The Straits Times, 6 September 1935

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    31 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1935. PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times. MlNli^l v -M'll
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      350 1 BtNGf onae: 1/10. czc:l gt. c?i:onl C47l>. liMiH-fA^l The New Yale Ball Bearing SPUR GEARED Chain Block is the latest g v$ contribution to industry. Yale chain blocks have a line of steel from hook to hook, are factory tested to raise and support loads greatly in excess of their
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      582 2 FENNIE— At the General Hospital. Singapore, on S°pteir.b?r 5. 1935. to Ella, wife of R. J. Ftnme. a Caushtcr. ERAGA— At the Maternity Hospital, to Mrs. A J Brai.a. a daughter. (Hong Kong papers please copy). WEIGALL— INNES— On Sept. 5. 1935. at St. Andrew's C.-.thedral. Singapore, by the Rt.
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      783 2 MOTOR VEHICLES SEE 1935 GRAHAM PAIGE at Lee Motors, 110-112 Orchard Rd. USED CARS: Plat. Citroen, Essex. Hill- man. Morris, Nash. Singer "9" saloons, etc., etc., Eastern Auto Co.. Ltd.. 69-79 Orchard Poac Singapore. TERRAPLANE. 1934 De Luxe Saloon. 1 Mileage less than 8,000. Perfect condition and appearance. Smaller car
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      785 2 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO LET, Top floor 104-108 Robinson Rd. excellent office, rent cheap. Apply J. 8. Nathan 8c De Sousa Street. OFFICES at 4 and 4-A. Prince Street, top floor and No. 22. Raffles Place. Apply Koh Chew Kee, 129. KUlinery Road. MISCELLANEOUS YOU CAN HAVE THE SUTDAT
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      668 2 AUCTION NOTICES Bstate «f V. M. VAN CUYLEXBEKG. akc'srd. AUCTION SALE jf polished teak office furniture, Milner's fireproof safe on stand etc ro be held at the saleroom of Messrs. Cheoro: Koon Seng ft Co., Ltd., No. 30, Chulia St.. on Saturday, Sept. 7. 1935, at 10.N a.m. Now on
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      700 2 TENDERS E P. W. D. TENDER NOTICE, j TENDERS will be received at the office of i the State Engineer. Ncgri SembUan, Serem- ban, up to noon of Sept. 21, 1935, for the I erection of 54 Followers Quarters for the I Malay Regiment Port Dickson. Every person applying for
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      636 2 3USINESS CARDS, Etc MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Miss HMNA 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. SOMETHING FOR LESS. Wont you come and ir.spoct our shopsoiled books They are not secondhand, mind you, and they are going at reel bargain prices Why not pay us a call and
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      179 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Singapore Within Outside Without Uajbua Malaya Postage McntliN S 3.M 4.00 2.50 Uuarierlr S 8.50 $12.»0 7.50 llxlf Yearly SII.CO «1.»0 5K..00 Yearly J34.00 StO.O* $30.09 \otr. OutsU«r»n rhrquen should include thr mmt hank dlscmnt. ADVERTISEMENT RATES. The charges and Instructions for I.ASSIriKO ADVERTISEMENTS are as under: 2S
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      618 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL. FASSENUER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTYS GOVERNMENT. I ONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWAP.D FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due. Tonnage B'pore. 5 MANTUX 11.000 Sept 6 CHITRAL
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      348 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. NEW REDUCED FARES TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. Regular fortnightly sailings. S.S. KASHIMA MARU Sept. 19. MS. YASUKUNI MARU Oct. 2. S.S. HAKONE MARU Oct. 17. S.S. SUWA MARU Oct. 31. To Ist Class 2nd Class Naples $497
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      610 3 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. BANGKOK LINE Luxurious One Class Motorshlps. Most Cabins have adjoining private bath. Excellent Cuisine. tOR GENOA. LONDON. ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. Prom Prom Prom Prom Spore Malacca Port Penang MS Sham LALANDIA 17/9 17/9 18/9 20/9 JUTLANDIA 8/10 8/10 9/10 11/10 MEONIA 29/10 29/10 30/10 1/11
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      173 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 mealsHot and cold running water In each state room. Cabins for two or more passengers with real beds Modern ventilation throughout. Weekly service from Manila and Hong
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      1164 3 i THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Hua Khlow Steamship Co- (1912) MA. Steam Ship Co. Ltd.. and China Mutual The Cnnard White Star Ltd Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd.) The Sarawak Steanuhlo Co.. Ltd. The Straits Steamship o Ltd. The Australian Oriental Line Ltd. The China Navigation Co., Ltd. The
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    CHINA'S RECOGNITION OF MANCHUKUO.
    111 5 Being Insisted Upon By Mr. Hi rota. Shanghai, Sept. 4. Mr. Hlrota, Japanese Foreign, Minister, at a meeting in Tokio yesterday with Gen. Chiang Tso-pin, Chinese Ambassador, is reported to have suggested First, China's recognition of Manchukuo, and Secondly, China's acceptance to-*a certain extent, of Japanese
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    31 5 Gen. Huang Shao-hsiung. Governor of Chekiang. arrived by plane at Chengtu, Szechuan, yesterday to report to Gen. Chiang Kai-shek on his mission to the South -West, says Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    30 5 These Sakai women are pounding rice. The efforts of missionaries and others to civilise and educate the simple Sakais were described at a meeting reported in the Straits Times yesterday.
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    MORE ANTI-JEWISH LEGISLATION.
    124 5 Fine Art Dealers Who Must Close Down. Berlin, Sept. 4. Jewish dealers In fine arts and antiques have been given notice to liquidate their businesses within one month when their names will be removed from the Reich cultural chamber. The Propaganda Minister considers trading in cultural goods
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    OIL CONCESSION.
    86 5 United States To Make Inquiries. Washington, Sept. 4. Mr. Cordell Hull revealed today that the State Department Is Inquiring into the circumstances surrounding the Abyssinian oil concession, but although it is considered Important, it is not expected to play any role whatever in the United States' attitude towards
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    200 PEOPLE KILLED.
    40 5 Accidents In U.S. During Past Weak-End. New York, Sept. 3. Nearly 200 people were killed and 200 seriously Injured by accidents throughout the country during the week-end which Included the national holiday of Labour Day.— Rei'ter Wireless.
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    16 5 Sir William Llewellyn, who is actively concerned with the Chinese art exhibition in London in November.
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    EX-CHARHAR GOVERNOR.
    42 5 Gen. Ho Ying-chin, War Minister and concurrently chairman of the Peiping Military Council, has cabled to Gen. Soong Che-yuan urging him to leave for Peiping immediately to assume hla duties as commander of the PelplngTientsin Railway garrison.— Sin Kuo Mln.
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    HEALTHY BRITAIN.
    187 5 How Public Services Help England. London, Sept. 4. The report of the Ministry of Health for the year ended Mar. 31 last gives i an arresting survey of the chief deve- lopment during the 25 years of the King's reign in the Ministry's main services. Under the national
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    AMERICAN DREYFUS.
    266 5 Startling Developments In Mooney Petition. Baltimore. Aug. 13. Allegations that the whole of th? evidence given by John Mac Donald. the star witness in the case against Tom Mooney. who was sentenced in 1916 to life Imprisonment in connection with a bombing incident at San Francisco, when many
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    MALCOLM CAMPBELL'S REAL SPEED.
    237 5 Mean Average Of 301 Y><\ J Per Hour. g Many miscaculations were inidJ over the spaeds achieved by Sir M;ilJ coini Campbell at Salt Lake City yesterday. The correct figures are. FIRST RUN— 304.311 M.P.11. j SECOND RUN— 29B 013 M !*.!IH MEAN AVERAGE— 3OI.I292 M.P.H.
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    20 YEARS OF INDIGESTION CURED AT ONCE.
    212 5 Just imagine twenty years of painfu indigestion; twenty years of sleepless ness; of frequent sickness and semi starvation. Imagine the misery of it and imaglnj the relief of being completely cured bl a short course of Maclean Brani Stomach Powder. Yet this is
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      193 5 HOTELS ig^f -~j^ MALAYA* PREMIER HOTEL J JfcS** J>J I TONIGIII COCKTAIL DANCE 6.30 to 8.15 p.m. JSf^^ DINNER DANCE (inform,!) 9.30 to midnight afeCS^ 1 and the World Famous Dancers B YOLA PAUL Appearing Nightly N on -diners Jil also LASZLO the well known L M Hungarian Caricaturist TOMORROW
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      12 5 vJ/^Pl* OPEN TlL2ajk JPnf \Jhe Smart -Js?tf 1 I J.il o<ende2 you)
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      213 5 Today's Crossword Puzzle ¥U LI LLLT LJ BIT LJ 7 n N z p* z z l« -I- X ~l— zii z zl 8 i i .Zi 55 Z Z NOTE— Figures in parentheses denote the number of letters In the words required. (CLUES.) ACROSS. 23. Peeling (7) 24. Foot
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    "FLYING FLEAS."
    399 6 AIR COMMODORE AS A LEARNER. The first of the British-built "Flying Fleas" have proved a source of irritation to their owners (says the Aeronautical correspondent of The Times). That of Mr. F. V. Appleby overturned In a cabbage field near Heston. That of Air Commodore J. A. Chamber
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    ITALIAN FRONT LINE DEFENCES.
    41 6 These are the first picture* to arrive in Singapore of the Italian trenches and heavy artillery on the Ethiepian-Eritrean frontier. This picture is of a group of Italian officers with the native crew of a long-range gun.
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    28 6 The New Zealand King George's Jubilee Gift Fund, which will be devoted to research by the New Zealand branch of the British Empire Cancer campaign, has realised £15,140.
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    BUTTER TOO DEAR FOR THE SERVICES.
    202 6 NEW ZEALAND DAIRY SURPRISED. Wellington (N.Z.). Aug. 20. The dairymen of Walkato want butter and not margarine to be suplied to British soldiers, sailors and airmen, and have asked the Dairy 1 Board to appeal to the British GovI ernment to see that this
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    13 6 Considerable damage has been done by fire in Sparta, the ancient Greek city.
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    LAST OF MACLEOD CHIEFS.
    319 6 Scots' Death In A Fortress. Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Aug. 20. Sir Reginald MacLeod of MacLeod, chief of the clan MacLeod and last of his line, died today in his fortress home at Dunvegan Castle. He was 88 and had been kept to his room for
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    NEW ZEALAND AND A WAR.
    144 6 Involved With Britain. Wellington iN.Z Aug. 22. Mr. Forbes. Prime Minister, wr.s questioned at a public meeting here in regard to a statement he was reported to have made in Canada that, if Britain went to war, New Zealand would automatically Join forces with her.
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      215 6 Help Kidneys Don't Take Drastic Drugs Your kidneys have nine million tiny tubes or filters which are endangered fly neglect or drastic, irritating draga. ware! If Kidney trouble or Uladd.r w.i.knesu makes you suffer from (Jelling Up Nights. Leg Pains, Nervousness Dlzilneu, Stiffners, Hlieuraatisin LunibuKu. Circles Under Eyes, Swollen Ankl*n,
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      671 6 FULL BROADCASTING PROGRAMMES FOR MALAYA. 44 HK BRINGS ENGLAND TO US." (From Our Radio Correspondrnt.) A WELCOME return to the microphone is made this week by Mr. Howard Marshall, who resumes his talks "Under Big Ben," from the Empire Station. Mr Marshall has become very well known to overseas listeners
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      818 6 Circuit, Belfast. A running commentary. The commentator* include John Snagge at ITewtownards and Henry McMullan at Comber. 11.35 Dance Music. 11.59 Greenwich Time Signal. The News. 12.95 ajn. Dance Music. 1 12.29 aja. Close down. SUNDAY, SEPT. 8. Transmission 5 5.29 a.m. Big Ben. The Princes* Theatre Oichestra. Sylvia Watt
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      209 6 PHOHI-HOLLAND. 7.50 pjn. Station F.H.I. 17,756 kr s 116 88 m TODAT. 7.59 p.m. Announcement. 5.99 Fragmentary performance of Puccini's opera Boheme." 8.59 Talk. 8-45 Second part of the fragmentary performance of Puccini's opera "La Boheme." 9.95 News fr.->m Holland. 9.29 Music. 9.25 Talk. 9.49 Dajes Bola and his Orchestra.
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      59 6 PENANG. StaMoa UUL Penaac— Wareleßgth 49.3 motraa.— FeauMr WliUtas Society. TODAT. 7 pja. Gramophone records. 7.39 News bulletin. 745 Gramophone records. 8.9 Talk by Mr A J Drake on "the Singapore Jubilee air pageant" 8.15 Gramophone records. 9 p.m. Close dtwn. TOMORBOW. 7 pjn. Gramophone records. 1M Share report. 89
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      78 7 TO-NIGHT'S THE NIGHT AT THE CAPITOL! Here's M. G. M's Grand, Racy Comedy Successor to "FORSAKING ALL OTHERS Ew 1 In M- ft (TfH CHARLIE RUGGLES FRANCHOT TONE EDNA MAY OLIVER And Don't Forget Our Amusing Contest WHAT DID JOAN WHISPER TO BOB? SEE THIS GRAND COMEDY SEND IN YOUR
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      428 7 AL HAMRPA OPENING tonight MLnMITIDKM |at 6.15 9.15 I Booth Tarkinglon's glorious showboat romance stirring with love and Tmß^&V mnsic magic of moonlight nights ;< ?SQS7" on the levee! With Bint <^^" singing as he never sang to lovely Joan Bennett, the sweetest girl in Dixie C V with K_
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      326 7 AS A STAGE PLAY IT RAN ITS PREMIERE SEASON INTO EIGHT TRIUMPHANT MONTHS IN THE WEST-END NOW IT COMES TO YOU ACCLAIMED BY EVERY CRITIC AS THE FINEST MOTION PICTURE SCREENED THIS YEAR! ELISABETH BERGNER In Brttkh And Owninion* Praducttoa M M atgmrti Kennedy', Story "ESCAPE me NEVER" "Brings New
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  • TODAY'S LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      207 8 Tin Dividends Fail To Stimulate Share Prices. From Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Sept. C. The rubber market was dull with little business passing. Values are nominally slightly lower, but there is no pressure to sell at the lower levels. Dividend announcements fail to encourage investors in tin
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      PRODUCE.
      192 8 Singapore, Sept. 6, 12 noon. Buyer. Seller. Gambler 5.50 Java Cube 9.50 Hamburg Cube 9.50 White Muntok Peppir 16.50 Black Pepper 8.75 Mixed Black Pepper Copra, sundried 3. .10 Cupra. mixed 3.45 Fair Flake Tapioca 3.80 Small Flake 4.30 Med. Pearl Tapioca 5.60 Small Pearl Tapioca 5.50 Lingga Sago
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        MINING.
        543 8 ssue Val. Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 4/- 4/6 3/10»/i 4/4% £1 Asam Kumbang 32/6 33/6 cd 32/6 33/6 cd £1 Austral Malay 60/- 61/-cd 59/- 60/-xd 5 Ayer Hltam 13/- 13/9 13/- 14/1 Ayer Weng 1.80 1.85 180 1.85 £1 Bangrin Tin
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        GENERAL.
        407 8 4. i. nilA DlllA UIU. a i.«ij I.OJ l.^O i.OO 2 2 do IVz^o Prefs. 1.75 1.85 1.80 1.90 10 10 Atlas Ice 12.25 12.75 12.25 12.75 £1 £1 B. A. T 5.13.6 5.18.0 5.16.0 6.0.0 1 60 B. M. Broadcasting 0.02 Vidls 0.02 V4pm 10 5 B. M.
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        171 8 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 570 1901 red. 1940 5400.000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 108 110 norn Wo 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 112 114 norn 4Y z r /c 190f red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 118 120 norn 4C'r 1013 red.
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        340 8 (Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated) Today's Prices Traser Co. Lyall Evatt Ulenby 1.50 1.60 1-55 1.60 Uor Gajah 0.90 1.00 0.85 0.95 Mnal. Malay ($2) 2.62 > '2 2.72 2 xd 2.65 2.75 \yer Hitam 1.50 1.55 150 1.60 (Vyer MDlek 0.85 0.95 0.86 0.93 fVyer Panas
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      EXCHANGE RATES.
      220 8 The following are the excr.inge rates this morn'ng according to the dally circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING. London, 4 months' sight 2/4 1/16 London, 3 months' sight 2/4 1/32 London, 60 days' sight 2/4 London, 30 days' sight 2/3 31/32 London, demand
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      83 8 Noon, Sept. 6. Buyers. Sellers. No. 1 K. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) Sept. 19 19^1 Good F. A. Q. in cases (F. 0.8.) Sept. 18 11/16 18 13/16 No. 1 K. R. S. S. (Spot loose) awardable Singapore 18% 19 September 18%
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    HOME AND AMERICAN MARKETS.
    267 8 Closing Prices In London Last Night. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 5. Closing quotations today of the principal British stocks are given below. The rise or fall is in relation to the price of Sept. 4. GOVERNMENT STOCKS. BRITISH. Rise or Mi Conversion Loan 5%
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    AMERICAN SHARES.
    46 8 General Motors 43 K 1 Standard Oil ex. pd 112' i no change U.S. Steel 441-i -fl'i National City Bank 28-2 —1 General Electric 31 »i Union Pacific 9S"it American Tobacco B 99 +M American Can 139V4 +2V U.S. Rubber 13\ Woolworth 61 "i
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    TIN INTERIMS.
    78 8 (From Our Own Corrsepondent.) London, Sept. 5. The following interim dividends are declared on account of the year ending June 30, 1935: Malayan Tin Dredging lift per cent.. payable Sept. 19. Southern Malayan Tin Dredging 2 per cent., payable Sept. 18. Southern Perak Dredging 33 3 4 per
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    EXCHANGES.
    91 8 London, Sept. 5. Paris 75 1 64 Athens 517 sellers New York 4.94* Bucharest 625 sellers Montreal 4.96*4 Rio 4% Geneva 15.19'j sellers official. Brussels 29.44 Belgrade 217 Amsterdam 7. 31 i Buenos Aires 15 Milan 60' i sellers official. Berlin 12 32 Montevideo 39 4 Copenhagen 22.39* sellers
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    N.I. MAY ASK FOR HIGHER QUOTA.
    114 8 EXCESSIVE RUBBER SHIPMENTS. (From Our Own Correspondent > Batavla. Aug. 2. Commenting on the shipment of native rubber which up to the end July was 94.693 tons. I.e. 24,000 tons In excess of the prescribed quota, the Soerabalsch Handelsblad says that it will be
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    SINGAPORE RACES.
    111 8 Th» order ot running and scratching* for tomorrow, the third day of the Singapore Tnrr Club Autumn (Gclf Cup) mecll.nc is as follows: Race 1: Griffins "A"— Nil. Race 2: Griffins "B"—!)indin(ts. Race 3: Horses, Cla«s I, Div. 3 Ernst. Rare 4:— Horses. Class 11. Div. 3 Our
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    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INTERIM.
    50 8 Imperial Chemical Industries (Malaya) Ltd. have received a cable from Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., London, advising the declaration of an interim dividend ot 2'j per cent., payable Nov. 1. A similar declaration was made a year age, and the total distribution lor 1934 was 8 per cent.
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    JAPAN BUYS WOOL.
    58 8 Osaka. Aug. 24. Breaking the record of 688,026 bales established in 1932-33. Japanese imports of Australian and New Zealand wool totalled 695.021 bales M this year's season for such imports neared its close. Shipments during the last few days totalled 33.463 bales, according to figures released by
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    SHARES REPORT.
    136 8 I.yall i- Evatt's list. da:ed Sept. t; ihowi: MINING. Quiet. Austral Malay 5a 60 x.d., Batu Selangor 91 94, Hong Patt 51 »4 x.d.. Kramat 42 6 43 6 x.d. x.b.. Lukat 1.07 M, 112-. Murai Tin 45. 50. PeUltng 6.25 6.50, Raub Aust. Gold 6.00 6.15. S.in
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      YEAR'S FALL IN STOCKS OF ONLY 66,000 TONS ?
      1002 9 YEAR'S FALL IN STOCKS OF ONLY 66,000 TONS Rubber Market. "Inquests" On Supply Position Continue. Since our last report the market has been quiet and prices have eased slightly. Business was done in standard sheet on the spot on Thursday and Friday at 53»d.5 3 »d. and today at 5
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      FALL IN COTTON VALUES.
      388 9 BUSINESS VIRTUALLY AT A STANDSTILL. James F. Hulton and Co., Ltd., In their report dated Manchester, Aug. 28, state: Considerable interest has been shown this week in the position of raw cotton values, following the awaited policy of the United States Government as regards loans to
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      MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS.
      297 9 Foreign imports cf rubber diirins th? month of Aug., 1935, in dry tons. Total Country of Origin (All Grades; Sumatra 4.659 Dutch Borneo 2,768 Java <fc Other Dutch Islands H6 Total the Netherlands Indies 7.513 Brunei us Burma gs French Indo-China 139 North Borneo 320 Sarawak 759
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      SOVIET ORDERS FOR U.K.
      430 9 BIG INCREASE DURING JULY. Orders placed In the United Kingdom by Soviet organisations during July, 1935, were valued at £1,799,781, compared with £860.132 In July, 1934, states the British Russian Gazette and Trade Outlook for August. The chief orders were for machinery and equipment, the value
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      MALAYA TIN STATISTICS.
      126 9 Foreign imports of tin ore during the menth of Aug., 1935. Country of Origin Tons. 1. Alfaka 5 2 Burma 432 3. The Netherlands Indies:— Banka Btlliton Sini;kei> Other Places 3 4 French Indo-China 191 5. Japan 6. S:am 1.393 7 Tanganyika 12 8. Union of South
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      AUGUST OUTPUTS.
      202 9 Rahman Hydraulic the output for month was 882 pels Kuchal Tin working of this company;; bucket dredge. Actual running time 637 hrs. 5 mlns., time lost 106 hrs., 55 rains., average digging depth 49.1 ft., ore won 423.92 pels., yardage treated 115.000 cv. yds. Malayan Tin.— 1,730 pels.
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      AUGUST CROPS .
      15 9 AUGUST CROPS Alor Pcngsu..— B4,l4l lb. 15 done; (Malaya) 53 223 lb Temerloh.— 21.873 lb.
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      ASIA LIFE PRESIDENT.
      92 9 Two Companies Merged During Visit To U.S.A. Returning from a business trip to the United States, Mr. Mansfield Freeman, president of the Asia Life Insurance Company, arrived at Shanghai on Aug 16. While in America he effected a merger between the United States Life Insurance Company, the
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      ANGLO-ORIENTAL (MALAYA).
      101 9 Opera:lons for Aug. 1935: Ampat.— Hrs. 1,198. cv. yds. 375.000. pels. 826. Anglo-Siamese.— Hrs. 1,000, cv. yds. 187.000. pels. 1,217. Puteh Hrs. 368, cv. yds. 36,000. pels. 120. Southern Klnta Hrs. 1.833. cv. yds. 678 000. pels. 4,181. Kramat— Hrs. 596. cv. yds. 330,000, pels. ton. Kampcng Lanjut.-
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    COPRA'S RIVAL.
    103 9 Canadian WhalingRevival. Although the Canadian whaling industry is chiefly confined to the PaciI fie coast, these monsters of the de.-p I are sometimes found on the Atlantic. ,An 82-foot whale, with its mouth measuring 30 feet in circumstance, was i recently trapped in an ice jam on the
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    CANADIAN WHEAT.
    68 9 Fairly Low Yield From Manitoba Crop. Ottawa, Aug. 2fi. The Bureau of Statistics have today reported that the Manitoba wheat crop is practically all cut. The yield is \'v low ranging from three to twe v bushels per acre. It is said ,'.iat the rust damags and the
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    AMUSEMENTS
    128 10 ALHAMBRA Mississippi. With Joan Bennett -Bins Crosby. 6.15—9.15. CAPITOL One New York Night. With Pranchot Tone Una Merkel. 6.15 9.15. GLOBE THEATRE. GREAT WORLD Charlie Chan in London. GREAT WORLD Cabaret Bowry. HOLLYWOOD U. SERANGOON ROAD The Merr>' Widow. With Maurice Chevalier Jeanette Mac Donald. 8.15 p.m. MARI.BOKOK.iI Draupadl-Vastrabaharanam.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 6, 1935. MORE ABOUT TUNG OIL.
    874 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 6, 1935. MORE ABOUT TUNG OIL. There is rivalry in the tung oil business! Following publication recently of a leading article in which the prospectus of Tung Oil Securities (N.Z.) Limited was analysed, we have received from a reader a pamphlet describing the activities
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    Social and personal
    257 10 Prof. V. E. Hendershot, M.A., of Kuching. Sarawak, arrived on Saturday for a fortnight's stay in Singapore. Mr. H. Benjamin Talalla, J.P., M.C.H., of Kuala Lumpur, who has been ill for about a fortnight, has left on a sea trip to the East Coast. The Hon. Mr.
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    WHAT ITALY WANTS.
    2091 10  -  William J. Makin. Threat To British Interests In Egypt By "/"\NE day Abyssinia may become the Belgium of Africa. It is s» wanted country. I wonder who will have the courage to be the first invaders?" The diplomat, who thus spoke to me at a banquet in
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    A Gardens Calendar.
    495 10 Yellow And Mauve Mixture The Bungor Tree A Picture By The Lake. WE hear a good deal in this country about mixed marriages. If you want to see an experiment of this kind in the plant world, I would advise you to go to the Botanic Gardens
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    723 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. iwHEN we were bored with lite In Kuala Lumpur we used to go and eat suki-yakl in a little Japanese 1 restaurant in Petaling Street. Apart from the food, which was ex- cellent. there was not much fun In these excursions, for the meal was
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    ITALY WALKS OUT OF LEAGUE COUNCIL SESSION.
    1760 11 WHILE ABYSSINIAN CASE IS PRESENTED. A DRAMATIC MOVE. Situation Becomes Suddenly Much Worse. "ELEPHANTINE TRICKS"— Prof. Jeze. FALIAN delegates to the League Council walked out of the chamber last night when Professor Jeze, the French lawyer who represents Abyssinia, was replying to Baron
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    9 11 Italian soldiers training for the Abyssinian campaign.— Fotvedo, Rome
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    P. & O. LINER IN OCEAN RESCUE.
    125 11 P. O. LINER IN OCEAN RESCUE. After Cruising Ship Is In Collision. London, Sept. 5. The P. and O. liner, Viceroy of ■India, helped to rescue more than 73s passengers who were safely transferred to other ships, homeward bound, after the Cunard-White Star 16,480tons liner Doric, returning from a Mediterranean
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    HARROW SCHOOL STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
    64 11 Sanatorium Damaged In Thunderstorm. London, Sept. 5. During severe thunderstorms in England last night considerable material damage was done by lightning, and one person was killed and several rendered unconscious. Among the buildings struck by lightning and slightly damaged was the sanatorium of Harrow School.
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    DAUGHTER FOR MR. A. J. BRAGA.
    37 11 A daughter was born to Mrs. A. J. Braga, wife of the Singapore lawyer and Municipal Commissioner, at the Singapore Maternity hospital today. Mother and child are roported to be well.
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    DUKE & DUCHESS OF KENT.
    29 11 DUKE DUCHESS OF KENT. London, Sept. 5 The Duke and Duchess of Kent returned to London today after a month s holiday in the mountains of Jugoslavia —British Wireless.
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    GANDHI'S NEW DIET.
    29 11 Calcutta, Sept. 4 After long deliberation Mahatma Gandhi today decided to change his diet from goat's milk and raw fruits to vegetables of all sorts. Aneta-Havas.
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    250 DEAD AFTER HURRICANE.
    146 11 LINER PASSENGERS WITHOUT FOOD. Two hundred and eighty passengers of the Uner Dixie which went aground off the Florida coast In the terrifl? hurricane had no food for 3'i days. Food supplies (states Reuter) were been cut off following the destruction of the ship's galley in
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    VICTIMS OF "CHINA'S SORROW."
    126 11 Kneeling Refugees Beg For Relief. Nanking, Sept. 6. A touching incident is rolated by Dr. H. H. Kung, Finance Minister, who has just returned from a tour of the flooded areas in Shantung. On arrival at Tsining station, where he was met by Gen. Han Fu-chu,
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    FLYING ALL ROUND ENGLAND.
    198 11 FLYING ALL ROUND ENGLAND. King's Cup Air Race Today. DUKE OF KENT'S AEROPLANE. (By Our Aviation Correspondent.) SPEEDS of well over 200 m.p.h. continuously lor nearly five hours will be attained by aircraft flying round Great Britain in the King's Cup race today. Two hundred miles an hour does not
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    25 11 Nanking. Sept. 6. Ten gunboats under Vice-Adm. Wang Shao-ting yesterday sailed for Chckiang waters where manoeuvres will begin in a few lays.— Sin Kno Mm.
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    CLEVER THEFT IN BANK AT KUALA LUMPUR.
    612 12 Customer Robbed While Retrieving Decoy Dollars. THIEF SENT TO PRISON. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Smpt. S. A clever theft of note* from the counter of the Chartered Bank took place here yesterday morning, bat the thief was caught before he left
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    "ITALY MAY EXPAND IN SAFETY."
    104 12 If She Succeeds In Abyssinia. New York. Sept. 5. The Italian arrays In Africa may lay the inundation of a new Roman Empire i;rt'at enough to give the Italian people a chance to breathe "If Mussolini sunrcds. Italy will ripand in Africa without exploding fr.urope."
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    BREADWINNERS & ONLY SONS CALLED UP.
    34 12 BREADWINNERS ONLY SONS CALLED UP. kuiiiiv fck'pt. 6. and only sons ■A Uk- 1!>12 cUm will bo called ad oi this month illJju Hp the IUII. not produced im i a by Ik uter.
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    "ABSOLUTE DEDICATION" TO IL DUCE.
    54 12 Glasgow Italians And The Fascist Glories. Glasgow, Sept. 4. Kalian residents in Glasgow have just held a remarkable meeting, i They gathered in large numbers in the local Fascist headquarters and re- affirmed their "absolute dedication to tho Duce" and to the new glories of
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    BRITISH WARSHIPS MOUNT MACHINE GUNS.
    101 12 j Nervousness In Alexandria. Alexandria, Sept. 5. Although the presence of British warships gives a sense of security, the nervousness of the inhabitants of Alexandria is reflected in the flood of applications for insurance policies. Companies at Alexandria, Port Said, and Suez, are at present
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    CATHEDRAL WEDDING.
    255 12 CATHEDRAL WEDDING. Weigall Innes. WR. Eustace Howard Weigall, of 1V the Sarawak Oil Fields, Miri, and younger son of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Weigall, of Exmouth, was married to Miss Anna James D'Auvergne Innes, only daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. T. E. D. Innes, of Exmouth, Devon,
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    NAVAL BASE EXPLOSION
    54 12 Hylains To Be Tried Tomorrow. The case in which three Hylams are charged with manufacturing explosives In a hut near the Naval Base will be tried before the Criminal District Judge. Singapore. Before the third magistrate today, it was stated that the case was for transfer to
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    FUTURE OF NORTH CHINA.
    104 12 Sino- Japanese Meeting To Be Held. Peping, Bept. 6. Sino-Japanese co-operation for the economic development of the North China provinces is a virtual certainty, according to latest Information in Peiping. It is learned that the sponsors of the North China Economic Association have invited Shanghai bankers
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    U.S. WAR MINISTER TO VISIT JAPAN.
    44 12 Washington, Sept. 5. The United States War Secretary, Mr George H Dem, disclosed today that he contemplates visiting Tokio during a trans-Paclflc voyage to represent President Roosevelt at the Inauguration of the Philippine Commonwealth on Nov. 15. Reuter.
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    SECRET SOCIETY SUSPECTED
    278 12 Malay Says He Would Not Join. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Sept. 5. ■"FHE police have information which they think points to the existence of another Malay secret society, or Kongsi Glap," as they are known here. The sequence of events leading to the discovery began with
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    GOVERNOR NOT TC GO TO LONELY ISLAND.
    178 12 GOVERNOR NOT TC GO TO LONELY ISLAND. (By Our Aviation Correspondent.) HE. the Governor. Sir Shenton Thomas, will not be leaving Singapore by air on Monday for Christmas Island. The trip has been cancelled. Sir Shtnton planned to fly over to this lonely isle with Air Commodore S. W. Smith
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    Sudden Resignation In Bangkok.
    67 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Sept. 5. At the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club today it teas announced that Doctor A. G. Ellis, who was recently elected President of Club and who teas the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, had resigned from the presidency.
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    MALACCA CONVICTIQN QUASHED.
    190 12 The appeal of. Velayathan, who was convicted and sentenced to five years' rigorous imprisonment at the Malacca Assizes, before Mr. Justice Burton, Acting Chief Justice and a common jury, on, a charge of committing rape on his adopted daughter, a girl of about nine or ten years
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    DYNAMITE HAUL.
    125 12 DYNAMITE HAUL. Chinese Charged With Sale. Further inquiries by the Police in connection with the possession by a Japanese. Michiya Kawano, of 200 sticks of dynamite, 100 detonators and a coil of fuse, have led to the arrest af a Chinese who is alleged to have sod him the explosives.
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    LAWYER ON TRIAL.
    276 12 Evidence By Secretary Of Bar Committee. The first stage of the prosecution of S. Shunmuguam, a lawyer now practising in Malacca, who is charged with criminal breach of trust of a sum of $410 in his capacity of the attorney of Ng Poh Hock, was completed this
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    GOOD MATERIAL FOR AUXILIARY AIR FORCE.
    211 12 GOOD MATERIAL FOR AUXILIARY AIR FORCE. R.A.F. PRAISE LOCAL CIVIL PILOTS. T"HE following telegram has been received by the Penang Flying Club from the Air Officer Commanding the R.A.F., Far East. Air Commodore S. W. Smith, complimenting the Club for its part in the recent Jubilee air pageant at Seletar
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    SHIP PUTS BACK TO PORT.
    121 12 Engine Trouble. (From Our Shipping Correspondent.) At 3 o'clock yesterday morning the Norwegian steamer Proteus, 1,680 grass tons, owned by H. M. Wrangell and Co., of Hangosund, returned to Singapore with engine trouble after having been at sea for about 11 hours. The defect is
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    40 12 Mr. Claude da Sllva. the Singapore lawyer, is leaving for Europe by the Potsdam on Tuesday on seven month.-,' leave accompanied by his wife and daughter. The family intend spending most of their time in Switzerland and on the Riviera.
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    INSPECTOR'S DELAY IN RETURNING $90.
    1074 13 Alleged Breach Of Trust:! Judgment Reserved. LONG SEQUEL TO SALE OF SOAP. 7"/ie coje in which Inspector Abdul Sani bin Haji Mohnmed was charged with criminal breach of trust was concluded yesterday when Mr. H. A. Forrer, the criminal district judge, reserved judgment until Sept.
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    13 13 A NEW PICTURE OF THE SULTAN OF PAHANG. who is learning Western dancing.
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    DEATH OF MRS. W. ORCHARD.
    189 13 Funeral Yesterday Afternoon. The deatn ook place at the General Hospital. Singapore, on Wednesday of Mrs. Evelyn Florence Orchard, wife of Mr. Walter Orchard of Singapore. Mrs. Orchard, who was a daughter of Mr. E. N. Franclscus. late of the Chartered Bank~*of Ceylon, had been
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    ASSESSORS' VERDICT MODIFIED.
    93 13 Judge Convicts For Attempted Murder. i From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh, Sept. 6. Charged with causing the death of Ong Kirn Swee, an elderly shopkeeper, in a kampong in lower Perak four years ago, Nawi Bin Buyong. a i Banjareso, was found not guilty by assessors at
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    CHINESE EXTRADITED FROM JAVA.
    86 13 Charged With Armed Robbery. Extradited from Java on a warrant Issued early in April, a Chinese, Low Teck San. was produced before Mr Norman Grlce, the Singapore secon<: magistrate, yesterday by Inspector Shanon of the Orchard Road police. Teck San, who Is Indicted with a charge
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    SITIAWAN RUBBER CASE.
    64 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 4. The second case of its kind in PeraU came before the Sitiawan magistral when the licensee of chop Bean Homr rubber dealers of Ayer Tawah. wa charged with being In unlawful pos session of 21,980 lb. of rubber for whk-h
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    14 13 A plague of rabbits is causing gray anxiety and financial loss to Brltisn farmers.
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    $250,000 TO KEEP IPOH AMUSED.
    217 13 Caberet Park Cinema. PLANS UNDER CONSIDERATION Two schemes, involving nearly a quarter of a million dollars, may be launched shortly in Ipoh with the object of addinr to the recreational amenities of the town, says the Times of Malaya. The first Is believed to involve
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    MOTOR GYMKHANA IN SELANGOR.
    116 13 Events A Test Of Good Driving". (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 5. *THE Selangor branch of the Automobile Association of Malaya is to hold a gymkhana on Sunday, Sept. 29, at a venue not yet decided upon. The ev?nts will include a parking test,
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    ANGLO-DUTCH FLIGHT DELAYED.
    135 13 Oil Survey In New Guinea. (By Our Aviation Correspondent) The Anglo-Dutch (British planes and Dutch pilots) flight from Amsterdam to New Guinea to carry out one of the greatest oil explorations in history, covering 25,000,000 acres, will start on Sept. 8 or 15, I understand. They did
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    K. L. BROADCAST.
    25 13 The Malayan Amateur Radio Society. Kuala Lumpur, will broadcast an allgramophone recital from Station Z.G.E. today from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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    A MATTER OF TEN CENTS.
    85 13 Creditor Debtor Fined For Fighting. Patchamall owed his friend Saminathan ten cents. Saminathan wanted his money and pressed Patchamali for it Patchamali said he was "broke" and asked for a few days' grace. But Saminathan would not hear of it. He demanded his dues and
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    742 JAPANESE ENTER N.I.
    126 13 Immigration In 1934. (From Our Own Correspondent' Batavia. Sem 4. Seven hundred and forty-one Japanese ar« among those who entered tho Netherlands Indies in 1934. Official statistics show that 7.542 Chinese. 2.354 Netherlandcrs. 517 foreign Europeans. 475 foreign Asiatics of different nationalities, and 270 Arabs also
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    MURDER CHARGE FAILS.
    77 13 Acquittal In Selangor Estate Case. (From Our Own Correspondent > Kuala Lumpur. Sept. 5 Rengam. who was charged with the murder of a compatriot named Kanapathy at Sungel Rawang estate on July 15, was found not, guilty by Mr. Justice Cussen at the Selangor Assizes today. The
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    JAVANESE MUSEUM.
    50 13 i From Our Own Correspondents Batavia. Sept. 4. The official opening of the newly established Javanese Museum Sono Boedojo" in DJocja will take pUec In the beginning of October, according to the United Press Bureau. Vhis will be a great forward stop in the spreading of Javanese culture.
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    EARLY GOAL BY MALAYS SPOILS SAPPERS FINE RECORD.
    71 14 NOBLES ABSENCE WAS KEENLY FELT. unpionx Had Mont Of Play But ilninhcd Poor I |ut tl An«iin ll- >>>• ftlltllt)* litrtHnii lll' in lit rt It l 1 A H I 111. 11. 1.1 Will nil i hul M..H in« iiuiii-ii up
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    34 14 POLO TOURNAMENT NEXT WEEK. m WAHH tJ \l,i. vNl> \< I til 111 l A I I n ii I i i n t 1 1111 111 1 il II VS I I |-„|h i
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    NORTH JOHORE CLUB REVIVED.
    49 14 NORTH JOHORE CLUB REVIVED. Rtlghv /..../A.l// Mhlvli A -,i,,i mi 111.,. On Sr|il II Aihwllhh lirlil UflHI I A I N..i*li Imli lIM |11l ii.. full. .win i. II It r, H'Mt «•><> •"tl All Mill. 11.. 1..11 |.i*.r I1I 1 1 1 in.,, ii. i I ii ii... i
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    AMERICAN THREAT TO ABSTAIN FROM OLYMPIC GAMES.
    468 15 POLITICIANS HAVE THE x PUBLIC BACKING. Berlin Olympiad May Lose Its Biggest Attraction. London, Aug. 30. AMERICA is seriously considering; abstention from the Olympic Games at Berlin next year because of the attitude of the German Government to Catholics and Jews. Nearly every
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    12 15 JiHkty Tankard, who is also a weH known entertaiaer. Straits Times Photograph.
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    LEGER PROBABLES AND JOCKEYS.
    123 15 Racing. No Riders Arranged Yet For Two French Horses. London, Sept. 5. nrHK probable starters and jockeys for the St. Leger. which is to be run at Doncaster on Sept. 11 over a distance of one mile, six fsiriongs| and 132 yards are as follows: H.H.
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    TONIGHTS BOXING.
    43 15 Al (ante vs. Aide At The New World Stadium. Al Cante, a newcomer from Manila, will he seen in the ring against Young Aide at the New .World Stadium tonight. The semi -Anal will be between Rocky Montanes and Tiger Ammo.
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    THE BEES WIN AGAIN
    61 15 London, Sept. 5. Playing their first home match of the season Brentford, who on Saturday beat Bolton Wanderers at Biirnden Park, defeated Blackburn Rovers by three goals to one. The results of games played yesterday as cabled by Reuter were as follows First Division. Brentford 3
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    SINGAPORE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION.
    68 15 A General Meeting of the Singapore Hockey Association will be held at the Singapore Cricket Club on Friday. Sept. 13 at 5.30 p.m. The business to be gone through will be as follows 1. To receive the Committees Report and Accounts for the year ended June, 1935.
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    48 15 Mr. V. A. Lowlnger, C.8.E., has donated a very fine silver cup to the Commissioner of Police F.M.S.. for competition at the Federal Police Sports. Although just too late for 1935 it will make a fine addition to the collection of championship cups, says the Malayan Police Magazine.
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    61 15 Friday. Sept. 6. Football: S.A.F.A. League, Div. I, Wiltshires vs. S.C.C.. Ansoo Road Stadium. Oolf: Keppel Club, Women's Spoon Siroke and Women's Cup Qualifying Round. Boxing: Aide vs. Al Cante. New World. Saiarday. Sept. 7. Cricket: B.C.C. ts. R.A.F.. padang: S.C.R.C. vs. Wiltshire*, Hong Lint Green. Golf: Keppel
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    SELANGOR CLUB TOURNEY.
    460 15 Lawn Tennis The Handicaps And The Draw. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 5. The following are the handicaps and draw for the Selangor Club tournament which has just begun: Men's Open Singles: First Round: C. H. Howard vs. G. L. F. Bird. R. B. Wyatt-Smlth
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    S.C.C. TENNIS.
    157 15 Yesterday's ties in the S.C.C. autumn lawn tennis tournament resulted as follows: A Class Singles Handicap L. Road (owe 3) beat R. W Brown iscr.) 6—4. B—6. B Class Singles Handicap H. J. H Haas (owe 15) beat T. M. Calhaem (scr.) 4—6,4 6, 6—3, B—6.8 6. B.
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    12 15 Jockey Brady, who is a newcomer to Singapore racing. Straits Times Photograph.
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH
    446 15 Police Gain Promotion Singapore Women's Golf Chatnpioship. Conducted by "LEIGHTON." /CONGRATULATIONS to the Police on winning the Second Division championship and gaining promotion I; *n the Senior division. The deciding game between the Police and Marines on Tuesday was rather a poor one from a spectator's point
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    PENANG COMPLAINT & DUTCH AIR MAIL.
    396 16 PENANG COMPLAINT DUTCH AIR MAIL. Ciosing 18 Hours Before Plane Leaves. Considerable dissatisfaction is being felt in business circles in Penang over tiie dosing time for letters by the Dutch air mail," states the Straits Echo. The X.L.M. plane used to leave Alor Star at 10 a.m. every Thursday and
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    36 16 MANY RELATIVES AND FRIENDS attended the wedding of Mr. Won* Sic Song, of Tort Dickson, and Mtas Chen Tarn Chin at the Miners' Association Hall, Seremban. on Tuesday. The above photograph was taken after the wedding.
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    1512 16 Federal Topics Week-end Floods— Repetition Of 1926 Experience Averted— Sad Plight Of The Unemployed— Should Government Help Healthy Kuala Lumpur The Sanitary (or Advisory) BoardCommittee On Public Transport-^ Mr. Hands And The Oil Companies Signboards, Posters Handbills—New By-Law To Be Enforced. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 5. /""•ERTAIN
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    ANNUAL BATAVIA FAIR.
    106 16 AN "INTERNATIONAL ASPECT." (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Sept. 4. The 15th. annual fair at Pasar Gambir, Batavia. was opened last week by the Burgomaster of Batavia in the presence of the Governor of West Java and other authorities, the Consular body and representatives of trade, shipping
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    PENANG PROTEST AT AEROBATICS.
    178 16 Women And Children Were Frightened. The other evening a Penang Flying Club plane with a lady passenger performed some aerobatics over the new pool at the Penang Swimming Club which, however, clever they might have been, appear from the reports we have received," says the Stralte
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    HAD LUMBAGO FOR SIX YEARS
    181 16 Spent a Small Fortune Seeking a Cure. For six years this ir.an suffered with lumbago. After spending a small fortum on various treatments, he tried Kruschon Suits. Within three weeks he tclt a new man He expresses his gratitude in the following letter:— "For six
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    44 17 the New X"id mine when many |tv«a wen- lost last April through flooding whfn water broke through from old workings, have been charged at Klerksdorp iTrunsvaaM with contravention o( the mining regulations Two shift bosses were mil John Ivor Edwards, chief r was uciniltted.
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      CHRISTIAN TEACHING.
      414 17 What Hli Holiness The Pope Actually Said. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Blr. For the edification and enltght enment of Mr. R. Ray In particular, and of the readers of the Btralts Times In general. I repeat below what His Holiness the Pope Is alleged to
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      FOOLISH CYCLISTS.
      237 17 Stunt (tiding In Heavy Traffic. To the Editor of the Straius Times. Sir. As an argument in favour of Istratlon of all bicycles and the currying of number plates in the same way as 'notor vehicles, may I relate an Incident I saw In Meyer Road a few
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      576 17 TREACHERY "An Unrepentant Hriton" Relieves His Mind. To the Editor of the Btralts Timer .Sir. It Is a terrible thing to be a member of the British Empire today The stigma is even more acute when one resides In a colony. As a result of a display of national pride,
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    BLAZE THREATENS FACTORY.
    38 17 BLAZE THREATENS FACTORY. The Chop Wah Hln pineapple factory in Lorong 12, Ocylang. was seriously threatened by a big lallang fire which broke out near It on Wednesday night Prompt arrival by the Flrr Brigade saved the situation.
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    TRIBUTE TO TRAFFIC OFFICER.
    292 17 Policy Of Kducation. Not Prosecution." Mr J. 11. nd in submitting t'is minutes ol the Traffic Advls.n mlttee to the Kual.i Lumpur Board on Wednesday, said thai at the lust meeting ot the committee the unofficial member:: had exprescsi their appreciation of the services of Mr
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    R.R.I. DIRECTOR ON RUBBER PROBLEMS.
    2579 19 Malayan t Planting Topics. Institute's Annual Report "Planter's Bible"— Service To Small-Holders— Col. Eaton On Forestry Some Extracts And A Few Comments- R.R.I. Officials Are Willing To Learn. (By Our Planting Correspondent) •T»HE annual report oi the Kubber Research Institute of Malaya is the publication
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    ADM. SIMS ATTACKS U.S. NAVY CHIEF.
    243 19 Allusion To "Known Incompetence/ Startling charges against present I conditions in the American Nary are made in the current issue of the magazine, "The Atlantic Monthly." by Admiral William Sims (retired), who was commander of American operations in European waters during the Oreat War.
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    QUIETER TRAINS.
    68 19 Among the new regulations Issued by the L.N.E.R. to ensure quieter Journeys for night passengers, employees of the company on the principal night routes are Instructed not to slam doors, or shout, guards are not to blow whistles unless absolutely necessary, and driven are not to use whistles
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    20 19 The Crown Prince of Saudi-Arabia has arrived at Amman, the TransJordan capital, on a short visit to the Amir Abdulla.
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    19 19 "Vigilanst" at Santa Rasa, California, forced five Communists to kiss the American flag and tarred and feathered two others.
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