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FRIDAY, MAY

30, 1930,

“ILL - CONSIDERED COMPETITION.”

sorbing £19,200, and that the balance be carried forward to Underwriting Suspense Account.

The balance of Working Account for the year 1929 stands at £174,658. 17. 6. Out of this balance your Directors recommend the pay- ment of an Interim Dividend of 5 Shillings

Assets In Sterling,

(Continued from Page 7-)

Report and Statement of Accounts as presented be adopted and when this has been seconded I shall be pleased to answer any questions you may care to ask.

The motion was seconded by Mr.

MALAYA'S MINES.

The Hottest in the World.

OFFER TO TOURISTS.

THE

Stretched up and down Malaya, from Siam to within a few miles of the Equator, are the hottest mines in the world; they are the tin mines of the Malayan penin- H. C. Gray, and carried unanimous-sula and they represent a large part of the Empire's mineral wealth in the Far East.

ly.

per Share, absorbing £24,000, and that a Bonus of 20 per cent. be paid to Contributors of

The retiring Directore Messrs.

The mines-and the ore is found business on Bonus terms, absorbing. A. Plummer and J. P. Warren, in a variety of ways even within about 210,000, and that the re-

were re-elected, as were, the au-

the same square mile-are the mainder be carried forward.

dors, Messrs. Lowe, Bingham &

most fascinating in the world. So Matthews, and Messra. Linstead, interesting and so picturesque are & Davis.

some of the methods of tin-win- ning and so beautiful are the en- vironments that one tourist agency in Singapore now offers to whisk Its clients round one or two tin mines while they are in Malaya. But visitors, on the whole, are few; the heat even on these winter days effectively protects the secrets of the mines.

The Accounts of this Company have not been greatly affected by the position of Exchange swing to the fact that such a large propor- tion of Its Assets are in Sterling.

The Working Account Balance for the year 1928 shows approxim- ately the same total as the 1927 Account as at the and of the second

year.

These Present. Supporting the Chairman were the Hon. Mr. C. G. S. Mackie, Messrs. J. K. Bousfield. J. A. Plummer, D. O. Russell, J. P. Warren (Directors), and Mr. Paul Lauder (General Manager).

present were Messrs. J. W. Alabaster, A. E. S.

G. S. Archbutt,

John Bentley, B. M. C. da Cunha, H. C.

Shareholders The 1929 Working Account shows an increase of £10,020. 8. 5. as compared with the 1928 Account | Alves, as at the same period.

I now move that the Directors' Gray, and V. R. V. Ribeiro.

BLOW TO THE DOLE,

School-Leaving Age to

Be Raised,

MORE SCHOOLS NEEDED.

Rugby, Yesterday. The Government's Education Bill, which raises the school-Teay- ing age from 14 to 15 years, was debated on the second reading in the House of Commons to-lay, The President of the Board of Education, Sir Charles Trevelyan, explaining its scope, said that by giving another year's schooling to

Sir C. Trevelyan.

SIR HUBERT WILKINS

To Explore the Artie by

Means of Submarine.

BORING THROUGH THE ICE.

Washington, Yesterday.

Sir Hubert Wilkins who, to gether with several - members of

Sir H. Wilkins.

the proposed expedition to the Arctic, recently applied for per mission to take the American Navy's obsolete submarine P-12, and con- over 400,000 children the competi- vert. it into an under-sea-craft tion of children in the labour mar- capable of boring through the ice ket would evidently be reduced.

in the polar regions, has been au- Work would thus be provided for thoritatively Informed that his 100,000 people now receiving unrequest will be granted if applica- employment benefit and would re- tion is made through the Shipping present £3,000,000 saving in un Bouid.-Router's American Ser employment benefit.

The tota vice. cost of raising the school age would be £5,500,000. To accom- modate the children in view of the proposed leaving oge change, 100 new schools were being built, and there were 350 school enlarge- ments going on-British Wire- less Service.

TORIES' LOSS..

Resignation of the

Chairman.

The quickest and most efficient means of tin mining to-day is dredging, There is something hypnotic about watching the buc kets conselessly rise from the warm, yellowish water. Often they bring up things other than clay-trunks of trees, relics from another jungle long buried, and often a snake.

MAIL.

CHINA

SCARED BY THREATS OF KISSES.

STORIES OF COLONEL LINDBERGH.

EX-AMBASSADORS MEMOIRS,

London, April 17.

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SEA-LEOPARD.

Marine Marauder of the Antarctic.

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Oslo, May 1. The first authentic report of the "Norvegia" expedition, to the An- tarctic was received when Captain Riiser Larsen and Captain Lutzow Hong Kong Bank....31500 An amusing story of Col. Lind-

Holm returned to Oslo the other Chartered Banan day. The cruise lasted for four Mercantile Bk., Aab.; bergh, the famous Trans-Atlantic months and included an area from Byer, is told in "Myron T. Herrick, 55 degrees East to 18 degrees Blunk of Asia .................$119) Friend of France,"

Weat graphical biography by Col. T. Larsen, "we were short of coal and Canton fas. ................3

autobio-

"On one occasion," said Captain

Insurances. Bentley Mott.

had to kill seals and sea-leoparde Union Ins. ............$600 for fuel under the kettles, I have China Underwriters...$ always agreed with those who con- damn the killing of animals for China Fite ins. such purposes, and I still do, but H. K. Fire Ina...... 950 with one reservation-that sea- leopards should be used as a sub- stitute for coal in the widest pos sible degree. The sea-leopard is a disgusting beast of prey, far more blood-thirsty than the shark. It is between twelve and fifteen feet long. When we lay off the Bouvet Island and had to row between the ship and the shore the sea-leopards always followed our boat and even The animale had the biggest jaws and, the most awful teeth I ever saw.

When the airman arrived at Le Bourget, all Paris went wild. By the stratagem of a reporter putting on Lindbergh's helmet and leading the crowd away from their quarry, Lindbergh was taken to an office on the grounds.

"While we were talking," Mr. Herrick told the author, "one of the Frenchmen politely pushed a chair up, and suggested that Lind- bergh sit down. Thank you,' he replied, have been sitting."

Aviator's Modesty, Another story illustrates the attacked the care. young aviator's modesty.

"One of Lindbergh's remarks that most deeply impressed me." said Mr. Herrick, "was this reply to some congratulatory comment of mine upon his great feat. Ho said: You must remember, Mr. Ambassador, how much easier it is to fly from New York to Paria than it would be from Parts to New York.'

It is mostly at night, when the dredge whirrs and sighs in a blaze of searchlights, that the anakes come aboard. Grey-black cobras, pythons, bright green snakes, and anakes that gliston like the moon "The first thing we did was to -the best horrible bat harmless. pay a visit to Mme. Nungesser Only recently a sleepy python (whose son had been lost in at bad Auddenly found himself tempting the east to west flight). -suspended over two buckets and She was in pitiful stato

being carried swiftly upwards. į emotion, and begged Lindbergh to Chinese coolies had half killed find him for her. A large crowd and skinned him before he realised had assembled around the house, what had happened.

and we had some difficulty in mak

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A Memory of the War, Mr. Herrick was for many years

Hot though it is under the coring our way through it. Several rugated iron roof of the dredge, girls tried to kiss him. this is as a breath of Everest com- scared to death," pared with the Interlor depths of a lode mine. Even the Chinese coolio, the hardest worker in the world and the strongest, can only bear the incredible heat of these deep mines there are not many in Malaya -for a few months.

Oh, they are beautiful to look upon, these tin mines of Malaya. There is no smoke, no dust, nor dirt.

American Ambassador to France, During the German advance on Paris in 1014, he pluckily remain- ed in the capital with his wife, after the French Government and the Diplomatic Corps had gone to Bordeaux,

"I intended," he said later, "in case the Germans reached the out- skirts of the city, and demanded its surrender, to go out and talk with their commander, and, if pos⚫

"One of the most characteristic features of animal life in the An- tarctic is due to the sea-leopard. The seals In the Arctic got into the sea as soon as they scent dan- ger. In the Antarctic it is impos- sible to make the seals jump into the sen because of their fear of the sea-leopard."

Two of the brothers Sass, who are suspected of a bank robbery, have again been arrested by the Berlin police in suspicious circum stances.

EXCHANGES

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS

On London. Bank, wire

1/4 1/4 3/16

Bank, on demand Bank, 30 day's sight ». Fank, 4 months sight 1/4 5/18 Credits, 4 months'

sight

1/5 % Documentary, 4

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Tropical wild flowers and flower- ing trees blazed round the top of this particular mine. Round it all the jungle pressed, waiting per-

4 haps for man to cease his endea-sible, the Kaiser."

+ sight vours here, so that it might once

At the time, he said, "Some de

On Berlin- more people the little clearing with fender of the law of nations ought On demand its greatest extravagances. The to stay. Who will protect your

On New York- last thing seen before the monuments, your libraries? I can

On demand Cage descended Vas tendril peak in the name of the United Cradite,

a

60 of orchida and эле great States, and have no fear. I will find

sight yellow flower, slashed with scarlet, a way to prevent pillage and mas

On Bombay- like a painted face.

aacre."

Wire On demand

There are pleasanter ways of tin- winning than deep mining. The coelle gathere the ore by playing a monitor-really a majestic kind of garden hose on to a cliff of tin- bearing ground. A jet of water, at a pressure of 2001b. or more, tillery. smashes the ground away like ar-

3

Artillery indeed it is, for not many nights ago one coolle play ing the monitor against the cliff saw two greenish eyes regarding him from the right. Only one in habitant of the jungle had eyes like that; the coolle knew, and more in terror than in judgment he turned the "hone" on to the eyes, There was

roar, and silence. London, Yesterday.

In the morning they Boon for Teachers. ·

The Rt. Hon. J. C. C. Davidson, found the lacerated body of a tiger, London, Yesterday. chairman of the Conservative so broken that even his skin was The House of Commons,passed Party organisation, seen by. Reu-valueless, the second reading of the Gov-ter's representative to-day, sald ernment Education Bill, provid- he had tendered his resignation ing for the raising of the school leaving age from 14 to 15 years. Sir Charles Trevelyan (Lab.), moving the reading, said that 500,000 children yearly were in volved. The Government desired to, keep them out of the labour market and thus leave room for

to Mr. Baldwin before Easter. Mr. Baldwin was consulting his colleagues on the matter.

The name of Lord Lloyd is mentioned as the possible new chairman.-Router.

100,000 to 150,000 people to re- Bill, as he opposed the compulsory place them, while 8,000 addition-element it contained..

WHAT IS A LAUGHING JACKASS 7.

The depth of human vision, sympathy and understanding en joyed by Post Office officiala has often been a mystery to the public. Now this mystery is solved, and In a very convincing manner, too. A set of Civil Service examination

al teachers would be required. The division on the second read-questions recently contained these The Bill would provide mainten- ing resulted?-

ance allowances for children. of

poorer families when they went

to school for the extra year.

The Conservative; Lord Eustace Percy, moved the rejection of the

For

280

Against

Majority

223

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three questions:

1-What Is a laughing Backass?"

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A Story About Edison. One of Mr. Herrick's favourite stories was about Edison, the In-wire... ventor. The first words he heard on demand over his phonograph were, "Mary had a little lamb."

He was 84 astonished and overwhelmed by his success, after many hours of final experimenting, without food, that he nearly fainted.

On Singapore→→ On demand.

58 On Manila- On demand..... 65/2

On Shanghai- On demand

Tls. 79 Nom. On Yokohama

He even thought he was going to die on the spot, and, staggering On demand into a friend's house, exclaimed: Gold Leaf, 100 fine "If I am going, to die, this thing (per tael)

It can be Sovereigns must be known first. done. It has been done."

In

Had he wished, Mr. Herrick could have stood for, and pro- bably won, the Presidency. 1920 Senator Harding said to him. "Myron, if you will run, I will not raise my finger to get the nomina- tion."

On this offer he says: "I told him I did not want it, and I told him why."

Krow 7" The answers were as follows, and very few were correct:

1. A bird, and not a quad- ruped (nor a biped), as some people would have us belleve.

2.-A rabbit can run half-way into a tunnel; then it starta to run out

3. Pineapples mangelwurzels.

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Rugby, Yesterday.

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2. "How far can a rabbit run these it is easy to understand the into a tunnel?”

extent of the worldly wisdom of pineapples the Civil Servant.

8.- "How

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Buenos Aires

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