The Straits Times, 17 July 1937

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] (T//f: LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1937 PRICE 10 CENT
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      196 1 SINGAPORE: 140. CECIL ST. ('PHONE S*7l). MEBKEDES BENZ BRINKfnfINNiCQ caosjci Nona AGENTS THE BQRNSO CO. LTD. (Incorporated in England) SINGAPORE PENANG s IPOH KUALA LUMPUR MALACCA. TSEAUTIFUL, ihining t««th mie not nocassmrily clean leath. The fronJi may ihine, but ih. cr.vic.s and backj will ba untouched by a big old-fashioned
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      322 1 KUALA LUMPUR: 25, JAVA ST. TPHONE 3ftB3>. m I FINDLATER'S H| I FINE SHERRIES PORTS. JJH Per Bottle /jftV Duty 0. 75 Extra. jn|H SHERRIES |B M OLD MORENO BROWN. FULL OF 8.1 LJI FLAVOUR. A DELIGHTFUL APPETISER, $2.00 j»J j PALE MEDIUM DRY. VERY -RHIW SUITABLE FOR CLUB SHERRY
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      9 1 Scots (LJhlsky tk. rr a «».ra a..ena ..en ltd
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      665 2 WEI.IJ5.— At Singapore, on Friday, July 1C 1937, to Winifred wife of Charles W. Wells Serembnn, F.M.S., a daughter. SITUATIONS VACANT ENGLISH fam'ly require "Nanny" for two Children. Sewing essential. Please apply by letter to Box No. 551, Straits Times. 4STF.D a Chinese Dresser Grade 1. Experienced person in Anti-Malarial
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      741 2 FOR SALE IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. Originating Summon. No 134 of 1935. In the matter of the Estate* settled by the Will and Codicil of TAN TECK GUAN deceived, and In the nutter of The Rules of the Supreme Court 1934. Order LIL
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      832 2 BOARD RESIDENCE EAST ANGLIA 6 Oxley Rise Tele. 4390. Small Forn. room vacant. 11 St. Nicolas Plats. Vacancies at 'Lloyd Ho«ae t Uoyd R4. BELLEVILLE. 15. Scotts Road. Phone 4274. large li airy rooms Priv Verandah mod san SEA-FRONT: Single double rooms. Lounpes. tennis. Near Swlm'g Club. 77, Mc'er Rd.
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      850 2 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE IS HER&BY GIVEN that Mr. Pat. A. Beins Is no longer In the service of th« Handel MaatschapplJ Bawean N.V. as from July 5, 1937, ann has no further authority to transact any business on behalf of this Company. L. KORTZ, Managing Director. Handel MaaschapptJ "Bawean"
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      590 2 TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. TENDERS are invited for the Erection of a Public Convenience at Prinsep Street. Tender Deposit $50. Tenders close at 4 p.m.. on July 30, 1937. For further particulars, see Municipal Tender Room. J. C. 6. WHI'iE, Acting- Municipal Secretary. P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE Tenders will be received at
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      205 2 U aO ychijjfners for Milliner?, dress flower A novrltlea 3 Anderson Road Tel. 4768 jt^Sj^y THE LA TEST J&JE^jfJ'H t Every woman alwayi utvT^ i clamours for this. iJl^E^' Latest styles are al<«^p^ ways created at V-FIGARO Ladies Hairdressers. 93 Bras Uaaah Rd. A Kaffirs Hotel. Phone 2868 BUSINESS CARDS
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      658 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England) MAIL. PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. ".CD. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY S GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OOTWARD PROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Tonnage Spore 1937 RAJPUTANA "000 In port BURDEN 2:SSo JuS
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      381 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS, (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) (Inco.-jorated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. SHORT TRIPS TO JAPAN. VIA HONGKONG SHANGHAI. S.S. HAKONE MARO July 25 SJ. BUWA MARU Aug. 10 ss. FUSHIMI MARO Aug. 23 ii. HAKOZAKI MARO Sept. 9 mi. TERUKUNI MARU Sept. 17 Round trip
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      798 3 gjj B. I. S. N. CO., LTD. jU^yr+MJf^&t T»v3 (Incorporated In England) IJJJ_LjJyL3M APCAR LINE I I J FOR HONG KONG. SHANGHAI, MOJI ByVa^ I KOBE AND OSAKA SPECIAL HOLIDAY CRUISES SIRDHAN A to 8.000 BANGKOK-SAIGON 29th 3 ANGKOR-PNOM PENH Excellent modern accommodation for nrst and second clast passengers. Special
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      1045 3 t££^^ REPRESENTING SHIPPIM. THK BLUE FUNNEL LINT (Ocean The Hua Khlow Steamshln Co (1932) LtO. Steam Ship Co., Ltd. and China Mutual The Canard WhiW star Lid Steam Navigation Co Ltd.) Aberdeen Commonwealth Line. The Straits Steamship Co Ltd Shaw Savill Albion < o I.M The China Navigation Co.. Ltd.
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      120 4 Saturday, July 17. Ifci,. alo-g-e U-JE-™. KtPFKL HARBOUR Main Wharf W. Bt. Berth*. Shen Kwang, Lch. Mary Rose, Hoppers Chermln, Hopper Labrador, Dredger Kuantan. OU Wharf Nleuw Holland. Coal Wharf NIL VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS Taajaog ragar Sheen Wharf Subadar. Albert Dock Nil. Victoria Dock SUtodoenf
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      299 4 To4*y. East. North, South and Wwt India (Kutsang) 3 p.m Djambi (Toba) 3 p m. Trcngganu and Dungun (Parcels only) (Gemas) 3.30 pm. Kemaman and Kemasek (Oemas) 4 p.m. Bagan, Bengkalls ft Selat Pandjang (Toboalli 4 p.m Laboean Billk (Jarak) ..4 pm Muntok ft Palembang (8enang) 4
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      AIR MAILS.
      91 4 INWARD. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives this afternoon. Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives this afternoon. Wearnes: From Penang and Kuala Lumpur: Arrives this eveninr. K.L.M.: From Europe: Due Sunday evening. Imperial: From Europe: Dae Sunday evening. OUTWARD. K.L.M.: To Europe: Mails dose 1.36 p.m. today. Imperial: To Hong Kong:
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      FROM MALACCA.
      85 4 Correspondence tor transmission by I sir "via Netherlands' must oe specially and clearly superscribed "By X.L.M." j Malls will close at Malacca as follows: Today Honx Kong. China, Philippines, Guam, Honolulu and USA by air (Imperial and Pan American) 6 p.m Ai'Mralasta, Java Si Timor by air l
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      CLEARANCES
      46 4 July 15: Munsterland (Ger.); Woyo Marut, Manju Maru (Jap.): Sin Kheng Seng Rantau, Silver Gull (Brit.); de Weert (Dutch). July 16: Mijer, Gen. V. der Heyd«n, Van Rees, Op ten Noort. Aletta, Tabian, J. P. Coen (Dut); Carthage, Kinta. Ampang, Meran, Tandjong Plnang, Jerantut (Brit.).
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES.
      247 4 Singapore, July 17. Buyer Seller Gambier $8.00 Hamburg Cube $15.00 Java Cube $11.00 Pepper. White Muntok $17.00 White $16.50 Black $9.50 Copra. Mixed $5.60 $560 Sun Dried $6.00 Tapioca. Small Flake $4.40 Fair Flake $3.90 Medium Pearl $5.15 Small Pearl $5 JO Sago Flour. No. 1 Lingga
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      DUTCH MOTOR LINER ORDER
      261 4 New Type Of Ship For Company's Service THE placing of an order with the Netherlands Shipbuilding Co. for a motor liner of 20,000 tons by the Nederland Royal Mall Line, Amsterdam, was recently announced in these columns. In her hull and passenger accommodation the new ship
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      176 4 Malls from Australia, Netherlands Indies etc. expected today, July 17, by air (Qantas) will be delivered to boxholders at 3 p.m. General delivery of letters at 4.05 p.m. Mails from Netherlands Indies expected today, July 17, by air (Netherlands) wil! be delivered to boxholders at 3.30 p.m. General
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      PASSENGERS
      60 4 Passengers arriving :rom Europe this morning by m.v. Jean Laborde are: Mr. Kao Ung Pal, Mr. Y. C. Foo, Mr. de Weeger, Mr. Rene Ouyon, Mr. Bernard Fabre, Mr. Jchanes Abraham Francisoua de Weeger. Mr and Mrs Slrag. Mr. and Mrs. Vredenvogd and child, Madame Woudsma, Mr. J. E.
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      643 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (incorporate*? to P.M.8.) LLOYDS AGENTS: 800 v ing AGENTS F.MS RLYS AND SUM STATES RAILWAYS. rurPHONF- Frelrb' S43S— Paanacr MSI. CANADIAN 3^ui^PACl FIC (incorporated ID England). TBE -h.MCm.Sfl 1 ROUTE offers TKVNS P.VIFIt SERVICES via HONOLULU or dtrwat IMI'Kf ss to VANCOUVER—ACROSS CANADA by TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAIN with•m
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      485 4 (Incorporated tn Straits SeWletnentai aSJ&vJP^^^HBR ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. (Incon>oreteo ir USA.) (Incorporated in England) BOSTON NEW TORR BAI IIMORt "ELLEK.MAN- LINE VIA SUEZ CANAI WO» HAVRE LONDON MARINER Au f* s KOrrERIiAM HAMBURG STEEL NAVIGATOR Aug 34 Aug 28 Via Part* and Sacs Ca.»»l STEEL
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      453 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Station* Yesterday Last night max. rain- bright nun temp, fall s'shlne temp 'F ins hrs. *F We?t Const. Alor Star 87 Nil 3.1 73 Bay an Lepas (Penang) 88 0.08 4.9 74 Sitiawan 89 0.04 5.9 72 Bukit Jeram 89 Nil 5.7 73 Malacca
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      424 5 LAST NIGHT OHBH^*WC7^i^3 THE SEASON'S MADDEST, I^^M •■^3 t^^ MERRIEST LOVE-TANGLED W feji SCREEN HIT! HB££3Bi^HHK!s[ H William POWELL Carole LOMBARD in 'MY man GODFREY' A Universal Picture also 'THE CORONATION DERBY' A Gaumont-British News Tomorrow— VlCTOß SAVILLE'S GREAT SPY DRAMA CONRAD VEIDT. VIVIEN LEIGH in 'DARK JOURNEY A United
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      117 5 CHOSEN BY JQriiiflfS. Lincoln Ellsworth Sir Malcolm Campbell Sfi^ J^^HB** Sir Alan Cobham Ken Waller Cathcart Jones TUDOR 43_ Don Bradman ROYAL M_ IMPERIAL 7t_ Opposite Clifford Pier A NEW ATMOSPHERE! DHVE AT SINGAPORE'S NEWEST RESTAURANT. THE SINGAPORE AIRPORT HOTEL open from 6 a. m. till Midnight. FULL LICENCE. IT'S
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      241 5 Flattering Coiffure PERMANENT WAVfS SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY (»F»'R FOB MONTHS OF JLNF JULY SB.OO to $10.00 VIOLET-RAY TREATMENT Only Sl.Hpw treatment mmson (Late of Maison Martin) 280, ORCHARD ROAD. (NEXT DOOR TO CAFE 1 WIEN) For Appointment Phone 2330 p.s. Here's Another "MY MAN GODFREY!" with the Famous DADDY of "I
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      294 5 \A/l— I A "1 IC tf""^W TT^n^AY and Do" 1 Lamour ("Jungle Princess" I li^\ 1 IW* V— I I vU J r^. I turned sophisticated) sing appeallngly. GLOBE THEATRE: Fire Over EngHOTELS. R.K.O. 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. Straits Times land. 7.30 and 9.30 p.m. RAFFLES HOTEL: Orchestral con- crlti
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      466 6 TIN SHARES GO TO LQNDON. SMELTING COMPANIES EASIER. From Our Financial Correspondent. (Copyright) Singapore, July 17. Tin shares, which have been responsible for practically all the business done in the share market during the week, close the week with quite a firm undertone. Tin has risen 85s.
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      RUBBER EXPORT DUTY.
      31 6 The price of rubber for the assessment oi export duty in the F.M.S. from July 16 to 22, Inclusive, has been fixed as 30 1/16 cents, per pound.
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      TREASURY BILLS.
      40 6 London, July IS. The total amount applied for in tenders for £35.000,000 Treasury BUls was £79.020,000. The average rate per cent, for Bills at three months was 11s. 0.99(1. against 11s. 0.17 d. a week r.go.— British Wireless.
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        MINING.
        581 6 Issue Vai. Fraser Co. Lyall Si Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 6/8 If- 6/9 7/3 £1 Asam Kumbang 38/- 40/-cd 38/- 40/ -cd £1 Austral Malay 58/- 60/- 58/- 615/- Ayer Hitara 33/- 34/- 33/- 34/1 Ayer Weng 1.30 1.35 1.30 1.40 £1 Bangrin Tin 23/9
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        GENERAL.
        401 6 ais.\ oiiu uiu. i.oo 1.00 1.30 i.ra 2 2 do 7&% Prefs. 2.30 2.40 2.30 2.40 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 8.25 7.00 125 7.26 :iO0 £100 Cable Wireless Crd. Stock £83
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        220 6 ouiun^unc muni^iriUj. 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 103& Vi% 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 107 V t c /c 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 115 1913 red. 1963 $2000.000 Mar. 31 Sept. 30 108 1926
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        356 6 Fraser Co. Lyall k Evatt Allenby 1.87& 1.95 1.85 1.95 Alor Gajah 1.30 1.40 1.30 1.40 Amal Malay 2.05 2.15 2.00 2.10 Ayer Hltam 1.40 1.50 1.40 1.50 Ayer Molek 1.15 1.30 1.15 1.20 Ayer Panas 1.70 1.80cd 1.70 1.80 Bassett 0.78 0.83 0.77 0.82 Batu Lin tang
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    80 6 Friday, July 16, Noon. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) July 31% 31Vfe Good F. A. Q. in bales (F. 0.8.) July 30 9/16 30 11/16 No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 30% 31 July 31 31V
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
    254 6 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Hngapon Company Dividend Booti Ckwe Date at. dit. Payable Date •c, July n. Total to financial ?e«i to dat« TIN To Uam Kumbanpr 5% Int. July M July 30 July 24 15% Bonus icngFatt 4% Int. July M July 30 July 21 long Kong
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    STOCK EXCHANGE.
    341 6 London, July 16. The following are today's closing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange:— Shares ot SI denomination unless otherwise stated: xesier- tuse day. or Pall Conversion Loan b p.e. 1944-64 112% Fundlnp Loan 4 p.c. 1960-90 110% —Mi War Loan, 3tt p.c 100 Ccm. Union Assce.
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    EXCHANGES.
    192 6 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the daily circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. SELLING. London T.T 2/4 1/16 London demand 2/4 1/16 London 4 months sight 2/4 1/8 Lyons demand 1482 Hamburg demand I*2 New York demand 58 Montreal demand
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    EXCHANGES.
    88 6 London, July 16. The following were mean rales ruling at noon today: Parts 1M 13/16 Athens MT/4 New York 4.96 15/16 Bucharest 670 Montreal 4.97% seUv Brussels 29.52% Rio Geneva 21.71 sellers official Amsterdam 9.02 Belgrade 216 Milan M 7/16 Buenos Aires unauoi*o Berlin 12.35K Montevideo 39% Madrid nominal
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    COLONY'S LONELY ISLAND.
    88 6 New District Officer Appointed. »po lonely Christmas Is 1 and goe s Mr. G. W. Webb, M.C.S., to oecome District Officer, according to an announcement in yesterday's Government Gazette. Christmas Island Is the smallest and most Isolated portion of the Straits Settlements and Is flitted only at
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    £3,000,000 TRUST FOR CHARITY.
    144 6 US. Banker's Will. New York. June 26. The responsibilities of great wealth are emphasised In the will of Mi. George Baker, the banker, who died on May 30 in his yacht at Honolulu after an operation In mld-Paclnc. Estimates of his fortune run as high as
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      MODEST VOLUME OF BUYING.
      824 7 BOTH TRADE AND SPECULATIVE. STEADY TONE OF LONDON RUBBER. London, July 7. ON Thursday or last week the tone In the rubber market was steady and prices advanced V»<l. to 3-1 3 d. report Symington and Wilson. Although the tone was quiet on Friday the advance
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      HEAVY RUBBER SHIPMENTS THIS MONTH.
      838 7 Small Support From America Maintains Prices. CONSUMPTION of rubber "may not be so good in the latter half of this year but any falling off should be offset by the very necessary replenishing of stocks in Home markets." That opinion is expressed by Lewis and
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      LONDON METAL MARKET.
      307 7 TIN RESPONDS TO FAVOURABLE NEWS. IN their weekly market report, Messrs. Malcolm Rowley and Son, London, on July 2, write: The markets seem unable to extricate themselves from the maze of uncertainty in which they have lately been enveloped. As soon as one difficulty seems to have
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      MOTOR OUTPUT EXPANSION
      226 7 7 MONTHS' TOTAL Production of motor vehicles in the United Kingdom is still running well ahead of last year. For April last the output of private cars and taxi cabs is reported at 36,309. or 3,988 more than the total or 32.321 vehicles In April. 1936. During
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      PRICE TREND OF RUBBER.
      554 7 PUNGGOR CHAIRMAN'S VIEWS. DIVIDEND AFTER TEN YEARS REST. <<|T seems fairly clear that there is no reason for extreme optimism with regard to any substantial rise in prices." On the other hand, "It would appear unlikely that the price of rubber will decline much further." In
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      STERLING RUBBER DIVIDENDS.
      112 7 The following dividends have either been proposed or declared and are in respect of the year ended Mar. 31. BUKIT RAJAH RUBBER. Five per cent CHEMBONG RUBBER. A final Of 2>/ 2 per cent, making 4V 2 per cent, for the year. KUALA. REMAN RUBBER. No dividend
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      RECORD CIRCULATION OF NOTES
      88 7 Slow Credit Flow On London Market Londnn. July 13. On last week's money market another steep rise was witnessed in the note circulation, the figures reaching the unprecedented level of £494.000,000. The credit flow appeared to be slower than formerly but borrowers were fully catered for
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      613 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Iccorporated in ihe Colony ol Hooa Kong) The Uab'llty ol <nem6e-T is limited to the extei.t and In manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 at 19i9 ot tht Colony. Authorised Capital 150,000.000 Issued and rully Pald-Up ...j.. WO.000.000 Reserve Funds:- Sterling 6.5OO.OOC Hong Kong
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      498 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OP INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated .n England oy Royal Charter 1853). PaW Dp Capirai in 800.000 sham Of £5 each C3.000.00t Reserve Pund tt.000.00t Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3.0OO.O0t HEAD Nim 38. Rl«hopsc>t« London K C I. Amrttsar Hong Kong Rangoon Alor 3uu Hollo Salgor. Bangkok
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    VERTICAL CLIMB BY NEW AIRSCREW.
    509 8 VERTICAL CLIMB BY NEW AIRSCREW. British Constant Speed Type. AN ASTONISHING TAKEOFF. AN aeroplane was pulled upwards almost vertically by a new type of British constant speed airscrew demonstrated at the display held by the Society of British Aircraft Constructors at Hatfield Aerodrome recently. It was the most astonishing take
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      96 8 RADIO CATALOGUES FREE TO ALL from KEE HUAT RADIO CO., 122/124 Orchard Road, SINGAPORE. PYE RADIO FAMOUS FOR QUALITY, IQQ% BRITISH. GADIO BATT€«I€S KEE MUAT RADIO COMPANY HERMAN A. DEVRY SOUND ON FILM PROJECTORS AMPLIFIERS No other major motion picture unit hu ever sky-rocketed to International acceptance in as short
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      206 8 AN ACTIVE STIMULANT. \JL3 I am very pleased to BjM certify that I tried "Serravallo's Tonic" In many cases of anaemia and convalescence and always with good re-dffij-jyiWt. su lt Tn s preparation fITTJUfMH Is an excellent tonic QL^HHJS and an active stimulsSl**sgj| lant of the emato\sC£«sis?s[ poietic Organs and
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      272 8 SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 1 33 Mr (2ZS m p.m. 6.00 Chinese music Gramophone records. 7.00 Light orchestral miislc, played by Station Orchestra, under direction of Rex Allen. Song Cycle. Four Irdian Love Lyrics. (Woodforde-Finden) Suite. Three Irish Pictures. (Ansell). Ballet Music. Faust. 7.30 Time, weather, news and announcements. 7.40 Dance
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      617 8 Broadcasting. Barker. Overture to 'Patience" (Sullivan) Piece In the form of a Habanera (Ravel). Le Chemin de la Alhambra; Chanson Mauresque (Turlna, arr. Ch.tpelier). Suite of Six Pieces: (1) March C» Minuet and Trio (3) Aria (4) Musette (5) Adagio (6) Glgue (Bach, arr. Woodhouse) Scherzo— Valse Moorish Fantasy (Moskowskl)
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      710 8 10.30 "The Adventures of a Zoologist in England"— 2. Talk by A. J. Marshall. 10.35 Musical Interlude. t 10.40 Pells, and an Empire Service.* from St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Order of service: Introductory Anthem, Awake us, Lord, and Hasten (Bach) Hymn, Christ is our Corner-stone (A. and M., 239). Psalm
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      563 8 7.35 News in French. Market price*, rates of exchange. 8.00 News in Spanish. 8.10 News in Portuguese. 8.20 Talk by M. Archinard. 8.35 Close down. TPA-2, 15 24 me/. (19.S8 M.) pjn. 6.20 Concert relay. 7.20 News in English. 7.35 Concert relay. 8 05 Talk on French events. 8.20 Continuation
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      88 8 10.20 Church service. 11 35 European programme. p.m. 12.50 News bulletin. 1 50 Close down. 3.20 Chinese programme. 6.20 European programme. 8 20 News bulletin 9.50 Close down. MONDAY ZBW-3. 9.52 me/f (SI A m ajn. 11.50 European programme. pm. 12.50 News bulletin. 1.35 Close down. MELBOURNE. TODAY VK2ME 9
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    AUTONOMOUS STATES AND JAPAN.
    261 9 Conference To Solve Problem. BIG GUNS OUTSIDE GATES OF PEIPING. Shanghai, July 16. MR. TEN HSI CHIEH, Gen. Chang Chi Chung and Gen. Chang Yun Yung, representing the Hopei-Chahar Political Council, today began talks with representatives of the North China Japanese Command with a view to
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    FATHER DIVINE HAS THREE-DAY REVEL.
    281 9 Followers' Junketing In Promised Land. n rfENTY THOUSAND followers of Father Divine, the Harlem negro who calls himself God, recently rollicked in their new "Promised Land"— a thousand acres of pasture near Kingston, in New York State. The followers, angels," cherubims," disciples," and rank and
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    ARMY SHORT OF 1,000 OFFICERS.
    217 9 War Office Consults Public Schools. TTHE Public Schools Careers Asso- ciation was consulted by the Army Council in view of the shortage of Army officers. Maj.-Oen. E. K. Squires, Director of Staff Duties, explained the methods of entry into the Army the conditions of service,
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    BANGKOK BARRACKS MOVED.
    262 9 NOW AT OLD CITY OF LOPBURI. (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, July 16. AT the present time the military barracks in Bangkok are crowded and the drilling grounds attached to them are not suitable for modern military training. To remedy this situation It is necessary to have
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    BRITAIN TESTS AIR DEFENCES.
    131 9 MAROONS BOOM AT MIDNIGHT. 2 TOWNS COMPLETELY BLACKED OUT. London, July 16. rE boom of maroons and the roar of sirens at midnight at Southampton and Portsmouth were the prelude to the most thorough air raid rehearsals yet undertaker, in Britain. The towns were completely blacked
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    3,000 PASSPORTS EVERY DAY.
    182 9 RECORD YEAR FOR TRAVEL ABROAD. WHILE more people are going abroad this summer than in any year since the war, the flow of holiday visitors to Britain, particularly from the United States, shows no sign of abating. In London tourist agencies and foreign railway bureaux all
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    EX-JAPANESE G.O.C. DIES IN TIENTSIN
    32 9 Tientsin, July 16. The death took plac» at Tientsin today of Lieutenant General Tashlro, a former General Officer Commanding of the Japanese troops In North China. —Reuter.
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    36 9 Southampton's shopping this year up to June 30 totalled 9,354,531 gross tons, a record for the port and 10 per cent, more than In 1938, while the Increase In passengers was 50,209, or 25 per cent.
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    15 9 London Transport is to equip 400 trams with windscreens for toe protection of the drlrers.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    129 10 SINGAPORE. GARMCK THEATRE. GEYLANG SnehlaU Hindustani Talkie. 6.15—9.15. GLOBE THEATRE Fire Over England. GREAT WORLD—THE SKT TALKIE To Beat The Band. HAPPY WORLD Cabaret. Dancing, Talkies. Cinemas Theatres and Side Shows. NEW WORLD Side Shows, Cabaret, Dancing, Talkies. Theatres Cinemas. RITZ, GEYLANG Yellow Stones. With Henry Hunter. Also Smoking
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1937. TRAINING SCHOOLS FOR ADULTS.
    963 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1937. TRAINING SCHOOLS FOR ADULTS. In the June issue of the Contemporary Review there appeared an article by Major B. T. Reynolds describing the work and aim of government training centres for industries which have been established in Great Britain. Although the centres
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    Government House.
    224 10 Tuesday, July 6. IN the afternoon His Excellency presided at a meeting of the Straits Chinese Consultative Committee held at Government House. Afterwards the members of the Committee had tea at Government House. Wednesday, July 7. His Excellency presided at a meeting of the Executive Council held at
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    PIGEON CAMERAS.
    813 10 Birds Instead Of Aeroplanes For Spying. By ERIC HARDY F.Z.S. *T"HOSE who remember the wonderful services of the carrier pigeons in the Great War wonder If, in the increasing mechanisation of the armies of the world, these birds will play any Important part in another big war. They
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    MALABAR CHRISTIANS.
    661 10 An Offshoot of the Church of Antioch in Modern Malaya. A VENERABLE tradition asserts that the Gospel was carried to the shores of India by the Apostle, St. Thomas. It is impossible to say how much truth lies in this tradition, but It Is certainly a fact that
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    724 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. POINTING A MORAL. DEMEMBERING the tremendous shock which the Simpson affair gave to British people everywh?re outside the United States, owing to the silence about it which the British Press had loyally observed, the newspaper man must ruefully admit that there Is a certain amount
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    CHINA INVOKES TREATY IN APPEAL TO WORLD.
    964 11 "Rights Clearly Violated", It Is Claimed. CRISIS MAY INVOLVE THE REST OF WORLD. m Nanking Troops Defy Warning And Enter Hopei. I'HINA is appealing to signatories of the Nmer* Power Treaty, which guaranteed her territorial integrity, to take action. She has also appealed
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    What Treaty Provides.
    91 11 gy the Nine-Power Treaty, concluded in 1922, it was agreed to respect the sovereignty, independence and territorial and administrative integrity of China, to maintain the principle of equal opportunity in China for the commerce and industry of all nations, to let China develop a stable government, and
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    WHAT JAPAN WILL DO IF NATIONALS ENDANGERED.
    528 11 WHAT JAPAN WILL DO IF NATIONALS ENDANGERED. Compelled To Declare War. lAPAN would be compelled to dedare war on China in the event of Japanese nationals in Peiping and Tientsin being endangered by Chinese attacks on the Japanese garrison,* declares an official statement by the Tokio Foreign Office, issued this
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    Weaknesses In Chinese Forces Analysed.
    297 11 Shanghai, July 16. Pthe event of a conflict the best Chinese strategy will be a kind of guerilla warfare leading gradually to the exhaustion of the Japanese, suggests Reuter. But it is doubtful whether there is enough Chinese cohesion for the execution of any plan.
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    37 11 DICTATOR ESCAPES DEATH. DR. ANTONIO SALAZAR, Premier and Dictator of Portugal, narrowly escaped assassination in Lisbon when a bomb was thrown as he entered a chapel. Police guard ing the 12 feet crater made by the bomb.
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    BRITISH PLAN FOR CONTROL IN SPAIN.
    168 11 BRITISH PLAN FOR CONTROL IN SPAIN. Discussion By Committee. London, July 16. THE Spanish non-intervention committee met at the Foreign Office this morning to discuss the proposals which the British Government has put forward to end the non-inter-vention deadlock. Both the Italian and German Ambassadors intimated that their countries are
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    MEMORANDUM TO GERMANY.
    109 11 "CHINA WILL RESIST/' Berlin, July 17. 'THE Chinese Counsellor to the Embas- sy yesterday presented a Chinese Government memorandum to the Foreign Office stressing again, it is believed, China's Intentions to offer resistance to Japan. It is understood the Chinese Ambassador voiced the same view when he
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    FRANC WEAKENS AGAIN.
    168 11 London, July 16. 17OREIGN exchange operators were somewhat taken aback by the change of sentiment towards the French franc which began yesterday afternoon and continued today. For the first time since the new Minister of Finance took up office French currency had to face a fair volume
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    SIMON EXPLAINS BUSINESS BOOM.
    103 11 SIMON EXPLAINS BUSINESS BOOM. "Not Caused By Arms Race." Rugby, July 17. »T*HE Opposition criticism that the present prosperous state of trade is only temporary and is of an artificial nature due largely to the armaments race is fallacious," said the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Simon, in the
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    Second Double Atlantic Crossing
    78 11 Rugby, July 16. •THE next simultaneous crossing 1 of the Atlantic by a Pan American Airways Clipper and an Imperial Airways Empire flyingboat will take place on July 29. It is expected the Cambria will make the flight for Imperial Airways. On her return voyage to
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    FAR EASTERN BONDS WEAKEN.
    45 11 London, July 16. Far Eastern bonds weakened today but there was no pressure to sell, the marking down of prices belnfc due to the desire ot jobbers to safeguard themselves against the possibility of surprise selling from the Far East. Reuter.
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    PENANG FORTRESS CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN THIS YEAR.
    296 12 New Site Chosen For Barracks. FIVE MILES SOUTH OF TOWN. Big Guns On Other Parts Of Island. ANEW site for barracks at Penang has been chosen and construction work will begin before the end of the year. Five miles south of Georgetown, it
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    $1,000 FOR CHINA RED CROSS TICKET.
    80 12 A SINGAPORE Chinese has paid $1,000 (Chinese currency) for a ticket to a performance to be staged on Aug. 8 at the Great World in aid of a Red Cross fund for China. He is Mr. Teo Kirn Eng, proprietor of Guan Choon and
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    Two China Congress Resignations.
    94 12 Two China Congress Resignations. Accepted By Nanking. TTHE resignations of Mr. Tan Kan Kee and Mr. Lee Chin Tiaii from the election of Malayan Chinese candidates for the Chinese National Congress have been accepted by Nanking, it is officially announced. Their withdrawals from running In the election were at first
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    NEW LABOUR LAWS FOR MALAYA?
    232 12 What New Zealand Has Done. PARTICULARLY interesting in view of the reported decision of Malayan authorities to consider adapting various parts of New Zealand's Laboui legislation for use In this country, are the following extracts from a Geneva address given a few weeks ago by
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    AMBUSH ON KALLANG BRIDGE.
    63 12 •TTWO Chinese were ambushed by six others on Kallang Road Bridge late last night, and both are in hospital today, one with a serious stab In his back and the other with Injuries sustained oy being hurled Into a deep drain. The two men were cycling
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    LONELY DREDGE HAND ATTACKED.
    102 12 LONELY DREDGE HAND ATTACKED. Says Was Threatened With Knife. WHEN six Chinese are alleged to have attacked the lone Tamil watchman of a dredge near the Naval Base on Thursday night, they took away— tools belonging to the dredge! This remarkable story was brought to the Singapore police yesterday by
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    23 12 Mr. C. R. HowiU, M.C.8., British Adviser, Perils, and Mr. F. C. Barraclough, headmaster, Westlands School, Penang, have left for Britain on leave
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    I.C.S. OFFICER AS NEW INDIAN GOVT. AGENT.
    122 12 I.C.S. OFFICER AS NEW INDIAN GOVT. AGENT. New Delhi Meets Malayan Wishes. COR the first time since the creation of the office, the new Agent of the Government of India in Malaya is to be a member of the Indian Civil Service. The officer selected to succeed Rao Sahib K.
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    DANGEROUS IPOH CORNERS.
    94 12 DANGEROUS IPOH CORNERS. Coroner Suggests Need For Warnings. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, July 16. Death by misadventure was the verdict returned by the Ipoh Coroner at the inquest held into the death of Inspector Majid. Inspector Majld lost his lite on June 23 when his motor-cycle crashed at considerable
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    BIG GOVT. GRANT FOR SENTUL SCHOOL.
    83 12 To Serve Needs Of Railway Township. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 17. The Selansor Government has made an additional capital grant of $10,000 to the new Methodist Boys' School in Sentul, the suburb of Kuala Lumpur where there is a big railway
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    HOW DID TAIPING HUNTER DIE?
    79 12 Body Found On Borders Of Estate. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Talping, July 16 WHEN a well-known hunter, Marl- appen, a Talping electrical department foreman, did not return home on Wednesday night after hunting all day, his relatives became alarmed. Police searchers next day found his
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    "What The Public Must Not Know!"
    466 12 SECRET MUNICIPAL REHEARSALS. OINGAPORE'S unique tragi-farce, "What the Public Mustn't Know," rehearsals of which have been in progress for 79 years, is apparently not yet quite ready for its first public performance at the Municipal Building. It seems that the performers have not yet
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    22 12 The Royal Singapore Yacht Club rowing team who left yesterday for Batavia to take part in the inter-port regatta. Straits Times Photograph
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    CUT IN TOLLS ON MALAYA'S BIGGEST ROAD BRIDGE.
    244 12 Motorists' Five Years' Fight. MALAYAN Motorists will be glad to learn that a reduction by nearly 50 per cent, on tolls on vehicles going across the Perak Iskandar and Blanja Bridges, will take effect from Aug. 1. The announcement of new rates
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    CANNOT EARN LIVING AS BANKRUPT.
    188 12 Discharge On Judgment For $1,000. R. N. PEREIRA, who was adjudicated a bankrupt In connection with the bankruptcy of United Contractors, obtained his discharge yesterday, before Mr. Justice Rome on his consenting to a Judgment against him in favour of the Official Assignee for $1,000.
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    CIVILIANS IN UNIFORM.
    59 12 CIVIL uniforms get a whole paragraph to themselves in the latest Issue of the Government Gazette. It points out that an officer acting temporarily In an office to which a higher class of civil uniform Is assigned than that of his substantive post should in all circumstances
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    Malayan Charcoal For Gas Masks.
    163 12 Big Industry May Develop. J7UROPEAN manufacturers of war materials are making repeated inquiries about the prospects of a regular supply of charcoal from Malaya for tr.ts masks. Being one of the best known absorbents of gases, charcoal is used extensively in masks. It can be
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    PRESIDENT OF PENANG MUNICIPALITY.
    23 12 Mr. J. A. Black, M.C.S., has been appointed to be President of the Municipal Commissioners of George Town, Penang.
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    Singapore Must Not See Official Army Life Film.
    277 12 THE perfect paradox has been produced by the Malayan Film Censor. "0.H.M.5," a British film made by Gaumont with the help and advice of the British Army Council, to depict the life of a British soldier in authentic detail and to stimulate
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    23 13 AT K.Vir BAHAT SHOW. The Tungku Mahkota of Johore (left) and his brother Tungku Ahmad at the opening of the Agricultural Show yesterday.
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    Kinta Dhobies Demand More Pay.
    125 13 k Protest Against 11 -Hour Day. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, July 16. *r*HE Chinese washermen in Kinta who recently clamoured for more pay have been joined by the Indian and Japanese dhobies. The demands which they Jointly presented to their employers yesterday Included one
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    MAJ. GEN. DOBBIE FOR PERAK.
    75 13 E. the G.0.C., Major-General W. G. S. Dobbie. will leave Singapore by the night mall train tomorrow night to Inspect the Ist (Perak) Battalion of the F.M.S. Volunteer Force at Ipoh and Übiplng and the First Battalion of the Second Punjab Regiment at Talplng. He
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    FLOWERS TOO CLEVER FOR JOE DIAMOND.
    1139 13  -  Echo Clear Points Victory Over 12 Rounds. HARDHITTING HEMCHIT BEATS SIMA BY K. O. By PAST, resourceful and elusive, Tiger Flowers set Joe Diamond some problems he couldn't solve in their fight at the Happy World arena last night. Joe was decisively outpointed, though
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    19 13 Joe Diamond (left) and Tirer Flowers, who fought twelve rounds last night, Rowers winning on points. Straits Times Photograph.
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    ASSIGNEE CRITICISES "CHOP" ACCOUNTS METHODS.
    377 13 Debts On Books In Spite Of Limitations Law. (fRITICISM of the method of Chinese "chops" ot entering in the account books all debts due from the beginning of the "chop," irrespective of th e Limitations Ordinance, was made by Mr. Koh Choon Hong, the Assistant
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    POPULAR Y.W.C.A. OFFICIAL LEAVES.
    177 13 Farewell To Hostel Superintendent A FAREWELL tea was given by the general and hostel committee of the Y.W.C.A., for Miss Sybil Nicholas, the Hostel Superintendent, who is returning to England. Mrs. Farleigh-Clark, who is secretary of the hostel committee and a very old member of it,
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    PORT OF BANGKOK.
    83 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, July 16. IN June the Imports into Bangkok were valued at £780,000 and exports at £730,000. For the three months April to June Imports were put at £2,390,000 and exports at £2,360,000. These figures refer to the Port of Bangkok only. The
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    Singapore Consul Enjoys Britain Tour.
    127 13 ENTHUSIASTIC about the pageantry of the Coronation and the intense industry of Britain, Singapore's Chinese Consul-Gen-eral, Mr. Kao Ling Pai, arrived back yesterday by the M.M. liner, Jean Laborde. He was welcomed by a large crowd of Chinese and Mr. Sze Zau Tsung, acting Consul-General.
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    CHARGE FOLLOWS KINTA FIRE INQUIRY.
    169 13 CHARGE FOLLOWS KINTA FIRE INQUIRY. First Case Of Kind In Perak. (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, July 16. AS a sequel to an inquiry into a shop-house fire carried! out under section 66 of the Sanitary Board Enactment by, the chairman of the Kint a Sanitary Board, (Mr. A. V.
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    ACTION AGAINST SINGAPORE EDITOR.
    166 13 Indian Alleges Defamation. ARISING out of an article that appeared in the periodical, Orient Gong, on June 30, the editor K. R. Menon, and P. W. Penson appeared ion summons before Mr. Ivor Lewis in the Singapore Fifth Court yesterday. In the summons it is alleged
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    12 14 YONG LOON CHONG, Singapore's new lawn tennis champion. Strait s Times Photograph.
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    LEE WAI TONGS OFFERS.
    221 14 !Not Keen On Films Or "Pro" Soccer. lIjOVE the game for the game's sake," said Lee Wai Tong, captain of the South China soccer touring team, in an exclusive interview with our reporter at Ipoh yesterday. "As far back as 17 years ago a Chinese film
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    Wise Badly Beaten By Yong Loon Chong In Singles Final.
    812 14  -  Echo TAME SURRENDER TO STEADINESS. SECOND SET FLICKER— THEN THE FADE-OUT. By "i >> SINGAPORE has a new lawn tennis champion in Yong Loon Chong, runner-up last year. He lost then in three sets to N. S. Wise. This time
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    BELGRAVE SHOOTS WELL AT BISLEY.
    83 14 From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 16. The MacKinnon Trophy at Bisley resulted Fa.Vland Islands 316, British Guiana 315, Trinidad 314, Gold Coast 312, Tanganyika 310, Malay States 287, Jamaica 286, Sierra Leone 284, Sudan 281. Malay States' marksmen's scores were: Belgrave 83, Western 72,
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    M. I. SPORTS AT JALAN BESAR.
    378 14 Costa de Nunis (Green House) with 67 points was the champion house at the Mercantile Institution annual athletic sports, held at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Abu Bakar, with 20 points, was class I champion. There was a large gathering: Mrs. W. K. Home
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    28 14 Veterans' doubles finalists in the Sin;apore lawn tennis championships: Left to rifht— O. Fuller, V. P. Barbat, Cheong: Chee Tone n- Dr T.oh Poon Lip. Straits Times Phntoaranh
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    16 14 N. S. WISE, who yesterday lost his title as Singapore lawn tennis champion. Straits Times Photograph.
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    POLE VAULT RECORD.
    302 14 Athletic: Selangor Champions. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 16. The Malayan pole vault record of 10 feet 4'/ 2 Inches, established by Colin Boyd five years ago, was again lowered today— the first day of the Selangor A. A. A. championship meeting. The winner of
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    OEHLERS TWO FOR POLICE.
    127 14 S.C.C. Beaten In League Soccer Match. AS In the first meeting on the padang, so in the second at the Stadium yesterday Dr. Oehlers, Police centre-forward, got two goals in his team's Division I league match with the S.C.C. This time, however, there was no couple
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    THE LEAGUE TABLE.
    179 14 Davidson, Hutchlnson and Portsr; McKean, Forbes, Vincent, Abbott and Cramsie. The Club were first to attack, but the Police soon responded, and good scoring chances were missed at both ends. Six minutes before the interval, Oehlers accepted a miskick by Hutchlnson, and put in a low drive
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    s. A. F. A. vs. SOUTH CHINA.
    62 14 The visiting South China team will meet the S.A.F.A. at Ansoo Road Stadium on Wednesday next The S A.F.A. XI will be: Muthucumaru (1.A.); Ratcliffe (R.A.) John Then (S.A.F.A.); Amat Jabar (Publishers). Macfarland (R.1.F.). Illingworth (R.A.F.); Ryder (Midds Batten (R.A.), Madin (RE.), James
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    MIDDS BEAT GORDONS.
    57 14 Five Goals Victory In Garrison League Game. The Middlesex Regiment beat the Gordon Highlanders s—o5 0 in a Garrison League game played at Gillman Barracks yesterday. The score at half-time was I—o, Pearson having scored. In the second Vn .lf four more goals were added, f.ie scorers
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    K.G.C. WOMEN'S FOURSOMES.
    35 14 Ten cards were taken out for the July women's foursome competition at the Keppel Golf Club, which resulted in a win for Mrs. P. Crawley and Mrs C. Q. Starkey, 42—12=30 net.
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    SULTAN'S SURPRISE WIN WITH NAGARA.
    810 15 Good Racing At Taiping Skye Meeting. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiplng, July 16. fXELIGHTFULLY cool weather conditions prevailed for today's races, the opening day of the Taiping Turf Club's Skye Meeting, which was attended by a large crowd for a week day. The going was
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    Boswell Wins The Eclipse Stakes.
    69 15 The Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park yesterday, over a mile and a quarter, resulted as follows, cables Renter: Mr. William Woodward's BOSWELL (9.W) ..1. Sir George Bullough's DAYTONA (9.4) .2. The Duke of Marlborough's MONUMENT (9.4) 3. (Winner trained by B. Rochfort) Six ran. Won
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    30 15 Neil Hemchlt (left) and Slma, whom he defeated on a TJK.a at the Happ, World arena last nieht. "Echo's" report of the contests appears on Pare 13. —Straits Times Photograph.
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    WEIGHTS FOR TODAY.
    207 15 The handicaps for Taiping today are: Race 1 Polo ponies about 2 furs. Carkal, Grey Prince, Star Belle, Grey Lad, Lumut, Pangkor, Why Worry n. Race a— Ponies— Class B— Div. 3— abt 6 furs. Mickey Mouse 10.13 Phoon Tok 912 Parlez Vous The Imp 713 Race
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    THE HULL CUP.
    180 15 Association Football, Six Teams In Johore Competition. (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, July IS. The Johore Bahru league Is drawing to a close, there being only two matches still to play. The draw has taken place lor the Hull Cup competition, for which six teams hare
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    THE SPORTS DIARY
    78 15 TODAY. Soccer: Chinese TS. Malay*. D* v L St&dium Athletic: Raffles College sports; MotUcal College sports; V.M.C.A. School of Commerce sports. Jalan Besar. 2.18. Cricket: B.C.C. v». Navy; 8. 8.C. w. S J I C S.C. vs. InnlsklUlngs; I. A. t». R.I. (Chaa«l): B.C.R.C. w. A. PC;
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    "MEL" & HORACE AT THE S.C.C.
    303 15 "MEL" HORACE AT THE S.C.C. Further Capital Exhibition. The two visiting billiards experts. Melbourne Inman and Horace Lindrum, gave another excellent exhibition at the S.C.C. last evening. There were no three figure breaks this time but some skilful play was seen, delighting the onlookers. Inman avenged his Wednesday's defeat at
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    MIXED FOURSOMES AT KEPPEL TOMORROW.
    148 15 Golf. The following are the teams and starting times for the Keppel Golf Club mixed foursomes tomorrow afternoon: 4.00, Mrs. J. D. Mair and G. G. Wilson vs. Miss A. M. Sim and J. D. Mair. 4.05. Mrs. Crawley and P. Crawley vs. Mrs. Gunstone
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    MALACCA'S TEAMS FOR CHINESE OLYMPICS.
    64 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca. July 15. Malacca's teams for the fourth Malayan Chinese Olympics, to be held at Singapore from July 30 to Aug. 2, have Just been selected. Dr. Ho Pao Jin Is In charge with Mr. Tay Hong Seng as general secretary.
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    ESSEX BATSMAN HITS TWO CENTURIES.
    285 15 Surrey Score Heavily Off Warwick Bowling. •THE results of first-class cricket matches at Home which ended yesterday are cabled by Reuter as follows Home cricket results as cabled by Reuter are: At the Oval, Surrey beat Warwickshire by an innings and 190. Surrey 494 (Squires
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    26 15 The water polo teams of the V.M.C.A. Juniors and the Gordons, who met at Fort Canning on Thursd ay, the "V.'s" winning B—o. —Straits Times Photograph
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    EXCLUSION OF THE PRESS.
    659 16 An English Case Which Was 'Flagrantly Illegal.' To the Editor of the Straits Times. CIR, Some of the Singapore Muni- cipal Commissioners have added another piece of stupidity to a long list of blunders and indiscretions In passing a resolution by 13 votes to seven excluding
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    ESTATE ASIATIC STAFFS.
    346 16 Difficulties Of Their Associations. To the Editor of the Straits Times. CIR.— It has been said that some of the Asiatic stalls on estates are very touchy and object to disclosing the number of dependants they have to support and the monthly income. That we must have
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    SNAKE VENOM AS CURE FOR DISEASES.
    108 16 Encouraging Results Claimed. AT the opening of a new lecture-hall at a life assurance company's office in Calcutta, Dr. R. C. Bhattarcharjee delivered a lecture on "Indian snake venoms in modern medicine." There was a large gathering of medical men. After tracing the history
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    PRINCESSES JOIN GIRL GUIDES.
    151 16 PRINCESS ELIZABETH and Princess Margaret Rose are joining the Olrl Guide movement. Princess Elizabeth as a Guide and her sister as a Brownie. They will be members oi a new company In the Westminster Division. It will be formed from among their friends and the daughters
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    BRITISH PLANS FOR WAR EMERGENCY.
    301 16 Sir Thomas Inskip's Survey STORES OF FOOD AND OIL. OIR Thomaa Inskip, Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence, addressing a gathering of -about 1,000 business men in London recently, disclosed the progress of the Government's plans In the event of a "National Emergency." The Navy:
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    MORE AERODROMES FOR ITALY.
    72 16 Sixty New Military Landing Fields. T*HE Italian Air Ministry announces 1 that more than 60 military aerodromes or landing grounds are being built In Italy by 25,000 workmen. The Admiralty has decided to organise four separate naval units which will be entrusted with elaborate mapping work
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    12 16 TRIO CIMARRO, Continental artistes who are now performing at the Raffles Hotel.
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    Caterpillar Pest Hordes9 Mile-a-Day March.
    274 16 Caterpillar Pest Hordes 9 Mile-a-Day March. Thousands Of Acres Of Pastureland Devastated In Scotland. London, June 3*. A PLAGUE of caterpillars is de- vastating thousands of acres of pastureland in the centre and on the borders of Scotland. Distinguished scientists, ca led to the aid of the farmers, confess themselves
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    44 16 Mr. H. Henley, of the Public Works Department, Singapore, ana Mrs. Henley, who arc on a world tour, are now visiting Chicago alter having vlsitel Ohina, Japan, Honolulu, California, Vancouver and Alaska, they leave New York in July for London by the Queen Mary.
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    48 17 Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, German Minister of Economics and President 01 the Reichsbank, held a reception at the former German Imperial Palace in Berlin in honour of the members of the International Trade Congress. Picture shows Dr. and Fran Schacht with the wives of Indian representatives at the Congress.
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    CLERGY'S FIGHT WITH POVERTY.
    263 17 University Men Shun Holy Orders. "THE poverty of the clergy was the subject of a protest by the Bishop of London at the annual meeting of the Poor Clergy Relief Corporation at the Corporation's London headquarter* He said that in London numerous efforts had been made
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    TOMORROW'S CHURCH SERVICES.
    1244 17 CHURCH OK ENGLAND ST. ANuKEWS CATHEDRAL.— TrinIt> VIII, July It), 6. 50 a.m., Holy Comn., 7.30 a.m., Matins; 8 a.m.. Choral iSuchansl; 9. 15 a.m., Holy Comn.; 10.1 b a.m., Sunday school; 5.30 p.m., Evensong and sermon Preacher: Rev. D. E. J. Hodge. Weekday*. Holy Comn on
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    WOMEN WHO DREAM OF DEATH.
    520 17 SCIENTISTS ARE PERPLEXED. PLEVEN reported cases this year of people, mostly women, having a premonition of a relative's death, usually In dreams, are interesting a committee of scientists in London. The experts want to remain anonymous "please, or we shall be Inundated with letters," said
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    AMITY MOVE IN PUNJAB.
    334 17 PLAN FOR DEALING WITH COMMUNAL DISCORD. DECISIONS BY THE LEADERS. Simla, June 27. TTHE Simla conference of the Pun- jab leaders for stamping out communalism in the province today appointed a committee of over 30 Hindu, Moslem and Sikh leaders and six Ministers of the Punjab
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    "SITUATION MADE IRREVOCABLE."
    213 17 TOKIO ON NANKING REJECTION OF TRUCE. ALLEGED TERMS OF ARMISTICE. NANKING Government's repudiation of a truce agreement concluded at Peiping on July 11 has "made the situation worse and irrevocab.e," according to statement from the Toklo Foreign Office issued by the Singapore Japanese Consulate-Gen-eral yesterday. Condemning the
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    GAOLED DOCTOR GUARDS SECRET WORTH FORTUNE.
    553 18 Arrested At Seventy-two As His Work Ended. [)R. SAMUEL GRAHAME CONNOR, a dying man," in his counsel's words, sentenced last week to twelve months' imprisonment in the second division, carried to gaol with him a secret which may be worth a fortune. When friends
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    32 18 The Count of Covadonga, eldest son of King Alfonso of Spain, sued by his former wife, Senorlta Edeimira Sampedro-Ocejo, has been ordered by the Court at Havana to pay her £60 alimony.
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    25 18 A picture of Dordrecht painted by Turner, and bought by his wellknown patron, Walter Pawkes, descendant of Quy Fawkes, was sold for £6.510 at Christie's.
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    "NO BALL"—IT WAS A BOMB!
    128 18 "NO BALL"— IT WAS A BOMB! PLAYING in a field near his school at Wyke R3gis, Weymouth, a boy picked up what he thought was an old door knob. He showed it to other boys in the school playground and one of them, fetching a bat, said: "Come on, let's
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    Mistress Leaves Maid £10,000 And Dog.
    105 18 Mistress Leaves Maid £10,000 And Dog. OEFORE Miss Mary Murphy, aged nearly forty, of Park Avenue, Levenshulme, Manchester, left for Ireland recently on her first holiday for seventeen years, she asked friends to take care of a canary. She took an Airedale deg away with her. The dog and the
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    YEAR-ROUND OPERA AT COVENT GARDEN.
    119 18 YEAR-ROUND OPERA AT COVENT GARDEN. New Syndicate In Control. FOR the first time for many years, a continuous "season" of opera, orchestral concerts, and ballets is to be given at the Royal Opera House, Cov»nt Garden. The "season" will be under the control of a new syndicate, which has taken
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    22 18 PREMIER BATHES. GEN. ISMET INEUNU, the Turkish Premier, after a swim at Floria, near Istanbul, where he has been spending a vacation.
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    BARBER BECOMES COUNT.
    160 18 GETS FORTUNE OF £150,000. A BARBER at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, has just been Informed by Baron Bordonaro, the Italian Minister to South Africa, that he is Count Nlcolai Catazione. and heir to a fortune of £150,000. Solly Smith (the barber) is sailing for Italy to assume
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    GIRL RINGLEADER RAIDS HOUSE.
    217 18 Steals Fruit And Flowers. SIX schoolgirls, aged between nine and twelve all stated to be Sun-day-school pupils stood sternfaced before Sherborne Juvenile court magistrates while their parents sobbed and pleaded on their behalf. One girl, aged ten, stated to be the ringleader, admitted four charges of
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    PRIEST WEDS EX-NUN, CHURCH BANS BOTH.
    262 18 A FORMER Roman Catholic priest who has married an exnun and received a papal bull excommunicating them both is seeking to become a clergyman in the Church of England. The ex-priest is Count Barry Shafto Leopold de la Feld, son of the late Prince
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    ARMY RECRUITING NEAR A CRISIS.
    315 18 SIR P. CHETWODE ON GRAVE POSITION. RIVAL CALLS OF AIR FORCE AND NAVY. RECRUITING for the Army is ap- proachlng a crisis, declared FieldMarshall Sir Philip Chetwode. president of the Veterans' Association and Allenby Services Club, when speaking at the annual meeting. Sir Philip said
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    WHITEHALL WANTS NEW TYPE OF CIVIL SERVANT.
    407 18 Needs Leaders. Not Blind Followers Of Red Tape, WHITEHALL is trying to evolve a new type of Civil Servant "lor its highest administrative posts. In addition to the many changes introduced in the written examination, which will take effect for the first time
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    27 19 Twenty Indian women teaiJitrs ana *iuuems Msileu the Duchess oi Gloucester at York House dnrinf a visit to England recently. They had already visited France and Betgiam.
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    HIGHER SALARIES FOR CEYLON POLICE.
    835 19 Governor "Over-riding The Constitution" DECLARATION HAS 'NO LEGAL STATUS.' Colombo. <<THE action of Sir Edward Stabtos in certifying by message the 1 higher poHce salaries raises a very important constitutional issue" (writes Mr. A. F. Mota*ure. ex-Speaker of the State Council, in a letter to
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    INDIA'S LIVESTOCK WEALTH.
    158 19 160,000,000 Buffaloes And Oxen. SOME idea of the Importance to India of her cattle m*y be had from a recent estimate. In the year 1934-35 the numb?r of ween and bu.taJoes in British India wa* estimated at 159,935.000, the total number of sheep and goats at 61.157.000
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    India "Dominated By Java For The Last 80 Years." QUININE SURVEY TO BE MADE.
    597 19 India "Dominated By Java For The Last 80 Years." QUININE SURVEY TO BE MADE. Two-thirds Of Country's 80,000,000 Malaria Sufferers Not Treated. Simla, June 27. A STRONG plea for the reorientation of the quinine policy of ri the Government of India was put forward by Sir Henry Gidney before the
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    INDIA'S GEORGE VI STAMPS.
    76 19 INDIA'S postage stamps bearing the figure of King George VI will be issued in August, says a Simla report. The King's approval has been received and orders for printing stamps of the design, as approved by the King, have been sent to Nasik. The King's figure
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    PROPOSED FRUIT EMBARGO.
    130 19 Serious Repercussions On Ceylon Trade Likely. DROPOSAL to prohibit the importa- tion of fruit Into Cey!on from Mediterranean countries is to be considered further on the Governor's suggestion. It Is understood that he has drawn the Board of Ministers' attention to the fact that the embargo would
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    17 19 Jam Sahib of Nawanagar and his wife arrirmg at Lords for the Oxford vs. Cambridge cricket match.
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    PANDIT NEHRU'S FILM BANNED IN CEYLON.
    119 19 Colombo. OANDIT Jawaharlal Nehru's n-.es- sage Is first on the list of locallybanned films In the first half of this year. Eight films, four of which were British, were banned by Mr. W. L. Murphy, the Municipal Commissioner and the other members of the
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    42 19 A small bundle of letters which passed between the French Ambassador and Catharine de Medici when the latter was trying to arrange a marriage between her 14-year-old son, Charles IX of France, and Queen Elizabeth (then aged 31), fetched £54 at Sotheby's.
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    18 20 "CANNY" QUEEN: Smilinr 16-year-old Betty James, employed in a canning factory, chosen queen of the Grindleford Carnival Celebrations.
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    "AUSSIE" FIRES NEW RIFLE.
    33 20 "AUSSIE" FIRES NEW RIFLE. THE NEW RIFLE, fitted with a heavier barrel and aperture sights, five oss. heavier than the standard service rifle is being; tried out by an "Aussie" marksman at Blsley.
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    23 20 THEIR IDEA OF RECREATION: Sailor boys for the Royal Navy climb to the top of the 145 ft. mast of H.M.S. Impregnable, Plymouth.
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    18 20 LATEST BEACH WEAR: Here are three Hollywood girls in smart swim suits. June Lang is on the left.
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    28 20 SCHOOLBOYS ON THE RANGE for the Aah burton Shield meeting at BUley in which officers training corps from all over Britain take part. Winchester Collet* won this year.
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