The Straits Times, 23 August 1937

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    52 1 SINGAPORE! 140. CECIL ST. f'PHONE 5471> KUALA LUMPUR! 25. JAVA ST. ('PHONE *****, The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTUR f THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. i i«\<;es SINGAPORE. MONDAY, AUGUST, 23, 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times J(» PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST, 23, 1937. IMUCK
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      50 1 Suoi»^JJ 7 5 sole agents. THE BORNEO COMPANY LTD. (Incorporated in England) SINGAPORE PENANG IPOH KUALA LUMPUR MALACCA. WPS. SA THE ONE MILK SUPPLY IDEAL FOR THAT INFANT FEEDING AND ADULTS. X^ ZZL NEVER VARIES ALL LEADING PROVISION STORES. lN NOURISHMENT, FLAVOUR, distributors: L y GETZ BROS. CO. 1 1
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      134 1 ROBINSON'S FURNITURE! DURING THE PAST TWENTY FIVE YEARS THE NAME "ROBINSON'S HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AS THE HALL MARK OF HIGHEST QUALITY FURNITURE. WHEN FURNITURE IS MADE BY ROBINSON'S IT IS ACTUALLY MADE IN OUR OWN WORKSHOPS BY MEN EMPLOYED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THIS WORK UNDER DIRECT EUROPEAN SUPERVISION. THESE ARE FACTS
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  • The Straits Times DEMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      49 2 Mr. Ong Hup Keng and family wish to express their sincere thanks to friends and relatives and those who sent Senglays, telerramn. letters of condolence, wreaths, and to those who attended night visits and funeral of the late Mrs. Ong Hup Keng. Malacca and Java papers please copy.
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      556 2 JOHNSTON-OOSTELLO. At St. Marys cnurch. Kuala Lumpur, on Aug. 21. 1937, John James (lan), son of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. Johnston, of Clach-Lin Cult*;, Aberdeenshire, to Kathleen Margaiet. elder daughter of the late Mr. J. V. Costello and of Mrs. Costello, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia. 'situations vacant SURVEYOR
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      574 2 FOR SALE NEW MOTOR Coasters 4 600 deadweight. Stevens Cresham House. Battery Road. rRIGIDAIRK kM 1.549.M9 more owner* thao aa? ether make Patenon, Sirs BBlB Ce. Ltd. BUNGALOWS FOR SALE. Tanfclin dlstr.it and Katong. Apply Box No. 691. Straits Time*. DUTCH CIGARS: Smoke only Deli Havana Melange and Albury Cigars
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      873 2 HOUSES. FLATS TO LET BL'NGALOW No. 2 Angullla Park. TO LET, fully furnished, modern resideuce Charming situation Apply 695. Straits 1' lines. TO LET. flat. Amber Mansions. Apply personally. Singapore Building Corp 9CA. Market Street. TC LET: 59 Meyer Roao Sea Frontage Garages and Tennis Court. Apply Mty.r Brothers. TO
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      788 2 TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders are invited from Contractor* iicemed under the Drainage, Plumbing and Sanitary By-laws for the installation oX Sanitary Fittings at certain premises in Amoy St., Ann Siang Hill Eng Hoon St., Gopeng St. etc. Tender Deposit $100. Tenders close at 4 p.m.. Sept. 9. 1937. For further
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      937 2 TENDERS GOVERNMENT OF JOHORE. TENDERS will be received at the office of the Hon'ble the State Secretary. Johore, up to n on of September 25, 1937. for the Sanitary installation for the Government Hospital. Muar. including ejectors, septic Tank, filters c. Plans and specification may be seen and all particulars
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      430 2 BEWITCHING and *hat a oifferenc* J,vJ hTW they make to your f g& B^ See that you get y them at L—— V, FIGARO J^ Ladies Hair Dressers with experts in attendance. 93 Bras Basah Rd. Raffles Hot* l. Phone 28M. BUSINESS CARDS ETC. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs.
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      716 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporateo in En -land) MAIL. PASSENOfcR AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR ANL) OKUiNTAL S. N. Co UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY 6 GOVERNMENT LONDON AND PAR EAST MAII SERVICE OUTWARD FROM LONDON POR CHINA AND JAPAN DUC Tonnage S r.ore 1917 CORFU 15.000 Aug
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      540 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) flncornoraten in Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS I'OR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO LONDON Naples. Marseilles. Londoa Antwerp and iotterdam Vessels Tonnage Dut Sail t YASUKUNI MARU 12,000 Sept. 3 4 HAKONE MARU 10,500 Sept 15 18 I SUWA MARU 10.70 C Sept 29 30 PUSHIMI
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      670 3 Wix* Ski -I IWGKOK LINT Luxurious One Clas? motorshlps. Most Dabiru have adjonlng orlvatc bath. Excellent cuisine. FOR (GENOA) MARSEILLES LONDON ROTTERDAM HAMBURG AND COPFMIAGFN Prom Prom From Prom S'porc Malacca Port Pcnar.g MS Sham BORINGM 31/8 31/8 1/0 3/9 •FIONIA 219 21 22 9 249 LALAKDIA 12/10 12/10 13/10
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      274 3 i i B^»* 1 1 i "i *HI TRANS-PACIFIC SAILINGS VIA HONOLULU Ptom Arrive H'\ong 3.P Pres Lincoln Sept 8 Sept 28 Pres Coolids* Sept 18 Oct 8 Pres Wilson Oct 8 Oct. 26 Pres. Hoover Oct. 16 Nov. 3 Pres Cleveland Nov. 3 Nov. 23 Pres. Coolidge Nov. 13
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      1029 3 SHIPPIM. IHfc BLUE FUNNEL LINf (Ocean Th« Ilia Kh.ow Sleamihlo Co (isr.l lUL Steam Ship Co, Ltd. and China Mutual Th* Cunard Whit« stai Lia ll 0 <i !7 lf S M-B Lt4) Aberdeen A Commonwealth Lin, Jhe Straits Steamship Co Ltd. Shan Savill A \ibion io Ito The China
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES.
    251 4 Sinic.-ipore AueiiM ?3. 12 noon. Buyer Seller nbier $8.00 Hamburg Cube tis.oa Java dice $11.00 ftpper White Mill < r. $17.50 White $17.00 Blaet $10.00 Copra. Mixod $5 25 Sun Dried $5 55 Taploio Small Flake $4.00 r Flakf- $3.60 Medium Pearl $5.10 Small Pearl $4.80 Sago
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
      144 4 Daily Weather Report. Stations Yesterday Last night max. rain- bright mis temp fall s'shlne temp *F ma. hrs. *F West Coast. Alor Star 86 Nil 7.9 75 Bayan Lepos (Penang) 87 Nil 6 1 7b Sitiawan 90 Nil B.Q 73 Bukit Jeram 90 0.12 7.1 74 Malacca
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      SING A PORK MAULS CLOSE.
      312 4 T«day. China (generally) Hoihow iFuxhiml Maru) 3 pm Hong Kong (Pushimi Maru) 3 p.m. Japan (Pushimi Maru) ..3 p.m. Kemaman and Kemasek (Hong Ho? 3 p.m. Philippine Islands (India) 4 p.m. Tuesday. August 24. Pengerang <S. Soon Heng) t a.m U.S.A. (Parcels only) (President Polk)
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      THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      163 4 Monday, August 23. Shipa alonrOde the Wharve* or expectea lo arrive. Entrance Exit Location Ship C.odown Gate GaU East Wharf Rajula 22 1 1 Sheers Wharf Glcneden 19 1 1 Main Wharf Conte Verde 18 2 3 Kldderporc 16 2 3 Diomcd 13 2 3 Pres.
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      CONTE VERDE.
      30 4 The Conte Verde from Trieste, Venice. Port Said, Suez, Bombay and Colombo arrived this morning and is expected to sail at 4 p.m. for Hong Kong and Shanghai.
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      RAJPUTANA.
      25 4 The Rajputana has left Hong Kong and is expected here at 930 am. on Wednesday. She will proceed alongside th? SHB. Wharf on arrival.
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      AIR MAILS.
      93 4 INWARD. Wearnes: From Penan* and Kuala Lumpur: Arrives this evenin?. ((.intas: From Australia: Due tomorrow afternoon. Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. X.L.M.: From Europe: Due Wednesday evening. Imperial: From Europe: Due Thursday evening. OUTWARD. Imperial: To Europe: Mails close 10 j.m. tomorrow. Wearnes: To Kuala Lumpur
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      FROM MALACCA.
      107 4 Correspondence for transmission by air "via Netherlands" must be specially and clearly superscribed "By KLM." Mails will close at Malacca as follows Tomorrow Meaan by air (Netherlands) 6 p.m. Iran, 'Amsterdam and 'London by air (Netherlands) 6 p.m. Java and Southern Sumatra by air (Netherlands) 945 a.m. Kenya,
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      110 4 Mails from Penang and Kuala Lumpur expected today, Aug. 23, by air (Internal Service) will be delivered to boxholders at 7.30 p.m. General delivery of letters tomorrow, Aug. 24, at 8.25 a.m. Mails from Holland etc. expected tomorrow, Aug. 24, by Dempo. Mails from China expected tomorrow, Aug.
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      NETHERLANDS AIR MAIL SINGAPORE—AMSTERDAM
      21 4 NETHERLANDS AIR MAIL SINGAPORE— AMSTERDAM The air mail dispatched from Singapore on Aug. 14 was delivered In London on Auk 21
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      SERVICES WIN AT SEREMBAN.
      84 4 Cricket. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 23. The United Services team from Singapore easily beat the Sungei Ujong Club here yesterday. The Services declared with 191 for six wickets, the prmcipal scorers being Lieut. Simpson (49). Waites <31) and Lieut. Hingston (32 not out). The
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      TIE IN K.G.C. MIXED FOURSOMES.
      83 4 Golf. S.xteen cards were taken out for the August mixed foursomes competition at the Keppel Golf Club, played yesterday afternoon. There was a tie. as follows: Mrs. F. Starr and O. Pritchett 46— 9I/ 2 36 I 2 Mrs. J. E. Farwell and F. Starr
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      $3,000 FOR SARAZEN.
      109 4 Gene Sarazen won the flist prize of 3,000 dollars in the Chicago Open go.f tournament, which concluded on Aug. 11. He beat Horton Smith, Ky Laffoon. and the London-born professional. Harry Cooper, by one stroke with a total of 290 for 72 holes. Lawson Little, former British
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      PASSENGERS BY AIR
      232 4 The lollowing were passengers by Dutch planes: Arrived from N.I. by KNILM plane PK-AFJ on Tuesday:— Dr. and Mrs Park, Mr. B. O. Chalmers, Mr. B. Bortchitch, Dr. L. W. Rajchman, Mr. iWie Liem Tek, Mr. and Mrs. Onishi. Mr. Scholmers. Mr. Hsiang Chuan Hou, I Mr.
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      DELIVERY OF MAILS IN LONDON.
      21 4 Mai! dispatched from Singapore on July 30 by Ranch! was delivered in London on Aug. 24.
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      BOMBAY GOLD SHIPMENTS.
      49 4 Bombay, Aug. 14. The P. and O. liner Comorin Jeft here today with gold to the va ue of R5.2,844,408 (approximate y £213.330) for London. Of this amount, R5.1,427.246 (£107,043) is on option, for New York, Paris or Amsterdam, and Rst-9 221 < 1,442) for Port Sudan.
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      PASSENGERS.
      82 4 The lollowing passengers disembarked from the President Polk y* sterday: Floyd Avres. Ng Swt* <".in, Nathaniel Clumeck, Jane Clumeck, Jean Clumeck, John Collins. Dorothea Collins, Patricia Collins, Ezra Cornell. Elizabeth Cornell, Elizabeth Cornell, Anatole Corot. Errol Crouter, N?t.alie Crouter, Joseph, Dunne. William Duncan, Be^le Duncan, Agnes Parrington. Alexan<i> r
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      CLEARANCES
      44 4 Aug. 21: Kola, Ipoh, Sin Aik Lee Polau Kldjang, Tandjong Bald Malacca, Caspia, Katong, Medusa, Darvel, Banka, Lipls (Brit.); Delagoa Mara <Jap); Mulnam <Dan>; Boelongan. Patras, Totoa, Toboali, Tuhiti, Parigl, 'Dut.); Baden <Ger). Aug. 22: Maros (Dut). Aug 23: Circe and I.»'and (Brit >.
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      490 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. incorporaU": in P MS.) LLOYDS AGENTS:HOOPING AGftNTS fMS RLYS AND SLAM &TATKS RAILWAYS. IM.KPHONE: mtoht 543J— Passage VMI CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED. < Incorporated tn Rngland) FARES SINGAPORE EUROPE First and Cabin Class from £103-18-7 Second Class From £71-10-8 AROUND THE WORLD FARES BY C.P.R. Interchange with
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      96 4 (Incorporated tn Straits Settlements) S^^C ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated is EDglaod) -ELLJEBMAJT LINK FOB BAVBB LONDON ROTTEBUAJa UAMBIIRO Via Parts and Sm CaviaJ Om Sails tCOT OP KIMBERLET Aug. M Sept. 1 tCTTT OP BAGDAD Sept. 39 Oct. 2 tCTTT OP PTTTSBURO Oct. M Mow 2 CTTT OP
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      240 4 ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY. (IncorDoratiid ib USA.) BOOTON Nn» fOftß A BALTIMOKB VIA SUEZ CANAI Out Sails STEEL NAVIGATOR Aug. 28 Sept. 1 BTSBL SEAFARER SeDt 22 Sept 21 KLAVENESS LINE. (ißcorooraMo v Nerwaji LOt HMGXUtt) SAN PRAMCUCO LJmiteo out «ice"« >ni -tassenger Ar\'<»»oiodattQß ArauaMe Pare to U» Angeta* of San
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      319 4 TIDE TABLE. SINGAPORE H. W. 11.40 a.m. 9 ft.: 11.29 p.m. L. W. 5.21 a.m. 1.4 ft.: 5.20 p.m. 3 ft. 10.2 ft. Tuesday, August 24. H. W. 12.06 noon 9.3 ft. l. w. 5.47 a.m. 1.4 ft.: 5.52 p.m. 2.5 ft. Wednesday, August 25. H. W. 00.07 a.m. 10.2
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      315 5 i \si nkhi EpfßMfy r^prF r^2Bßß THE GRANDEST ROMANCE I X# J^ 4aW 'N \(.K> MARK R^^Sk^^^b^hSbS HISTORY! t BAR OPEN TILL MIDNIGHT. HARLKS BOVER JEAN ARTHUR 'in HISTORY »s made at NIGHT 7 Tomorrow— HF. PAID FOR SINS NOT HIS OWN— With all he held dear! JEAN HERSHOLT IN
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      232 5 "A PICTUKE WHICH WILL BE CHEERED IN EVERY BRITISH CINEMA IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN" DAILY MAIL. "BEST PICTURE ENGLAND HAS EVER MADE" SUNDAY OBSERVER. Ik- 4 LONDON FILMS HI FLORA ROBSOn jj@ ERICH POMMER f I PRODUCTION A4l M 1 IL Bt~ WITH "4411 lI A DP) MR jfc
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      191 5 HAVE YOU HEARD? On the Rodio— on the Stage On the Screen and Record* and hit HARMONICA RASCALS or« ployinct Technique-Tone Hormonicat beonng hit name. From 90 Cts. Each. (TUTOR FREE) SOLE AGENTS FOR MALAYA r.h.A. MUSIC HOUSE Sinfap«ra K. Luwpur— lpob Penangu SHELVADOR i-i 't'r-.r I LAIKA Or AIL
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      255 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY. THE Straits Times is publishing Seremban .Kb d.% f,..« re give r,.de re Da^ c sssLrstt^rssi. a comprehensive summary of enter9 SPORT. tuinments. meetings, sports events, social functions and oth.r outstand- In F n ™™f in« happenings. Stadium. Organisers of meetings etc. are For full sports
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      572 6 SHOULD TAX BE PAID ON DIRECTORS' FEES? ALL SECTIONS DULL BUT STEADY. From Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Aug. 2". There were no commodity marktti in London on Saturday and the only price available from abroad this morning is Saturday's New York tin which fell one-eighth of a
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      MINING.
      590 6 issue vai. 4/- Ampat Tin £1 Asam Kumbang £1 Austral Malay 5/- Aye r Hi tarn 1 Ayer Weng £1 Bangrin Tin 1 Batu Selangor £1 Burma Malay £1 Chenderiang 50 Hitam Tin 1 Hong Fatt 5/- Hong Kong Tin 5/- Idris Hydraulic 6/- Ipoh Tin £1 Jelapang 1
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      GENERAL.
      414 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.55 1.65 1.60 1.70 2 2 do 7 1 i'T<, Prefs. 2.50 2.60 2.47> 2 2.55 10 10 Alias Ice M.OO IO.OOn. 8.00 IOOOn. 1 1 B. M. Broadcasting 040 o.Bonom 0.50 0.75n0m 1 1 b. M Trustee 25 700 625 IMb £1 £1
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
      233 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 5o 1&01 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Mar. 31 S«pt. 30 103^ ftfe% 1907 red. 1947 J1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept 30 107 i i 2 r 'c WCJ red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept 30 114 i-7c 1913 red. 1963 $2,000,000 Mnr 31 Sept.
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      352 6 riiuci v v^v/. l-jaii :uala Sidim Cundons ,unas ialaka Pinda Jandal-Tekong ientakab (.20) Few Serendah lew Scudai ($2) lyalas 'ajam 'arit Perak >erak River •unggor ladella iandycroft ($2) iepang Valley iuloh (50) iungel Bagan iungei Ramal iungei Tukang "ambalak "apah 'elok Anson "emerloh "raf algar ($2) Jlu Benut
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      125 6 though there are many instances in England where the income tax payable in respect of salary earned, is ,in fact paid by the employer. This practise has not become general as most employees like to draw a full salary and to be responsible for what tax they are liable. To
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      TODAY'S PRICES:—
      83 6 Rubber, 29% cts., up U ct. Tin, $130.50, unchanged. FRIDAY'S PRICES:— RUBBER. London, 8%d., unchanged. Market Tone:— Dull Inactive. New York, 18 cts., up 1/16 ct. Market Tone:-— Quiet. TIN. London, (3 months), £263 down 15s. I London, (spot) £264 10s., down 15s. Market Tone: Irregular. New York,
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      89 6 Monday, Aug. 23, Noon. No. 1 K. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) Aug. 30 3<H4 Good F. A. Q. in bales <F. 0.8.) Aug. 29% 29% No. 1 K. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 30 30*4 August 30 Vh 303/« September
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    AMERICAN STOCK AND COMMODITY QUOTATIONS.
    653 6 THE following quotations are published by courtesy of Messrs. S. E. Levy and Co., Singapore. Messrs. White, Weld and Company, New York, report by cable this morning: STOCKS. Industrials: We would add International Paper, preferred, to our other preferences at thesa levels. Evidence of an
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    RACE WEIGHTS— 2nd DAY.
    367 6 The following are the weights for the second day <Sept. 1) of the Singapore Turf Clubs Autumn (Gold Cup) meeting: Horses, Class 4, Div. 1, s' j furs. Glenarrow 90, Amazing 8 13, Kate Kelly 8.9. Benedict 8.8, Blazonry 8.7, Cosmetic 8.3, Chance 8.0, Tete dOr
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.
      585 7 FINANCIAL REVIEW OF THE WEEK. EASTERN BONDS WEAKEN. (From Our Own Correspondent" London. Aug. 12. IN the past week the expected accession of business in the stock and share markets has not materialised. It was thought that the buoyancy manifested in the previous week would have been
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      STRONG LIQUID POSITION OF UNITED MALACCA RUBBER.
      1061 7 Chairman On Need For Adequate Financial Reserves. EXPANSION BY PURCHASE OR DEVELOPMENT OF JUNGLE AREAS. ADDRESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of United Malacca Rubber Estates Ltd. in Malacca on Friday, Mr. Chan Kang Swl. the chairman, said: It is pleasing to be
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      NETHERLANDS INDIAN PEPPER CROP.
      80 7 Reduction In Estimate. Amsterdam, Aug. 15. It is learned on good authority that the Netherlands Indian black pepper (Lampong) crop for 1937 will be considerably lower than the estimate of 37,000 to 42,500 tons announced in June. No large supplies are expected to be forthcoming in
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      484 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Xlncorporated in the Colony of Hong Koagi The liability of members Is limited to the and in manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 02 1929 of the Colony. Authorised Capital (50.000,000 Issued and Fully Pald-Up $20.00 C OOC R< serve Funds: Sterling 6.500,000 Hong
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      231 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, Aug. 23, 10 a.m. CompwiT Dividend Total ft* x Books Clote nnancia) Date Ex. Dl« veai Parable Date to date TIN To Austral Malay 3%% Int. Sept. 3 Sept. 10 Sept. 4 10% 5%% Bonus Ipoh Tin 15%% Plnal Aug. 3 Aug. 28
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      569 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated in China by Special Charter.) 12. Cecil Street Singapore. Telephones: Manage) Office (ill I Kxchante Dtpt. 6111 General Offire SlBB-9 Cable Address: CHLNGKIO Paid Up Capital Ch 40.U00.0M.M Keaerve fr'and* in excess Ch. f 4JM.MTM Total Assets approximately Ch S1.800.0«t.O«O.M HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI. Tse-Vung £oong. Chairman
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      498 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated in England oy Royal Charter Ibs3>. Paid Up Capital in 600.0* 0 »harrt of £5 each £3.000,00« Reserve Pund £3.000.000 Reserve Liability of Propnrtors £3.000,000 HEAD Or'FICE: 38. Biafaopscato London H g, Anuitsar Hong Kong Rangoon Alor Star Hollo Saigon Bucket
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      123 8 WASH YOUR FACE THIS NEW WAYI AMBROSIA PORE. DEEP CLEANSER 6 OZ. BOTTLE ENOUGH FOR SO CLEANSINGS Obtainable at all Chemists and Stores. GRAFTON LABORATORIES Distributors. RADIO IJIIS<. INSTRI MrA'lS K)K illl SOn KIMAN V V O I O Meters Meters Particulars from KEE HUAT RADIO CO. 12? 4 Orchard
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      233 8 VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL SUNDAY SEPT. sth AT 9.15 PM. POPULAR SUNDAY CONCERT BY THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF THE SINGAPORE MUSICAL SOCIETY SOLOISTS LIDA LANGERVELD s s VIOLINIST EVA CLARK r s s CONTRALTO CONDUCTOR JOHN TRYNER BOOKING OP NS SHORTLY VICTORIA THEATRE Commencing Sat. Sept. 11th at 9.30 p.m. R.
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      477 8 Broadcasting. SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 1 33 Mc/s ON b p.m. 6.00 Malay music. Gramophone records. 6.30 Chinese music. Modern Mandarin sonys Gramophone records. 6.45 Mandarin Language Lesson No. 7. By Mr. Chang Vi ting. 700 Books of the Month By Margaret Rose. Continjfnri her series of talks on books of
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      699 8 direction of Clifton Helliwell. Production by William MacLurg. 1 JO Sonata recital by John Francis (flute) and MUhcent Silver (pianoforte). Sonata: (1) Modere (2) Lent (3) Allegro moderato (Gaubert). Sonata in E nit: (1) Allegro moderato (2) Sicilliano i3> Allegro (Bach). 1120 Reading from tte Poetry of Rupert Brooke 1
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      591 8 Krian Rice Prices Up Again. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Aug. 20. "THE price of Krian rice shot up another 55 cents per bag in Perak yesterday and is now selling at $9.30 per bag Rangoon rice ad- j vanced 20 cents. Indian parboiled' (Sumba) remained steady at $6.80. Ipoh
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    DUCE PLEADS FOR BETTER ANGLO-ITALIAN RELATIONS.
    176 9 Great Lack Of Understanding In The Past. Palermo (Sicily), Aug. 21. ULIIKN one examined sea frontiers one noted Italy had common needs and desires with Britain, said II Duce in a speech at Palermo. In the past there had been a great lack of
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    SANTANDER TO FALL.
    98 9 REBELS' SWEEPING ADVANCE. FRANCE REFUSES TO TAKE REFUGEES. London, Aug. '22. THE fall of Santander, the only lvmaining loyalist stronghold on the Basque coast is considered inevitable, according to the French consular agent at Santander and other French and Belgian citizens who have arrived at Bayonne in
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    FRANCE PROTESTS TO GERMANY.
    175 9 INTERVENTION ALLEGATIONS DENIED. The French Charge dAiYaires has made fresh representations to the German Foreign Office against publication by the organ Volkischer Beobachter of alleged documents claiming to demonstrate French intervention bs Spain. It is understood the Charge d'Affaires referred 'fo the "incorrect attitude" of the
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    NAZIS TRAINING IN UNITED STATES.
    128 9 Government Investigates Proposed Camps. Washington. Aug. 22. An investigation of complaints of Nazi organisations in the United States running military training camps in New Jersey and elsewhere has been ordered by the Attorney-General, Mr Cv minings. The Federal Bureau of Investigation will make the inquiry,
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    NAVAL EXPLOSION KILLS THREE IN US.
    41 9 Philadelphia, Aug. 21. Three sailors were killed In an explosion aboard the United States destroyer, Cas&ln. The explosion occurred while workmen in the Philadelphia navy yard were testing safety valves under high steam pressure.— Reuter.
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    PORTUGAL'S VIEW OF DIPLOMATIC BREACH.
    145 9 PORTUGAL'S VIEW OF DIPLOMATIC BREACH. CZECHS REFUSE TO DELIVER ARMS. Lisbon. Aug. 22. PORTUGAL'S reasons Tor breaking off diplomatic relations with Czechoslovakia are outlined in a Government communique, which states that Portugal, placed a big order for machine-guns with the Ceskoslovenska Zebrokjovka Works. The works later informed Portugal that the
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    FRENCH AND BRITAIN TO DEFEND PROPERTY.
    138 9 Demonstration Of Solidarity. London. Aug. 22. TTHE Sunday Times diplomatic correspondent understands the French Government has decided to co-operate with Britain in protecting the lives and property in the Settlement west of Soochow Creek. The decision was made to demonstrate the solidarity of the
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    SOVIET KILLS MORE ALLEGED SPIES.
    76 9 Discovering Military Secrets For Japan. Moscow, Aug, 22. Another 34 alleged spies and members of a Trotskyist terrorist organisation have bean executed at Irkutsk, according to Pravda, which states the men were found guilty of carrying out the instructions of Japanese intelligent officers to discover
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    TURKISH CABINETS HURRIED MOVE.
    65 9 Istanbul, Aug. 22. Kemal Ataturk, and all members of the Turkish Government, and the Chief of the General Staff, Marshal Fevzi, returned to Istanbul unexpectedly from the manoeuvres in the field. It Is understood an Important cabinet meeting is being held apparently connected with the situation
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    JEWS WANT PEACE WITH ARABS.
    169 9 AMERICANS WALK OUT OF ZIONIST MEETING. Zurich, Aug. 21. FULLY realise the key to our future life in Palestine lies In peace with the Arabs." said Dr jWelzmann. speaking at the flist session jof the council of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, replying to the
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    44 9 Prices of foodstuffs have risen in Poland as a result of a strike by pea- 1 sants who are refusing to sell their produce, demanding a democratic government and the return from exile of the ex-Premier M. Witos. and improved conditions for agriculturists.— Reuter.
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      WHY CHINA IS CONFIDENT.
      935 10 One vital difference between the present Sino-Japanese outbreak and the struggles of the past is that today China is working according to a very carefully prepared plan of campaign, in which full consideration has been given not only to the possibility but to the desirability of
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      Social anfc personal
      134 10 Mr. J. C. McEvett, M.C.S., has been appointed to act as Assistant Protector of Chinese, Malacca. Mrs. Charles Wilson, acting Commissioner of Girl Guides for Malaya, is on a visit to the Singapore Girl Guides, who are now in camp. Sir Richard and Lady Winstedt are spending
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    Pawang And Hantu.
    336 10  -  RAJA OMAR BIN RAJA ALL By Beliefs Which Overshadow the Lives Of the Malay Peasantry. (In an address to the Ipoh Rotary Club.) "LIANTU is a ghost, devil or spirit. This should not be confused with tho word 'berhantu' which means to raise the devil This latter
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    Spirits Of The Sea.
    263 10 •JTY own early associations are a queer mixture of the real and the unreal. In the seaside village where I was born I used to follow the elders and the local Pawang on their fishing excursions. I used to be seriously warned not to make any
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    Malayan Goblins.
    270 10 I SHALL try to confine mystif to a few of the large army of Malayan Hantus. Before preparing my talk. I made a special visit to a Pawang living near Pasir Puteh. He comes of a long line of Pawangs and has many queer stories stow2d away in
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    "Hantu Raya."
    95 10 MY next one is the "Hantu Raya. This is supposed to be a subject of the Spirit of the Earth. A person getting this under control can command it to execute his orders relating to persons and property and may set It on guard as a watchman. Some
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    "Bajang" Pains.
    185 10 I SHALL now pass on to the Bajang," I* or "Pelsit," or "Polong." Bajang is known in P?rak; Palang in Sumatra and Pelsit in other Malay States. It is supposed to catch you unawares, and subject you to sudden paroxysms and fits causing excruciating pain. It may be
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    "Lang Suior."
    237 10 'THE next on my list is the "Lang Suior.' This spirit glides about in I the form of an attractive girl and lures I many young men into its clutches. If the man is faithful, the spirit is really j beneficial. It is supposed even to bear children
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    A Kind Fairy.
    236 10 THERE was once a marriage to take place in this f ami'y. Preparations were being made and the lady of the house (my friend's mother) was busy overnight stitching and decorating the nuptial curtains. Feeling tired, she went to bed about ten in the night. In the
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    NOTES Of The DA Y.
    779 10 TRAVELS IN BED. IS there )n all English literatim z better bed-book than Wall Malay Archipelago? Perhaps it.might not be so potent for anyon did not livo in Malaysia, bat infallible. I !->avo only to tarn to this book, when in that horrid ri somnia
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    JAPANESE LAND 50,000 TROOPS AT SHANGHAI. Big Flanking Movement Planned.
    190 11 JAPANESE LAND 50,000 TROOPS AT SHANGHAI. Big Flanking Movement Planned. WHOLE FLEET MOVED DURING NIGHT. Chinese Guns Return Heavy Fire. CRITICAL STAGE IN WAR CLOSE AT HAND. WELL over 50,000 Japanese troops have been landed in the Woosung-Shanghai area, according to the Japanese Army spokesman in an interview with Reuter
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    CHINA TROUBLE STOPS PREMIER'S HOLIDAY.
    179 11 Britain Awaits Answers To Neutral Zone Plan. London, Aug. 23. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, is returning from holiday tomorrow night, and will later visit the King at Balmoral. Mr. Chamberlain's return to London is mainly due to the Shanghai situation according to diplomatic
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    AMERICAN SAILOR KILLED.
    103 11 EIGHTEEN WOUNDED WHEN AUGUSTA SHELLED. ANK American sailor was killed and 18 wounded when a shell struck the United States flagship Augusta. All the American instructors of the Chinese aviation school have resigned j on the ground that they do not wisl to be connected even very
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    RUMOURED NANKING MUTINY.
    111 11 "Fantastic," Chinese Say. RUMOURS allegedly being circulated by Japanese sources about a mutiny in Nanking, discord among Central Government leaders and the detention of G:n Pei Chung-hsi (Kwangsl military leader now in Nanking) are described as "fantastic" by the Nanking Foreign Office in a statement Issued by
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    UNITED STATES WILL KEEP OUT.
    55 11 Mrs. Roosevelt's Own Opinion. New York. Aug. 22. Mrs. Roosevelt at a pr»ss conference said she believed there was little Immediate danger of the United States becoming embroiled in the Sino-Ji-panose or any other war but insisted she was speaking as an individual and not
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    SWISS ESCAPE AFTER HARROWING PERIOD.
    61 11 Trapped In Danger From Shell-fire. Nerve-racked and exhausted, Edouari Juvet and his sister Rose, two Swiss who were stranded in north-eastern Shanghai, reached safety after walklnt: miles through the Chinese lines. They had to take refuge for 40 hours in a warehouse threatered by f
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    STUBBORN STAND BY JAPANESE.
    469 11 Savage Encounters In x Settlement. TilK lull which had reigned at Shanghai since dusk on Saturday evening, when two Japanese planes brought a day of intense aerial activity to an end with a painstaking bombing of Pootung, on the opposite side of (he Whangpoo River, was
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    Chinese Intensify Drive Into Settlement Area.
    167 11 U7HILE Japanese reinforcements are making desperate efforts to land on the coast near Woosung, Chinese forces are intensifying their drive 'into the Japanese-occupied area of the International Settlement north of Soochow, says Sin Chew fit Poh. Bayonet charges by both sides were a feature
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    HEAVY FIGHTING IN NORTH.
    136 11 JAPANESE OFFENSIVE ON NANKOW FAILS. CHINESE REATTACK AT TIENTSIN. LJEAVY fighting Is progressing in North China. The Japanese, following arrival of heavy reinforcements from Japan and Manchukuo. have resumed the offensive on Nankow, about 25 miles northwest of Peiping on the Peiping-Sulyuan railway, but are meeting
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    500 CHINESE CONVICTS LIBERATED.
    134 11 Thousands Still In War Zone Gaol. ESCORTED by motorcycle police, armoured cars and riot vans, I party of 500 Chinese prisoners from Ward Road Gaol, forming the first evacuees, were taken by a fleet of buses to west Shanghai and crossed the defence sector held by
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    JAPAN DENIES USING FOREIGN PROPERTY.
    48 11 Astor House Management Gives Permission. A Japanese Embassy spokesman yesterday vigorously denied that any British, American or other foreign property was occupied by the Japanese. He said that the 800 Japanese refugees in Astor House were there by agreement with the management.— Reuter.
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    Million Chinese Refugees In Shanghai.
    46 11 An appeal to the world for funds to provide food, shelter, medicines and disinfectants lor the million Chinese war refugees in Shanghai was issued yesterday by the International Relief Committee. They ask for funds to be wired to "Interlief Bankchlna."— Reuter.
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    BRITAIN & U. S. HAVE SAME INTERESTS.
    167 11 BRITAIN U. S. HAVE SAME INTERESTS. Breach With Japan Grows Yearly. Sir E. Teichman. London, Aug. 22. DRITIBH and American interests in China are identical, declares Sir Eric Teichman. former Counsellor at the British Embassy in Peiping. in a prominent article in the Sunday Times. They have always aimed at
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    BRITISH LOSSES OVER £5,000,000.
    54 11 rVAMAGE estimated at be- tween £5.000,000 and £6.000,000 has been done to British property as a result of warfare in Shanghai. Fire damage is continually mounting: and 13 large separate fires are blazing in the affected districts. One is burning close to the warehouse of Imperial
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    CHINA UNITY HEARTENS SPANISH LOYALISTS.
    75 11 Appeal To Patch I p Differences. Madrid. Aug. 23 The fighting in China has provided General Delvayo with the text of a speech appealing to Socialists and Communists to patch up their differences and unitedly support the army or the war would be a !ong
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    JAPAN LOSING $500,000 MALAYAN TRADE A WEEK.
    375 12 WIDE UNOFFICIAL CHINESE BOYCOTT. Spontaneous Mass Refusal To Purchase. DEALERS WARNED AGAINST BUYING FRESH STOCKS. JAPANESE trade losses in Malaya through the widespread Chinese boycott are authoritatively estimated to be at the rate of $500,000 per week since the outbreak of hostilities in
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    BITTER FIGHTING AT CONGRESS CLOSE
    171 12 BITTER FIGHTING AT CONGRESS CLOSE MANY IMPORTANT BILLS HELD OVER. W.; I B Wa band-piayin? mouri emir ari3 cf the recrtmlnat i with tlv killed Supreme [ement proposal being the Sen: the White House for Presl- tin atlon in Uu "uurs session were the third Deficiency Bill, carrying appropriations of
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    FORMER F.M.S.V.F, COMMANDANT NOW IN SHANGHAI.
    49 12 FORMER F.M.S.V.F, COMMANDANT NOW IN SHANGHAI. /"M>LONEL F. R. W. Graham, D.5.0.. >!.('.. Commandant of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, which is now taking part with regulars in the defence of the International Settlement, is well-known in Malaya, where In* was Commandant Of the IMS \olunteer Force from IKB to 1
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    Boy Scout Tourists Departing.
    131 12 Boy Scout Tourists Departing. AFTER a 20 days" tour of Malaya, the party of 26 Batu Pahat Boy Scouts who arrived in Singapore on Thursday will leave for their homes this afternoon by motor-truck. Few of them had seen more than a small town before starting on the trip. In
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    THROAT WOUNDS CAUSED DEATH OF MRS. STOKES—
    298 12 THROAT W OUNDS CAUSED DEATH OF MRS. STOKES— Inquest Evidence. Suffering From Mental Depression. nrtiKOAT wounds which could have broii inflicted by a safety raxor Halt caused the death a week ago yesterday of Mrs. Anne McLcod Stokes, "wife of Lt.-Col. V. G. Stokes, Commandant of the Straits Settlements Volunteer
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    MR. W. CHEN LEAVES.
    38 12 Mr. Walter H. Chen, China editor of the North-China Daily News who has been on a ten-day holiday visit to Singapore, leaves tonight in the India for Manila on his way back to Shanghai
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    TRAFFIC CONTROL.
    178 12 Correspondence. An Appeal To Patrons Of The Capitol. To the Editor of the Straits Times. ClR— Your correspondent Kreta appears to have a justifiable complaint in regard to the lack of consideration shown by cinema patrons who seem to de'ight in holding up others whilst having those farewell
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    "CRACK-UP" IS SPY THRILLER.
    82 12 At The Cinema. New Film At The Pavilion. "Crack-Up." (With Peter Lorre, Brain Donlevy, Helen Wood, Ralph Morgan, Thomas Beck). A 20th Cen-tury-Fox film. />,' the Pavilion. £*OOD average entertainment is provlded in this spy drama in which Peter Lorre gives another brilliant character rtudy as
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    Chinese Trade Fair Postponed.
    92 12 THE Third Annual Chinese Trade Fair will not be held in October as originally arranged but is now postponed indefinitely. This decision was made at a meeting of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce on Saturday. The meeting was called to consider the advisability of delaying
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    Dutch Violinist To Play In Singapore.
    82 12 Dutch Violinist To Play In Singapore. A NOTED Dutch violinist on his way to Java, Mr. Bram Bleekrcde will give a concert in the Victoria Memorial Hall on Thursday, and will be heard from station ZHL tomorrow night, from 7.45 to 8 Mr Bleekrode is well known in Europe for
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    China's Crack Divisions In Fighting.
    75 12 It is reliably learned the 87th and 88th Chinese division* at Shanghai have been replaced by the crack Ist »nd 2nd divisions, the pride of the Chinese Army. Reuter. Five Japanese civilians among those under conscription orders in Tientsin committed suicide at the week-end, reports
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    EXTENSION OF OPERATIONS TO SOUTH CHINA?
    49 12 Extension of Japanese naval and air operations to Shantung and South China is momentarily expected. Japanese forces are expected to land at Tsingtao, while at Amoy, Fukien port opposite the Japanese- owned island of Formosa, evacuation of Japanese and Formosars Is being accelerated-
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    22 12 Air raid exercises were carried out in Canton on Friday, when 500.000 of tne city's population took part Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    SELANGOR'S £200,000 FOR CHINA RED CROSS.
    238 12 Miner's Princely Gift. A SUM of $200,000, which is being remitted immediately from Kuala Lumpur to Nanking, has been subscribed by Selangor Chinese for Red Cross work in China. Mr. Chung Yok Choy, the Selangor miner, is understood to have made a princely contribution
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    WAR HAS SAVED HIM FROM DRUG.
    77 12 fkNE man in Singapore at least has reason to be thankful for the Si no- Japanese war in North China. He was a Chinese opium addict of 20 years standmg but is no longer one. When the call for relief funds teas sounded he
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    Indian Troops For Singapore.
    173 12 Fresh Movements To Far East. WITH Sino-Japancse fighting in China hourly becoming more serious. Hritain is planning more troop movements t<» the Far East this tiim- from India. Two Indian battalion*— the sth Battalion. 6th Rajputana Rill and the 4th Battalion, the 19th Hyderabad Regiment— are
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    FOURTEEN THOUSAND FOREIGNERS LEAVE.
    44 12 Japanese Bombardment Terrifies Refugees. about 14,000 foreignei Japan se, have icuated from just over a week Ningpo-bour.d Chinese i going down river in two I •teamen, were terrified when the Japanese ships Intensified their attack on Poctiuv; \v t relay.
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    Y.W.C.A. HELP FOR CHINA REFUGEES.
    84 12 AT the monthly meeting ol the Y.W.C A. General Com-nlttee held last week, support was given to a proposal that Y.W.C. A. members be invited to contribute to a fund for the relief of suffering and distress amongst refugees in China. It is proposed that
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    20 12 The title of the appointment of Ac-countant-General, Posts and Telegraphs Department S.S. and F.M.S., has been changed to Chief Accountant.
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    23 12 The resignation of his Commission in the Straits Settlements Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve by G. F. Clifford has been accepted by the Governor.
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    MALAYA PREPARES SHOW FOR HOME TRADE FAIR.
    358 13 Modern Transport To Be One Of Features. SIR SHENTON THOMAS APPOINTS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 23. MALAYA has booked 5,000 square feet of floor space lit in the Colonial Pavilion of the Empire Exhibition to be held in
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    ROYALTY ON RUBBER WOOD REMOVED.
    106 13 i From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 20. OOYALTY on rubber wood removed from alienated land will not be charged any more in the F.M.S. This follows representations to the Goverr.rrent by planting interests which complained that it constituted an unfair "tax" on the
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    SPANISH PRESSMAN IN MALAYA.
    69 13 Former Editor Of Barcelona Journal. <From Our Own Correspondent). Penang, Aug. 21. THE former editor of one of the biggest newspapers in Barcelona is in Penang today. He is Mr. Macragh who arrived by the Blue Funnel liner, Mentor on his way to the Philippine Islands,
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    SCHOOL CHILDREN LEARN ABOUT MALA YA.
    248 13 London Exhibit's Popularity. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 17. 1/ISITS io the Empire Courts at the Imperial Institute, South Kensington, are playing an in- 1 cieasingly important part in the programmes of schools in all parts of the country. The exhibits are so
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    JOHORE-PAHANG RD. NEAR COMPLETION.
    49 13 I From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Aug. 23. OTARTED two years ago the 23-mile road from Mersing to Endau. the boundary between Pahang and Johore, is nearlng completion. This road, which will cost $270,000 will bring Pahang as well as Trengganu nearer to Johore.
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    PENANG RICE STOCKS UP.
    55 13 Large Shipment From Burma Port. I ARGE consignments of rice are be- ing ordered by Penang Chinese rice dealers and merchants in view of the present high price for this commodity, and the first shipment to arrive was by the s.s Woolgar which brought from Rangoon
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    Famous Raffles Statue Wants A Home.
    395 13 MAY GO TO RUBBISH HEAP. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 17. A HOME is urgently required for the statue of Sir Stamford Raffles which has presided over the Malayan Court at the Imperial Institute, South Kensington, for over 30 years. If one is
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    PHILIPPINE GOLD MINE FORTUNES "BOLONEY."
    330 13 Industry Fears Crippling Taxation With Ind ependence. "THOSE stories you still heat about fortunes to be made in Philippines gold mines are what Americans call 'boloney'" said Mr. Edmund Bitzer, mine superintendent of the Benguet Consolidated Mining Company, of Baguio. who arrived from Manila by
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    NORTH PERAK FUNDS FOR CHINA.
    65 13 <From Our Own Correspondent! Taiping, Aug. 21. pOLLOWING the example of Chinese r living in other towns, Taiping Chinese are calling a meeting at the Hokkien Hoey Kuan, Taiping, to consider means to collect funds for the alleviation of distress among the wounded Chinese in
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    S.V.C. PROGRAMME OF DRILLS I FOR TODAY.
    100 13 The Singapore Volunteer Crops pro- I gTamme of drills for today is as follows: 5.15 p.m.. Headquarters. S R.A. iv). 3" A. A. Gun Drill; 5.15 p.m., Headquarters, S.R.E. <v>. Lecture Camouflage; 5.15 p.m.. Headquarters. S.V.P.A.. Unit Tralnin 5.15 p.m.. Tanglin Barracks S.V.F.A
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    BIG JOHORE HOSPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
    105 13 BIG JOHORE HOSPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. Work Will Cost Half A Million. TWO NEW WARDS BEING BUILT. (From Our Own Correspondent) Johorc Hahru. Auir. 1 ">. JOHORK BAHRU is to have one of the finest and most up-to-date hospitals in Malaya. Extension work Involving an txpendlture of nearly hall i million dollar?
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    "ENGINES ARE MY JOB."
    94 13 Krupp Agent Passes Through Singapore. THE name. "Wilhelm Otto Profitttch, Krupp works, Germany." in the passenger list of the Dollar liner President Folk, which arrived at Singapore from Honj- Kong yesterday, conjoured up visions of a muniking. However, Herr Frofitlich's long sua Ls marine engines. He
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    Y.W.C.A. LANGUAGE CLASSES.
    73 13 rpHERE is constant demand in Singa■l pore for classes in Ma'ay language, especially for the beginner. The Y.W.C.A. throughout tne year has endeavoured to meet this demand by holding two classes each Saturday morning, and announces that a new class for beginners will commence early in September.
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    MR. ABDOOLCADER'S WORK FOR COUNTRYMEN.
    105 13 Praise From Penang Newspaper. A EULOGY of the work done by the Hon. Mr. H. H. Abdoolcader for the Straits Settlements Indian community ii paid by the Straits Echo, Penang, on th-? occasion of his re-appointment to the Legislattv i Council for a fourth term.
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    KELLY BEATS McMULLAN FOR ISLAND CLUB GOLF TITLE.
    813 14  -  Echo By PUTTING LAPSES ON FIERY GREENS. WIN BY 7 AND 5 AFTER LOSING FIRST TWO HOLES. AT the 31st hole (7 and 5) S. N. Kelly defeated W. McMullan in the Island Club golf championship final yesterday, thus winning a title
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    BUKIT TIMAH COMPETITIONS.
    234 14 Hole-in-One Done By Flt.-Lieut. Jackman. The lollowing is the result of the d round of the Duffer's Cup com- petition at the Singapore Golf Club: a boat G L. Eyre 9 3. B W P Perry beat Lt Com A. D. S. Murray 2 1. C W
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    DUTCH BEATEN IN "KLINEY" CUP.
    57 14 The Japanese Club easily eliminated the Dutch Club from the "Kllney" Cup Inter-club lawn tennis competition during the week-end, winning all five matches. On Friday the Dutch Clue lost two singles, the Japanese representatives winning both in straight sets, and so Saturday a doubles and
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    THIS MORNING'S TRACK WORK AT BUKIT TIMAH.
    223 14  -  Captain Dash By CHARGES from the stables of Van Breukelen. Marland. Fox and H.H. the Sultan of Perak were given exercise at Bukit Tingpi Valley, this morning, and Van Breukelen worked his candidates seriously, for most of them went round three times. Only
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    RESULTS OF MATCHES AT KUALA KANGSAR.
    170 14 (From Our Own Correspondent. > Kuala Kangsar. Aug. 21. Games in the Malayan polo tournament here today resulted as follows: Perak Cup: Penang beat x'ahang by six goals to nil. A. E. McCrea scored five goals and R B. Little one. Polo Cup Handicap:
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    American Women Easily Win Wightman Cup.
    458 14 again registering an all win sequence. Some interest was centred in the doubles match. Sardiman and Bonnerman vs. Uchlda and Alzawa. but the superior courtcraf t of the Japanese saw j the Dutch pair go down in straight sets, the score being 6—2, 6
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    NEW WORLD RECORD FOR 100 METRES.
    80 14 At an international athletic meeting in Paris, cables Reuter. Ben Johnson broke the world's 100 metres record with 10.2 sec. The previous record was 10.3 sec. done by K. Metcalfe (I.SA.i three times and equalled by several other runners. The American led 4-1 in
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    HIBS. HOLD RANGERS: FALKIRK TROUNCE ABERDEEN.
    273 15 Six Each For Ayr And St. Johnstone. ABERDEEN, Scottish League runners-up last year, came a rt "ropper at Falkirk on Saturday. The Bairns beat them by four goals to one. IN EDINBURGH, RANGERS WERE UNABLE TO BEAT THE HIBERNIANS, AND MWr. NOW DROPPED TWO
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    HEAVY SCORING AT TANGLIN.
    316 15 Skins' Fine Reply To S.C.C.'s Big Total. Heavy scoring featured the matcn between the S.C.C. and the InnlskJUings at Tanglin yesterday. The S.C.C. batted first and compiled 227 of which Slade made 65. The Skins reached 194 in reply, O'Dwyer getting 42. Scores: S.C.C. J. E
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    COMBINED SCHOOLS AVERT DEFEAT
    8 15  -  S. C. C. S.C.C.
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    Thoy Saves Them With A Capital Innings,
    338 15 Thoy Saves Them With A Capital Innings, In reply to the S.C.C.'s first innings score of 157, the Combined Schools compiled 61 and, following on, 93 for four wickets, in the match played on the padang on Friday and Saturday, a draw thus being recorded. R. Thoy batted well for
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    ROGAN'S THREE MILES IN 16 MINS.
    47 15 Athletics. Fails To Approach Time Recorded At Malayan Championships. Running solo at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, Spr. Rogan. of the R.E., covered three miles in 16 mm. 09 Vz sec. Spr. Rogan was recorded as covering (Continued in next column^
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    KHALSA BEAT S.C.C. IN BOWLERS' MATCH.
    288 15 Totals Of 46 And 24 At McNair Road. The Khalsa Association beat an S.C.C. team by 22 runs at McNair Road on Saturday. Scores: KHALSA. Ram Piara c sub. b Wheeler 4 Tharam Singh b Wheeler 7 Tahir All c Jaeger b Rolfe 13
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    COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
    206 15 W L Points P. W. L. Ist Inn. Ist. Inn. N.R. Possible Obtd. Percent. Yorkshire 25 16 2 3 4 375 267 71.2 Middlesex 21 14 4 2 1 315 223 70.7 Sussex 29 13 5 9 2 435 244 54.3 Derbyshire 25 12 5 2 4 2
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    "MIXED" MIDDS. XI BEAT THE SAPPERS.
    251 15 CEEMINGLY reports that all the best soccer players in the Middlesex Regiment have remained with the small contingent left behind were incorrect. At any rate the eleven which met the Royal Engineers in a Division I league match at the Anson Road Stadium on
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    THE LEAGUE TABLE.
    83 15 Chinese Middlesex R.A.F. Inniskillings R.A. R.E. Police S.C.C. Malays Goals. P. W. L. D. P. A. P. 14 10 2 2 34 14 22 15 8 4 3 29 21 19 16 8 6 2 40 24 18 13 7 3 3 29 17 17 14 7
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    THIS WEEK'S GAMES.
    79 15 Soccer matches in Singapore this week include the following: S.A.F.A. LEAGUE. DIVISION I. Tomorrow: Middlesex vs. Inniskillings,, at Stadium. Wednesday: S.C.C. vs RA on padang. Friday: Malays vs Chinese, at stadium. DIVISION 11. Today: Publishers vs. Inniskilling 11. a I Stadium Thursday: Chinese II vs. Post Office,
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    POSTALS JUST BEAT BANK A XI.
    86 15 The Post Office Club, protx winners of the second division ol S.A.F.A. League, were given valuable practice on Saturday when, on P.O.C. ground, they met the Bank XI —including several first Chinese players— and beat them 3—2. At half-time the Banka team !ed by
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      50 15 THE SPORTS DIARY. TODAY. Soccer; Publi*ner* ffe. Innit.ki)i Dlv. 11, Stadium; S.C.C. II v*. S.S.R.N.V.R., padanx. Hockry: S.R.C. Slx-a-Sicr tournament. Lawn Tennis: S.C.C. tournament begins. TOMORROW. Soccer: Midd* v Innitkttlings. Vn 7, Stadium WEDNESDAY. Soccer: S.C.C. vs. R.A., Div. I. padang; R.A.P. Town Office vs. X.X L C v ground
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    DUTCH OLYMPIC SWIMMER AND WIFE BREAK
    621 16 SINGAPORE RECORDS. CHINESE CHAMPIONS OUTCLASSED. JW. VAN DAATSELAAR, Dutch Olympic water polo player and holder of the Dutch record for the 10C metres, smashed the men's open 120 yards free style Singapore record at the 18th annual swimming championship carnival of the V.M.C.A. at
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    CHINESE BEAT SERVICES AT WATER POLO.
    496 16 Nine Goals Scored In A Keen Match. THE first water polo match between the Combined Services and the Singapore Chinese Swimming Club for a long time, played at the club pagar yesterday, saw the Chinese gain a well deserved victory by six goals to
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    PENANG WIN THE CUP.
    111 16 Badminton From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 22 Penang won the Foong Seong Cup by beating Selangor by three matches to two today Results were: Chee Choon Kent? (Penang) beat Ong Beng Chuan (Selangor) 15 7, 15—8. Tung GhJm Huat (Penang) beat A, S. Samuel (Selangoi)
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    Police Successes At "Co-op." Sports.
    365 16 Police Successes At "Co-op. Sports. HARNAM SINGH WINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP. iJTINE weather favoured the fourth annual sports meeting of the I Singapore Urban Co-operative Union, held at the Victoria School ground on Saturday. The Police department werj the most successful. They carried off the "Bayer Cross" shield In the relay
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    MEAT ON FRIDAYS FOR CATHOLICS.
    66 17 /"V\VIN<; to the outbreak of cholera. H'.nr. Konr, Roman Catholics have bren released from any obligation to eat fish on abstinence Thry m rat meat on these days if thry so desire. In is reco-imed as one of the main carriers of the cholera rerm.
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    Too Much Of A Good Thing!
    75 17 The feeling of <vi ovtr-loed on the chest ■mach Is very unpleasant, whatever its cause. When due to over-rating, flatulence, or to oontjestion in the digestive tract, a lit Li* dose of Pinkctu-s ii usually all that is 1 to br:ii' I dainty non-gripping,
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    Perak's New General Hospital.
    276 17 Perak's New General Hospital. Is Scheme Too Ambitious? (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Aug. 22. DLANS submitted for the new general hospital for Perak are believed to be too ambitious and h^nce have been held up for further examination. The plan provides for accommodation for 1.000 patients and the removal
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    PENANG MOTORISTS AGAINST SPEED LIMIT.
    190 17 But If Fixed Want Not Less Than 40 m.p.h. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 21. DLANS of the Fed.n.ted .lalay Ftates to bring road hogs to book by forming mobile police squads are being iollowed with Interest In Penang. The Penang and Kedah Branch
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    Tourists See Start Of China Hostilities.
    278 17 GUNS SHATTER PEIPING NIGHTS: WARSHIPS AT SHANGHAI. "I SAW Japanese sailors actually manning machine guns and anti-air-craft guns and it was sure some thrill," pretty Rollins College girl, Jane Russell of Florida, told a Straits Times reporter, when she arrived by the President Polk
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    NEGOTIATED $100 MILLION LOAN.
    148 17 NEGOTIATED $100 MILLION LOAN. RiIEMBER of the Republican Party Finance Committee, Mr. Thomas G. Chamberlain is on his way to Naples aboard the Dollar liner President Polk which arrived at Singapore from Hong Kong yesterday. Mr. Chamberlain is a leading Californian legal light. Serving in France in 1911 and 1918.
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    Sir George Maxwell's Expert Knowledge Of Mui-Tsai.
    304 17 Correspondence, To the Editor of the Straits Tines. SIR.— Please allow me to congratulate Sir George Maxwell on his instructive and Interesting analysis of the report of the Mui-Tsal Commission which appeared in the Straits Times. His contributions and recommenda tions are the
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    ARMY STARVED OF MODERN EQUIPMENT.
    756 18 Units At Half Strength. OFFICERS AND MEN DISCOURAGED, IT IS ASSERTED. THE Army today is nothing more than a skeleton of its former self. It is seriously short of men, and the promised equipment is lacking. Shades of disarmament persist, and completely overshadow the nervous
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    BLAZING HOSPITAL SHIP SCUTTLED.
    172 18 Towed Clear Of Naples Harbour. CIRE broke out at dawn recently r on board the hospital ship Helouan, anchored in Nap.es Harbour, causing many vessels to remain outside the port. In a short time huge flames enveloped the ship and, after three hours of arduous efforts
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    CHINA TO BUY OIL AND CELLULOSE.
    37 18 A representative of a large Chinese concern is in Bucharest to negotiate the purchase of a large quantity of petroleum and cellulose against payment in textiles, silk and cotton piece goods
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    FRENCH INDIA PLAN.
    77 18 Military Force To Be Increased. Pondicherry. rpHE strength of the French Indian military contingent has been Increased by 50 (at present there are about 200). This increase In the military force is stated to be due to the frequent labour troubles in Pondicherry. The Government of French
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    GERMANS WARNED AGAINST SPIES.
    264 18 NAMES OF ALLEGED AGENTS PUBLISHED. MASQUERADING AS MONEYLENDERS. WINDER the heading "Spies at Work! an urgent waning against foreign agents, who are said to b« attempting to induce German subjects to betray secret Information, has been issued by the official German news agency. Foregn agents, apparently,
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    ROAR DERAILS TRAIN.
    93 18 Animal Killed Five Goods Wagons Jump Track. Calcutta rROM Rowta Bagan comes the story of a wild boar derailing a train early one morning. It appears that the train came upon the boar immediately on crossing Dhansirl Bridge. The locomotive killed the animal but five goods wagons
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    BETTER ACCOMMODATION FOR BRITISH SEAMEN.
    429 19 More Recruits Follow Improved Conditions. AFTER long consultation with the Shipping Federation and tne National Seamen's Union, the Board of Trade is about to issue completely new rules concerning the accommodation for seamen in British ships. This will be in many ways an historic document
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    Hoists Red Flag To Get Job In Circus.
    157 19 "My only aim was to get work. And I've got it. I am starting as an acrobat In the Schmidt Circus." These happy words were spoken by the man who startled all Copenhagen by climbing up the spire of Copenhagen Town Hall
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    COAL, LEAD AND SEALING WAX IN CIGARETTES.
    209 19 COAL, LEAD AND SEALING WAX IN CIGARETTES. MANUFACTURER FINED £300. "FLOOR SWEEPINGS." A fine of £300. or three months' imprisonment was imposed at Thames Police Couft on Philip Lesser, Trading as P. Lesser and Co., tobacco manufacturer and dealer, of Three Coltstreet, Llmehouse, for selling, and having in his possession
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    P. C. DROWN WHILE CHASING BOYS.
    245 19 ABSCONDED FROM TRAINING SCHOOL. OOLICE-CONSTABLE Htuiy O«K*t Speake. aged 21, was drowned when he dived into the River Severn at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, in pursuit of three boys who had absconded from the Saltersford Training Home, Cheshire. He was seen to disappear by Constable Meredith,
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    PAGE-BOY "FATHER" TO FAMILY OF FIVE.
    338 19 Only £2 A Week To Feed And Clothe Them. C'XTEEN-YEARS-OLD Alfred Daultrey, who earns SI a week (less 2s. 6d. fares) as a page boy at the 8.8.C. squared his shoulders in his neat little home at Morden, Surrey, recently and prepared for his
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    LONDON SWELTERS:: NAZI CHIEF AT GOLF.
    165 20 IN M)NIM)N'S HEATWAVE youngsters in Trafalgar Square found the best way to keep cool was dip their heads in the fountain pools near Nelson's Column. NICE s\VIN(. Herr von Ribbentrop. Hitler's Ambassador in Britain, on a golfing holiday in Scotland. STEEL- HELMETED TROOPS of
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