The Straits Times, 20 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, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1935. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 pa(;es SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1935. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      163 1 SINGAPORE: <40. CrOL CT. CPKONE 5471). liHii^/l^i x^JIOOOOOOOO .^^t^L N^V^^A WISE PEOPLE \A A ot( protect their cheques from forgery with the TODD CHEQUE PROTECTOGRAPH J Hl^^. which shreads the amount I I J info the cheque, making alteration impossible, SOLE AGENTS: THE BORNEO CO.. LTD. 47 Vf'ann Sl:-!:os 19
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      13 1 Daisy for KAsKjfrsMk W -ItRA^IIS. i'lmim 4U97 15. OR( HARD KOAIt (Amber Mansions.)
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      34 2 Ihj niily of the late Mr. Louis Casimiro ITCotta beg to thank all relatives and kind friends who attended the funeral as well as those who sent wreaths, telegrams and loiters of condolence.
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      505 2 mt— im, 1.:.' /STER.— On Aug. 27. 191 C .it The Methodist Episcopal Church. Penars late :< c;. t. Pykett J:>hn Cyril Mathlew to Constance Blanche Leicester. P493. Chan Teck Cyhc Avcnu?. Malacca. SITUATIONS VACANT When applying for any position adverllwd In these column* send copies of testimonial* Do noA
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      818 2 MOTOR VEHICLES. FOR SALE, Marquette 4 seater tourer new hood recently repainted excellent condition throughout. $500, Millar 12, Cluny Road. 1934 MORRIS 10 H.P. SALOON, with sliding roof; smart and economical. For sale In best offer. Apply Box No. 558, Straits Times or telephone 6321 daytime. WANTED WANTED FRENCH LESSONS
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      732 2 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO LET, Top floor 104-106 Robinson Rd. excellent office, rent cheap. Apply J. U. Nathan 8c De Souza Street. OFFICES at 4 and 4 -A. Prince Street, top floor and No. 22, Raffles Place. Apply Kota Chew Kee, 139. KUllncry Road. TO LET CHANGE ALLEY. Nos.
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      785 2 PUBLIC NOTICES TONGKAH COMPOUND NO LIABILITY. A Dividend, the fifty seventh, of one shilllnp per share, has been declared, and will be payable in Australian Currency at the Registered Office of the Company, 395 Collins, St. Melbourne, on October 18, 1935. By Order of the Board C. CAMERON, Ag. Manager.
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      709 2 BUSINESS CARDS. Etc RUBBER STAMPS of every description made to order. Prices from 75 cents upwards Cash with all orders. THE STRAITS TIMES, Jobbing Dept., 140, Cecil Street, Singapore. NEW BOOK ON GOLF LENGTH ON THK LINKS by Abe Mitchell A Book for Players at all stages, revealing the secrete
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      539 2 MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Miss HANA 60, WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7A67. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM. Men of action and men of letters are agreed that as a narrative of war and adventure, this famous book, containing T. E. Lawrence's full narrative of his great campaign In
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      175 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Within OuMde Without Malaya Malaya Postage Mnnlhl? S 3.00 4.00 S 2.5* Quarterly lIH 1 -S« Half Yearly JI7.W «4.M »15«fl Yearly 534.M JilM S3«.M Note.— Outstation cheques should Inclade thr usual bank disccunt. ADVERTISEMENT RATES The ebarees and Instructions for CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS are as under:— 25
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      649 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL. PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Due. Tonnage Spore. BUr.DWAN G. 070 Aug. 3°. RAJPITTANA 17.000
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      341 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. I Ih IHn 4wd 9a.1 31 (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. NEW REDUCED FARES TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. Regular fortnightly sailings. S.S. HARUNA MARU Aug. 22. S.S. KATORI MARU Sept. 5. To 1-t Class 2nd Class fip'.es $497 $540 $317 $343 latMi
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      609 3 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. BANGKOK LINE. Luxurious One Class Motorshlps. Most Cabins have adjoining private bath. Excellent Cuisine. fOR GENOA. LONDON. ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. Prom From Prom From Spore Malacca Port Penang M.S. Sham 'ERRIA 21/8 22 8 LALANDIA 17/9 17/9 18 9 20/9 JUTLANDIA 8/10 8/10 9/10 11/10
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      196 3 Tourist Class AMERICAN £71.12.STYLE SINGAPORE TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA GREATEST ADVANCE IN TOURIST CLASS LUXURY. Beautiful public rooms: Swimming pootTalking Motion Pictures. Delicious meals— Hot and cold running water In each state room. Cabins (or two or more passenger! with real b2ds Modern ventilation throughout. Weekly service from Manila and
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      1218 3 SHIPPING. THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Hua Khiow Steamship Co- (1932) LtoV Steam Ship Co. Ltd.. and Cblna Mutual The Cunard White Star Ltd. Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) The Sarawak Steamshto Co., Ltd. The Strait* Steamship Co Ltd. The Australian Oriental Line Ltd. The China Navigation Co.. Ltd. The
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    DIED AT SEA.
    49 4 PaaMßger On The Terukuni Maru. Gibraltar. Aug. 19. Mr H. A. Albreeht en route from lor a holiday in Great Briain clii-d at tea about] the Tcrukum M.i ii two (i;i\s ac.o irom an ulcer of' he stomach Tbc body was landed! lerc lor burial .--Reuter.
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    CLEARANCES
    41 4 Aug. 18: City of Oran, Kamuning <Brit>; Proteus tNori; Toba Maru (Jap); Aletta (Dut.K Phasiantlla (Brit.V Aug 19: Plancius. Makasser. Angelina (Dut.i: Ginyo Maru (Jap); Deike Rickmers (Ger. >; G G. Merlin (Fren/>: £11rertemk. Ban Siong Bee, Sin Khcng Seng (Brit).
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      284 4 Today. Bafrr.n SeJat randjang (Hong Thong) 3 p.m. Brngkalis, Laboean Billk tt Tandjong Bald (.Rokani ..3 p.m. Fort de Kock, Padang, Pakan Baroe, Si Siak (Hong Kwong) 3 p.m. Ceylon (Porthoe.) 7 p.m. Prance (Parrels only) (Porthos) 7 p.m. Scuth and West India (Porthos) 7 p.m. Tomorrow.
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      MAILS EXPECTED
      73 4 Mails from Netherlands Indies expected today by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxh'lders at 3.30 p.m. General delivery of letters and parcels at 4.05 v.m. Mails from Holland etc. today oy Indrapoera. Mails from China and Japan tomorrow by Haruna Maru. Mat'.s from Europe "London mails >
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      AIR MAILS.
      173 4 The air mail dispatched from Singapore on Aug. 11 was delivered la London on Aug. 19 <8 daysV It is notified for inlormation th it the importation into Great Britain and Northern Ireland of dutiable articles by letter post (even if insured or registered) is prohibited. Letters which
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      MONEY ORDERS.
      76 4 The rate of exchange for the Issue I and payment of Money Orders Is as follows-— On India and Ceylon issue Rs. 153$100: On India and Ceylon payment Rs. 155- $100. On China Amoy $100 Chinese currency =$67 Straits: Canton $100 Chinese currency $68 Straits (as for Shanghai);
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      PASSENGERS BY AIR.
      88 4 Arrived from N.E.I, by KLM-plane "Perkoetoet" on Aug. 17, Dr. Kolkman, Miss Julia Mathilde Menz Mr and Mrs Wise. Left for Medan. India and Europe by KLM-plane "Perkoetoet" on Aug. 17, To Mcdan: Dr. Kolkman. To Bangkok. Mr. and Mrs. Wise. To Calcutta Mr. Arronstein. To Amsterdam
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      PORT OF BANGKOK.
      260 4 New Site On East Bank Of River. A special Gazette dated Aug. 6 contains a Royal Decree setting forth the boundaries ot the land to be taken over by the State of Siam for the purpose of forming the new port of Bangkok. It Is thought well
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      TREASURE-HUNT IN TABLE BAY.
      104 4 Italian Salvage Expert's Arrival. Signor Rossi, the Italian salvage export, has arrived at Cape Town to survey the possibilities of salving treasure from the wrecks of old sailing ships 'n Table Bay. The bay is studded with wrecks of Dutch East Indiamen. many of which contained
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      VESSELS ARRIVED.
      163 4 DEIKE RICKMERS. Gcr 3.304 tons, from Dairen 19. for Ft. Said 20 KAJANG. Brit 1.284 tons, from Sandakan 19. for 8.N.8. ports 24 TEIIiESIAS. Brit.. 4.655 tons, from S«an?ea 19. for Hong Kong 20. HYDRA 11. Norw.. 823 tons, from Bai.gkck 19. for Ft. Swettenham 21 KOTA TJANDI.
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      OUTWARD BOUND.
      120 4 Passengers By The Mantua. The following passengers are booked for Straits ports by the P. and O. Mantea which left London on Aug. 9 and Marseilles on Aug. 16. Mr. W. F. Eason. Mr. A. M. Grindlay. Mr. J. B. Heaton, Mr. A. P. H. Holmes. Mr M.
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      LIGHT VESSEL MOVED.
      102 4 A letter from the Commissioners for the Port of Calcutta, dated Aug. 3 reports that on or about Oct. 15. 1935. the Pilots Rridge Light Vessel. Lat. 20 deg.. 51 mins.. 30 sees.. North; Long. 87 deg.. 52 mm 34 sees.. East, will be removed from station
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      BHUTAN.
      28 4 The Bhutan has left Hong Kong and is expected to arrive at this Port at noon on Wednesday. She will proceed alongside the S.H.B. Wharf on arrival.
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    WILL DWARF THE QUEEN MARY.
    215 4 TWO £10,000,000 SHIPS PROJECTED IN U.S. GIANT LINERS SAID TO BE FOR WAR. New York, Aug. 12. The construction of two American super-liners, to be larger md and faster than the Queen Mary and the Normandie, is under consideration in Washington, according to the New
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD .
    119 4 SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD Tuesday. August 20. Ships alontHdc tbr Wharves or expected to arrive. KEPPEL HAKBOLR. Main Wharf Lch. Alert. Rengat. Oil Wharf H.M.S. Heralo. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjunc l.: K ..r Sheers Wharf Nil. Albert Dock Cepolis. Victoria Dock Tomohon. Keppel Harbour. King's Dock King's
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    LINER HELD UP.
    39 4 Marseilles. Aug. 19. The strike on the liner Patria continues and the ship is laid up. The strikers and the company are still negotiating Reuter. Later. The Patria sailed this evenirg wit'i a entirely fresh crew.
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      672 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In P.M. 8.) LLOYDS AGENTS: ROOKINO ACIENTB. F M.S. ELYS. AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS. TF.I.KPIIOSK: Fr«-I«ht 5133— PUH|t 5431. CAN ADI A N PACI F I C STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED. (Incorporated In England) RIDUCED FARES SINGAPORE/EUROPE First class from £106-4-6 Second class from 70-6-1 REDUCED AROUND THE
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      565 4 ELLERMAN RUCKNMX STEAMSHIP CO., ITD. (Incorporated In fn;l.ind| ELLEKMAN N I-INE. FOR HAVRE. LONDON. ROTTERDAM HAMBUICtt. Via Ports and Sun tan.ii Also .i: renting Cargo for Canadiin and Amrriean Dort; via Colombo C De Sails CITY OF SALISBURY Auc 30 Sept 1 C!T" OF HEREFORD 3 epl 14 eVpt 16
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      240 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Stations Yesterday Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Mm. temp. ins. Sunshine temp. 'F hrs. 'F West Coast. Alw Star 86 Nil 6.3 73 Buttenvorth (P.W.) 86 0.15 6.7 73 Sitiawan 85 0 37 2.0 73 Bukit Jcram 87 0.18 2.9 71 [Malacca 84 Nil
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    THE ALASKA TRAGEDY.
    76 5 Bodies Of Wiley Post Will Rogers Carried By Air. White Horse (Yukon). Aug. 18. The bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post who were killed in an air crash on Friday arrived here by air from Fairbanks. Mrs. Rogers with her family left New York today for
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    HITCH IN S.M.R.'S NORTH CHINA PLANS.
    74 5 The preliminary investigation in connection with the South Manchuria Railway Scheme for economic expansion in North China has been completed, says a Changchun message. The S.M.R. directors, however, consider the report unsatisfactory and are making fresh arrangements for sending another misssion next month to
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    BLOCKHOUSE SIEGE OF MAN WHO RAN AMOK.
    62 5 Sandakan (British North Borneo), Running amok at Slmporna, a small port on the east coast of British North Borneo, a water-carrier barricaded himself In the Government blockhouse for two and a half days after shooting dead a corporal and two privates. Besieged by
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    HUANGHO FLOODS.
    52 5 Shanghai, Aug. 18. The city of Loyang, China's "emergency" capital, is reported to be In imminent danger of being inundated. Several towns in the upper regions of the Huangho are already under several feet of water while hundreds of square miles of agricultural territory have been ruined. Nanyang
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    JAPANESE MILITARY SENSATION.
    31 5 ToKio, Aug. 17. Gen. Nagata's murderer, Lieut.-Col. Aizawa, has been court-martiallcd and it is understood has been sentenced to death under the civil and military law. Reuter Wireless.
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    HUNAN OUTLAW BAND ELIMINATED.
    33 5 The remnant Red forces under Hsu Jen-kang have been eliminated by the capture of 3.000 of the outlaws last week. More than 1,000 rifles were seized.— Sin Kuo Mm.
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    " UNREASONABLE."
    89 5 UNREASONABLE." Japanese Reply To Fresh Chinese Protest. Peiping, Aug. 19. Replying to a Chinese protest against the flight of Japanese planes over Peiping and Tientsin, Major Takahashi, military attache to the Japanese Embassy declared that the protest was unreasonable as such flights are in accordance with the terms of the
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    EDUCATION TALKS OPEN IN TOKIO.
    121 5 40 Delegates Represent 13 Foreign Countries. Tokio, Aug. L Educators representing thirteen nations bordering on the Pacific Ocean were welcomed here today as the PanPacific New Education Conference opened. The conference, which will continue until August 7. is attended by 40 representatives of China. Manchukuo.
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    EMPIRE NEWS.
    271 5 Sir Roderick Jones On Speedier Exchange. Sir Roderick Jones, addressing the Empire Summer School at Oxford on 'World News with special reference to the Empire," said that in the British Empire and the United States we saw a news machinery and a newspaper Press free from official taint
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    LEAGUE COVENANT MAY BECOME DEAD LETTER.
    382 5 The Times On Failure Of Abyssinian Conciliation. London, Aug. 19. "The gravity of the Italian decision cannot be over-esti-mated," says The Times today in an editorial on the failure of the Paris talks. "Nothing can be said in extenuation of Italian methods. The machinery
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    DEATH OF MR. JOHN TILLEY.
    302 5 Stage Fame By Accident. One more tragedy of a comedian's private life is revealed by the death of Mr. John Tilley at Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. His ill-health and unfortunate financial speculations, which cost him a fortune and some years ago reduced him to penury, may
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    A BARE LEGS PROTEST.
    42 5 Madrid, Aug. 18. "Too many bare legs, too many scenes where women remove their clothes and, finally, too many kisses have been shown in films recently exhibited in Spain," says a decree aimed at a film censorship. Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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    NEGRO LYNCHED BY MOB.
    50 5 Louisburg (North Carolina). Aug. I. A Negro accused of killing a farmer with an axe was lynched by an infuriated mob at Louisburg today after he had been seized from the sheriff. He was strung up from an oak tree and his body riddled with bullets.
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      372 5 HOTELS macaya:s premier hoxel j i TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER CONCERT sis to mi p DANCE (formal) 9.45 to midnight and the Continental Acrobatic and Eccentric Dancers ERIC AND GERDA Late of PALLADIUM LONDON. SCALA BERLIN. EMPIRE PARIS ETC., ETC. APPEARING NIGHTLY NON-DINERS $1.00 NEXT SATURDAY, 24th AUG. R.A.F. JUBILEE DINNER
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      70 5 Information about the most recent ENGLISH BOOKS Ask your Bookseller to send you regularly each month a copy of "Books of the Month". Fully Illustrated. It contains unbiassed reviews of the month's best books, together with a complete list of all books published lcr the morth It covers. hould you
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      327 5 SO FAT SHE COULD SCARCELY BREATHE Relief After Losing 14 lbs. There are a number of different ailment* that are apt to arise In men and wonr-n when they become excessively fat. Bui if excess fat is reduced in the right way. very often Improved health follows as it did
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    A RADIO DIFFICULTY IN MALAYA.
    248 6 Interference with radio reception caused by the induction from electrical appliances such as D. C. fans, refri- aerators, electric signs, lifts, electric I floor polishers etc., has reached serious proportions in Malaya (writes the Malay Mail) A radio correspondent suggests to us ;hat the time
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    70 6 Police were called in to clear the over-enthusiastic crowds which fcfaifffii the Caxton Hall Register Office on Aug. (i when Mr. Harry Roy, the dance band leader and radio star, was married to Miss Klizahcth Brooke, daughter of Sir Charles Vyn;r Brooke, the Rajah of Sarawak. and the Ranee. Here,
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    MAKING RADIO EASIER.
    115 6 Insurances to over £5,000,000 have been taken out for the Radio Exhibition at Olympia which in the course of a few years has become one of the most popular shows in London. The outstanding features are the great reduction in prices for wireless sets, the concentration on
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    U.S. WONDER 'PLANE
    186 6 Lost On First Flight At Los Angeles. Los Angeles, Aug. 2. Little hope remained today of finding alive Lt. Arthur Skaer. pilot of the new army pursuit 'plane, capable of higher speeds than any machine of; its kind in the world, who disappear■i during a test flight
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    GIFT OF LAND TO THE DUKE OF KENT.
    61 6 Belgrade, Aug. 1. The Ljubljana authorities are ottering the Duke and Duchess of Kent a piece of land at Bohlnj. close to Prince Paul's villa. The Duke and Duchess arrived at Bohlnj this morning. Gifts also await them at Bled, the village
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    24 6 The detachment of British cadets who are visiting Belgium laid wreaths on the grave of the Unknown Soldier and on the British War Memorial.
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    SEEKING INCAS' GOLD HOARD.
    311 6 BRITISH OFFICER TO LEAD EXPEDITION. I What is described as one of the I greatest treasure limits of modern times is to be undertaken by a former .British Army officer. C:ipt. Erie EnUM Loch, D.5.0., a nephew of the late Sir i George Knox, a Lord
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      131 6 OUR MIDDLE NAME IS =SERVICE= WE UNDERTAKE ANY KIND OF SERVICE WORK IN CONNECTION WITH RADIO, ELECTRIC GRAMOPHONES. PUBLIC I ADDRESS OR TALKIE EQUIPMENT. ALSO REPAIRS AND/ OR BUILDING AND INSTALLING TRANSMITTERS. WHEN DEALING WITH THE RADIO SERVICE CO. OF MALAYA 1934 LTD. YOU ARE SURE OF FULL AND EFFICIENT
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      54 6 MADE BY (EjM''£\ general ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL OF AMERICA 9 Superior Per- Guaranteed formance. the finest Exceptional JULIUs I Receiver ever Tone. H offered the Automatic Vol. Malayan Pub- Airplane Low Priced. Model M. 81 16-2100 Metres Also EDDYSTONE BATTERY RECEIVERS. EDDYSTONE RADIO ELECTRIC CO., 28-30 ORCHARD ROAD. TEL. 3829. U
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      581 6 FULL BROADCASTING PROGRAMMES FOR MALAYA. 8.8.C. PROGRAMMES. TODAY. TrmmmiMton t 6.20 nm.-9.05 p.m. G.S.F. 15.140 kes (19.82 m.) and G.S.G. 17,790 kc s ld.Bi. ml 6.20 p.m. Bw Ben. The 8.8.C. Northern Orchestra. 7.05 "Remote Corners, No. 3: Round Mount Wr ddlngton— Crossing U. Coast Range of British Columbia."* A
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      266 6 chestra. 7.10 "Superstition."* A play by Martin Lane. Produced by John IMdney. 7.20 Greenwich Time Signal. 7. 40 Pattison's Salon Orchestra. Relayed from the Cafe Restaurant, Birmingham. 8.20 The News. 8-35 The 8.8.C. Midland Orchestra. 9.05 p.m. Close down. Transmission S 9.20 p.m. Big Ben. Portland Place. A musical programme
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      429 6 SINGAPORE. Station Z. 11. 1.. Singapore.— Wavelength 49.9 metre*.— Owned and operated by Radio Service Co.. of Malaya 1934, Ltd.. Broadcast House. No. 2, Orchard Rd.. Singapore. TOMORROW. 6 p.m. Recorded music. 6.45 p.m. News bulletin supplied by Straits Times and Stock and Shares report supplied by Fraser and Co.
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      583 6 PHOHI-HOLLAND. 7.50 pjn. Station r.H.I. 17,755 kc/s (16.88 m.) THURSDAY. AUG. 22. 7.50 pjn. Announcement. 8.00 Two arabesques. B.l* Talk by Old Colonial. 8.30 Trio Drukker. 8.50 News from Holland. S.lt Trio Drukker (contd.). 9.30 Dance music. 9.50 p.m. Close down. K Rip AY. AUG. 23. 7.50 pjn. Announcement. 8.
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    A DEATH DIARY OF THE AIR.
    324 7 WRITTEN DURING DIVE TO DOOM. I Amsterdam. Aug. 10. Tlii most dramatic diary in the his- j tory of aviation has just been made! public here. v,-;is written by M. Vanlanglen. the Dutch journalist, while the giant DounUts Royal Dutch air liner, with 12
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    PRINCE KUNG'S TOMB LOOTED.
    94 7 Stripped Of AH Valuables By Bandits. Peiping. It is revealed here that the tombs of Prince Kung, younger brother of the late Emperor Hslen Feng, and his concubnes, had been looted on the night of July 19 by a gang of 200 bandits. Two suspects have
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    KUOMINTANG CONGRESS.
    121 7 Canton Faction Promises To Attend. Shanghai, Aug. 19. The Kuomlntang headquarters in Nanking are making a big effort to make the coming Plenary Congress of the party as representative as possible 1 according to Mr. Liang Han Chao, chief (secretary to the Legislative Yuan, who has just returned
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      229 7 POSITIVELY LAST NIGHT of this Bright, Snappy, Stage Attraction combined with a side-splitting Screen Comedy j CAPITOL 1 i?£2!l THE LITTLEJOHN DIAMOND R. K. O.s laughable screen JJjjf^^r success* "WE'RE RICH AGAIN" with EDNA MAY OLIVER, BLUE BURKE and Large Cast. "new"" world cabaret TEA-DANCE TUESDAY, THURSDAY SATURDAY-ADMISSION FREE AFTER
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      113 7 Al U A HARD A I GRAND OPENING nHmD K MJ TONIGHT 6.15 9.15 mmmmmmmmmm /y Wj\'* SMOKING GUN WAS IN HER WJs/j HAND AND POLICE SAID GUILTY i /UARUFtMAN ■l in pnnn B^^^H B A FOX PICTURE WITH ■I WARNER OLAND ■fl MARY BRIAN, THOMAS BECK ERIK RHODES Vfl
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      221 8 Tin Reacts After The Big Fall. From Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Aug. 20. The rubber market was dull and inclined to sag although with sellers holding off, there was little business. United Kingdom stocks were up 1,084 tons at 176,285 tons on the week. The tin reaction
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      PRODUCE.
      187 8 Singapore Aug. Mi. 12 noon. Buyer. Seller. Gambler 5.50 Java Cube 9.50 Hamburg Cube 9.50 White Muntok Pepper 13.50 Black Pepper 9.75 Mixed Black Pepper Copra, sundried 3.86 Copra. Mixed 3.40 3.40 Fair Flake Tapioca 3.80 Small Flake 4.30 Med. Pearl r apicca 5.60 Small Pearl Tapioca 550 Lingga
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      35 8 Mr Choong Lye Hin and Mr. N. S Cam. of Penang. have reached London after touring Italy and Switzerland. Alter stay of a month or two In London they will be resuming their Continental tour.
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        MINING.
        538 8 Issue Val. Fraser Co. Lyall ft Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 4/3 4/9 4/3 4/9 £1 Asam Kumbang 33/6 34/6 33/- 35/£1 Austral Malay 60/- 61/- 60/- 61/5/- Ayer Hltam 13/6 14/6 13/- 14/1 Ayer Weng 1.80 1.90 1.85 1.95 £1 Bangrin Tin 20/6 21/- 20/-
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        GENERAL.
        411 8 2 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.25 1.35 1.25 1.35 2 2 do 7V" Piers. 1.75 1.85 1.80 190 10 10 Atlas Ice 12.25 12.75 12.25 12 75 £1 £1 B. A. T 6 0.0 6.5.0 122.6 129 6 1 60 B. M. Broadcasiing 0.02 V 2 dls 0.02 V'
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        157 8 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 5% 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 108 110 norn 4>/,<r« 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 112 114 norn 4Vi% 190f red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 118 120 norn 47c 19 U red. 1963 $2,000,000
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        335 8 (Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated) Todays Prices Fraser Co. I.yall Evatt Allenby 1.50 1.60 1.55 1.60 Alor Gajah 1.00 1.10 1.05 1.10 Amal. Malay ($2) 2.80 2.90 2.90 3.00 Ayer Hitam 1.50 1.60 1.47% 152% Ayer Molek 0.85 0.95 0.86 0.93 Ayer Panas 1.50 1.60 1.50 1.55
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      EXCHANGE RATES.
      225 8 The tollowing are the eai r inge rates this morn'r.g according to the dally circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING. London. 4 months' sight 2/3 31/32 London, 3 months' sight 2/3 15/16 London. 60 days' sight 2/3 29/32 London, 30 days' sight 2/3
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      80 8 Noon, Aug. 20. Buyers. SellersNo. 1 K. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) Aug. 19«4 19% Good F. A. Q. in cases (F. 0.8.) Aug. 18 15 1G 19 1/16 No. 1 K. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Tone Of Market:— Easier. Latest Cable:
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    BUKIT KATIL JUBILEE.
    162 8 HIGHER SELLING PRICE REALISED. The Bukit Katil Rubber Estates, Ltd., issue their twenty-fifth annual report and accounts. The net profit for the year ended April 30, amounted to $13,337 and $7,740 was brought in. It is recommended that the balance be carried forward. Average gross selling price
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    BANKA RUBBER.
    53 8 Smallholders Want An Export Duty. Batavia, Aug. in. A return from individual native rubber restriction to export duty for Banka is requested by the Banka Res;- dent. The discussion on the ordinance enforcing export duty on estate rubber will take place during the present session of the People's
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    SHARES REPORT
    42 8 Lyall Evatfs report dated, Aug. 20. shows: MINING. -Steady. Ulu Klanc 1.18 1.20. Sunßei Luas 1.20 1.24. Malayan Collieries 22.25 22.50. Kramat 44 45 Takuapa 22 9 23 6. S. Kinta 4.45 4.50. 9ctaoin them were belongs to them andmiv.
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    CABLE TRANSIT TIMES
    54 8 The transit times on ftill rate telegrams from Singapore to London. yesterday, were as fellows: Telegrams handed in up to 5.00 p.m. 10 mm. Telegrams handed in up to 5.30 p.m. 11 m.n Telegrams handed in up to 6.00 p.m. 12 mm. Telegrams handed in up to
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    EXCHANGES.
    93 8 London, Aug. 19. Paris 75 1 10 Athens 516 sellers New York 4.97 15 16 Bucharest 625 sellers Montreal 4 99 Rio 4 Geneva 1 5 'i 1 sellers afiicial. Brussels 29.42 Tl-Urrade 217 Amsterdam 7 33 Buenos Aires 15 Milan 60 17-32 sellers offlcia!. Berlin 12. J2' v
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    43 8 There was a large attendance at the funeral on Monday at Bukit I Mertajam of Madam Santhirammal. 66 years of age, widow of S. Thungasamy Chettlar, former Chief Goods Clerk, F.M.S. Railways. Ipoh. She had been living In Bukit Mertajam for 25 years.
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    RESERVE BANKS' POLICY.
    105 8 Mr. Roosevelt Gets Complete Control. Washington. Aug. 23. The Banking BUI conference repcrt has been accepted by the House und Senate and the Bill sent to the White House. The underwriting amendment has been dropped. The bill gives the government appointed Federal RMRfI Board control of the
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    CURRENCY DISCUSSIONS.
    78 8 Mr. Montagu Norman's Visit To New York. N^w York, Aur:. 5. New possibilities of negotiations with a view to international currency it Hsa lion arc being made the subje", of numerous discussions, in con I with the annual visit to the Urniod States of Mr. Montagu Norman, Governor
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    SINGAPORE MARKETS
    448 8 The fclloviing is the market iiiic- lift rents per catty, as fttmJlhOd by tli market Inspector, on Aug. 10. Meat. Beef rteak 32 pc- catty, bt 1 Me-*' ni eurn 25. fillet steak 45 per lb.. mutti n, Australian 30 per lb.. pork. lpnn 42 per catty, pork,
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      MARKET CONSIDERS THE QUOTA RELEASE.
      918 9 Large Malayan July Export Welcomed. (From Our Own Correspondent.) I London, Aug. 12. The feature during the past week has been, of course, the meeting of the International Tin Committee in Paris on Aug. 9 when (considerably to the market's surprise, and it may be
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      STATISTICS OFFICE LIBRARY.
      488 9 The following publications were issued or received by the Department of Statistics. S.S. and F.M.S.. during the period Aug. 10 to 16. and are available for public use In the Reference Library. Fullerton Building. Singapore. Applications may be made by members of the public resident in MMaya
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      GERMAN TANKERS FOR BRITAIN.
      70 9 The Allgemelne Zeitung says that German shipyards are nor showing a satisfactory st..te of activity, thanks partly to numerous foreign orders, in which orders from British firms play no small part." A large tank ship has been delivered to a British firm in London, states the
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      KEDAH RUBBER MEETING.
      1041 9 CHAIRMAN'S OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK. SOUND FINANCIAL POSITION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Aug. 17. The twenty-fifth ordinary general meeting ol the Kedah Rubber Company, Ltd.. was he!d yesterday. M Penang. The chairman, Mr. H. E. Nixon, referred to the death of Mr. D. A. M. Brown, who ha<s
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      626 9 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated In the Colony of Hong Kong) The liability of members la limited to the extent and In manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the Colony. HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG. Authorised Capital $50.000,C00 Issued and fully paid up J20.000.000 "SSTtaT" 11
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      1048 9 THE RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING CO., LTD. (Incorporated In Queensland) RAUB. PAHANG. F.M.S. A gost 16th 1935. REPORT NO. 497. The Chairman Directors, The Raub Anttralian Gold Mining Co., Ltd. SINGAPORE S.S. Gentlemen. Herewith is the Report of Operations of the Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ltd. for the four
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      59 9 inadequate pump chambers have been opened up to satisfactory dimensions. No 13 Bungalow is complete and Nos. 14 an<! 15 progressing satisfactorily. The village water supoly was extended and a Mi.ali concrete dam installed. The Foundry sto<k yard Is complete. GOLD SHIPMENTS. Battery 1,994.50 oes. Yours faithfully, THE RAUBS AUSTRALIAN
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      328 9 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF. INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated in England by Roya! Charter 1853) Paid Up Capital In 690.000 share* of £5 each BJNJH Reserve Fund HJtMM Reserve Liability of Proprietors.. l"l.0O0.0U8 HEAD t.l-nc i 83. Bbhopsfate. Lonilnn. E.C. i. AfenU and Branches. Amritsar Hollo Saigon Alor Star Ipoh
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    AMUSEMENTS
    137 10 ADELPHI HOTEL Special Dinner Dance. 4LHAMBKA Charlie Chan In Paris 6 15— 913. CAPITOL Stage The Little Johns Diamond Revue Screen We Aie Rich Again. 6.15—9.15 p.m. GLOBE THEATRE. GREAT WORLD Broadway Thru a Keyhole. GRF.AT WORLD Cabaret Springtime for Henry. HOLLYWOOD V. SERANGOON ROAD Outcast Lady wllh Constance
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE. TUESDAY, AUG. 20. 1935. AN AIR POLICY JUSTIFIED.
    574 10 Sir Evelyn Wrench has visualised the day when the young men and women of the English universities will complete their education by an aerial tour of the Empire, much as two generations ago it was a J fashionable
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    304 10 Pictures In The Home. Recent advances in television technique can scarcely be overestimated, and the latest reports from Europe and America show that this radio marvel has reached, the entertainment point of view, almost the stage which wireless broadcasting had reached when the early 8.8.C. i pioneers began their experiments
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    Social and Personal
    145 10 Mr. C. D. Jackson is in Singapore en route to China from Penang. Major R. V. M. Garry was in Singapore during the week-end, on his way to British North Borneo from Colombo. Mr. P. A. Finlayson arrived on the P. and O. Ranpura on Friday to
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    BRITISH MINISTER IN SIAM
    33 10 The British Minister to the Court of Siam. Sir Josiah Crosby, has arranged to leave Europe by the P. k O. Rawalpindi, and should reach Bangkok on October 12,
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    GOING HOME BY AIR.-11.
    1208 10 Desert Storm, The Jordan And Egypt, we publish the concluding portion of an article on a journey from Singapore to England by air, written by the Ranee of Sarawak for the Sarawak Gazette. Sharjah can only be described as a vision of the fort in Beau
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    Penang — Before Nelson Won At Trafalgar.
    544 10 Penang Before Nelson Won At Trafalgar. GLIMPSES OF THE PAST "■pHE observations which I have hitherto made on the superiority of this Island to Bombay, as a Naval Yard, have arisen from circumstances chiefly relative to ourxelves and our own Sottements. I have one more remark to bring forward on
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    773 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. WOW is a good time to sec the giant fruit-bat in Singapore, when the moon is up and the tembusu trees are fruiting. Walking through Government House grounds last night, I came upon hundreds of these weird creatures in the fine old trees that line
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      14 10 YOUR TRAVELLING EXPENSES REDUCED 20 PER CENT. BY PURCHASING A RAIL MILE COUPON BOOK
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    WILL BRITAIN SELL ARMS TO ABYSSINIA?
    498 11 CABINET EXPECTED TO LIFT BAN. EMERGENCY MEETING. Sir Samuel Hoare Sees The King. MR. ANTHONY EDEN TO REPORT. AN emergency meeting of the British Cabinet is to be called within a week to consider a detailed report by Mr. Anthony Eden on the breakdown
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    SINGAPORE RADIO1 DELAY.
    341 11 SINGAPORE RADIO 1 DELAY. NO BROADCASTS THIS YEAR. /GOVERNMENT'S insistence on approving every step taken by tho Hritish Malaya Broadcasting orp:irati(;n in the establishment of a new radio station for Singapore is blamed for the company's delay in 11 t>ng iterations. Mr A. P. Cameron, m his chairman"., ■p ecn
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    150 PARACHUTE JUMPERS.
    42 11 The most sensational event of the national air meeting occurred today when 150 people made simultaneous parachute jumps from six bombing planes. All landed safely. Trained dogs thrown from aeroplanes also alighted safely by means of special parachutes. Reuter.
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    GREAT DANES ATTACK ON CHILD.
    72 11 Three-Year-Old Boy Dies From Dog 1 Bites. London, Aug. 19. Six threat danes today savagely Attacked :ind worried three-year-old George Smith who entered a yard at; Henley where the dogs hitherto had bri-n wi'll-behnvccl. Th^y are kept by a breeder. Kifteen-year-old James Nolan comR'vouslv drove
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    SELANGOR MINERS & TIN CONTROL.
    149 11 SELANGOR MINERS TIN CONTROL. Support For Keeping 1929 As Standard Year. 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 20. Selangor Miners' Association yesterday unanimously decided to authorise their two representatives, Messrs. Choo Kia-P»ng and L. Vaughan, to vote for the following resolution at the meeting of the Council of the
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    ARMS FROM JAPAN.
    57 11 Daba Berrou, a leading Abyssinian, is being sent to Japan on a special mission by the Abyssinian Government. It is understood that he will try to negotiate the purchase of a large quantity of rifles and ammunition. An attempt will be made to obtain credit for at
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    R.A.F. EXPANSION AT HONG KONG.
    278 11 Site For Large Aerodrome. SINGAPORE OFFICER'S TOUR. (By Our Services Correspondent.) It is unofficially learned (says a Reuter message from Hong Kong) that the construction of a large aerodrome at Fangling (British Leased Territory) is expected shortly. I understand that Flight-Lieut. G. C. Bladon, Headquarters
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    STATEMENT TODAY ON DEATH OF SIAMESE PRINCE.
    375 11 "AH Sorts Of Rumours Conjectures.'* REGENCY CHAIRMAN'S SHORT ILLNESS. What Bangkok Newspaper Could Not Publish. A statement will be made in the Siamese Assembly this afternoon concerning the cause of death of H.R.H. Prince Anuvatana Chaturonta, the chairman of the Regency Council, who
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    25 11 Admiral Sir Roger Backhouse, formerly second-in-command of the Mediterranean fleet, will today succeed the Earl of Cork as Commander-ln-Chlef of the Home Fleet. British Wireless.
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    SMALLPOX MYSTERY IN SINGAPORE.
    180 11 Pearl's Hill area of Singapore la being combed by the Health Department who, following Mrs. F. J. Fuller's death from smallpox on Sunday, are searchIng (or further cases. How Mrs. Fuller developed the disease is a mystery at present. She had been vaccinated but seven days
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    WANG CHING-WEI MAY RETURN.
    249 11 To Confer With Chiang Kai-shek. CABINET MAY BE RE-FORMED. Nanking Aug. 20. The hope that Mr. Wang Ching-wei, who so for has been deaf to all entreaties, will return to his office as Premier is stimulated by the arrival in Nanking of Gen. Chiang KaiShek. It
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    23 11 Signor Mussolini's gift plane was received in person by Gen. Chiang Kaishek at a ceremony at Kuling on Saturday. Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    BIG FIRE AT BERLIN RADIO SHOW.
    182 11 Mystery Of Huge Blaze. HEROIC RESCUES FROM TOWER. THIRTY casualties are reported in an extensive fire last night at Berlin's great radio exhibition the German rival of Radiolympia. Two people (says Reuter) are likely to die from their injuries and burns and 2C others
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    NAZI OUTRAGE IN CEMETERY.
    75 11 Berlin, Aug. 19. Further incidents in the Nazi war against Jews and Roman Catholics have occurred in various parts of the country. Over forty graves were devastated in the Catholic churchyard at Scheandorf, upper Palatinate, where wooden crosses over the graves of impecunious Catholics were broken
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    IMPORTS DOWN: EXPORTS UP.
    156 12 Malayan Trade FallFIGURES FOR JULY PRELIMINARY statistics for July, issued yesterday, show a further slight falling off in Malayan trade. This is not regarded as surprising In view of the consistency of the recovery since the beginning of 1934. dross imports during July amounted to 537.368.000
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    SUSPENSION OF ADVOCATE.
    96 12 Appeal To Be Heard On Aug. 30. The appeal of Mr. T. Talukdar, advocate and solicitor, against the order of the Supreme Court suspending him from practice for six months on the ground of professional misconduct, has been fixed for hearing on Aug. 30 at Penang. It
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    MR. LIM PENG HAN RE-CHARGED.
    91 12 Mr. Llm Per..; Han. who was discharged a few weeks ago on the D.P.P. not offering evidence on a charge o; having caused the death of Miss Nancy Wong by a rash act. was re-charged this morning before Mr. E. E. Colman. the .Sinfjapore Fifth
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    MAN CHURCH AND PERSECUTION.
    106 12 Appeal To Archbishop Of Canterbury. London. Aug. 19. Allegations of persecution of members of the German Orthodox Church are made in an appeal to the Archbishop of Canterbury by friends of the Orthodox community who declare Dr. Schmucker, the Orthodox Metropolitan arrested In 1933 w;is taken
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    EMBASSY PRISONER RELEASED.
    47 12 Pelpinp. Aug. 20. Mr. Tao Shang-min, member of the Pfipins Political Council who has been detainee' at the Japanese Embassy ii PeipinK since the Luanchev incident, was rek sed vesterd iy. The Luan Chow nssassi s have so far elucicd ptars.— fltn Kuo Mm.
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    TO BAT AVI A IN 3 HOURS.
    123 12 New Planes Used From Today. (By Our Aviation Correspondent.) As from today, the K.N.IK.M. air service Is being operated as has the X.L.M. service between Holland and Java fot the past few months with Douglas aircraft. This means that it is now possible
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    THIRD ARREST FOR MURDER.
    283 12 Filipino Youth Charged. The police have arrested a third man in connection with the murder in Silat Road on Aug. 10 of a Chinese, Chua Beng Swee. This man, Vincent Banka, a 17-year-old Filipino, was charged with murder yesterday, and was remanded In police custody for
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    72 12 AuaWMC Ui' MALAYAN BOOKS AND HIS FIANCEE: A snapshot of Mr. Clive Dalton, the author, with his fiancee. Miss Antes Staples, whose engagement was recently announced. Miss Staples is the daughter of Mr. A. Staples, well-known in Malaya for his journalistic activities. Mr. Dalton is the author of several novels
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    NEW PENAL CODE FOR GERMANY.
    99 12 Will Not Be Bound By Written Law. Berlin, Aug. 20. The replacement of the existing penal code in the near future by new crime legislation, in accordance with the political and cultural views now prevailing in Germany" was announced 1 today by Dr. Guertner, minister
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    NAZI CAMPAIGN AGAINST JEWS & CATHOLICS.
    126 12 NAZI CAMPAIGN AGAINST JEWS CATHOLICS. Storm Troopers Shout Slogans From Lorries. During a Nazi demonstration m Berlin yesterday lorries were filled with storm troopers shouting slogans aimed at Catholics and Jews. The Mayor of Dortmund has forbidden Jews to use the municipal pawn- shops while at Oldenburg, north-west j Germany,
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    MORSE THAT SPOILS RADIO RECEPTION.
    103 12 Bangkok Blamed As Well As Bandoeng. (From Our Radij Correspondent.) Powerful morse signals continue to interrupt Malayan reception of certain European broadcasting stations, and last night they were louder than for several evenings, completely blotting out the 83.C. transmission 'or more than an hour. Although
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    WELCOME TO NEW JUDGE.
    442 12 Mr. Justice Gordon Smith. Welcoming Mr. Justice Gordon Smith, the new Puisne Judge who arrived in Singapore over the weekend, on behalf of the Singapore Bar in the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon, Mr. H. A. Koek said •Before the days work in open Court is taken
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    TO INVESTIGATE TROPICAL DISEASES.
    69 12 Professor D. B Blacklock, In charge of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Hygiene Department, with his wife. Curator of the School Museum and an expert on maternity and child welfare, have arrived In Malaya on a 30.000 mile trip to the F.M.S., Dutch E. Indies
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    STORY OF DOUBLE MURDER IN 1920.
    177 12 MALAY ON TRIAL AT ASSIZES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 19. At the Negri Sembllan Assizes which began today In the Seremban Supreme Court before Mr. Justice R.C. Cussen Ahmad bin Haji Ahmad stood charged with the double murder of N?o Fan and
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    UNMARRIED PLANTERS' LONELINESS.
    210 12 Bishop's Views Welcomed. HIGHER PAY NEEDED. "It ii extremely essential to get planters to marry and I do hope that the rubber industry will see that thcs« young men have a chance of marrying an English girl from Home as soon as possible." The Incorporated Society of
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    SEA-WALL AT BAGAN LUAR.
    134 12 SINGAPORE FIRM GETS CONTRACT. (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 19. Messrs. Gammon Malaya > Ltd., of Singapore, have been awarded the contract for the construction of a sea-wall at Bagan Luar, Prai, for which tenders were called in June. Tenderers were Invited to submit
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    SAW CROCODILE SEIZE BROTHER'S LEG.
    133 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 19. The story of the tragic death of a Chinese fisherman near Port Weld was told before the Talping Coroner when an inquiry was held today. The brother or the deceased man told the court that he heard his
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    CHINESE DEAD IN STREET.
    42 12 A Chinese was found dead about seven 'clock this morning at the junction of North Bridge Road and T.i Quee Lan Street. Singapore. No details are available but It is thought that death was due to heart f?'!ure.
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    FLYING BOAT EXPECTED NEXT WEEK.
    74 12 Repairs At Rangoon. (By Our Aviation Correspondent) A signal has been received at Selctar to the effect that the Singapore II flying boat held up at Rangoon now will not leave until next week. The aircraft Is at anchor and difficulty is being experienced in
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    CIVIL ENGINEERS VISIT TENGAH AERODROME. SINGAPORE'S NEW AERODROME.
    875 13 Excavation Almost Entirely By Hand Labour. (By Our Services Correspondent.) i Members of the Malayan Association of the Institution of Civil Engineers and of the Engineering Association of Malaya last week inspected a new aerodrome being formed largely by hand. This is
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    PUBLIC PARK IN MUAR
    108 13 To Mark Anniversary Of Sultan's Reign. 'From A Special Correspondent Muar. Aui,. 19. The Sultan of Johore has consented to the proposal of his third son. Tunku Ahmad, State Commissioner. Muar, for the establishment of a public park in Muar in order to commemorate the 40th
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    MALAY FINED $100.
    37 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 19. Before the Seremban magistrate, Mr. J. Calder, a Malay, Abdul Ghani, was fined $100 (or three months' imprisonment) for retaining five turkeys belonging to Low Ah Soo.
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    17 13 Mr. L. G. Valpy. A.C.P., has been appointed to act as a Deputy Commissioner of Police. F.M.S.
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    MRS. F. A. FULLER
    269 13 Large Attendance At Funeral. The funeral of Mrs. Fanny Annette Fuller, wife of .i senior European warder lln the Singapore Prison Department jwho died on Sunday from smallpox. took place at Bidadari yesterday. The funeral was attended by the husband and many friends, including j friends
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    ALLEGED FORGERY
    133 13 i From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 19. An English-speaking Chinese, Low Soon Teck, appeared before the Seremban magistrate, today, charged wlht forging a Chartered Bank cheque. According to the prosecution, who said that the case might be committed to the Assizes, the accused is alleged to have
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    65 13 Two Chinese students who have received their diplomas In France passed through on the D'aartaguan on their way to Tndo China. They are Dr. Uguyen Chauh Di'c. who has graduated trim the universities of Bordeaux and Paris, anj his Younger brother, Mr. Uguyen Tan Trung who has graduated from the
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    HEAP OF STONES ON LINE.
    89 13 Obstruction Holds Up Mail Train. The viail train from Penang to Kuala Lumpur teas held up at midnight last night between Bagan Serai and Alor Pongsu owing to an obstruction of the line, states the Straits Times' correspondent at Taiping. The driver of the train
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    CONSTABLE SHOOTS HIMSELF.
    254 13 Suicide In Shop. A verdict of suicide was returned yes- 1 terday by Mr. W G Porter, the Singapan Coroner, after an inquiry into the death of a 30-year-old Bengali additional police constable. Muir Kasain. attached to the Government chandu shop in Queen Street. Tan Kirn Chuan,
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    CHARGED WITH ABETTING MURDER
    110 13 'From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 19. Further light has b<?en thrown on th<stabbing affray near the toddy shop in Temple Road, Brickfields, last week, as the result of which a Tamil named Muttu died, and his brother and the alleged assailant, Maniam, are still
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    15 13 A meeting of the Selangor Bar Committee was held in Kuala Lu.-npur on Saturday morning.
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    ALLEGED DANGER TO HEALTH.
    477 13 OFFICER CONDEMNS K.L. PREMISES. LANDLORD FACES CHARGE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 19. K. U. A. L. M. Ramasamy Chettiar appeared before Mr. F. K. Wilson, in the Kuala Lumpur Police Court today on a summons brought at the instance of the Sanitary Board
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    K.L.'S NEW CINEMA
    61 13 Messrs Kuan Yuan, a local firm, have received the contract for the building of the new Pavilion Cinema at the corner of the Bukit Bintang and Pudu roads. Kuala Lumpur. Work Is proceeding at once. The contract has been made at a higher figure than was originally
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    WHIRLWIND START GIVES WILTSHIRES TWO IMPORTANT GOALS.
    884 14 R. A. F. APPEARED TO BE A TIRED TEAM. Regiment Strengthen Their Position As Runners-Up. WII.TSHIRES 2; R.A.F. 1. j)Y defeating the R.A.F. by two goals to one in a First Division match at Anson Road Stadium yesterday the Wiltshire Regiment reversed the
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    28 14 The Combined Darul Bahar and Shahrul Kamar football teams who contested the M.F.A. Cup final on Sunuuy. Darul Bahar won by seven goals to nil. Straits Times Photograph.
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    32 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 19. The second round tie in the Selangor Cup competition', between the Tamils and the Malays, will be played on the T.P.C.A. ground on Friday.
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    TERROR TOO GOOD FOR S.C.C. 11.
    379 14 Association Football. Post Office Take Both Points From M.P.H. 11. M.5. Terror 5: S.C.C. 11. 1. TPHE S.C.C. second eleven were clearly no match for the fast Terror team in a second division matoh on the PaUanr yesterday, and were beaten by five coals
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    NO TENNIS TODAY.
    49 14 Exhibition At S.C.C. Has To Be Cancelled. The two Japanese students. M. Tsukaba and J. KinoshiU. who were to ha-e played a series of exhibition lawn tennis matches at the S.C.C. today are both indisposed and the whole programme arr anted for today has been cancelled.
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    INTER-CLUB GOLF.
    148 14 Keppel Golf Club will meet the Singapore Golf Club at Keppel G.C. on Sunday in a representative golf match. The teams and starting times Keppel players shown first are as follows 8.45 H. Irving Jones (6) vs. H. M. Paterson (scr.). 8.50 J. M. Harper (6) vs. S.
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    Low Scoring In Stonor Shield Matches.
    794 14 TWO DEFEATS FOR KILAT CLUB. (From our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 19. fHE Kilat Club met with two defeats in the Stonor Shield competition this week-end being beaten by the V.M.C.A. on Saturday and the Rangers yesterday. The Selangor Eurasian Association had a
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    LAKE CUP WON BY H. C. CLARKE.
    431 14 Selangor Golf. Klang Team Loses To Gardens G. C. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 10. MEMBERS of the Selaneor Go!f Club were engaged during the week-end in a '6 hole stroke competition for the Lake Cup. play on Saturday being over
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      20 14 AFTER A STRENOUS GAME 4fet NOTHING MOKE (■P UfUSIIIIK 'J THAN A VCvfIAH Of K YsS SMASH FRAMO t CO.
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    SOUTH AFRICANS ALMOST CERTAIN OF TEST HONOURS.
    1090 15 RECORD NINTH WICKET STAND OF 137. England Has Two Strokes Of Luck— Leyland's Century. A BRILLIANT century by E- L. Dalton, considered to be the most stylish batsman in South Africa, and a record ninth wicket stand by him and Alphabet Langton enabled
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    27 15 At the V.M.C.A. swimming Carnival. Yen Jui Mok (left) and Sim Soo Chens were first and second respectively in the 80 yds. schoolboys championship. Straits Times Photograph.
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    32 15 Al (ante, a middle-weight from Manila who has just arrived in Singapore under contract to Mr. B. Bell. He bears a remarkable resemblance to Young Frisco (exclusive picture by J. D. Campbell).
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    SHOCK FOR FORMER CHAMPION.
    201 15 Lawn Tennis? Ong Ec Kong Loses In S.C.R.C. Tourney. (From Our Own Corresp>ndent Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 20. Ong Ec Kong, the former Selangor lawn tennis champion, was surprisingly beaten yesterday by Cheong Tuck Wing in the semi-final of the S.C.R.C. lawn tennis championships, the score beinp
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    EASY FOR SURREY.
    46 15 London, Aug. 19. The Somerset -Surrey match at Yeovil was completed in two days Surrey winning by eight wickets. SOMERSET: 149 (Gover 6 for 37) and 196 (F. R. Brown 7f0r76). SURREY: 184 (Wellard 6 for 6!M and 160 for 2 wkts..— Reuter.
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    SELANGOR JUNIOR CUP.
    67 15 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 20. In the first round of the Junior knock-out competition yesterday the Eurasians defeated the Police Circle by four goals to one. The Police were the first to score through Dollah but Gomez equalised before the interval. Early in the
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    THE ST. LEGER.
    93 15 London, Aug. 19. The following is the latest betting on the St. Leger which will be run at Doncaster on Sept. 11:11 to 10 Bahram offered, 6 to 5 taken 9 to 1 Field Trial taken and offered. 100 to 7 Plassy and Sea Bequest offered 100
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    S.CRC. BILLIARDS.
    41 15 Will members kindly note that the entries for the Billiards Championship and Handicaps are now open. Intending competitors are requested to sign their names on the forms posted up on the Club's notice board. Entries close on Sept. 15..
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH
    599 15 A Horse And A Rattle— Jockey Club Ruling Sought— Jack Doyle Suspended Conducted by "LEIGHTOM." DALLYSCANLONS rattle has turned DOYLE IN THE NEWS up again, with portentous consequences. Ballyscanlon, was a racehorse who would only run his best when his jockey carried a rattle attached to his
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    MALAY REGIMENT'S GOOD WIN.
    332 15 In The Negri. Fine Bowling By Majors Bruce Bretherton. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 19. DLAYING at Seremban on Sunday, 1 the Malay Regiment of Port Dickson did well to defeat the Nctri Sembilan Club by 44 runs. Che Aim, who went in at the
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    S.A.F.A. CUP.
    87 15 Holders To Meet The Government Services. The draw for the first round of the S.A.F.A. Cup competition was made yesterday. The holders, the Malays, will not have «-u< h an easy task in the first round as the Government Services proved themselves grand rup fighters last year. Sept.
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    54 15 Tuesday, Aug. 20. FoottaU: SAP. A. League. Div. 11. S.C.F.A. vs. Police. Anson Roud Stadium; Commercial Cup. O'srn Chinese Bank vs. Municipal Scnicra, V.M.C. A. KTOuri. Golf: Ktppel Club. Committee nv.eiing. Wednesday. Ail*. 21. Football: S.A.P.A. League. Div. 1. SC.C. vs. S.C.F.A.. padang; Div. 111. Fort Canning vs.
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    SMITH AND CLAY THE LEADERS.
    467 16 Bruce Mitchell Easily South Africa's Best. London, Aug' 5. ►THE first class averages up to Saturday were as follows: Batting Times Highest Inns Not Runs Inns Avg. out Emi'h (D.) > 37 6 1528 225 49.29 35 3 1530 200* 47.R1 Barber 41 4 1747
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    MALAYS DO WELL
    205 16 Mahmood Can Get Wickets As Well As Goals. The Medical College Union were only able to field a scratch team against the Malays on th< College ground on Sunday and lost 13 runs. Scores M.C.U. Din b Mahmood 5 Dr. Paranjothy b Ismail 2 Cooper c Yunos
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    24 16 Tara Singh (left) won the 440 yds. race at the A. PC. sports on Saturday from Eusope and Tan Hong Hock. Straits Times Photograph.
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    A Year Of Triumphs For The Light Blues.
    1164 16 OXFORD WIN ONLY EIGHT CONTESTS. London, Aug. 10. With the exception of the motoring events, all the contests held between Oxford and Cambridge throughout the academic year 1934-35 are Included in the table of results which is given below. The fact that
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    BARRY'S CHALLENGE.
    216 16 Wants To Meet Phelps For Sculling Title. London, Aug. 8. DERT BARRY, former world's champion, still cherishes hope of I a race with Ted Phelps, the titleholder, for the English professional ■calling championship. Barry has twice challenged Phelps to a match, without reply. He intends to appeal to
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    OPINIONS ON NEW L.B.W. RULE.
    377 16 A. B. Sellers Thinks It Has Come To Stay. London, Aug' 5. WITH only tour weeks of the cricket season left to go players have had ample opportunity to judge th. effect of the experimental lbw.. rule on the game. Yesterday the following views i
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    46 17 The State Council of Siam has approved of the engagement by th^ Siamese Legation in Washington of the services of Mr. Frederic R. Dolbeare as Adviser in Foreign Alfairs in succession to Mr. Raymond B. Stevons. Mr. Doloear" is expected from San PTanrlseo on Sept. 4.
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      747 17 Life At Home And In Malaya. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Your correspondent, "White Man's Burden," in the Straits Times .>f Aug. 12, has been stirred to open dissent by my recent letter on the Bishop of London's speech. I sincerely hop..' that "White Mans
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      SNIPE.
      40 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l have the pleasure to inform you that the first snipe put in its appcaranc? at Kampong Loga, Batu Pahat on Aug. 15. Yours, etc., FRANK TAN. Batu Pahat, Aug. 16.
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      THE 7-DAY WEEK.
      758 17 Abnormal Production On Estates. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I agree with your correspondent More Truth in several respects, but he would find It very hard to substantiate his statement that Sunday stoppage is not feasible on rubber estates with any concrete proof or
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      DESTITUTE EUROPEANS.
      86 17 Shortage Of Funds For Relief. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l would like to refer to the article in The Sunday Times on the subject of Destitute Europeans in Singapore. The sub-heading says that relief work is hampered by meagre funds. As an unemployed Europ.-an
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      6-DAY WEEK.
      468 17 Caustic Comments By An Old-Timer. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— lf "Truth" really wants a slxday working week, by mere human psychology he should set about his task, revolutionary for the East, by demanding a seven-day working week for everybody, including all officials and municipal
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      MALAYAN PINES
      372 17 How Do They Compare With Hawaiian Product To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. I have read with much interest and amusement all the articles and comments appearing in your columns about the pineapple Industry. In my view, much that has been said by socalled experts is
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      199 17 Today's Crossword Puzzle HP f^ P I F*~~l I 7I 7 I HP a P' 3 IP* NOTE:— Mgu.es m partatbeses denote the number of letters In the words required. ICLUES.) ACROSS. 15. Mould}' (5) 16. Inferred (S) 1. Pinal cont«te (IS) 20 (7) 10. Mews (7) 22 aj^jj mound
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    AUGUST THOUGHTS ON NEW FILMS.
    1082 18 .Written In The Clubhouse At St. Andrews. From Our Own Correspondent. London, Aug. 13. QUTSIDE the window of this austere room stretches the realisation of a dream. The first tee is but a hundred yards away the course is the Old at St Andrews the
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    FILM STARS IN LONDON.
    54 18 BeU Luicosi, accompanied by his wife, and Shirley Grey, the film stars, arrived In London by the Berengaria boat train from America. They are to appear in the new film the "Return of the Marie Celeste." In this picture are: Bela Lugosi (centre) his wife (left)
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    NAVY WEEK RECORD.
    164 18 Previous Highest Figure Passed By 17,501. Navy Week, which came to an end last week at Portsmouth, Chatham and Plymouth, attracted more people this year than ever before. The total attendance for the week was 333,007, an increase of 31,352 over the 1934 figures, and 17,501 higher
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    23 18 After Pte. Braldwood. 2nd Batt. Border Regiment, was shot dead while on duty at the Arsenal gate at Ferozepore. an arrest was made.
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    MR. HENRY FORD AND 'SHARE THE WEALTH.'
    336 18 Proved To Bo Quite Impracticab'e. "There is nothing new In President Roosevelt's "Share-the-Wealrh" project, the Henry Ford d~clar. d in Ml interview published In the New Vor c Times. He said the plan had been P-o-posed "over and ovre again and always given
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    END OF AN AMERICA'S CUP DEFENDER.
    41 18 Built and fitted out at a cost ot nearly £100.000. the yacht Enterprise, which defended the America's Cup in 1930, has been sold to the ship-breaker. Mr. Louis Lubschanslcy. of New London, Connecticut, for £1.000.
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    PRECARIOUS CHANCES AWAITING LORD LINLITHGOW.
    944 19 THE WELDING TOGETHER OF UNHOMOGENEOUS ELEMENTS. Difficult Task Confronts The New Viceroy. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, Aug. 10. POLITICS or communal rioting lost their customary place as the news splash on one day this week to the announcement of the name of the new
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    FRIEND OF LATE DALAI LAMA.
    474 19 MR. W. P. ROSEMEYER DEAD. HIS SERVICE IN TIBET. THE death has occurred of Mr. W. P. Rosemeyer, Engineering Supervisor, Yatung, who was in charge of the telegraph line to Gyantse, Tibet. The fine service rendered to Government by Mr. Rosemeyer has been almost unique.
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    Rs. 20 LAKH PROJECT
    93 19 Nagpur City's Water Supply. Nagpur. It is understood that the local Government has approved the Kanhan water supply scheme for Nagpur city submit*"^ by the Nagpur Municipal Commi'-ee. The new scheme will cost about Rs. 20^-2 lakhs and will be capable of supplying 5,000.000 gallons of
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    2,000,000 Indian Immigrants For Ceylon In Decade.
    219 19 (From A Ceylon Correspondent.) CINCE 1924 more than 2,000,000 unassisted immigrants and assisted estate labourers arrived in Ceylon Island. Of that number, the 1934 total was 245,483 as against 121,251 In the previous year. The increase in the number of assisted labourers arriving
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    GRAVING DOCK EXTENSION.
    281 19 WORK ON COLOMBO SCHEME BEGINS. (From A Ceylon Correspondent.) J7XTENSIONS to the graving dock were begun on Aug. 8, with the cutting of the first sod by the Hon. Mr.. H. M. Macan Markar, the Minister of Communications and Works. The graving dock is constantly in use
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    MORE FORTIFICATIONS FOR CEYLON.
    582 19 IMPORTANT ROLE OF THE DEFENCE FORCE. New Infantry Battalion For The Island? (From A Ceylon Correspondent.) THERE is nothing very mysterious about the recent measures adopted with regard to the Island's defence, according to the Times of Ceylon. It is impossible to differentiate between purely local
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    COBRA FOUND IN A DRAWER.
    68 19 t Jubbulpore. A six-foot cobra is staled to have been discovered in the drawer of a writing table. It is reported that the daughter of an officer in the King's Regiment opened a wrilrtj to.be drawer and discovered a large cobra coiled up inside. She
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    SIR SUBRAMANIA IYER.
    53 19 "He was one of the greatest men in Southern India whose memory the people of the Presidency ought always to cherish," observed Sir Vepa Ramesam, the acting Chief Justice, when unveiling a statue of the late Sir Subramania Iyer, first Indian vice-chancelior of Madras University, at the
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    RAINY DAYS IN ENGLAND.
    42 20 Rainy dnys in England. Upper picture shows the crowd at Wimbledon Sheltering under umbrellas wnilf waiting for play in the Davis Cup Tournament. Lower picture shows the flooded front at Southend after torrential rains which broke the heatwave.
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    36 20 After he had christened a new fire tender, the Mayor of Oxford, Councillor G. C. Pipkin, and members of tho Corporation, rode on it through the streets to the Fire Station where the Mayor opened extensions
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    30 20 The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Stephen KUlik. opened London's Navy Week aboard the training ship President at Blackfriars. The Lord Mayor Inspecting the guard of honour from the R.N.V.R.
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    32 20 The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. Viscount Craigave.i. paid a hurried visit to London after the Belfast riots. Lord Cralgavon (lefti leaving his club with Sir Charles Blackmore to see Mr Baldwin.
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    25 20 Mr. Richard Sydney Grenville Smith of the 4lh Queen's Own Hussars, was married to Baroness Florence von Ompteda at St. George's Church, Hanover Square. London.
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