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Singapore, Sept. 1.

I

BANDIT ATTACK.

Two American Families Held Up.

YUNNAN OUTRAGE.

KING MICHAEL.

Boy Ruler May Go To. England.

Robbed Of Everything Bat Their Clothes.

HIS BRITISH NURSE.

Roumanian Monarch Busy With His Toys.

Bucharest.

Rangoon, Yesterday.

No tears are likely to be shed According to a message from "We do not know yet whether when, on Sunday next, the last Yunnanfu, two American families King Michael will go to an Eng- two of the old trams of Singapore named respectively Duncan and|lish public school or not. He pass to the scrap heap.

McLeod who left Batang on June would have done so had he reach-

A year ago, 58 of these bar-27 for Burma by the overland ed school age while still heir- barous vehicles were cavorting route, were attacked by bandits apparent, but it is doubtful through our streets, threatening in the neighbourhood of Atuntse, whether it will be possible to death and destruction to those in Yunnan. The bandits fired and send the reigning monarch of and about them. To-day the drove off the escorts and then the country to school." Traction Company is operating 66 robbed the Duncans of everything efficient trolley buses plus the two but their clothes. relics of a past that may well be The heroism of Mr. McLeod's forgotten; and on Monday anyone servants saved their hut and some Nobody was wounded contemplating the installation of articles.

a seaside hut, or some other form but a native servant was beaten of the simple life, will have the A French Catholic priest and chance of taking these vehicles off Chinese merchant firm subse- the hands of tht Traction Com- quently helped the party at pany-for a consideration, Atuntse-Reuter.

Their removal marks the dis- appearance also of the tramway track along the Selegie Road-Bras

(Continued from Page 1.) ·

Basah Road section, a consider TO STAND TRIAL. able job on which the Municipal Roads Department concentrates on and from Monday next. Those who are going to Serangoon while the road is "up" are advised to proceed by Bencoolen Street and Jalan Besar.

First accused: He is not the the principal tenant of the house, the other man is.

This statement was made to me (writes a "Daily Express" correspondent), by General Con-! descu, the controller of the Roumanian royal household at the Loseana Kiseleff Palace at Bucharest.

"His Majesty's chief interest at the moment," said the general, "is playing with his toys, parti- cularly those of a mechanical nature, and in asking "Why?"

ex-

We sat in one of the rooms of King Michael's residential palace, a fine building set a little back from one of the broad roads leading out of the city. It was known formerly as "the Palace of the "Prince when it was occupied

by- Crown Prince Carol, but it has Additions in Contemplation.

Replying to Mr. Whyte-Smith now become the royal residence, As we have already noted the the witness said that he was the where King Michael lives with Traction Company now have 66 principal tenant of No. 9 Kam his mother, the Princess Helen, trolley buses on the streets and Wah Street, ground floor. they expect by about the middle sub-tenants some times played

His when the Court is at Bucharest. of November to have 75, and to tinkau in their part of the pre-

Michael, his mother, and increase this summer by gradual mises. The last time & game of Queen Marie of Roumania are in stages until, after the middle of tinkau was played there was on the hills at Sinaia at present, in 1928, they will have 90 vehicles on August 3, the Wednesday pre- mourning for King Ferdinand. the road.

vious to the murder. He knew for

This means that by the middle certain that there had been no

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The world's youngest monarch

| of next year there will be in public game in his house at any time on speaks two languages Rouman-

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of trams, the equivalent of 108 Yue Chong hong, & dyer trams, While quoting these occupying the front part of the figures, an important fact to re-ground floor of No. 9 Kam Wah member is that new buses have 20 Street, was then called. He said per cent. higher speed than the he knew first accused by sight. old tramway service.

He first saw him towards the end

Road-Making Efficiency.

fan and English. He was born! on October 25, 1921, and until his fifth birthday had two Eng- lish nurses; since then he has had only one. Miss St. John.

"Apart from the fact that he bas automatically learned these two languages he speaks them

of the 6th moon this year (July), both equally well," said the The witness had lived in Shauki- general, "you may say that he People are inclined to take wan for a short while only. He has not yet begun his education. things for granted. We may first saw first accused when the Lessons will start at seven years therefore emphasise that what-latter passed his house going to- of age. ever the Traction Company have wards the waterfront. The wit-

"King Michael," the general accomplished to meet public nesa was then standing outside continued "is, above all, a child transport needs--and they have his house after his evening meal of his century--the mechanical done a good deal and done it well Accused had never been in the age. How does it work?' is the the progress recorded so far witness's part of the premises to question which is most frequent- would have been impossible had play tinkau.. The witness was at ly on his lips. Toy boats, model not the Municipal Roads Depart-home, on both the evenings of trains, and motor-cars-in fact, ment pushed on vigorously with Friday, August 5, and Saturday; all kinds of working models the road-reconstruction schemes. August 6, and was sure there had

President.

In this connection we should be been no game of tinkau in his interest him intensely. It is a failing in a duty if we did not place on either evening. He pity you cannot see him here; he make particular reference to the also did not see the first accused is a beautiful boy, with dark personal interest and driving on either evening. The last game eyes and hair, which is slightly force of Mr. Farrer, the Municipal played in the house, was on the wavy,

Wednesday previous to the mur- "His intelligence is revealed With the experience of other der. First accused was not there in his expression the moment 3.30 p.m. places in mind, some people were then, and certainly did not take that you catch sight of him. He 4.p.m.

of opinion that the trolley buses, part in the game. The witness is passionately devoted to his 5 p.m. running on practically the same never saw first accused play tin-mother, the Princess Helen, who tracks week in and week out, kau anywhere. Second accused is always with him either here 8.30 a.m. would cause grooving on the the witness had never seen be(in the winter), or in summer at

roads. But no such troublé has fore...

the royal castle of Pells, in the been experienced and none is anti- Mr. Lindsell remarked to Mr. mountains at Sinsia, or at the cipated. This is a striking tri- Whyte-Smith that the witnesses royal palace of Constanza, on the bute to the sound work put into were really witnesses for the Black Sea.. the roads.

prosecution rather than for the defence. It was rather fortunate,

10.30 a.m. Noon

Uses for Old Rails, What becomes of the old rails from Mr. Whyte-Smith's point of SOVIET AND PERSIA. Hundreds of tons of them must view, that they had been called by 1.30 p.m. have been torn up from the the first accused.

| Addressing the first, accused, streets. Then they vanish. But they have still a role to full his Worship told him that the only They are sold by the ton to estates effect of the evidence given by the for use in bridge work, and to witnesses called by him was a flat

5 p.m.

9 a.m.

3 a.m.

9 a.m...

NEW TRADE AGREEMENT OUTLINED.

Moscow, Yesterday. Comrade Davtian; the new Rus- 9 a.m. others who want them for vari- denial of part of his (accused's clan representative to Persia, in an latervlew outlined the scope of, the ous purposes of reinforcement, statement made yesterday imminent Soviet-Persian Trade and a large proportion of them are The accused got into a rage and Agreement, which permits of the 2.80 p.m. shipped away from the island, started abusing the last witness, free importation of Persian goode 3.30 p.m. How many people realise we won saying that he had actually lost to Russia and grants Persian mer- der, that these rails at least 90 cents to him, and now he came chants the right of direct trade those of them that formed part into Court and lled that they had operations in Soviet territory and of the original track-bear the never played tinkau together......

veg also. to import and export goods legend "Made in Germany

within a certain quota,.. without It was not until the Magistrate special licence, Naxt year's quota The Boycott and Its Results: threatened to lock him up in the of Persian imports is fixed at What of the trolley Bus boy cell below that the accused quiet 50,000,000 roubles. Reuter cott? Practically it has died a na-ed down.

B80 a Noon

tural death. The weekly takings His Worship then made the of the Traction Company are now committal order.

very nearly what they were be

ve

fore the boycott opened months ago. The Company have

suffered financially, but a second-ish movement. Arrears have ary effect has been felt by the be made up and the Compan public who have missed the de: setting about their task val velopment which should › and but if a section of the would have occurred during these should be foolish enough again to months, hamper the company 8 hands they Both boycotted, and boycotters must expect to suffer the con have felt the effects of this fool- quences. “Straits Times."

BERPAOCCASIONAL RAIN

QUEEN'S THEATRE

TO-DAY & TOMORROW AT 2.30, 5:10, 7.15 & 9,20,

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REPORT FROM

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Waterlevels” In English, Feot,

„Place of Observation

7 West River at Shiuhing- N.E. winds, fresh, overcast; || North occasional rain, is the official North weather forecast until noon to East

The Loochqos depression is mov ing towards Koréa. There are still Indications of depressión par

separate

Over NAEX

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