The Straits Times, 3 March 1939

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    47 1 feTIIUAi CnTKI riHi- feU I Fin The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] rr J IH£1 H£ LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1939 PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 24 I»A<;ES, SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1939. PRICK 5 CENTS
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      552 1 cjngapore: ho. Cecil st. < PHONE 6471). tor Up-to-date TAILORING... MIEN CHONG You are assured of real satisfaction. aa Coloinan St. Singapore. Phone 4816 RSB^HRCHRRBnRVBRHMRHBMRRWRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR*******^ THE Jl io OCUOL BECAUSE ISA BILL I A R D TAB L E SAE^ AIIHE RRRRRRR^ RRRRRRRRRRrQP4 ■RWRRi^i^ftMßßi X OF Hi m iiajjifi l
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      28 1 KUALA LUMPU.T 25. JAVA 67. ('PHONE ***** Madame Page. DRESSMAKER and DESIGNER Tailormides Gowns for Ail Occasions in Stock $5 -1 $30 13. Battery Road.. Singapore. Tel: 6327.
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      700 2 GOMES—At the Matsrnlty Hospital, Singapore, on March 2, 1939, to Lily, wife of Frank R. Gomes, a daughter. MACKAY—At the Bimgsar Hospital, Kiala Lumpur! on March 2, 1939, to Annita, wife of W. C. Mackay, Seremban, a sen. pr Fn _4t tin- Bungsar Hospital, Kuala iSniour on 2nd M-.:rch. 1939,
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      629 2 WANTED WANTED: Two second hand creping machines in good working order. Apply with full particulars as to make, size of rolls, drive, etc. to Box No. 895, Straits Times. FOR SALE SHELVADOR Refrigerator Phone 3333. GOLDEN RETRIEVERS— Pedigree pups of championship strain. Box 880 Straits Times. WIRE HAIRED FOX TERRIER
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      697 2 HOUSES, FLATS TO LET TO LET or for sale 5c Third Avenue 5M miles Bukit Timah Road, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms attached, tennis, electric, water, outhouses. Can be bought with little cash. Apply 3E Second Avenue. TO LET, Bungalow built over Sea. No. 30 Nallur Road off East Coast Road
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      344 2 MISCELLANEOUS VIENNESE BEAUTY PARLOUR Hairdressers removed to 302. Tanjong Katong Road near Katong Post Office. Now the best oil wave $5 only children *3 and $4. £50 EASILY EARNED by selling the wellknown and best-selling WESTMINSTER Series PriVßta Christmas Cards. Bi'lialu'b Premier firm (Ist. 1906) offer Highest Commisficn. Sample book
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      210 2 EDUCATIONAL FRENCH A ENGLISH tau;ht by modern method, quick results. Modern designing and Interior decorating taught by Paris S?hcol graduate, 47, Killiney Road. Roa3cn£:.:3 fees I KINDERGARTEN CLASS (on modern methods) commence* for little children froai 3 to 6 years by a young Eurasian lady Teacher of good family. Charges
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      118 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc. THK SINGAPORE HOARDING KkXNELS AS FROM 1ST MARCH, 19:59 WILL BE INDER THK MAXAl KMENT OF B. McMILLEN OF TIIF SINGAIORE HIDING Sf HOOL. BIKIT TIM Ml ROAD. Ti.I.K ttU. "EDGAR ALLEN" TOOL STEELS. DRILL STEELS. WINING CRUSHER PLANT. ETC. ALLIANCE ENGINEERING* CO.. LTD. 4 7, TELEGRAPH
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      1125 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS p. &o. British india (TKVMWnTi AND APCAR LINE. lkl "™jS™J, n .incorporated tn England.) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS c r FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. Co. MAIL PASSENOER AND CARGO SERVICES LIU OLTWARD tnOM LONDON fOR CHINA TO LONDON AND JAPAN Penanf, Colombo. Aden, Suet, P»rt
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      718 3 HOLIDAY CRUISES TOi BANGKOK SAIGON Bt Luxnrloun One Clan Motonhlps Displacement Ten* From Penan* p. sham Malacca Spore m.i. "MEONIA" (11,000) 14/3 15/3 16/3 18 S m.s. "ALSIA" (12,500) 4/4 5/4 6/4 8/4 m.s. "SELANDIA" (13,000) 25 4 26 4 27 4 29 4 NEXT HOLIDAY CRUISE March IHth, 1939
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      578 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Oremn B'Jlldint. Coll.tct Qim Singapore Trl MM. Chartered Bank Buildin; Penang Trl I3SA. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES. LONDON N COMINKM AMI OLAtOOW (In ci.i junction trlth the Glen line) Due I GLENEAHN Mars. L'don. Dunkirk, Adam. H'biirg. Ant, Midd. Mar R |Ui in PATROCLUS Mars.
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    Wall Street Quotations
    607 4 New York, Mar. 2. THE following quotations were those ruling when the Stock Exchange closed todar:— DOW-JONES AVERAGES Yesterday's Today's Close Close Cnanges 30 Industrials 147.15 146.96 off .19 20 Rails 32.45 32 47 up .02 15 Utilities 25.85 25.76 off .09 40 Bonds 90.94 91.04 up
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
    158 4 Only 244 Tons Sold On Wednesday fTHE Singapore Chamber of Com- merce Rubber Association held its 1,423 rd auction yesterday when of 855,412 lb (381.88 tons) catalogued. 780,601 lb (348.48 tons) was offered and 546,077 lb (243.78 tons) were sold. London spot BVid. New York spot 16
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      278 4 Aden CliEPerlali I p m East Africa (Imperial) pjn South Africa (imDerUl) I pjn. Burma (Imperial) 2 pn Whole Canada (ImDerUl) ..1 D-m Egypt, Sudan and Palestine (Imperial 1 I 0 tn Great Britain and Ireland (Imperial 1 3OA Europe except O. Britain and Ireland Imperial >
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      FROM MALACCA
      129 4 Correspondence tor transmission by air via Net*- erlands must be fully prepaid and clearly superscribed "By X.L.M." Mails will close from Malacca as follows Today. Australia. New Zealand. Java and Timor Dilly by air (Qantas) 6 p.m. China. Japan. East Siberia, Philippines t Western USA. (Hakozaki Mara) 6
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      MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE
      146 4 Daily Weather Report station* Yesterday La#: algi.t max rain- bright niln temp fall s'shine teinc inches hr« *F West Coast. Alor Star 95 Nil 10.1 69 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 89 0.08 8 6 73 Sitiawan 90 1.02 69 71 Bukit Jeram 89 Nil 5.3 71 Malacca 89
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      273 4 Air Mail Arrivals And Departures IMWAJUJ Wearnes: from Feaanc, Ipoh. and Koala Lumpur Arrives every evening. X.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives Sunday evening. X.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives THIS afternoon. Imperial: From Europe: Due THIS mornlnj: Arrives THIS afternoon. K.N.1.1.M.. From Netherlands Indies: Arrive* Tuesday
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      SURFACE MAILS EXPECTED
      43 4 Mails from China and Japan expected tomorrow. Mar. 4. by Delagoa Maru. Mails from Europe (London mails) expected tomorrow. Mar. 4, by B. I. (Rajulai will be delivered to boxholders at 9 a.m. General delivery of letters at 9 a.m.
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      866 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in F.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Xi eight 5433. Pa ware 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 WORLD FARES BY C.P.R. First and Cabin Class Tourist Class From £181.13.4 From £125.19.8 Direct connection
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      458 4 AUCTION NOTICE AUCTION SALE FREEHOLD SINGAPORE PROPERTIES At the saleroom of Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng and Co Ltd.. No. 10 Chulla Street. On Wednesday, 8th March 1939, at 2.30 P.M. Lot 1 Valuable freehold land and house No. 510 Joo Chiat Road, Singapore, area 1 rood 03.6 poles. Lot 2.
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      237 4 THIS IS HUMBER HOLIDAY MONTH Special concessions to Home leave Motorists. Enquire mmp LYONS MOTORS LTD. SINGAPORE. UNIVERSAL CARS LTD. IPOH PENANG WEARNE BROS., LTD. X.L.. Malacca, Seremban, Muar. I When COLDS THREATENUsed at first sneeze, rr^ liv» specialized mcdi- v\jj%' r^« cation for the nose and "vy-^' 31 upper
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      174 4 TIDE TABLE SINGAPORE Today H. W. 8.06a.m. 8.1 ft.: 9.56 p.m. 7.7 ft. L. W 2.26 a.m. 5 ft.; 3.20 p.m. 1.4 ft. PORT SWFTTKNHAM Tomorrow H. W. 3.59 a.m. 12.9 ft.; 4.28 p.m. 13.5 ft. Following Day H. W. 4.44 a.m. 13.6 ft.; 5.11 p.m. 14.3 ft. PORT DICRSON
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      735 5 29 IBS UGLY FAT I 4 GOES IN 6 WEEKS I ZEISS W>S prals S id m S n 2li etllOd UMBRfIL STn 1 1 f""<^ng it one of the fj IJ\ CCp'Q IK, 1 extreme out of Umea which M.»J131-«»3 -^TL^rV^Vil th t O"" 1^"™ will reduce your nrntprr
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      279 5 /IiyHALAWT\^ "The only thing that does me good for colds" I Vapex is tHf only (Sing P (hat has ever done me food f net a cold I at once take I a few d,rops on my hanky I and in a few hnuri am /it and well a^ain. I
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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      593 5 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TODAY ZIIL 2ZS metre* XHP 3B.9C metro. p.m. 6.00 Recitation of the Koran from the studio. 5.20 Arabic congs.t 5.40 Malay folk songs. t 6. CO Tcochew Guakang selections. t 6.20 Tcochew Guakang dramas. t 7.00 Children's programme. (English). 7.30 Time, weather and news announcements. 7.45 "From the
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      240 5 EMPIRE STATION TODAY TRANSMISSIONS 2 AND 3. USH tit] ot/l (13.91 an U8O 17.1' ne/| (18.86 m.); GS» 15.14 aci (19.82 m.) GSJ ?1.6J mc/i (13.93 m GSO 11.71 tir r t»S U ml p.m. 6.05 Big Ben. "The Kentucky Minstrels." 7.05 Pianoforte music, t 7.20 Under Big Ben. 1
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      235 5 8.50 News ajid anncuncc.nenis. 9.05 Greenwich time signal. 9.20 Big Ben Sandy Macphcrson at BBC Theatre organ. 0.3d "Sonr? Parade."* 10.15 Rugby Unlr,n Football: Tlu> Royal Navy v. The Army. Commentary by H. B. T. Wakelam on the Inter-Servlcc Match. 11.00 Fifth Cricket Test Match: England v. South Africa. Commentary.
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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        MINING
        578 6 issue Vai. Mas>ei u uo. Lyali Bvatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers if' AmDat Tin 3/6 4/- 3/6 4/5/- Austral Amal 4/6 5/- 4/8 5/2 tl Au»trai Ma.ay 39/- 44/-xd 40/ 50/6/- Ayer mian 21/- 22/- 21/6 22/6 1 Ayei Wcng 0.65 0.70cd 0.6C 0.72cd Cl Bangrtc Tin 19/6 20/6
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        GENERAL
        440 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.30 1.40 2 2 do 'V2 r Prefa. 2.20 2.30 10 10 Atlas Ice 4.75 5.25 1 1 B M Broadcasting 0 50 U.60 10 6 B M. Trustee 8 75 7.59 £1 £1 Con T. S 7% Pref 20/- 21/3 £1 £1 Con.
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS
        264 6 t% Maynara Co. Ltd $30,000 Int. Apr. 30 Oct. 31 90 100 norn SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. lwji rea 1940 $400,000 Int Mar 31 Sept. 30 lO2'/ a 103'' 2 norn 4V47. )»07 red 1947 $1,600,000 Int Mar 31 Sept 30 108 Vi 110 norn *ViVe lydt red 1955
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        RUBBER SHARES
        391 6 Frasei ft Co Lyali fcrvitt Allenby 1.25 1.30 1.25 1.35 Aior Oajab 0.90 0.97', 2 0.95 1.05 Amai Malay 1.40 1.45 145 1.55 Ayer Hltam 0.90 1.00 0.90 1.00 Ayei Molek 0.92</ 2 0.97'/ 2 0.95 1.05 Ayer Panas 1.25 1.35 1.30 1.35 Bassett 0.54 0.58 0.54 0.58
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      483 6 TEMPORARY CHECK TO UPWARD TREND RUBBER SLIGHTLY EASIER By Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Mar. 3. THE recent strength and upward movement in all sections of the market appears to liave received a check this morning. Rubber in both Home markets was slightly lower yesterday, due, no doubt,
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      LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      44 6 LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE D, M.a 2. •..us were today's closing mean rates t.«B 13 1.. Kio i 1/16 jllidal > .209 i Bucharest 8m Buenos Aires .0 34 HV'.r Montevideo 18H Bonttwj ii4d 137 Yokohama l/2d 4" H. KOUg 1, I 'J ;:!i.u B?id I
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN
    96 6 1 riday. Mar. 3, noon. No. IX R.S.S. op.. I |Mtt) 28'h NM No. IX R.S.S. fob. in cases March 28 13/16 29 G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. iv bales March 28<i F.A.Q. a.S.S. f.o.b. in bales March 27 13/16 z» FLTLUE QUOTATIONS No. IX It.S.S. .hi
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    EXCHANGES
    183 6 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the 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 237% Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 64 3/16 Montreal demand 54% Batavia
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    RUBBER REFLECTS BETTER POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE
    620 6 IN a weekly report on the rubber market, issued at noon yesterday, Stanton, Nelson and Co. Ltd., write The Improvement In political sentiment, clearly apparent on the Stock Exchanges of London and New York, is again reflected in the rubber market, and prices have advanced
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    London Stock Exchange
    404 6 London, Mar. 2. THE Stock Exchange today was generally easier owing to end of account considerations though actual selling was small.— Reuter. The following are today's closing middle quotations. Shares are of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated The quotations for American stocks are in American currency. Con.
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    55 6 London. Mar. 2 THE r>:port quota for tea from eoun- tries participating in the regulation scheme has been fixed a*. 90 p of agreed quotas for Ihe .<=caro:i beginnin? on Apr. 1. This decision was reached by tne International Tea Committee todiv. The quota for the current season Is 92
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      66 6 Ja.c£ The "Trewhella" Monkey Jack and "Trewhellu" Monkey Grubber arc ideal for tree felling and rapid land clearing. They are simple to use and yet can tackle the hardest job— by hand. They are scientifically made to conserve physical energy and eliminate strain. AS SUPPLIED TO PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT? RUBBER
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    MALACCA ELECTRIC LIGHTING COMPANY REPLIES TO MUNICIPALITY
    4584 7 History Of Negotiations To Terminate Agreement MEMORIAL SENT FOR GOVERNOR'S CONSIDERATION A REPLY to the Malacca Municipal President's statements alleging unwillingness on the part of the company to cooperate in negotiations regarding the possible taking-over of the undertaking of Malacca Electric Lighting Ltd.,
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    108 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS BootCompany Dividend Close nx Austral Malay 9<i No. 48 3d. bonus Fib. 24 Ayer Weng t% int. Mar 6 Katu 6d. No. L'4 Mar. 10 Raub 3d. final 2d. bonus Mar. H Ri'nong Consold 6d. No. 23 Mar. 17 RUBBER Jeram Kuantan 4% Mar.
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    RUBBER CONTROL PROBLEM
    571 7 HIGHER PRICK BEFORE LARGER QUOTA TECHNICAL POSITION IMPROVES GREATLY 'WE still adhore to our view that the rrain problem of control is to get on to a larger basis of release as soon as possible, and this cannot- be achieved until a higher price level has first
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      675 7 i BANK OF CHINA v j B r~~M _^LLJ_bB I < incorporated In China bj Special Charter). ■sMSJBaaBIHBB ■■nY CecU Street Sinsapotr. [f1 H S 1. I Telrphonea: Manairrr't Offkr (444 Ant Manacrr'n Ottte* M!l I |W^# T■{ T| FtrhanKr Itrpt K441 Grnrral Olftce MM-t Pi^^^H Cahlr Address: 111 M.XI
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      564 8 "The SISTERS' is certainly A Picture to see -Malaya Tribune. MAPI ROPOllf*U s« T T r^^.^,^lH^^n».M. ""opem Thank Heaven the world has still got LAUREL and ALHAMBRA "AMRIT MANTHAN" HARDY to LAUGH At!... Now they're at their BEST! SUPPORTED BY WARNER BROS. Present M Two Great Stars Together For The
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    An Old Story Recalled
    274 9 When Windsor Wanted To Meet Mahalma London. -pDWARD VII. Peacemaker. Ed- ward VIII would have earned a .similar title had he been allowed to have his own way when, as Prince of Wales, he was making his official visit to India says a writer in the
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    INDIANS IN SOUTH AFRICa
    112 9 Vdjounvment Motion Ru.'cjl Out New D-iin. in tbe Central Am 1 will j the President ruled ouL of order the adjournment motion tabled by Sir Rnza Ali to discuss the proposal before the South African Government to lntro■is'.ation further restricting the Indians to arquirp or occupy
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  • INDIAN NEWS
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      TAMIL NAD REAFFIRMS FAITH IN MR. GANDHI
      312 9 Very Encouraging Response To Recent Congress Circular Madras, Feb. 19. a meeting of the Working Committee of the Tamil Nad Congress Committee was held yesterday at the Congress House, Mr. Omandur Ramaswami Reddiar presiding. The accounts for last year were considered and approved.
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      LADY DEPUTY SPEAKER FOR SIND ASSEMBLY
      23 9 Karachi, Feb. 20. jlijISS Jothi Siphairnilani (OoogTOK) has been denlared elected Deputy Speaker of the Sind Assembly.
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      'PLANES CRASH NEAR KARACHI
      124 9 Karachi, Feb. 24. I |T*WO Indian National Airways planes left Karachi this morning for Lahore and both crashed near DamI lotto where the waterworks is situated. lit is feared that both pilots were killed The wreckage of the second machin carrying mails piloted by Mr. B.
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      A VISITOR'S SURPRISE
      230 9 "Gaol Turned Into University" Patna, Feb. 20. IF I could, I would bring all the wardens in every land here to see what a prison ought to be" declared Mr. Frank C. Laubach, president of the World Literacy Committee, when he visited one of the gaols at
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    "300 Harijans Reconverted"
    344 9 "300 Harijans Reconverted" Prime Minister's Message To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, I was surprised to see in your Indian Page an item of news under the caption 300 Harijans Reconverted," followed by messages of congratulations from the Madras Ministers, in your issue of Feb. 23 As a
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    RELIEF FOR JEWISH REFUGEES
    279 9 Mr. C. F. Andrews On The Problem Santimketan (By Mail). ■\I7HAT is needed is to discover by TT what practical steps India as a whole can take her part along with other nations in the humanitarian refugee work," said Mr. C. F. Andrews in a press
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    WITHDRAWAL FROM THE LEAGUE
    163 9 Statement In Central Assembly New Delhi, Feb. 24. •THE Government of India has for- warded to the Secretary of State a copy of the resolution recommending India's withdrawal from the League of Nations, said Sir N. N. Sircar, answering a question of Mr. Mangal Singh. The
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      272 9 SPEND YOUR FIRECRACKER NIGHTS AT THE NEW -WORLD (The premiere Amu-r iuent P^rk in Malaya) (It's a City with a Million Lights) SATURDAY 4th SUNDAY sth MARCH GRAND DISPLAY OF NOVELT* FIREWORKS SPECIALLY IMPORTED AT GREAT EXPENSE FOR THE BIG OCCASION. BEAUTIFUL LIGHTING EFFECTS. IT'S SOMETHING NEW "FIREWORKS" COMMENCING AT
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      364 9 Introducing two New 1939 WSfffSSfUfl R d The Most Beautiful Radio in Malaya 13 Valves 12 Inch Speaker Push Button Tuning 15 Watts Output Console model $265.00 Vm 10% FOR CASH With the famous W j MIRACLE TONE CHAMBER" pi lere Is the famous Emerson feature the one rliaintirr thnt
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    Consider Your Verdict Has Stamp Of Originality London Entertainment Review
    1265 10 Consider Your Verdict Has Stamp Of Originality London Entertainment Review From Our Own Correspondent London, Feb. 21. TWO pictures this week take us down Newgate to the Old Bailey and in neither case docs one regret the familiar trip. One of them "Consider, Your Verdict," has the stamp of originality,
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    News From The Studios
    185 10 JAMES WHALE, who returns to Hollywood next month to make "The Man in th e Iron Mask," is investigating the Laughton and Howard units and Is thinking of starting something similar himself in England He has made this Hollywood onepicture commitment deliberately, however, in case he
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    BRITAIN HAS 50,000,000 RESPIRATORS ON HAND
    399 11 Lord Privy Seal Gives Civil Defence Details London, Mar. 1. BRITAIN has 50,000,000 civilian respirators and 127,000,000 sandbags- on hand ready for an emergency. This information was given in the Commons by the Lord Privy SeaL Sir John Anderson, during the debate on the
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    BRITISH "FOREIGN LEGION"
    93 11 London. Mar. 1. THE possibility of a British Foreign Legion composed of German and Austrian refugees was mentioned in the Commons during the debate on the civil defence estimates by Colonel 11. L. Nathan (Labour, Wandsworth). Colonel Nathan, who spoke on behalf of the London Committee for
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    Nanking Reform Government
    287 11 Nanking Reform Government "NOT TO BE TAKEN TOO SERIOUSLY" London, Mar. 1. DEFERRING to Press reports that the '"Reform Government" of Nanking had been compelled to announce a silent declaration of war against the International Settlement and British and French ships for aiding Chiang Kai-shek, Lord Plymouth, Under Secretary for
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    Arab Counter-Proposals
    234 11 Arab CounterProposals Lone >n. Mar. 1. ARAB counter-proposals to the British plan for Palestine, it is I understood, emphatically demana that all Jewish immigration to Palestine should cease anc' there, should be no furthm land sales. They also demand the immediate j formation of a Palestine government, and propose that
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    CHEAPER COMMERCIAL FLYING
    62 11 London, Mar. 2. IN hilt" minimal convention provld/i. ing for cheaper civil and commercial nying between countries was signed in London yesterday. Forty-three countries have agreed, firstly, to remit taxes on petrol imported in tanks of aeroplanes coming from abroad, and secondly, to r<tnit the tax on
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    143 CASUALTIES IN RANGOON RIOTS
    51 11 Rangoon. Mar. 2 pASUALIIES In yesterday's HinduMuslim riotlncr, in which the police were forced to cien flre three times, now total eleven killed and 132 injured. Seventy-five arrests have been made. A jo nt appeal for neace has been issued to leaders of both communities.
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    Will Italians Quit Spain?
    120 11 REPORTED FRANCO REQUEST TO DUCE TEN. FRANCO has asked Signor Mussolini to withdraw the Italian legionaries, according to information given to the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Chamber of Deputies by M. Bonnet, the Foreign Minister. The request has been referred back by the commander of
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    Financial Aid For Franco Spain
    317 11 NO BRITISH MOVE AT PRESENT London, Mar. 1. TTHE Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. R. A. Butler, stated In the Commons that there was at present no proposal for granting financial assistance to General Franco. Mr. Arthur Henderson (Lao., Stafford) asked whether the Government was
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    "DOOMED BATTALION" MAN'S ESCAPE
    25 11 A member of the famous "Doomed Battalion" escaped recently from the International Settlement concentration tamp, where the whole battalion Is interned.
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    26 11 Field-Marsha! Badogiio. who left Rome on Feb. 19 for Tripoli, it is believed in connection with Italian defences measures in North Africa, returned to Rome yesterday—Reuter
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    March 10 As Zero Hour In Tientsin & Shanghai
    192 11 March 10 As Zero Hour In Tientsin Shanghai Shanghai, Mar. t. •TENSION similar to that between] tln Japanese authorities and those of the International Settlement in Shanghai, which recently eased somewhat, has broken out again in Tientsin between the Japanese and the authorities of the French and British Concessions, it
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    STOMACHS BURNED WITH ACID
    241 11 —tie result of neglected indigestira Nobody should neglect indigestion pains. I'or indigestion- ii a sign that, after eating, too much acid is being mad* in your stomach. If you allow this to continue, more and more of this acid will be produced, more th<n can usefully
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    SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAR. 3, 1939. Modern Perak
    886 12 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAR. 3, 1939. Modern Perak has shown so much more confidence, moderation and tolerance than in Selangor in recent years. The calming speech made by the late Sultan Iskandar Shah at the time when the pro-Malay controversy was at its height is still gratefully remembered. Looking to the
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    EMPRESS OF JAPAN
    138 12 Another Daughter For The Royal Family Tokio, Mar. 2. i The Empress of Japan today gave i birth to a daughter— the seventh J child of the Royal Family and the fifth girl, reports Reuter. The Emperor, now 38, and the Empress, 36, were married in January,
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    WORLD JEWRY'S SUPPORT
    71 12 London, Mar. 2. neuter learns that messages have been received from substantial Jewish communities in all parts of the world, including Palestine, and America, giving full support to the attitude adopted by the Jewish Agency and the Jewish delegations to the Palestine conference in regard to British
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    LETTERS IN PAGE 17
    61 12 TITAN BESARS. How to prepare the commercial student for the ordeals ahead of him. OFFICIAL OSTRICH. A local Continental view of the latest statement of Government policy. ENGLISHMAN'S VIEW. More impressions of the Eurasian community in Malaya. ILLICIT BEER. Comment on Dr. J. E. Smith's speech
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    Japanese Dramatist's Death
    44 12 Toklo, Mar. 2. Mr. Kldoh Okamoto, noted Japanese playwright, died here yesterday at the age of 67. Among his famous works introduced to America and Europe in translations, a drama "Shuzenjl Monogatarl" was staged in Paris three years ago.— Eastern News.
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    OLDSTERS WITH RIFLES
    300 12 Active Service In Malaya TOUGH VOLUNTEERS To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— There Is much, good sense in the letter of "Looker-On" on the subject of volunteering in peace-time which appeared in your issue of Feb. 24. I consider it is a very fair criticism
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    ESTATE MALAYS
    192 12 Employing Ahmat Instead Of Ramasamy The Editor of the Straits Times Sir. In your issue of Feb. 22 a writer signing himself "Vayasam." Klang. gives a long diatribe on the question of estate labour. I have no wish to discuss the pros and cons as stated by him,
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    A MISOGYNIST ON CRUISING CARS
    141 12 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Recently correspondents have drawn attention to the congestion of traffic in Raffles Place, and to the procession of cars forced to take part in journeys round and round the Square through insufficient parkirg space. Such a condition
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    FEBRUARY TOOTS
    52 12 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—A postscript to my letter of Feb. 27. A well-known owner driver tells me that he has kept count of the number of times he has used his horn during February. The total is eight! —Yours, etc, R. J. FARRER. Singapore,
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    39 12 ''PatsunviUe" and "Anak Pulau Pinang." We shall be obliged If these correspondents will communicate with us, as we have not kept the letters bearing their names and addresses and we have received letters to be forwarded to them—(Ed. S.T.).
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    "BATTLESHIP" ON LAND
    804 12 Futuristic Monster In Tank Corps From Our Military Correspondent London Feb. 22. STAGGERING sums will be voted for the Navy, Army and Air Force when the respective Estimates are debated. Possibly as a preliminary te the debate which will follow his own speech, Mr. Hore-Belisha is making
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    777 12 Perak Sultans TfHE thirty-first Sultan of Perak will be Installed tomorrow. This sultanate Is more than four hundred years old, having been founded by a son of the last sultan of 4he Malay empire of Malacca, and although the male line of the founder died out
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    CARDINAL PACELLI, POLITICIAN, ELECTED AS POPE
    573 13 Choice Made In A Third Ballot SCENES OF EXCITEMENT IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE Nazis Dislike Vatican Secretary Of State Vatican City, Mar. 2. fARDINAL Eugenio Pacelli, the Vatican Secretary of State and "professional politician," was today elected as Pope in succession to Pius XI.
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    "AN ENEMY OF THE THIRD REICH"
    63 13 Berlin, Mar. 2. •T*HE German spokesman, discussing tlie new Pope's election said: '•It reveals the difficulties of the Roman Catholic Church al present that it sees the election of lti best politician as the only way out." The new Pope? has often been bitterly
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    CROWING RUBBER IN BRAZIL
    61 13 WaaiiingkOii, Mar. 2. Hairy A. Wallace, secretary of I»l Agriculture, »-evcaled today that hs had a Kcond conference with Dr. Aranha, tne Brazilian Foreign Minister, on s p nuestlsn of growing rubber in I He snii an American technician oaM bs gent to Brazil to aid
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    CAREER OF THE NEW POPE
    371 13 Very Tactful And A Great Linguist pARDINAL Eugenio Pacelli, t.ie new Pope, was born on Mar. 2, 1876. The diplomatic ability displayed in achieving the conclusion of the concordat between Prussia, the stronghold of Lutheranism. and the Holy See brought Cardinal Pacelli to the fore
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    MR. GANDHI TO FAST AGAIN?
    90 13 Rajkot, Mar. 2. IT is understood that Mahatma 1 Gandhi has sent an ultimatum to the Ruler of Rajkot, jriving him 24 hours to reply to th 2 proposals for an amicable settlement of the question of constitutional reform in the State. Mr. Gandhi toid
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    JAPAN'S HUGE WAR BURDEN
    155 13 Staggering Cost Of China Drive Tokio, Mar. 2. JAPAN'S war against China since July, 1937. has already cost her 11,990,000,000 yen, or seven times the cost of the Russo-Japanese War. Commenting on the latest Japanese supplementary Army and Navy Estimates, the Asahi Shimbun points out that
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    Palestine Talks Deadlock
    259 13 London, Mar. 2. EXAMINATION of the Arab counter-proposals to the British plan for Palestine indicates that far from being a compromise they constitute an emphatic reassertion of the original Arab demands at the opening of the Palestine talks. There is little hope of their acceptance by the
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    PRAGUE BANS ARMS FOR SOVIET
    66 13 Prague, Mar. 3. ARMS and munitions will not be allowed to leave Czecho-Slovakia for the Soviet after May' 1, according to reliable information. Czecho-Slovakia Is at present sending supplies to the Soviet under contracts concluded before September last. Armament factories are working at great pressure
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    45 13 Sir Robert Hodgson, who has since the Spanish war began, been British Agent at Burgos, has been appointed Charge d'Aflaires to Burgos pending the appointment of an ambassador. For the time being the Duke of Alba has been appointed Spanish Nationalist Charge d'AfTalres in London.—Reuter.
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    Formation Of "Iron Front"?
    277 13 JAPANESE TO MEET IN BERLIN London, Mag 2. THE News-Chronicle today states that a number of Japanese ambassadors and ministers will meet in Berlin tomorrow to discuss whether the still unsigned triple alliance of Italy, Germany and Japan can be so framed as to be directed
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    Italy Calls Up More Men
    185 13 Italy Calls Up More Men Move Described As Normal By Officials Rome, Mar. 2. DETWEEN 60,000 and 200,000 men, it is variously estimated, are i affected by notices posted today calling up to the colours men ol 1915 to 1918 classes. The calling up is officially described as "normal," affecting
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    770 CASUALTIES IN JAPAN DISASTER
    86 13 Ojaka, Mar. 2. TWENTY-TWO persons have been 1 killed, 569 injured and 153 are missing as the result of a big fire which broke out at Hirakatamachl, on the outskirts of Osaka, yesterday, following an explosion in. an army powder magazine. An official statement attributes
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    HEAD OF LIECHTENSTEIN SEES HERR HITLER
    59 13 Berlin, Mar. 2. DRINCE Franz Joseph of the little Principality of Liechtenstein arrived here today and was received by Herr Hitler at his Chancellory. It Is understood they discussed purely private matters, leaving talks of an economic nature to take place between Dr. Joseph
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    FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO BURGOS
    22 13 Paris, Mar. 3. jyiARSHAL PETAIN, who will be 83 In April, have appointed French Ambassador to Nationalist Spain.
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    UNPRECEDENTED PEACETIME BUDGET NEXT MONTH
    568 13 Why Income-Tax Increase In 1939 Is Regarded As Unlikely London, Mar. 3. CIR John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer, will be faced with an unprecedented peacetime total expenditure exceeding £1,250,000,000 to be found in the coming year when he introduces the Budget next month. As
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    54 13 Malta, liar. 2. A RECRUITING list fat Maltese artillery has been opened and a certain number of Maltese recruits i will be accepted for absorption in British overseas forces. The Malta garrison Is being brought up to full strength and two new barracks are being erected.— Keuter. OTHER CABLES Pages
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    189 14 Wot" To Uitferfeken cost or NEW T n IN JOHOrar ,-/wu Ef6 it 81 c 6 i. V r-.. in Mai v:. Ida v.^tr. ttca cding -.n jUi u<s. .Mi tO COtrtf Mw i i:- M win OMttUtrat c tana i M »h«iw i tti the
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    LOCAL DOCTORS GET MUNICIPAL POSTS
    91 14 LOCAL DOCTORS GET MUNICIPAL POSTS Bit locatij- NM t> siant inn m ,t.! bib nare b;v ppoMM 11.I 1 r. l:r J. I Ii t,, Th#v n inuinte n /\.i. I HMN to »n xji! x io »ra ie «.i iMflMt oi.iMt m o* it t-» M v» M Hi
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    AMUSEMENTS SINGAPORE
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    NEW FRENCH SOCIETY
    101 14 NEW FRENCH SOCIETY spp uiti t£ nan an mambo i ham in )>.. osaooli :n tamed r tba v-r r.-.ry. City in .v\ tyx ::_j d i i lit;: tO a! i .i.i.'t Ihfl '".at i:i v: a: tin ii v in "iC SJ:n Pih tad .< gin tba Ba
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    LEARNER RAN OVER POLICE LATFORM
    62 14 LEARNER RAN OVER POLICE LATFORM VJi -j-.ii< SEE J 112 t tnc vt ■■.'-■•.t raOlo I-" 1 t Ow 1 risen ;:i a i*q i i i It* in .>■. ■>< tbOl c c l ;-.;n to :>» i.; :c2c no t. w uiutb i rld» i-.-.-m. k nrutioti i
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    23 14 B nor.ci i.. tiauli B-Oaai m i7i.- i; V.- unm". ron ■■<> uadop i Ml tmn v j. r r<\- ■.<■ Consul Gooaj
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    Three Singapore Officers Leave On Motor Trip To Britain
    78 14 Three Singapore Officer s Leave On Motor Trip To Britain •pO drive from Calcutta to Eng- three Sin^a^ore Army R. S. Hay! i ot the R 'ja. Ici7. Blakani Las, or the Loynl Regi- Capt. Hawkin s tight -cyllndei touri tyj-e* wua I uc used, in „-.>■... i i era
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    PERAK STATE DRUMS BEAT
    117 14 PERAK STATE DRUMS BEAT Week Of Fcstiv: FEAST AT MOSQUE (Fr AlVEiif all :lu 1.. r r 1 tlox: uf n>- w) .•....•>• oi the, JUlati rr i li. i atcs- kg :i t.. <n ;.t r.vaaiug rhen t w 91» c IT »a ;eaU'r ,i i,-..... ixed. Tho ihn
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    PLANES PAINT CHIPPED IN TIMOR STORM
    72 14 PLANES PAINT CHIPPED IN TIMOR STORM |T /.i. t IiMM •>> j ;i i ouotere t- r.i rimoj :e?. J.I. tngtJ Od i ',< I 1 .co t I vi m ton '"I i m I uniDi-.v i |t« t i tit time Uxm&ti vi,. .i.. i T v., ICi
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    CZECH CONSUL SAYS GOODBYE
    40 14 CZECH CONSUL SAYS GOODBYE al S YHocU; >. ifti r Bun ;t- c i>d i.-ii i J t bar tJ m i m>i a<-. Bui t Ie b( pea neive !B b nt rti tin rr.-.i. i- ta Ho 5... Cnciio-S
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    STRONG HEAD WINDS DELAY FLYING-BOAT
    39 14 STRONG HEAD WINDS DELAY FLYING-BOAT eM^botu i (I* b«r< 01 >"f i;. i m ■-'r i i ■<•■' .ho hue an.. at Ii ,-j.. i.. i >„ i r.-. mn towi ie ■■■> v wai •0 W 1 I. :f it itfi
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    MORE GIFTS TO CHINA RELIEF FUND
    42 14 MORE GIFTS TO CHINA RELIEF FUND 18 ;i A 'ui.j ;n, M i .vv.rr;;. •..".•.i i-. 1U con i mtaou > i i '..< '.•.'tu Ui n i.t 6u« r-:e .v .-.c. i i i m*t* ~.uir ill .11? i Spit Tl r.w c.
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    AUSTRALIA'S "FLYING FAMILY" ARRIVES
    100 14 AUSTRALIA'S "FLYING FAMILY" ARRIVES rt J J oM •on hi Mi 1 t -> :u... ail 4.. 1. j 1 iv.: *v i sal i Cv« u»d j cJIy were. l i < a !,^v«, f. officer, wl are »oi,a and Itb L. i- c. i I t 11...ii.1 1.
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    R.A.F.PLANES IN PENANG
    11 14 R.A.F.PLANES IN PENANG V^t pix«feMeti rftmt i.v: ij I jjj t
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    CAPT. SPENCER COOPER LEAVES MALAYA
    10 14 CAPT. SPENCER COOPER LEAVES MALAYA t j v.. l the
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    DUNLOP AND MALAYA
    58 14 DUNLOP AND MALAYA T#> tdnaged In fctlncca AOM-W'irf ATI.'.. B I „,,|-.n ,i,, t i hnfnlftriifkvn ..-,1,.,. i,i im»tV^T*>d < i Mwtnn t J..1.., ••■:•■'-< riAfdWi itStf, 19t I :.ll „1o..«, -.> r .< i -.«g ..li.wl ttHnp tisyui „,i Ml „1.....,., 1 u,,^ v j >, ....'....n'. p vi
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    OVER 600 HOUSES VACANT LAST MONTH
    25 14 OVER 600 HOUSES VACANT LAST MONTH e«j «k fr nil .-1..W r .....I, rd rt ,.1,, rpply iiiw." '"-.ii ifj'i. »H!!t1« /..ii.-; 1 111.. -V-
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    KING'S SCHOOL
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    GENERAL DOBBIE'S EVIDENCE IN POLICE COURT CASE
    955 15 IVtvliminary Inquiry Into Charges Oi' Forgery Against Two Men <;.O.C. COMMODORE SAY SIGNATURES ON 'MINUTE P^PER" NOT THEIRS A MINUTE paper with a tag marked "urgent," and purporting to bear the signatures of the G.0.C., Malaya, the Commodore, Malaya, and the Civil Secretary,
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    American Cruiser Visiting Singapore
    55 15 i'ne V LOO-ton United States cruiser Marblehead, rchich. arrived at Singapore yesterday on a jour-day visit in the course of a cruise to Rangoon Irom the China Station. Marblehead's armament includes 10 six-inch gum and she carries two aircraft, she will call at Penang en route
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    Dinner For U.S. & British Naval Officers
    150 15 Dinner For U.S. British Naval Officers CONSUL-GENERAL AS HOST ON a cruise to Rangoon before returning to China, the 7,000ton U.S. cruiser Marblehead arrived at Singapore yesterday on a fourday visit. Marblehead, which is the same class as the three U.S. cruisers, which attended the opening of the Naval Base
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    MALAYS WANT TO BE AMBULANCE MEN
    143 15 Request Made To Retiring Brigade Chief CINGAPORE MALAYS have made a suggestion that they should be trained to form units of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, the retiring District Superintendent, Dr. J. S. Webster, told a Straits Times reporter before he sailed in the
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    CHINESE GIRL GUIDE IN HOLLAND
    36 15 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Mar. 1. A CHINESE Girl Guide Wm Jan Hie Ming, who is at nresent in Holland on a visit, Is arousing interi est In China's cause.
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    QUEEN PRAISES MALAYAN STAND AT EARLS COURT
    468 15 Particular Interest Shown In Rubber Section (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 20. "U/HAT an interesting stand exclaimed the Queen when she inspected the Malayan court of the Empire Section of the British Industries Fair at Earls Court today. Less distinguished visitors subsequently
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    36 15 Members of the Royal Society of St. George, Negri Sembilan Branch, are risked to note that the annual meeting to be held on Wednesday next is timed for 6.30 p.m. at the Sungei Ujong Club. I
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    SAVED FROM GALLOWS
    159 15 Clemency In Tampenis Case LIFE SENTENCE FOR CHINESE CENTENCED to death a year ago for the murder of his 16-year-old sweetheart, Yeo Hock Chen.?, 26-year-old Teochiu schoolteacher, has had the sentence commuted to one of penal servitude for life. This was made known yestercmy by the Colonial
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    "PREMIERE" AT THE PAVILION
    66 15 ■it The Cinema "Premiere" (John Lodge, Judy Kelly and Hugh Williams). Associated British. At the Pavilion. TTHIS loosely-knit story of murder in a theatre is only average entertainment. Its plot Is unconvincing and its best feature is the series of dance spectacles with which it is
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    N.I. KAPOK FOR MALAYA
    38 15 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Mar. 1. THE expert of kapok to Singapore is being promoted by the Department of Economic Affairs here. Licences for recent crops will be distributed on a large scale.
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    SECRETARY OF STATE ON "KEY" MEN IN MALAYA
    450 15 THE question of national service and key men in civilian occupations is discussed at length in a letter which has been received by the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, from Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, the Secretary of State for Colonies. In his letter, Mr.
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    Ambulance Chiefs
    41 16 Ai th parade of the St. John An ulance Hrir/atfc in Singapore on Wediu sday v ci c tfca (a o nngade •rhil; Mrs 11. Cherry. Lad'i District Officer, and Dr. J. 5. Singapore District Superintendent. Strarls Times picture.
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    S.C.B.A's New Ballot For Commissioner
    125 16 S.C.B.A's New Ballot For Commissioner ml'.mhkks ol the stcaiti Chinese nriti.sli Association have been notified that new ballot papers arc beimk lamed in connection with the election of a nominee for the vacancy on the Municipal commission The ballot which was to close to«I;iy will now dose on Wednesday. The
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    CHINESE ALLEGED TO HAVE MADE FALSE CHOPS
    1188 16 Charges Against Cantonese Goldsmith At Inquiry A PRELIMINARY inquiry into charges of forgery and cheating preferred against a middle-aged Cantonese goldsmith, Chow Vow Heng, was commenced before Mr. K. A. Blacker in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. The accused was alleged to
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    Katong Wedding
    40 16 Mr. Gerald Frank Whatley. of the Royal Artillery, Changi. and hh bride, formerly Kiss Cecilia Margaret Fernandez, Health Staff Nurse of the Infant Welfare Centre, Jarln, Malacca, after their wedding at the Church of the Holy Family, Katong
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    GOPENG PICNIC BY PLANE THIS SUNDAY
    125 16 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 1. /\N Sunday aeroplanes from the flying clubs cf Kuala Lump jr. Penang and Perak will land at Gopeng. Mr. J. D. Meak. of Perak. will be host to representatives from these clubs and will entertain them
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    EUROPEAN DISOBEYS TRAFFIC SIGNAL
    43 16 A EUROPEAN. J. A. Galvin, was yesterday fined $3 in the Singapore Traffic District Court when he pleaded I guilty to a charge of disobeying; traffic signal at the junction of Stamford Road and Bencoolen Street on Dec. 14.
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    JUDGE ON EVIDENCE AT WILL CASE HEARING
    336 16 Testimony Should Have Direct Bearing On Allegations DISAPPROVAL of the introduction of evidence which seemed to him not relevant was expressed by Mr. Justice Home in the Singapore High Court yesterday during the resumed hearing of the probate suit of Essooff Mohamed Salleh
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    Rubber Smuggling "Is Highly Lucrative"
    163 16 Rubber Smuggling "Is Highly Lucra tive" "nUBBER smuggling ij a highly lucrative business, and i!, Is my contention that there is not one twakow coolie in Singapore who is not conversant with the principles of rubber smuggling," said Mr. Wallace Kemp of the Excise Department to Mr. O. S. Rawiings,
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    160 17 Coffee-Shops And Cafes Too To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir— ln your issue of Feb. 28 I loticed that Dr. J. E. Smith has drawn he attention of the Government to he ab'.ise of the Liquor Ordinance by he owners of coffee-shops. I would like to
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    CHINESE PAWNSHOP SURPRISE
    136 17 Tv the EdltQT «t the Straits Times. grumb c that h lost a valuab'e thini Johore Rr.hru Chinese pawnshop by noi redeeming it within six months, having taksn It for -/ranted that the period had not elapsed according t> his rcckonlni Ho rever thought that the rrdemp:iod
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    UNPOLISHED RICE
    54 17 In thr F.difnr of the Straits Times. With nt( n -i--.1. 1 to the letter signed "Housewifi w -*>M be obliged if you will mention that we sell unpolished rice nnd can supply any quantity (first grade) We receive it ;rom the Government rice mill. B?.;^an i tC.,
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      THE TEMPERAMENTAL TUAN BESAR
      624 17 Realistic Instruction In the Classroom To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir- Tin long controversy over tbc subject of "stenographers and clerks in jour columns has decided me to enter the lists even against my better ]udgmen! Personally, I cannot and will not believe that'
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      ESTATE CLERKS AND CONDUCTORS
      327 17 Mr.Sathupathy'sCriticism j Answered Jo tlie Kdil'r of the Straits Times. Sir.— Mr. Sathupathys wholesale condemnation of estate .icrks and conductors will, I am suit. with the disapproval of the very people— the plaiurrj whom he Is so zealously defending. Have not eminent planters openly acknowledged the
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      CHINESE OR TAMIL ?
      64 17 CHINESE OR TAMIL To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,- With reference to the letter from "•Vayasam." Klang all I can say iS "Absolutely Right," and I have been in the country donkey's years and have handled all classes of latoarers. Yes! Chinese a3 well. No need of beating
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      BOOKKEEPING ON ESTATES
      79 17 In \lu Mttat »f thf Str.iiU Time* Sir. I si: 1 11 be-. Grateful lor .N^r.'V f a •:ivi- Mr. J. M. Sathupathy a my mind, inspired by his le I 1201 20 year.'.' experience as an iii I have been employed for n many p and
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      ANOTHER ENGLISHMAN ON EURASIANS
      528 17 EXPERIENCE IN MALAYA To the Editor of lht< Straits Times. Sir,— l should like to congratulate both '"Eurasian Woman' on her very excellent letter in the Stra ts Budget of Feb. 16 and the Straits Times for it.; courage and Impartiality in publishing this letter. Your
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    CRACK CHINESE UNITS HOLD UP NEW JAPANESE DRIVE
    252 18 Big-Scale Operations nesumed In The Yangtse Valley Chungking, Mar. 1. "RACK Chinese units are at present counter-attacking the Japanese on all fronts in the Yangtse Valley, checking the Japanese advance about 100 kilometres west of Hankow. The outbreak of large-scale fighting after
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    U.S. CRUISER TO TAKE JAPANESE HOME
    51 18 Washington, Mar. 1. j "JN his way back from the big naval; manoeuvres. President Roosevelt ■ir?icssed the Navy Department !ntructlng them to prepare a heavy raiser to carry Mr. Hirochi Sr.ito's body ack to Japan. Mr. Saito was formerly Japanese .mbassador to the United
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    'CASUALTY RATIO NOW REVERSED'
    136 18 Chungking, Mar. 1. THE longer China's armed res, is- tance against Japanese aggression continues, the more confident the Chinese people become over the outcome, Gen. Chen Cheng. Vice-Minister for War, told Miss Rose Terlin. American secretary of the World Christian Students Federation, who is on a
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    PAYMENT OF CHINA LOANS
    52 18 Shanghai. Mar. 2. IT is authoritatively stated that al- though payment on the AngloGerman Loan of 1908 was made ir London today, the position In regarc to the next payment, which is due or July 1 on the Reorganisation Loan ol 1913, has not yet been
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    German Adviser Back In China
    83 18 Messages To Officials In Chungking Chungking, Mar. 1. AFTER a sojurn of six weeks In Germany, Herr H. J. von Lochow, adviser to the Chinese Communications Ministiy, returned to Chungking today. Herr von Lochow's trip was devoted to giving first-hand information about present conditions and
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    CAMRANH BAY TO BE FORTIFIED?
    74 18 Only French Warships Allowed To Go There Hanoi, Mar. 2. ALL vessels except French warships have been prohibited from entering Camranh Bay. A decree concerning the matter was promulgated by the French IndoChina authorities on Saturday. While designating the prohibited area, exceptions were also announced
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    KWEICHOW CAPITAL TO BE REBUILT
    84 18 Air-Raid Carnage Echo Kweiyang, Mar. 1. JAPANESE planes and Japanese bombs cannot restrict In the least our boundless economic activity in the rear." said Mr. Wu Ting-chang, the Kweichow Governor, today, announcing the rebuilding of the provincial capital. Kweiyang was disastrously bombed by 18 Japanese
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    COMMUNIST DANGER IN JAPAN
    63 18 COMMUNISM will sweep Japan if she loses the war with China. This prediction was made at Vancouver by Sir Victor Sassoon. the Shanghai financier, when he left for Shanghai by the Empress of Japan. Japan could not expect Anglo-Ameri-can assistance In developing China if she was
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    TO END CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT
    62 18 riETERMINATION to eliminate cor- ruption and delinquencies in officialdom is voiced in a mandate issued by the National Government at Chungking. Emphasising the importance of clean government in the struggle for national i existence, the mandate enjoins the I officials to set a good moral
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    GEN. CHIANG'S MESSAGE TO HAINAN C.-in-C.
    70 18 Chungking. Mar. 1. r»EN. Chiang Kai-shek, In a message to Gen. Wang Vi, commander of the Chinese forces on Hainan Island, says: "Hainan is a strategic point in the Pacific which has attracted international attention since the Japanese landing. "You are responsible for the
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    RUMANIAN MINISTER LEAVING JAPAN
    39 18 Tokio, Mar. 2. T"HE Rumanian Minister to Japan 1 has received an order from his Home Government to return home, according to the Japan Times. He has stayed in Japan for ten years. Eastern News.
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    VICE-ADM. SIR PERCY NOBLE VISITS MACAO
    37 18 Hong Kong, Mar. 1. \7ICE-Adm. Sir Percy Noble, Com- mander-ln-Chlef of the China Station, yesterday visited Macao to interview the Portuguese Governor. He J returned to Hong Kong today.— Central News.
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    27 18 In view of the shortage of rice supplies in Kwangtung, the Provincial Government intends to lend $10,000,000 to the farmers to increase their production—Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    BRITISH SHIPPING MENACED BY FOREIGN COMPETITION
    625 19 'Action Required To Counteract It Before It Is Too Late' London, Mar. 2. "PROGRESS through action" was the watchword for shipping given by Mr. Robertson Gibb in his presidential address at the annual meeting of the British Chamber of Shipping, when he surveyed the
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    Canadian Premier And World Crisis
    91 19 Canadian Premier And World Crisis Ot'.awa. Mar. I. MB. W. 1.. Mackenzie Kin?, the Prime Minister, sharply intervened in a protracted debate in Parliament on defence contracts to nrce the need for haste. "We may at any moment be called uron to consider questions far larger than any we have
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    BIG FLOOD NEAR LONDON AVERTED
    101 19 BIG FLOOD NEAR LONDON AVERTED Terrific Explosion At Vtraeduct London, Mar. 2. A TERRIFIC explosion, audible for a radius of ten miles, occurred early ,hia morning at an aqueduct over one of London's most important arterial roads at Willesden. The aqueduct carries the Grand Union Canal over the road. A
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    AIDING GERMAN JEWS TO EMIGRATE
    71 19 Berlin, Mar. 1 A CENTRAL Government office to facilitate the emigration of Jews i has been established here, according to an official announcement. An agreement has been reached with the Jewish Cultural Community tan organisation permitted to Jews for purposes of entertainment and, culture) whereby
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    "HANDS OFF AFRICA" CONFERENCE
    42 19 Bulawayo. Mar. 2. THE "hands olf Africa" conference today unanimously passed a resolution requesting the British Government to oppose cession of any African mandated territories, British territory or any territory whatever, to the Nazi or Fascist Powers Reuter.
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    HOME SOCCER FIXTURES
    205 20 A MKNDED fixtures in the English soccer leagues for tomorrow are: FA. CUP—SIXTH ROUND Wolves vs. Everton. Huddersfleld vs. Blackburn. Portsmouth vs. Preston. Chelsea vs. Grimsby. FIRST DIVISION Arsenal vs. Bolton. Aston Vil:a vs. Birmingham. Blackpool vs. Preston. Brentford vs. Charlton. Derby County vs. Chelsea. Everton vs.
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    USEFUL B.P.
    78 20 A general meeting of members of the Useful Badminton Party (both Kampong Bahru and Pasir Panjang sections) will be held at Mr. Tan Hye Leong's lesidence, 135, Nelson Road, on Sunday at 12 o'clock noon. Among ts.e discussions will be the question of the party's forthcoming sixth anniversary
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    HOME RUGBY
    13 20 Hcme rugby match played yesterday resulted: East Midland? 11, Barbarians 23—Rcuter.
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    WOMEN'S SWIMMING RECORD BROKEN
    71 20 The women's world championship title for 500 metres breast-stroke, which the young Belgian swimmer, Yvonne Van Dekerckhove had broken at Ostend only four weeks ago from the Danish swimmer. Inge Soerensen, was recaptured by the latter at Copenhagen on Sunday. Miss Sosrensen considerably lowered the time
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    AMERICAN'S QUICK RISE TO GOLF FAME
    335 20 Sam Snead Was Unknown Three Years Ago Los Angeles, Feb. 20. QNLY three quick years removed from the obscurity of his native West Virginia Hills, swinging Sammy Snead won the Harry Vardon memorial trophy and official recognition as America's foremost professional golfer. The slope-shouldered
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    BOY SOCCER PLAYERS
    477 20 Exploitation By League Clubs London, Feb. 17. '"THE exploitation of boy players, which is such an unwelcome feature of professional football, is causing so much disquiet that it is to be made the subject of an official campaign, backed, it is hoped, jby the Football Association. The
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    Y.M.C.A. CRICKET
    63 20 The following have been selected to play cricket for the V.M.C.A. Junior Department against the Anglo-Chin-ese School on Thursday, on the Prince Edward Road Ground: J. B. Shaw (Captain), B. M. Barker, Mohideen. L. Newman, L. Aeria, T. Hale. G. J Moxon, Edward Wee, S. Shlrazie, M D.
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    RUGBY LEAGUE
    14 20 Widnes lost three-nine to Liverpool in a home rugby league match yesterday.—Reuter.
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    HARTLEY SCORES FOUR FOR UNITEERS
    332 20 Jacks Beaten In B.H.L. Soccer Yesterday IJI HARTLEY, Uniteers right winger was mainly reaponsiUh; for his side beating the Jacks' Sports Club by seven goals to nil at the stadium yesterday in a B.H.L. match, which was rather one-sided. Hartley's centring, shooting and positioning was
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    PERAK T. C. SKYE MEETING
    130 20 THE Perak Turf Club will hold Its Easter skye meeting for 1939 in Saturday. Apr. 8, and Monday, Apr. 10. There will be two runs each for horses class 5 and ponies classes 2 and 3. Entries close at 3 p.m. on Monday. Apr. 3.
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    S.A.F.A. SOCCER
    110 20 I The following S.A.F.A. matches j have been arranged: I Royal Engineers vs. Malays, Anson I Road stadium, today, 5.15 p.m. I Siong 800 Athletic Association, S.C. F.A. League champions vs. The Rest S.C.F.A.. in aid of the China Relief Fund. Anson Road stadium tomorrow. j 5.15 p.m.
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    THE SPORTS DIARY
    20 20 TODAY Soccer: RE. vs. Malays, Stadium; S.C.C. vs. R.A.P.. S.CC. Golf: R.S.G.C. women?' c'aampion-hip finals. Tennis: V.M.C.A.
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    NETHERLANDS BOXERS FOR EAST
    94 20 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Feb. 28. A WELL-KNOWN Rotterdam promoter, Sanders, is to make a tour of the N.I. with four Netherlands' boxing champions, the brothers Dekker. Bep Donnar and Lagrand, one of the candidates for the European-flyweight title. It is Sanders' intention to bring
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    Y.M.C.A. TENNIS RESULTS
    92 20 Yesterday's results in the V.M.C.A tennis tournament are as follows: "B" Class C. Resty beat Lauw Pek Jin. 6—3 4—6, 6—3. A. Pakir beat K. M. R. Menoti B—6. 6-4. A. Manasseh beat Dan van Ngo. 6-4 6—3. "A" Class A. Llm beat Dr. P. L. Loh.
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    Y.M.C.A. SOCCER
    67 20 I The following have been seiecteu to j play soccer for the V.M.C.A. Junior Dcjpartment against Oldham Hall on Monday, on the Prince Edward Poad ground: Edward Wee; Wee Aik Chan (capn. G. J. Moxon: Phoa Watt Seng. S. Deans. F. L. Wong; D. R. Yetton. Vow Wall
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    CRICKET TEAMS
    45 20 The following will represent Fort Canning at cricket vs. Indian Association at Balestier Road on Saturday at 2.30 p.m. Major Bird leapt), Sgt. Howling, SSsjt. Wilton, Lieut. Ewens, FlLieut. Marchbank. Sst. Tristram, Lieut. Griffiths. LCpl. Turner. LCpl. TelforJ, IPte. Curtis and Sgt. Baker.
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    Farr To Fight Burman Again
    63 21 London, Mar. 2. TOMMY Farr has «gned a 1 contract to fight the American Red Burman in London during April. The date is likely to be the 13th or 20th.—Reuter. Less than six weeks ago Farr was outpointed by Burman in what was said to
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    HENRY ARMSTRONG TO FIGHT IN LONDON
    352 21 USNRY ARMSTRONG, negro boxing phenomenon from California, who is the holder of the world light and welter-weight championships, may fight in London in defence of one of his crowns, at least, during May or June. He is to sail for England early in April,
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    SPRINGGIT HARRIERS
    226 21 Malacca European Cross Country Runners (From Our Own C3rresr>ondent) Malacca, Mar. 2. Formed In March last year, the Gpringeit Harriers of Malacca, will 'shortly celebrate their first annivrrisary with a special cross-country meet lon the occasion of their 52nd weekly outing. Since their formation last year, rrpular outings
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB
    20 21 The March Medal will be played rot on Saturday and Sunday at ths Keppel I Golf Club.
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    HINDU ASSOCIATION SOCCER TEAM
    57 21 The fallowing players are requested to play for the Hindu Association at tho S H B. ground against the S.H.B. in a friendly game of soccer, on Saturday. Ruguram, Veorappen, Pillai, A. H. David, G. Ranatu:i:a. Ramoo, Sungaran. Paul Davis. Shunmugam, Muthiah. A Sankaran, Muthuveloo M.
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    Cambridge Crew For Boatrace
    73 21 Cambridge, Mar. t. TTHE boatrace crew to meet Oxford on Apr. 1 will be C. Addison, Rodorough and Pembroke, bow A. Turner, Cranleigh and Corpus A. Burrough, St. Pauls and Jesus J. Savil, Radley and Jesus 11. Parker, Tabor Academy and Trinity Hall J. Ti rnbull,
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    England's Final Test Team
    127 21 Durban, Mar. 2. ENGLAND'S team for the final Test match against South Africa beginning tomorrow is: Hammond. Valintine. Gibb, Farms Edrich, Hutton, Paynter. Perks. Verity. Wright, and Ames. Twelfth man: Yardley. There had been some doubt about Paynters fitness after his retirement in th 3 Natal
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    ISLAND GOLF CLUB
    62 21 The women's eclectic competition at the Island Golf Club resulted in a yin for Mrs. E. H. Walker with a score of 24. Following are some of the best scores: Mrs. E. W. Walker 24 Mrs. K. C.*u 27 Mrs. R. Llm 27 Mrs. J. G. Currle
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    26 21 Mr. J. S. A. Lewis, President cf thi Taiping District Hockey Association. and well-known local sportsman, 1 leaving on transfer to Port Dickson early next month.
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    262 23 THE MERCURY V-8 •T^HE newest ear in motordom— the Mercury V-B— has been announced by Ford Motor Company of Malaya, Ltd. as its ronroser.tativc in the medium price field. Both in size and price range, the W V-8 tikes its place b the Deluxe Ford
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    936 23 Top Gear Power, Acceleration And Stability pRACTICAL demonstration has already proved the Humber Super Snipe to possess remarkable top gear performance, and its manufacturers arc justified in advancing the model as virtually gearle.^."' The direct ratio on this car suffices for all
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    GERMAN SCHEME IS REJECTED
    80 23 Emigration Of Jews London, Mar. 2. MR. Robert PelJ, vice-director of the Inter-Governmental Committee on Refugee Problems, will leave London for Berlin within a few days to continue talks on the emigration of Jews from Germany. The views of the Evian powers have now been received
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    205 24 NEW FEATURES The Admiralty has released this drawing of the Navy's £7,500,000 battleship King: George V., which was launched by the King last month at Walker-on-Tyne. She is the first British battleship for 13 years. The drawing, by the naval artist
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