The Straits Times, 30 July 1937

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    39 1 The Straits Times rEBTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY. I THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. jo PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JULY 30. 1937 PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY. JULY 30, 1937 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      84 1 Singapore: 140. Cecil st. cphone satu Use 16 mr\9)7 ZZZ— I Sc otch whskv \A/H |XszL^^^^g —-rzz^z- I) B L,L T CK&WHJT E ft ri4Haj-V3=ag sole agents THE BORNEO COMPANY LTD. (Incorporated in England) SINGAPORE PENANG IPOH KUALA LUMPUR MALACCA.' W.P.S. 3 A kkm^^. SpiC AND SPAM, AMD HEADY FOR
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      274 1 TOWELS OUR USUAL STANDARD QUALITY OFFERED AT BARGAIN PRICES. I TURKISH TOWELS FMH SIZE 20x40 INS. SALE PRICE 50CENTS SIZE 22x41 INS. SALE PRICE 70CENTS SIZE 24x49 INS. SALE PRICE 90CENTS SIZE 30x55 INS. SALE PRICE $1.10 SIZE 42x63 INS. SALE PRICE $2.00 COTTON HUCK TOWELS CLUB TOWELS BLEACHED WHITE
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      33 1 KUALA LUMPUR! 25. JAVA ST. CPHONE 3683) (v >. THE DISTILLERS ART Dont be Vague ask for NO FINER WHISKY, COfS INTO ANY BOTTLI SOLE AGENTS JOHN LITTLE S CO.. LTD. Incorporated in England).
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      1046 2 I FOR SALE FOR SALE, building sites from 1 to 3 cres, Buku Timah Road district, adjoining Adam Park. Apply Rennie Lowick k Co. A FEW first-class second-hand Westinghouse Rcfrleerators with un-explred guarantees from $150 and upwards On view at Magnet House 12 Battery Road. BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO
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      825 2 BOARD RESIDENCE MCE double single rooms. Verandahs. beard optional. M.S. 256 Orchard Rd. THE GROVE 103, Meyer Rd.. sea front, near Swimming Club. Under entirely new management. Tennis, garages. Tel. 5056. I VBGE AIRY FURN. BOOM, verandah, bathroom attached. Service, Phone, -nod. sail. $40. Board optional. 3, Lloyd Road. FLORA
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      753 2 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE J The Exchange Banks will be closed on Saturday. July 31. Public Holiday. Monday. Aug. 2. Bank Holiday. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. r NOTICE Is hereby given that the .section of Amber Road between M.C. Nos. 7 and 9 will be eloped to through traffic for three 8 days
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      615 2 AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE of very well-made, cross-grain pattern, waxpolished teak household furniture of every description Including one late model "Urunow" electric refrigerator guaranteed In perfect working order, Indian rugs, crockery, glassware, carden Implements, plants. He. eic (The property of Mr. G. W. Hunt of Naval Base) To be held
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      243 2 A BETTER WAVE f A FIGARO FIGARO Ladies Hair Ui 93 Bras Ba<ah Rd. It Kallin, Ilotrl. Phone 28U8 BUSINESS CARDS Etc! MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE j Mrs HARU and Miss HANA 6O WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. Fresh Supply: I ni I simm SHILLING SERIKs How to train the
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      693 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDI/ AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England) MAIL. PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY S GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAB" MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD PROM LONDON FOR CHIN/ AND JAPAN Due Tonnage S'non I*3l RUNPURA H.OOO July BURDWAN 6
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      546 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. UKICIIEH (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) (Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT 3 FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO LONDON Naples. |mlb> London Antwerp »nd jtotterdam Vessels Tonnage Due Sai. 9 KATORI MARU Aug. 4 5 S KASHIMA MARU 10.000 Aug. 18 19 t YASUKUNI MARU 12.000 Aug. 31 Sept
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      894 3 IDKNT I IM-'KSI BANGKOK LINE Luxurious One Class motorships. Most 5^e baVB adJolnlng prlvate bath EswUeW JOANS-PACIFIC SAILINGS sss^aASvsasas- tssr 0 m uosolvlv COPENHAGEN pjon, Arr|y Prom Prom Prom Prom iriong 8 P Spore Malacca Port Penang T«S Sham Pres Tsit Aug 11 Aug. 31 wmou a"/* if/I W, 8
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      986 3 StilPPlNt* IHt BLUE FUNNEL LINr lOrno Th, Ha. Khlow Steanwhio To (19-'| [U. Steasn Ship Co, Ltd .Bd China Mutual Th« Conmrd Whit, sui lio It* U Sto f l ll *P <>° Lt Sh.w Sav.ll 4 Albion i o I m Th, (bin. Natation Co Ltd Th, Australian Orient*.
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      166 4 Friday, July 30. Ship* alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive RLPPEL BARBOCR Main Wharf P.W.D. Grab No. 1 Hopper No. 7, Dredger Tembakul. R.A.F.A. Aquarius, Shen Kwang. W. Bt. Enterprise, Tung Song. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf NIL VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS Tan Jong Pagar
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      279 4 Today. BengkaUs. F. de Kock, Padang. Pakan Baxoe. Siak S. Pandjang (Ampang) P«n. East Alrica (Ycifuku Maru) ..3.30 p.m. Sartkel and Slbu (Angby) pm. Aden (By Train) 7 p.m North America except W. Canadc A W States of U.S.A. (By Train) 1 pm. Eastern. Sou: hern and
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      AIR MAILS.
      91 4 Imperial: From Europe: Due Sunday evening. Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives Saturday afternoon. X.L.M. From Europe: Due Sunday- evening. Wearnes: From Penang and Kuala Lumpur: Arrives Saturday evening. Qantas: From Australia: Due Saturday afternoon. OUTWARD. Qantas: To Australia: Mails close 10 p.m. Sunday. Wearnef: To Kuala Lumpur and
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      FROM MALACCA.
      155 4 Correspondence for transm.ssion by 1 air "via Netherlands" must be special y and clearly superscribed "By X.L.M." Mails will close at Malacca as follows: Today Iran, Amsterdam li 'London by air (Netherlands) 6 pjn. Penang (Internal Air Service) 6 p.m Great Britain and Placer Served via Great Britain,
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      IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SINGAPORE—LONDON.
      21 4 IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SINGAPORE— LONDON. The air mail dispatched from Singapore on July 21 was delivered in London on July 29.
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES.
    174 4 Singapore, July 30, 12 noon Buyer Seller Gambler $8 00 Hamburg Cube $1500 Java Cube $1100 Pepper. White Muntok $17.50 White J17.00 Black $10.00 C >pra. Mixed $5.65 Sun Dried $5. 95 ~apioca. Small Flake $400 Fair Flake $380 Medium Pearl $5.15 mall Pearl $5 00 'O
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    PASSENGERS BY AIR
    257 4 The following were passengers by Dutch planes: Arrived from N.I. by KNILM plane AFJ, on Wednesday: Mr F G. Lundon. Mr. T. J. B. Wearne, Mr. E. W. Slight. Mr. L. D. Walford, Mr. M. E. A. L. de Jong. Mr. F. Ch. Driessen, Mr. and Mrs.
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    154 4 Malls from Europe, (London parcel malls) expected today, July 30, by P. O. (Ranpura) will be delivered tomorrow July 31, at 9 a.m. Malls from Eastern Australia expected today. July 30, by Marella. Malls from Penang and Kuala Lumpur expected tomorrow, July 31, by air (Internal Service) will
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    CLEARANCES
    68 4 July 28: Valaya (Siam); Hong Ho (Chi.); Hoegh Carrier, Woolgar (Nor.): Volga (Soviet); Kudat, Sin Aik Lee. Rum, Hin Cheong, Angby (Brit); Reael, Kota Tjandi (Dut.). July 29: V. der Does de Bye, Tomohon, Sipora, Camphuys, Tidore, Gen. V. der Heyden, Gewang (Dut.): Rajula, Klias, Larut, Ancyluat, Scott Harley
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    MASTER ATTENDANT'S OFFICE
    25 4 The Master Attendant's office will be open from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. on July 31 for the issue of labour permits
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    QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY
    30 4 The shipping community la requested by the Master Attendant to allow al. vessels that are in the harbour on Airt the Queen's birthday, to dress ship American Telephon*
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      525 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. i tucurporav~ ir P M S LLOYDS AGENTS: BOOF NG AG> NTS r.MS M.VS AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS. TELEPHONE: Prelcht M33— Pamace S«3l CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED. (Incorporated in England) FARES SINGAPORE EUROPE First and Cabin Class from £103-18-7 Second Class From £71-10-8 AROUND THE WORLD FARES
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      430 4 (incorporated tn Straits Settlement*) v v v ßi wSI ELoiiKMAN BUCKNALL 1 ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. (ineorDcrateo in O 8 A.» (Incorporated is B&gland) BOaTON NF* VOKK BALTIMORE -ELLERMAN- LIN. VIASIK/CANM Out 5a 1U FOB HAVE* LONDOW STTFL MARINER AUC 3 Air: 7 P T111 A titMiti K'l
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      382 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Stations Yesterday Last night max. rain- bright riiin temp, fall s'shine temp C F ins. hrs. C P West Coast. Alor Star 90 Nil 8.4 75 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 88 Nil 6.5 76 Sltiawan 89 Nil 7.9 71 Bukit Jeram 88 Nil 2.5 72
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      220 5 Ht NI»RKI»S WKRR |PBHMf^K*l^i2l AGAIN ROARING I-W^ -T^hT^^ L V A WITH LAUGHTER AT A W V^ JH THE MOST OUTSTANDING |L^ Spß COWKDY RIOT ITS WORTH TO SEE TWICE DEANNA DURBIN RADIO'S SENSATIONAL SONC BIRD IN '3 SMART GIRLS' Universal* Comedy Hit with RINNIE BARNES. ALICE BRADY RAY MILLAND.
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      354 5 Don't let ants ruin your food Inferior "insecticides' cant kill them "^B B> >• «"«li>fl »vid»n« of Itt grew k«mg paww mnd a'"'ll -^jt^^ wtl## of stMfo. Hi* mm wui wtly WH. I i^**^^t.^ HAPPY CABARET Here we are "SHANGHAI NIGHTS" July 30 31 August 1 and 2, starting 8
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      341 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY THE Straits Times is publishing this daily feature to give readers comprehensive summary of enter- tainments, meetings, sports events, social functions and other outstanding happenings. Organisers of meetings etc. are invited to submit diary dates. HOTELS. RAFFLES HOTEL: Cocktail Ounce. 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. Dinner and
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      134 5 FOR THE GARDEN or THE SEA SIDE the "LIDO 11 UMBR ELLA Fitted with Brass Tilting Device. Colours Orange Green Stripes. A BRITISH PRODUCT Beautiful In Appearance Adds Delight To Any Home A Dream Of The Soa Sido 72" Spread 17.50 84" S 22.53 READY DELIVERY JULIAN FRANKEL CO., Victoria
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      249 6 HOLIDAY INFLUENCE FELT. FIRM UNDERTONE OF TIN SHARES. Singapore, July 30. The approach ol bank holidays is doing nothing to help an already dull market. Apart from isolated stocks London have cooled off a little where, no doubt, holiday feeling is even more pronounced, the Stock Exchange
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      TAIPING CONSOLIDATED'S MAIDEN DIVIDEND.
      413 6 THE directors of Taiping Con- solidated Ltd. the company recently formed by the amalgamation of Taiping Tin and North Taiping Tin Ltd.. have declared a •irst intsrim dividend of 7 2 per cent., payable on August 27. but no business is reported. Talam cracked a little
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      MINING.
      577 6 All shares quoted above are fully paid Lstue Vai. Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ainpat Tin 6/- 6/7> 2 6/4^ 6/9 fl Asam Kumbang 37/- 39/- 37/6 39/6 £1 Austral Malay 58/- 60/- 58/- jJ 5/- Ayer Hitam 33/3 34/6 33/- 34/1 Ayei Weng 1.32
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      GENERAL.
      408 6 2 2 A)-'\ Brick Ord. 155 1.65 155 1.65 2 2 do 1\ l 2 r /o Prefs. 2.30 2AU 2.30 2.40 10 io Anas ice 4.U0 louon. 8.00 lOOOn. 1 l B M. Broadcasting 0.60 0.70n. 0.60 0.70n. 10 S B. M. Trustee 0 25 7.00 fj.25 125
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
      236 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 5Cc 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 103V2 105>£ norn Mfcft 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 107 110 norn MM 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 115 111 now 4% 1913 red. 1963 $2 000,000
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      359 6 Shares are SI unless otherwise stated Frascr Co Lyall Evati Allenby 1 .82 'j 1.90 1.85 Alor Uajah 130 1.40 1.30 Amai Malay 2.00 2.10 2.00 Ayer Hitam 140 150 1.40 Ayer Mole* MS 130 1.15 Ayer r> a nas 155 1.60xd 1.60 Bassett 0.72'/ 2 0.77y 2
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    EXCHANGES.
    194 6 The iollowlng are the excnange rates this morning according to the 1 daily circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. SELLING. London T.T 2/4 1/16 London demard 2/4 1/16 London 4 months sight 2/4 1/8 Lyons demand 1535 Hamburg demand 1*2 New York demand 58 1/16
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
    200 6 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Compans Dividend Total ft* Books Close Onancuu Dat« Bx DIT -ear Parable Date to iat« TIN TO Batu Selangcr 15T> Int Aifr. S Aug. 13 Aug.; 6 i~'i"i Honi; Kon R Tin 300 Int. Aug. 20 60% K. Kamuntlng 5% Int Aug. .3 Aug.
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    STOCK EXCHANGE.
    348 6 London, July 29. The following are today's closing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange: Shares 01 fl denomination unless otherwise stated: Yester- Rise day. or Fall Conversion Lean 5 p.c. 1944-64 112H Funding Loan 4 p.c. 1960-90 110 r -i War Loan, 31i p.c. 100'i +H Com.
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    PENANG RACES.
    162 6 Scratchings And Order Of Running For Tomorrow. The following are the scratchings and the order of running for tomorrow, the third and concluding day of the Penang Turf Club meeting: RACE I.— Ponies Class 2 Div. 2. fi furs. Mr. Dick, Explode, Etona. RACE 2 —Horses Class 3
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    EXCHANGES.
    98 6 London, July 29. The following were mean rates ruling at noon today: Parto .132 53 64 Athens MM Nev.- York 4 97 »i Bucharest 670 Montreal 4.97H stilus Brussels 29.56V4 Rio 4V» Geneva 21.67** sells-s official Amsterdam 9.02% Belgrade il6 Ml'.an 94 9 16 Buenos Aires 'in -uoted Berlin
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    73 6 Friday, July 30, Noon. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in M (F.O.B.) July 29% Good F. A. <}. in bales (F.O.B.) July 29% 291* No. I X. R. A S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 29% 29% August 20'i. 29? 3 September i2i» :t 30
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    29 6 The first annual general meeting of the Zionist Association will ba held on Aug. 8 at 4 p.m. sharp, at the association's premises in No. 11, St, Michael's Road.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      WEDNESDAY'S RUBBER AUCTION.
      161 7 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association 1,340 th. auction, yesterday Catalogued 1,548.483 lbs.. 691.29 tons; offered 1.227,928 lbs., 548.18 tons; sold 1.144,498 lbs., 510.93 tons. Spot London 8 13|16d New York 18»/ 4 PRICES REALISED Ribbed smoked sheet cents per Ib. Standard quality 29 3 i
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      NEW DUTCH TIN DREDGE.
      44 7 Amsterdam, July 21. The world's largest tin dredge, Doejoeng, which is to be towed by tugs to the Netherlands Indies for the use of the Government's tin enterprises on the bland of Banka. starts on h;r voyage from Holland tomorrow.
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      Consolidated Tin Smelters.
      1506 7 ORE SUPPLIES LARGER, BUT SMELTING CHARGES LOWER. Mr. E. V. Pearce's Confidence In Future Of Tin. "THERE appear to be still a few "die-hards" who look upon the (tin) control scheme, and apparently everything connected with it, with extreme disfavour, but as along as the majority of
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      HAREWOOD RUBBER ESTATES.
      337 7 A Profitable Year's Working. THE eleventh ordinary genera! meet- ing of the Harewood Rubber Estates. Ltd., was held In London last week. Mr. P. J. Burgess (the chairman) said that the chief feature of the rubber producing industry last year was the rise in the price of
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      SUEZ CANAL RECEIPTS.
      45 7 Paris, July 22. Suez Canal receipts for the first 20 days of July totalled £558,700, against £585,800 In the corresponding period of last year. Receipts for the year to July 20 are £8,264,100 compared with £8.315,700 in the corresponding period of 1936.
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      "RUBBER FAMINE IMMINENT."
      501 7 To the Editor or the Straits Times. CIR.— I have read with interest, not unmixed with amusement, the special Rubber Supplement, of the "Financial Times," in their ijsue of June 28. last. The exalted writers, contributing to tills edition, who by all logical reason, should know what
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      619 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated ID '.he Colony of Hong Kong) T..f us&'iity 01 member* is United to the extent and in manner prescribed by Ordinance No. at 19i» cl the Colony. Authorised OaplU! $50,000,000 Luiied and rally Paid-Op $20,000,000 Reserve Funds:Sterling f O -°22*22S Hong Kong Currency
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      200 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated in China by Special Charter.) It, Cecil Street Slnganore. Telephone*: Manager'! Office S444 Exchange l>ept 6441 General Offtee 5188-9 Cable Addrea; "CHCNGkCO" Paid Lp Capital Ch i 4 MO M ReserTt Funds In exeea «t Ch. I 4JtMM.M ToUl Asset* approximately Ch. %lJM*.—.fHM HEAD OFTICE: SHANGHAI
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      512 7 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK »F INDIA, AUSTRALIA A vr > CHINA. (Incorporated .n Snglana oy Roysj Charter 1R53) Paid Cp Capital id 600.000 shares t of f5 each UOuO.OOt Reserve Pund E3.0U0.O0C Reserve Liability of Proprietors E3.00C.0O* HFAD 111(11) SS. BUbopsgaic london EC t. Amrttsar Hong Kong Rangoon Alor Stai
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    $12,000 SUIT AGAINST EUROPEAN FIRM.
    228 8 Piece-Goods Merchant Claims Damages. AFTER further hearing on Wednesi*» day. In the Singapore High Court .Mr. Justice Home reserved judgment [In the case in which Mr. A. Abdul Latiff, a Singapore piece goods merchant, sued Messrs. Irving Jones and jCo. for the recovery of $12,000
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    NEW BOOKS AT THE RAFFLES LIBRARY.
    321 8 'THE following books are now on issue at the Raffles Library: NON-FICTION. This Business of Exploring, Illustrated. Roy Chapman Andrews; Watch on Deck; Illustrated, Comd. R. L. Deardcn; More Memories of a Magistrate, Illustrated, Napier Devltt; A Cuckoo in Kenya, Illustrated, W. Robert Foran;
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    Food Construction Works.
    81 8 fIEADING the menu, at the dinner tendered Mr. C. E. O. Wood, retiring president, by the Engineering Association of Malaya on Wednesday was the item, "fruit cocktail, not more than five per cent, aggregate to pass II 1 2 inch mesh." Following this appetiser were "consomme de
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    AMBULANCE BRIGADE FOR MALACCA.
    155 8 First Meeting Of St. John Association. i From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, July 27. I EADING representatives of all com- niunitles attended the inaugural meeting today of the Malacca Branch of the St. John Ambulance Association. Mr. Day referred to the Malayan visit of Co!. Sleeman
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      289 8 see what 65 ;i|if YOU SAVE! Bill 959 Simple subtraction shows that 'U's 'i E\| tuyinf Andrews in the Economy fcii i* ife! Tin saves you 4S« on the large size —^fc^Lii '■■'^^.M\ J 10* on the small size, but only &£z3ttE9'3&l*H M&M the use 01 Andrews itself can prove
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      104 8 British Af|| I inn Automatic Made uULLARU Record changer KAYI EIGHT 9". 10' IT* RECORDS MTOMATK ALLY A WITHOUT PRE-SETTINU. From Radio Dealers or the Sole Acente for Ma la j a E. S. ISAAC CO., 12 Robinson Road, Singapore. SERVICE Rrmodrllrd service laboratory aucmcnlrd wilh latest factory type instruments
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      859 8 Broadcasting. ClXir 1 k Dnnr 8.50 Radio play— "Night Flying." JlliuAr UKb ->-20 Dance music 'Swing) by Duke Ellingwuiuni vnu ton and his Orchestra. TAHA V 3 8 Exchange rates. IKJulM 9 50 Time signal. rat 1 i,-,m -v 9M POP" 1 1 potpourri. ZHX 1 33 Me/i (223 m
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    CHINESE TROOPS EVACUATE PEIPING.
    394 9 Japanese Assurance Not To Enter City 19th ARMY SUFFERS 15,000 CASUALTIES. DEIPING awoke yesterday morning to find events had taken a dramatic turn overnight. The din of battle had ceased, the Chinese troops had silently evacuated the city and the defence works were being pulled down.
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    FRANC RALLIES ON FORWARD BUYING.
    169 9 HELP FROM BRITISH TOURIST TRADE. London, July 29. THE French control appears to have decided to try out a new technique during the summer holidays. They are now bidding for forward francs, thereby contracting the discount and forcing bears to cover, which in turn Is
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    EGYPT GREETS HER NEW KING.
    59 9 Farouk Comes Of Age. Cairo, July 29. THE first investiture of an 1 independent King of Egypt since the Pharaohs took place today when King Farouk came of age and was acclaimed King by unprecedented crowds. According to Moslem law King Farouk cannot be crowned
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    INTERVENTION MOVE?
    155 9 JAPANESE PRESS ATTACKS BRITAIN. Tokio, July 29. *I*HB; Japanese press feature the suspension of Anglo-Japanese conversations and Britain's "activities" in connection with North China as foreshadowing possibilities of a collective warning to Japan or intervention. It is stressed, however, that the Japanese Government is determined to reject all
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    Britain Seeks Damages For Hunter Mining.
    45 9 London, July 28. Britain is claiming compensation for the mining of the destroyer Hunter oft the coast of Spain in May from the Spanish insurgent authorities, the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, told the House of Commons today.— Reuter.
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    LONDON PRESS COMMENT.
    373 9 TOKIO ANXIOUS TO END QUARREL. "SOME WAY OUT WILL BE FOUND." London, July 29. INQUIRIES by Reuter in Far Eastern circles reveal a diversity of opinion. It Is generally accepted that Toklo is anxious to terminate the quarrel at the earliest possible moment owing to the damaging
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      223 9 vfist\ Cocktail Dance t it t« fit a Oinaer and Dance 9 It to midnight wi<* Trio Ciaarro Expantnt* of Modern CUsskal Dancing son di i, $t N KtFFU S ORCHESTRA When in Fenang stay Directed by lOn Hopkins THE E O HOTEL SEA VIEW V^ HOTEL TONIGHT and SATURDAY
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      6 9 lsaS^ microscopes UNDISTORTED r^m Sbrl magnification.
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      305 9 KNEES WENT STIFF IN HIS SLEEP. Agony To Move Them When He Awoke. For three years." writes this city man, I suffered with pains across tua lower part of my back. In the morning. I awoke with knee* so still that it was agony to move them. Special treatment would
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1937. AN ORDINANCE WHICH IS UNJUST.
    1141 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1937. AN ORDINANCE WHICH IS UNJUST. In the Supreme Court yesterday Mr. Justice Home delivered Judgment in a case arising out of a collision between a motor-cycle and a lorry. We do not wish to offer comment on that judgment, nor are we
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    42 10 Dr. G. H. Oorloff left Kuala Lumpur this week with his wife and eldest son to board the Potsdam for Europe. He wiJ be- away for about six months and during his stay in England expects to do some post graduate work.
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    CIGARETTE HAZE.
    963 10  -  RICHARD HARVEY Why Modern Man Throws Out A Smoke-Screen. By WHEN you smoke a cigarette your adrenal glands are stimulated. Located at the top end '.f the kidneys, these glands weigh rather less than a quarter of an ounce. Excite them, and they begin to pump sugar into
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    LOCAL LEAVE: A COMEDY OF THE F.M.S. POLICE.
    525 10 LOCAL LEAVE A COMEDY OF THE F.M.S. POLICE. HAVE always been fascinated by characteristic in the Malay constable's mentality which forbids him ta write in a direct application for leave on the grounds that he needs 3 holiday. P.C. Mat must embroider his leave: either his mother is dead or
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    746 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. SHELLS AT BEDOH. FOLLOWING my recent quther country-bred children know as many names of wi.d-flowers in Malaya as they do in England. I have come across a comment by Mr. R. J4J 4 Wilkinson which suggest*, that t!ie schools which are gradually being provided in
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    "WAR ONLY BEGINNING," DECLARES CHIANG.
    501 11 Surrender Or Compromise Ruled Out. CHINESE EVACUATE PEIPING BUT TIENTSIN HELD. Central Forces Moving Up. "Vi AR is only beginning," declared Gen. Chiang "Kai-shek in Nanking yesterday. "It is impossible to permit any local settlement; there can be M surrender or compromise." Chinese troops have
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    CHIANG DEFINES HIS STAND.
    148 11 REITERATES 4-POINT POLICY. Nanking. July 29. /■MA. CHIANG KAI-SHEK.' interviewed said he held himself responsible for the Peiping debacle and emphasised that unless Tokio respected the four points outlined in his statement of July 19, no negotiations were possible, says K. nter. Gen. Chiang*! four points
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    "SURRENDER IS IMPOSSIBLE."
    114 11 n r £'HE war is only beginning," declared Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, interviewed in Nanking yesterday in connection with the reverses in the Peiping area. Outlining the Central Government's attitude, Gen. Chiang (says Sin Chew Jit Poh) declared: "Hereafter it is impossible to permit any local settlement. We
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    JAPAN GETS NEW SOVIET AMBASSADOR.
    34 11 JAPAN GETS NEW SOVIET AMBASSADOR. Official Transferred From Harbin. Moscow. July 28. M. Mikhail Slavutsky, Soviet Con-sul-General at Harbin since 1931, has been appointed Soviet Ambassador to Japan in succession to M. Youreneff. Reuter.
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    35 11 MAGISTRATE'S NARROW ESCAPE. A narrow escape icas experienced by Mr. Wang Leng-chi, Magistrate of the Wanping district, when a Japanese shell exploded in his bedroom in the early stages of the fighting, causing considerable damage.
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    BOMB EXPLODES NEAR KING AND QUEEN.
    197 11 Attempt On Big Belfast Power Plant Fails. \rnTHIN a few hundred yards of the King and Queen, a bag of explosives to which a time fuse had been attached exploded in Belfast yesterday. The explosion was at first thought i to be due merely
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    BRITAIN'S VIEW OF FAR EAST.
    253 11 Opposed To Breach Of Sovereignty. London, July 29. MR. C. R. ATTLEE, Leader of the Opposition, referred in the House of Commons today to the ominous parallel with the Manchuria coup shown in the present Far Eastern situation. He asked whether tho Foreign Secretary, Mr.
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    COUNCIL RESIGNS IN SIAM.
    317 11 New Members Chosen In Secret Session. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, July 30. A NEW council of regency has been formed in Siam, it is believed, but names are being withheld pending acceptance of office. following the resignation of the chairman yesterday on account of a
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    US. ATTITUDE TO CRISIS.
    226 11 NEUTRALITY MOVE OPPOSED. Washington, July 30. T^HE Department of State does not propose at present to make the Naturality Act effective by a pre- sidential proclamation that a state of war exists between China and Japan. This fact was indicated by the Secretary of State. Mr.
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      91 11 HORROR OF FLAMING AMERICAN SHIP. Baltimore, Md., July 30. \WITH about 150 passengers aboard the steamer City of Baltimore (8,424 tons) la ablaze off Point Small wood. and several people are believed to have been burned to death. Fireboats and coastguard vesse!s have been rushed to
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      42 11 The Soviet reply to the British nonintervention proposals insists on Gen. Franco's Moors being classed in the same category as volunteers with regard to withdrawal and also refuses to consent to grant belligerent rights, at least until all volunteers been withdrawn. Reuter.
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      25 People Dead In Train Smash.
      98 11 CRACK FRENCH EXPRESS IN COLLISION. Paris. July TWENTY-FIVE people ;nv dead and .">() seriously injured following a railway crash at Villcneuve S{. (Gorges. about 18 miles south of Paris. One of the traina involved In the accident waa the crack Paris-Saint Etieiaio Express, which
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      FIFTEEN KILLED IN K.L.M. CRASH.
      86 11 LIGHTNING STRIKES PLANE IN BELGIUM. London, July 29. TEN passengers and five members of the crew were kille-d when aK.L.M. airliner crashed in flames at Hal, near Brussels, yesterday. Those killed included Mr. George Whitehouse, aged 60, a member of a firm of engineers and
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      44 11 The British steamer Mirupanu is stated to have been captured by the insurgent armed cruiser Ciudad de Valencia in Spanish territorial waters off Dijon and taken to Ferrol, the insurgent naval base. The cruiser fired one warning shot and the Mlrupami submitted immediately.— Reuter.
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    12 11 Damagt aone to a house hit by a Japanese shell in Wanping.
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    800 Bow To "China's Father" At Olympiad Start.
    664 12 800 Bow To "China 's Father" At Olympiad Start. BUT MOST OF SINGAPORE TEAM AT DESKS. Great Procession Of Blue-Gray And Mauve. E4GHT hundred athletes and sports officials from all over the Peninsula bowed three times before the portrait of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, Father of the Republic" at the
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    Crack Submarines For Hong Kong.
    71 12 Crack Submarines For Hong Kong. Reach Penang. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. July 29 FE British submarines Grampus and Rorqual arrived from :olombo late this evening and will cave for Singapore tomorrow. Tlu- submarines, wi ich are new Lng craft, are on their way to bmg Kong to join the
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    HOMEWARD MAIL BOAT PACKED.
    83 12 rHE decks of the P. and O. liner Ranch! were packed this morning rim she left for Europe. Establlshng a record for the year Ranch! took a 140 passengers from Singapore. The liner had on board from China Urge parties of American ourlsts. Including one group
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    18 12 Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Flowerdew and A\ss Flcwerdrw are leaving Kuala ,umpur for England on Aug. 11.
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    MALAYAN SHOW BETTER LAID OUT THIS YEAR.
    291 12 50,000 Visitors Expected. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 29. I OUD-SPEAKERS bawling out their Urst incoherent messages hammer-beats mingling with t&e clang of metal lorries arriving and departing with huge loads poultry clucking in rattan baskets are part of the prelude
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    TODAY'S OLYMPIAD PROGRAMME.
    163 12 T"HIS afternoon's Chinese Olym- piad programme is as follows: This afternoon's programme is: HAPPY WORLD Badminton (women) S'ncor vs. Perak (semi-final V 2 p.m. Badminton (men) Perak vs. Johore. Table-tennis (women) Penang vs. Negrl Sembilar., 6.30 pm. Johore vs. S'ngor isemi-flnal 9 p.m. Table-tennis (men) Penang vs.
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    MALAYAN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    62 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 30. One match— in the women's doubles —was played this morning at Kuala Lumpur in the Malayan lawn tennis championships. Miss B. Humphry and Mrs. C. A. Whitchurch had an easy victory orer Mrs. C. A. Scott and Mrs. Hlpkln,
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    JUNGLE FILM GOOD ENTERTAINMENT.
    65 12 At The Cinema. "White Hunter." (With Warner Baxter and June Lan*). 30th Century Fox. At the Alhambrm. I*HIS la a jungle thriller and the whole story Is based on a camping holiday in the wilds of South Africa. The liberal slice of romance that has been
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    MALAYAN CO-OPERATORS WANT LAWS AMENDED. All-Peninsula Conference.
    326 12 MALAYAN CO-OPERATORS WANT LAWS AMENDED. All-Peninsula Conference. (From Oar Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 29. QNE hundred delegates, coming from as far south as Singapore and as far north as Perlis, will attend the Eighth All-Malaya Urban Co-operative Conference in the Kuala Lumpur Town Hall on Saturday and Sunday. One
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    32 12 The next meeting of the Federal Council will be held at Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, Aug. 26, at 10 a.m. There will be no ceremonial opening and uniform will not be worn.
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    Singapore Women Can Learn To Fly.
    171 12 Singapore Women Can Learn To Fly. R.S.F.C. Provides New Facilities. gINGAPORE women hava gained a minor triumph. Women members of the Royal Singapore Flying Club will in future be able to learn to fly. but facilities for instruction wilt be on a limited scale at first. Women of British nationality
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    GOVT. PAY CUT INQUIRY OVER.
    69 12 'T'HE committee appointed to in- vest.gate the possibility of restoring temporary allowances to members of the .Malayan Government services has drawn up its report. It is to be submitted to the Governor. Sir Shenton ThomuThe chairman of the committee. Sir Atholl MacGregor. Chief Justice of
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    NEW TIN POOL—UNBIASED CONSIDERATION URGED.
    342 13 NEW TIN POOL— UNBIASED CONSIDERATION URGED. Anglo-Oriental Answer To Criticism. QUOTA ALONE CANNOT STOP VIOLENT PRICE FLUCTUATIONS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 29. MALAYAN tin producers are urged to consider any workable scheme for building up a reserve of tin stocks with an unbiased mind. This advice was
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    27 13 BEAITIHL VISITOR. Voted Miss England of 1936. Miss Laurence Atkins has been visiting Singapore. She will leave for Saigon by the Aramis this afternoon. —Straits Times Photograph.
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    $100 FINE FOR OBSCENE PICTURES.
    95 13 A TAMIL Mohammedan, Abdul Salam was fined $100. or two months' rigorous Imprisonment in default, by Mr. Ivor Lewis in the Singapore Fifth Court yesterday for having been in possession of cbscene pictures. The accused pleaded guilty. Court Inspector K. Menon said the accused, when
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    41 13 Mrs. Greaves, wife of the Superintendent of Customs, Lower Perak, left for home by air on Sunday, after having received intimation of the ssrious illness of her father. Mr. Greaves sails by the K?Jser-I-Hind on Aug. 14 on eight months' leave.
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    45 13 THEY SAW A WAR STARTING. The Brownell American touring party which has been visiting Singapore, snapped at Raffles yesterdai The party travelled on the last train from Mukftrn to Pcipinq before the outbreak of hostilities. They sat many signs of military activity. —Straits Times Photograph.
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    ROSS TO FACE ASSIZE TRIAL.
    305 13 Analyst Tests Paint On Bumper. SAYS ALMOST SAME AS THAT ON CYCLE. A. ROSS, a European employe- 3 of Messrs. Henry Waugh and Co., of Penang, was yesterday comtnitted for trial at the Assizes in September or. a charge of causing the death of a
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    Sir George Trimmer Gets His Letters Patent.
    404 13 GOVERNORS TRIBUTE TO WORK. LJIGH tributes to Sir George Trimmer's work for the harbour boards of the Colony were paid by H.E. Sir Shenton Thomas, the Governor, when he presented the letters patent of Knight Bachelor to Sir George. At the Government House
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    Two Versions Of How Morey Car Crash Occurred.
    602 13 pHARGEI) with causing the death of Mr. John Morey and his Chinese foreman. Chua Reng Tan, by driving the car in a rash manner, Dollah bin Mohais, the syce, faced trial at the Singapore Assizes yesterday. The case is a sequel to
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    EUROPEANS' SALARY CONFERENCE.
    101 13 EUROPEANS' SALARY CONFERENCE. Suggestion Rejected In Commons. THAT a conference of European employers and employees in the tin and rubber industries should be estahli>lied under the ne^is of the Malayan Governments to consider present remuneration of workers was the surest ion put forward in the House of Commons yesterday by
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    Co-operative Conference At Kuala Lumpur.
    95 13 me luuuwuig aeiegma win repn at luP E."hth Mala Co-oprrativc Conference to b. h'.d at iht Town Ball, X Mia Lump! r Ini ihi :ufpiccs of the Midlands Urban C Union, 1 t<i.. on Jv'.j 11, and Government Servants, Mr. K. Si Harbour Board. Mr.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    128 13 SINGAPOBE. GArf.ICK Mini GEYLANG Jcevan Naiya —A Super Hindustani Talkie at 6.15 9.15 p.i:i. GLOBE THKATKE Stov.nv.ay. CIUAI milll |M SKY TALKIE i Over Ihz Andes. Urn WORM) Cabaret. Dancing. Talkies Cinemas HlMUei and Sine- Show*. ran wokiu Side Shows. Cabaret. Dancins, Talkies Theatres <k Cinemas niTZ. ceylam; Priaoner
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    Sompong Catches Flowers After A Patient Pursuit.
    740 14 THEN THERE IS NO MORE "TIGER"! SIMA FIGHTS CLEVERLY TO BEAT JOHNSON. By "Echo." LX)R six rounds Sompong chase at the Happy World arena caught him. Curtain Flowers was expected to t on the retreat, scoring with e< but he was not expected
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    MORTELL vs. SAKAMOTO. To Have Third Fight At Kuala Lumpur.
    166 14 MORTELL vs. SAKAMOTO. To Have Third Fight At Kuala Lumpur. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 29. Johnny Morteil will once .noremeet H. Sakamoto, the Japanese conqueror of L. S. Fond, tomorrow night In the Main event on the boxing card to be staged at the Buklt Bintang Amusement
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    "Y" JUNIORS BEATEN AT LAST.
    300 14 Water Polo Midds. Team Win At Fort Canning. After a series of victories by big scores the water-polo team of the Y.M. C.A. Juniors met with defeat yesterday, when the Middlesex Regiment beat them 5 1 at Fort Canning pool. The Midds. netted all five
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    MIDDS. BOXERS WIN NOVICES' INTER-UNIT COMPETITION.
    310 14 BRISK thoroughly sportsmanlike boxing was provided in the finals of the inter-unit novices team competition at Gillman Barracks last night. The last four fights of the programme ended sensationally. Three were knock-outs and the other a disqualification. Altogether five knockouts were registered. I The
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    America's Cup Races.
    144 14 Newport (Rhode Island). July 30. In the America's Cup races, beginning on Saturday, Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith, with Endeavour II, is attempting to lift the "Old Mug" (worth less than £100) in quest of which British yacht men have vainly taken eighty-six years and spent approximately
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    39 14 Newport, July 29. Endeavour I defeated Ranger, defender of the America's Cup, in the Eastern Tacht Club's race over a course from Vineyard Haven to Newport. Endeavour won by ninety seconds from Yankee and three minutes from Ranger. Reuter.
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    CHINESE GIRL EXTENDS MISS SANSONI.
    402 14 Splendid Display By The "Gem Hoahing" Of Malaya. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. July 29. IN the women's singles event in the Malayan lawn tennis championships a champion in the making made her debut today iv the person of little Miss Helen Khong. of
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    MOORE HITS UP 316 FOR HANTS.
    170 14 Cricket. Middlesex Beat Worcester By An linnings. i-oncon. July C 9 Two of the county championship cricket matches begun yesterday ended today. At Worcester. Middlesex beat Worcestershire by an innings and one run Middlesex 327 (Edrich 78. Hendren 87 Worcester 121 (Smith five for
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    CHINESE NOW LEAD IN S.A.F.A. LEAGUE.
    703 15 TAKE POINTS FROM POLICE. MORE WEARISOME SOCCER AT THE STADIUM. By "Echo." •THIS soccer's becoming a penance. The Chinese and the Police wasted an hour of quite a lot of people's time (including their own) at the Stadium last evening. It was a first
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    THE LEAGUE TABLE.
    83 15 p. w. Chinese 12 8 iA 14 7 4iddles?x 13 6 nniskilllngs 10 6 I.AF 13 6 'olice 13 4 5.C.C 11 3 ?.E 11 3 Malays 11 2 Goals L. D. F. A. P. 2 2 28 12 18 5 2 30 14 16 4 3
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    PENANG RACES: WEIGHTS FOR TOMORROW.
    189 15 FINAL DAY OF MEETING. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, July 29. The following are the complete weights for Saturday, the third and concluding day of the Penang Turf Club's meeting: Horses. Class 2, Div. A, 8!4 furs. Dandaloo 9.0 Romano 8.13 Ben Ghabrit 8 12
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    FAVOURITE BEATEN FOR GOODWOOD CUP.
    274 15 London, July 29. rE Goodwood Cup, about two miles five furlongs, run at Goodwood today, resulted as follows Mr. A. Gordon Smith's FEARLESS FOX 1 Sir Abe Bailey's CECIL 2 Mr. Marshall Field's ENFIELD 3 (Winner trained by J. Jarvis.) Betting 6 to 1; 2
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    MACDOUGALL CUP.
    67 15 Polo. Yesterday's Results At Kuala Lumpur. (From A Correspondent) The first ties In the Macdougall Cup. played at Kuala Lumpur yesterday, resulted as follows: Pahang Polo Club beat Selangor Pessimists (rec. IVi) 3—2. Selangor Optimists (rec. ft) beat Isfcandar Polo Club 3—2. Tomorrow's Ties Pahang Polo Club (rec.
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH.
    654 15 Chinese Olympics Too Many Competitors? —Zeal For Sport— lts Many And Valuable Implications Building A Sturdier Nation. Conducted By "ECHO." /^VER thirteen hundred men and women are taking part in the Malayan Chinese Olympics which begin in Singapore today. There would be a good crowd even if
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    THE SPORTS DIARY.
    62 15 TODAY. Athletics: CUUM Olympics. Soccer: Chinese Olympic mate 1 4 and 5.15; M.C.U. vs. T.U.C.A. TC MORROW. Athletics: Chinese Olympics; 3.R.C. sports, finals. Soccer: Chinese Olympic matches, S.adium, 4 and 5.15. Cricket: Colony vs. P. M.S.. Pcr.rvng; 8.C.C. vs. Navy; Midds. vs. Y.M.C.A I. A. vs. S.J.I.:
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    Public Bodies Judge In Own Cause.
    3389 16 COURT CRITICISM OF PROTECTION ORDINANCE SECTION. Chinese Gets Damages Against Municipality. TRITICISM of the Public Authorities Protection Ordinance by which, he said, the public body was made a judge in its own cause, was (as briefly reported yesterday) offered by Mr. Justice Home in
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    Detective Plays Part Of Ricksha-Puller.
    336 17 CHAP JI XI ARRESTS. TJOW a detective played the role un amateur ricksha-puller. watctx d the nv<v merits of two alleged chap ji kee collectors, and arrested ttmn was tald to Mr. H. A. Forrer in tk f n Criminal District Court The accused. Alvnai
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    GROWTH OF PADI IN JOHORE.
    58 17 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru. July 27. FN view of the question raised in the last meeting of .he State Council in regard to the growth of pad! it Is interesting to note that at present there are about 10,600 acres under padl cultivation
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    Planter Thrown From Horse.
    65 17 i From Our Own Correspondent) Raub. Pahang. Juiy 27 THROWN iioni his horse when the reins br >k- and anin:ai crashed <nlo a tree. Mr G. M. Harding, of Sur^el Bilu: Esiate. laub. awakened ■>n the jriun" s.>i ie il-ne i^ter. He was tr-aiod at Raub
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    2100 18 TREATMENT OF ROOT DISEASES IN OLD RUBBER. Planting Topics Diseases IN these days when the question of replanting any of the older stands of rubber is at some time or other an item on the agenda of ■Ml I'>'>ard meetings, various points which have often to be taken into consideration
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    NOT ENOUGH RUBBER.
    205 18 "EVERYTHING points to the fact that the day will conic. and probably come sooner than expected, when there won't be enough rubber to go round and the grower will at long last come into his own. We now know that the economic life of a rubber tree
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    WHAT CHAIRMEN SAY.
    359 18 I wUh to express appreciation 01 the j :ood work done by the Eastern agent£ I md the sta!T on the estate* H-rtns the I >ast year. I am sure you will b; pleased to hear hat we have doubled the contribution nade by this group of
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      233 18 ESTATE FACTORY SUPPLIES WHERE TO SPEND !THE AUGUST HOLIDAYS (July 31st to August 3rd) 1. at KUALA LUMPUR Sports, Amusements, Cabarets. and 2. THE M. A. H. A. EXHIBITION m Bigger, Better, Brighter, and for a spot of business, at'— I DIETHELMS STALL^ We are showing, on full factory scale,
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    28 19 Sir John Campbell, X.C M.G., Kt. (SIR O.R E. who is chairman of both the International Rubber Regulation Committee and the International Tin Committee Photo. Elliot and Fry.
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      20 19 Roodinrac^vLevel TKWCAL MtTMMHT FOB MtTTWt OUT LKTCL3 tQftAJMMTt tV Stockist* i >3?»twV Stwe; Ageacy Cr, Ltf L" G»thrie ft Ce..
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      149 19 I H;r2« m s weSl DUNLOP invented the first practical *r//j& ttk pneumatic lyre in 1888. 91 Kov^vSßw Ceaselessly, ever since, DUNLOP has M/j^ pioneered improvement after improvement until today it would almost seem ff< as if perfection had been ailained. WS fg DUNLOP research will be responsible 5^T for
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    Britain's South Coast "Battle."
    152 20 (\S board II. M.S. Rodney, flagship of the Blueland invaders in the biff South Coast manoeuvres this month, ADMIRAL SIR ROGER BACKHOUSE (left) studying the attack on the Redland ports of Portsmouth and Southampton. In the centre WING COMMANDER Dl'RSTON, Fleet Aviation Officer, and on the
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    27 20 SPECIAL SUNSHINE TREATMENT has been ordered for tiger cubs at the Wliipsnade Zoo. Here they are with their keepers taking their daily two hours in the sun.
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    47 20 (Right). THE DAVIS CUP: Baron Gottfried von Cramm being congratulated by Grant whom he defeated in the inter-zone final of the Davis Cup between Germany and America. WOMEN'S POLO: Members of the Feme Club, competing in the RaneUjh Tournament, selecting their sticks before their match with Rugby.
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