The Straits Times, 4 August 1939

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    36 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      6 1 SINGAPORE, 140, CECIL ST. CPHONE Mil).
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      245 1 1 Refresh with EAU de COLOGNE STARINA British Product F.M.S. Duty Freo i litre $1.00 per bottle 1 litre $1.25 From All Dealers. We are ab:e to carry 111 out com P |et2 house installations for light fittings FROM STOCK. Our representative will be pleased to ca'l and advise if
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      103 1 OTNAL EDTN. Exc iusivo GOWNS Salons at MADAME PAGE 13, Battery Rd. Singapore MAJESTIC HOTEL Kuala Lumpur. KUALA LUMPUR. 2b. JAVA ST ('PHONE 3683). W^llSH AUSTRALIAN CONTINENfy^ ■P jfmBJL /Mi w.*** -Mil *i$ take your picA from our fine selection I Every bird has been carefully selected from the finest
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      567 2 HOUSES FLATS. TO LET StXECT A NEWL2 FURNISHED FLATS with Mod. San. Bathrooms, Kitchens, (economy all in rate) Inc. Electricity, Water. Gas, Refrigerators. Tennis, Garage. Phone. Applv_4o. Calrnhin Road. Tel. *****. BOARD RESIDENCE CAST A\GU* 6. Oxie> BIM Tele 1390 Enquire new Bates, at 3 LJovd Rd Bd opt FURN
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      883 2 PUBLIC NOTICES THE SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE KLBBfcR ASSOCIATION. NOTICE is hereby given that the Rabbet Market will be closed officially on the following dates: Saturday 5th Aug. 1939. PUBLIC HOLIDAY Monday 7th An*. 1939. BANK HOLIDAY. By Order of the Committee. OATTEY BATEMANV Secretaries. NOTICE DRESSERS' EXAMINATION An examination
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      752 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc. MODERN BALLROOM at DANCING uuc.it by ftTkUj' expert tutor and Lady Ks partners available for -i practice Success guar- anteed hi 3 hours at THK W V MODERN DANCING i MM STUDIO. 5-A. Ann Starts l \J Bill Road. 3rd floor. a^ <QPP— ■> SaaWb Street J
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      613 2 WEAR N E S WEEKLY LIST OF USED CARS HERE ARE A FEW LARGE CARS BEING OFFERED AT BAKGAIN PRICES. 1935 NASH SALOON 21.6 HP. This car is in first elans condition. The mileage i» low and It has been rlmely wco-Baaied. Vary mart appearance paint, Interior and tyres excellent
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      387 3 p& o British INDIA! HliU HI UHII Hi (Incorporated In England) pEnINsu«r7^^L™ ls.n.co. P^noaumc^oo nvn. OUTW\RD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN ra JPUtana "SR0"^ BANCHI J7.000 Aug 25 BANOALOKS 6.000 Aug 26 ranpuda i 7 nnn Rpr>f RAWALTCNDI l?'ooo Upt 22 BHUTAN 6.100 Sept 23 BEHAR 6.000 Oct 2
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      298 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS IglMMWlglg luicorooraiea in japim GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS for cunard white star LTD. TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. Regular fortnightly sailings KeKul«»r lOrtlllgniiy Sailing. I.Ondon VlB Penailg, Colombo, Port Said, Naples Marseilles an| i Hihraltar UIIU "'O'dliar. o o „,nn b.S. KAOIMA MAKU 4 c AU 5« SA HAKONE MARU
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      483 3 MANQRfI Q Pn LTD 7 Ocean Buildint. Collyet Qn.-xy Singapore m 5151. B°"'" M BLUE FUNNEL LINE M 9 *J I" V H H b Ai KjAC^Kf* MS* SERVICES MABSEILLKS LONDON N CONTINtNI AND GLASGOW a- -i-etion w«h 1u,,, Du. sail. CALCHAS L'don. R-dam. Hull. Ham. Aug 7 Auk i
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      283 4 Ma* Aden erial) 1 D.m East Africa (Imperial) 2 onSouth Africa (Imperial) ..2 p.m Burma (Imperial) 3 > r Whole Canada (Imperial) 3 oir China, Hoihow (Imperial) ..3 pjn. ■SRyiii Sudan aod PaiestOM i Imperial 3 O JD Great Britain acd Irtland i Imperial) Jo. n Europe
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      NEW SHIPPING CO.
      58 4 Mr. P. Runciman On The Board MR. PHILIP RUNCIMAN, chairman of Anchor line, and Mr. Edward Roberts, director oi Waterman Steamship Corporation <UJS.A.> are on the Board of a newly-formed shipping concern. This is Waterman (Liverpool), a private company with a nominal capital of £1,000 to £1
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      SURFACE MAILS DUE
      53 4 Mails from China and Japan expected today, Aug. 4, by Kasima Maru. Mails from Europe <London malls) exported on Aug. 7. by 8.1. iKhan.'aifr) will be delivered to boxholders at 9 ajn. General delivery of lett rs at 9 a.m. Malls from Japan expected on Aug. 7,
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      375 4 LNWABD Wearne* Pram Fenaas, lpoh and Kaala Lutuom Arrive* evrrv evening K.I.H.: From Netherlands ladies: Arrive* Saturday afternoon. Imper.al: From Europe: Arrives THIS after noon. Qantas From Australia: Arrives THIS afternoon. K.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives Saturday evening. RN.l.LM.: From Netherlands: tedsas ArriTcs Monday afternoon. KA.I.L.M.:
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      FROM MALACCA
      84 4 CorresDondence for transmission by air via Netherlands" must be fully prepaid and clearly superscribed -By K.lJvf." Malls will close from Malacca as follows: Tomorrow. Aden. Burma. Canada. CIS Afrtea, Egypt, Great Britain. Ireland. India, Iraq. Kuwait, Mauritius. Newfoundland. Palestine. Sudan and TransJordan by air (Imperial) opm Siam. Iran.
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
    143 4 The following ships are alongside the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves or expected to arrive:East Wnarl: Entrance Gat* 1; Exit 1: Tataam 22. Main Wharf: Kntnir.ce Gate 3: Exit 1: Japan it; Monte Santa i«: Dsnspo 14: Fiance Mart Hoegb Bilvercloud I Empire .J«ck: Entrince Gate 2; Bxit
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    Wall Street Quotations
    41 4 'THE copyright in this serviee is j 1 owned by PHASER and COM- f PANY, sharehrokers, and THE STRAITS TIMES PRESS LTD. The quotations may not be re- j produced without the writlen permission of the joint owners.
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    396 4 New York, Aug. 3. •yHE following quotations were those ruling when the Stock Exchange closed today. DOW-JONES AVERAGES Yesterday's Today's Close Close Cnanges 30 Industrials 144.26 144.24 oS .03 20 Rails 29.49 29.64 up .IS 15 Utilities 27.10 27.07 off .03 New York Stock Exchange business done total volume 1,010.000
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      318 4 HAPPY TO BE 136 lbs. Lost 38 lbs More To Follow Most women would be alarmed if their weight showed 136 lbs. But not this one. You see she was 174 lbs., and she has found a way to take oil that disfiguring overweight. She writes "Six months ago, when
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      278 4 YESTERDAY'S WEATHER X*stniaht max. rate- bright min. temp, fan s'shine temp. "P 1ocj<!» tn *V WEST COAST. Alar Star SI l.«i mi 73 Penan* 86 1.97 6.0 73 Sitlawan n NO 7.1 71 B'Jkit Jeram 87 0.34 9.2 n Malacca 82 1.14 0.1 73 INLAND Kuala Upfe Nil 6.8 72
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      486 5 UGLY FAT GOES QUICK NewSuentificßemedysndonid by Doctors. Nurses and Public M^nT a HP^H f n 91 %of ca«e» FATNESS I JH I JI\M iscau«dbyadi»orderrdco«». V^n^KV ditinn of the hody whereb* Wf \W toxic poisons are absorbed l] 1 11 into the blood, thus letting M 'AM \M U P t"
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      365 5 W% kills them all Flit it sura death to intact; becouM it is vk^^P^A a combination of potent killing agentt O^^Lm£S& wj which cannot be excelled. Flit hai urtderS^^vT^MJbK tI I 9° ne fl c mo exhaustive te-.ti and is B^*TV^, y&S of known definite kil'ing power. Thai's «i*U^ I
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      225 5 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TODAY ZUL 225 raetm. ZHP :;0 06 tnelrea p.m. 5.00 Recitation of the Koran from the Studio. 5.30 Arabic music. t 6.03 Cantonese programme from the studio, by the Lone Vale Musical Party. 7.00 Children's programme. (English). 7.15 Time, weather, news and announcements 7.30 "Frcm the Studio Armchair".
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      700 5 EMPIRE STATION TODAY TRANSMISSIONS 2 AND 3 r.SD 21.47 moi (1S.97 m); GSO 11 me/i (1C.8S m.); GSF 15.lt mc/s (19.32 m GSJ 2163 mc's (13.93 m.) GSD 1175 me > (25.53 m.) p.m. 6.05 Big Ben. Arthur Dulay quintet. 6.35 Dance music. Harry Leader and his band. 7.20 "Under
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      422 5 N1R0M TODAY IDA 6.04 me a <«96 bl) YDB 9.65 men (31.20 m.) YDB 11.86 me s (25.3 m.) PMN H.26 tnc/s JZ9.2 m.) p.m. 4.50 Programme preview. Recorded music 5. 50 bulging lessons for children. r .30 Jack Hylton and his orchestra. 6.50 News and announcements. 7.12 German cabaret.
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES-LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      172 6 RUBBER HAS BETTER INQUIRY PRICES RISE SHARE SECTIONS STILL QUIET By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Aug. 4. MARKETS are again very steady this morning with little change reported from the share sections in any centre, but there is a very welcome rise in the local price of
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      MARKETS TO CLOSE
      342 6 All markets in Singapore will be closed on Saturday and Monday. Sterling tin shares in London aLso showed no change and were reported to have been almost neg lected. Conditions locally yesterday were chill. Rubbers and tins were more or less neglected except for isolated deals. Industrials
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      Note Circulation Reaches New High Record
      28 6 London, Aug. 3. TODAY'S Bai k of England return has revealed notes in circulation at a new high record of £5,206,000,000 neuter.
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      30 6 London, Aug. 3. IN the commodity markets today wheat was easier on reports of cooler weather in the United States spring wheat belt. Copper was strong on trade buying Keuter.
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      MINING
      608 6 Issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers iiir.g ;:porp, Thursday, August 3, 5 p.m. soue Val. Prasei Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Axnpai Tin 5/- Austral Amal £1 Ausfcai Malay 5/- Ayer Hitam 1 Ayer Weng £1 Bangrin Tin 1
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      GENERAL
      448 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord... 130 140 1.35 1.45 2 2 do 7V 2 prefs. 2.25 2 35cd 225 2.30 10 10 AUas Ice 475 026 SOU &50 1 1 B M Broadcasting 055 0.60 ).50 KM. 1 10 5 B M. Trustee 67b 7 5'J 875 750 £1
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS
      269 6 6% Maynard Co. Ltd. $30,000 Int. Apr 30 Oct. 31 90 100 norn SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 5% 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Int Mar. 3i Sept. 30 101 102 norn 4T,,y 2 1907 red. 194'; 51, 600.000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 106 108 norn 0/2% 1909 red.
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      RUBBER SHARES
      375 6 r r.iser oc V/O uyau A!lcnby A'.or Gajah Amal Malay Ayer Hitam Ayer Molek Ayer Pan as Bassett Batu Llntang Bedford Benta Borelli Brogas Brunei Un Bukit Katil BukH K. B Bukit Kepong Bukit Timah ($10) Changkat Serdang Connemara Glenealy Plantations Hamilton Haytor Indragirl Jcram Kua.nl an (50
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    92 6 Friday, Aujr. 4, noon. No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) 28Vi 28% No. IX R.S.S. f.o.b. In cases Aug. 28 11/16 38 13/16 G.F.A Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales Aug. 28% 284 F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. In bales Aug. 28 1/16 28 3/16 FUTURE QUOTATIONS No IX
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    EXCHANGES
    177 6 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the daily circular Issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING London T.T 2/4 London demand 2/4 Lyons demand 2055 Switzerland demand 241 Hamburg demand 135 New York demand 54 9/16 Montreal demand 54 9/16 Batavla demand
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    London Stock Exchange
    387 6 Gat-Edged Rally In Late Session London, Aug. 3. THE most cheerful feature of today's market on the Stock Exchange was the late rally in gilt-edged while Home rails also improved on hopes of a peaceful settlement of the wages dispute. Other sections were mostly easier owing to
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    RUBBER QUIET BUT VERY SOUND
    165 6 Guthrie's Weekly Report IN a weekly report on the rubber market, issued at noon yesterday, j Guthrie and Co., Ltd., write: The local market has been extremely j dull during the week due to lack of support from London and New York, otherwise the position
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    CHINESE DOLLAR STABILIZATION
    189 6 British Banks Willing To Funnort Fund London, Anj. 3. THOUGH British banks connected with the formation of the recent £10,000,000 Chinese currency stabilisation fund have not been approached with the object or providing furth» r tunds, it is understood they are quits willing to do so, provided
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    U.S. GOVERNMENT DEFEAT ON FINANCE
    128 6 May Encourage Use Of Business Capital New York, Aug 3. THE Government defeat on the controversial "lending and spending" measure may be a signal for the reentry of private capital now idle, into business channels, with resultant higher money rates, says the Wall Street Journal.
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    MEXICAN OIL REVISED PROPOSALS
    81 6 Washington, Aug. 3. T*HE Mexican Government's latest oil proposals which have been submitted to the representative of the companies have not been published but Mexico is reported to have offered the Soil companies minority representation i on the Board of the revised organiza- tion that would
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES
    98 6 I ondon, Aug. 3. Today's closing mean rates were:—' Paris 176 23 32 Stockholm 19.41 New York 4.68 1 13 Athens s<7'£ Montreal 4. 63., Brlsrads 210 j Brussels 27. W^i Bucharest i-:60 Geneva 20.73 Rio 2 >4! 'Amsterdam B.Bo\ Eiier.cs Atrta 20.18 .Milan 89 Montevideo iS'i Berlin
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      32 6 JL BRITISH J \l EXPfINBEB W \!k M^k" m MEETS REQUIREMENTS «Hl mX BRITISH STANDARD M( SPECIFICATION FOR W EXPANDED METAL. COMPLETE RANGE OF MESH-GAUGE STOCKED. McALISTER CO., LTD. (Incorporated tn S.SJ
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      UNITED MALACCA RUBBER EARNS $28,683 PROFIT
      439 7 Dividend Of 3 Per Cent. And $20,000 For General Reserve IN common with all rubber-producing companies, the net profit earned by United Malacca Rubber Estates Ltd. in the year ended April last fell heavily. After providing for directors' fees, and depreciation on buildings the
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      202 7 Rice 8Um West Coast No. 1 No Stock Siam West Coast No. 2 No Stock Slam West Coast No. 3 No Stock Siam Biokcn No. 1 $105 Siam Broken No. 2 S102 Siam No. 1 $166 Siam No. 2 $151 Siam No. 3 $145 Rangoon S.Q. Meedrn
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      SEIZURE OF MEXICAN OIL IN FRANCE
      202 7 Havre Court's Decision Paris, July 24. 'piiE Civil Tribunal cf Le Havre has decided that in expropriating foreign oil companies the Mexican Government was acting within its sovereign right and that it was not within the competence of a French Court to decide whether
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      TEA BROKERS TO BE WOUND-UP
      164 7 Bunting And Co. In Lordcn London, Aug. 2. AT a meeting of shareholders held today. Bunting and Co Ltd. I tea brokers, decided to go into a "creditors voluntary winding-up." At a subsequent statutory meeting a creditors" committee of inspection, consio'ing of five principal creditors,
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      EXPORT CREDITS FOR POLAND
      83 7 London, Aug. 2. IN tho House of Commons today, Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary for i Foreign Affairs, stated that there was no proposal for the employment of j export credits to Poland on synthetic rubber. Mr. R". 8. Hudson, Secretary to Department of Overseas Trade,
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      SOVIET DEFENCE LOAN
      43 7 SOVIET DEFENCE LOAN Moscow, Alls. 2. OOVIET Russia has decided to float a fresh 20-year Stato six-milliard roubles four per cent, loan for economic and cultural develcpment vnder the third five-year plan and for the consolidation ol the defence of the country.— Reuter.
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
      119 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, Aug. 3, 5 p.m. Books Company Dividend Close TIN. Dat» Ex. Dlv. Pay* tie Date Total for financial year to date K. Kamunting 3d. No. 65 l'jd. bonus. Aug. 4 Petaling 5% :nt. July 29 ralam 2',2%lnt. Aug. 1 rhabawleik l/3d. No. 21
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      POLITICS DOMINATE RUBBER MARKET
      308 7 Statistical Position Growing Stronger TN a weekly report on the rubber market, issued at noon yesterday, Stanton Nelson and Co. Ltd., write We wish it were possible in these notes to ignore world affairs, but they remain the dominant influence in our market and form its
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      GOLD OUTFLOW TO THE UNITED STATES
      113 7 London, Aug. 2. A SKED in the House of Commons about the outflow of gold bullion to the United States, amounting to more than £250,000,000 during the last 18 months, the Chancellor of the Exchequer replied: "It is hardly ever possible to explain sold
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      DUTCH ITALIAN RAYON PRICE PACT
      66 7 Negotiation Successful Amsterdam, July 23. TpHE Dutch rayon goods industries have for some time been negotiating with their principal foreign competitors with a view to arriving at a general price regulation for the Dutch market. In March an agreement to this effect was reached between
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      NO HITCH IN ANGLO-U.S. BARTER PLAN
      69 7 London, Aug. 1. ASKED if any hitch had arisca over the proposed barter plan with the United States, Mr. Oliver Stanley, President of the Board of Trade, stated in the House of Commons tonight that no unforeseen difficulties had arisen in connection with administrative
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      U.S.-GERMAN BARTER PROPOSAL
      170 7 Agriculture Group Plan New York, July 24. A DOW-JONES message from Washington, referring to the proposal for a barter pact with Germany, states that a programme has been drafted by an agricultural Group and Is designed to aid primary producers of fats and oils. After a meeting
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      MINISTER FOR FOOD DEFENCE
      106 7 London, Aug. 2. THE appointment of an existing minister as Food Defence Minister in wartime is envisaged by the Food Defence Bill, the text cf which is issued today. The bill provides for the transfer to the Food Defence Minister of powers and duties of the
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      GERMAN COAL AND OIL OUTPUT HIGHER
      73 7 Less Oil In June Berlin, July 23. QERMANY'S ccal output in the first half of this year increased by 1,500,000 tons to 94,000,000 tons, while her lignite output was 10,750,000 tons higher at 105.750,000 tons. Iron ore production in June increased by 80.000 tons
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      INDIRECT TAXATION TO YIELD £343,430,000
      43 7 London, Aug. 2. A CCORDING to figures given in a parliamentary answer by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, £343,430,000 will be raised in the current financial year by indirect taxation, compared with £240,918,000 in 1931 British Wireless.
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      GOVERNMENT DENIES WHEAT PURCHASES
      46 7 London, Aug. 2. A DENIAL was given in the House of Commons to recent Press reports that the Government had decided to purchase up to 50,000,000 bushels of wheat for storage in Canada. There is no foundation for the statement. British Wireless.
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      JULY TIN-ORE OUTPUT
      60 7 •THE following statistics relating to tin-ore production refer to July Plculs liours Yardage ore Malaysiam Tin 264 Nawng Pet 275 Rahman Hydraulic 500 Satupulo N.L. .670 139,000 843 Takuana Valley Dredge 2. 622 185.000 1,103 Dredge 3. ..522 M.OOO 269 The estimated value of the output from
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      218 8 Hundreds Turned Away Again Last Night TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT, BOOK YOUR SEATS NOW FOR THIS BRILLIANT FILM BOX-OFFICE PHONE 69C9 UNPAID RESERVATIONS WILL HOT BE KEPT AFTER 9.15 P.M. All Free List Suspended For 9.15 p.m. Show AIdfIAM SKA 6.15 9.15 P.M. MIDNIGHT SHOW at 12 P.M. TOMORROW SATURDAY sth
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      641 8 PAVILION 6-15 9.15 TONIGHT The BIG holiday week comedy show! 4% M 1- I 3 SHOWS DAILY CAN YOU TAKE IT? 2 HOURS OF CONTINUOUS UAPI IOL 315 615—915 LAUGHTER IN A CRAZY SKIT ON GANGSTERS m a *%wr tnv?/i«r amra vn 4 SHOWS tomorrow-sunday Monday «TA€K SuGHANAN At n
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    DEADLOCK REACHED IN THE TOKIO PARLEYS
    302 9 British Proposal For Dropping Of Economic Issues Rejected Tokio, Aug. a CIR Robert Craigie, British Ambassador in Tokio, in his interview with Mr. Sotomatsu Kato, chief Japanese delegate to the Anglo-Japanese conference on Tientsin, on Tuesday proposed that economic issues be dropped from the
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    Tientsin Blockade Is Tightened
    94 9 Tientsin, Aug. a. RESTRICTIONS on the barriers here have been tightened and individual dairies are not allowed to send more than 100 bottles of milk into the British Concession daily. Foreigners buying foodstuffs ouu.'de the Concession lor the sake of cheapness are made tv line up
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    Hope To Shatter Japanese
    120 9 Shanghai, Aug. S. ""THE Chinese military machine is 1 being: geared for a general offensive on all fronts in the autumn or winter, according to Chinese dispatches, which assert that a supreme attempt will be made to "shatter the Japanese forces in China." China's military position,
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    ROOSEVELT'S BILL SLASHED
    135 9 Big Cut In Fund For War Materials Washington, Aug. 2. THE principal cuts made by the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, which slashed President Roosevelt's Deficiency Appropriation Bill from nearly $216,000,000 to $53.000,000, were the complete elimination of $119,599,918 Item for the restoration of capital impairment of
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    SIEGFRIED LINE DAMAGED?
    42 9 Paris, Aug. 3. ASA RESULT of recent heavy rains, the Rhine has again overflowed its banks and caused damage to certain parts of the fortified German Siegfried Line, according to the Nancy correspondent of the newspaper Le Matin. Reuter.
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    Wells On Future Of Far East
    271 9 REVOLT IN JAPAN China As Battleground Of World Ideologies London, Aug. 3. NEWSPAPERS continue to be keenly interested in the Far Eastern situation and today give prominence to the violence of the anti-British campaign in Japanesecontrolled Chinese areas and to the supreme importance of
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    PEARL RIVER BLOCKADE TO BE LIFTED SOON?
    51 9 Tokio, Aug. 3. DEFERRING to the "smooth progress *Vn military operations recently started on the Pearl River delta," RearAdmiral Masao Kanazawa, Director of the Publicity Bureau of the Navy Office, said today: "The blockade of the Pearl River will be lifted before long."—Eastern
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    45 9 Jerusalem, Aug. 3. TWO LEADERS of an Arab rebel gang 1 were sentenced to death by a military court today. The men were described as "executioners," and It was alleged they carried out death sentences passed by Arab "courts" on Arabs characterised as traitors.— Reuter.
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    Too Few Cooks & Too Much Rain But Militiamen Are Cheerful
    257 9 Too Few Cooks Too Much Rain But Militiamen Are Cheerful London, Aug. 2. TOO few Army cooks and too much 1 rain, which have been the twin problems marring the first weeks of militiamen's service are both now in the process of solution by the military authorities. Since the first
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    Would Help Britain
    185 9 Would Help Britain GERMAN VIEW OF EMPIRE'S STAND Essen, Aug. 3. IN practice almost the entire British Empire can be relied upon to come to the aid of Great Britain in the event of war," says Marshal Goering's newspaper, National Zeitung, today. The writer claims the only Dominion both willing
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    'DANZIG QUESTION IN FUEHRER'S HAND'
    107 9 DANZIG QUESTION IN FUEHRER'S HAND' Nazi Leader On 'When Hour Strikes' Berlin, Aug. 3. UTHE FUEHRER has the question of Danzig in his hand," declared the Danzig Nazi leader, Herr Foerster, at a demonstration in the Free City at which Vlce-Admlral von Trotha, of the German Navy, was present. Herr
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    TERRORIST ROUND-UP IN SHANGHAI
    147 9 Italians Arrest Pro-Wang Gunmen Shanghai, Aug. 3. •"PHE biggest single round-up of i terrorists in the history of Shanghai was made this moming when Italian marines surrounded a Chinese school where 26 Chinese gunmen had gone to demand evacuation of the premises within nine days. The
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    MOMBASA STRIKE ENDS
    59 9 Nairobi, Aug. 3. STRIKERS at Mombasa have returned to work and the port has been reopened, says Reuter. Mombasa port was closed by police following a threat by strikers to intimidate men at work there. The strike began a week ago among oil company employees, and involved
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    33 9 Hong Kong, Aug. 3. AFTER a dramatic trla.' a British police inspector, Joseph Herbert Edwards, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment on a charge of demanding $120 from a Chinese named Lau.— Reuter.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUG. 4, 1939. August Breezes
    1136 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUG. 4, 1939. August Breezes August is here. September, like peace, war and prosperity, is Just around the corner. And acute nervousness is once more becoming the outstanding feature of the daily round. Everybody Is jittery, but no one quite knows the reason for his
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    New South Wales Premier Resigns
    43 10 Sydney, Aug. 3. Mr. B. S. B. Stevens, Premier of New South Wales, has resigned, following a motion passed by the Legislative Assembly emphasising the urgent necessity of a new financial policy for the coming financial year.— Reuter.
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    EFFICIENCY ON PAPER
    459 10 F.M.S. Volunteer's Protest UNWISE "STRAFING" To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— With the advent of "compulsory Volunteering" (shades of Gilbert and Sullivan!) in Hong Kong came also comment in the Malayan Press on the poor ratio between tho eligible Europeans and those hi the Volunteers.
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    AFTER A BAD NIGHT IN HOSPITAL
    158 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— ln the interest of the public I hope you will assist me by publishing this letter, in drawing the attention of the head of the Johore Medical Department to tha fact that patients in the General
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    CAN YOU READ YOUR WATER METER?
    142 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Referring to your excellent leader of July 31, it is very nearly two years ago that you were kind enough to insert a letter from me pointing out why the water meter rent should be abolished.
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    THE MILITIA IN CAMP
    824 10 New Comforts For The Soldier By Our Military Correspondent J London, July 25. nURING the week-end the new Militia camps were "At Home" to the Press, so I took the oppor- s tunity of seeing them at first-hand. J The conditions vary considerably. At the regimental
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    722 10 NOTES Of The DA Y Siamese Fuji HAVE got into trouble again over the Siamese language. You may remember that in a recnt note I warned you that if you pronounced the new name of Slam in the wrong tone (there are numerous tones in this language) you would be
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    LORD HALIFAX SPEAKS ON FAR EAST POLICY
    775 11 Tokio Negotiations War In China NO FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN ATTITUDE TO JAPAN Ambassador's "Firmness Under st anding" T ORD Halifax, British Foreign Secretary, made a long speech in the House of Lords last night, on British policy in the Far East, with special
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    Inskip Says War Is Unlikely
    989 11 London, Aug. 3. SIR THOMAS IN SKIP, Dominions Secretary, speaking at Oban today said war was unlikely and the Government had very good reasons for saying so. Reuter. If he was correctly reported, the Government could not accept the implications of the statement. "The Government
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    "IRRITATION & "PETULANCE"
    1466 11 "IRRITATION "PETULANCE" EMPIRE IS BEING MADE SCAPEGOAT London, Aug. 3. INITIATING the debate on foreign affairs in the House of Lords tonight, Lord Snell, the Labour peer, declared the Prime Minister appeared to display irritation and petulance on questions seeking information which would be appropriate in a vain ample spinster
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    Soviet Defence Chiefs For Anglo-French Staff Talks
    133 11 Moscow, Aug. 4. MARSHAL Voroshilov, the Defence Commissar, Adm. Kubnetsov, the Navy Commissar, Gen. Shaposhnikov and Gen. Loktionov, chiefs of staff of the Army and Air Force, and Gen. Smorodinov, assistant chief of staff of the army, have been appointed to confer with
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    Tokio Alliance With Axis?
    143 11 Significant Statement By Two Envoys Rome, Aug. 4. THE Japanese Ambassador in Rome and Berlin, accompanied by several counsellors of the two embassies and military attaches, met at Villadeste, near Como, yesterday. After the meeting, which lasted about three hours, the ambassadors made the following statement:
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    Huge Chungking Order For Bank-Notes
    88 11 London, Aug. 4. •T*HE Government Central Bank of China has riven contracts to tvo British bank-note printers for over 1,000,000,000 notes. Neither the exact total nor the value of the notes can be divulged. Four hundred extra hands have been engaged to rope with one
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    HOW HITLER MAY STRIKE AT POLES
    103 11 Paris, Aug. 3. T*HE suggestion that, instead of a direct move on Danzig, Hitler may strike at Poland through Hungary is made by the newspaper Le Journal. The Hungarian Foreign Minister. Count Czaky, recently declared Hungary's policy was closely linked with that of the
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    NEW MINISTRY FOR SPAIN LIKELY
    49 11 Paris, Aug. 3. THE Spanish Minister of the Interior, Dr. Serrano Suno, has urgently summoned a number of generals to Burgas. The move is Interpreted us a sign that General Franco wishes to carry out a strict Inquiry before forming a new ministry Peuter.
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    STOP PRESS
    113 11 London, Aug. 4. Visitors to Prague from Moravia and Slovakia report extensive fortifications along: the whole Polish border, states the Daily Telegraph correspondent in Prague. Barbed wire 12 feet high is erected on the frontier, while about five miles behind the frontier permanent barriers are being built by
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    BIG RUMANIA WAR GAMES
    137 11 350,000 Called To The Colours Bucharest, Aug. 4. TENS of thousands are flocking to join their regiments in response to a calling up notice for large-scale manoeuvres lasting most of this month. These exercises are usually held in the autumn. Some nervousness was caused in the
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    35 11 OEUTER learns that the British Government's observations on the latest reports from Sir Robert Craigie, British Ambassador to Japan, about the progress of the Anglo-Japanese negotiations on Tientsin, have not yet been dispatched to Tokio.
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    PACT TALKS DELAY
    310 11 Lord Halifax On Soviet Views London, Aug. 3. Lord Halifax, in the House of Lords, said the British, French and Russian governments fully agreed with the necessity of trying to provide against indirect aggression. Their common object was to find a formula likely to cover indirect aggression,
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    THREE JUDGES ON BENCH IN NEW COURT TODAY
    429 12 Application For Leave To Appeal To Privy Council PUBLIC SEES PROCESSION BACK TO CHAMBERS THREE judges opened the judicial work in the new Supreme Court building today and they heard a petition for leave to appeal to the hijrhsst tribunal in the
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    Brigadier H.A. Lord Promoted
    90 12 Brigadier H.A. Lord Promoted NEWS was received last night that General Evangeline Booth has approved the promotion of Brigadier H. A. Lord, officer commanding the Salvation Armv. Malaya, to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Llcut.-Col. Lord jcined the Salvation Army in 1909 and was rent to Korea in the same
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    PRINCESS JULIANA'S BABY DUE SOON
    65 12 Soesiciijk, Aug. 3. DR. DE GROOT. the specialist attending Princess Jul ana, is staying at the Palace tonight and will be in consiant attendance on Princess Juliana who is expecting a second child in thp near future. Princess Juliana is in excellent health. An order
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    MR. C. F. M. RECANO
    55 12 A FORMER Singapore man, Mr. Charles Frederick Michael Recano, who worked on the Empire Dock construction at Singapore for Topham, Jones and Railton, has died at Gibral- j tar, wnere he had been living in recent years. Mr. Recano, who was aged about 60, left
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    33 12 English schools and Government afternoon schools close today for the end cf the second term. Children will have a month's holiday as the third term for English schools begins on Monday, Sept. 4.
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    Nazi Troops Mass On Polish Frontier
    57 12 Nazi Troops Mass On Polish Frontier London, Aug. 4. f ERMAN troops believed to be between 150,000 and IGO.COO are reliably reported to be concentrating along Poland's western frontier, according to the Kewi Chronicle Warsaw correspondent. At Stolp, in German Pomerania opposite Danzig, large numbers of German troops equipped with
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    AMUSEMENTS
    206 12 SINGATOHt unuti h» iti Cocktail Dance 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Dinner Dance (Informalj 9.45 to Midnight. GAKKKK illt.ATKfc C.fcYLANG Boys Town The Road Back at 7.45 p.m. GBCAI MrOHl Ii Cabaret 6.30 to 8.45 9.30 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: St. Louis Blues. Slcy: The Lightning Warrior. (i.iri'i uoki.h
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    ANNIVERSARY OF WAR
    160 12 Looking Back To 25 Years Ago A QUARTER of a century ago today the Empire entered the World War, which was to cost the lives of nearly 9,000,000 men before it ended over four years later. Europe had been in a state of tenrion for days. Archduke
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    DANCES & COMEDY IN "HONOLULU"
    210 12 DANCES COMEDY IN "HONOLULU" At The Cinema Honolulu (Eleanor Powell and Robert Young) M.C..M. At the Capitol. rIS picture not only has the dancing of the inimitable Eleanor I Powell, but some really good comedy by Robert Young and George Burns and Gracie Allen. There are two Robert Youngs, one
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    FLAGS FLY FOR QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY
    53 12 CLAGS fly in Singapore today in honour of Queen Elizabeth, who is 39 today. Born Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, the fourth and youngest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, she has endeared herself to an Empire and millions of people
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    Malacca European Cautioned On Black-out Charge
    567 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Aug. 3. ALTHOUGH fixed for hearing on Aug. 17, when mentioned in the Police Court yesterday, the case against Mr. D. I. Todman, the Municipal Engineer, under the Lighting Control Regulations, was brought before Mr. W. J. Thorogoort in
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    A Governor Meets Son Here
    76 12 The Governor of Macao, Senhor Tamagnini Barbosa, and his son had a two-hour reunion in Singapore thU morning. His Excellency returned from Europe on Wednesday, leaves for Macao tomorrow; his son arrived from Macao at eight o'clock this morning, left again at ten for Lisbon,
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    SINGAPORE PREPARES FOR LONG WEEK-END
    316 12 TAKING advantage of the last long holiday week-end before Christmas, large numbers of Singapore people travelled north by train last night. An even larger number is expected to travel tonight. Last night's mail train, which was run in two sections, carried 40 first class and
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    MAIL IS TWO DAYS LATE
    156 12 Due To Cancelled 8.1. Sailing ROHNA MAY BRING INDIAN TRACK'S THE weekly Hecond-daea mail from Enghind which would nor- mally have been delivered this morning is expected to arrive i Monday morning ty train from Penang. This mail includes newspapers and illustrated journals from England
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    PERSONAL ITEMS
    109 12 Mr. W. H. Macgnpor left Singapore by train for the F.M.S. last night. Dr. Bruce Fordyce Home, superintendent of the Mental Hospital. Singapore, left for Kuala Lumpur by train last night. Mr. F. O. S. Man. of the staff of Boustead and Co.. Ltd.. Singapore, arrived back this
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    THE GOVERNOR
    79 12 The Governor. Sir Shenton Thomas, and Lady Thomas left Singapore by train last night for Kuala Lumpur. They were accompanied by CaDt. R. A. Gwyn, aide-ac-camp. Mr. L. H. N. Davis, private secretary. Mr. G. E. Boeaars. of the staff of Government House, also left Sir Shenton and
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    NO CHARGE YET AGAINST ARRESTED BANKERS
    445 13 Penang Manager Back By Air To Report In Singapore DOCUMENTS STATED TO HAVE BEEN SEIZED IN BANGKOK MO charge has yet been made against the three arrested senior officers of the Bangkok branch of the OverseaChinese Banking Corporation, Ltd., according to the latest advices
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    Behaviour Of European Costs Him $3 Fine
    163 13 Behaviour Of European Costs Him $3 Fine "YOU are one of these people who should be setting an example to others in this town," commented Mr. J. Fletcher-Cooke, Singapore Third Police Magistrate, yesterday, addressing Thomas Maxwell, a 68-year-old European, who pleaded guilty to a charge of behaving in a disorderly
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    ALLEGED CHEATING IN RESPECT OF CAR
    96 13 MG MOH WHATT, a 23-year-old Teo- i chew, was produced before Mr. L. C. Goh in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday, on a charge of cheating in respect of a car valued at SI .600. Ng was alleged to have dishonestly induced Tan
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    $2,000 BAIL OFFERED IN ARMS CASE
    75 13 |#.iiL« vi »<;,uuu was uneiea jn me Singapore Criminal District Court, yesterday, when two Hainanese, Wee Pang Yau, 22, and Wee Yule Yuan, 27, claimed trial to a charge of carryIng arms in public. The case was fixed for hearing on Aug. 10. Accused
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    POLICE BAND
    29 13 THE Band of the Straits Settlements Police will perform in public on today at Telok Ayer at 6.00 p.m. under the direction of Mr. S. Chapman, Bandmaster.
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    'Absolute Scandal' Says Singapore Magistrate
    154 13 'Absolute Scandal' Says Singapore Magistrate "IT is an -solute scandal that the men she uJ be brought here week after week, wasting a day's work, when there is no prosecution," said Mr. Conrad Oldham, Singapore Second Police Magistrate yesterday, when a case in which six men are charged with simple
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    THREE MORE DAYS FOR HEARING
    190 13 Preliminary Inquiry Into Cheating Charge THREE further days, Aug. 22, 23 and 24, have been fixed for the preliminary inquiry into tentative charges of cheating and abetment of cheating preferred against a Singapore Chinese, Chan Tan Chye, and an employee of the Singapore branch of
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    FINES ON EUROPEAN IN TRAFFIC COURT
    95 13 A EUROPEAN, J. G. F. Bylmer, -vas yesterday fined $3 in '.he Singapore Traffic District Court when he pleaded guilty to i charge of disobeying a traffic light signal. On two other charges of driving a car without a licence and for driving a
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    THREE KNOCKED DOWN BY TAXI
    69 13 V NOCKED down by a taxi at the third mile, Bukit Timah Rd., three Indians who were pushing a handcart, were admitted to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital shortly after noon yesterday. One of them suffered head injuries and a fractured leg. He died last
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    MALAYAN CHINESE LETTER TO BRITISH POLITICIANS
    446 13 I*HE Federation oi China Relief Funds of Southern Asia yesteiday dispatched a message by air mail to each of the following personages in England Mr. Anthony Eden, Mr. Winston Churchill, Mr. A. Duff Cooper, Mr. C. R. Attlee, Mr. Arthur Greenwood, Sir Archibald Sinclair,
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    Governor Meets Engineer
    47 13 The Chief Justice, Sir Percy McEhcaine, introduces Mr. R. G. lies to me Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, at the openinr of the new Supreme Court yesterday. Mr. lies was Resident Enginter for the major part of the building of the Courts— Straits Times picture.
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    CHINESE TELLS STORY OF STABBING IN STREET
    441 13 A STORY of how the man he had a drink with was attacked and fatally stabbed in Queen Street on the night of June 23 was told by a witness in the Singapore Second Court yesterday, at a preliminary inquiry into a charge
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    SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL EXPENDITURE
    87 13 OINGAPORE Municipal Ccmmisslon- ers spent $14,175,183.17 last year and received from nine sources of revenue $15,037,719.60. The surplus shown was $C 62.536.43. The actual figures for expenditure fell short of the estimated sum of $15,386,103; while revenue exceeded the estimates of $14,246,316. The list of expenditure comprised
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    RELIEF FUND REGISTRATION
    155 13 Mr. Tan Kah Kee A Petition REQUEST MADE FOR EXEMPTION A PETITION has been sent to th« Governor. Sir Shenton Thomas, by Mr. Tan Kah Kee, chairman of "he Singapore and Central China belief Fund committees, asking hat relief fund societies be exempt iron registration. The petiiion
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    S.M.C. PRESIDENT'S EMOLUMENTS
    89 13 CINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners paid their president a total ot $28,475.88 last year, according to figures in the ani'Ual report for 193S of the Municipal Auditor. Mr. L. G. Corney. This sum fell short of the approved vote of $29,620 so that a:i expended balance of $1,144.12 was
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    GOVERNOR OPENS NEW SUPREME COURT
    1669 14 Judges, Law Officers And Advocates In Dignified Ceremony CHINESE KNIGHT SPEAKS AS DOYEN OF COLONY BAR THE Supreme Court of Judicature of the Colony of the Straits Settlements was declared open yesterday by the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, after he had received a silver key
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    Rateable Value Of Singapore $20,000,000
    83 15 Rateable Value Of Singapore $20,000,000 *pHE annual value of Singapore town, in terms of houses and buildings liable to assessment, was $19,627,635 at the end of last year, according to Mr. J. Stone, Municipal Treasurer, in the annual report for 1938. Under the Municipal Ordinance, the Commissioners may raise loans
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    COMPOSITION OF RURAL BOARD
    62 15 A suggestion that the committee should consider the question of the composition of the Rural Board with a view to obtaining an increase cf members was made by Mr. Tan Chin Tuan ut a meeting of the Strains Settlements Singapore > Association. It was decided to
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    SPECIAL NUTRITIVE FOODS FOR MALAYAN LABOUR
    1013 15 Colonial Empire Committee's Advice To Employers PROVISION OF GARDENS FOR WORKERS STRONGLY URGED THE two main causes of malnutrition in the Colonial EmI pire, apart from the prevalence of diseases, which often have a weakening effect, are first and most important the low standard
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    $356,000 FROM MOTOR TAXES
    51 15 CINGAPORE motor car and motor cycle owners paid the Municipality a total of $356,181.66 in taxes during 1938. The highest amount of taxes collected came from motor wagons and trailers which paid $373,132.61. On tricycles taxes totalled $40,745.69, on carriages and horses, $13,535.63 and on dogs
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    HOW MUNICIPAL REVENUE INCREASED IN 1938
    311 15 DATES showed an increase come for 1937 in Singapo: surer, Mr. J. Stone, in his am "But there is still a good way to go before the Income from rates reaches the 1929 figure, of $5,825,901," Mr. Stone says. An lncreass was also shown
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    MADRAS GOVERNMENT'S REPLY TO LEAGUE
    1252 16 Allegations Of Pirpur Committee Refuted OVER-REPRESENTATION OF MUSLIMS IN BOARDS Madras. "TT is not a fact that the Congress Government wanted to abolish the communal rule. It has been pursuing the policy of the previous gov<vnment in the matter. The Order relating to communal rotation
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    BAN ON EMIGRATION TO CEYLON
    91 16 Colombo, July 31. IT is understood that the Government of India is imposing a ban <>n Indian emigration to Ceylon with eiTect from tomorrow and the Ceylon Government has just been notified of this decision. According to this ban no Indian belonging to unskilled working
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    40 16 Ram Gopal and his Hindu dancers and musicians arrived in Londos from Paris recently, to appear for a short season at the Aldwych Thea'.ra. Picture shows two of the Hindu dancers on arrival at Victoria station.
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    1846 17 giant'american'toads at the highlands? Boon To Planters Plagued By Insect Pests THE BATTLE OF THE BUFO To the Editor ot the Straits Tim«s Sir, --In a well-known report Dr. H. A. Tempany, then the Director ot Agriculture, condemned Cameron Highlands as an' unsuitable area for commercial agriculture partly because
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    39 17 Some of the most interestiag and promising experiments with new fruits and vegetables now m progress at Cameron Highlands are being made on the estate of Mr. S. M. Sharma, whose letter is published m this pace.
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    TADS BEAT GORDONS BY ONLY GOAL OF MATCH
    460 18 Surprise In First Division Soccer At Tanglin CC,ORIX(J Koal ten minutes to time, the Manchesters won a hard-earned victory by one-nil over the Gordons in a first division soccer match at Tanglin yesterday. Melia, the Tads' energetic centre, was responsible for the
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    GIRLS' SCHOOL SPORTS
    189 18 ITERY keen rivalry was seen In annual sports day of the R ;es Girl 3' School held on the school ground yesterday. A large gathering of parents and wellwlsher3 were present, including Mr. M. R. Holgate, Inspector of Schools, Singapore. Six teams events were competed by lour
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    POST OFFICE COLONYF.M.S. SOCCER
    139 18 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 3. The Federated Malay States Posts and Telegraphs Department will meet their Colony colleagues in the annual soccer match for the Clarke Cup on Sunday, Aug. 6, on the Chinese ground. The teams will be: F.MS. P. and T.
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    29 18 Keen competition prevailed m the majority of events at Raffles Girls' School sports yesterday. This picture shows some of the small competitors enjoying a novelty event. Straits Times picture.
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    PUBLISHERS LOSE AFTER EARLY LEAD
    360 18 AFTER being two goals down, the R.A.F. (T) recovered well early In the second half to defeat the Publishers by three goals to two In their second division (a) soccer fixture played at the stadium yesterday. The score was a fair Indication or play. The
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    MERRIDALE B.P.
    133 18 Ties in the open single championship tournament (League System) of the Merridale badminton party for this month will be played off as follows: Saturday, Aug. 19, 4 30 p.m. at Grange Road court Ong Swee Tiar. vs. Lee Kim Heng; Johnny Tay vs Willie Tan; Ng Heng Nam
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    BADMINTON
    271 18 The following badminton ties will be playcu oR at the Singapore Malayalee Association court at Race Course Lane: SATURDAY AT ft pjn. Singles: 'Balan vs. O. J. Fernandez. Doubles: P. K. Bhanu and V. C. Kosh: vs. Cyril Peter and P. T. Paul. SUNDAY AT 3.30 p.m. Singles: P.
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    Today's Sports Events
    39 18 Soccer: Div. JIA, R.A. (8.M.) vs. Post Office, at Blakan Mati; Div. 118, S.H.B. vs. Minesweepers, at S.H.B. Cricket St. Anthony's Boys' School, Old vs. Present, at St. Joseph's ground. Athletics Singapore Chinese Girls' School Sports.
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    BRENTFORD SIGN A GOALKEEPER
    51 18 Brentford have secured Frank Clack, the Birmingham goalkeeper, who has been regular understudy to Hibbs for the past two seasons. The St. Andrews club have refused several offers for Clack, who Joined them as a professional at the end of the 1932-33 season from Witney (0.-:
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    SOUTH CHINA TEAM
    63 18 Following their victory over the Singapore Chinese on Wednesday, the South China footballers will meet the Combined Services at the Stadium tomorrow, and on Sunday the visitors conclude their tour of Malaya with a match against Singapore (S.AT.A). Neither the Combined Services nor Singapore have met South
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    GOOD ENTRIES FOR F.M.S. RIFLE CHAMPIONSHIP
    411 18 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 3. ILfORE than seventy Malayan marksmen from various military, volunteer and police units have entered for the F.M.S. Rifle championship, to be decided at the Central Rifle Meeting staged by the F.M.S. Volunteer Force Rifle Association at
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    HOSE CUP SOCCER AT SEREMBAN
    77 18 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Aug. 3. The Kuala Pilah district team has now reached the final of the Negrl Sembilan Hose Cup soccer competition by their recent win over the SeremDan Rangers. The Negrl Chinese, by deteating the Malay Gurus, reached the semi-final. They
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    G.S.F.A. LEAGUE TABLES
    123 18 The GJS.F-A. league table up-to-date is a3 follows: •ost Office Asrlne Dept. 'olice I Cental Hosp. ».W.D. Immigration iifedlcals W. Li. U. T. A. FU. 11 10 1 45 13 21 11 9 2 47 15 13 13 S 4 33 31 12 9 5 4 23
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    BELGIAN KING PLAYS IN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
    59 18 Le Zoutes, Aug. 3. King Leopold, the first reigning Monarch to compete in a National Golf championship, won the first round match of the Belpian Amateur cnampionship, beating A. Chupin at the 19th hole, but was beaten at the 19th in the second round
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    HOME CRICKET
    29 18 Somerset beat the West Indies b 7 an Innings and 72 runs. West Indies 84 (Andrews six for 40) and 189. Somerset 34b (Clarke six for 138>.
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    RUBBER QUEEN AND SMOKE DREAMS BEST BETS
    1134 19 First Day Of Penang Gold Cup Race Meeting 'THE opening day of the Penang Gold Cup meeting tomorrow, should 1 see the van Breukelen stable well to the fore. This stable has an outstanding chance in almost every race and punters would be
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    35 19 Members of the English Association Football team who have been touring South Africa photographed comlr.r; off the Athlone Castle when they arrived at Southampton last month. Some of them have got their wives with thim.
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    TWO PLAYERS SENT OFF IN SECOND DIVISION
    221 19 TWO players, one from each team, were sent off the field for fighting in the last minute of yesterday's second division (b) soccer match between the Junior Civil Service Association and the Naval Police, at the former's ground. The Naval Police won a
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    Foster Replaces Dynes
    56 19 A. F. Foster, S.C.C. opening batsman, will replace Capt. E. I). Dynes in the Colony cricket side to play against the Malay States this weekend. Dynes, whose withdrawal was announced exclusively in the Free Press this morning, announced his withdrawal from the side yesterday. It is understood
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    THIS MORNING'S TENNIS AT IPOH
    174 19 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Attf. 4. Results In play in the Malayan tennis championships here this morning were as follows. Men's d««bles: Goon Kolc Lem and Goon Kok Ying beat Cheah Wat Hun and Goh Hock Jim 6—2, 6—2; Tan Toon Piew and Tjong
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    "UTTER CONFUSION IN CHINA"
    106 19 Berlin, Aug. S. •THERE is utter confusion in China, declared Herr Franz Urblg, ths chairman, addressing the annual meetIng of the German Asiatic Bank. Pointing out that the main commercial cities were situated on rivers whose lower courses were in Japanese hands, Herr Urbig said the
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    JAPAN'S ATTITUDE TO EUROPE CRISIS
    157 19 Tokio. Aug. 3. 'THE Prime Minister, Baron Hiranuma, has called off the meeting of the inner cabinet fixed for tomorrow to determine Japan's attitude toward the European situation, according to wellliiformed circles quoted by the Do-rei Agency, which says that the action was only takrn
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    GOVERNOR HANDS OVER NEW COURT TO CHIEF JUSTICE
    141 20 (Above) A close-up of the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, speaking at the opening of the new Supreme Court yesterday. (Below) The Governor handing the silver key to the Chief Justice after he had declared the Court open. (Above) The Governor declaring open
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  • Straits Times' Supplement M.A.H.A. EXHIBITION
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      10 1 Straits Times' Supplement M.A.H.A. EXHIBITION SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1939
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      MALAY VILLAGE CRAFTSMEN TO DISPLAY THEIR SKILL
      1207 1 More Examples Of Work From The Kampongs (Frwn Our Own Co-respondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 4. ANCE a year on August Bank Holiday this country shows all the different facets of its existence at the Malayan Exhibition. People from every corner of the Peninsula
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      What You Can See At The Exhibition
      251 1 What You Can See At The Exhibition THE following is a guide to the 1 M.A.H.A. and gives the visitor an idea of what to see on the three days of the exhibition. TOMORROW 11 a.m. Opening of the exhibition by H.E. the High Commissioner. 12 p.m. Film Five Faces.
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      FOR PALM OIL
      113 1 •THE Agricultural Department last year displayed a hand press for the extraction of o'l from palm kernels. More than 1.000 of the presses are In use In Nigeria, and smallholders in I Malaya are now using them. One press is sufficient to deal with the output of
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      36 1 A Malay top spinning comiwtilion— main gasinj— such as will be seen at this year's M.A.H.A. exhibition. An expert Malay top spinner, cne of the Selangor players who save a demonstration at last year's MA.H.A. Exhibition.
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      RUBBER EXHIBITS
      124 1 DOTH the Rubber Research Institute and the Agricultural Department each year have exhibits intended to attract the interest of the smallholder. Specimens of gocd and bad rubber sheet produced by smallholders wrre on show last year, together with demonstrations of the way in wnich good rubber can be
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      Bren Gun On Malay Regt. Stand
      113 1 Bren Gun On Malay Regt. Stand THE Malay Regiment has a stand at the Exhibition staffed by N. jC. Os of the Regiment, which is intended to give prospective recruits and others interested in the Regiment information about the life and conditions of service in this young unit. One of
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      MALAY TOP SPINNING EXCITEMENT
      168 1 JIifALAY top spinning is among th& displays to be given fct the exhibition. It is not the fir»t time the local version of top spinning, which develops into quite an exciting team game, has been seen at a public exhibition. This is the main gaslng usually
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        120 1 a ■> Ca It' I IBwitelfl Aluminium i. very largely mcd in the rubber industry, not only on the production side, but also in the manufacture of the thousand and one articles which today are made from rubber. It Is an ideal metal in many respects. It is light, weighing
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        57 1 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. welcomes policyholders at stalls Nos. 7 and 8 where all questions dealing with Life Assurance matters will be gladly answered. The "Company on the Spot" with over Thirty Years of Specialized Experience of Life Assurance Business in the Tropics Branches throughout the East
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      "GROW MORE FOOD" SLOGAN OF THE EXHIBITION
      276 2 "GROW MORE FOOD" SLOGAN OF THE EXHIBITION Agricultural Display Propaganda THE fact that the Malayan Exhibition is the only exhibition of its kind in the Colonial Empire is not widely known. It is an occasion when one half of Malaya goes to see how the othf half lives," and as
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      SIR FRANK STOCKDALE'S REPORT ON MALAYA
      1001 2 Agricultural Needs Stated In Colonial Office Report CIR Frank Stockdale, Agricultural Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, who visited Malaya last year, summarised his conclusions as to the needs of Malayan agriculture in the following points quoted from his report published
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      Special Show Of Malayan Flowers
      348 2 Special Show Of Malayan Flowers TOR the first time in the history of the exhibition, flowers are considered important enough to have a special, permanent structure for their display. The cool, airy, hexagonal horticultural building at this year's Malayan Exhibition has been designed by experts. It Is screened from the
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      Government Departments Have Fine Exhibits This Year
      1010 3 REALISING the publicity value of the Malayan Exhibition to its various departments, Government has spared no efforts in preparing bright stands for its Posts and Telegraphs and Electrical Departments, and for the Federated Malay States Railways. During the period of the exhibi- i
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      AROUND THE EXHIBITION
      622 3 •THE Great Eastern Life Assurance Company, Ltd., which was founded j in Singapore in 1908, holds the unique i position of being the only life assurance company incorporated In Malaya. At the Great Eastern Life stalls at the M.A.H.A. Exhibition will be found officials and representatives of
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      Trade Schools Exhibit
      238 3 THE scope of the Malayan Exhibition is realised when it is considered that there are no fewer than eleven sections outside the Industries Hall and the State Arts and Crafts Hall. Some of these sect'ons are described separately as they ire too large to group together. One
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      MALAY CRAFTSMEN AT WORK
      69 4 A Malay girl at work on a cottage loom, making sarongs, such as w.H be seen at the exhibition. Kclantan silversmiths making decorative articles in Malay silver for the Exhibition. Ploughing a flooded rice field. Grow More Food is the keynote of the exhibition. The Selanror
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