The Straits Times, 18 June 1937

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    37 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY. LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY. JUNE fB, 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS, The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      137 1 SINOAPnpr: 140. CECIL ST. ('PHONE S471). 1 i 1 sl 12 Mm U &AJU IMI U h m 1 SCOTCH VW**'' pt/ j# 1 M sole agents THE BORNEO COMPANY LTD. (/morporatni in England! SINGAPORE PENANG IPOH KUALA LUMPUR MALACCA. W P.S- ISA KLIM POWDERED WHOLE MILK <g^« a-fj 3>3
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      18 1 FOR ALL DEFECTS OV VISIC!7 Consult MJEzeltieltSoip btabUshed o*ct N TCUt QaUtftrd Ophthklalc OpilelMu nL>9 t RAFFLES PUCL
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      85 1 KUALA LUMPUR: 25. w O*V.V-«T. ('PHONE 3683). fo t k;\^ fxßsj| VACUUM PACHEO k Oliainulk from all (jood Dealers ROBINSON CO., LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR. < Fish goodness and cheapness I^.^ J* HB AV^' combined is most important L of all. We therefore f J- recommend you to try any
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      562 2 I SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED, Immediately Piano teacher capable to teach Ttoeuii. Hours 3 p.m. to 6 3b p.m. Apply Far sw.stw* Muetc School, Kirk Terrace. EUROPEAN radio service engineer required by European firm for six months. Apply stating experience and salary risjulrsd. Box 433, Stratts Times. DRESSER WANTED (2nd grade)
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      549 2 FOR SALE SHELVADOR Refrigerator. Phous 3333. FOB SALS, mulii Land. Bandy Bescfc. Apply Credit Ponder Tel. 3083. STRUCTURAL STEEL. Jasrts tfvwß AngMa. states Round at 4 Fiat Ban HmUhsrtr 00. Ltd^ COMPOUND BOUSE FOR SALE, Tanglin area. Apply OommercisJ Union Assurance Co., Ltd. FOR SALE rUMOREE Red Cocker Spaniel *****.
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      466 2 BOARD RESIDENCE TO LET large furn. room mod. san. central. 304, River Valley Road. -SANS SOl'CI" 30, Oxley Rd.. Ph. 2tt« two nice rooms vacant; excen. food. LARGE ENTIRELY private flat. Suit 1 or 2 gentlemen or couple. Apply 40 Newton Road. rxoRAViLLB i at. moms* wiu unfit double rooms
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      657 2 far Mamnery. dress wswerc A novelties —3 Anderses Raad Tel. 4768.— A BETTER WAVE J jffrp. A FIGARO «m» 0 Is the right wave for yo* •r FIGARO *x> Ladles Hair Dressers. 1J Bras Baaah Rd. A Rames Hstrl. r*sste tS6g. BUSINESS CARDS Etc! MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mr*.
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      635 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated In England; MAIL. PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES MNINRtTLAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co. f.NDER SCS CO A WITH HIS MAJESTY* GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL BERVICS OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN DU« Tonnage Spore 1931 Brtt n.OOO June Ift
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      574 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) (Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT3 FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO LONDON Naples. Marseilles. London. Antwerp and itotterdam Vessels Tonnage Due Sail t TERUKUN1 MARU 12.000 June 22 2J HAKUSAN MARU 1C.380 July 7 HARUNA MA-^U July 21 23 S KATORI MARU Aug. 4
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      689 3 I ir^^al ~tf*fA Luxurious One Class motorshlps. Most cabins have adjo.ntng orlvate bath. Excellent cuisine FOR I GENOA) M ARSr H.l.r.S LONDON ROTTERDAM HAMBURG AND COPEr.HAGEN Prom Prom Prom Protn Spore Malacca Port Penang MS Sham tJUTLANDIA 29/6 29/6 30 6 1/7 •MEONIA 20/7 20/7 21/7 237 ALSIA 10/8 10/8
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      284 3 [TRE^ENnr LINERS] TRANS-PACIFIC SAILINGS -VU HONOLULU r~.om Amve H'Stong B.P. Pres. Hoarer 1 June 26 July 14 Pres. Cleveland July 14 Aug. 3 Pres. Coolldge July 24 A-« r. Pres Talt Aur 11 Aug. 31 Pres. Hoover Aug. 21 Sept. 8 Pres. Lincoln Bept 8 Sept 28 Pres. Coolidge Sept.
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      1025 3 REPRESENTING "^^fej^j SHIPPINI* THE BLUE FUNNEL LINT (Ocean The Haa Khlow Steamship Co. (1»32) L 44. Steam Ship Co.. Ltd- and China Mutual The Canard White Stai Lid Steam Navigation Co Ltd. l Aberdeen A Commonwealth Line The Straits Steamship Co Ltd. Shaw Savill A Albion Co Ito The China
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES.
    236 4 Siam A 1 $220. Slam No 1 White $210 Siam No 2 White $180 Siam No 3 White $165] Slam West Coast No 1 $146 Slam West Coast No 2 $131 Siam West Coast No. 3 $132| Pipm Broken No 1 $135 Siam Broken No. 2 $132
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      126 4 Friday, June 18. Ship* alengaMe the Wharves or expected to arrive. tntrancC.odoon Gate East Wharf Op ten Noon 22 Main Wharf Ranchi 18 2 Xx ma 16 2 Atreus 14 2 Muinam 1 1 2 Behar 9 2 Euryadcs 7 2 Empire Dock Yoshida Maru No.
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      149 4 Mails from Europe etc. (London) expected today, June 18, by air (Imperial) will be delivered to boxholders at 6 p.m. General delivery of letters tomorrow. June 19, at 8.25 am. Mails from Europe (London parcel malls) expected today, June 18, by P. and O. (Ranchl) will be de'lvered
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      183 4 Today Bengkalis, P. de Kock. Padang, Pakan Baroe. Siak S. Pandjang (Ampang) 3 pm. Medan (Vxdore) 3 p.m. Sarawak (generally) Bintulu iVyner Brooke) ..4 p.m. SarUcel and siou (Angby) 4 p.m. Aden (By IYain) 7 vva North America except W. Canada W. States of U.S.A. <By rraln)
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      AIR MAILS. INWARD.
      182 4 AIR MAILS. INWARD. Imperial: From Europe: Due last evening: Expected this evening-. Qantas: From Australia: Due Saturday afternoon. Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives Saturday afternoon. K.L.M.: From Europe: Due Sunday evening:. OUTWARD. Qantas: To Australia: Mails close 10 p.m. today. K.I. M.: To Europe: Mails < lose 1.39 p.m. Saturday.
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      IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SINGAPORE—LONDON.
      21 4 IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SINGAPORE— LONDON. The air mail dispatched from Singapore on June 9 was delivered in London on June 17.
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      AIR MAIL TO AUSTRALIA.
      41 4 Owing to the late arrival of the Eastbound Imperial aeroplane, the air mails for Australia, Java etc. previously announced as closing on June 17 at 10 p.m. will now close today. June 18. at 10 a m.
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      473 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. <Incorpora;*4 Is P MS.) LLOYDS AGENTS: BOOKING AGFNTSF.MS RUTS AND 31AM STATES BAILWAYB TELEPHONE: PrHtrkl 5433— Paasacr >431 CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED. (Incorporated In England) FARES SINGAPORE /EUROPE First and Cabin Class from £102-18-5 Second Class From £70-14-9 AROUND THE WORLD FARES BY C.P.R. Interchange with P
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      339 4 AUCTION NOTICE ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE of modern design polished and white ducoed teak household furniture, etc. To be held at No. 79 Grange Road, on Saturday, Jnne 19, 1937 at 2 30 p.m. Comprising: an excellent toned cottage piano by W. Nacsserts Co. in perfect condition, electric "Kelvinator" refrigerator In
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      981 4 'Incorporated hi .Strait* Settlements) [B^ ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. .incorpor.ted m England) Incorporate m U 8 A > t BOSTON NEW YORK A BALTIMORE VIA SUEZ CANAI -EIXEKMAN* LINE <,„„ FOX HAVRE. LONDON STEEL TRAVELER June 28 Julj 3 4 HAMBUIM STEEL MARINER Aug. 2 Aug.
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      413 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Station* yesterday labi night max rain- bright min temo. fall s'shlnt temp 'T ins. nr». *F West Coast. Alor Star 91 0.02 7.9 74 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 90 Nil 7.8 76 SlUawan 91 016 8.1 74 Bukit Jeram 90 Nil 9.7 71 Malacca 87
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      404 5 LAST NIGHT BrUaWF^irT^uSStPH ONE OF THE FASTEST I^^B •■^3iiV^ MOVING GANGSTER ]T^ W a Wk t ■VI fTI "iYsVG tvri» Ci^R L'lA'Fti I CRIME over LONDON United Artists Release with MARGOT GRAHAME, PAUL CAVANAGH Tomorrow— THE QUEEN OF ROMANCE THE IDOL OF THE SCREEN GRETA GARBO IN CAMILLE' ROBERT TAYLOR
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      309 5 CHESS. Mr. L. Steiner. the Hungarian Chess Master, will Ix- Id Singapore about end June or early July and arrancemenU will be made for him to plajr apUnst 20 Board* itm.ltaneowly. A fee of $1.M wUl be charted against each person who wishes to participate in the match. Chess enthusiasts
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      32 5 CONCLUDING 6 CHAPTERS 6.15 NIGHTLY 9.15 A REPUBLIC i»l*l CHIC "CABOLUS" SATAYS! SATAYS! SATAYS! EVERY SUNDAY AT THE OYSTER CLUB ZM, MIMIc Boa 4. LA BONN! CUISINE FAB EXCELLENCE (AKOLI'S D. WEINBERG.
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      293 5 THE GRANDEST SHOW IN TOWN! at the CABARET VAUDEVILLE:— Change of Programme Tonight By GUNBOAT JACK PRINCESS LEONA. GREAT* PREPARATION:— SHANGHAI NIGHT AT THE TONIGHT HAPPY THEATRE 7. is and 9.30 Universal Presents JOHN WAYNE in •SK\ SPOILERS" Matinee* Saturday A Sunday at 2.3* p.m. Half Mm to aU. EVERY
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      353 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY THE Straits Times is publishing this daily feature to give readers a comprehensive summary of entertainments, meetings, sports events, social functions and other outstanding happenings. Organisers of meetings etc. are invited to submit diary dates. HOTELS. RAFFLES HOTEL: Cocktail dance. 6 30 to 8.30 p.m. Informal
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      442 6 NEW TAX PROPOSAL WELL RECEIVED. LONDON TIN PRICE FALLS. From Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, June 18. The new tax proposals at home appear to have been accorded a favourable reception in the City and in consequence one of the factors tnat has been disturbing the rrarket for
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      CANADA SEEKS TRADE! TREATY WITH INDIA.
      72 6 CANADA SEEKS TRADE TREATY WITH INDIA. Some lor m of a trade treaty with India may be attempted by Canada after the Imperial Conference and after revision of the present AngloIndian Treaty. Canada's trade with India has been lop-sided for years. India extending the British preference to practically no Canadian
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        MINING.
        595 6 sue vaj. Fraser Co. Lyall fc Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Ampat %m 5/9 6/3 5/9 6/3 £1 Asam Kumbang 35/« 37/« 35/- 36/6 El Austral Malay 56/- 58/- 56/6 58/5/- Ayer Hltam 28/6 29/6cd 28/- 30/-cd 1 Ayer Weng 1.15 l.30n. 1.25 1.50n. £1 Bangrln Tin 21/- 22/6cd
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        GENERAL.
        429 6 2 2 Ak-.\ Brick Ord. 1.55 1.65 1.55 1.8b 2 2 do l%1o Prefs. 2.45 2.55 2.45 2.55 10 10 Auas Ice d.00 10 OOn a 00 it) OOn 1 1 B M Broadcasting 0.85 0.90 0.87 0 92 10 S B M. Trustee <i2b 1.00 a 25 1
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        229 6 5", 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 103Vi 4Vi% 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept 30 107 4'/ 2 < rc 1909 red. 1955 SI. 000.000 Int. Mar 31 Sept 30 115 4% 1913 red. 1963 $2 000.000 Mar. 31 Sept. 30
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        363 6 Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated.) Fraser Co. Lyall b Evatt Allenby 1.85 1.95 1.80 1.90 Alor Gajah 1.30 1.40 1.30 1.40 Amai Malay 1.80 2.00 190 2 05 Ayet Hitam 1.40 1.50 1.40 1.50 Ayer Mjiek 1.12>2 1.22 'i 1.15 1.20 Ayer •"•anas 1.65 1.75 1.65 1.70
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    EXCHANGES.
    197 6 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the daily circular Issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING. London T.T 2/4 1/16 London demand 2/4 1/13 London 4 months sight 2 4f 8 Lyons demand 1290 Hamburg demand 112 New York demand 57*% Montreal
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    79 6 Noon, June 18. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) June 32% 32%, Good F. A. Q. in bales (F. 0.8.) June 31 11/16 31 13/16 No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 32Vi 32% July 32% 82% July-September
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    STOCK EXCHANGE.
    358 6 London, June 17. The following are today's closing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange Shares of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: day. or Pal] Conversion Loan 5 p.c. 1944-«4 112«4 Funding Loan 4 p.e. 1960-90 109* War Loan. 3V4 p.c 100 7 Com. Union Assce iL'nit.-, 10^
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    SELANGOR SKYE MEETING.
    407 6 Weights And Order Of Running For Tomorrow. (From Our Own Corrspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 18 The following are the weights and order of running for tomorrow's races, the second and final day of the Selangor Turf Club's Skye Meeting. Scratchings, if received before going to Press, will
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    Chinese Gift Of Rare Books To Calcutta.
    53 6 About 600 copies of rare bojks of the Sung Dynasty Tripitaka preprint) were presented to the Calcutta University by Dr. Chen Chang Lok, the Chinese Ccnsul-General recently. These volumes were shipped from Shanghai by General Chu Ching-lan and Mr. Yeh Kung-cho, former Minister
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
    231 6 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Singapore, JU me 18. Company Dividend I Books Close Date Pavab* Bx Div Dai* rotai for financial veai to -late TIN A. Hitam Tin 20% Int. June S Bangriii Tin r 5% Jelapang 7V4% June 23 Katu 2 "4 June 23 Klang River 5%
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  • Correspondence. REGENERATION OF RUBBER ESTATES.
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      REGENERATION OF RUBBER ESTATES.
      284 7 REGENERATION OF RUBBER ESTATES. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— l became very curious when I read the article in the Straits Times of Junn 3 on Regeneration of Rubber Plantations." I was puzzled for we are not la a tempe/ate climate and came to the conclusion that
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      DONT BLAME THE SPECULATOR.
      369 7 DON'T BLAME THE SPECULATOR. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— Don't heap all the blame on speculative buying. From estate reports, newspaper communications and talks, it seems that the chairmen, the writers and the speakers do not know what a speculator really Is. A correct definition of a
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      ALLEGED BREACH OF SUGAR AGREEMENT.
      73 7 Manila Sales Under Cost Of Production. Manila, June 17. A VIOLATION of the international sugar agreement is reported to have been committed by the Philippines. It is alleged that the Philippine* exported a large quantity of sugar to China and sold at prices below the
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      DUTCH VIEWS ON RUBBER POSITION.
      424 7 Maximum Potential Native Production Of N.I. 251,500 Tons. Amsterdam, June G. TPHE rubber contributor to the "Algemeen Handelsblad" writes that the recent lack of interest on the part of producer-sellers is due to the fact that most of them have already sold forward the bulk
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      HOLLAND CHANGES GOLD POLICY.
      97 7 Ban On Export Now Removed. Amsterdam, June 17. GOLD may again be exported without restriction from private hoardings in Holland, according to a statement issued today by the Netherlands Bank. The statement says the bank, with the authority of the Finance Minister, is prepared to give
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      X.L.M. ORDER FOR FOKKER.
      54 7 K.L.M. ORDER FOR FOKKER. Amsterdam, June 4. The Royal Dutch Airlines (X.L.M.) has given an order for three Douglas D.C.-3 aeroplanes to the Dutch aeroplane works Fokker as representative of the Douglas Aircraft Corporation in Santa Monica. The X.L.M. has already purchased eleven Douglas D.C.3 aeroplanes, so that the total
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      EXCHANGES.
      104 7 London, June 17. The following were mean ratet ruling at noon today Paris 110 29/32 Athens J47',4 New York 4.93 13/ 16 Bucharest 672 Montreal 4.93 7 4 seu-»' i Brussels 29. 25 Ri0 Geneva 21.54% seller* officla Amsterdam B. 9B Belgrade 216 Berlin 12.314 Buenos Aires unou'>t*c Milan
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      Company Comments. Burmah Oil Company.
      296 7 Burmah Oil Company. Company Comments. CHDR over thirty successive years Sir r John Cargill has presided at the annual general meeting of the Burmah Oil Company. But this year he was absent for health reasons, his place being taken by Mr. Robert I. Watson, managing director. First paying tribute to
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      RUSSIAN MACHINERY IN SOUTH AFRICA.
      130 7 Johannesburg. DUSSIA is trying to push Russian- made machinery on the South African market but Union buyers are sceptical. Very quietly an invasion is taking place In the offices of leading Rand engineers of hundreds of catalogues, describing the latest triumphs of "Soviet Technic" (as
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      TWO NEW RAILWAY LINES IN CHINA
      64 7 Hong Kong. June 17. The Railway Ministry will begin the construction of the Canton-Melhslen and the Meihsien-Chaochow lines early next month. The Canton-Meihslen line is about 250 miles long and th? ChaochowMelhslen railway is 120 miles. It is estimated that these two lines, which
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      MORE SUEZ TRAFFIC.
      158 7 Paris. June 7. At the meeting of the shareholders of the Sues Canal Company today the President, the Marquis de Vogue announced the company's determination to contribute to the building of a road from Port Said to Suez, besides increasing the proportion of Egyptians employed and raising
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      RUBBER POSITION IN BRIEF.
      322 7 Average frrlee— 1934 6.7/32 d. 1935 6d. 1936 7\d. Singapore 1936 27 is January Singapore 36.47 its February 15.89 March 39.80 April 40.21 May 33.3* World Absorption— r.,n 1934 i 44.141 1935 931.200 1936 1.031.517 1937 (To Apr. 30) 3C..35P World Shipments— 1934 1.019,230 1935 872,722
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      623 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in the Colon? of Hong Kong) The liability 01 uieui&e-* a limited to the extent and In manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 ot ISC 8 of the Colony. Authortoed Capiu: $50,000,000 Issued and fully Pald-Up IM.000.000 Reserve Fund*:Sterling S™'™ Hong Kong Currency
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      198 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated in China Dy Special Charter.) It. CecO Street Singapore Telephone*: M*MC*r Office 6444 Exchange liepi (441 General Office 5188-9 Cable Addrea THINGKCO" Paid Up Capital Ch. I 40 m OW Reserve Funds in ezcew of Ch. I 4.800 MOM Total Assets approximately Ch. I1.H00.OOO.0OO.0J HEAD OFFICE:
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      498 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated :n England oy Royml Cliarter 1853) Paid Dp Capital In 600.000 ahares of fS each £3.0oO.OOO Reserve Pund £3.000.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3.000.000 HEAD OFFICE: M BUkspstate l*BdM EC t. Amritsar Hong Kong Salgor Alor Star Hollo Semhrang Bangkok Ipoh
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      281 8 TO-DAY'S TONIC JA J&IVWi. A TOURIST FOUND l\f\r IS' uJ^ SINGAPORE WARM /JMPvXM 1 ENERVATING TO THE \^y\ \m I POINT OF ALARM. Tl v BUT A chemist IN town UL SAID, "WELL CHASE OFF THAT FROWN "TRY THESE HALIBUT OIL SWEETS" ''THEY'LL RESTORE ALL YOUR ENERGY*' THEY'RE SIMPKIN S.
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      263 8 SPORTS Tennis and Badminton Rackets: Golf Sticks, everything in Sports Gear. RESTRINGING A SPECIALITY. GIAN SINGH CO. No. 4, Battery Road. For tne Veins. Arteries Heart, LEITZ BINOCULARS REPAIRS AND SERVICING To all makes of Radio. Amplifier Sound Systems and Equipments Consult us on your SOUND PROBLEMS WORLD-WIDE RADIO CO
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      805 8 Broadcasting. SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 1 33 Me s (2*5 m.) p.m. 6 00 Malay musical party. 7 00 Chinese (Mandarin; music. Gramophone records. 7.30 Time, weather, news and announcements. 7 40 "Trip to Australia." TalL by W. W. Jenkins. Tonight Mr. Jenkins will describe a trip he %w made to
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      635 8 strong. Minister of Labour and of Immigration in New Zealand. 7.35 Programme of piping and fiddling. 7. 55 Dance music, Bill? Bissett and his Canadians, from May Fair Hotel, London. 8 30 News and announcements. 8 35 Greenwich time signal. 8 50 Close down Electrical recording t Gramophone records. N1R0M.
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      188 8 8 40 News in Czech. .'.45 Musorgsty: "Kartinky'. 'Plct'ires o( an Exhibition). 9.13 Talk on current topics. 9 20 News in English. 9 25 Characteristic songs 9 40 Programme announcement J.45 Light music. 10.05 Close down. TOKIO. TODAY JZJ 11.8 Me i (25.4 m) p.m. 9 20 News In Ergll.h.
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    REVOLT BREAKS OUT IN SINKIANG.
    226 9 Fresh Struggle In Soviet Dominated Province. DEVOLT has broken out in the north-west border province of Sinkiang, according to a brief telegram received by the Nanking Government from Gen. Sheng Shi-tsai, governor of Sinkiang (says Sin Chew Jit Poh). The rebels are led by a
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    BENGAL GOVERNOR'S CLEMENCY.
    185 9 Would-be Assassin Released. i From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, June 11. OABINDRA BANNERJI, who was sen- tenced to death in connection with an attempt to shoot Sir John Andarson, Governor of Bengal, on May 8, 1934, at the Lebong Racecourse, has been I brought back from the
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    SOVIET DRIVE AGAINST TROTSKYITES.
    119 9 Counier-Revoiutionary Organisation. London, June 17. TPHE drive against alleged Trotskyites continues in the Soviet Union, the latest "purge" being in White Russia. Messages from Moscow state that a counter-revolutionary organisation. consisting of at least 45 enemies of the people, has been working in the State Trade
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    WIDER SOCIAL SERVICES IN NEW SOUTH WALES.
    67 9 Placing Unemployed In Industry. Sydney, June 17. The Government of New South Wales Is to extend its social service plans and system of unemployment benefits. An organisation win be created to place the unemployed in private industry. Labour exchanges are to be converted
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    HITLER GIVES DR. KING HIS PICTI RE. .
    93 9 HITLER GIVES DR. KING HIS PICTURE. J)R. H. H. KUNG, Chinese Minister of Finance, did not have his specially -made Coronation trousers when he passed through Singapore on his way to England. They had been forgotten, and had to be rushed across Siberia. But when he returns, his baggage will
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    JAPAN ADHERES TO NAVAL GUN POLICY.
    60 9 14-Inch Limitation Again Rejected. Tokio, June 17. Bearing out informed opinion, the Japanese Navy will adhere to its longfixed policy. The Nichl Nichi declares the Foreign Office, after consultation with naval authorities, decided to reject Washington's approaches to reconsid?r adherence to the 14-in. gun-calibre
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    24 9 Toklo. June 17. Thi Japanese Government has announced lts Intention to grew cotton on an area of 3,000 acres in Dutch New Guinea. —Reuter.
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    OIL FOR BRITISH NAVY.
    171 9 SUPPLIES NOT IN DANGER. RESERVE STOCKS ACCUMULATED. London, June 17. WHETHER consideration would be given to the matter of dual firing In all ships of new construction for the fleet and If not whether they would state the reason for their continued policy of relying exclusively
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    THREE BRITISH SOLDIERS INJURED IN WAZIRISTAN.
    50 9 Heavy Enemy Casualties. Simla. June 17. Major G. L. Toinkir.s, l/10th Baluchls, and two British privates were wounded in operations in Waziristar. today, two Gurkhi other ranks killed and four wounded and two Indian other ranks wounded. Enemy casualties are estimated at 40— Reuter.
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    EIGHT DEAD IN PLANE CRASH.
    33 9 Japanese Machine* Collide. Toklo, June 17. Two Japanese nava! aeroplanes collided head on this morning in mid air. The machines were wrecked and j eight occupants killed— Reuter.
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    TRAVEL MADE HIM CONSTIPATED.
    183 9 Salesman Says Kruschen Keeps Him On His Toes." I am a commercial traveller," writes a correspondent, and due to endless travelling by train, I find that I become constipated if I do not keep myself well purged. Kruschen Salts is the only thing that will do
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    SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1937. MR. CHEESEMAN'S MISSION.
    153 10 AMUSEMENTS SINGAPORE. ADKLPHI HOTEL Special Dinner Dance Cabaret. GARR1CK THEATRE, GETLANO Chinese Teoehew Wayanr Suns Mul Hoon Puay— Night Show 7 to 12 Midnight. Too Slang Teng Day Show 12.90 to 5 p.m. GLOBE THEATRE Desire. GREAT WORLD— THE SKY TALKIE The Cowboy The Kid. HAPPY WORLD Cabaret. Dancing, Talkies.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1937. MR. CHEESEMAN'S MISSION.
    964 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1937. MR. CHEESEMAN'S MISSION. Mr. H. R. Cheeseman, Singapore's Inspector of Schools, left for England a fortnight ago charged with an important mission. He has been deputed to study the junior technical school, a new type which has sprung up in large numbers
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    FLYING HOME. A Singaporean View Of Southern Asia.
    1639 10 FLYING HOME. M. M. MILLAR. By (7n an address broadcast by the 8.M.8.C, Singapore.) 1. A Singaporean View Of Southern Asia. IT was a typical Malayan dawn when we left Seletar, calm and beautifully coloured with the light of the rising sun, but I felt the slight excitement of experiencing
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    724 10 THE REGENT'S CAR. IT is dangerous to collide with royalty in a Malay State. In the old days you would have been krissed for It. but now you are haled before a magistrate, whose ideas of a fitting penalty for your offence may be Influenced as
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    BIGGEST BATTLE OF SPANISH WAR RAGING AT BILBAO. Hundreds Killed In Successive Attacks.
    449 11 BIGGEST BATTLE OF SPANISH WAR RAGING AT BILBAO. Hundreds Killed In Successive Attacks. REBELS SHELL VESSELS EVACUATING REFUGEES. Shipload Of Women And Children Reported Sunk. BASQUE GOVERNMENT DESERTS STRICKEN CAPITAL. 'THE biggest battle in the Spanish war raged yesterday for the heights east of Bilbao. The Basques claim that hundreds
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    NEW WAR MINISTER.
    18 11 MR. L. HORE-BELISHA, the new War Minister, photographed at his desk for the first time.
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    KALLANG IS A NOTABLE ADVANCE.
    238 11 KALLANG IS A NOTABLE ADVANCE. Ormsby-Gore On Empire Aviation. < COLONIAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATION. London, June 17. THE opening of the Singapore aerodrome was a notable step in the recent steady advance of the Colonial Empire's civil and military aviation, stated Mr. W. G. A. OrmsbyGore, the Colonial Secretary, at a
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    MALAYANS AT ROYAL EMPIRE SOCIETY.
    200 11 Reception To Colonial Visitors. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Londar, June 11. AMONG the Malayans and ex-Ma-layans who accepted invitations to the Royal Empire Society's reception in honour of colonial visitors, held at the society's new home in Northumberland Avenue, London, last night, were the lolloping:
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    SIR JAMES BARRIE LOSING GROUND.
    43 11 Condition Is Less Satisfactory. London, June Id SIR JAMES BARRIE. has lost ground since last night and his condition Is less satisfactory, says a bulletin issued by Lord Horder. Sir James is seriously ill with broncho-pn?umonia. —British Wireless.
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    PRINCESS PEARL UNHURT IN CAR CRASH.
    53 11 London. The Ranee of Sarawak and her daughter. Princess Pearl, wife of Harry Roy, the band leader, escaped uninjured in a motoring mishap on the London Road, Rlpley. The car In which the> were travelling was involved in an accident with a cyclist. The
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    HAINAN SCHEMES.
    47 11 Hong Kong. June 18. "Investments by oversea Chinese in the development of Hainan Island will be welcome," said Mr. T.V. Soong, chairman of the Bank of China and leading member of the National Economic Council, who arrived in Hong Kong yesterday. Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    DEAN INGE HITS MODERN SOCIETY.
    238 11 v PLEASURE-LOVING, SOFT, UNENTERPRISING." PLAIN LIVING, HARD WORK IS BEST. London. "W E are becomin a soii > plea- sure-loving, unenterprising race," Dr. Inge, former Dean of St. Paul's, told representatives of the Dominions and Colonies at a service at Winchester Cathedral at which he
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    ANTI-DRUG DRIVE IN TIENTSIN.
    58 11 Seizures This Week Over $500,000. Tientsin, June 18. I*HE intensive anti-drug drive in the Japanese concession at Tientsin, which was begun earlier this week following strong criticisms at Geneva, is being continued. Seizures yesterday, valued at more than $100,000, brought the total amount of confiscated drugs
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    NEW TAX WELL RECEIVED.
    123 11 STILL CRITICISM OF INCIDENCE. London, June 17. HPHE proposals for the tax on profits to replace the abandoned National Defence Contribution have met with a good reception In the lobbies of the House of Commons and it seems to be assured of a fairly easy passage
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    COMMONS QUESTIONS ON INDIA.
    180 11 Prime Minister Checks Members. London, June 17. ANE of the longest questions ever addressed to a minister was answered by the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, in the House of Commons today when he replied to a series of searching and detailed inquiries tabled earlier in
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    MEDIATORS APPOINTED INU.S. STEEL STRIKE.
    73 11 MEDIATORS APPOINTED IN U.S. STEEL STRIKE. Big Corporation Fights Workers. Washington, June 17. The Government has appointed three men to mediate in the steel dispute. The Republic Steel Corporation said yesterday they will not sign a written collective bargaining contract with the Committee of Industrial Organisation. This fellows the comment
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    MISS EARHART NEARING SINGAPORE.
    55 11 Accompanied By Navigator. Calcutta, June 18. The United States avlatrix, Amelia Earhart (Mrs. Putnam), who arrived here from Karachi yesterday left at 6.42 a.m.. Calcutta time, for Bangkok on her west-to-east round the world flight. She should reach Singapore tomorrow or on Sunday. A navig^Vv named
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    Higher Wages For British Workers.
    82 11 London, June 17. /"•HANGES in wage rates reported to the Ministry of Labour in the first five months of the year are estimated to have resulted in a net increase of about £3C?,000 weekly in the full-time rates of over 2,900,000 workers, compared with an
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    SOUTH CHINA FLOODS.
    42 11 Canton, June 18. Serious floods are reported in Kwangsl, particularly in the northern section of the province. Gates of the walled city of Kweilin, provincial capital, have been submerged, and the river is still rising.— Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    Police Shoot Men In The Back.
    217 11 Police Shoot Men In The Back. AMAZING SCENES IN NEWSREEL. U. S. Inquiry Into Strike Gash. Washington, D.C., June 18. Newsreel scenes showing the Chicago police shooting men in the back and clubbing a defenceless woman in a police battle with striking steel workers at Newtow on May 31 are
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    N.I. CULTURE AND CRAFTS IMPRESS MAHARAJAH.
    26 12 GUSTY WEATHER Sampans in the roads and off Collyer Quay did not enjoy the choppy conditions created by a stiff breeze yesterday afternoon. Straits Times Photograph.
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    N.I. CULTURE AND CRAFTS IMPRESS MAHARAJAH.
    215 12 Specimens For Travancore. INDIA'S 24 year old "Reformer Prince," the Maharajah of Travancore. accompanied by his mother the Maharani and brother the Elaya Rajah, passed through Singapore this Morning on his way back to India very impressed by his ntonth'd tour of Jpva, Bali
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    Malaya's New Airliner Here Today
    90 12 Malaya's New Airliner Here Today .liaiid Rapuie aircraft, Governor Raffles, which will Inaugurate Wearne Brothers' air service between Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Penang this month is expected »o reach Singapore this afternoon. It is being flown out from England by nicht-Llevtenaat J. B. w. Pugh. the company's chief pUot. who
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      136 12 "Precisely Who Is Going To Attack Us?" E Miter of the Straits Times. SI!- May I be permitted to endorse word written by Mr. A. MacKair in your issue of June 15 dealing wi.h Major-General Dobble's remarks on European Volunteering? P.t -isolv who is like'y to attack us? Again,
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      CORONATION MEDALS.
      98 12 Delay In Making Awards To Volunteers. To the Editor of the Straits Times. CIR —It is now more than five weeks since the Coronation took place, and most of us have filed away the last i souwnir of the event, but the great, minds are apparently still being
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    66 12 The annual prize day of the AngloChinese School. Calrnhlll Road, will be held on Friday. June 25, at 10 a.m. Mrs. Scow Poh Leng will present the certificates and prizes. Friends and old boys are invited to be present. On Sunday June 20. at 6 p.m. M. V. Radhakrlshna Bhagavathar
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    $30,000 MALAYAN GIFT TO MONASTERY.
    142 12 Historic Resthouse To Be Restored. THE Chma monastery in India is to 1 be rebuilt. A well-known Chinese merchant in Singapore has made a donation of $30,000 toward a rebuilding fund and other Maayan Chinese Buddhists are reported to be contributing. Built during the Tang
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    Says Wife Was "Stolen" From Him On Ship.
    292 12 CHINESE APPEALS TO HOCKCHEW GUILD FOR AID. A STORY which might have been evolved in a film studio is contained in a despairing letter written by a young Chinese farmer of Sltiawan to the Singapore Hockchew Huay Kuan (guild) yesterday. In it
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    F. M. S. GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING RELIEF PLANS.
    257 12 INQUIRY COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS. More Questions In House Of Commons. FINDINGS NOT AVAILABLE TO MALAYAN PRESS YET. MEASURES for the relief of unemployment in Selangor, put forward by the Selangor Unemployment Inquiry Committee, are being considered by the Selangor Government, according to a
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    Fell Asleep In Woman's Bedroom.
    144 12 Fell Asleep In Woman's Bedroom. Teacher Acquitted Chi Adultery Charge. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 17. TPHAT he had merely fallen asleep I in the same bedroom as his neighbour's wife was declared by the Malay teacher, Mahmud bin Hakim, during the second day's hearing in his trial
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    Comparison With Singapore.
    87 12 OVERSEAS BRITONS ENTERTAINED. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 11. A MONO the 200 Dominion and Colonial visitors to London who were entertained by Sir Harry Lindsay, the Director, and Lady Lindsay, at the Imperial Institute, South Kensington, London, on June 9, were Mrs. C. Noble. Mr. H. B. J.
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    Gordons Pipe John Sime Away.
    129 12 I EANING over the rail of the P. and O. liner Corfu, Mr. John Sime looked less jovial than usual as he to«k his last glimpse of Singapore, as he sailed today after 27 years in Malaya. The band and pipes of the Gordon Highlanders
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    42 12 Quarrelling over the possession of a chandu pipe yesterday morning, a Chinese hawker livng in a kongsl behind the Chinese High School off BukJt Timah Road, is alleged to have stabbed another man on the back of the neck with fatal results.
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    F.M.S.R. ORDERS ELEVEN NEW LOCOS.
    181 12 F.M.S.R. ORDERS ELEVEN NEW LOCOS. Sequel To Better Trade Conditions. (From Our Our Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 17. THE first order for locomotives in seven years has been placed by the Federated .Malay States Railways with a Glasgow firm, the North Hriti.sh Locomotive Co., Ltd.. Springburn. It U for eleven
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    16 MONTHS FOR CHINESE ON CHANDU CHARGE.
    88 12 CENTENCE oi" 16 months' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of $500 or a further three months' In de'ault, was imposed by Mr. H. A. Forrer. in the Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday, on a Chinese, named Tueh, Bale Tong. who was convicted on
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    Navigating China Seas With Atlas.
    229 13 Six Russians In Small Boat. A SMALL Russian sailing vessel with a crew of six, the Dnester, bound for Singapore from Shanghai via the Hainan Straits, lost her charts and was hopelessly off her course 89 days out when the s.s. Hong Slang went .to
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    75 13 At the fortnightly Informal meeting of the Pcrak Camera Club, Ipoh, today Mr. J. K. Hill will show cine colour films of the Coronation celebrations in Ipoh and district. The strange case of a duck with two horns on its head is reported from Permatang Toh Glam, Province Wellesley. The
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    MALAYAN ACCOUNTANTS APPEAL TO PRIVY COUNCIL.
    644 13 Allegations Of Negligence As Attorneys. SHARE-CARRYING TRANSACTIONS FOR RETIRED MERCHANT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 10. THE appeal of Messrs. Richard Phillip Phillips, Robert Sydney Stewart, and Alexander Smith Brown, accountants and auditors, of Penang and Ipoh, against a majority decision of the
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    RUBBER RESEARCH . BOARD WANTS EXPERT
    124 13 RUBBER RESEARCH BOARD WANTS EXPERT Salary Not Less Than £1,500 Offered. (From Our London Staff) London, June 11. •T*HE recently formed British Rubber Research Board required the services of a man possessing high qualifications in physical or organic chemistry and with experience In Industrial lesearch, to take up the appointment
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    BANGKOK'S CHOLERA NEARLY OVER.
    89 13 Smalipox Deaths In Bombay. QINOAPORE again figures in the weekly health bulletin of the League of Nations Eastern Bureau as being free of cholera, plague or smallpox. In the week ending last Saturday 13 people died of smallpox in Bombay, four in Calcutta, four in Madras,
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    Johore Rubber Officer Weds. Thomas—Gaynor.
    245 13 Johore Rubber Officer Weds. Thomas Gaynor. •THE wedding took place at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd yesterday of Miss Nora Kathleen Gaynor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Gaynor, of Cresswell House, Northumberland, and Mr. Denis Hardy Thomas, son of Mr. and the late Mrs. E. Thomas, of
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    RURAL BOARD OPEN TO PRESS.
    175 13 Widening Of Road To Bayan Lepas 'Drome. (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 17. POLLOWING the recent decision at Singapore, the Penang Rura! Board meeting today was thrown open to the Press for the first time. The meeting was held at the Land Office with
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    CHINESE NAVAL CADETS HERE SOON.
    129 13 First Visit Of Training Ship To Singapore. /CHINESE naval cadets win visit Singapore for the first time when the Chinese naval training ship China Freedom arrives on a cruise on June 29. Plans are being made by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce to entertain
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    BOOSTING CHINA'S TRADE IN MALAYA.
    106 13 Lower Freights Plea By Shanghai Merchant. "IF importers of Chinese merchandise in Malaya, Netherlands India, the Philippine Islands, Siam and Annam are to compete with importers of Japanese goods, the China Merchant Steam Navigation Company should run steamers between those places and China ports with
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    SCRAP IRON EXPORTS BAN HITS DEALERS.
    175 13 Senior Warden Gives More Time. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 17. THE ban on the export of scrap iron, which the F.M.S. Government imposed without warning on Monday, has evoked representations by dealers and the railways who were loading scrap for export
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    DATO-BANDAR OF SUNGEI UJONG DEAD.
    75 13 DATO- BANDAR OF SUNGEI UJONG DEAD. Negri Chief Who Was A Rotarian. (From Our Own Correspondent) Scrcmban, June 18. IVATO Bandar of Sungei Ujon?. Negrl tribal chief, died last night at his daughters house at Labu after a short l'lness. Dato Bandar Abdul Kidir succeeded to the post on the
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    PRECIPITATION WINS ASCOT GOLD CUP.
    60 14 London, June 17. The Gold Cup, run at Ascot today over two and a-half miles, resulted Lady Zia Wernher's PRECIPITATION (9.0) 1 Sir Abe Bailey's CECIL (9.4) 2 Lord Stanley's QUASHED (9.1) 3 (Winner trained by 8.-Rockfort). Twelve ran. Betting 2to 1. 4 to 1,
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    Golf. AIRMEN AT THE ISLAND CLUB.
    253 14 AIRMEN AT THE ISLAND CLUB. Golf. The following are the teams and starting times for the social four-ball match between the RAF. and Island Club, to be played on Sunday at the Island Club: 900 am Sq'Ldr. Hill iBj and Sq/Ldr. Waring (8) vs. W. McMullau and H. L H.
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    CASUALS RECORD THEIR FIRST LEAGUE VICTORY.
    364 14 Ceylonese Beaten By Two Second Half Goals. LJAVING played and lost six matches in the third division, the Casuals achieved success in the seventh, on the S.H.B. ground yesterday, when they defeated the Ceylon Sports Club 2—o.2 0. The Ceylonese were without several I
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
    62 14 The first round of the Singapore Island amateur golf championship, will be played over the course of j Keppel Golf Club tomorrow afternoon, the matches and times being: 2.30—C. !A. R. Bateman vs. R. Craik. 2.35—5. N. Kelly vs. M. M. Paterson. 2.4*—C. W. Watson vs. E.
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    Weight-Lifting. SINGAPORE TESTS.
    68 14 SINGAPORE TESTS. Weight-Lifting. At The Happy World On Sunday. Tests will be held at the Happy World on Sunday, beginning at 8 p.m.. for the selection of Singapore's representatives In the weight-lifting events in the Malayan Chinese Olympiad In August Competitors should attend at the Arab Dispensary, Rochore Road, between
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    Singapore Chinese Sports This Week-End.
    279 14 THE following is the full programme for the two days sports meeting 1 of the Singapore Chinese A.A.A. at the Jalan Besar Stadium this week-end TOMORROW. 9.30 a.m.: (1) 100 metres trials; (2) 50 m. (women), semi-finals; (3) discus throw final; (4) 1,500 m. (1
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    FIVE GOALS FOR SKINS AGAINST POLICE.
    486 14 OEHLERS HAS AN OFF DAY FOR ONCE. AND CALLAN SHOWS A WELCOME RETURN TO FORM. FURTHER evidence of the decline of the Police soccer team from their former high standard was furnished at Anson Road stadium yesterday. They played indifferently against the Inniskillings in
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    29 14 The Australian women's cricket team, now in England, are to play three Test Matches. This is an action picture of Miss Alicia Walsh. the fast bowler of the team
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    MALACCA'S TEAM FOR TOMORROW.
    89 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, June 17. The team to represent Malacca against Singapore on Saturday in the Malaya Cup match at the Anson Road Stadium will be selected from the following- GOALKEEPER Low Ah Sang or Ismail. FULLBACKS Lim Chwee Seng. Puteh Kassim, N. B.
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    Lawn Tennis. TIES IN SINGAPORE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    240 14 TIES IN SINGAPORE CHAMPIONSHIPS. Lawn Tennis. Rain Prevented Play Yesterday. Owing to the rain, no play was posible yesterday in the Singapore chamlionships. The ties down for yesterlay will be played on Monday. Ties or today and Monday are: TODAY. Mixed Doubles. Mrs. Strickland and R. Smith vs. Irs. Haas
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    FOXY SURPRISES AT KUALA LUMPUR.
    1488 15 Brown Fox Also Beats The Favourites. BAD DAY FOR BACKERS AT SKYE MEETING. (From Oar Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 17. TPHE fourth race of the first day of the Selangor Turf Club's Skye Meeting here today provided a big upset. Foxy, the winner, ridden
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    SIR ABE BAILEY'S ASCOT.
    248 15 Gold Cup For Lady Zia Wernher. London, June 17. The sky was overcast today at Ascot, but there was occasional sunshine, and it was fortunately bright when Their Majesties drove_ down the course. Backers made a good start. Lord Astor's Rhodes Scholar easily winning the Ribblesdale
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    ANOTHER TOTE RECORD.
    20 15 London, June 17. The totalisator takings at Ascot today totalled 1138,253— a record for the third day.—Renter.
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    GOOD DAY AT
    62 15 THE 1938 TESTS. Only The Oval Match Will Be "Timele*." J7/E provisional programme approved by the Amstralian Board of Control for nmxt year's Test Matches in England is as follows: Nottingham, June t& 14. Lord's June 24—28. Manchester, July B—l2.8 12. Leeds, July 22—26. The Oval, Aug.
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    Cricket. CANTAB 6 HEAVILY BEATEN BY ESSEX.
    58 15 CANTABS HEAVILY BEATEN BY ESSEX. Cricket. London, June 17. Essex beat Cambridge University by an innings and 33 runs. Essex 346 (O'Connor 111); Cambridge 112 (Stephenson eight for 46) and, following on, 201 (Tlndall 75).— Heuter. S.T.A. vs. JOHORE. The Singapore Teachers' Association will play the Johore Cricket Club at
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH.
    521 15 ECHO Malacca's *Xl Far Tomorrow's Cup Tie— A Goal-Scoring Centre-Forward A Spate Of Athletics— Henkel L Was Too Good For Austin. Cutdmctd By L" IN another column will be found Malacca's team for the Malaya Cup soccer match with Singapore here tomorrow, or rather the players from
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    THE SPORTS DIARY.
    109 15 TODAY. Swnr: InntaklUings II vs. H.M.S. Terror, Dtv. II Stadium: Midds. II vs. Fort Canning. Div. 11. Oillman Barracks; 8 C.C. "B" vs. Khalsa, friendly, padang: V.M.C.A. vs. M.P.H., friendly, Anson Road. AlhleUcc: Municipal Services Club sports iheaUi. S.R.C. ground, 4.30; Rangoon Road School sports, 3 p.m.
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    UNDER S.S. OR JOHORE JURISDICTION ?
    189 16 UNDER S.S. OR JOHORE JURISDICTION Customs Arrest In The Straits. 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru. June 15. WHETHER the arrest of two Chinese ona charge of smuggling opium from Singapore Into Johore was made In Johore waters or Singapore waters in the Straits of Johore, is the point at
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  • Correspondence. "Too Old At 40" For Volunteering?
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      553 16 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Cm, May I crave a small space in your paper to reply to the remarks made by Major-General Dobble regarding the non-response of Europeans to the requests for volunteers in Malaya I wonder how many there are
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    WEDDING AT KUALA LUMPUR.
    317 16 Mr. R. D. Stonehewer And Miss A. E. Steele. •THE wedding took place at St. Mary's Church, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday between Mr. Richard Dalzell Stonehewer, only son of Mr. R S. Stonehewer, until recently the manager of Kenny Estate, and Mrs. Stonehewer, and Miss Andrey
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    Malay Recreation Club Office-Bearers.
    86 16 At the sixth annual meeting of the Malay Recreation Club the following were elected office-bearers for 1937: President. Mr. M A. Alsagoff; vicepresident, Che Nairn b. Hajl Ismail; hon. secretary and treasurer. Che Omar b. Abubakar; hon. auditor Che Yusof b. Ishak; games captain, Che Latin
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    26 16 Sunday air excursions from London to Le Touquet and back allow passengers over ten hours In Le Touquet. No passports are required on these days trips.
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    NEW PNEUMONIA TREATMENT.
    249 17 STUDIED AT TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL. TUBERCULAR CASES ON INCREASE. INURING last year an air-condi-tioned room was erected in the medical clinic In which the treatment of pneumonia and cardiac cases by means of increased oxygen tension will be investigated, says the annual report of the Tan
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    JOHORE NOTES.
    108 17 Malay Schools Close Until July 4. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, June 18. Mr. F. V. Duckworth, the former Controller of Johore, at present on Home leave, will not be returning to Malaya until August next as he has extended his leave owing to illness. Inche Ibrahim,
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    COOLIE'S STORY OF KNIFE ATTACK IN A P.W.D. QUARRY.
    249 17 "AS he advanced towards me. he "lifted his hand, and in his hand was a knife," related Ponnaglu. an Indian coolie, describing to the second magistrate. Mr. W. G. Reeves, In a preliminary inquiry on Wednesday, an allegedly murderous attack on
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    FASCISTS SENTENCE OWN LEADERS.
    95 17 Four Spaniards To Face Firing Squad. St. Jean de Luz, June 16. Hedllla. leader of the Insurgent Phalangists, or Fascists, together with the Phalangist leaders from the Blscaye, Salamanca. Burgos and Toledo districts are reported to have been sentenced to death by the Nationalist War Council
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    NEW BOOKS AT RAFFLES LIBRARY.
    268 17 •THE following non-fiction and fiction works will be ready for Issue at the Raffles Library tomorrow: The Streets Markets of London, illustrated. Mary Benedetto The Memoirs of Count Bernstorfl. Illustrated; Adventures Under Ground, Illustrated, T. C. Bridges; Indian Mosaic, Mark Channlng; El Jimmy: Outlaw of
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    PERAK CHINESE BOARD TO DISCUSS MUI-TSAI.
    72 17 (From Our Own Correspondent) Talping, June 16. A MEETING of the Chinese Advisory Board is schedule to be held on June 26 at the Chinese Protectorate. Ipoh, when several Important matters connected with the Community will come up for discussion. The Hon. Mr. A.
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    SUMMONSED FOR CAR BRAKES.
    79 17 "I CLAIM trial and Mr. P. F. Kinsey will appear on by behalf." «ald Cecil E. Edlln, who appeared before Mr. L. C. Goh In the Singapore Fourth Court on June Id on a summons. The accused Is alleged to have driven a motor car which
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    24 17 It has now become possible to book passenger flights from London, by main and connecting services, to approximately 300 towns and cities throughout Europe.
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
    461 17 Sa'mday, June At 11.00 a di. H.H. the Sultan of Sel»nE^r called on His Excellency at Oovern-mt-nt House H.E. Mr. D. J. Jardlnc and Mrs. Jard;tie has luncheon at Go einmen; House. a" on day. June 7. Dr. J. Hope Redford had luncheon at Government House. In the
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    FAREWELL PARTY FOR MRS. H. H. BROWN.
    141 17 Presentation By Johore Bahru GM Guides. 'From Our Own Corrspondent. > Johore Bahru, June 16 'TRIBUTES to the work done by Mrs. H. H. Brown In her capacity as the District Commissioner of the Girl Guides were made at a farewell party held
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    Planting Topics Research IV PATHOLOGICAL DIVISION OF RUBBER
    2328 18 PATHOLOGIC AL DIVISION OF RUBBER Planting Topics Research IV I RESEARCH INSTITUTE, j Investigation Of Diseases And! Pests— Large Variety Of j Problems To Be Solved. k (By Our Planting Correspondent). IN my three preceding articles dealing with the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya, I have deal with the Botanical,
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  • Correspondence. 100 PER CENT QUOTA UNECONOMIC.
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      100 PER CENT QUOTA UNECONOMIC.
      251 18 To th« Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— A point which, although it may be fully realised, I have never seen pubashed. is that although a property may be quite capable of producing 100 per cent, of its quota it may be entirely uneconomic to
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      303 18 ESTATE FACTORY SUPPLIES WHY BULK The obvious reply is:— to obttin a more uniform sheet. This in itself is an effort well worth making, but it becomes necessity wherever the modern high speed or automatic batteries are installed. These batteries work on very delicate adjustments and uneven coagulum causes much
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    LONG-TERM RUBBER OUTLOOK STILL IMPROVING.
    793 19 But Immediate Prospects Bearish. "PRICES WILL RISE STRONGLY AT YEAR-END." (From Oar Own Correspondent). London, June 8. DROSPECTS for rubber share- holders can usually be conveniently divided into two categorics Rhort-tem and long-term but the division is seldom as abrupt and clearcut as it is
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    A London Letter For Planters.
    667 19 A London Letter For Planters. and German automobile factories are also working at the highest pressure. In short, there is every reason to anticipate that, as tho financial News suggests In an editorial article today. "The huh export quotas which hare been fixed for this year will not be achieved,
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      PASSAGES FOR ! PLANTERS'WIVES.
      470 19 PASSAGES FOR PLANTERS' WIVES. To the Editor of the Straits Tune*. Sir. As an ex-Malayan now planting in Burma, I subscribe to the Straits Budget mainly on account of tbe weekly article "Planting Topics." This article is always interesting and usually of great practical value as well. In your Issue
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      206 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times, Sir,— l fail to see how the price of rubber concerns a rubber merchant, unless he is one of those who have burned their fingers and now wish to "rack" the producers to make up for bis losses.
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    In A Singapore Temple Garden.
    108 20 IN SUMMERY FROCKS The Duchesses of Gloucester and Kent snapped outside Olympla, where, v lth other members of the Royal i'amily, they attended the Royal Tournament IN A TEMPLE GARDEN In Singapore, priests show keen Interest In Len Roos's $10,000 colour camera, with which he
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