The Straits Times, 12 June 1939

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    38 1 r*it.i«fl Fnw.l FINAL C.DIN. The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.) MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-LARGEST NET SALES 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1939 PRICE 5 CENTS, The Straits Times 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1939. PRICE !> CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      144 1 Try MIEN CHONG TAILORING We only ask for a trial order, nm Coleman St. Singapore. Phone 4816 YALE PULrUFT PULLS HORIZONTALLY LIFTS VERTICALLY A light weight tool of a thousand uses for certain services more practical than chain block. Tested to 50°o overload with a selfacting brake to prevent slip.
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      106 1 El mm 1^ give scientific oven-heat control make every dish a success cook a whole meal without attention make meal-times more punctual reduce the cost of cooking MUNICIPAL GAS DEPARTMENT. Dunne cmi OR call at the showrooms rnU N t 0I U I MUNICIPAL BLDG.. COLEfc^.H STREET W.P.S. 25 Consult
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      80 1 VACUUM PACKED i---^^'^g| Obtainable from all Qood Dealers SOLE AGENTS: ROBINSON CO., LTD. S I N G A PORE KUALALUMPUR* 74 'ire of London, the flrm of Hedges and But- -T" !er» has been carried on continuously by -i;*^*? 11 1 members of the same family. Thus has thr s^»^'^~~"
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      15 1 Madame Page 13. Battery Bids. Singapore's Leading Dressmaker. New Collection. Day Evening Gowns in STOCK
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
      106 2 licut. Col. Dato Haji Yahya, J' M. F. Johore extends heartfelt thanks to those who so kindly attended the funeral of his beloved wife. Datin E.sah and also to thos? who .sent wreaths, telegrams and letters ot condolence. Mrs Wee Seng Kiat (Yeo Mary) 2 Sons Wee Chen? Hal
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      284 2 SITUATIONS VACANT When applying (or any position advertise In ibese columns send copies ol testimonial* Do not send orirlnals. ANTED FOR BAR SERVICE youiig. Hire and honest Eurasian girl. Claim ior salary and photo send to ELYSEE HOTEL, Penang. A VACANCY OCCURS In a European Kn| incoriiiß Firm for a
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      410 2 SITUATION WANTED BILLET WANTED. Ceylon Tamil Cook B: y or Boy long experience, good credential;. Muthlah c o Mr. Joseph, 2 Bukit Sedap. Holland Road, Singapore. PROFESSIONAL PRIVATE limited companies and privately owned businesses < European and Asiatic i Accounts personally supervised, controlled and audited at clients offices (confidentially and
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      799 2 HOUSES FLATS. TO L.ET AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY 4-roomed house, with Kitchen, Garage etc., at No. 80 Telok Blangah Road. Inspection Invited. Tel No. *****. MOST ATTRACTIVELY FURNISHED MODERN FLAT, available Immediately. Linen, China Glass. Cutlery. Refrigerator. Mod. San. Phone 2530. NEWLY BUILT modern compound house No. 27 Boscombe Road off Tanjong
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      868 2 AUCTION NOTICES" BY ORDER OF THE OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE, S.S. (Re R. J. P. Clarke trading as the Changi Farm. Bankruptcy No. 232 of 1939) AUCTION SALE of polished Teak Office Furniture and Etc. Comprising:—Writing desks, tables, chairs. Iron safe, filing cabinets, typewriters, clock. bicycles. Etc. To be held at No.
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      1467 2 LEGAL NOTICE IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. Originating Summons No. M of 1939. In the Matter of The Eastern Agencies Ltd. and In the Matter of the Companies Ordinance. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Order of the High Court of the Straits Settlements,
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      691 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. 1 Incorporated ID England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SJ4 Co. MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES OUTWARD PROM UONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Tonnage Due Spore. CHITRAL 15,000 June 16 CORFU 15.000 June 30 BURDWAN 6.070 July 1 CANTON 15.500 July 14 CAHTHAQii 3 5.000
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      424 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS (Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. Regular fortnightly sailings. London via Penang, Colombo, Port Said, Naples, Marseilles and Gibraltar. SS. HAKUSAN MARU June 9. S.S. HARUNA MARU June 23 M.S. YASUKUNI MARU July 19. S.S. KASIMA MARU Aug. 3.
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      619 3 BffafaJjgSMfcS^Ttiirl LUXURY with ECONOMY ONE-CLASS MOTORSHIRS. CABINS WITH PRIVATE BATH. EXCELLENT CUISINE. MODERATE FAKfcS To: MARSEILLES. LONDON, ROTTEK DAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN To: PALESTINE, ROTTERDAM. HAM BOKINGIA June 13 BURG AND COPENHAGEN LALANDIA July t ASIA abt June 26 JUTLANDIA July iS DANMARK July 20 MEONIA Aug. 18 AFRIKA July
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      632 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building. Collyet Quay. Singapore r t i 51st. Chartered Bank Building. Penang Tel 1368. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FASI SERVICES MAHSHLLfcS LONDON N CONTINENI AND GLASGOW (bl conjunction with the Glen Linn Dim sails DIOMED L'don. R'dam, Hull Ham. In port June IS AGAMEMNON Mars, Casa, L'don,
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      185 4 Today Pontianalc (Panglcor) 2 p.m. Rengat Tembilahan (Indragiri) 2 p.m. Whole Australia (Qantas) 9 pjn. Java, Soutn-West Sumatra, S.-East Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas Timor Dill; (X.L.M.) 9 p.m Java and Timor Dill; (Qantas) 9 p.m. Palembang (X.L.M.) 9 p.m. Mew Zealand (Qantas) ..9 p.m. Tomorrow Indo-China (K.N.IK.M.) ..11.30a.m.
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      FROM MALACCA
      110 4 Correspondence for transmission by air via Netherlands" must be fully prepaid and clearly superscribed "By KXJM." Mails will close from Malacca as follows: Today. Aden. Burma, Canada, E. (8. Africa, Egypt. Great Britain. Ireland, India, Iraq, Kuwait, Mauritius. Newfoundland. Palestine an>' Transjordan by air (Imperial) 6 p.m. Hong
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      260 4 INWAKD Wearnes From Penang, Ipoh and Koala Lumpur. Arrive* CTcry eveuing. X.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives THIS eveniaf. Imperial From Europe: Arrive* THIS afternoon. X.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. Santas From Australia: Arrives tomorrow a/tcmoon. K.N.1.L.M.: From Saigon: Arrives Wednesdays. K.NLL.M-: From Netherlands InJi-,:
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      NEW INTERNAL AIR MAIL SERVICE
      137 4 AIR mails to and from all places In Malaya north of Kuala Lumpur will be carried on the new Wearnes Air Service starting today. A plane will leave Kuala Lumpur at 7.30 a.m., arriving at Singapore two hours later. The return flight will begin at
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      SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
      152 4 The following ships are alongside the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves or expected to arrive: Main Wharf, Entrance Gate 1; Exit 3:— Op ten Noort 18; Dukat 16; Borlngia 14; Glenearn 11; Lalandia 9; Hopepeak 4. Empire Dock, Entrance Gate Z; Exit It— Pcnrith Castle 32; Klang 34;
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      NEWS IN BRIEF
      90 4 The United States is to permit loreign Governments to purchase 500,000 cubic feet of helium for medical, scientific and commercial purposes, the new rule being made chiefly to enable Poland to buy helium for a stratosphere observation dirigible. The next World Zionist Congress Is to meet ln
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      British Professor's Plea To World
      143 4 Chungking, June 11. "/"ORPHANS maimed, homeless or dead in China appeal to us In th 2 Wesi, to stop this mass murder in China by refusing to sell to Japan munitions of war," said Professor Lautenschlaiter, a British worker at Lingnan University ln Hong Kong,
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      SURFACE MAILS DUE
      29 4 Malls from Europe (London parcel mails) expected today, June 12, by Patroclus delivery at 10 a.m Malls from Japan expected today. June 12, by Atlas Maru.
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      1064 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in F M.S.) TELEPHONE: Fteltnt 5433. Pastatt MIL CANADIAN nWC=PACIFIC (Incorporated ln England) *HE EMPRESS ROI'TE oflers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES rla HONOLULU oc direct EMPkESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA bj TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAIN with•ul change— thence by CANADIAN PACIFIC ATLANTIC SERVICES TO ENGLAND ot the CONTINENT— aII nnder
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      497 4 PUBLIC NOTICE BROGA RUBBER ESTATES LTD(Incorporated in the F.M.S.) Notice of General Meeting and Closing si Transfer Books. NOTICE Is hereby given that the 19th Annual General Meeiinp of Shareholders will be held at the Registered Office of the Company, Anglo-Oriental Building. 16, Barrack Road, Kuala Lumpur on Saturday 1st
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      529 4 PUBLIC NOTICES ROAD NOTICE. Ulo Langat District. The Hon. the British Resident, SelangOr has approved the closing to traffic of the Bangi Telok Datoh Road *t the 31 'I Mile from 6 a.m. 19th June to 6 a.m. the 10th July. 1939 to allow a Drainage Irrigation Depart, ment Dredger
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      271 5 1959 AMERICAN H.M.V. RADIOS. I jW^h [Lea RADIOGRAM MOfiEL 11 QU 11 R.C.A. Tubes S.S. PRICE $525 $44.00 Per Montb For IX Months Sole Agent for Maiaya KEE HUAT RADIO CO. 122-124. Onkcrg Road. SINGAPORE Phone 4566 Be smartly dressed need not be Expensively Dressed! -Try GIAN SINGH'S TAILORING and
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      290 5 THE RISK OF SEPTIC INFECTION AVOIDED WITH THIS NEW POTENT GERMICIDE. Particularly useful and safe for cuts abrasions arid skin disorders. Obtainable from Chemists and Stores. 75 cents and $1.50 per bottle. Sole Distributors: GRAFTON LABORATORIES Ltd.— Singapore Kuala Lumpur. Light Compact Sturdy fyJODERN in design, these desk model adding
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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      520 5 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TODAY ZML 225 melim ZHP 30 06 metres. p.m. 5.0Q Songs by Miss Malmoon 2. (Malay)-, 5.30 Cantonese dramas. t 6.10 Musical interlude. r 6.15 Children's program we. (Cantcnsseit 6.35 Scenes from "Sable Cicada." tC»utoneseKt 7.00 Children's programme. (English). 7.15 Time, weather, news, and announcsments. 7.30 "Inspector Hornlelgh
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      354 5 EMPIRE STATION TODAY TRANSMISSIONS 2 AND 3 GSB 21.47 mc/s (13.9? m.) GSG 17.71 IBC/I (16.86 m.); GSF 15.14 me s (19.82 m.|: GSJ 21.63 mc/s (1U.93 m.): GSD 11.75 mc/i (25.53 m.l p.m. 6.05 Big Ben. Music Hall.* 7.05 North Country songs and tunes.* 7.35 "The Dark."* Play for
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      340 5 NIROM TODAY VI).\ 6.0* rat/i MM m.). YIIB 9.65 mc/i (11.2* m.). VDB 11.86 rat/i (85.S m.). FMN 10.26 mc/i (".9.2 m.). p.m. 1.10 News and weather reports. 1.22 Luncheon variety n. 2.10 News repeated. 2.20 Close down. 4.50 Programme prevue. Variety programme. 5 50 For the children. Uncle Dick.
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      435 6 QUOTA PROSPECTS MAKE TIN SHARES FIRMER RUBBER STEADY AND UNCHANGED By Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, June 12. •THE week-end has passed without any serious political developments and markets this morning open on quite a good tone. The fact that there is accumulating evidence that the «Vternatior.al Tin
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      DISILLUSIONMENT IN GERMANY
      191 6 A REMARKABLE series of letters fKm representative non-Nazi Germans is published in an anonymous book, stated to be by a "Member of the German Freedom Party"' entitled "Hitler Calls This Living! (Sidgwick and Jackson. 65.). The publishers state that they have received the assurance that all the
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      MINING
      601 6 Issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers Singapore, Saturday, June 10. 1 p.m. Issue Val. Kraser St Co Lyail Evatt Buyers Sellers Suyers Sellers Issue Val. Buyers Sellers ..yall Evatt frasei Co. Buyers Seller* 1 Nawng Pet 0.25 0 30 0 21 0
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      GENERAL
      440 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord 1.30 1.40 1.32'/, 140 2 2 do. l l 2 r c prefs. 2.15 2.25 2.20 2.25 10 10 Atlas Ice 4 7b Ml a.OU a 50 1 1 B. M. Broadcastinp 0.55 0.60 ).5t) 1 60 10 5 B M Trustee 4.75 7.50
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS
      280 6 6Ci Maynard k Co. Ltd. $30,000 Int. Apr 30 Oct. 31 90 100 norn SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 5% 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 100 101 norn 4 <~c'/ 2 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar 31 Sept 30 106 108 norn Int. Mar.
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      RUBBER SHARES
      363 6 <&nares are $1 unless otherwise stated) Allenby 1.25 1.3U 125 A.!or Gajah 0.85 0.95 0.95 ftmal Malay 1.50 1.60 1.47 P.yer Hitam 0.90 1.00 0.95 fVyer Molek 0.95 1.J0 0.95 Ayer Paiias 1.20 1.25 1 22 Bassett 0.52 0.55 0.52 Batu Lintang 1.05 1.12 1.07 Bedford 0.80 O.a,
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      82 6 Monday, June 12, noon. No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) 28)4 28 15/16 No. IX R.S.S. f.o.b. in rases June 28 13, 16 28 15/lb' G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales June 28*4 28H F.A.Q. R.S.S. r.o.b. in bales June 28 5/16 28 7 16 FUTURE QUOTATIONS
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      EXCHANGES
      181 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. a/3 25/32 London demand 2/3 25/32 Lyons demand 2040 Switzerland demand 2394 Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54 3/16 Montreal demand 54 3/16
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    SMALL FLUCTUATIONS ON WALL STREET
    433 6 Swan, Culbertson's Review Of Past Week CWAN, CULBERTSON AND FRITZ review the New York market for the week ended June 10 as follows: Stocks prices have again fluctuated narrowly and indecisively though the net results of the week's trading were small gains in all of
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES
    72 6 London, June 10. Todays closing mean rates SSTym 4!3 --S KSr...;: ft£ Montreal 4.69 1 U Belgrade 210 Brussels 27. jl Bucharest 660 Geneva 20. W 4 Rio 2 25/32 Amsterdam 8 iO'4 Buenos Aires Co.2i Milan 89 M 6 Montevideo 18 SKdSd •.•.■.•.•ncJrlna? SSSKm. 1 Prague nominal
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    TIN QUOTA LIKELY TO BE RAISED 5 To 10 Per Cent. Increase Expected
    91 6 TIN QUOTA LIKELY TO BE RAISED 5 To 10 Per Cent. Increase Expected (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 10 IM^ETAL DEALERS here anticipate that j 17I the International Tin Committee, at its meeting in Paris on Wednesday, will increase ths production and export quota for the third quarter of
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    STATISTICS OF DOLLAR RUBBER COMPANIES
    131 6 Hallam Company's Handy Reference Book LJALLAM AND CO. sharebrokers. Kuala Lumpur, have just issued their fifteenth edition of Dollar Rubber Companies Statistics. The booklet takes the usual form and contains particulars of the capital of all rub-ber-producing companies in Malaya which are incorporated in this
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    ULU KLANG TIN MAY OUTPUT
    56 6 THE dredge of Ulu Klang Tin Ltd. worked for 395 hours in May, treated 69.7C0 yards of material including 10,600 cubic yards of tailings, and produced 351 pieuls of tin-ore The drsdge closed down on May 30 as the quota for the April June quarter
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    MANILA GOLD SHARES
    103 6 Manila, June 12. QUOTATIONS, in pesos, for 10 centavo gold shares on the Manila Stock Exchange this morning compared with yesterday's as follows: Previous Today's Asked Bid Asked Bid Antamok 0.24 0.23 O.yi 0 i.2 Coco Grove 0.35 O.34'-. 0.35' 2 0 34'i Itogon 0.23'i 0.23 0.24
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    38 6 B£ING Ibn Saud of Saudi-Arabia has requested the Turkish Government to military mission to organise an d train the Hedjaz Army, says an Angora report Afghanistan has also asked for the *«"<*» °fa "Umb« Of specialist offlcers from Turkey.
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      71 6 Grubber **M%? lUo^ TREWnELUS W% «g\f> 1 /^yC&MbNKEY GKUBBER The "Trewhena" Monkey Grubber is ideal for tree felling and rapid land clearing. It is simple to use, and yet can tackle the hardest Job by hand. Scientifically made to conserve physical energy and eliminate strain. AS SUPPLIED TO PUBLIC WORKS
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      ULU PANDAN MAKES $15,336 FROM SALE OF LAND
      332 7 No Dividend For Shareholders: $11,689 Carried Forward A NET profit of $13,967 was earned by Ulu Fandan (bingapore) Rubber Estates Ltd. in the year ended Apr. 30 last. This compares with $253 earned in the preceding year. Deducting a debit balance of
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      £10 A HEAD FOR REARMAMENT WHAT AUSTRALIANS PAY
      141 7 £10 A HEAD FOR REARMAMENT WHAT AUSTRALIANS PAY Canberra. ACCORDING to the Prime Ministei i Mr. Menziesi. the Commonwealth Government is providing more tlwn £70,000.000 for defence and rearmament for the current financial year. This is more than £10 a head tor every man. woman and child in Australia. "The
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      HAIPHONG GODOWNS PACKED FULL
      314 7 Difficulty In Trading With Interior Of China A SERIOUS problem is confronting merchants in the south-west and shipping interests in Shanghai and Hong Kong as it is reported that godowns of all descriptions in Haiphoni, which has become the pivot of transportation following the fall of
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      227 7 Singapore. June 1U. noon. Buyers Sellers Gambicr 7.50 Hamburg Cube S13.25 J.u.i Cube S12.00 Pepper Whit; 1 Muntok S11.75 White SH25 Black s 7.75 Copra Mlx.'d $3.50 Sun Dried S3.8o Sou,} Flour No. 1 Ungga S2.45 Pair s_'.4j $2.45 Sarawak OJ» Jclotona Palembang S7.25 Banja $675 wak
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      MANILA COLD SHARKS
      98 7 Manila, June 10. QUO! AT1ONS, in p> s. s. lor 10 centavo t>uld shares on the Manila Stock Exchange this morning compared with ycsterday'a h (oUovi: Previous Today's Asked Bid Asked Bid Antamok 0.24 0.23 0.24 0.23 QTOft 0.36 0.35 0.35 0.34 Baton o.-'4 0.2a 0.23 1
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      EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES
      101 7 rvURING the week ending June 3, 1939. exports of canned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 102.466 cases, of which 84.594 (82 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom; 2.025 «2 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe; 13.217 (13 per cent.) cases to
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      TREASURY BILLS
      46 7 London, June tf. TTHE total amount applied for in tenders for £45,000,000 Treasury Bills was £66,790,000. The maximum amount was allotted in Bills at three month*. The average rate per cent, was 14s. 5.23 d., compared with 13s. 1.65 d. last week. -British Wireless.
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
      127 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore. June 10, 1 p.m. Books Company Dividend Close TIN rotal fat Data Ex DIt financial year Payable Date to date Hitam Tin 5% int. June 19 Kramat Pulai 5 r final less tax June 7 Do 2V:% Int less tax June 1 Malayan
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      Wall Street Quotations
      426 7 New York, June 10. I TT'HE following quotations were those ruling when the Stock Exchange closed today. DOW JONES AVERAGES Yesterday's Today* Close Close Changes 30 Industrisls 140.09 140.14 up 05; 20 Rails 28.38 28.33 of .05 15 Utilities 24.05 23.91 OH .14 40 Bonds 89.85 89.95
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      BROKERS' COMMENT
      90 7 OWAN. CULBERTSON AND FRITZ report on Saturday's New York markets Prices moved irregularly amid dull trading. Steels lagged on the outlook of declining steel operations next week. There was no particular pressure in any section. WHITE. WELD CO.. New York. report by cable to S. E. Levy and
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      AIR RAID SHELTERS Australian Steel For Great Britain
      130 7 AIR RAID SHELTERS Australian Steel For Great Britain Sydney. I ARGE orders have been placed in 1-1 New South Wales, on behalf of the British Government, for steel plates and iron sheets which are to be used In the construction of air raid shelters in England. It is understood that
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      EIGHT CURRENCIES IN USE IN CHINA Japanese Military Notes In Occupied Areas
      241 7 EIGHT CURRENCIES IN USE IN CHINA Japanese Military Notes In Occupied Areas Shanghai, June 9. AT least eight different currencies are circulating in China at present. In Japanese-occupied regions Jn North China, notes of the new Federal I Reserve Bank founded by the Japanese i are being circulated. Small amouncs
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      U.S. BUSINESS MEN STILL WARY
      273 7 Spring Trading Fairly j Good II S. BUSINESS men everywhere v/« have continued to be reluctant to enter commitments, and unwilling to participate in speculations as a result of the fear of a European war, declares the May Bulletin of the Cleveland Trust. "Spring business
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      WAR THREAT DIMINISHES EASTERN TRADE Australia Will Benefit
      90 7 WAR THREAT DIMINISHES EASTERN TRADE Australia Will Benefit Canberra A PPREHENSIVE that a European war would cut off their supplies of iron and ir?ei, building materials and technical equipment, large firms In the East are switching their orders to Australia There are 400 manufactured lines which merchants -n tn Netherlanr:>
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      15 7 Jimah Rubber harvested 20,600 lb. oi rubber in May and Punggor Rubber harvested 8,040 lb.
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      153 7 9 19-25. CECIL STKtfcl. SIM. APOKL Telephone Manafer'i Office «51» Exchaace Dept. 4513 General Office 4514 Cable Addreaa:— PROVINBANK.' Head Office. SIDCHOW PAID-CP CAPITAL (Ch.) 10.0 M.M* RESERVE FUNDS 13.000.M* TOTAL ASSETS <»pprox.l SIOB.OOt.MI Board of Directors: T. L. SOONG TSENG CANG FL> Y. C. KOO CHAN XIV BOON WU
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      224 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated In China m juiln Criai'er) 12. Cecil Stri-el Sing»pot? Telepiiones: Manager's OlTict '.ill a Asst. Mar.ager'^ Ottlcr MM t Exehjnge Drpt (111 General Office 5188 t Cable Addrrn: 111 M.Kt n Paid Up CapiUl Ch llMOiilxia* Reserve Funds in exe«* of th 1 lull urn Total
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      349 8 ALHAJVBRA- today 3.15, 6.15 9.15 p.m. W.irnrr Vr.W Iliril!i;i- Air fc^^ WINGSJ^^f OF THE "JKb BORN FOR ACTION TRAINED FOR DANGER ./#ng rfftfl HBH BOUND FOR THRILLS J^f fffl BbbW .f t «i, 5... mi«M«« A ■f| •ho find •dvtnturt ihrill* «nd romince rvrr> br«lhl>kin| wcand Taj i^Bk \^^^r f
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      549 8 OWING TO TOMORROW'S "PYGMALION" PREMIERE, MUST FINISH TONIGHT! 6th DAY AND STILL DRAWING CROWDED HOUSES!! j j PAVILION A LAST NIGHT 615 9.15 GEORGE FORMBY IN HIS SONG-AND-LAUGH TRIUMPH 'IT'S n THE AIR' j 'ffcy^lnljiiji^ "this screamingly funny comedy i£f| ■^jm rocked last night's audience" "one of the best comedies
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      340 8 A Great Comedy comes back! CAPITOL j FOR 2 NIGHTS ONLY TONIGHT and TOMORROW SPECIAL RETURN SCREENING OF KOlti VPROARIOI S COMSDI HIT— I m^F* NOT EVEN IN X <<The Thin iv Note: In crder ta avoid ii-.ronvenienies of the Hlack Out. tomorruu night the late show will commence at
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    KING AND QUEEN VISIT NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR
    471 9 3,000,000 People Line Route To Watch Royal Procession New York, June 11. THE King and Queen yesterday visited the New Yorl A World's Fair. More than 100,000 people had already passed through the turnstiles by the time Their Majestiel arrived. Cordons of
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    Japanese Planes Shot Down At Chungking
    50 9 Chungking, June 9. •TWENTY -SEVEN Japanese bombers raided Chungking at 7 p.m. today and again bombed the city. The raiders were greeted with heavy anti-aircraft fire, while Chinese pursuit planes engaged the attackers. Anti-aircraft units claim that two Japanese bombers were shot down. Reuter.
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    TASMANIAN PREMIER DIES AT GOLF
    118 9 Melbourne, June 11. Ililß. Albert George Ogilvle, Premier of Tasmania, collapsed and died today while playing golf at Warburton, Victoria, reports Reuter. He was 48 years of age. A lawyer before entering politics, Mr. Ogilvle was called to the Bar in 1914, building up an
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    REFUGEES' APPEAL TO MR. CHAMBERLAIN
    73 9 London, June 11. ABOUT 907 German refugees aboard the Hamburg Amerika liner St. Louis, who were not permitted to land In Cuba, have cabled the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, begging asylum In Britain or at least permission to land at Southampton, according to a message
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    Britain Starts On New Palestine Policy
    76 9 Jerusalem, June 1 IT is officially announced that steps are now being taken to enforce those parts of the new British policy in Palestine where immediate action is possible. A new Order-in-Council authorises the High Commissioner among other things to prohibit or regulate the
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    China's Currency Policy
    90 9 Chungking, June 11. TTIE Chinese Government's fixed policy is to maintain currency adapted to national economy and capable of serving freely as a basis for legitimate transaction," declares a statement on the exchange situation, issued by the Ministry of Finance. "This policy" the statement adds, "is in
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    GUERILLA ATTACKS NEAR NANKING 260 Clashes During Month Of May
    179 9 GUERILLA ATTACKS NEAR NANKING 260 Clashes During Month Of May Hong Kong, June 11. THE extent to which activities of guerillas have increased recently along the Shanghai-Nanking and Shanghai-Hangchow railways is indicated by the fact that the official Japanese Dome! news agency has admitted that in May alone 260 clashes
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    CHUNGKING ORDERS WANG'S ARREST
    76 9 Traitorous Activities Chungking June 9THE Government has Issued a man- date ordering the arrest and punishment of Mr. Wang Ching-wei, former Vice-President of the Kuomintang, who is officially accused of having visited Toklo in connection with his traitorous activities. Reuter. Wang was deprived of all his
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    NO POPULAR FRONT FOR BRITAIN
    65 9 London, June 11. A CONFERENCE of committees formed to deal with petitions for the formation of a Popular Front, meeting in London, decided after hearing Sir Statlord Cripps, leading advocate of the movement for a Popular Front, that such a front Is not politically practicable,
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    23 9 Kunming, June 10. The French Ambassador, M. Henri Cosine, i.s due here from Hanoi on June 14, leaving for Chungking on (June M.
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    Britain Stands By The Weak
    205 9 Britain Stands By The Weak The Weak ChatfieldOn'lfWeHave To Fight Again' London, June 10. CARL CHATFIELD, Minister for Co- ordination of Defence, speakin?, .it Craigforth in Scotland said *If we have unhappily to fight again it will be because of our sense of honour and Justice, and our cause will
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    HUGE ORDERS FOR THE ARMY
    135 9 3,000 Miles Of Khaki Being Woven London, June 11. j "THE magnitude of demands made on sections of industry not connected with armament production by the e:.largement of the armed lorces is demonstrated in orders which the Government has placed with boot manufacturers for 1,000,000
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    WARTIME PLANS FOR HOSPITALS
    108 9 300,000 Extra Beds For Casualties London, June 11. SPEAKING on emergency hospital accommodation yesterday, the Minister of Health, Mr. Walter Elliot, said that by sending suitable cases to their homes, and by crowding up existing buildings 200.000 hospital beds would be made available for treatment of
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    AMERICAN WOMAN TRIED IN MOSCOW
    155 9 Pleads Guilty To Charge Of Illegal Entry Moscow, June 9. AN AMERICAN, Mrs. Ruth Rubens, who has been under arrest since December, 1937, was tried today on a charge of illegally entering the U.S.S.R She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonmei. t,
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    SHOT FIRED AT MAYOR OF JAFFA
    73 9 Jerusalem, June II. AN ATTEMPT was made on the life of the Mayor of Jaffa today. He vai fired at but not hit while out walking. His bodyguard returned the Are and killed one assailant. A British constable clearing up drbrls in the Interior
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    GETS UP LIKE A LARK! No More Tired Feeling
    230 9 GETS UP LIKE A LARK! No More Tired Feeling "How grateful I am for good health once more! I used to suffer terribly from headaches but since I started taking Fynnon Salt that tired feeling is all gone and I get up in the morning like a lark!" (Mrs. A.W.).
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    Mht Jtedte Slimes SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1939. Singapore Buses
    981 10 Mht Jtedte Slimes SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1939. Singapore Buses The monopoly enjoyed by the Singapore Traction Company on certain main routes is now being studied by a special committee of the Municipal Commissioners, in consequence of a resolution moved by the Municipal President to the effect that limited competition
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    British Envoy Going To Moscow Today
    45 10 London, June 11. Mr. W'lliam Strang, head of the Central European Department of the Foreign Offlje, is expected to leave :or Moscow on Monday. Sir Eric Phipps, British Ambassador in Paris, is remaining in London over the week-end.—British Wireiess.
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    COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH BY RADIO
    164 10 Newsreels Of Royal Visit By Yankee Clipper London, June 11. The first picture in full colour ever to be transmitted by radio was published on the front page of a Glasgow newspaper yesterday. It shows President Roosevelt welcoming Their Majesties the King and Queen in Washington,
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    FLYING CLUB DEATHS
    900 10 The Cross-Country Amateur WIRELESS NOT THE MAIN NEED To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,—l have Just read with interest the editorial in this afternoon's Straits Times on the subject of the unfortunate loss of a flying club member in one of the up-country clubs.' As
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    AMERICA AND THE KING
    700 10 Some Washington Impressions Below is published the first American comment on the royal visit to the United States that has been received in Singapore. This is by Erwin D. Canham, Washington correspondent of The Spectator, and is reproduced from that journal. T^HE King and Queen have
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    724 10 Cathedral Flocks AT last I am able to give the explanation of the extraordinary flocks of birds that are seen manoeuvring over the Padang In the evening at certain times of the year and roosting In countless thousands In the trees in the Cathedral compound, particularly
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    GERMANY'S NEW FORTIFICATIONS NOW COMPLETED
    174 11 Line Is "Particularly Heavily Anned 7 CONSULTING ENGINEER ON LATEST DEFENCES Strong Additional Bulwarks For Other Lines A MERLIN message says that the third line of fortifications ordered by Herr Hitler last October to strengthen the German defences between Aix la Chappelle and Saarbruecken has
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    POLAND AND DANZIG
    255 11 Customs Demand Rejected Warsaw. June 11. REJECTING a demand of the Danzig Senate for a reduction in the number of Polish Customs officials in the Free City, the Polish Government has informed the Senate that the demand is absolutely unfounded and, in the opinion of the Government,
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    General Election This Autumn?
    115 11 London, June 12. CIR Douglas Hacking, chairman of the Conservative Party, said he saw no reason to suppose that a general election would be delayed further than Autumn this year. It is the f.eneral practice in normal times for Parliament to run four years instead of
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    "Natural Level" Of China Dollar
    129 11 Liable To Change As Long As War Continues London, June 11. TPHERE are sl?ns that the new level of the Chinese dollar will be rather above 6d., says the Financial News. If th e exchange shows signs of holding at this point for any length
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    WEEKLY AIR SERVICE OVER ATLANTIC
    33 11 New York, June 11. Pan-American Airways announce tnat a weekly trans-Atlantic passenger service will begin on June 28. The weekly mail service will continue to operate separately.— Reuter.
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    JAPANESE ACT AT TIENTSIN
    263 11 Moves To Isolate Foreign Areas Tokio, June 11. AS first measures to isolate the British and French concessions in Tientsin, all Japanese firms have now virtually completed evacuation from the foreign areas to the Japanese concession. Thi3 move follows the British refusal to hand over four
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    JAPAN SEEKING OPEN BREACH?
    227 11 London, June 12. "IF it were possible to find one good reason why Japan should wish to provoke an open breach with Great Britain, one would be forced to say that is now her evident intention," says the Manchester Guardian in its leading article today. The
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    Territorials Man The Anti-Aircraft Guns
    46 11 Territorials Man The Anti- Aircraft Guns London, June 11. •jf"H3 Best Territorial Army anti-air- cralt units called up under the Re■ervc md Auxiliary Forces Act manncd lbs guru today. They will serve ;.r a month. O.inis will be called up in rotation as mllar period- Reuter.
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    CLASH BETWEEN CZECH AND GERMAN POLICE
    293 11 Prague, June 11. A CZECH policeman was killed in a fight between Czech and German police at Nachod, Northern Bohemia, according to an official communique. According to this statement investigations carried out jointly by German and Czech authorities showed the incident to be due
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    NO REICH-POLAND MEDIATION
    86 11 "Political Tension Still Vn abated," Say Nazis Berlin, June 11. RUMOURS abroad that an attempt :it nu'ciiiition between Germany mid Poland is now In progress are 1 1 1 v denied here. An ins.lrfd statement to tho foreign Pn v declares it would be erroneous to deduce
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    King And Queen Visit Ex-Servicemen Grave Responsibility Of Britain And America
    429 11 King And Queen Visit Ex-Servicemen Grave Responsibility Of Britain And America UNITED STATES BISHOP PREACHES BEFORE KING AND QUEEN Hyde Park (New York), June 11. "THE nations represented at this service occupy a position of more than ordinary influence in the world's affairs, and perhaps for this very reason they
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    Germany Can Turn Out 20,000 Planes A Year
    97 11 A CCORDING to several members of the House Budgetary Sub-Commit-tee, Colonel Charles Lindbergh informed the sub-committee that in his estimation Germany could put out 20,000 planes a year, reports Havas from Washington. He could not state the exact number of German military
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    German Trade Mission
    99 11 Berlin, June 11. HERR HITLER is making every effort to turn German assistance to Gen. Franco In the Spanish war to Germany'^ I economic advantage, and the mission i of Herr Wohltat, of the Ministry of Economics, to Spain, is regarded as of j the greatest importance
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    ROUND-TABLE PARLEY
    117 11 Rome Seeks Proof Of Goodwill Rome, June 11. U7HILE expressing apprecia- tion of last week's statement by Mr. Neville Chamberlain and Lord Halifax, Italian newspapers declare that proof of Great Britain's goodwill was awaited. Signor Gayda in Voce h Italia, writes, "The new words uttend by the British
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    Italo-Spanish Talks In Rome Begin
    106 11 Rome, Jun< 11. rOLLOW ING a cjnversatijn with Count Ciano, Scnor Suner, Spanish Minister of the Interior, ace '.veil by Spanish military and naval missions, was received by t,igi:?r Mv lini at the Palazzo Venezia. It is stated the interviews to pave the way for
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    36 11 London, June 11. IT Is understood that the Forzign Secretary, Lord Halifax, will himself wind up the House of Lordi dpI Date on foreign affairs in which he spoke on Thursday and which stands adjourned.—British Wireless.
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    MORE VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED, SAYS G.O.C.
    553 12 Warning Regarding S. V. C. European Sub-Units ANNUAL REPORT ON FORCE'S "YEAR OF STEADY PROGRESS" ITNLESS there is a better resi *J for certain European units Corps, it may be necessary to the corps, states the General Of Major-General W. G. S. Dobbic S.S.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    205 12 SIISGAPORE KM I I > lit) 1 1 I ill Dance 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Dinner Dance (Informal) 9.45 Co Mkinlght. CARKKK TULA iKb. GKYI ANG Paced Rowdy. A Tamil Talkie I. IS 9.15 p.m. GRKAI WOULD Cabaret <t p.m. to Midnight. Cob? Theatre: Cowboy and The Lac/,-.
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    CHANDU LAW STRICTER
    160 12 Council Passes New Rules NEW Chandu Rules which tighten up the registration and rationing of chandu smokers were approved by the Legislative Council this morning. One clause in the new rules makes it more difficult for a smoker who has not purchased chandu for a month to
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    NEW COUNCILLORS TAKE OATH
    91 12 TWO new members were sworn in at this morning's meeting of the Legislative Council. They were Mr. C. R. Cherry, who was formerly a member in h!s own name, acting for Mr. J. W. de Piro, and who is now the representative of the 'Singapore Chamber
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    Remarkable Hill Climb Picture
    82 12 With split-scc:nd precision the photographer caught the most tpxtacular motor-cycle spill at the Gap hill climb yesterday. It shows Oh Swee Kla striking a low concrete wall as he was hurled from his machine at the first hairpin bend. He fell back on to the roadway,
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    Decorations Presented Before Council Meeting
    402 12 HONOURS were presented to two recipients by the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, before this morning's meeting of the Legislative Council. They were the C.8.E., presented to Mr. W. A. Fell, and the 0.8. E., presented to Mr. Khoo Sian Ewe. Mr. W. A. Fell was
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    Survey Flying-Boat In The Indies
    83 12 7 ac flying-boat Guba, owned by Dr. Richard Archbold, American oil millhnaire, when it arrived -unexpccteaiy at Batavia last week. On a survey of the Indian Ocean air route from Australia to Africa the aircraft was flying from Port Hedland to Cocos Islands but found
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    TWELVE NEW BILLS IN THE COUNCIL TODAY
    565 12 TWELVE new bills were introduced into the Straits Settle- ments Legislative Council at its meeting this morning. They were I The Aliens (Amendment) Bill, which is designed to provide for the offence of possessing or using a forged or fraudulently altered landing permit,
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    MUSLIM LAW IN THE F.M.S.
    212 12 Appeal Court Ruling (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 10. A comment by the Chief Justice. Straits Settlements, Sir Percy McElwaine, is included in the judgment of the F.M.S. Court of Appeal in an appeal concerning a Malay woman who was bound over for
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    LIGHTNING STRIKES COCONUT TREE
    49 12 INURING last night's thunderstorm a coconut tree was struck by lightning behind a shophouse in Joo Chiat Road, about 10.50 p.m. As the tree blazed up it became a danger to the house, but firemen put out the flames I before more damage was done.
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    TAMIL FILM
    30 12 "I UCK," a Tamil picture produced by Mayura Films, is now being shown at the Theatre Royal. The cast inI eludes Mr. V. V. Sadagopan and Miss Chellam.
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    MALAY GIRLS' DO DRILL
    199 12 School Sports Meeting A .MALAY woman, wife of the A president of the Malay Union, distributed the prizes at the Malay Kirls' schools sports which were held yesterday after bein^ postponed on Saturday owing to heavy rain. Inche' Aminah binti Imam H. Muhammad, who distributed the
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    NEW MALAYAN AIR MAIL SERVICE STARTS TODAY
    125 12 "TPHE first internal air mail plane of a new morning service from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore, operated by Wearnes Air Services, Ltd., arrived at Singapore at 9.23 a.m. today, having left Kuala Lumpur at 7.30. It carried a bag of mail from Kuala
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    TOBACCO TARIFF CHANGES
    62 12 TO give effect to the Co.ony s particl- pation in the trade agreement between the Imperial Government and the Government of India amendments to the tariff on umv nufactured tobacco were passed in the Legislative Council this morning. The motion for amendment was made by the acting
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    PENANG FIRING GROUNDS
    32 12 niJLES "for securing the safety ol the public during the use for military purposes of the several firing grounds at Penang" were approved by the Legislative Council this morning.
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    "French Without Tears" Will Make You Laugh
    272 13 "French Without Tears" Will Make You Laugh TTHE Repertory Players :.re to be 1 congratulated on their prociuci ion of French Without Tears," which was presented at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night. Terence Rattigan's brilliant comedy dealing with the life of English Student! at a French tutor's in the
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    32 13 Conrad O'.c. i dm oj th: competitor! ii yesterday's hill climb at th e G«;). lie iras driving a MM car bv.ilt t.pcckiily lor the went— '.he LA. Ghost.— Straits Times p'ctvrc.
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    MARCUS SHOW MAN MISSING IN MANILA
    96 13 JOE ICEARNS, KarsM Shr,v ele?trl- dan, is missing according to reports from Manila, where the company is playing. The efforts or both the police and the constabulary bare friled to lorate him He was rcp;rt>d to have left the Lune'ri Hatel. where he was
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    PLENTY OF THRILLS DURING A.A.M. HILL CLIMB AT GAP
    892 13 Young Chinese Driver Puts Up Fastest Time Of Day For Cars MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONER LUCKY TO ESCAPE WHEN COUPE HITS FENCE TWO treacherous hairpin bends and a road surface made greasy by rain for part of the time produced thrills galore at
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    BRITAIN'S FAR EAST SHIPS TO BE ARMED IN WAR
    634 13 Stocks Held At Singapore And Other Strategic Ports (From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 4. VWHAT would happen to the seaborne trade of Singapore if there were a war involving the British Empire? That Singapore would suffer is obvious, for world
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    47 13 Thz smashed windscreen of G. N. Oehlsrs' Ford Mercury Eight which struck the "safety" fence at the Gap hill climb yesterday. The driver 7cas lucky to escape being injured by a 12ft. pole which became dislodged from the fence and went through the icindscrecn. Straits Times picture.
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    A.A.M. HILL CLIMB RESULTS
    735 13 ■RESULTS In yesterday's A.A.M. hill 1X climb at the Gap were as follows: SPECIAL AWARDS THE "OLDHAM" CUP, lor the fastest time of the day by a car. —Presented by Mr. Conrad Oldham. Won by Lim Peng Han (L.A. Special), 44 4 5 sec. THE "EXIDE"
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    A.R.P. POSTS ARE READY
    290 13 1,000 Wardens To Be On Duty TOMORROWS BIG BLACK-OUT 'J'HREE hundred air raid warden posts in Singapore's China- town have been supplied with large boxes containing full equip* ment for more than 1,000 wardens. who will man them during the black-out tomorrow night. Some of the
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    CABARET GIRLS ACT IN CHINA WAR PLAY
    145 13 MORE than $4,000 was collected for the China Relief Fund at an entertainment given by Chinese dance hostesses of the New World cabaret at the Sunlight Hall, New World, last night. Those present included the Chinese Consul-General, Mr. Kao Ling Pal, and Mrs.
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    MORE ATTENTION ADVOCATED FOR NEEDS OF RAYAT
    856 14 Sir Frank Stockdale On Work Of Experimental Stations POSSIBILITIES OF MIXED FARMING WORTHY OF CAREFUL TEST (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 31. MALAYAN agricultural experiment stations must give more attention to the needs of small-holders and peasants, states Sir Frank Sto-kdale, Agricultural
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    SOVEREIGNS IN SINGAPORE
    129 14 (From Our Oicn Correspondent.) London, May 30. IN an interesting article on the use of gold coinage, The Times refers to the remarkable fact that although the gold sovereign is now a rarity in Great Britain this coin is still largely used in Singapore for the purposes
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    Officers Wanted For Singapore Artillery NEXT TROOPING SEASON
    160 14 Officers Wanted For Singapore Artillery NEXT TROOPING SEASON (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 1. f\FFICERS are refutred to fill vacancies which will occur in the Hong Kong -Singapore Royal Artillery during the 1939-40 troop- ing season. A War Office notice issued today states that the names of officers desirous
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    FUNERAL OF MR. E. A. SNEWIN
    250 14 Old Malayan Friends Among Mourners (From Our London Staff) London. June 3. THE funeral of the late Mr. Ernest Alan Snewin, formerly for many years a member of the editorial staff of the Straits Times, who died at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton,
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    K.L. POLICE CHANGE
    61 14 |W|R G Denison-Smith, of the Criminal Intelligence Branch, If. M.S., has been appointed O.C.P.D. Kuala Lumpur, South, in place of Mr. A. C. Maxwell, who has been transferred to the Intelligence Branch. It is likely that Mr. Denison-Smith will proceed to Kajang as O.C.P.D. when Mr. F.
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    FEDERAL HOME
    72 14 THE High Commissioner has ap-' pointed the following committee of women to assist in the management of the Federal Home for Women and Girls, Kuala Lumpur,—President, Mrs. I. G. Cameron: vice-president, Miss Loke Soo Lip; Mesdames J. P. Mead, L. G. Corney, A. T. Newboult, L. O. Tasker,
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    Back Home From The East Indies
    52 14 A large crowd of relatives and friends waited at Devonport Dockyard quayside to greet the crew of H.M,S. Devonshire when they returned from two and a half years' service in the East Indies, ivhere they left their ship and arrived home on the cruiser
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    MALAYAN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION CHANGES URGED
    475 14 (From Our London Staff.) London, May 31. CEVERAL changes are necessary in the syllabus of agricultural education in Malaya according to the report of Sir Frank Stockdale, Agricultural Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, who visited the country last year. Sir Frank
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    SAKAI SCARES TIGER WITH CRACKER
    147 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) I poll, June 11. WHILE beating the Jungle at Sungei Siput for a party of hunters, headed by Mr. King Jones, a Sakai today saw one of the hunting dogs killed by a tiger. The dog, barking loudly, stood up to
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    SPOTTING THE COLONIES Malaya In New London Game
    213 14 SPOTTING THE COLONIES Malaya In New London Game BIG ELECTRIFIED "FLOOR MAP" (From ©ur Own Correspondent.) London, May 31. MALAYA figures in an amusing new game which is being played by visitors to London's Imperial Institute at South Kensington. The Institute has borrowed trom the Colonial Empire- Marketing Board an
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      Modernism Invades Dhoby Ghaut
      29 15 I'iis Dicture of the uncompleted Cain.iy MuiliUng, which is criticised ia l letter Duolished in the adjoining columns, was taken from the Y.M.t'.A. tennis courts.
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      STRAITS SETTLEMENTS GLASS HOUSE
      586 15 Japanese Opium In China Sir, —The Japanese policy of selling opium and allied drugs in the occupied anas of China, and of encouraging cultivation of the poppy, was fiercely alticked in the Straits Times leading article of June 6. headed "MurderWit h Ar.d Without. Violence." It
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      CONCUBINES
      312 15 Hints To Chinese Husbands To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, About this question of concubinage, I think that whether one should have concubines or not should be dictated by common-sense and the question of whether one can afford it There are people who can't afford a wife
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      SUPREME COURT AND CATHAY CINEMA
      558 15 Criticism Of New Singapore Architecture To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I was interested to read your correspondent's letter of June 5, in which the architectural features of the new Supreme Court and various other buildings in Singapore were criticised. To have put
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      TRAFFICATORS IN SINGAPORE
      149 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I bare been wondering why the authorities here do not compel every motor-car to be fixed with trafficators. At night-time and when it is raining and visibility is poor, trafficators are a great help not only to the driver
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      BRITAIN WOOS THE REDS
      396 15 Tory Party Eating Humble Pie To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. I was amazed and stunned to read the leader, "Paying The Price Of Folly," published in the Straits Times. Such a free and frank admission of facts, admission of the past sins of
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      "SINGAPURA"
      296 15 As Pronounced By The Malays To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— ln your issue of May 24, Mr. Roland Braddell, referring to the pronunciation of the word "Singapore," wrote: "The fact is, however, that Malays pronounce the place as we do -Sing-gaoore or Sing-gapura." With great deference
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      SPREADING DISEASE
      88 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. The subject of prostitution and the police has been discussed in your columns for a long time, and it is high time the police did something about it. The police do their work thoroughly when they take action against the
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    Bazalgette Murder Trial Ends
    215 16 Ranpur, June 2. THREE persons were sentenced to death, eight were sentenced to transportation for life and five others were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment by Mr. J. C. Shearer, special sessions Judge, delivering judgment in the case arising out of the murder of Major
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    24 16 Indians at last week's Government House garden party. From left: Mrs. M. A. Reshty, Mr. H. P. Kaka, Mr. R. Jumabhoy.— Straits Times picture.
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    DEVASTATING FIRE IN VIZAGAPATAM
    44 16 Vlzagapatam, June 1. TTHREE thousand persons have been rendered homeless by a devastat- Ing fire which brok? out In Bunga i Vidhi. Harijan Colony, consisting of 300 thatched houses and ia the neighbouring Golla Vldhi, consisting of a hundred houses.
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    THE "FORWARD BLOC" IS A NEGATIVE GROUPING
    1538 16  -  Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru By Fascist Communal Elements Might Enter Its Fold "HELPLESSNESS INCREASES AFTER THE RAJKOT EVENTS" CUBHAS Babu's step in forming a Forward Bloc is an understandable corollary to what has happened, yet it is not necessarily a desirable one, for there
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    HYDERABAD STATE CONGRESS
    34 16 Rajkot, June 1. i IT Is understood that Mr. Gandhi Is in correspondence with Sir Akbar Hydari regarding the lifting of the i ban on the Hyderabad State Congress. 1 V.
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    CONTRIBUTION TO THE LEAGUE
    319 16 Forecast Of Rs. 200,000 Reduction Simla, May 28. WHEN the report of the Allocation Committee will come up for discussion in the September session of the Assembly of the League of Nations, it is understood that India's contribution to the League wouid show a substantial reduction
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    DACCA MAIL TRAIN DISASTER Drivers And Fireman Charged
    107 16 DACCA MAIL TRAIN DISASTER Drivers And Fireman Charged Menerpur, June 3. THE case arising out of the Majida train disaster which occurred on Apr. 16 commenced today in the court of the Sub-Divisional Officer, Chuadanga, Nadia. The railway police submitted charge sheets against W. J. Pearson, the driver, L. W.
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    PARSI OBJECTION TO PROHIBITION
    101 16 Leaders Meet Mahatma Gandhi Bombay, June 2. A DEPUTATION of Parsi leaders including Sir Homl Modi, Sir Cowasjl Jehangir, Mr. A. D. Shroff and Mr. P. M. Kharegat this afternoon met Mahatma Gandhi, who arrived this morning, and explained to him the Parsls' objection to the
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    DR. SCHACHT LEAVES INDIA
    32 16 Madura, June 3. DR. Schacht and his nephew arrived here today from Trichinopoly and has proceeded to Tutlcorin en route to Colombo from where be sails for Germany.
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    ONLY ONE HORSE IN RACE AT ALOR STAR
    376 17 Walkover Awarded At Kedah Gymkhana Club Meeting (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, June 10. DESUI.TS of races at the Kedah Gymkhana Club meeting at Alor Star today are as follows. In one race the seventh there was only the one starter,
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    VOLUNTEERS ON THE RANGE
    317 17 *r*HE annual rifle meeting of "B" Comoany, Ist Battalion, Singapore Volunteer Corps, was held at Bukit Timsh range yesterday. Some good scores were put up. At an At Home in the evening, Mrs. S. E. Travis, wife of Capt. S. E. Travis, officer commanding the company,
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    SEREMBAN A.C.S. SPORTS
    93 17 From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Juna 11. Fine weather favoured the annual athleti? sports of the Seremban Anglo Chinese School held yesterday on the school padang. The Yang di Pertuan Bos2r of Negri S^mbilan was present and gave away the prizes. Theodore Christie won the A division
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    HINDUS WIN 6—o FROM LOYALS
    91 17 A mateh "B" Co.. Loyals vs. the Hindu Association played on the Clerical Union ground— ended in a win for the Hindus by six goals to nil. The Loyals had their fair share ot the game and should have scored, but showed bad marksmanship. Half
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    Poor Women's Entries In Penang Badminton
    244 17 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 8. Following is the result of the draw of the Penang senior badminton championships: Men's Singles (Top Section) [Kooi; Lim Ewe Chye and Llm Tong Byes: Tcoh Peng Hooi vs. Khon Eng PonK (t) ve) vs. winner of
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    HINDU YOUNGSTERS' VICTORY
    110 17 A football match Hindu Youngsters vs. Tanjong Pagar Rangers played on the Race Course Roi'd ground resulted in the Youngsters winning by two gonls to one. It was a grand game with both sides going all out to give their side the lead. Eventually the Rangers scored
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    Malacca To Quit Malaya Cup?
    77 17 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, June 10. DKOBABLY Malacca will give Singapore a walk-over in the Malaya Cup soccer tie due to be played in Singapore on July 8. Malacca is dissatisfied over the distribution of the gate money. There is even talk of Malacca
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    Y.M.C.A. SOCCER
    61 17 The following will play football for the V.M.C.A. In a league match against Moravians tomorrow at 5 p.m. on the Anson Road ground: Wee Aik Chan, M. Swyny, N. V. L. Jarkson, G. J. Moxon, G. Ranatunga, K. Leembruggen, C. E. T. Kite, W. McBeath, S. Orton, H.
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    Selangor's Close Win In Malaya Cup Soccer
    401 17 Selangor's Close Win In Malaya Cup Soccer (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 10. INCLINED to take things fairly 1 easily, Selangor Just managed to secure an odd goal In three victory over Penang in their Malaya Cup soccer fixture on the Stadium today. It was generally expected, that
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    Mixed Foursomes At Bukit Ttmah
    157 17 Mixed Foursomes At Bukit Ttmah The first mixed foursomes for June played bt Bukit Tiniah yesterday afternoon resulted In a win for Mr. and Mrs. E. I. Henton with a net 34.,. Of 35 cards taken out the following were returned: Mr. Mrs. E. I. Henton 43 BVi 34' i
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    S. C. C. HAVE BEST OF DRAW ON PADANG
    383 18 United Services Out Cheaply On Soft Wicket THE S.C.C. secured a first innings lead with three wickets in hand against the United Services on the padang yesterday. There was no play on Saturday owing to rain. The Services' side was below
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    Chinese Beat R.A.
    65 18 TV.'O goals, scored in the last five minutes of play, gave the Chinese a C—l victory over the Changi Gunners in a first division league football fixture at the Ansosi Road Staiium on Saturday. After a comparatively unimpressive first half the game grew into hard fought battle
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    S. R. C. Sports
    52 18 THh following heats of the SJJ.C. 1 rta will be run off on the club ground at 4.45 p.m. tomorrow and on Wednesday. Tomorrow: 100 yards ocratch, 220 yards .scratch, high Jump, throwing k?t ball (finali. Wednesday: Putting the weight, long Jump, 120 yards hurdles, kicking
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    Cricket Cancelled
    18 18 ricket match to have been i day between the Meditaion and the SRC. at was cancelled.
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    R.A.O.C. Man's Good Figures
    219 18 THE R.A.O.C. defeated the S.C.R.C. by seven runs in a low-scoring cricket match played on Hong Lim Green yesterday. Evan Wong took six wickets for nine runs and Marshall seven for 47. Scores R.A.O.C. Marshall c Urn Swar.g b Kee Pow 8 Jackson c E. Wong
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    PRESS DEFEAT BOMBAY S.C.
    195 18 j THE Straits Times beat the Bombay j Sports Club in a cricket game yes- terday on the Kha'.sa Association i ground. Scores: STRAITS TIMES JMcKie b Basrai 1 Shane b Mehta 15; I Maxey b Rasiwala 28 j Wykas c Kaiser b Rasiwala 2 Williams
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    Chinese Victorious At Stadium
    24 18 Chinese beat the Changi Gunners 3—l at the Stadium on Saturday in a first divisiori League match.— Straits Times picture.
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    Delahaye Wins At Brooklands
    327 18 London, May 28. COUNT HEYDENS 3Vi-litre Delahaye, driven by Arthur Dobson. won the Invitation road car race at Brooklands yesterday, which was supposed to determine the "fastest car used en the roads of Great Britain." In the first heat H. C. Hunter's 3litre Alfa-Romeo beat the
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    SUNGEI UJONG CLUB LOSE THREE—NIL
    85 18 SUNGEI UJONG CLUB LOSE THREE— NIL (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, June 9 The Sungei UJong Club lost to the Negri Sembilan Indian Association by three goals to nil In the N.S. Football League. The Club played below the form exhibited In former inatcnes. their forwards falling badly in front
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    S.C.C. BOWLS TIES
    159 18 Ties in the S.C.C. handicap pairs bowls tournament 21 up, are as follows Wednesday: W. Williams and T. C Hay 3) vs. A. C. Binnle and E. J. Cassels (—3): J. Philip and E. O. Mozar (+5) vs. Capt. R. J. J. Sneddon and Capt. L. W.
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    Perak XI To Play Selangor
    51 18 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipch, June 10. •THE Perak cricket team to meet Selangor on June 24 and 25 at Ipoh will be Hart, Slade, Hewan, Fuller, Gillespie, Appuni, Moreira, Earn Hock, Cantrell, Noon, Amaladas. Toft, Samsuiin. McCall and Suppiah, who played against Negri, are
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    Royal Hunt Cup Probables
    105 18 London, Saturday. DROBABLES for the Royal Hunt Cup, to be run over 7f. 155 yds. at Ascot on Wednesday are Portmarnock (Beasley), CaerlopUc (B3ary), Mormond Hill (Carslake), Couverc (Gordon Richards), Domaha (Elliot), Greenwich (Perman). Time Step (Ruttle), Neuvy iSmirko, The Hour (E. Smith), Buckwood (Lowrey), Plying
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    FRANCE'S FIRST GOLF VICTORY
    39 18 London, June 12. In the sixth International golf, match between France and England France won by five matches to four. This Is the first French victory since the inception of the matches in 1934. —Reuter.
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    N.S. POLICE SPORTS
    72 18 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, June 11. The annual sports of the Negri Sembilan Police contingent will take place on Saturday, June 17, on the Seremban Police padang. There are 24 events on the programme. The band of the F.M.S. Police will be in attendance. On the
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    THOY GETS SIX WICKETS, MAKES 39 NOT OUT
    296 18 Ceylonese Fare Badly In Match With S.R.C. A USEFUL 39 not out by R. Thoy, who also took six wickets for 23 runs, helped the S.R.C. beat the Ceylon Sports Club in a one day's cricket match played on the padang yesterday.
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    Six Wickets For Four Runs
    241 18 CIX wickets lor four runs was the bowling achievement of M. Kohloff, of the St. Andrew's Old Boys' cricket team, against an S.C.C. eleven yesterday on the school ground. The Old Boys won by six wickets. C. E. Fitton. of the Club, also bowled well
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    SINGAPORE ATHLETIC MEETING
    32 18 The Singapore amateur athletic association will hold its fifth champl >nship meeting at ih! S.C.C. g.-ound or. June 29, 30 and jBJy 1. Erj'.r.es close on Saturday June 17.
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    SEREMBAN SPORTS
    71 18 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, June 8. There was a large attendance at the j King George Fifth School padanc; when the annual sports of the Negri Sembihan Malay Schools was held. The Yam JTuan and his consort and the Brltisn j Resident were among those present. In
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      79 18 I A trial run in a B.S.A. Scout will quickly givsc such perfect steering and convince you of the added pleasure road-holding. It also makes of front wheel drive motoring, possible the low build and comThis form of transmission ensures fortable seating which has made the the utmost safety because
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    CRAIK SETS NEW RECORD FOR ISLAND COURSE
    181 19 Card Of 68 In Island Title Qualifying Rounds D CRAIK, of the Royal Singapore Golf Club, led the qualifiers for the Island golf championship, qualifying rounds for which were held over the Island Club's course on Saturday and yesterday. Cvaik ran Into top
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    Johore Behind In Athletics
    327 19 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, June 12. FOUGH Johore has made great strides in the different branches of sport it is regrettable to note that nothing has been done to encourage athletics. There is no doubt that there are numerous athletes all over Johore who would
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    JUNE BOGEY AT GARRISON CLUB
    115 19 The June bogey competition or the (iarrison Golf Club played at Tanglin resulted in a win for Capt. McVittie with a return of one up. The following were the btst returns: Capt. C. H. McVitf.e <16) 1 up Capt. C. Ryan i 8) 2 down
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    JOHORE MAY BOGEY
    53 19 In the Johore Club's May bogey competition. J. A. H. Reid tied with Dr. T. E. Cheah with a score of 1 down. The replay resulted in a win for Reid with a score of 71. Medal scores J. A. H. Reid (IV 41—41—82. Dr. T. E.
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    Changi Gunners Beaten 1-3
    37 19 Ttco late goals gave the Chinese first division team a 3—l vjdoty ever the R.A. {Changi) at the Stadium on Saturday. Here is Keng Hock, Chinese centre-forward, on the ball. Straits Times picture.
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    CLOSELY FOUGHT TIES IN BADMINTON TOURNEY
    524 19 YESTERDAY'S games in the local junior singles and doubles badminton championship made up the best session by far seen since the start of the local tournament. Every tie was well contested, three of which went to the rubber. Scow Thlam Kirn and Cheong Hock
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    TRACK WORK AT K.L.
    192 19 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 12. ■THE Inner tracks being the only ones open, training this morning lor the Selangor Turf Club's summer meeting consisted mainly of slow canters. Only Duval's and Hobbs' strings were out. Taken round by a riding boy Flying Column
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    Today's Sports Events
    31 19 Soccer: Div. 1, R.E. vs. Police, Stadium; R.A.F. vs. Loyals, at Seletar; ffiv. 2A, R.A. (8.M.) vs. Malaya Signal Co., Blakan Mati; 8.H.L., G.E.C. vs. Straits Times, S.H.B.
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    Further Tie In U.S. Open Golf Championship
    179 19 Further Tie In U.S. Open Golf Championsh ip Philadelphia, June 11. rpHE U.S. open golf championship still is not decided. The close nature of the crent this year is making golf history. In a play-off today, held after Craitt Wood, Densmore Shute and Byron Nelson had tied with aggregates ot
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    N.A.A.F.I. CLUB BADMINTON
    60 19 The following will represent the N.A.&.F.1. Imperial Club < Changi), in a frietfdly badminton match against the Civilians Sport Club (Changi), consisting of three singles and two doubles. to be played today at 2.30 pun. at the tatter's court Yeo Soon Hock. Lim Mong Tuck. S;>ah Teck
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    America Keeps Westchester Cup
    236 19 America Keeps Westchester Cup New York, June 11 America beat Britain 9—49 4 in the second of the Westchester Cup polo matches and thus retains the cup. These are the 13th renewal of the contest between England and America for the Westchester Cup. England won the first three in the
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    R.S.G.C. WOMEN BEAT KEPPEL
    130 19 A match R.S.G.C. women vs. Keppol women played at Bukit Timah resulted in a Win for R.S.G.C. by 99 3 4 poini3 to "i- Details, R.S.G.C. players firt Mrs. R. Wakeford 1, Mrs. A. M. Low 0. Mrs. N. A. Worley I, Mrs. A. R. Menzies
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    SCREAMING TYRES ON HAIRPIN BENDS AT GAP HILL CLIMB
    146 20 (Aoove) I<im Peng Han, most -.uccessful driver at yesterday's hill climb, organized by the Automobile Association of Malaya at the Gap. P. K. Braid leans inward as he takes a hairpin bend in his new L.A. M.G. Monoposto at the Gap.
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