The Straits Times, 24 May 1939

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    35 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.) il/^^'s LEADING NEWSPAPER-LARGEST NET SALES L'l PAGES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 21 PAGES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1939. PKICE 5 CENTS.
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      44 1 EINGAPORZ: 140. CECIL ST ('PHONE 5471). i- t For Up-to-date TAILORING.. MIEN CHONG Ytu are assured «>/ rrai satisfaction. 4i Colem.in St. Singapore. Phone 4816 Hill Hit il^ I mb ■■k 9« |r^k 5%%0 f% aMi n». «fr\*"*"«i A>r0 pyTME NTTOIHt LATE KINOCEO" 5 '^kjWf
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      26 1 PI MAI rnTM KUALA LUMPUR: 25. JAVA ST. ■^r****" ('PHONE 3683). Madame Page 13, Battery Bldg. Singapore's Leading Dressmaker. New Collection. Day Evening Gowns in STOCK
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      731 2 MARS:iALL.— At Maternity Hospital. Smg.x- 1 pore, on 23rd Mav to Kathleen wife of H.L. Marshall— a son. Mi'KERRON— on May 13th 1939 at Aberdeen to Marjorie. wife of P.A.B. McKerron of the Malayan Civil Service, a daughter. THE engagement Is announced between Mr. Mew Yoke Llan, youngest son of
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      654 2 WANTED LADY LIVING MEYER MANSIONS requires Breakfast and Dinner dally. Box 445, Straits Times. WANTED. WEEK-END BUNGALOW. Forward particulars and charges, daily, week.y and monthly. Box No. 441, c o Straits Times. SMALL UNFURNISHED BELF CONTAINED FLAT or part house required by business man must be quiet and near town.
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      609 2 LOST LOST. A Black White Wire haired terrier named George on Its collar. Finder rewarded In returning same to K. J, Odell, 7, Adams Park ._Phone_Bo6s3 MOTOR~VEHICLE NASH COUPE, English Body, Ist Class coudltion— s4oo. A Bargain. Box 443, Strains i Times. < BOARD JgESIDENgE^ EAST ANGLIA 6. Oxle> Rise
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      979 2 AUCTION NOTICES IN THE HIGH COURT, SINGAPORE. SUIT NO. 28? OF 1938. In the Matter of the Trusts of the Will ol Syed Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Aljunied. deceased. Between 1. Sheriffah Alsnah binte Omar bin Abdulrahman bin All bin Shahab (w>, 2. Shariffah Thalha binte Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Aljunied (M.w.).
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      704 2 AU T ION NOTICES ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE Of well-kept, modernistic in design, leal Ei-ropcan polished TEAK HOUSEHOi. FURNITURE, (to be sold In sets> En«ll*n crockery, glassware, table cut'.ery. Etc. Etc. The propertv of Cap.aln R A. Plnhey. iV be held at No. 5, Ramsgate Road, (off Orov? Rd i on
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      509 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs HARU and Miss HAN* 60. WATERLOO STREET, Telephone 7467. LUXURIOUS RAILWAY TRAVEL IN THE TROPICS HAVE YOU MADE TIIK JOL'RNFY BY MGOT MAIL BETWEEN K. LUMPUR SINGAPORE IN A MR CLASS Air Conditinnril sleeping Carriag;e? COMFORTABLE LEAN OOL NO DRAUGHTS -NOISE
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      697 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA flftO APCAR LIRE. incorporate:: ic England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENIAL b.N Co. MAII PA33SNGER MiD CARGO S2RVICEB OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Tonnage Due Spore RAV.'AU'INDI 17.000 June 2 SOUDAN 6.500 June 2 CHITiIAL 15.000 June 16 CORf U 15.000 June 30 BURMVAN
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      506 3 incorDornted tp Taoam GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO LONDON Penang. Colombo, Aden. Suez, Port Said Naples. Marseilles, Gibraltar. London. Antwerp, Rotterdam and Hamburg. Vessels Tonnage Di. Sa'.i TERUKUNI MARU 11.900 May 25 25 HAKUSAN MARU 10.400 June 8 I HARUNA MARU 10.400 May 21 22 KATORI
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      642 3 LUXURY with ECONOMY ONE-CLASS MOTORSIIIPS. V \RI \S WITH PRIVATE BATU. EXCELLENT CUISINE, MODERATE FARLS To: MARSEILLES. LONDON, ROTTEK- To: PALESTINE, ROTTERDAM. HAM DAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN BURG AND COPENHAGEN BORINOIA June i3 KINA abt. May 25 LALANDIA July JAVA June 29 JUTLANDIA July 2* ASIA June 20 MEONIA AU>.
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      643 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building. Collyer Qu.ry Singapore Tri 5151. Chartered Bank Buildtnc renanx Trl 1368. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FASI SEBVICKS MAKSKILI.KS I.OMHIN N CONTINK.M AND GLASIUM? (to conjunction with the Glen Line) Due Sails MENESTHEXJS Mars, Casa, L'don. R'dam. Ham. Sc G gow In port Today GLEND7FER L'don. D'klrk.
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    Wall Street Quotations
    441 4 New York, May 23. THE following quotations were those ruling when the Stock Exchange closed today: DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York Stock Exchange business done total volume 420,000 shares. Yesterday's Today's Close Close Chances 30 Industrials 132.45 131.77 off .68 20 Ralls 27.05 26.90 off 15 15 Utilities
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    BROKERS' COMMENT
    163 4 QWAN. CULBERTSON AND FRITZ report on yesterday's New York markets Declined under the leadership of American Tel. and Tel. on a light volume of trading. The news was generally favourabl; but was overshadowed by pessimism concerning the prospect of tax relief Packard reported sales for the first 20
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    CHARTERING MARKET TURNS EASIER
    147 4 •"THE New York principals of the North American Trading Corporation advise the local office by cable that practically all chartering markets are easier. They say: For prompt tonnage River Plate is now paying i/6d premium and for June/Jnly/Auguat loading charterers indicate their willingness to pay 6d
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    3,000 WOUNDED JAPANESE SENT TO HOMELAND
    29 4 Hong Kong, May 23. SOME 3,000 wounded Japanese soldiers were shipped to Shanghai en route to Japan ou May 20 aboard the trans-
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      202 4 Today Kertefa (Prarhatipok) ..2 p.m. Djambi Ac K. Toengkal (Toba) 2 pm Hong Kong, China and Japan (Parcels only) dt'caon) 3 p.m. Indo-Chlr.a (Suisang) 3 P- m Medan (Both) 3 p ir.. Muntok and Palembang (Thedens) 3 p.m Pomlanak (Khoen Hoea) ..3 p.m Java. South-West Sumatra. S.-East
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      SURFACE MAILS DUE
      42 4 Ma Is from China expected today (May 24) by Bangalore. Mails from Europe (L'don Mails) expected on May 26, by 8.1. Rajula. Delivery to boxholders and general at 9 a.m. Mall* from Holland expected on May 26, by Bantam.
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      RAUB GOLD OUTPUT HIGHER
      144 4 TTHE output of fine gold from Kaub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ltd..: for the four weeks ended May 20, at i 1,922 ounces shows some Improvement on the preceding four-weekly period output of 1,773 ounces and compares with 2.101 ounces In the period ended Mar. 25.
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      275 4 IN WARD Wearnes From Penaai, Ipob and Kuala Lnmpur. Arrives every evening. Imperial From Europe: Due tomorrow aftermtm. (Jaaias: From AiutiulU: Arrives Friday afternoon. K.L.M.: from Netherlands Indies: Arrive* tomorrow afternoon. K.N.1.1...M.: From Netherlands: Indies: Arrives Tuesday afternoon. KIM From Europe: Arrives THIS evening. K.N.I
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      FROM MALACCA
      126 4 Correspondence for transmission by air via "Netherlands" must be fully prepaid and clearly superscribed •By K.L.M." Mails will close from Malacca as follows: Today Hong Kong (Yasukuni Maru) 6 p m Tomorrow .vustralla. New Zealand. Java and Timoi Dill; by air iQantas) ..9.45a.m. Iran Amsterdam London oy air
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      TOKIO PLAN FOR S.M.C. REFORMS
      71 4 X lio, May 23. PNDING his talks with the Foreign Office on Shanghai International Settlement problems, Mr. Yoshiakl Miura, the Japanese Consul-GeneraL will return to Shanghai today. Mr. Miura arrived in Tokio on May 14 and conferred with Foreign O3tep authorities on the settlement. It
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    King And Queen Arrive At Great Lake City
    160 4 Schrieber (Ontario), May 23. THEIR Majesties received news of Queen Mary's accident when a press bulletin was delivered to them as thrir train reached the town of Jackflsb. The King told a member of the recept'on committee at Schreiber hat he was
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    GIULIO CESARE
    63 4 The Glullo Cesare is due at 7 a.m. on Friday trom Shanghai, Hong Kong and Manila. She will anchor in the Roads and is expected to sail at 9 a.m. for Colombo. Bombay. Aden, Massaua. Port Said, Naples, Genoa and Barcelona. Passengers may board the steamer with the
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
    162 4 The following ships are alongside the 1 Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected to arrive: I East Wharf: Entrance Gate 1; Exit 1: Annul 'J2. Main Wharf: Entrance Gate 2; Kxit 3: Bangalore, Bulan 18; Sauahloento l(j; I Charon 14; Katong 12; Kenru M;ru 11; Menestheus 9;
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      642 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in t U.S.I TELEPHONE: FteKbt M3X. Passat* Mil CANADIAN PACIFIC STtAMSUIPS. LIMITED. (Incorporated in England) FARES SINGAPORE/EUROPE First and Cabin class from £105.17.9 Tourist class from £15.8.8. AROUND THE WORLD FARES BY CP.R-/P. O. First and Cabin Class Tourist Class From 181 4.6 From «1?6127. Mrett
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      40 4 Your voyage to England it part of your home leave. Travel home via the Cape, the attractive route for the discriminating. First class through passage from £97. Full information from Past. Dept., K.P.M. Line. ilncorp. in Holland.) {Phone S4SI) mssmsswsmmmmmmswmmmmamm§Mn^mmtMmmmmmmsmmmmmmmm
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      443 4 TIDE TABLE SINGAPORE Today K. W. 1.15 a.m. 9.1 ft.; 2.40 p.m. 7.7 ft. L. W. 8 a.m. 0.4 ft.; 8.04 p.m. 3.9 ft. Tomorrow H. W. 2.07 a.m. 8.7 ft.; 3.37 p.m. 7.5 ft. L. W. 8.53 a.m. 0.9 ft.; 9.05 p.m. 4 ft. Priday H. W. 3.09 a.m.
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      125 4 YESTERDAY'S WEATHKR Stations Y&sterdav La^t max. rain- bright night temp, lall s'shiue m:n. "P Inches hrs '9 WEST COAST. Alor Star 88 Nil 8.4 74 Penan*; 88 NU t.» 74 Sitlawan 92 NU 11.0 7* Bukit Jeram 90 Nil a. 7 75 Malacca 86 0.04 6.2 74 INLAND. Kuala LJpis
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    THE SOUL LOST AND FOUND
    418 5 Primitive lulk thought of the soul a.« someIHBf that could exist independently of the body, leaving the earthly body and returning to it. Dam was thus explained as a ■tali oui r spending to the temporary absence of tin- siiul If the patient was to
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      92 5 PHILCO SALES SERVICE Singapore's most efficient Technical Radio Servicing Depot. Service by European Expert Moderate charges. Phone 7295 4 Orchard Road, Singapore. .MastersTO FAMILY MEN! You toil all your lives 10 bequeath n sound estate to vour heirs. How often are these intentions ik-M roved by weak or dishonest executors,
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      396 5 DUtributors- GRAFTON LABORATORIES LTD Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. meatebllals RAILS— WAGONS— SWITCHES— CROSSINGS— TUI%I < '^J.ES LOCOMOTIVES STOCKS ALWAYS AVAILABLE Write for full particulars from SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, PENANG, IPOH, TAIPING. HARPIC p^-^ >>^ J 1 iAn i.4» A to«t cxiANsn "ill keep your lantory ipotki*. f L* v^^*^/^^^^. I
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      752 5 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TODAY ZIIL 225 metre*. ZIIP MOB metres. p.m. ;.00 Miscellaneous programme of new I gramophone records. t 1.30 Mid-day rubber and tin prices. 1.32 Miscellaneous programme i contd). 2.00 Interval. 5.00 Hokklen Amoy music. t 5.30 "Classified character singing in Peiping plays", t 6.00 Radio Vaudeville— le-turing Wang
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      733 5 EMPIRE STATION TODAY TRANSMISSIONS 2 AND 3 GSIt E1.47 mr/s (13.97 m.); GSO 17.71 mc/s (16.86 ol); GSF 15.14 mc/s (19.82 m.): GSJ 21.63 mc/s 113.93 tn.): GSD 11.75 me/a (25.53 m.) p.m. COO Empire Day: The elementary school children of the City of London celebrate Empire Day. The address
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      327 5 KINGS SPEECH BROADCAST London, May 22. THE speech by the King will be heard at the conclusion of the round the Empire broadcast on May 25 at 1.35 a.m. (Malayan time) on GSV, GSC, GSF, GSE, GSD, GSC and GRX. Recordings of Ihe speech will be heard on May 25
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      525 6 RUBBER STEADY BUT DULL GOOD DEMAND FOR INDUSTRIALS By Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore. May 24. BOTH thg share and rubber markets continue very dull this morning and there are few changes in price*.. Now York failed to maintain Monday's rise yesterday. President Roosevelt's speech being blamed. The
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      FOREIGN EXCHANGES
      89 6 London, May 23. Ti>day'i dosing mean rates were Pans 176 47 64 Athens j47'"New York 4.68 7 32 Belgrade 210 Montreal 4.60 S Buoharc&t 6o'l 27.50', Rio 2 25 32 (.rn<\a 20.7"'™ Buenos Aires 20.22'Amsterdam 8.71 'i Moiili'Vtfivo 18 <• Milan f3 Bombay 1 5 29/U2 litrlin 11.66',
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    • Issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Kvatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers Singapore, Tuesday, May 23, 5 p.m.
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        MINING
        557 6 issue Val. Fraser <St Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 9/- Ampat nn 3/- 3/6 3/3 3/7»/a I/. Austral AmaL 4/7*>_ 5/ly_ 4/8 5/£1 Austral Malay bd/- 42/- 40/- 45'--5- Ayer Hitam 20/- 21/- 20/- 21/--1. Ayei vVtng 0.63 0.73 0.68 0.72 £1 Bangrin Tin 19/- 20/6 18/9
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        GENERAL
        447 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord 1.30 1.40 1.32V. 140 2 2 do. 7V-T, prefs. 2.15 Ul 2.15 2.2C.\d 10 IU Atlas Ice 475 525 500 550 l l B M Broadcasting u5O 0.60 0.50 1 6u 10 5 B M. T.ustee .75 7.50 875 750 £1 £1 Con f.
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS
        271 6 BS ttaynarc Co Ltd. sao.ooo tat Apr. 30 Oct. 31 00 100 nom SINGAPORE MINIC!PA__ 5Tc 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Int. iVar. 31 Sept. 30 100 101 nom 4'-.r. 190' red 1947 $1.600 000 Int. iVar. 31 Sept 30 106 108 non 4» 2 19CP red
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        RUBBER SHARES
        355 6 (Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated) Fraser _Co Lyall Evatt Allenby 1.20 1.30 1.20 1.30 Alor Gajah 0.90 0.95 0.90 1.00 Amal Malay 1.45 1.55 1.45 1.50 Ayei Hitam 0.90 1.00 095 1.05 Ayer Molek 0.85 0.95 0.90 1.00 Ayer Panas 1.07«/ 2 1.15 1.10 1.20 Bassett 0.52
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      84 6 Wednesday, May 24, noon. No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) 28«-» 28«i N. IX R.S.S. r.o.b. In cases May 28 3/16 28 5/16 G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. In bales May 27 13/16 27 15/16 F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales May 27 11/16 27 13/15 FUTURE QUOTATIONS No.
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      EXCHANGES
      189 6 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the daily circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,:— SELLING London T.T 2/3 25/32 London demand 2/3 25/32 Lyons demand 2040 Switzerland demand 239% Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54> /8 Montreal demand 54^ Batavla
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    LITTLE BUSINESS DONE IN SHARE MARKET
    713 6 Fraser Company's Review Of Past Week IN a weekly report oil the share market, issued at the close of business yesterday, Fraser and Co write The tempo of events In Europe was slower this week but was enlivened by the spectacle of the purest
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    London Stock Exchange
    450 6 GILT-EDGED LEAD GENERAL RISE London, May 23. AN the Stock Exchange today, the strong demand for gilt-edged, nwins to the influx of investment orders, caused a general Improvement, most sections recording useful final gains, apart from Internationals which remained quiet. Home industrials and oils were well supported
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    MANILA COLD SHARKS
    96 6 Manila, May 24. QUOTATIONS, in pesos, for 10 tentavo gold shares on the Manila Stock Exchange tn.s morning compared with yesterday's as follows- Pre.l3t:s Tcn.n'a Asked D.d Askei Did Antamok 0.28 0.27 0.29 o.?,'s Coco Grove 0.35'S 0.34'i o.3fi 0.35 Itogon 0.27>. 0.22 0.23 0.--i IX.L 0.53
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    EXCHEQUER RETURNS
    37 6 London, May 23. EXCHEQUER returns show total revenue amounts to .€90.488.281 compared with £84,978,443 a year 1(0* Total expenditure, less self-bal-ancing Items, is £153,742,466 compared with £124.381.695 at the corresponding date of 1938.— British Win
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    RUBBER QUOTA DECISION INDICATES NO EARLY BARTER DEAL
    1992 7 Extra 15 Per Cent. Necessary For U.S. Emergency Reserve WORLD STOCKS BELOW 400,000 TONS BY MID-SUMMER Germany Begins Mass Production Of Buna From Our Own Correspondent London, May 17. TODAY'S decision by the International Rubber RegulaMon Committee to increase the export quota
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    UNITED SUA BETONG SHARE ISSUE
    148 7 One In Ten At 40s. Each (From Our O*n Correspondent.) London, May 16. IT is announced that United Sua Betong Rubber 'Estates, Ltd., which owns plantations in Negrl Sembilan, South Selangor and Central Johore with a total area of 47,642 acres, is to issue £1
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    VEGETABLE OILS
    238 7 TpHE .Liverpool correspondents of Wil- liam Jacks and Co. (Malaya) Ltd. in their report dated May 11 comment as follows: PALM OIL. As anticipated, values are moving in sellers favour. In spite of the increase in price, palm oil is still cheap and these last few days buyeri
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    AUSTRAL MALAY GROUP HALF MONTH'S OUTPUT
    66 7 TTHE following statistics relating to tin dredging by companies In the Austral Malay group refer" to the first half of May: Hours Yardage Piculs ore K. Kamunting 317 46.000 134 Thabawleik Tin 327 78.000 515 Pungah Tin Dredge 1 closed down Dredge 3 308
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    N. T. S. BANK PAYS 5½ PER CENT
    24 7 The Netherlands Trading Society has declared a dividend of s'b per cent, for the year 1938.
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    201 7 Rice quoted per koyan— 4o piculk Other commodities quoted per pirui except where otherwise stated. Singapore. May 22. noon. Buyers Sellers Gambicr 7.50 Hamburg Cub? 513.25 Cube $12.00 Pvpper White .Munt.V 112.621. Whit- 512 12V. Black S 8.00 Copra I S3. If. Sun Dried $8.75 Saoo Flour
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    78 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, May 23, 5 p.m. Book- lutai tot Company Dividend Closa Date Ex Uiv financial year TIN. Payable Date to date. Hong Fatt 2Vi% May 17 May 26 May 18 2tt < Raub sd. Int. June 8 June 14 June 9 6% BD— Trafalgar
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      805 7 TENDERS SINGAPORE IMROVEMENT TRUST. TENDERS are invited for the wiring lighting and bell and fan Installation So> o'ic Grade 111 House at Ridley Park. Plans. Specification and Form of Tendei m:.v be obtained at the Office of the Singapore Improvement Trust on payment of a deposit of $50 which will
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      425 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated tn China ov dpeclai ObarMtX IX. Cecil Slivet Sin^apor;. Telephones: Manager's OlTin Mil Asst Mai<ager on ice Site Exchange Dept. sin General Office SIBS-ff Cable Address: "CH! N(.KH) Paid Up Capital Ch. > 4Q.ooo.uovW Reserve Funds in exeus of Ch 5,200.001 M Total Assets itpproximateli Ch.
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      284 8 Acclaimed by yesterday's large Audiences 1 DAILY AT 3.15 6.15 9.15 P.M. SATURDAY SUNDAY 4 SHOWS A L HA M BRA The Triumph That climaxes JOHN FORD'S Award-Winnin< r Tareer Amu/iii}; Drama Never Before Told! r-" ifto% *j^Pjgr i^^^ JF v j|^^^u 1 S^SUdMARINE WMkfi PATD f| I C^i ■'>
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      543 8 PAVILION 615 915 TONIGHT Floods... disaster hardships. .privations. .threats then mysterious death for the man they said waa responsible. ...who did It? What secret deadlocked the jury Why did the beautiful reporter sacrifice love and happiness to save a stranger fl|^ter= FORTUNES WHEEL SAT HIM IN=ji JUDGEMENT OF HIS OWN
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      306 8 A Rollicking Companion picture to "A YANK AT OXFORD' Only this time it's "A CANTAB at WEST POINT!" I TODAY at the CAPITOL 315 6.15 9.15 The Romantic Adventures of 2000 men and a GIRL! I ALSO. LATEST GAUMONT BRITISH HEWS (AIR MAIL) "THREE SMART GIRLS GROW UP" IS DEANNA
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    Reign Of Terror In Shansi
    294 9 Reign Of Terror In Shansi Merchant's Allegations Against Japanese Chungking. pRACTJCALLY not a single day passes without some manifestation of terror in Taiyuan since its occupation by the Japanese in the winter of 1937," said a business man who slipped out of the Japanese lines and Is now in Free
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    LAND FOR EVERY FARMER IN CHINA AFTER THE WAR
    563 9 Resolution At Chungking Parley: Gen. Chiang Kai-shek's Views Chungking. WHEN the war is over, every farmer in China should have his own land. That was one of the resolutions passed by the fifth annual conference of the Society for the Study
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    Fighting Enemy Propaganda
    427 9 Schools In JapaneseOccupied Areas Chungking. THE maintenance of political administration and the establishment of schools in the 14 counties under enemy occupation are included in the wartime political programme of Chekiang, according to Gen. Huang Shao-hsiung, chairman of the Provincial Government. The functioning of political organs in
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    CHINA'S WARTIME INDUSTRY FORGING AHEAD
    495 9 THE Japanese invasion has caused China industrial losses in Shanghai and other war zones totalling more than $535,000,000 (Chinese currency) during the first year of the hostilities, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs. This does not represent the total industrial losses suffered by the
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      297 9 own preference: an Omega watch \> e prefer you to Balf fIW redlh part of a millimetre. choose an Omega. We 3WM^. The Omega watch is know that vou will not VI known the world over for come hack to us to com- 'lijin/dj I ts stur d) constiuction. plain
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      617 9 >'# v| m JE ■ff v^-: "N^"^ V V and typical of a child reared on Cow Gate Milk /f ■I Food virile and Intelligent strongly framed II 11 and firmly fleshed. Growth is natural and steady ff 1; and children's teeth come quickly and easily. ■^•s^^ That is because
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  • Correspondence
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      WHY ITALY IS AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN
      1169 10 More British Reflections On Post-War Policy To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— "Another Argln-Celt" seems u> doubt that the Italians do not want war. remarking that the same thing is averred of the Germans, but that in his opinion "Hitler and Mussolini,
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    Voluntary Service In The Colony
    19 10 ▲M« ,'-r:ttir.:i unit of the Singapore \o!untcj»r Corns is her? sei-:i <'ii route march.
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    TIME FOR CONSCRIPTION IN SINGAPORE
    290 10 To the Editor of the Straits Tiroes. Sir,- i read with much interest the letter in today's issue regarding conscription for young Europeans in the Colony and I can only say I agree with every word of it. It is about time the Legislative Council
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    MACPHERSON ROAD TROUBLES
    187 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, I am residing in a small house in the Macpherson Road district, the i surroundings of which are so very unclean and grassy that people cannot walk along the approach road. The back portion, as well as the front,
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    THE CHINESE WIFE
    250 10 Marriage Before Registrar To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l must attempt to reply "to tho letter by "Heavenly Anfef on the r ib ject of concubinage. A Chinese who keeps a eonenbinc is only a sinner if he is a Christian. If he is
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    AT KULANGSU
    128 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— With rcitrence to the Kulangstf Incident, when the Japanese landed their forces to control the small international settlement, the British admiral did well in making a firm stand, by not; yielding to the Japanese demand, subsequently culminating in the withdrawal
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    200 Arrested At Kulangsu
    249 11 British Subject Said To Have Been Beaten Kulangsu, May 23. DEPORTS have been received alleging the severe manhandling of Chinese arrested and taken to Amoy after the recent landing of Japanese bluejackets in the International Settlement here. The exact number of arrests is not known but
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    FRENCH GENERALS AIDING CHINA?
    116 11 Japanese Story Of A Military Mission Toklo. May 23. A GROUP of eiRhJ French military advisers, Including two retired Generals and four retired colonels or the French Army, recently arrived in Chungking via Hanoi to serve in the Chinese Army, according to a press message from
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    MR. ROOSEVELT OUTLINES ATTITUDE TO BUSINESS
    212 11 Fresh Spending Programme Now Being Seriously Considered Washington, May 23. IN a speech before the National Retail Federation today, A President Roosevelt delivered his long-awaited pronouncement on the Government's attitude toward business. President Roosevelt declared balancing of the Budget now or in the next
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    Fresh Fall In The Yen
    173 11 New Low Level Reached Since Start Of War Shanghai, May 23. •yilK sensational decline of the yen In Shanghai's unofficial open market in relation to the Chinese national dollar continued today when the rate quoted was f>o'_. cents for one yen. Today's level Is by
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    Britain Hands Over Czech Gold
    238 11 No General Release Of Other Assets Yet London, May 22. A STATEMENT made in the House of Commons yesterday is taken by several newspapers as confirmation that the Czech gold, amounting to £5,000.000, held In London under the. name of the Bank for International Settlements
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    NO RECOGNITION OF CZECH SEIZURE
    95 11 London, May 22. A SKED in the House of Commons whether, because of the refusal of the Nazi Government to grant extraterritorial rights to diplomatic representatives in Prague, it would be made clear the shutting of the British Legation did not Imply recognition by the
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    LONDON-ATHENS ECONOMIC TALKS
    125 11 London, May 23. F\URING the past week Sir Frederics U Leith-Ross has had a number or meetings in Athens with the President of the Council and Minister of Finance and with the Governor of the Bank or Greece, at which financial, and economic questions of common Interest
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    Japan & Alliance With The Axis
    182 11 Japan Alliance With The Axis Rejection By Tokio Is Expected In London London, May 23. JAPAN'S rejection of a military alliance with Italy and (Germany is expected in official circles here, in spite of the recognised strength of the Japanese pro-alli-ance section. The Daily Telegraph's Tokio correspondent says those Japanese
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    BRITAIN CALM OVER AXIS ALLIANCE
    354 11 Italy Cannot Afford To Be Involved In War London, May 23. THE signing of the Italo-Oerman Treaty arouses singularly little emotion among British commentators. The Times, however, notes the sinister significance in the interpretatijn placed on a section of the treaty by Signor Gayda, who
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    CONGRATULATIONS FROM PREMIER
    81 11 Tokio, May 23. "JAPAN as a friendly nation to Germany and Italy and also from the viewpoint of ensuring world peace extends her hearty congratulations to j Italy and Germany on the successful > conclusion of the treaty of friendship and alliance," Bar en Dr. Klichiro Hiranuma,
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    TURKEY'S OBLIGATIONS UNDER BALKAN PACT
    61 11 London, May 22. •TOE Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain. told the House of Commons that Turkey's obligations under the Balkan Pact were primarily a matter for the Turkish Government but so far as he was aware the Anglo-Turkish declaration could not be Interpreted as precluding the
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    R.A.F. RECRUITING
    54 11 London, May 23. MORE THAN 1.490 recruits Joined the IVI Royal Air Force last week, compared with 387 in the corresponding period of last year. This Is a record entry for t-he second week in succession and for four consecutive weeks the numbers entered h-we exceeded the 1,000
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  • The Straits Times SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, MAY 24. 1939.
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      A Vision
      945 12 1 In comment on the policy of the local government in regard to j air raid precautlous reference has been made to British plans!, for the evacuation of school j children and others from densely populated areas in the event of war. We propose to enlarge upon that
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      QIEEN WILHELMINA IN BRUSSELS
      62 12 Brussels, May 23. Queen Wilhelmlna, returning the i visit of the King of the Belgians to rhe Hague last November, arrived in I Brussels today, accompanied by the i Foreign Minister, Dr. Patijn. The Queen was greeted at the station by King Leopold and cheered by
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      MANPOWER REGISTER BOYCOTTED
      46 12 Melbourne, May 22. A mass boycott of the National Register questionnaire is being organised by the Australian Council of Trades Unions. The executive, deciding on this course, expresses the fear that the register will lead to Industrial r.nd military conscription of workers. Reuter.
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      League Councils Decision On Danzig
      62 12 Geneva, May 23. The League Council's Danzig Committee today decided to make no i change at present in the relations I between Danzig and the League. It also decided to request the League's High Commissioner in the free city, Herr Burckhardt, whe is Swiss, to
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      Prime Minister To Stay In Holyrood Palace
      57 12 London, May 23. The Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, will leave London on Thursday for Edinburgh, where he will be gue.it of Sir John Gilmour, who, as Lord High Commissioner, has taken up residence at Holyrood Palace for the General Assembly of the Church
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      Yankee Clipper Arrives At Southampton
      33 12 London, May 23. Pan-American Airways' huge Yankee clipper arrived at Southampton at 12.45 p.m. from New York, completing the first time-table crossing ui ths Atlantic by air.— Reuter.
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    YOUTH TODAY
    586 12 Viscount Bledisloe's Warning NAZI AND BRITISH TRAINING To th s Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— As one who has lived and travelled In many parts of the Empire, I have been greatly struck, and at times not a little depressed, by our failure to organise the youth
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    "SINKAPORE" AND SINGAPORE
    187 12 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, The pronunciation of Singapore eve: t.Jnce the British came to it has been Bing-gapore. That is shown by the fact that in the very early days British seamen called the place Sinkapore or, if very illiterate. Sinkumpo. My mother's
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    LETTERS IN PAGE 10
    15 12 CONSCRIPTION. Wanted In the Colony. ITALY vs. BRITAIN. More British views.
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    AMERICA AND MALAYA
    806 12 The Pacific Fleet In War A question often debated in Singapore is whether the U.S. Navy would be neutral in the event of tear in the Pacific. A well-inform-ed Washington view of the same question is I'iven in the following article, reproduced from The Spectator. BY the
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    718 12 NOTES Of The DA Y Victoria Rcftia ixrHEN the members of (he 31:iga pore Gardening Society visited tha grounds of Government House M Monday afternoon they were interested to find that Victoria R:gia, the giant water-lily of the Amazon, had bee;» added to the plants in the illy pond. The
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    ANGLO-SOVIET AGREEMENT "IN PRINCIPLE"?
    506 13 French Satisfaction At Geneva Talks HALIFAX-MAIS KY MEETING CONSIDERED SUCCESSFUL "Strong And Vital Help For Peace Bloc" SATISFACTION is expressed in authoritative French circles, says Reuter, at the very definite reports from French sources in Geneva that agreement in principle has be3n reached between Lord Halifax
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    BOMB THROWN INTO BARRACKS
    43 13 London, May 23. A BOMB < ..--..ng of 20 sticks of ai thrown through v;induv.- o* ,he King's Liverpool Rep;imcnl u n at the Seaforth Bar- The bomb ;ti Immediately plunged 1 buci'ft of v.utrr r.nd did not cxK< i;l£r
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    Primate On The Peace Move Plea To Pope
    84 13 Primate On The Peace Move Plea To Pope Lundon, May 22. Tp'.lK Archbishop of Canterbury. presiding today at the Upper House Convocation of Canterbury at Westminster Abbey, referred to tin- proposal that the Pope should be invited to summon a ij nference of leaders of all Christian < nmimiiiiot's in
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    QUEEN MARY IN ACCIDENT
    358 13 "All I Want Is A Cup Of Tea" London, May 23. A BULLETIN issued from Marlborough House signed by Lord Dawson of Penn states Queen Mary is suffering: from bruising: and shock, the result J an accident in which Her Majesty's car overturned. Though bruising is
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    New Polish Note To Danzig
    132 13 Warsaw, May 24. TTHE l'olish Commissioner for Danzig has handed a third note to the Danzig Senate regarding the Kalthof incident, in which a German crowd attacked a Polish customs post and 'hen demolished the building. The note requests a new building in place of
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    PALESTINE DEBATE
    330 13 Mr. W. Churchill's Criticism APPROVAL FOR NEW POLICY London, May 24. WHEN the debate on the Govern- ment's Palestine policy was concluded in the House of Commons last night, the Opposition amendment was defeated by 281 votes to 181. The Government motion was carried by 268 votes to
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    League Resolution On China's Appeal
    341 13 Geneva. May 23. "Till: committee given the task of drafting the text of a resolution in answer to the Chinese appeal to the League Council met today. The resolution will reaffirm the recommendation of the League to member States to give what assistance is practicable
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    Admiralty Control Over Fleet Air Arm
    105 13 Admiralty Control Over Fleet Air Arm London, May 23. ADMINISTRATIVE control of the Fleet air arm will be assumed by the Admiralty from tomorrow. An Admiralty announcement made today explains that administration will be brought as far as possible into line with the rest of the Navy. A flag officer
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    Outer Mongol Planes Raid Manchu Territory
    111 13 Tokio, May 23. CEVEN pro-Soviet Outer Mongolian aeroplanes were shot down in regular air combats while reconnoitring over Manchukuo during the past three days, according to a Japanese dispatch from Hsinking, capital of Manchukuo. The dispatch says the Japanese machines challenged tho Outer Mongolian
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    62 MEN TRAPPED IN SUNKEN U. S. SUBMARINE
    529 13 Frantic Rescue Efforts To Bring Craft To The Surface Portsmouth, New Hampshire, May 23. THE United States submarine Squalus, with 62 men aboard, is submerged and in trouble in 240 feet of water off White Island, about five miles south-east of the
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    STAFF TALKS IN WARSAW
    197 13 Polish-Rumania ii Pact Extended DOLAND and Rumania have agreed to extend their long-standing mutual assistance pact, which was originally directed against Russia, to cover attack from elsewhere, Reuter learns. Foreign circles in London .state that staff talk.s have already bee>i held in Warsaw to .settle technicalities
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    ITALY'S ARMS & EMPIRR EXPENSES
    47 13 ITALY'S ARMS EMPIRR EXPENSES Rome, May 23. ITALY'S expenditure in the past three years exceeded her revenue by 40,000,000 lire. Of this sum 38.000,000 lire was spent on behalf of the Empire and armaments. This statement was made officially In a debate in the Chamber today.^ Reuter.
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    JAPANESE BOARD P. & O. OUTSIDE HONG KONG
    395 14 JAPANESE BOARD P. O. OUTSIDE HONG KONG Ordered Off By Commander Of British Warship RANPURA PASSENGERS SAY TWO SHOTS WERE FIRED APPROACHING Hong Kong from Singapore, with a rear-admiral and a commodore for the China Station as passengers, the P. and O. liner Ranpura was boarded by Japanese from a
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  • At The Cinema
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      Submarine Thrills
      125 14 "Submarine Patrol" (Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly. Preston Foster, George Bancroft, Slim Summcrvill:.) Twentieth CenturyFox. At the Alhambra. COME day there will be an American naval film which does not Include "Anchors Aweigh": "Submarine Patrol" begins and ends with it, and has odd bars sandwiched in at other times.
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      UNUSUAL MURDER STORY AT PAVILION
      75 14 "The Jury's Secret" (Kent Taylor, Fay Wray. Jane Darwell, Nan Grey and Larry Blake) New I'nivrrsal. At the Pavilion. AN unusual murder story enacted in this film makes it only average entertainment. A Dhoncy philanthropist In an American town is murdered. You are shown the
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    NEW SLEEPING COACHES
    255 14 Fully Booked Since Friday AIR-CONDITIONING PROGRESS (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 23. MTTRAVEL in air-cooled comfort through gorgeous Malaya" might well be the new poster call of the F.M.S. Railways. With the introduction of air-con-ditioned coaches on the Kuala LumpurSingapore run, the 500 miles Journey
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    PERSONAL ITEMS
    87 14 TpHE Governor and High Commls- sioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, returned by train this morning from Kuala Lumpur, where he attended a meeting of the Federal Council last week. His Excellency was accompanied by Lady Thomas, the private secretary, Mr. L. H. N. Davis, and the aide-de-camp, Captain R.
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    EMPIRE DAY: HOW SINGAPORE SCHOOLS CELEBRATED
    747 14 EMPIRE DAY: HOW SINGAPORE SCHOOLS CELEBRATED CMI'IRE DAY, originally the birthday of Queen Victoria, is being celebrated throughout Malaya and the rest of the Empire today. Flags are flying from ships andj buildings and in schools the day| was celebrated this morning in song and story, pageant and parade. Celebration
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    AMUSEMENTS
    224 14 SINOAFOHE kaj 1 1 ss ion i. Cocktail Uancc 7.03 to 9 p.m. Special Lmp.re Day Dinner Ac DUM unioMr.al) 9.45 to Midnight. GARRIl n. HIh\fKK. ULYLANU c.l Along Little Dorics at l.lo p.m. GBhAT UOKLI> C...,.i;l. 6.30 to S.45 9.30 to Muini,:ht. CJlobe Theatre: My Bill. S:.y TaU.ie:
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    Empire Day In Singapore
    35 14 Lieut. Col. D. G. MacLeod, officer commanding the 2nd Battalion, Singapore Volunteer Corps, read the Empire Day message at Outram School this -morning. Report at foot of page. Straits Times picture.
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    "IMMENSE PADI AREA" IN EAST JOHORE
    260 14 Proposed Development Of The Endau Plain DLANS for "an immense padi area" in the Endau district of Johore, are discussed by Mr. A. G. Robinson, Adviser, Drainage and Irrigation, Malay States, in his report on his recent visit to Johore. Mr. Robinson thinks that
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    AIR MAIL ARRIVES
    35 14 •yHE delayed eastbound Imperial Air- ways flying-boat, due at Singapore on Monday, arrived at 9.17 o'clock last night. The aircraft had been held up at Calcutta and at Bangkok with engine trouble.
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    PERLIS GIFT TO EMPIRE
    319 14 $25,000 Towards Defence SUGGESTION MADE BY THE RAJA A gift of $25,000 for Imperial defence has been made by Perlis, Malaya's smallest and most northerly State, it is announced officially. The gift was made by the Stata Council of Perlis on the suggestion of His Highness
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    4,000 COOLIES MAKE DEMANDS TO CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES
    340 15 Week's Time-Limit For Reply To Plea For Better Conditions WANT TO BE PAID TWICE A MONTH INSTEAD OF ONCE AS AT PRESENT MORE than 1,000 men and women coolies, employed by 17 construction companies and contractors, have jointly >uhmitted a petition to their
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    Selangor Chinese Appeal To League
    103 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 23. A PLEA for League of Nations action against Japanese aggression in China is contained in a telegram dispatched today to the Secretary-General of the League, by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, the Chinese Assembly Hall and the
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    Pin Tables In Pagoda St. Premises
    200 15 Pin Tables In Pagoda St. Premises A line of $50, in default one month's simple imprisenment, was imposed by Mr. L. C. Ooh in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday, on an elderly Cantonese woman, Ngow Ah Nsoon, who was convicted on a charge of allowing her premises In Pagoda
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    STEEL PLATE CRUSHES INDIAN LABOURER
    125 15 A VERDICT of death by misadven- ture was returned by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday, at an inquiry Into the death of an Indian, Shahal Hamld, who died as tho result of injuries received when he was ginned between a lorry and
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    INSPECTOR HURT
    47 15 •From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, May 23. INSPECTOR K. B. Naidu, of the C"; O- tral Police Station, Ipoh, was injured in the toe by a revolver shot during the annual musketry course at the Ipoh range. Mr. Naidu is receiving treatment at the hospital.
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    SALVATION ARMY ANNUAL APPEAL
    45 15 •■pHE Salvation Army annual r.pP'a* *in Singapore, which closes at the end of this month, has so far resulted in a total of Just over $11,000. Brigadier Herbert A. Lord hopes that $12,000 will be reached before the appeal is closed.
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    Wealthy Invalid To Fly Here On World Trip
    159 15 Wealthy Invalid To Fly Here On World Trip "SPUR OF MOMENT" DECISION (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 16. A DECISION "on the spur of the moment" to fly around the world will bring Mr. Henry F. Me-. Lean, a wealthy Canadian invalid,; and his nurse, Miss I. Atkinson, to
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    EX-MALAYANS HAVE GOLDEN WEDDING
    106 15 From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 15. UR. and Mrs. W. C. Suter, formerly of Singapore, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their home in Southseu today. They received many congratulations from relatives and friends both in this country and in Malaya. They were married in
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    FORMER SELETAR R.A.F. OFFICER PROMOTED
    123 15 'From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 16. WING COMMANDER J. N. D. Anderson, who served it Seletar In 1935-38, is Included in the R.A.P. promotion list issued today. He is among the comparatively few officers who had transferred from the Army to the Air Force
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    MAN SINGS AFTER RIVER RESCUE
    69 15 NEAR the Singapore River early yesterday morning, a Punjabi policeman, Corporal Maula Bakash, on patrol on Boat Quay, heard a splash. He saw a man struggling in midstream. He commandeered a sampan and brought him ashore. The man appeared to be unconscious, and was carried
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    IPOH TEACHER'S HOUSE BURGLED
    47 15 tFrom Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, May 22. THE hcuse of Mr. A. J. Wadsworth. a teacher at the Anderson School, was burgled and among the missing things are a violin, a mandoline and two badminton rackets. A schoolboy was detained by the police.
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    PRISON SENTENCE FOR MAN WITH AUTOMATIC PISTOL
    259 15 ALLEGED to have been found in possession of an automatic pistol and six rounds of ammunition, after being arrested by detectives while heating food by the roadside in Tiong Bahru Road. Ng Hong Geok, a Chinese, was sentenced to eight months' rigorous imprisonment
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    Schoolboys Visit Singapore Airport
    38 15 These are some of the 90 boys from the Singapore Chinese High School who were interested in the various types of aeroplanes, during a tour of the Singapore Airport yesterday afternoon. Straits Times picture.
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    DAMAGES AWARDED TO STOREKEEPER AFTER CRASH
    361 15 Claims Health Was Impaired By Road Accident CPECIAL damages of $310, and general damages of $1,000, were awarded by Mr. Justice Worley to Donald Newton Booth, a storekeeper employed by Wearnes' Air Services, against Mrs. H. W. Jones in the Singapore High Court yesterday.
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    DAMAGE DONE BY SELADANG
    84 15 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, May 23. A YOUNG seladang has been reported on an estate near Tebolanjr, on the Malacca-Negri Sembilan border, south «>f Tampin. The animal is stated to be doing extensive damage to young rubber. No one has so far been attacked. The
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    TRANSPORT CHIEF TO LEAVE NEXT MONTH
    71 15 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 23. MR. Stanley W. Nelson, chairman of the F.M.S. Transport Board since July 1936, leaves for England on June 16. He Is succeeded by Mr. Augustus Leopold Stallworthy, who has already arrived In Malaya. Mr. Stallworthy will
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    BARTER PLAN PROGRESS
    109 15 Official StateiiH'iit Promised ASKKI) in the Hog— <>l Commons lut Bight what steps had lxv;i taken to advance further the proposals for a direct exchange ot" eoitoii, rubber and tin between th<> British Empire and thi United States. Mr. Oliver Stanley, President of the Board of Trade,
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    SHIPPING DELAYS AT BANGKOK
    148 15 A severe riwrtage <>' Lighten work between Ban;ck<>.< and \i Kli loading at Slchaiig, an island In the Gulf of Slam about 50 miles from the capital, la cawing del.iy to ships lying at Iho anchorage there. Vessels which havs recently j^en delayed at Kj;i Sk-hang
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    COBRA IN CLASS
    49 15 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Mav 22. A PERAK schoolboy h.3d a shock when he opened his satchel at a Pnii; Buntar school. A cobra jumped out and eventually one of the boys killed the snake with a ruler. The snake was about three feet long.
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    DELAY IN ISSUE OF RURAL BUILDING PERMITS
    389 16 Magistrate's Comments On Cases Of Poor Squatters "THESE people appearing in Rural Board cases pie poor squatters and if Kept waiting for such long periods before hearing from the Rural Board have some jusjiiicu on for their action anr! in a good many
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    Ketch Christened
    43 16 The 42 ft. ketch built by the former U.S. Army flier Capt. K. Herndon was christened Nolausa by Mr. F. L. Waterhouse. who broke a bottle of champagne on her bows as she was lowered into the water. Straits Times picture.
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    American Pilot Builds Yacht In Singapore
    122 16 American Pilot Builds Yacht In Singapore LOWERED into the water by a 15--ton crane, the 42 ft. ketch built by the former U.S. Army flier Capt. K. Herndon in a Singapore furniture j company's yard, was launched at the Harbour Board's wharves yesterday. The ketch was christened Nolausa. the letters
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    KOTA BAHRU SUNNIEST PLACE IN MALAYA
    119 16 ■TOTA BAHRU ill the sunniest and at the same time one of the wettesl parts of Malaya last month. It had :m average ol Bhr. 20 min ■anshine each day but the total rainlall was 6.15 in., exceeded only by Koantan, with 1«.15 In.
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    JEWISH HOLIDAY
    28 16 •TODAY and tomoirow v.ill be observ- od as holidays by the Jewish community in celebration of the Feast of Pentecost Jewish business premises will be closed
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    PRIEST'S DISMEMBERED BODY ON RAILWAY
    51 16 i From Ou- Own Correspondent) Talping, May 23. r r*HE remains of a male Tamil were found on the railway line, a quarter of a mile south of Taiping this morning. The body was identified as that Qf a T:.mil priert. Rarralingam, of Kam-pc-ng Boyau
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    756 16 Allegations By Wife Against Husband SAYS HANDS TIED AND HAIR CUT Court References To Another Man ALLEGATIONS that her 29-year-old husband tied up her hands, cut off a portion of her hair with a razor, dragged her from a bed and assaulted her with a broomstick, were made by a
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    28 16 A pint o/ the water garden at Government Hov.se whtn members of ihe Singapore Gardening Society inspected the grounds on Monday.— Straits Times picture.
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    EUROPEAN FINED UNDER BLACK-OUT ORDINANCE
    172 16 IpLEADING guilty to a charge of failing to comply with the LightIng Control Ordinance at 4.15 a.m. on Mar. 17, during the Singapore black-out, a European, D. Whitehead was yesterday fined $40 in the Singapore Traffic District Court. Court Inspector Frew told the Traffic District
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    N.I. AIR FORCE
    51 16 TO commemorate the silver jubilee of the Military Flying Force In Netherlands India, which was celebrated on May 1, an exhaustive and fully illustrated history has been prepared. The work .was written by M. van Haselen and printed and produced at Batavia by the Koninklijke DrukkertJ de
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    CANE MARKS ON DEAD GIRL
    282 16 Suicide Verdict JURY ON JNEUI) FOB INYESTH.VnON A VERDICT of suicide wa.s yesii-r--day returned by a Jury sitting in the Singapore Coroner's Court, lollowing an inquest held by the Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, into the death of a Chinese girl, Soo Ah Heng, who
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    SIKH ALLEGED TO HAVE HAD PISTOL
    73 16 ALLEGED to have been in possession of a pistol and eight rounds of ammunition, without a licence, in the Naval Base on Monday afternoon, Kishan Singh, a 37-year-old Sikh, was produced before Mr. K. A. Blacker, in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. After
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    1262 17 What Rich Equatorial Areas Of Empire Owe To Research TRIBUTES TO MANSON AND ROSS AT MOSQUITO DAY LUNCHEON (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 12. THE Prime Minister, Mr. NeviJle Chamberlain, Chairman of the Court of Governors, presided at the annual MansonRoss luncheon held
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    214 17 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 16. T^EW Zealand's recently purJ chased 20 Vickers Wellington long-range bombers are to be flown in easy stages from Britain to New Zealand via Singapore. The first four machines will leave this country early in June
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    3765 18 LONDON'S SPRING FASHION FOR MEN— THE KING'S UNIFORMS (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 14. ANE inestimable advantage of living in London is the ease with which it is possible to make contact with the experts on every subject under the sun. Last night, for instance, I dined at a
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    CYPRIOTS WANT THEIR OWN MILITIA UNIT
    69 19 I EADINO members of the Cypriot community in Great Britain have approached the War Office with a suggestion that a special unit should be formed for Cypriot militiamen. The War Office has the request under con- slderation. There are 15.000 Cypriols In the country,
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    1167 20 "MAHATMIC SHRINE SHAKEN TO ITS FOUND ATIONS" Bengal Press Attacks Gandhi And Rightist Leaders INDIA'S SLOW STEADY DRIFT TO "CONSTITUTIONALIST ILLUSION" THE personal triumph of Mahatma Gandhi both at the Tripuri session of the Indian National Congress and the subsequent meeting of the A.I.C.C. at Calcutta has provoked exhibitions of
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    PANDIT NEHRU NOW BETTER
    27 20 Lucknow. May 14. DANDIT Jawaharlal Nehru is now better. He has been X-rayed for pleuritic touch. HLs departure for Allahabad has been postponed.
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    NEW MADRAS JUDGE
    61 20 Simla, May 13. A PRESS communique announces that, in consequence of the grant of an extension of leave to Justice A. J. King from July 17 to Nov. 23, the Governor- General has appointed Mr. C. Kunhiraman, Chief Judge of the Small Causes Court of Madras, to
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    CONSOLIDATION OF LAND HOLDINGS
    291 20 New Measure By U. P. Government Lucknow. THE United Provinces Government has Introduced into the Assembly a Bill to consolidate holdings of land. It has long been recognized that excessive fragmentation is an obstacle to improvements in agriculture. Soil around a village is not of uniform
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    MR. BOSE MEETS TAGORE
    39 20 Calcutta, May 12. DR. Rabindranath Tagore has arrived here from Purl. He is expected to go to Santiniketan shortly. Mr. Subhas Bose called on the poet today and had over an hours talk with him.
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    Membership Of High Command
    468 20 Dr. B. C. Roy Gives An Explanation 1 Calcutta r\R. B. C. Roy has issued a state- ment explaining why ho ac- cepted membership of the Congress Working Committee. This statement is a reply to the resolution passed at a recent meeting calling upon him to
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    CALCUTTA MUNICIPAL BILL SEQUEL
    71 20 Calcutta, May 15. IT is understood that a memorandum is being drafted for submission to the Governor of Bengal at an early date setting forth the main objections of the Hindu community to the Calcutta Municipal Amendment Bill urging the Governor to veto it by the
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    CONFESSIONS & STATEMENTS: COURT RULING SOUGHT
    561 21 CONFESSIONS STATEMENTS: COURT RULING SOUGHT Slate Should Not Have Its Case "Hamstrung" Legal Adviser (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 22. AN appeal seeking a ruling on the admissibility of confessions and other statements by accused persons, was begun today in the Court of Criminal Appeal before Mr. Justice
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    Wild Life Seen On National Park Paths
    124 21 (From Our Dwn Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 22. DROPERLY maintained paths through a small area of the King George V National Park have been used by wild animals, states Mr. E. O. Shebbeare, Chief Game Warden, F.M.S. in his annual report. Ham has
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    "OLD ENOUGH TO BE MY MOTHER"
    94 21 <From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, May 22 •■•"PHE woman was old enough to be my mother and I did not go there for any evil purpose," a young Sikh, Bhan Singh, told the Taiping Magistrate, today, when charged with hous»trepan. '1 was under the
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    ASIVTIC STAFFS ASSN. FOR KUALA LANGAT
    99 21 ASIVTIC STAFFS ASSN. FOR KUALA LANG AT From Our Own Correspondent Sepanz, May 22 THE Kuala Lansat Estate Asiatic Staffs' Association was tormed on Miv 21. 1 lection of officers: Chairman, Mr T. P. K. Nair; vice-chairmen, Mr. N. Suppiab and Mr. P. Batkunam: n n secretary. Mr. Robert J.
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    HAD NO CHANDU SMOKING CARD
    60 21 (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, May 22. /\NO Toh Hock. Chines?, was fined $25, cr 20 days' rigorous imprison na>nt, for being In pojfersion of Govenmtnt rhandu without the necea■ary card Ungku liajid, AtTlttint Superintendent of Customs "Preventive Branch >, Begamat, .'aid that smoking of
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    53 21 SAID DRIVING WHEEL W AS FAULTY 'From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping. May 22. I IM Ah Tai, driver of a Penang car, was today lined $10 by the Taiping Ma :!strate on a charge of negligent driving. I. m admitted he drove his vehicle Into ravine, but said his driving
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    BATU KURAU BABY SHOW
    66 21 <;tom Our Own Correspondent* Taiuing. May 23. A WOVELTY to be seen at the agri- ultural show to be held at Uatu ..n on June 29 and 30, wiM be a babj show for all nationalities. fear the annual State rhow •Hi >iot be held in
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    COMEZ-D'CRUZ WEDDING
    42 21 mm Our Own Correspondent., Scremban. May 23 THC wedding took place at thr Ohurcli of the Vis tation. SeremJ^on, of Mr. J. Manuel Gomez, of Slgintlng Estate. Port Dickson. and Miss Mary D'Cruz. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. •Xivld DCru*.
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    K. L. Municipality "Pious Hope"
    134 21 RATEPAYERS' ASSN. COMMENT (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 22. 'THE absence of any outward and 1 visible signs of progress in municipalisation, first projected about 50 years ago, would seem to indicate that it remained, as always, a mystery and a pious hope,
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    PARANG ATTACK ALLEGED
    64 21 iFrom Our Own Correspondent.) Serem'oan, May 22 pHAN FONG, a Chinese, was toda> committed for trial at the next NCfll Sembilan Assizes on four charges. He reserved his defence. He was charged with voluntarily causing grevious hurt to Yah bintl Baba with a parang and with voluntarily
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    PORT WELD FISHERMAN'S ADVENTURE
    98 21 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, M:>.y pIVEN up as lost, a Chinese flsherman. Beh Chiang Kee, retained to his home in Port World a few days ago. Beh went out to fish in his boal a fortnight ago, when he ra.i into a gue. He lost
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    ONE OF CHINESE TRIPLETS DIES
    50 21 CFrom Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 22. /\NE of Kuala Lumpur's Ch.nese trip- lets Is dead after being sickly from birth. The other two babies, however, are in a fairly satisfactory condition and are being weil cared for in the Federal Homp, Kuala Lumpur.
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    SENTUL TRAGEDY
    63 21 fFrom Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 23. COUL play Is suspected following the discovery of a decomposed body of a 24-year-old Tamil, wife of a Sentul tradesman, who has been missing since May 18. The woman was reported to be wearing jewellery when last seen bul there
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    TAIPING BURGLARIES
    33 21 (From Our Own Correspondent* Taiplng, May 22. nURGLARS stole property worth $1,000 from three bungalows, including the home of Mr. R. P. S. Walker. Senior Inspector of Schools, Pcrak, last week-end.
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    SUBSTITUTION OF SENTENCES: APPEAL COURT RULING
    334 21 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 22. THE proceJure that should be adopted by appellate Judges when considering substitution of -.ntences, was dealt with by the F.M.S. Full Court of Criminal Appeal, today, when delivering Judgment in favour of the Public Prosecutor who
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    MALAYS BEAT CHINESE AT ANSON ROAD
    686 22 First Time In Three Years FOR the first time in three seasons, the Malay o scored a major division soccer victory over the Chinese. At the Anson Road Stadium, yesterday, the Malays, before the largest crowd this season, beat their rivals by two goals
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    SEGAMAT FOOTBALLER SUSPENDED
    65 22 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, May 23. ■yHE Segamat and District Football Association has taken drastic action following an Incident In a match last week, when a player from the Old Boys' Association was ordered off the field. At a committee meeting yesterday it was decided to
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    Y.M.C.A. TEAMS CHOSEN
    133 22 The f cllo* ing Y.M.C.A. teams na\e been selected: Cricket atfalnst 7th Heavv Br.tterv. R.A. on Saturday, at 2 p.m.. on the Prince Edward Read ground: Suratta. Lyne. Chrjsostom, ::avicr. Frank, Wilton. Hope, Barker. Mohidecn. Lcijssius. Neo Heck Llm. Au Kcng Chu, L. Newman. Basket-ball for junior
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    MUAR SOCCER SURPRISE
    64 22 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Muar, May 22. THE Gubahan Stla Club create. l mild surprise when they held tne Government Offices to a I—l draw In a soccer match played at the Muar Club padang yesterday. Government Offices dominated exchanges for threequarters of the game but their
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    FORT CANNING TEAM
    57 22 The following will represent Fort Canning vs. Y.M.C.A. (Junior Dept.) at cricket at Tanglln today at 2.30 p.m. Major Bird (Capt.), Capt. levers, Mr. Smith, Sgt. Dowllng. SSgt. Wilton, Cpl Turner, L'Cpl. TeUord, Pte. Stott. Pte. yVhiuniaii, LCpl Beeson, Sgt. Baker Reserve, Sgt. Mason, Pte. Oater. umpire,
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    MENTAL HOSPITAL BEAT SIGNALS, THREE-TWO
    468 22 Many Opportunities Lost CULLER use of opportunities might have given Mental Hospital a more comfortable victory than the three-two win they scored over Signals in a second division (A) soccer match at the Alexandra ground yesterday. Over-confldence resulted in a bad mistake in the second
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    Kamis And Yadi Have Easy Game In Doubles
    767 22 LJ KAMIS and Yadi, holders of the men's doubles, had an easy passage when they accounted for C. Y. Koh and H. S. Onj? in straight sets, 6 3, r 2 in th-2 Sir.^apon, 1 tennis championships yesterday. Kamis and Yadi showed
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    98 22 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. May 23 11/lA.IOR F. W. Youns and L. V. Strivcns are unable to accept the invitation to play for Nesri Sembllan In the inter-state cricket match on Sunday and Monday at Ipah against Perak. T. K. Sukumaren. E. S. Erskine
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    HENRY WAUGH TEAM
    72 22 The following will represent the Henry Waugh Sports Club in a friendly soccer match against the Borneo Company Sports Club at Geylang Stadium at 5.15 p.m. tomorrow:--H. Bracegirdlo, Tan Nco Teck. Aboo bin Salimin. Ng Yco Koon. A. Cromarty. Sim Teck Urn. Chua Kok Cheng < captain
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    IPOH CLUB TENNIS
    44 22 (From Our Own Correspondent > Ipoh, May 23. In the final of the mixed doubles iu the Ipoh Club tennis tournament Mrs. J. L. Woods and Hewan beat Dr. K. T. Khong and Miss Helen Khong. The score was 3—B. 6-3. 6—3.
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    576 23 Heaviest Derby Wagering For Many Years London, May 23. CECRET precautions are being taken at Epsom to prevent *J any I.R.A. outrages interfering with the Derby. Plainclothes men are posted at various parts of the course all day and all night and there will
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    397 23 FLYING STAR HURT AND SCRATCHED PtWH Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, May 24. lIOKSES which impressed at this morning's training were Alum Mountain Stream. Straight Fl Kht. Hrrcules, Layoff. Farnley. Star Lock, Dewberry. Cooltipt. Gladness, Authentic and Rye Seamus. The first out was Solar Time at a
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    GERMANY PUTS POLAND OUT OF DAVIS CUP
    28 23 Warsaw, May 23. In i he second round of the Davis Cup Germany eliminated Poland by three matches ko two Matter.
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    R.S.G.C. WOMEN'S DUFFER'S CUP
    74 23 pOLLOWING is the result of the second round of the Royal Singapore Golf Club Womens Duffer's Cup: Miss M. Elder beat Mrs. R. Irvine. vo.: Mrs. J. McGuffln beat Mrs. I. \laclachlan. 1 up: Mrs. J. V. West eat Mrs. C. A. Clements, 5 to 3:
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    GERMAN-EIRE DRAW
    31 23 Berlin, May 23. IN an international football match at Bremen Germany drew with Eire, one all Germany led I—o at half-time. Conen. centre-forward, scoring and 3radshaw, centre-forward, equalised.— Reuter.
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    GOOD BOXING LAST NIGHT
    474 23 Preliminaries Of Championships GOOD boxing was seen in the preliminary and quarter- final contests of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Championships, which wer e h?ld at the Happy World stadium last night. There were several narrow decisions pven. one of which was the D. RonaldPie. Bates bout
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    TAMIL BROTHERHOOD
    98 23 TTHE third annual athletic sports or the Tamil Brotherhood Party will be held on Saturday, June 17. Events are 100 yards. 220 yards, 440 yards. 880 yards, one mile, hurdles, high Jump. putting the shot, kicking the football, cycle race (two miles), and relay race. Entries close on
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    Today's Sports Events
    60 23 SOCCER Div. 1, S.C.C. vs. .Manchester, at S.C.C.; Div. 28, Excise vs. RAF. (H.Q.) at Stadium; (hangi (W.1).) Civilians v* Indian Association at Clerical Union; J.C.S.A. vs. s.c.F.A. *B" at J.C.S.A. FRIENDLY: Singapore Improvement Trust vs. S.R.C., at S.R.C. BOXING: Singapore Amateur Championships at Happy World Stadium,
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    Harvey-McAvoy Title Bout
    101 23 1 1 EN Harvey and Jock McAvoy will meet for the fourth time when Harvey defends his British cruiserweight title at Harringay on June 22 Harringay authorities have substituted McAvoy for John Henry Lewis, and have partly solved the problem the Board of Control s?t them when
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    TAIPING LEAGUE SOCCER
    40 23 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, May 23. ALTHOUGH playing one of the best games of the season, the Ch'.nese Recreation Club were unlucky tD lose to the Larust Sporting Lads in a league fixture yesterday by two-nil.
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    PENANG SOCCER
    52 23 'From Our Own Correspondent^ Penang, May 24. rw\HE Penang team against Kedah for the Malaya Cup soccer match at Penang on Friday is:— C. I. R. Burton, Sgt. J. Anderson, Salleh, C. Danker, F Buchanan. Ng Kam Teong, Bcey Guan Wah, Sapper Johnson, Yean Ghar Chong, Oh Chong
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    201 23 London, May 23. /BOUNTY cricket matches encing to- day resulted as fellows: Kent won by nine wickets. Notts, 78 (Lewis 6 for 18) and 376 (Knowl-s 93 not out, Hardstaff 104 1, Kent, 367 for 9, declared (Valvntine 201) and 88 for 1. Surrey won by seven
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    149 23 TWO AMATEUR TITLE SURPRISES London, May 23. HPWO boy prodigies cornered the limelight in the second round of the British amateur Rolf championship. Seventeen-year-old Kenneth Thorn, of Thorpe Ha'l, beat S. E. Banks, of Hallamshire. runner-up In last year a English championship, two and one, while
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    SEGAMAT TENNIS
    201 23 (From Our Own Correspond S -inmat. May 23. Interest in lawn tennli in Begamai has Increased with the start of ItM Inter-club competition for the Ofade Shield. The Public Works Department played two matches, winning one and lusiiu: the other. Meeting the Batu Anam i Tennis Party, last
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    23 24 Infantry attack under the cover of tanks during a demonstration at Aldershot arranged for War Office officials.
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    27 24 The Duchess of Kent wore this smart new hat when she went to the central <lub of the T.W.C.A. in London to open a new swimming pool.
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    48 24 (Above) Priest-professors i.» :.is masks during a demonstration in Bucharest. (Left) Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, and a younger sister of the Kins of Esypt at the reception held in Teheran in honour of the marriage of the Crown Prince of Iran and Trim ess F.iv.z'.a of Egypt,
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    22 24 The Princess Royal and Lord Hare wood examining treasures of Roman St. Albans after the KJnt'i sister had opened a new museum-
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