The Straits Times, 6 March 1939

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    40 1 FINAL EPTN. The Straits Times. [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1939 PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS
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      144 1 CJNGAPORE: 140 CECIL ST i PHONE 6471). See MIEN CHONG SMART TAILORING *J J Coloman St. Singapore. Phone 4816 /T\ FOR YOUR ELECTRICAL r-pm REQUIREMENTS. Please send your enquiries to: THE 3ORHSQ CO..LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENANG MALACCA. •a=^=n=zr I— never mm cold saves mess arid work make, washing-up
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • Obituary
      DEATH.
      87 2 KHOO—Mr. Khoo Phee Soon, aged 77 passed away peacefully at his residence No. 146, Carpmael Road, on March 5, 1939, at 8 p.m. He leaves benind him 5 sons Messrs. Khoo Peck Hock, Peck Enh, Peck Guan. Peck Cheng and Peck Khye, 2 daughters and 2 sons-in-law, Mrs. Chua
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      599 2 McCULLOCH.— At the Maternity Hospital. Singapore, on March 4. 1939, to Constance wife of J. N. McCulloch, a daughter. SITUATIONS VACANT When applying (oi any position advertised IB thexe columns send copies oi testimonials Do not send originals. FIRST CLASS SALESMAN With Si.und knowledge of Gent's Shoe Trade. Apply Box
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      667 2 SITUATIONS WANTED ENERGETIC CHINESE, several years experience in livestock, and holding I.C.S. Diploma in Poultry Farming, seeks appointment as Veterinary Inspector or Instructor in Farming enterprise. Box 876 Straits Times. ENGLISHMAN. 10 years experience Rubber Dealing. Godown and Offlce Management, Company Secretarial work etc.. recently returned from leave, some capital,
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      894 2 HOUSES FLATS. TO LET ACCOMMODATION for Bachelor European In private homo Oarage. Tennis Court Telephone. Apply Box No. 901 8. Times. MODERN COMPOUND HOUSE No. 8 Anderson Road (Tanglinl. Rent $135/-. Apply Yeo Chiang Swee, 'phone 7405 TO LET* comfortable newly erected residential flats at Nos. 224/230. Tanjong Pagar Road
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      701 2 MISCELLANEOUS ll VMS! BEAUTY PARLOUR Hairdressers removed to 3:2, Tanjong Katong Road near Katong Post Office. Now the b:st ell wave $5 only children $3 and $4. PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL ASSETS Form your business Into a Limited Company and expand. Expert advice free. Box 577 Q. P.O.. Singapore. For Malayan
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      660 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Miss HANA GO. WATERLOO STREET, Telephono 7467. INSTITIT'T SOEKABOEM I Europcesche Lagere School met lntcrnaat voor Jongcns en melsjes Opleiding toelatings examens voortgezet onderwijs door bevoegde lecrkrachten. Kinderen de Mulo bezoekende kunnen cveneens gcplaatsd worden. Landsdienaron genieten kinder* toelage.
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      647 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporated In England.) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. Co. MAIL PASSENOER AND CARGO SERVICES OUTWARD ttvOM LONDON FOB CHINA AND JAPAN Tonnage Due Spore. > SOMALI 6.800 Mar. 10 CORFU ***** Mar. 10 CHITRAL 15.000 Mar 24 CARTHAGE 15.000 Apr. 1 BANGALORE 6.000 Apr.
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      530 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS mcoroorated in Jamm GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD, TO LONDON Penmg, Colombo. Aden, Suei. Pert SaM Naples, Marseiltes, Gibraltar, London. Antwerp. Rotterdam and Bamburi Vessels Tonnage Due Sail 1 KASIMA MARU ....9,900 Mar. 16 17 HAKONE MARU 10,400 Mar. 29 30 HUSIMI MARU 10.900 Apr
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      605 3 HOLIDAY CRUISES TO< BANGKOK SAIGON Bj Lnznrloui One Class Motontalpa Displacement Tons From Penant P. Sham Malacca Spore nus. "MEONIA" (11.000) 14/3 13/3 16 Z 18 3 IU "AI.SIA" (IS.SM) 11 5/4 8 4 8/4 m.s "SELANDU" (13,(MK» J5/4 26 4 tl 4 89/4 NEXT HOLIDAY CRUISE March 18th, 1939
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      693 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building, Colljer Quay Singapore Tel SI SI. Chartered Bank Building. Penan Tel 1360. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES. LONDON. N. CONTINENT AM) OIAMOW (In conjunction with the Glen Unr) Due Salt* GLENEARN /liars, L'don, Dunkirk, Adam. H'burg, Ant. Mldd. Mar. 8 Mar. 10 PATROCLUS Mars.
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      FROM MALACCA
      117 4 Correspondence (or transmission by air via "Netherlands" must be fully prepaid and clearly superscribed "By K.LM." Malls will close from Malacca as follows: Today. Slam, Burma, India, Iraq, Palestine, Egypt, Mauritius, Europe, Oreat Britain, Ireland, N. It 8. America, E. i S. Africa. Nigeria and Oold Coast by
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      "APPEASEMENT" OF U.S. BUSINESS
      183 4 Removal Of "TradeDamping" Taxes Washington, Saturday. 1*HE readiness of Congress to co- operate with the Administration in removing trade-damping taxes is proved by a joint letter to Mr. Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury, from Mr. Harrison, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Mr. R.
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      GERMAN MOTOR-CAR INDUSTRY
      50 4 Berlin, Mar. 5. •THE German motor-car Industry has 1 been placed completely under the control of the commissioner for that industry. From now on motor vehicles and trailers may be manufactured only 11 the factory obtained a permit, and the commissioner determines the types and power. Reuter.
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      MARNIX VAN SINT ALDEGONDE
      27 4 The Marnix van Saint Aldegonde from Europe, will berth at the wharves at noun tomorrow, and will sail the same day for Java.
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      273 4 Air Mail Arrivals And Departures ■MMM Weamea: Fram Peaaag, Ipoh. and Kuala Lumpur Arrives everv evening K.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives tomorrow even Inf. K.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. Qantsu: From Australia: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. Imperial: From Europe: Dae Wednesday morning. K.N.I.L.M.: From Netherlands IndieArrives Tuesday afternoon. K.N.I.L.M.: From
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      253 4 Totfay Pontianak (Raub) 2 p.m. Tomorrow Philippine Islands (Java) ..Ham. Indo-China (K.N.l.L.M.) ..11.30am Aden .imperial) 4 y m East Alrica (Imperial) 2 pjn South Africa (Imperial) 2 p.m Burma (lmaeriaJi 2 p.m. Wh-le Canada (Imperial) 2 did China Hoihow (Imperial) 3 pjn. Egypt. Sudan and Palestine Imperial
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      SURFACE MAILS EXPECTED
      31 4 Mails from Holland etc. expected tomorrow, Mar. 7, by M. van St. Aldegonde. Mails from Europe (London mails) expected tomorrow, Mar. 7, by AJax. Delivery parcels are uncertain.
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      MONEY FOR U.S. DEFENCE
      71 4 Washington, Mar. 3. THE Hou.se of Representatives today passed a Bill, which has been forwarded to the Senate, for appropriating 5500,000,000 for the War Department, including funds to purchase 784 aeroplanes as part of President Roosevelt's air force expansion programme. The Bill was passed with almost
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      BRITISH TROOPS CAPTURE ARMS
      84 4 Jerusalem, Mar. 5. A LARGE quantity of contraband was captured by a detachment of the 2nd West Surrey Regiment while searching a hilly area near Tulkarm, believed to be Arab terrorists headquarters. The contraband included nine rifles, 2,000 cartridges, 200 sticks of gelignite and detonators and
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    Wall Street Quotations
    428 4 New York, Mar. 4. 'THE following quotations were those ruling when the Stock Exchange closed today:— DOW-JONES AVERAGES Yesterday's Today's Clone. Close. Changes 30 Industrials 148.76 143.49 up .73 20 Rails 33.00 32.98 off .02 IS Utilities 26.05 26.09 Up .04 40 Bonds 91.42 91.47 up .OS
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    BROKERS' COMMENT
    262 4 SWAN CULBERTSON AND FRITZ report on Saturday's New York markets After an early advance which carried the composite average to new highs since Jan. 6 and numerous individual Issues to their best figures for 1939. stock prices turned irregular during the late trading with activity decreasing on the
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    PASSENGERS FROM EUROPE
    66 4 THE following passengers for Malaya are In Meonia which Is due in Penang from Europe on Mar. 14: Mr. J. M. Lewis, Mrs. J. M. Lewis, Dr. A. Seefeldt, Mrs. A. Seefeldt, Miss Dorothea Serfeldt, Miss Doris Seefeldt. Mrs. J. M. M. Banister, Mrs. J. M. Coltait,
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      646 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In F.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433. Passage 5431. CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED. (Incorporated in England) FARES~ SINGAPORE/EUROPE First and Cabin class from £106.7.9 Second class from £74.14.3 AROUND THE WORLD FARES BY C.P.R. First and Cabin Class Tourist Class From £181.13.4 From £125.19.8 Direct connection with Canadian
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      734 4 TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. TENDERS are invited for the supply ot labour and explosives for quarrying, sledging and loading granite at Mandai Quarry for a period of one year. Form of Tender, etc. may be obtained at the Municipal Engineer's Office on payment of a deposit of $100. For further particulars,
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      315 4 TIDE TABLE SINGAPORE TodJiy H. W. 10.58 a.m. 9.9 ft.; 11.39p.m. 9 rt L. W S a.m. 2.S ft.; 5.29 p.m. 0.5 ft. Tuesday H. W. 11.43 a.m. 10 ft. L. W. 5.37 a.m. 1.8 ft.; 6.05 p.m. 0.8 ft. Wednesday H. W. 00.12 a.m. 9.2 ft.; 12.27 p.m. 9.9
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    "JAPAN'S BID TO CONTROL CHINA HAS FAILED'
    500 5 Cantonese Guerilla Leader Relates His Experiences Chungking. EFFORTS of the Japanese to gain control of China's economic resources by occupying the key cities and the lines of communication have been futile, according to General Yeh Ting, Commander-in-Chief of the new Fourth Route Army,
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    JEWISH EXODUS FROM DANZIG BEGINS
    74 5 Spectators Arrested Danzig, Mar. 3. FIVE HUNDRED Jewish emigrants have left for a secret destination. The first of several batches, they departed in lorries by families early this morning. Each perscn vas allowed to carry only a rucksack previously examined by the Customs. Police allegedly
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    31 5 Moscow, Mar. 3. The Soviet has decided to withdraw its representative from the London Non-intervention Committee because the '•Committee has long ceased to function and its existence has become meaningless." Reuter.
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    Hitler At Launch Of New Battleship
    31 5 Herr Hitler arriving at Hamburg, where he attended the launching o.' German's first post-war 35,000-ton battleship. The ship was named Bismarck, after the Iron Chancellor.
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    CLIPPER CHRISTENED WITH SEA WATER
    96 5 Washington, Mar. 3. "T^HE new 74-passenger flying-boat which will begin a regular transAtlantic service for Pan-American Airways within a few weeks was christened the "Yankee Clipper" by Mrs. Roosevelt at the Anacostla Naval Air Station yesterday. Instead of the usual cnampagne she used a vial
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    50 ADMIRALS GIVE PRIVATE DINNER
    47 5 London, Mar. 3. PIFTY brother admirals entertained at dinner last night in London the Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Chatfleld. on the recognition of his recent appointment as Minister for Co-ordination of Defence. At Lord Chatfleld's request there were no speeches. Reuter.
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    45 5 The first reunion of the First Battalion and Second Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters since 1899. when at the time of the South African War they met lor a few days at Malta, will take place this week at Bordon camp in Hamshire British Wireless.
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    WANG CHING-WEI NOT GOING ABROAD ?
    105 5 WANG CHING-WEI NOT GOING ABROAD Japanese Report Of Hanoi Parley Hong Kong, Mar. 3. ACCORDING to a report received here from Hanoi, Mr. Wang Chlng-wel has rejected the advice of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek to go abroad. Expressing his nrm determination to continue his peace movement, Mr. Wang is reported to
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    31 5 The production of motor spirit in the United Kingdom from coal has about doubled in the last four years, stated the Secretary for Mines in the House of Commons.— British Wireless.
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      211 5 C. G. GERMICIDE win* Germ killing Te«t 6—l.6 1 Actually six times stronger than pure Carbolic Acid. SAFE SURE SATISFACTORY. For all General Medial and Domestic Purposes. 75 cts. $1.50 per bottle From all Chemists and Stores. Sole Distributors: GRAFTON LABORATORIES LTD. Singapore Kuala Lumpur, In Gold Leaf Tea— "water
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      391 5 Quick Relief from RHEUMATIC TWINGES The hcry, pienu,,, pain j 1 Rheumatism it oo respecter of time* or seasons. It crlppj** yo" at unexpected, awkward moments l'h« hideous 0"ony when you try to bend, stoop or lift a limb m«::-s the finest d.iy a mockery. You can't enjoy yoi^- holidays,
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      128 5 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 225 metre*. ZHP 30.96 metres. p.m. 5.00 Gambos music. 5.30 Cantonese drama. 6.10 Cantonese children's programme. 6.30 Cantonese drama.* 7.00 Song and pianoforte recital. 7.30 Time, weather and news announcements. 7.45 "Songs That Won the War." 8.00 "The Motor Show." A programme of non-stop variety. t
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      272 5 EMPIRE STATION TRANSMISSIONS' 2 AND 3. TODAY GSH tl 43 mc/i (13.91 m.)i GSQ 1?.7< ■set (18.86 m.); GSF 15.14 me (19.82 m.) GSJ 21.63 me/i (13.93 m.): G8D IMS me ,•>--• m.1 p.m. 6.05 Big Ben. B.B.C. Northern Orchestra. 6.50 Music Hall.* 7.50 Excerpts from light opera. t 8.20
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      347 5 N1R0M TODAY FDA 604 mt'i (49.6 m.1. YDB 965 oc'i (31.20 m YDB 11.86 me'» (25.3 m PMN 10.26 mo'i (29.2 m.). p.m. 4.50 Programme preview. Orchestre NapoUtain. 5.50 For the children. 6.20 The English operetta. 6.50 Anew -news. Song recital: Mrs. A. Coster (soprano). 7.40 How a small nation
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      459 6 RUBBER STRONGER ON GOOD DEMAND SHARES STEADY AT OPENING By Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Mar. 6. THE market closed last week on a very steady tone and maintaining the rises recorded during the week. At the opening this morning these conditions are still present. Rubber was stronger
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      EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES
      95 6 TOURING the week ending Feb. 25. 1939, exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan p:>rts amounted to 33,042 cases, of which: 25,211 (76 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom, 350 <one per cent.) cases to Europe. 4.150 (13 per cent.) cases to Canada. and 3.331
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        MINING
        568 6 All snares quoted above are fully paid issud v<u. riaset si uu. Lyai) I Buyers Sellers Buyers 4/- AmDat Tin 3/6 4/- 3/6 5/- Austral Amal 4/6 5/- 4/8 Kl Auatrai Maiay 39/- 44/-xd 40/5/- Ayei Hiiari 21/- 22/- 21/6 1 Ayej Wcr.g 0.68 0.73 0.6C £1 Bangrtc Tin
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        GENERAL
        429 6 i i me* anci ura. 1.30 1.40 1.3?'/ 2 1.40 2 2 do Ikf Prefs 2.20 2.30 2 22<-i 2 30xd 10 10 Atlas Ice 4.75 5.25 5.00 550 1 1 B. M Broadcasting 0.50 0.60 10 5 B M. Trustee 3.75 7.50 n tl Con T. e 7%
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS
        251 6 37* Maynara It Co. Ltd. $30,000 Int. Apr. 30 Oct. 31 90 iuo norn SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL UMJi red 1940 $400,000 int Mar 31 Sept. 30 102% 103% norn 1907 red 1947 J1.600.000 Int Mar 31 Sept 30 108 V, 110 norn l&dfc red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int Mar.
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        RUBBER SHARES
        390 6 (Shares are £1 unlftss otherwise stated) Allenby 1.25 1.30 1.25 1.35 AJor Gajah 0.90 0.97> /2 0.95 1.05 AmaJ Malay 1.40 1.45 1.45 1.55 Ayer Hltam 0.90 1.00 0.90 1.00 Ayei Molek 0.92 «'•> 0.97> 2 0.95 1.05 Ayc-r Panas 1.25 1.35 1.30 1.35 3assett 0.54 0.58 0.54
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN
    83 6 Monday, Mar. 6, noon. No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) 28' 29«6 No. IX R.S.S. f.o.b. in cases March 29! s 29 5/1G G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales March 2813/16 2815/16 F.A.q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales March 28'* 28*i FUTURE QUOTATIONS No. IX R.S.S. on Registered
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    EXCHANGES
    184 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 54 3/16 Montreal demand 54 5/16
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    FACTORS INFLUENCING WALL STREET
    469 6 Swan, Culbertson's Weekly Review |N a weekly report on the New York Stock market, issued this morning, Swan, Culbertson and Fritz, write: Further Improvement was registered on the American security markets during the past week and on Saturday the Dow-Jones 65 stock average closed at its
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    FEBRUARY RUBBER IMPORTS
    65 6 JMPORTS of rubber info the Straits Settlements in February totalled 13,889 tons, compared with 19,049 tons in January. Of the February imports, 5,352 tons were received from the Netherlands Indies 5,599 tons from Siam 1,245 tons from Sarawak 834 tons from French Indo-China 519 tons from Burma
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    SUCCESS OF B.I FAIR
    124 6 LARGE ORDERS FROM FOREIGN BUYERS TTT London, M?r. 5. (THE British Industries Fair which I has now closed has been one of the itnost notable in the 24 years of its history. A large volume of foreign orders has been taken in all sections and the
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    LONDON MONEY MARKET
    96 6 Bank's Gold Reserves Revalued London, Mar. 5. ynt outstanding event of the week on the monej' market was bringing the Bank return into line with the new Currency and Bank Note Act as a result of which cold siocks r.re rained at £226,400,^00 against £126,400 000 last
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    LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE
    89 6 London, Mar. 4. The fallowing were today 1 closing mean rates Paris 176 57 64 Athens 517. New York 4.38 2.V32 Rio 3 1/16 Montreal 4.70 -7* sellers official Brussels 27.36 Belgrade 209 Oeneva ...2162>^ Bucharest 6 rx> Amsterdam 8 82*.. Buenoj Aires 20.31 M"j»n 89'» Montevideo
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      36 6 "I hoe everything that's old old /hands, •Id timts, old manner*, old books." And need one s&y, the magnificent Whisky called Old Rarity" CUAHANTftD 15 YEAR.S OLD McALISTER CO. LTD. Sal* Agent for 5.S. FMS f
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      OVERSEAS TRADE JUMPS $17,691,000 IN JANUARY
      203 7 Imports $54,885,000: Exports $49,877,000 4 SHARP rise in Malaya's overseas trade in Janvary is disclosed in the official statistical returns issued by the Registrar-General of Statistics on Saturday. The total value Has risen by $17,691,000 to $104,762,000 compared with $87,071,000 in December. Imports at
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      HIGHEST SINCE MARCH 1938
      237 7 Larger shipments of rubber In January compared with December is mainly responsible for the rise of ."?6,000,000 in the value of export?. January shipments totalled 43,332 inns compared with 32.901 tons in December but the average Singapore price of rubber in January was fractionally below that
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      WHOLESALE TEXTILE TRADE AGAIN UP
      87 7 Stocks Fall In January THE Deeemoez trade improvement is shown to have been well maintained in the January returns compiled by the Wholesale Textile Association in collaboration with tte Bank of England. Net home sales record a bigger increase tor January than for a long
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      RAILWAY REVENUE RISES IN JANUARY
      76 7 REVENUE con. :eci by the F M S Railways in January was $165,413 more than in December but $280,428 vi in January 1938, the figures $1,268.64}. 51. 103.231 and $1 549.072 respectively. Passenger and parcel traffic acd for $419,317 in January; goods accounted for $579,987
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      GERMAN MOTOR-CAR SALES A RECORD
      114 7 Exports Greater In 1938 Berlin, Feb. 21. PRODUCTION and sales by the Gerl man motor-car industry expanded in 1938. Total output of all motordriven vehicles was 571.929 or 9 per :ent. more than in 1937. Aggregate iales at Rm. 1,260 millions 'about e 105,000.000 at
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      45 7 THE importation into Great Britain of £1,197,865 gold from the Soviet Union and the export from the United Kingdom of £1.279.537 to the United States were the leading bullion movements in the four days to midday Feb. 20. Total imports were £1.306,149 and exports £1.315,709.
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      World Rubber Stocks Rise 15,000 Tons In January
      221 7 ABSORPTION RATE MAINTAINED: EXPORTERS EXCEED QUOTA (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 5. II7ORLD rubber stocks outside the regulated areas, includ- ing those in the hands of manufacturers in the United Kingdom, increased by 15,006 tons in January, according to statistics issued
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      FEBRUARY RUBBER SHIPMENTS
      50 7 r\V 43,497 tons of rubber shipped from Malayan ports in February, 21,545 tons were consigned to the United States; 7,899 tons to the Continent of Europe; 6,770 tons to the United Kingdom 3,278 tons to British Possessions 2.842 tons to Japan and 1.1K3 lons to other countries.
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      NEW MAURETANIA
      286 7 Electric Equipment Wonders NEVER has a liner been equipped with so many electrical wonders as the Cunard White Star new liner Mauretanla now completing at Blrkenliead. Passengers who travel :n this vessel will have at their disposal innumerable electrical services ranging from an Atlantic telephone service to a
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      27 7 Canada supplies approximately 90 per cent, of the nickel used In the world today, practically all of It comir.g from the famous Sudbury region in Northern Ontario.
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
      122 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore Mar. 4 1 p.m. Books Company Dividend Close nil Total for Date Ex. Dlv financial rear Payable Date to date Austral Malay 9d. No. 48 3d. bonus Feb. 24 Aycr Weng 5'o int. Mar 6 Katu 6d. No. 24 Mar. 10 Kramat Pulai
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      CHINESE SUCCESS IN WEST HUPEH
      45 7 .l-iiing, •jjiurda.y. T resumed lighting in western Itupeh Province is developing favourably for the Chinese on all tiire,' sectors. Chinese claim to have repulsed h Japan— c after a large-scale Casualties <;n both sld^-a are heavy Sin Chew Jit Poh
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      TIN STATISTICS FOR 1938
      411 7 CONSUMPTION FALLS 24 PER CENT. •TPHF. February issue of the statistical bulletin, published by The Hague Office of the International Tin Research and Development Council, gives the following information (figures in brackets refer to the corresponding period of the previous year) World tin production In 1938
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      195 7 Singapore. Mar. t. noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler $7.50 Hamburg Cube $13.50 Java Cube $12 00 Pepper White Muntok $13.75 White $13.25 Black 8.75 Copra x Mixed $3.50 Sun Dried $3.80 Sajo Flour No. 1 Lingga $2.35 Fair $2.32»/z Sarawak $2 30 Jelotong Palembang $6.50 Banja $7.00 Sarawak
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    VEILED DIPLOMATIC MOVES CONTINUE IN EUROPE
    640 9 Growing Opposition To Nazi Domination Reported London, Mar. 5. THE present period of apparent quiescence is not lacking in diplomatic activity which is none the less interesting for being partly veiled. Diplomatic correspondents do not expect any overt development until the Spanish war is
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    198 9 Washington, Mar. 5. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT stressed the benefits enjoyed by Americans under their democratic form of government and compared them with those of peoples "living under personal rule" when he addressed Congress on the occasion of its 150th birthday. Mr. Roosevelt added, "The United States will
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    HITLER "MADE A VERY GOOD SOLDIER"
    64 9 HITLER "MADE A VERY GOOD SOLDIER New York, Mar. 5. CAPT. Wiedemann, who has arrived here en route to San Francisco where he will take up the duties of Consul-General. declined to discuss politics and said his only aim was "goodwill." Conversing with reporters he said that Hitler "made a
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    NEW U.S. AMBASSADOR TO MOSCOW
    103 9 Washington, Mar. 5. It is reliably learned that President Roosevelt has appointed Mr. Laurence Steinhardt at present Ambassador to Peru, as Ambassador to Moscow, a post which has been vacant since June, when Mr. O. Davies was transferred to Belgium. The State Department announced that
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    CHINA-RUSSIA AIR SERVICES SOON
    68 9 Chungking, Mar. 5. AFTER several months of negotiation between the Chinese and Soviet Governments it i.« new definitely decided to make trial flights between Chungking and Alamutu, in Soviet territory, preparatory to establishing direct airmail and passer^r services between China and Russia. The route will be
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    TWO BARCELONA DEATH SENTENCES
    72 9 Barcelona, Mar. 5. •THE Nationalist military tribunal has sentenced to death Enrique Almeirah found guilty for leading patrols which are alleged to have sacked private property and to have assassinated a number of well-known citizens. The death sentence was also passed on Carlos Morera who, during
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    ROOSEVELT RETURNS FROM MANOEUVRES
    32 9 Charleston (Sth. Carolina), Mar. 3. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT landed from the cruiser Houston and left for Washington after watching the big naval manoeuvres. He will address Congress tomorrow. Reuter.
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    DIVORCE SUIT AGAINST CLARK GABLE
    34 9 Las Gevas (Nevada), Mar. 9. MRS. CLARK GABLE Is suing her hu.~band for a divorce, alleging •ssrtlon In a previous separation suit Gable settled $286,000 on his wife.— Reuter.
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    460 9 Anglo-Reich Relations AN ASSURANCE BY BRITISH ENVOY Cologne, Mar. 5. A REPLY to fears expressed to him in Berlin in regard to what guarantee there was that "your armaments will not be used later for a deliberate attack on Germany" was made by Sir Nevile Henderson, British Ambassador, in a
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    The Pope Slightly Hurt In Fall
    210 9 The Pope Slightly Hurt In Fall Rome Mar. 5. r[E fact that a slight mishap befell the Pope on Friday has just been disclosed. His Holiness, while on his way from the Sistine rhapel to receive the Cardinals' homage, slipped on the marble stairs and hart his elbow. A doctor
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    EMIGRATION OF JEWS FROM GERMANY
    78 9 Berlin, Mar. 5. Mi: .11, vice-director of the; rnmentaJ committee on refugee problems, who arrived ).enyesterday with the Evlan Conference Powers' report on German proposals j for evacuating Jews, left today to re- 1 turn to London. Mr. Pell said he was only "a mes-
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    AMUSEMENTS
    175 10 SINGAPORE BAFFLES HOTEL Cocktail Dance 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. Dinner Dance (Informal) 9.30 to Midnight. GARRICK THEATRE. GEYLANG Toofani Tarzan— A Hindustani Talkie at 6.15 9.15 p.m. GREAT WORLD Cabaret: 8p.m. to Midnight. Globe Theatre: Sing You Sinners. Sky Talkie: The Bride Comes Home. Little World: The only Amusement
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAR. 6, 1939. Congress Today
    977 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAR. 6, 1939. Congress Today After being in office for about twenty months, working with commendable success and efficiency the new reforms in the majority of provinces in India, the Congress party is confronted today with serious problems, both from within and without. On the
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    LETTERS IN PAGE 15
    39 10 EDUCATED INDIANS. A reply to Mr. W. L. Harvey's letter on the C.I.A.M. memorandum. EURASIAN MIDDLE CLASS. A pessimistic view of prospects in Malaya. INDIAN RADIO. Comparison between the 8.M.8.C. and the Penang Wireless Society.
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    IF THE TAMIL DEPARTS
    398 10 Chinese Families On Estates A MANAGER'S VIEW To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— The fundamental issue on which a lot of the argument about Indian labour turns is whether it is Indispensable or not; and much is made of the prejudice of planters against
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    TUAN KECHIL IN THE TIFFIN HOUR
    277 10 European Assistants Want Longer Break To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. At last someone has raised the important question of the time allowed for lunch, but why should it affect clerks cn'v ffaa o; the numbn ol "Tuan KcehUt" \.hz are p'st
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    ONE-TOOT DRIVER
    77 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— l read with Interest the letter written by Mr. R. J. Farrer in today's issue of your paper. I should like to mention that if a prize were to be offered to the person who had used the horn the
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    SINGAPORE IN A CRISIS
    834 10 Civilian Riflemen In the Mutiny Recent references to the mustering of European civilians in Singapore when the Fifth Light Infantry mutinied in 1915 have prompted an old resident to write the following recollections of that exciting time. A correspondent quoted by "Anak Singapura" recently told your
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    719 10 Married Soldiers DECENT talk about the social problem that Is being created In Singapore by the increase of the garrison, and the spread of Individual and uncontrolled prostitution that is visible to the most unworldly observer, suggests that we should turn our eyes to Java and
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    GANDHI CONTINUES FAST-.VICEROY TO INTERVENE?
    620 11 GANDHI CONTINUES FAST -.VICEROY TO INTERVENE? Mahatma Reported To Be Getting Weaker LORD LINLITHGOW BACK IN NEW DELHI TODAY Congress Plan To End The Rajkot Dispute SIMULTANEOUSLY with the issue of a bulletin stating that Mr. Gandhi is weaker as the result of his fast, came the news that the
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    THE POPE MAY VISIT NICE NEXT YEAR
    91 11 Paris, Max. 5. APPARENTLY on the strength of a mise made by Pope Pius XII Vie.'ore his election. Catholic circles here expect a visit from the new Pope to France m 1940 to attend the Eucharlstic Congress at Nice. The Bishop of Nice,
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    "Congress Dishonesty' Says Statesman
    83 11 'THE Statesman, of Calcutta, in a leading article today, accuses Cov.sxess of "dishonesty" in alleging that the paramount power is an obstacle to progress in the States. The newspaper adds that misrule, where it does exist, is entirely contrarj to every Briton's fundamental ideas of civil
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    NEW PLAN FOR PALESTINE ?
    296 11 NEW PLAN FOR PALESTINE Transition Period Government London, Mar. 5. IT is understood a surprlss wa.-; sprung on Arab delegates at the conference between British Government representatives and the Arab committee yesterday, in the form of a proposal from the British Government for government In Palestine during what is known
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    PALESTINE DELEGATE'S COUSIN SHOT
    46 11 Jerusalem, Mar. 5. ADNAN Nashaihibi, 16-year-old cou- sin of Fakhri Nashashibi, one of the delegates to the Palestine conference in London, died here today from wounds he received when he was shot I while watching a football match on Saturday afternoon.— Reuter.
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    CARTAGENA REVOLT FAILS
    329 11 Republicans Stop Burgos Coup Burgos, Mar. 5. A Nationalist rising in Car- tagena, both on land and sea is reported and it is stated the Republican fleet has left port. An official statement in Madrid. however, claims the revolt has been crushed and praises the loyalty and
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    Royal Parents And Their Baby
    38 11 A dcl.ghtfnl faniiiy picture of Prince Bernard. Princess Juliana cf Holland and their baby daughter, Princess Beatrix, photographed on the terrace of the hotel in Grindelwald, Switzerland, where they are spending a holiday.
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    POLISH-RUMANIAN NEGOTIATIONS
    177 11 Two Most Potentially Menaced Nations Bucharest, Mar. 5. •pHE problems of the two most potentially threatened countries In Europe are being discussed by Col. Josef Beck and M. Gafencu, Polish and Rumanian foreign ministers respectively, during M. Gafencu's present three-day visit to Warsaw. Polish circles believe that Germany
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    STOP PRESS
    149 11 Madrid. Mar. 6. Dr. Juan Negrin, the Republican Prime Minister, to reported to have fled from Madrid following his supercession by a Council of National Defence headed by Gen. Casado. Renter. London, Mar. 6. The Financial Times reproduces American reports that the U.S. War Department and American market
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    HEAVY CASUALTIES IN BENARES RIOTING
    35 11 Benares, liar, I, CO far 35 persons have been killed and 200 Injured in communal ri Ung which broke out here yesterday. British troops arc patrolling tn» affected areas.— Reuter.
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    3,000 JEWISH REFUGEES NOW IN SHANGHAI
    32 11 Shanghai, Mar. 6. ARRIVAL of 400 Jewish refugees in the Italian liner Conte Rosso has brought the total of such refugees to more than 3,000. Renter.
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    ANTI-BRITISH ATTACKS IN BERLIN AND ROME
    266 11 Berlin, Mar. 5. QERMANY'S dissatisfaction with the distribution of the world's natural wealth v. as stressed by Dr. Goebbels, German Propaganda Minister, opening the Leipzig Fair today. Making a bitter attack on the democracies. Dr. Goebbels said it was especially the size and wealth
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    ANGLO-AMERICAN PRESSURE ON JAPAN PLANNED?
    499 11 Fresh British Loan To China Reported To Be Imminent London, Mar. 5. THE Daily Telegraph's diplo- mafic correspondent states that, with the war in Spain rapidly approaching its close, British ministerial attention has been turned in the past week to means of hastening the end
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    NEARLY $20,000,000 FOR DEFENCE IN MALAYA
    204 12 Smaller Naval And Army Estimates This Year AIR FORCE EXPANSION PLAN TO COST MORE MONEY HEFENCE expenditure in Malaya this year will be V nearly $2,000,000 less than that last year. It will total about $20,000,000. The only arm of the Services in which
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    $510 FOR TWO PORTRAITS
    148 12 China Relief Fund Charity Dances 'TwO portraits of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek were sold for a total of §510 and two bouquets, one of which was sold and resold four times, fetched $435 at the charity dances held at the cabarets of the Groat World, New World
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    MALAYAN CATHOLICS GIVE THANKS
    139 12 Special Prayers For Pope Pius XII EVENSONG p-.U the Benediction had; r> special significance for Catholics j In Malaya yesterday, for with the serwas coupled thanksgiving in honour of the new Pr/>?. Was XII. throughout the :^5 churches with resident pri;sts I a:r! in a few
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    SINGAPORE TELEGRAM TO MR. GANDHI
    55 12 THE following telegram has been sent »o Mr. Gandhi by the Indian Youth League, Singapore: "Members of the Indian Youth League .Singapore feel considerable anxie y over your fasting and fervently pray you to reconsider your decision and to ir prectona life for further service
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    400 VOLUNTEER FOR CHINESE ARMY
    155 12 Transport And Mechanical Units Recruits AS a result of an appeal made by the Chinese Government to oversea Chinese tr> send voluntary cadets to serve in the Chinese Army in transportation corps and mechanised units, more than 400 young Chinese mechanics and drivers have offered
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    CHINESE IN COURT ON MURDER CHARGE
    58 12 YONG AH TEE, alias Sak Ka Lo Kun, a 29-year-old Chinese, ap- peared before Mr. Conrad Oldham in the Singapore Second Police Court; this morning on a charge of murder- ing Koh Nglan Chew in Arab Street on Feb. 15. Bail was opposed and
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    DENTAL WORK IN MALAYA
    338 12 Dr. G. V. Allen On New Association SINGAPORE CLINIC PRAISED TTHE new dental clinic opened in Singapore last year is one of the finest in the East, said Dr. G. V. Allen, Principal of the Kind Edward VII College of Medicine, Singapore, in a speech at
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    NEW MILITARY MOVES IN INDO-CHINA
    143 12 "French Empire In A State Of Emergency" Paris, Mar. 5. M GEORGES Mandel, Minister lor the Colonies, told the Colonial Committee of the Senate that IndoChina was now enjoying "autonomous, military organisation" following the development of the air force and the creation of arms manufactures,
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    Johore Described In Words And Pictures U. S. Exposition Booklet
    488 12 AN 80-page illustrated booklet describing Johore'a history, government, industry and people has Liblished by the Government of Johore, for distribution at the Golden Gate Exposition at San Francisco where Johore has a pavilion. The booklet, which tfas prepared for the
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    Sultan Thanks Perak Communities
    64 12 At a picturesque ceremony at the Polo Grcr.n'l, Kuala Kangsar.ytslerday the Sultan of Perak received the congratulations of all communities on his iJistallaiiori. In the picture above, he is Ticking a speech of thanks in which he stressed the need to preserve th: racial harmony for
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    A.R.P. NEGLECTED AT MALAY SETTLEMENT?
    489 12 Instruction And Equipment Wanted, Says Member QUESTIONS affecting the Singapore Malay Settlement, Geylang A.R.P. instruction, police powers to deal with minor offences, water supply and a public telephone were discussed at the annual meeting of the settlement's General Purposes Co-operative Society held yesterday. Mr. W.
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    GEORGE AND MARGARET REHEARSAL
    44 12 A DRESS rehearsal of "George and Margaret" was given at the Vlctorial Theatre on Saturday. A notice of the production will appear In the Straits Tlme3 after the opening night on Wednesday. It is being produced by the Repertory Players.
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    Smallpox On Pilgrim Ship
    89 12 THE 1,330 Malayan pilgrims returning from Mecca in the second Blue Funnel pilgrim vessel Ajax, due at Singapore tomorrow, have been quarantined at Penang following the discovery of a case of smallpox aboard. About 1. 000 pilgrims from the first ship to return from Mecca, the
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    "NO TIME FOR RELIGION"
    205 12 Malayan Students Criticised ETIQUETTE IS MORE IMPORTANT Singapore college students are too busy for religion and that religion plays practically no part" in the life of those receivinjr higher educaton in Malaya is the opinion of local undergraduate writing in the magazine of the Geylang Methodist
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    LIGHTNING STRIKES TREE IN KATONG
    103 12 DURING the heavy thunderstorm on Saturday afternoon, lightning set fire to a coconut tree in the grounds of Katong Grange in Meyer Road. The lightning appears to have struck the base of the tree and gone up to the palms, burning a series of eggshaped
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    INDUSTRIALIST FLIES TO THE INDIES
    81 12 CIR SAMUEL ROBERTS, British in- dustrialist, ex-Conservative M.P. and ex-Lord Mayor of Sheffield, passed i through Singapore in the X.L.M plana this morning on his way to Java with Lady Roberts p.nd Mr. A. K. Wilson, director of Newton, Chambers and Co., of which Sir
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    ELEPHANT PROCESSION AT KUALA KANGSAR CEREMONY
    623 13 Perak Communities Present Congratulations To Sultan Shi ABDUL AZIZ PRAISES RACIAL HARMONY IN PREMIER STATE (From Our Special Correspondent) Kuala Kangsar, Mar. 5. MINK elephants, three of them tuskers, carried representatives of the various Perak communities this morning in a picturesque procession across the
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    SHIPPING OFFICIALS HERE
    37 13 MR. W. Ruys. managing director of Rotterdam Lloyd and Mr. A. Verschoor general manager of Rotterdam Lloyd at Batavia arrived on a visit to (Singapore by the K.P.M. vessel Op ten :Noort this morning.
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    Newspapers And Quality Circulation
    154 13 Newspapers And Quality Circulation IX/ORLD'S Press News, one of ths leading technical journals dealing with the newspaper industry writes in a recent issue: "World's Press News, while strongly supporting tne Audit Bureau of Circulations and every other attempt to place circulation claims on a factual and irrefutable basis, has always
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    GEN. CHIANG AS PATRON OF RELIEF FUND
    43 13 THE position of patron of thi Malay- sia China Relief Fund Ccmmittee has been accepted by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in a cablegram received by the chairman of the Singapore Relief Fund Committee, Mr. Tan Kan Kee
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    HUSBAND BLAMES MOTHER-IN-LAW
    104 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar. 4. U7HEN a Pulau Jerejak dresser, Ung i Beng On, earning $140 a month, i was summoned for maintenance by a young Chinese woman, Khoo Moh j Lek. in the Penang Middle Court yesI terday. before Mr. LJm Koon Teck. defendant
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    HAINANESE TALKS
    31 13 A CONFERENCE of Singapore Hai- nanese will be held on Sunday to i discuss relief in Hainan. The quesj tion of communication with the island also will be considered.
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    BRILLIANT SCENES AT STATE BANQUET AND BALL
    707 13 (From Our Special Correspondent.) Kuala Kangsar, Mar. 5. gRILLIANT is the only word ap- plicable to the banquet, investi- > ture and ball at the flood-lit Astana Iskandariah last night, following the installation of Sir Abdul Aziz as thirty-first Sultan of Perak. In
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    FUNERAL OF SOLDIER WHO FELL FROM BARRACKS
    262 13 Full Military Honours At Bidadari Ceremony U/ITH full military honours and according to Roman Catho- lie rites, Private Francis Ogle of "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, The Loyal Regiment, was buried at Bidadari on Saturday afternoon. Private Ogle was killed when ne fell 50
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    U.S. CRUISER LEAVES
    32 13 A FTER a four-day visit to Singapore, the U.S. cruiser Mnrblehead left for Penang and Rangoon yesterday. The cruiser will return to the China station after her Rangoon visit.
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    CHAP GOH MEH QUIETER
    361 13 Chinatown Lrts Off Crackers REAL FESTIVAL IN PENANG MO longer the event it used to l>e in Singapore, Chap Gob Meh. 15th night of the Chinese lunar New Year, was comparatively quiet in Singapore last night. In tne amusement parks, Chinese were asked to "celebrate" by
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    LOCAL GERMANS PAY TRIBUTE TO WAR DEAD
    97 13 ALONG v.-ith Hi !r countryim „i Europe and i.i all parts i wor'.d. the Singapore German i immunity yesterday afternoon paid tribute to Germany's 2.0C0.CC0 war dead. In a small ceremony r.t Deutsches Haus. In front of which fluttered Mie Union Ja-'.c and
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      74 13 'which is\thi »vrr\ciCAßErje in the D*rr A quarter of an hour to go before dinner! waiting for the couple who are a|wayi late, sipping a Martinry looking over/your; glass at jomeone you have met tor the first time, wishing you could ihinkVof^spmething to say/ and finding/ a tyi{ \y j^^"
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    INDIAN LABOUR BETTER OFF IN MALAYA THAN ELSEWHERE
    338 14 aVffSTK; ABOTT L\R<ri\K (filOtk iH*ASKS FiHH RIBBRR ''•T R on roWieT 1 m oflwr jwrfs of the Ra«<t M r a wlc v, \v»^ than fadisn feftttW if) Iflfr. G. S. R^. j»r<w<Un«r »t th* annual r.v ->■ y 3Way PenSftsnfa AirfitftWfrcrrai
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    MOURNING FOR JOHORE PRINCESS
    37 14 MOURNING FOR JOHORE PRINCESS •'"> &wn Correspondent .<» .->. istana &s«.i Hal w s-^ 1 v Zahrah .i»«»v.. Myjteki r«. t,.^t th* r*mt*n fclahfcota rtmftu deceased t^etnengifoni Miwiad, t nf tjnrtu ftesai B*t< Rahman Di pai as) ->.•■■■-•• I tttii vr
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    BOYS FROM SCHOOL WORTH MORE THAN COOK-BOY
    571 14 IViuim^ Resident Councillor's Appful To Employer* Hi-, in On? Own Corfvspondcnt) l''nani(, Mar. 4. "I'HK, vipv/ thttl employwi shoi I.P aU<- li git tfli firiK-ru »l fhr. c i i,i,, i n t <.iriin«-ifif»| ))i inFiii-ii ii,',l \,i,y vvfl3 express* f{c=i.|< nl I
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    4,000 MALAYAN MUSLIMS ON WAY BACK FROM HAJ
    305 14 7 L r»f pl^H >''■ < frtrtrl -pilvfi^iH^ in thf the Tioly Meccft, 4.<Wi MftKysn Ktes- t •..■>.. With nearly 1,000 pilgrims ftbosrti the second ship, the BKte T'tmnf: t, ..v expects "vvk, u ml three others ftfe shortly afterwards. The »WK)
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    SAILORS SEE SINGAPORE
    38 14 ry- < it m :x .1 aMona i **>!""■■ :i w Bsda u Bmenta tlcnic issttn nd Bliitit-spffinq outs nr lie km can te» :':i> T.a-.:):!.:-. Marions ieamen, married ,-tt ind '.la.ii' in i Mkb I I
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE UNION OFFICERS
    100 14 4 J I Homfn Student- f ..,:mi.t*e R retary: Mn Helen Ooef: third- year r«;r^ iwntativi M MToog t.^nni Miss Annie f.«-z'-l. n'-t-ball eoowncf M's; We« MM I,!an rapt aim football: Sheik Hussain; etiefcet: R. Thoy; hockey: B. S. Varrn:i: .us'by: Low Guan Onn; athletics: Ab'lul
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    WHAT IS THE VALUE OF A GOLF COURSE?
    145 14 il/HAT is tlio value of a p,olf course?" mi tiii- question r&lsed at a meet|B| ol Urn Pcnani Rural Board by the chairman, Mr. J. A. Harvey, when dusiiiNsion w.us lirld on the "annual value" of the PeAang tiolf Course. The cl'.u..■n
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      THE EDUCATED INDIAN'S POINT OF VIEW
      1234 15 Reply To Estate Manager's Criticism Of C.I.A.M. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— ln a letter in your issue of Feb. 23. Mr. W. L. Harvey invited educated Indian opinion to register its protest aeainst the various points raised in the C.I.
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    INDIAN RADIO
    307 15 Singapore Should Copy Penang To the Editor of the Straits limes Sir,— The B M.B.C. authorities abruptly stopped broadcasting Indian music. and their reason for this action was that the number of Indian listeners did not Justify Indian programmes. I am afraid that this statement is entirely wrong.
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    HAW-PAR SWIMMING POOL CHARGES
    114 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— lt is a matter of surprise to me that the public is being charged 20 cents to swim in the Haw-Par pool. A public pool was badly needed, and when 'he well-known philanthropist. Mr. Aw Boon Haw, came
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    CAN EURASIA SURVIVE IN MALAYA?
    1122 15 A Pessimistic Prophet The Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— The Eurasian in Malaya is a minority race in respect to population but when placed vis-a-vis the other races of alien origin, excepting the genuine Malay, his claim to special recognition is overwhelming for his
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    MR. DOSE'S REPORTED NEW PROGRAMME FOR CONGRESS
    749 16 Formation Of Volunteer Corps For Agitation In States? Calcutta, Feb. 27. MR. Subhas Chandra Bose, the Congress President, who is still in bed, has accepted the resignations of the 13 members of the Congress Working Committee, with great regret, and intimated his decision
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      Some Aspects Of Politics
      258 16 Some Aspects Of Politics Col. Muirhead On His Impressions London. iTVING his Impressions of his recent tour of India and Burma, at the East India and Burma Association meeting Col. Muirhead, Under-Secretary of State for India, touched upon the political field. There seemed a tendency, he said, on the part
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      DISCIPLINE AMONG STUDENTS
      205 16 Problem Before 'Varsity Authorities Bombay. TO consider whether there is a possl- bllity of arranging an exchange of students between India and the Union of South Africa is one of the propositions included in the agenda of the Inter-UniversitjL Board, under whose auspices the Quinquennial Universities Conference
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      MR. BOSE TO ATTEND CONGRESS SESSION
      131 16 President To Go By Ambulance Car? Calcutta, Mar. 1. ■yHE Associated Press understands that it Is probable that an ambulance car will take Mr. Subhas Chandra Bose, the Congress President, to the Howrah station and arrangements are being made to have an ambulance awaiting
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    MAHATMA GANDHI IN RAJKOT
    95 16 Allegations Of Police Brutality Rajkot, Mar. I. /\VER 100 peasants including several women from villages were examined by Mahatma Gandhi this morning in the presence of Khan Saheb Fateh Mahomed, the First Member of the Rajkot State Advisory Council The peasants narrated to Mr. Gandhi the
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    LESS DEFENCE ESTIMATES IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET
    504 16 Sir James Grigg's Appeal For Political Reconciliation New Delhi, Mar. 1. CIR James Grigg, Finance Member, presented his last budget in the Central Assembly yesterday. Sir James Grigg announced that he proposed to meet the prospective deficit of fifty lakhs of rupees by
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    THE STAGE IS SET FOR THIS WEEK'S CONGRESS SESSION AT TRIPURI
    697 16 THE STAGE IS SET FOR THIS WEEK'S CONGRESS SESSION AT TRIPURI Jubbulpore. T!HE construction of Vishnu Dutt Nagar, the venue of the 1 Tripuri Congress session, is proceeding apace. The gates leading to the pandal and the exhibition have nearly been completed while the main entrance to the Nagar— the
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    INTER-UNIVERSITIES CONFERENCE
    39 16 Opened By Governor Of Bombay Bombay, Mar. 1. THE Governor of Bombay inaugurated the Inter-Universities Conference today. Dewan Bahadur S. E. Runganandhan, Vice-Chancellor of the Madras University presided. The Conference was attended by representatives of 18 Universities.
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    This Morning's Track Work At K. L.
    249 18 This Morning's Track Work At K. L. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 6. SLOW work was the order of the day this morning when preparations were continued for the Selangor Gold Cup race meeting which opens on Saturday. Flying Column moved well when taken round by Wahab. Vedas
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    Weights Far K L. Races
    303 18 (From Our Own Correspondent; Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 4. WEIGHTS for the first day of the Selangor Turf Club Gold Cup meeting on Saturday, are as follows: Horses, Class 1, Div. 2, six fun. Jack Druce 9.04 Aerial Post 7.13 Koyal Hampton 9.03 Meadowman 7.13 Empiric
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    ARMY AND NAVY DRAW 6—6
    85 18 Twickenham, Mar. 6 The Army defence survived a terrific battering in the closing stages and drew 6—6 with the Royal Air Force. It was the first draw in the history of the Services triangular rugby tournament. The Navy, whose backs showed splendid opportunism and quickness
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    FRY BEATS HOCK KIAT 500—473
    99 18 A friendly billiards match was played at the Aston Athletic Club premises on Saturday night between Richard Fry. the well-known Services' player and Hock Kiat, a former Malayan champion who recently won the Clerical Union billiards championship for the second year in succession. The match
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    58 18 An unrehearsed incident ioofc place during the Fulham vs. Spurs football match on Feb. 18 when the players of both teams chased a dog which had escaped from the crowd and ran on to the pitch in the middle of the game. The dog was eventually "arrested" and carried off
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    First Division Soccer Today
    68 18 TWO first divisions matches will be played in the S.A.F.A. League today when the Manchester and the Malays will play at Anson Road Stadium and the Gordons and Loyals will meet at Changi. The Anson Road game should produce good football and though the Malays are
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    PRESS LOSE TO ST. ANDREW'S
    212 18 PLAYING their first match of the season, St. Andrew's Old Boys cricket team defeated a Straits Times XI by 25 runs at the school ground yesterday. Scores: STRAITS TIMES Leembruggen low. Armstrong 10 Sham run out McKie c and b Sullivan Hill c Hartley b
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    RUGBY UNION
    117 18 Saturday's Home rugby results were Royal Navy 6; The Army 6. Aldershot Serv. 14; Wasp 3 16. Bedford 0; RAF. 14. Blackheath 38: Oxford Univ. 12 Bristol 8; Bath 0. Coventry 8; O.M.T. 5. Gloucester 13; Cheltenham 6. Leicester 13; Harlequins 3. Northampton 11; London Welsh 3. Richmond
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    RUGBY LEAGUE
    74 18 Saturday's Home rugby league results were: Barrow 3; Leeds 0. Broughton R. 2; Huddersfield 3. Castleford 23; Hull K. R. 12. Dewsbury 10: York 14. Halifax 10; Featherstone R. S. Hull 13; Keighley 5. Hunslet 11; Wlgan 9. Leigh 2; Salford 19. Liverpool 7: St. Helens R. 9.
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    THE SPORTS DIARY
    37 18 TODAY Soccer: DR. 1. Gordons vs. Loyals. Changl: Manchester* vs. M.F.A., Stadium; Dlv. II (A): RAF. (HQ) vs. R.A.M.C, Seletax; Div. II (B): Chang! Civilians vs. Exicse. 5.H.8.: Friendly: V.M.C.A. vs. Oldham Hall V.M.C.A.
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    HINDU ASSN. LOSE TO S. H. B.
    208 18 OUPERIOR In attack, the Singapore Harbour Board Sports Club beat the Hindu Association by three goals to nil in a friendly game of soccer played on the S.HB. ground on Saturday. In the Arst half the winners dominated play and were continually on
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    ROYAL JOHORE GOLF
    86 18 The Royal Johore International Club's women's monthly competition will be held on Wednesday, Mar. 22, stroke 9 holes. The men's medal will be played on Thursday, and Sunday, Mar. 23 and 26. stroke 18 holes. The February women's medal was won by Mrs. E. E. F. I*retty,
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    KEE POW SCORES FIRST CENTURY OF SEASON
    300 18 Chinese Beat Malays By Seven Wickets A FINE century, the first of the season, by Low Kee Pow, and a first wicket partnership, which realised 185 runs helped the S.C.R.C. to beat the Malay Football Association, by seven wickets in a cricket match
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    WOMEN'S GOLF MATCH
    151 18 Teams And Starting Times Following are the teams and starting times for the women's match between the Garrison and Sepoy Lines Golf Clubs to be played at Tanglin tomorrow (Sepoy Lines names first P.M. 3.45 Miss S. Lucas vs. Mrs. J. A. Allen. 3.50 Mrs. A. Urooks
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    57. ANDREW'S XI BEAT STAFF
    193 18 DLAYING on their own ground on Saturday, St. Andrew's School cricket team easily defeated the Staff in their annual opening match of the season. Batting first the schoolboys compiled 143 runs for the loss of throe wickets of which Anchant contributed a breezy unbeaten 56
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    SIONG BOO A.A. ANNIVERSARY
    108 18 The Siong 800 Athletic Association celebrated their 13th anniversary on Saturday night. At the annual meeting the following officials were elected for the year President, Mr. Lim Hock Seng (reelected); vice-presidents. Messrs. Llm Chio Leow. J. P Tham and Urn Tlan Lye 're-elected) and Dr. Tay
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    SATURDAY'S CRICKET
    41 18 Saturday's cricket results wert: ACS. 78, drew with S.C.R.C., 50 for b wickets. Rain stopped play.V.M.C.A., 107 for five wickets, drew with P.W.D. Rain stopped play. St. Joseph's Institution, 145. beat Treasury and Audit, 126 for eight wickets, declared.
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    BLACKBURN MAKE BID TO REACH CUP SEMI-FINALS
    1814 19 Huddersfield Held To OneAll Draw (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 5. DLACKBURN, the only team from other than the first division still in the Cup, made a great bid to reach the semi-final on Saturday when they held Huddersfield to a one-all
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    N.S. CLUB OFFICIALS
    84 19 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, March 6. At the annual general meeting of the Negrl Sembilan Club of which the British Resident U president (ex-offlclo), the following ofllcebearers were elected Vice-president, Mr. Goh Eng Thye, hon. secretary, Dr. Chong Ah Khoon (re-elected Hon. tnasurer, Mr. S. Muttucuinan.,
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    England's XV To Play Scotland
    50 19 ENGLAND'S rugby team to play Scotland on Mar. 18 is: E.J. Parsons (R.A.F.), Guest, Hcaton. Hancock, Carr, T. A. Kemp, (St. Mary's Hospital) J. Ellis (Wakefleld), Prescott, Toft, T. Eden, Huskisson, H. F. Wheatley, Watkins. Marshall and Berry. Parsons and EIIU are new caps. Reuter.
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    S.C.C. CRICKET TRIAL
    279 19 Dunbar Makes Good Impression S. C. C. cricket trial was held yesterday under conditions which were suitable to the bowlers, and few batsmen showed any form. McNeill's side batted first and after being back in the pavilion for 58 dismissed Jenner's team for 99. Quite a few
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    Low Scores In S. R. C. Trial
    223 19 IN THE S.R.C. cricket trial played on the padang yesterday, L. S. da Silva's side defeated R. Bain's side by 20 runs. There were only nine players on each side. Scores: BAIN'S TEAM R. H. Bain b Da Silva 9 C. Alphonso b
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    MEMORIAL TO DR. A. S. MUTHU
    128 19 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Mar. 0. At the recent annual general meeting of the Negri Sembilan Club, the Hon. Mr. G. L. Ham, presiding, informed the members that plans had been drawn up for the Dr. Muttu Memorial which was an annexe of
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    NEGRI FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION
    79 19 (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. March 6. The following are the new office-bearers of the Negri Sombilan Football Association President. Dr. B. A. Taylor (re-elected) vice-president, Mr. Goh Ens Thve hon. secretary, Mr. A. K.inaretnam hon. treasurer, Mr. S. Muttixumaru hon. asst. secretary, Mr. Kaher Singh. Stats
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    SOUTH AFRICA IMPROVE POSITION AT DURBAN
    465 19 Total 423 For Six After Two Day 5 Play COUTH African batsmen adopted the go-slow policy on Saturday, the second day of the final Test Match at Durban, and their efforts have put them in the strong position of having 423 on the board
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    BOXING BOARD'S DECISION
    81 19 The British Boxing Board of Control has taken an important step with regard to the question of televising and broadcasting big fights. The board decided that the promoter cannot allow the fight to be televised, broadcast, or photographed for motion picture purposes without their sanction. Also boxers
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    INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY
    73 19 London Mar. 4. Hockey internationals resulted: Women: England beat Scotland, 4—3; Ireland beat Wales, 2—o. Men: Ireland beet Wales. 2—o. KEPPEL GOLF CLUB Twenty cards were taken out for the Keppel Golf Club's March Spoon The following were the three best scores returned:— Mrs. E. A. Ford 50-18
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    Brentford Part With Reid
    67 19 DRENTFORD, who recently spent nearly £15.*00 on signing Cheetham and Boulter, were strain in the Soccer market, but this time as sellers. The "Bees" released Bob Reid, their Scottish international outside left, to Sheffield L'nitrd for s substantial fee. Reid, who scored 16 coals in 40
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    SIONG BOO LOSE 1-0 TO REST
    236 19 C C.F.A. teams, divided into Siong 800 and the Rest, played soccer for the China. Kclief Fund at the Stadium on Saturday. The Rest won one-nil with a last minute goal in a keen came. The pace was slow and the matcli generally disappointing
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    DAVIS BEATS SMITH IN SNOOKER FINAL
    32 19 Joe Davis beat Sidney Smith by 43 games to 30 in the final of the world snooker championship, which has been held yearly since 1927 —Reuter.
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    SULTAN OF PERAK INSTALLED WITH ANCIENT CEREMONY
    29 20 Sir Abdul Axiz signing the oath of office as Sultan of Perak, while the Brl ish Resident) Mr. Marcus Rex, witne3.es it.
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    66 20 Possibly the most ancient portion oi me reran installation ceremony at Kuala Kangsar on Saturday was the whispering in the ear of Sultan Abdul Aziz by the prinr-ipal court herald, Toh Rentara Sri Nara di-Raia, of the State Secret. This is the real Hindu name of the demi-god who descended
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    25 20 (Above) Wearing the dragon armlets and the Sword of State, Sultan Abdul Aziz sits motionless on the throne during the playing of the State drums.
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    27 20 (Right) The High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, who was on.the right of the throne, proclaimed the Sultan after His Highness had read the oath and signed it.
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    26 20 The Raja Perempuan, consort of the Sultan, (left) who was installed at the Astana Iskandarlah tod*/. watched Saturday's ceremony with Lady Thomas and royal Malay ladles.
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