The Straits Times, 2 June 1939

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    41 1 The Straits Times dUAI' riVm HWAL t,U IW. [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 20 P.UJES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      246 1 See MIEN CHON6 for SMART TAILORING nm Colernan St. Singapore. I'hone 4816 I I ?TTt* iiz^^KsisWs^sm Ills M i C— .'^jbJ [fin i ti ws& li VtJ'.--'- JismtU <f f s a^K r •iI jt i^^h ill *&+Zl:j&z B ■RHP' IFE i JH^H Mcney for faturo deUveryt' Money to pay
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      177 1 -Modern Footwear IN MOST ATTRACTIVE SHADES THAT WILL ADD SPARKLING CONTRAST TO YOUR NEW OUTFIT i v'i-i o c->«tt»ri KeJ bUL^e Sandal trimmed Na\ya..a\.R.ve Spotted whUe wUh new platform Leather Sandal with goje Also ln whlte wlth Cuban heel. red. Sizes 2^—7. J5.50. Sizes 2\~— 7. 17.59 tow Heeled White
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      15 1 Madame Page 13. Battery Bldg. Singapore's Leading Dressmaker. New Collection. Day Evening Gown* in STOCK
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • Obituary
      DEATH
      81 2 "GOH— Madam Goh Chin Nee wife of the tale Mr Urn Kirn Tim passed away peacefully oii Tuesday. May »Oth. 1939. at her residence No. 355-U. Kirn Chuan Road, at the age of 79. She leaves behind one son Mr. LJm Kong Ttam of the Successors of Molne Comte
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      534 2 The engagement Is announced between Mr. Tan Chye Cheng, eldest son of Mr. Mrs. Tan Guan Chua of Penang and Miss Joyce Urn. eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs lim Cheng Kung of Penang. SITUATIONS VACANT When applying iei any position advertise In Jbese columns send copies ol testimonial* Do
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      598 2 WANTED SECOND HAND CINE 16 mm. camera vi good condition. Box No. 487, Straits Times. STENO-TYPISTS. SINGAPORE EMPLOYERS »y tbey are willing to pay nicn salaries for high efficiency. Do you want coaching from an experienced European oHice executive? Regular classes. L«w fees. The Richard Sidney Bureau, 12A Laldlaw Building.
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      565 2 I BOARD RESIDENCE SENTOSA— SELECT ENGLISH residential establishment. Vacant Suite comprising Large bedroom and sit. room. Longbath. Geyser. Fan. Own entrance. Lawn. Cold Storage supplies. Garage. Tennis. Private Service. (Ala* furn. flat with board In prtv. hse up to end June. 61. Stevens Road. Mornings. HOUSES FLATS, TO LET 1M
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      699 2 AUCTION NOTICES ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE Of essentially modern. Dutch design, special ly-made-to-order by PASKOES LTD., high grade polished TEAK HOUSEHOLD F'j'PNTTURE, Westminster-Chime wall clock. can lounge suUe, crockery, glassware, children'^ cots. Etc. Etc. (The property of Mr. P. J, Balder. Chief Officer. X.P.M.) To be tnk at No. 1288. Calrnhiil
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      420 2 6USINES o CARDS Etc If yon are <oo lazy to rrdnrr roar weieht by excercises try VAPOUR BATHS 1/.3 SAGE CHARLES SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL ini'T.t 9 Scotts Road Phone 4440. (Under European Management) time iAi)£ trnx. ANNUAL CASH SALE NOW ON 18, BATTERY ROAD, Ist floor. Phone 7143. whiglesworthT texrope
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      167 2 OUR GUARANTEES ASSURE YOU TOP CLASS CONDITION IN USED CARS HURRY FOR THESE SPECIALS. 1935 FORD V 8 SALOON 30-H.P. Three new tyres and onr food. Renewed and jruarauteed. Paintwork blue smart appearance. $850. 1935 MORRIS 10 4 SALOON. In excellent eonditicn thoroughly overhauled. Four new tyres. Repainted dark blue
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      678 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA A*D APCAR LIKE. < incorporates in England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N Co. MAIL PASSENGER AND CAHGO BER VICES OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND MPAN Tonnage Due Spore RAWAM'LNDI 17.000 June 2 SOUDAN 6,b00 Jun.? 3 CHIIKAL Id.UOO June lli COIU- U 15.000 June 30 BUIIUWAN
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      351 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS (Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. JAPAN NEAR EAST ITALY INAUGURATION OF NEW FREIGHT SERVICE SAILING MURORAN MARU 5374 Tons Sailing from Singapore July 16/17 PORTS OF CALL: Port Sudan, Suez, Port Said, Jaffa, Haifa, Beyrouth, Larnaza, Alsxandretta, Izmir, Istanbul, Salonica, and Piraeus
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      706 3 ___y y m y r i f m LUXURY with ECONOMY ONE-CLASS MOTORSHIPS. CABINS WITH PRIVATE BATH. EXCELLENT CUISINE. MODERATE FAKLS To: MARSEILLES. LONDON. ROTTEK- To: PALESTINE. ROTTERDAM, HAM DAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN BURG AND COPENHAGEN BORINGIA June 13 JAVA abt. June 8 LALANDIA July 4 ASIA June 26 JUTLANDIA
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      541 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building, Collyer Quay Singapore Xci SISL Chartered Bank Building. Penam xrl 1365. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FASI SERVICES MARSEILLES LONDON N CONTINENI AND GLASGOW (In conjunction with the Glen Line) Due Sails GLENIFFER L'don. D'klrk. Rdam. Ham. Ant. Si Mid. June 5 June T AENEAS Mars, L'don,
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      229 4 Toaay Aden (Imperial) »t 1 Ptr.. EaM, Africa (Imperial) P-™-. South Africa (Imperial) 2 p.m. Burma (Imperial) 2 ji. Whole Canada (Imperial) ..2 p.ui. China Hoihow (Imperial) 2 p.m. Egypt.. Sudan and Palestine (Imperial) P-" 1 Great Britain and Ireland (Imperial) P- n Europe except G. Britain
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      SURFACE MAILS DUE
      25 4 Miils Xrom Eurcpe (London parcel mails') expected today. June 2 by P. fc O. ißawalpindi.> will be delivered tomorrow, at 9 a.m.
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      30 4 London, June 1. Lady Spencer yesterday launched the cruiser Fiji— the first of the new class of cruisers of 8.000 tons to be armed with six-inch guns- at Clydebank.—British Wireless.
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      279 4 INWARD Wearnes From Fenanc. Ipob and Kuala Lumpur. Arrive* every ereuiDK. Imperial From Europe: Arrives THIS afternoon. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives THIS afternoon. X.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. X.L.M.: *rom Lurope: Arrives tomorrow evening. K.N.1. L.M.: From Saigon: Arrives Wednesdays. K.N.1.L.M.: From Netherlands:
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      SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
      157 4 The following ships are alongside the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves or expected to arrive: East Wharf, Entrance Gate 1; Exit 1:— Hai Hing 22. Main Wharf. Entrance Gate 2; Lxit S:— Rawalpindi, Rajputar.a U; Apoey 16; Cape 6t. Andrew. Cape St. George 14; Kelantan 11; Op ten
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      PASSENGERS IN EAST ASIATIC VESSELS
      105 4 TTIE following passengers for Malaya are in East Asiatic liner Lalandia due in Singapore from Europe next Friday: Mr. W. A. F. Stokhuyzen, Master W. A F. Stokhuyzen, Mrs. E. M. E. Stokhuyzen De Bordes, Miss E. M. E. Stokhuyzen De Bordes, Mr. S. C.
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      PASSENGERS FROM EUROPE
      166 4 fTIE following passengers for Malaya are in Patroclus which is due from Europe on June 12:— Mr. and Mrs. C. Thornton, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. C. Kelly, three daughters and son, Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Keyzar, Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Garside, Mrs. Church, Mr.
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    Wall Street Quotations
    470 4 New York, June L THE following quotations were those ruling when the Stocks Exchange closed today. DOW-JONES AVERAGES Yesterday's Today's Close Close Changes 30 Industrials 138.18 136.20 off 1 98 20 Kails 28.45 27.95 off .50 15 Utilities 23.G7 23.40 off .27 40 Bonds 89.55 89.51 off
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    BROKERS' COMMENT
    126 4 SWAN. CULBERTSON AND FRITZ report on yesterday's New York markets The market declined from fractions to three points. United Spates Realty and Improvement shares were heavily traded on reports that the company had filed a petition for an arrangement covering its unsecured debts under the Bankruptcy Law. The
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    EX-REICH COLONIES' FUTURE
    75 4 May Be Incorporated In French Empire Paris, June 1. A BILL to Incorporate the mandated territories of Togoland and the Cameroons in the French Empire was tabled today by the Deputy for French Indo-China. The Bill received considerable backing. It stipulates that Toaoland be attached to French
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    SHAKESPEARE MANUSCRIPTS?
    39 4 London, June 1. Dr. Robin Flower, Deputy Kerper of Manuscripts at the British Museum, expressed the belief yester- j fiay that three pages of mauuviipts in the museum ar e In ths hnndwriting of Shakespeare.— British Wireless.
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    ANNAM EMPEROR IN FRANCE
    43 4 Marseilles, June 1. T*HE Emperor of Annan arrived her? todny for a short holiday on tli" Riviera. He walked with a .stir 1 having suttered a triple fracture of th« let in a hunting expedition some months ago.— Reuter.
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    HERR HITLER FETES PRINCE PAUL
    146 4 Creating Overwhelming Impression Berlin, June 1. PRINCE Paul, Regent of Yusoslavla, and Princess Olga arrived in Berlin this afternoon on an eight-day State visit. Hcrr Hitler and all the Nazi leaders were present at the station. "Herr Hitler is arranging one of tha biggest spectacles
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    Terms Of Reich-Danish Non-Aggression Pact
    96 4 Berlin, June 1. THE terms of the German-Danisli Non-A?gression Pact signed yesterday were made public today. They provide that neither party muke war or use any kind of violence against the other. Neither wiil support action takea against the other by a third party. The
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    Espionage On The West Coast Of America
    65 4 Wash ngton, June 1. THERE is a great deal more espionage on the west coast of the United States than ever before, according to the Attorn y-General, who announced today that the Department of Justice was tightening up counterespionage activities on the west
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    Czech Fascists Stage Demonstration
    51 4 Prague, June I. CZECH Fascists touay .staged a large demonstration In the Wenceslas Square, shouting 'Down with the Government, Down with Jews." Huge crowds guiiiered and householders barred their doors. Hundreds were Imprisoned in cinemas. Police reinforcements wore hurried to the scene and many arrests made.—
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    TURKISH MISSION TO LONDON
    40 4 TURKISH MISSION TO LON DON Ankara, June 1. A MILITARY mission left today for London. Headed by General Klazlm of the Turkish General Staff, it will make contact with the British General Staff and place orders for war materials.— Reuter.
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    PASSENGERS FROM AUSTRALIA
    400 4 THE following passengers for Malaya trom Australia are in Nieuw Zeeland which is due in Singapore on Juno 12: Mr. and Mr*. H. O. D E^rE.w.B^ Mr. and Mr?. C. Beyer. Mis, J. Beyer, Mr °itt." nßnn B nd n Mrs.' F. K. Budd. Mr. and Ml-..
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      719 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated id f M.S.) TELEPHONE: Fieicht 5433. Passage 543 L CANADIAN rr^c= pacific (Incorporated In England) VHE "EMI'RtSS" ROITE ofter, TRANSPACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMI'KISS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA b» TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAIN without change-thence by CANADIAN PACIFIC ATLANTIC SERVICES TO ENGLAND or the CONTINENT— aII
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      601 4 TIDE TABLE SINGAPORE Today H. W. 11.15 a.m. 8.5 ft.; 10.42 p.m. 9 ft L. W. 4.52 a.m. 0.4 ft.; 4.58 p.m. 3.6 ft. Tomorrow H. W. 1159 a.m. 8.4 ft.; 11.17 p.m. 9 3 ft L. W. 5.30 f..m. O.S ft.: 5.31 p.m. 3.8 ft. Bunday H W. 12.37
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      124 4 YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Station* La^t max. rain- bright night temp, lall s'shine mm. •F ir.che* his. 't WEST COAST. Alor Siar 90 Nil 6.2 75 Penang 90 Nil 5.1 75 Sitiawan 90 Nil 7.6 74 Bukit Jeram 91 Nil 10.7 76 Malacca 86 0.55 5.7 73 INLAND. Kuala LipiS 91 0.20
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    QUININE OPENS UP A NEW ERA OF PROSPERITY FOR CHINA
    349 5 Chang -Chi is the name of a region that will j not be found on any map, no matter how I large the scale. It Is not an official geographical denomination, but a name that denotes in vulgar parlance the
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      138 5 r 'l r_ jl_*_ju\|/(.||[ r—j\ KALMUH& SAFE— EASY TO TAKE. The sure cure for headache, neuralgia, rheumatism, colds, influenza and migraine. On sale everywhere in tins of 1, 6 and 12 cachets. Distributors: GRAFTON LABORATORIES Ltd. Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Be smartly dressed need not be Expensively Dressed! Try GIAN
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      130 5 HOW THE CHILVRtH f**\ i J LOVt GRAPE-NUTS! lf*^l .^.C^'^S- Crisp, crunchy kernels with a 9 (QESEpi delicious, satisfying flavour. And VT\3^T fcrfl ?**',,T i > Grape -Nuts is so good for chil- 1 «5S^ *^n^ST^ dren, too. Every serving with \x A m ''k or cream contains better -economy^
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      513 5 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 223 metres. ZHP MM metre*, pjn 5.00 Mala; drama. t 5.30 Malay folk songs. t 6.00 Teochew music 7.00 Children's programme (English). 7.15 Time, weather, n^ws and announcsments. 7.30 "From the Studio Armchair." 7.45 The request programme. t 8.35 The news. Relayed from London. 8.50 Musical
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      215 5 PENANG TODAY ZHJ CM me/I (49.3* m.> p.m. 5.55 Cantonese music. 1.00 For the children. 7.30 Ginger and his nutcracker from the studio. 8.00 Recorded pianoforte and vocal concert 8.50 Share market report. 8.55 News bulletin. 9.00 Close down. TOMORROW p.m. 4.45 Opening programme. 5.03 Running commentary on sixth race
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      218 5 NIROM TODAY VDA 6.04 ne/l (49.6 ra.) VI)B D.65 me/t (31.20 m.). ¥DB 11.86 mt/i (25.3 ra.). PMN 10.28 mt/i C-9.2 m.). p.m. 4.50 Programme prevuo. Recorded music. 5.50 Singing lessons for children. 6.30 Disco news. 6.50 News recorpt. 7.12 Instrumental music. 7.40 Flowers and plants in Indian Gardens 8.00
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      128 6 SMALL DECLINES ON POLITICAL NEWS RUBBER SLIGHTLY LOWER By Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, June 2. •THE impoitance attached to the need for agreement among Russia, Great Britain and France is illustrated in the disappointment shown In world markets at the present lack of result in this respect.
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      RUBBER SHIPMENTS FALL IN MAY
      464 6 £\('EAN shipments of rubber from all Malayan ports in .May totalled 42.214 tons, compared with 43.658 tons in April. Total shipments for the five months of this year are 215,547 tons compared with 238,191 tons in the corresponding period of last year. Of the May
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      MINING
      605 6 Issue Val. Kraser Co. Lyail Evatt Buyers Sellers Silvers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 3/7'/ 2 4/1 Vi 3/6 4/5/- Austral Amal 4/7& 5/lfc> 4/10 5/3 £1 Austral Malay 38/- 42/- 40/- 45' 5/- Ayer Hitam 22/9 23/9 22/6 23/6 1 Ayer Weng 0.63 0.73 0.68 0.72 £1 Banerin Tin
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      GENERAL
      476 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord... 1.30 140 1.32'^ 140 2 2 do. 7'i r v prefs. 2.15 2.25 2.17 A 22 10 10 Atlas Ice 4 7b s 2b a 00 5 50 1 1 B. M. Broadcasts? 0 55 0.60 ).5U 60 10 5 B. M. Trustee 3
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS
      284 6 5% P-laynarc Co. Ltd. $30,000 lot Apr. 30 Oct 31 90 100 norn SINGAPORF MIfNICIPAL o% 1901 red 1940 $400,000 Int. Int. Nar 31 Sept 30 100 101 norn 4,0% IPO' reC 1947 $1.600 000 Int My. 31 Sept. 30 106 108 norn V 2%V 2 IMP
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      RUBBER SHARES
      367 6 Al'enby Mot Gajah ftmal Malay Ayer Hitam ftyer Molek Ayer Panas Bassett Batu Lintang B3dford Benta Borelli Brogas Brunei Un Bukit Katil Bukit K. B Bukit K3pong Bukit Timrjh <$lf)i Chantrkat Serdang Connemara Glenealy Plantations Hamilton Haytor Indragirl Jeram Kuantan (50 cts.) Jimah Kamasan Kedah Kempas Kluang 1.25
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      100 6 Friday, June 2. noon. No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) 28 "h 29 No. IX R.S.S. f.o.b. in cases June 28- g 29* G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales June 28 9/16 28 11/16 F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in balea June 28 7/16 28 9/16 FUTURE QUOTATIONS No.
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      EXCHANGES
      191 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 2040 Switzerland demand 239 3 /i Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54>/ 8 Montreal demand
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      TIN STOCKS FALL 2,600 TONS IN MAY
      160 6 Total Supplies Now Below 30,000 Tons (From Our Own Correspondent) London, June I. VUOLRD visible supplies of tin declined by 1,824 tons in May, according to estimates cunpiled by A. Strauss and Co. Ltd. who consider that at May 31 visible stocks totalled
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      London Stock Exchange
      420 6 Prices Fall Then Recover London, June 1. AN the Stock Exchange today, the speech by M. Molotov, together with end of account realising, caused an initial lowering of prices but before the close some improvement was noticeable and leading groups recovered the major part of their earlier
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      GOOD DEMAND AT RUBBER AUCTION
      126 6 Guthrie's Weekly Report IN a weekly report on the rubber market, issued yesterday, Guthrio and Co. Ltd. write:— As a result of the hoHdayr, there is liUle to report regarding the period under review. The attent on of tne market has to a certain extent
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      MINISTRY OF SUPPLY'S WIDE POWERS
      62 6 London, June 7. THE wide powers accorded the Ministry of Supply outlined by Mr. Chamberlan on April 20 are explained in detail in a White Paper, which adds that certain War Office functions carried out on an agency basis for the Admiralty, Air Ministry and
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      FOREIGN EXCHANGES
      87 6 London. June 1. Today's closing mean rates wereParis 176 47 64 Athens 54"; New York 4.fi3 3 13 Belgrade lib Montreal 4.69 5 10 P""hare.n Brussels 27.50 Rio 225 32 Geneva 20.76 Buenos Aires Amsterdam 874 i Montevideo !d Milan Bfi Bombay 1 5r5 r d. Berlin 11.67..
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      NEW DESTROYER LAUNCHED
      23 6 London, June 1. H.M.S. Kimberley, a destroyer of 1.690 tons, was launched at Thornycroft's yard at Southampton today.— British Wireless.
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      91 6 COCHRAN BOILERS S^ The Cochran Patent Boiler. 3. by Its special arrangement of horizontal flue tubes, has a large heatin? furface, K. ~yl /I thereby combining the adN- -"••^-*z"^. r l r ,j(, I V I vantages of the Vertical —Jt l /—-j/ -j Boiler with the Economy ""i II
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      JELAPANG TIN DREDGE CLOSED DOWN
      891 7 Ore Stocks Sufficient To Cover Export Allowance ADDRESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of Jelapang Tin Dredging Ltd. in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, Mr. 11. A. Coates, the chairman, said: The company's dredge has been idle lor almost a year now. as sufficient stocks were
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      216 7 Singapore. June 1. noon. Buyers Sellers Gumbier 7.50 Han-burg Cube $13.25 Java Cube 512.00 Pepper nit Muntok $12.25 White $11.75 Black 7.50 Copra Mixed $3.55 Sun Dried $3.85 Sago Flour No 1 Lingua $2.5 ii $2.55 $2.55 Sarawak $2.50 Jdotang Palembang $"-25 Banja $7.00 Sarawak sv.oo Tapioca
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
      158 7 Only 209 Tons Sold Yesterday ■yHE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,436 th auction yesterday when of 791.575 Ib. (353.38 "tons i catalogued, 696,822 lb. 1311.08 tons> were offered and 468,101 lb. (208.97 tons) were sold. London spot 8 5 16d. a pound. New
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
      57 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, June 1, 5 p.m. Books Company Dividend Close TIN Total far Date Ex. Div. financial year Payable Date to date Raub 5d. lnt June June 14 June 9 fi% GENERAL Rt'iioiig Consuld. 6d. Int. No. 28 June IT Wearnr Int. M»y JO June
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      Poland Revising Trade Policy
      286 7 Attack On German Methods AN important change in Polish trade policy toward Germany is foreshadowed by an announcement in the official Gazeta Polska that the greatest care must henceforth be exercised in arranging export transactions with the Reich. The newspaper states that since Germany's seizure of
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      KUNDANG DREDGE RECONSTRUCTED
      432 7 Now A Modernised Electric Plant AT the annual meeting of Kundang Tin Dredging Ltd. in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, Mr. H. A. Coates, the chairman, said: The year under review marked the completion of the work connected with the electrification and reconstruction of the company's dredge, and
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      RUBBER MARKET MORE ACTIVE
      232 7 PRICE RISES SHARPLY DURING WEEK STANTON NELSON'S REVIEW IN a weekly report on the rubber market issued at noon yesterday, Stanton Nelson and Co. Ltd., write:— The improvement In market sentiment continues, caused by the fixed belief that the Russian agreement, in spite of delay and
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      Britain & U.S. Securities
      296 7 Britain U.S. Securities Complaint By New York Attorney IN a remarkable outburst, inspired by reports from London that the British Government was taking steps to discourage British purchases of American securities, the Attorney General of New York State, Mr. John Bennett, launched an attack on the alleged failure of the
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      SHIP THAT FOUND LUSITANIA
      109 7 Sold To Turkish Firm AFTER having been laid up In the Clyde for over three years, the Orphlr, the 459-ton salvage ship which located the torpedoed Lusitanla lying in 309 ft. of water off the Old Head of Kinsale, Southern Ireland, has been sold to Turkish
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      174 7 Safeguard. YOUR VALUABLES Our Strong Roems are your Protection. It is Impossible for an individual to provide for his valued possessions the safety that is afforded by our vaults where we have safe boxes of various sizes for hire at moderate rates. HIRERS themselves hold the KEYS and ONLY THEY
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      261 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated tn China t> -Hx-dai C!iait«r) 12. Cecil Stivel M*gap*f» Telephones: Manager* Olli.i 1.111 Asst Manager'; Oltiee SM.' Exchange Depl .fi General OlTire 5188-t Cable Address: (111 M.XI v Paid Up Capital Ch 41) 000 »ou 0» Reserve Funds in excess of Ch s.■•OO.ltm. ■•OO.ltm Total Asset*
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    SOVIET WANTS GUARANTEE FOR BALTIC STATES
    235 9 M. Molotov And Condition For Joining Peace Front Moscow, June 1. HEALING with latest Anglo-French proposals for a com- mon front against aggressin, M. Molotov, the Soviet Premier and Foreign Minister, in his speech to Parliament, recognized that they admitted reciprocity. He added, "This,
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    BRITISH PRESS COMMENT
    778 9 London, June 1. COMMENTING on M. Molotov's speech, The Times says that if the speech were not a full acceptance of the last British proposals it was not a flat rejection of them and there was nothing in M. Molotov's misgivings and reservations which further negotiation should
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    9,800 Casualties In Chungking Raids
    67 9 Chungking, June 1. pHINESE civilian casualties as a result of Japanese air raids on Chungking on May 3, 4, 12 and 25, totalled 9,800, Reuter was authoritatively informed today. The figure represents only bodies actually accounted for and the wounded registered at hospitals, of whom
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    Dr. C. T. Wang Arrives In London
    113 9 Dr. C. T. Wang Arrives In London London, June 2. I}R. C. T. Wang, former Ambassador in Washington, arrived at Croydon by air today from China to represent China on the Olympic Games Committee. He said the promotion of athletics was now his chief interest. Athletics had done wonders for
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    MAURETANIA READY FOR TRIALS
    43 9 London, May 31. The new 34,000-ton liner Mauretania left Liverpool today for the Clyde and will tomorrow undergo her steam trials on* the Isle of Arran. She starts her maiden voyage to New York on June 17.— British Wireless.
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    TROOPS' GALLANTRY IN PALESTINE
    37 9 London, Thursday. pOR gallantry when serving with the Ist Battalion, Royal Scots, in Palestine, four soldiers were decorated with the Military Medal by their Co-lonel-in-Chief, the Princess Royal, at Aldershot, today.— British Wireless.
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    31 9 London, May 31. DETAIL sales in April were 1.3 per cent, higher than a year earlier. Stocks were 1.8 per cent, lower, but employment was 0.7 per cent, greater. —British Wireless.
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    More Bluejackets For Kulangsu?
    161 9 LATEST MOVE IN AMOY TROUBLE Shanghai, June 1. 'TWERE might be a need to send additional reinforcements of Japanese bluejackets to Kulangsu, replied the Japanese naval spokesman at a press conference, when his attention was drawn to the semi-official Japanese report that Japanese naval reinforcements were
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    Popular Front Not Wanted
    137 9 Overwhelming Vote By Labour Party London, June 1. •THE Labour Party Conference by 1 almost 2,000,000 votes defeated an amendment calling for Popular Front negotiations with the Liberal and Communist Parties. The voting was 248,000 for and 2,360,000 against. The resolution urged that negotiations should be
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    Security Of British Colonies
    142 9 London, June 1. THE review of the year's work in the Colonial Empire accompanying the Colonial and Middle East Estimates, staves it Is true there have been ::erious disturbances ir Palatine and local troubles in several West Indies colonies. But, if all the populations of the
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    Three Killed In Train Crash In Norfolk
    98 9 London, June 1. TPHREE were killed and 12 injured when a London-bound passenger train crashed into a straw-laden lorry on a crossing at HU^ay Fen goods yard, near Downham Market, Norfolk, today. The lorry driver escaped with a broken arm. The train was
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    NAZI PRESS MISSION LEAVES JAPAN
    31 9 Tokio, June 1. rNDINQ their 35-day tour of Japar and Manchukuo, the German good will press mission left Yokohama thl; afternoon for Germany via America.Eastern New?.
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    LAUNCHING OF NEW JAPANESE WARSHIP
    27 9 Tokio, June 1. ANEW Japanese warship, the Shokaku—size or type not specified— was launched at the Yokosuka Naval Station yesterday.— Eastern News
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1939. PAYING THE PRICE OF FOLLY
    840 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1939. PAYING THE PRICE OF FOLLY M. Molotov's failure to announce the completion of an Anglo-Franco Russian agreement in his speech to the Soviet Parliament on Wednesday appears to have caused a certain amount of disappointment and a mild tendency to return to
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    The Malayan Planter And The I.M.R.
    361 10 In a letter published in another page today a Kelantan planter voices the mystification felt by so many people in Malaya today when they observe the varied theories and practices now revealed by the medical profession In the treatment of malaria. By a coincidence,
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    THE MUNICIPAL "PINK UN"
    555 10 From An Asiatic Viewpoint EUROPEAN GROUSES To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Permit me the hospitality of your columns to refute some of the false allegations made against the Singapore Municipality by your correspondent Continental European." What grounds has he for complaint, when his
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    A PUZZLED MALARIA PATIENT
    177 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— From time to time in your journal we are treated to photographs, of members of the medical profession, either in conclave on the subject of malaria, or actually visiting and inspecting suspected malarious districts. Others depict them scrutinising
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    LETTERS IN PAGE 15
    40 10 "STAY PUT." An optimistic view of Singapore's position in the event ol war. "A VISION." Comment on a Straits Times leading article on rural camps. STREET SCANDAL. Another correspondent rails attention to the spread of prostitution.
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    CAVALRY IN EUROPE
    815 10 Polish And Russian Horsemen By Our Military Correspondent London, May 22. IF war were to break out over Poland the horse might come into his own again. In the Polish Army there are one division of her. cavalry and twelve independe: brigades about 18,000 horsemen. Four million
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    731 10 Johore Trains THE notes In this column on a trip through Johore by the 12.50 local train, and also the recent retirement of the last of the European enginedrivers, have started an old resident thinking about the Johore State Railway in the days of Its opulence,
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    ANGLO-SOVIET AGREEMENT AND BALTIC STATES
    346 11 Only One Outstanding Point Unsettled SIR WILLIAM SEEDS HAS TALK WITH POTEMKIN Official Russian Reply To British Plan Awaited POLITICAL circles in Paris believe that only one important outstanding point has still to be settled between Russia, France and Britain, the remaining issues being all
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    PARIS MEETING
    136 11 British Attitude After M. Molotov's Speech London, June 1. OIR Eric Fh'pps, British Ambassador in Paris, today conferred with M. Bonnet, the French Foreign Minister regarding the progress of the Moscow talks. Reuter's diplomatic correspondent It ;'.rns now that the full text of M. Mo!otov"s speech has been
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    PRESS OPTIMISM 'Complete Agreement On Obligations Involved"
    135 11 PRESS OPTIMISM 'Complete Agreement On Obligations Involved" Pans, June 1. THE majority of the French news- papers are optimistic regarding the successful conclusion of an Anglo-French-Soviet Pact following M. Ifolotov's speech. Matin says objections to the form In which the document i.; drawn up are to be r:;pe;-t?d. although as
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    LORD HALIFAX BACK AT FOREIGN OFFICE
    29 11 I \w:, British Foreign i mcd ;o the Foreign Callcra .it i.,c Forcljn O-f-ce, whom he recelvei Inel w Jei th-> Polish Am-
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    French Conscripts Are Called Up Early
    62 11 Paris, June 1. CHANCE again is calling up a portion of the next contingent of conscripts ahead of time. According to a decree published today, conscripts to be incorporated in 1939 will be composed of youths born between Dec. 1. 1918 and Dec. 31,
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    NAZIS AND THE "ENCIRCLERS"
    154 11 "Fresh Spell Of Moscow Frost" Berlin, June 1. pOLLOWING M. Molotov's speech, German newspapers have apparently abandoned the idea that the Anglo Franco Soviet negotiations may break dovifi, though they express the belief that the bickerings of the would-be triple alliance may last a long time.
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    LONDON CONFIDENT M. Molotov's Speech Is
    131 11 Being Studied London, June 1. PENDING receipt of the formal Soviet reply to the Anglo-French proposals for a pact against aggression, the speech delivered yesterday in the Soviet Parliament by the Prime Minister, M. Molotov, is being caretully studied in London. It is assumed
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    NEW YORK AMAZED
    48 11 New York, June L THE first American reaction to M. Molotov's speech is one of amazement and confusion, according to the New York Times which adds that question now for Britain and France to decide is how much more they wil! and can concede —Renter.
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    SUBMARINE DID NOT COME UP
    597 11 Disaster Feared Off Birkenhead MEN FACE DEATH IN SUNKEN SHELL London, June 1. THE new £350,000 British subA mai-ine Thetis, with approximately 80 men on board, dived during her trails off Birkenhead today and failed to come up. An R.A.P. plane has located the ThetLs
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    "TERRIERS" ALMOST DOUBLED
    115 11 Remarkable Response In Past Nine Weeks London, June L OECRUITING figures for the Terri- torial Army still show weekly gains though as the units fill up and brigades go off to camp the rate of recruiting must necessarily slow down. Since April 1 152,920 officers and men
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    Japanese Planes Again Bomb Outer Mongols
    152 11 Tokio, June 2. JAPANESE planes were again in action yesterday over the Outer Mongol-Manchukuo frontier following Sunday's air fight in which the Japanese claimed to have shot down 42 Soviet planes, according to press dispatches. The Japanese bombers, it is claimed, silenced pro-Soviet Outer
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    Killg And Queen In Log Cabin
    284 11 Arrival At The Jasper National Park Jasper, Alberta, June 1. THEIR Majesties, who arrived here this evening on their eastward journey across Canada, are sleeping tonight In a typical Canadian log cabin in the heart of the Rocky Mountains with 24 hours rest before
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    Paving Way For German-Polish Talks?
    71 11 Paving Way For GermanPolish Talks? Polish Talks? Berlin, June 2. DR. BUERCKHARDT. League High Commissioner for Danzig, has arrived inconspicuously in Berlin. It is believed that his visit is in connection with the recent German-Polish incidents in the Free City, although this is denied in German political circles. Dr. Buerckhart
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    ITALIAN LEGIONARIES LEAVE SPAIN
    82 11 Air Force Expected To Return In Few Days Rome, June 1. CADIZ was gaily decorated and beflagged and a triumphal archway was erected at the quayside when the Italian legionaries embarked for home this morning. According to a message from Cadiz the last of eight Italian
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    DUKE SEES RAMSGATE AIR RAID TUNNEL
    66 11 London, June l. IN the course of a tour of east Kent today the Duke of Kent opened anl inspected the first section of Ramsgate's air raid shelter, to consist of three miles of tunnel 60 feet deep in chalk and sufficient to accommodate
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    CONCESSION MENACED
    109 11 Japanese Action Threat Tokio, June 1. A NOTE demanding the "delivery of the assassins of Cheng Shikang" to the Japanese authorities by noon on Wednesday was delivered today to the British ConsulGeneral in Tientsin by the Japanese Consul. Chen; was manager of the Tientsin branch of the Federal
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    TOKIO RECOGNISES SLOVAKIA
    24 11 Toklo, June 1. Japan's formal recognition of Slovakia was announced by the spokesman of the Foreign Office this morning. —Eastern News.
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    NEW CHINESE SUCCESSES
    130 11 NEW CHINESE SUCCESSES Japanese Forced Back In Hupeh Shanghai, June 1. THE Chinese claim fresh successes in their new general offensive in Hupeh Province. They say the Japanese are retreating toward Yingcheh ana Kingshan, abandoning large quantities of arms ammunition and fieid guns. The Japanese retreat in the recent North
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    BRITISH PROTEST TO JAPANESE
    111 11 Detention Of Military Attache At Kalgan London, June 1. pEPRESENTATIONS have been made by the British Government to secure the release of Col. C. R. Spear, the British Military Attache who has been detained by the Japanese at Kalgan. Meanwhile Lieut. Cooper, a British, language officer
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    RAIN BREAKS HEAT WAVE IN SINGAPORE
    151 12 Higher Night Temperatures Experienced Recently HARD TO SLEEP IN CONGESTED CHINATOWN AREAS HEAVY rain at 11 o'clock this morning brought some relief to a sweltering Singapore. Singapore people do not often talk about the weather but the "he* wave of the past few days
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    E.A. SNEWIN'S DEATH
    363 12 Veteran Malayan Journalist THE death of Mr. E. A. Snewin, a former member of the Straits Times staff for many years is announced in a cable from our London correspondent. Mr Snewin, who had settled at Worthing, had been gravely ill in the Royal Sussex County Hospital,
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    AMUSEMENTS
    48 12 POM 7 n. tu 9 p.m. Informal) ».45 C.Ai.i..' i ii....m.:1. ULYLANQ .".'hole S(.ilah p m <.. h I 4o 4: X 33 p.m. B kiii| the ice. I lie only AmUi*miJn esc t.tyie of Archl- ~i\ tm City M Cinema: 9 15 I I. 3 ill I.
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    PERSONAL ITEMS
    213 12 MR. E. D. SHEARN, a member of the Federal Council and also of the State Council of Selangor, is leaving Kuala Lumpur today to fly to England on six months' leave. Mr. Shearn Is a partner in the legal firm of Shearn, Delamore and Company. Mr. A Arbuthnott.
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    STOP PRESS
    109 12 NOVA BEATS BAER Lou Nova beat Max Baer on a technical knockout in the 11th round, the referee stopping contest. Nova won the first round, Baer being warned for a foul blow. In the second, Baer, who looked savage, told Nova to keep up his punches and the
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    ART CLUB'S SHOW Spark Is Not Yet A Flame
    362 12 ART CLUB'S SHOW Spark Is Not Yet A Flame THERE is a spark in The Art Club's exhibition of paintings and drawings, which opened at the Y.W.C.A., Raffles Quay, yesterday, which deserves attention, but it will need a lot of fanning before it grows into a flame. Although much of
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    SULTAN'S DAUGHTER IN HOSPITAL
    55 12 A YOUNG daughter of the Sultan ol Trengganu is in the General Hospital but is now making good progress. His Highness is at present on a visit to Singapore. When the child is completely recovered, a young son of the Sultan will I go into hospital
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    Queens Car In Crash
    31 12 eftfcft Queen Wury tea* lifeMig hurt when it uhw involved ttofl irttfi a ton» to West HiH Boad, London, S.W. The car wo* fur/ied on its side.
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    STOLE KRIS FROM ASTANA
    220 12 Kedah Courtier Sentenced SULTAN'S CHEQUE CASH (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star, June 1. TWO and half years' rigorous lm- prisonment, to be iollowed by six months' police supervision, was the sentence imposed by Mr. Justice Wan Harun, Malay Judge in the second division of the
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    ANOTHER TRIPLET DIES IN K.L.
    87 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 1. WHEN the wife of an unemployed Chinese gave birth to triplets in Kuala Lumpur several weeks ago, high hopes were held of their living. One child, however, died a fortnight ago, and on Tuesday, a second infant
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    BOBBY BREEN SINGS AGAIN
    80 12 BOBBY BREEN SINGS AGAIN <4t 77ie Cinema "Fishermen's Wharf" (With Bobby Breen, Leo Carillo, Henry Armetta). R.K.0.-Radio. At the Capitol. FISHERMEN'S WHARF" Is little more than an excuse to record some of young Bobby Breen's singing, and although it has little plot it has a reasonably interesting background showing the
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    CENSORSHIP SPOILS "MAN'S CASTLE"
    101 12 "Man's Castle" (Spencer Tracy and Loretta Youne), Columbia. At the Pavilion. ■THIS picture, as it is presented, is an example of the film censor at his worst. It is so badly cut that the story lifts you and drops you :n so many ways and so
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    SULEIMAN AGED 128
    292 12 Veteran Indian's Life Story ARRIVED HERE A CENTURY AGO AN Indian, who was born in Bombay in 1810 and who died in Malaya last year at the ago of 128, is referred to by a writer in the Malayan Police Magatinfl He was Suleiman who came to
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    STEAMER REFLOATED
    54 12 HTHE steamer Polzella (4,751 tons) of the Eclipse Shipping Company, which went aground on a reef nn Friday 20 miles from Tanjong Pi has been refloated, reports Reuter from Batavla. I A survey indicated the Po'.zella does 'rot- need doeMn* and will resume her voyage after reloading 850
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    Tungku Mahmud Marries
    44 13 Tungku Mahmud Marries London, June 1. •■pi Nt.Kl' Mahmud, brother of the Suit. :i of Trmgßanu, today ui.irrird Miss Joyrc Mabel Blen,.«c, rhirnpodist daughter of an Oxford tailcr, at the Registrars Office. Oxford. Tomorrow the couple will sail in tin urfu for Malaya.— Renter.
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    Do Late Nights At Cabarets Affect Nerves?
    280 13 Do Late Nights At Cabarets Affect Nerves? WHEN v summons ease in which Tal Poll Lin, a dance hostess, and \V\i Man Poh, were charged with voluntarily causing hurt to Charlie Chew, at the New World cabaret on Mar. 7, was called before Mr. C. H. Koh, in the Sinsnpore
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    DRIVER CAUGHT IN SPEED TRAP
    100 13 U7HEN a Chinese motor-lorry driver pleaded guilty, before Mr. C. H. U'hitton, in the Singapore Traffic Court yesterday, to a charge of speeding-, Court Inspector A. H. Frew said the accused had a previous conviction for a similar ollenc? and had also been to prison,
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    $10,000 BAIL FOR CHINESE
    89 13 Bail of $10,000 was allowed to a Chinese, Wang Ah Heng. in the Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday, when he claimed trial to a charge of being concerned In the Importation of chandu worth about $3,500 into the Colony on Wednesday evening. An alternative charge of
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    MYSTERIOUS SKID-SPOT ON BUKIT TIMAH ROAD
    195 13 Motorists Complain To Police Of Violent Sliding DRIVER EXONERATED AT INQUEST U/HILE giving evidence in the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday, in connection with a fatal accident which occurred in Bukit Timah Road on May 19, Inspector F. Goodship said the seene the B'4 milestone;
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    More A. R. P. Sirens For Singapore
    302 13 More A. R. P. Sirens For Singapore MORE air raid sirens may be erected in Singapore, as tests on the seven already mounted in the city have proved them to be insufficient to give 'adequate warnings. Municipal electrical engineers and 'a.R.P. officials, who recently tested each alarm in turn, received
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    RUBBER IMPORTATION ALLEGED
    78 13 I IM AH SAN, a middle-r.ged Hokkien, appeared before Mr. C. H. Koh, in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, on a charge of abetting the offence of importing 38 plculs and 80 katis of rubber into the Colony, with- j out a certificate of origin. The
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    21 13 Twd Indian workmen had their legs burned in hot ash in an accident In the Kailang gas works, Singapore, yesterday afternoon.
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    JUDGE VISITS SHOPS IN RAINWATER CASE Judgment Reserved
    176 13 JUDGE VISITS SHOPS IN RAINWATER CASE Judgment Reserved TO obtain first-hand knowledge of the premises concerned in a suit for damages, Mr. Justice Worlcy and the parties in the action paid a visit to the premises of the Ensign Book Store and U. Gulabrai in High Street yesterday. In the
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    TWO FAMILIES HURT
    66 13 A li-year-old baby boy was the least hurt when two Chinese families were involved in a car accident on Bukit Timah Road yesterday morning. The car ran off the road and overturned in a ditch at the 7,4-mile post. Two Chinese men and a woman and a
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    Judgment In Jelutong Merchant's
    608 13 will L,ase QUESTIONS in the will of a Singapore Chinese, Tan Kuan Kok, who owned a business which was one of the biggest producers of tianiar and jelutong in the world. were decided by a judgment deli- vered by Mr. Justice Manning, in the Singapore High
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    MANCHESTERS' BAND AT GARRISON WEDDING
    297 13 T^HE Manchester Regiment Band was In attendance at the Tanglin Garrison Church yesterday for the wedding of Miss Beryl Elvina Holdrige, daughter of Major A. V. Holdrige, Officer Commanding, 11th A.A. Battery, R.A., Changi, and Mrs. Holdrige, and Lieut. Ronald Ernest Mercer, 21st AA. Battery,
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    LOW AGRICULTURAL PRICES LAST YEAR
    237 13 Economist's Survey Of Malaya "PRICES of all commodities in 19b8 failed to recover from the low prices recorded for the s?cond half of the previous year, while for many agricultural products the market showed a further decline." writes Mr. D. H. Grist, agricultural economist, in
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    Twakow Men Acquitted JUDGE UPHOLDS 78 APPEALS
    242 13 Twakow Men Acquitted JUDGE UPHOLDS 78 APPEALS Comments On Case Of Prosecution "'J'HE prosecuting officer has Tailed to prove the mosi elementary ingredient s of t>-e offence, failed to identify ihc twakowa which were obstructing i;he river and failed to conned the nccusod with those twakow*," remarked the Chief Justice,
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    CHETTIAR'S CLAIM
    99 13 ALLEGED to have borrowed money from a moneylender, Sontc Chweo Oon was rued fur $690 by R M. N. Sathappa Chettiar, before Mr. Justice Manning, in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Judgment was reserved. The sum claimed was said to b;' the balance of principal and interest due
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    Rice-Mills And Prices
    335 14 Greater Nutritional Value Of Par-Boiled (From Our Own Correspondent) London. May 24. THERE is a tendency to form rings of rice-millers in Malaya with the object of depressing prices to the growers, says Sir Frank Stockdale, Agricultural Adviser to the Secretary for Colonies, in his report on
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    37 14 i From Our Own Correspondent. > Ipoh. June 1. A CHINESE coolie employed on relief work near the banks of the Kuita River seeing fish floating in the river dived to catch some of them He was drowned.
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    MALAYA MUST GROW MORE RICE, SAYS EXPERT
    1037 14 Material Progress Made In Cultivation Methods SIR FRANK STOCK!) ALE'S REPORT (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 24. THE need for Malaya to grow more rice, and the improve- ment in the general standard of Malayan copra are emphasised by Sir Frank Stockdale,
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    POLICE BAND TONIGHT
    50 14 The band of the Straits Settlements Police will perform at Telok Ayer under the direction of Mr. 8. Chapman, The programme Is: March, "Florentlner" (Fuclk) selection, "Rigoletto" (Verdi); Intermezzo. "Rendez vous"' (Alletter); tune poem, "Plnlandla" (Sibelius); trorabont jvelty "Slidln Easy (Alford); selection, "50 Yean of Song" (Brown),
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY
    200 14 The following new books will be available at Raffles Library tomorrow: NON FICTION The Inner Reality, Paul Brunton; Harris of Japan, illustrated, Carl Crow; Germany's Next Aims, Oswald Dutch; Twilight on Parnassus, G. D. Ellis; Fastest on Earth, Illustrated, G. E. T. Eyston; Awful Weekends and Guests. Illustrated,
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    STONES KILL WOMAN
    67 14 WHILE a Chinese woman, Lim Ah Boy, was lowering the collapsible side of a motor-lorry, which was full Of large stones, the load fell over her. causing multiple injuries, from whteh she died the next day. At an inquiry into her death yester- day, the Singapore Coroner,
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    BIG IMPROVEMENT IN MALAYAN COPRA STANDARDS
    537 14 BIG IMPRO VEMENT IN MALAYAN COPRA STANDARDS (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 24. THE very marked improvement in the general standard of copra produced is atttributed to the appointment in 1930 of a Coconut Research Officer by Sir Frank Stockdale, Agricultural Adviser to the Colonies, in his report on
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    National Park Future
    274 14 GOOD PROGRESS MADE ALREADY Confident Outlook Of Game ardm /"VPTIMISM regarding the future of v/ the King George V National Park. Is expressed by Mr. E. O. Shebbeare, Chief Game Warden, F.M.S., in his annual report just published. Mr. Shebbeare says it is not possible to make
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      A PIPE-DREAM?
      378 15 From Chinatown To Country Camps SLUM CHILDREN AND UNEMPLOYED To the Editor of the Straits Tjmes Sir,— With reference to your leader of May 24. headed 'A Vision," on the evacuation of school children and others from densely populated areas in Singapore in the event of war, and
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      ADULTERY IN CHINESE
      316 15 As Distinct From Polygamy To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. Your correspondent "Hundred Per Cent. Chinese," writing on the subject of polygamy, accused those whose views he held to be at fault of suffering from an inferiority complex. As I have already proved in my
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      FREE PRESS AND ITS STAMPS
      84 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times, j Sir,— With reference to the letter of "Collector" about the "SF.P.'' on the old Straits two-cent stamps, the initials are, I believe, those of the Singapore Free Press. This was either dene to advertis? j your morning
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      SINGAPORE IN WAR-TIME
      500 15 Raiding A Remote Fortress STRENGTH OF R.A.F. To the Editor of Uie Straits Times Sir.— During the past few weeks there has been a lot of unnecessary criticism of the so called 'Stay Put" AitP. policy of the local Government, and this appears to have reached a
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      SINGAPORE STREET SCANDAL
      247 15 Prostitution Spreading And Increasing To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I agree with Australian," whose letter appeared in your paper of May 29. Street prostitution has been alarmingly on the increase lately. The authorities do not seem to pay any heed. Some nights ago I
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      Indians In Singapore Volunteer Corps
      42 15 A renewed appeal to create Indian combatant companies in the Mraits Settlements Volunteer Force is made in the letter published below. Indian members of the ambulance unit of the Singapore Volunteer Corps BtJ seen in this picture.
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      INDIANS KEPT OUT OF THE FIGHTING LINE
      323 15 Sir,—The time has come lor every loyal subject of the British Empire to be in readiness to do his duty. We are passing through, one of the most critical periods in the history of the human race. Vast changes are taking place all
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      RUBBER BRANCHING
      87 15 < To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— The branching method lor rubber suggested by your correspon- dent, Mr. H. W. Reid, is worth trying. Any interested reader may find an i article entitled "The Artificial Stimu- 1 I lation of Branching," in Bulletin No. 23 issued
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      FROM AN F.M.S. INDIAN
      265 15 The Citizen Service League To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, When talking on .matters of defence I have heard some of my friends remark that Government does I not require their services, even though they are willing to offer themselves lor National Service. I
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      THE RURAL BOARD DEBATES
      115 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— We fully er.dors. 1 the comment of the chairman of the Rural Board, in his repiy to Mr. J M Jansen:— "We represent ncbcdy on the Kur.U Board except common sense and public good.' The chairman is quits
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    INDIA SHOULD BE WITH THE DEMOCRATIC POWERS
    834 16 Liberal Leader On The Evils Of Fascist Imperialism Bombay. "'IHE people of India have to 1 choose today between Democratic Imperialism and Fascist Imperialism," declared Mr. P. N. Sapru Chairman of the National Liberal Federation, presiding at a meeting of the Council of
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    EMANCIPATION AND PROGRESS
    246 16 Perpetual Message Of I Indian Films Calcutta. 'I HOPE the Indian films will become a perpetual message of progress »nd emancipation to the Indian people, bearing in mind its social and educational importance" stated Mr. Subhas Bose in the course of a message wishing success to the
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    HUMAN BEINGS OR PAWNS IN A POLITICAL GAME?
    1250 16 Real Authority Is Necessary For Social Reforms PENDULUM SHOULD SWING AGAIN, SAYS SIR JAMES CRERAR London. FOR many years past, and notably during the last twenty years, public opinion on Indian affairs has been pre-occu-pied by constitutional and political developments. This has,
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    YEARS OF STOMACH AGONY ENDED
    246 17 Are you a victim of what you believe to l>e mc.itablc ttomach trouble? Mr. S T. W. has a strong sympathy for those who. like lam. have struggled with the misery of long-drawn-out Kt'unarh suffering. So deli^htrd is ha rtuv., at having found complete relief,
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    Japanese "May Offensive" Said To Have Collapsed
    324 17 20,000 CASUALTIES INFLICTED BY CHINESE FORCES IN HUPEH Chungking, May 31. THE Japanese "May offensive" has completely collapsed as 1 the result of incessant Chinese counter-attacks and the successful employment of new military tactics, a Chinese military spokesman announced today when reviewing the
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    China's Successful Resistance
    115 17 Chungking, May 31. /"^HINA is the first, country to res'.st effectually the aggression that has aroused the indignation of the entire world," says the International Peace Campaign Headquarters in a message to the I.P.C. China Branch. The m?ssage says t'.iat the I.P.C. Headquarters are working with a
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    30 17 Hong Kong, May 31. ■■pHE Japanese authorities in Tientsin have banned the entry of otton and woollen textiles into the British and French concessions as from May 29. Central New.-.
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    JAPANESE BOMB OPEN TOWNS
    99 17 Chungking, May 31. pOOCHOW, erstwhile provincial capital of Fukien, was raided five times yesterday when Japanese bombers dropped a number of bombs, causing further destruction of lives and property. Eighteen open cities in Hunan Province, in the heart of the China Proper, were raided by 129
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    Japan's Losses In China War
    332 17 Japan's Losses In China War Casualties Estimated At Over 425,000 Men Chungking, May 31. I JP to the end of last year, 283,333 Japanese officers and men were killed in action on the China front, according to a spokesman of the National Military Council. The spokesman said that a broadcast
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    STORY OF CHINA'S PLANE LOSSES 1,561 Claimed To Have Been Destroyed
    155 17 STORY OF CHINA'S PLANE LOSSES 1,561 Claimed To Have Been Destroyed Tokio, June 1. 'THE Japanese naval air force, It Is claimed, shot down in air combats or destroyed on the ground 59 Chlness planes between January and May. the Navy Section of the Imperial G0.. m1. Headquarters announces In
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    FRONTIER CLASH
    105 17 Mongol Soviet Losses Hsinking (Manchukuo), June 1. CASUALTIES sustained by proSoviet Outer Mongolian troops and Soviet mechanised units following Wednesday's border clash with Manehu and Japanese forces are estimated at more than 700. Most of the casualties were caused by bayonet charges carried out by Japanese troops, it
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    TRADE CONTROL SUCCEEDS
    190 17 Imports Exports Up For First Quarter Hong Kong, May 31. CHINA'S total import is $393,962,-; 850 (Chinese currency) and export is $259,493,229, registering a favourable balance of $134,469,521. according to the trade statistics between January and April released by the Shanghai Custom House. Compared with the corresponding
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    The Biggest A.R.P. Test Fixed For July
    160 17 EIGHTY towns and hundreds of villages in Kent and Sussex will combine in July in the biggest A.R.P. exercise yet held in Britain. An area covering several hundred square miles will be blacked-cut between 10 p.m and 2 a.m. During that time all
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    Married 71 Years And Never Quarrelled
    142 17 rvEATH has parted one of the oldest married couples in England, Mr. and Mrs. Ezikicl Larter, of Diss, Norfolk, Mr. Larter dying at the age 94. His widow Is 91. Sweethearts as children, they celebrated the seventy-first anniversary of their wedding last November. They
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    BABIES' GAS MASKS
    37 17 CIR JOHN ANDERSON, Lord 1 Seal, stated in the Commor ctntly that the distribution to 1 authorities of re^.pirEtors for l will begin in thr >.ou!se of July, ai proceed rap ?!y t> realtcr.
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    CHOON LEONG AND HUCK TOE WIN WELL
    884 18 Good Tennis In S. L. T. A. Championships A HIGH standard of play was seen in the Singapore lawn tennis championship ties played on the S.CX. and Tan Huck Toe reached the semi-finals of the men's open doubles when they accounted for W
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    TWO PLAYERS SENT OFF IN SECOND DIVISION
    605 18 Marines Peat Pulau Brani Three Goals To One TWO players were sent off for fighting in the last minute of the 1 second division (a) game of soccer at Pulau Brani yesterday betwppn the Marine Department and the Pulau Brani side. The Marine
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    Another Title For Kho Sin Kie
    81 18 Kho Sin Kic won the Priory Tournament beating Tanncescu (Rumania) I—6,1 6, 7—5,7 5, 6—°, in the final. The challe; i bowl becomes his own property because he has won it three successive years. In the men's doubles final Coombe and Malfroy (New Zealand)
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    Penang Rifle Shooting
    112 18 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, June 1. THE annual "Bisley" meeting of the Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps will be held at the Kampong Bahru rifle range over three week-ends beginning on Saturday, June 10, at 2 p.m. and concluding on Sunday, June 25. Chief events
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    27 18 Th* Der'o-i feld rounding Tottenham Corner. The race was won by the favourite Blue Peter, who is in third position behind the jo.nt leaders in this picture.
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    PERAK TENNIS
    111 18 (From Our 6wn Correspondent) Ipoh, May 31. ENTRIES for the Perak Lawn Tennis Association tennis tournament close tomorrow and a record number of entries Is expected. It is understood that the Sultan of Perak will partner Dr. K. T. Khong in the veterans' doubles. Llm Theam Tet, the
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    INTER-CLUB BADMINTON
    67 18 The Cable and Wireless Club badminton team will play a return matcn of three singles and three doubles against the Vehicles Dept. Sports Club at the latter's court on Sunday at 9.30 a.m. The following have been selected to represent the Cable and Wireless Club p. J. Sullivan,
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    GOON BROTHERS WIN DOUBLES
    189 18 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, June 1. piNE courtcraft was seen in the men's singles final of the Penang tennis championship this evening between Goon Kok Lem and Goon Kok Ying. Goon Kok Lem won in straight se t Sf 6—4, B—6, but ne had to
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    Locke Wins Six And Five
    104 18 I OCKE beat Whitcombe six and five. He was generally steadier all round and Whitcombe continued to run into trouble with his driving, though putting improved in the late stages. The match was for a £500 side stake and over 72 holes. Locke's steady driving
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    SELANGOR ATHLETICS
    75 18 (From Our Own Correspondent; Kuala Lumpur, June 1. AN athletic meeting open to all Indians and Ceylonese in Selaneor will be held on the T.P£.A. rounds at 3 p.m. on July 15. This is the first meeting of its kind and the purpose is to foster athletics among
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    ECHO AND DISTINGUISHED BEST BETS Final Day Of Penang Race Meeting
    1485 19 ECHO AND DISTINGUISHED BEST BETS Final Day Of Penang Race Meeting UCHO and Distinguished should be the two best bets of the day tomorrow, the final day of the Penarg Turf Club's Opening race meeting. Both ran well on Monday and are well up to the class in which they
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    21 19 W. C. Hill, who with J. A. Dean won the Veterans final tn the Singapore tennis championships yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    SCRATCHINGS & ORDER OF RUNNING
    129 19 SCRATCHINGS ORDER OF RUNNING Scratching and order of running for tomorrow's races at Penang are as follows Race I.— Horses, Class 3, Div. 3, 7 furs., Geisha Girl, Hackshaw, Lucky Star, Creme de Menthe, Swift Arrow, Duchess 11. Race 2.— Horses, Class 3, Div. 2, 7 rurs. Golden Arrow. Race
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    PENANG BADMINTON
    60 19 Penang's badminton team against Selangor in the Foong Seong Cup competition to be played at the Free School hall on June 18 will be chosen from the following: Tan Kin Hong, Ooi Teik Hock, Lee Hoo Chye, Llm Ewe Chye, Khoo Eng Aun, Chee Choon Keng, Lim Yong
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    Today's Sports Events
    36 19 Soccer: Div. I, R.A.F. vs. S.R.C, at the stadium Div. lIU, Moravia vs. Chinese, at S.H.B. ground. Tennis: Singapore championships on S.C.C. courts. Boxing: At the covered stadium. Athletics: Radin Mas School Sports.
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    SULTAN'S CUP AT TELUK ANSON
    150 19 (From Our Own Correspondent) Teluk Anson, May 31. THE Lower Perak Club, Teluk Anson, defeated the Dew Recreation Club by three doubles to one in the Sultan's Cup tennis competition, playing on the Lower Perak Club courts yesterday. Notable absentees were R. L. Grut from
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    BATU PAHAT SOCCER
    142 19 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batu Pahat, May 30. A hard, fast and interesting game of football between the Selangor Malays and Batu Pahat, ended in a one goal draw, when they met yesterday on the Government School Fleld, Batu Pahat. The teams were even and the result
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    LOYALS SUCCESS IN IPOH SHOOTING
    119 19 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, May 30. In the Perak Open Rifle rhoot competition several from the Loyal Regiment competed. The following are the results: Perak Open Championship: 1, C. S. M. Conway (Loyals) 373 points; 2, Sgt. Reed (R.A.F.) 371 points: 3, H. I*.
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    GUNNERS SPORTS
    88 19 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, June 1. THE Inter-section sports of the Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery, held at Glugor on Monday and Wednesday, was won by the Right Section, "A" and "B." Results Three-mile team race "B" subsection. 880 yards relay: "C" subsection. Tnrowing the discus:
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    REICH NOT TO ENTER FOR HENLEY
    47 19 In view of political relations between Britain and Germany, the Reich Rowing Union has decided not to ent?r the Henley Centenary regatta, though previously they intended to enter in every event. The decision affee Josef Hasonoehrl, 1937 diamond scull winner.— Reuter.
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    S.R.C. ATHLETICS
    39 19 The S.R.C. athletic sports meeting will ba held on Saturday, June 17. Entry lists are available at the Cub. Entries c'.ose at noon on Monday. Intending competitors are requested ;o send in their names before that date.
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    22 19 Chua Choon Laong in play in the men's doubles event of the Singapore tennis championships at the S.C.C. yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    MEDICAL COLLEGE CRICKET
    116 19 Tha following are chesen to represent the Medical College teams at cricket this week end. Against the B.C.C. on the Co'lege ground; on S;iturr::>v at 2 p.m.:— L. Alvis. Ku'dip S:ir;h. Ong Swe^ Law. K. Balas ii'.'ara, Jasw&nC Sln^h, K. S. Ratnam. N. Wocdhull. A. C. Oehlers,
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    HOME CRICKET
    70 19 Home crlcict matches con yesterday resulted At I'kcstjn. D-rby beat K"r>t by live wickets. Kent 113 (Copson five for 39) and S!) iCcpson four for 30 >. Derby 112 (Todd fcur for 2C> and 134 fir nvo (Tcdd four fcr G:>. At Chelmstord, t> at Essex by two
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