The Straits Times, 22 February 1939

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    40 1 FINAL EDITION The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A S^P*V!^ THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1939. I'RICE 3 CENTS.
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      496 1 fry MIEN CHONG TAILORING ■AWe 0/1/^ os A for a trial order. ai Coleman St. Singapore. I'fionc 4816 P^c"^S X m Turn Your Radio Set vt F"^>-~ '<u K fl| A.C.) will enable ycu to jw B^^^^^a^iai^Jwi^^ ft _^^2b^K&bW. tmmk ''TrWm iwfc- Hal B^^Cm. v^^r^^i^^^ o^\nior SJhw^^LTt jBr t mrr
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      21 1 Madame Page. DRESSMAKER and DESIGNER Tailormaties Go mns for All Occasion in Stack $5 $30 13. BMtory Road., Singapore. Tel: 6327.
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      594 2 ®k ;§frraite' Wane* STEVENSON.— At the Maternity Hospital. Singapore, on February 22, 1939 to Bernlce, ■wife of J B. Stevenson, a daughter. HEWITT.— To Helen, wife of E. J. Hewitt. at Penanj? Maternity Hospital on February 16 a son. McVITTIE— DIVINE.— The engagement Is announced between Captain C. H. McVittic.
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      452 2 SITUATIONS WANTED A GOOD COOK and a boy available as from 1-3-39. Employers going home lor good. Box No. 801, Straits Times. YOUNG CANTONESE LADY, able to look after Infant. Good needlewoman and knitting. Speaks English and Malay. Apply 85F, Tank Road. EUROPEAN, age 37, single, seeks employment as accountant
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      619 2 FOR SALE BLACKSTONE DIESEL GENERATING SET 10 h.p. direct coupled to West. Dynamo ">0 Amps 115 V. complete with Dist. board perfect condition $900. Apply Tann 287 Orchard Road. SALE OF LAND, TBENGGANU. To be sold for arrears of rent by public auction at the Land Office, Dungun, at 10.00
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      766 2 AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE Of modern Dutch polished Teak Household Furniture of every description, English centre carpet. curios. rattan chicks, crockery, glassware. Etc. (The property of Mr. C. Verdonk. Chief Engineer. X P.M.) To be held »t No. 17. Mount Elizabeth, (off Orchard Rd.) On Saturday 25th. > February 1939
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      40 2 INSURANCE FIRE ACCIDENT MOTOR FIDELITY GUARANTEE-MARINE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION niE 'ONDON ASSURANCE HONG KONG FIRE INSCE. CO, LTU PHOENIX ASSURANCE CO LTD WF.STEKN ASSURANCE CO EAGL2 STAR INS OO LTD BRITISH AMERICA A^PRANCE OO GUTHRIE Co., Ltd. <Inc irtroratcd in 8.8 >
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      105 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Miss HANA 60, WATERLOO STREET, Teiephone 7467. MtSCELLANEOUS~ EUROPEAN firm of accountants specialises In keeping the accounts of small Orms and traders at a nominal monthly fee. Box 577 G.P.O Singapore VIENNESE BEAUTY PARLOUR Hairdressers removed to 302, Tanjong
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      667 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (li.corporaicd ir England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL B.N. Co MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES OUTWARL InUM LONDON fOR CHINA AND JAPAN Tonnage Due Spore. CANTON 15-W» Feb 24 SOMALI 6.800 Mar 0 CORFU 15.000 Mar. 10 CHHKAL 15-OM 3 CARTHAGE 15.000 Apr. 7 BANGALORE
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      507 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. i -ncorDoratea in Japan l GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD TO LONDON Penant Colombo. Aden. Suet Port SaH Naples. Marseilles. Gibraltar. London. Antwerp. Rotterdam and Hambori Vessels Tonnage Due Sal) t YASUKUNI MARU ..11,900 Feb. 8 Max. 1 KASIMA MARU 9.90J Mar. 15 16 HAKONE
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      681 3 HOLIDAY CRUISES TO.- BA.NGZOK SAIGON By Loxorion* One Clan Motonhlpt DtapUccment Tons From Penant P. Sham MaUeea S'porr mi "JfTLANDIA" (13.1 M) 21/2 22 2 232 25 2 m.s. •MEOMA" (U.«M) 14/3 15/3 1C 3 18 3 mi "ALSIA- (11.5 M) 5/4 t/4 t/4 NEXT HOLIDAY CRCISE February ZSth, 1939
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      709 3 MANSFIELD 8: CO., LTD. Ocean Building. Olivet Qnat Slncnprw, Tpl HH Chartered Bank BoUdint Penan« a > fM lIM BLUE FUNNEL LINE. MM StR>KLS MAKSHI.LIS. LONDON CO.MINKM AMI (,l \S(,()X» (In eonjnnrtion trlth the Glen Linti One Sail* DEUCALION Mars, L'don. R'dam. H burg, O'gow Foil 26 Mar 1 GLENEARN
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      292 4 INWARD Wearies: fr*tn Penang. Ipob. and Koala Lumpur Arrives e»er» evening X.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives tomorrow evening. X.L.M.: Prom Netherlands Indies: Arrive* tomorrow afternoon. Qantas: From Australia: Due yesterday afternoon: Expected THIS afternoon. Imperial: From Europe: Doe THIS morning: Expected tomorrow raornin;. K..N.1.1..M.: tram .Neltur
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      BRITISH PROCONSUL IS RELEASED
      75 4 Burgos, Feb. 21. IT is officially announsed that Mr. Golding. British Pro=cnsul at San i Sebastian, and his wife nave been pro- j visionally released on parole. Mr. Golding has returned home and Mrs. Golding has been detained in hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Gol:ini w.-re originally
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      HOW MANY PLANES WERE SHOT DOWN?
      72 4 Peiplng, Feb. 22. ACCORDING to the Japanese army spokesman's version of the air raid on Lanchow, between 40 and 50 Chinese planes took off and engaged the Japanese who shot down 36 Chinese planes and lost only one bomber themselves.— Reuter. The Chinese claim
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      EIGHT U.S. NAVY PLANES CRASH IN FOG
      96 4 Peiisacola (Florida), Feb. 21. j PIGHT United States Navy trainin planes, out of twelve caught in a dense fog, crashed today. Two pilots were killed. Several fliers descended safely with parachutes. According to officials, the planes flew blind for more than five hours
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      509 4 SINGAPORE Tola? Aden (imperial) 2 p m Bast Africa (Imperial) I p.ni South Africa (Imperial) 3 p.m Burma (Imperial) ..8 p.m Whole Canada (Imperial) 3 on China Holhow (Imperial) I pm Kertch (Valaya) 2 p.m. Egypt, Sudan and Palestine i imcci lai > 3 Dm Great Britain
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      SINGAPORE
      77 4 H. W. 9.40 a.m. 6.5 ft.; 10.10 p.m. 7 ft. Polknving Day H. W. 10 a.m. 6 ft.; 10.40 p.m. 6.5 ft. Hif!) Water at Mersmv v apcroxin atelj me tour later than it Kuantan. Hign water at Dentson Light is. approximately. 1 hour and 30 minutes earlier, anf (Cuala
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      SURFACE MAILS EXPECTED
      42 4 Malls from China and Japan expected today, Feb. 22, by Ranchi. Mails from Europe (London mails) expected on Feb. 24, by P. O. (Canton) will be delivered to boxholders at 9 a.m. General delivery of letters at 9 am.
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      ARAMIS
      63 4 The Aramis from Marseilles, PortSaid, Djibouti and Colombo arrived this morning and will sail about noon for Saigon, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Kobe. Berth: S.H.B. wharves. RANCHI The Ranchi arrived this morning and berthed at the wharf. She will sail lor Europe at 9.3C am. on Friday. KOOLAMA The
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      STORY OF ARRESTS OF GERMAN GIRLS
      135 4 Berlin, Feb. 21. WHOLESALE arrests of girU of Ocr- man origin between the ages of 15 and 19 by the Polish authorities at Gnesen, in the Polish corridor, are reported by the German News Agency. After questioning, some of the girls were freed. The
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    YESTERDAY'S WALL STREET CLOSING QUOTATIONS
    426 4 New York, Feb. 21. I"HE following quotations were those ruling when the Stock Exchange closed today:— DOW-JONES AVERAGES Yesterday's Today's Close. Close. Changes 30 Industrials 142.74 142.64 off .10 20 Rails 29.55 29.61 up .06 15 Utilities 24.73 24.82 up .09 40 Bonds 90.27 90.08
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    Fresh Threat To South China
    129 4 Landing On Peninsula Imminent Hong Kong, Feb. 20. *|*HE situation on the Luichow Peninsula, south Kwangtung, opposite Hainan Island, is tense. More than 30 Japanese warships are standing by nearby, frequently attempting to land marines to occiroy Hsuwen and Haikang, two of the most important
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    Launch Of 35,000-Ton Battleship
    170 4 Launch Of 35,000Ton Battleship London. Feb. 21. AMID blaring sirens and cheers for the King, the £8.000.000 battleship King George V was launched today at Walker-on-'fyne. The King, who was dressed in the uniform of Admiral of the Fleet, accompanied the Queen on the launching platform, where His Majesty, naming
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    BROKERS' COMMENT
    205 4 OWAN, CULBERTSON AND FRITZ report on yesterday's New York markets Stocks moved irregularly higher amid pre-holiday dull trading which kept the list quiet and within a narrow range. Traders showed little disposition to extend their commitments. Favourable news Included the belief that Secretary of Commerce Hopkins' speech on
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      973 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in FM.S.) TELF.PRONE: Freight 5433 Passage 5431 CANADIAN n£jP,~z: pacific I UlCtfl ffUMUI 111 Kijglar.U' fills tMfKtSS KOUTfc offers IKANS-PACIKIC SERVICES rta HO\C. Lt ti dlrecf BMPRtSS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAIN with•in chantf—lhriK* bj CANADIAN PAUIMI ATLANTIC SERVICES TO ENGLAND tbr COMTIN VI
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      48 4 Spend your Easter holiday in Brastagi and Prapat. Special Excursion to Sumatra from departure Singapore April sth. till back Singapore April 14th. for $165.00, including Ist. class passage and hotel and car arrangements in Sumatra. For particulars apply to Past. Dept., X.P.M. Lin*. (Incorp. in Holland) (Phone 5451)
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      146 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL j SERVICE Daily Weather Report Station* Yesteraay Last algiit max rain- bright min temp fall s'shine temp inches hri *F West Coast. Alor Star 93 Nil 9.0 70 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 88 0.12 5.8 68 j Sitiawan 88 0.04 4.8 69 Bukit Jeram 87 Nil 4.0 72 Malacca
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      363 5 PER TUSSIN A LEADER AMONG REMEDIES! Will promptly relieve Coughs Bronchial Catarrh and Asthma. A Boon in Whooping Cough Delicious in flavour and contains no narcotics. Per $1.50 Bottle S^ld everywhere Distributors: MEDICAL OFFICE, SINGAPORE and GHJIFTGrt LABORATORIES, LTD. Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. arrFvebT T939"" STEWART WARNER RADIOS WORLD WIDE
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      108 5 RIDE THE T.T. WINNERS "VELOCETTES" Sole Agents for Malaya; KEE HUAT RADIO CO., 122-124, Orchard Road, SINGAPORE Phone 4566 SAFES BEST PROTFCTION AGAINST FIRE AND THIEVES. Keep your valuables in Milners' Safes and ensure Security. Sole Agents: (jurmag<3b (inc. in S.S.) CHIP SENG HOTEL CAMERON HIGHLANDS. —Telephone 249 C.H.— The
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      552 5 The TORTURES that lie in wait for STOMACH SUFFERERS Never neglect indigestion even if it only troubles you occasionally with little wind or heartburn. For neglected indigestion leads to worse trouble* pains that cut like a knife sickneM after meals gastritis sometimes even to serious gastric or duodenal ulcers. Get
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      592 5 SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 225 metre*. ZUP 30.96 metres p.m. 5.00 Hokklen Amoy music. t 5.30 Selections from Pelping drama., t 6.00 Mouth organ musical Interlude.* 6.20 "Old Favourites— 3." (Mandarin)." 7.00 Gypsy music, t 7.15 Songs by Nell Shortland Jones (soprano) 7.30 Time, weather and news announcements. 7.50 "Singapore Log."
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      247 5 EMPIRE STATION TODAY TRANSMISSIONS 2 AND 3. GSll Mi? 00/1 (13.91 0Mt GSO 17.7' uw'i (16.88 m.1; GSF 15.14 mc/i (19.8k! m iGSJ 21.63 mo/1 (13.91 m GSO 11.75 me •»< S3 ra.) p_m. 6.05 Big Ben. Grand Hotel novelty quintet. 6.35 Cecil Chad wick 6.55 "Manon" (Part 1).* 8.00
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      187 5 11.35 Greenwich time signal. 11.40 "Matters of moment." Talk by the Rt. Hon. Margaret Bondfield, in series for listeners In India. 1 1 55 Music for dancing." f 12.20 Close down. t Records. Electrical recordings CALCUTTA TODAY Wl S.I* no i 119.1 p.m. 6.50 For the countryside. 7.50 Indian imi.«lc
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS
        262 6 1% Maynard Co. Ltd $30,000 Int. Apr. 30 Oct. 31 90 100 aom SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 190) red 1940 $400,000 Int Mar 31 Sept. 30 102Vfc 103^ norn ift% 1907 red 1947 $1,600,000 Int Mar 31 Sept 30 108 Vi 110 norn 4</ 2 190S red. 1955 SI.
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        RUBBER SHARES
        372 6 Allenby Alor Oajah AmaJ Malay Ayer Hitam Ayer Molek Aycr Panas Basset t Batu Llntang Bedford Benta Borelll Brogas Brunei Un Bukit Katll Buklt K. B Bukit Kepong Bukit Timah (J13> Jhangkat S^rJauj? Connemara 'Jlenealy Pl&n'a'loas Hamilton •ndraglrt leram Kuantan (50 eta) Jlrr.ah Ka.ma.san Kedah fCempas KinaRK Fraser
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        GENERAL
        423 6 2 2 Alex Brie* Ord. 1.30 1.40 1.32y 2 1.40 2 2 do "Vz"" PrefS. 2.20 2.30 2 22V 2 2.30xd 10 10 Atlas Ice 4.75 5.25 5.00 5.50 1 1 B. M Broadcasting 0.50 0.60 0.50 1 60 10 5 B. M. Trustee 6.75 7.50 6 75 7
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        MINING
        581 6 Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Ampat Tin 3/3 4/- 3/8 4/fl Asam Kumbang 26/- 27/- 25/- 27/6 £1 Austral Maiay 40/- 45/-cd 40/- 50/5/- Ayer Hiiara 21/- 22/- 21/6 22/6 1 Ayei Wctg 0.55 0.60 0.54 0.59 £1 Bangrln Tin 19/6 20/6 20/- 21/6 1 Batu Selangor 1.20 1.25 1.20
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      549 6 FIRMER OPENING AFTER HOLIDAYS RUBBER HOLDERS RESERVED By Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Feb. 22. HOLIDAYS have interrupted the local market which reopens this morning with several bright features. The ChanceUor of the Exchequer's speech tetaterpreted as meaning that he did not intend the imposition of any further
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      P. AND O. BANKING CORPORATION
      43 6 AN extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the P. and O. Banking Corporation on Feb. 7 passed a resolution that the company be wound up voluntarily. Mr. O. H. Tankard and Mr. C. Sclble were appoint■d licmidators.
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN
      82 6 Wednesday, Feb. 22. noon. No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) ..28 28 i No. IX R.S.S. f.o.b. in cases February 28!4 28*s G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales February 27? i 28 F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales February ..27 27 "s FL'TLRE QUOTATIONS No. IX R.S.S. on
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      EXCHANGES
      177 6 me louowmg are me excnange rates this morning according to the daily circular Issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation: SELLING London T.T 2/3 25/32 London demand 2/3 25 :;2 Lyons demand 2045 Switzerland demand 237'i Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54'/a Montreal demand 54?;, Batavia
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      London Stock Exchange
      431 6 Firmer Trend With Higher Prices London, Feb. 21. *I*HE Stock Exchange presented a firmer appearance at the opening today and was cheered by Sir John Simon's announcement on defence borrowing which caused the Impression that a further income-tax burden would not be placed on the taxpayers' shoulders.
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      NEW CHAIRMAN OF EASTERN BANK
      40 6 OIR JAMES LEIGH-WOOD has been appointed chairman of the Eastern Bank Ltd. in succession to the late Mr. J. S. Haskell. Mr. G. E. B. Bromley-Martin and Sir Thomas J. Strangman have been appointed deputy-chairmen.
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      DEFENCE LOAN PROCEDURE
      294 6 CHANCELLORS SPEECH PLEASES CITY NO INCREASE IN TAXATION London, Feb. 21. THE Chancellor of the Exchequer a speech yesterday was receive:! with profound relief in Stock Exchange circles who. in common with other sections of the City, infu- from the statement that no substantial increases in direct
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      LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      97 6 London Feb. 20 The following were today's closing mean rates Paris 171 Athens 547' i New York 4.68 11 16 Rio 3 1/18 Montreal 4 70 T v sellers official Brussels J7 82 1 Belgrade 210 Geneva 20.63 Bucharest 860 Amsterdam 8.74-^ Buenos Aires 20.35 Milan 89
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      BUNA MOTOR-CAR TYRES SUCCESSFUL?
      39 6 Berlin. Feb. 7. EXPERIMENTS have continued with motor-car tyres made of Buna. th< new synthetic rubber material. The.s( have been so successful that Germar.j expects soon to equip all private car 1 with such tyres.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      LOCAL SHARE MARKET MORE ACTIVE
      477 7 AUSTRAL MALAY TIN CROUP Better Buying Inquiry For Rubbers And Industrials IN a weekly report on the snare 1 Tiarket, issued yesterday, Fraser and Company write Owing to the Chinese New Year holidays our review this week covers only lour working days. Locally conditions have
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      MANILA GOLD SHARE MARKET
      122 7 Manila, Feb. 21. XHE following were yesterday's quo- tations and this morning's quotations for gold shares on the Manila Stock Exchange All the shares have a par value of 10 centavos. and the quotations are in pesos. lode 0.12'. 2 0.12 0.12 0.11% Mine Operations 0.15
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      193 7 Singapore. Feb. 18, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambier S 7.50 Hamburg Cube $13.50 Java Cube $12.00 Pepper White Muntok $13.75 White 313.25 Black S 8.75 Copra Mixed $3.25 Sun Dried $3.55 Sago Flour No. 1 Lingga $2.30 Fair $2.25 Sarawak $2.20 Jelotong Palembang $6.75 Banja $7.25 Sarawak $7.25
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
      86 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, Feb 22, 9a m A Books Company Dividend Close TIN. Austral Malay 9d No. 48 3d. bonus Ff b. 24 Raub Sd. final 2U. bonus Mar. 8 Thabawleik 1/6 Feb. 17 Tow I fot Date Ex. Div. financial yvar Payable Date to ctote
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      NEW INDUSTRIES BEING DEVELOPED IN BORNEO
      662 7 Manila Hemp And Tobacco Growing Increasing WHEN it. is observed (hat thvalue of rubber exported frorr (he State of North Borneo in 1037 lounted to £1,025.123 out of I uation for all exports oi ♦W. 788. or 611-2 per cent., it will seen how
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      MAJEDIE RUBBER ESTATES
      605 7 CHAIRMAN ON DEMANDS FOR HOUSING STEADY MARKET EXPECTED piUH'OSINTi the adoption <>f the report and accounts at the annual meeting of Majedie (Johore) Rubber Estates Ltd. in London recently. Mr. T. B. Barlow, the chairman, said Arrangements are being made to plant about 100 acres of the
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      283 7 Asthma Banished j Sound Sleep and Vigour Restored i f Mendaro hy an and enable* yon to sleep, bat also build* < iu> longer naeaa- jp the system to ward off future attacks. th£l M° r nrt' <' DB> For "Stance. Mi. J. R. writes: "I was aJ- '^t'loM ilfd
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      408 7 IBANK OF CHINA (Ircorporatw in Chtna 0* 8p«l«i Charter). IS, Ceefl Street, SJiwhhm* Telephones: Manarer's Office MM AlM. Manager'* Office 8441 Ftthang* D*pt. «4»l Oner,! OlTIre SIM-t CaM* A44re«s: "CIHNORUO.* Paid I'p Capital Oh 4O.«M.tM.M Caaerre r»nd« In nrwri »l MttMlN i T«4al A«w«* npproTlmalrlT m n."2I.Mt.*N.M Tse-vung Soong, Chairman
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      834 8 a stage hit in LONDON FOR over a year, The Picture Lode* Crowd, are tlotkisg to! OWING TQ TREMENDOUS SUCCESS, NOW MADE MORE THRILLING ON THE SCREEN! United Artists brilliant story of TOMORROW SEASON EXTENDED ONE DAY ONLY. TODAY AT 3-15, 615 AND 915 P.M. a Society Butterfly who THRE£
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    ENTERTAINMENT REVIEW BY STRAITS TIMES FILM CORRESPONDENT
    1187 9 JYJANT recent film successes have featured, not the glamour girls of a few seasons ago but children simple natural children. For instance, in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," in th« Deanna Durbin films, Sidney Temple productions, pictures of Freddie Bartholomew it is the
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      306 9 HOTELS 'biK IB WH W ■****Bir--^**BSB*****J^-^^****r-i!^******n*^********^ J^^^c|^^t^^^'*^frgjj[BJ t j^ *^^LV TONIGHT Cocktai. Dance 6.30 to 8.30 p. m DINNER AND DANCE (informal) 9.30 to midnight and CHANGE OF PROGRAMME BY MIMI JOSE ACCLAIMED NIGHTLY AS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AND TALENTED DANCE TEAMS EVER TO VISIT SINGAPORE. Dinner $3.09
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      304 9 FEETrWj br/cksmmM Do your feet burn underneath the soles > Do aches and pains shoot all through them all the time Do you sometimes feel you've got red-hot bricks to walk with instead of feet If so, blame the Stale Foot Acid in the skin pores. Your feet hare 3,000
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22, 1939. Ceylon Reforms
    753 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22, 1939. Ceylon Reforms A dispatch from Sir Andrew Caldecott which opened the way to another advance in self-govern-ment for Ceylon was published las; month, and this may be considered in conjunction with a book recently sent to the Straits Times for review. This
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    The Labour Deadlock
    421 10 In a letter published elsewhere In this issue an Indian correspondent, who has evidently had long experience on Malayan estates, argues that Malaya cannot do without South Indian labour and charges the Straits Times with misrepresenting the real position. The v;ew of the New Delhi negotiations taeen
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    STENOGRAPHER DEBATE
    468 10 Another European Opinion LOCAL EXPERIENCE To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, On Jan. 24 the Straits Times published a letter from a business man who signed himself "Long-Suf-fering." This letter attacked Malayan education "the existing- elementary education is so hopelessly defective," talked of the Senior Cambridge
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    BUSINESS TIFFIN
    219 10 More Than Five Hours From Breakfast! To the Editor of tbe Straits Times. Sir,— At present commercial offices generally commence business at about 8.30 m. and halt for tiffin at 1 p.m. This Is a stretch of 5\' 2 hours, presuming that breakfast is taken at about 7.30
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    LETTERS IN PAGE 14
    47 10 CHINESE OR TAMILS? Indian comment on the ban on assisted emigration to Malaya. RAILWAY STRIKE. Praise for Mr. John Hands and criticism for the Indian Associations in Kuala Lumpur. MR. TAN KAH KEE. A reply to his recent remarks on the Sunday halfholiday.
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    INDIAN BIRTH CONTROL
    792 10 Only Solution For Middle Class? The following are extracts from an article ii the latest number of the Asiatic Review, written ly Mr. J. P. Brander, a retired officer of the Indian Civil Service who has recently made a tour of India. TTHE increasing educated unemploy- ment
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    741 10 NOTES Of The DAY Hello! IT Is remarkable how few employees in Singapore offices, not excluding: Europeans, know how to answer the telephone correctly. Nine times out of ten the voice at the other end utteri a meaningless and -unnecessary "Hello," where/upon the person telephoning. In order to make sure
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    PRIME MINISTER DEFENDS HUGE ARMS PROGRAMME
    1368 11 Cost Of Maintaining New Equipment REARMAMENT FOR DEFENCE: POWERS' 'MISUNDERSTANDING' Mr. Attlee Mr. Churchill Speak In Debate y[R. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, the Prime Minister, made a lengthy speech in the House of Commons last night on the Government's defence plans. Referring to the cost of
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    287 11 DICTATORS AND PROPAGANDA Washington, Feb. 22. THE continued attacks in the Italian and German press against President Roosevelt are viewed here as a clumsy attempt to make mischief by painting Chamberlain as a man of "peace and Roosevelt as a man of war. This viewpoint
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    BRITISH PROTEST TO JAPAN
    149 11 London, Feb. 21. "Till British Government has instructed the Ambassador hi Tokio, Sir Robert Craigie, to protest to the Japanese Government regarding the bombing of Hong Kong territory by Japanese planes. News of the bombing has been confirmed in London, but full details are not yet
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    PALESTINE INDEPENDENCE: ARAB STAND MODIFIED?
    313 11 PALESTINE INDEPENDENCE ARAB STAND MODIFIED? London, Feb. 21. ALTHOUQH the Palestine con- ference is generally regarded as having reached an-impasse pending an authoritative statement on behalf of the British Government, Arab circles profess to see on a statement made by Ali Majer Pasha at the conference yesterday on behalf of
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    U.S. WILL NOT SUBMIT TO BEING DESTROYED
    178 11 Washington, Feb. 22. that America now finds it necessary to answer the dictators in their own language," Mr. Vinson, chairman of the Naval Affairs Committee urged the House to approve the Naval Air Base Bill for nearly $54,000,000. He declared, during a heated
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    MONTHLY OUTPUT OF PLANES
    161 11 Doubled In Britain In Past Year London, Feb. 22. TTHE Prime Minister, Mr. Cham- berlaln, was questioned In the Commons whether he was aware that figures compiled by experts of the United States War Department showed that the average monthly output in the latter part of
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    GIBRALTAR DEFENCES WERE ADEQUATE
    108 11 London, Feb. 22. THE Financial Secretary to the War Office, Sir Victor Warrender, told the Commons at question time that regarding the coast and land defences Gibraltar was adequately prepared at the time of the September crisis." Gibraltar's anti-aircraft defences, he said, were relative^ weak but
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    179 11 Berlin, Feb. 22. ANY suggestion that Great Bri- tain wants to give Germany economic assistance in order to pave the way for honourable coexistence in the spirit of the Munich Agreement is sharply rejected in the official Diplomatiscue Korrespondenz, which says that Germany has never
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    COUNT CIANO NOT TO STOP AT BERLIN
    42 11 Berlin. Feb. 21. j F! is understood a plan for Count Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister, to interrupt his Journey through Germany to or from Warsaw for talks with the German leaders has been dropped. Reuter.
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    NO CENTRAL REGIME FOR CHINA YET
    36 11 NO CENTRAL REGIME FOR CHINA YET Keipins, Feb. 22. GENERAL Nemoto, a high Japanese political officer, stated today that no steps were at present being taken for the lormation ol a Central Government in China.— Reuter.
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    Terrorism In Shanghai
    271 11 Terrorism In Shanghai JAPANESE ACTION IN SETTLEMENT? Tokio, Feb. 21. THE Japanese Army at a con- ference in Shanghai today decided to employ force, if necessary, in order to "purge the International Settlement of anti-Japanese terrorists," says the Asahi Shimbun. This followed the assassination at Shanghai on Sunday of Mr.
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    JAPANESE FISHERMEN ARRESTED IN N.I.
    242 12 Shots Fired From Dutch Patrol Vessel BATAVIA INTEREST IN SEARCH FOR SUBMARINES HERE (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Wednesday. THE news of the Royal Air Force search for two foreign submarines which were believed to be operating near Singapore is still causing considerable discussion here.
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    106 12 Articles News From Readers THE STRAITS TIMES is always pleased to receive articles, news and photographs of Malayan interest from readers. Contributions if used will be paid for at onr usual rates. Articles on subjects of local interest should be kept as short as possible, and news items should be
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    RAJAH REFUTES FILM REPORT
    68 12 Denies He Is Buying English Studio THE Rajah of Sarawak. Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, in a telegram to the Straits Times today from Kuching, denies the "ridiculous report" that he is planning to acquire a film studio in England. "I would never commit such an Imbecility."
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    FOKKER HOLDING TROPICAL BOMBERS
    45 12 (From Our Own Correspondent > Batavia, Wednesday. DESTINED for the Netherlands Indies Army Air Service, the first all-metal bomber designed by the Dutch plane builder Anthony Fokker is now under construction in Holland. These planes will be specially adapted to tropical conditions.
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    EUROPEAN WOMAN DIES FROM PNEUMONIA (From Our Own Correspondent.)
    94 12 EUROPEAN WOMAN DIES FROM PNEUMONIA (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 21. r:E death took place yesterday of Mrs. Norman Macleot!, wife of Dr. Norman Macleod, Medical Officer, Socfin Company Ltd., at Bukit Rotan Estate, Batang Berjuntai, Selangor. Mrs. Macleod was taken ill with pneumonia about ten days ago
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    Mr. S. W. Jones As Colonial Secretary?
    81 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 21. IT is likely, says the Malay Mail, that Mr. S. W. Jones, the British Resident, Selangor, will succeed Sir Alexander Small as Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements, when the latter retires at the end of the
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    NOMINEES TO MUNICIPALITY
    161 12 Mr. Yap Pheng Geek Mr. T. W. Ong THERE are two candidates for election as the nominee of the Straits Chlxiese British Association to the Municipal Commission, to nil the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Chua Keh Hai. They are Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, secretary
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    COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DAUGHTER HURT
    109 12 From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Feb. 21. PALLING as she was playing with one of her father's golf clubs outside the Cameron Highlands Hotel, the young daughter of the Colonial Secretary. Sir Alexander Small, sprained her elbow on Monday. She goes to school at the Highlands.
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    PREMIER DEFENDS HUGE ARMS PROGRAMME
    665 12 (Continued from page 11) ference of the leaders of the nations to agree upon disarmament, and added: "If I could believe that such a conference would produce an effective result at this moment (Cries of "Try"), I would not hesitate to call it. (cheers). "I
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    Man-Power Registration
    290 12 OVER THOUSAND NAMES TAKEN Many Women Among Applicants {MORE than a thousand British European men and women living in Singapore have been registered in the Voluntary Service Enrolment Man-Power Bureau at Raffles Museum, which opened or. Feb. 13. Since our opening we .have Indexed 250 volunteers who applied
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    ELECTION OF POPE ON MARCH 1
    34 12 Vatican City, Feb. 21. It is officially announced the Conclave to elect the new Pope will open on Mar. 1. and will be attended by all 62 cardinals.—Reuter.
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    49 12 i n~i:srcei cameraman, Mi. George F. Noble, has started filming Singapore in natural colour in the course of making a four-reel film cf the route followed by the X.L.M. and KJVJI.M. airlines. Here he is shooting the departure of a plane at the Singapore Airport yesterday. —Straits Times picture.
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    HOTELS FULL IN SINGAPORE
    171 12 Tourists Visitors From Up-Country ALL leading Singapore hotels have been booked out for the past two weeks, and with the start of the season, tourists are experiencing considerable difficulty in obtaining accommodation, the Straits Times understands The influx of up-country vi3itors to Singapore over the long
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    Anglo-Dutch "Co-operation ONLY NORMAL EXCHANGES"
    241 12 Anglo-Dutch "Co-operation ONLY NORMAL EXCHANGES" N.I. Ban On Foreign Radio Reception EXCHANGES of information Detween the Netherlands and British Governments on defences In the Par East have been normal and technical In character." according to a statement made in the Second Chamber at The Hague yesterday in answer to questions
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    TOURING CAR STOLEN
    71 12 A BLUE Morris Minor touring car, S. 4615 belonging to a Chinese, Chan Soo Wong, which was stolen from Lavender Street between 1 a.m. and 9 a.m. on Feb. 6. has as yet not been I discovered, 1 The Police are anxious for public coi operation in
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    SHANGHAI GENERAL IN SINGAPORE
    151 13 Gen. Telfei-Smollctt On iiv Home rIE Officer Commanding, British troops at Shanghai since 1936, Major-General A. P. D. TelferPmollett. who has been appointed Governor of Guernsey, arrived at Singapore this morning by the P. and O. liner Ranch! on his way to England. Major-General Telfer-SmoLett does
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    SALVATION ARMY MARRIAGE Two Captains Wed
    156 13 SALVATION ARMY MARRIAGE Two Captains Wed ■TWO Singapore Salvation Army officers were married this morning at the headquarters of the organisation In Tank Road. They were Captain Rosa Br:wer. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Montague Brewer, of Winchester, Hants, and Captain William A. Price, son of Mr. and Mrs. William
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    SINGAPORE BLACK OUT REHEARSAL TOMORROW
    551 13 Johore Bahru Also Included In Comprehensive Scheme AMUSEMENT PARKS TO REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL TEST ENDS PREPARATIONS are well under way for Singapore's first complete black-out trial, to take place tomorrow night and early on Friday morning. Johore Bahru is also included. Wiih the co-operation of
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    NEW SINGAPORE HOSPITAL
    171 13 Governor To Perform Opening Ceremony CIR SHENTON THOMAS will per- form the opening ceremony of the St. Andrew's orthopaedic hospital on the sea coast at Kee Sun Road, Siglap. next Tuesday. The hospital, which has been built out of voluntary donations from the public and a Government
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    CHINA BUSINESS CONFIDENCE
    149 13 New Mills Opening In Shanghai WAS surprised at the confidence ■I British and Chinese businessmen are displaying in Shanghai, where they are buildlns new cotton mills," a Singapore businessman told a Straits Times reporter on his return from Shanghai by the P. and O. liner Ranchl this
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    Javanese Royalty Televised
    78 13 Th? f.rst rovul artist to take part 8.8.C. variety, the yu.piiew 01 mc Sulian of D<oktakarta, took part it a television programme at Alexandra Palace. He deputised for the Sullan's son, icho teas ill. It icas the first appearance in Britain of a troupe of Javanese dancers
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    Singapore's Jo b-Seekers: Analysis By Employer
    453 13 Singapore 's Jo b- Seekers Analysis By Employer 'From A Special Correspondent) A SINGAPORE business man who recently invited applications for a post as clerk in his office receivet! 347 replies within four clays. It took him a whole day to sort out the repliai. and select bix candidates fcr
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    Weights For Final Day Of Spring Races
    328 13 IV EIGHTS lor Saturday's races, the final day of the Singapore Spring meeting are as below. Horses, Class 3, Div. 1, 6 furs*. Drift On 9.04 Little John 8.13 Drator 9.03 Bound Parr 8.12 Sahara 9.01 Valscourt 8.11 Pour O'Cloc!: 9.01 Bright Answer
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    Man Drowned In Gang Fight
    101 13 .MOKMiNG CLASH VT KALLANG BRIDGE Body Found With Gasli On Head /\NE man was drowrtec. and arv other is in hospital with a broken leg as a result of a fi^ht. between two rival Hokkicn gan^.s iat Kallang Bridge early jestndav morning The drowned man's
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    HOLLAND BUYS ARMS IN U.S.
    100 13 Seaplanes, Torpedo- lioal* And Guns From O-.ir Own Corr Batavii, Wednetda] A DUTCH Naval Commission i present i:i t!ie United States, having discussion about tht purchase jof war materials. IUCh U torpedo-boats, anti-:.ircr machine-guns. This news Is contained in a metsafe !rom Holland by a
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    TWO PLANES LATE
    72 13 OEVERAL Malayan Rotar.ans I^ tending the Congress in Slam held up in Bangkok through the <>astbound Imperial A'.rwavs flying- boa* being 24 hours b'hind time, acrordin to a telegram from the Bnntk-.k ">rrespondent of the Strjlt.s Tlmci The late Imperial plane ka Hi I pected at Singapore
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    429 14 Mr. Tan Kah Kee's Opposition WORKERS SURPRISED To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— It grieves me to read the statement reported to have come from so distinguish!*! a patriot as Mr. Tan Kan Kee. In the Straits Times on Feb. 18. Open opposition to the
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    "MALAYA'S YOUTH"
    101 14 To the Editor of the Straits Time* Sir,— "Observer" in your contemporary of Feb. 14 writes on "What To Do With Malaya's Youth" and makes suggestions to parents. Well and good, but what we do not quite understand is the reason why the same paper imports men from
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    CHUNGKING RADIO
    85 14 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— With my radio set I heard news about the China War in English very clearly at 9.15 p.m., and then in Hokkien at 9.30 p.m.. through Station XGOX Central Broadcasting Station, Chungking, operating on the 19-m;-tre band. The voice was
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    1196 14 Correspondence CHINESE INSTEAD OF TAMIL LABOUR Pessimistic Indian View Of Planting Policy To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— ln 1933 you wrote that "if Immigration from India dried up, Malaya would have to look to China, if China failed us we would have to look to Java, and
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    THE RAILWAY STRIKE
    566 14 Mr. John Hands In Mediation AN INDIAN TRIBUTE To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— lt is a matter of great satisfaction that condition* In the Railway Workshops, 3entul, have become normal and that all strikers have returned to work. It is also gratifying that the
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    17 14 A ir.usic class at the Singapore Chinese Girls' School, being taken through its songs by a teacher
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    224 14 To the Fxli'or of the Straits Times. fiir.— Your leading article headed "Master Of Music" makes Interesting reading. During the last ten years the study of music among the girls in our schools has become very popular, and I think I am right in saying that it
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    JAPANESE BOMBS FALL ON BRITISH TERRITORY
    232 15 Air Raid On Chinese Town Near Hong Kong: Train Attacked Hong Kong, Feb. 21. QEVERAL bombs are reported to have fallen on British w territory daring an air raid on the border village of Sumchun. Two Japanese planes, part of a squadron of nine,
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    217 15 Incidents At Rally In New York New Y«r' Feb. EL rTARDED by what Chief Police Commissioner Valentine described as "enough police to stop a revolution" 20.000 Nazi sympathisers today attended rally of the German-American Band ia MadiMB Square Garden. The rally was held "to celebrate
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    NEW PUPPET REGIME
    50 15 Hankow. Feb. 21. A special municipal government will be brought into existence at the end of March or early in April with the Wuhan Peace Maintenance Commission as the nucleus Hankow. Hanyang. Wuchang and districts will be brought under the Juiisdiction of the new government. Eastern News.
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    196 15 Soldiers Disheartened, Officers At A Loss London, Feb. 21. pOR the first time sinca the 1 war in China began, the initiative has passed from the Japanese to the Chinese, says the Manchester Guardian today. •Since Canton and Hankow fell," the newspaper comments, "the Japanese armies
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    NEW CABINET FOR BELGIUM
    63 15 Brussels, Feb. 21. ANEW Cabinet was announced today after Belgium had been without a Government for 12 days. M. Pierlot. Catholic Senator, is to be Prime Minister and M. Soudan. Socialist, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Only two members of the old Cabinet are included in
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    14 15 ALEX HENSHAW, Myew-old British airman, at Gnresend after breakinc the Cape to London record.
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    Free Delivery Of "Air Raid Helmets"
    47 15 London. Feb. 21. THE first free dtliwies of air1 raid steel helmets will be made on Monday. About 17.M* will be available for the first week's distribution, fallowed by 3MM the next week and aa accelerating rate of delivery afterwards. Reuter.
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    212 15 London, Feb. 21. TTHE Government would not stand idly by and see markets lost, declared Mr. Oliver Stanley, President of the Board of Trade, addressing the inaugural dinner of the British Industries Fair. He added that no individual exporter could successfully fight against a
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    247 15 Ridicule For Isolationists By United States Senator Washington, Feb. 21. IMMORAL, unsuccessful and ultimately destructive is how Senator Pittman, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, described, in a broadcast, the policy of appeasement. "It is evident that no person can die more than once and
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    LABOUR DISPUTES IN JAPAN DOWN
    61 15 Toklo. Feb. 21. I ABOUR disputes In Japan during 1938 decreased by more than 50 per cent compared with 1957, according to the Labour Bureau of the Ministry of Public Welfare. Against 2.128 cases of labour disputes involving 213,622 people in 1937,. there were 1,022
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    329 15 Plans To Prolong Resistance Chungking. Feb. 21. IN his opening address to the National Peoples Congress, which is in session here, Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, who presided, emphasised the importance of national unity in the present war of resistance. The congress, comprising delegates from all political factions and professions
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    140 15 R. S. Hudson Will Visit Warsaw Moscow London, Feb. 21. IT is learned that Mr. R. S. Hud- son, Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department, will visit Poland and Finland and he plans to go to Warsaw from Berlin and then to Moscow returning home via
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    CLOSER UNDERSTANDING WITH THE SOVIET?
    83 15 London Feb. 21. IUEWS of the mission of Mr. R. S. Hudson, Secretary of the Overseas Department of the Board of Trade, to Moscow is prominently displayed in all the rooming newspapers. Some political as well as commercial significance Is attached to the visit by
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    649 16  -  R. V. AIYAR Presented By ALLEGATIONS OF GERMAN PROPAGANDA IN ASIA "Sensational Revelations" By British Labour Organ London, Feb. 9. IN the House of Commons, Lt.-Com. Fletcher asked Col. Muirhead, Under-Secretary for India, what action he proposed to take to prevent the circulation of a version of "Mein
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    93 16 SCENE AT SETH JAMNALAL BA JAJ'S ARREST Seth Jamnalal Bajaj, the millionaire leader of the now illegal Pr»ja Mandal of Jaipur and the oldest member of the Congress High Command, reached Jaipur City early this month to defy the ban on his entry Into the State. After addressing a large
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    483 16 Assembly Party's Resolutions New Delhi. THE Muslim League Party of the Central Legislative Assembly, after fully considering the reply of the Secretary of State for India to the President of the All-India Muslim League on the question of representation of Indian Muslims on the Palestine Conference,
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    "INDIAN TELEPHONES" EXPERIMENT
    165 16 Several Thousands To Be Ready By March New Delhi, (By Mail). A DISTINCTIVE "Indian Telephone" incorporating improvements of both a technical and mechanical nature with particular regard to Indian conditions of manufacture and service, may be produced in the near future. The necessary experiments are in progress
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    159 16 Government Of India's Anxiety For Revenue New Delhi. FOLLOWING the decision of the Federal Court that the Central Provinces Petrol Sales Duty Is "Intra vires," several Provincial Governments have embarked, or contemplate embarking, on similar measures for the purpose of Increasing their revenue resources There
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    466 17 "Now Is The Time To Attack England" A SEIZED I. R. A. ORDER EXTRACTS from an I.R.A. 'proclamation" and "battalion orders" stating "The time is now opportune to attack England* the oppressor of Irish freedom were read at Manchester when eight men and two girls were remanded in custody accused
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    299 17 SIX feet three inches tall, Mr. Charles Kahn, the man who made a fortune out of 'flu, is or. a visit to London from New York. The b'.g handkerchief firm of which he is president hit on the idea years ago of selling a handkerchief in
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    117 17 I |>ELGIAN citizens of Eupen. th» cxi German town on t'-ie Belgian froni tier, have been urged to enrol in the I German colonial army. And the recruiting officer and propaganda agent was a son of the exKais?r. Prince August Wilhelm. This sensational allegation was made
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    43 17 ie.;.\:i;. T tii 0 fall of the BtoyacUnovitch Cabinet, the Prince Regent entrusted M. Tsvetkovitch, the outgoing Minister of Social Policy and Health, with the task of forming a Cabinet. M. Tsvetkovitch is now Prime Minister and Minister for the Interior of Yugoslavia.
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    325 17 J7OR the first time since pre-war days a Royal Command ballet performance is to be given at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on March 22. It will be held in honour of the I French President and Madame Ln- brun, who are
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    ROYAL HAMPTON WINS THIRD IN SUCCESSION
    2478 18 Fine Display Of Galloping Yesterday OUTSTANDING feature of yesterday's racing at Bukit Timah was the win by Royal Hampton in the seventh event. It was his third successive win and he will be a grand chance in the first division on Saturday. There are
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    TIMES IN PONY EVENTS
    46 18 Times credited to the winners or the pony events at yesterday's races are interesting. In the third division Inventory ran 1.9 4/5. In the second division Kissing Cup ran 1.11 and in the first division Empress again ran 1.9. I i 1
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    SINGAPORE WIN INDIANS' HOCKEY MATCH
    395 18 Selangor Beaten By Only Goal Of Game OSING the cricket match earlier in the day, the Singapore Indians turned the tables on the Selangor Indians in a gcod hockey match at Balestier Plain yesterday, beating them by the only goal of the match. Ibrahim bin
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    INDIAN SPORTS DINNER
    146 18 A large Indian gathering, indud nf a number of women attended the dinner given by the Singapore Indian Association last night at the Railway Station Hotel in honour ct the Se'angor Indian Association cricket and hockey teams which visited Singapore for the annual inter-Assocla'.ion sporlins fixtures. Dr.
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    Straits Times Selections
    86 18 £MVING two selections for each race yesterday the Straits Times gave seven winners. Of the IS selections only four horses failed to finish in the first three. Any backer having one win ticket on each of the Straits Times selections would have finished with a profit of
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    SINGAPORE TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
    122 18 Entr es are now Invited for the following events in the Singapore open table tennis championships: Men's open singles, women's open singles, men's open doubles. ir.t3rclub. Entry forms and further particulars may be obtained on application from the honorary secretary, 42, Tras Street, or from the
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    SEGAMAT HOCKEY
    74 18 (From Our Own Correspondent! Segamat, Feb. 20. The Segamat Indo-Ceylonese continued In winning vein and beat the Town Youngsters to their list of soccer victims on the town padang today. They won 4—2. The P.W.D. have begun their season well. Meeting the Police, last year's league champions, in
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    HOME SOCCER
    158 18 Grimsby beat Arsenal two-one In a home soccer match played yesterday, j —Reuter. I Cash sweep: First '$2,359) 3342; second ($1,429) 1078: third ($714) 1479. Starters ($79) 2454. 2748, 1332, 2038, 3841, 695, 2803. 1055 and 2780. This race was run in a thick drizzle. Th 3 tapes
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    MALAYS TENNIS TITLES
    370 19 Kamis And Yadi Win Doubles (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 21. COR the third year in succession r Yon bin Mian, the Johore player, won the singles title in the AllMalaya Malays tennis tournament, which came to a successful conclusion today. He beat his old
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    THE SPORTS DIARY
    32 19 TODAY n.lir! 8.H.L., Joseph Travcrs vs. (Tc.S.F.C, BUdlam; S'raits Times \s. c Eros.. Fraser and Heave; MPH vs. A.P.C., V.M.C.A. Volleyball: V.M.C.A. vs. Nanyang Girls School. Bras Basah Rcud.
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    GOOD TENNIS IN FINALS OF S. C. C. TOURNAMENT
    792 19 Smith Beats Wise In Two Sets For Singles Title THE Cricket Club's Chinese New Year tennis tournament concluded yesterday with good play and keen competition in the finals. In the first final R. F. Smith won the singles title in his
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    This Morning's Track Work
    240 19 CLOW work was seen at this morn- ing's track workouts in preparation for Saturday's races, the concluding day of the Singapore Turf Club Spring meeting. Nutcracker (McLachlan) went a full round on the Bukit Timah race course at a steady threequarter pace, finish- j ing well.
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    SELANGOR KEEP "INDIAN" CRICKET CUP
    251 19 Singapore Beaten By 192 Runs Yesterday PARRYING their overnight second innings score of 111 runs for six wickets only to 123, the Singapore Indians collapsed yesterday under the deadly bowling of Gorbex Singh, thus losing the Indian Cup to Selangor, for the second year in
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    No Play In Fourth Test Match
    184 19 THERE w.-.s no play in the fourth Test Match at Johannesburg yesterday owing to rain and unless the wicket is badly affected todiiv there reems little chance of a win for either side. The position at present Ls: England 213 and South Africa three
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