The Straits Times, 8 June 1937

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    40 1 The S tra its Times [■BTABUSHBD NSARLT A CKNTtTItT.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY. JUNE 8. 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1937 PRICE 10 CENTS,
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      335 1 SINGAPORE 140. CECIL ST. CPHONE 847 fV/ jfuDtt^n WM I C K=y^ ENGLISH ARTISTS WILL BE ON I B^K*W H iI E M_-^sEd^^ VIEW FOR ONE MONTH COMMENCg|ggg-^^^ jp oHi£°l£0 Hi£°I£- H lf' ll l T| ING 7th JUNE IN THE FURNITURE s I r° Tc H whisky o'*" I
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      14 1 KUALA LUMPUR: 25. ,<AVA ST. ("PHONE 3ft<99« Scots OJhLsky rh-. '»|,r, B -.ncl.J lt«.
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    SUBSCRIPTION RATES
    40 2 Singapore Within Outside Without MRiRya Malaya P(»t«ge Monthly S 3 00 S 4.N t 50 QuarlrrlT 8.M $1100 S 7.50 Half Yearly %l'M %1*— *>S»0 Yr.rly (34.M $48.00 S30.00 Note.— OuUtation rh«|uei should include tbe »'u»l bank discount.
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    ADVERTISEMENT RATES
    138 2 The charrm and lirttroctfcm for CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS we as umdtr:— 25 cents per line pn insertion with a minimum charge of SI per insertion There ■re approximately six words to a line Births. Marriages. Deaths. Acknowledgements. Announcements and P.P.C. cards will be charged at the rate of $3
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      118 2 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTH ISAAC —To Hilda, wife of Jack N. bMH at the Of If ai Hospital the g;it of a son. Both mother son are doing well. 7— 6— 3'i ENGAGEMENT a MM tt is announced between Mr. H L Marshall, of Boustead k Co., Ltd., Singapore, and Miss,
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      376 2 SITUATIONS VACANT YOL'NG European Assistant wanted to take .hargc detached Division Rubber Estate in I Johore. Some experience essential. Starting salary about $350. Apply Box 384, Straits Times. tit EASILY EARNED by showing the weUknown and best-selling WESTMINSTER Series Private Christmas Cards. Britain's Premier Firm cest. 190«) offer Highest Commission.
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      732 2 FOR SALE SHELVADOB Refrigerator. Phooe 3333. FOR SALE pedigree. Red Cocker Spaniel Puppies $45 160. Apply Box 352, Straiu Times. RECONDITIONED Kelvinjtor Refrigerators for sale or hire, lowest rate*. Apply Brinkmann Co., IS Grange Read. Telephone 5419. 16 mm. CINE KODAK SPECIAL fl.9 lens (latest model) used 4 mths. with
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      791 2 HOUSES. FLATS TO LET BUNGALOWS i— 12 Angullia Park. FURN. FLAT. Complete. SM Orchard Rd. FULLY FURNISHED modem flats. Tel: BOOMS TO LET, 3 single rooms with bathrooms attached. Terms moderate. Apply 71, Cavanagh Road. I FLAT TO LET Institution Hill Mansions Irom July 1 or earlier. Apply United Engl-
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      607 2 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE The Exchange bvnks will be closed on Wednesday, June 9. Hit. The King's Birthday (Public Holiday). NOTICE NOTICE Is hereby given that Covent Row f nd Covent Garden (Lately Chiv.ng Hong Lim Market belonging to the Estate of Madam Cheang Tew Muey.) approaches of Road wtB be
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      342 2 ychiffners tor Millinery, dreai flowen novrlurs —3 Andrmcp Ro«d—Trl. 4TUB.— BUSINESS CARDS Etc! MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Miss HANA 60, WATERLOO STREET, Telephone 7467. THE CORONATION STAMP ALBI M Rich watered blue-green cloth pprinrtxick binding with hancsome ornnmrntatlon in gold. Contains 75 louse leave*. Each album
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      698 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated In England; MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. Co. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY S GOVERNMENT I ONION O FAR CAST MAIL SERVICE OUTW\nD FROM LONDON TOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due Tonnage Snore 1937 6 100 In port 6
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      385 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHAt (Incorporated in Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT 3 FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. SHORT TRIPS TO JAPAN. VIA HOMCKOMC tit SHANGHAI. s s. KATORI MARU June 14 s.s. KASHIMA MARU June 28 m.B. YASUKUNI MARC July 9 s.s. HAKONE MARU July 25 SJ. SUWA MARU Aug.
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      588 3 SPECIAL HOLIDAY CRUISES to BANGKOK-SAIGON ANGKOR-PNOM PENH Displacement Leaving ReVdrnlng M S Tons Singapore Singapore ALSIA 12.J00 July 17 Aug. BORINGIA 12.500 Aug 7 Aug. 27 LALANDIA 11.000 Sept. 18 Oct. B JUTLANDIA 13.100 Oct. 9 Oct. 29 MEONIA 11.000 Oct. 30 Nov. 19 BORINGIA 12.500 Dec. 11 Dec. 31
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      266 3 B. I. S. N. CO., LTD. (Incorporated In England) APCAR LINE I UK HONG KONG. SHANGHAI, UOJI KOBE AND OSAKA. s.s. TILAWA ■MM 17th June 3 p.m. Excellent modern accommodation for first and second clast na&sesgers. Special noll- day return tickets lnterchangcabl- with P. 4 O S. N. CO.. Issued
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      1056 3 siurriNc THE BLL'E FUNNEL LINf (Ocean The Hna Khiow Steamshio Co (193*. L«* Steam Ship Co. Ltd. and China Mutual The Cunard White Stai lid Sleam Navigation Co Ltd i The Sarauak Steamship Co Ltd The Straits steamship Co Ltd. The Australian Oriental L>n« Ltd. The China Navigation Co Ltd.
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      130 4 Tuesday. June 8. Ship* alanrnde (he Whanres or expected to arrive. Entraoc* Codown Gate East Wharf Argun Maru 22 1 Anshun 23 1 Main Whsuf Saalc 18 2 Hector 14 2 Aram is 11 2 Empire Dock Siiverbtech 32 2 Muncaster Castle 36 2 Maiudu 38
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES.
      186 4 Singapore, Jane 8, 12 noon. Buyer Seller Gambler $8.00 Hamburg Cube $15.00 Java Cube $11.00 Pepper. White Muntok $15.50 White $15.00 Black $8.75 Copra. Mixed $5.80 Sun Dried $6.30 Tapioca. Small Flake $450 Fair Flake $4.00 Medium Pearl $5.20 Small Pearl $5.35 Sago' Flour. No. 1 Ungga
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      208 4 Today Bagan and Selat Pandjang (Hong Thong) 3 pm. Bengkalis LaDoean Billk tßotani i pm. Fort Ue Kock, Padang. Pakan Baroe 6 Siak (Hong Kwong) ..3 p.m. Penang, Slam. Burma. India, Iraq, Palestine. Egypt. E. 8. Africa, O. Britain, Ireland, Europe. Nigeria. Oold Coast N. AS. America
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      AIR MAILS.
      73 4 INWARD Qantas: From Australia: Arrives this afternoon. Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives this afternoon. KIM.: From Europe: Due Wednesday evening. Imperial: From Europe: Due Thursday evening. OUTWARD Imperial: To Europe: Mails close 7 p.m. today. Dutch: To Java and Southern Sumatra: Mails close 7 a.m. Wednesday. X.L.M.: To
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      FROM MALACCA.
      71 4 Correspondence for transmission by air "via Netherlands' must oe specially and c.early superscribed "By X.L.M." Malls will close at Malacca as follows: Today. Medan by air (Netherlands) 6 p.m. Iran, 'Amsterdam li •London by air (Netherlands) 6 p.m. Thursday, June 10. Australasia Java and Timor by air (Qantas)
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      126 4 MA ILS EXPECTED. Mails from Australia, Netherlands Indies etc. expected today, June 8, by air (Qantas) will be delivered to boxholders at 3 p.m. General de'ivery of letters at 4.05 p.m. Malls from Netherlands Indies expected today, June 8, by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxholders at 3 p.m.
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      IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SINGAPORF -LONDON.
      21 4 The air mall dispatched from Singapore on May 30 was delivered in London on June 7.
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      PASSENGERS.
      558 4 *I*HE following passengers for Colom- bo. Marseilles and London are leaving in Hector which sails from Singapore tomorrow: Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Wylie, Mr. W. H. Roberts, Mrs. A S. Jenkins and child. Mrs. C. G. R. Phillips and child, Mrs. G. H. Sworder. Mrs. McLean. Mr. and
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      WARNING TO SHIPPING
      145 4 Owners and masters of shipping are requested to keep their vessels as clear of the range as possible during the heavy gun practice which will take place from Blakang Mat! on June 11 (spare day June 18) at 9 a.m. A red flag will be flown from
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      616 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporate" lo P.M B.)' LLOYDS AGENTS:— BOOKING AGrNTS r.MS RIVS A.ND 81AM STATES ItAUHAVS TELEPBONI: Freight 5433— Passage 5431. 7_^_______t^\^^J Go vla Cal a:la Nortn America ■fl mBL-^—fmn Europe. Fnit. through trains direct ffKir] from ship* side at Vancouver in MW^_3 Canada's Evergreen Playground.... *BfssrVr /j&n See
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      512 4 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. 'dncorporatea in USA.) (Incorporated id England) OOSTON NEW VORR BALTIMORE VIA SUEZ CANAL "ELI.ERMA.V LINE < <:l < FOR BAVRK LONDON STEEr, TRAVELER June 28 July 1 ROTTERDAM UAMBURO gS Au.2 S Via Ports and Snei Ca.>«l Dut Sail' tCITY OP WELLINGTON
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      364 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Stations Yesterday Last night max rain- bright min temo. fall s'shine temp 'V ins. hrs. 'F West Coast. Alor Star 89 0 20 1.3 75 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 89 Nil 7.5 77 Sitiawan 93 0.08 29 73 Bukit Jeram 90 Nil 3.4 71 Malacca
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      314 5 A GRAND DOUBLE FEATURE SHOW! OWING TO THE LENGTH HiiMBBWP^C^^SIW^M OF THIS PROGRAMME I I •^■^J AN INTERESTING AIR I\ m f^-^lB SERVICE PICTURE fff^^ti^^sS^SSmßStSS^^S 4 a wn OOR T^ HAS T0 BE P!tESENTED Jfo M. 1% \J S% JL AT SCHEDULED TIMES! IT IS FILMED AT CROYDON DEMONSTRATING THE
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      223 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY HOTELS. RAFFLES HOTEL: Cocktail dance, 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. Informal dinner and dance, 9.45 to midnight Cabaret by Charles and Helen. COCONUT GROVE: Dinner and dance. CINEMAS. ALHAMBRA: Dancing Pirate. With Charles Collins and Steffi Duna, 6.15 »nd 9.15 p.m. CAPITOL: After The Thin Man. With
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      272 5 BUN THEATRE (New World): Charlie Chan In Egypt. 7.30 and 9.30 pm. THEATRE ROYAL: Veer Amblmanyu. 6 15 and 9.15 p.m. THE HAPPY THEATRE: Spendthrift. 7 and 9.30 p.m. AMUSEMENT PARKS, DANCE HALLS. ETC. Singapore GREAT WORLD CABARET. Dance 6 p.m. to midnight. NEW WORLD CABARET. Dance 9.30 p.m. to
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      310 5 j||£ ALL STELLAR ATTRACTIONS AT THE HAPPY THEATRE AP ADA D C X lst Show TONIGHT 2nd Show VMDMI tI 7 p.m. 9.30 pm P— "SPENDTHRIFT 1 GALA KING'S BIRTHDAY BALL wim r ona«i TONIGHT I Extension 2 a.m. I Next Change: Y 1 "ITS IN THE BAG" Special Vaudrvill-
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      479 6 DILL CONDITIONS IN ALL SECTIONS. SHARP DECLINE IN RUBBER. From Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, June 8. All markets in Singapore will be tomorrow, being a public holiday. Condition* in the local market this morning continue dull and in the rubber shr.re section they are inclined to be
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        MINING.
        609 6 Issue Val. 4/- Ampat Tin £1 Asam Kumbang £1 Austral Malay 5/- Ayer Hitam 1 Ayer Weng £1 Banprin Tin 1 Bat.u Selangor £1 Bunna Malay £1 Chenderiang 50 Hltam Tin 1 Hong Fatt 5/- Hong Kong Tin 5/ Idiis HydrauUc 16/- Ipon Tin £1 Jelapang l Jelebu Tin
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        GENERAL.
        462 6 2 2 A>.\ Brick Ord. 155 165 155 1Mb 2 i do nfc1t Prefs. 2.45 2.55 2.45 2.55 10 10 Anas Ice toe 10 00n 8.00 :o OOn 1 1 B M Broadcasting 0.85 0.90 0.87 0 92 10 5 B M Trustee a £> im d 2i> i
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        242 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 5 r 'o 1001 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 103' 2 4> 2 '< 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept 30 107 W/e 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 int. Mar. 31 Sept 30 115 4% 1913 red. 1963 $2 000.000 Mar.
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        384 6 x" rascr ci lo. t^yuii of CiVj.il Ulenoy 1.80 1.90 1.80 1.90 Uor Gajnh 1.40 1.47'/- 140 1 50xd Vmal Malay 1.90 2.05 1.90 2 05 Vyer Hltam 1.45 1.55 1.50 1.60 Iyer MMek 1.15 1.25 1.15 1.25 Iyer r-anas 175 1.85 1.80 1.90 Jassett 0.75 0.80 0
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        EXCHANGES.
        199 6 The foil awing are the exchange rates this morning according to the dally circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Comorat'on SELLING. London T.T 2/4 1/16 London demand 2/4 1/18 London 4 months sight 2/4Vfc Lyons demand 1283 Hamburg demand 112 New York demand 57 9/16 Montreal
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        CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
        74 6 Noon, June 8. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) June 3114 31»/j Good F. A. Q. in bales (F. 0.8.) June 30% 307/ 8 No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 31% 31«/a June 3H4 Sift July-September 31%
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Singapore, June 8.
    177 6 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Singapore, June 8. Singapore, J June 8. Ofcmxny riv'deDil Eoofc* Cloec Date Pavable Kx P-» Date Total far flnaacJU to 1afe Tn» ro Burma Malay 2'.'" o Int June 9 June 16 Katu 2'j'i June 23 m Ji.r.e 30 Malayan Tin 20' o Int.
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    STOCK EXCHANGE.
    369 6 London, June 7. The following are today's closing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange: Shares of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: YffSTCr- KIT day. or Fall Conversion Loan o p.c. 1944-64 112% Funding Loan 4 p.C. 19C0-90 109 7 War Loan, 3',i p.c. 101 'fc Com Union
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    NEW AUSTRALIAN LOAN.
    106 6 £12,000,000 AT V/ 2 PER CENT. London, June 7. rE Commonwealth of Australia is raising a new loan of £12,360,959 sterling. This announcement was made by the Australian High Commissioner, Mr. S. M. Bruce, today. The Ists will open on Thursday, the issue is being made at
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    97 6 Lonaon, June 7. The following wers mean raief uiinp at noon ocday: Paris 110 47/64 Atnen* MH| ■Jew YorL 4. 93 >i Bucnarest 672 "i Montreal 4.93 9/16 Kuv Bnuscto 29.28* RIO Geneva 21.60', sellers officla \mstcrdam 8.97'i Belgrade ilS Berlin 12.32'- Buenoe aimb J uou->t*o Wiian 93*4 Mcr
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    42 6 The flagship of the Soviet submarine fleet based on Vladivostok, It Is reported, narrowly escaped being struck by a Sorpedo while cruising In the vicinity i t the harbour on Sunday. Who discharged the torpedo is not stated.— Sin Chew Jtt Poh.
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    TOMORROW'S RACES
    140 6 AT K.L. j Scratchin^s And Order Of Running 1 The following are the scratchings and the order of running for tomorrow, the second day of the Selangor Turf Club's Summer Meeting:^ Race I.— Ponies. Class 1, Div. 2. Race 2.— Horses. Class 3. Dir. 4 In-Ver-Fogg, Hard Road.
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      54 6 FOR ASTHMA LUHG COMPLAINTS -Epharone 1 is acknowledg■jgH7\ ai by Uie Highest Medical OS"",! j Authority. Approved by the J^^K*L] National Health Insurance rst^r-ll <Gt. E.) Scheme for Panel l-^-tfc^iM Patients. Used In 800 hosI'Sjp^tlJ lk| and fey 12.000 doctors rPHAZONE tt IT ACTS QUICKLY' Sole Agents- THE EPUAZONE COMPA:.-.
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      65 6 "extermite: THE WHITE ANT KILLER I s^HjT S I fsFffiim Isbbbbbbbbbbbl An "EXTERMITE" outfit WSI < nablo you to reduce your repair bills and protect your trees against the attacks of white ants. The outfits complete with full instrnetions for use are obtainable from aaf of our branches, post free.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      LONDON TIN MARKET.
      511 7 STRIKES IN U.S.A. RETARD BUYING. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 29. A LITTLE better business has been done with America this week, but the incipient buying movement seems to have been nipped in the bud, temporarily at any rate, by the extensive strike in the American
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      PROFIT FROM N.E.I. TIN MERGER.
      152 7 Good Prospects For Billiton Co. Amsterdam. May 28. The proposed merger between the Government -owned tin organisation on the I-land of "Banka and t .e Billiton Co.'s property on Billiton Island gives rise to speculation as to what profits will result for the Billiton Co.'s
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      £100,000 STEEL ORDER FOR BRITAIN.
      37 7 Denmark has ordered I.JM tons of steel, valued at £100.000. from the Export Department ot tht- British Iron and Steel Corporation. The steel is to' be divided up between three Danish shipyards.
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      SUNGEI BATU RUBBER.
      828 7 PROFITS AND DIVIDEND DOUBLED. 1938 FORWARD SALE AT Is. 0y 2 d. •THE twenty-fourth annual gene ral meeting of the Sungoi Batu (Malaya) Rubber Estates, Ltd., \va3 held in London on May 25 Mr. E. D. Hewan (chairman of the company) presiding. To fill Mr. Hamilton's place
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      SIAMESE TIN PAYS 25 PER CENT.
      185 7 CAUTIOUS DIVIDEND POLICY. UNCERTAINTY created by the pro- posed N.D.C. 'since withdrawn^ has led the directors of the Siamese Tin Syndicate to adopt a cautious policy with regard to dividends, i The second Interim for the current .year is reduced to 10 per cent,
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      RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PRESS.
      294 7 > New Bill Governing Libel. t A DDRESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of Allied News- papers in London on May 31, Lord I Kemsley said Inter alia: In my opinion, those who control the policy of newspapers have a responsibility second only to that of
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      ROYAL DUTCH CO. DOLLAR BONDS.
      137 7 New Actions To Be Started. Amsterdam. May 31. The Committee fc Dollar Loans Is to organise a new action against the Royal D'ltch Company for carrying out, In a practicable manner, the decisions of *lie Courts, as notwithstanding the verdicts of the Supreme Court and
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      UNIT TRUSTS BILL.
      64 7 Still In Preparation. Sir John Mellor (Get;., lamworth) asked In the House of Commons last week, about legislation to give effect to the recommendations of the Department 1 Committee on Fixed Trusts Mr. Walter Runclman replied that he could not add to his answer >n Apr. 6,
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      NETHERLANDS INDIA TOBACCO CROP.
      87 7 It Amsterdam, May 31. |p According to a catle from the b Netherlands Indies, the optimistic e 1: pactatlons about the tobacco crop have a been revised owing to the serious tl damage caused during the past weeks li cf storms and heavy .ainfall The c:
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      BANGRIN TIN DREDGING.
      143 7 NET PROFIT RISES £5,238. THE accounts of Bangrin Tin Dredging Ltd. for 1936 show that, after writing off 119,2661 (1935 £19,128) tor depreciation' Mid adding £607 in respect of refund of Siamese dividend tax for L 933, the net profit was £18,154! :ompared with £12,916 in 1935.
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      CENTRAL PERAK RUBBER.
      92 7 Dividend Six Per Cent. More At Ten Per Cent. Central Perak Rubber Co. announces a dividend of 10 per cent., less tax. for 1936. Thl s compares with 4 per cent, for the previous twelve months and 5 per cent, for 1934. The div<dend is ..ayable on
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      "ROYAL SOVEREIGN" LAUNCHED.
      70 7 The twin screw motor passenger i ressel Royal Sovereign," which Is In- tended for senrlce in the English Channel and In the Thames Estuary, was launched from Denny's yard at Dumbarton on May 27. Mr. Kelso, speaking on behalt of the owners, the General Steam Navigation Co..
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      NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
      197 7 Increased Profits and Dividend. AT the meeting ol Nippon Yusen Kalsha. In Tokyo on May 27, Mr. N. Ohtani. pres'dent, announed a dividend of 6 per cent, per annum— an increase of 1 per cent. In presenting the report, the president stated that the net profit amounted
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      735 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI HANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in the Colony ot Hcng Kong) The liability 01 •nemow is limited to the extent and in mmaum prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 ot 19V:9 01 'Jit Colony Authorised Capita; $50,000,000 LsMica and rtilljr Pald-Up $20,000,000 Reserve Funds:--Sterling f.S'SSS'SSSI Hono Kona Currency $10,000,000
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      167 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated :n C y ma by Special Charter. j 11. Cecil Street Singapore Telephones: Manager's Office 6111 Exchange Oepl 6441 General Office 5188-9 Cable Address: "CHI'NGKUO" Paid Dp CapiUl Ch 40.000.000 00 Reserve Funds in excess of Ch. 4,BM,*M.M Total Assets approximately Ch. SI 800.000.000.0) HEAD OFFICE:
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      488 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated :n England oy Royal Charter 1853). Paid Up Capital in 600.000 shares of Sb each €3.000.000 Reserve Fund £1 000.000 Resenre Liability of Proprietors £3.000.000 bead omcti 38. Bianopsirate London EC Z. Amrltsar Hong Kong f*lgor> Alor Stai Hollo Benn»rang Banßkok
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    SINGAPORE RADIO MYSTERY.
    301 8 U.S. AMATEURS STILL HEAR ZHI! ALTHOUGH Singapore Zlil, the pioneer short-wave station in Malaya, closed down on Dec. 31 last, when the B.M.B.C. began officially to function, reports have been received from many short-wave listeners in America and Europe that the station is still being picked up!
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    Cancer Terror Lifted.
    217 8 THOUSANDS ARE BEING CURED NOW. C'anitr is no lonK^r a sentence of death. This glad news for the thousands of sufferers and the thousands more uho live in terror of cancer was announced by Sir Kingsley Wood. Minister of Health. He was .speaking at a dinner given
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      729 8 Not a Drug, but a Vital Cell- Food For the Veins, Arteries and Heart >vtO ailment resulting from poor or sluggish circulation or the blood can resist th« 1\ curative action of Elasto. Varicose veins are forgotten and soon disappear, th« bean becomes steady, the arteries supple, skin troubles clear
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      58 8 111 FLIT ys\Kii£S THEM/ <4^*sQ^^Si f -MASTERS UMIHATED STEEL PADLOCKS Strongest in the World. From All Dealers. Sole) Agents: RAHAMIN PENHAS. SINGAPORE. j^Bsis^ isV^^^^V REPAIRS AND SERVICING To all makes of Radio. Amplifier Sound Systems and Equipments Consult us on yovr SOUND PROBLEMS WORLD-WIDE RADIO CO 119. North Bridge Road.
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      764 8 Broadcasting. SINGAPORE TODAY r.HL 1 33 Me f (225 m p.m. 6.00 Malay music. Gramophone records. 6.30 Tamil music, by Miss Thyalnayagi Coomaraswamy and Miss Pushpawathy Rajathurai. 7.00 Chinese (Pciplng) music. Gramophone records. 7.35 Time, weather and announcements. 7 45 Chamber music. Played by Mrs. Jacobs (violin), Mrs. Caaeley (viola),
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      743 8 TRANSMISSION 3. p.m. 9.35 Big Ben B B.C Empire Orchestra; leader, Daniel Mclsa; conductor, Eric Fogg. Overture. Ln Princesse Jaune Saint-Saens Selection. La Traviata (Verdi, arr. Wenlnger) Suite. Holiday Sketches: (1) Festival In Nuremberg (2) Romany from Bohemia i3) Evening In the Odenwald (4, Be'.ls at Coblentx (Foulds). Danish Rr-apsody
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      330 8 CALCUTTA. TODAY Vt'C 6 10 Mr s (49 1 m p.m. 6 56 Time signal. Children's Hour. 7.56 Indian scngs and music. 9 26 Talk: "In the World Beyond 'No. 5). "Gods and Demons". By M L. Roy. 9 41 Betar Orchestra. 9 56 News bulletin. Ill Bengali. 10.11 Indian
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    Powers Hope To Agree Control Question.
    144 9 BRITAIN PROTESTS OVER HUNTER MINE INCIDENT. London, June 7. UOPES of an agreement among the four Powers responsible for the non-intervention control in Spain are not lessened by the German and Italian replies, it is stated. It Is understood the divergence of I views
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    "MAN IN IRON LUNG" SAILS FOR U.S.
    134 9 "MAN IN IRON LUNG" SAILS FOR U.S. Difficult Transfer at Dockside. Shanghai, June 6. RESUMING his Journey from Pelping to Chicago, which is costiing his father more than £10,000. i Mr. Frederick Snite, the son of 'an American millionaire, who has lived encased in an iron jlung since he entered
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    GERMAN RELATIONS WITH THE VATICAN.
    102 9 Strained, But Not Broken. Berlin, June 5. POLITICAL quarters deny that German relations with the Holy .See have been broken off, but It Is emphasised relations are severely strained. It is officially stated in Rome the Vatican Papal Nuncio to Berlin has not been recalled,
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    ASSASSINATION OF HUPEH GOVERNOR.
    136 9 I High Party Official Sentenced. Hankow, June 6. Charged with complicity in the assassination of General Yang Yungtal. Governor of Hupeh, on Oct. 25 and plotting attempts on the life of I Gen. Chiang Kai-shek and other notables. LI Yu-ying, the suspended member of the Central
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    POPULAR FRONT IN FRANCE.
    86 9 Complete Agreement After Year In Power. Paris, June 7. Reviewing the work of the Popular Front Government on the anniversary of its accession to power, the Premier, M. Blum, said agreement within the Government was as com1 plete today u a year ago. i The Government
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    28 9 Mr. W. O. Ormsby-Gore, the Colonial Secretary, yesterday announced In the House of Commons that the Palestine report will be signed in the third week 'of June.— Reuter.
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    NAZIS PLOT DEATH OF SCHUSCHNIGG.
    91 9 WOULD HAVE DIED AT MOTHER'S GRAVE. Vienna: June G. A PLOT to murder Dr. Kurt Schuschnigg, the Austrian Chancellor, while I visiting his mother's grave, will be alleged by the prosecution agains.. Fritz Woitsche, an Austrian Nazi, when the case comes up on June 22.
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    RELIGIOUS LEADER RETIRES.
    123 9 Tributes Paid By Sir John Simon. London June 5. High tributes were paid last night to the work of the eminent Nonconformist divine, the Rev. Dr Jones, who. after 39 years as pastor of the Congregational Church at Bournemouth, is retiring at the age of 72. The
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    FIGHTING DISEASE WITH RADIUM.
    76 9 Gratifying Success At London Hospital. London. June 5. Referring to recent work done at Westminster Hospital, the annual report for 1936 says the new fourgramme radium bomb, with its complicated mechanism, continued to give gcod therapeutic results. The report says that the steady increase In the
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    GENERAL STRIKE IN SYRIA.
    78 9 Riot Involving Arabs And Turks. Antloch, June 5. In protest against the League of Nations' decision with regard to the future of the administration of tha Sanjaks of Antioch and Alexandretta. Arabs and Armenians in Syria as well as the Sanjaks have declared a general strike.
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    New London Mosque Follows Taj Mahal Style.
    69 9 London, June 5. Many nations ar.d creeds were represented at the laying of the foundation stone yesterday of the new London mosque, situated in West Kensington, which will be modelled on the Taj Maha' and will eventually cost 100.000 The site fas purchased
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    On Spanish
    231 9 LORD KYLSANTS DEATH. FAMOUS COURT CASE RECALLED. London, June 7. THE death is announced of Lord Kylsant. former chairman of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.. who six years ago was sentenced to 12 months Imprisonment in connection with the issue of a false prospectus— Reuter. Lord Kylsant
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    ANTI-BRITISH FLAGS IN JERUSALEM DENIED.
    60 9 Jerusalem, June 6. A denial of the report that antlBritish inscriptions were borne in a procession in Bethlehem was issued b' the Government yesterday. The report stated that anti-BrilUl. inscriptions denouncing "British Imperialism" were borne in a procession in the streets of Bethlehem during the
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    Anti-Air Exercises In Suiyuan.
    73 9 Peiplng. June 7. Realistic air defence exercises are being carried out at Weihua, capital of Sulyuan today. Sirens were sounded at 9 a.m. to warn against approaching enemy aircraft and 20 minutes later Central planes arrived to flnd a large section of the town hidden by
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    NAZIS HONOUR DUCE.
    60 9 Herr Hitler has conferred on Sienor Mussolini and Count Clano, Italian Sinister for Foreign Affairs, the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the 3erman Eagle. This is the highest class of the order sstablished a month ago exclusively :or foreigners. The Due* and Count Jlano
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    Chinese Scouts To Attend World Jamboree.
    56 9 Shanghai June 7. Nine Chinese Boy Scouts, chosen from units all over China, are representing their country at the world's Scout Jamboree to be held in Holland from July 31 to Aug. 13. There will be more than 30.000 Scor.U from more than 40
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    Ex-Sian Rebel Leader Given Mission.
    55 9 Gen. Yang Hu-cheng. a ringleader of the recent Sian uprisings who wa: granted a tree pardon, has been giver a mission by the Nanking Government during his tour abroad. Gen Yang leaves at the end of this montr and will study military matters during his
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1937. New Planting.
    770 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1937. New Planting. Evidence is accumulating which tends to prove that those who assume a leading role in the rubber-producing industry are now I very much concerned as to the attitude likely to be adopted on the question of new planting in any
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    Social anb personal
    106 10 Mr. A. A. Henggeler arrived in Kuala Lumpur from hoir.o last week. Mr. H. L. Johnson, manager of the Federal Dispensary, left for England, on leave, last week. Mr. H. de H. Smith, general manager of Cicely Estate, Teluk Anson, Is shortly going on leave for eight
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    Kuala Kangsar Transfer.
    62 10 Dr. A. Bearblock, Medical Officer, Kuala Kangsar, left for Penang on Thursday to embark on the P. and O. liner Rawalpindi for Colombo, where he is to join his wife and child on the "Ormonde" (from Australia and then proceed home on leave. Dr. M. L. Bynoe
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    Professor Hawes' Address.
    40 10 Dr. R. B. Hawes, MB., F.R.C.P., Professor of Medicine whl give a talk on "Diet" at the Ramakrishna Mission premises at 6.30 p.m. on Thursday June, 10. Mr. P. Sammy, Barrister-at-Law, will preside. All are cordially invited.
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    Club Announcements.
    65 10 At the meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Fortnightly Club next Thursday (June 10. a debate will be held on the subject "Emancipation of Woman is in the Best Interests of Society." The Ipoh Rotary Club holds its half-yearly dinner at the Grand Hotel on July 2. The new
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    Perlis Residency.
    32 10 Mr. C. R. Hewitt, British Adviser, Perils, is leaving for home shortly on leave. It is understood that he will be replaced by Mr. C. W. Dawson, Legal Adviser, Kedah.
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    27 10 His Highness the Sultan of Perak and suite left Kuala Kangsar on Thursday for Selama for a fish drive after the opening of a. new mosque there.
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    27 10 Tungku Panglima Besar of Pahang, who has been visiting Kuala Kangsar, has left for Jerantut. He came in i the company of Tungku Ampuan of Pahang. I
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    EUROPEAN & MALAY BARRIERS.
    1500 10 EUROPEAN MALAY BARRIERS. I. Understanding the Temperament of the Countryman. By HAJI MOHAMED EUSOFF, M.C.S. (Assistant Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Kuala Lumpur.) pEW Europeans, outside the official circle, and for that matter urban dwellers, have clear ideas of the people of the country, their manner of living, their hopes and
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    712 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. MAHKOTA JOHORE. /"VN Sunday I saw the Crown of Johore, and so came to the end of a train of inquiry started in this column at the time of the Coronation. This was no slight privilege that was granted to me by the Regent, for
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    CHINESE VOLUNTEERS CRUSADING AGAINST JAPAN.
    368 11 Attempts To Regain Lost Territory. TROOPS HAVE SUPPORT OF NANKING LEADERS. Northern Chahar To Be Scene Of Initial Offensive. A POWERFUL army of Chinese "volunteers"— comprising trained troops and students has been concentrated in northern Shansi and Southern Chahar preparatory to launching an anti-Japanese crusade
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    U.S. CLAIMS GREAT TIN STRIKE.
    275 11 HUGE DEPOSIT FOUND IN MICHIGAN. BE "DISCOVERER." IX-MALAYAN SAID TO (From Our Own Correspondent). London, May 29. A DEPOSIT of several million Ions of tin-bearinir ore is claimed to have been discovered about :<.> miles west of Marquette. Michigan, in the centre of the I'nited
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    ITALY'S ARMY ON PARADE.
    147 11 Hiombero: Attends Many Manoeuvres. Rome. June 7. A FTER Inspecting Britain"s Army at the Coronation. Field Marshal van Blomberg. Germany's War Minister, is being shown Italy's armaments. He has attended large-scale manteuvres of the Italian Army, air for^c jind Fascist militia at Civitaveccia, neat Rome. He
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    Jean Harlow, Hollywood's "Blonde Bombshell," Dead.
    276 11 JEAN HARLOW, "blonde bombshell" of countless films, is dead. Her death, according to a Reuter cablegram from London, was due to cerebral oedema, or a, swelling on the brain Jean Harlow has been one of th must vital personalities in films sine the screen
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    Jean Twice Banned In Singapore.
    50 11 THti of Jean Harlow's films were banned as unsuitable for Singapore audiences. "Red Dust," in which she appeared with Clark Gable, showed her as an adventuress on a Malayan rubber estate, while Singapore was .the final scene in her more recent banned film, "China Seas."
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    U.S. TOWN SEIZED.
    303 11 Strikers Control Business Centre. ALL WORK STOPS. Lansing, Michigan, June 7. CEVERAL thousand automobile workers having proclaimed a general labour holid.ay in protest against the arrest of eight strike pickets, they took control of the business quarter of this town of 80,000 inhabitants and closed down many
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    Singapore Rubber Drops Sharply Today.
    87 11 DIBBER recorded a sharp decline in Singapore this morning, values being down two cents on yesterday's closing. This fall follows the drop of one cent, in New York yesterday, which is attributed to further strike rumours and to heavy liquidation. The local market is very
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    36 11 THEY WALK NO LONGE.t. For the first time since Apr. 30, buses were running in Lond^ n aga.n on May 28. This picture shores office-going crowds lining up at Victoria station to board the first buses.
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    EMPIRE LEADERS CONFER.
    211 11 IMPERIAL ECONOMIC COMMITTEE. London, June 7. A MEETING of the principal delegates to the Imperial conference, presided over by Mr. Chamberlain, today approved the report of the committee on economic questions submitted by Mr. Havenga (South Africa), also the report of the committee on constitutional questions submitted
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    OVER 200 DEAD IN RABAUL 'QUAKE. VOLCANIC ACTIVITY IN JAPAN.
    139 11 OVER 200 DEAD IN RABAUL 'QUAKE. VOLCANIC ACTIVITY IN JAPAN. London, June 7. IT is now learned that the victims of the Rabaul (New Guinea) eruption total between 250 and 500. A definite 'figure is not available until a census of the survivors is completed. Many white women are leaving
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    BUYERS RETURN TO GOLD MARKET. BULK TAKEN TO NEW YORK.
    97 11 BUYERS RETURN TO GOLD MARKET. BULK TAKEN TO NEW YORK. London, June 7. IN sharp distinction to the past v/eek, buyers today returned to the gold market, keenly bidding for the comparatively small amount in the market, 262 bars, valued at £737.000. The price was 2', 2 d. under the
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    Miss Earhart Crosses Atlantic.
    24 11 Dakar, June 7. Miss Eorhart flew safely across the Southern Atlantic and landed at St. Louis at 6.30 p.m.— Reuter.
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    SMUGGLING IN N. CHINA.
    145 11 EFFECT ON TRADE WITH GREAT BRITAIN. London, June 7. /GIVING an account *of the relative of affairs as regards smuggling in North China and its effect on imports from Britain compared with six months ago, in reply to Mr. A. E. L. Chorlton in the House
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    AUSTRALIA'S PACIFIC PACT.
    189 11 AUSTRALIA'S PACIFIC PACT. Not Seeking Special Commitments. PEACE TREATY VITAL TO WORLD SECURITY. London, June 7 THE Washington Treaties of 1921 appear to be in ttmgtt of being everthrown. said Sir. J. A. Lyons,. Prime Minister of Australia, referring to his proposal for a non-airuression pad in the Pacific, at
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    No Birthday Honours Tomorrow.
    43 11 London, June 7. There will be no birthday Honours List on June 9 on the occasion of tttt official celebration of the Kings birthday in view of the fact that there have been two lists already this year. —Reuter.
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    20 11 New York, June 5. The octogenarian music critic, William J. Henderson, was found shot dead in his hotel yesterday. —Reuter.
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    HOLLAND ANSWERS N. I. PETITION FOR STRONGER DEFENCES.
    255 12 NEW SHIPS FOR HER EASTERN FLEET. Four Minesweepers And Big Submarine. MODERNISATION OF AIR FORCE PROCEEDING. THE plea of the people of the Netherlands Indies for a bigger, more modern fleet and up-to-date defences generally is being answered. Four newly-built mine-sweepers the
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    28 12 WITH MIZZLE LOADERS This is how the light battery of the Selangor Police looked m 1892. A scene from the tattoo at Kuala Lumpur yesterday, taken during rehearsals.
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    ONE OF S.S. "COMMERCIAL GIANTS" PASSES.
    369 12 ONE OF S.S. "COMMERCIAL GIANTS" PASSES. Mr. W. H. Shelf ord's Big Part In Singapore Politics. THE death in London on Sunday of Mr. William Heard Shelford removes another of the fast diminishing band of oldtime Malayans. Chairman of the board of directors of Paterson, Simons and Co.. Ltd., for
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    MR. W. J. P. THORNLEY DIES AT PENANG.
    74 12 (From Our Own Correspondent." Penang, June 7. I The death occurred yesterday in the jOeneral Hospital of Mr. W. J. P. Thornley. aged 42. w.'io Is well known in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Mr. I Thornley had been in Penang sincr Coronation
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    Miniature Aldershot Staged At K.L. High Tribute To Police By Sultan.
    307 12 Miniature Aldershot Staged At K.L. High Tribute To Police By Sultan. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 8. THE remarkable standard of efficiency of the Malay States Police could not have been better demonstrated than by last night's searchlight tattoo, in which 730 men of the Kuala Lumpur Depot
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    23 12 The officials cf the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce have nearly completed ti.eir preparations for holding the Third Chinese Trade Fair in Singapore.
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    Malaya Misses Longest Eclipse For 1,200 Years.
    204 12 •TODAY'S heavy clouds have wipci". out any opportunity whlci 1 Malaya might have had of seeiia partial eclipse of the sun— whidi to observers in the Pacific Ocean and a tiny strip of land in Peru is the longest total eclipse visible for
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    THREE K.L.M. SERVICES A WEEK THIS YEAR.
    42 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, June ">. ■TIIK X.1..M. are probably increas- ing the Amsterdam-Batavia service to three times weekly from November this yrar. while from 1941 onwards the time will be reduced to SH days.
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    PLANE SAVES ACCOUNTANT SIX DAYS.
    140 12 PLANE SAVES ACCOUNTANT SIX DAYS. To Kuantan And Back In Few Hours, A FLIGHT to Kuantan and back in one day was made on Saturday by a Royal Singapore Flying Club seaplane. Because he had half-an-hour's business to transact at Kuantan. Mr. O. C. Smalley, the Singapore public accountant, decided
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    NEW FAST CARGO SERVICE TO EUROPE.
    121 12 N.Y.K.'s New 18 Knot Ships. ANEW fast cargo steamer service from North phina to Europe will be inaugurated by N.Y.K. with five sister ships capable of 18 knots in the middle of July. The five vessels are all 7,500 tons gross. On the outward
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    27 12 St. Mary's Church. Kuala Lumpur, has in hand plans for a fair to be held at the Turf Club, Ampang Road, on the afternoon of July 3.
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    2,000 Troops Ou Parade.
    121 12 2,000 Troops Ou Parade. TOMORROW will be a public holiday in honour of the celebration of the birthday of King George VI. which actuary falls on December 14. There was no celebration last December, owing to the abdication of King Edward VIII. June 9 is likely to be the permanent
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    NEW $250,000 CABARET FOR SINGAPORE.
    134 12 NEW $250,000 CABARET FOR SINGAPORE. Special AirConditioning Plant. THE new $250,000 cabaret beinjf built at the New World Amusement Park will be air-conditioned. Work on the structure Is well under way and it is expected to be opened in three or four months' time. The site Is near the present
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    LA MERI AT THE CAPITOL TONIGHT.
    81 12 ''Empress Of The Pagodas." I A Meri. the noted International dancer, whose performances were praised in Singapore recently, will appear again at the Capitol Theatre tonight, having Just completed a successful tour of the Netherlands Indies Tonight's programme, which will begin at 9.30 p.m..
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    VARSITY CAREER FOR 2 MALAYANS.
    197 13 SASTRI TO CHOOSE FROM SIX NAMES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 7. BY the last Indian mail a parcel left Kuala Lumpur containing the names and certificates of six Malayan students who are applying for the two scholarships offered by the Rt. Hon.
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    MR. N. COULSON BACK IN SEREMBAN.
    52 13 i From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, June 7. MR. N. COULSON MC.S. has arrived in Seremban to take over the j duties of District Officer and Chair- i man of the Seremban Sanitary Board, lrom Mr. R. L. German. Mr. Coulson is a former
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    Boy King May Visit Siam This Year.
    124 13 •THE boy King of Siam, Ananda Mahidol, may visit his country next December according to reports current in Bangkok. He is at present at school in Switzerland. A Siames% newspaper, the Jati Niyom, quoted by the Bangkok Times, says that the Office or
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    UNITY OF SINGAPORE BUDDHISTS PRAISED.
    110 13 THE unity of tne various nationalities represented in the International Young Men's Buddhist Association was praised at a meeting of the association yest?rda'y by Rev. K. Sasanawansa, a Buddhist monk who is gcing to Ceylon after spending 11 months in Malaya in the propagation of
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    HOME FOR AGED "CHARITY IN HIGHEST SENSE." Sir Shenton Lays Corner Stone Of New Building.
    784 13 HOME FOR AGED "CHARITY IN HIGHEST SENSE." Sir Shenton Lays Corner Stone Of New Building. APPEALS TO CHINESE COMMUNITY TO GIVE FINANCIAL AID. CHARITY in the highest sense was how H.E. the Governor (Sir Shenton Thomas) described the work of the Little Sisters of the Poor, when he laid the
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    DECREE NISI FOR SINGAPORE MAN.
    47 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 7. MR. Justice Bucknill today granted a decree nisi to Mr. John Boyce Picketing, with costs against the co-repondent, on the ground of the misconduct in London of his wife, Irene Mabel, with Mr. D. Gun-Cuninghame.
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    VANORA LEAVES FOR SOUTH SEAS.
    130 13 Former Singapore Yacht's Long Trip. The yacht Vanora owned and captained by the American woman, i Mrs. Hart, who arrived in Singapore some weeks ago in the course of a world cruise, left on Sunday afternoon for the South Sea Islands. Mrs. Hart is accompanied
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    MALAY COLLEGE O.B.A. MEETING.
    113 13 Dato Ahmad Elected President. 'From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. June 7. •THE new office-bearers were elected at the annual general meeting of the Malay College Old Boys' Association, held recently at Kuala Lump-.'-as follows:— President: Dato Ahmad M.C.S v president: Raja Aman Shah M.C.S. hon. secretary
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    Death Of A Veteran Planter And Pioneer.
    251 13 (Contributed) ANOTHER survivor of the pioneer days in the F.M.S. passed away last Friday night, in the person of Mr. H. B. Mollett who died in the Gen- I eral Hospital. Penang. The funeral j took place on Saturday. Mr. Mollett had had
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    Rural Board Meetings Open To Press.
    168 13 Rural Board Meetings Open To Press. PTURE meetings of the Singapore Rural Board are to be open to the Press. This decision is the culmination of a controversy lasting several months. Although the early meetings of the Board were held in camera, the Press and public were later admitted unti
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    JAPAN'S IMPENETRABLE SECRECY.
    130 13 JAPAN'S IMPENETRABLE SECRECY. French Admiral On Size Of Fleet. ''No nation will ever be able to* gauge the strength of Japan's Navy. Their secrecy is impenetrable," declared NiceAdmiral Malavoy retiring Commander in Chief of the French Navy in the Far East on arrival today by the Messageries Maritimes liner, Aramis.
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    ALLEGED HURT TO HIRE-CAR DRIVER.
    96 13 (From Our Own Correspor.ocnt i Sercmban, June 7. TWO Chinese were charged before the Seremban Magistrate 'Mr. M. J. Hayward) today with voluntarilycausing hurt to Joseph Pereira. a motor car driver, on Saturday night at the Seremban Railway Station. The prosecuting officer told the court
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    NEGRI SEMBILAN MEDICAL CLUB.
    79 13 i From Our Own Correspondent' Sercmban. June 7. AT t'.ie annual general meeting o! the Negrl Sembilan Medical Services Club, the following office-bearers were elected for the current year:— Presdent: Dr. J. H. Bowyer: vicepresident: Dr. H. J. Lawson; hon secretary: Mr. K. Arulampalam; hon treasurer:
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    Another Gift Goal: It Gives R.A.F. Victory Over Skins.
    750 14  -  FUTILE FORWARDS IN LEAGUE MATCH. PLAY DOMINATED BY TWO GOOD HALF-BACK LINES. By "Echo." SINGAPORE soccer has got to the stage where half-backs are supreme, with full-backs doing the cleaning up work and forwards accepting subsidiary status but hoping for something
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    "V.'s" DAY OUT ON THE PADANG.
    337 14 Tot I'p Six Goals Against S.C.C. II. Tli- Y MCA. were much too gpod for the S.C.C. II in a Division III league match on the padang yesterday, winning 6—0. The Y.M.C.A. played well in all departmens. Day was the moving spirit in the
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    Water Polo. " Y " TEAM FOR TODAY.
    58 14 Water Polo. Y TEAM FOR TODAY. The following will represent the Y M.C A. Junior Department against the 22nd Heavy Battery. Changl, at Fort Canning today at 4 p.m. today: Tan Wee Eng, B. Fones. Choo Seng Chye. Leo Hon Ming, Sim Boon Howe, Kwik Sam York and Iim Cheng
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    31 14 Carlin, Skins forward, and Foster, R.A.F. back, had some "arguments" as to who should boot the ball. Which of the two raised feet sot to it this time? —Straits Times Photograph.
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    CHINESE ATHLETES BREAK MALAYAN RECORDS.
    601 14 (From Our Chinese Correspondent.) Tin: Penang Chinese held a highly successful athletic meeting; during 1 the week-end, in preparation for the All-Malayan Chinese Olympics. Many new Penang records were set up and of these, the winners of the men's shot-putt, discus throw, high-jump, pole-vault and
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    SELANGOR'S TEAM TO MEET PERAK.
    89 14 [From Our Own Correspondent] Kuala Lumpur, June 7. IT is understood that the following will represent Selangor against Pcrak in the Malaya Cup match at Ipoh on June 26: Kum Pak; See Hu, Kai Ban; Mori, Taib, Jahn Mohamed; A. N. Other, Ismail, Henry, Soon
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    H.K.S.B. BEAT P.S.
    76 14 H.K.S.B. BEAT P. S. Scoring twice In the first half, with even exchanges In the second half, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank defeated Paterson Simons in a Business Houses League match on the Y.M.C.A., ground yesterda}. Ten minutes from the kick on* Kim Hock scored the first goal, and
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    BOON MAH COVERS GAUDER'S SIDE-STAKE.
    85 14 In connection with his third attempt to get the better of Boon Mah, after suffering two defeats at his hands, Young Gauder offered to put up a side stake of $50. The Siamese has now covered this. Their fight at the Happy World on Friday
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    SPEEDWAY TEST WON BY ENGLAND.
    66 14 England gained a surprisingly easy win over Australia In the first Speedway Test Match at Wembley on May 27 by 66 points to 41. The home side owed their success to the strength of the second strings, who repeatedly beat the Australians for third place.
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    S.A.F.A. LEAGUE.
    406 14 Records In The Three Divisions. The following are the S.A.F.A. League tables up to date: FIRST DIVISION. SECOND DIVISION. THIRD DIVISION. BUSINESS HOUSES I.KAf .I i Bata 10 pts. deducted; 2 pt-s. each, with win recorded, awarded to NestangU Wearne's G.E.C.. H.KS.B. and S.T.; all goals deleted. P
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    35 14 London, June 7. The British professional golf team to meet Iho Americans m th« Ryder Cup match is announced as follows Charles Whiicombf (captain), Alliss, Burton, Cotton, ("ox, Kirn. Lacey, Padgham, Perry and Roes. Reuter.
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      12 14 THE EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE C° IJ 0 SINGAPORE BRANCHES "THE COWWONTHE SPOT'
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    HOME CRICKET AVERAGES.
    391 15 Fine Batting Record Of J. H. Parks. BUTLER OF NOTTS TOPS THE BOWLERS. The leading averages In first-class cricket 'up to May 20 were BATTING. BOWLING. rifi: NEW ZEAL ANDERS. BATTING. BOWLING. Inns. NO. Runs. roJJ 6 4 181 Parks <J. H»... 11 2 763 Hutum 6
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    THE SPORTS DIARY.
    92 15 TODAY. rv.tlis'.iCT!, vs. Poet Office, Div. IT. V.M.C.A. Jun vs 22nd II B (Changi), Fort Canning. 4 p.m. G«K: Entrtot clort for bmgapore cnam.in'ei Children 1! championships, S.S.C.. 1! a.m. T^S2f: OBX.C.O 8X.C. Non-Benders, padant. 11 a.m. 111 l UDAT. Stc-tr- SCC. vs. Midds.. Div. I. R.A.
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    Civilians Beat Gunners At Polo In K.O.R. Cup Match.
    467 15 Civilians Beat Gunners At Polo In K.O.R. Cup Match. TO MEET GARRISON IN FINAL ON SATURDAY. ■"PHE first round of the tournament for the K.O.R. Cup was played at the Singapore Polo Club before a large number of spectators on Saturday. There are no visiting teams this year; three local
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    21 15 Mr. A. vau iMIWii Funny Hec (Lewis up) being led m after winning the third nice at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.
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    THIRD DAY WEIGHTS FOR K.L. RACES.
    205 15 Vandal Heads The List Of Class I Horses. The following are the weights for four races on Saturday, the third and concluding day of the Selangor Turf Club's summer meeting at Kuala Lumpur: Horses, (lass 1.1 mile and a fur: Vandal 9.4 MUtondale 9.2
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    TWO JOHORE PLAYERS SENT OFF FIELD.
    117 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. June 6. The Customs beat the Military 3 1 in a league match on the Istana padang this evening. The match was watched by a very large crowd. A few minutes before the end two Military players were
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    12 15 Hi KohlofT winning the half-mi: at the Raffles Institution sports. Times Photograph.
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    Perry Wins The Cup.
    325 15 BEATS VINES IN THIRD MATCH. STRAIGHT SETS BUT THE LAST WENT TO 12-10. FRED PERRY, the British pro- j r fessional lawn tennis player, won the Coronation Cup at V Wembley on May 29. He beat Ellsworth Vines, the American 6 4, 6 4, 12—10, in
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH.
    688 15 The Lawn Tennis "Circus" Tilden and Co. Jealous Of Perry and Vines Peter Kane Young Blacksmith After Benny Lynch. Conducted By 'ECHO.- AS will bs seen from the neighbouring column, Fred Perry won his Wembley rubber match with El.sworth Vines, and with It the valuable Coronation Cup.
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      214 16 Echoes Of Raffles Place Before The War. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— Reading through my Straits Budget dated April 29th. I noticed an article oy Anak Singapura headed "'Katz's Store." May I differ from Anak Singapura and emphatically state that "Katz's Store." as he calls
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    BRITAIN'S SAVINGS. Nearly £30 A Head Of Population.
    95 16 BRITAIN'S SAVINGS. Nearly £30 A Head Of Population. London, June 5. At a meeting of the National Savings Assembly. Lord Mottlstone said the total amount now invested in National Savings was £1.384.000,000 or £29 Bs. 4d. per head of population. He read a message from the King congratulating the movement's
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    FOREIGN FIRMS IN ETHIOPIA.
    386 16 "COLLABORATION WILL BE ACCEPTED." STRENGTH OF ARMY OF OCCUPATION. 'THE Italian Government's policy I in respect of special questions in Abyssinia was dealt with in the i course of a long speech in the Senate by Signor Lessona, Minister for the Colonies. The Minister partl-'iiiMy dea't
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    New Manchukuo "Purge."
    42 16 Tientsin. June 7. A purge of anti- Japanese elements In schools Id Manchukuo Is reported. More than 100 students of the Harbin j Industrial College have b?en arrested and may be charged with treason.— 1 Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    31 16 HARLES AND ROBERT, talented Italian dancers who will begin a season at the Sea View Hotel tomorrow. They are specialists in cassical, character and comic dancing and both possess admirable technique.
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    "WHEN CARDS AND DICE LOSE THEIR INNOCENCE."
    277 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. June 7. AN ordinary table knife can be regarded as a gaming accessory used in roulette declared the i Chief Justice F.M.S.. Sir Samuel Joyce Thomas, in delivering judgment in an appeal by the Public Prosecutor against
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    CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 0.B.A. REUNION.
    58 16 The annual reunion dinner of all old boys of the Christian Brothers Schools will be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Thursday June 10 at Bp.m. Applications for tickets will be received by the Honorary Secretary, Mr. T. W. Prins Co The Asiatic Petroleum Co.,
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    17 16 To celebrate the King's Birthday th^> Singapore Zionist Association will hold a dance at its clubrooms tonight.
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    11 16 Miss E. F. McConachy. Nursing Sister, has been seconded to Johore.
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    34 16 Mr. J W. Jolly. Agricultural Officer. S.S. and F.MS, has been transferred to Talpitig from S?remban. Mrs. Jolly Is at present on a visit to her husband's sister, Mrs E. E. Draper in Pral.
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    BELGIUM PARDONS WARTIME OFFENDERS.
    31 16 BELGIUM PARDONS WARTIME OFFENDERS. Brussels. June 5. i The Chamber yesterday passed by, 159 votes to 19 the Military Amnesty! Bill applying to thos. 1 sentenced for war-time military offences.— Reuter.
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    POLICE BAND PROGRAMME.
    136 16 POLICE BAND PROGRAMME. The Band of the Straits Settlements Police will perform in public during the week as follows, under the direction of Mr. J. C. Hitch* L.R.A.M., A.A.C M., R.M.S.M.. Today, at Botanic Gardens at 5.30 p.m. March. "Steadfast and True" C. Tellce. Overture. "Russian and LudmtUa" Olinna. Selection.
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    S.V.C. Programme Of Drills.
    161 16 The Singapore Volunteer Corps propramme of drills for this week ending is as follows: Today: S.15 p.m.. Headquarters. 1st Bn. S.S.V.F. Signal Sec.. Unit Training; 5.15 p.m., Headquarters, 1st Bn. S.S.V.P. Int. Sec., Unit Training; 5.16 p.m., Headquarters, "A" Coy. M.O. Training; 5.15 p.m., Headquarters. B"
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    ELDERLY MALAY'S PARANG ATTACK ON WIFE. "CONFUSIONAL INSANITY."
    395 17 ELDERLY MALAY'S PARANG ATTACK ON WIFE. "CONFUSIONAL INSANITY." (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, June 5. UOW an elderly Malay, Talib bin Abu Saman, in a sudden fit of insanity, attacked his wife with a parang was related in the Taiping Magistrate's Court when he appeared on a charge of voluntarily
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    FRANCE'S BIG AIR RACE.
    97 17 Yet Another Route Announced. Paris. June 6. »T*HE French Aero Club has abandoneJ its plans for the around Europe, Rome to Paris race which it had arranged to replace the New York to Paris Atlantic race. The Atlantic event had to be cancelled becaus? of the
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    U.S. vs. NATURE FIGHT STARTS.
    91 17 Battle Against Floods, Drought And Dust. Washington, June 5. The establishment of seven regional authorities to undertake a comprehensive programme for flood, drought and dust-stor.n prevention ana soil conservation is recommended by President Roosevelt in a message to Congress. Regional authorities will also administer hydro-electric
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    Heiress Derby Winner.
    34 17 London, June 5. Mrs. Miller, owner of the Derby win- i ner. was a £500,000 heiress, being left I money by her uncle, a silk manufac- h turrr of Cheshire.— Rruter.
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    27 17 Certificates were presented on Saturday at the Police Depot to 180 members of the Straits PoUce who have passed their tests in anti-ras drill. Straits Times Photograph.
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    IL DUCE'S 6-YEAR COLONIAL SCHEME.
    385 17 Road River Traffic Network. CIGNOR MUSSOLINI'S determination to make Abyssinia a paying proposition and a definite plan for the development of the Italian Empire were announced by Slgnor Lessona. Minister of the Colonies, In the Senate last week. Signor Lessona said that a six-year plan
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    PLANTER CARRIES A REVOLVER.
    210 17 Because He Had $50 In His Possession. 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, June 5. "IT is just this habit of carrying arms unnecessarily that leads to sudden crime, and in my view the fine inflicted on accused is inadequate for the offence." said Mr. Justice
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    Conviction Of Customs Clerk Quashed.
    101 17 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 6. A Customs clerk's honour was restored by the Chief Justice F.M.S., Sir Samuel Joyce Thomas In the Supreme Court, when he granted an appeal by Abdui bin Mohd. Said, formerly a Post Office Customs clerk, against the
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    BIG FILM TRADE AGREEMENT PLAN.
    344 17 TRIPLE ALLIANCE OF STUDIOS. Negotiations are reported to be in prorress between three of the largest film studios in Britain for an agreement which would end the present severe competition. The studios are those belonging to London Films, at Denham, Plnewood Studios '•t Iver, and
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    28 20 Dog Friend Of Waifs And Strays LADDIE, a Great Dane, collects money for London's waifs and strays and Is seen handing his purse to the Duchess of Gloucester.
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    16 20 CHANGING THE GUARD on the Horse Guards Parade. An unusual view of a picturesque London ceremony.
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    17 20 SPEARS FOR THE TROOPS takiiig part In rehearsals for the great Aldershot Tattoo, which opens this week.
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    18 20 MISS WAGGA WAGGA (Sheila Martin), typical Australian beauty, underwent film tests In Britain before she returned "down under."
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    16 20 ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. Endeavour n at Bristol PA. to take part In the America's Cup races.
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    14 20 REPRESENTING UNCLE SAM. Mr James W Gerrard returns to America after the Coronation festlTltles.
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