The Straits Times, 10 July 1937

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    37 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.1 THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 29 PAGES SINGAPORE. SATURDAY. JULY 10. 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY. JULY 10, 1937 PRICES 10 ENTS
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      84 1 IU 1937 HUDSON'S Patent "RUGGA" I i II SIDE-TIP WAGONS DOUBLE SIDED m STRONGEST POSSIBLE ff CONSTRUCTION FITTED WITH TOUGH CAST STEEL WHEELS *^^fe|| #0 EASY and SAFE BODYCATCHES AND COUPLINGS. Stocked in two sizes- 18 &27 The 'Rugga' Side-Tip Wagon. cubic feet, with varying rail Patented latest improved type.
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      269 1 SI FINDLATER'S FINE SHERRIES PORTS. Per Bottle Duty 0. 75 Extra. SHERRIES OLD MORENO BROWN. FULL OF FLAVOUR. A DELIGHTFUL APPETISER. $2.00 PALE MEDIUM DRY. VERY SUITABLE FOR CLUB SHERRY AND BITTERS. $2.05 FINO. POSSESSES THE BOUQUET OF A TRUE FINO. $2.30 DRY CLUB. AN EXCEEDINGLY PLEASANT WINE, ON THE
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      18 1 Scots tfJbLsky Tim «■->»» --i Iti (Tjohn little and co. Ltd. %X (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) WINE MERCHANTS (SINCE 1845)
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      741 2 fiUte Straits? Wane* SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED smart cioor-to-door canvassers for easy selling line. Box No. 519, Straits Tunes. I lioio;,K Ariit.R. for Newspaper pre*r> work. All round experience and ability j-«-ii: ial Straits Times. Applications from Europeans or Asiatics are Invited for the post of Personal Assistant to the Chief
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      658 2 FOR SALE FOR SALE < BATU BANTAR ESTATE. XtV MF.RAH. RINGLET CAMERON HIGHLANRS. 1 Area: 45 acres 0 Rd. 07 Poles partly planted 1 with Coffee and Fruit Trees. Bungalow, Just completed: 2 Bedrooms with dressing Rooms and Bathrcom (modern sanitation) Dining Room. Sitting Room. Kitchen etc.. Garage Sz Servants'
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      1303 2 PUBLIC NOTICES CONSOLIDATED TIN SMELTERS LTD. (Incorporated in England) NOTICE Is hereby given that the Transfer Registers of the Preference and Ordinary Shares will be closed for preparing Dividend Warrants from July 14 to July 29, 1937, both days inclusive. By Order of the Board. B. NEWBOLD Registrar. Pennng. July
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      1098 2 TENDERS NOTICE GOVERNMENT OF sOLANTAN, Tenders are invited for 7 Pawateokfckj Licences in respect of the following LocnlHuw in -he Slate of Kelantan for a term of tnret years commencing from January 1, 1938:— (I) Kota Bharu District. 1. Kota Bharu Old Town one shop 2. Kota Bharu New Town
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      693 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England* MAIL. PASSENCiER AND CAROO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S I. ft. UNDKR CONTRACT WITH HIS MVIES"b GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN D'Jt Tonnage S pore 1931 FAJPUTAN* H.OOO Ju[J IS R\NPURA
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      395 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) (Incorporated tn Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT! FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR j LTD. TO EUROPE VIA BIJEZ. Kcgufar fortnightly sailings. London via Pensng. Colombo. Aden, Suez, Port Said, Naples,;! Marseilles and Gibraltar. S.S. IIARUNA MARU July 22. S.S. KATORI MARU Aug. 5. KASHIMA MARU Aug. 19.
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      844 3 IffiifJg^Bß B. I. S. N. CO., LTD. f^^f M aa| W fit^^W (incorporated in England) t^M^^^^jal^^^^^^^B A p/~* A D lI M C I X HONG KONG SHANGHAI MOJI SPECIAL HOLIDAY CRUISES l 0 S.S. TALMA BANGKOK-SAIGON ANc.KOR-PNOM penh 15th July 3 p.m. Excellent mor'ern accommodation Tor first Displacement Lea'
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      1138 3 SHIPPIM. rut BLUE FDN'NEl LIM (Ocean lh llui Rhiow Steamshio (o tttMl Ltd. Steam Ship Co.. Ltd and China Mutual Iht Canard White Sl.i I id Slram Navigation I o Ltd. I Abfrdffn Commonwealth Line Ihr Straits Steamahlp Co Ltd Shaw Savill A Albion I <> I in rbr China
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      316 4 Today Burma (Shirala.) 3 p.m. East. North. South We3t India iKuinsang) 3 p.m. DJambl (Toba) 3 p.m North Borneo, Brunei and Labuan (Darvel) 3.30 p.m. Sarawak (generally) Bintulu (Darvel) 3.30 p.m. Miri. Sarlkel Slbu (Darvel) ..3.30p.m. Trengganu and Dungun (Parcels only) (Gemati 3.30 p.m. Romanian and Kemasek
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      AIR MAILS.
      93 4 INWARD. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives this afternoon. Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives this afternoon. Wearnes: From Penanr and Kuala Lumpur: Arrives this evening. X.L.M.: From Europe: Due Sunday evening. Imperial: From Europe: Doe Sunday evening. OUTWARD. X.L.M.: To Europe: Mails close 1.30 p.m. today. Imperial: To Hong Kong:
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      173 4 Malls from Australia, Netherlands Indies etc. expected today, July 10. by air (Qantas) will be delivered to boxho'.ders at 3 p.m. General delivery of letters at 4.05 p.m. Malls from Netherlands Indies expected today, July 10, by air (Netherlands) wii: be delivered to boxholders at 3.30 p.m. General
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      NETHERLANDS AIR MAIL SINGAPORE—AMSTERDAM
      23 4 NETHERLANDS AIR MAIL SING A PORE— AMSTERDAM The a.: moil dispatched from Singapore on July 3 was delivered In London on July 9
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      PASSENGERS FROM AUSTRALIA.
      487 4 The following passengers left Australia in the Nieuw Holland for Java ports and Singapore, and is due here on Monday at daybreak: Misses H. A. and A. W. Alley. Mr. H. C. Abbott, Mr. and Mrs. D. Buckley, Mrs. E. M. Booth, Mr. K. D. Bull, Mr.
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      PASSENGERS EX PATROCLUS.
      135 4 The following passengers arrived in Singapore this morning from Europe in the Patroclus: Mr. and Mrs. D. MurchLson, Captain (D.0.) and Mrs. G. Sellers and child. Dr. and Mrs. Lacey Eathurst, Commdr. T. M. Brownrigg R.N., Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Petrie, Mrs. Brownrigg and child, Mr.
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      IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SINGAPORE—LONDON
      21 4 IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SINGAPORE— LONDON The air mail dispatched from Singapore on June 30 was delivered in London on July 8.
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      CLEARANCES
      58 4 July 8: Aramis (Nor.); Lyons Maru, Aklta Maru (Jap.) Claus Rickmers (Qer.) Merkus, Tidore, Johan de Witt, Tjipai (Dut.); Silver Gull. Sin Kheng Seng, Rantau, Slmnla. Bullmouth (Br.). July 9: Islander, Theseus, Edendale, Kinta, Giang Seng, Ampang, Tandjong Plnang, Meran, Jerantut (Brit.) Gen. V. der Heyden, Siberg, Baloeran, Plancius,
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    74 4 Following Day 11. W. 11.56 a.m. 8.9 ft.; 11.46 p.m. 5.8 ft. High Water at Merging Is approximately .me hour later than at Kuantan. High water at Denlson Llgl t Is. approxlniktely. 56 minutes earlier, at Port Weld and Kuala Larut is approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes earlier, at
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    THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    139 4 Saturday, July 10. j Ship* aJonfiMe the Wharves or expected lo arrive KEPPEL HARBOUR Main Wharl W. Bt. Bertha. r*h. Crow. P.W.D. Hoppers Nos. 7 8, Dredger Kuantan. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRT DOCKS Taajaaf Pa<ar Sheers Wharf Centaur. Albert Dock Nil.
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      609 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (incorporate*; in P II 8.) LLOYDS AGENTS:— BOOriNG AGFNTB P.MS RLVB AND SIAM STATCB RAILWAYS. rn.fPHONE: FrctrM MM-hwn 4431. CANADIAN t^jjgaa pirinr (Incorporated In England). THE -EMPBEM' ROUTE affen TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES vta HONOLULU «r itroai EMPRESS to VANCOUVER—ACROSS CANADA by TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAIN »UhM change—tbeace oy CANADIAN PACIFIC
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      140 4 f.NlGralilS^^ 1 llncorporated tn Straits Settlement* fS^JS^^PSM ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (incorporated I England.) "BLLKRMAN* LINB FOR HAVRE LONDON ROTTERDAM UAJ|OURG Via Parts *nd Sao laoal Dut Sails tCITY OF WELLINGTON In port July 11 •tCITY OP ORAN July 30 Aug. 2 terry op kimberley au^. 30 sept. 2
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      375 4 ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY. 'Inrorporateo in USA.) UOSTON NKrt YORK BALTIMORE VIA St'EZ CANAI Out SailF STEEL MARINER Aug. 5 Au B STEEI NAVIGATOR Aug J4 Aur 28 STEEL SEAFARER Sept 22 1 KLAVENESS LINE. (Incorporate X Nrr»ay) LOS 4.NGfLts SAN FRANCISCO Limited out -.ice'i-ni jastenpei AtcoimiiOiatioD Available Par* to Lor
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      101 4 TIDE TABLE. SINGAPORE roda; •■.y.Vi' ti mi p» J"J\jntt a fc,...-. Monday, July 12. H. W. 00.47 a.m. 10.1 ft.; 1.50 p.m. II ft. L. W. 7.25 a.m. 1 ft.- 7.37 p.m. 3.5 ft. Tuesday, July 13. H W 1 30 a.m. 9.7 ft.; 3 J5 p.m. H 8 It.
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      84 4 L w 10 a.m. 3.1 ft.: 9 49 p.m. Friday, July 16. H- w "1 •■">. 7.« ft.; 4.20 p.m. sK' >■-• MtfJaswuv-«. L"• '^i; -zia*. Tomorrow H. W. 7.3« a.m. 14.5 ft.: 7.53 p.m. U-1 Following Day H. W. 5.07 a.m. 14.1 ft.: 8.09 p.m. 13 ft. PORT DICKSON
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      136 4 MALAYAN METEOROLUGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Station* \esterda> Lasv night mix. rain- bright mm temp, fall s'shine temp •F ins hrs. *F West C^ast. Alor Star 90 Nil 10.9 74 Bayan Liepas (Penang) 86 Nil 99 74 Sitiawan 89 0.43 10.7 72 Bukit Jeram 90 001 6.9 73 Malacca 86
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    COUNSEL CRITICISES MANAGER'S EVIDENCE.
    876 5 Estate Clerk's Appeal Against Convictions Fails. CTRONG criticism of the evidence of the principal witness, a European estate manager, at the Assize trial was made by counsel during the appeal of Malacca Indian clerk aijai.i-t a conviction on charges of falsification of account* and criminal breach
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    RAJAHS PRIVATE SECRETARY DEAD.
    55 5 The death Ls announced *t Kuchlng. Sarawak, of Mr. Edward Smart Hoii. private secretary to the Rajah of Sarawak and Curator of Gardens. Mr. Holl who was well-known Id Sarawak, where he had b:en resident (or many years, was 66. He died suddenly after collapsing in
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    GREAT WORLD ANNIVERSARY.
    44 5 Last night was a gala night at the Great World in celebration of the sixth anniversary of the amusement park. Patrons were presented witn free gifts and the anniversary celebrations will be continued tonight and tomorrow nisht in a similar manner
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    Y.M.C.A. SCHOOL PRIZE DAY ON MONDAY.
    56 5 The Y.M.C.A. Schooi or Commerce will hold Its prize day on Monday, at 5.4S p.m. The chairman of the School Committee. Mr. J. D. P. NUbet, will preside, and the Hon. Mr. A. 8. Jordan, M.CJ3., President the Y.M.C.A will distribute the prizes, L.C.C.
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    INDIAN LABOUR.
    39 5 Information has been received that 892 State-aided labourers will arrive on Monday by s.s. Talamba It is expected that 282 will be sent to Pulau Jerejalc and the balance will proceed to Port Swettenham for quarantine there
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      260 5 LAST NIGHT- THE IMMORTAL HISTORY OF CHIVALRY AND DARE-DEVIL ADVENTURE MMpwMJI^MU NOW BEWVIFS THE T^fr jS^jt SCREEN'S GREATEST H JL W 4[ ENTERTAINMEM Ml t i^BrTTIJ 'FIRE over ENGLAND' with LAURENCE OLIVER FLORA ROBSON I I M.IF BANKS VIVIEN LEIGH RAYMOND MASSEY United Artists Release. ilv. G.U MONT-BRITISH NEWS— THE
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      97 5 (&c£* fi«c Jfome Office "i"" 8 day pendulum movements, poli»hed BfV^^*~y (51 walnut cases If I hDJr| I 0" d*ld 1 fr<Mn 16 JH^gJjJJJ^jg^E i Duty free in F.M.S. A Grand New Week-End LAUGH Show! M -S-M't 1937 GIFT TO LAUGHTER! OPENING TO-DAY a^^^ MM J^jj^ with the phone lF'l
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      52 5 VICTORIA THEATRE TONIGHT —AT 9.15. P. M.— thT~ FIRST MRS. FRASERBY ST. JOHN ERVINE. S.A.D.C. PRODUCTION. BOOK AT ROBINSON'S -MOONLIGHT AND SHADOW" ON TH: KING OF RE3L RECORDS 65 cts. each. T. M. A. MUSIC HOUSE, Sto«»pore K Lumpur— l poh— rnung MARLBOROUGH 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 'PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA' An
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      156 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY. THE Straits Times is publishing this daily feature to give readers a comprehensive summary of entertainments, meetings, sports events, social functions and other outstanding happenings. Organisers of meetings etc. are invited to submit diary dates. HOTELS. RAFFLES HOTEL: Orchestral concert. 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. Dinner and
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      145 5 RITZ: Pilgrimage to Mecca. 6 30, and 9.15 p.m. MARLBOROl GH Pilgrimage to Mecca. 6.15 and 8 45 p.m. ROXY: Fire Over Eng'and. With Lawrence Oliver. 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. GARRICK THEATRE: Piccadilly Jim and Operator 13. 7.45—11 p.m. SUN THEATRE (New World): Pilgrimage to Mecca. 7.30 and 9 45
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      377 6 DEMAND FOR TIN SHARES CONTINUES. RUBBER SHARES NEGLECTED. From Our Financial Correspondent. (Copyright) Singapore, July 10. Tin sharet continue to be the feature of both the London and local markets. There is quite a strong demand for sterling shares with prices showing yet further appreciation. There was
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      PRODUCE.
      123 6 Singapore, July It, 12 noon Buyer Seller Gambier $8.00 Hamburg Cube $15.00 Java Cube $11.00 'epper. White Muntok $17.00 White $16.50 Black $9.50 "opra. Mixed $5.65 Sun Dried $6 05 "apioca. Small Flake $4.40 Fair Flake $3.90 Medium Pearl $5.15 Small Pearl $5 20 ago Flour. No. 1 Lingga
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        MINING.
        598 6 All shares quoted above are fully paid. issue vai. Fraser Co. Lyall I Buyers Sellers Buyers 4/- Ampat Tin 6 7' 2 6/16^ 6/6 *1 Asam Kumbang 37/- 38/6cd 37/6 £1 Austral Malay 56/- 58/- 56/6 5/- Ayer Hitam 30/6 32/- 31/1 Ayer Weng 1.20 i.30n. 115 £1 Bangrin
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        GENERAL.
        435 6 1 2 Alix Brick Ord. 1.55 1.65 1.55 1.65 2 2 do 7'/ 2 Prefs. 2.30 2.U 2.40 2.45 10 10 Anas Ice 8.00 lO.OOn. 8.00 lO.OOn. 1 1 B M. Broadcasting 0.85 0.90 0 87 0 92 10 5 B M. .Trustee tf.25 7.00 8.36 7 36 100
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        229 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 5% 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 bit. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 103 ft 105 ft norn 4ft</« 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 107 110 norn 4ft% 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 115 117 norn 4% 1913 red. 1963
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        359 6 < Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated.) scr ;o. Lyal an 11*-i Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Uor Gajnh 1.30 1.40 1.30 kmal Malay 2.05 2.15 190 Iyer Hitam 1.40 1.50 1.40 Iyer Molck 1.15 1.30 115 kyer Panas 1.70 1.80cd 1.70 iassett 0.78 0.83 0.77 latu Untang 1.35
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    EXCHANGES.
    192 6 The following are tbe excnange rates this morning according u> the dally circular Issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. SELLING. London r.T 2/4 1/1* London demand 2/4 1/1« London 4 months sight 2/4 1/8 Lyons demand 1485 Hamburg demand 142 Ne* York demand 57% Montreal demand
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    84 6 Friday, Noon, July 9. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) July 315/ 8 31% Good F. A. Q. in bales (F. 0.8.) July 30 15/16 31»/ 8 No. 1 X. R. S. S. Tone of Market: Dull and little doing. Latest
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
    247 6 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Singapore July 10. Company Dividend TIN Ajam Kumbang 5% Int. July 23 15% Bonus Hong Patt 4 r i Int. J :lv 20 Kamra 2>i% Final Kamunting 10% Int. July 13 KiiChai 20% Int. July 20 Llngul 10% Int July 27 Pangnga River 8%
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    STOCK EXCHANGE.
    378 6 London, July 9. The following are todays closing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange:— Shares of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: Yester- Rise day. or PaJl Conversion Loan b p.e. 1944-64 H2>; Fundinp Loan 4 d.c. 1960-90 110 War Loan, 3 2 p.c 100^4 Ccm. Union Assce.
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    PUNGGOR RUBBER ESTATES.
    126 6 To Pay Five Per Cent. Dividend. A DIVIDEND of 5 per cent, is recommend by the directors of the Punggor Rubber Estates Ltd., whose annual r:port was Issued yesterday. The accounts for the year show a net profit of $16,129. The balance brought forward was j $14,860,
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    RUBBER CRUMBS INVENTION.
    102 6 A DUTCH manufacturing company. G«br Stork and Co.'s Apparatenfabrlek N.V., of Amsterdam, has applied to the F.M.S. Government for a grant of exclusive privileges In respect of an Invention entitled "Process of producing rubber crumbs." of which I. O. J. Bllderbeek, of Amsterdam, managing director of the
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    EXCHANGES.
    107 6 London, Juk C. The following *ere mean rales ruling at r.oon '.cdaj Paris K8 3 64 Athens w New York 4.90 13 16 Burtiarwt 670 Montreal... 4.9>;"« 3*i.«BTOMelc 29.44\ RIO 414 Geneva 21.65 sellc; 8 oBiclal Ai.'sterdam 9.01-« Bclrrrade 218 Milan 34 3 16 Biienoe Airej .nou'ited Berlin 12.33-4.
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    19 6 Tr.e Negri Sembilan motor am Hying gymkhana will take place at th< Rasah temporary landing ground 01 Ju'y 17.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      RUBBER MARKET REVIEW.
      598 7 SEASONAL PERIOD OF LOWER PRICES. HEAVY JUNE SHIPMENTS. LEWIS AND PEAT (SINGAPORE) LTD. in their weekly report on the rubber market, issued yesterday, write: Of all commodities, rubber recently Is about the only one that has not participated in the general marking up of values. On the
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      TREASURY BILLS.
      40 7 London. July 9. The total amount applied for in tenders for £40.000.000 Treasury Bil!s was £77,365,000. The average rat: per cent, for Bills at three months was 11s. 0.17d. against 1U. 0 45d. a we«k BritUh Wire ess.
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      1945 MAY REQUIRE ALL PLANTATION & SYNTHETIC RUBBER.
      1382 7 1945 MAY REQUIRE ALL PLANTATION SYNTHETIC RUBBER. Optimistic Views On Trend Of Consumption. <<YT may well be that at some date in the next decade the world will require synthetic rubber as well as the whole production of plantation rubber in order to fulfil all requirements." That is the conclusion
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      RUBBER EXPORT DUTY.
      31 7 The price of rubber for the assessment of export duty in the F.M.S., from July 9 to 15. Inclusive, has been fixed as 30 9/16 cents per pound.
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      25 7 The Imperial Press, Limited, a company incorporated in the F.M.S, has been called upon by the Registrar of Companies to give proof of its existence.
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      G.E.C. EXPORTS INCREASE.
      260 7 LORD HIRST ON ONESIDED "FREE" TRADE. NEW SPIRIT WANTED. T AM not surprised that other countries look at us with envious eyes, but I am surprised that some of our own people think we have employed improper means to arrlv? where we are." declared Lord Hirst, chairman
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      JUNE RUBBER CROPS.
      121 7 The following were the crops of rubber harvested by th? respective estates in June: lb. Amalgamated Bruas 104,645 Alor Ponssu 93,b91 Bedong Rubber 57,895 Benta Rubber 60.000 Jimah Rubber 31,800 Kuala Kangsar 161.500 Sandycroft 22.500 Punggor Rubber 14.479 Malaka Pindi 61.300 New Scudal 31.100 Temer'oh Rubber 23,708
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      JAPAN'S FOREIGN TRADE.
      97 7 Higher Adverse Balance. Japan's foreign trade from January to June, according to official figures of the Finance Ministry, consisted of imports of Yen 2.242.887,000 and exports of Yen 1,601,777 000. The advprs-? balance is Yen 641,110,000. which shows an Increase of Yen 326,686.000 over that for the
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      KUALA MUDA RUBBER.
      93 7 Profits Doubled Dividends Resumed. Kuala Muda Rubber Estates, Ltd.. has more than doubled its profit for the year ended Mar. 31 last at £50.525. compared with £23.558 for the previous year. The directors recommend a dividend of 3 per cent., less tax the first since 1928-29. when
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      615 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated In U>« Colony ot Hong Kong) The Uab*Uty oi member is limited to the extent *nd in maniici prescribed bj Ordinance No. 6 ot 19i9 ol the Colony. Authorised CapM*: $50,000,000 Issued and fully raid-Up 120.000.000 Reserve Funds:Sterlln,, f 6.500.00, Hwg Kong Currency
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      502 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated ja England oy Rov«l Charter 1853) Fald Op Capital id 600.000 *hare» ol f8 etb C3.Uu0.00t Rc^ervf Fund £3.000.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietor* E3.000.00* HEAD OFFIC't: 38. Bfehopciait London EC 8. Amrltsar Hong Eton? Rangoon Alor Star Hollo Salgor Bangkok [poh
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    EXAMINATIONS FOR CABINET.
    536 8  -  T. INSKIP. SUGGESTION BY SIR Where Mr. LI. George Would Have Failed. QUESTIONS, which might be set to prospective Cabinet Ministers if a Civil Service examination for that rank were ever held were propounded by Sir Thomas Inskip, Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence, recently. He was
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    DR. BLUNTS WORDS TO PRIZE-WINNERS.
    123 8 "Test Of Low Cunning" Dr. Blunt. Bishop of Bradford, pre- i senting the prizes at St. Edmund's;' School, Canterbury, congratulated tlM prize-winners on their ingenuity. I After all, he remarked, examinations were competitions in low cunning between examiners and examinees. If the examiner could bowl
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      214 8 dm On the go from morning 'till iii^hl. Never quiet a minute. hat a lot of energy an active child uses up in a day's play! Let your children eat plenty of Kt-llog^s (lorn Flakes for In ukfai-l, lunch or supper. They arc ju-l llic ri<zlit foud to help i
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      272 8 1 via 'PHYUQSAN* TABLETS riWil^ MM U tk« fomte t*4 nrd-r Ik* 4«^«<a tt •trust PROLONGING THE PRIME OF LIFE There is no happier feeling in the world than the grand sensation of being "in the prime of life." To open each day with undiminished zest, to regard life as
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      474 8 Broadcasting. SINGAPORE TODAY ZIIL 1 33 Hc/i (22i m mm. 12 45 Light orchestral music, played by Rollers Famous Hungarian Band. Relayed from Adelphi Hotel. 2.00 Interval. 6 00 Chinese (Cantonete) music. Gramophone records. 7.00 Musical comedy. Vocal Oems. Gramophone records "Chu Chin Chow." Columbia Overa Company. "Maid of the
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      740 8 TRANSMISSION 3. GSF 15.14 Mc/s (19.8 m.) GSO 17. 97 Me s 116.8 m.) P IB. 9.35 Big Ben. Sports commentaries. 10. 10 Fred Hartley and Sextet, with Brian Lawrence (Australian vocalist).* Lover, Come back to me RombergK Rags, Bottles, or Bones Pepper) Tie a String around your Finger (Youmans).
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      450 8 8.00 News in Spanish. 8.10 News in Portuguese. 8.20 Talk by M. Archinard. 8.35 Close down. ROME TODAY I BO 1181 Mc.s (25.4 m| p.m. 9.20 Week In review. News in Hindustani. Folksongs: pina Tassi and Giovanna Crocco. Music by request. News In Itailan. 10 50 Close down. N1R0M. TODAY
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    DUKE OF WINDSOR AND GEORGE V's FUNERAL.
    645 9 Protest After Speech By Garter King At Arms. "T MOST certainly regret it if my reports of re- marks have caused distress to the Duke of Windsor," said Sir Gerald Wollaston, Garter King of Arms, when referring in London last week to a
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    NEW AUSTRALIAN FLYING BOAT BASES. Work Soon.
    60 9 NEW AUSTRALIAN FLYING BOAT BASES. Work Soon. CONSTRUCTION of Australian flylngboat bases will begin soon In preparation for the extension to Australia of the Empire all-mails-by-air scheme next year. Port Landor, on Groote Eylandt, on the western side of the desolate Gulf of Carpenteria, has been selected by an expert
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    100,000 DOGS LEFT TO DIE.
    329 9 GHASTLY SIDELIGHT ON SPANISH WAR. AMONG the most tragic features of the Spanish war is the ghastly fate of 100,000 unwanted dogs, petted in good homes before the fighting began, which have been allowed to starve and die in every town and city street Naturally,
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    Film Ban On Queen's Kiss.
    243 9 'THE British Board of Film Censors has again emerged as the chief comedian of the British nlm industry. a role in which it gives a wonderfully consistent performance, says Seton Margrave in the Daily Mall. Its latest achievement Is to have stopped or delayed the
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    BATTERSEA RAIL SMASH CAUSED BY SIGNALMAN.
    484 9 OFFICIAL REPORT FINDINGS. NO FAILURE OF MECHANISM. •T^HE report of Lt.-Col. A. H. L. Mount. Chief Inspecting Officer of Railways. Ministry of Transport, on rail smash at Battersea Park, Southern Railway, on April 2 last, when 10 persons were killed, finds that a relief
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    14 Years A 'Widow,' Then Met Husband.
    124 9 14 Years A 'Widow,' Then Met Husband. A HUSBAND of whom there had been no news for 14 years and whose "widow" had been allowed a pension entered the village store at Lower Weston. near Bath, and asked. "Don't you remember me?" His wife, Mrs Rudge, living In Locks-brook-road, said
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    BRITISH WARSHIPS AND SPANISH AIRCRAFT.
    95 9 Must Defend Themselves Against Attack. London, July 8. BRITISH warships in Spanish waters hare been instruc J tc defend themselves against any definitely hostile attacks by aircraft, and these Instructions are to be applied without discrimination to the aircraft of either party. The First Lord
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    AMUSEMENTS
    123 10 SINGAPORE. GARRICK THLATRt. QSIIJUia Piccadilly Jim and Opeiator 13 at 7.45 p.m. GLOBE THEATRE OREAI WORLD— lilt SKY TALKIE Oiil Friend. HAPPY WORLD Cabaret. Dancing. Ta!l:!es. Cinemas Theatres and Side Shows. KID WORLD Side Shov.s. Cabaret, Dancing, Talkies Theatres C.nemas. RITZ, GEYLANG PilKrinibGe to Mecca. Arabic Picture. 6.15—8.15. RAtTLES
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    The Straits Times SINGAPOR, SATURADAY, JULY 10, 1937. Propaganda.
    875 10 The Straits Times SINGAPOR, SATURADAY, JULY 10, 1937. Propaganda. "Much progress has been made of late with the study of propaganda as a branch of social psychology the practice of organising influences on public opinion, as distinct from those on individual opinion, has progressed at a rate which is regarded
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    SINGAPORE MOHAMMEDAN ADVISORY BOARD.
    22 10 Mr. R. Irvine. M.C., M.C.S.. has been appointed to be Chairman of the Mohammedan Advisory Board, Singapore. I
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    OFFICERS ON LEAVE.
    63 10 The following Government officers have been granted leave: Messrs. C. R. Howitt, P. H. F. George, F. C. Barraclough, A. Thompson, G. R. Sykes, A. G. Cookc, J. Falconer. J. P. Pennefnther-Evans, F. Daniel. J. OConnell. R. C. B. Wiltshire. E. A. Curtler, C. D. Pearson, J.
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    RETURN FROM LEAVE.
    46 10 The following Government officers have returned from leave: Messrs. W. L. Mldford, A. E. Fallows. R. P. Kelly, B. S. Davis, S. N. King; C. E. Hall, R. Irvine, M.C.. A. H. Capel, W. Jones, H. L. Mitchell, H. F. Desch. R. Austin.
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    VOLUNTEER FORCE.
    39 10 The promotion of Captain (A Major) R. B. Henley, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, to the lank of Major, has been approved. The transfer of Major J. Lee, S.S.V.F., to the S.S.V.F. Reserve of Offlc:rs, has been approved.
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    Labuan Rural Board.
    33 10 H.E. the Governor ha; appointed Mr. Chua Choo Leong to be a member of the Rural Board, Labuan, for a period of six months vice Mr. Gavin Black Fleming, resigned.
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    Penang Harbour Board.
    35 10 H.E. the Governor has reappolnted Mr. Quah Beng Kee. 0.8. E., to be a member of the Penang Harbour Board for a further term of three years with effect from July 1.
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    Leave Extended.
    34 10 The leave of absence granted to Dr. E. S. Lawrie. Medical Officer, Malayan Medical Service, has been extended for four months and 12 days on half nay with effect from Apr. 16.
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    THE GUESSING GAME IN THE POST OFFICE.
    780 10  -  H. HARVEY DAY. By CONUNDRUMS IN MAIL-BAGS. THE postal authorities of Hamilton. Ontario, who pride themselves on delivering every letter, have had to confess themselves beaten by one that arrived not long ago. Dispatched by a lonely man on Vancouver Island, it was
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    AN ILLEGAL MALAY SPORT ALIVE IN EUROPE.
    459 10 WEMBERS of our aristocracy and famous sportsmen recently watched the annual British-French cockfighting gala in a Calais hotel, when nearly two hundred birds were killed. It will come as a surprise to many people that this sport is still popular not only on
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    Mr. Ormsby-G ore's Admission On Mui Tsai.
    257 10 Miss E. Picton-Turbervill, author of the viinority report presented by the Mvi Tsai Commission, claims that the Secretary of State for the Colonies has endorsed, by implication, her recommendation for entirely new legislation in Malaya and Hong Kong. This claim is made in
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    710 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. TONIGHT'S LATECOMERS. TPHE final performance of "The First Mrs. Fraser" is being given tonight, and it will be interesting to see how many people enter the Victori i tre after the curtain has risen. Thoroughly justified protests this form of bad manners have been published
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    BRITAIN & JAPAN CONFER ON TRADE CO-OPERATION.
    343 11 BRITAIN JAPAN CONFER ON TRADE CO-OPERATION. Agreement On Need For Avoiding Competition. ROOM FOR BOTH NATIONS IN FAR EASTERN MARKETS. Complaints Of Incidence Of Quotas In Colonies. r'OMPLAINTS regarding the incidence of quotas and duties on Japanese cotton and rayon goods were voiced at discussions in London between the Japanese
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    22 11 SORE NKCK I- OH A.W\ MISS AMY JOHNSON, noted airujman, cranes her neck ichile Hatching the Hcndon air pageant with a friend.
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    LABOUR POLICY IN FREE STATE.
    135 11 Party Will Remain Independent. STRENGTHENING STATUS OF NATION. Dublin. July 10. THE Irish Free State Labour Party, whose 13 deputies hold the balance of power in the Hail, will continue to pursue a policy of complete independence, according to a statement issued by the party
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    CHINESE SMUGGLED INTO AUSTRALIA.
    152 11 BIG SCHEME BARED IN COURT. LARGE PARTIES TAKEN FROM HONG KONG. Sydney, July 10. A SCHEME for smuggling Chinese into Australia, which is believed to have been carried on for some time, has been detected by Customs officials. Parties of a dozen Chinese have been smuggled
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    CHILDREN TRAIN FOR DEATH.
    138 11 CHILDREN TRAIN FOR DEATH. Italy Regiments Her Youth. Rome, July 9. THE collaboration of the Fascist Party in the economic development oi Abyssinia and the training of Italian youths who were under military age were the main topics discussed at today's session of the Fascist Executive Committee. The •pie-military" training
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    27 11 PRINCE, KING, MARSHAL. KING CAROL of Rumania, attended by CROWN PRISCE MICHAEL, conferring with MARSHAL RYDZ-SMIGLY, Inspector-General of the Po'.ish Army, watching army manoevvres in West Poland.
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    Both Vessels To Blame For Malaya Collision.
    308 11 London, July 9. GIVING judgment in the action arising out of the collision between H.M.S. Malaya and the Dutch j steamer Kertosono (7.323 tons) Mr. Justice Bucknill, in the Admiralty Division today, held that both vessels were equally to blame. There was no
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    Lord Plymouth To Seek Solution To Spanish Problem.
    55 11 Lord Plymouth To Seek Solution To Spanish Problem. London, July 10. No decision was reached at yesterday's meeting of the nonintervention committee, and on the suggestion of the Dutch Minister the committee agreed to entrust the task of finding a solution to the present deadlock in the Spanish problem to
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    PALESTINE REPORT DISAPPOINTS.
    118 11 NO OUTBURSTS OF VIOLENCE EXPECTED. I Jerusalem. July 9. DOTH Arabs and Jews today express the keenest disappointment at the Palestine Commission's report. A manifesto declaring that the pro- posed Jswish state is bsing created jfrom the most fertile part of the country was issued by the
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    48 11 EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME OPENS. MAJOR G. C. TRYON, Postmaster -General, handing over the mails prior to the departure of the flying-boat Centurion for South Africa last week. This inaugurated the scheme whereby all Empire first-class mails are to be sent by air for Vid. a half -ounce.
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    CHINA REJECTS JAPAN'S PROTEST.
    543 11 'No More Concessions Even At Expense Of War.' tfVEN at the expense of war no further concessions should be J made to Japan. This is the unanimous attitude of the Chinese press in commenting on the Sino-Japanese truce in North China. The Japanese Embassy in Nanking,
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    LANSBURY TALKS OF PEACE TO IL DUCE.
    152 11 LANSBURY TALKS OF PEACE TO IL DUCE. Guard Wears Skull And Crossbones, Drawn Daggers. WORLD CONFERENCE PLAN. Home July !>. gAKEIA had Mr. G«orge l.ansburv. noted British s<isialist who is Mbwrfeg his peace lalks with Hitler >\i.h ;i similar mission to .Mussolini, set foot in Rome after travelling all day
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    SOVIET ARRESTS IN FAR EAST.
    86 11 PACIFIC FLEET COMMANDER. Tokio, July 9. A PERSISTENT rumour from Vladi- vostock is that Admiral Victory, commander-in-chief of the Soviet, Pacific Fleet, has been arrested. Mass arrests of commissioned officers, particularly lieutenants and Held officers. In the Soviet Far Army also are reported. Pctro. head
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    NEARLY 2,000 MEN FOR BIG SINGAPORE MILITARY TATTOO.
    234 12 GRAND SEARCHLIGHT SPECTACLE. Farrer Park Display Next Month. 'REARMAMENT FOR PEACE" AS DOMINANT MOTIF. WEAKLY 2.000 men of the Singapore garrison taking part in a magnificent military tattoo in the light of 10 searchlights at Farrer Park will give Singapore its grandest
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    North China Fighting Sends Local Strikers Back To Work.
    77 12 North China Fighting Sends Local Strikers Back To Work. THE Sino-Japanese conflict in North China has led to the sienini; of an agreement to return la work by strikers in the Thye Hong Biscuit Factory. Singapore. 1 lie strikers intend this as a ,Tsturr of sympathy to China and jis
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    200 Women Brave Rain To Sell Flags.
    135 12 200 Women Brave Rain To Sell Flags. Effort To Reach 30,000 Mark. OUT in the pouring rain this morning, more than 200 young women in Singapore are braving the elements to sell office workers, school children, pedestrians and visitors flags. ThiJ is part of the big drive to collect $10,000
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    HEPBURN SCORES IN BARRIE PLAY.
    142 12 At The Cinema. "Quality Street" At The Pavilion. ■Quality Street' (R.K.0.-Radio). with Katharine Hepburn. Franchot Tone, Fay Rainter. Directed by George Stevens. At the Pavilion. IN The Little Minister Katharine Hepburn excelled herself as an interpreter of Barrie; In "Quality Street she repeats that success.
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    EX-DETECTIVE ON EXTORTION CHARGE.
    68 12 A FORMER detective of the Johore Police Force. Venkatachellam. was in the Singapore Police Court; produced before Mr. X H. Blacker. together with two other Tamils, named Muruglah Rajabi and Arumugam yesterday charged with extortion of SlOO by puttinp. Arun.isalam Chettlar in fear of arrest The
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    K. LUMPUR Y.M.C.A. REDUCES DEBT. Great Improvement In Finances.
    225 12 K. LUMPUR Y.M.C.A. REDUCES DEBT. Great Improvement In Finances. (From Our Own Correspondent] Kua'a Lumpur, July 9. A GREAT financial improvement in the association was reported by I Capt. T.P. Coe, M.C.. M.C.S., when he presided at tonight's anniversary meeting and Social of the Kuala Lumpur V.M.C.A. He said that
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      Singapore Society "Lacks Education."
      405 12 Singapore Society "Lacks Education." To the Editor of the Straits Times. CIR. I am very glad indeed to see that the question of late arrivals at theatrical performances and cinemas is now being given prominence in the Press. These ignorant people who. I think, are possibly more to be pitied
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    NORTH BORNEO'S NEW GOVERNOR.
    170 12 Second From State's Own Service. "RISING TIDE OF PROSPERITY." CECOND Governor of British Borneo to be selected from that territory's service His Excellency Mr. C. R. Smith arrived in Singapore this morning from England by the Patroclus. His appointment was made during his four months leave
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    A. A. A. FINALS AND THE WEATHER.
    66 12 THE weather experts were consulted concerning the outlook for the A.A.A. Championships on the padang this afternoon. Despite the morning's rain, it is considered that if, as expected, the weather takes a favourable turn about midday, it will be possible to hold the
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    32 12 The Director of the Botanical Oardens. Singapore, R. E. Holttum, gave an interesting lecture to members of the Selangor Gardening Society in the Lake Gardens, on Wednesday, on the names ot flowers.
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    46 12 The engagement is announced of Mr. John Tyndale Powell. Kuala MuJa Rubber Estates, Sungel Patanl. only son of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Tyndale Powell, Sungei Tukang Estate. Sungel Patani to Miss Audrey Molr, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Molr of Borden, West Australia.
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    THE MUNICIPAL SYMPHONY OF SECRECY.
    292 12 Press Again Barred. ;IF the Municipal Commissioners were an orchestra their "public" would scarcely ever hear them. Not at any rate when they played chamber music in committee. Apparently the Committees are content to fiddle while Singapore burns with indignation at the symihong of secrecy.
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    FINES FOR POST OFFICE DAILY STAFF. New Powers For Director-General.
    115 12 FINES FOR POST OFFICE DAILY STAFF. New Powers For Director-General. 'From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. July 9. •T^HE next Federal Council, meeting on August 20. will be asked to pass a Law empowering the DirectorGeneral of Posts and Telegraphs to fine labourers on dally wages In the telegraphs Department
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    SEQUEL TO KALLANG DROWNING.
    89 12 FOLLOWING the tragedy in the 1 Kallang River on Wednesday night, when four persons are believed to have been drowned, a Chinese named Llm Ooh Cheng was produced before Mr. Ivor Lewis in the Singapore Fifth Court yesterday. He is charged with having caused the death
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    WARRANT FOR ARREST OF BANKRUPT.
    140 12 i A WARRANT for the arrest of Lee j Van Koon was issued by Mr. Justice Home in the Bankruptcy Court yesteri.ay. on the application of Mr. T. Tan. Assistant Official Assignee. Mr. Tan said that a receiving order was made against Chop Koong Hln
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    MR. C. B. P. PARRY.
    57 12 i From Our Own Correspondent > Kuala Lumpur, July 9. The F.M.S. Government Gazette today contains an expression of deep regret by HE. the High Commissioner at the death of Mr. C.B P. Parry. Cooperative Marketing OfTxer, of the F.M.S. and S.S. Co-operative Societies Department,
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    HE'S NOT AGAINST THE PRESS.
    74 12 To the Editor of the Straits Times SIR, In today's issue of your paper, my name appeared as having seconded Mr. Elias's motion that the press be excluded from the meeting of the Rural Board yesterday when the draft estimates came up for discussion. That
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    BOY SHOT IN MARKET.
    193 12 Police Comb Island For Assailant. SINGAPORE police are combing Hokkien areas on the island for a man who is alleged to have shot a 17-year-old Hokkien youth named Yeo Chye Seng in Telok Ayer market, yesterday morning:. About 200 people, shopping in the market, witnessed the
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    FOUR CHINESE FALI INTO KILN.
    47 12 Four Chinese workers in a biscuit factory in Serangoon Road received serious burns when they teA into a kiln this morning. Two of their were In a semi-consci-ous state, one was unconscious and the other was conscious, when the am- bulance arrived.
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    Municipality Costs Two Million Less.
    143 12 Municipality Costs Two Million Less. Result Of Cuts Over Six Years. THE most marked feature in Municipal affairs during the last six years has been the reduction in expenditure attained by reorganisation and the exercise of rigid economy in every direction. By this means a reduction of over $2,000.000 a
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    STOP PRESS.
    125 12 SINGAPORE'S POOR OPENING. Quick Wickets For Selangor Bowsers. (From Our Own Correspondent.! Kuala Lumpur, Today. SINGAPORE won the toss in their match against Kuala Lumpur which opened this morning, and decided to bat. Their first pair were Lieut. Simpson and Gaillard. with Ward and Fuller bowline With the
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    Chinese Cadets To See Singapore Bases. TRAINING SHIP HERE.
    197 12 Chinese Cadets To See Singapore Bases. TRAINING SHIP HERE. DIDING a choppy sea, with rain lashing down on her in torrents, the Chinese naval training ship. Freedom of China, arrived in Singapore very early this morning. She anchored In the outer roads. Carrying six three-inch guns, and a cadet of
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    HIGHER RELIEF RATE FOR DESTITUTE.
    465 13 Interest From $2,000,000 Gift Available. EFFORTS TO BREAK DOLE HABIT AMONG YOUTH. Cl'BSTANTIAL increases in Singapore relief payments will take effect from next week. The minimum payment will be j from three cents a day for an adult recipient to a minimum of ten cents.
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    SINHALESE IN THE BANKRUPTCY COURT.
    100 13 DECEIVING and adjudication orders were issued against D. A. de Silva, a Sinhalese, in the Bankruptcy Court yesterday before Mr. Justice Home. Mr. C. Wilson, appearing for the petitioning creditor, said that de Silva paid to account $-00. but there was still due over $2,000.
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    35 13 Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Singapore. Eighth Sunday after Pente- cost. 5.30 am. Low Mass. 6.30 a.m. Low Mass. 8. a.m. High Mass. 5.30 p.m. Rcsary and Benediction. Other notices on page 17.
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    SCRAP IRON BAN AGAIN AMENDED.
    186 13 Two Categories Exempted. NO STEEL SHORTAGE IN FEDERATION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 9. ACCORDING to legal definition, the world scrap iron in F.M.S. also includes scrap steel and wrought iron. Therefore the Federal Government has had to amend the scrap iron export
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    BANKRUPT WHO NEVER PAID.
    171 13 Granted Discharge After 13 Years. ALTHOUGH his liabilities totalled $79,860 and he paid nothing towards it, Mohamed Ally was granted his discharge from bankruptcy yesterday in the Bankruptcy Court, before Mr. Justice Home. Ally was made a bankrupt in 1924, when he had 33 creditors. Of
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    SINGAPORE DIVORCE. Decree Nisi Made Absolute.
    140 13 SINGAPORE DIVORCE. Decree Nisi Made Absolute. THE decree nisi granted to Muriel Barnadette de Foe on her petition for dissolution of marriage with her husband, Daniel Albert de Foe, was made absolute yesterday by Mr. Justice Home. Mr. N. N. Leicester, appearing on behalf of the petitioner, said that the
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    Discharge Of Twice Bankrupt Teacher Opposed
    302 13 THE affairs of R. Balakrishnan, a teacher at the Geylang English School, were investigated in the Bankruptcy Court, Singapore, yesterday, before Mr. Justice Home, when an application was made by the bankrupt for his discharge. The application was strongly opposed by certain creditors and
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    39 13 ON THE ESPLANADE What wouldn't Singapore office-tcallahs give to be able sometimes to lounge under shady Connaught Drive trees and watch the busy life of the mosquito fleet instead of the eternal grind at their desks. Straits Times Photograph.
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    Strict Alien Law For Siam.
    293 13 AH Over 12 Must Register. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, July 9. I *f*HIS week's Gazette promulgates the Registration of Aliens Act, B.E. 2479 which comes into effect in October this year, and has a definite interest for Malaya. Aliens over 12 years of age
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    WHITE GLOVES AT TAIPING.
    41 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, June 9. There being no criminal cases on the list this morning the Taiping Magistrate, Che Pawanteh, was- presented with a pair of white gloves by Mr. P. H. O'Flynn 0.C.P., Taiping.
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    WOMAN DOCTOR TO TALK TO ROTARIANS.
    50 13 Dr. (Miss) Williams 8.A., M.D.. B. Ch. (Oxon), M.R.C.P. (Lond). will give a talk on 'The Survival of the Fittest." to members of the Singapore Rotary Club at next W2dnesday's meeting at the Adelphi Hotel. Women will be welcome as guests to this meeting.
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    29 13 The Temporary Allowances Inquiry Committee will sit In Kuala Lumpur on July 12 and 13 and following days 11 necessary, but otherwise meetings wiil be held in Singapore only.
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    IMPOSTORS COLLECTING SCHOOL FEES.
    143 13 Warning To Singapore Parents. "THE Inspector of Schools, Siinrapore, informs us that from time to time parents or guardians, whose children's names have been registered for admission to English schools, have been victimised by well-dressed imposter.s who have found out their addresses and stated that they
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    Kuala Lumpur Broadcast Tomorrow.
    65 13 By kind permission o' the trnnn'. aint cf I the Metro Grill, an orchestral trio rrnsiMin of Herr L. Prell, iviolini. Mr. V. Riimsnn (viola* and Mr. A. Adriano m. v. 11! broadcast the follov ing programme from Station Z.G.E.. Kuala Lumpur, tomorrow, at 7.45 p.m.
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    BANGKOK FREE OF CHOLERA.
    29 13 The S.S. Government Gazette statej that the notification, by which the port of Bangkok was declared to be infected on account of cholera, is cancelled.
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    Singapore Score Five Goals Against Johore In Malaya Cup Game.
    1046 14  -  "Echo." By BUT THEY FAIL TO IMPRESS. BACKS UNRELIABLE: FORWARDS LACKING IN PUNCH. AS remarked yesterday, the issue in the Malaya Cup tie at the i Anson Road Stadium last evening was not whether Singapore would beat Johore but by
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    MALACCA XI AGAINST SERVICES TODAY.
    70 14 The team to represent Malacca isiinst the Combined Services today at Malacca has been selected as follows, says our Malacca correspondent: Low Ah Sang (C.F.A.); Puteh Kassim (Sinomites), D. Hendroff (S.F.A.); Choc Soon Lee (C.F.A.), A. de Silva (S.F.A.), low Tat Siong (C.F.A.); Mustafa Shah
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    56 14 A general meeting of members of the Clerical Union who are Interested in sports will be held at the club house, Rangoon Road, on Saturday next at 2.30 p m.. Mr. J. P. Tham presiding, to elect an l.on. sports secretary, asst. hon. sports secretary, grounds superintendent and captains of
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    NENE'S FIRST FIGHT IN MALAYA.
    203 14 Outspeeds Speedy Hassan At Kuala Lumpur. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 10. The flyweight champion of Central Luzon, Little Nene, figured in an attractive fight against Speedy Hassan, the tried Malay nine-stoner, of Singapore and Penang, in his Malayan debut at the Bukit
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    HEM CHIT OUTPUNCHES FERNANDEZ AT PENANG.
    139 14 To Get Title Fight In Singapore In Near Future. (Fr«m Our Own Correspondent.) Fenanff, July 10. DEFORE a record crowd at Wembley Park last night Neil Hemchit gained a decisive victory over Ignacio Fernandei over ten thre«ininute rounds. There was no doubt about Hemchlt's
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    MIDDLESEX LEAD YORKSHIRE ON FIRST INNINGS.
    344 14 GODDARD'S GREAT BOWLING FEAT FOR GLOUCESTER. The most notable result in the first-class cricket matches which ended yesterday was that from Sheffield, where Middlesex took first innings points from Yorkshire. At Lord's early in June then inflicted on Yorkshire their only defeat in a
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    ETON Vs. HARROW.
    48 14 The annual match between Eton and Harrow began at Lord's yesterday and will be concluded today. Harrow batted first and fared badly, being all out for 118. Bannister taking six wickets for 32 runs. At close of play Eton had scored 131 for five wickets.
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    Visit Of Inman & H. Lindrum.
    186 14 Visit Of Inman H. Lindrum. TWO EXHIBITIONS AT S.C.C. NEXT WEEK. 'From Our Own Correspondent.' Kuala Lumpur. July 9. Horace Llndrum and Melbourne Inman, the world-famous billiards and snooker "wizards," will appear at the Selangor Club on Monday evening during their world tour. They will give an hour's exhibition of
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    TODAY'S A. A. A. FINALS.
    222 14 Heavy Track Will Affect Times. THE finals of the Singapore A. A. A. Championships take place at tho S.C.C. today, beginningat 8 p.m. Most of the Malayan athletic champions are resident in Singapore and will be competing in today's events. A much higher standard has
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    Postponement Possible.
    43 14 OWING TO THIS MORNING S RAIN DOUBTS HAVE ARISEN AS TO WHETHER IT WIU. M IM»sSIKI.K TO CARRY TIIROI'GH TODAY'S EVENTS. THE POINT WAS TO BE CONSIDERED AFTER 11 A.M.. AND ANY DECISION REACHED THEN WILL BE FOUND ON PAGE 1!.
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    TODAY'S RACES AT IPOH.
    70 14 (API. DASH'S" SELECTIONS. Race 1. Sweet Diana. Bechester Race 2. Sheila. Ladolet. Race 3. Lucky Life. Flag and Banner. Race 4. No Limit. Applewood. Race 5. Meadowman. Sunshin,- Sue. Race Blue Peter Vandal. Rare ".—Silver Monk. Wee Jock Race 8. Thaddeus. Sly Lady. Our Ipoh correspondent
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    HENRY COTTON WINS GOLF "OPEN."
    539 15 Plays A Brilliant Last Round. WHITCOMBE BROTHERS' FINE ACHIEVEMENT. IIENRY COTTON, thirty years old British professional, won the British open golf championship at Carnoustie by playins two brilliant final rounds yesterday, despite atrocious weather. His 71 for the last round— one below par was a
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    S.C.C. BATTING COLLAPSES.
    223 15 Cheap Wickets For Malay Bowlers. The S.C.C. second team fared badly last evening when, batting first, they lest seven wickets for a mere 69 runs against the Malays. Play will be resumed at 2 p.m. today weather permitting! P. Egerton-Smith was the highest rcorer yesterday with a
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    BATU PAHAT LEAGUE.
    283 15 Association Football. Match Ordered To Be Replayed. <From Our Own Correspondent) Batu Pahat. July 7. Following a complaint lodged by the Military against the Young Men, who Included a player not residing in the district in their team for the game against the soldiers, the B.P.F.A. nas
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    S.C.C. CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.
    197 15 Lawn Bowls. Singles And Doubles Ties For Next Week. The S.C.C. championship singles and doubles lawn bowls tournament will start next week and the following ties have been arranged: MONDAY Championship Singles Capt. E. R. Maples vs. A. Ferguson. T. B. Rogers vs. H. Glid. Championship Doubles
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    2 15 CHAS. WHITCOMBE
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    KOLEK RACES AT SIGLAP TOMORROW.
    61 15 Kolek racing will be held at Kampong Slglap tomorrow, beginning at about 10 a.m. There will be events for koleks manned by two, three, five and seven persons respectively. In addition to money prizes there are also four cups to be given to those who
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    FRED PERRY'S LIFE AS A "PRO."
    620 15 "Richer In Things Worth While." «<J7VERYTHING from slapstick comedy to near-tragedy came my way during my first nine months as a lawn tennis professional in the United States," writes Fred Perry. And out of the thrilling experience I find myself more contented than ever
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH.
    716 15 Today's Sport— Lots Of It— If It Doesn't Rain!— The Critics Lot— No Trade Union Hours Carnoustie Cracks' 83's For Par 72 Tennis Expenses. Conducted By •ECHO." 'THERE'S a tremendous programme of sport In Singapore today. Just look at the diary— soccer, cricket, i athletics, swimming, rowing
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    MORTELL AGAIN BEATS SAKAMOTO.
    127 15 Boxing. Strenuous Ten Rounder At Ipoh. i From Our Own Correspondent > Ipoh, July 8. Johnny Mortell iB.o> again proved j his superiority over Sakamoto '7.9) in a splendid fight at the Jubilee Park Arena tonight, the bout going the full distance of ten three minute
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    THE SPORTS WARY.
    109 15 TODAT. Soccer: Malacca vs. Combined Service?, Malaya Cup, at Malacca; R.A.F. II Excise. Div. 11. Police Depot; lr.te:College match. M.C.U. ground. Athletics: Singapore A.A.A. Clir.mplonships, finals, padang. 3 p.m. Rcxinf: Junior—Senior Four*. etc., R S V C 5 15 Swimming: Chinese Olympic (MUM, C.S.C.. 2 p.m. Boxing:
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    SYNODICAL GOVERNMENT FOR DIOCESE OF SINGAPORE.
    693 16 SYNODICAL GOVERNMENT FOR DIOCESE OF SINGAPORE. ELECTORAL ROLLS TO BE INTRODUCED SOON. (From Our Own Correspondent.) L.UDED within the jurisdiction 169, the Diocese of Singapore is i iii/al government. Electoral re the parishes of the diocese, which ej breadth of the Malayan peninsula (t also in the British Protestant comr
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    WATER FROM ROAD AFFECTS LAND.
    223 16 RI'RAL BOARD DENIES LIABILITY. IF rain runs off a public road on -djacent low-lying land and iosion, does the onus lie upon tlie constructors of the road to divert the water so that no mage is done This Interesting point ar^, 1 when [apore Rural
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    GAS LAMPS NOW LIT AUTOMATICALLY.
    127 16 GAS LAMPS NOW LIT AU TOM ATIC ALLY. Installation Of Clock Controllers. A profit of nearly $300,000 was mid; by the Singapore municipal gas department last year, according to the annual report. Mr. F. Bedford, municipal gas engineer, reports that the total amount of gas manufactured last year was 309.807.000
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    JAPAN'S INDUSTRIAL GROWTH.
    151 16 Aided By Scientist Who Studied In London. Y E3 spent five, happy years— 1876 to 1881—studying chemistry !at London University." 79-year-old famous Japanese scientist. Dr. J. I Sakurai told a Straits Times reporter on Thursday on arrival by the Yasu- kuni Maru on his way back to
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    32 16 .U Mrs. J. Miller, of Buklt Hitam Estate. Puchong. arrivec from leave by the Potsdam last Saturday. Mr. Daly who has been acting for Mr. Mlll-r has gone to Fermanagh Estate. Scping
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    SUPERANNUATION & PASSAGE MONEY PAYMENTS.
    214 16 SUPERANNUATION PASSAGE MONEY PAYMENTS. FIGURES FROM JOHORK. SUPERANNUATION payments mad? by the State of Johore last year n seconded officers of the Malayan Establishment totalled $82,114. accord-; ing to an official reply to a question by the Hon. Inche Onn bin Jaalar. tabled in the Johore State Council The payments
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    FAR EAST ALMOST FREE OF CHOLERA.
    99 16 Big: Improvement Last Week. THE Far East was freer of cho'.era last week than it has been for a considerable time. The disease was reported from only two ports, Calcutta and Negapatain. And at Calcutta the incidenc? had dropped from 21 cases with 1G
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    METHODIST PASTOR'S DEATH.
    167 16 Many Years Work For The Mission. (From Our Own Correspondent' Kuala Lumpur, July 8. THE death is announced of the Rev. J. A. Supramaniam in Kuala Lumpur at the residence of his son-in-law Dr. A. R. Kandiah. By his death the Methodist Mission in Malaya has lost
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    HAINAN RAILWAY.
    95 16 Cost Estimated At Over $50,000,000. •THE projected railway in Hainan Island will be build ahead of the time originally set for its construction, states the China Times from Canton. The total construction cost for the line will run to more than $50 000,000. A bureau has already been
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    HONG KONG—SHANGHAI RAIL SERVICE.
    93 16 HONG KONG— SHANGHAI RAIL SERVICE. To Be Opened At End Of This Year. Canton, June 29. A Ql'K'K railway journey from lion? Kong to Shanghai is to br made possible. Express trains will operate between j Shanghai and Canton from New Year's Day. when the CheklangKiangsi Railway is scheduled to
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    FARMER FINDS HOARD OF OLD COINS.
    89 16 Over 100 Catties Buried In Field. Shanghai. A TREASURE -TROVE has been discovered by a peasant in Chlenkatang. a village oca ted in the Husi district, according to a report to the Sin Pao." The peasant. Chien Chuanseng, was digging on his farm when
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    WORLD'S OLDEST MAN.
    67 16 Szechuanese Claims To Be 250 Years Old. A MERICA has become interested in Kaihsien's famous 14 Ching-yun, who says that he is 250 years old, writes the Chungking correspondent of the North-CPina Daily News. A request has be3n received by the Ministry of Interior and pa-^ed on
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    TOMORROW'S CHURCH SERVICES.
    1186 17 CHURCH OF ENGLAND ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL.— Trinity I VII. July 11, 6.50 a.m.. Holy Comn.; 7.30. a.m.. Matins; 8 a.m.. Choral Euchaii&i. 10.15 a.m.. Sunday School; 5.30 p.m.. Evensong and Sermon. Preacher: The Bishop. Wet-relays. Holy Comn. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8 a.m.; Holy Comn
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    TURNED IN RESTRICTED TRAFFIC AREA.
    191 17 European Admits Offence If there had been a notice at the junction of High Street and Norm Bridge Road, at which point I entered North Bridge Road, I would certainly not have turned round, but I was unaware of any restriction, as I believe notice
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    FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL WITNESS.
    248 17 Man's "Brutality" I A FIVE-YEAR OLD girl who was alleged to have been bruised, and burnrd with a cigarette end, gave evidence at North London Police Court. Stanley James Bartter, of Albion Road, Stoke Newlngton, was sentenced ;to six months' imprisonment with hard labour for 111-treating and
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    45 17 The half-yearly dinner and dance rt the Kuala Lumpur Branch of the Ex Services Association of Malayan will be held at the Selangor Club next S-Uur day. Members are requested to notify the Hon. Secretary as soon as possible if they will be attending; dinner.
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    BISHOPS AND GERMANY.
    573 17 'no persecution of religion; I^HE Bishop of Gloucester, Dr. Headlam, presenting a report of the Council of Foreign Affairs at the Church Assembly recently, referred to the situation now existing in Germany. He said that any one acquainted wi'.h ecclesiastical affairs in Oenr.any would realise that there
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    "VATICAN IN FEAR OF MUSSOLINI."
    282 17 fHE Bi&hup 01 Durham, Dr. Hensley Henson, during a discussion on missionary work by the Church I Assembly at the Church House. Westminster, recently, said "The days of the unlettered zealot, who essayed the missionary task with no better equipment than his fundamentalist Bible and
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    PLOT TO RESTORE THE ROMANOFFS TO POWER.
    325 18 Grand Duke Cyril Named As Shadow Tsar. RUSSIAN EXILES in London, Paris, Vienna, Brussels and other capitals are plotting on a vast scait io restore the Romanoffs to the throne they lost in the revolution of 1917, clams the People. London. I Piano
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    DYING BOY WRITES DIARY.
    547 18 Frozen North Tragedy. SLOW TORTURE FROM LACK OF FOOD. (.1I/1IO look in stove these words, scribbed on a scrap of paper and found in a hut in the frozen wastes of the Canadian North -West, from the final clue to one of the most tragic and
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    REPRIEVE FOR DUAL MURDERER.
    113 18 Sir Samuel Hoare. the Home Secretary, has reprieved Frank Arthur Hart. 53 a traveller, who pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey on May 28 to two charges of murder, and was sentence! to death after a trial that lasted three minutes. Following a medical inquiry. Hart
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    Tin Hats For All Miners.
    114 18 British mine-owners are taking farreaching steps in conjunction with tr.e Minister of Mines. Captain Crookshank, to reduce the number of pit accidents. They are Issuing special safety helmets, at the rate of 12.000 a month, to men working underground. These helmets, which look like the
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    28 18 Tragedy in HMS Crescent 31 years ago, when a gunner killed a shipmate, is recalled by death in Broadmoor Prison of ex-Gunner John Price. He was nearly 80.
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    37 18 Prime Ministers of Canada. Australia. New Zealand and South Africa are making a gift to the King and Queen !of an oil painting, by Mr. Frank O. Salisbury, of the scene in Westminster Abbey at their Corcnation.
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    29 18 Mr. Chin Teh-rhun. Mayor of Pelpin* (centre), officiate! at the first mut wedding held in the old capital. Sixteen couples took part in the ceremony— lnternational News Photo Service.
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    A Prince Gives $1,000 Order For Clothes.
    238 18 A Prince Gives $1,000 Order For Clothes. AN order by an Indian prince for £1,000 worth of clothes and a summons to Paris to measure another customer for a pair of flannel trousers, have been the recent experiences of a London tailor. He is Mr. C'.arence C. Davis, who spoke
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    DUKE AND DUCHESS RESCUE ANTIQUES.
    114 18 Old Mantelpieces For Their Town House. j p"OUR 200 -year-old mantelpieces, res- cued by Royal command from the I housebreakers, will decorate rooms in York House, town residence of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. The mantelpieces formed part of early 18th-century Pembroke House, j
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    EXPERIMENT IN CO-OPERATION.
    83 18 BELGIAN PREMIER i MOVES. London, July 7. IT has been agreed that M. Van Zeeland, Premier of Belgium, should proceed with inquiries to endeavour :o see how far it is possible among a lumber of States to obtain agreement on certain general principles of sconomic policy, including
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    ITALIANS ADOPT NEW LIFEBELT.
    221 18 Contains Food, Keeps Wearer Warm. A NEW pneumatic life-saving belt j will be shortly adopted by the Italian Navy and Air Force for use in submarines and seaplanes The lifebelt Is based on a system of air cushions and it is easily slipped over the neck
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    17 18 The button-hole fashion, favoured by King George, has spread to nearly fifty per cent, of his subjects.
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    LLOYD GEORGE HAS TROUBLE WITH POTATOES.
    271 18 LLOYD GEORGE HAS TROUBLE WITH POTATOES. May Be Hailed Before Tribunal. UK. Lloyd George may be summoned any day to appear before i "secret" tribunal to answer the grave charge that, without permission from the Potato Marketing Board, he has produced too many potatoes, says the Daily Herald. Cutting If
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    BLACK FEVER IN CHINA.
    75 18 FOUR PROVINCES NOW AFFECTED. DLACK fever which recently ravaged North Kiangsu has now spread to Anhwel. Shantung and Honan. stat.s a report to the China Times: The Commissioner of Civil Affairs of the Kiangsu Provincial Government has decided to convene a four-province conference at Chinklang to
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    TWO SOLDIERS KILLED WHEN GUN OVERTURNS.
    106 18 •TWO men were kiiled. two others seriously injured when a Royal Artillery tractor drawing a 10-ton antl- aircraft gun overturned and caught flre at Holford. Somerset. The men killed were: Lance-Bomb. James Mackenzie Smith. 3rd Battery 6th A.A. Brigade. R.A. Lance-Bomb. Robert McConnel. 12th
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  • INDIA & BURMA DEFENCE PROBLEMS.
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      185 19 Expansion Of Navy? TRIBAL UNREST OBSTACLE. I INKED with the Eastern fleet proposals included in defence discussions before the Imperial Conference is the question of the Royal Indian Navy. The Indian Navy was represented at the Spithead review by Indus (a small vessel carrying four-inch guns), which is one of
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      STAY-IN STRIKE AT SHANGHAI.
      110 19 Police Pelted With Beer Bottles. Shanghai. DEER bottles were used as ammunition by hundreds of Chinese workers who suddenly declared a stay-in strike at the five-storeyed Union Brewery plant in the International Settlement. They defied an attempt by the police and Russian Volunteers to eject them
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      Air Raids Danger.
      535 19 POSSIBILITY O; INVASION. DURMA has a seaboard frontier n some 1050 miles, stretching Ami the north of the Akyab district v the Arakan division, on the Bay ol Bengal, to Victoria Point, the m. southerly point of the Mergul distrk and archipelago, beyond which toegir the Malay
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      LAND FOR BOMBAY UNEMPLOYED.
      231 19 "Agri-Forestry" Scheme Success. PROVISION of land far the unemployed and the gradual reafforestation of denuded forests are two objects that are being simultaneously achieved by a single scheme j which is being tried in East Nasik district, Bombay, as part of the rural uplift movement inaugurated
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    56 19 Two new L.N.E.R. locomotives, the "Empire of India" and the "Union <>f South Africa" were christened at King's Cross recently by, respectively. Sir Firoz Khan Noon, High Commissioner for India, and Mr. C. T. te Water, High Commissioner for South Africa. Picture shows Sir Firoz Khan Noon in the driver's
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    THE CHIEF SCOUT EXPLAINS.
    255 19 THE CHIEF SCOUT EXPLAINS. No Insult To India Intended. Simla. LORD BADEN-POWELL in a letter to Mr. H. W. Hogg, Deputy Chief Executive Commissioner of Scouts in India, says: I am alraid that you will have had some anxiety over Press criticisms of what I had said to the Press
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    BRITAIN'S "SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY."
    610 19 BRITAIN'S "SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY. ANGLO-INDIANS' FUTURE. 'AN audience of over 400 persons. including a very large number of Anglican clergymen, attended a meeting at Caxon Hall, Westminster, when the Archbishop of Canterbury described the steps that were being taken to inaugurate in Britain a widespread appeal for funds in aid of
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    22 19 Two prominent Burmese women Ma Nyein Tha and Ma Nu (taller) on their way to Buckingham Palace for the Coronation garden party.
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    FAMINE AREAS IN INDIA.
    108 19 MONSOON RAINS GIVE NO RELIEF. Poona. WHILE Poona in common with its western division has had good rain, the eastern division, in which are located the famine-stricken areas of Sirur. Indapur and other talukus. has missed the heavy rain which followed a week after the bursting
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    31 19 On behalf of anoymous New Zealander, Mr. M. J. Savage, Prime Minister, presented Nelson's quadrant and Hardy's sextant to the Admiralty. They are to be exhibited in H.M.S. Victory at Portsmouth.
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    147 20 Britain 's Summer Sports Carnival MM ll.n MM* new Wimbledot. champion, m a fine action study on thr < cnlre Court. He beat Baron Oottlrird von Cramm. the German ace. m thr final and raised America's hopes "f winning the Davis Cap frotr Uriuin wkhout Fred Perry. CHAMPION AGAIN. Dorothy
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