The Straits Times, 20 February 1939

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    34 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NnWUWWWfTRY. THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IS MALAYA 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1939 PRICK 5 CENTS The Straits Times IWfJKS SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1939. PMCfI CENTS.
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      201 1 fJGAPORE 1A0. CECIL ST PHONE SA71 Mi E N CHONG for SMART TAILORING oi Coloman St. Singapore. PkOM 4816 i 1 i I FAIRBANKS SCALES We stock this famous scale j*— iSpJlC in a lery wide range 1 capable of weighing loads from 250 Ib s. up to 2, 000
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      109 1 FINAL EDITION .p- o^v^, STAPLES MATTRESS Vne finest frfattrcss made t X Oxm ///c- /"/)it-\' Muttrcss ;;:.i..V St,iple> Mattress Eiury night -.-ill he a time to beA forward to /"'"'■.< lingering luxury. You perfect rest and sleep because the rilken silence uml CORRE(JT support of the Staples Mattress anises every
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      20 1 Madame Page, DRESSMAKER and DESIGNER Tailor«3dei- Eowni for Alt Occasions in Stock $5 $30 13. Battery Road Singapore. Tel: 6327.
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      369 2 LA PORTE.— On Feb. 18. 1930 at Maternity Hospital. S'porc, to Margery, wife ol C. P. La I'orte, a son SITUATIONS VACANT Wheo applying foi an» position advertised ,d these rotamni wild cople» ol testimonial* li<i not send ortclnait. ~WELL ESTABLISHED BRITISH FIRM in Singapore extending business requires the serv.ccs
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      416 2 SITUATION WANTED ENGLISHMAN, 10 years experience Rubber Dealing, Godown and Office Management, Company Secretarial work etc., recently returned from leave, some capital, requires position afttr Mar. 31. 1939. L. A. D. c/o Box No. 759, Straits Times. Domestic servants and workmen BABY-AMAHS, Cook-boys, fitters, coolies etc. supplied at short notice.
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      723 2 FOR SALE CRL'SHEIi URANITh ci BMKI t)V lorry rail r.lndhede Co. Ltd. KI'BBER ESTATE 105 acres fully planted. age of trees 16 to 1« years. Assessment for 1939, 42,000 lbs. Quit rent $2.50 per acre. Situation Batu Pahat Roadside. Buildings. Managers Bungalow, factory. Smoke house. Coolie Lines Complete. CondUion clean.
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      663 2 MOTOR VEHICLES FOR SALE 1938 Chevrolet Sedan De Luxe. Black. Condition as new. Mileage 10.000. Apply: Robertson, Tel. 5961. FOR SALE ESSEX Roadster in excellent condition. Owrer leaving. $175 or nearest offer. Any trial. Box 809, Straits Times. JULY 1937 MORRIS "8" 4-seater tourer. 20,000 miles. Fully insured end July.
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      159 2 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. The Exchange Banks will be rloul on Monday. Feh. 23. Chinese Nro Year Tuesday, Feb.,2l. Chinese Hew Year (Bank Holidays). DREDGING ASSOCIATION SOUTHERN MALAYA, NOTICE of a Mprting to be held at the Masonic Kail, Vcnnlng Road. Kuala Lumpur, at 6.30 p.m. on Saturday. Feb. 25, 1939,
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      92 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs HARU and Miss HANA 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. tenders"" SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITYr TENDERS are Invited for the supply of Fuel Oil for the St. James Power Station for nine months. Tenders close at 12 noon on Miir. 6. 1939. Particulars and
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      692 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. Ur.corporated in Enjlar.d PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL ML CO. MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICtS OUTWARD ttvOM LONDON tOP. CHINA AND JAPAN Tonnage Due Spore. CANTON 15.500 Feb 24 SOMALI 6.800 Mar. 10 CORFU 15.000 Mar. 10 CHITRAL 15,000 MM 24 CARTHAGE 15.000 Apr. 1
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      515 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. i ncomorateo id raDam IENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD TO LONDON Penant Colombo. Aden. Snei, Port Said Naples. Marsetl'es. Gibraltar. London Antwerp. Rotterdam and Hamburg Vessels ronnaec Due Sail YASUKUNI MARU ..11,900 Peb. 8 Mar. 1 KASIMA MARU 9.900 Mar. 15 16 HAKONE MARU 10,400
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      576 3 HOLIDAY CRUISES TO. BANGKOK SAIGON By Luarioc* One Clan Motorsblpi Displacement Tons Prom Penang P. Sham Malacra Spore mj. "JITLANDIA" (13.10*) 21/2 tt/t tt/t tSU xn.%. 'MEONI.V (11.0001 14 3 15 3 16 J 18.1 nu "ALSIA" (12,500) 4/4 5/4 6,4 8/« NEXT HOLIDAY CRUISE February 25th. 1939 to March
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      167 3 IncorporaUd I W \a <Hrman» I V The aTidermenttoned art tbt eompwiT't a tended fixture* OUTWARD POX MANILA HONG KONG 9HANGBAI NORTH CHINA AND f.IPAN. Due Spore .5 ALLJiR omits Manila HTtong Feb. 27 3 MARBURG Mar. 6 POTSDAM omits Manila, S'hal. N. China ft Yokohama Mar. 16 J FRANKEN
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      725 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building. Collyei Qua? Singapore Tel 51 SI. Chartered Bank Bonding Penang Tel i;««. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. PAST SERVICES M\RSEILI.»S. LONDON. N. CONTINENT AND GLASGOW (In ron Junction with lh« Glen Line) Due Saib MENELAUS L'don. R'dam. llTjUrg. Hull, Gdsnla In port Feb. 21 DEUCALION Mars. L'don.
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      FROM MALACCA
      95 4 Correspondence for transmission by air via "Netherlands" must be fully prepaid and clearly superscribad "By X.L.M." Malls wili close from Malacca as follows Today. Siam. Burma, India, Iraq, Palestine, Egypt, Mauritius, Europe, Great Britain, Ireland, N. ti S. America, E. b S. Africa. Nigeria and Gold Coast by
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      THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
      130 4 Monday, February 20. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrire. KKPl'EI. HARBOLR Main Wharf Lch. Molek, Van Hcutsz Jil Whnr> Nil Coal Wharf Nil VESSELS IN OHV DOCKS I'anjonj; racai Albert Dock Dukat. Victoria Dock Nil Keppel Harbour King's Dock Silverb:fvh. No. 1 Dock Klanc;.
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      SURFACE MAILS EXPECTED
      30 4 Mails from Europe 'London parcel mails) expected today, Feb. 20 by Antenor. General delivery of parcels uncertain. Malls from Holland etc. expected tomorrow, Feb. 21, by Indrapoera.
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      MINORCA DISCUSSED
      32 4 Rome, Feb. 19. Lord Perth, the British Ambassador, saw Count Ciano, the Italian Foreign Minister, this evening. It is assumed they discussed Minorca and troop movements in North Africa.— Reuter.
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      Great Britain Needs Less Colonial Frozen Meat
      68 4 London, Feb. 16. IN the House of Commons today, the President of the Board of Trade announced that, in order to safeguard the stability of markets, imports of frozen lamb and mutton from Australia and New Zealand in 1939 would be three per
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      Ten Japanese M.P.s To Visit Hainan Island
      55 4 lu&io. rev. 11. TEN Parliamentary members led by Mr Seigo Nakano, President of the Tohukai which will be soon merged with the Social Masses Party, will leave here for Hainan Island early in March. They will visit Hainan after inspecting the lastest condition
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      279 4 INWABU Wearncf: Fran Prnant, Ipoh and Koala LrfjQpur Arrives every evening. X.L.M.: From Europe: Arrive* tomorrow Evening. X.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives tomorrow ifternoon. Imperial: From Europe: Expected VVedntslaj morning. K.N.1.1..M.: From Netherlands Indie*: Irrives Taesda; afternoon. K.N.1. L.M.:
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      243 4 Today Hong Koug and Japan (Parcels only) (Theseus) 1 p.m. Pontinnalt (Raub) 1 p.m. Rengat Tembilahan (Flevo) 1 p.m. Tomorrow Siam (Parcels only) (Katong) ..9.30a.m. lndo-Chir.a (K.N.I. L.M.) ..11.30a.m. Ceylon (Menelaus) 1 pjn. Bengkalis L. BUik (M.S. Kampar) 1 p.m. Java. South- West Sumatra, 8. -East Borneo.
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      COMPANY PROFITS Fall In Respect Of 205 Concerns
      71 4 COMPANY PROFITS Fall In Respect Of 205 Concerns THE aggregate net profits of 203 Bri- tish companiss whose annual reports were included In the Exchange Telegraph Company's statistics service during the month of January amounted to £29,606,273. Of this number, 205 aggregated £29,569,349, as against £32,517,857 for the same companies
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      *****,000 GAS MASKS DISTRIBUTED IN U.K.
      155 4 QIR JOHN ANDERSON, Minister for Civilian Defence, stated in the House of Commons recently that 40,000,000 gas masks had been Issued during the last 12 months to the civilian population at a total cost of £4,000,000. During the last six months a satisfactory device
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    AYER MOLEK RUBBER TO EXTEND PLANTED AREA
    684 4 100 Acres This Year 25 Acres To Be Replanted ADDRESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of Ayer Molek Rubber Company Ltd. in Malacca on Friday, Mr. Chee Guan Chiang, the chairman, said: The profit for the year amounted to $14,966.60. To this has
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    NATIONAL YOUTH RALLY IN LONDON
    145 4 London, Feb. 20. TRAFALGAR SQUARE rang with almost every accent In Britain when ?,000 pilgrims arrived for the National Youth Campaign rally, including Welsh miners, Scottish fisher lassies, undergraduates in gowns an.i many men and girls rearing shorts. Jack Simmons, of the University Labour Federation,
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    SYRIAN GOVERNMENT RESIGNS
    43 4 Damascus. Feb. 20. "THE Syrian Government has resigned. France's decision not to ratify lor the present the Franco-Syrian treaty, which provides for complete independence for Syria in 1940, led to the crisis. Dcmonstratious against the Government have been frequent.— Reuter.
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    LINER UNDAMAGED BY SUEZ GROUNDING London. Feb. 19.
    51 4 LINER UNDAMAGED BY SUEZ GROUNDING London. Feb. 19. rriin; LiOnaon liner uauietuu oajr, w»nw« grounded at the exit of the Suez Canal yesterday while on her way tc Australia, was undamaged, it is learned here. The liner has been granted a certificate of seaworthiness and has proceeded on her voyage.—
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    MILITIAMEN GO BACK
    30 4 Hendaye, Feb. 19. Four thousand more militiamen crossed back into Spain today bringing, the total militia cooperating for Franco since the Catalonian collapse to 60 500.— Reuter.
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    75 PALESTINE VILLAGES SEARCHED BY MILITARY
    40 4 Jerusalem, Feb. 17. DRITISH military forces in Palestine D searched 73 Avab villages throughout the country during the past week, arresting many suspects, and seiz'ni; rifles, fire-arms and a large quantity of ammunition. Reuter.
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    Chungking, Feb. 16
    24 4 The American girl guide association has contributed $800 American currency to the Chinese Girl Guides for war relief. Chinese Central News.
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    Japan's Bid For Alliance
    220 4 Japan's Bid For Alliance Chinese Warning To Germany Italy Chungking, Feb. 17 pOMMENTING on reports of the imminent conclusion of m alliance among Germany, Italy Led Japan, the China Times says "We do not believe there is any poa ibility of such an alliance. Even if it were concluded, we
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    NEW ARAB DELEGATES TO LONDON
    77 4 London, Feb. 19. JAUFIK SUWAIDI has arrived h»e and will participate in the Palatine conference as an additional representative of Iraq. It was originally intended that he should replace Njai Said, who had expected to retuxn home at an early stage of the conference proceedings,
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    JAPAN IS INTERESTED
    46 4 Toklo. Feb. 19. ATTENTION has been attracted to the large-scale purchases of sackcloth lor marking sandbags by British and French interests at Calcutta, according to Information reaching Osaka. It Is reported that stockcloth sufficient for making 500,000 sandbags had already been purchased. Domel.
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      693 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in FM.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433 Passage 5431 CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED. (Incorporated in England) FARES SINGAPORE/EUROPE First and Cabin class from £106.7,9 Second class from £74.14.3 AROUND THE WORLdIfARES BY C.P.R. First and Cabin Class Tourist Class From £181.13.4 From £125.19.8 Direct connection with Canadian Pacific
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      316 4 TIDE TABLE SINGAPORE Today H. W. 11.16a.m. 9.4ft. L. W. 5.24 a.m. 3.1 ft.: 5.45 p.m. 1.8 ft. Tuesday H. W. 00.02 a.m. 8.9 ft.: ll.48a.m. 9.4 ft. L. W. 5.50 a.m. 2.8 ft.: 6.08 p.m. 1.4 ft. Wednesday H. W. 03.25a.m. 9 ft.; 12.23p.m. 9.4 ft. L. W. 6.18
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      237 5 SSS* C. G. GERMICIDE SIX TIMES STRONGER THAN CARBOLIC ACID. Yet despite this potency as un antiseptic, t G GERMICIDE wiU r.ot irritate the skin and is quite harmless in use Not only that, it lias a pleasant and efreshing smell and t.oes not injure or »'am linrn It is
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      170 5 WISHING OUR CHINESE PATRONS A HAPPY PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR NEW-WORLD (THE PIONEER AMUSEMENT PARK IN MALAYA) TODAY THE WHOLE PARK WILL OPEN FROM 10 A.M. EVERYTHING FOR EVERYBODY— ITS A CITY WITH A MILLION LIGHTS. SPECIAL CHINESE NEW -YEAR ATTRACTIONS PAX KUE WING— CANTONESE WAYANG TROUPE AT SUNLIGHT HALL. GEOK
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      426 5 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 2Z5 metres. ZHP 30.96 metre* p.m. n 1.00 Interval. C 5.00 Cantonese dramas. j 5.40 Cantonese children's programme. 6.00 Cantonese song and orchestral recital. j 7.00 Pianoforte recital. 7.30 Time, weather, news and announcements. •7.45 Harold Ramsay at the organ. t 8.00 "The motor show." t
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      206 5 EMPIRE STATION TODAY TRANSMISSIONS 2 AND 3. GSH 11.41 oe/i (IS.97 m.)| GSQ 17.1' nc'i (16.M m.)i OSF 15.14 (19.8* m.) QSJ J1.6S me/i (13.9S m.) i GSD 11.75 me > ftS M m.) 6 05 Big Ben. BBC. Scottish orchestra. 7.05 Music Hall.* 8.05 "Books 4. Weekly series of
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      Wall Street Quotations
      603 6 New York, Feb. 18. THE following quotations were those ruling when the Stock Exchange dosed today:— DOW-JONES AVERAGES Yesterday's Today's Close. Close. Changes. 30 Industrials 144.95 145.51 up .56 20 Rails 39.31 30.55 up .24 15 Utilities 25.07 25.43 up .36 40 Bonds 9034 90.48 up .14
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      LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      95 6 London, Feb. 18. ullowing were today's closing rates 177 1 t>4 /.thens 647 Vi •Mi 4.6H 13 1C R»e ..3 1/16 Montreal 4 71 sellers official BriiMl.- 27.82 Belgrade 210 MM Bucharest 660 Ain.s>. n74 Buenos Aires 20.37/4 Mm i. 8» 1 '16 Montevideo 18'A Ml Bombay
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      AIR RAID TOLL
      27 6 Alicante, Feb. 19. d this evening that 80 people were killed and 150 wounded In an air raid today by Nationalist 1 1 uttr
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      MINING
      583 6 issue VaL *Taser Co. Lyall Kvatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 3/3 4/- 3/6 4/11 Asam Kumoaag 26/- 27/- 25/- 27/6 El Auatral Maiay 40/- 45/-cd 40/- 50/5/- Ayer Mian 21/- 22/- 21/6 22/6 1 Ayei Wcr.g 0.55 0.60 0.54 0.59 £1 Bangrln Tin 19/6 20/6 20/-
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      GENERAL
      421 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.30 1.40 1.32% 1.40 2 2 do Prefs. 2.20 2.30 2 22V a 2.3Oxd 10 10 Atlas Ice 4.75 5 26 5.00 5 50 1 1 B. M Broadcasting 0.50 0.60 0.50 > 60 10 5 B M. Trustee 8.75 7.50 8.75 7.50 1
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS
      262 6 87« Maynard li Co. Ltd. $30,000 Int. Apr. 30 Oct. 31 90 100 nom SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 11)01 red. 1940 $400,000 Int Mar 31 Sept 30 102% 103^ nom *V,7c 190*2 red 1947 $1,600,000 Int Mar 31 Sept 30 108Vi 110 nom Vfc% 1906 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int
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      RUBBER SHARES
      376 6 Ailenby Alor Gajah Amal Malay Ayer Hltam Ayer Molek Ayer Panas Bassett Batu LUHang Bedford Benta Borelll Brogas Brunei Un Bukit Katil Bukit K. B Bukit Kepong Bukit Timah ($10) Jhangkat Serdatig Connetr.ara Ulenealy Plantations Hamilton Paytor 'ndraglii leram Kuantan (SO eta.) Jlrcah Kamasan Kledah Kempas (Chiang Fraser
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN
    85 6 Saturday, Feb. 18, noon. No. IX R.S.8. (Spot loose) 27T4 28'/» No. IX H.S.S. f.o.b. in cases February 28>4 2S>4 GF.A.Q. K.S.S. f.o.b. in bales February 27 11/16 27 13/142 FAQ. K.S.S. f.o.b. in bales February 26 15/16 27 1/J6 FUTURE QUOTATIONS No. IX R.S.S.
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    EXCHANGES
    183 6 Saturday, Feb. 18. The following are the exchangje rates this morning according to trie dally circular Issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation:— SELLING London T.T 2/3 25/32 London demand 2/3 25/32 Lyons demand 2045 Switzerland demand 238»/ 4 Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54Vg Montreal
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    FACTORS INFLUENCING WALL STREET
    499 6 Swan, Culbertson's Weekly Review IN a weekly report on the New York Stock market, issued this morning, Swan, Culbertson and Fritz, write: For the second successive weeic stock prices fluctuated within an extremely narrow range and the volume ot trading was the smallest for nearly six
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    ANGLO-GERMAN TRADE LINKS
    181 6 8.0. T. President's Message By Radio London, Feb. 19. the eve of the opening of the British Industries' Fair on llonday, a goodwill message from fir. Oliver Stanley, President of the Board of Trade, was broadcast to in German by the R.B.C. onight. After referring to the
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    LONDON MONEY SUPPLIES READILY OBTAINABLE
    80 6 LON DON MONEY SUPPLIES READILY OBTAINABLE London, Feb. 18. f\H the money market overnight accommodation from dealing banks was readily obtainable at a half pr-r cent, against BilLs for security. Discount operators viewed v.-ith pleasure a slight expansion in th" rotair.e of commercial drr.fts and with rxpectations that any slackening
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    BRITISH TRADES ON VIEW AT INDUSTRIES FAIR
    43 6 Products of 76 British trades will be on view at London sections of the British Industries Fair, which opens on Monday. The heavy industries' section, at Birmingham, occupies more than 304,468 square feet— British Win ton
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    VIEXICAN OIL REFINERY WORKERS IN CLASH
    39 6 r.^exico City, Feb. 20. FEDERAL troop;, arc patrolling Min- atillan, seat of Mexico's biggest oil refinery, following a collision betweau rival factions of a yorkers' union. Suspension of work is feared momentarily. Reuter.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      CRITICAL PERIOD AHEAD FOR BUFFER TIN POOL
      747 7 Future Price Prospects Not Too Favourable PRESENT BACKWARDATION RESULT OF DELIBERATE MOVE (From Our Own Correspondent.; London, Feb. 10. DID I KING the past week the standard tin market in London has worn a very sober aspect. Industrial demand on the whole has
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      EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES
      101 7 DURING the week ending Feb. 11. 1939. experts of canned pineapple? from Malayan port! amounted to 41,727 cases, ol which: j3.<*6G '31 per cent) cases were to the United Kingdom. 3.803 (9 ikt cent i eases to the Continent of Europe. 2,138 '5 per cent) cases
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      CANADA'S TRADE BALANCE
      41 7 Ottawa. Feb. 2. CANADA'S credit balance on international payments for 1938 was $140.800,000 i about £36.960.000 1 and on ext?rnal trade in merchandise $180,500.000 X 36,100,000 >, according to a preliminary statement Usued by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      193 7 Singapore. Feb. 18, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambier S 1-50 Hamburg Cube $13.50 Java Cube Sl2OO Pepper White Muncok $13.75 White $13.25 Black 8.75 Copra Mixed $3.25 Sun Dried $355 Sago Flour No. 1 Lingga $2.30 Fair $2.25 Sarawak $2.20 Jelotong Palembang $6.75 Banja $7.25 Sarawak $7.25 Tapioca
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      TREASURY BILLS
      41 7 London, Feb. 17. *pH£ total amount applied for in tenders for £20,000,000 Treasury Bills was £70,135.000. The average :atc per cent, for Bills at three months was 10s. 0.64 d. against 10s. 1.41 d. c week ago.— British Wireless.
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      SUEZ RECEIPTS DOWN
      18 7 Paris. Feb. 2. SUEZ CANAL receipts for January were £742.800. against £840,900 for January, 1938.
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
      81 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore. Feb. i. 18, 1 p.m. Books Compam Dividend Closa TIN Austral Malay 9d. No. 48 3d. bonus Feb. 24 Raub 5d. final 2d. bonus Mar. 8 iThabawlelk 1/6 **•>■ 17 Date Ex. Div Payable Date Mar. 8 Feb. 25 Mar. 15 Mar. 9
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      SINGAPORE TRACTION CO'S PROSPECTS
      695 7 Big Rolling Stock Renewal Programme From Our Own Correspondent London, Feb. 8. CONFIDENCE in the future or the Singapore Traction Co., Ltd. was exposed by Sir Thomas J. Strangman, K.C., when, in the absence through indisposition of the chairman, Mr. L. W. Hawkins, he presided today
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      RUBBER EXPORT DUTY
      40 7 THE price for rubber lor purpose of assessment to export duty In the FMS. for the period Feb. 17 to Feb. 23. inclusive, has been determined at 27' g cents a pound, states a Government Gazette notification.
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      ROBINSON'S CAPITAL RECONSTRUCTION
      165 7 Court Approves Proposals As Drafted AN originating petition to reduce the capital oi Robinson and Co.. Ltd.. from $2,500,000' to $1.500.000 and thereafter inciv^e it to $1,750,000 by the creation ol 50.000 first preference $5 i,harea, was granted, In terms ot a dra 1 order, by Mr
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      LONDON METAL MARKET
      564 7 INDICATIONS SHOW IMPROVING TREND MALCOLM BOWLEY'S WEEKLY REVIEW V( IN a weekly report on the London pi market dated. Feb. 10, Malcolm 8 Bowley and Son writerThere has during the past week been j apparent in many quarters a feeling of o greater hopefulness in the future
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      183 7 THE MERCANTILE BANK I OF INDIA (TRUSTEES) LIMITED. Guaranteed and Controlled by THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA 1 LIMITED. The Company, which is Incorporated in the S.S. and registered as a Trust Company, undertakes the following duties: EXECUTOR OR TRUSTEE OF A WILL. ADMINISTRATOR OF ESTATE OF' DECEASED PERSON TRUSTEE
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      401 7 BANK OF CHINA Incorporated hi Chlni by Special Charts >. 12, CeeO Street, Singapore. TWephonea: Manager's Office 614* Asrt. Manager's Office £441 Exchange DepL (441 General Office SIM-* Cablt Address: "CHI NGKI O lid Op Capital Ch. t 4t.OM.tMM leaerve Funds In exeeaa of Ch ».200.t0« M foUl Aisets ap»roilm»tel»
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      125 8 A STAGE HIT IN LONDON FOR OVER A YEAR NOW MADE MORE THRILLING ON THE SCREEN TODAY AT 11 A. M. 1.00 3.15, 6.15 9.15 P. M. TOMORROW AT 11 A.M. 5.15, 6.15 0.15 M. ALHAMBRA p ep o c9 E SEE Edward G. Robinson's greatest acting Triumph as DR.
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    193 9 Arabs And Jews Refuse To Budge From Original Claims London, Feb. 19. INQUIRIES in conference circles suggest that at the 1 end of the second week the Palestine talks are little nearer an agreed settlement than when they began. Neither Arab nor Jewish delegates appear to
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    96 9 Six Demands Made To Government Kaunas, Feb. 19. A MEMORANDUM containing six demands has been presented to the Lithuanian Government by a representative of 350,000 Germans 'n Lithuania. The free exercise of the national German culture, the provision of more German schools, and the removal of
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    138 9 Ingenious Device On Show At Olympia London, Feb. 19. AN extraordinarily ingenious anti- aircraft device called a "predictor" will be on view to visitors at the British Industries Fair at Olympia next week. The predictor can calculate the position of approaching aircraft and pass
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    "SOUNDEST KIND OF PROPOSITION"
    133 9 U.S. Army Staff Chief On Sale Of Warplanes Washington, Feb. 10. pENERAL MALIN CRAIG, chief of staff of the United States army, endorsed before the Senate's military affairs committee President Roosevelt's policy of selling American warplanes abroad. According to testimony released by the committee today. Gen.
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    U.S. PLANE ENGINE PLANT FOR FRANCE
    39 9 New York, Feb. 19. The Pratt Witney Corporation Is reported to be preparing big orders of machine tools for an aeroplane engine factory in France, which the corporation will equip and operate.— Reuter.
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    Chungking-Kunming Phone Service Opens Soon
    29 9 Chungking, Feb. 17. A DIRECT Chungking (Szcchuan) to Kunming (Yunuan) long distance telephone service will be opened to t^B public from March 1. Reuter.
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    'UGLY TRUCULENCE OF AUTOCRACY'
    133 9 Roosevelt's Broadcast To Great Exhibition Key West (Florida), Feb. 19. THE "ugly truculence of autocracy" was denounced by President Roosevelt in a broadcast speech at the opening of San Francisco's £10,000,000 Golden Gate International Exhibition. Speaking from Key West, where he is attending the naval manoeuvres,
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    NAZI EXPEDITION TO TIBET
    61 9 Shanghai, Feb. 17. JJROM wireless message picked up here it -is learned that the German expedition to Tibet sent out under the patronage of Herr Heinrich Himmler, the Reich Police Chief, was accorded a friendly reception by the heads of the Tibetan Government and that the
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    NAZI POLICE CHIEF TO VISIT WARSAW
    60 9 Warsaw, Feb. 17HERR Heinrich Himmler. chief of the German Police, will shortly visit Warsaw to return the visit made to Germany by Gen. Zamorski, chief of the Polish Police. Following an official reception in the Polish capital, Herr Himmler will go to Bialowleza to
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    11 9 Lord Baldwin's Fund for Refugees has reached £400,000, reports British Wireless.
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    Debate On Defence
    141 9 PREMIER'S SPEECH TOMORROW? London, Feb. 19. A TWO-DAY debate in the House of Commons on defence will open tomorrow, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer will move a financial resolution to increase to £800,000,000 the borrowing powers fcr defence. According to lobby correspondents of newspapers, the first
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    276 9 Russo-Japanese Showdown Firm Stand By Moscow Is Forecast Chungking, Feb. 19. MAINTAINING that the Soviet- Japanese fisheries dispute has become the gravest Far Eastern political question of all, the Ta Kung Pao here expresses tne conviction that the Soviet Government, adhering to its original stand, will not yield to Japanese
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    GUERILLA WARFARE IN WEST SHANSI
    69 9 Sian (Shensi), Feb. 16. IT is revealed that In west Shansi alone, Chinese guerillas engaged the Japanese in 38 skirmishes, killing 874 Japanese officers and men In January During the same period guerillas destroyed Japanese communication lines 15 times, blew up ten miles of railway
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    POLITICAL DEBATES TO BE BROADCAST BY B. B. C.
    235 9 THE 8.8.C. announces an 1 microphone will be placed three main political parties discussion on some matter of The parties will select their own speakers and subject shortly before each broadcast. Each debate will last 45 minutes and there will be
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEB. 20. 1939. Victory For Peace
    810 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEB. 20. 1939 Victory For Peace "In the avoided conflicts of 1933 there were no victors and no vanquished. Austria was not raped nor Czechoslovakia crushed nor Great Britain and France 'humiliated'. There was only one thingthe victory of the cause of peace. This, so
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    354 10 One of the criticisms made by the Central Indian Association of Malaya in the memorandum reviewed in these editorial columns last Friday, Is that toddy shops are permitted to be conducted under the supervision of estate managers instead of government officials. There are various replies waicM might
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    MOTORIST AND MATA MATA
    278 10 Police Powers For Thirty Years EUROPEAN PROTESTS To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— Why all thta agitation about the proposed powers of arrest to be given to the police under the new Traffic Regulations? For the last 30 years the police have had, and
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    SNOBBISH MINORITY
    192 10 Eurasian View Of Malayan Social Problems To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— The thanks of the Eurasian community are due to "Eurasian Woman" for her outspoken letter appearing in your issue of Feb. 13 and for the splendid support accorded to it in your editorial of
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    ONE P.M. CLOSING
    160 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— l am one of those interested readers who would like to support "Displeased," C. S. Seng, and particularly "Parent," in championing the cause of the schoolchildren, concerning earlier closing hours. I would like to ask "Another Parent," who seems
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    LONDON LETTER
    71 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— In view of the recent criticism of your "London Letter" which has appeared in your paper, I should like to say how much I enjoy this page. I think the author gives us a very sane and entertaining view of
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    CATHOLICS IN BORNEO
    703 10 Sea-Captain Priest Of the Sixties By the Rev. A. Vehoeven (In the North Borneo Ranger) THINGS that are meant to last take time in growing. The work of the present Catholic Mission in Sarawak and British North Borneo dates from 1881 when these countries were confided to
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    Singapore Wedding
    108 10 Two well-known families of the Muslim community of Singapore were united last week by the marriage of Mr. A. H. Jumat, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Jumat, and Miss Salma binte Shaikh Dawood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Dawcod. The father of the bridegroom
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    685 10 Ranee's Oysters A DRY *mark at the expense of th» Straits Times is made in the Sarawak Gazete of Feb. 1. It Is piompted by our report of Wearne's experimental flight from Singapore b Kuching, in which it was stated that the Ranee "was delighted when
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    ROOSEVELT'S "OMINOUS REPORTS" PUZZLE WORLD
    599 11 resident Hastening leturn To Capital? OME SAYS HE INDULGES IN "THEATRICALS" ay Have Conferred By lone With Ambassadors 3 world is completely in the dark regarding what President Roosevelt meant when he referred to "ominous reI from abroad" at the Press conference at Key West
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    7 11 s tunced that Poland jLire the Franco
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    49 11 A luncheon was Kiven at the Effyplin Officers' Club in Cairo re-ently .1 honour of Gen Viscount Gort, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, who visited Egypt durin- his tour of the Near East. Gen. Gort i> seen with Hussein Sirry Pasha (left), Eryptian War Minister, at the luncheon.
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    TROOPS FOR N. AFRICA
    344 11 France Italy Increase Forces Paris, Feb. 19. CINCE French relations with Italy became strained three months ago, trance has been steadily reinforcing the defences of her African colonies. It is estimated that in this period her forces in certain "danger" points have been approximately doubled. These
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    BRITISH STEAMER CAPTURED
    40 11 London, Feb. 19. "THK British steamer Stangrove is reported to have been captured by Spanish Nationalists and taken to P.ilma, with a Nonlntervrntion Committee observer abcard. Renter learns a strong protest Is hcinr made to Burgos.— Reuter.
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    REMILITARISATION OF ALAND ISLANDS
    53 11 Helsinki (Kovno), Feb. 19. FOLLOWING the example of Britain, Latrla wad Estonia, it is officially announced, Poland avicl B3nmark have assented to proposals by Finland and Sweden fcr defensive remilitarisation Of the Aland Islands. In the Baltic Ssa. Replies firm Germany and France are expected la
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    ELECTION OF POPE ON FEB. 28
    103 11 Rome, Feb. 19. •TflE Conclave of Cardinals to ileet the new pope will open on Feb. 28. Not all of the 62 cardinals will ba present en that day since those in the more distant parts of the world will not have arrived. Hundreds
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    JAPANESE ATTACK REPULSED
    117 11 New Threat To Chekiang Province Chungking, Feb. 19. /CHINESE coast defences repulsed a Japanese attempt to land at Haimen Bay, Chekiang Province, today. Under cover of fog. two Japanese warships crossed the boom at the entrance to the harbour and 100 soldiers attempted a landing in four
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    CHINA NOW "IS EVEN MORE CONFIDENT"
    164 11 Japan As Weakest Link Of "War-Mongers" London, Feb. 19. PROFESSOR P. C. CHANG, speaking at the meeting of the Peace Cami paign, said China was now even more confident of the result of the war than at the beginning. He appealed to the peace-loving
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    RESCUING STRANDED MISSIONARIES
    72 11 Shanghai, Feb. 20. LIEUT.-COM STAFFORD, captain of the British gunboat Ladybird, and Lieut.-Com. Jeffs, captain of the American bungoat Oahu, have arrived at Kuling, mountain resort, to make arrangements for the evacuation of 80 Brilish and American missionaries stranded there. The two captains left Kluklang for Kulung
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    MEXICAN-REICH DEAL?
    32 11 Mexico City, Feb. 19 ris insistently rumoured that President Cardenas is about to conclude a deal with German interests whereby iO Junker planes will be exchanged for Mexican oil.— Reuter.
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    U. S. Co-operation In Trade Talks
    264 11 New Agreement Between Britain And Soviet London, Feb. 20. INDICATIONS received from Washington, says the Sunday Times diplomatic correspondent, are that United States industries are prepared to co-operate with the Anglo-German trade groups, in the conversations next month, on the possibility of forming cartel
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    MASS ARRESTS IN ITALY DENIED
    155 11 Sequel To Incident Near Duce's Villa Rome, Feb. 19. [N SPITE of the reassuring nature of the official communiques on ho shooting Incident near the /ilia Torlonia, Signor Mussolini's esidence, the public is still somevhat excited about rumours of TOuld-be accomplices In a careful-y-planned attempt
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    VISCOUNT GORT BACK FROM NEAR EAST
    64 11 London, Feb. 19. VISCOUNT Gort, Chief of Imperial General Staff, arrived at Croydon by air today from Paris at the conclusion of his visit to Egypt and Palestine. In an interview Viscount Gort said be could make n: statement at present, but could say
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    28 11 Kingston, Feb. 20 Bustamente, the Labour leader, announced today he had called off the i strike of waterfront workers and urged 1 them to return to work.— Reuter.
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    Formal Peace Offer In Spain Soon
    513 11 BRITAIN TO CONVEY PLAN TO GENERAL FRANCO 4 FORMAL peace offer will shortly be made by the Spanish Republican Government, according to well-informed Republican circles, stated a Reuter message from Paris last night. The offer, it is believed, will be conveyed to General Franco
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    CHINESE USHER IN NEW YEAR WITH NOISE
    543 12 Merry-Making On Larger Scale Than Before ALL CLASSES GO VISITING IN SMART NEW CLOTHES MO other nation could recognise a "foreign" calendar and at the same time celebrate their own traditional festivals as the Chinese of Malaya are doing. These last two days
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    SINGAPORE EUROPEAN WOMAN'S DEATH
    50 12 AfTER a long illness. Mrs. Gertrude Hodge, aged 44, wife of Mr. J. D Hodge, of Wearne Brothers, died at the General Hospital last night. Mrs Hodge had been In Malaya for many years The funeral will take place at Bldariail at 5 o'clock this afternoon
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    RESERVES OF VOLUNTEERS
    108 12 Term "Auxiliary" Abandoned IT is evident that some collusion lias arisen over the meaning of the terms 'Auxiliary' and 'Resrvist,' says a statement issued by the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force. •Under the terms of an Ordinance to amend the Volunteer Force Ordinance published in the Straits Settlements
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    NO. 100 SQUADRON RETURNS
    56 12 0.-; their way bar 1 to Singapore! a", r their visit to Akyab, Burma, air- j crafi, ol No. 100 (Torpedo Bomber) Squadron reached Penang yesterday j aft-T a night-stop at Alnr Star. arrival at P?nang was timed i de with the big air rally •f-raft
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    AMUSEMENTS
    63 12 sim, iroßt ADI < PHI noil i BAFFLES HOTEL eCM to t.30 p.m. UinuKi Ouuc« iluluiine. 9 30 lo Midi < iKKKK 'IHEAIKt. GIVI.ANG ..,;abond 36 Female Devils. Feature CMItOMM Talkitv- ..45 p m. GRI II kSOKJ.U Cabacat: 8 p.ni to Midnight >c Thai /..ub Revenge. Si.x-,-<i Madne.s.v t
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    MALAYAN STUDENT DIES IN INDIA
    148 12 Mr. George Thomas THE death has occurred cf Mr. Gjorge Thomas, son of Mr. T. G. Thomas, of the Anglo-Chinese School, .Singapore, from typhoid in the General Hospital Madras, on Saturday. His sister. Mii.s Da'sy Thomas, who Is a medical student at Women's Medical College.
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    MR. A. GILES' DEATH
    131 12 DLOOD POISONING caused the v death in the General Hospital yestsrday of a Singapore European Mr. A. S. Giles, who was In business on his own account at The Arcade. A middle-aged man, he had been in the Colony about 10 years and was until the
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    Malay Who Speaks Two Chinese Dialects Honoured
    271 12 A MALAY Government official \lio can speak two Chinese dialectfl HokkiVn and Teowchiow-was honoured at a tea party by the Singapore -Malay Lnion yesterday. He is Incite Ishak bin Ahmad, who recently received the M BE. in recognition ot Ml services with the
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    SUNGEI BULOH LEPERS' NEW YEAR
    349 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 18. IT would have been an ordinary seene a band of gaily-dressed little Chinese boys and girls strolling across a sward of grass set in a beautiful little valley, all happy in celebrating their New Year but for
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    Kidnap Attempt Alleged
    82 12 CHARGE RELATING TO de SOUZA BOYS /CHARGED with attempting to kidnap two minors, Kenny and Frank de Souza, sons of Mr. F. W. de Souza. of the Public Works Department, at Siglap last Wednesday, a Hokkien, Ho Ah Pee, appeared in the Singapore Police Court this morning.
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    STAFF OFFICERS ARRIVE
    240 12 Navy And Air Force Changes A NUMBER of new staff officers for the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force at Singapore arrived by the Blue Funnel vessel Antenor this morning. They included Captain J. C. Westall, Royal Marines, who is relieving Major R. H. Quill as Staff
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    MR. J. PEARSON'S FUNERAL
    84 12 MR. JOSEPH PEARSON, a Eurasian aged 65, of 25, Gentle Road, off Gllstead Road, who collapsed and died as he was leaving the Bukit Timah racecourse on Saturday evening after having won $800, was burled at Bidadarl yesterday afternoon. The service was taken by the Rev
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    U.S. CRUISER FOR SINGAPORE
    92 12 JHE U.S. 7,000-ton cruiser Marble- head, of the same class as the three cruisers, which attended the opening of the Singapore Naval Base last year will visit Singapore on Mar 2. Marblehead Is armed with 10 sixinch guns and carries four aircraft. The U.S. naval oil
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    SINGAPORE MAIN ROAD PROPOSAL OPPOSED
    239 12 SINGAPORE MAIN ROA D PROPOSAL OPPOSED Improvement Trust Critic Trimmer Committee Plai ALTERNATIVE SUGGESTED NEW SCHEME IMPERATIVE THE construction of another main artery into town the north-western residential area is not favoured b Singapore Improvement Trust at present. At the last meeting of the Trust it was decided to ii
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    DEATH OF N RULER
    204 12 The Susuhunan Soerakarta *pHE Susuhunan of Soenl ruler of one of the native i of Java, and a very woll-k figure in Ihe Netherlands I died today, states a Reuter me from Batavia. Ruling over a densely populate ritory in mid-Java, the Susuhunai up great state
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    MANY EUROPEANS AT CHINESE FILM
    226 12 it The Cinema "CABLE CICADA." a Chinese film of an incident in the "Romance of Three Kingdoms', was shown at midnight at the Capitol Theatre last night Showing today and tomorrow. "Sable Cicada' is a beautifully photographed and well directed film. Though there Is much
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    42 12 A Muncipal Sanitary inspector, Mr. Lcong Chum/ Fah, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leong Yun Siak, ?<-<jt married at St. Peter's Church, S:>taapore, on Saturday to Miss Lily Tunr/ Ming. (t«>in hf cr of Mr. aid Mrt. Ice Poh. Van ni Sl-naop~re.
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    PENANG AIR RALI SUCCESS
    104 12 (From Our Own Correjponden Penang. Feb. THE Penang air rally yesterdaj a great success. More than 30 j took part in the first item, a fly Three Hawker Audax machines longing to the Straits Settle] Volunteer Air Force next arrived lowed by nine RAF. planes be!o
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    $5,000 DAMAGE WH ATTAP HOUSES BU
    103 12 Ipoh, Feb. WINE attap houses are report *^have been gutted by fire at a village between Malim Nawar Tanjong Tualans. Shortly t seven o'clock the fire broke out attap house and spread rapidly t adjoining houses. Despit? frantic attempts by th lagers, mostly Chinese
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    SCRATCHINGS AND OKT OF RUNNINC
    103 12 Scratching.* and Dicier oi runnin tomorrow's races at Bukit Timah Race 1. Ponies, class 1, Ulv. 3 (un. Miss Wendy, Codollus and Up. Race 2.— Horse.;. Class 3, Div. Con. Swift Arrow Marie Antoi and Achilles. Race 3. Poni'-s. Class 1 Div. 2 furs. Murray
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    Japanese Plan For Paper Here
    206 13 CHINESE PRINTING SCHEME DROPPED Ai'l-AN to produce a newspaper printed ln Chinese, putting forward he Japanese s'-de of the Sino-Japane.-e ;onflict, has been considered by Singapore Japanese, the Straits Times unierstands. However, it b .-.tated the proposal ias been shelved temporarily, bccav.se of the danger
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    JEWELLERY MISSING AT NURSES' HOSTEL
    53 13 From Our Jihor? Bahru. Feb. 13. d trom the Hostel, J ra Bahra. Re:ur:iing to her room yes.erday I Indian 'und her beionginjs iii disorder. Her jewellery. <;ept in a table drawer, was missing. The Jewels. toot SH'O include a chain. •.wo pa*~ ea and
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    MOTORISTS' FIELD DAY AT AIRPORT GYMKHANA
    614 13 rU 81 and 0. K. Wiles iMQ. Midgets equal, 2. Rear Sc.tl Drivers Trsl K. Wiles <M. o. Miti^rt'. i Captain re 8. Hawkins 'Ford V 8 30 1. 1. Observation Test. Miss Eunice Lee. 1 D. S. Aiti-rr. 2. Gratifying Ent ries For
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    DRIVE TO ENGLAND PLANNED
    90 13 TW-. most sncressiui nnver ai mr motor gymkhana held vestrrd:iy by the Automobile Assoriation of Malaya at (he Singapore Airport WM ('apt. K. B, Hawkins, of the Royal E:i«iurers, who Is leaving next wrek. to drive in hts Ford V.X from Cilnittft to I nelniiri ('apt.
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    TAKARAZUKA DANCERS IN SINGAPORE
    134 13 Japanese Company Returns From Tour Of Italy T*he Takararoka taming s^r's, tn>rr the Tnkarazu'.:a Musi; und Opera School, who have Just made a tiur Oi Italy, Rave two per.'ormnn?es at thr Victoria Theatre laat night The company, which -lumbers nearly 40, arrived In Singapore yesterday on
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    WEEKLY HOLIDAY FOR PERAK CHINESE
    87 13 I'rom Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Kanstsar, Feb. 16. /MIINESE shop assistants In Kuala Kang^ar will In the near future o* granted a full day's hol'day on Sundays, It Is expected. This followed a meeting cf all Chinese sundry dealers in the town. The meeting was
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    WHY WAS "LANGER SPY" BANNED IN SINGAPORE?
    396 13 WHY WAS "L ANGER SPY" BANNED IN SINGAPORE? Malayan Him Censor Refuses To Make Statement AKTKR Iho committer of appeal on film cfMMrshif in Singapore saw "F.anccr Spy". <he film of a British intelligence officer*! espionage in Girimy taring H»o Great War. m Friday Rlfit, i( u<~ derided the Him
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    33 13 Mr. h -it. I ''T a' the si"" 1 ''l'i>>, n"'l riis<t i I aimer, irho wen mnrried <■' tht Singapore Presbt lurday nmhtf, Thr Rr> 8. Band tt <:>rvirr StTUtti T net p'rlure.
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    GORDONS BEAT RETREAT ON PADANG TODAY
    78 13 The dr-immers and papers of the 2nd Battalion. G anders, will beat "Rptreaf or. the Padang thi<; evening. The prosrammc is as fotlowa: Retreat. The Green Hil'^ Of Tyro! Slow March. Logic O' Buchan: March. The Blue Bonnets; Strathspey, The Miller O' Drone: Reel,
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    ALLEGATION AGAINST TAMIL GIRL
    80 13 LLEGED to have stabbed another Tamil woman with a tapping 1 knife on a rubber estate at the third mile Gopenj Road. Ipoh, on Wednes- day. a young Tamil woman named Amaragam was produced before the Ipoh magistrate on a charge of volun- tartly causing hurt.
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    GIANT U.S. FLYING BOAT AT HONG KONG SOON
    267 13 A DEFINITE date for the arrival in Hong Kcng of the new Boeing 74passenger flying boat is announced by Pan American Airways. The plane, which Is the first of six ordered for the trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific services, will leave Alameda on Feb.
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    108 13 SEQUELTO XTTAi X ON GOVERNMENT Queen's Allowance \Ko Ceases Bangkok. > B1&1MLM d«yi alter the Rrantinn hr ex-King Pra]ailhiix)k of a 1 torvirw ni Cilro, i-i which he strongly att,i,-krii Finm's present militar] dl( tatonship, the Governnient b i nounced that the Burenu of t'" HodKhOld
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    24 13 REQUI EM MA SS AT KUALA L UMPUR -it II 1 Trrri' 1 AmniiT Actln 1 Mr. Adi Ian I tttrilei Seen 1 V/nrti
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    92 13 AERIAL DELIVERY OF NEW PL ANES i Our I i i 'rur i, <t which Ibe K I I tMi met t'>rv i .i twi I From I n for dc i>fry i,. ".t> il I'tft Thr l»fi«i;la i D.4 irill probab'y bt the Mref^t i plarifs in thf nfrd
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    641 14 Coolie's Evidence In lamil Murder Case CLAIMS HE WATCHED HEAD SLASHED OFF IN ONE STROKE i From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Feb. 18. "ANE man got hold of his head and Krishnan held his legs, while the first accused cvi through Arokiasamy's neck with
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    187 14 HAMADRYAD IN LONDON Cannibalistic Habits Cause "Crisis" 'From Our London Staff London, Feb. 9. THE London Zoo's only king cobra, or hamadryad, the gift of Mr. A. St. Alban Smith, of Singapore, has caused a "crisis" this week. He will eat only smaller snakes and refuses
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    Defence Needs Of Coir 'es
    110 14 CONSTANT REVIEW BEING MADE (From Our London Correspondent) London, Feb. 8. DEFENCE measures taken by the more important members of the Colonial Empire during the September crisis have beon the subject of reports to the Colonial Office. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, Colonial Secretary, conveyed this
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    K.L.M. TIMETABLE
    105 14 THE following change of schedule on the K.LM. Eastern Route between Singapore and Bandoeng which also affects the schedule between Singapore and Batavia on the route of Intercontinental Airways (K.L.M.-K.N.I.L.M> is announced. Dep. Singapore 'i.SO local time (23.10 G.M.T.). Arr. Palemoang 8.15 local time (1.15 G.M.T.) Dep. Palembang
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    MALARIA COURSE IN LONDON
    133 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 8. SIR Malcolm Watson, director, announces that the next Ross Institute annual malaria control course for laymen will be held at the Institute during the week beginning Monday, June 26. The course, which is free, is designed for planters and
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    Funeral Of Sir Henry Deterding
    47 14 The fv.neral of Sir Henry Dt^erding, founder c/ h"yal Dutch Shell and once an employee of the Netherlands Trading Society at Penang, who died recentl'i in St. Moritz, took place a' Dobbin, Mecklenburg. Sir Henry's favourite home is sce-i following the coffin.
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    COURT INTERPRETER TRANSFERRED
    92 14 fjm. CHAN KWAI THIN, Chinese inteipreter attached to the Penang police courts will be proceeding to Malacca at the end of next week on transfer. It is understood that Mr. Keng Ban Ec will be transferred from Singapore to take his place. Mr. Kwai Thin will replace
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    INDIAN PLANTING VIEW OF TALKS BREAKDOWN
    716 14 (From Our Own Correspondent i Madras. Feb. 10 M'THE breakdown of the Indo-Mala- >an talks is to be regretted," says t tit Madras Mail, generally regarded as, the champion of European planting interests in South India, in the course of a leading article on
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    MARRIAGE AT HOME Simpson-McLintock
    98 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London .Feb. 3. THE wedding took place today at Partick Methodist Church, Glasgow, of Mr. Harold James Simpson, of the Department of Agriculture, F.M.S. and S.S., and Miss Mary Johnston McLlntock. of Glasgow. The brids was given away by her brother. Mr.
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    Problems Of Colonies
    144 14 ALL-PARTY PLAN IN PARLIAMENT Premier"* Emphatic Rejection (From Oar London (onesponcknt) London, Feb. 8. PERTAIN M.P.s are worried at the lack of facilities afforded in the House of Commons for the discussion of colonial problems. Mr. David Adams (Lab.. ConsetO today asked the Prime Minister if, in
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    COLONIAL OFFICE APPOINTMENTS
    110 14 'From Our London Stall London. Feb. 10 THE lollowing Malayan appoint msnts, most of which are already known in Singapore, were announced by the Colonial Office this morning: Mr. W. H. E. Neil (Deputy Chief Surveyor) to be Chief Surveyor. F.M S. and S.S. Mr. O. Watson
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    PATRIOTS' HOLIDAY
    77 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir As Chinese New Year Is very near, I should like to remind a!l Chineje in Malaya that money ordinarily used In buying iire-crackers should be c'.onated t:> the China Relief Fund. I my* |lven enough for China, but since it
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    CHANDU WORK
    389 15 "T. 8." Sufferers In The Shops PROMOTION CHANCE VANISHING To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Referring (belatedly) to L.K.C.'s letter on chandu shop employees In your issue of Jan. 30. I fully appreciate his suggestions regarding the changing of hours and the granting of more holidays
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      327 15 Ramasamy's Life On Estates VIEW OF EDUCATED INDIANS To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—As an enthusiastic reader of pour paper, I venture to ask some juestions, after grouping all that has Been said by your correspondents and yourself on the subject of Indian estate labourers in
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      329 15 Shorthand Writers Reply UNSOUND ECONOMY To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Having been a shorthand writer for the last eight years, I have naturally been Interested in perusing the various letters that have appeared in your correspondence columns during the last two weeks, and must
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      OFFICE MANNERS
      259 15 "Nerve- Wracking" Bosses and Typists To the Editor of the Straits TimesSir— Much paper and ink have been used in trying to prove to the public that Asiatic stenographers are competent and efficient workers, and the writer of course believes this to be true. He wishes, however, to
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      174 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— l congratulate "L. C. Bell" on bit letter in your issue of Feb 16. Evidently employers do not appreciate the difficulty of a shorthandtypist In training himself to be really efficient. Any person with an elementary knowledge
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      629 15 Membership Ruling Of C.I.A.M. ONLY INDIVIDUALS To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Apropos the announcement made at the annual general meeting of the Kinta Indian Association at Ipoh the other day, and published in the Straits Times of Feb. 1, regarding the position of individual
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      184 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— l have read with considerable interest that admirable part of the report of the Singapore Ratepayers' Association which deals with the amendment of the hooting rules under the Traffic Regulations, 1938. I respectfully endorse all that
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      1184 16 "INTERVENTION SHOULD NOT BE LONGER DELAYED" Support For Mahatma Gandhi's Appeal To Paramount Power THE STATESMAN ON "TYRANNY AND DEGRADATION*' IN CERTAIN STATES THE recent leading article in the Statesman, Calcutta, commenting on Mahatma Gandhi's appeal to the Paramount Power to intervene in the affairs of the States, has evoked
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      NEW CONGRESS "CABINET?
      130 16 Calcutta. Feb. 13. WELL-INFORMED political circles state that Mr. Subhas Bose has already settled the personnel of his Cabinet, which, as indicated by Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, will be homogeneous. The probable personnel of Mr. Subhas Bose's Cabinet is stated to be: Acharya Narendra Deo
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    Mr. Subhas Bose At Wardha
    81 16 Proceeding To Meet Mr. Gandhi Wardha, Feb. 15. lUIR. Subhas Chandra Bose, the Congress President, arrived here yesterday evening. He was received at the station oy Mr. Pyarelal, Mahatma Gandhi's private secretary. Mr. Bose is proceeding to Shegaon to see Mr. Gandhi. During his stay
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    HARI RAYA HAJI FESTIVAL IN CALCUTTA
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    PROHIBITION IN MADRAS
    136 16 Government's Report On Its Working Madras, Feb. 10. •THE Government report on the working of the Prohibition Act in Salem, Chittoor and Cuddapah districts during the quarter ending December last, acknowledges the whole-hearted co-operation from non-officials in all the Prohibition areas. The report concludes thus: "As in
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    MUSLIMS & PALESTINE AFFAIRS
    63 16 MUSLIMS PALESTINE AFFAIRS Adjournment Motion Not Allowed In Orissa Cuttack, Feb. 15. ■yHE Speaker today ruled out of order the motion seeking an adjournment of the House with a view "to discuss the grave discontent created in India, particularly among Muslims, owing to the deliberate policy of the British Government
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    STATES PEOPLES CONFER AT NEW DELHI
    75 16 important Resolution About Future New Delhi, Feb. 14. A PERMANENT organisation to coordinate the struggle in the States carried on by the States Peoples Conference with that of the Congress for Indian independence is the decision embodied in a resolution passed by the Working
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    MISS PATEL GIVES UP HUNGER-STRIKE
    39 16 Rajkot, Feb. 11. MISS Maniben Patel has given up hunger-strike following satisfaction of her demand. She will be housed with Mrs. Kasturbai Gandhi. Mrs. Gandhi is reported to be recovering from her recent illness.
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    MAJOR BAZALGETTE'S DEATH MOURNED
    58 16 Calcutta, Feb. 14. OTRONO condemnation of the present agitation in some States of Orissa was expressed by the Raja Saheb of Seraikella presiding over a meeting of the Council of Rulers of Eastern States and their Ministers held today. The Council mourned the death of Major
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    CONGRESS VICTORY IN BOMBAY
    59 16 Bombay. CIFrY-FOUR out of 70 Congress candidates, have, so far. come out successful In the Bombay municipal elections held here. The Muslim League secured 10 out of the 17 seats contested; the Independent Labour Party, led by Dr. Ambedkar. secured five out of eight; the Hindu
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    FOUR O'CLOCK SURPRISES TO PAY $117
    1650 17 Opening Day Of Singapore Spring Races GOOD racing was witnessed on Saturday the opening day of the Singapore Turf Club's Spring meeting, at Bnkit Timah. Favourites were generally successful but the final race of the day saw Four O'Clock surprise to pay $Jl7. Feature
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    THE LINESMAN SENT OFF!
    118 17 LJERE'S the funniest story heard for a lonr time on football; It was told by a member of the South C'htna soccer team which had Just returned from their Saiffon tour. When the South China men played one of the best teams In Sairon. they led
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    S.C.C. SOCCER
    47 17 The following will play for the S.C.C. vs. Manchester Regiment on Wednesday at S.C.C. E. C. Cherrington; J. W. Muncey. F. McCaffery; F. G. Stiff. C. C. Webster, F. E. Hutchinson; R. J. Forbes, O. O. Dun bar, J. B. Steddard. C. Milton, H. Echelsheim.
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    SELANGOR INDIANS MAKE GOOD SCORE
    213 17 O/INNING the toss. Selangor Indian Association's cricket captain. Cha- nan Singh elected to bat first on a fast wicket at Balestier Plain yesterday, against the local Indians. In their fourth annual fixture. The Kuala Lumpur side played good cricket to total 240 Play will be
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    RIFLE MEETING
    21 17 The Singapore Rifle Association will lold a meeting on Saturday and Sunlay embracing revolver and i ailing slate competitions.
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    SKIING CHAMPIONSHIPS
    22 17 Helenskl. Feb. 20. In the world speed skiing championship ,he winner uu Birger Wasenius, Finland, rhere were no British entries.
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    EVERTON HOLD CLEAR LEAD IN LEAGUE
    1883 18 Birmingham Beat Derby One Goal To Nil (From Our Own Correspondent.) T.nnrirm Fph 1Q r\KRBY dropped two more points in they were well beaten by Birmin point lead over Derby and have two i points behind Derby and also have tw Birmingham's first, away
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    16 18 TODAY Cricket: Selangor Indians vs. Singapore Indians, Balestler Plain. Tennis: S.C.C. Spring tournament.
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    NORTH DESERVED WIN IN HOCKEY ANNUAL
    510 18 Rodmin. Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 18. COUTH supporters gently sighed as the umpire's whistle brought to an end the hockey game which signalised the first victory by North is the annual classic. North, a brighter, better eleven, won 4—3.4 3. There was some Justification for
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    SULTAN OF PAHANG OUT OF DOUBLES
    543 18 Malays Tennis Tournament (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 19. There were no surprises in today's play in the All-Malaya Malays tennis tournament. In the evening, the Sultan of Selangor watched a second round handicap uoubles match between the Sultan of I Fahang.
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    31 18 David O'Callaghan, 6-year-old son of "Taffy" O'Callo.ghan, famous Fulham footballer, is planning to follow in his father's footsteps, and very often trains with his father and other members of the team.
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    PERAK, SINGAPORE AND SELANGOR WIN
    801 19 Keen Hockey In Colts Matches At K. L. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 20. DERAK Colts scored a convincing victory over the Negri Colts when they beat tiiem by six goals to two in the opening match of the annual Colts hockey lourney
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    S.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT
    146 19 The following are Saturday's ana yesterday's results in the S.C.C. open invitation tennis tournament: HANDICAP MEN'S SINGLES Major More beat R. Nathan. 9—7, o—B,0 8, HANDICAP MIXED DOUBLES I B. Abed beat J. Mclntosh. 6—4, 6—l. Miss Abed and Major Bedford beat Mrs Riches and G. P.
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    Y.M.C.A. FOOTBALL
    84 19 The ioilowing have been selected to play for the Junior Department against the 7th Heavy Battery on Thursday, on the Prince Edward Rr.ad ground at 5.15 pm Edward Wee; Wee Aik Chan. G. J Moxon; F. L. Wong. Phoa Watt Seng, Chee Slew Oon; D. R. Yetton, Vow
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    WEIGHTS FOR SECOND DAY OF S. T. C. RACES
    326 19 117 EIGHTS for tomorrow, the second day of the S.T.C. Spring meeting are as below. Horses. Class 1. Dlv. I, s'/i fars. Empiric 9.04 Wicklow Bay 8.01 Thebcz 8.11 Saladin 7.09 Meadowman 808 Smoke Dreams ".08" Beaudrkin 8.06 Cold Folnt 1M
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    KUALA LUMPUR Y.W.C.A.
    52 19 The Kuala Lumpur Y.WC.A. is ready to start netball practices as soon i: the Chinese New Year holidays are over. The first practice is on Friday, it the Y.W.C.A. at 5 p.m. Those wishing to join the tram are asked to enrol early and turn i>p for
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    29 19 Budapest Feb. 20. The men's world figure skating championship was won by Graham Sharp, Great Britain. Freddie Tomlins. Great Britain was second and Horst Faber. Germany, was third —Re.iter.
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    385 19 SEVERAL horses showed up well at this morning's track work in preparation for tomorrow's races, the second day of the Singapore Turf Club Spring meeting. The Bu'iit iTimah course and the Buklt Tlnegi valley were used. Duchess II (Lawler) was given slow work and looked fit
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    ENGLAND OUT FOR 215 IN FOURTH TEsT MATCH
    645 19 Hutton, 92, Only Batsman To Make Runs J7NGLAND baited first in the fourth Test, started at Johannesburg oa Saturday, but were all out for the average aeon of 215. Huttcn, with 92, was the only batsman to offer any resistance to the
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    100 20 Women praying for the soul of the Pope in Westminster Cath edral, London Ihese pictures of scenes at the deathbed of the Hoiy Father were teleKraphed to London from the Vatican. Above right: The scene in the Pope's bedroom, showing clergy kneeling beside the body.
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