The Straits Times, 9 August 1935

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA, 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1935. PRICE 10 CENTS. The straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST J, 1935. PRICE 10 CENTS
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      198 1 SINGAPORE: 140, CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471). GET A STUDEBAKER AND GET A Champion BRINKMANN CO GRANGE RD. Forty Billion Hours of Dependable Performance! The I. G. E. Monitor Top refrigerator now has a Combined total T^^mA #i'jl' m venience of domestic refrigeration *^*J»^B^^^BiSr with an I. G. E. machine. Motiels
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      154 1 two more articles of unquestionable value obtainable at ROBINSON'S during their annual HSAT F B6%i2NsbbH9b! INSTANT JUICE PRESS i^^fejlfe^ FOR QUICK EXTRACTION HHBIII[ BB iaBBBBBBBBBIHHKi^H!li aBBBBBBBBB IHHKi^H!l OF JUICE WITHOUT PULP r»^«-^m».t- from l.mes. lemons. PORTABLE BEVERATOR ORANGES ETC.. ETC. IDEAL FOR PICNICS ETC. WILL KEEP DRINKS ICF COLD FOR
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      53 1 KUALA LUMPUR 26. JAVA ST. CPHCNE 3683>. Daisy lor I BOUQUETS BASKETS WREATHS. I'll. me 4097 15. ORCHARD ROAD. I (Amber Mansions.) DON'T BE mm jDk tIJ E_J t? *zAm\ ndicj NO FINER WHISKY GOES INTO ANY BOTTLE SOLE AGENTS JOHN LITTLE dC?,L T INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR,
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      582 2 SITUATIONS VACANT When applying for any position advertlsrd In these columns send copies of testimonials Do nof. send originals. WANTED Smart Salesman for China ard Olas* Department. Previous experience essential. Write Box 507, Stralte limes. WANTED Smart Salesman for Provisions and Cold Storage Supplies. Chinese preferred. Previous experience essential. Box.
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      811 2 BOARD RESIDENCE Vacancies at "Lloyd House.'* 2 Lloyd R4. Cool airy rooms. $20-$5 O. Excel, full board. $45. plain $25. 11, St. Nicholas Flats. 8 CLAYMORE HILL. Large rooms, bathrooms attached, mod. san. Tel. 6697. BELLEVILLE, 15. Scott* Road. Phone 4274. Large Sc airy rooms. Priv. Verandah, mod. san. P.G.
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      869 2 PUBLIC NOTICES IMPORTANT NOTICE New experimental bus route starting today. Thomson Rd. junction Balestier Rd. to Merchant Rd. and vice versa serviced by SINGAPORE BLUE BUS CO. Buses leaving each terminus every 5 minutes. Fares from 3 cents onwards For full particulars refer to handbills. Charters mdertakea at cheap rmlea,
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      620 2 AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE of Valuable Freehold b Leasehold Singapore Properties. To be held at the saleroom of Messrs. Cheonp Koon Seng It Co., Ltd., No. 30, Chulia Street. on WedJHMday. Ang. 14, 1935. at 2.3* p.m. Lot 1. Valuable freehold land and hotisr No. 535, Balestier Road, Singapore, area
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      720 2 AUCTION NOTICE IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. Suit No. 490 of 1934. Between 1. CHEE SWEE CHENG, t. KOII ENG WATT. 3. WALTER WILLIAM BOYD Plaintiffs, and THE ESTATE TRUST AGENCIES (1927) LTD.. Defendants. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE of valuable 999 years' leasehold rubber Estate
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      379 2 BUSINESS CARDS. E' 4 MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGB Mrs. HARU and Mis* HANA 60, WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. FIGARO'S PERMANENT stay PERMANENT, for SB-$10— $15 only. Highly Trained Eare*eaa bpctte many yean experience In attendance RAFFLES HOTEL (Room l? 0) and at 93 Bra* But Road Phoac 288 S.
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      176 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Within Ouwide Without Malaya Malaya Postage MonthH :t.M «-50 Quarterly S 8 60 $IZM 7-50 Half Yearly $17.M $Z4.M $15.00 Yearly $34.»« S«S »3«00 Not*.— Outstation cheque* should Inctade tbt usual bank discount. ADVERTISEMENT RATES Tbe rharces and instructions for CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS are as under:— 25 cents
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      591 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated hi England.) MAIL. PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL 8. N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Due. Tonnage Spore. RANPURA 17.000 Aug. 1' BURDWAN 6,070 Aug.
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      576 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. (Incorporated In Japan) TO LONDON. Naplea. Marseille*. London. Antwerp. Rotterdam and Mtddlmbroogh. Vessels Tonnaee Due Sail HARUNA MARU 10,500 Aug. 21 1 f KATORI MARU 10.000 Bept. 4 5 I KASHIMA MARU 10,000 Sept. 18 19 t YASUKUNI MARU 12.000
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      637 3 I y jEm 1.1 nl PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. BANGKOK LINE. Luxurious, One Class Motorshlps. Most Cabins have adjoining private bath. Excellent Cuisine. rOB GENOA. LONDON. ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. Prom From From From Spore Malacca Port Penang M.S. Sham ERHIA 20/8 20 8 21/8 23/8 I.AI.ANDIA 17 9 17
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      187 3 YOUR TRIP TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA on large fast steamers £71.12. Twist Class £107.5.2 Ist. Class ROUND THE WORLD EASTBOUND VIA AMERICA RETURNING VIA SUEZ. £117.4. Tourist Class £163.5.2 Ist. Class Above fares Include Ist and or 2nd class fam )n any Line from Singapore to Hong Kong. Sec yoi'r
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      1212 3 Slllf I INCi, THE BLUR FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Hua Khlow Ste*m*hlp Co (1932) LIX Steam Shin Co. Ltd.. and China Mutual The Cunard White Star Ltd. Steam Navigation Co.. LM.) The Sarawak Steamshlo Co.. Ltd. The Straits Steamship Co. Ltd. The Australian Oriental IJne Lid. The China Navigation Co..
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    72 4 Mulls Irom Europe (Amsterdam) ox- 1 peeled tomorrow by air (Netherlands! delivery ■ncertaln. Mails from Australia, i«etherlaii:ls Indies etc. expected tomorrow by iiu delivery to boxhjlders a.l 3 :!i) pin General delivery 4.05 p.m. M..iLs from China and Japan oy Muni tomonow. Ina and Japan by Arabia Maru
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    CABLE TRANSIT TIMES.
    56 4 The transit times on full rate Telegrams from Singapore to London yesterday were as follows— i Mi-drams handed In up to 5.00 p. 1.1. 6 mm. I'rlcgrams handed In up to 5.C0 p.m. 4 mln. [Vlegrauia handed i n up to 6.00 p.m. 5 mln. handed in
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
      109 4 Friday, Aug. 9. Ships alongside the Wharres or expected to arrive. KEPPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lch. Lady Clifford Lch Alert. Oil Wharf H.M.S. Herald. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. I -lij.il l P...-U-Sheers Wharf NU. Albert Dock Nil. Victoria Deck Bulan. Keppcl Har+KKir Klr-g's Dock
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      299 4 Today. Hone Kong (Kutsang) 2 p.m. Japan (Kutsang) 2 pm China, (generally) Holhow (Kutaang) 2 p.m. Trengganu (generally) Besut, Dungun, (Mahldol) 2 p.m. Java, South West-Sumatra, SEflst Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas It T. Dlily (Pbuicius) 2.30 p.m. Muntok (Planclus) 2.30 pm. Soengel Llat (Plancius) 2.30 pm. Belawao Medan
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      BERNARDIN DE ST. PIERRE.
      33 4 The Bernardin de St. Pierre is due here from Pondicherry on Tuesday at 7 a.m. and will sail on the same day at 1 p.m. for Saigon, Tourane. Haiphong.
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      PORT HEALTH.
      417 4 Cholera In Madras And Calcutta. Health bulletin of the League of Nations Eastern Bureau for the week pnded August 3: Rangoon and Colombo have again this week notified the presence of human plague, the former port reporting two cases and the latter one case. Rangoon has also notified
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      GIANTS APPETITE.
      116 4 Light on the oil fuel consumption of the French liner Normandie was given by M. de Malglaiv, Managing Director in London for Cie Generate Transatlantique, and the originator af the building of the liner, when addressing the Oil Industries Club in London. Under full power, when developing about
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      LANDSLIDE IN PANAMA CANAL.
      30 4 Panama. Aug. 8. Heavy rains have caused a landslide in the Panama Canal near Cucaracha. Traffic is not yet impeded but dredgers are standing by. Riuter.
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      NOTICE TO MARINERS.
      54 4 A message received from H.M.S. Herald yesterday states that as a result of re-survey the red buoy marking the three routhren banks in the North Klang Strait has been shifted about 2'i cables to the north-east. The position now is 9.8 cables 0.87 degrees from Tanjong Saranglang
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      CLEARANCES
      43 4 Aug. 7: Proteus, Henrlk, Toulouse. (Nor.); Chlfuku Maru (Jap.); Qustav D'rlchsen (Dan.); Claus Rickmers (Ger); I poh. Aeneas. Rahman (Brit); Reynst, Tabian, Poelau Tello, Talang Akar (Dut.) Aug. 8: Cremer, Tidore (Dut); Kedah, Kola, Karapara, Jeypore. Sin Kheng Seng, Gemaa Jerßntut (Brit).
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      MONEY ORDERS.
      76 4 The rate of exchange for the issue and payment of M >ney Orders is as follows: On India and Ceylon issue Rs. 153 5100. On India and Ceylon payment ils. 155=1100. On China: Amoy $100 Chinese currency =$69 Straits, Canton $100 Chinese currency $69 Straits (as for Shanghai),
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      584 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated m P.M. 8. 1 LLOYDS AGENTS:BOOKING AGENTS. f-M.S. RLVS. AND 81 AM STATES RAILWAYS. TELEPHONE: Freight MM— Pasaatr Wit CANADIAN -XTT^TwMsl^sßcT~~~~ l^s»» Lf A M JL (Incorporated m England) THE -EMPRESS' ROUTE offer* TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES tU HONOLULU ar a»*et BMPRCBB to VANOOI VLR— ACROSS CANADA by
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      450 4 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STFAwemp CO.: MD. llarorpmtH la KB<Uj»d| -ELLEKMAN- LINE. FOR HAVRE. LONDON. ROTTKKUAM tt HAMMUKG. Via PorU and Sacs Canal. Atao trorUni Cargo lar Canadian and American ports *te Colombo l ue Sails +CTTT OP .>RAN AUf 14 Aug 19 CITY OP BALISBURY Aug 30 Sept 3 Crr OP
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      59 4 TIDE TABLE. tridajr. Aug. 9. H W. i a in.. 6 ft. 8 in.. 6 p.m. 8 ft 2 in. L.W. 10 23 a.m. 5 ft 3 In.. 12. 15 midnight 3 It. 5 in. SatarrUy. Aog. K. U. W. 7.37 a.m.. 6 ft. 6 In.; 6.13 p.m., 8 ft.
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      309 4 SINGAPORE WEATHER REPORT. Stations Yesterday Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Mm. temp. ins. Sunshine temp. *F hrs. *F West Coast. Alor Star 89 Nil 6.1 74 Butterworth (P.W.) 90 Nil 5.7 72 Sitiawan 92 NU 6.7 73 Bukit Jeram 90 Nil 6.1 72 Malacca 86 0.37 3.1 72 Inland Kuala
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    CUBA AND BOLIVIA FACE CRISES.
    172 5 War-Ruined Nations Difficulties. La Paz, July 28. The short-lived Government which signed the armistice with Paraguay, ending the Gran Chaco war, suddenly resigned today. The resignation of the Government has come at an* unhappy time, for negotiations for peace are still proceeding between the ex-enemles.
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    NEW VICEROY.
    126 5 "Has To Crowd Two Days Work Into One." The appointment of the Marquess of Linlithgow to succeed Earl of Willlngdon as Viceroy and Governor General of India next April Is approved without distinction of party. It is described as a "singularly happy choice." The Daily Telegraph says: "Every
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    CHEKIANG GOVERNOR FOR CANTON.
    112 5 Abolition Of The South- West Councils Sought Shanghai. Aug. 8. Another attempt is being made M effect a Nanking-Canton rapprochement. Gen. Huang Shao-hsiung. Governor of Chekiang. arrived in Shanghai on Tuesday from Chcngtu. where he has been conferring with Gen. Chiang Kaishek, and left by steamer
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    APPALLING FLOOD HAVOC IN HUNAN.
    55 5 37,000 People Drowned Huge Crop Losses. Nanking. Aug. 6. Thirty -seven thousand people were drowned in the Hunan floods, which totally inundated 14 districts and partially Inundated 23 other districts, states a message from Gen. Ho Chien. the Governor. Crop losses total $294,600,000, the message
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    GEN. CHIANG'S ATTITUDE UNCHANGED.
    77 5 Nanking, Aug. 8. An Interesting statement was made by Oen. Chiang Tso-pln. Chinese Ambassador to Japan, to Nanking press representatives yesterday. "Gen. Chiang Kai-shek's attitude towards Japan is unchanged." the Ambassador stated. "If Japan Is sincere, we are willing to maintain and improve relations with her."
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    TRANSPORT IN AFRICA.
    87 5 Italy Builds Roads In Her Colonies. Paris, Aug. 7. Discussing Italian arrangements for supplies in the African Colonies In the event of war breaking out. the Italian Minister for the Colonies, in an interview with Le Journal, states Italians In the last six months have accomplished more
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    42 5 Queen Wilhelmina (left) and Prince ss Juliana who are on holiday in the Loch Earn district, Perthshire, Scotl and. This is the first time since the death of the Consort the Queen dressed in travelling clothes instead of in white mourning dress.
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    A PEIPING SECRET SOCIETY FOILED.
    172 5 Signals Conveyed By Street Posters. Peiping, July 23. Well-informed quarters believe that the Peiping police have taken a big step towards the prevention of activities on the part of plain-clothes men here, as the result of a raid, last night, on the house of a
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    RICKSHA COOLIES' DEMANDS.
    155 5 Sequel To Shooting In Shanghai. Shanghai, Aug. 6. A serious affray between Annamite policemen belonging to the French Concession and a large mob of Chinese ricksha coolies which ended with ten coolies being serious'.y wounded, took place this morning. Ricksha coolies numbering about 40.000 struck this morning,
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    LUANCHOW INCIDENT.
    59 5 Hopei Conducting An Inquiry. Pelping. Aug. 6. Martial law has been proclaimed at Luanchow, scene of the murder of Col. Liv Tsu-chow, chief of the Luantunz Peace Preservation Corps. The Hopel Government has sent Mr. Jen Chu-chlen to conduct an Inquiry into the case. The Japanese military is
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    BUBONIC PLAGUE IN FUKIEN.
    44 5 Foochow, Aug. 8. Scores are dying dally from bubonic plague in the Lungyen district, Fukien Gen. Chiang Ting-wen, the Fukien military leader, has wired to the Nanking Health Department to send experts to combat the plague. Sin Chew Jtt Poh.
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    GEN. CHIANG RETURNING TO NANKING SOON.
    29 5 Gen. Chiang Kai-shek will shortly return from Chengtu, Szechuan, to Nanking, according a message from him received in the capital— Sin Kuo Mln.
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    COLONIAL OFFICE APPOINTMENTS.
    42 5 It Is announced that Mr. C. J. J. T. Barton, senior assistant Colonial Secretary in Kenya, has been appointed the Colonial Secretary at Fiji, In succession to Mr. A. W. Seymour who is now Colonial Secretary, Trinidad.— Britlah Wireless.
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    BIG ARTILLERY CHANGES.
    151 5 Light Brigades To Be Mechanised. An important reorganisation of the artillery of the Field Army is announced In a recent Army Order. The King has approved the conversion of the Ist, 2nd. 3rd. 4th and sth Light Brigades, Royal Artillery, into mechanised Army Field Brigades, Royal Artillery.
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      259 5 HOTELS f- MALAYAN PREMIER HOTEL J TONIGHT COCKTAIL DANCE 6.30 to 8.15 p.m. DINNER DANCE (informal) 9.30 to midnight and BIG CABARET SUCCESS THE AMAZING CONTINENTAL ACROBATIC AND ECCENTRIC DANCERS ERIC AND GERDA Late of PALLADIUM LONDON. SCALA BERLIN, EMPIRE PARIS, ETC. APPEARING NIGHTLY NON-DINERS Si .oo RAFFLES CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA
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      249 5 SURPRISED TO FIND SHE WAS SLIMMER Due to Taking Kruschen for Backache She wouldn"t boiieve it but the acal \s Insisted! You see she did not tuke Kruachen Salts with the idea of riding herself or that supcrflous lat. She had backache and that wos what she was treating. This
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    55 6 A library containing most valuable material for the study of the Far Eastern region has been opened for general use in Vladivostok. The library contains about 40,000 volumes, a great number of manuscripts of Buratian tales embodying ancient Information about the region, and full sets of Far Eastern newspapers beginning
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    FASHIONS SENT BY PHOTO-RADIO.
    118 6 PARIS HATS SEEN IN NEW YORK. New York. July 27. Women in Paris, London and New York discussed the latest "at designs almost simultaneously yesterday after they had been revealed by leading Paris milliners. Sketches of new models made when the autumn collections were shown to
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    MANCHU EXTRALITY TO BE ABOLISHED.
    215 6 S.M.R. Zone Taxing Power Given To Changchun. Osaka, July 26. The transfer of taxing power In the South Manchuria Railway zone to Manchukuo early next year, at the latest, as the first step in the abolition of extraterritoriality in the new State, was predicted today
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    ATTACK ON HITLER IN U.S. CONGRESS.
    101 6 Mr. Dickstein Calls Fuhrer; "German Madman." Washington, July 25. Mr. Samuel Dickstein. of New York, in an address before the House of Representatives today, demanded that the proposed reciprocal trade agreement with Germany should include safeguards for United States citizens in Germany. uring his
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    NAVAL LIMITATION.
    259 6 U.S. Reception Of British Speech. The speech made by Sir Bolton Eyr>*s Monsell. First Lord of the Aci nilralty, in the House of Commons ennouncing that the British Government had abandoned all hope of maintaining the principle of naval ratios which formed the basis of the Washington and
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      97 6 Tune in the World! with a centurion 10 tube RADIO ENJOY FOREIGN RECEPTION. Sole Agents, Malaya: SEOW KUAN COMPANY, OHOBY GHAUT. SINGAPORE. THE WORLD AT YOUR FINGER TIPS WITH A WESTINGHOUSE 8 TUBE ALL WAVE MASTER RECEIVER You will marvel at the clearness of the speech, the brilliant treble and
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      751 6 FULL BROADCASTING PROGRAMMES FOR MALAYA. 8.8.C. PROGRAMMES. TODAY. Transmission 2 C2O p.m.— 9.05 pju. G.S.F. 15,140 kc/» (1H.82 m.) and G.S.G. 17,790 ke/» 16.8G m.i 6.20 p.m. Big Ben. An Organ ReclUl by Ernest W. Maynard, relayed from Bath Abbey. 6.50 The BBC. Dance Orchestra, directed by Henry Hall. 7.20
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      611 6 wich Time Signal. The News. 12.05 Dance Mif-ic contd 12.20 ajn. Close down. TUESDAY. AUG. U. Tmimntisliiii 5 6.20 aja. Big Ben. "Into the Enemy's Camp." A. story by Herbert Jay. 8.40 Popular Ballads. Gladys Rlpley (Contraltoi and James Topping (Tenor). 7.10 Sports' Talk.* 7 JO Greenwich Time Signal 7.25
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      540 6 PHOHI-HOLLAND. 7.50 p.m. Station F.H.I. 17,755 kc/s 116.88 at.) TODAY. 7.50 pjn. Opening Announcement. 8.00 Records. 8.05 "Our children in Holland." Talk. R. 20 Records. 8.30 Violin recital. 8.15 Records. 8.50 News from Holland. 9.05 Violin recital (contd.) 9.20 Records. 9.25 Talk. 9.40 Electrical transcriptions 9.50 p.m. Close down. TOMORROW.
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      411 6 SINGAPORE. Station Z. n. 1., Singapore.— Wavelength 49.9 metres. Owned and operated by Radio Service Co., of Malaya 1934, Ltd.. Broadcast House. No. 2. Orchard Kd.. Singapore. SUNDAY, AUG. 11. 11 a.m. -1.30 p.m. Recorded music. MONDAY, AUG. 12. 6 p.m Recorded music. 6.45 News bulletin supplied by Straits Times.
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    EXPELLED SQUATTER.
    378 7 Appeal By Singapore Rubber Estate Manager. Mr. Justice W. Burton, the acting Chlel Justice, reserved judgment in an appeal argued before him in the Siiißaporo Supreme Court yesterday by Mr G M. Coltart on behalf of Mr. A. L B Swum?. who was recently fined $50 in the
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    SCULLY—CORNELIUS.
    167 7 SCULLY— CORN ELIUS. A Province Wellcslcy Wedding. A' the Church of St. Anne. Corok ftokoon, near Bukit Mertajam. Pro-viiu-c WVllesley. on Monday, Mr JoscHvm Hannibal Scully, youngest sou Di the late Mr. Alfred Clarke Si-ully and Mrs Anne Scully, was ■anted to Emily Patricia, eldest daughter of Mr. Patrick J.
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    MOTOR INDUSTRY BOOMING.
    177 7 Nqw Second Largest Employer In U.K. Statistics issued by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders show great expansion of British motor industry. The industry gives work to nearly a million and quarter people in the manufacture, sale, repair and operation of motor vehicles, and thus claims
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    PROSPEROUS AUGUST HOLIDAY.
    159 7 Britain's Purse-Strings Loosened. The greater prosperity of the country is reflected in holiday expenditure thisj y?ar. the higher levels of which there are various indications. l Railway traffic returns are an example. Total receipts of the four main line railways for the week ended August 3 were
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    JEWS EXPELLED BY THE HUNDRED.
    78 7 Excitement In A Bavarian Spa. The first large scale official expulsion of Jews sent 300 hotel guests scurrying from Badtoelz. the Bavarian Spa, on the Burgomaster's order that every Jewish guest, old and young, sick and well, should leave and the Jewish-owned hotel be closed
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      213 7 "GREAT STUFF SANDERS of the RIVER' is a film among films It has everything to delight an audience ...By all means SEE IT FOR YOURSELVES"... (H. L. Hopkin in The Malaya Tribune) i I 615 NIGHTLY 915 i^Mrl I UL Box Office Phone 5261. ~The So!e Topic of Conversation in
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      261 7 1 GREAT SUCCESS— TWO FEATURES Al UAIIDDA FOR THE PRICE OF ONE! ALRAmDnA tonight c.is 9.15 GRAND TWO FEATURE SHOW 30 BIG STARS lll^O in a marvellous musical mirth- Y^Kr V/ IM 1/ l IV mi i 7 iim quake of romance and laushs l___SsPJD_iL' EDMUND LOWE c^wfftvßKi GLORIA STUART
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      373 7 M PAVILION 9 ■rxs^xT""* «_£C "The picture provides excellent en*^__S__2 J tertainnent and should not be missed." u3&|Mk "USB PRESS, THURSDAY A GRAND COMEDT PACKED WITH LAUGHS— LOCATED IN THE BEAUTY W^i SPOTS OF ENGLAND. \^Jm*L Gene Gerrard ■I ___^___F"3 B^ and PHHEgI) Helen Chandler in the Associated British Picture
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  • TODAY'S LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      180 8 I ins Mai K liiim AwaitiiiK Toqty'l M('«ling. I imu dm I iiiuii, i.il i 1.1.1 i, I III.(I 1,1 l Ml (|iiu'i anil wa. in, iiiuii in in- enalvr „i In i Iml i n i with „1 i 11.,1 pi I 11., „111. 111, „1
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      PRODUCE.
      99 8 1141 111 Mill" Kt\ II ,i,,l No I »tl l:i in >i No I i Mil 1,11. i |l|. Ill' tl IU tin H. nmh Hum. Kilt i-i A CHI Wind I'' ppi i iti mi Whin Mm 1160 in no ftPPHI t'-'prti I .1 Mil |,lf IN .1
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        MINING.
        530 8 All SI .11, U i, ,i „i,,, M f,,iu |„,i,i uue > Vul. rraiti iM ivuii ii Rv«tt Huyera Seller* Huyeu Bolter* 4 ImpK iin 4- 4/1 4/1 4/1 I.: i VI in I ii i 1 in I I Ml I I M»m Kuiulmni IS 34 3? 88'-Aii.-Uui
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        GENERAL.
        366 8 a a aibx HnuK oru. na us i» m a a .1 vii. us ii« lit ice Una lava u as ia7s ti 1 I 1 oao fliui litt ua a i ii 8 M Bruiuicuatm^iinaudisiitia' >i m in i,, sal «75 aas an nit. i i jv a
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        154 8 :.i:.i.AIt.KK MUNUIIAI iii.ii i,. i mill 1400,000 Inl M4l 31 Soul 10 urn U0 iiiiiii I 1047 Sl.Uti.i mm Int Mi. -II |>I in tU 114 n. mi 11l 110(1 In! Mat 31 Hill. 3d HI IMI Horn i uu.i ml IM:i su (Kin (khi lvi M«l
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        264 8 (Bliarei art fl unleu utlirrwUe mated > Frawr li Ou l.yull i 155 ill ijT I mi i'S .V .8 18*18" Am Panaa :>o 65 1 SO 1 65 Bauott I U ii a i in in i.n ii ii!,u'i''k!.i"h u&o ifi 08& o&a<, lluku Ki'| i i:.
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      EXCHANGE RATES.
      155 8 II" ill IWlni .Ur Illi' tU\ I iiHii rutdt iii i urdliiH to tie daily I 111' 111. II ,t lti KnllK Itlld HiMiiKh ii ii ,i,i.iiiu i urpui uttun HMIINtI. i ii. ..iillm' mitlit I iilll.'. 1 MKlll 2 day* 1 siuiit i ;< Umdon n a
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      74 8 Noon, Aug. liiivem. Sellers No. I K. 11. H. S. in chm«m ii n v i \uu 101, •il F. A. in chh«h ll- ull i \u, i i.. 18 7 Mi No. I K M. g. (S|lu| I.UISl!) i hull iii Hhaot N.w York
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    HOME AND AMERICAN MARKETS.
    208 8 (idiiiiK i'ri(OH iii London las! Nitfht. trroiu Dm Dm I Million AIIU It Plottng quotuiUiiiH imtuy ut iiu .1 n.ui i, i.. ka are given belov I'he rlae or fall II In nUUon to Ilii' pi 1. ot Auk UOVkHNMkNI HTOt KM. UHII Ull till tmmmtm
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    MERLIMAU PEGOH.
    53 8 Onliiittiy Shuros To li«(otivt'rled. .i-i it, inn nun ourrMpon Itnl i iu i. ui Aim h M Hill, „il Pe|Ull I 1.1 I ii v ul i i, I'lui .i iii\ul.*iul I 1 1 i i „iil Ik i mi, aril M ,ll> i i 11(11 lull li.il
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    SHARES RREPORT.
    35 8 .lulu* Aim I :ln>*» MININH ■MM i»»»> IM •«.;."i: I II Ii Nuwim I VI > /U lUlilli". INIUISIUIAU. :,1.u.1) 1 .11 1 16 1..1..111 l 10 I IS Bun i i a OS
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    ULU PANDAN RECOVERY.
    176 8 runi'ir i ok i i m t, <»! 186,891, it|u,it vi nil i i i.i Illi 1 1 It )i .11 i mini .'\|ii 111 ||\Q« .1 ml i „(11 ii ,i Hi' |„ii vi (Ul Hi. 1 i I In \s 111, Ii 111 1 added
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    RUSSIA RE-ENTERS WHEAT MARKET.
    45 8 Need Of I'uiids To Purchtie Ruhb< mil. ,i i i 'i ,1 .'i dumpini ii i 'mi ,i „ii,l i,i nil. mill ,|ll,u,U I ,l|, ,I, I I.! I Ui pill i i i|uu 1,. liullliu I lltllti-l X, ul, I
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    ANTI-SIAM BOYCOTT.
    58 8 Shanghai Ann I II 111. It IUU., 11l .1 ,11, 111 .1 I. II I I- il, and Hunt Kuiut Hi mil umulllMUtlilll i, I, ii .hi. ill,, ii v) Hi Ii lyi ii i „l 111, II 111. .111. 1 I. I uiilail 11. i11.,, 11l i
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      EXCHANGES.
      87 9 London, Aug. 8. Paris 74 59 64 Athens 516 sellers Nf\- York 4.96* Bucharest 6>4 sellers Montreal 4.96 i Rio 4 "4 Geneva 15.16* sellers official. Brussels 29 39 Belgrade 216 Amsterdam 7.33 Buenos Aires 15 Milan 60 sellers official. Berlin 12.29 Montevideo 39* Copenhagen 21!.J9 i sellers official.
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      IPOH TIN DREDGING MEETING.
      928 9 Reserve Equalling Nearly Half The Capital. The twenty-first ordinary genoral meeting of Ipoh Tin Dredging, Ltd., was held in London on July 24. Mr. R. Sancroft Baker (a director) presided, and was supported by Mr. D. T. Lewis and Mr. E. T. McCarthy. The Chairman said:
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      PADANG RUBBER CO. OUTPUT.
      459 9 WORKING SHOWS PROFIT OF $32,494. The twenty-fifth annual general meeting of shareholders of the Padang Rubber Co., Ltd., was held at Shanghai on July 25, in the head office of the company, Messrs. A. R. Burkill and Sons, Ltd., 20 Canton Road. Mr. W. Mellor was
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      EAST ASIATIC RUBBER.
      180 9 Net Profit Totals £45,000. East Asiatic Rubber Estates reports net profit for the year to March 31 last at £45.223, against £23.951 in 1933-34 The former figure is the highest since 1926-27. when net revenues amounted to over £187.000. As already announced, the Ordinary dividend is raised
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      COLOSSAL DEBT.
      86 9 Financing New Deal In America. Washington. July 27. The United States Treasury Department has reported that the New Deal operations for twenty-nine months Involve U. 5.540,000.000,000. Revenue amount to U. 5.58,000,000.000. 58, 000, 000. 000 and new borrowing refundlngs amount to U. 8.532,000,000,000. making the Public Debt an
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      MR. LL. GEORGE'S "NEW DEAL."
      807 9 GOVERNMENTS LOGICAL CRITICISMS. WOJiLD-BE ECONOMIC DICTATOR. Politico-economic schemes tread a precarious path along a narrow tight-rope. When they are satisfactory from one point of view almost invariably they leave much to be desired from the other. So it is with Mr. Lloyd George's New Deal."
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      TIN SHARES AS INVESTMENTS.
      229 9 Some Suggestions By A London Writer. One of our Financial Times readers writes to me saying that he cannot understand how it is that people refuse jto take any practical interest In the shares of the tin-producing companies, and he asks if I can tell him
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      MALAYA TIN STATISTICS.
      174 9 Domestic Production, as represented by exports from Federated Malay States. Unfederated Malay States, and Straits Settlements (Settlement of Malacca), of Tin and Tin-in-Ore at TS.S'i, during the month of July, 1935. Local Sales at 75.5% in the Federated Malay States, (figures lor Unfederated Malay States arc not
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      KAMRA TIN DREDGING.
      18 9 Dredging Output for July, 743 plculs, Yardage treated 182,000 cubic yards., Hours worked 682 hours.
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      PATTANI TIN.
      19 9 Dredging Output for July. 1.061 plcub, Yardage treated 231.000 cubic yards, Hours worked 631 hours, Hydraullclng Nil.
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    BERTAM CONSOLIDATED.
    174 9 Liquid Position Very Strong. The announcement of an increase in the dividend of the Bertam Consolidated Rubber Co. for the year ended March 31 last from 7 percent. to 11 per cent, was made on July 5. The report for the year now issued shows that net profits
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      622 9 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated In the Colony of Hong Kong) The liability of members Is limited to the rxtent and In manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the Colony. HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 K< serve
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    AMUSEMENTS
    135 10 I!.!MMI'.I<\ Gift of Gab also Now or Never with Richard Talmadgc. 6.15—9.15 p.m. CAPITOL Sanders of The River with Paul Robcson Leslie Banks. 6.15 3.15 p.m. GI.OBL THEATRE. GREAT WOULD Sen of Kong. GREAT WORLD Caibaret Sleeping Car. HOLLYWOOD V. SKRANGOON ROAD Kid Millions with Eddie Cantor Ann Sothern
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUG. 9, 1933. Too Much Copra.
    607 10 Two Malayan industries, coconuts and pineapples, have been much under discussion lately. The exports of pineapples total .some 'seven million dollars annually in value at the present time, and t expansion seems very probable, while the coconut industry—specially mentioned
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    Fifty-Five Per Cent.
    245 10 Malayan rubber growers, especially those owning their own estates, who are dissatisfied with their assessments must consider their fate a very fortunate one compared with what it would have been had they been planting in I British North Borneo. The domestic cut in production in that territory
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    Social and personal
    221 10 Mrs. A. S. Brown, of Ipoh. has sailed for Home. Mr. J L. Gray has been transferred to Karmen estate, Mengkarak. Pahang. for Home on furlough. Mr. R. Irvine, District Officer. Klang. has been admitted to the Bungsar Hospital, Kuala Lumpur. Tuan Syed Omar Shahabudin is acting
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    A NEWCOMER TO THE M.A.H.A. EXHIBITION.
    835 10 Malaya's Harvest Festival. In this article the Malayan Exhibition is described from a fresh viewpoint. The writer, who visited the Exhibition last week-end, is a Singapore resident who is a newcomer to .the country and has never seen this annual Malayan show before. IT
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    A Gardens Calendar.
    689 10 Welcoming The Drought— Petrea's (Say GestureMorning Glory Tapestry In Green. /BRASSY slopes baked brown and cracked soil in the flowerbeds are sad evidence of the thlrstiness of the Gardens at present, but one plant has actually welcomed the heat and drought. This is the petrea. which is
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    774 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. LJERE is a good instance of econom7 and efficiency in municipal administration. Four years ago it cost (in round figures) $904,000 to run the town cleansing and hawkers' department of the Singapore Municipality. Last year !i cost $775,000. Yet more work was being done for
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      244 10 SINGAPORE real knock c. v DOWN PRICES STORES. SaleNowOn 36 40, NORTH APB BRIDGE ROAD. AUK CHATS NOIRS for Distinctive Evening Gowns, Day Afternoon Dresses Matita Sports Suits in Linen Wool Tel 4085, 18A, Battery Ro?d. (.OWNS and SPORTS WEAR "The ullrm.it.- CHOICE of Ihr DISCRIMINATING WOMAN." New Shipment Weekly
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      11 10 NEW DESIGNS IN EYEWEAR JOHN OUK.E «PIiCIAK j,. e»in»» p» IMWNM
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    ANGLO-JAPANESE CONFERENCE.
    480 11 TOKIO EMBASSY DISCREDITS NEWSPAPER REPORT. LONDON CIRCLES WELCOME THE PROPOSAL. SIGNIFICANCE OF TOUR OF SIR F. LEITH-ROSS. (TIE AT interest is displayed in the possibility, briefly mention1 ed in the Straits Times yesterday, of a Anglo- Japanese conference in Tokio in a few months time. It was suggested
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    JAPAN TO POLICE LUAN RAILWAY?
    196 11 REPORTED OFFER BY CHINESE. The Chinese authorities in North China are said to have offered to eni trust Japan with the task of guarding the Peiping-Shanhaikwan Railway to j prevent a recurrence of incidents, according to the Nichi Nichi. I It is understood that the
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    STRIKE THREAT IN NEW YORK.
    70 11 100,000 Workers May Be Affected. New York, Aug. 8. A general strike of all works in progress by Administration workers in the city, if possible affecting 100.000 workers, is scheduled for tomorrow as a protest against the Government's wages-seal eof $93>2 for a three-woek month
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    ANGLO-FRENCH NAVAL TALKS.
    60 11 London, Aug. 8. It Is understood that Captain Danckwerth is in Paris representing the British Admiralty, and Is in touch with the French Ministry of Marine. His visit may lead, within the next few weeks, to a resumption of definite discussions between French and British naval experts
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    GALLI CURCI ILL.
    46 11 New York, Aug. 8. Galli Curci, the famous singer who was in Malaya during her world tour a few months back, will enter hospital In New York tomorrow to be operated on for goitre which was discovered during her visit to Japan. Reuter.
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    RICKSHA STRIKE STILL ON.
    33 11 Shanghai. Aug. 8. The ricksha coolies' strike in the French Concession is continuing. The French authorities remain firm on the question of compulsory registration.— j Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    ARMY AND R.A.F. MIX.
    48 11 Troops parading in front of the new Vickers Valencia troop-carrying machine at Farnborough Aerodrome, Hampshire. British soldiers are now being riven practice in en-planing and to accustom themselves to flying. It Is understood that these exercises are to become part of the regular training.
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    FOREIGN ADVISERS IN SIAM.
    438 11 WHY THEY ARE DISAPPEARING. Fresh light on the enigma of modern Siam is thrown by Phya Supan Sompat, late Siamese Minister in London, Berlin and the Scandinavian States, in an interview with the Straits Times yesterday. Phya Sompat was a passenger by the 1 Terukuni Maru
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    7 DEAD IN ITALIAN PLANE CRASH.
    118 11 Military Experts Suspect Sabotage. Cairo, Aug. 8. The Italian military plane with four air force men as crew and three passengers, including the Italian Minister of Public Works, which has been missing since It left Cairo yesterday for Eritrea was found today by British
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    12 11 Phya Siij.an Sompat and his wife in Singapore today. Straits Times Photograph.
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    NO SALUTE.
    75 11 Change In Seremban Court Procedure. From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 8. The Seremban magistrate. Mr. J. Calder, yesterday instructed the officer in charge of constables giving evidence in the police court to alter a long-standing custom. He preferred the constables to stand at attention when they came
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    TIN QUOTA INCREASE?
    170 11 1 From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Aug. 8. It is generally expected in London that tomorrow's meeting of the International Tin CommU'ee in Paris will authorise at least a ten per cent. and possibly a 15 per cent.— increase In the tin export quota, to be made
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    CAMPBELL BLACK ON RECORD ATTEMPT.
    175 11 London To Cape Town And Back. A FAR EAST FLIGHT TO FOLLOW. London, Aug. 8. Campbell Black, winner with C. W. A. Scott, of the England to Melbourne air race left Hatfield aerodrome this evening in his Comet machine, "Boome- rang, m an attempt to
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    RIOTS TN TOULON LAST NIGHT.
    216 11 Naval Workers Demonstrate. 2 DEAD: 18 INJURED IN FIRING. Toulon, Aug. 9. 2 a.m. It is reported that two men were killed and 18 wounded in rioting tonight by French naval and munition workers here. The rioting was c sequel lo the protest against the
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    TROUBLE IN BREST.
    28 11 Brest, Aug. 9. Further rioting occurred here latt night when mobile guards charged to break up a procession of extremists. Several people were injured. Reuter.
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    S. C. C. II DID NOT DESERVE TO LOSE TO MONOPOLIES.
    351 14 SECOND HALF RALLY COMES TOO LATE. Pearse Zam Zam Were Best For The Winners. Govt. Monopolies 2; S.C.C. 1. T*HE two-one victory registered by the Government Monopolies over the S.C.C. in a Second Division League football match on the
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    FAMOUS FLY-WEIGHT.
    165 14 Joe Mendiola Now In Singapore. Joe Mendiola. one of the three aspirants for the world's flyweight title, arrived in Singapore yesterday by the s.s. Yasukuni Maru on his way home to Manila. .Wtorui.ig to the rankings in the June number of The Ring the thtcc fii>l places in
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    76 14 penalty just before the interval, but lack of understanding and bad marksmanship in the main cost them the game. Stroobach brought off one or two grand saves in the S.C.C. goal, while Welch also played an outstanding game in defence, especially in the second hall when he went to full
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    S.C.C. RUGBY.
    190 14 THERE will be a friendly game of soccer on the S.C.C. Padang today between fifteen rugby players and twelve soccer players. The teams are as follow: Rugby players (Club colours): W. N. Rothery: Lt. Com. Morrell, W. G. Skey, G. E. M. Jones; M. C. Frend, J. E.
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    29 14 The Combined Ceylon Sports Club and Johore Asiatics Cricket teams which met at Bales tier Road Ground on Saturday. The Johore XI won by three wickets. —Straits Times Photograph.
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    Athletics: SERANGOON SCHOOL MEETING.
    191 14 S.R.C. Sports To Be Held Next Week. A HEAVY downpour of rain coincided with the running off of the last event at the Serangoon English School sports at Simon Road yesterday and the prize-giving took place under shelter. Except for this last minute setback, the sports
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    S.R.C. MEETING.
    87 14 The programme for the Singapore Recreation Club's athletic meetings on I Monday, Tuesday and Saturday of next week is: Monday. 100 yards handicap, preliminary heats. Long jump, preliminary heats. Throwing cricket ball, final. 880 yards handicap, final. Discus throwing, final. Tuesday. 220 yards handicap, preliminary heats. Throwing javelin,
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    LOUIS WINS AGAIN.
    81 14 Chicago, Aug. 8. Joe Louis, the coloured American boxer who, by his dramatic rise to championship rank has earned for himself the title of "The New Jack Johnson," tonight beat King Levlnsky on a technical knock-out (says Reuter). The promoter, Mike Jacobs, has matched Joe Louis, the
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    THE TETRARCH DEAD.
    25 14 London, Aug. 8. The famous unbeaten race horse, The Tetrarch, who later became a very successful stallion, has died in Ireland. Reuter.
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    S.R.C. CRICKET.
    87 14 The following will represent the S.R.C. at cricket this week-end: Vs. V.M.C.A. on Saturday at 2 p.m on S.R.C. ground: E. G. Wheatley, M. Orr. (Capt), E. le Mercier, D. Ross, J. Skading, J. Edwards. A. B. Colllck. M. Valberg. G. Westerhout, R. Ebert and L. M. Pennefather.
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    S.C.C. TENNIS.
    27 14 As there Is no cricket on the padang this week-end the tennis courts at the S.C.C. will be available to members on Saturday and Sunday.
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    THE MALAYA CUP FINAL.
    1262 14 Local Soccer Topics. Past Results Can Selangor Defence Stand Said Justly Retained Hostile Crowds A Penang Suggestion. (BY THE SPORTS EDITOR) am sure everyone in the South was pleased when the news came through from Kuala Lumpur on Monday morning that the special meeting of the
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    Lawn Tennis. HENRI COCHET'S EXHIBITIONS.
    401 14 French Ace At Goodwood Park Hotel Today. UENRI COCHET. tlie French tennis professional, who is one of the greatest stroke exponents in the world, will arrive at Singapore from Java this morning, and give an exhibition against, Amat. the local professional, at Goodwood Park Hotel
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    THE WIGHTMAN CUP.
    42 14 New York. Aug. 8 The following women have been chosen to represent America in the Wightman cup match against Great Britain: Miss Helen Jacobs (capt). Mrs. Pal-frey-Fabyn, Dorothy Andrus, Mrs. Burkhard Arnold, Mrs. Van Ryn and Miss Babcock.— Reuter.
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    48 14 Friday. Aug. 9. Football: Friendlies: S.C.C. Rugby Players vs. S.C.C. soccer players, padang; St. Joseph's Inst. II vs. R.I. 11, R.I. ground Athletics: Rangoon Road school sport School ground. Singapore English School sports at Jalan Besar Stadium. Lawn Tennis: H. Cochet Exhibition at Goodwood Park Hotel.
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    BRITAIN AT LAST FIND A DOUBLES PAIR FOR DAVIS CUP.
    1447 15 HOW HUGHES TUCKEY TRIUMPHED. Allison Was A Very Tired Man At The Finish. London, July 30. AS our American friends, the "enemy" of yesterday at Wimbledon, would say, the Davis Cup stays put in England for another year. By a
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    Boxing. RIVAL PROMOTIONS AT K. L.
    201 15 Aide- Jack Fight May Be j Postponed. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 8. In addition to the Jack vs. Aide and Guillermo vs. Weber flchts at Bukit Bintang on Saturday evening. Kuala Lumpur is to have another boxing show during the week-end,
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    24 15 T. A. D. Hewan, one of the best cricketers in Penang this season, who played for the Colony against the F.M.S. Straits Times Photograph.
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    English Cricket. FINE VICTORY FOR WORCESTER.
    129 15 Public Schools Lose To Army At Lords. London. Aug. 8. Reuter cables the results of first class matches concluded today as follows: At Cheltenham (College Ground) Worcestershire gained a fine win over Gloucestershire in two days by eight wickets. GLOUCESTER: 171 (Perks 6 for
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH
    584 15 Worthy Of P. G. H. Fender— Rugger International Takes A Commission Will F.A. Instructoiial Film Come Here? Conducted by "LEIGHTOX." I*HE Colony-F.M.S. match was a I triumph for four men. L. de Silva the first player to be included from Pa- I hang though actually he was
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    Immigration Of Workmen To Be Restricted.
    1346 16 Batavia Letter. Bill Drawn Up By N. I. Peoples Council. Crisis Due To Great Unempl o yment. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Aug. 6. f A NEW Bill has been submitted to the Peoples' Council at Batavia callod "Crisis Ordinance Foreign Labour," which is
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    RASH DRIVING CHARGE.
    101 16 Motor-cycle In Collision With Bicycle. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Muar. Aug. 7. J. Andrews, in the employ of the Royal Air Force, was -charged before the second magistrate here yesterday with driving a motor-cycle without a licence and also with driving in a rash and negligent manner,
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    "RICKSHA PARADE."
    61 16 Fines Imposed On Four Women. Four more participants in the notorious "ricksha parade" were brought before Mr. Norman Grice. the Singapore Second Magistrate, yesterday. All pleaded guilty. One who elected herself as spokesman pleaded that they were compelled by poverty to j adopt this method of earning their
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    ARMED BASES IN PACIFIC.
    284 16 HOPE OF SAVING PRESENT PACT. Reports that the U.S. Government has decided to fortify distant naval bases in the Pacific as soon as the Washington Treaty expires at the end of next year are premature, I am reliably informed 'says Hector Bywater in the Daily Telegraph
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    RAMIE SPIN. MILLS IN JAPAN.
    117 16 Raw Material Possible In Koreo And Japan. Tokio, July 24. A new textile industry, with its raw material produced domestically, was possible In Japan's economic policy today, with the report that the Kanegafuchi Boscki Kaisiia, a leadIng cotton spinning concern, has for some time past
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    SPEECHMAKING NIGHT.
    150 16 CLUBS OF MALACCA MEET. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Aug. 7. A departure from the ordinary literary meeting was made when, under the auspices of the IndoCeylonese Association of Malacca, representatives of various local clubs participated in a night of speech-making yesterday at the High School Hall. Mr.
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    BURST TYRE TRAGEDY.
    100 16 Hire Car Crashes On A Hill. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Aug. C. A verdict of Accidental Death was returned by the Seremban coroner at an inquiry into the death of a Malay, Busu bin Zain.il. He was one of several passengers in a car plying for
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      451 17 A Proprietary Planter's Grievance. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— "Truth's"' letter in your issue of Aug. 3, under the above heading in regard to rubber restriction, hits the nail on the head with the following words: "It was brought into force by the influence and
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      113 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— When Malayan Pensioner in your paper of July 27 raises the complaint of insufficient pensions, he raises the urgent question of why any pensions at all Why spoon-feed an 7 particular section of wage-earners at the expense of the public,
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      68 17 To The Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, With reference to the suggestion put forward by X.Y.Z. in your issue of yesterday regarding facilities for refreshments required by visitors to Katong Park, I entirely agree with his views and hope that the municipality can see its way
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    715 18 Youth Xnd Romance In The Background. Famous Plays of 1934-5. Gollancz. 7s. fid. Viceroy Sarah. By Norman Ginsbury. The Dominant Sex. By Michael Egan. Frolic Wind. By Richard Pryce. The Old Ladies. By Rodney Ackland. Flowers of the Forest. By John Van Druten Lovers' Leap. By Philip Johnson.
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    409 18 first and last acts we are shown some of the effects of the last war. The two intervening scenes deal with the period of the war Itself and its effect on the inhabitants of a country vicarage. It is not a momentous play, and my impression
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    Malaysian Travel Book Withdrawn By Publishers.
    1361 18 "JUNGLEMANIA" AND RESEMBLANCE TO NOVEL BY OWEN R UTTER. A TRAVEL book about Malaysia has been withdrawn by the London publishers after the discovery that it contained striking resemblances to a novel by a well- 1 known English author, Mr. Owen Rutter. Dr. Arthur
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    187 18 Miss Mazo De Li Rocno is one of Canada's outstanding novelists of today, her best knov n books b?ing th* three that make up the Whtteoaks Trilogy Miss Roche was born in Toronto, and is of FYench Irish, and English ancestry As a glr' she studied art for several years
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY: NEW BOOKS.
    563 18 The following non-fiction works will be ready at Raffles Library for issue tomorrow (Saturday) at 8.30 a.m. Ego. (Autobiography), lllus., James Agate; Pilgrim Father. (T.avel in Amerira.i. O. K. Austin; The Scandal of Sophie Dawes, Marjorie Bowen; Mary Read (Play), James Bridie C. Uurney; Sketches in
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    2543 19 Malayan Planting Topics. An "Autolycus" Note— A Not So Groundless Apprehension Delay In Replan ting B racken Menace Problem Of Many Estates Mr. Macfadyen On Obsolescent Areas. (By Our Planting Correspondent.) IJE.Jjj is an extract from the always interesting notes of "Autolycus" in the Financial Times
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    7 20 GIRLS' I A// BAND at Northumberland Carnival.
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    19 20 DADDT GOES TO WORK, JOHNNY GOES TO SCHOOL: An Oxford man's W»T of saving 1 tram and bus fares,
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    23 20 Right: Profemor Teja Singh, MA, head of the English Department at the Khalsa College. Amritsar who is on a lecture tour of Malaya.
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