The Straits Times, 12 July 1937

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    37 1 The Straits Times fESTABIISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.! THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. PAGES SINGAPORE. MONDAY, JULY 12. 1937 PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times •20 PAGES SINGAPORE. MONDAY. JULY 12. 1937 PRICES 10 CENTS
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      258 1 SINGAPORE: 140. CECIL ST CPHONE 5471). CViSTA^ A M.»Tt-lOC« M FAIRBANKS SCALES We stock this famous scale S§jp f atea t e O < **'ide range J, capable of weighing loads from 250 lbs. up to 2,000 lbs. Prices are exceedingly low. -LILI k An added advantage is that ~^&§ZKsl
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      155 1 KUALA LUMPUR! 25. JAVA ST. ('PHONE ~!6Bn). knu,n.aj ROBINSON'S DELICIOUS TEA AND COFFEE l FINEST GROUND per ib. tin $0.40 i^RESHLY ROASTty! COFFEE. PER lb TIN SO 70 SS?^^LrLr^Hf '.-d roasted ground and '^Vw IIK Ai^fi BLENDED ON OUR PRE- PER 2 Ib. TIN $1.35 KjJ§§S^ J/i^Jtk MISES DAILY ENSURING
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      623 2 Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Bugbee announce the birth of a daughter on July 12, 1937, at the General Hospital. HARVEY.— At the General Hospital, Singapore on July 10, 1937 to Constance (nee Pierce) wile of J. E. Harvey, a daughter. SITUATIONS VACANT PHOTOGRAPHER, for Newspaper press work. All round
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      553 2 FOR SALE SIIELVADOR Refrigerator Phone 3333 lOR SALE. Seaside Land. Sandy Beach. Apply Credit Foncier Tel. 2083 FKIGIDAIRE hu 1 500.000 more owner. than any other make Palerson. Simon* Co. Ltd. FOR SALE, Land. 2'- miles Coast road, 3 acres, PORT DICKSON. road frontage. Box No. 523, Straits Times. CRUISING
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      770 2 BUSINESS PREMISES -> TO LET OFFICES 'JOIjOWNS Robinson Ra m Anson Rd Aoolv S Manasseh St Co. OFFICES at 1 and <i-n. Prince St. and 22, Raffles Place Apply &<>■ Chew Kee. 129. Kiiilney Road TO LET: Office space at Meyer Chambers. Raffles Place of about 2,000 sq. ft., also
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      914 2 PUBLIC NOTICES SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST. Addition No. 2 of 1937 to the General Improvement Plan under Sec. ion 52 ol the Singapore improvement, Ordinance. Plan ol proposed widening of a portion of Rochore Csnal Road in so far as Lot 107 T. S. XII ir. affected. Notice to owners or
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      626 2 AUCTION NOTICES IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS Sr.TTLLMENT OF SINGAPORE. Originating Summons No. 134 of 1935. In the matter of Ihe JMale -.uled by "the WiU and Codicil of TAN TECK GI'AN de- cejued and in the matter of the Rules of the Supreme Court 1931, Order
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      217 2 jcnnjner's lor Milhnrrv dre«« flowrr- A noTrliiea —3 Andeison Koatl Tel 4768 ANEW COIFFURE FO* VOUj Really Distinctive at 1 Really Low Price. i js2s<£l&wk FIGARO < C* S^ i Ladies' Hair Dresners S3 Bras Ba.-ah Rd. Kultlc* Hotel. Phone 286*. BUSINESS CARDS ETC L MASSAGE HA LL MANICURE AND
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      685 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (incorporated in fcn^and' MAIL PASSENC-.LR AND CARGO SERVICES JimmUUM AND OKiENTAI S N Co UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJi-STY a GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EASI N!\n SERVICE OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due I Tonna?o Spore, I93'i PAJPUTAN* 17.000 Jtll> 1«
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      577 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. M (NIPPON YISFN KAISHA) (Inco.-jorated in Japant GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARII WHITE STAR LTD. TO LONDON S.ipl«. Marseilles, London. Antwerp and iotterdam V.-.v-.cii Tonnage Due Sail HARUNA MA^U July 21 22 5 KAIORI MARU Aug. 4 5 KASHIMA MARU 10.000 Aug. 18 19 YASUKUNI MARU 12.000 AUJ
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      688 3 W 1 UL,. snn Im W W^B B 3 %S^T" f-Hn BANGKOK LINE Luxurious One Class. Motorshlps. Most Cabin.-, have adjoining private batii ExctUc.t CuUine. FOR (GENOA) MARSEILLES. LONDON ROTTERDAM HA.MBVRG AND COPENHAGEN. From Prom From From Spore Malacca Port Penang Sham •MEONIA 20 7 20/7 21 7 23 7
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      270 3 TRANS-PACIFIC SAILINGS \i\ MMOLU.II f:om A?n i Hkoiu' S F Pres Coolrdge July 24 V.g l. Pres Tal: auk II Pres Hoover Aug 21 Sept 3 Pres Lincoln Sept 8 S?pt 28 Pres Cooiid^-; Sepi 18 Oct 8 j Pres W.louii Oct 6 Oct 26 Pres. Hoover Oct lfi RATES
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      1079 3 SIIIPPIM. lHfc BLUE FUNNEL LINI (Ocean The llua Khiow stramshio Co (193*1 LM. Steam Ship to Ltd and Cbina Mutual Ihr I'unard While Slai lid Steam Navigation Co Ltd i Aberdeen Commonwealth Line Ih. Strait; Steamship Co Ltd. Sha» SaviU Albion Co Ila The China Navigation Co Ltd The Australian
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES.
    269 4 Rke quoted per koyan—40 piculs Other commodities quoted per picul except where otherwise stated. Singapore. July 12, 12 noon Buyer Gumbier i. Seller $8 00 Hamburg Cube Java Cube Pepper. White Muntok I White Blaik $15.00 $11 00 $17.00 $16 50 $9 50 Copra. Mixed $5 60
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      153 4 Eastern Australia (Melborne only) Southern Australia (Adelaide only) and Western Australia (Centaur) 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 13. Kanmon (Hang Yon) ..10 a.m. T&ndjong Plnang (Bee Tong) 10 am. U.S.A. (Parcels only) (President Monroe) 10.30 a.m. Indo-Chlna (Bernardin de St. Pierre) 11 a.m. China (generally) Holhow (Anshun) 1.30
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      AIR MAILS
      256 4 INWARD. Wearhes: From Penang and Kuala Lumpur: Arrives this evening. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. X.L.M.: From Europe: Due Wednesday evening. Imperial: From Europe: Due Thursday evening. HOMEWARD. Imperial: To Europe: Mails close 10 p.m. tomorrow. Wearnes: To Kuala Lumpur
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      137 4 Mails from Europe etc. (London) expected today, July 12, by air (Imperial) will be delivered to boxholders at 8.30 a.m. General delivery of letters at 8.30 a.m. Malls from Australia, Netherlands Indies etc. expected tomorrow, July 13, by air (Qantaa) will be delivered to box-holders at 3 p.m.
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      DELIVERY OF MAT IN LONDON
      20 4 Mail dispatched from ->n June 18 by Corfu was delivered in London on Ju'y 10.
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      THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      148 4 Monday, July 12. Ships xlonfaide the Wharves or expected to arrive. KEPPEL HARBOUB Main Wharf W. Bt. Bertha. Ixh. Crow. P.W.D. Hoppers Nob. 5 6 Baiak. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf NIL VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS TaaJoßf Pagar Bheers Wharf Nil. Albert Dock Nil. Victoria Dock
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      CARTHAGE.
      28 4 The Carthage has left Hong Kong and is expected to arrive here at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. She will proceed alongside the S.H. Board's Wharf on arrival.
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    GERMAN YOUTH AND PHYSICAL TRAINING.
    443 4 GERMAN YOUTH AND PHYSICAL TRAINING. POSSIBLE DANGER TO THE WORLD. EXPERTS' REPORT. THE continuance to excess of physical education at the expense of the things of the mind and soul In a whole nation of the size and standing of Germany, might lead to fearful consequences for her, and to
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    CLEARANCES
    48 4 July 10: Ipoh, Katong, Medusa, Benwyvls, Shirala. Darvel. Raub. Eurypylus. Malacca. Pulau Kidjang, Sin Alk Lee (Brit); Shing Hwah (Japan); Gijlga 'Soviet); Malta (Slam); Patras. Asahan, Palopo. i Tomohon, Tohitl, Toba, Toboali. Senang 1 (Dut.). July 11: Maros (Dut); Sumatra (Ital); Bulan (Brit). July 12: Circe (Brit.).
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      468 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporaie-! in P M 8.) LLOYDS AGENTS: BOO*-NO ACS* NTS P.MS BLTS AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS. rtLKPHONE: Prekrht M3J— Pamace M3l CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED. (Incorporated In En el and) FARES SINGAPORE EUROPE First and Cabin Class from £102-18-5 Second Class From £70-14-9 AROUND THE WORLD FARES
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      528 4 (Incorporated In Straits Settlement*) IK^^* ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. (IncoTDorateo in o 8 A.) < Incorporated id BDCiand) BOSTON NKH VOKB BAI I IMORB VIA SUEZ CANAI Out Sail? STEEL MARINER An* 5 Aug "CLUBMAN' LINE STEFI NAVIGATOR Aug 24 Aur 28 STEEL SEAFARER Sept 22
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      456 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Stations Yesterday Last night dux. rain- bright mln temp, fall s'shine temp •P Ins hrs. *P West CMSt. Alor Star 88 Nil 3.0 75 B.-iyan Lepas (Penang) 87 Nil 55 74 Sitiawan 89 0.08 65 73 Bukit Jeram 89 Nil 5.7 73 Malacca 85
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    CHINESE DRAW WITH MEDICAL COLLEGE.
    221 5 Cricket. 'fHE SCR C drew with the MadiI cal College on the College ground yeScerUay. Scores: MEDICAL COLLEGE C. Sandosham c Yew Wee b Keng Siew 2 S. Samuel b Boon Soon 18 S. Alvis c Keng Siew b Swee Keng 0 W. Moore b
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    SINGAPORE JUNIOR SINGLES.
    192 5 i Badminton. Chamoionship Ties Open Local Season. (By Our Badminton Correspondent. > .Five ties In the Singapore men's junior singles badminton tournament played on Saturday at the Clerical Union Hall marked the official opening of the local badminton season for the current year and, as in previous
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    TAN KIM HONG IN PENANG FINAL.
    85 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. July 10. Tan Kirn Hong entered the final of the Penang badminton championship today by beating Llm Ewe Chye 15 13, 14—14 (o—3). 15—9. Ewe Chye created a sensation last week when he defeated Tan Cheng Phor, Perak champion.
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    V.M.C.A. CHAMPIONS
    57 5 Swimming. The Y.M.C.A.'s all-round swimming championship competition has concluded and the following are pri-i winners In the Classes "A" and "B": Class "A" (Possible points 1000): tat. Tan Wee Chwee. 794 points: 2nd. Ho Loo Thlam. 773 points. Class "B" Championship (Possible points 730): Ist. R. Midland. 6K.
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      353 5 last night BB^fpan^agH WARNER r^^af alßk AaV jl BAXTER, MYRNA LOY WltA, aflirfffW H in today's mo6t talked-sbout love fctory 'TO MARY -WITH LOVE' !«TH CENTURV^OX PICTITRE TOMORROW— THE FAMOUS SINGING STAR OF BLOSSOM TIME' RICHARD TAUBER in 'PAGLIACCI' "-aST with STEFt! PUNA! DIANA NAPIER OPENING TOMORROW PAVILION 2OTH CENTURY
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      63 5 HOMEWARD BOUND FRANKEL'S Offer THE WORLD'S BEST CABIN WARDROBE TRUNKS. All Sizes. LARGEST SELECTION EAST OF SUEZ. At Right Prices. Before Deciding Elsewhere Call on JULIAN FRANKEL CO., VICTORIA STREET. -MOONLIGHT AND SHADOW" OR tiHfciM^U* THE KINO Of. Kfc^L RECORDS 65 ctm. each. T. M. A. MUSIC HOUSE, Singapore X
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      69 5 opening tomorrow ■*■*> youth SBaV through jft slimness k Bft nutdame eveline de vries, ri&t back from europe in- I I Iroduces to Singapore her specially established _^J salon equipped with the latest apparatus (or slimBW .-ninß by xt«am and mas- $5.©0 JM par treatment including W naaM«e mm! bath
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      229 5 Why Worry Be Happy COME TO OUR JOYOUS SHOW GROUNDS HAPPY CABARET the cabaret with the spring floor. Tea Dance every Wednesday. Fiiday, Saturday and Sunday. Night Dance from 9 p.m. NON-STOP WONDER SHOW AT THE lIAPPV THKATKI: 9 P.M. NIGHTLY 7.13 and 9.30 p.m. CHANG WEI CHUNG Warner Bros,
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      215 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. 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. Dinner and
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      88 5 Pilgrimage to Mecca. 7 30 and 9 45 p m. THEATRE ROYAL: Bala Yoginl 5.30 and 9.15 p.m. THE HAPPY THE.iTRE: Captain* Kid. 7.15 and 0 30 p.m. AMUSEMENT PARKS, DANd HALLS. ETC. Singapore GREAT WORLD CABARET: Dance 6 p.m. to midnight. NEW WORLD CABARET: Dance 9 p.m. to midnight.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    504 6 TIN SHARES CONTINUE IN DEMAND. OTHER SECTIONS FEATURELESS. From Our Financial Correspondent. (Copyright) Singapore, July 12. The local market is rather groping in the dark this morning in the ace of commodity quotations from abroad with the exception of New York tin which fell one-eighth of a
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      21 6 Issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers. Singapore, July 12, 10 a.m.
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      MINING.
      583 6 All shares quoted above are fully paid. isaue vai. Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 6/7'/i 6/16& 6/7V4 7/1% £1 Asam Kumbang- 37/- 38/6 cd 37/6 39/-cd £1 Austral Malay 50/- 58/- 56/6 58/5/- Ayer Hitam 30/6 32/- 31/- 32/6 1 Ayei Weng 1.20
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      GENERAL.
      415 6 1 1 Mai. Elec. Ord. 1.50 2.00n. 1.50 2.00n 1 1 dc 10 f /o Prefs. 1.50 2.00n. 2.10 2.25n 10 10 Maynard *W juon. z.ou s.Wi 1 1 M. Breweries 2.45 2.55 2.45 2.55 10 10 McAliSter 25.U0 26.50 25.90 26.50 10 5 Overseas Assce. 8.00 4.25 8.00
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
      232 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 5% 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 103 ft 105 ft norn V/i'.'c 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 now 4% 1913 red. 1963
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      360 6 i Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated.) Allenby 1.90 2.00 1.85 Alor Gajah 1.30 1.40 1.30 Amai Malay 2.05 2.15 1.90 Ayer Hitam 1.40 1.50 1.40 Ayer M:>lek 1.15 1.30 1.15 Ayer Panas 1.70 1.80cd 1.70 Bassett 0.78 0.83 0.77 Batu Lintang 1.35 145 1.30 Bedford 1.25 1.30xd
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    EXCHANGES
    212 6 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the f daily circular issued by the Hong Kong t and Shanghai Banking CorDoration. j SELLING. London T.T 2/4 1/16 London demand 2/4 1/16 London 4 months sight 2/4 1/8 I Lyons demand 1485 l Hamburg demand 142 I
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    78 6 Monday, July 12, Noon. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) July 31i/ 8 W% Good F. A. Q. in bales (F. 0.8.) July 30 5/16 30i/ 2 No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 30% 31 July 31
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    MALAYA FAILS TO EXPORT RUBBER QUOTA.
    158 6 Deficit Of 8,468 Tons For First Half-Year. IMA LAY A (including Brunei and Labuan) failed to export her rubber quota for the first half of this year by 8,168 tons. The quota for Ihe period, after deducting the caiv-over from 1936, is 22."i,r>40 lons
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    MALAYA MAKES UP LOST GROUND.
    118 6 TIN QUOTA EXPORTED IN FULL. MALAYA made good the deficiency in the export o. tin ore at May 31, of 1,298 tons of tin, in her June exports. Statistics issued this morning state the domestic production, as represented by exports from the F.M S.. U.M.S.
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    C.TIN SMELTERS DIVIDEND.
    239 6 C. TIN SMELTERS DIVIDEND. SIX PER CENT. ON ORDINARY. rE accounts cf Consolidated Tin Smelters Ltd. for th? year ended June 30 last, show that the net profit, after charging £4,014 for directors' f?es, was £216.473. To this has been added the net amount brought lorward of £96.135, making £312.608.
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
    252 6 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Company Dividend Books Close Date Payable Singapore, Ex Dl» Date July 12. Totai tot financial «eai to date TIN Asam Kumbeng 5% Int July 23 15% Bonus Hong Patt 4% Int. July 20 Kamra 3>,i% Final Kamuntlng 10% Int. July 13 Kuchal 20% Int.
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      "CHEAP RUBBER AND PLENTY."
      756 7 Time To Make Up Lost Ground. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—The prominence given to your policy for "Cheap rubber and plenty of it" is incomprehensible at a time like the present as It appears to disregard the rising trend of world prices. Prospects
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    KATU TIN
    42 7 Messrs. Evatt and Co., Kuala Lunipur. i advise the dredge statistics 'or Katu Tin for June as follows: hours run 605; cubic yards treated 153,000; tin ore won ***** 703 piculs; estimated cost $17,000; cost r>er cubic yard 11.11 cent*.
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    FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NE WS.
    246 7 FINANCIAL A ND COMMER CIA L NE WS. CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE OF GOLD. Reduced Price Would Not Affect Production. "I VENTURE to make the suggestion that any curtailment in the price of gold would not reduce production even to a slight degree for the next two to three years."
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    GOLD FIELDS CHAIRMAN'S VIEW.
    1254 7 PJIR. Agnew said: Though I hold very st-ong views on two matters that have engaged the attention, not only of people like ourselves interested in the development of the gold mining lrdustry, and not only of gold mining companies, but of almost all sections of the
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    ASSESSMENT OF RUBBER LANDS.
    140 7 To the Editor of the Straits Time;. Sir,— Your P:nang correspondent Smallholder should verify his facts before rushing into print. The class A rubber that h; refers to is scaled at 450 lb. per acre, not 400 lb. per acre as he states, and the new
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    EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES
    319 7 During the week ending July 3. 1937. i exports from Malayan ports amounted to 108.122 cases, of which 83.566 (77 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom. 5,625 (5 per cent.) casss to the Continent of Europe. 5.890 (6 per cent.) cases to Canada, and
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      616 7 BANKING. HUNG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Uie Colony ot Hong Kong) The UabUlty oi <aeaiberi is limited to the extent and In manner prescribed by Ordln- 1 ante No. 8 of 19*9 ol the Colony -I £SrSSar*---ai--::::::SII5SSS: Reserve Fund*:- I Sterling r b.ow.uw Hong Kong Currency 10>00 1
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      190 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated :n China Dy Special Charter i IS. Cecil Street Singapore relephonei: Manager* Office 6444 Exchanje l>ept (Ill General Office 5188-9 Cable Addrejs: CHl'NGKUO" Paid Up Capital Ch f 4l,«H.0MH Reserve Funds In excess ol Ch. I 4.8MO0O.00 1 olal Assets approximately Ch. S1.80O.0«u.ooo Oj HEAD OFFICE:
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      515 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK >F INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated n England o? Roral Charter 1853) Paid Up Capital in 600.000 share* of Si each £3.000.00t Reserve Pund £3 000.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors C 3.000.00* HEAD OFFICE: 38. B<<hopsiaie London EC t. Amrttsar Hong Kong F:angoon Alor Star Hollo Saigon
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    SULTAN TOURS MOSQUES.
    100 8 Perak Ruler's Talks On Religion. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, July 9. H.H. the Sultan of Perak, accompanied by the Dato Panglima Kinta, delivered religious addresses to his subjects in Ipoh during the week. The addresses were very largely attended. According to present arrangements His Highness, accompanied
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    SWIMMING POOL FOR TAIPING.
    118 8 Being Sponsored By Rotary Club. 'From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, July 9. "THE finest swimming pool in Perak will be built shortly at Talplng, it is understood. The Taiping Rotary Club's pool scheme has not been dropped and it Is likely that work will start soon
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    F.M.S. APPOINTMENTS.
    311 8 Assistant Director Of Education. The following F.M.S. appointments are gazetted: Mr. P. L. Melliar-Smith to be an Inspector of Mines, Mines Department, F.M.S. Legal Adviser. F.M.S., to perform the duties of Legal Adviser to each of the States of Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembllan ana Pahang in addition to
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    ANNIVERSARY OF SIAM COUP D'ETAT.
    152 8 Proposal For Compulsory Observance Rejected. (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, July 8. 'THE Assembly yesterday declined to accede to the request of a member that the anniversary of the coup d'etat by which Siam changed irom an Absolute to a Constitutional Monarchy on June 24.
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    "JUDAS MACCABAEUS.'
    96 8 Owing to difficulties experienced In arranging for soloists the Committee of the Singapore Musical Society has j postponed the production of Handel's "Judas Maccabaeus" until Sunday. October 3, Rehearsals have been discontinued until Tuesday, Sept. 7. Soloists have now been arranged for, and a new list of rehearsals
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      169 8 J|\ MICROSCOPES y«K UNDISTORTED <sgg BB MAGNIFICATION. fgf' h&> New designs the W\Jm Uteit FRENCH Materials. DOULATtAMf o H IN TUNING UP THE I^l SYSTEM. \M\ I am happy to Inform nUL you that "Serravallos /fflJSlW^k Tonic Is very pleasint ■PWJUJnB and agreeable, readily QJJ|B|P9 taken by delicate stot^iWj^rf machs
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      162 8 ASTHMA Relief is what matters For sixty five years HimnxTsha* given the greatest relief to sufferers of bronchial asthma* IT PAYS TO BOY THE BEST Insist on the g rnuine FOR RELIABLE LUBRICATION USE SHELL MOTOR OILS ITA m WE STOCK THE BIG SIZES TOO lor Tl N DREDGES MINING
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      404 8 Broadcasting. SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 1 33 Me/i (22J p.m. 6.00 Malay music. Gramophone records. 6.30 Chinese music. Selections from Pelplng dramas. Oramophone records. 7.00 "Moonlight and Dreams." Oramophone records. "Glow Worm Idyll." (Lincke) New Light S> mphony Orchestra "The Nightingale and The Rose." (FUm-sky-Konakov) Cello, by Beatrice Harrison "A Perfect
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      787 8 EMPIRE STATION. TRANSMISSION 2. TODAY GSU 21.47 M<vs (13.9 m.) (iSG 17.97 Me/t (U.I m.) USF IS 14 Me/a (19. a.) p.m. 6.05 Big Ben "Empire Exchange." Points of \iew by travellers from the Dominions and the Colonies. 6.20 Military band programme. 7.20 Bransby Williams, the famous character actor, in
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      604 8 11.05 Rates of exchange and French stocks (rente*). 11.20 Close down. TPA-J, 11 88 me s (M 24 n a.m. 12.35 News In French. Market prices, rates exchange. 1.05 News in Arabic. 1 20 Concert relay TOMORROW TFA-4 11.72 me* (tS N m) a.m. 6.35 Gramophone records. 7.35 News In
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    Heavy Fighting In North China.
    363 9 JAPANESE ALLEGE PACT IS VIOLATED. Change In Command. Peiping, July 11. THE Sino-Japanese truce in North China was broken again on Saturday night, when furious fighting was resumed in the Wangping area, a few miles south of Peiping. This followed Japanese allegations that, contrary to
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    GERMANY DETERMINED TO BE IMPARTIAL.
    231 9 Deeper Source Than Just Frayed Nerves." Berlin, July 11. The fighting in North China is given prominence in the Berlin Press and no attempt is made to disguise its seriousness. Germany is evidently determined to observe Impartiality and communiques from both sides are published objectj
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    "PREMIER'S NEW POLICY IN CHINA."
    170 9 Strong Comments By Soviet Press. A Moscow message quotes Pravda's view of the situation that, while organising fresh provocation in North China, the Japanese intend to cut oft the approaches to Chahar from the South to facilitate the suppression of insurrection in Chahar and to
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    ITALY TOO BUSY WITH SPAIN.
    91 9 "Japan A Virile Country." Rome, July 11. Italy's attitude to the North Chinese fighting is one of complete detachment, state political circles in Rome. Actually Italy is too busy with the Spanish question to pay much attention to China, but the Italo-Japanese rapprochement, which accompanied
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    IRAQ OPPOSES PALESTINE PARTITION.
    246 9 RECEPTION IN TRANS-JORDAN. Jerusalem, July 11. AN intimation that the Iraq Government will officially protest to the British Government against the proposed partition of Palestine was received by the Arab Higher Committee yesterday. Iraq is opposed to the partition, it is stated, and would help the
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    Baden Powell Awarded Peace Prize.
    42 9 The Hague, July 11. The Waterier Peace Priae for 1837, amounting to £2,100 has been awarded to Lord Baden Powell for extraordinary services to international understanding by means of promotion of the Boy Scout movement. Reuter Wireless.
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    CHAMBERLAIN ON WORLD AFFAIRS.
    313 9 "SPAIN ONLY A BY-PRODUCT." SHOULD NOT ABSORB WHOLE ATTENTION. London, July 11. WITH a little Ingenuity and goodwill we should solve our difficulties. J which would be immediately relieved if we agreed on the withdrawal of volunteers and leaving Spain to settle her own future herself,
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    ECONOMIC POLICY OF U.S.
    149 9 World Turning To Same View. Washington, July 11. IT Is encouraging to note that most officials in important governments' everywhere are expressing approval of j an economic programme which the United States has been supporting for some time and kindred policies accompanying it such as military
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    100 DEATHS IN N.Y. HEAT WAVE
    68 9 New York, July 9. A sweltering heat wave has already caused over 100 deaths. The temper- I ature today at 2 p.m. was 94 which followed a night when the thermometer remained above 80, largely precluding sleep. Some New York firms released workers after
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    NEW YORK TO HAVE WORLD'S FAIR.
    33 9 Washington, July 11. President Roosevelt yesterday signed a bill authorising Government participation in the 1939 New York world fair. The measure authorises the appropriation of $3,ooo,ooo.— Reuter.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    146 10 SINGAPORE. GARRICK THEATRE. GEYLANG Pack Up Your Trouble. Wttb Laurel tc Hardy. Al*o Gorgeous Hu;sy. With Jean Harlow Robert Taylor. 7.45—11 p.m. GLOBE THEATRE Let Us Sing Tonight. GREAT WORLD—THE SKY TALKIE Mystery Trooper. HAPPY WORLD Cabaret. Dancing. Talkies. Cinemas Theatres and Side Shows. NEW WORLD Side Shows, Cabaret,
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JULY 12, 1937.
    970 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JULY 12, 1937. Japan's Real Aims. As with most of the outbreaks of fighting between Chinese and Japanese forces during the past' six years, the ostensible cause of the I present trouble has extraordinarily I little bearing on real objectives, j The Lukuchiao incident, which
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    Social and Personal
    101 10 A daughter, who is to be named Jean Ann. was born to Capt. and Mrs. E. R. B. Upton, of Buckhurst Hill. London, on July 5. Mr. G. Hawkins. M.C.S., Deputy Director, Co-operative Department, Kuala Lumpur, is going on leave in about a month. The engagement was
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    SOVIETS IN ARMS.
    1069 10 The Fighting Services of One Sixth of the World. By CAPT. J. R. J. MACNAMARA. (Reproduced from the United Services Review.) "THE Russian Navy, even In pre-war days, was never known for Its efficiency. At present It consists of two fleets, one in the Baltic, one in
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    RANGOON UNIVERSITY PROBLEMS.
    453 10 "THE Rangoon University has only been in existence since 1921 and it has in Its buildings and its grounds a possession of which any university in the world might be proud, but In the short period of its existence it has already begun to torn out more
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    NOTES Of The DA Y.
    740 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. i OUR NIGHT LIFE. COMEONE now on h's way Homt on leave was so impressed with an item in tru- ship's radio news that he sent it on to me. Here it is: Perfect social escorts will be available at a price for feminine visitors
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    N.CHINA FIGHTING MAY BECOME MAJOR STRUGGLE.
    685 11 Heavy Artillery Fire Near Peiping. HOSTILITIES ONLY SIX MILES FROM CITY. Hopes Of Peaceful Compromise Rapidly Fading. DELIEF in Tokio that the Far East is on the brink of a major struggle for control of North China was strengthened today by the resumption of
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    SOVIET SHORT OF ARMY OFFICERS.
    308 11 Too Many Killed In Recent Purge. MORE ARRESTS IN FAR EAST. Moscow, July 11. AFTER executing so many hitfh railway officials that then were not enough left to run tlic Trans-Siberian railway, the Soviet Government is faced with another problem in the shortage of army
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    Soviet Plane To Cross Pole On Way j To U.S.
    62 11 Soviet Plane To Cross Pole On Way j To U.S. Moscow, July 12. A SOVIET plane piloted by the Russian air ace Michael Gromov took off early this morninn for San Francisco, via the North Pole. The plane is a sister ship to the ANT 25. which flew from Moscow
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    NANKING GROUP FAVOURS WAR.
    100 11 HAMPERING CHIANG'S PEACE MOVES? Tokio, July 12. MESSAGES from China all agree that the Hopei-Chahar Political Council, including Gen. Sung Cheyuan is anxious for localisation of the Lukuchiao incident. The Shanghai correspondent of the Nichi Nichi Shimbun, however, reports j that the "war party" is gaining
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    TWO DEAD, 20 HURT IN STRIKE CLASH.
    68 11 Aluminium Company Of America. Alcca (Ten.), July 11. I Two men have died from bullet wounds and 17 strikers and 3 police- men were Injured in a clash outside the works here of the Aluminium Company of America— Reuter Wireless. KING CAROL I
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    Plot To Overthrow King Carol Alleged.
    263 11 Budapest, July 11. poNSIDKRABLE excitement prevails here in view of persistent rumours that the former Premier. M. lulius Maniu is planning a coup d'etat, by which he hopes to n place the present regime by a republican government. It is asserted that M. Maniu,
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    TOKIO DECIDES COURSE OF ACTION.
    186 11 EMPEROR TOLD OF PLANS. Tokio, July 11. IMPARTIAL observers in Tokio believe that the Far East is on the brink of a major struggle to decide who shall control North China in the future Japan or China. They see little hope of a reasonable compromise
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    50 WARPLANES FOR THE NORTH.
    209 11 East Hopei To Aid Japan. Sin Chew Jit Poh adds that ten trainloads of Japanese troops have already arrived at Shanhaikwan. border town pt the Great Wall. Fifty planes are also concentrated at the border town. Action by the East Hopei Government In support of
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    Europe Wants Horses For War.
    66 11 Berlin. July 11. ALTHOUGH mechanical war devices are displacing dobbin in modern armies there was an exceptionally keen demand from all parts of Europe at the horse fair at Wthlau, East Prussia, yesterday. Most of the buyers were representatives of war departments. Wehlau's horse fair
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    DUCE'S SON BREAKS AIR RECORDS.
    83 11 High Speeds In Big Bomber? Rome, July 11. I lEUTENANT Bruno Musso'.ini, II Duoc's second son, has estab.ished, with Lieutenant-Colonel Bisec of the Italian Flying Force, three new international records with a tri-motored bombing plane. With a 2,000 kilogramme pay-load, the plane reached an average
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    DUKE'S FRIEND MOVED FROM VIENNA.
    120 11 DUKE'S FRIEND MOVED FROM VIENNA. Sir W. Selby Sent To Spain. CLOSE CONTACT NOT APPROVED? Stockholm, July 12. JJECAI'SE of his intimate friendship with the Duke of Windsor, the British Minister at Vienna, Sir Walford Selby, is being removed from Vienna, asserts the Afionbladet, commenting on the transfer of the
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    NO CHARGE MADE FOR AIDING WOUNDED
    80 11 British Treatment Of Deutschland Sailors. London, July 11. In reply to a question by a Labour member whether costs of treatment of injured sailers from the German battleship Deutschland at the Naval Hospital at Gibraltar had been charped to the German Government tne secretary
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    No Special Jury For Morey Crash Case.
    298 12 APPLICATION REFUSED TODAY. AN application that a special jury be summoned to try the rase in which Dollah bin Mohais stands charged with causing the death of Mr. John Morey and a Chinese contractor by driving a car in a rash manner, was
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    Hollywood "Westerns" Were Fun.
    218 12 I ONE Atkins, who thrilled 'flicker" devotees of last decade by letting herself be rescued at very critical moments from blazing backwoods cabins and from runaway horses, arrived in Singapore yesterday on the President Monroe. She is Mrs. lone Atkins Lawler. who will be remembered by
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    $4,000 Collected In Rain.
    148 12 THE 200 young women who on Saturday braved the pouring rain to sell flags to raise funds for the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital collected about $4,000, it is estimated. Beginning at 6 am the young women worked through the rain. It was impossible, however, to canvass
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    NEW VICAR-GENERAL OF MALACCA.
    78 12 DEV. Father M. Olcomendy, vicar of the Parish of Our Lady of I.ourdes, Singapore, has been appointed Vicar-General of the Diocese of Malacca in succession to the late Rev. Father P. E. Kuaudel. Father Olcomendy, who has been in Malaya about ten years, is now on
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    BATU PAHAT WATER SHORTAGE.
    68 12 From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, July 11. DATU Pahat Is experiencing a drougnt at the moment and a shortage of drinking water is being felt. Water-taps are only opened at intervals and consumers have to store water for the day. Government is endeavouring to increase Batu
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    Training Ship May Hurry Back To China.
    279 12 Training Ship May Hurry Back To China. REPORTS CONNECTED WITH CRISIS IN NORTH. But Consulate Says Commanders Cable Is Routine. DEPORTS that the China Freedom, naval training ship with 200 cadets aboard, may cancel her tour of Malayan water* and return to China immediately, owing to the Sino- Japanese trouble
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    GOODS-ENGINE PULLS DAY MAIL TRAIN.
    107 12 'From Our Own Correspondent) i Segamat, July 11. MAILS and passengers by the day ITI mall-train from Singapore to Segamat were delayed two hours yesterday, when the engine refused to function just after the train had pulled out of Paloh, a small station about 58
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    WAY DOWN ON "OLE MAN RIVER."
    287 12 At The Cinema. Music, Comedy, Drama In "Banjo On My Knee." Banjo On My Knee. (With Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea.) Twentieth Century Fox. At the Alhambra. LJERE Is a picture with different set- tings, different story and different characters. It's worth seeing. Quaint
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    Better Manners At Theatre.
    107 12 No Late Arrivals On Saturday. DECENT protests against late- 1 x comers at the Victoria Theatre' have evidently taken effect, for although the house was crowded for the final performance of The First Mrs. Fraser" on Saturday night, arrivals after the curtain had risen were conspicuous
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    Rain Brings 'Flu To Singapore.
    78 12 Rain Brings 'Flu To Singapore. INDUCED by sudden changes of weather, influenza has been extremely prevalent in Singapore in the past two or three weeks, depleting office staffs. "There has been a large number of influenza cases In the past few weeks." a city doctor told the Straits Times this
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    WOMAN'S 10 WOUNDS ON FACE.
    108 12 Police Offer Reward For Information. A REWARD of $100 is being offer- ed by the police for information leading to the arrest of a Chinese who savagely attacked a Hokkien woman on a lonely road in Geyland Serai in daylight on June 27. The woman,
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    Engineer Washed Overboard On
    80 12 Way To Singapore. IN rough mosoon weather in the Indian Ocean, Assistant Engineer Larsen. of the Danish freighter. Afrika which arrived in Singapore yesterday was washed overboard, and lost. The vessel arrived yesterday morning and departed at noon An enquiry will be held by the Danish
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    FILIPINO BOXER DIES AFTER KNOCKOUT.
    351 13 Sixth Malayan Ring Tragedy In Recent Years. HEAVY PUNISHMENT IN CLEAN FIGHT. MAKING the sixth Malayan ring tragedy in recent years, Joe Grande died at the General Hospital yesterday biter being knocked out in the tenth round of his fight with Nai Boon Mah at
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    GUNNER STONES STILL CRITICAL
    63 13 A WEEK after he was seriously in- Jured in a motor smash at Katong which caused the death of Mr. E. W. Adams. Gunner G. W. A. Stones, of the 11th Anti- Aircraft Brigade, a dispath rider attached to military headquarters, is still in a critical
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    TELEGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN RESTORED.!
    60 13 TELEGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN RESTORED. TTHERE was interruption to tele- graphic communication between Penang, Ipoh. Kuala Lumpur and Singapore on Saturday morning at 7.15 when a breakdown occurred at TanJong Mallm. The fault was speedily detected, and service restored within an hour and a half. It is believed the breakdown was due
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    THOMSON ROAD CARLORRY COLLISION.
    117 13 Chinese And Wife Hurt. A Chinese named Teo Kah, and his j" wife were Injured when the motorcar in which they were travelling along Thomson Road yesterday afternoon was involved in a collision with a j motor-lorry. The man was rendered unconscious by a blow on
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    Shipowners' Sit-Down Strike.
    169 13 Shipowners' Sit-Down Strike. Pacific Employers Took Hand, Says Line President. «*|*HAT shipping strike of ours came about when the employers took a turn at sitting down. The workers can't do all the striking," Mr. R. D. Lapham. president of the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company, of San Francisco, told the Straits Times
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    DRIVER FINED FOR HITTING CONSTABLE
    116 13 i From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, July 10. pHARGED with driving a motor car without a certificate of competency and with assaulting a nolice constable, Ponnusamy. a Tamil, appeared before Sheikh Abu Bakar. the Second Magistrate, today. Awang said that while he was on
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    NANKING TEACHER TO WED IN PENANG.
    96 13 The wedding will take place on Thursday, July 15. before the Senior Registrar of Marriages, Penang, Mr. J. L. McFall, of Miss Louise ?io Seng Khuan, daughter of Mr. Tio Siong Chan, Senior Chinese Interpreter Supreme Court, Penang, and Mrs. Flo Slong Chan, and
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    GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    69 13 The current number of the Government Gazette has appeared with a new title. It is now known (in fancy print) as '•Government Gazettes of the Federated Malay States and of each of the States of Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembllan and Pahang." For the sake of brevity, however, we
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    MARKET SHOOTING
    36 13 THERE have been no developments in the Telok Aycr Market shootin? on Friday. It is thought the man responsible has escaped from Singapore. A description of him has been sent to all stations upcountry.
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    Penang Clerks' Union To Protect Interests.
    289 13 THK formation of a Penang Clerical Union has been decided on by Penang office workers at a largely-attended meeting, representative of all sections of the clerical community. Government clerks have ample safeguards in the way of pensions, gratuities and other privileges which apply to
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    EUROPEAN ACQUITTED ON RASH ACT CHARGE.
    604 13 Paralysed Girl's Hospital Statement On Crash. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 11. AFTER lengthy argument on legal points respecting a state- ment taken at Bungsar Hospital, Thomas William Wilson, Inspector of Machinery in the F.M.S. Mines Department, was acquitted on a charge
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    TWO CHINESE DIE FROM BURNS.
    62 13 Two Chinese workers in a biscuit fac- tory in Serangoon Road who suffered serious burns when they fell into a kiln on Saturday morning died at the week-end. A third Chinese who was admitted to the General Hospital with them has been discharged. The honorary
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    SHOWERS EASE KINTA DROUGHT.
    105 13 But Some Towns Still Short. RUBBER OUTPUT NOT YET AFFECTED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, July 11. TPHE water situation has been considerably eased in parts of the Kinta Valley by showers that have fallen in the last two days. However, these rains have been light
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    DUFFERS' CUP.
    221 13 Qualifying Round Next Week-End. The qualify ng round of the DuiTerv Cup competition will be played on Saturday and Sunday next at the Singapore Golf Club. Tba follow! lg is ths draw A. M. Pearson vs. S. W. Pnttie P^rr; W. A. Young vs. C. C. B. Gllmour.
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    CHINESE CONSUL-GENERAL DUE BACK.
    114 13 Mr. Kao Ling Pal, Chinese ConsulGeneral at Singapore, who went to England to attend the Coronation celebrations, is expected to return on July 16. Che Mohamud bin Haji Yasin, tha Kedah f.tate Eleven right back and an old pupil of the Sultan Abdul Hamld College. Alor
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    SERVICES SCRAPE HOME IN CUP TIE AT MALACCA.
    530 14 THEIR WINNING GOAL DISPUTED. DID CALLAN'S SHOT PASS THROUGH THE SIDE-NET? (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, July 10. A CROWD of about 8,000 saw the Combined Services beat Malacca here today, in their Malaya Cup fixture, by the odd goal in three.
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    OTHER SPORT ON PAGE 5.
    181 14 I in a mc.cc resembling a rugger scrum, I Knott just tapping the ball in. I The wliy Callan settled all doubts, and was possibly himself amazed, when his left-foot drive found the net. There i were many who were fully convinced that the ball
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    INTER-COLLEGE MATCH A REAL BATTLE.
    102 14 Rough Stuff— 3 Penalties— A Lecture From The Referee. On Saturday, for the first time since 1931. Raffles College defeated their rivals, the Medical College, in the annual soccer match. The score was 4—2.4 2. Rough play prevailed in the second half and the referee
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    FIVE FOR CLEELAND.
    96 14 R.A.F. II Outplay Excise In League Match. The R.A.F. beat the Excise Department 7—l in a second division league game on the Police Depot ground on Saturday. For the first five minutes the Revenue Officers did well and Awang scored the only goal for them. After thatthey
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    SOUTH CHINA A.A. WIN AT PENANG.
    75 14 (From Our Own Correspondent Penang, July 10. A big crowd saw the South China Athletic Association beat the Penang Chinese Recreation Club by four goals to two on Victoria Green today. The visitors gave the home an object lesson in ground passing. They led
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    SELANGOR BEAT SINGAPORE BY FOUR WICKETS.
    423 14 SELANGOR BEAT SINGAPORE BY FOUR WICKETS. WINNING HIT MADE TWO MINUTES FROM TIME. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 11. U/INNING a race against the clock, Selangor beat Singapore by four wickets in the cricket match begun yesterday and ended today. They were set 149 to get for victory
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    MISS JONES AND WIN S.C.C. MIXED FOURSOMES.
    147 14 MISS JONES AND WIN S.C.C. MIXED FOURSOMES. The Singapore Golf Club's first bimonthly mixed foursomes competition for July was played at Bukit Timah yesterday afternoon and resulted In a win for Miss K. H. Jones and Capt. E. M. Lindesay with a net score of 33Vi> Forty cards were taken
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    HARROW LOSE AFTER DECLARING.
    294 14 For the first time since 1931 the Eton vs. Harrow match at Lord's reached a definite result. Eton winning by seven wickets. They owe the opportunity of victory to a sporting declaration by Harrow at 211 for five wickets in their second innings. Eton were able
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    CAPT. LINDESAY
    128 14 "OPEN" WAS NEARLY ABANDONED. Conditions on the last day of play in the British Open Golf Championship at Carnoustie were so bad, with the greens just pools of water, that several conferences were held to decide whether play should be abandoned or not, says a Reuter cable. Mrs.
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    Lawn Tennis. WOMEN'S SINGLES FINAL.
    263 14 Lawn Tennis. WOMEN'S SINGLES FINAL. Today's Ties In The Championships. Play will be resumed In the Singapore lawn tennis championships on the padang today, weather permitting. The ties down for decision are: Men's Doubles. Semi-Final: Loon Chong and Huck Toe vs. Thutt Pitt and Perelra. Women's Singles, Final: Mrs. Eber
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    Athletics. F.M.S. POLICE SPORTS AT KUALA LUMPUR.
    212 14 Athletics. F.M.S. POLICE SPORTS AT KUALA LUMPUR. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. July 10 The Depot one? again showed It! athletic superiority over contingents from the four States of the Federation today, winning the honours at tnFM.S. Police sports for the sixth time in succession, remaining unbeat?u since the
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    "senior-junior fours AT R.S.Y.C.
    139 14 "senior-junior fours AT R.S.Y.C. Rowing. Conditions were poor for the rowing of heats in the R.SY.C. regatta on Saturday. In the Senior-Junior Fours, rowed over a full course, a fairly big sea and following tide made things unpleasant. L F. Duncan's crew Jumped away at the start, leading by a
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    THE SPORTS DIARY.
    28 14 TODAY. Soccer: Chinese vs. Police, Dlv. 1 Stadium; Raffles College vi. V.M.C.A Lawn Tends: Singapore championships padang. TOMORROW. Swmt: MkMf. vs. RE. niv. I, stadiuc
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    FRISCO GETS VERDICT IN RETURN FIGHT WITH FAHMY.
    1214 15  -  Echo." BOXES WITH SKILL AND RESTRAINT. AL RIVERS RETIRES IN BOUT WITH KID LEYTE. By AFTER twelve rounds of hard fighting at the New World arena on Saturday night, Young Frisco avenged his recent defeat by Mohamed Fahmy, securing a points decision
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    FINALS OF SINGAPORE A. A. A. CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    762 15 Poh Kirn Seng and M. K. Sundram Tie For Individual Honours. rvESPITE the bad weather and a heavy track two Malayan records and five Singapore records were smashed at the third championship meeting of the Singapore A.A.A., concluded on the padang on Saturday.
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      132 15 HAPPY WORLD STADIUM FRIDAY JULY 16th, at 8.45 p.m. FLOWERS SIMA OLAES THREE IMPORTATIONS IN ONE NIGHT. TIGER FLOWERS vs JOE DIAMOND (142 Ik. Flash) 12 (3) rounds (Malaya's Joe Louis) BATTLING SIMA NEIL HEMCHIT (Filipino Chinese Sensation) 10 (3) rounds (Lightweight contender) LITTLE OLAES SPEEDY HASSAN (champion of Lnion)
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    Restriction Breaks Ipoh Course Record But Loses Race.
    1169 16 SUNSHINE SUE DECLARED THE WINNER. Wicklow Bay Provides The Day's "Turn Up." (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, July 10 ■THK two top weights fought out the Coronation Plate finish here toda>, Wickluw Bay carrying 9.7 gettinff the verdict by half a 1.-p..;t!i
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    COUNTY CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP.
    208 16 Point scoring Win 15: UeT 1 win Ist iniu. 5: loas on Ist inns. 3; no result 4 pts. each: no play, match Ignored: no play for two days, one Innings win 10. loss S. Position* Up To Date. W L Points P W. L. 1st Inn.
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    361 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 10. TTIE following have been selected tentatively to represent Selangor at the Malayan Chinese athletic sports meeting: in Singapore a* the end of the month MEN'S EVENTS 10« Metres— Chow Seng, Chung Yoke Teng. Ho Sum Wah
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    YACHTING RACES AT CHANGI.
    196 16 The Changi Garrison Yacht Club races yesterday resulted as follows: Club Open Race: Ist. Sgt. Townsend, 2nd. Bdr. Teach. R.A. vs. R.E RE. 3»"- R A. 38. Motor Boat Race: Ist Blue Mist (Humphreys RAF): 2nd. Capt. Me Kechnle Gordons i: 3rd. Mr. Perkins. Open Pram
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    161 16 R.I. BOYS S UCCESSFUL. IN LIFE-SAVING TESTS. Ths following Raffles Institution boys -have passed the Life Saving Examination held at the YM.CA pool (Intermediate Certificate and Bronze Medallion): Pwee Quee Yam, Eu Keng Yu-t. Liew Kah Cheng, Chan Suay Bah. Poon Weng Yew. Leong Wai Hong, N x Cheng Ann,
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      224 17 At Katong. To the Editor ol the Straits Times. SIR,— I should like to endorse and supplement what "Motorist" says In his letter In todays Straits Times regarding the present bus terminus at the Junction of Joo Chiat Road and East Coast Road. At present
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    1081 17 ADVICE TO "AMATEURS AND DILETTANTES" General Principles Of History And Local Research. To the Editor of the Straits Times. SIR,— My attention has been drawn to the sub-tit!e "Our Savants" appearing in "Anak SingapuraV column of July 8. As lam the writer of the curious lett-
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    170 17 PROVISIONS IN NEW TREATY. (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, July 8. THE new Japanese Minister to the Court of Siam is now on his way to Bangkok to negotiate the new Treaty with Siam. His duty, according to the Japan Chronicle of June 17. is
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    369 17 TPHE following new non-flctlon and fiction works are now ready for Issue at the Raffles Library Myself a Player. Illustrated, Lena Ashwell; Crowning the King: An Account of the Coronation Ceremonies, of George VTs Life his homes and palaces, Illustrated, Lewis Broad; Oulla the
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    52 17 AN application to annul the adjudication orders made against him in 1833 was made by Mr. J. M. Jackson in the Bankruptcy Court before Mr Justice Home. It was revealed that Mr. Jackson had paid his debts in full with interest and costs. His lordship granted
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    220 18 Scott's Last Wish LETTER DECIDES HIS SON'S CAREER. Now Famous Naturalist And Fine Sailor. MAKE the boy interested in natural history if you It is better than games. Make him a strenuous man." That is what Captain Scott, the explorer, wrote about his infant son, Peter, in the last letter
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    145 18 Uldershot Experiment. During the course of the coming month an interesting experiment in troop carrying by the Royal Air Force will be canied out in conjunction W.U) the 2nd Division at Aldershot. This will go further than previous experiments, as in this case the scheme will
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    507 18 Fulfilled. CHURCH LEADER CHOOSES GAOL. CONTEMPT OF COURT IN SPEECH. ALTERNATIVE TO £100 FINE. TPHE Very Rev. Dr. Thomas M. John- stone, a former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, and Convener of -the Assembiy's Temperance Committee, was fined £100 in the Northern Ireland High
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    255 18 SIR EWEN MACLEAN'S ATTACK. YOUNG MOTHERS CHAMPIONED. THE 'no children" order to tenants was criticised at the conference of the Maternity and Child Welfare Group of the Society of Medical Officers of Health held at Cardiff. Sir Ewen Maclean, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the
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    452 18 Broad Jokes Banned At Secret Meeting. rREATEST clean-up Britain's entertainment world has Cver known it will take in theatres, music-halls, cabarets and cinemas was launched at a secret conference at St. James's Palace. The meeting was called by Lord Cromer. the Lord Chamberlain, and
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    155 18 Special Status To Be Given. W/HAMPOA Will be a cHy ol the spe- cial class, as arc Tientsin, Shanghai and Hankow. Canton has not bec-n so designated for the reason that it U the provincial capita. Land Investment companies hay» been prohibited from
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    328 19 HOW TWO LIVES MAY HAVE BEEN LOST. A THEORY that an air crash in which two men lost their lives vas caused by a Royal Air Force pilot momentarily forgetting that he was piloting an 85 h.p. machine and not a sfo h.p. tighter, was
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    323 19 Protecting Warships Against Air Attack. DETAILS of the anti-aircraft pompom with which the British Navy is being equipped are very properly treated as confidential. But a type of weapon intended for a similar purpos designed and manufactured in Swcci<n, has attracted wide attention, and this
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    BRITISH SHIP RUNS AGROUND.
    84 19 Malaria Among Crew. With six of her crew incapacitated by acute malaria, the British cargo steamer Farndale. 4.235 tons, ran aground at Maasluis, near Rotterdam, recently. She was lat«r towed o#f by three tugs. The ship's cook had died from acute malaria Three men have been
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    661 19 Too Little Bad-Weather Practice Suggested. AN official cour f of inquiry sat at Bicester recently to investi- gate the crash of the R.A.F. bomber at Stanton Long, Shropshire. The machine was one of the latest type bombers ordered by tho Air Ministry and belonging
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    43 19 The engagement is announced of Mr Brownlow North Smlth-Laing of Labu Estate. Labu. son of the late Mr. George Smith-Lalng. 0.8.E.. J.P.. and Mrs. Smith-Laing. of Inverness. Scotland, and Miss Florence Mary Llewellyn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. Llewellyn of Newport, Monmouthshire.
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    297 19 BARRING ROUTE FROM LIBYA. DESERT BASE TO BE FORTIFIED. Cairo, July 9. THE Egyptian Cabinet has unofficially approved a draft scheme for the establishment of a large military base at Mersa Matruh. This Is part of the scheme to concentrate large bodies of Egyptian troops at
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    160 19 Story Of Chinese Girl Agents. pOR the purpose of securing military i secrets and other useful Information, Japanese military organs in north China have employed 22 Chinese girls to serve as soies, spates a special report to the Sin Wan Pao from Peiping. These girls are now
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    NAVAL BASES IN MEDITERRANEAN.
    360 19 ITALIAN OFFICER'S ANALYSIS. VALUE OF GREECE AS AN ALLY. i/^UTSPOKEN comments on the presentday strategical situation in the Mediterranean are made by an Italian naval officer, Slgnor Floravanzo, in a newly published book on the world's naval bases, says the Dally Telegraph. In his view France
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    319 19 Unprecedented Fire Possible. AMONG the new equipment supplied to the mechanized army the most interesting is the Bren gun, perhaps the most effective of all quick-delivery weapons, which during the summer months will be seen at camps and "At homes," writes a military correspondent
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    44 19 London, July 8. It is announced that Earl Baldwin is leaving London for a short rest in the country before going to ALx-lea-Bains and that he will not consider any future engagements until after his return in the late autumn.—British Wireless.
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