The Straits Times, 24 July 1937

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    37 1 The Straits Times TESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY! THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. lmi PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 24. 1937. I'KICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times PAGES. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1937 S'Rtl B !<> j>.
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      110 1 sincapore: 140. Cecil st. cphone s*rn BldicielJJ MEtKEDES BENZ BRINKmRNNiCQ ciaiti Moat MINING, TUNNELLING, AND QUARRYING PLANTS DRIFTERS, STOPE HAMMERS, JACK HAMMERS RIVETING AND CHIPPING HAMMERS PNEUMATIC DRILLS, GRINDERS ROCK DRILL MINING STEEL PROSPECTING DRILLS AIR COMPRESSORS AIR HOSE Complete machines, spare H| All inquiries promptly parts and accessories Ij
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      371 1 i| FINDLATER S I FINE SHERRIES PORTS. Duty 0. 75 Extra. SHERRIES OLD MORENO BROWN. FULL OF FLAVOUR. A DELIGHTFUL APPETISER. $2.00 PALE MEDIUM DRY. VERY SUITABLE FOR CLUB SHERRY AND BITTERS. $2.05 ®FINO. POSSESSES THE BOUQUET OF A TRUE FINO. $2.30 Winters Tak; DRY CLUB. AN EXCEEDINGLY PLEASANT WINE,
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      84 1 KUALA LUMPUR: 25. JAVA ST. (PHONE T5B;-;j, (Penfed^ Scots OJhLsky Th» [lilirn A(*nclas Ltd: Jiy Appointment ESTABLISHED W^^^^K IN E YEAR 179 ENJOY Ji !fi AS A fl WINES WIDE WORLD M OF m REPUTATION B DISTINCTION A SHERRIES A THREE STAR HROW N W SSfSfmuS U OR J PORTS
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      430 2 6TEVEN8ON— To NetU*. wife of Wiulim Lyle 8t*vrnson. at C.'asgo» on 21st insunt a dnuehtrr. both well. P. R. BARTLETT E.Ex.T.C. P.PC. H. TREBIDDER EEx.T.C. p.p.e. "situations vacant ESTATE Office Clerk, with sound knowM I Harrisons. Barker St Co's system of to. Box No. 575. Straits Times. WANTI-.D European Locum
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      400 2 SITUATIONS WANTED BOOK-KEEPER. Exper. banking and mercantile. 15 years. Able to handle full set >f books and draw up annual documents and balance sheet. Avail imme. Reasonable salary accepted. 574, Straits Times. POSITION wanted very Highly recommended Senior Conductor of 23 years experience. Thorough knowledge of all branches of Estates
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      401 2 FOR SALE FOB SALE, well established dressmak.ng business with entire stock is offered at X* liable price. Apply Box No 565. Straits Times. GULDNER DIESEL ENGINES FROM STOCK S HP SS3C 11 HP $640. If HP. $815. 22 HP $1,100. 31 HP. $1,340. Bigger engines from Europe Hind hede St
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      883 2 HOUSES. FLATS TO LET TWO new Bungalows at Third Avenue Mi miles Bufcit Timah Rd. light, water, seivan, quarters Sc garage. Two bedrooms Sc bathrooms attached. Rent moderate. Apply Raffles Dispensary 22 Hill St. Phone 6121 TO i.fcl :uroishea flea-side Bungalow at Beting Kusa 13 mile^U-m- oft Chane? Roac 3
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      726 2 AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE of Freehold and leasehold Singnpj. t Properties. At the saleroom of Messrs. Cheong Koc Seng ii Co., Ltd., No. 10, Chulia Street, on Wednesday, July £8. 1937 at 2.31 p.m Lot 1. Valuable 999 years' leasehold la:.. and house No. 28 (old No. 132) Nell Road,
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      393 2 <£3^^ THE LA TEST i?bl S&^ i style &#^t9t^ Everj Auman always l&V^iJfvg V -lamours for this. \J TL**"^ W Latest styles are al(Sr^> wav created at Ladles Hairdressers. 93 Bras Basah Rd. A Raffle* Hotel. Phone 2868 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs HARU and Miss
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      647 3 0. BRITISH INDIA j AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated vi En^anai M\IL PASSENCJhH AND CAR'->O SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S N Cc LJNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJEbI V r GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EASI MAIL SERVICE 31TTV.AHD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN DM Tonnage S r.or» irj'i TvKNPURA ".IJOO JUIV
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      403 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON Yl SEN KAISHA) dnco.-joiated in Japan) t.KNKRAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CL'NARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. Regular fortnightly sailings. London via Peitang, Colomb) Aden, Suez, Port Said, Naples, Marseilles and Gibraltar. S.S. KATORI MARU Aug. 5. KASHIMA MARU Aug. 19. YASUKUNI MARU Sept. 1. S.S.
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      581 3 SPECIAL HOLIDAY CRUISES BANGKOK-SAIGON ANGKOR-PNOM PENH Displacement Leaving Returning M.S. Tons Singapore Singapore .CORINOIA 12.500 Aug 7 «UB I? LALANDIA 11.000 Sept. 18 Oct 8 JUTLANDIA 13.100 Oct. 9 Oct. 39 MEONIA 11.000 Oct 30 Nov 19 BORINGIA 12.500 Dec. 11 Dec. 31 LUXURIOUS ONE-CLASS MOTORSHIPS ALL CABINS HAVE ADJOINING
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      189 3 S. I. S. N. CO., LTD.! (incorporated id England) APCAR LINE FOR HONG KONG SHANGHAI, MOJI KOBE AND OSAKA B.S. SIRDHANA 8.090 29th July 3 p.m. Excellent modern accommodation tot taw ano second claft nasser.pers. Special uoli day return tickets intcrchangeabl' wtUi P tO 8 N CO.. issued at cheap
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      1080 3 REPRESENTING SHIPfIM. BJM BLUE FUNNEI I.IM lOiean Ih. llua Khion Stnmshio Co HISS) LIU. Steam Ship L'o Ltd jnd nmj Mutual Ihi Cunam iMulr St.n l.ia Steam Navigation Co Ltd i Aberdeen omini<n«ullh Line rhr struts Steamship Co Ltd Miaw Sivi!l .1 Mhinr c lln The China Navigation Co Ltd
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      308 4 Today. Burma (THawa) 3 p.m. East. North, South and West India (Tilawa) 3 p.m. Indo-Chlna (Letter Mall) (Yuensangi 3 F rr. Djambl (Tcba) 3 p.m North Borneo, Brunei and Labuan (Marudu) 3.3 Up.m. Sarawak (generally) Bintulu, Mlrl, Sarikei and Sibu (Marudu) ..3.30p.m. Trengganu and Dungun (Parcels only)
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      AIR MAILS.
      95 4 INWARD. Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives Saturday afternoon. Qan'as: From Australia: Arrives Sa'urday afternoon. Wearnes: From Prnanj, and Kuala Lumpur: Arrives Saturday even in k. X.L.M.: From Europe: Due Sanday evening. Imperial: From Europe: Due Sunday evening. OUTWARD. X.L.M.: To Europe: Mails close 1.30 p.m. Saturday. Imperial: To
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      MAILS EXPECTED
      188 4 I Mails from Australia, Netherlands Indies etc. expected today, July 24. by air (Qantas) will be de'ivered to boxholders at 3 p.m. G»nenl delivery of letters at 4.05 p.m. Mails from Netherlands Indies expected today. July 24, by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxho'ders at 3.30 p.m.
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    PASSENGERS BY AIR
    81 4 The following were passengers by Imperial planes: Aircraft Brisbane Vll-l SI) from Brisbane, Darwin and N.1., arrived on Tuesday:— Mr. W. Penrice from Batavia: Mr. H. E. Jenyns, from Brisbane. Aircraft Artemis G-ABTJ from Karachi, Burma. Siam and Penang, arrived on Thursday: Mr. Koh Huang Peng, from
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    FROM MALACCA.
    82 4 Correspondence for transmission by air "via Netherlands" must be special y and clearly superscribed "By X.L.M." Malls will close at Malacca as follows Today Hong Kong, China, Phll-ppinr.s. Guam. Honolulu and USA by air 'Imperial and Pan American) 6 p.m Ai'stralasla, Java Timor by air (Qantas) 6 p
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES.
    251 4 Singapore. July 24, 12 noon Buyer Seller Gambier $8 00 Hamburg Cube $15.00 Java Cube $11.00 Pepper. White Muntok $17.25 White $16.75 Black $10.00 Copra. Mixed $5.80 Sun Dried $6 20 Tapioca. Small Fake $440 Fair Flake $3.60 Medium Pearl $5.15 Small Pearl $5 20 Sago Flour.
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    H.M.S. HUNTER'S GUNS
    152 4 FOR NEW WARSHIP. Transfer At Gibraltar. I 'THE new destroyer Isls has arrived at Gibraltar without her main armament of four 4.7 in. guns on board. I She will go into dock:ard there to 1 take over and mount the guns landed from H.M.S. Hunter, which was
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    THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    152 4 Saturday, July 34. Ships *k»»rside the Wharves or enpe-ted l« arrive. hnliance Godowo «..<i> East Wharf Rajula 22 1 I Main Wharf TUawa 18 Ko.a 16 2 Glenflnlat 13 2 Sulsang 12 2 Pangkor 9 2 Tosarl 7 2 Empire Dock Foo Shong 30 2 KlaiK
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    15 4 A new agreement for th<* importation of British wheaten flour Into Finland has been concluded
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    HOLLAND-EAST ASIA LINE
    95 4 ReKUlai Kreifit Ser*Mc to MANILA, HONG HONG SHA.VGHAI ANO JAPANESE PORTS OUTWARD. oue s oore ss MEERKERK July 31 s.s. SEROOSKERK Aug 28 HOMEWARO TO ADEN. I'D II SAID, JAFFA, GENOA, MARSEILLES KOTTKHIIVM AMSTLKDAM. HAMBURG ANU BREMEN Leavt Spore S.S. GAASTERKERK Aug "1 MEERKERK Sept. 20 Via
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      708 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. i Incorporate- in M 8.) LLOYDS AGENTS: BOOING *(.INTSH1S Kl.VS AND SIAM STATES RA1LWAYR. IM.KPBONE: Fretrht 5433— Paance *43l. CANADIAN D» iy^jj!gaEg pin Fir shshmC Wit l t a J* «L w 111 K* i incorporaiea u> England) Till -l-.MPKtSrt' KOtll »f?er» 1KANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULt or
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      119 4 Incorporated in straits Settlement*) B^^^B ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated ir England) "LLI.EKMAN' LINE r«K UA\RB LONDON ROTTtKDAM HA.MIU K<; Via Porti «ad Suet Ca.ial Out Sail; •tCITY OF ORAN Ju& 30 Au« 3 tCITY OF KIMBERLEY Aug 30 Sepl i tCITY OP BAGDAD Sept. 29 Oct. 2 tCITY
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      270 4 ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Incorporated in U S A > ItOjTON M« VOKK P.AI IIMOKI VIA -I CAN At Out Sail; STEEL MAKINER All?. 3 STEEL NAVIGATOR An? 23 Alif? T8 STEEL SEAFARER Sept 22 KLAVENESS LINE. (lnror^irmxi u Nrr*M> LOS ANGKLEb SA.\ KKA1XOMO Uimneo out jxce"-n- lassenpei AfroinniOcUUoc Atsiimk Pmre
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      468 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Stations Vesterday Last night mjx rain- bright min temp, fall s shine temp *F ins hrs. °F West C>asi. AJor Star 90 Nil 8.7 76 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 88 0.08 7.9 77 Sitiawan 90 Nil 10.2 74 Bukit Jeram 89 Nil 5.5 73 Malacca
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    A THOUSAND CHINESE ATHLETES.
    492 5 A THOUSAND CHINESE ATHLETES. Great Gathering In Singapore. (Dy Our Chinese Correspondent.) Fully a thousand Chinese men and women athletes from all parts of Malaya will arrive in Singapore next week to take part in the AllMalayan Chinese Olympiad which will be held at the Jalan Besar Stadium from July
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    FINALS IN JOHORE TOURNAMENT.
    117 5 Lawn Tennis (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, July 22. With the exception of the men's singles handicap all events In the International Club tournament have reached the final stage. In the second round of the men's singles handicap Tallb b. Awang beat Mohd. Noor b.
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    AMUSEMENT PARKS. DANCE HALLS. ETC.
    62 5 Singapore GREAT WORLD CABARfcT: Dane* 6 p.m. to midnight. NEW WORLD CABARET: Dane* 6 p.m. to midnight. HAPPY WORLD CABARET: Danc« 6 p.m. to midnight. Serein ban N.S. DANCE HALL: Dancing 9— It Dance hostesses first class band. SPORT. FOOTBALL: Singapore vs. Service* Malaya Cup
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      433 5 THK WONDER BOY WOPP^'Jll^T'^? SINGER OF LET s I -^jf^^^, A t^^ SING AGAIN IN HIS k JF JQ_M GREATEST ROLE BWBBEHaBIBNiMM BOBBY BREEN SINGS FOl'R HAI'NTING MELODIES IN "RAINBOW o« the RIVER" R.K.0.-Radio Picture with MAY ROBSON. CHARLES BUTTERWORTH Matinees Today Tomorrow 3 p.m. Jack London's Tom Tyler in
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      199 5 I "BOSTITCH" "ACE" OF PAPER FASTENERS EASY TO OPERATE —EASY TO LOAD •BOSTITCH" earns its place in any office on any desk. I "BOSTITCH fastens 2to 35 sheets of paper together with a firm grip that cannot be accidentally dislodged yet can be easily removed when desired. "BOSTITCH" helps to
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      216 5 Superior Quality Stainless steel $!«.»•> Gold »;s.M Cheap Quality Chromium from ~.M Rolled gold *tl hi HAPPY WORLD STADIUM THURSDAY, JULY X9th G. 11. Kiat Presents four Ten Round C«ntef,U in one Nitht Every tout a main Eventer NAI SOMPONG TWICE CONQUEROR OF CLEVER lILNTY vs TIGER FLOWERS A gf*\
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      117 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY. THE Straits Tines is publishing this daily feature to give readers a comprehensive summary of entertainments, meetings, sports events, social functions and other outstanding happenings. Organisers of meetings etc. are invited to submit diary dates. HOTELS. RAFFLES HOTEL: Orchestral concert. 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. Dinner and
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      88 5 "The Song of Freedom." rtochn high standard throughout. PAVILION: Storm in a Teacup. With Vivien Leigh. Opening night. 3.15, 6.15 and 9 15 p.m. Unted Artists release. GLOBE THEATRE: Romeo and Juliet. 7.30 and 9.30 p.m. RITZ: Charlie Chan at the Race Track. 7.45 11 p.m. MARLBOROl'GH: Lobl Pita 6
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      520 6 COMMODITIES SLIGHTLY EASIER. RAUB GOLD SHARES FIND NO BUYERS. London, July 24. The week is closing with some setback in commodities. Tin is down 255. for three months and 15s. for spot in London yesterday and New York fell throe-eighths of a cent. The premium on London
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      MINING.
      584 6 Issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers. Singapore, July 24, 10 a.m. All shares quoted above are fully paid. issue vai. Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers s> 4/- Ampat Tin 6/3 6/9 6/6 II£1 Asam Kiimbang 37/- 39/-xd 38/- 40/-xd
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      GENERAL.
      403 6 2 2 Ali\ Brick Ord. 155 1.05 1.5S 1.65 2 2 do flM Prefs. 2.30 2A'J 2.30 2 40 10 10 Atias Ice xuu lo.oon. 8.oo luoun. 1 1 B M. Broadcasting 0.60 0.70n. 0.85 0 90 10 5 B M Trustee «25 7.00 «25 7 25 £1 £1
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
      245 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 5% 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Inc. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 103'/ 2 105>& norn V/ 2r/o2 r /o 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 107 110 norn Wo 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 115 117 nora 4C4 1913
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      362 6 Shares are SI unless otherwise stated.) Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Allenby 1.82'/ 2 1.90 1.85 1.95 Alor Gajah 1.30 1.40 1.30 1.40 Amal Malay 2.00 2.10 2.00 2.10 Ayer Hitam 1.40 1.50 1.40 1.50 Ayer Molek 115 1.30 1.15 120 Ayer Panas 1.65 1.75cd 1.70 1.80cd Bassett 0.72'
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    EXCHANGES.
    195 6 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the dally circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banklnjt Corporation. SELLING. London r.T 2/4 1,16 London demand 2/4 1/16 London 4 months sight 2/4 1/8 Lyons demand 1540 Hamburg demand 142 New Ycrk demand 58 1 8
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    77 6 Friday, July 23, Noon. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) July 30 3014 Good F. A. Q. in bales (F. 0.8.) July 291/6 29% No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 29% 29% August-September 29% 29% October-December 30
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
    290 6 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Smpnpore, Ju'y 24. Company Dividend To'ai fat Book* Clone OntneM Date Ex. Dlt. Mr Payable Date U> 1al« TIN To Ana Kumbr.r.R 51 Int. Jaly 23 Jhtj 30 JWv 24 15% Bonus Batu Selangor lo'i Int. au^. 13 At Hong Fatt 4«,1 Int. July
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    NATIONAL BANK FOR SIAM.
    185 6 MATTER STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, July 22. IN the Assembly on Tuesday a member asked if the Government had set aside funds for the opening of a national bank, and whether it had also started the training of officials for this task.
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    STOCK EXCHANGE.
    361 6 London, July 23. The following are today's closing middle prices on the London Stot!: Exc'iange: Shares it £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: I New York prices emoted in U.S. currency. The above are dealers' middle r.rlcee; Jobbers' margins, brokerage and stamp duty are not. Included. iester- Hjse day.
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    TREASURY BILLS.
    38 6 London, July 23 The total amount applied for la tendon for ,t4O 000.000 Treasury Bills was £89.805.000. The average.-.. cent, for Bills at three months wr,< 10s. 4.38 d. against 10s. 0.99 d ago— British Wireless
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    EXCHANGES.
    103 6 London, July 23 The following were mean raies ruling at noon today: P^k 133.. Athfai v»7H New York 4.»7 716 Buchamt C7O Montreal 4.9 V, 4e Brussels 29.55. Rio 4 u Geneva 21. C 7 seliers official Amsterdam 9. CIS. BcK.nde :i6'i Milan 94 9 16 Buenos Alr«* ..aau.u^a
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      LONDON STOCK
      702 7 FINANCIAL REVIEW OF THE WEEK. TIN SHARES IN GOOD DEMAND. ■"pHE stock markets during the past week have generally remained in a Mat of Inactivity to which political and seasonal considerations have contributed, while the second week of the account being in progress, to be followed by one
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      NEW SMELTING COMPANY.
      75 7 Takes Over Works At Liverpool. The British Tin Smelting Co. Ltd. has been formed with a capital of 250 000 and has acquired the undertaking of the British Tin Smelting and Refining Co. Ltd. which recently completed the erection of a smelter at Litherland, Liverpool. Operations on
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      MALAYA MAKES UP LEEWAY IN RUBBER PRODUCTION,
      213 7 Over-produced By 2,504 Tons In First Half-Year. HEAVY OUTPUT BY SMALL ESTATES IN JUNE. J^ALAYA ha- rrodueed her full quota of rubber for the first half of this year, in fact she produced 2,504 tons more than the permissible amo-int. She did not,
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      Adjustment Of 4,340 Tons In 1936 Carry-over.
      341 7 "THE sharp rise in production shown on small estates for June appears j to call for explanation but it has to be remembered that this production Is j calculated from sales. It is posslb'e and very likely that a good deal of the
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      HAPHAZARD METHODS OF TIN POOL.
      361 7 FAVOURABLE EFFECTS OF U.S.A. STRIKE ENDING. GOLD QUESTION POSTPONED. F their Foresight Saga" of July 13. Messrs. William Jacks and Co. London, write: The unsettled state of the world both In the Far East and nearer home postponed any question of dealing with the surplus
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      MALAYAN RUBBER STATISTICS.
      692 7 F.MJS. Quota Production Domestic Net Ocean Total Ocean Imports Colony Estate Dealers' Exports Shipments Shipments Diy Weight Stocks Stocks Stocks •Adjusted production from holdings of under 100 acres apparently overcalculatsd and is now corrected. Quota position at June 30 including carryover of 2,287 tons under-exported at Dec.
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      LONDON KEEN TO ACQUIRE MALAYAN TIN SHARES.
      226 7 (From Our London CorrespoenO (By Air Mail) MEWS of drought curtailing working in Malaya and Nigeria and of a further fall In Bolivian output has inspired in London Metal Exchange dealers expectations of a fall in tin supplies and a substantial rise in
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      607 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI HANKING CORPORATION. .(Incorporated in 'lit ccioav ot Hone Kong) Ti.e ua&'lity 01 .reii'.of? i! limited to th; exU-nt and in MMMI prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 ot 19i9 Cf «ie Colonj. Autirirised Capita: taOOOU.OCU Issued and rttfij Paid-Up $20,000,000 Reserve Funds:8terlmg 6iOO.OOt Hon R Kong Currency
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      508 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK >F INniA. AUSTRAUA /l vn (HIV A ilu.uiporat.u ri tugiaiio. oy Poval Charter 1853) Falfl Dp Capital in 600.000 «har-? M <*<* £3 OjO.OOt Reeerve fund £3 000.000 Reserve Uabllirv of Proprietor* £3 000.00* HKAU OfUCt JS. Bt'hopscatt London EC t. AmrttM: ltl >ng Ko:iji rtRoon Alor
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      179 8 our ANNUAL^m p STOCKTAKING t^ HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS The SALE will be continued after re-checking Stock. OUR PREMISES WILL BE CLOSED FROM 2 P.M. TODAY THE WHOLE OF SUNDAY JULY 25 to enable us to re-check our stocks unpack new shipments of floods just received. WATCH FOR FURTHER
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      266 8 MAYFAIR —ty 4, Ballrry R<ul' \U yt\ mf First Hour) \N\ lIP m/ ff/ f«r healthy \Y7/ tasty meslf. Breakfast, three MTM Daily $0. to, monthly $7.50 Snack: (Sent to Office if requested) Daily $0.30. monthly J6CO Tiffin, nine «urvr>: Daily $0. 90. monthly SIS. OO or $18. N Dr.
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      778 8 Broadcasting. SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 1 33 >\c s (2Z& m pm. 12.45 Light orchestral music, playeo oy Reller's Famous Hungarian Band. Relayed trom Adelphi Hotel. 2.00 Interval. 6.00 Chinese music. Mandarin lolk songs and dance music. Gramophone records. 7.00 Variety. Gramophone records. "A Day's Broadcastir.p Humorous sketch bv Clapham and
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      835 8 embourg: The Girl in the Train; The Dollar Princess: The Merry Widow iarr. Allcyne and Leonhardt;. 7 50 Variety. 8 00 "Sheep Shearing".* Feature programme. 8 30 News and announcements. 8.35 Greenwich time signal. Of 50 Close down TRANSMISSION 2. p.m. 6.05 Big Ben. Arthur Dulay Quintet. The Hunt iRheinber&er).
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      615 8 PARIS. TODAY TPA-2. IS 24 me s (19 68 m p.m. 0.20 Gramophone records. 7 05 Talk on French e\ents iln Jugoslav). 7 20 News in English. 7.35 Concert rtlay. 8.05 Gramophone records. 3 20 Concert relay. 8.50 News in French. Colonial market prices. 9 20 Message from Paris. By
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    JAPAN'S PRECARIOUS FINANCES.
    876 9 GROWING DANGER OF INFLATION. Enormous Increase In Army Expenditure. VIEWED from the financial standpoint, Japan might be com- pared to a man descending a mountain, who, after easily negotiating a gentle downward slope, begins to slide down a steeper place at an accelerated pace, writes William Henry
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    Weds Man Who Slew Her Lover.
    278 9 LJANS REICHTER is a typical German, his wife is an Englishwoman who served in the war with the W.A.A.C.'s. The story of their union is remark- able, says the People, for the man who is now the husband of the former Miss Rachel Whitten,
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    BRITISH GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS.
    83 9 Alternative Procedure Being Considered. London, July 22. The British Government Is considering an alternative procedure which will meet the situation which arose in the international non-intervention committee on Tuesday when progress was checked by disagreement on the order in which separate items in the British proposals should
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    PARLIAMENT NEARS END OF SESSION.
    74 9 London. July 22. ■THE House of Commons will adjourn tomorrow week for the summer recess and will reassemble on Oct. 21. The now customary provision will be made for the recall of the House at an earlier date if the public interest demands it. It
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    Crown Officers Banned From Commerce.
    267 9 Crown Officers Banned From Commerce. NEW regulations governing the acceptance of business appointments by officers of the Crown services have been issued in London in a Government memorandum arising from the report of the Royal Commission on the private manufacture of and trading in arms. It Is not implied that
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    PET DOCTORS' GIBE BY LADY ASTOR.
    146 9 DOCTORS WHO SPEAK TO PLEASE PATIENTS. LADY ASTOR. spear-head of antidrink opinion in the House of Commons, rose to the occasion when Sir John Mellor (Cons.) asked whether a person accused of drunkenness was told that he had the right to be examined by
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    WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN ARMING STOPS?
    98 9 Britain Investigates Before Deciding Policy. London, July 22 Measures to be taken to provide against the danger of recession in economic activity whenever stimulus ot thu armament programme ceased was the subject of a House of Commons question answered today by the Prime Minister,
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    22 9 Bonuses are to be awarded to workers on the new 80-mile Moscow-Volga Canal who worked on its construction from beginning to end.
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    26 9 A boat's crew from the British cruiser Froblsher recently rescued two Danish girls who had tried to swim out to the cruiser in Aarhus harbour, Jutland.
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    AMUSEMENTS.
    147 10 SINGAPORE. GAKMC'K THEATRE, CEYLANG Judgment of Allah ft Hinduslai.i Talkie at 6.15 9.15 p.m. GLOBE THEATRE Romeo Juliet. GREAT WORLD— THE SET TALKIE The Man \V;io Broke The Bank of Monte Carlo. HAPPI WORLD Cabaret. Dancing. Talkies. Cinemas. Theatres and Side Shows. NEW WORLD Side Shov.s. Cabaret, Dancing. Talkies.
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    The Straits Times. SINGAPORE SATURDAY. JULY 24. 1937. NEITHER CURE NOR PREVENTION.
    882 10 The Straits Times. SINGAPORE SATURDAY. JULY 24. 1937. NEITHER CURE NOR PREVENTION. Inasmuch as it is the first attempt by the F.M.S. Government to discover how workless people fare in the absence of any equivalent of the English poor law, the report of the Selangor Unemployment Committee calls for further
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    NEW POWERS FOR IMMIGRATION OFFICERS.
    61 10 As part of the transfer of the main administration of the Passengers Restriction Ordinance from the police to the hands of the immigration officer appointed under the Aliens Ordinance a Bill is to be introduced in the Legislative Council. Its object is to confer the
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    NEW KING'S HARBOUR MASTER.
    37 10 Commander T. M. Brownrigg has been appointed to perform the duties of King's Harbour Master and Commander of the Dockyard at the Singapore Naval Base, in place of Commander C. B. C. Swayne.
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    NEW R.N.V.R. COMMISSION
    59 10 A commission as Paymaster SubLieutenant. List 11, Straits Settlements Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, has been granted to Mr. A. E. Hughes. The transfer of Sub-Lieutenant K. E. Adderley. S.S.R.N.V.R., to List 11. 1 S S.R.N.V.R.. has been approved. The resignation of his commission in I the S.S.R.N.V.R.
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    Harrisons Barker & Co.
    18 10 Harrisons Barker Co. Mr. J. B. Leask has been appointed an additional director of Harrisons. Barker Co., Ltd.
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    ON THE KING'S TABLE.
    937 10 Tke English Royal Plate In History and Custom. By ARTHUR NETTLETON. 117 HEN King George and Queen Elizabeth hold an important dinner party, and the royal plate comes into use, do the guests see relics of the Spanish Armnda on the glittering tables? It is a
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    NATIONAL ANTHEM.
    272 10 'Confound Their Politics, Frustrate Their Knavish Tricks." (Reproduced from Overseas, the journal of the Overseas League.) •THERE has been for a long time, and especially since the War, a widespread feeling in favour of a revision of the National Anthem, more particularly of the second verse, which many
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    704 10 J TRADE'S INCREASE. CINCE writing about the n "Batavia fever" which sw.pt through the Eng.Lsh ship Can 1808 I have come upon the grimmest of all the many talcs of malaria th.it are to bo found in the log books of European voyages in refer to
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    BELGIAN PLAN TO SOLVE WORLD ECONOMIC ILLS.
    411 11 Permanent Inquiry Into Elements Of Trade, "WHOLE PARTS OF HUMAN RACE NOT IN SYMPATHY." No Partial Measure Alone Can End Threat To Peace. r pHK establishment of an independent world economic organisation with a view to solving "the great problems which menacingly confront
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    TREACHERY IN NORTH FEARED.
    158 11 Rumours Of Monarchist Restoration. Shanghai, Ju'.y 23. pHINEU lean that General Sung Che -yuan l-.as doubl:-crossed Nanking .ire turning into conviction as a lit <>t his reftwal to inform the Centra] Government of tli» terms of tno local Sino-.lap.mcse agreement of July 19. Japanese Insistence on
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    Shanghai Broker Coming.
    66 11 Manila, July 23. Mr. Victor Gensburger. partner ot the well-known Shanghai brokerage house •f S. E. Levy and Co., has left for P apsn aboard the President Adams. Lt vy and Co. are members of a number •f American and Canadian exchanges •rd .'l.<o oi tne Shanghai
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    Windsors Unhurt In Car Smash.
    74 11 Vienna, July 24. THE Duke and Duchess of Windsor were involved in a car smash this evening, but were not hurt. A tramcar struck the rear of a iiiot:>r-c.ir in which the Duke and Duchess had arrived for the Salzburg musical festival. The tar was
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    PALESTINE REPORT FOR LEAGUE.
    153 11 Ormsby-Gore To Leave j On Tuesday. London, July 23. THE Colonial Secr:tary. Mr. W. G. A. 0.-nsby-Gore. will leave London on Tuesday for Geneva where he will lay the report of the Royal Commission on Palestine befor? the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League. The position
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    ORTHODOX CHURCH PATRIARCH DEAD.
    19 11 Belgrade, July 24. The death is announced of the patriarch of the Orthodox Church.— Reuter.
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    ATTACKS ON LOCAL JAPANESE BY CHINESE.
    363 11 Government's Stern Warning. FOLLOWING assaults on Japanese by Chinese in Singapore, the Government has issued a warning that action will be taken ag:.inst anyone stirring up trouble. A SEVERAL Japanese schoolgirls were surrounded by youths, but were only slightly hurt, while a Japanese fisherman
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    TIN STOCKS MAY DROP STILL FURTHER.
    238 11 TIN STOCKS MAY DROP STILL FURTHER. Buffer Pool Scheme Denounced. •MIGHT BE DANGEROUS." (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 23. \y >RLD stoc k s o f t i n> including carryover, which are only 22,439 tons will probably decline further during the next six months, London metal exchange operators
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    ANGLO-JAPANESE TRADE TALKS.
    58 11 Resumption When Position Favourable. London. July 24. Conversations between the Japanese economic mission and representatives of the Federation of Eritlsh Industries concluded yesterday and a communique states it was decided that discussions on the possibility of co-operation in the economic development of East Asia should be resumed
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    Divorce Bill Changes Approved By House.
    119 11 London. July 23. WITHOI'T a division the Huuse of Commons approved the Lords' amendments to the Matrimonial Causes Bill and passed it. It is now ready for Royal assent. The bill, which was introduced by Mr. A. P. Herbert, adds to adultery formcrty the
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    NEW OMINOUS MOVES BY JAPAN.
    257 11 Attempting Diversions In Other Parts Of China? JAPANESE attempts to divert attention from North China where mystery still surrounds the latest truce agreement are suggested by Firstly, a verbal protest by the Japanese consul at Canton to Dr. Philip K. C. Tyau. special foreign commissioner
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    REPORTED TERMS OF TRUCE.
    208 11 'Anti-Japanese' Persons To Re Ousted. Tokio, July 23. A War Office communique announces that according to the agreement reached, the Hopei-Chahar Political Council submitted a note promising to carry out the following I—the1 the elimination of those persons who were impeding SinoJapanese good relations 2 suppression
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    TRIAL MOBILISATION PLANNED.
    75 11 Shanghai, July 23. '< IF the settlement of the problems ■lin North China is not bisea on the non-violation of China's sovereignty and her territorial integrity, it will be necessary to carry out China's defenceplan, as outlined by Gen. Chiang Kaishek's four-point announcement." said a spokesman of
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    BIG REBEL LOSSES IN ATTACK ON MADRID.
    198 11 BIG REBEL LOSSES IN ATTACK ON MADRID. Half Of Some Units Wiped Out. STRONG GOVERNMENT COUNTERATTACKS. Madrid. .Inly 21. THE insurgents suffered great losses in operations in the pa-t few days, seme units Using half their effectives, stalls Defence Ministry nw isjwf The communique adds that tha insurgent artillery and
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    F.M.S. BEGINS ROAD TRANSPORT REFORMS IN OCTOBER.
    265 12 NEW MACHINERY TO I OPERATE IMMEDIATELY. Licence Applications To Be Dealt With Publicly. j NEW REGISTRATION SYSTEM IN JANUARY. i i^JOME provisions of the new traffic laws in the Federated Malay States will be brought into effect immediately, according to an announcement by
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    SIX HURT IN SINGAPORE LORRY CRASHES.
    123 12 SIX HURT IN SINGAPORE LORRY CRASHES. One Dies From Fractured Skull. CIX people were injured, oiu f%- when two motor-lorries ■kidded and overturned in different Singapore this morning. The fatal accident occurred or\ Bukit Timah Road. The lorry was loaded with crates of fish, which were on their way from
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    HEAVY RAIN AT PENANG.
    54 12 A telegram from the Straits Tin:rs Penane Correspondent, des- j patched at 11.21 a.m., states that I heavy rain was then falling This will mean heavy goto* for the Rates this afternoon. An earlier telegram, given on Page 14. report- I ed that the weather was
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    FLOOD ALLEVIATION BY MUNICIPALITY.
    144 12 Measures Taken Last Year. FLOOD alleviation measures at Buklt Timah and Orchard Road were continued last year. The work is described in the annual report of tru' engineering department of the Municipal Commission. The section of Bukit Timah canal between Newton Circus and Chancery Lan« was
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    MALAYAN A.A.A. MEETING.
    35 12 The annual championship meeting of the Amateur Athletic Association of Malaya opened yesterday at Kuala Lumpur, and will be concluded today. Full results of yesterday's events will be found on Page 15.
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    SOVRABAYA GOES TO THE DOGS.
    72 12 COURABAYA i* going in for dog-racing in the big way. Nearly every freighter arriving there from Europe is taking greyhounds, it is said. The big Rotterdam Lloyd freighter Weltevreden. here this morning on her maiden voyage from Holland to the Indies, had six of these
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    CHINESE POSTPONE RED CROSS FUND.
    38 12 BECAUSE of the truce in North China. Singapore Chinese have decided to postpone a meeting fixed for today to discuss the question of raising a Red Cross fund. The meeting is adjourned indefinitely.
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    F.M.S. Police Over-burdened.
    226 12 Commissioner Welcomes New Board. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 23. TPHAT the Central Transport Board I was established none too soon, to take over motor vehicle licensing and other transport problems in the F.M.S. from the police, is reflected in the comments of Mr. C.
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    F.M.S. Complainants Overstate Value Of Their Lost Property.
    625 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 23. rROM the newly published 1936 crime review of Mr. C. H. Sansom. the Commissioner of Police, F.M.S.: It is customary in this country for complainants (In reports of theft) to over state the value
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    21 12 SOUTH CHINA FOOTBALLERS, who left for Java by the X P.M. vessel Plaucius yesterday after a Malayan tour. Straits Times Photograph
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    BROADER BASIS FOR MEMBERSHIP OF COMMISSION.
    248 12 Municipal Ordinance To Be Amended IS the basis of eligibility for membership of the Municipal Commission to be widened? Is this a move determined by the revelation by the Sinpore Ratepayers' Association recently that at least 12 of the 25 Commissioners are not ratepayers
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    DOES CITY NEED NEW MUNICIPAL ARMS?
    158 12 MALACCA is to have new MunlirM cipal Arms. The Straits Times suggests that Singapore needs new Municipal Arms. Some might add legs and bodies and HEADS'. But new Arms would be a start. Sealed lips over bolted doors should be the motif. The new
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    LAUGHS AND MUSIC IN "NOBODY'S BABY."
    89 12 At The Cinema. "Nobody's Baby." (With Patsy Kelly, Lyda Robert i. Lynne Overinann, Robert Armstrong.) M.G.M. At the Alhambra. THIS film has laughs, music and a touch of drama. I "toy Kelly and Lyda Robertl make a very amusing pair, Lyda being a worthy
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    TEA PARTY FOR CONSUL.
    38 12 A TEA party to bid farewell to Mr. Sze Zau Tsung. Singapore Chinese Consul, who is shortly going to Kuala Lumpur on transfer, will be given today by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
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    Plea To Encourage Malayan
    152 12 Plea To Encourage Malayan Careers. Sir G. Maxwell On Griffins' Prospects. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. July 23. IT is essential that younK men jroinjr to >lula>u should he paid sufficient to maintain the* accepted standard of living and have prospects of a career after their first agreement, said Sir
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    162 MILES OF ROAD IN MUNICIPALITY.
    114 12 DOADS under the control of the Municipal Commission at tVie end of last year totalled 162 miles, according to the annual report of the engineering department. The increase for the year was just over two miles. It is reported that large patches of the
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      391 12 To the Editor of the Straits Times. CIR. Sharehclders in tin companies. who have been receiving company j reports recently will have noticed that In some cases the usual item forj Directors' Fees has now become 'Directors' Fees and Income Tax thereon."
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    'DISCOURTESY & INSULT" TO SELANGOR ROYALTY.
    163 13 'DISCOURTESY INSULT" TO SELANGOR ROYALTY. Unofficial Attacks Suits Against Ruling House Bill. GOVERNMENT WANTS "TO STOP FLOW OF EASY CREDIT." (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 23. II is a discourtesy and insult to the royal family and retro- uressive in every v ay," was the description given by
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    Official Attitude Explained.
    321 13 AS the Government no longer proposes to pay debts of this sort, but at the same time desires in slop th«- flriw of easy and deleterious credit, it has prepared this Bill. xvhiili will prevent the bringing of suits for debts arising out of a contract against
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    ARREST OF DEBTORS BEFORE JUDGMENT.
    88 13 Amendment To Colony Law Proposed. BECAUSE certain sections of the| Debtors Ordinance in the r Straits Settlements operates rather harshly on a defendant, a Bill is to be introduced in the Legislative Council to bring the Colony law with regard to the arrest of a
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    SINGAPOREAN'S WILL CONTESTED.
    168 13 Is It Valid If Made Before Marriage? LEITERS of administration In respect of the estate of Frederick George Vincent Stovell were granted to the British Malaya Trustee and Executor Company pendente lite yesterday by Mr. Justice Howes. Mr. C. C. Tan, appearing in support of the petlMon.
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    FUTURE CHAMPION OF JAPAN?
    22 13 T. YOKOTA. Japanese Imperial I'niversity tennis star, in actiin yesterday in an exhibition match on the V.M.C.A. courts.
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    DRUNK MAN STAGGERS IN FRONT OF CAR.
    272 13 DRUNK MAN STAGGERS IN FRONT OF CAR. Caused Own Death, Says Coroner. 'THAT a Tamil caused his own death by staggering about the road in a drunken state was the I view expressed by the Singapore Coroner (Mr. W. McQuarrie) in returning a misadventure verdict at the conclusion of the
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    NEW LAW TO PRESERVE COLONY'S TOP-SOIL.
    178 13 Ban On Unrestricted Clearing Of Hill-Sides. I*o Prevent the loss of subsoil by the unrestricted clearing of hill-sides for short-term crops including pineapples and bananas a Hill is to be introduced in the Legislative Council designed *o prevent the use and cultivation of hill
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    ALLEGED OFFER OF $15 TO POLICE OFFICER.
    75 13 Chinese Faces Attempted Bribery Charge. Alleged to have attempted to bribe a European Poiice Inspector, a Chinese, Kho Ah Sua, was charged before Mr. K. Blacker in the third police court, yesterday. The offence is alleged to have been committed on Thursday last,
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    Inherited $50,000; Had Three Cars; Now Bankrupt.
    630 13 \JLfOON hoo us Siangr, a Sumatra- born Chinese, inherited over 550.000 from his father and had as many as three cars at one time. Today he is a bankrupt and he gave the story of his affairs in his public examination yesterday, in
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    TAMPERED WITH FIRE-HYDRANT.
    119 13 WORKS MANAGER FINED $50. MR. H. P. FREEMAN, works manage of United Engineers, appeared beig.c Mr. K. A. Blacker. ;he Singapore Third Magistrate, on two charges connected with tampering with a fire-hydrant in Teck 3uan Street, and the controlling of ts flow of water. Mr. Freeman stated
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    65 13 H.H. th« Sultan of Perak records n the F.M.S. Government Gazette his de?p rvgret at the death of Sheikh Abdur Rahman bin Sh?ikh Abdul Kadir, M.S.C., J.P., which jccunvd on July 14. Mr. F. H. Landon has returned from leave and is now stationed at Kuala Kangsar as District For?st
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    "LATEST TAX ON RUBBER."
    139 13 Planter Attacks Firewood Royalty. U.P.A.M. PROTESTS OF NO AVAIL. (From Our Own Corrcspondi-nl.) Kuala Lumpur. July 2.'{. PROTEST against (ho rMMt imposition of royally upon rubber firewood was made by the Hon. Mr. \V. S. Reeve-Tucker iii the Se'aiißor State Council at Klanir yesterday. Describing it
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    WITNESS IN $56,000 THEFT CASE.
    169 13 Charged With Chair 1 Offences. (From Our Own Correspondent) Taping. July rAM SEE UN, a local locksmith who recently figured as an important witness for the prosecution in the Taiping Post Office 5-50,000 theft case, appeared yesterday in the Taiping magistrate's court in another role,
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    66 13 H.E. the Hi^h Commissioner record? in the F.MS. Government Gazett.' his de-?p regret at the death of Mr. H. Miles, Superintendent, Stores and Workshop, Posts and Telegraph Department, S.S. and F.M.S., which occurred in England on July 16. Mr. H. B. Talalla, J.P.. M.C.H who i has been seiiously il
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    MORTELL'S NARROW VICTORY OVER LITTLE NENE.
    832 14  -  Echo." VALUABLE LEAD IN EARLY ROUNDS. PUGNACIOUS SAKAMOTO GETS VERDICT OVER L.S. FOND. By THKRE was little between Johnny Mortell, star flyweight, and Little Nene, his latest and most formidable challenger locally, at the end of their ten rounds bout at the New World
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    20 14 Dr. Haridas. who took Yasukawa to 6—l6 1 in the lawn tennis exhibition at the V.M.C.A. courts. Straits Times Photograph.
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    23 14 Little Nene (left) and Johnny Mortell; the latter secursd the decision in their contest at the New World last night. —Straits Times Photograph.
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    MIDDLESEX CREEPING UP ON YORKSHIRE.
    231 14 Goddard Of Gloucester Takes Eleven Essex Wickets. DEUTER cables the results of first-class cricket matches which ended yesterday as follows At Lords. Middlesex beat Worcester by 214. Middlesex 248 and 275 for four j declared. Worcester 156 and 153 (Smith five for 61). At Hove,
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    TODAY'S RACES AT PENANG.
    103 14 SELECTIONS. The following are selections for today, the first day of the Penang Turf Club meeting: BY "CAPTAIN DASH." Race 1. MANDAI. Miss Singapore. 2. EL MIRADOR, Broadway Baby. 3. SABARA. Gaythario. 4. SILVER JUBILEE, Lakes of Killarney. 5. THE PLANTER, Tony Reddin 6. WILEY FRIAR,
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    12 14 Our Penang correspondent wires that the weather is dull showers are possible.
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    S.C.C. BEAT R.A.F. IN TEAM MATCH.
    207 14 Lawn Tennis Airmen Play Better in The Doubles. The SC.C. won all six matches in their lawn tennis team fixture with the R.A.F. on the padang yesterday In the match between Roy Smith and F/O Miller, the latter exhibited some delightful backhand strokes but
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    BLAKAN MATI MATCH.
    274 14 Gunners And Clark's Rangers Draw. (From a Correspondent) At Biakan Mati on Wednesday, the 7th Heavy Brigade, R.A., and Clark's Rangers drew at cricket. Scores: 7th Heavy Brigade. R.I L Bdr. Vlant c A. Clark bS. M. Ally 20 i Onr. Jardine c S. M. Ally b
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    YOKOTA & YASUKAWA IN EXHIBITION TENNIS.
    331 14 YOKOTA YASUKAWA IN EXHIBITION TENNIS. Beaten In Doubles Set After Gaining s—o5 0 Lead. •THE two young Japanese lawn tennis players, T. Yolcota and Y. Yasnkawa, were seen in another exhibition on the V.M.C.A. court yesterday, and again played impressively, though being beaten in the doubles set by Kamis and
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    SEASON OPENS AT BLAKAN MATI.
    113 14 Hockey. (From a Correspondent t The gunners of Biakan Mati and Changi are making an early beginning with hockey and In the near future will meet in their first league match. The sth HK.S. Heavy Battery ana 11 (S.) Hy. Bty. teams are evenly balanced,
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    CHINESE BEAT El KOREANS AT SEGAMAT.
    188 14 Association Football. (From Our Own Correspondent* Segamat. Ju!y 20. Displaying all round superiority tin* Chinese Recreation Club, hot favourites for the championship this year, scored a decisive s—l win over the Europeans in their first match In the Segamat and District league. The game
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    ARMY CHAMPIONS.
    103 14 1 Athletic*. I Sergt. J. Hart (Depot, the Cheshire 1 Rest.) retained the 100 yards and 220 yards titles the Army athletic championships at Aldershot. Hart won by a comfortable margin In each race, his times being 10.1 sec. and 22.7 sec. espectlvely. Lieut. O. G. W. White
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    MALAYAN A. A. A. CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING.
    439 15 Lieut. Hingston Wins 220 Yards Hurdles. CLUBB EASILY RETAINS HIS HALF-MILE TITLE. (From Our Own TpllE annual championship meeting Association opened today, in g which included the British Residei No Malayan records were broken bu a second separated times registered LIEUT. A. T. Hingston
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    S.C.R.C. TOURNAMENT.
    121 15 Lawn Tennis. Next Week's Ties In Singles Events. MONDAY. Singles Championship: John Lim vs. Yap Ah Hyan <to finish). "A" Singles Handicap: Low Kee Choc vs. Dr. T. H. Wee; Dr. P. L. Loh vs. Seah Keng Slew. "B" Singles Handicap: T. G. Sect vs. Tan Thean Tek.
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    23 15 The players in the doubles set in yesterday's lawn tennis exhibition at the Y.M.C.A.— Aizawa, Kamis, V okota and Yasukawa. —Straits Times Photograph
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    TODAY'S MALAYA CUP TIE AT STADIUM.
    181 15 Battle Between Singapore And Combined Services. AT the Anson Rjad Stadium today, Singapore and the Com- bined Services meet in the deciding match in the southern section of the Malaya Cup competition. The winners will meet Selangor or Perak in the final at Kuala
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    THE TEAMS.
    97 15 Surprises Possible In Singapore XI. No announcement is made as to the composition of the Singapore eleven. It is not improbable that changes will be made from the side hitherto regarded as the selectors' "fancy." The Services team has been definitely chosen, as follows: Milne; Foster and Bayliss;
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    A.C.S. Continuation School Sports At Jalan Besar.
    370 15 A. C. S. Contin uation School Sports At Jalan Besar. "EAGLES" WIN HOUSE CHAMPIONSHIP. THE Anglo-Chinese Continuation School held their eleventh annual athletic sports at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday before a larpe gathering, with a iong programme of 27 events. A feature of the day's sport was the march
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    MALACCA TITLE TOURNAMENT.
    162 15 Lawn Tennis? Two Successes For Mrs. Allen. (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, July 22 The annual tournament of the Malacca L.T.A. ended on Tuesday at the Malacca Club courts. As already announced there were no awards In the men's singles, the finalists having defaulted. List of winners,
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    THE SPORTS DIARY.
    109 15 TODAT. Soccer: Malaya Cvp Singapore vs. Combined Services. Stadium; Penang \s. Perak; Negri SembUan vs. Malacca. Athletics: Malayan Championships, Kuala Lumpur; Inter-College sports, Raffles College ground. Cricket: Non-Benders Singapore vs. RC3t, padang; I. A. vs. S.C.R.C.; St. Andrew's vs. C.S.C: V.M.C.A. vs. Khalsa; Nondescripts vs. Colts; S.J.I.
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH.
    591 15  -  "ECHO." Soccer Cup Tie Singapore Or Services? Play-Off May Be Necessary In North German Lawn Tennis Stars To Visit India Cricket Coaching By "Flicks." Conducted By •TODAY'S Malaya Cup soccer tie at i the Stadium will decide th? Souths representation in the final at Kuala Lumpur on
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    "MIRACLE GOLF."
    53 15 UENRY COTTONS winning round in the Open Championship at Carnoustic was the greatest in the whole history of golf. After he had finished Charles Whitrombe. Cotton's Ryder Cup captain, said: "The boy's 71 was the greatest thing that has ever happened in this game. Considering the conditions, it
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    THEY WERE REWARDED 6d. EACH.
    195 16 TWo Girls Find £60 4 11 YEAR-OLD girl who works at two jobs every day to earn sufficient shillings to keep her, recentiy showed me sixpence her reward for £60 worth of homsty (writes a "Daily Herald" correspondent). She is pretty Winifred Downs, of Connaught
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    386 16 The Ninth Sunday After Trinity. "HE HAD DONE WISELY." Parable of the Unjust Steward. THE parable of the Unjust Steward 1 no doubt took its point and form from some occurrence the circumstances of which were topics of public conversation and known to the disciples. The employer local
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    Announcements For Tomorrow.
    1213 16 CHLKCH OF ENGLAND ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL —Trinity IX S James Day, July 26, 6.50 a.m.. Holy Comn 7.30 a.m.. Matins; S a.m.. Choral Eucharist; 10.15 a.m., Sunday School; 5.30 p m. Evensong and sermon. Preacher: Rev. Nigel Williams. Weekdays. Holy Comn. on Monday. Wednesday and Friday at
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    SOUVENIR-HUNTING AT ETON COLLEGE.
    166 16 SO U VENIR-HUNTING AT ETON COLLEGE. Name-Plates Disappear. Name-plates have been disappearing from the doors of the various residences of offlcla's at Eton College recently, and the authorities are uncertain whom to blame— tourists or the boys. Annually several thousand visitors go over the College, and complaint has been made
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    FATALLY ATTACKED BY HER DOG.
    68 16 Mrs. Mary Anne Turner, an 87-year-old widow, of Brook End. near Chelmsford. was bitten by her terrier while she was feeding it and died from heart failure due to shock. A nephew stated at the Inquest at Chelmsford that his aunt told him that the
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    29 16 New Zealand! Kin* George V. Memorial Fund, which was opened on June 4. Is now virtually closed with a total of over £172,400. The Government contributed half of this.
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    IPOH TO HAVE NEW BUS SERVICE.
    151 16 If Transport Board Approves Scheme. (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. July 22. Cubject to the approval of the new Transport Board. Ipoh will soon have a bus service plying on recognised routes of the town. This was made known at today's meeting of the
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    NEW BOOKS AT THE RAFFLES LIBRARY.
    315 16 T*HE following new non -fiction and fiction works are now ready for issue at the Raffles Library: Tibetan Journey. Illustrated, Alexandra Davld-Neel; The Throne of Britain. Illustrated, Claud Golding; Great Cases of Sir Henry Curtis Bennett. K.C., Edward Grlce* The Faith of an Englishman.
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    Retiring Governor On Ceylon's Future.
    264 17 ECONOMIC POSITION IMPROVING. Bombay. "/"•EYLON has not yet tided over her Mtdal troubles but she has emerged from the severe d?pression experienced two or three years ago and she is now well on the way to progress and development," said Sir Reginald Stubbs, the retiring
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    Whose Woman? Asks Judge.
    106 17 Mr. Jusisce Charles, binding over on a charge of bigamy 28-year-old Mrs Helen Robson at Hampshire As1 inchester. ask-d: "To whom «io:s she belong?" He had heard this -V of Mrs. Robson: 7: Marriod to a soldier named ,n. who. hearine o! her associa*ith another soldier
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    GIRL'S PLUCK IN TRAIN STRUGGLE
    527 17 WENT TO GUARD'S ASSISTANCE. MAN KILLED WHILE TRYING TO ESCAPE. A YOUNG woman, referred to as "MLss X.* told at a Southwark inquest how she was attacked in a first-class compartment of a Southern Railway train by a man who was killed by another train
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    AUSTRIAN TEAM TOLD TO LEAVE ITALY.
    106 17 International football nas led to another "incident" involving Austria and Italy, with the news that the Austrian FA. team bad been asked by the Venice State police to leave Italy within 24 hours. The Italian police action Is particularly resented in Vienna because one
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    SINGAPORE HOME FOR THE AGED. DONATIONS NOW $1,147.
    264 17 SINGAPORE HOME FOR THE AGED. DONATIONS NOW $1,147. THE Little Sisters of the Poor acknowledge with thanks the following donations received towards 'the bui'ding fund, for the completion of the new Home for the Aged: Guan Choon and Co. $10, Mrs M. dc Vries $10, Singapore Provision and Sundries 1
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    "CORSAIR OF THE JUNGLE."
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    222 17 NEW PRESIDENT OF BOLIVIA. I lEUT -COLONEL Girman Busch. idolised leader of Bolivia's troops in the Grand Chaco war with Paraguay —where he earned the title of "The Corsair of the Jungle"—has become. President of Bolivia at the age of 30,! (after a bloodless revolution (writes the Daily Mail New
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    LIVE SHELL TAKEN AS "SOUVENIR."
    162 17 LIVE SHELL TAKEN AS "SOUVENIR. Radio Warning By War Office. THE War Office recently broadcast a warning to a "souvenir hunter" who is thought to have taken an unexploded sh;il from th 3 sands at Shoeburyness. The message stated that three unexploded small-calibre she.ls, fitted with a highly sensitive fuse,
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    42 17 Rehearsals wili start very soon for a theatre and cabaret entertainment in Kua'a Lumpur, vhich is being organised by Mr. W. S. Reeve-Tucker in aid of the Planters' Benevolent Fund. Two short plays by No?l Coward will be inc'.uded in the programme.
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      ADVENTURE ROUND THE WORLD FOR THIRTY YEARS.
      1540 18 "Almost Incredible" Life Of Old Sailor. HARD TIME AT SEA. Tale Or An Old Soldier. By ExSerjeant William Crutchlow. O.C.M. Robert Hale and Co. 7 (id. IN the two hundred and eighty odd pages which comprise this book, we have recorded the lively
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      GOOD MYSTERY STORIES.
      337 18 Peter Clancy Once Again. I ast Trump. B> Lee 1 iiayer. Hurst and Blackett. "s. 6d. A Bullet In the Ballet. By Caryl Brahms and S. J. Simon. Michael isppli. 7s. 6d. Here are two exceptionally good mystery stories, of widely differing type, but each well written
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      425 18 TABLETS TUNE YOUR LIFE TO A HAPPY RHYTHM! a tlr.'e especial.) II you're tn the thirties— you start the day feelIrv; that you're ageing. The elasticity oi vrsterday is passing. You are more rdiirtant to face life, its stress, its problems, the tcrrinc pace of Unrips. You "can't stand" the
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      202 18 I THOUGHT MY TEETH C WOULD NEVER BE JjU lOVEIY AGAIN LOVE" A/£w Wg MAKE YOUR TEETH LOVELIER, THIS WAY NOTHING gives you that and cutting surfaces of the feeling of pride and confidence teeth with a circular motion, in yourself like white, dazzling Rinse. teeth. Then put a bit
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    "MR. GANDHI HAS AGAIN TRIUMPHED."
    1034 19 Congress And Office Acceptance. MEMBERS SATISFIED WITH DECISION. Wardhaganj. MR. GANDHI has again triumphed." This was the comment ai heard in the Congress Camp on the Congress Working Committee's resolution on office acceptance. Complete satisfaction prevails. The resolution, which was drafted by Mr. Gandhi, was
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    POSITION OF INDIANS OVERSEAS.
    105 19 To Be Reviewed By Government. Simla, July 7. A NOTE on important events during 1936-37 relating to. or affecting. Indians in different parts of the British Kinpire. will shortly be published It will be remembered that a suggesion was made by Mr. S. Satyamurthl in a
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    ROPE RAILWAY TO BE BUILT.
    38 19 Ootacamund. The Madras Government have ikcided to issue a licence to a Poona firm for the construction of a rope rnilway up Tirpathi Hill, which is a [amous pilgrim centre in South India.
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    COCHIN AERODROME.
    66 19 Passenger And Mail Service With Bombay. The Cochin Government is reported to have decided to locate the aerodrome in that State near Chewara. not fax away from the Cochin port. The site is considered to be an Ideal one. being one of the best in South India and
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    RANGOON RICKSHAS
    69 19 Rangoon The recent dec /n of the Rangoon Corporation to reduce the number of rickshas by 20 per cent., was objected to by the Ricksha Pullers' Association at a meeting attended by 3,000 men. Mr. 8. P. S Mani Iyer, presiding, advised the pullers and contractors not to
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    CALCUTTA CHINATOWN LOSES ITS POPULARITY.
    352 19 Calcutta. pHINATOWN, at one time the centre of Chinese life in Calcutta, is fast losing its popularity with the Chinese community. A decade ago Chinatown was a hub of night life and. after nightfall, the resort of hundreds of people of diverse races, habitues of
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    43 20 IN THE DRIVER'S CAB of the new locomotive Dominion of New Zealand i- Mr. William J. Jordan. High Commissioner in London. He had just chrUtrned the engine, which is one of a series named by the L.N.E.R. after various parts of the Empire.
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    36 20 JACK HYLTON, famous dance band leader. was best man at the wedding of his "mm" saxophonist, Benny Daniels, who married Mm Dora Hay?, the dancer. Flanagan and Allen, musical '.i ill and broadcast artists, wrrr witnesses.
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    61 20 BRUNO .MUSSOLINI, the Duce's son (right), claims to have set up an air speed record. With the Italian Atlantic flyer, Col. Bieso, His plane covered 1,000 kilometres with loads of approximately 20. 10 and five tons, at Mi average speed of 264.716 m.p.h (Right): M. CORBIN. Frances Ambassador in London,
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    26 20 YOI'NG RUMANIAN SKIERS march past Kin: Carol and Crown Prince Mkhael at a cirut spurt-. festival at Bucharest stadium soon after the royal visit to Poland.
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