Mr. and Mrs. Sockalingam Chettiar and Mr. and Mrs. Thannimalai Chettiar, in the course of their journey from F'enang to Singapore, paused through Batu Pahat on Friday. On arrival they were received by the members of the reception committee of the Nattukkottai Chettiars.
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    KILLED SERGEANT.
    91 5 British Soldier Executed In Cairo. Cairo, Jan. 20. Trooper K. W. Tarplet, of the 12th Lancers, was executed here this morniinr. na-.ir.K been sentenced to death by a court-martial for hilling Sergeant Cole, of r.ho rame regiment. Trooper Tarnlett, who comes from Canterbury, had been rebuked by the
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    LADY DOROTHY MILLS.
    75 5 Decree Granted In Divorce Court. Mr. Justice Kateson in the Divorce Court jjranted a decree nisi to Lady Dorothy Rachel Helisse Mills (nee WalpoiO, living at Kbury Street, London, for divorce from her husband. Captain Arthur Frederick Hobart Mills, on the ground of his adultery at an
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    RIOTS IN SPAIN.
    59 5 Madrid, VSeb. 17. Fie li i lots are :e.pon<d from Oviedo, tth.ic pitched satHei between itrflrinr v.xrkt's and civil guards led to gem, ;il disorden Dscsssitatiac the concentra tion of t'-nops. The death-roll now exceeds 20, while the number of wounded is over 100. The authoiiti'.s contemplate
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    "UNFAIR TRADING."
    203 5 Shippers' Case Against Government. (From Our Own Correspondent.) I'enang, Feb. 20. In the Court of Appeal today, after a two-day hearing, judgment was reserved in Messrs. Husfleld'l appeal in the petition of right case which had lieen dismi--seil b] Mi. Justice Prichard. The facts in this litigation are
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    ATLANTIC AIR ROUTE.
    114 5 Successful Trial Of Seaplane Ship. Bremen. Fe'>. 17. The 5,000-ton steamer Westphalen, which had been re:oN*tructe<l with a view to being stationed in the South Atlantic to serve as a base for a regular air service between Europe ami South America, returned from a 12-hour sue- j
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    GOLD STANDARD.
    108 5 Advocated by Reichsbank Governor. Frankfurt-on-Maine. Fell. IX. The ntoceasit)* Soy r.iai-ltairting the gold standard wxls tmphn^isi <1 by the governor of the Reich ;bank. Dr. Luther, in a speech at the owning of the new Kiiehsbank building at Frankfurt. Dr. Luther declared that cheaper money would contribute towards
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    AIR SPEED UP.
    61 5 French Service From Siam To Europe. The French air mail between Ku'ope ami Bangkok and vice versa has been speeded up, the journey taking a week in cither direction Thursdays from Marseilles arriving Bangkok the following Thursday aM leaving Bangkok Sundays 'arvi arriving at Marseilles the following
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    70 5 Tlif second number of PlOpl'SSI the annual magazine of the Johore Teacher Assoc.ation will be in circulation early in March. In addition to literary articles contains a number of technical articles ci modern educational practice ami policy, the U-aching of art, the function of (he trade school, etc. Kach of
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    EVEREST ASSAULTS.
    94 5 Expeditions by Land And Air. Rugby. Feb. IS. Members of the British Expedition to fly over Mounl K\ crest are continuing their journey to India, and the three Moth aeroplanes spent the night at Sarzanu and are due at Naples this evening. Meanwhile preparations for the great land
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    MR. G. A. HEREFORD.
    114 5 Appointed To Acting Judgeship In The F.M.S. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuaia Lumpur, Feb. 20. Mr. (J. A. Hereford has been appointed to act as a judge of the Supreme Court, F.M.S., arid will go to Saremban. Six years ago Mr. Hereford retired Troni the Malayan
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    ARGENTINE TRADE.
    119 5 Better Conditions For British Manufacture. T.'indon. Feb. 16. Mi. Walter Runciman, President of the Board of T>. ade. was in charge of the British case when the Argentine Trade Mission opened negotiations with the Board. The British negotiations will seek to secure better conditions for British manufacturers in
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    FELL OFF LORRY.
    92 5 And Little Girl Who Fell On Parang. A Chinese, aged about 28, fell off a travelling motor lorry in Beach Roa I yesterday morning and was removed to hospital in the ambulance with a fraetu'v of the base sf the skull. His condition was precarious. A little
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    STOLE ONIONS.
    75 5 Story Of Bjing Them Not Believed. For stealing JJJ worth of onions from a compound in Mundai Road, a Chinese was convicted in the Second Police Court yesterday and remanded for sentence. The accused pleaded not guilty savin/ that he had bought the onions. Inspector l'atton, td the
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    DRIVER RUNS AWAY.
    63 5 After Collision With Post Office Pillar. One of the large pillars of the General Post Office on the side facing Fullert.ni Road put an abrupt stop to the caretv of a lorry which had made a sudden swerve off the road last night. The police arrived shortly
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    RUMANIAN OIL.
    42 5 Sensational Charge Against Manager. Bucharest, Feb. 17. The political polic- arrested Mojsescu. Ifct general manage. of the grtat Rumanian oil aomjMUiy A>tra Romanu. on a sensational charge of having abetted the Communist plot in the Plocsi nil !,i Anetu-TiuiL--; IOSMk
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      288 5 HOTELS RAFFLES HOTEL MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL. TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE AND CABARET HUGO JOSEPHINE 9-30-Midnight RAFFLES CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA PHONE 5381. SEA VIEW HOTEL fastens, arc requested to kindly note that, tomorrow WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22nd, 1933, the BALLROOM is RESER VED EXCLUSIVELY for the AMERICAN ASSOCIATION of MALAYA. The usual Dinner
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      461 5 RAFFLES CAFE Excellent Meals a la Carte at Moderate Cost. BREAD daily delivery to all parts of the town. CAKES Cakes and Pastries, Sausage Rolls and Curry Puffs freshly made daily. Upcountry orders executed promptly. Chocolates, Sweets, Crackers and Fancy Goods. PHONE 5381, AUCTION NOTICES. REMINDER Friday. February 24. 1931,
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      84 5 Dr. ALEKHINE World Chess Champion I Dr. Alckhinu will play a simultaneous mutch uKaiimt a team nf Singapore Chess i Jilayers at the ADELI'HI HOTKL. Coleiiuin St. Sinirapore on .SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26th at 10.30 a.m. The Public are invited to witness the exhibition. ADMISSION $1. The Honorary Secretary of
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    THE WEEK-ENDS OF YOUTH.
    345 6 Motoring Instead Of Sunday-School. The passing of the "old-fashioned" Sabbath, when hoys ami irirls religiously attended Sunday-school, was lamented by a conference of teachers and education administrator- at Harrogate. The tendency of the times, it was said, was for young people to jjo motoring on Sunday
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    ASTHMA VICTIMS.
    232 6 Campaign to Stem Toll Of Suffering. About 2,000,000 people in Great Britain are suffering from asthma and allied complaints. This fact was disclosed in a broadcast appeal by Mr. Walter Maxwell-Lyte, :i member of the Council of the Asthma Research Council. The Council, he said, was formed fiv.'
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    ELOPEMENT BY AIR.
    184 6 Arrest Follows Gretna Green Marriage. Paris, Jan. 22. The romantic adventures of a handsome Austrian officer who fascinated a young Parisienne at a dance, took her by aeroplane to London, and then to Gretna Green, where the couple were married by the blacksmith, are disclosed here by
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    NEW SCHEME.
    163 6 Work for Men on Leaving Colours. The three Service Departments, in conjunction with the Ministry of Labour, are introducing a new system of automatic registration for civil employment for all men leaving the Services. In the case of the Army, the system provides for the compulsory registration of
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    STEEL TRADE.
    103 6 "Put Your House In Order." Sir George May, chairman of the Import Duties Advisory Committee, speaking at the annual dinner of the London Iron and Steel Exchange, at the Dorchester Hotel, said: "I think you are fools if you don't put your own house in order. The thing
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    LESE MAJESTE.
    88 6 For Criticising King Carol. Vienna. Jan. 22. A charge of lese majeste brought against Professor Forzu for criticising the King of Rumania has caused a great stir in educated Rumanian society. The professor's arrest called forth many protests, especially from professors, lawyers, students, schoolmasters, and from women's associations.
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    BRINGING U.S.A. UP TO DATE.
    352 6 Twentieth Amendment Enacted. The United States is not a nation noted for her fondness for ancient tradition. But the historic fiction that America is still a "frontier" country, whose va:«t distances take weeks and months to traverse, has been legally interred only this week. That
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    "I HAVE NO DEFENCE."
    160 6 Solicitor Admits Frauds,. Kenneth Edmeades Bartlett, a solicitor, ot the Albany, Piccadilly, was committed for trial by the magistrate at the London Mansion House Police Court on foul charges of fraudulent conversion. Mr. Ernest Claud Stimpson, examiner in bankruptcy, produced Bartlett's preliminary examination signed by Bartle't.
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    ALDOUS HUXLEY.
    150 6 Outspoken Criticism Of His Novel. The Bishop of Durham (Dr. Henslev Henson), speaking at Newcastle, said "that he had raad a repulsive, but powerful, novel. "Brave New world," by Aldous Huxley. It was he said, "a gross book, grossly written," but he did not think it would do
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    DAMAGES FOR DANCER
    162 6 Nose Injured in Midnight Motoring Crash. Miss Mabel Winifred Mabbs, a professional dancer, of Sedlescombe Road, Fulham, S.W., was awarded £300 damages and costs by Mr. Justice Horridge and a common jury in the King's Bench Division against Mr. Stanley Thomas Worland, an engineer, of Portobello Road,
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    BASKET IN SEA.
    317 6 $5,000 Fine for Ganja Smuggler. Smuggling of liquor, opium and tobacco is a common enough offence in Singapore but cases in connection with the importation of ganja (Indian hemp) are comparatively rare. One such case was heard before Mr. H. A. Forrer, the criminal district judge, this
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    TWO-DOLLAR FINE.
    252 6 Charge of Gaming In Public. The defence that the corporal, having been unsuccessful in his attempt to catch a group of small boys who were engaged in gambling, arrested him instead was set up by a Chinese who was charged with gaiauuc vi public before Mr. A. W.
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    FRAUDULENT POSSESSION
    277 6 Chinese And A Basket Of Groceries. Tins of milk, lanl, codec and mustard comprised some of the exhibits in a charge of fraudulent pm n n brought agrajnst Teo Thian Soh before Mr. H. A. Forrer, the Criminal District Judge, this morning. Accused was further charged with the
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    RESISTING ATHEISM.
    179 6 Dr. Barnes on Desperate Policy." Dr. Barnes, Bishop of Birmingham, speaking of the religious division of the future at a meeting of the Modern Churchmen's Union, said "Is our religion to be that of the Middle Ages, or of the present day a faith that welcomes the modern
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    STRANGE INSECTS.
    175 6 Ants 'that Listen To Music. Bees can be taught to select boxes containing sugar by their colour butterflies can distinguish between apple juice and other liquids by touching them with their tcet, and one form of ant will respond to high staccato notes from a violin. Such are
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      126 6 J*t a£_ Bm"!fl^k INSURE WITH THE COMMERCIAL UMIOH ASSURANCE CO.LTD. (iNCOUPOWAItO IN SNOLANO) fct tit/tn* m i I Ifl 4 f (/£>/¥/ MWCfi <M MitlS f (I if i Mil INiVPANU Arthur C. I'otts. JcS^^J^k Mmmirrr a n ,1 In.l.- r« ritiT Guard his Health Give him Forni-imintstt once and
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      103 6 BROSSARD MOPIN MALAYA LTD. 69 E, LORONG I, GEYLANG, SINGAPORE. POST BOX NO. «2. CIVIL ENGINEERS— GENERAL CONTRACTORS. The Pioneers of Reinforced Concrete Construction in Malaya. GRAND STAND. IPOH. PERAK. Our Engineer's and Specialists are at )our disposal for any building work. Phone 2240. MOTOR ACCESSORIES BRITISH and BEST. Driving
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      159 7 ALUAMBRA JThe Independent Theatre with the Pick of the World's Pictures. last"day"~ today*! Fox Movietone's Uniquely Different Drama of a man who was given six hours in which to avenge his own murder WARNER BAXTER JOHN BOLES, MIRIAM JORDAN "Six Hours to Live" FOX PICTURE TO M 0 RRO WWEDNESDAY
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      343 7 Greeted again by Enthusiastic Crowds CAPITOL Last Night of Special Return Season The Famous British Musical Comedy that the whole world Raved Over "SUNSHINE SUSIE" vilh RENATE MULLER, JACK HULBERT A OWEN NARES. TOMORROW:Opening at Special Matinee 3.15 The Alluring Star of SHANGHAI l-Xl>Ri-:SS," "MOROCCO" and many other famous Pictures,
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      326 7 NICtiTLY 6.15 C* 9.15 P.M. LAST NIGHT first nationals great production "THEY CALL IT SIN" with LORETTA YOUNG GEORGE BRENT DAVID MANNERS _5^ N 3_Wi£S_lTj- A_SUPERB FILM! COMMENCING TOMORROW^" JACK RMfWE §4YSIMfITUNI»M ELECTRICITY FOR YOUR INDUSTRY W**& A NEW PRODUCT §^^l of interest to ail Users Bhl the crompton- "minor"
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    183 8 Tin Quotations Firm. LOCAL RUBBEB UP. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Tuesday. Today's Prices: Rubber, 6 3/16 cents per lb. Tin, Singapore price $7."> 7 i per picul. Yesterday's Prices: Rubber, London, 2 S/SH* up l/32d. New York, 2 29/32 cts., unchanged. Market Tone: Steady, quiet. Tin.
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    81 8 Noon, Feb. 21. R.S.S. equal to London Standard: Buyers. Sellers Spot (loose) ..63 16 65 16 (F. 0.8.) 6". G--(. Standard R.S.S. on Tender: Buyer*. Sellers Mar. .6 5 16 6',, Apr. 6-' R 6 7/18 Apr.-June 6<i 6 <» 16 Jtfly-Sept. 1 1 ~1
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    PRODUCE
    165 8 Singapore, Feb. 21. Gambier 6.00 (Cube) No. 1 unpicked) 10.00 Copra 4.70 mixi'd 4.:;;» Bago flour, Sarawak l.Ou White Popper 21.00 Mack Pepper 16.00 Pearl Sago 4.00 small 3.90 medium 6.<K' Rice Siam $160 to 219 Saigon $188 to 133 Rangoon $127 to 188 No. 1 125 cattrtes pross
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    17 8 AmiTictn C.msulaU'-drniTnl wi'l I I elHad kHMmv, the day lK?intr an American national holiday (Washington's birth* lav).
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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        MINING.
        433 8 Issue Val. Pd. £1 £1 Asam Kumbang ij £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 Hitam Tin 1 1 Hong Fatt 5/- 5/- Hong
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        GENERAL.
        277 8 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. 2 2 Alex. Brick. Ord. 0.50 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 1.05 £1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 4.17.6 10 5 British Malaya Trustee 5.00 £1 £1 Con. T. S. T.i Prefs. 21/ £1 £1 Con. T. S. Ord. 15 9 1 1 Cycle and
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        148 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 10S 110 nom. Singapore Municipal 4V£ p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 104 105 nom. Singapore Municipal 4Vfc pc. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 104
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        376 8 Eraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's Quotations. Today s Price Fraser Lyall Evatt Co. Allonby ($1) 0.45 0.55 0.45 0.60 Alor Gajah ($1) 025 0.35 0.30 0.40 A. Hitam (ID 0.50 0.65 0.50 0.60 A. Kuning ($1) 0.10 0.05 0.15 A. Malay (*2) 0.75 1.00 0.75 0.90
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      EXCHANGE RATES.
      197 8 SELLING. Singapore, Feb. 21. London, 4 months' sight 2/3 7/8 London, 3 months' sight 2/3 27/32 London, 60 days' sight 2/3 13/16 London, 30 days' sight 2/3 25/32 London, demand 2/3 3/4 London, T.T. 2/3 23/32 Lyons and Paris, demand 990 Hamburg, demand 163 New York, demand 39
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      EXCHANGES.
      106 8 Rugby, Feb. 18. Foreign exchanges are: Athens 600 Amsterdam 8.53 Berlin 14 13 32 Belgrade 255 Bombay 1/6 5/32 Brussels 24.54/$. Bucharest 580 Buenos Aires 41 '/a official rate Athens 597 1/2 Copenhagen 22.45 Geneva 17.74 Helsingfors 227 Hong Kong 1, 3 1/2 Lisbon 110 Madrid 41'/» Milan 67
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      231 8 t^! IluLaviii, Semarang, Sourabaya and Australasia (excepting Western Australia) (Nieuw Zeeland) 2.30 p.m Java, South West Sumatra. SouthK»st Bnrnoo, Celebes. Moluccas and Timor Dilly (Johan van (Oldenbarncvelt) 2.30 p.m. Kemaman, Kemasek, Dungun Trengganu and Besut (EsmeraldaJ 3 p.m Bangkok (Hafthor) 3 p.m. Siam (except Lower Siam) (Kuala)
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    41 8 By Left Arrd. Spore London Tndrapocra ContP Rosso Poelau Bras Kaisar-I-Hind Poelau Roebiah Rancfai Dec. 2 Dec 22 Dec. 15 Jan. 4 Dec. 29 Jan. 23 Jan. 6 Jan. 28 Jan. 19 Feb. 11 Jan. 20 Feb. 11
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      794 8 MINING REPORT NO. 464. THE CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTORS, THE RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING CO., LTD. SINGAPORE, S.S. Sentlemen.— I b«g to submit the report of the mining operations, for tho four weeks ending January 30, 1933. iaT h development w <>rk r or the term, totals 481 feet, as follows:
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      130 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOB, THE WEEK. Today. February 21. Tomlinson Hall Literary Scy. mtg., Mr. H. R. Cheeseman on "Some Books About Malaya," Tomlinson Hail, 9 p.m. Annual gen. mtg. of Eurasian Asia. (Singapore), S.R.C., 5.30 p.m. Wrdiimdav. February 22. Police Band, Botanical Gardens, 6.16 p.m. Rotary Tiffin. Adelphi Hotel. 1 p.m.
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      HOME FINANCIAL NEWS.
      926 9 Stocks Sluggish. HOME RAILS AND THE WAGE DISPUTE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 23. The stock markets were sluggish and inclined to be hesitant during the pasty •.veek. Influenza has proved no respecter of persons and has temporarily depleted the ranks of the professional element, and
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      LATENT BUYING POWER IN U.S.
      461 9 Rubber Consumers Advised to Cover. O. W. Kracht writing from New York on Jan. 16 states The market since our last writing has continued stagnant with factory interests showing little or no desire to alter their watchful, waiting policy. Due to the absence of both
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      SINGAPORE MARKET.
      465 9 Official List Of Approximate Prices. The following arc the prices, cents per cutty vvlxMi' nol otherwise stated, prevailing at tnc Singapore markets on Feb. 1", a» urnislud by the Ko<.«l a.id Market Inspector: Meat.— Beef ater.k round I 30 per catty, beef stew or curry 25, polk, lean
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      TINPLATES.
      848 9 Revival in Foreign Demand. (From a Cardiff Qarrespondent.) The tinplate industry suffered less than most of the other finishing departments of the iron and steel industry from the rcute depression of 1932. Throughout the year production was regulated under a scheme that commanded the support of p. larger proportion
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      41 9 From Indo-China, by Felix Rousael. due Singapore 8 a.m. tomorrow. From China and Japan, by Suwa Maru, due Singapore tomorrow evening. From Europe, (London mail despatched 2nd February), by Rohna due Penang P a.m. on Thursday, the 23rd instant.
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      AIRMAIL.
      27 9 The Air Mail Alor Star— Amsterdam despatched from Singapore on Oth Februnry arrived in Amsterdam on 19th February and was delivered in London on 20th inBt. <_
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      INDIA CONVERSION LOAN.
      409 9 Steady Demand. EFFECT OF CREDIT On INTEREST RATES. Applications for the new Conversion Issue are coming in satisfactory, ie dared Sir Osborne Smith, Managing Governor of the Imperial Bank, recently. Subscription lists for the Government of India 4 per cent. Conversion Lean (1960-70) optned on February 1
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      COTTON NOTES.
      484 9 Caution Reduces Turnover. (From Our Own Correspondent. Manchester, Jan. 25. Demand in the Manchester market during the past week has been on a smaller scale and a reduced turnover has taken place in both yarn and cloth. The slackening off in activity has been partly due to signs
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      660 9 BANKING. NEDERLANDSCH, INDISCHE HANDELSBANK N. V. XaUbllahea ltU at Aaist.raa— Authorised Capital Glds. 100,000,000 Paid rp Capital Glds. 66,000.000 Reserves Glds. 24,190,824 HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM. BitANCH OFFICES: THE HAGUK, ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BKANCHES. Batavia: Head office for Dutch last Indies. BRANCH OFFICHfI: DUTCH EAST INDIES Ampenan, Bandoeny Cheriuon, Gnrontalo, Makassar, Me-
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      406 9 BANKING. NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL-MAATSCHAPPIJ, N. V. (NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY) Established in Amsterdam 1824, HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM WITH BRANCHES IN ROTTERDAM AND THJ] HAGUE. HEAD OFFICE FOR THE EAST: BATAVIA. Branches throughout the Dutch F:\st Indies ami in ;hc Sir;. Us Settlements, India, China, Japan and Arabia. LONDON RANK PCS The Notional
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEB. 21, 1933. INDEPENDENCE.
    1204 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEB. 21, 1933. INDEPENDENCE. Malaya and neighbouring countries have watched with considerable interest the remarkable developments in conneo tion with the Philippines Independence Act which has now been passed by the United States Senate over President Hoover's veto. The problem presented by this extraordinary position
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    HIGHER PRICES THE REMEDY.
    1946 10  -  Sir Josiah Stamp World Problems And Reflation. (By President of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, ,i director of the Bank of England, advistr to various Govi riiiiivnt departments and the KflMfwl author of the DtWH Jtipmt. Sir Josiah Stamp is an economist and financier who
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    233 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. J. A. Russell, of Kuala Lumpur, has undergone an operation for appendicitis. Mr. F. W. Spiedel, of the firm of Spiedel and Co., Bangkok, has retired from the East. Mr. E. Wyon Smith is retiring from Siam after over thirty years' service with the Siamese State Railways.
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    623 10 MORE TROUBLE! The Serbian community in Singapore is very annoyed with the Straits Times we have his personal assurance of the fact! It appears that we printed a day or two apo a report on certain incidents In Dalmatia which were described as "the latest gesture
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    AMUSEMENTS—Singapore.
    128 10 ALHAMBRA.—Six Hours to Live with Warner Baxter. John Boles A Miriam Jordan. 6.15—9.15. Phone fi!»00. CAPlTOL.—Sunshine Susie with Renate Mdller, Owen Nares Jack Ilulb.rt. 11l MS. I'hont MU-S. GREAT WORLD SKY TALKIE. Ramon Novarro in Daybreak. Gat* 10 ct-i. Ladies Free. STAR TALKIE. GREAT WORLD.— Rango —Jungle Picture. MARLBOROI'GH.—Speak
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      133 10 "SAY IT WITH MUSIC" with COLUMBIA RECORDS with Apologies to the Pavilion Theatre JACK PAYNE RECORDS each 75 C each Annual Stocktaking SALE rf&\ 2 000 O#i/ Records T\d N^^ at each 50 c each THE ROBINSON PIANO Company, Limited. Collyer Quay, Singapore. (Incorporated in Hong Kong) A. FLINTER BAFFLES
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    LORD LYTTON'S ATTACK ON JAPANESE MILITARISM.
    573 11 OLD PRUSSIAN ATTITUDE Organised on Feudal Basis. HELPING CHINA. Colossal Strength in Man Power. Ceneva or Moscow That is the great question overshadowing Kast and West." said Lord Lytton in the MM of a remarkable speech in Paris. H<- d< (hired that the attitude
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    PORTUGAL'S CLAIM.
    73 11 Rejected by Arbitration Court. Paris, Feb. 17. Portugal'! claim r.jjainst the Reich F«r 48,000/000 marks has been rejected hy the international arbitration court. TIM court b»l(| tJiat Portugal"? deir.and. which arose '«'it of the hostilities in Africa, fell within the Allies' repar- ion demands, which were satisfied by
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    PROHIBITION.
    28 11 Repeal Passed By House Of Representatives. Washington, Feb. 20. The House of RepnatßtathPM passed the resolution for tho repeal of Prohil):lii>?i already adopted by the Senate. Kmter.
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    SMALLPOX IN BOMBAY.
    33 11 Bombay, Feb. 16. Over 900 people have died from smallj'nx here since the outbreak began in the Mend week <>f December, including i2'.» during the iast four days. Reuter Win
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    CAN SHOOT DOWN COMMUNISTS.
    116 11 Ruthlessness for Police In Germany. Berlin, Feb. 20. Capt. Goering, the Prussian Commissioner of the Interior, has ordered the police to shoot down Communists and other enemies of the State without hesitation. Simultaneously he has instructed them to protect and establish the friendliest relations with nationalist
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    A UNIFORM SYSTEM.
    188 11 French Project for Army Service. Geneva, Feb. 18. Tho Disarmament Conference political committee continued the debate on the French project far the introduction of a uniform army system in Europe based on short-term service and limitation of effectives. The debate was opened by the French representative, M.
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    MOTOR CONGRESS.
    120 11 Views on Road vs. Rail Competition. Berlin, Fob. 17. Motorists assembled for the Berlin motor show are taking a keen interest in the deliberations of the international motor transport congress. The Italian and British delegates outlined the fight between railway and road transport in their respective countries, stressing
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    EXPLORER LOST.
    66 11 Capture By Chinese Bandits Feared. Stockholm, Feb. 18. The astronomer of the Sven Hedin expedition. Dr. Nils Ambolt, has betn lost in the Taklamakan desert according to advices from Peuping, where Ambolt vas expected to arrive at the end of Ncvember. He was travelling over a route which
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    FRENCH BATTLESHIP.
    54 11 Precedence In Construction Over Four Cruisers. Paris, Feb. 17. The Chamber is considering a bill for b.ilding a second battleship of 26,000 tons. It fs suggest Oils might !be given precedence in construction by retarding in its favour part of the cruiser construction programme of four cruisers of
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    CINEMAS IN RUSSIA.
    44 11 Moscow, Feb. 18. The number of cinemas in Russia increased from 7,200 in 1927 to 32,000 in 1932, according to official data. It is estimated that every adult attended the cinema on an average ten times during la-t year. AiK'ta-Trans Ocean.
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    FACTORY EXPLOSION.
    27 11 Triest, Feb. 16. A cylinder of oxygen exploded in an oil ruTinwry here and killed five men a i. d wounded six others Aneta Havas.
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    PERAK RIVER CO. FINANCES.
    152 11 Debenture Issue. £400,000 WORTH PLACED PRIVATELY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Feb. 20. The Perak River Hydro-Electric Power Co., Ltd., has placed privately four per cent, prior lien debenture stock to the value of £400,000 at 98 V 4. It will be repayable with the occrued
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    SERBIAN TROUBLES.
    148 11 Croatian Demand For Complete Liberty. Belgrade, Feb. 17. Simmering political trouble wax manifested in an unexpected quarter by the declaration read out in the Senate by the ex. Minister Shuperina in the name of the newly-founded national club. The club comprises a number of Croatian and Dalmatian Senators
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    SHIPS FOR JAPAN.
    121 11 "May Be Used for Warlike Purposes." The Daily Express, in a front page splash declares that the purchases of old British liners destined for Japan are believed in shipping circles to be part of a well prepared plan to use them for warlike purposes in the event
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    RICE DUMPING.
    84 11 Request For Prohibitive Action In Rangoon. Rangoon, Feb. 17. The following motion was passed unanimously by the Legislative Council: "The Council asks that the Burmese Government should impress upon the Government of India, the state of misery and pwterty of Burmese people owing to the abnormally low price
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    SIAMESE TRADE.
    70 11 Large Exports Of Gold And Jewellery^ Bangkok, Feb. 16. The King and Queen of Siam will return to Bangkok from Hua Hin on Sunday. During the last ten months exportation of gold and jewellery represent more than 20 per cent, of the toatl exports of the port of
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    TROUBLE IN ATHENS.
    44 11 Athens, Feb. 16. Three hundred Communists, who were holding a meeting, refused to leave the hall when called upon to do so by the police. In the struggle which ensued seven we rkmep wrere smothered and twenty I wounded. Aneta Havaa.
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    WOULD-BE ASSASSIN SENTENCED.
    113 11 Eighty Years. PLEADS GUILTY TO ALL CHARGES. Miami, Feb. 20. Joe Zangara, the Italian who fired at Mr. Roosevelt, was sentenced to a total of 80 years' imprisonment on the four charges of attempting to murder Mr. Roosevelt and three others, receiving 20 years on each charge,
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    NAZI METHODS.
    216 11 War Records of Police Presidents. Berlin, Feb. 15. The Democratic evening newspaper Acht Uhr Abendblatt has bee suspended for a week, together wit hhe Socialist paper Vorwaerts, on the ground that they have cast doubt on the official account of the Nazi-Communist clash at Eisleben. Other Socialist and
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    BROADCASTING.
    46 11 Tomorrow's Straits Times will contain the first of a series of specially written articles dealing with ttubjects of interest to wireless enthusiasts. The writer is an expert and his contributions will appear weekly until further notice on the Wireless Page which is published every Wednesday.
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    BANDITS IN CHINA.
    157 11 Warnings tot British Travellers. London, Feb. 20. Communist activities in China were mentioned in the House of Commons in questions regarding the area affected and as to whether British subjects had been advised against entering these areas by His Majesty's Consuls. Sir John Simon, the Foreign Secretary,
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    WAR DEBTS.
    78 11 British Ambassador Meets Mr. Roosevelt New York, Feb. 20. The British Ambassador, Sir Ronald Lindsay, landed from the Majestic this afternoon and at once had a two-hour conversation with Mr. Roosevelt. Later the President elect issued a statement to the effe-.-t that the Ambassador had given him unofficially
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    NEUNKIRCHEN DISASTER.
    30 11 Paris. Feb. 16. The Council of Ministers has decided to ask Parliament to vote £5,500 for relief of the sufferers in the Neunkirchen I gas explosion. Reuter Wireless.
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    ABOLITION OF AIR BOMBING.
    199 11 Britain Prepared to Accept Agreement. Geneva, Feb. 20. Great Britain is prepared to subscribe to the universal acceptance of the abolition of naval and military aircraft and air bombing except for police purposes, said the British Air Minister, Lord Londonderry, addressing the air commission of the
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    LITTLE ENTENTE.
    113 11 German Charges Against France. Berlin, Feb. 17. That the recent sensational allegations of a secret German-ltaiian treaty were systematically circulated by the French press and statesnu-n in order to create a favourable atmosphere for the renewal of the Little Entente is the theory advanced by editorial writers regarding
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    RUMANIAN RIOTS.
    88 11 Spread of Trouble to The Oil Fields. Bucharest, Feb. 17. Two thousand railway workci-s have been arrested and interned in connection with the eviction of striking workerr from railway shops by troops on Thursday. The arrested men are reported to include numerous foreigners who are believed to be
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    REFORMS NEEDED.
    99 11 M. Tardieu And The Crisis In France. Paris, Feb. 18. Thorough constitutional reforms are advocated as the only care for the profound fcrtsis btsnttinK 1 FVanpe by tlie ex-Premier M. Tardicu, in L'lllustration. He outlines u project for parliament ary reforms depriving the Deputies of ■most of their
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    SHANGHAI-NANKING.
    30 11 Project For Doubling Railway Line Abandoned. Shanghai, Feb. 17. Owing to financial difficulties the project of doubling the railway line between Shanghai and Nanking has been abandoned., Aneta Havas.
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    A PROTEST.
    73 11 Harsh Treatment Of Foreign Journalists. Budapest, Feb. 16. The German and An.erican ministers have protested to the Hungarian Foreign Minister against the treatment meted out to a number of foreign journalists who had gone to Mezoekeresz for the last «tages of the by-election. Among the reporters were well-known
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    ZERO HOUR IN JEHOL.
    333 11 Fighting Breaks Out At Chaoyang. 50,000 vs. 150,000. Main Operations Not Yet Started. Peiping, Feb. 20. Two armies face each other on Urn frontier of Jehol awaiting for the Japanese zero hour which is expected any time from tonight. Fifty thousand Japanese and 'artre numbers of
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    HOSTILE TO JAPAN.
    219 11 The Atmosphere At Geneva. Tokio, Feb. 20. The Japanese government cabled the delegation at Geneva this afternoon and, it is understood, communicated the decision to withdraw from the League but the time to withdraw will be decided later. Tokio, Feb. 20. Both the War Office and the
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    SECRET SESSIONS.
    256 11 Support for League Withdrawal. Tokio, Feb. 21. A meeting of the Japanese Peers in secret session took place this morning and the Lower House will meet this afternoon for the purpose of hearing the Government's explanation of the decision to withdraw from the League of Nations. The Privy
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    Bernard Shaw's Address To Students.
    2145 12 TEXT OF THE UNAPPRECIATED HUMOUR AT HONG KONG. Despite his resolution not to give a public address while on his round-Ihi-world tour in the Empress of Britain. George Bernard Shaw spoke to students in the Great Hall of the Honir Kone; I'niversity on Feb. 13.
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    LYNCH HIM!
    67 12 At the conclusion of Mr. Shaw's address to the Hong Kong Inivtrslty students, there was a wild demonstration of appreciation. Mr. Shaw step' I nil ior ward to acknowledge it. "On behalf of Mrs. Shaw and myself." he said, "I wish Jo thank you.'' A pause. "But there
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    DANCER WALKS OFF THE STAGE.
    487 12 Unusual Incident In Kuala Lumpur. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 20. Owing to the inconsiderate behaviour of two or three members of the audience '.he recital of modern dances by the younvr German duns, use, Norda Mata, came to ail abrupt and untimely
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    CLAIM WITHDRAWN.
    59 12 In the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice Mills it was stat'vd that a settlement hud been ai rived at in the case in which Tan Eng Lee sued Lim Boon Phock for J2.000, and the claim was allowed to be withdrawn. Mr. .V. A. Mallal was for the
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    " IF YOU SHOUT I WILL KILL YOU."
    481 12 IF YOU SHOUT I WILL KILL YOU." Story of Attack on Lonely Road. "If you shout I will kill you," said a young Pathan to a terrified Malay taxidriver. As he uttered these -words his hand held an unopened pocket knife. The intimidated man rteither moved nor shouted The young
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    MR. LIM KHYE LIANG.
    87 12 The death occurred on Saturday of Mr. Lim Khye Liang at his residence, 17 Penang Road, Singapore. At the time of his death he held tho post of secretary of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Fund S.S.. and was vice-president of the Junior Civil Service Association.
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    Chief Justice Rebukes Bar Committee.
    1339 12 "VERY CASUAL PRESENTATION OF CASE." "You are a very lucky man," said the Chief Justice to an Indian advocate and solicitor who successfully resisted a motion by the Penang Bar Committee to have him struck off the RollA. In the present case the "luck" lay
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    MUSICAL SOCIETY.
    186 12 Improvements at Last Night's Concert. H. E. the Governor, Sir Cecil Clomonti, and the Colonial Secretary, Sir John Scott, were among the audience in th> Memorial Hall last nighi for the final performance given by the Singapore Musical Society. Those who attended both cojh i ticeil an improvement
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    AIDING WORKLESS.
    70 12 Tomorrow's Show At Victoria Theatre. Mil Riboet and her well-known Malay Dramatic Company Orion will give a charity performance in aid of the Singapore unemployed at the Victoria Theatre at 9JW p.m. tomorrow. The Javanese aVaaw "R. A. Soemiatie" will be given ard in between the acts Mmm
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    THE CAPITOL.
    57 12 "Sonabine Susie" returned to the Capitol last night for a two-day run. and piov I as enjoyable as ever. Henate ftluller'fl irresistible high spirits cannot fail to affect one, and no matter how many times you see the- picture you find it entertaining. Owen Narus has rarely been
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      45 13 Interesting Ties in Sixth Round. London. Feb. 20. The draw for the sixth round of ths F.A. Cup resulted as follows: Brighton or West Ham Utd. vs. Middlesbrough or Birmingham. Derby County vs. Sunderland. Burnley vs. Manchester City. Everton vs. Luton Town. Router.
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      MIXED DOUBLES AT S.C.C.
      427 13 Final of Handicap Event. The final of the handicap event in the S.C.C. mixad doubles tennis tournament t:ck place yesterday and resulted in a vietorjr for W. H. Droogleever and Miss Walker Taylor (owe 15.3) over W. R. Dobbs and Mrs. Stapledon, plus in two straight
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      N. PERAK TENNIS.
      194 13 Championship Meeting During Easter. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Feb 18. The annual meeting of the North Perak L.T.A. was held at the Perak Club, Taiping, yesterday, Mr. N. F. H. Mather, D.0., presiding. The report and statement of accounts for the year 1932 were adopted and
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    LIGHT AND FLUKY WINDS.
    723 13 R.S.Y.C. Events. ENJOYABLE RUN TO JOHORE SHOAL. The wind was light and fluky on Sunday when the three sixes started for the .second race for the Guillemard Cup at the Royul Singapore Yacht Club. A good xtart was made, with Tarbet to windward, and the yachts
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    LOCAL CRICKET.
    429 13 Ceylon Tamils Easily Defeat Singapore Colts. The Ceylon Tamils Association defeated the Singapore Colts on Saturday at BeJeetier Road by \>~ runs. Scores: CTJL: B. Dudley c Teskey b Sassoi n :.':<, C. Xadaraiah b J. Lovcday 0, Rajah c .Scott b Sassoon 14, Ratnasabapathy lbw. Sassoon 0,
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    MALACCA CRICKET.
    194 13 High School Beaten By Two Runs. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Feb. 20. In a whole dny match played yesterday on tre lianda Hilir Knglish School ground, St. Kramis' Ass ciation heat, the High School by two runs in an cxlitin* finish. The S.F.A. had scores of 72
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    HOBBS HELPS M.C.C. TOURISTS.
    152 13 Reveals Old-Time Skill At Newcastle. Newcastle. Feb. I'd. The Northern Districts of New South Wales, whose total was 320 for seven when play was resumed in their match with the M.C.C. tourists this morning, were all out for the addition of two runs to their total.
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    EASTERN OLYMPIAD.
    186 13 Malaya to be Invited To Join. Lahore, Feb. 7. It is understood that the Indian Olympic Association will shortly extend invitations to fourteen countries east of Suez and west of Singapore to participate in the "Western Games" probably in February, 1934. Their principal o'o.iivt is to stimulate interest
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    BADMINTON.
    209 13 First Open Tournament In Negii Sembilan. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Feb. 20. Play in the first open single.-; tournament for captain B. H. Wilson's Cup began yesterday under the aunpiccii of the Ni'jjri SembilaT liadminton Assix'ation at the courts of the Kinic OMCfI V School. The results of
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    RS. 35,000.
    57 13 Good Price Paid For Jackdaw The Second. Bombay. Feb. 8. Prince Aly Khan, who is shortly returning to Europe, «old hus racehorse Jckdaw the Second to the Maharajah of Kolhapur for Rs. 35,000. The horse was a convincing winner m his first outing in Bombay in the Ad«laide
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    GOLF IN SIAM.
    59 13 Siamese Wins for Third Time. (I'ldin Our Own Corßspondeat.) Bangkok, l-oh. 20. The open golf •-hampionship of S ain was won by Nai Tim for the third ys-ar in "Accession. Tim is the professional at the llua Hin coursi. He was tauirht by the late Mr J.
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    LOCAL GOLF.
    97 13 Miss Patterson's Fine Round In Replay. The replay of the Kcppel Golf Club ladies' February spoon competition between Mrs. E. A. Elder and Miss V. M\ H. Patterson resulted in a win for Miss Patterson who returned a score of 5 up. S.G.C. Gold Medal. The replay of
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    ROUND OF 32.
    88 13 Mr. N. B. Fraser Breaks Course Record At Seremban. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Feb. 20. K. B. Fraser, the well-known Seremban golfer, put up a new course record yesterday with a score of 32 for nine holes. Mr. Fraser was taking part in a match between
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    SIDNEY HIRD.
    110 13 Australian Cricketer For Lancashire Club. Yet another Australian cricketer is to play in the Lancashire League. He is Sidney F. Hird, the young Balmcn and New South Wales all-rounder, who has announced that he will sail for England in March to take up an appointment with Ram.sbottnm, the
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    ICE HOCKEY.
    25 13 American Visitors Defeat German Team. Berlin, Feb. 17. A United State.; ice hockey team defeated the German national team by 7—2.7 2. Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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    INTER-CLUB TENNIS IN K. LUMPUR.
    251 13 New Competition During Coming Season. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. W. The attractiveness of the coming tennis season in Selangor will be enhanced both for players and spectators by an inter-club tournament. This tournament, which will lie the first of its kind in
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    SEREMBAN CRICKET.
    111 13 rirst Century Ut beason ay F. de Silva. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Scremban, Feb. 20. The nonour of scoring the first century in local cricket this season fell on Felix de Silva, the local State player. De Silva was undefeated with l:t-l luns t« his credit. The match
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    OUR LONDON LETTER.
    5770 14 Influenza Keeps King And Queen From Town. THE COMMUNITY TACKLES UNEMPLOYMENT. J (From Our Own Cc.rrespoiid'iit.i Straits Timks (inics, Fleet St.. -ci. Feb. 7. There is net eloubt that life is better worth living in London in spring and summer, even though we do succeed vary well
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    HITLER "SILENCED."
    89 14 Wireless Officials Cut Him Off. Stuttgart, Feb. 16. Hen Hitlei. the <\:>>.ui Premier, i- ;:<!<• an election Rpccch in the Great Mall of the Municipal b lildiag at Stuttgart on Vedaaaday. The Microphone which was broad ing the speech became niknt while th,> Qmaaalfcr w.»- speaking am! it
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      GREAT SWIMMING CONTEST.
      790 15 Women's Events. EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS AND AMERICANS. I am now at liberty to divulge the plans for what will be the Uf feature of IM an International contest lietween U.S.A. and European women champions in New York, writes W. J. Howcroft in the Morning Post. The idea has
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      SPORTING FIXTURES
      80 15 Toda). lrl>ruar> 11. Tennis at S.C.C. -Mixed Doubles L*»cl semi-final. Wednrxlay. February 22. Golf: Kenpe' C, C. Wnm»n'« FmirsoniM. Tennis at S.C.C. Mixed Doubles Level final. Thursday. February 23. Football: Chinese League: St. Matthew's Y.P.G. vs. Anton A.C., Jalun Besar. Friday, February' 24. Football: Chinese League: Siong 800
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      NEWCOMERS TO S.C.C. FOOTBALL.
      748 15 First Trial Game. PROSPECTS OF SOUND DEFENCE. Whites 2 Colours 1. New talent was brought to light in the S.C.C. football trial between Colours and Whites on the Padang yesterday. Although the former had a stronger s de, on paper, they lost by 2—l.2 1. Among
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      19 15 [The co-operation of club secretarial is faqueated in keeping tbis diarj of sporting jaol* sccurst* sad ub t* «s<«.J
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    ANOTHER INCIDENT.
    111 15 M.C.C. Involved in Tax Dispute. Brisbane, Feb. T. The arbitrators have decided in favour of the M.C.C. in the Toowoomba tax dispute. A nussafre, dated Feb. 1, stated: The holiday match between the M.C.C. and a Country Districts XI, wrhich started here today, was the scene of another
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      TAPPING HOLIDAY.
      1111 15 Three Months' Stoppage Suggested. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I beg to refer o "Malayan Planting Topics" appearing in your ir.sue of Feb. 17. Firstly, may I correct your correspondent in that I suggested a thi'.e months' stoppage, not two months only? I was quite
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      TELEPHONES.
      133 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, The value and usefulness of the telephone is such that the progress of a city may be said to depend not a little on whether or no there exists a cheap and efficient telephone service. I question not the efficiency of
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      SCHOOL RECORDS.
      187 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, In a recent issue of your paper there appeared a statement reported to have been delivered on Speech Day at the King George V School, Seremban, by Mr. R. F. Gunn. Inspector of Schools. Negri Sembilan, to the effect that
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      THERMOS FLASKS.
      108 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, In the Straits Times of Friday last a picture appeared of two boys selling iced drinks on the roadside. They were using what purported to be "Thermos Flasks." We would point out, however, that the word "Thermos" is the registered
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    UNCLE'S DILEMMA.
    122 15 Can Advise Boy But Cannot Control Him. "I can advise the boy, but I am afrai<! I am unable to manage him," said the uncle of a diminutive Chinese lad wno had been sent before Mr. H. A. Ferrer, the Criminal District Judge, to receive sentence after conviction
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    57 15 A previous conviction was admitted by a Chinese for a similar offence when he was sent up before Mr. H. A. Forrer, the Criminal District Judge, this morning from the Third Court to receive his sentence for the theft of firewood from a house in South Canal Road on Feb.
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    RIVALRY AMONG BREAD VENDORS.
    367 16 Leads to Fortnight In Hospital. Mmm competition among Hindulueail vendors resulted in or.c of th. m, Packiri. lit ing removed to the Tan Tock Beng hospital with injuries sustained in the cause of an altercation. His two assailants were produced be\lr H. A. Forrer. the Criminal
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    12,000 DEATHS.
    100 16 Toll of Influenza Epidemic In Britain. London, Feb. 17. The influenza epMeaiie wthk-h has caused thousands of deaths throughout Finland. SL.'.'and and Wales since the New Year j I M Be ins to be on the down grades only 1,809 i'.atlis nuanart last I l.'.'tto the week before.
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    HEAVY CASUALTIES.
    335 16 Fighting Between Peru And Columbia. Para, Feb. 15. It is officially announced that an ultimatum hu. been delivered to the Peruvian Forces at khe Peruvian fort of Tarapaca by Gen. Vasques Cobo commanding the 'olumbian forces. The ultimatum demands that the Peruvlanß surrender the town of Leticia. Fighting
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    PRINCESS THWARTED.
    131 16 Not Allowed to Renounce Throne. Monte Carlo. Jan. 24. The request of Princess Charlotte, the hereditary Princess of Monaco, to be allowed to renounce her rights to the Ihrone in favour of her son or daughter, 1i.., bee* rejected by the President of the National Assembly of Monaco.
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    FINE FOR STEAMSHIP AGENT.
    451 16 Immigrant Allowed To Land. Does a domestic .servanl eoaw under the category of an immigrant labourer? This was the point at issue during the hearing of an unusual charge before Mr H. A. Forrer, the Criminal l»i liiet Judge, yesterday when the agent of th« Lloyd
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    CLERICAL UNION.
    231 16 Krection of New Hall At Balestier. Members of the Clerical Union will be interested to hear that they will shortly be having the use of a commodious hall which is being elected adjacent to the Union's present club house at Balestier. The hall is a gift to the
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    HIS SWEETHEART.
    153 16 Mut Was It His Furniture Claiming that the complainant 'had been his sweetheart and that he had piovided her with money, a Chinese contested a charge of theft of two chairs and an almei'ah, which was levelled against him in the Second Police Court yesterday. Inspector Gray, of
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    RESIGNATIONS ASKED.
    157 16 Trouble In Prussian Academy Of Fine Arts. Berlin. Feb. 16. The writer Heinrich Mann, the woman artist Jaethe Koßwita and the architect Wagner have i-esipncd fiom the Prussian Academy of F ne Arts. It is state 1 that tht National Socialist commissioner tor educational and cultural matters in
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    PACIFIST ON TRIAL.
    161 16 Previous Condemnation To Death in France. Paris, Jan. 24. The military tribunal of Paris sa; today to try Henri Guilbeaux, the pacifist and revolutionary, who was sentenced by default to be shot for espionage in February, 1921. Guilbeaux was then living in Russia, where he remained for
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    FRANCE AND ITALY.
    30 16 Paris, Feb. 17. Diplomatic circles describe as devoid if foundation the wtdely-api'Oad Press rveofti that Prance and -luk -lavia have < fared Italy a common non-aggression pact. Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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    PRISON FOR JOHORE COOLIES.
    370 16 Protector of Chinese Held Up. (Proa Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahra Feb. 18. Before Capi. Nelson Jones, First Magia trate, this morning, two Hylams named Yeoh Ah Teng and Tan Ah Keng, were charged with having wrongfully confined the Protector of Chinese. Johore. Mr. r. L.
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    GERMAN AVIATION
    79 16 Important Post For Von Gronau. Berll i. rvi>. it;. The German airman Wolfgang Von (•lOliau who iin led tlv globe la-l year. i..'s Iten appointed to an ImportStftf post in the nvw federal air traffic department headed by Ooertag. Von Gronau is placed in charge of the training
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    RUBBER FACTORY GUTTED.
    363 17 Four Engines Called To Blaze. A serious Bre which completely gutted the buildings of a rubber factory in the in ighbourhood of Yeo Chu Kang Road about noon yesterday threatened serious in the residential area oi Paya Lebar. Whea the Fire Hrigade arrived on tho seine the
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    STILL IN JUNGLE.
    202 17 Distiller Caught After Stern Chase. An area of sunken ground in a small natch di jim-,'/.- off Thomson Road was being used for distiilataoa purposes by two < liinc-e on the afternoon of Feb. when levemie of appeared on the The iv.-ip men im cie-Jiately took to
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    ROAD FATALITY.
    159 17 Inquiry Into Death Of Chinese. The Singapore Coroner, Mr. F. G. Hi mine, held an inquiry this morning, into th.. death of a Chinese vho was alleged to have been knocked At Iby a cay driven by Mr. K. Scott Wa'. Romeo Motors, Ltd.. on the night of
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    FIRE ENGINE CRASHES.
    34 17 Two People Killed In Bangkok. From Oui •••spondent.) Bangkok, Feb. 20. > ceding to an outbreak crashed into m vlectric lirht Standard. Two people were killed., inrludj'nii :> policeman, and ■everal were Injured.
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    EMBARGO ON ARMS.
    60 17 Wa hington, Feb. 15. The Hi. ii! of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee ha= approved of I resolution that President Hoover lie autiiorN'. 1 to pUice as embargo on the export of anna to nations a( war sr ng war but limited the proposal and South America. The
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    DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
    298 17 Alarmed at War Prospect In Jehol. Shanghai, Feb. 20. The Diplomatic Corps in Peiping, fearing that the war in .I«;liol may involve disturbances in Peiping and Tientsin, ha? sont the Italian Minister to Shanghai to advise Mr. Ariyoshi. the Japanese Minister to China, not to aggravate the situation.
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    THE VANGUARD.
    309 17 "Honour" Declined By Manchu Generals. Shanghai, Feb. 21. The war fronts on the Jehol border were quitter yesterday and it is believed the Japanese are adopting a more caution attitude in launching an offensive due to the extensive preparations which the Chinese are making for resistance. (ien. Koishi,
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    "SHOWING THE FLAG."
    65 17 Successful Airmen To Tour South Africa. Cn.pe To-im, Feb. 17. Squadc on Lc«ilt tiayferd ond frltKhtl.ieut. Nkholettt, who mai>-ncta-atop flight from England to Soutfi Africa, will t:>ur South Africa while awaiting raecipt of the new enjri'.u- to l)c fitted before their return flight. I They will visit
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    INDIAN'S TOUR OF THE EAST.
    420 17 Brushes With Bandits In China. Ram Nath B>iswltt«, who wM formerly Bsher at the Singapore Marine Court, and who 18 months ago set out to encircle the world by foot and bicycle returned today, and paid a visit to the Straits Times office. He told
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    STOCK EXCHANGE.
    181 17 Unsettled Owing To Events Abroad. London, Feb. IG. The SL<k Exchange continued unsettled today owin? to esents abroad and with speculative interest at present almost nea-existent, Ihe markets have been more or less lifeless. Gilt-edged securities, after reacting slightly, closed tower, but foreign issues were again very weak,
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    SUNKEN TREASURE.
    127 17 Frigate Which Was Lost In 1799. Amsterdam, Feb. 16. N'ev salvage machinery, consisting of an enoimous tube with sucking pipes driven by big engines, has arrived at Terschellir.g for a new attempt to salve the buried gold frigate Lutine, which was sunk in October, 1799. while takinr£l,2so,ooo in
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    SIGNS ON AS TRIMMER.
    44 17 London, Feb. 17. With an unemployed master mariner as a trimmer among her crew of 75 exnaval men, the former White Star liner Baltic left t^ic Mersey today cm her last voyage, bound to Oaka. to be broken up. Reu^or-Wirelc's.
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    RETAIL PRICES FALL.
    47 17 Rugby, Fob. 17. On February 1 the average level oC retail prices <;f commodities wr.s approximately 41 per cent, above th» level of July, 1014, as compared with 42 per cent. I one month earlier and 47 per cent, one year earlier.— British Wireless.
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    SEQUEL TO $500,000 COPRA SWINDLE.
    609 17 Firm's Claim. JUDGMENT AGAINST CHINESiE. There was a sequel this morning in the Supreme Court to the recent $500,000 copra swindle. Before Mr. Justice Mills today the Java Sumatra Handel-maatschappij claimed $10,000 from three Chinese, Lim Teck Chye, of Serangoon Road, Thng Siang Fhuan, of
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    PARIS ISOLATED.
    67 17 Strikes as Protest Against Taxes. Paris, Feb. 20. Paris was almost completely cut off from the outer world for two hours this morning on account of the protest strikes. Telephones and telegraphs were temporal ily cut off, and transport was stopped for ten minutes -according to plan. So
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    LEPERS' AID FUND.
    41 17 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Fel 20. Despite the slump the Chinese gas) munity of Selangor has subscribed $351 in small sums for the Lepers' Aid Fund oiganised by the management of the Sungei Buloh leper settlement.
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    CHARGE WITHDRAWN.
    41 17 A charge of kidnapping against A warn: Hitam bin Shariff was withdrawn by Chief Court Inspector A. F. Sheedy thin morning on instructions from the D.P.P. Accused was thereupon discharged by Mr. H. A. Forrer, the Criminal District Judge.
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    ITALY'S CROWN PRINCESS.
    29 17 Rome, Feb. 16. It is learned from a reliable source that the Crown Princess, formerly Princess Marie Josie of Belg'um, is expecting a child. Reuter Wireless.
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    "DASHED TO PIECES."
    229 17 Inquest on Policeman Killed by Train. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taipinjr, Feb. 17. A verdict of death by misadventure was returned at the inquest held on a Malay police constable, Osman bin Badah. who was run over by a train while on patrol duty on the permanent
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    MUNICIPAL ACTION.
    76 17 Handing Over The Old Racecourse. At a meeting of committee no. 4 of the Singapore Municipal Conimi««Bion«vs it wbs rvrommended that the Commiysioner? shoul<l agree to the handing over o* the old raceoounie ft an early date. The committee approved by-laws Cor the prohibition of advertisements in the
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    FITTING YOUTHS FOR LIFE'S BATTLE.
    864 18 Trade School Uses. EDUCATIONAL BOW'S SKCOND STRING. Characterised as a second string to the educational how, the Singapore Trade School was yesterday thrown open to the inspection of the Singapore public on ch<; oecaaioa of the annual prizegiving and there were many who visited the
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    PLANTERS' STORES.
    83 18 Five Per Cent. Dividend Recommended. (Fiuin Our Own Correspondent.) Ixndon, Feb. 20. The net profit of the Planters' Stores and Agency Co., Ltd.. for the half yeai pt. .".ii was v:..7 18 against a profil of 111,222 for the corresponding perM of i'..:ti. The mount brought in is
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    PRESS WITHOUT A LICENCE.
    636 18 Indian Who Ignored Regulations. Failure on his part to acknowledge letters sent by the Colonial Secretary with respect to suitable premises for the installation of a printing press set the police making inquiries. As a sequel, a South Indian Mohammedan, trading under the name of M.
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    MR. A. M. SOARES.
    146 18 Admitted to Practise At Singapore Bar. Mr. A. M. Soares was admitted into the Singapore Bar as an advocate and solicitor yesterday, on a motion moved by Mr. V. D. *Knowles, before Mr. Justice -Mills. Mr. Knowles said the petition had been hied in the usual
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    MR. C. W. HALL.
    146 18 Funeral Yesterday At Bidadari. The funeral of Mr. C. W. Hall, whose death at the General Hospital yesterday has already been repotted in the Straits Times, took place in the afternoon at Hidaduri Cemetery, the Yen. Archdeacon Graham White taking the service. There was a large
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    ILLICIT LIQUOR POSSESSION.
    767 18 Two Appeals. DISMISSED AND FINES UPHELD. Mr. Justice Mills was engaged in hearing two criminal appeals yesterday afternoon. Both, which were agaiiut the decisions of the District Judge, Mr, H. A. Forrer, failed. In the first, which was by Ng Hin Chuan and Eng Kong Lim, the
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    103 18 Mr. H. N. Winter, manager of Rembia Estates, Malacca, will be leaving for home on Feb. 24 after 15 V 4 years' connection .with the estate, states our Malacca correspondent. Mr. Winter came to Milaya in 1914 to join the electrical department of United Engineers. In the following year he
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    NEW PREFERENCES.
    74 18 Position of Certain Malay States. London, Feb. 15. Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, speaking in the House of Commons, announced that (iovernment had invited the Protectorateis and Colonies under the Ottawa agreements to accord Canada, Australia and India new or additional preferences. All had agreed except Malta and Ceylon, which
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    CONSULATE STORMED.
    31 18 Unemployed Poles In Paris. Paris, Feb. 17. Oy^r 100 unemployed Poles stormed the Polish Convjlate when the Consul refused to pay out relief. Several ringkaders were arrested. Aneta TransOcc&n.
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    THEATRE HANDBILLS.
    81 18 Conviction Of Young Indian. Arumugan, the young Indian who had pleaded guilty before Mr. A. W. Hay the Singapore Second Magistrate, to criminal breach of trust of 2,000 Capitol Theatre handbills, was sent up for sentence before Mr. H. A. Forrer, the Criminal District Judge, yesterday. Chief Court
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    POLICE BAND.
    47 18 The Police Band will play the following program: v* at the fJotanic Gardens j tomorrow at .Vl5 p.m. Overture, ''Haydee (Auber); Descriptive, "A l>ay in Naples," (Byng) Selection. "Ta Vouchee (Yvain); Song. "Maid of MalabW" lAdnms); Selection, "Rip Van WinkV PlanquetUs) Mar- i cl-.es (Ganne).
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    SHOPS CLOSE.
    89 18 Protest Against Taxation In Paris. Paris. Feb. 16. Shops are closing throughout France this afternoon as a protest against the proposed increased taxation according to a plan arranged by the committee of economic safety. Banks in Paris will remain open and also provision shops of many traders who
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    TECHNICAL DEFEAT.
    55 18 Government Motion In House Of Lords. j London, Feb. 15. The Government was defeated in the House of Lords by '.'I votes to 20 on a private member's motion by Lord Buckmaster proposing the abolition of the Ministry of Transport but this is only a technical defeat, having
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    ARMY'S NEW WEAPONS.
    391 19 ARMY'S NEW WEAPONS. Rifle, Uayunet And Revolver. The re-arming of tin- Cavalry and Int fantry ..f 'he Regular Army, although in t immediately contemplated, k a tmt> li-i- which ,11 iM-ing pi* li'<l forward by Ofllee thn.us.Ti uxpiii lmwitw in the lichl, writes the Morning Post Hilirespondent. 1.11 .1 thi
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    FINGER NAIL "MOONS"
    251 19 Are They a Health Indication Are the finger-nails an index to the state of a person's health? The theory lia> besa put forward from time to time h rough the centuries, but recently the Paris journal "Je sais tout" has published ih" result of a systematic investigation
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    DEFENCE OF WOMEN.
    138 19 Lady Snowden And Prejudice. Viscountess Snowden, speaking at a reception in London given by the National Society for Women's Service, said it might be true that women had to do better work than men to get certain jobs. She had found that where It was a case
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    MOUNTAINS OF 'THE MOON.
    527 19 Discoveries Ironi The Air. Important discoveries concerning the Mountains of the Moon, the legendary source of the River Nile, were announced by the British explorer, Dr. Noel Humphreys, before the Koyal GeOgTSjMeal Society. One is that Mount (Je.;si and Mount Speke, two of the six snow-clad
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    SOLICITOR FAILS.
    197 19 "Lived Like a Workman To Pay His Debts." A solicitor who said that he had been living like a workman and trying to pay his debts, applied for his discharge at the London Bankruptcy Court. The discharge was suspended for six months. Applicant was Mr. James Solomon Blanckensee,
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    VISCOUNTESS FURNESS.
    104 19 Grant Of Decree Of Divorce. In the Divorce Court Mr. Justice Bateson granted a decree nisi to Viscountess Thelma Morgan Fin-ness (nee Morgan), for divorce from Marmaduke. Viscount Fnmess, residing at Bnrrough Court, Melton Mowbrav. on the ground of his adultery at the Hotel Westminster, Rue de la
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    LONDON ADVERTISING EXHIBITION.
    582 19 Solving the Problems Of Distribution. As a contribution to the solution of fho world problems of distribution, and with the aim of assisting in a practical way the development of trade between Great Rritain, the Dominions, the Colonies, and other countries, the Advertising Association is organising an
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    GIANT FLYING-BOAT.
    205 19 Pilots and a Tendency To Swerve. i "A swing t8 port was a well-known characteristic of this boat," said Squadron Leader J. H. O. Jones, captain and pilot j of the giant flying-boat which crashed in Plymouth Sound on Jan. 12, at the inquest at Plymouth on the
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    DEPUTY MURDERED.
    92 19 Police Open Fire In Sofia Square. Sofia, Jan. 24. A Communist Deputy of Macedonian origin, named Christo Traykoff, has been murdered by two unknown assailants. He i was attacked in a dark street, and four i shots were fired at him. Communists im- mediately organised a protest demonstra-
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    UNIVERSITY RIOT.
    290 19 Jewish Professor Boycotted. Berlin, Jan. 24. Breslau University was again the scene of wild disorder today when Professor Cohn resumed his lectures. Nationalist and Nazi students demand that he should be dismissed because be is a Jew. Shortly before the T Diversity term opened a plenary session of
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    BETTER TO RECTOR.
    277 19 Boy on Menaces Charge. A charge of demanding £10 with menaces from the Rev. 1 George Ilawkes Field^ rector of Milton Keynes, was heard at the Newport Pagnell (Bucks) Police Court against Henry Hartup, aged 17, of Milton Keynes, a village near Newport Pagnell. Mr. Field said
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    OLDEST JOCKEY.
    250 19 Man Who Scorned The Modern Style. Mr. John Faulkner, the world's oldest jockey, died on Jan. 25 at his home at Appleford, Berkshire, at the age of 104. Be was born on March 12, 1928, and was associated with horses from his earliest days, for his father was
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    FURNACE'S INSURANCE.
    84 19 Claim Under £1,000 Policy Being Considered. The secretary of the Britannic Assurance Co., at Birmingham informed a Press representative that a claim for the payment under the £1,000 policy taken out by Samuel Furnace had been made by the solicitors acting for Mrs. Furnace. The question of how
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    120-MILE CHASE BY POLICE.
    677 19 Attempted Hank Raid. OUTFIT FOR BURNING THROUGH SAFES. An arrest by detective* guarding a Liverpool bank after other officer) had chased suspects in a car for ulmhii r.'n miles was described at Liverpool. Patrick Joseph Murray, aged oi Park Street. Liverpool, and Joseph Russell, aged 24,
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    TRAINER'S AFFAIRS.
    228 19 v Living in Extravagant Circles." Mr. Charles Morton, aged 72, of Hove, a former well-known fitrure on the Turf, attended the Brighton Bankruptcy Court for public examination. He had tiled a statement of affairs showing liabilities expected to rank at £3,90(5, and assets £50. He attributed his failure
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