The Straits Times, 18 July 1933

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NC4JJJ.Y A CENTURY.) THE LARGEST, 'AND MOST IISFLpV^IAL NEWSPAPER EN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUKXAY, JULY 18, 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      370 1 Singapore: 78, cecil st. cphone sisi). pleasant and effective method of correcting CONSTIPATION AND ALL STOMACH y^J TROUBLES is to take jj WAMPOLE'S •AffiAGNULAA li^RJ Magnolax is a scientific combination of Sip^ss Mineral Oil and Milk of Magnesia so ££r£E^£ blended that it has a pleasant and palatable jji l^r^%
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      193 1 KUALA LUMPUR: 27. JAVA ST. CPHONE 3683) P THE SEARCH yyjflK(f IS ENDED rL fSrS^ l»y\nl? YOUR search for the ideal fabric UftJ VemliW or n^^* wear ends with the nlflis^Jfil iV^ZLf discovery of Horrockses Flannelette. IwS all material, which has the advantages j /^HI iI I wo °l» wears
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      540 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated In England.) MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL MM. Ctt UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJt-STYS GOVERNMENT. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA ANO JAPAN. Tonrcge Due Spore. ran< in WJPOg Ju'y 8 J XMHUTAN 6.000
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      609 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles. London, Antwerp Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels. lonr-sge. Due Sail. J FUSHIMI MARU 10.900 July 27 28 HAKOZAKI MARU 10.400 Aug 9 10 t TERITKUNI MARU 12,000 Aug. 22 23 HAKUSAN MARU 10.E0C Sept 6 7 lIARUNA MARU 10.400 Sept. 20 II
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      575 2 BURNS PfflLP LINE. (Incorporated in Australia.) A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY. Visit Australia in the Spring SPECIAL FIRST CLASS RETURN TARE £74 ($634.29) Special arrangements have been made to enable passengers to make the round cruise to Brisbane, Sydney »nd Melbourne via Java by the weM-known g.s. MARELLA (7,475 tons gross register)
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      523 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED (Incorporated >n Denmark.) PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA. LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From Froi-i From From Spore Malacca Port Penang Swett. ERRIA 1/8 1/8 2/8 4/8 LALANDIA 22/8 22 8 23/8 25/6 MEONIA 12/9 123 13/9 15/9 ALSIA 3/10 3/1!) 4/10 6/10 BCRINGIA
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      1198 2 THE BLUB FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO. SteamShlp Co, Ltd, and Chla- (1932) LTD. Motual Steam Navigation Co, Ltd.) THE SARAWAK STEAMSHIP CO, I.Ta THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO, LTP. THE CTNARD STEAMSHIP CO, LTD THE CniNA NAVIGATION CO, LTD. THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINE l.<t THE SIAM STEAM
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    ANNUAL MEETING OF SUEZ CANAL CO.
    1086 3 Chairman's Reply. EFFECT OF DUES ON PRICES OF GOODS. In the course of his speech at the annual general meeting of the Suez Canal Company, which was held in Paris the Marquis de Vogue, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, said: Having attained
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    FORMER BIBBY SHIPS NEW ROLE.
    816 3 Sold for £10,000. "BRITISH EXHIBITOR" TO CARRY PILGRIMS. At the end of last year it was announced that the mortgagee of the exhibition steamer British Exhibitor, which had then been laid up at Southampton for a considerable time, intended to sell her as soon as
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    ALIPORE.
    83 3 The P. and O. Alipore has left Hong Kong and is expected to arrive in Singapore at 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 22. Berth at wharves. RAWALPINDI. The P. and O. Rawalpindi has left Hong Kong and is expected to arrive in Singapore at 9 a.m. tomorrow. Berth at
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    35 3 The Messageries Maritimes Bernardin de Saint. Pierre is due in Singapore from Madras tomorrow at 6 a.m. and will probably sail on the same day at noon for Saigon, Tourane and Haiphong. Berth S.H.B. Wharves.
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    VESSELS ARRIVED.
    157 3 POELAU BRAS, Dnt., 5,669 tons, from Ooshaven 18-7. for Penang 18-7. BENARTY, Brit, 3.684 tons, from Koh Sichang 17-7, for Penang 19-7. TIDORE, Dut., 525 tons, from S. Pundjang 18-7, for Pakan Baroe 20-7. IPOH, Brit.. 723 tons, from Penang 17-7, for Penang 19-7. TUNG SONG. Brit., 156
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    132 3 Tuesnay. July 18. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive. KEPI'EL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lch. "Lady Guillemard,The Cable, Dajak. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjong Pagar. Albert Dock Soli. Victoria Dock Rigmor. Keppel Harbour. King's Dock Nil. No. 1 Dock W.
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    SIGNALS CODE.
    205 3 Is The New Pilot Flag Confusing Reference was made recently to a Board of Trade notice regarding the new -international code of signals, which comes into general use on Jan. 1, 1934. Some confusion has been occasioned in seafaring circles as to the signal flag to be used
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      370 3 £tf NORDDEUTSCHER csra LLOYD fIrWI (Incorporated la Ui'lfr/lji Germany.) The undermentioned are the company's intended fixture. OUTWARD. COBLENZ for Manila, Hong Kong, S'ghai, North China and J «P«n July 20 S SAALE for Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, North China and Japan Aug. 1 HOMEWARD. S HAVEL for Marseilles, Havre, Dunkirk,
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      900 3 ELLERMAN BUCKMLL STFAMSHIP CO. LID. (Incorporated in England.) "ELLERMAN" LINE. Freight Service to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. Via Ports and Sues Canal OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI A JAPAN. MMMai Due Spore. s.s. CITT OF NEWCASTLE Aug. I s.». CITY OF CORINTH Sept. 21 HOMEWARDS. Due Spore Sails S'porc s.s.
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      65 3 SINGAPORE WEATHER REPORT. Station Testerday Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Mm. temp. in. Sunshine temp. *F hrs. *F Alor Star 89 Nil 10.» 75 Sitiawan 91 Nil 10.5 73 K. Trengganu 89 0.16 8.7 72 Bukit Jeram 88 0.38 8.1 70 Malacca 83 0.12 1.5 73 Singapore 89 Nil 5.0
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      36 3 TIDE TABLES, Tuesday, July 18. H. W. 8.10 a.m., 7 ft. 1 in., 7.05 p.m, 8 ft. 4 in. Wednesday. July 19. H. W. 8.25 a.m., 7 ft. 4 in., 8.05 p.m, 8 ft. 6 in.
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      447 4 SITUATIONS VACANT When applying .for any position advertised in these columns send copies of testimonials. Do not send originals. WANTED, experienced Chinese cook-boy. Csntonese preferred. Apply 6GO, S. Time;. Temporary Secretary and Supervisor of Catering is required for a period of six months for leading British Club in Penang. Apply
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      727 4 f HOUSES. FLATS TO LET TO LET, 2 Nasslm Hill. Apply Meyer Broi. TO LET, 8, Oxley Rise. mod. sanitation. Annly 10, Malacca Street. TO LET CAD Eber Road off Oxley Soad Apply to 2, Eber Road or 10, D'Souza Street. TO LET, SHOP, FLAT. Amber Mansions. Apply Spore Building
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      555 4 FOR SALE One or Pair, Simmons Springs with mattress, perfect condition half price. 654, S.T. FOR SALE, c ac. Crompton Ceiling Fans, In splendid condition. A bargain. What offers 7 648, Straits Times. Jnst Received. SHOPPING BAGS ft CHILDREN'S SEWING BOXES. Made in England. Latest Fashion Shopping Bags with Zip
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      702 4 PUBLIC NOTICE LOCAL EMPLOYERS HAVING VACANCIES FOR EUROPEANS ARK URGED TO CONSULT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYMENT (OMMITTEE AT THE T.M.C.A, BINGAPORE. LEGAL NOTICeT~ IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. Suit No. 425 of 1933. In the Matter of the liatate of LOW AH
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      1043 4 TENDER SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. TENDERS. NOTICE is hereby given tfcat tenders ire now invited for the lollowmg materials oi services, and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained in the Tender Room Municipal Offices. Supply of Heavy Pipes Cast Iron Specials for period Oct. 1, 1933 to Sept. 80,
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      68 4 BUSINESS CARDS MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE. Mrs. HARU and Miss IIANA. M. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. PALAIS DES MODES No. !0. High Street I'HONE 4616. The LATEST CREATIONS in EX( I t'. SIVE GOWNS, HATS. HAND BAI.S, NOVELTIES etc., etc. All at Reasonable Prices. ORDERS accepted with I.ADIKS 1
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      180 4 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Sipgaporr Within Outside without Malsya. Malaya. Postage. Monthly 3.M 4.00 2.50 ((ujrt-rly H. 50 111 ..0 $7.50 Half Yearly $17.00 $!t.*o $15 00 Yearly $34.0* $48.00 $31.90 NOTE. Outhtation cheques should inclad.* the usual bank discount. ADVERTISEMENT RATES The charges and instructions for I.A.SSIKIKIJ ADVERTISEMENTS arc as under:—
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    STEAMER VANISHES.
    103 5 Fruitless Search For Christina Fraser A British steamer, carrying a crew of 19 men, has vanished. After planes and ships had scoured the seas for eight days, the search for the vessel, the Christina Fraser, was abandoned. Every effort has been made to locate the ship which vanished
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    £2,000,000,000 LOST.
    148 5 England's Debtors Who Could Not Pay. Sir Arthur Michael Sa.nuel, spcakint* at a luncheon of the Holborn Chamber of Commerce, declared his belief in Mr. Neville Chamberlain's ability to meet any situation which might arise at the World Economic Conference. The economic collapse, he said, had been due
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    SOCIETY DIVORCE
    112 5 Decree For Mr. James T. Pearson. Mr. Justice Bateson, in the Divorce Court granted to Mr. James Townsend Pearce, of Whitebarn Cottage, Boards Hill, Oxford, a decree nisi of divorce from Mrs. Olive Sylvia Pearce, nee Sainsbury, formerly Lady Inverclyde. He alleged her misconduct with Mr. Leopold Partridge,
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    BOYCOTT OF C.N.C.
    128 5 Seamen Reported Adopting More Drastic Measures. Canton, July 7. The Canton Seamen's Union has formed a more drastic measure aganst the vessels of the China Navigati >n Company, Ltd., following a meeting of all seamen concerned in this affair. The plan will not be announced until after
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    SHANGHAI-HONG KONG.
    105 5 Daily Air Mail Service Planned. Canton, July 7. The aeroplane of the China National Aviation Corporation arrived here yesterday morning from Shanghai via Hong Kong, Swatow, Amoy, Wenchow, etc. Passengers of the plane were given a warm welcome by officials of the Canton City Government and the Air
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    FOUR DEAD GERMAN OFFICERS.
    263 5 Found By General Seated At A Table. Gen. Sir Charles Harington, on th« morning after the brilliant operations of the Second Army which culminated in the capture of the Messines Ridge in June, 1917, "crawled into a German pill-box only to find four German officers sitting
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    BANNED IN GERMANY.
    48 5 291 Foreign Publications, But Only Four British. London, July 12. Two hundred and ninety-one foreign publications are banned in Germany at th* present time. Czechoslovakia heads the list with 74, followed by Austria with 48, France 38, United States 12 and Britain 4.— Reuter Wireless.
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      382 5 HOTELS RAFFLES HOTEL MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL Rooms with Modern Sanitation and Hot and Cold Running Water. TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE 9.30 TO MID-NIGHT GRILL SERVED ON THE LAWN. Special Daily Tea Informal Special Dollar Lunch Dances Dinner Dances Dinner Dances A La Simpson Kv tT y MoIH j ay> Every
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      250 5 PLATE LESS ACCUMULATORS Already the plate-less, doublecapacity accumulator has mostly superseded present-day -'plate" typei —by next season, bat- AA jjoi tery-users everywhere Q|| AMp will go over completely to the "accumulator cC 75 of new day." GENERAL DATA Twice the capacity per Ib. weight, due to (1) elimination of gtida
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      27 5 RAFFLES CAFE THY OUR SPECIAL $1.00 TIFFINS TONIGHT'S CONTINENTAL SPECIAL $1 HOLSTEINER SCGNITZEL, SPINACH LEAFS SAU 1 POTATOES (Crumbed Veal Cutlets). UNDER EUROPEAN CHEF'S SUPERVISION. PHONE 5381.
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      177 5 SINGAPORE RADIO TIME TABLE. By Our Expert. SINGAPORE (Radio Service Co.)— Metres 49.9 Mon., Wed., and Thursday 6.15 to 8.30 p.m. Sun. 11 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. KUALA LUMPUR— Metres 48.92— Sun.. Tues. and Fri. 7 to 9 p.m. BANDOENG— Metres 53 M— Daily 6.30 10 p.m. PARlS— Metres 19.66—
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      402 5 MALAYAN A.RS. KUALA LUMPUR. Today's Programme. Z.G.E. 48.92 Metres 7 p.m. Columbia Records. DX 305 Selection- -Cavalcade Debroy Somers Band. Reg-Zono MR 85.» Songs— Look What you've done— Songs In the moonligXjt Edna Clare. Reg-Zono MR 867 Organ Solo Have you ever been lonely Organ Solo There's something about a
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    AIDED A PRINCE TO ESCAPE.
    383 6 Death Of Former Attendant. The sensational escape of the Egyptian Prince Ahmed Seif-Ed-Din, from Ticefcurst, Asylum, near Hastings, to the Continent is recalled by the death in iospital of William Pilbeam, a former •ttendant at the asylum. Pilbeam in 1925 accompanied the Prince to the
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    EGG BOMBS.
    244 6 Used By Police In War On Car Bandits. Secret experiments, with a view to securing a perfect egg bomb for flinging •t flying bandit cars, have been in progress for some time. Chemical experts and Scotland Yard officers have, it is now claimed, discovered a coloured fluid and
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    RECTOR'S FAST.
    118 6 Crowds Contribute £150 In Two Days. Until a debt of £200 on St. John's Anglican Church, Albany, Western Australia, was liquidated, the rector, the Rev. A. E. White, decided to fast throughout in church and conduct intercession services at 7 a.m.. 10 a.m., and 8 p.m. He started
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    LADY RAVENSDALE.
    89 6 Broken Romance Of Lovely Peeress. The Daily Express (London) understands that the marriage arranged between Lady Ravensdale, eldest daughter of the late Marquis Cursor of Kedleston and one of Britain's wealthiest and most beautiful women, and Capt. Miles Graham, son of Lady Askwith, will not now take place.
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    BRITISH AIRCRAFT.
    309 6 Supreme In Spite Of Higher Prices. British aircraft and aero-engine manufacturers have out-distanced all competitors and established world dominance with their exports, gaining a substantial lead over their nearest rivals, the United States manufacturers, in spite of the fact that their prices are often higher than those of
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    COAST SINKS.
    251 6 Astronomer's Amazing Suggestion- The amazing suggestioi. is made by the Government Astronomer of Western Australia (Mr. H. B. Curlcwis) that the western coastline of that State has recently sunk 20 inches The suggestion is based on an extensive alteration in the level of the transit instrument at Perth
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    AGRANULOCYTOSIS.
    264 6 Girl's Death from a Rare Disease. I Agranulocytosia, a rare disease of the blood, was stated to have caused the death of Catherine Jane Dudley, aged 18. of Queensland Road, Holloway, on whom an inquest was resumed by the City Coroner following her death in St Bartholomew's Hospital on
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    NAZI CONGRESS.
    31 6 Berlin, July 13. The annual congress of the National Socialist Party will take place this year at Nuremberg at the beginning of September, according to press reports. Aneta-Trans- Ocean.
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    RUBBER ACTIVE ON STOCK EXCHANGE.
    265 6 Falling Off In Demand For Metals. London, July 12. On the Stock Exchange today, with liquidation by weak holders apparently ceased, confidence was renewed and the general tone wan good, the chief features being the revival of strength in recent industrial favourites especially rayons. Wheat
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    AUSTRALIAN SUGAR.
    142 6 Estimate of 562,000 Tons For 1933. A preliminary estimate of the 1933 sugar crop in Australia shows that the probable production will amount to 562,000 tons of raw sugar. Of this amount I 337,000 tons will be required to meet esti- mated Australian consumption. Producers are chiefly concerned
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    CAR MAGNATE SHOT.
    162 6 Started Life at $16 A Week. Mr. Albert Russell Erskine, C2-year-old President of the Studebaker Automobile Corporation, was found dead at his South Bend (Indiana) home on July 3 with a revolver beside his body. He is believed to have committed suicide. It is thought that Mr.
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    SCOTLAND YARD.
    191 6 Teleprinter To Link Up All Police Forces. If experiments, now on the way to completion, are successful, Scotland Yard will soon be in direct communication with every police force in the country. Two Government Departments, th; Home Office and the Post Office, have been working in secret to
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      96 6 AS GOOD AS GOLD Ml the VALUE is in Hie GOLDEN LEAF. The Rich Golden Leaf used in the perfection of Wills 's GOLD FLAKE Cigarettes is matured and prepared the Wills 's way— WA^ the way that is exclusive to this L^ famous name. It is ripe >H|P\ mellow
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    BILATERAL PACTS.
    36 7 New York, July 14. Bilateral trade pacts with the United States are being discussed with representatives of Paraguay, Uruguay, Spain, Portugal, Czechoslovakia, Holland, Belgium and Persia, according to a State Department announcement. Renter Wireless.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    191 8 Rubber Advances Again. TIN STILL FALLING IN LONDON. flty Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Tuesday. Today's Prices: Rubber, 14 11/16 cents per Ib. Tin. Singapore price $108 per picul. Gold, £6 4s. 3d., no change. Yesterday's Prices: Rubber, London, 4 7/16 d., up 9/16 d. New York, 9*g
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    66 8 Noon, July 18. K.S.S. equal to London Standard: Buyers. Sellers. Spot (loose) ..14 11,16 14 13/16 (F. 0.8.) 15i !t 15<4 Standard R.S.S. on Tender: Buyers. Sellers Aug.-Sept. 14', 14% Oct.-Dec. 14 13/16 147/ 8 Jan.-Mar. 15 1,16 15»/ 8 Tone of market: Quiet uncertain.
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    PRODUCE.
    183 8 Singapore, July 18. Gambier 4.50 (Cube) No. 1 unpicked 7 Copra 3.P" mixed Sago flour, Sarawak White Pepper 26.0.1 Black Pepper 1 Pearl Sago 4.5.'. im medium 6.00 No. 1 125 catties gross 3.85 No. 2 125 catties gross 3.80 Rice Siam $160 to 180 Saigon $137 to 150
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        MINING.
        432 8 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers Sellers. £1 £1 Asam Kumbang 29/30/6 £1 £1 Austral Malay 5/- 5/- Ayer Hitam Tin 1 1 Ayer Weng £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 1 1 Batang Padang 1 1 Batu Caves £1 £1 Chenderiang 1 1 Hitam Tin 1 1 Hong Fatt 5/- 5/- Hong
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        GENERAL.
        282 8 Issue vfal. Pd. Buyers Sellers. 2 2 Alex. Brick Ord. nom. 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 1.05 1.15 El £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 5.7.6 5.12.6 10 5 British Malaya Trustee 5.30 5.45 El £1 Con. T. S. T.« Prefs. 23/- 24 cd. El £1 Con. T. S. Ord. 21/-
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        128 8 Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 105 110 nom. Singapore Municipal 4'/ 2 p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 104 108 nom. Singapore Municipal 4Vs p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 104 108 nom. Singapore Municipal 4 p.c. of 1913 red. 1963 $2,000,000 100
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        377 8 Today's Prices Fraser Lyall Evatt Co. Allenby (?1) 0.75 0.85 0.70 0.80 Alor Gajah ($1) 0.60 0.70 0.55 0.65 A. Hitam ($1) 1.00 1.20 1.00 1.20 A. Kuning ($1) 0.15 0.20 0.15 0.20 A. Malay ($2) 1.15 1.30 1.10 130 A. Molek ($1) 0.60 0.70 0.60 0.70 A.
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      EXCHANGE RATES.
      205 8 The following are the exchange rates this morning, according to the daily circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Ltd.: SELLING. London, 4 months' sight 2/4 1/8 London, 3 months' sight 2/4 3/32 London, 60 days' sight 2/4 1/16 London, 30 days' sight 2/4 1/32
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      EXCHANGES.
      91 8 Rugby, July 15 Foreign exchanges are: Amsterdam 8.27 Athens 585 Brussels 23.92 >/2/ 2 Belgrade 247 Va Berlin 13.97i/> Bombay 1/6 8/88 Bucharest 565 Buenos Aires 42 official. Copenhagen 22.40 Geneva 17.25 Helsingfors 226 2 Hong Kong 1/5 9/32 Lisbon 110 Madrid 39 15/16 Milan 63 3/16 Montreal 5
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      NORTH AUSTRALIA.
      67 8 Two Chartered Companies To Develop Vast Tracts. Canberra, July 14. The Government has approved the proposal for the formation of two chartered companies to develop tV- vast uninhabited tracts of Northern Australia. The grant of the charters is conditional on the companies maintaining the "white Australia" Policy. Legislation
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      AIR MAIL.
      46 8 Air Mail from Java. Mails from Batavia and Palembang by aeroplane are expected at the General Post Office, Singapore at 2.30 p.m. today. The Air Mail Karachi London dispatched by 8.8. Karoa on June 30 was delivered in London on July 17 (18 days).
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      15 8 From Holland and Germany, by Christiaan Huygens, due at Singapore 11 a.m. today.
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      40 8 Dr. Ho Pao Jin, manager of the Over-sea-Chinese Banking Corporation, Ltd., in Malacca, is leaving next mont for China on holiday. He will be succeeded by Mr. Teo Beng Wan, who is at present with the head office in Singapore.
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      47 8 Mr. John Nelson, Supervisor of public relations in the head office of the Sun Life Assurance Co., of Canada in Montreal, has been- elected president of Rotary International for the year 1983-84. Mr. Nelson is to visit Japan, China. Malaya and India during his term of office.
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    236 8 Mm, Ji.va, South-West Sumatra, SoutliKaat Borneo. Celebes, Moluccas and Timor Dilly (Christian Huyuens) Batavia, Semarang, Sourabaya end Australasia (excepting Western Australia) (Nieuw Holland) Bangkok (Hydra II) ..I p.m. Siam (except Lower Siam) (Kamuning) ..3 p.m. Bengkalis, Labocan Bilik Tnntljong Balei (Ketch) 3 p.a, Sciat Pandjang, Bcngkulis. Sink,
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    34 8 By Karagula Tulisse Slamnt Kaisar-I-Himl Johnn de W itf Left Arrd. Spore l.ni.ii:.n June It July 19 June 15 .'uiy 10 June l'J July UJ June n July 17 June H
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    COMPANY RESULTS.
    172 8 Sungei Sayong Rubber Co, Sold. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 17. North Labis (Johore) Rubber and Produce Cj. Ltd., has purchased the Sungei Sayonp Rubber Co., Ltd., fur 200.91 fully paid el shares. The Caledonian (Selangor) Rubber Cm, j Ltd.. has announced a loss for the yiar
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    D.E.I. TRADE.
    94 8 Japan Ousts Holland As Largest Supplier. London, July 13. Japan las ousted Holland from the position of the largest individual supplier to the Dutch East Indies, said Major Cripps, presiding at the anr..al meeting ot the British Chamber Commerce Committee to the Dutch East Indies He added that
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    US. TRADE.
    48 8 Roosevelt Negotiating In South America. «7 t w Washington, July 12. With the object of establishing new trade relations, President Roosevelt has opened negotiations with various countries, up to now mostly South Am;ruan countries, including tha Argentine, Chita and Colombia and also with some Scandinavian countries.
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      91 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Wednesday. July 19. Rotary Tiffin. Dr. E. C. Manson on "Th« Use of Electricity in the I'ractice of -Medicine, 1 Adclphi Hotel. 1 p.m. Police Band. Katnnc Park. 5.15 p.m. Friday, July 21. Police Band, Waterloo St., B. IS p.m. Tuesday, July 25. Police Band, Telok
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      WORLD CONFERENCE PROBLEMS.
      906 9 Pessimistic Start MORE ACHIEVED THAN WAS EXPECTED. r rom Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 22. Opinion in London was unhopeful, even cynical, before the opening of the Economic Conference, but at the end of the first week it was decidedly more optimistic. With preliminaries cleared, difficulties were
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      NOTES ON HOME INVESTMENTS.
      644 9 Railway Shares. INCREASED DIVIDENDS UNLIKELY. (From Our Own —^pondent)' London; June 22. The home railway market begins to estimate dividend prospects at this time of the year. In the past the market has had to expect substantial reductions in the payment on one class of stock
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      COTTON TRADE NOTES.
      636 9 Uncertainty Prevails. OVERSEAS INQUIRIES FOR PIECE GOODS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Manchester, June 21. Conditions of greater uncertainty have prevailed in the Manchester market during the past week. Raw cotton prices have kept relatively steady with a tendency on certain days to move on to a higher
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      THE LONDON TIN MARKET.
      950 9 Pool Holdings. WHAT IS SCHEME OP. RELEASE (From Our Own Correspondent.)', Lo: lon, June 21. The mporary setbac'- y.IL-.c;sc in prices was due mainly prof.t-taking induced by ."ears that the American dollar and sterling .ere .at to be stabilised, Co. n mentioning the fi^.-e as $4.05
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    AMUSEMENTS
    114 10 Singapore. ADELPHI HOTEL Special Violin Recital by N. Chapiro 9.15. ALHAMBRA Where Is This Lady? With Marta Eggert. 6.16—9.15. CAPITOL Marilyn Miller in Her Majesty Love. 6.15—9.15. EMPIRE. TANJONG PAGAK Dr. K. With Fay Wray A Lionel Atwill. 7— 9J5. GREAT WORLD Cabaret Flag Lieutenant A Tonight at Twelve.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1933. NEW SCHOOL FEES.
    913 10 Opposition to the higher school fees to be adopted in respect of new pupils enrolled in the English schools of the Colony and the Federation next year is gathering strength, especially in Singapore and Penang, and it is very
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    THE GOVERNOR.
    70 10 H.E. the Governor and Lady Clementi left Penang on Sunday for Ak>r Star, says our Penang correspondent. At night they attended a dinner given by Mr. Hall, acting Adviser, Kedah, and Mrs. Hall at the Residency. On Monday a garden party was held in their honour, officials and
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    MR. TEOH KON MOH.
    82 10 The wedding took place on Sunday, says our Penang correspondent, according to the -old style, of Mr. Teoh Kon Moh, the well-known owner of race-horses, (including Punkawalla, the Gold Cup winner of last year,) and Miss Ang Bee Tin, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
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    SELANGOR COUNCIL.
    76 10 The new regimental Colour of the Selan'gor battalion, F.M.S.V.F., was displayed outside the Federal Government building yesterday morning, when a guard of 50 men of the Malayan Volunteer Infantry under Lieut. Fairbrother paraded for the ceremonial opening of the Selangor State Council. H.H. the Sultan (writes our Kuala
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    NOTES OF THE DAY
    864 10 A HOLLYWOOD PROBLEM. Experience has taught us that it is dangerous even in Malaya to offer ar.y comment on the subject of the position of Jews in Germany. There are among readers of <he Straits Times a number of people who feel very keenly on the
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    TODAY'S SPECIAL ARTICLE.
    1331 10 i THE CRISIS IN THE THEATRE. Throughout the world the theatre has of recent years been experiencing a severe crisis, mainly as a result cf the coming of the sound film and the economic depression. In this article Herr Ladislaus Mnrkus, manager of the National Theatre, Budapest,
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      25 10 In loving memory of my darling daughter, £Sr*4M?fi3: Gottiieb) wh Sack a on* do I remember Whom to look at wai to love.
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    MR. ROOSEVELT'S STRIKING APPEAL TO AMERICANS.
    998 11 HONEST WORK THE BEST. v Something for Nothing A Destructive Creed. $220,000,000 SUIT. Mr. Andrew Mellon Clears j His Name. New York, July 16. President Roosevelt, in a strikir.T broadcast speech, declared that too many Americans are seeking to gain money with the least
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    HEAT WAVE FIRES.
    177 11 Immense Damage Done In Scandinavia. Oslo, July 13. The exceptional heat v. aye under which llie Scandinavian countries have been sweltering for the last few days has now reached its greatest intensity in Norway, a record temperature of 107 degrees Fahrenheit having been registered in Oslo, which
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    CANTON-SWATOW RAIL.
    87 11 To Be Completed In 5 Years At Cost Of $40,000,000. Canton July 6. The planning committee of the CantonSwatow Railway proposes to complete th« Canton-Swatow r lway in five an at a total cost of $40,000,000. It is also proposed that the new line will be linked up
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    SHANGHAI WAR ECHO.
    86 11 Home At Honam For Disabled 19th Route Soldiers. Canton, July 7. Another contingent of 82 disabled soldiers of the 19th Route Army have arrived here from Shanghai will enter today tae home of disabled soldiers at Honam ■üburb. This home was constructed especially to accommodate the mained
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    STREET FIGHTING.
    58 11 Strikers And Police Clash In Canary Islands. Madrid, July 14. Severe street fighting between strikers and troops is reported from Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, during which many people were severely wounded. Troops finally succeeded in restoring order and the strike, which had been declared as a protest
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    PETROL MADE FROM COAL.
    118 11 4d. a Gallon Preference. £7,000,000 PLANT TO BE ERECTED. London, July 18. The Government's offer of a guaranteed preference of 4d. per galle for ten years on petrol manufactured from coal, shale or peat, will contribute greatly to put the coai industry on its feet. This
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    KING PU YI?
    103 11 Monarchy Wanted In Manchukuo. Changchun, July 18. The enthronement of Mr. Henry Pa Vi, Chief Executive, as King of Manchukuo is considered very probable following reports tha* the majority of a commission appointed to draft a constitution for the sew State are in favour of the establishment
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    GANDHI SNUBBED.
    175 11 Viceroy Again Refuses Interview. l'oona, Ju'.y 17. I The Viceroy has replied to Mr. Gindhi's request for an interview, pointing out that there is still no question of the Government bargaining with Congress unless the civil disobedience is withdrawn on Congress' own initiative. As Congress is unwilling to
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    WARNING TO OTHERS.
    90 11 How Nazis Deal With Enemies Abroad." Berlin, July 14. A new method of "defending Nazi Germany from the attacks of its enenv-s abroad," has been inaugurated by the arrest of five relatives of Herr Scheidemann, a former Socialist-T "'ocratic Chancellor, by secret police. Herr Scheidemann, who scaped
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    DOUBLE-WAGE EARNERS.
    86 11 Being Gradually 'Weeded Out In Germany. Berlin, July 12. Double wage-earners are being gradually weeded out of Germany, and the Saxon Government as a beginning has ordered the Ministry of Justice henceforth to employ women only when th.y are compelled to keep either themselves or re' tives. In
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    FOREIGN LEGION.
    61 11 Gun Explosion Kills Six Members. Rabat, July 12. Six members of the Foreign Legion were killed today by an explosion of a mountain gnn in the course of a successful attack by the Legion on Assif Mellul in the great Atlas. The Legion troops consisted of 30 infantry
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    RICHEST MAN IN BRITAIN.
    524 11 Sir J. Ellerman Dead. HOW HE BUILT UP HIS VAST FORTUNE. London, July 17. The death of Sir John Ellerman, Britain's greatest shipowner, occurred at his home in South Audley Street, Mayfair today at the age of 71. Reuter. Sir John Ellerman's fortune was estimated at
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    HUSBAND HOAXED BY "HOT GOSPELLER."
    190 11 Seeks Divorce for "Mental Cruelty." Los Angeles, July 17. A suit for divorce against Sister Aimee McPherson has been filed by her husband. Mental cruelty is advanced by Mr. Hutton in his suit, in which he alleges that Aimee had made bis married life ridiculous
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    WORLD CONFERENCE.
    204 11 Work of Liquidation Begins. London, July 17. The liquidation of the World Economic Conference began this morning when the sub-committees met to consider whether it was possible to draft any recommendations or to recommend postponement owing to the stabilisation deadlock. The Japanese circulated a protest on the system
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    LEAGUE COMMITTEE.
    110 11 For Co-operation With China. Paris, July 17. Eight countries, Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Norway, Cze< hoslovakis. Spain and China, will be represented on the committee recently appointed by the League of Nations to co-ordinate technical co-operaticn between the League anJ China. The first meeting will be held
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    EXPELLED EDITOR.
    145 11 Question Again Raised In Commons. London, July 17. j The case of Mr. Simpson, was raised i ~»in in the House of Commons by Mr. Thorn is Williams (Lab., Dou Valley), in reply to whom Capt. R. A. t tfden, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, referred lo his
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    NELSON'S LOG BOOK.
    71 11 Lord Wakefield's Gift To The Nation. London, July 12. Lord Nelson's person: 1 log book, with the last entry written by him before the Battle of Trafalgar, has become the property r' the nation and will be preserved in the British Museum. The logbook, recently acquired by
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    M. LITVINOV.
    71 11 Passing As M. Under At French Spa. Paris, July 13. The secrecy, which has been shrouding the whereabouts of M. Litvinov since his visit to Paris last week, has been lifted by Le Petit Parisien. The papier reports that the Russian Foreign Commissary is staying at the French
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    FREEMASONS' HOSPITAL.
    148 11 King Opens New £335,000 Structure. London, July 12. j The new Freemasons' hospital, descrio ed as being the most modernly equipped institution of its kind, was opened today by His Majesty the King, who was accompanied by the Queen. The hospital cost £335,000 and is situated near Hammersmith.
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    THE AREAS.
    57 11 Greek Training Ship Visits Constantinople. London, July 13. The Times reports that the Greek training ship, the Areas, with 80 cadets on board arrived yesterday in the port of Constantinople, where they were cordially welcomed by the Turkish authorities. This is the first official friendly visit of a
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    INVASION OF MANCHUKUO.
    1845 11 Town Captured and Two Warships Sunk. CHARHAR DISPUTE. Clash Between Nanking Feng Imminent. Shanghai, July 18. A large anti- Japanese Volunteer army, equipped with heavy artillery and anti-aircraft (tuns, has crossed the Manchukuo frontier from Siberia. After defeating the frontier guards, the Volunteers advanced along the Sungari
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    ANOTHER CONSTABLE SHOT IN POLICE STATION
    310 12 GLANCING BULLET JUST MISSES PRISONER IN LOCK-UP Shortly after 5.30 yesterday afternoon, a Malay constable was shot at close range by a comrade, armed with a rifle, in the corridor of the New Bridge Road police station. The injured man is in a critical
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    HAPPY FACES.
    269 12 Anglo-Chinese School Prizegiving. The annual prize distribution of the Anglo-Chinese Secondary School took place in the Chapel Hall at Caimhill on Friday Among the visitors were Mrs. Tong Lao, .wife of the Chinese ConsulGeneral, Dr. Lim Boon Keng, Mr. Scow Poh Leng, Miss L. McLaughlin and many old
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    SO MANY PEOPLE.
    163 12 Who Are Good And Who Are Wicked? "There are so many people in this World. Can you recognise who are good and v ho are wicked?" said AH bin Yusop, an unusually tall Malay with no money, no employment ar.d no fixed abode, to th- detective who
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    ROTAN & REFORMATORY.
    127 12 ROTAN REFORMATORY. Chinese Boy Who Stole $340 From A European. Lim Ah Teh, the 14-year-old Chinese remanded for sentence on July 12 on pleading guilty to stealing |SM from a Dutchman named H. G. Koiiir, in a house in Waterloo Street, wa.- MBlMnd to ten strokes of the rotan and
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    S.V.C. ROUTINE ORDERS
    69 12 The following range allotments are republislit.il for information: Buses will leave headquarters: L'J.T i.'t— At 2 p.m. "C" Coy. Table "A", Bukit Timah Range, "E" Coy Table "A" Farnr Range. 7.30 a.m. "C" Coy. Table •A" Bukit Timah Range, "E" Coy Table •A", Fairer Ranse. A; 2
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    CAPITOL.
    78 12 For Oshkosh Rather Than Singapore. An occasional flash of really good comedy saves "Her Majesty Love,'' the new Capitol offering, from complete fail, re, but it is never more than very moderate entertainment. This film, starring the (tiresomely) winsome Broadway musical-comedy actress, Marilyn Miller, is another six or en
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    ATTEMPTED MURDER.
    96 12 Charge Against Singapore Police Constable. A Javanesf polic- constable named Rasiman bin Haji Hussain was produced before Mr. M. H. Blacker, the Third Magistrate, this morning, and charged with the attempted murder of Abdul Manap in the New Bridge Road police station by shooting. Mr. A. C. Cunnyngham-Perdriau,
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    TRIPLE TRAGEDY.
    95 12 Policeman Shoots Two And Then Himself. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, July 17. Verdicts of suicide on Arjan Singh and murder on Baga Singh and a Tamil youth named Navaretnam were returned by the Coroi er, Mr. H. C. Willan, at the inquest here today on the three
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    SIR. L. SAMALDAS.
    152 12 Well-known Indian's Visit To Singapore. A largely attended tea party was held yesterday afternoon at Mount Washington, Pender Road, in honour of Sir Lalubhai Samaldas, C.S.E., J.P., chairman of the Bombay Life Assurance Co., Ltd. Mr. R. Jumabhoy, the Singapore representative of that company, was the host.
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    COAT CATCHES FIRE.
    65 12 Driver Of Motor-Car Which Also Was Blazing. (From Our Own Correspondent Malacca., July 17. There was much excitement outside the Molucca resthouse yesterday when a stationary motor-car caught fire and the dr.ver was seen struggling .o take oif his coat, which was also on fire. The fire
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    POLICE INSPECTOR AT ASSIZES.
    598 12 Amendment To Causing Death Charge. Charles Blundell Wood, a police inspector attached to the Singapore Traffic Branch, was arraigned before Mr. Justice Cobbett and a special jury in the Assize Court yesterday, charged with causing death by a rash act. Before the case was proceeded with
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    CATHEDRAL MUSIC FESTIVAL.
    575 12 Wonderful Pilgrimage. HOW SINGAPORE WILL TAKE PART. In the Crystal Palace, London, on July 21, there will gather together from all parts of the British Isles, and indeed from some of the Colon.es and Dominions men, boys, and women comprising members of the choirs of the Church
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    EUROPEAN WOMAN ON THEFT CHARGE.
    247 12 Alleged To Have Taken Cushions From Shop. A European woman, Mrs. Sylvia Campbell, appeared before Mr. J. F. F. Gregg, the Singapore Second Magistrate, yesterday to answer a charge of the theft of two cushions preferred against her by an Orchard Road shopkeeper named Aw
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    WOMAN TERRORISED.
    171 12 Alleged Gangster On Two Charges. Alleged to be the same man who, on Feb. 5, 1931, walked into a house in Beo Lane with a knife and set upon the inmates and later escaped, a Chinese named Lim Keap See was produced before the District Judge, Mr, H.
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    SAILORS' INSTITUTE.
    229 12 Good Show By H.M.S. Herald Concert Party. A large gathering of seafarers from almost every deep sea ship in port witnessed at the Sailors' Institute last night a merry entertainment by the H.M.S. Herald concert party. In stoker Arundell, Stoker Totter and L. S. Wales the party had
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    MUAR FLOODED.
    44 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Muar, July 16. Muar has had a very wet week and there were floods on Friday morning, a most unusual occurrence Jalan Mariam, Jalan Haji Abu and Jalan Bentayan were affected most. Jalan Bentayan was impassable to vehicles.
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    A PAHANG TIGER
    52 12 A tigress, which was doing much damage to cattle near Maran, midway between Kuantan and Jerantut, was shot by a Malay of Lebu Paku a few niglit3 ago. It was shot after it had killed a buffalo and the carcass was brought to the Kuantan police station
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    UNATTENDED BICYCLES
    61 12 (From Our Own Currespoi !ent.) Teluk Anson, July 16. The police here are paying particular a -'ntion to cyclists who leave their bicycles unattended. A batch of offenders was brought up in court yesterday and fines totalling over $100 were imposed. Dr. Lim Boon Keng will speak on
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    Town And Country In Malaya.
    803 12 TWO SNAKEBITE DEATHS IN ONE YEAR. A SALARY of $12 a month and a cash security of $100 are the terms of Kuala Lumpur vacancy for a jaga. That the heavy premium recently paid for Straits tin has "practically disappeared" is a notable statement in
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    DUTIABLE TOBACCO.
    142 12 Two Chinese, Lim Cheng Hong and Lee Cheng Piak, were produced in the First Magistrate's Court yesterday charged with possession of 160 Ib. of dutiable tobacco found by revenue officers in a motor-car in Church Street. Mr. C. O. Lim appeared for both acHis Honour: Was the tobacco
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    ONLY ONCE IN EVERY FOURTEEN YEARS
    897 13 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WANGKANG PROCESSION On the tenth day of the tenth Chinese mom, Kwi Ye\ year, which is Nov. 27 next, there will take place in Malacc a religious festival, the Wangkang ceremonial procession which occurs only at intervals of between 12 and
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    ROBBED IN STREET
    101 13 Bank Messenger Who Was Carrying $268. Kamachand-a, the young Ceylonese expoliceman who, a fortnight ago, pleaded guilty to tricking the police of a pair of handcuffs end subsequently attempting tj hold up a bank messenger carrying $700 in a moving tram, appenred again before Mr. H. A.
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    MR. S. SHUNMUGAM.
    95 13 Admitted An Advocate And Solicitor. Before the CVV Justice (Sir V, alter Huggard) in the Supreme Court yesterday Mr. S- Shun.T.ugam was admitted as ar advoca c and solicitor ot the Supremo Court, S S. Mr. M. C. Johnncs, moving the petition, said Mr. Shur.mupram was called
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    MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE.
    462 13 Hahang Planter Goes Horne New F.M.S. Legal Adviser Mr. Leonard's Air Trip Visitors to Fraser's Hill The Kuala Kangsar Durbar. Viscount R. De Bondy, of Raub. Pahang, ha* left for homt on leave. Mr. Harry J. Baker I>M returned to Singapore after an up-country shooting trip. Mr.
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    NEWS OF MALAYANS AT HOME.
    770 13 The New G.O.C. TEE GARDEN PARTY AT HURLINGHAM. (.From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 29. Two Service appointments of great interest to Malaya were announced recently, that of Maj-Gen. E. O. Lewin, C.8., CMG., D.5.0., p.s.c, h.p., to take over the duties of G.O.C, Malaya
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    SCHOOL FEES.
    61 13 In view of the fact that the proposal to increase school fees will primarily affect the middle classes, including those engaged in clerical services, the Clerical Union is taking immediate steps on behalf of its members to consider what action should be taken. The public affairs committee of
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    WOMAN OVERBOARD.
    35 13 Charlotte Mielke. a 33-year-old German woman, travelling from Antwerp to Shanghai was )o?t overboard from the m.v. Formosa while the vessel was in the Straits of Malacca on her voyage here from Colombo.
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    YOUTH'S CAREER OF CRIME.
    445 13 Fourth Sentence Though Only 20 Years Old. Two prison sentences, one in 1930 and the ether in 1931, and a sentence of two years in the reformatory when he was but 15, is the record of a 20-year-old Chinese youth named Tim Leng, who appeared before
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    Military Team's Whirlwind Finish In Malaya Cup Match At Malacca. MALAYA COMMAND'S FINE WIN AT MALACCA.
    1746 14 THREE GOALS IN LAST EIGHT MINUTES. (From Our O\.-n Correspondent.) M-'^cca 2; M. Command 5, Malacca, July 17. The Command proved too good for the all-Chinese Malacca side when they met in the postponed
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    MAJOR LEAGUE RESULTS.
    684 14 Week-End Results. WASHINGTON LOSE TO ST. LOUIS. New York, July 17. The following were the results of baseball games today: National League. Boston 2 7 0 Chicago ..1 !0 2 Berger homered for Boston. Boston 1 7 0 Chicago 3 11 0 New York 0 9 0
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    UNKNOWN WINS BIG TOURNAMENT.
    129 14 Southport Professional's Fine Golf. Porthcawl, July 14. The Porthcawl £750 golf tournament was won from a class field by John Burton, an unknown professional of the Hillside course, Southport, with rounds of 71—67—79—75=292. In a gale of wind he broke the record for the course with
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    FOOTBALL TEAMS.
    47 14 The following have accepted to play football for the S.C.C. against the Government Monopolies today: R. Mclntosh Whyte; f. Lee and A. PI :.ne; C. J. Bernbroke, D. Alexander and T. Robertson; J. K. Gale, S. Kirk, C. T Owen, N. Fyfe and E. King.
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    113 14 Today. July 18. Football: S.AJ.A. Div. I: Malays vi. S.R.C., Jalan Besar; Div. Ill: Marine Kept. vs. Medical Services, Anson Road. Wednesday. July IS. Football: S.A.F.A. Div. II: Police vs. Medical College Union, Anson Road; Div. Ill: Abattoir S.C. vs. Chinese, Jalan Besar. Thursday, July 2». Football: S.A.F.A.
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    COMMERCIAL CUP MATCHES.
    335 14 Elmer Scores Three Goals| For Bramtoco. The following were the results of Commercial Cup matches played yesterday: Bramtoco 4. Hong Kong Bank 2. (on S.H.B. Ground.) A.P.C. 4 Govt. Monopolies 2. (at Jalan Besar Stadium) Post Office 2 Mansfield's 0. (at Geylang Stadium.) Bramtoco undoubtedly deserved their
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    SELANGOR WIN.
    67 14 Inter-State Postal Football Match. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, July 15. In an inter-State football match between the Postal Departments of Selangor and Negri Sembilan, played at Seremban today, Selangor were too good for the home side and won by six goals to one. The scorers were Ahmat
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    IMPORTANT LEAGUE GAME TODAY.
    305 14 Malays vs. S.R.C. ONLY TEAM TO DRAW WITH CHAMPIONS. One of the most importa.-.t matches of the season will be play >d today at Jalan Besar when the S.R.C. will be opposed to the Malays in the First Division. The Malays, who are the reigning champions,
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    LOCAL BOXING
    112 14 Bud Walley To Meet Graham Again. Aircraftsman Graham and Bud Walley have signed articles to meet on Auk. 11 over 12 three-minute rounds for a purse and a sidestake of $100. The contest is subject to the approval of the Board of Control. Bud Walley's hand has now
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    TROUBLES IN K.L. TEMPLES.
    634 16 Hindu Endowments. GOVERNMENT ASKED TO ASSIST. (From Our Own Corre.spondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 17. A public meeting of Hindus of the F.M.S. was held at the Town Hall, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday to consider the desirability of requesting the Government to provide an enactment for safeguarding
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    MR. TOWERS FAILS.
    180 16 No Registry of Servants In the F.M.S. Mr. A. C. J. Towers, of Ipoh, wrote to the Chief Secretary to Government recently advocating the registration of servants. Mr. Towers has now receivsd the following letters from the F.M.S. Government: "With reference to your letter dated May 2C,
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    51 16 For stealing a pair of shoes from the driver's seat of a Joliore Bahru lorry standing in Rochore Road, a Chinese Tumeii Keng Ah Whatt who had two previous convictions was sentenced to 10 months' rigorous imprisonment and one year's police supervision by the District Judge, Mr. H. A. Forrer.
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    OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE SUMMONED.
    292 16 Judgment Given in His Favour. Judgment was given in the Supreme Court today by Mr. Justice Mills in the case in which Mrs. Rachel Ezekiel summoned the Official Assignee in connection with an order of the court for him to pay cost.-, of an unsuccessful motion against
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    DEATH SIGN.
    349 16 Strange Inscription On Wedding Invitation. Evidence of the strange behaviour of a Malay police constable was a feature of the inquest begun yesterday by the Coroner, Mr. F. G. Bovine, on the man, Mohamed Noor, who was killed when ho fell 30 feet from the third storey of
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    IRON BAR AS WEAPON.
    72 16 Prison For Tamil Who Hit Another On Leg. The Assize trial, before Mr. Justice Cobbett and a common jury, of two Tamils, Jaganathan and Supramaniam, concluded yesterday when they were both unanimously fpund not guilty of armed robbery. Supramaniam, however, was found guilty of voluntarily causing
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    SECRET SOCIETY.
    65 16 Assault On Man Who Would Not Pay. The refusal of a coffee shop coolie, named Song Cheng Kwatt, to accede to a demand for subscription to a secret society led to an assault on him by five others. Later a 19-year-old Chinese was charged with attempted extortion before
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    58 16 A variety entertainment is to be held on Thursday, Aug. 3, in the St. Andrew's School Hall in aid of the Tamil Church workers. Among those taking part are Madame Dietz, Miss Elizabeth Brett, Mesdsmes Millard and Smith, Monsieur Grimbert, Messrs, Gurney, Caunce, Airey and Vincent, Miss Daphne Hoisington and
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    U.S. NAVAL PLANS.
    228 16 Japan to Enter Building Competition? Moscow, July 3. Commenting today on America's programme of naval construction, Izvestia declares that the Japanese press is fairly close to the truth in construing this programme as evidence thtt the hopes of lessening Japano-American antagonism, engendered by the advent to power
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    DAIREN PEACE TALKS.
    156 16 "Second Step Of Chiang's Entente With Japan." Peiping, July 7. According to a reliable source from the Legation Quarter, the Dairen conference marks the second step of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek's alleged "entente" with Japan. A tentative agreement, which has been drawn up between the Chinese and the
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    NAZI "TRAITOR."
    66 16 Found Riddled With Bullets. Berlin, July 18. The body of a "traitor," riddled with bullets, was found on the railway line near Frankfort-on-main. He was a former Na?i, who, in 1932, had produced documents purporting to reveal what the Nazis would do to their opponent: when they obtained
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    WHEAT AGREEMENT.
    113 16 European States Not To Increase Acreage. London, July 12. The four great wheat-producing countries, the United States, Canada, Australia and the Argentine, on one side and the Danube States on the other, have just arrived at a provisional agreement in London whereby the European States undertake not to
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    CURRENCY INFLATION.
    69 16 Opposed By Argentine Finance Minister. Paris, July 18. Havas reports from Buenos Aires that the Finance Minister will make a declaration before the Senate immediately that the Government opposes the motion submitted to the Senate advocating currency inflation, since this would ruin the credit of the Argentine Republic
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    GRAN CHACO WAR.
    48 16 Bolivian Stronghold Falls 600 Dead. Asuncion, July 12. The Bolivian attack on Nanaua Francia, was repulsed by 'he Paraguayans, who organised counter-attack on Gondra, where they captured the Bolivian's chief defensive position. Considerable quantities of war material were captured. The Bolivians lost 600 dead. Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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    ASSASSINS HONOURED.
    39 16 Berlin, July 18. Two ex-officers, who murdered Herr Walther Rathenau, the Foreign Mir*ster, in 1922 and then committed suicide to avoid capture ha"c had a tablet erected in their memory on the spot where they died. Reuter.
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    Sporting News.
    470 16 AL RIVERS DOES BADLY. Against Boy Nara. TAKES TEN ROUNDS TO WIN. The stadium at the Great Eastern Park was well patronised on Saturday night when the Penang Boxing Syndicate presented a programme of six fights two main events and three amateur contests. The amateur fights saw the
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    EMPIRE GOLF TROPHY.
    108 16 Ceylon Player Wins After A Tie. Walton Heath, July 12. The 36-hole bogey competition for the British Empire Trophy at the Lucifer Society's meeting today was won by N. K. Gamett of Ceylon, who was scratch, by three up, after a tie with Lieut.-Col. Munton, of India,
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    SELANGOR GOLF.
    136 16 Marked Improvement In Medal Scores. The scores for the Class "B" Medal, played at the Selangor Golf Club, during the week-end were a marked improvement on those recently returned in similar competition-, and resulted in a runaway win for A. B. Walton with a nett 68, seven strokes
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    PENANG BISLEY.
    111 16 Keen Competition In Women's Event. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penan?, July 17. The women's rifle event arranged in connection with the Penang Bisley meeting;, which had to be postponed owing to rain, took place yesterday although it rained again. Eighteen competed with the result that an extra competition
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    BADMINTON.
    425 16 Singapore Championship Tournament. The following were the results of the ties played during the week-end in the Singapore badminton championship tournament: Open Singles Championship. Wee Eng Siang beat Charlie Chua, 15 12, 15—9. Tan Eng Tee beat Beng Tian View, 15 8, 15—8. Ang Whatt Kirn beat Tan Soo
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    THE "BARREL-ORGAN" PHONES TO GO.
    306 17 Old Handle Type. STILL FOUND IN MANY BUSY AREAS. The antediluvian telephone is doomed. The Post Office has decided to abolish every surviving examplt of it, and is sorting immediately with 35 important exchanges in all parts of the kingdom. I This museum-piece of the
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    MASS WEDDING.
    178 17 Fifty Men Say I Will" At Once. "I>o you 50 bridegrooms agree tal:e t ii women From the stentorian throats of 50 uniformed Nazis standing rigidly to attention with their brides at their sides came the shouts of "Ja.' It was the first great Nazi mass wedding demonstration,
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    " BORED WITH LIFE."
    147 17 BORED WITH LIFE." Father's Suicide Near Sons' War Graves. Etaples, July 3. A man believed to be an Englishman was found shot dead on the banks of the Canche River here yesterday morning. An automatic pistol, half empty, was by Viis s'de, and a box of ammunition, with eight cartridges
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    FATAL SEARCH.
    118 17 Man's 300 ft Fall To Death. Private Alfred Pettifer, of the 2nd Royal Sussex Regt., stationed at the Crand Shaft Barracks, Dover, was killed when fell 300 feet down the cliffs at I.ydden Spout, half-way between Folkestone and Dover. It is believed that Peltlfer, who had hoen in
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    KWANGTUNG FACTORY LAWS.
    528 17 Stringent Regulations Now In Force. Canton, July 6. The provincial regulation of factory establishi.ient has been promulgated by the South-West Political Council and is wow effective with respect to all factories in the iSouth-Westorn provinces. The text of the regulation follows: 1. The term "factory" used herein
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    SOVIET-RAIL DECAY.
    210 17 SOVIET- RAIL DECAY. Open Confession Of Failure. The decay into which the Soviet railways are falling was admitted recently in a frank decree signed by M. Stalin and M. Molotoff. In the hope of stopping the rot the railway system is virtually to be handed over the contril of "political
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    LAWSUIT EXPERIMENT.
    120 17 Chimpanzee To Act Before Judges. Pierrot, the chimpanzee, whose miladventures in a "desert isle" film have been recorded, duly came up before the Tribunal of Prud'-hommes of the Seine. The suit is for alleged breach of contract. His appearance aroused keen sympathy among the audience. After listening to
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      369 17 Did Mr. Wilcoxson Lose The Straits Tin Premium? To the Editor of the r.raits T Sir,— l have read Mr. Arthur H. Miles vigorous if not very convincing! eulogy of Mr. J. H. C. E. Howeson, and it is obvious that, in his eyes, the old phrase "The King
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      LIMITATIONS OF A BALANCE SHEET
      471 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times, Sir, Within the last few weeks the price of tin and rubber have been on the upward trend and brokers, speculators and "the man in the street" are full of excitement at the buying and celling of speculative
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      "GERMANS LIVING ABROAD.
      120 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, In your issue of Saturday last a list of Germans living abroad is published, giving for Switzerland the enormous figure of 2,800,000. I quite agree with you when you mention that the German-speaking Swiss have of their own free
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    PARROT'S SWEARING STARTS LAWSUIT.
    231 17 What Little Girl Heard— And Repeated. Closely following an action for breach of contract in which a chimpanzee is concerned, a lawsuit is shortly to be heard in Paris in which the plaintiff is suing for 25,000 francs damages (about £200 at part) from the owner
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    TO SAVE FRUIT.
    135 17 Ladybirds Rushed To Tanganyika. A contingent of 100 "ladybirds" have been rushed by aeroplane to the seat of an insect war now being waged by the scientific department of the Government j of Tanganyika. The contingent was loaded at Pretoria and landed at Moshi at the foot
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    ON TREK AT SEVENTY BELOW ZERO.
    437 17 Reindeer Herd. 1,800 MILES TO NEW HAME. Marauding wolves, Arctic blizzards, and fawning fatalities carried off 1,000 head of the original 4,000 reindeer that set off with trained Eskimo and I-app herders toward the end of 1929 from the West Coast of Alaska on
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    INSECTS AND THE EMPIRE.
    571 18 Fija:ht Against Pests. HOW MILLIONS MAY BE SAVED. Hundreds of thousands of the nungvies. tolonists Britain has ever sent abroad are shortly to tmigra:e from a manor bouse near Windsor with orders to Make the foes of England. Be sorry you were boni." The Imp?rial Entomological
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    TOO FEW BABIES.
    296 18 German Nation Becoming Senile? Dr. Frick, the Reich Minister or the Interior, recently expounded a whole progrnmme of legislation to th». Committee on population ana race questions in Berlin which he hi.s set up in his Ministry. He painted a black picture of the futuie of the
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    £14,500 FOR FIRST FOLIO.
    559 18 A Shakespeare World Record. Keen bidding between American dealers was responsible for a new world's auction record being set up at Messrs. Sotheby's June 3C, for a First Folio Shakespeare, isoued U 1623 at £1. This belonged to t'.o late Earl of Rosebery, and was sold
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    GERALD AMES DEAD.
    299 18 Lived 17 Years With Broken Back. A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest at Westminster on Mr. Gerald Ames, aged 52, the actor of Park Mansions, Knightsbridge. His widow stated that he suffered from muscular tremors, which affected his gait, so that when he
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    HEADMASTER'S SUICIDE
    78 18 Found Hanging In Room At School. At an inquest at Ulverston on Mr. John White, 47, headmaster of the Senior School, it was stated that he was found hanging in his room at the school by the rector of Ulverston. He had made two attempts to sever arteries
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    MR. COCHRAN TO GO TO HOLLYWOOD.
    431 18 For Fox Films. PLAN FOR EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT. Mr. Charles B. Cochran, one of the pillars of the English theatre has been captured by Hollywood, though this must not be taken as implying that he has said good-bye to the stage, writes Campbell Dixon in
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    LONDON ZOO.
    435 18 Barking Toad From Brazil. The birth recently of three tiger cubs at Whosnade Park is noteworthy, since, unlike lions, these giant caU very seldom breed in captivity. The London Zoo can boast of haviTip bred tigers on only two occasions in thj whole course of >ts history in
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    PETITION TO KING.
    53 18 Women Urging Reinstatement Of Disgraced Doctor. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 15. More than 260 women patients of Dr. Burthwhite, who was struck off the Medical Register in November last year for maintaining secret and improper association with a married woman patient, have petitioned the King,
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    FATE OF GUNMAN'S BLONDE WIDOW.
    408 18 Desperate Fight Before Flat Tragedy. Detectives who declare that they are well on the trail of the murderers of Mrs. Alice Diamond, widow of Jack Diamond, I the notorious bootlegging gangster, have] come .o the conclusion that a quarrel and I a desperate fight preceded
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    "A GRIEVOUS WRONG."
    263 18 Judge's Protest Against Salary Cuts. Famous judges had a few things to say about the cuts in their salaries at i the dinner given by the Lord Mayor (Sir Percy Greenaway) at the Mansion House i recently. Mr. Justice Avory said that within the last two years
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    PLOT TO KILL POPE.
    190 18 Clue To Vatican Explosion. Police search for the perpetrator of the St. Peter's bomb outrage has led to the I arrest of a suspect a man said to be of Levantine origin travelling with a Spa.iish passport. A man was seen to take to his heels
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    DIVES FORTY FEET FROM SHIP.
    251 18 Stowaway Makes Daring Bid For Liberty. A daring bid for liberty was made by a young German stowaway, Fritz Kreuwr, who dived from the Mariposa as the vessel was i aving the harbour. He reached the shore and after being taken lo a home by
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    HISTORIC CHAPEL.
    142 18 May Become Dance Hall Or Public Houee. The fate U the most histo; yan chapel in Devonshire is in the balance. It is to be sold by auction in a few weeks time, and then-perhap. dance-hall, public-house, or even demolition 't all flcj>»nds on the ftney of whoever
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    OUR LONDON LETTER.
    5979 19 The King To Spend The Winter In The Mediterranean? LONDON WILL NOW "TRAVEL ASHFIELD." (From Our Own Correspondent.) Straits- Times Office. Fleet Street, Z 5. LONDON, at this moment, is an excessively unpleasant city in which to live. Its temperature is about 86* in the shade, and
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    S.V.C. ORDERS.
    102 19 Programme of Drills up to and for week ending July 23, are: Tuesday, July 18, 5.15 p.m., MackenzieBukit Timah Roads, "A" (M.G.) Coy., Demonstration; 5.15 p.m., Headquarters, Armoured Car Section, Section Parade; 5.15 p.m. Headquarters, "C" (Scotti h) Coy., L.G. squad 30 yards R.nge; 5.1", p.m., Headquarters, 2nd
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    WIMBLEDON TENNIS
    138 20 Air Mail Pictures L R. STOBFFEN (U.S.), beaten in the men's singles by Cochet (France), 3— 6. 6—l, 6—3, 6—l. (Planet News.) J. BOROTRA and Miss Betty Nuthall on the centre court. (Planet Newt). MRS. HELEN MOODY, once again the women's singles winner. (Planet News) MISS HELEN JACOBS
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