The Straits Times, 8 August 1939

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    38 1 FINAL EDTN. The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] i MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-LARGEST NET SALES 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      424 1 Sm MIEN CHONG /or SMART TAILORING na Coloman St. Singapors. Phone 4816 "DULUX" Synthetic Finishes I m A, J H^ iiHllii^jii^^itll Thorough tests to prove the efficiency of "Dulux" Synthetic Finishes under local conditions were conducted in Singapore recently. One coat primer, one flat under-coat and two coats of gloss
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      6 1 SINGAPORE, 140, CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471).
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      239 1 KVALA LUMPUR. 25, JAVA ST ('PHONE 3683 J. J BARGAINS IN I .GOWNS- HATS i| ti I PRICES REDUCED I W.THOUT STYLE SACRIFICE SALE PRICES gL* j!T*»H i $18.50 to $35.00. Bff:;VJf SALE PRICES \1 4 OT[ *W*A CHIC AFrERNOOIT MODELS. U f«isA I 1 cm s,le prices wiaSiv;® I
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      14 1 Exclusive GOWNS Salons at MADAME PAGE 13, Battery Rd. Singapore MAJESTIC HOTEL Kuala Lumpur.
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATH
      41 2 6CHIFFNER.—On August 8, 1939 at the General Hospital. OTTO SCHIFFNER, 43 years. He left behind his parents, his wife one son and one daughter to mourn his loss. Funeral will take place today at 5.30 p.m. at the Bidadari Cemetery.
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      116 2 COHEN— On the 3rd August, 1939, at the General Hospital, Singapore, to Mildred, wife of H. B. Cohen, a son. NG—ANG —The engagement is announced between Mr. Ng Baw Sin, eldest son of the late Mr. Ng Koh Tuan and Madam Tan Chwcc Luan, and Miss Ang Chuan Neo, eldest
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      594 2 PERSONAL THE MARRIAGE BI'KEAL 1.9. New Btj. Street. London. W.I. Introductions giver. privately and confidentially Marfah 9334 WANTED WANTED, Secondhand Radio-gramophone for cash. Apply Box No. 95 Straits Times. WANTED, Bell Howel or Kodak 8 m.m. Cine Camera A Projector. Must have at least 1.9 lens and be in first
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      853 2 BOARD RESIDENCE WHITEHALL, 32. CairnMi: Rl Vacancy Double or Single Rr.cHsh M.S. Tel. 4741 LARGE DOUBLE ROOMS suitable lor couple or tnend sharing mod. san. Tel. 4271 or Apply 15 Scotts Road. ROGEKVILLE, 308 Orchard Rd. Single rooms vacant, good table service St cleanliness 4 Tennis. Ga'T-es. Tel. Mrs. Piatt.
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      864 2 LEGAL NOTICE' ESTATE OF S. C. VICKERS, j DECEASED. NOTICE is hereby given that all creditors and other persons having any claims or demands against the Estate of S. C. Vlckers deceased, late of Udinl House, Penang, deceased who died on the 14th day of Mav. 1939, and to whose
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      602 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc. THE "DAY ~NIGHT" PRIVATE DETECTIVE AGENCY (Privat* and Commercial investigation) throughout S.S. A F.M.S. Experienced Detective Available. SCOTTS ROAD. 1 PHONE 4140 •4 IN ONE? TOILET SOAP*" IS Rood Try it if you haven't Sole Agents: THYE CHIANG CO.. LTD., ICO North Bridge Koad, Singapore. Wholesale rf|<j
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      125 2 NEW WORLD DANCE PALACE rilK LAKGLS I AIU( ONIH 1 KI.NKIt CABABEI IN MALAYA WITH BAR AND RESTAURANT ATTACHED. tEL. NO. 2477 Night Dance Nightly at 9.30 p m. TEA DANCES (Admission Free) EVERY TUES.. THURS.. SATS. SUNDAY TIFFIN DANCE From 1.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. SPECIAL ENTRANCE TO CABARET
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      695 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR Li:i. (Incorporated In England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. Co. MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Toonase Due Spore RAJPUTANA 17.000 Aug 11 RANCH 1 "7.000 Aug 25 BANGALORE 6.000 Aug 26 RANPURA (7.000 Sept 8 RAWALPINDI 17.000 Sept
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      615 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS ilncorDoraiM in oauoui GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO LONDON i Penant, Colombo, Aden. Suex, Port Said Naples. Marseilles. Gibraltar, London Antwerp. Rotterdam and Hamburg. Vessels Tonnage Dv Sail KASIMA MARU 9,900 Aug. 4 5 I HAKONL MARU 10.400 Aug. 16 17 HUSIMI MARU 19.000
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      537 3 LUXURY wltb ECONOMY ONE-CLASS MOTOUSIIIPS CAWMS WITH PRIVATE nATU EXCELLENT CUISINE MODERATE FAKKS To: MARSEILLES. cONDON. ROTTEK Ta PAII ,c« MB doitvuiiam mam DAM HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN To 1^ M* o l AU MN^MA W 'BeDt >1 8 FIONIA Sept 5 S J£- OPT *vrni a Opnt 9M KstILLJL OcpL.
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      133 3 Incorporated In Qtnnanj The undermentioned an tht company tn tended fixtures: OUTWARD FOR MANUJi, HONG KONG. SHANGHAI. NORTH CHINA AND JAPAN. Due 8-»or* S ELBE Aug. 17 .5 COBURG Auk. 31 POTSDAM omits Manila. North China and Yokohama Sept. 13 GNEISENAU omits North China Sept 27 HOMEWARD FOR HOLLAND. HAMBURG
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      573 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Build in* Collvet Qnay Singapore Tel SI 51 Chartered Bank Building Penant Tel 1368. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FASI SERVICES MARSEILLES LONDON N CO.MIJVfcM AND GLASGOW (In conjunction wltb the Glen l.lnr) CALCHAS L'don. R'dam. Hull. Ham. In°port *Tcday MEMNON Mars. Casa. Ldon. R'dam. Ham. G row
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      90 3 ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY. (Incorporated Id U S.A BOSTON. NtW YORK BALTIMORB VIA SUEZ Due Sail* STEEL ENGINEER Aug. 8 Au«. 1J FAIRFIELD CITY Aug. 27 Aus. 31 KLAVENESS LINE. (Incorporated in Norway LOS ANGELKS SAN FRANCISCO, PORTLAND SEATTLE TACO* V. Llmltea Dut excellent Dassengei Accommodation Available Fare US $235 to
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      212 4 foamy Aden <Imi-.i.il) 3 oa. East Africa (Imperial) ..3 o.nn South Africa (Imperial) ..3 p.m Burma (Imperial) 3 jjn Whole Canada (Imperial) ..3 n.ir. China, Hoihow (Imperial) ..3 p.m. •Sgyn Sudan and faiesun* (Imperial) 2 djm Oreat Britain ar.d Ireland (Imperial) a orj Europe and Q. Britain
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      CORFU
      21 4 IpORFU from Hongkong Is expected to arrive here at 10 a.m. tomorrow. She will proceed alongside the wharf on arrival.
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      295 4 INWAUD Wearnes From Penan;, Ipob and Kuala Lumpur Arrives every evening. XX.M.: from Netherlands Indies: Arrive* THIS afternoon. K.N.1.L.M.. From Salmon: Arrtvet THIS afternoon. QanUs From Australia: Arrives THIS afternoon. XX.M.: From Europe: Arrives Wednesday evening. Imperial: From Europe: Due Tnursaaj afternoon. K.VLIM.: From Netherlands
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      SURFACE MAILS DUE
      44 4 Mails from Holland etc. expected today. Aug. 8. by Indrapoera. Mails from China expected today, Aug. 8. yj Van Heutsz. Mails from Japan expected tomorrow, Aug. 9, by Hague Maru Malls from China and Japan expected tomorrow, Aug. 9, by Corfu.
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      FROM MALACCA
      124 4 Correspondence for transmission by air via Netherlands must be fully prepaid and dearly superscribed ■By X.L.M." Mails will close Iron* Malacca as follows: Tomorrow. Java and Southern Sumatra by air (Netherlands) 9 45 am Thursday, Aug. 10. Aden. Burma. Canada, E L S Africa, Egypt, Great Britain. Ireland,
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      ARAMIS
      35 4 A R AMIS from Marseilles, via Port n Said, Djibouti and Colombo is, ?xpected to arrive about 7.30 a.m. tomorrow and sail about noon for Saigon, Hong Kon?, Shanghai and Kobe. Berth: S.H3. wharves.
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      SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
      167 4 The following ships are alongside the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves or expected to arrive Bast Wharf, Entrance Gate 1; Exit 1: Hong Siang; Van Heu'sz 22. Main Wharf, Entrance Gate 2; Exit I:— Kedah 18; Sllvergcava 16; Calchas 14; Hawaii Maru 11; Malacca 9; Kelantan S; Rector
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      MR. MORGENTHAU ON EUROPEAN HOLIDAY
      60 4 London, Aug. 7. MR. HENRY MORQENTHAU, Secretary to the United States Treasury, landed from the Nonnandie at Southampton this morning and left Harwkn this afternoon for Denmark. Mr. Morgenthau made It clear to reporters be was In Europe on holiday only and said he would
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    JERAM RUBBER ESTATES DIVIDEND OF 4 PER CENT.
    636 4 JERAM RUBBER ESTATES DIVIDEND OF 4 PER CENT. TTHE thirtieth annual ordinary gent- ral meeting of the Jeram Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held In London last week. Mr. Cyril Hughes iehairman> sa!d: The gros3 proceeds of rubber values at £40,316 shows a decrease of £1.544. The general reserve now stands
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    New Chinese Appeals To Britain & U.S.
    98 4 New Chinese Appeals To Britain U.S. Chungking, Aug. 7. SIXTEEN chancellors and presidents of government and private univer slties have cabled a Joint message to British university executives and professors, appealing to British intellectual leaders to exert their influence in prerenting the British Government irom continuing the conference, and In
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    REDUCTION OF CZECH GENDARMERIE
    87 4 Prague, Aug. 7. TPHE 20,000 personnel of the Czecn gendarmerie and police will be reduced by one fourth within the near future. The number was believed to be too high even for former Cfcecho-Slovakia and is now quite out of proportion to the present Czech territory
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      477 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. Jlncorporalea JO PJ4.8.) TKLEPHONEj Ftettlit MM. Passate 6UI. $y aT|i^*^ /^Br^A G° a Canada to Nortn AmericaLi' %y Jr y^X Europe Fast tarougD train* direct IA Jfjjtt tTOm <:nl^ s lde at Vancouve? la ftSTA Bee the malestic Canadian Rocfeles tat! T#3B WimW ,-ZJ ....Lake Louise BanQ.
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      326 4 RQUJLPLUOS 1 THE MODERN FIXING DEVICE USE A nrnpiuG AGENTS STOCKISTS ENGINEERIMO w.« SIHGAPOPE. |AmmJ| wife J and nea.r:y >y^ reduced to skin and bones Thanks to the advice of a frieu.. started taking SANOVIGOR. In a week's time I began to feel better, sleep well, eat and digest anything.
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      606 4 YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Last night max. rain- bright mln. temp, fall s'staine temp. "F lccn«* nrs. 't WEST COAST. Alor Star 87 Nil 5.9 76 Penan- 87 NU 9.6 75 Sitlawan 92 0.31 7.5 73 Bukit Jeram 91 1.14 5.6 72 Malacca 85 0.31 6.3 74 INLAND Kuala Lipis 90 0.12
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      414 5 UOLYfATGONE Trained Nurse Loses S^lbsaweek t ij v Vh T Vt up whh bod» bofry M**mNooej weighed down with ugly fM, lof theie Drcuei *h>ch mik-i you look tnd fed f V C' I w hcc7y, ungainly, uncoovU>me Tour Sue) foruble, cause* you to won < unfathionable cluchet, and \m
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      348 5 ENGINEERING EXHIBITION AT THE HAPPY WORLD OVER 100.000 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SEEN and INSPECTED THE LATEST 1939 AMERICAN H. M. V. RADIOS with THE FAMOUS "MAGIC BRAIN" BUT HAVE YOU? We advise you pay us a visit at our 2 GRAND STALLS any night during the Exhibition. Other Lines on
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      1375 5 Broadcasting SINGAPORE EMPIRE STATION NIROM TODAY TuuAY TODAY ZHL 225 metre* TRANSMISSIONS 2 AND 3 JDA 6.M me ZHP 30.08 metre* GSH n47 m< g (v m> GSO n7J yDB nJ6 (M £SS A programme of Malay variety.! "ft «s»*>' -ft jjjf* m .0.26 5* »O 7.00 Children's prognuume (English)
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      395 6 QUIET OPENING AFTER HOLIDAY RUBBER SLIGHTLY HIGHER By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Aug. 8. MARKETS open quietly this morning after the holiday. The share sections are featureless but there is a slightly better demand in the rubber market and prices are fractionally higher than at Friday's close.
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      JULY RUBBER CROPS
      64 6 •yHE following crops of -übber were harvested by the respective estates j la July Paiani Rubber Malakolf Rubber Rubber Bungd B.itu Rubbc r r Rubbsr F::ytHl!s Mudci Rubber Val d'Or Rubber Gadek Rubber Estate Kuala Sldim Rubber Rubber Gordon Rubber Estates Bukit Tambun Estates Bartam Consolidated 238
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      PENANG GOLD CUP WEIGHTS
      69 6 From Our Own Correspondent I't-nuiife, Aug. 8. |A( X inn Cl has been given lop-weight in (iold Cup to be ran on Saturday •ver <i.i< mile and three furlong. Welfhta for this race an- Ja<k Dl 9-4 Miltana 9.1 II tire X.13 < uoltipt B.K Toya
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      19 6 Issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Kvatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers Singapore, "liday, August 4, 5 p.m.
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      MINING
      575 6 AH shares quoted above are fully paid. Soiie vai. ria^ei at uu. uyan at cauii buyers Sellers Stivers Sellers 4/- Ampai lln 5/- Austral Amal £1 Austvai Malay 5/- Ayer Hitatn 1 Ayer Weng £1 Bangrln Tin 1 Batu Selangor 5/- Berjuntal £1 Burma Malay £1 Chenderiang 50 Hitam
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      GENERAL
      456 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord I 30 J 40 1.55 1.50 2 2 do 7^2 Ci prefs 2.25 2.35 cd 2.30 2.35 cd 10 10 AUas Ice 4 7t> 3.2 b 9 00 3 50 1 1 B. M. Broadcast)!)? 0.55 0.60 ISO 161' 10 5 B M Trustee
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS
      294 6 tiTe Maynara Co. Ltd. $30,000 Int. Apr 30 Oct. 31 90 100 norn SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL t% 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. bit Mar 3i Sept. 30 101 102 norn V. 1907 red. 1947 51. 600.000 Int. Mar 31 Sept 30 106 108 norn VV 2 r 1903
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      RUBBER SHARES
      375 6 •Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated) I praser et uo Lyau Allenby Aior Gajah AmaJ Malay Ayer Hit am Ayer Molek Ayer Panas Bassett Bidu Lii.ung Bedford Bent a BorelJl Brogas Brunei Un Bukit Katil Huku X B B.iklt Kepunp Bukit Tim.in ($10) Changkat Serci'.ii^ Hlenealy Plantations Hamilton
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      95 6 Tuesday, Aug. 8, noon. No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loJse) 28 9/16 2811/16 No. IX R.S.S. f.o.b. In rases Aug. 28 13/16 28 15/16 G.F.A.Q. R.s.s f.ob In bales Aur. 28 !i 28*4 t' id R.S.S. f.o.b. in hales Auk. 28 3/16 28 5 16 FUTURE
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      EXCHANGES
      188 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 t/4 London demand 2/4 Lyons demand 2055 Switzerland demand 241 1. Hamburg demand 135 New York demand 54 9/16 Montreal demand 54 9 '16
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    LARAS (SUMATRA) RUBBER ESTATES
    606 6 Chairman Favours Barter Plan THE twenty-ninth ordinary general meeting of Laras (Sumatra) Rubber Estates, Ltd.. was held in London last week. Mr. F. Streeten (the chairman), said that Wi:en they met a year ago they had been through a year beset with international troubles of every
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    Wall Street Quotations
    36 6 •"fllE copyright in this service is owned by PR.ISKR and COM. PANT, sharfbrokers. and THE STRAITS TIMES PRESS LTD. The quotations may not be reproduced without the written permission of the joint owners.
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    417 6 New York, Aug. 7. HTHE following quotations were these ruling whan the Stock Exchange ciosed today. DOW-JONKS AVERAGES SaUiroay s Tocay s Close Close entries 30 Industrials 1.2.: 1 140.76 off 135 20 Rails ?J20 28 80 off 40 15 Unities M.T4 2C.45 off .29 New York Stoc* Exciv.ngr, business
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    JULY TIN-ORE OUTPUT
    89 6 •yHE fblloi sties relating to tin-ore production refer to July: I'.'GUIB n Y.ird.-.^e <re 5. Kami:ntiii" Cl Md dovil rhabawleik Tin Closed c'own •»unpah Tin Dredge 1 Close j Asm Dredge 2 561 193.000 680 /•am Kumbai.K 5C2 105.000 ':-3 Ulu Yam Closed down PuchonR Cloren d.wn
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      39 6 100 CAMELS HAIR WAHP GIVES Vlfi MAXIMUM ELASTICITY TO TACKLE SHOCK LOADS AND DIFFICULT VJn> DRIVES. J&&-' -r^«— W*^^ i>nnwnnnnnnmOWiTP in '&r Sole Agents in Malays McALISTER CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements.) SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, IPOH AM) PENANG.
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    SOUTHERN KINTA GETS TWO NEW TIN AREAS
    1590 7 Chairman Hopes To Increase Next Inter m Dividend BUFFER POOL CONTROVERSY AGAIN REVIVED: MALAYA'S POSITION THE fifth ordinary general meeting of Southern Kinta Consolidated. Ltd., was held in London en July 27. Capt. Oliver Lyttelton, the chairman, said that the issued capital was
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    DUMPING DUTY ON MOTOR-CARS
    180 7 Efforts To Offset Freight War In U.S.A. Cape Town. TTOE protect the motor-car assembling factories at Port ECzabeth the Gov-' eminent may soon introduce freight dumping duties to offset the advantage vhich cars Imported into the Union tnjoy as a result of the present freight war
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    SIX BRITISH SHIPS SOLD TO REICH
    125 7 65 Go To Foreign Flags FIGURES nablished in Hamburg show that during the first six months of 1939 German shipping firms bought six ships from British lines with a total tonnage of 53,710 tons. During the same period British owners sold 65 ships to
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      185 7 A. VLI */^i^MbW ay \a tSvtft^ l^ It bvJI B^BV^Bm MMa I i J^B B^B&^BBK The "Tor>a-Te*t*' U one of th« »turdt»*t of *impJe W^m m r'aMaWaJyttili I moviftgirontyp* instruments, it.- print pieof opera* I iion l»»>ns patented, ft canwt burn <wt, because -^^^npvfPto'* '^?y!^^ there *r« no winding*. Th«r«
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      303 7 NOMINAL CAPITAL: $40,000,000 ISSUED PAID UP CAPITAL: $10,000,000 BRANCHES throughout Malaya. Si is Burma, South China French lido-Chins and Motherlands East Indies. AGENTS CORRESPONDENTS in all principal cities of the World. BARKING TRANSACTIONS at every description nndertaken. .Mastersmosquitoes and sleep nitjhls Message to a man ia iß'^W -'m Im l
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      260 7 BANK OF CHINA v corpora tea in China m SDeuai < barter 12. Cecil Street Singapore Telephones: Managers OfTke Mil Sob-Managers Office 0«43 Kxrhange Oept S4U General Office fIM-! Cable Address 111 M.XI O Paid Up Capital Ch. I 40.000.000 M Reserve Funds In excess of Ch. 3.306.000. 00 Total
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      179 8 KTI BFfl "Robin Hood" WA\ RECORD SMASHED! The only Picture that has BPPFfI"|fIFJFB broken the record held by m i I T H k 1 "Robin Hood" so far! 10th BIG DAY STILL GOING STRONG ALHAMBRA 3 15 bis 9.15 The most Daringly Fearless picture that has ever thrilled an
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    BRITISH WARSHIP'S ESCAPE IN ICHANG BOMBINGS
    368 9 Missiles From Japanese Planes Pass Over H.M.S. Gannet Shanghai, Aug. 7. [TNIMPEACHABLE foreign reports show that H.M.S. v Gannet closely escaped damage or complete destruction in the two Japanese air raids on Ichang yesterday. In the first raid two bombs from a formation of
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    Russo-Japanese Settlement ?
    177 9 Russo-Japanese Settlement Agreement Reported On Sakhalien Dispute Moscow, Aug. 7. /COMPETENT circles .here be.Ueve that a Soviet-Japanese agreement I in principle has been reached ever the North Sakhalien oil concessions, but a Japanese press report that the a?reement has actually been signed cannot be confirmed. It is understood that some
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    ROYAL FAMILY AT HOLIDAY CAMP
    132 9 Join In Singing "The Chestnut Tree" London, Aug. 7. 1*HE King was in hi* element today when he went over from Balmoral to Abergeldle Castle, where a holiday camp is in operation consisting of boys half from public schools and half from industrial areas. The
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    Dr. Benes Breaks His Silence
    289 9 Predicts Collapse Of Dictatorships London, Aug. 7. IN a speech at the Liberal Sum1 mer School, at Cambridge to* day, Dr. Edouard Benes, ex-Pre-sident of Czecho- Slovakia, cited historical precedents for his firm conviction that democracy and freedom in Europe will be victo- v rious.
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    MASS EXECUTION'S IN MADRID
    89 9 Sequel To Murder Of Civil Guard Officer Paris, Aug. 7. TTHE seven men charged at Madrid with the murder of Major Gabaldon, inspector of the Civil Guard in Madrid, near Talavera on July 29, were executed this morning. Fifty-three persons allegedly implicated in the murder of
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    SOCIAL HYGIENE IN ARMY CAMPS
    178 9 Council's Suggestions INCREASE In the armed forces and a situation of general Insecurity have added to the responsibilities of the British Social Hygiene Council, accordIng to the Council's annual report Just published. Referring to the formation of the Militia and the increased strengths of the
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    Polish Attitude Supported
    330 9 London Reaction To Smigly-Rydz Speech London, Aug. 7. OATISFACTION is felt in London at the news that good sense and moderation have prevailed in connection with the dispute which according to reports from Danzig .had threatened at the end of last week to assume a serious character
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    BULGARIAN VISIT TO MOSCOW
    192 9 Party Met By Foreign Office Members Moscow, Aug 7. A DELEGATION of 25 members of the Bulgarian Parliament arrived here today on a ten-day visit. The party was met at the station by officials of the Soviet Foreign Office and M. Gorkine, secretary of the Soviet
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    FRANCE GIVES CZECH FUNDS TO REICH
    89 9 *T*HE German official news agency says that Frunce has agreed to hand over immediately to the Reich £175.395 of Czech funds detained in France, and to resume commercial relations with the Czech "Protectorate." France has also agreed to provide Germany with the same quantity
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    GERMAN BROADCASTS OF ATROCITY TALES
    70 9 STEPS are being taken by the BBC. to counteract the atrocity stories which are being broadcast in Arabic by the German station, Zeesen. Reckless and unfounded allegations are being made against the conduct of British troops in Palestine. B.B.C. official* listen to these German broadcasts
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUG. 8, 1939. Two I.S.P. Speeches
    873 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUG. 8, 1939. Two I.S.P. Speeches Two speeches made at recent gatherings of the Incorporated Society of Planters deserve to be considered by planters, shareholders in rubber-producing companies and those responsible for thej direction of the companies with equal seriousness. Addressing members at the half-yearly
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    LINER STRIKES ICEBERG IN ATLANTIC
    102 10 Boston, Aug. 7. The Canadian Pacific 10,000 ton liner, Beaverhill, from Montreal for London, is reported to have struck an iceberg in the Atlantic off Newfoundland. The icecuttei Champlain is proceeding to her assistance but travelling slowly on account of fog. The steamer Ausonia is
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    FLYING THE AIR MAIL IN ATLANTIC STORM
    101 10 Washington, Aug. 7. Delayed further by headwinds, the Imperial Airways flying-boat Caribou, which is making the inaugural flight of the British North Atlantic airmail service, arrived at 2.27 a.m. G.M.T. from Botwood, via Montreal. Captain Rogers described the Atlantic flight from Foynes to
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    RETIRED NAVAL RATINGS WANTED BACK
    106 10 London, Aug. 7. The Admiralty announces two new measures designed to expand personnel by changes in less exacting and active duties. The first invites 3,000 ex-naval and marine ratings, under 53 years of aga, to re-engage for a period not exceeding six years. They will
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      The Orchard Road Cemetery
      437 10 WHY NOT A PARK? To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,—lt Is to b 3 hoped that Dr. Wu L'.en-teh's article in support of cremation, published in a recent issue of the Sunday Times, will serve to influence many of our Chinese friends who might
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      SINDHI AND BOMBAY MERCHANTS
      231 10 Sunday Holiday All Over Singapore? To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— lt was with much satisfaction j that I read in your paper that the Sindhi Association of Singapore had decided to observe Sunday as a lull holiday. Let us hope, however, that this
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      THE MAIL SHIPS
      70 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— ls it Just possible that mailboats observe bank holidays? Judging by the various occasions when the sea-mail which, by the way, includes malls from France, the air-mail from that country being rather expensive is late, one might almost think
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    TALKING WITH GERMANS
    772 10 "Interference" By Britain The attitude of representative Germans towards the Peace Front urns described by a special correspondent of Truth recently, and part of his article is reproduced below. "I ASSUME you would not say that the return of Danzig to the Reich was In any sense
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    778 10 Jambu 80l IS there any Malayan fruit-tree with blossom as decorative as the Jambu 80l Indeed, Is there any other Malayan fruit-tree which has blossom worthy of the name? Several are colourful enough when fruiting, notably the butterfruit tree and one or two kinds of Jambu,
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    GERMANS TO FLOCK TO DANZIG REGION SOON
    397 11 Special Trains Across Polish Corridor VISITORS TO BIG FAIR IN EAST PRUSSIA "Safe Stage" Reached In Latest Situation TT is announced in Berlin, says Reuter, that German territory bordering on Danzig will become the centre of attention a week before Herr Hitler's Tannenberg
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    'ENEMY' AIR FORCE OVER TURIN
    134 11 Industrial Quarter •Destroyed" Rome, Aug. 8. A WEEK of mimic warfare has, it is announced, ended with the rout of the Red invaders by the Po Army, which had the task of defending Northern Italy from an Enemy coming from the West. The Invaders were
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    TURKISH SOLDIER SHOT ON FRONTIER
    91 11 Istanbul, Aug. 7. AN Incident reported to have oc- r urrecl on the Bulgarian-Turkish frontier, in which a Turkish soldier Is alleged to have been shot on Turkish territory by Bulgarian soldiers, created a sensation, as both sides are preparing !or manoeuvres. TI13 Bulgarian version
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    China Dollar Slumps To New Low Mark
    77 11 China Dollar Slumps To New Low Mark Shanghai, Aug. 8. THE Chinese dollar has slumped to the record low figure of 3 2»/32d.— Reuter. The Chinese dollar fell to 4 2 d. on July 19 on the Shanghai exchange market. On that occasion, a Chungking spokesman said that there would
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    U.S. And Future Of Philippines
    155 11 London, Aug. 8. AMERICAN concern about the ■"•future of the Philippine Islands is likely to become a serious Issue in United States politics, says the Daily Telegraph. The Journal continues that for the United Stat">3 to carry out its declared intention of establishing an independent
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    DUTY-FREE QUOTAS FOR PHILIPPINES
    52 11 Washington, Aug. 7. DRESIDENT Roosevelt today signed 1 the bill for readjusting relations between the United States and the Philippines preparatory to the projected independence of the islands in 1946. The bill establishes duty-free quotas for coconut oil, embroidery, tobacco and pearl buttons from the Philippines
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    "DON'T BUY BRITISH," LISTS PUBLISHED
    39 11 Peiping, Aug. 7. I OCAL papers print lists of British products which the populace is forbidden to purchase and alongside are given lists of Japanese, German and Chinese "substitutes" which should be bought instead.—Reuter.
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    TOKIO POLICY TO EUROPE
    200 11 Ministers Meet Today Tokio, Aug. 7. LEuDUKI members of the Cabinet, including Baron Hiranuma, the Premier, Mr. Arita, Foreign Minister, and the ministers of finance and the fighting services, will hold an emergency session tomorrow, according to the official Domei news agency, to decide Japan's policy
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    Italy Drives Out German Peasants
    91 11 Lor don, Aug. 8. MORE than 7,000 German- speaking peasants have now by order of Italy been driven from their homes in the South Tyrol, reports the News Chronicle special correspondent at Vienna who alleges that brutal methods were used against those 'who refused to
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    BRITAIN REJECTS JAPAN'S WARNING
    96 11 Shanghai, Aug. 7. JAPAN is still further tightening up the blockade of China ports. Japanese naval authorities today requested foreign nationals and ships, including warships, to leave Haimen harbour, Chekhang Province, by noon tomorrow, after which the Japanese would not be responsible for any damage suffered.
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    RE-ALLOTMENT OF SUGAR QUOTA
    127 11 London, Aug. 7. *1*HE International Sugar Council, In a communique dealing with arrangements in regard to the additional supplies already announced for the second quota year ending Aug. 31, states that in view of the sugar situation in the United Kingdom, Soviet Russia has intimated it
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    Big Guerilla Attack At Shanghai Expected
    100 11 Shanghai, A#g. 7. yHE authorities of the foreign areas of Shanghai are taking precautions against incidents next Sunday, the second anniversary of the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese hostilities at Shanghai. The situation is felt to contain elements of real danger as thousands of Chinese
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    47 11 •THE Air Minister, Sir Kingsley Wood, arrives at Euston after Ins air accident in Lancashire when his plane turned back owing: to bad weather over the Irish Sea and made a forced landing. With him is his Parliamentary private secretary, Sir Edward Campbell, who was slightly injured.
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    Hitler And Schacht Meeting Reported
    61 11 Berlin, Aug. 8. IT is understood that Herr Hitler last Friday lunched with Dr. H. Schacht, Minister without portfolio and former president of the Reichsbank, at the Chancellor's favourite restaurant at Munich. It is presumed that Dr. Schacht, who has just returned from a visit
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    Big-Scale R.A.F. Manoeuvres
    216 11 Big-Scale R.A.F. Manoeuvres Squadrons Fly Over France By Night London, Aug. 7. D A.F. squadrons will fly over F^mce by night for the first time during air exercises beginning at 7 p.m. tomorrow. Bombers of an Eastland force, after leaving home bases, will fly as far south as Beauvais, before
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    FOUR KILLED WHEN BOMBER CRASHES
    106 11 London, Aug. 7. POUR persons were killed, Including the crew of three, when a twinengine bomber crashed at Beachey Head, Sussex. The bomber hit a woman who was walking along the edge of the cliff and then fell over the edge, dropping 350 feet into
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    PEACE NAME FOR JULIANA'S BABY
    50 11 Soestdijk, Aug. 7. IRENE— signifying peace in Greek the first name chosen for Princess Juliana's baby, is regarded as having special significance at the present time. Other names are Emma (the name of Queen Wilhelmina's mother) and Elizabeth (after the aunt of the young princess).—Reuter.
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    GOEHBELS ON VISIT TO ITALY
    26 11 Berlin, Aug. 8. Dr. Goebbels, Reich Propaganda Minister, has left Salzburg for Venle* to attend the 1939 Artistic and Cultural Festival.—R'cuter.
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    Poland May Join Staff Talks
    77 11 Poland May Join Staff Talks Invitation By MoscowReported London, Aug. 8. fJt MOLOTOV, the Soviet Premier IT1 and Foreign Commissar, has asked Poland, through her Ambassador In Moscow, to send a delegation to join the Russo-French-Bri-tish military talks in Moscow, according to the Daily Express Warsaw correspondent. The correspondent reports
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    STORMING OF A.P.C. PROPERTY
    44 11 Peiping, Aug. 7. NEWSPAPERS print a report of a ir.ass meeting at Chashan, on the Tsinan-Tslngtao Railway, which turned into a dot involving the storming of the AP.C. property and theft of a considerable quantity of gasoline and kerosine.— Reuter.
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    SWING AWAY FROM AXIS
    219 11 New Cabinet For Spain Likely St. Jean de Luze, Aug. 7. WELL-INFORMED observers pro diet that Gen. Franco's future policy will aim at pleasint; the Army by his foreign policy and stressing Spain's independence of the Axis, while pleasing the doctrinaire Falangists (Fascists) by his internal
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    AUSTRALIA REPLIES TO GOERING
    63 11 Melbourne, Aug. 7. "IF Britain is involved in a European 1 war, owing to the pursuit of her present policy, Australia will take common cause with her," declared the Prime Minister, the R. G. Menzies, today referring to a statement in Field-Marshal Goering's newspaper. National Zeltung,
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    THOUSANDS MORE TROOPS ARRIVING IN SINGAPORE TODAY
    609 12 BLENHEIM BOMBERS AT NEW AERODROME Troop-Carrying Planes Bring Maintenance Staff NEW SCOTTISH BATTALION March From Wharf To Barracks ONE INDIAN BATTALION IS GOING TO PENANG ALMOST overnight the strength of Singapore, Britain's £20,000,000 Far Eastern stronghold, has been greatly increased. Hundreds of Indian
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    PERSONAL ITEMS
    213 12 Mr. John Dai:e returned to Singapore by train this morning from Krai. Major A. A. Crook returned to Singapore this morning from Kuala Lumpur by train. Mr. L. A. Tliomas, Chief Police Ofilcer, Siiiß.-ipore, returned from Kuala Lumpur by Wearoaa Air Ber :~?3 clane last eveningMr. \V. D.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    211 12 SINGAPOKt KAi HIS HO ILL Cocktail Dance 7 p.m. to 9 pjn. Dinner Dunce (informal* 9.45 to Midnight QABIICK illh.VlKh GUI AM, Chat rabaka wall Garib-Ki-Tcpe. Double Feature Hindustani Talkie 7 p.m. to Midnight. <tBKAT HOKLIJ Cabaret 9 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: Mother Corey's Chickens. Sky: Come on Tarrnn
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    Reich Consul Sees "Nazi Spy"
    132 12 nTHE Consul-General for Germany, Dr. A. Windecker, saw "The Confessions of a <aii Spy at the Alhambra Theatre last night. Dr. Windecker attended the early session and sat inconspicuously in the $1 seats. Dr. Windecker told the Straits Times today that he had felt it
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    "Sumatra Damage This Morning
    57 12 Sligfii damage teas done by a "Sumaira' which ttnck J^W^LSnJ four o'clock this morning. This tree was blown down in the grounds of St Andrew's School, Stamford Road, another tree was blown down at the Wesley Church, Canning Rise, and tiles were bloivn from the roof
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    Malaya's £720,000 For Cost Of Imperial Defence
    298 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 26. •THAT Malaya has contributed £700,000 towards British Army expenditure during the current year, and £20,000 towards the cost of Empire air services, was revealed in the House of Commons tonight. The information was forthcoming in response
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    STABBED BECAUSE SHE DECLINED MARRIAGE
    296 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Aug. 7. [YECLINING to accept a plea of provocation following consultation with the Deputy Public Prosecutor, Mr. Justice Mills today convicted a Chinese, Lee Sang, charged^ with voluntarily causing grievous hurt to Chan Ah Mvi, a 25-year-old Chinese woman,
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    WEEKLY SECOND-CLASS MAIL ARRIVES
    58 12 rpHE weekly second-class mail from England, which normally would have been delivered on Friday morning, arrived this morning from Penans by train. The delay was caused by the sudden cancellation of the sailing from the Coromandel Coast cf the British India vessel Rohna. which was requisitioned
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    WIFE OF THAI PREMIER HERE
    141 12 Daughter Going To Paris MADAME PIBUL SONGGRAM, iVI wife of Loans Pibul Songgram, Premier ot Thailand, arrived at Singapore from Bangkok by tho international express last evening. With her was h?r daughter. Miss Chiravasa Chittasan^a, and Mr. Phaung Phra Khoon and Miss Phung Phra Khoc-n,
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    LOCAL SWISS COMPANY HEAD DIES
    112 12 THE founder and managing director of the firm of Schiffner and Company, Mr. Otto Schiffner. died yester- day after a short illness. He was 48. Mr. Schiffner c:rae to Singapore from Switzerland in 1012 to Join the staff of Dicthelm and Company. In 1918 he
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    43 12 The new M.B.K. freighter Awazisan Maru wiU not arrive in Singapore toiday as scheduled, but on Thursday. The reception arranged for Friday has accordingly been postponed until Saturday, from 5.30 to 7.30, and she will sail fcr New York via Kobe on Monday.
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    Making A Top
    31 13 Making a Malay spinning top from rcood icorked by a simple machine operated by a treadle. This crajisman demonstrated the work aX the Malayan Exhibition.— Straits Times picture.
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    Sir Shenton's Praise For Malay Officers
    125 13 Sir Shenton 's Praise For Malay Officers (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 7. SPEAKING at the Kuala Kangsar Malay College old boys reunion dinner at the Hotel Majestic last night, the High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, paid a tribute to Malay officers in the Malay Administrative Service and
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    29 13 The High Commissioner has confirmed the (temporary) commissions as Second Lieutenants in the F.M.S. Volunteer Force of Mr. Edward Delta Harding, Mr. James Swan Laird and Mr. William Dewar.
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    What Conference Will Discuss
    222 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 8. J7NGLISH, Malay, Chinese and Indian school teachers are attending the Malayan Educational Conference which opened in Kuala Lumpur today. The conference, which lasts until Saturday, is attended by officers of the inspecting and administrative staff of all sections
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    MALAYAN EDUCATION AND ASIATIC CULTURE
    522 13 Dr. W. Linehah's Address To Kuala Lumpur Conference PROGRESS OF LOCAL SCHOOLS IN PAST TEN YEARS INSTEAD of asking youth to come to us, should we not go some way at least to meet them and study them and their ways, their language and their
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    NOTED ANTHROPOLOGIST TO STUDY RURAI MALAYS
    281 13 A MAN who unce spent a year on a remote and primitive island in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, where he was the only white man, Is in Singapore with his wife on his way to study the rural life of Malays in Trengganu
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    General Sees Volunteer Gunners
    73 13 Major-Gen. L. V. Bond, General Officer Commanding, Malaya, explaining a point during his visit to the Singapore Royal Artillery (Volunteers) at their camp at Teluk Paku yesterday. From left to right are: Lieut.-Col. W. H. Kingsberry, acting Commandant, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force; Major R. B. Henley,
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    NEW ATTENDANCE RECORD AT MALAYAN EXHIBITION
    359 13 M.A.H.A. Show Closes After Most Successful Three Days (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 6. UAVING broken attendance records on each of its three days, the sixteenth Malayan Exhibition closed tonight with a new record of 48,500 visitors, of whom more than 36,000
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    "Old School Sarong"
    67 13 "rpHE old school sarong" may one day take the place of the "old school tie" in the Malay States. One of the stands at the Malayan Exhibition at Kuala Lumpur included a display of the various patterned sarongs which are made for various police, military and civilian
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    MR. & MRS. P. MANWARING HAVE GOLDEN WEDDING
    87 13 MR. MRS. P. MANWARING HAVE GOLDEN WEDDING (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 31. |U|R. and MRS. P. MANWARING, of Eastbourne, parents of Capt. P. C. W. Manwaring. Chief Staff Officer. H.lrf. Naval Establishments, Singapore, celebrated their golden wedding on July 17. Mr. Manwaring was for many years an ulderman
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    ASSOCIATION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS
    222 13 ASSOCIATION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS Selangor To Form New Body, 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Iluala Lumpur, Aug. 7. fHE n ad for the establishment of a Technical Association in Selangor was stressed last night at a dinner attended by nearly 150 technical assistants. The dinner was originally meant as a
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    CEYLON TAMILS' ASSN.
    51 13 I TNDER the auspices cf the literary department of the Ceylon Tamils' Association, Singapore, Mr. Yap Pheng Geek will give a»talk on "The Variability of Public Opinion" at the association hall, 11, Handy Road, on Thursday at 7 p m. Mr. M. V. Pillai, 8.A., LL.B., will
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    ROTARY CLUB
    40 13 THE next meeting of the Rotary Club i of Singapore will be held at the Adelphi Hotel roof garden tomorrow at 1 pjn. P.otarian President, R. E. Holttum, will address the meeting on "Climate and Plants in Singapore."
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    N.I. BRITISH SUBJECTS AND WAR
    43 13 (From Our Own Corres,. ndent) Batavia, Aug. 7. DRITONS in Java are reported to have received instructions to travel to British territory as quickly as possible In case of war. Provisional passages have already been booked with X.L.M.
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    FILM THAT SHOULD BE SHOWN THROUGHOUT MALAYA
    538 14 "Five Faces" Has First Public Screening In Peninsula TKLLING THE WORLD ABOUT LIFE OF COSMOPOLITAN COUNTRY (From A Special Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 7. 'TIVE Faces of Malaya," a film about Malaya made by a London company, was given ;ts first public screening
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    Sultan Insvects Craftsmanship
    38 14 The Sultan of selangor, accompany: lj the acting Lr'.i.h Rz.:^z.\' Selangor, Major G. M. Kidd, Icokln i ol fi-v.-lcs of r 'lag crat'snuou which won the Governor's Cup at the Malayan Shoic.— Straits Times picture.
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    SINGAPORE MAN ON A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE
    328 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 25. REMARKABLE account of how Mr. J. N. David, of Singapore, was first attracted to spiritualism is contained in the current issue of Light, London organ of spiritualism. Mr. David describes how. in the year 1919, while he
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    31 14 Passengers for Malaya In the Blue Funnel liner, Menestheus, which left Liverpool on July 22 and is due at Singapore on Aug. 18, include Messrs. G. W. Markham and H. Wcod.
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    "Les Girls" Of Kelantan
    41 14 "Lcs Girls" of Kelantan models which demonstrated the suitability of Malay fabrics for women's gowns. This was part of the Kelantan stand which won the Governor's Cup for the best display in the hall. Stratts Times picture.
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    P. & T. GOES IN FOR SOME MODERN PUBLICITY
    213 14 P. T. GOES IN FOR SOME MODERN PUBLICITY (From A Special Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 7. A MONG the Government Departments exhibiting at the Malayan Exhibition during the holiday week-end, was the Posts and Telegraphs Department which included practical demonstrations of the automatic telephone system, the teleprinter and other services.
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    SHOULD MALAYA BE SHUT TO FURTHER IMMIGRANTS?
    641 15 Vernacular Journal Comments On British Policy (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Au?. 7. "PLOSE the country to foreign immigration," declares the Malay journal Majlis in one of its series of editorials on the economic welfare of Malays. Renewed interest in this subject
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    Officers At All-Malaya Malay Conference
    55 15 Tungku Ismail, president of the Selangor Malay Association, presided at the All-Malaya Malay conjere.ice held at Kuala Lumpur at the waek-znd. In the centre is Raja Bou, vice-president at the conference, and on the right is Ramli bin Mohamed Tahir, hon. secretary of the Selangor
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    P. SWETTENHAM PILOT DUES
    219 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 5. T^HE Resident of Selangor has caused a correction of previous not'flcations under the Pilots Enactment to be inserted in the current issue of the F.M.S. Government Gazette as follows: In exercise of the powers vested In him by
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    27 15 Lieut.-Col. W. A. Gutsell, F.M.S. Volunteer Force, who represented the Federated Malay States in the Coronation procession, has been transfer1 red to the F.M.S.V.F. Reserve of Officers.
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    A.D.C. To Former Governor Gets New Post
    108 15 A.D.C. To Former Governor Gets New Post (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 24. CAPTAIN E. G. N. RUSHBROOKE, D.S.C., who served as A.D.C. to Sir Lawrence Guillemard, when the latter was Governor of the Straits Settlements in 1921, has been appointed to command H.M.S. Guardian, netlayer in the Home
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    PREMIER AND COLONIAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
    79 15 From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 26. ASKED by Lieut. -Commander Fletcher < Lab., Nuneaton in the House of Commons tonight, whether he could I now make a statement regarding the j institution of a standing Parliamentary (Committee for Colonial Affairs, the Prime Minister replied:
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    VOLUNTEERS IN THE COLONY
    177 15 'THE following items concerning Vol- unteers appear in the Straits Settlements Government Gazette included: Confirmation of Acting Sub-Lieut. P. H. Burgess In the rank of Sub-Lieut., S.S. K.N.V.R., approved. Confirmation of Acting Sub-Lieut. E. P. C. Langdon in the rank of Sub-Lieut., S.S. R.N.V.R., approves. Confirmation
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    40 15 The United States Rubber Company, of New Jersey, has received a certificate of registration in the Federated Malay States in respect of a United Kingdom patent relating to an invention entitled "Improvements in or relating to preservation of latex. 1
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    1908 16 Our India Letter CITADELS OF HINDU ORTHODOXY FALLING BEFORE GANDHIAN ETHICS? (From Our Own Correspondent) Simla, July 30. flNE by one the citadels of Hindu orthodoxy are falling before the onslaught of Gandhian ethics. Addressing an audience of the Harijan Colony, Delhi, two days ago, Mahatma Gandhi characterised untouchability as
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    880 17  -  Gen. Pai Chung-Hsi By National Liberation And Peace Of The World Deputy Chief Of Staff T TNDER the leadership of Generalissimo Jhianjj Kaishek, all China— without distinction of class, of party, or of religion, and in conformity with the principles of Dr. Sun
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    ANOTHER THREE FIRSTS FOR VAN BREUKELEN FRIENDLY SOCCER
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    32 18 A mor.icnt in the game between South China and Singapore at the Stadium on Sunday. Yahya, Singapore's left wing, is about to take a shot. South China won, s—2.— Straits Times picture.
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    THREE TITLES FOR MISS SANSONI AT IPOH
    446 18 Chin Kee Onn Regains Singles Title (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 7. THE All-Malayan tennis championships held at Ipoh were brought to a successful close this evening when the finals of the major events were worked off. Kee Onn won the men's
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    MILLER'S XI BEAT SERVICES
    346 18 •TPHERE was an exciting finish to a match between the United Services and Mr. Colin Miller's eleven arranged on the padang yesterday on the third day reserved for the Colony vs. Malay States match. Mr. Miller's eleven, comprising, largely of players in the Colony match, made
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      304 18 To the Sports Editor The Straits Times Sir,— Your Segamat correspondent "Rover" last week put forward the admirable suggestion that district athletic associations should be formed as a preliminary to the constitution of an amateur athletic association for Johore. A state association on these lines would be
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    ST. ANDREW'S OLD BOYS WIN ANNUAL CRICKET
    508 19 Bowler Takes Seven Wickets For Five Runs CEVEN WICKETS for five runs, including his hat-trick, by H. Shah of the Old Boys, and the i>ensational collapse of the School team in the second innings, were the features of the annual Past vs. Present
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    179 19 Rough Tactics Used In Mile Race? White City, London, Aug. 7. Maeki, holder of four world records. won the three miles new British record In the time of 13 mm. 59.4 rec. Amer- leans did well, Beatham winning the half mile in 1 mm. 52.3
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    144 19 The teams and starting times for the social match between Keppel Golf Club and the Island Golf Club at Island on Aug. 15 are 3.45 p.m. Mrs. Elder (IS) v. Miss B Abed (13;. 3.50 p.m. Mrs. R. E. Earle (18) v. Mrs. Bateman (19). 3.55 p.m.
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    111 19 (From Our Own Correspondents Batu Pahat, Aug. 6. Another final match of the Batu Pahat tennis tourney was completed yesterday, when Lam Keng Hong and Yeo Geok Soo beat Mohamed Yunos and 1 Hussein Salleh, in the Junior doubles, 6—4,6 4, 7—5, after two hard sets. One
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    SELANGOR CLUB LOSE 2-1 AGAINST S.C.C.
    608 19 AVENGING a defeat two years ago, the Singapore Club beat the Selangor Club by the narrow margin of two goals to one in their annual football encounter on the Padang, yesterday. T*HE last time the sides met, two years ago, the Selangor Club were
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    34 19 Soccer Dfrv. I, R.E. vs. R.A.F., at Changi Div. HA, R.A.O.C. vs. Publishers, at Anson Road R.A. (8.M.) vs. Pulau Brani. at Blakan Mat! Div. 118, V.M.C.%. vs. Moravia, at YJftf.C.A
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    323 19 THE ANNUAL MATCH between the Present Boys and the Old Boys of St. Anthony's Boys' School took place on the Bt. Joseph's ground and resulted in a win for the Present Boys by 29 runs. For the Present Boys James de Souza top scored with 24
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    293 19 TTHE Methodist Preparatory Engiisn School, Paya Lebar, held their sixth annual athletic sports on Friday. Mrs. H. B. Amstutz gave away the prizes. Results. Hoop reUy (Primary girls) 1, A team. Bouncing ball relay C: 1, Bunn House. Over the leg (Prlmairs): 1, A team. Obstacle— C:
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    137 19 Eleven cards were returned fcr Ihe qualifying round in the Sooloh Cup Competition at the Royal Johore International Club, and their scores are as fol'.ows George Lowe 63. I A. H. Reid 69, Lt. R. V. S. Wright 69, W. H. Brockett 70, N. A.
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