The Straits Times, 14 August 1939

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    36 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTUB^.J I MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-LARGEST NET SALES liO PA(»ES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      224 1 Try MIEN CHONG TAILORING We only ask for a trial order. t%m Coleman St. Singapore. Phone 4816 ft? W^^ DEPENDABLE LOWCOST fit P^ I^S™ Bii IBJ|S electric light and ■I 1 il^y*^ a Bungalows W^m wj§K\ Launches W J Contractors STOCKED IN THE ■■'^J FOLLOWING SIZES 300W 12.V. D. C.
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      99 1 I ROBINSON'S I hib Sale ™™j ENDS TO-MORROW Half Price Counters will be Found in All Departments. prime quality P PORK I '"^SHl^^a SB^nWvT&Jr^ »i> /i^e/' obtainable f[ p\ an if where \Afer X/ Because it hus tne superior flavour SiP^l nB and quality only found in imported pork. All
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      14 1 Exclusive GOWNS Salons at MADAME PAGE 13, Battery Rd. Singapore MAJESTIC HOTEL Kual.i Lumpur.
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • Obituary
      DEATHS
      71 2 PATON.—On August 13, 1939, at the General Hospital, Singapore, Noel Eric Paton, 26 years. A funeral service will be held at the Church of the Holy Family, Katcng. at 5 p.m. today, interment at Bidadari Cemetery at 5.30 p.m. Deeply regretted. TAN SCO BlN.—Died at "Dingwall," Pasir Panjang Road
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      29 2 Mrs. Schiffner and family wish to thank all their kind friends for the beautiful floral tributes, telegrams and letters of condolence received in their sad and sudden bereavement.
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      607 2 McINTYRE—BROWN.—August 10 at Singapore. Hugh Mclntyre to Dorothea Mary Brown. IN MCMORIAM In lovinjr memory of JULIAN FRAXKEL who passed away on 11th August 1938. SITUATIONS VACANT hen applying for any position advertised in these columns send copies of testimonials.' Do not send originals. SMART SALESMAN lor Men's Clothing Dcpt.
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      860 2 HOUSE FLATS, TO LET LASGE FURNISHED HOUSE TO LET Half-Way-House. 520, East Coast Road. Singapore. Tele: 4825. PARTLY FURNISHED FLATLET. No. 6, Upper Wllkle Rd. from Sept. 1, 1939. For particulars phone 4307. TO LET, end August conveniently situated Bungalow in Tanglln, furnished, rood, san tennis. Apply Box 138. Straits
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      881 2 _AUCT-ON NOTICES AUCTION SALE Of freehold and leasehold Singapore properties. At the saleroom of Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng Co.. Ltd.. No. 10 Chulia Street, on Wednesday. 16th August 1939. at 2.30 P.M. Lot 1. Valuable 999 years' leasehold land and house i. 283 Jalan Besar, Singapore, area 1.597 ft. Lot
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      772 2 PUBLIC NOTICES KRAMAT TIN DREDGING LIMITED. (Incorporated In the P. M.S.) NOTICE is hereby given that a Dividend, the Twenty-seventh, of three pence (3d.) per chare has been declared due and payable to shareholders on the Register at August 23, 1939, and such Dividend wiK be paid at the Offices
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      448 2 PUBLIC NOTICES THE BUKIT K. B. RUBBER COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) NOTICE is hereby Riven that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Registered Office. No. 4. Fort Road. Malacca, on Saturday. 26th August. 1939 at 12 o' clock noon and that
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      122 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc. ~"4 IN ONE"~TOILET SOAP~ is good Try it If you haven't Sole Agents:— TBYE CHIANG A CO.. LTD. 100 North Bridge Koad, Singapore. Wholesale Retail MASSAGE HALL' MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Miss HANA 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. MISCELLANEOUS A NUMBER OF PEOPLE f-nm Singapore
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      633 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LIFE. (Incorporated In England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. Co MAIL f'ASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Tonnage Out Spore RANCHI /7.U00 Aug 25 BANGALOK& 6.000 Aug U6 RANPURA 17,000 Sept. 8 RAWALPINDI 17.C00 Sept. 22 BHUTAN 6,100 Sept 23
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      354 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS (incorporatea in Japan i GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. Regular fortnightly sailings. London via Penang, Colombo, Port Said, Naples, Marseille* and Gibraltar. SJ3. HAKONE MARU Aug. 17. S.S. HUSIMI MARU Sept. 4. S.S. HAKOZAKI MARU Sept. 14. S.S. SUWA MARU Sept.
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      561 3 LUXURY with ECONOMY ONE-CLASS MOTOKSIHPS OARINis WITH PRIVATE BATH. EXCELLENT CUISINE MODERATE FAKES To: MARSEILLES LONDON. ROTTEK ..o-,.^, n DAM BAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN T P^| S O TIN^ U Bm^DAM^HAM S i£ l l »D Abt. Aug. 15 SELANDIA Upt 26 PANAMA Sept. 4 BORINOIA Oct 17 AUSTRALIEN calls London
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      124 3 Incorporated 1 \a Oermsxtf The undermentioned are tn» company en tended fixtures: OUTWARD FOR MANILA. HONG KONG. SHANGHAI. NORTH CHINA AND JAPAN. Due B''»or# 5 ELBE Aug. 20 COBURO Auk. 31 POTSDAM omits Manila, North China and Yokohama Sept. 12 GNEISENAU omits North China Sept. 27 HOMEWARD FOR HULL AMI
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      526 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building Coliyet Qu?ij Singapore f el :il Chartered Bank Bulldlnc Penan c i>i u^a. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. PAS! SEKVICES MAHSEUXfch LONUU.N S CONIINhM AND CilA-'.OW do ennjnnrtion wltb. tte Op Line) MEMUON Mars. Casa Ldon. Rdam. Ham. Oeow in port Tomorrow GLENROY Mar, L'don, R'dam. Ham.
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      201 4 Pontianak (Pangkor) I p.m. Rcacat Tembilahan (Indragiri) 2 p.m. Indo-Chiiia (Hong Kheng) 3 p.m. Whole Australia < Qantas 9 p.m Java. Souih-Wcst Sumatra, S.-East Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas Timor Dilly (X.L.M.) 9 p.m. Java and Timor Dlllv (Qantas) 9 n.m Palembang (X.L.M.) 9 p.m. New Zealand (Qantas) ..9
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      SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
      130 4 The following ships are alongside the Singapore Ha'-Mur Beard wharves or expected to arrive East Wharf: Entrance Gate 1; Exit 1: Hal Lee 22. Main Wharf: Entrance Gate 2; Exit 3: Hong Kheng 18; Gewang, Jerantut 16; Memnon 14; Eumaeus 11; Pres. Adams 9; Fionia 7. Empire
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      316 4 INWAK0 Wearncs Prom Penanj, Ipob acd KuaU Lumpur. Arrive* ever? evening. K.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives THIS evening. K N.I.I M: lr..m Nether lands India* Arrive* THIS aftensooa. Imperial: From Lurope: Arrives THIS afternoon. K.N.I. L.M.: From Saigon: arrives Tnesda,; afternoon. K.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives
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      FROM MALACCA
      108 4 CorresDundence for transmission by air via Netherlands" must be fully prepaid and clrarly superscribed MBy R.L.M." Mails will close from Malacca as follows: Today. Aden. Burma. Canada. E. L S Africa, Egypt. Great Britain Ireland. India. Iraq. Kuwait. Mauritius. Newfoundland. Palestine Sudan and TransJordan by air (Imperial) 6pm
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      JAPANESE INCOME-TAX MAY BE RAISED £30,000,000 More Wanted
      141 4 JAPANESE INCOME-TAX MAY BE RAISED £30,000,000 More Wanted Tokio. Aug. 3. I ARGE increases in income-tax are being asked for by the Japanese Government with a view to increasing State revenue by 500.000,000 yen (nearly £30,000,000) a year. The Government has submitted to the Taxation Reform Council a new income-tax
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      CENTRAL BANK OF BOLIVIA
      61 4 Amsterdam, Aug. 3. •THE Central Bank of Bolivia has been converted Into a State bank, according to the General Netherlands Press Bureau. Of the bank's shares, 79 per cent will be transferred to the Government. The measure Is the more important as all the foreign exchange
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    SHAREHOLDERS & DIRECTORS
    864 4 SHAREHOLDERS DIRECTORS LIBELLOUS LETTERS COMMUNICATION OF CONTENTS HPHB Court of Appeal recently confirmed an award of £750 damages for a defamatory letter written by a shareholder of the Hertfordshire Rubber Company to the auditor. The person libelled was the managing director. The letter stated that "his (plaintiff's) mind was so
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    GOVERNMENT TO BUY SHIPS MERCHANT RESERVE
    166 4 GOVERNMENT TO BUY SHIPS MERCHANT RESERVE CIX vessels are to be added to the reserve of British merchant shipping. Mr. Oliver Stanley, President of the Board of Trade, in the House of Commons stated that negotiations for the purchase of the vessels for the Merchant Ship Reserve had been completed,
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    CZECH ASSETS IN LONDON
    169 4 Committee Dissolved 'THE private committee which was set up to watch British interests in Czech assets in this country |g now dissolved. The committee fe*»ls justified in taking this step in consequence of inquiries into- the Government's scheme and the assurance that that scheme will be
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    STUDENTS VISIT CABLE STATION IN LONDON
    176 4 LAST Tuesday Electra House, London, the central telegraph station of Cable and Wireless Ltd., was visited by parties of students from three of the countries with which the company maintains cable or wireless communication. In the afternoon students from Moslem Lycee at Nicosia, Cyprus,
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    WHEAL REETH TIN "MARKING TIME"
    148 4 WHEAL REETH TIN MARKING TIME Reconstruction Chances UR. FRANCIS ALLEN, presiding at the meeting of Whcal Reeth Tin, Ltd., in London last week said that during the past year the mana°[em nt had been really "marking time"— keeping the mine unwatered and taking out as much tin as it could
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      1009 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (locurDoraten in FM.S.) TULl "1ION«: Kretsbt 543X FwttCC 9421. CANADIAN rr<c= pacific incorporated In England) THE "EMPRESS* ROUTE oBers TRANSPACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or dlre«l EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CA.N \DA by TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAIN wltb•ut change— thence b» CANADIAN PACItIC ATLANTIC SERVICES TO ENGLAND or the CONTINENT—
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      477 4 TIDE TABLE SINGAPORE TtXMJ H. W. 10.28 a.m. 3.4 It.; 9.47 p.m. 9.8 ft. Tomorrow H. W. 11.05 a.m. 8.9 ft.; 10.37 p.m. 10.3 (t. L. W. 4.37 a.m. 1 ft.: 4.40 cm. 3.8 ft. Wednesday H. W. 11.38 a.m. 9.2 ft.; 11.25 p.m. 10.6 ft. L. W. 5.18 a.m.
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      114 4 YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Last night max rain- bright mln temp. fall 8'shine temp *P toebet brs. WBST COAST. Alar Star 89 Nil 6.5 75 Penan* 88 Nil 3.3 75 Sltiawan 92 Nil 71 Bukit Jeram M Nil 10.9 71 Malacca «7 Nil 7.1 73 INLAND. Kuala Llpis M NU 7.7 09
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      177 5 KEWFST TIMI S\vm. \dJ fear N.nne to Those Now Using Inter-Communicating Systems. Plionc Systems Are Used By Adv. A;cn<ie.-. Motel-. Uank> Newspapers Brokers Libraries Collect-. Offices (.ttn'l) Doctors Police Stations Dentists Restaurants Dept. Store* Stores E2S" Ilipitals Warehouses Tull Partic ulars from Sole Agents KEE HUAT RADIO CO., 122-124, Orchard
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      167 5 THE NEW ANTISEPTIC— «Lx times stronger than Carbolic Acid NON POISONOUS— SAFE PLEASANT TO USE. For all reneral Medical Domestic purposes where a disinfectant is required. Obtainable at all Chemists and Stores. Sole r>i,tri!,utors GRAFTON LABORAT PRIES Ltd— Singapore Kud. Lumpur. <p> DIAMOND <^ a A vaneiy o| Chairs. Table.
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      694 5 SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 225 mitre*. ZHP 3006 netrw. p.m. 5.00 Lagu Melayu.t 5.30 Tamil music. t 6.00 Teochew Guakang music. t 1 7.00 Children's programme. (English). 1 7.15 Time, weather, news and announcements. 7.30 Rawicz and Landauer on two pianos. t 7.45 "The Motor Show." A programme ol non-stop variety,
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      558 5 Brojacicastinq EMPIRE STATION TODAY TRANSMISSIONS 2 AND 3 GSH 21.47 mc's (13.97 ra.); GSO 17 71 mc/s (16.8S m.); GSF 15.14 mc/i (19.32 ml; GSJ 21.63 me'i (13.93 m.): GSD 1175 mo (25.53 m.) p.m. 8.05 Big Bui. "Rtanelli'3 Crazy Cruise."* More fun aboard the S.S. Freeaneasy. B.B.C. Variety Orchestra.
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      660 5 MADRAS TODAY VtM 4.93 me s (66.98 m.) p.m. 6.50 Palayur K. Venkatrama Iyer (vocal). 7.45 Carnatlc orchestra. 7.50 In devotional mood (T. Ramamohan) i 8.00 Markets and announcements ia Telegu. II 8.05 A selection from Katha t^Jit Saga- 1 ram. 1 8.15 A weekly news review in TelegTi. 8.25
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      87 5 N1R0M TODAY IDA 6.04 mc/» (49.S ra. YDB 9.65 me/s (31.20 BL> TDB 11.86 mc's (25.3 m.) PMN 10.26 mc/i (2S.2 m.) a.m. 10.50 Time signal. Morning concert. 11.30 Mornin,. devotions. 11.50 Orchestral works, p.m. 12.20 Luncheon variety (1). 1.10 The news. 1.22 Luncheon varMy (2). 2.10 News repeated. 2.20
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      130 5 8. SO The art of eloqueno*. 9.10 Modern Rusblan oompoiMoo*9.48 Exchange rates. Time ritual Swing music. 10.20 Recorded mualo. 10.50 Close down. TOMORROW a.m. 6.20 Opening announcement. Gymnastic*. 6.35 Light recorded music. 7.20 The news repeated. Recorded musle. 7.50 Close down. 10.50 Time signal. Opera fragment*. 11.30 Cooking lessons. 11.50
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      340 6 LITTLE INQUIRY IN SHARE SECTIONS RUBBER SLIGHTLY STEADIER By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Aug. 14. MARKETS open the week quietly in the absence of commodity prices from the Home Markets. The New York Stock Exchange on Saturday had a small turnover of 260.000 shares and most price
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      DOMESTIC RUBBER EXPORTS IN JULY
      55 6 •yHE export of dry rubber from the Malayan regulated art'a In July, totalled 37.624 tons, states the Contrcllrr of Rubber. This compares with an estimate of 37.500 tons furni.;h?d earlier In the month. The Mainland of Malays exported 37,331 tons: Btralta Settlement islands. 175 tors;
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      JULY TIN-ORE OUTPUT
      62 6 TTHE following statistics relating to tin-OX production reft*r to July: PlruLs Hours Yardage ore Ui: 388 92.000 490 Renong Con. 023 258.000 803 Ratrut Basin 549 108.000 610 Coi 610 70,000 0 torn I stimated cost of the output of Katu Tin «a> $11,800; of Renong Consolidated,
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      JULY RUBBER CROPS
      30 6 r rubtx 1 cropi wot 'i by the mpectlve ettatgj In July Lb ibbor 12U7OO Kungei Matang Rubber ***** Perak River Valley 22 795 Jitu Es'ates 25.000
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      Sir John Peter Leaves $123,131
      20 6 Sker <76), Weymouth, late of Hong Kong ring Corporation, lelt 122 3 68>. Duty, £29,742.
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      MINING
      584 6 Issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers Singapore, Saturday, August 12, 1 p.m. Issue Val. Fraier Co. Lyail E\att Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampai Tin 3/8 4/3 3/8 4/1 5/- Austral Amal 4/- 4/7 4/- 4/6 £1 'Austial Malay 38/- 40/- 38/-
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      GENERAL
      452 6 2 2 A.ex Brick Ord. 1.45 1.50 i.35 1.50 2 2 do ll^o prers. 2.25 2.35 cd 2.30 2.35 cd 10 li> Atlas Ice 4"»5 6 2i> a.oo 650 1 1 B. M. Broadcastine 055 060 0.50 ittl 1 10 5 B M Trustee 575 5'J 675 7.50 fl
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS
      284 6 6r« .viaynard Si Co. Ltd. $30,000 Int. Apr 30 Oct. 31 90 100 norn SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 57a 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. hit Mar 31 Sept. 30 101 102 norn 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept 30 .106 108 norn 4'i^ 1909 red. 1955 51.000.000
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      RUBBER SHARES
      367 6 rt-aser 6i Co. Lyali Si Bvatt Allenby 1.10 IJO 1.15 1.25 A!or Gajah 085 J. 95 J9O 097 AmaJ Malay 1.40 1.45 cd 1.40 1.50 Ayer Hltam 0.90 O.Sj 0.90 1.00 Ayer Molek 085 0.95 085 095 Ayer Pan-as 1.10 1.15 1.10 1.15 Bassett O.^ 0.51 0.47 0.50
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    99 6 Monday, Aug. 14, noon. No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) 28% 28 U No. IX R.S.S. f.o.b. in cases August 29 1/1« 29 3/16 (■I.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. In bales AiikuM 28 7, Iti 28 9/16 F.A.Q. R.S.S. fob. in bales August ..28 3/16 28 516 FUTURE
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    EXCHANGES
    182 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*1,32 London demand 2/4 1/32 Lyons demand 2058 Switzerland demand 241', 2 Hamburg demand 135 New York demand 54% Montreal demand 54% Batavia djmand
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    PERAK SKYE RACE MEETING
    273 6 Weights For First Day On Thursday <From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Aug. 14. WEIGHTS for the first day of the Perak Turf Club's skye meeting on Thursday are Horses, Class 4, Div. 1, 5; 2 furs. Woden 10.7 Starlock 9.10 Kuala Prince 913 President 9.06 5am
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    LONDON TIN GROUP
    187 6 Operating Results For Second Quarter •yHE following are the operating results of tin-producing companies under the Management of London Tin Corporation Ltd. for the second quarter of this year: Including carryover Working Eitistocics costs for mated (tons cons.) quarter .nine p oflt* Rswan:? Tin Fit Ids 165.
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES London, Aug. 12.
    86 6 FOREIGN EXCHANGES London, Aug. 12. Todays closlr.g mean rates were:— Paris 176 23?? Stockholm 19 4C Ner.- Yorl: 4.68-; Athens 547. <, Montreal 4.68* Belgrade 210 Brussels 27.55** Bucharest 660 Geneva 20.74'; Rio 2'v Amsterdam 8 75U Buenos Aires 20.19 Milan ft 9 Montevideo 18' 1 Berlin 11.67 Bcmb»v 1/5
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    Saturday's Wall Street Quotations
    446 6 Saturday's Wall Street Quotations •yilE copyright in this serv.ie is 1 owned by tKASKR and COMPANY, sharebrokers. and THE STRAITS TIMES TRESS LTD. The quotations may not be reproduced without the wr.t'rn permission of the joint owners. New York, Aug. 12. 'T'HE lollowlns quotations were tbOM ruling when the Stick
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    Treasury Bill Discount Rate Higher
    82 6 London, Aug 12. AN tne money market, a ray of sunshine cams the way of discount brokers thLs week in the form of i a more satisfactory Treasury Bill I tender. After a long period of recessions in the average allotment, the rate rose to
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      36 6 £fflfflßOlt DISTEmPER_ \J W y^\*o*^V AT A REDUCED PRICE o For Interior Cocoratior. and Protection. A Smooth Matt Permanent Finish. Washable and Fadeless. McALISTER CO., LTD. /Incorporated in SSJ SINGAPORE rUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENANG. w.ps. t*
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      HIGHER TIN QUOTA FOR LAST QUARTER LIKELY
      1192 7 Fall In Stocks Of Straits Metal Will Continue DEMAND FROM U.S. CONSUMERS IMPROVING SLOWLY AN increase of 5 per cent., to 50 per cent, of standard ton- nages, in the exportable allowance of tin for the last quarter of the year, is considered
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      EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES
      101 7 EXPORTS OF T INNED PINEAPPLES INURING the week ending Aug. 5, 1939. exports of canned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 85,501 cases, of which 74.901 (88 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom, 695 (1 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, 6,000 (7 per cent.) cases
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      TREASURY BILLS
      42 7 London, Aug. 11. THE total amount applied for in tenders for £30,000 000 Treasury Bills was .£58,630,000. The average rate per cent, for Bills at three months was 14s. 0.70 d. against 13a. 7.90 d. a week ago.— British Wireless.
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
      128 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Boots Company Dividend Close TIN Batu Selangor 2Y*% Aug. 22 Thabawlells l/3d. No. 21 Aug 11 RUBBER Amal. Malay 4% final Aug. 22 Brunei United 2% Sept. 3 Buk.it K.B 2% Aug. 23 Suloh 3% tat. Aug. 11 GENERAL Alex, b r. 7%% s|c
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      EXPORT CREDITS FOR CHINA
      756 7 LIKELY TO BE GIVEN EVENTUALLY PERTAIN technical and legal questions relating to the proposal to give guarantees to benefit British manufacturers exporting to China are still under consideration writes the Political Correspondent of the Financial News. This information was given by Mr. Oliver Stanley, President of
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      BRITISH RUBBER FOR U.S. COTTON
      205 7 SENATE APPROVAL Washington, Aug. 3. •T*HE Senate today approved the final version of a Bill to give effect to the barter of 600,000 bales of American cotton for British rubber, says an Exchange message. A compromise between the House and Senate versions of the Bill
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      195 7 Singapore, Aug. 12, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler $7.50 Hamburg Cube $13.25 Java Cube $12.00 Pepper White Muntok $1125 White $10 75 Black 7.50 Copra Mixed $3.35 Sun Dried $3.55 Sago Flour No. 1 Lingga $2.50 Fair $2.50 Sarawak $2.55 Jelotong Sarawak $7.50 Banja $7.50 Palembang $7.50 Tapioca
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      215 7 I J Ii Vi tvi ii V m H-25. CECIL STREET. SINGAPORE. Telephone, Manatee*. Offkc 4512 Exchange Dept. 4513 General Office 4514 (able A«dresi:— PROVINBANR Head Office. SIL'CHOW PAID-UP CAPITAL (Ch.) 1b.000.000 RESERVE FUNDS S IZ.MM«O TOTAL ASSETS (appm.) 11M.Nt.M3 Board of Directors: T. L. SOONG TSENG YANG ft). T.
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      89 7 BANK OF CHINA SOERABAJA SUB- AGENCY Kambang Djepeen 176, Soerabaji. Telographic Address: "CHUNGKUO. SOERABAJA" OPEN FOR BUSINESS AUGUST 14th 1939. a THE WMfTK DOT ffm id«ntifi»s th« OonulDO ffl LIFETIME Q) Whon yon bar a I HI SHEAriTRS LITEB TIME you bay tb* flnM Ifl «st of its kind. And
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      319 8 Five Times as Lovely Five times as talented In their new feature that's five times as entertaining OPENING TODAY 3.15, 6A5 and 9.15 ALHAMBRA 20th Century-Fox Musical Comedy Hit Presenting CLAIRE TREVOR jfl^ JEAN HERSHOLT I, CESAR ROMERO V SLIM SUMMERVILLE in jT&± M |Nf "FIVE OF >P|^/ LISTEN TO
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      230 8 LAST NIGHT 6.15 9.15 MMpMMg|^^» WARNER BROS.' MOST t^T^ SPARKLING MILITARY L *W A SCHOOL 'COMEDY ROMANCE.' ■MmHHIB PRISCILLA LANE WAYNE MORRIS In their greatest roles BROTHER RAT with JOHNNIE 'SCAT' DAVIS, JANE BRYAN. NEXT CHANGE PAVILION "OUTSIDE these WALLS" A COLUMBIA FILM, with MICHAEL WHALEN DOLORES COSTELLO VIRGINIA WEIDLER
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    TENSION IN SHANGHAI
    132 9 Bomb Oitrage On War Anniversary Shanghai, Aug. 13. THE second anniversary of the out- break of Sino-Japanese hostilities In Shanghai was ushered in today amid tension created by last night's bombing outrage when eleven Chinese were Injured by two hand-grenades. It was feared this might be a
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    ATLANTIC AIRMEN FEARED LOST
    123 9 Two Americans Are Long Overdue London, Aug. 13. CEARS that the Atlantic has claimed two more victims are growing as time passes without news of Alex Loeb, 32, and Dick Decher. 23, two New Yoikers, who left St. Peter's, Nova Scotia, in a monoplane on a
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    Mexican Oil Dispute Deadlock
    132 9 Mexican Oil Dispute Deadlock Washington, Aug. 13. MR. SUMNER WELLES, Acting Sec- retary of State, at a press conference today said he expects to hold further conferences with representatives of the Mexican Government and American oil companies, concerning the Mexican oil negotiations, which are at present at a deadlock over
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    Soviet General For Outer Mongolia?
    106 9 Soviet General For Outer Mongolia? Moscow, Aug. 11. GEN. Grigori Stern, chief of the Firs; Soviet Army in the Far East, has been removed from his post and replaced by Gen. Popov, former Chief of Ftaft, according to a Vladivostok newspaper. Observers believe that the change in the Far East
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    SUBMARINE LIFTED FROM SEA BOTTOM
    52 9 Portsmouth (New Hampshire), Aug. 13. I TNITED STATES navy salvage work- ers succeeded in lifting both bow and stern of the sunken submarine Squalus. about 60 feet from the sea bottom, today. They prepared to tow the submarine to shallow water off the Is!c of
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    FIRST OF ITALY'S 47 NEW VESSELS
    43 9 FIRST OF ITALY'S 47 NEW VESSELS Trieste, AU2. 13. TTHE first of 47 vessels, w:ih a total tonnage of 250,000 ions, planned under Italy's four-year programme, was launched here today. The .ship was the motor vessel Calino, one of the Alexandria lines.— Reuter.
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    RUMANIAN TRAIN SMASH Bucharest, Aug. 13.
    33 9 RUMANIAN TRAIN SMASH Bucharest, Aug. 13. Fifteen people were killed and 25 "ravely injured when a train was derailed at Petroala. The crash Is stated to be due to a pulntsman's Kiof. Reuter.
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    Can Halt Air Offensive
    215 9 LESSON OF GREAT R.A.F. EXERCISES London, Aug. 13. "I CONFIDENTLY believe that 1 a serious air attack on these islands would be brought to a standstill in a short time." This statement was made by Air Vice-Man.hal Sir Hugh Dowding, who took a Lading part in
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    BRITAIN WILL NOT BE ON LOSING SIDE
    112 9 Australian Premier Criticizes Hitler Melbourne, Aug. 13. 'IIITLERS policy is the sole cause of the present world tension," declared the 1'nme Minister, Mr. R. O. Menzies, i". a public speech here today. He added that Hitler's refusal to negotiate calmly and peaceably in
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    Shut-Down May Follow Oil Price Cuts
    80 9 Austin (Texas), Aug. 13. IN ORDER to meet the situation resulting from cuts in the price of crude oil, a shutdown of the vast Texas oilfields for 30 days was advocated today by the majority of members of the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates
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    TIENTSIN & SUSPECTS DECISION
    61 9 TIENTSIN SUSPECTS DECISION Tientsin, Aug. 13. OPINION is cMvided among the British corn-* unity here ovet Britain's decision to hand over the four Chinese suspects. While some quarters greet the decision with lively satisfaction, almost unanimous opinion prevails that the necision may be misunderstood, both ta Chinese and Japanese quarters,
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    THE FUTURE OF SPAIN
    147 9 Rehabilitation Schemes Paris, Aug. 13. pAR-REACHINQ plans for the re- habllltatlon of Spain are reported to be under consideration by Gen Franco's government. According to the Tangier correspondent of the Havas news agency, it is proposed to: Give Spain an air force of 1,000 warplanes; Create
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    Tientsin Is Menaced By Floods
    55 9 Tientsin, Aug. 13. THE authorities here are making ieverish attempts to save Tientsin from flooding, as a result of the rise in the Hai River, the level which is now only one foot from the surface of the British Concession. Sandbag barriers are being hurriedly
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    190 9 Franco independently of government and the Falangist (Fascist) party. It is also reported that Gen. Davila, ex- War Minister, has been appointed president of the High Military Court, a post vacant since last February. New Cabinet Meets Paris, Aug. 13. pOL. BEIGBEBEB, former High Commissioner for Spanish Morocco, today left
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    CARIBOU RETURNS TO BRITAIN
    27 9 Londou, Aug. 11. PPERIAL Airways Caribou, which made the inaugural North Atlantic air mail flight to New York, has returned tv Southampton.— Reuter.
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    Wartime Industrial Policy Of China Outlined
    342 9 Chungking, Aug. 13. REVIEWING the indusrtlal reconstruction carried out during the v/ar in China, Mr. Euyang Leng, director of the industrial department cf the Ministry of Economics, declared in a broadcast that "during these two years we have laid the foundation for the development
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      "ALL-UP" FALLS DOWN
      878 10 In January of last year it v;as announced that from the 23rd of the following month all first -class mail would be carried by air over Empire routes. Charges were to be eight cents per half ounce for letters between Malaya and England and four cents for
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      KING CAROL RETURNS TO BUCHAREST
      73 10 Bucharest, Aug. 13. It is learned Germany has just bought 300,000 tons of Rumanian wheat. King Carol returned last evening from his holiday and later received the Prime Minister, M. Armant Calinescu, who was able to report a considerable improvement in the Rumano-Bulgarian situation, regarding
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      Mahmoud Pasha May Remain Premier
      86 10 Alexandria, Aug. 13. King Farouk has declined to accept the resignation of the Prime Minister, Mahmoud Pasha. The Premier himself told Reuter that the resignation was not accepted. Should it ultimately be accepted, It is understood, Aly Maher Pasha, head of the Royal Cabinet, will
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      British And U.S. Planes For Norway
      66 10 Oslo, Aug. 13. Following the news that Norway has arranged to purchase irom the United States 12 Curtis fighters, costing £150,000, it is announced the Norwegian Government has ordered six Gloster Gladiator fighters, valued at £45,000 from Britain. The machines are to be flown
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    YOUTH IN THE KAMPONG
    508 10 An Old Malay On Rice Policy UNWANTED SaWAHS To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— I must admit the arguments and suggestions contained in the letter of Mr. C. H. Yin, appearing in your issue of Aug. 10, are logical and sound. It cannot be
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    GERMAN GOODS AND BRITISH BUYERS
    183 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— There la in Singapore a firm, and possibly there are firms, who are selling German-made goods by the following method: A catalogue advertising the goods for sale is distributed. Where these have originated in countries .outside the
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    LETTERS IN PAGE 16
    52 10 DIVIDED MALAYS. A letter from one who is a member of the Malay Union and at the same time a promoter of the Singapore Malay Association. BATTLE OF SHANGHAI. A Chinese correspondent, writing on the anniversary of the Second Battle of Shanghai, comments on tha outlook
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    THE CHINESE DOLLAR
    757 10 Why Britab Must; Support It The question of whether Great Britain should give fresh financial support to the Chinese currency is dealt with in the following article, which is reproduced from j the Financial News London j. c piKANCIAL co-operation with China 5 1 dates from the
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    NOTES of The DAY
    789 10 Dyer a Costulata rpODAY I have mu ii pleasure in presenting the enc and only Ode To the Chewing-gum Tree that has ever been written. What is more, It has actually been 10m posed In Malayan Jungles, no doubt while the poet stood beneath the towering
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    AXIS TALKS PROVOKE INCREASED UNEASINESS
    660 11 No Relaxation Of Tension Intended PESSIMISTIC RUMOURS IN BERLIN OF NAZI PLANS Italo-German Talks End In Full Agreement r PHE Axis talks at Salzburg and Berchtesgaden have caused a sharp increase of uneasiness in many well-informed non-official quarters in Berlin, says Reuter. Newspapers make it
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    CIANO FLIES BACK HOME
    335 11 Long Talks In Geroianv Berlin, Aug. 13. pOUNT Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister, left Munich tonight by air for Italy, having concluded his conversations at Salzburg with Herr von Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister. The two ministers had a conversation this morning at Count Ciano's hotel at Salzburg,
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    19 DIE IN GHASTLY U.S. RAIL SMASH
    123 11 NReno, Aug. 13. INETEEN persons were killed and 61 injured when the Chicago San Francisco Express was derailed on a bridge 17 miles from Carlin, Nevada. Ten of the dead were cooks and stewards who were trapped in the dinning car which plunged
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    ITALIAN AMBASSADOR TO SPAIN
    157 11 Rome, Aug. 13. /^EN. OAMBARA, Commander of the Italian legionaries In Spain, has been appointed Ambassador to Spain. —Reuter. fear of our women, and heavy guns set up our midst are the clearest proof of our condemnation of your irresponsible work, Mr. Forster." The letter goes
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    ATTACKS ON FORSTER
    148 11 Many Arrests In Danzig Reported Paris, Aug. 14. RflANY arrests wore made in Danzig 1V this week-end of postmen who were distributing a pamphlet called "Danzig Awake," according to a report from a reliable quarter receiveV in Paris. The pamphlet makes a violent personal attack on Herr
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    Forster & Britain's Guarantee
    58 11 Forster Britain's Guarantee Berlin, Aug. 13. LJERR FORSTER, the Danzig Nail leader, is reported here to have declared in a speech: "Germany has the best army and most modern weapons in the world, and a leader who knows what he wants. "If it were not for the British guarantee, the
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    BULGARO-TURKISH RELATIONS
    107 11 Sofia, Aug. 13. NEWSPAPERS, which for some days have carried bitter articles regardIng the alleged concentration of large bodies of troops on Turkey's European territory in Thrace, have adopted a new tone in the past 24 hours. They now refer to the fact there are no outstanding questions
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    CABOT TAKES GROUSE FOR ROOSEVELT
    81 11 Botwood, Aug. 13. IMPERIAL Airways flying boat Cabot 1 arrived at Botwood, Newfoundland having completed the 1995 miles from Foynes, Ireland, in sixteen and a half hours on the second flight of the British North Atlantic air mail service. The cargo of the flying boat
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    24 11 Miiny of Spain's most valuable historical documents were destroyed when a fire gutted the national record office at Alcala Henares, near Madrid, reports Reuter.
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    Germany Seeks Military Alliance With Budapest
    105 11 London, Aug. 13. M COME tense weeks obviously lie ahead in Europe," writes the Sunday Times diplomatic correspondent. Germany appears bent on pressing a military alliance on Budapest which will give her the right of transit for German troops through Hungary, enabling her to
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    Japan's Attitude To Europe
    131 11 BASED ON JUNE DECISIONS Tokio, Aug. 13. TTHE Japanese Prime Minister, Baron Hiranuma, in a press interview, stated the Government would deal with the European situation along the lines of decisions reached on June 6. In order to give the finishing touches to measures at present
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    POPE SEES PAPAL NUNCIO TO REICH
    234 11 World Situation Said To Have Been Discussed Rome, Aug. 13. *T*HE Pope today received Monsignor Orsenigo, Papal Nundo to Berlin, in an interview. It is understood the {international situation was discussed !in relation to the diplomatic activity of the Holy Sea. Previously it was
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    CLOTH COULD ENCIRCLE EARTH 80 TIMES
    139 11 London, Aug. 13. CTRIKING facts regarding Lanca- shire's production of cotton cloth are revealed in statistics Just issued for the year 1937. The total output of piecegoods made for sale exceeded 3,000,000 metres and it is graphically stated in a report that the yardage
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    U.K.-INDIA TRADE AGREEMENT
    35 11 London, Aug. 13. TPHE Treasury announces Aug. 15 as the date on which the United Kingdom-India Trade Agreement, signed on March 20 last, will be regarded as having come into force.— Reuter.
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    WOMEN INJURED IN BOMB EXPLOSION
    28 11 Jerusalem, Aug. IS. A NUMBER of Jewish passersby. including several women, were Injured in a bomb explosion In the centre of Jerusalem.— Reuter.
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    MOSCOW STAFF DISCUSSIONS
    77 11 Two Meetings Held I Yesterday Moscow, Aug. 13. •T'HE military delegates or Britain, France" and the Soviet had a three-hour talk this morning and a two-hour talk this evening. The subject of the discussions was not disclosed, but it is apparent the talks are proceeding with the
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    "Flagship" Of Russia's Civil Air Fleet
    69 11 Moscow, Aug. 13. A SECRETLY constructed giant mono- plane, which would be "the flagship" of Russia's civil air fleet, has j completed h«r final tests. With six engines giving 8,000 horse power and a flying range of 1,000 miles, the plane is stated to
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    NEHRU EXPECTED TO FLY TO CHINA
    31 11 Allahabad. Aug. 13. T*HE Congress leader, Pandit Jawa- harlal Nehru, is expected to fly to Chungking, via Hanoi, on either Aug. 20 or 27.— Reuter.
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    TOKIO TALKS BREAKDOWN
    272 11 Japanese Military Delegates Quit Tokio, Aug. 14. COUR Japanese military representatives to the roundtable conference here on Tientsin left by plane for Tientsin at 6 a.m. today. According to the Japanese Dome! news agency, the Japanese military delegates to the Tokio conference are returning to Tientsin to
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    SHANGHAI BANS MORE EUROPEAN REFUGEES
    485 12 Consulates And Shipping Companies Warned JEWISH SHOPKEEPERS WHO ARE OUSTING JAPANESE THE Shanghai Municipal Council today informed all consulates and shipping companies that no further European refugees will be permitted to settle in the International Settlement, says Reuter. This will be a serious disappointment to
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    Charcoal Industry On Old Swamp
    122 12 I AMD reclaimed in the Kallang Basin during the drive against anopheles sundaicus the saltwater mosquito which caused the malaria epidemic at Katong a few years ago has been put to profitable use, according to the annual report of the retiring Municipal Health Officer, Dr.
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    K.P.M. VESSEL IN CYCLONE
    240 12 From Singapore To Australia (From O:r Own Correspondent.) Sydney, Aug. 9. THREE big seas crashed aboard the X.P.M. vessel Nieuw Hoi- j land, smashing windows and flood- ing cabins in a cyclone off the Queensland coast on a voyage from Singapore to Australia. Because of the
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    AMUSEMENTS
    195 12 SIXCAPOKt RAH I > <H i Hi Cock;aU Dance 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Dl.'in<r Dance (Informal) 9.45 to Midnight. OAKKK tv iIIfcATKK. CitVLANi; Dan-.w Si"na!. A Ta'nil Talkie at 6 9.15 p.m. GKtA'l UOI.'I.I) Bt 9 p.m. to Mi.!G'.obe: O.K. For Sound. The J Ightning Warrior. lI.UTV WUKLIi
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    BATTLESHIPS FOR SYDNEY
    228 12 Sir Earle Page's Suggestion (From Our Own Correspondent.) Sydney, Aug. 9. IMMEDIATE purchase by Austra- lia of two battleships from the United States one to be based at Singapore and the other at Sydney was suggested by the leader of the Federal Country Party, Sir Earle Page.
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    ANNUAL DINNER OF "B" COMPANY, S.V.C.
    117 12 OVER 250 attended the annual dinner of "B" Company, Ist Battalion, Singapore Volunteer Corps, which was held at the Adelphl Hotel on Saturday night. The Officer Commanding, Capt. S. E. Travis, presided and among the guests were the acting Commandant, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force.
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    Big Audience At Municipal Organ Recital
    269 12 TTHE afternoon organ recitals to be given by the Municipal Organist, Mr. Werner Baer, starting on Friday should be a aisiinct success if one can judge from the enthusiasm at Mr. Baers evening recital in the Victoru Mpmorial Hall last night. Last nifftatni audience
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    NEW POST FOR S.S.V.F. MAN
    214 12 Major Kingsberry Going To Egypt MILITARY MISSION APPOINTMENT JW[AJOR W. H. Kingsberry, who! has been acting as Command- ant of the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, leaves Malaya at the end of this month to take up an appointment with the British Mili- 1 tary Mission
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    INQUIRY INTO DEATH OF NAVY HOUSE "BOY"
    129 12 Two Chinese Sent For Trial At Assizes AT the conclusion of a preliminary inqury into charg?s of murder and robbery preferred against two young Cantonese, T'ng Ban Ylck and Lam Wong, aged 23 and 21 respectively, Mr. L. C. Goh, in the Singapore
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    OVER 700 AT RAFFLES MUSEUM YESTERDAY
    117 12 Popularity Of Opening On Sundays CINGAPORE'S appreciation of Raffles Museum was convincingly shown yesterday, when 769 people, including 250 Europeans, attended in three hours. It was the second day on which opening the museum on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. was tried
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    PERSONAL ITEMS
    252 12 The Rev. H. B. Amstutz was one of those who travelled to Ipoh by train last night. Mr. Aw Boon Haw returned from Batavia In the K.P.M. vessel Plancius this morning. Lieut. -Col. E. C. Davis, Officer Commanding the Royal Army Service Corps, left for Kuala Lumpur by
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    CANTONESE FILM AT THE CAPITOL
    44 12 pOOD acting, singing and dancing with "shots" of how films are made, ate seen in the Cantonese musical comedy, Oan Hoi Yin Yong cr "The Romance of Screenland" shown at the Capitol Theatre before a large crowd last night.
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    EMERGENCY LAW IN F.M.S.
    218 12 Increased Powers For Government A BILL to amend the Emergency Regulations Enactment in the F.M.S. will shortly be introduced into the Federal Council on a certificate of urgency. The Bill is intended to make to the Principal Enactment amendments which will enable the High Coronjissioner to
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    HIGH TRIBUTE TO OFFICER
    447 12 Leonard- Williams Death Inquiry INSPECTOR ON HOW CARS WERE FOUND "LIE was a man of a very high character, and if he had lived would have been an excellent officer." This tribute to Second Lieut. Michael Leonard-Williams, 22, wno Qied Irom injuries received in a motor
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    RELIEF FUND COMMITTEES' FUTURE BEING CONSIDERED
    281 13 Opposition To Registration Under Societies Ordinance CHINESE CONTEND ORGANIZATION IS ONLY TEMPORARY ONE THE future of the China Relief Fund committees in Malaya is being carefully considered by the Government, it is understood. It will be recalled that a few months ago the committees,
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    WIFE KILLER TO BE HANGED
    87 13 From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Aug. 13. THE cr\se in \\hich a Malay, Dahan bin Ngah, was charged with the murder of his wife, Tiir.ah binte Raoh, at Rembau, came to a close in the Seremban Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice Raja Mu~a, when the
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    R.A.F. RETIREMENT
    65 13 'From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 2. CQUADRON LEADER R. C. Keary, who from 1935-38 served with Nr\ 36 (Torpedo Bomber) Squadron at Singapore, has been placed on the retired list, owing to ill-health. He graduated from the R A.F. College at Cranwell early in 1929 and was
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    New Publicity Campaign For Highlands
    73 13 New Publicity Campaign For Highlands r»AMERON Highlands is embarking on a new publicity campaign. Attractive posters in colours, advertizing the health and holiday attractions of the Highlands, have been printed. These are being distributed throughout the world, as well as in Malaya, land it Is hoped that they will be
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    POLICEMAN IN ACCIDENT
    60 13 .•\ITHILE riding en a bicycle in Orchard Road shortly after 3.15 p.m. yesterday, Teo Cheng Pang, a Chinese police constable, was knocked j down by a car believed to haw been driven by a European. The constable received severe abrasions in the left hip and elbow and
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    KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR
    44 13 AN elderly Chinese was knocked down by a motor car in New Bridge Road, near the People's Park, shortly before 5 o'clock yesterday. He received severe head injuries and was removed to hospital in an ambulance. His condition is serious.
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    Sarawak And Centenary Of Brookes
    212 13 Sarawak And Centenary Of Brookes CELEPRATIONS POSTPONED (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuchlng, Aug. 13. TTHE Sarawak Government has 1 decided not to observe officially the centenary of Rajah James Brooke's first landing at Kuching whish falls on Tuesday. Celebrations will be postponed until 1942 when the first landing of Sir
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    DOMESTIC MOSQUITO MAY BE MENACE
    214 13 If Yellow Fever Ever Came To Malaya "ANE day the possible introduction of yellow fever to these shores may make the prevention of the breeding of the domestic mosquito, stegomyia, a very serious and a very urgent matter," warns Dr. P. S. Hunter, retiring Municipal
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    P. & O. SHIPS GUARD AGAINST I.R.A.
    94 13 P. O. SHIPS GUARD AGAINST I.R.A. London, Aug. 13. AS a precautionary measure, i- it is understood, against P« I.R.A. outrages, only bona fi >engers were allowed aboard the t. O. liners Stratheden and Ranpura before they sailed from Southampton, the first for a Mediterranean cruise and the other for
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    FIRST CHINESE TO COMMAND S.V.C. CHINESE COMPANY
    258 13 JHE FUNERAL of Mr. Tan Soo Bin, one of the bc^t known Chinese in Singapore, whose death occurred at his residence, in Pasir Panjang Road on Friday, will take place tomorrow afternoon. E (Chinese) Co. 2nd Battalion, S.S. V.F. will furnish the firing
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    STOMACH FULL OF RICE IS NOT ENOUGH FOR HEALTH
    772 13 Colonial Undor-Secretary On Nutrition In Empire "ALTHOUGH a man's stomach may be as full as a pigeon's crop with naize or millet or polished rice, if he does not eat other things as well, he will still be undernourished." So said
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    STRAITS-BORN AND SECRET SOCIETIES
    271 13 STRAITS-BORN AND SECRET SOCIETIES Many Joining For First Time EVIDENCE is now available, it is understood, that an increasingly large number of local-born Chinese are becoming members of Chinese secret societies in the Colony. They are not only becoming nominal members of these societies, but in some cases are taking
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    A.A.M. HAS MORE THAN 8,000 MEMBERS
    78 13 IUIAN'Y items of interest to Malayan motorisls appear in the July I L>sue of Motoring in Malaya, the i journal of the Automobile Assx'kttion of Malaya. It Is reported that the total membership of the A.A.M. at the end of June was 8.743. It
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    MR. N. E. PATON
    88 13 THE death took place at the General i Hospital yesterday of Mr. Noel Eric jPaton, an assistant in Robinson and I Co., Ltd., Singapore. Mr. Paton, who was 26 years of age, j was a very seen V.Muntecr. He was [an N.C.O. in "G" <M.G.) Coy.,
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    SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR COLONIAL EMPIRE
    432 14 Government To Decide On Composition In October DRASTIC "CLEAN W FORECAST BY LONDON NEWSPAPERS (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 3. THE Government has definitely decided to set up a special 1 committee to watch over the interests of the Colonial Empire in the House
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    BIG DROP IN TIMBER IMPORTS FROM JAPAN
    169 14 (Prom Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 10. IN 1937, pineapple cases worth $169,432 were imported almost entirely from Japan, but last year the value of these imports was only $17,975 of which less than 19 per cent, came from Japan. Although the
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    Chinese Educationists In K. L.
    48 14 Chinese section delegates at the Kuala Lumpur Education Conference: Miss Rose Shan (Kuen Cheng Girls' School, K.L.), Miss Yang Shut Choh (Cheng Fong Girls' School, Singapore), Miss Wu Lint Choon (Fukien Girls' School. Penang), Miss Liv Yuen Sien (Principal, Nanyang Girls' School, Singapore.
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    REPLY TO MINERS' DEMAND FOR FOREST RESERVES
    347 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) «rwiTTn Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 13. 'THE interests of the mining community must obviously be considered, but the needs of the Malay smallholder and of other members of the community must likewise not be forgotten," states the annual report of
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    PARLIAMENTS "SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY" FOR COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION
    598 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 2. THAT the Government has yet made no final decision in regard to the proposal to set up a permanent Parliamentary Committee for Colonial Affairs was revealed by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons tonight. Before
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    624 14 Ban On Immigration Urged In Attack On Mew Policy (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 13. THIS country belongs to Their Highnesses the Sultans and their subjects— the Malays. It is for them now to answer effectively the new proposal," declares the Malay newspaper
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    WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS AT EDUCATION CONFERENCE
    878 15 Particularly Fruitful Discussion Of Vocational Training MALAY, CHINESE AND INDIAN SECTIONS ALSO HAVE BUSY WEEK (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 12. A VERY wide range of subjects was discussed by the Malay, Chinese and Indian sections of the Malayan Education Conference,
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    415 15 Annual Sports Of Highlands Convent School AMONG thore i o attended the annual sports of the Pensionnat Notre Dame at the Cameron Highlands on Thursday were the British Resident, Pahang, Mr. C. C. Brown, who presented the prizes and the British Resident, Perak, Mr. Marcus Rex. Results were as follows:
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    65 15 Captain J. F. Godwin (right), who is in command of the ISth Field Company, Queen Victoria's Oum, Madras Sappers and Miners, which came from Bangalore to help reinforce the Singapore garrison. With him is the Second in Command. Captain R. B. Muir. They are the
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    FORESTRY POSITION IS STRONG IN MALAYA
    228 15 Ample Funds Available For Improvement Of Reserves (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 12. THAT the forestry position in Malaya, particularly in the F.M.S. and Johore, is very strong, is indicated in the annual report of the Forest Department. It is believed that
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    Malayan Gaol Officers Visit Wakefield
    182 15 Malayan Gaol Officers Visit Wakefield TRAINING SCHOOL PLANNED (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 28. TWO Malayan prison officers, x Messrs. G. E. W. W. Bayley and F. M. Still, were among a party of 20 prison officers from overseas who were yesterday conducted by Mr. Alexander Pattoison, one of
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    TECHNICAL ORGANISER FOR TRADE SCHOOLS
    50 15 'From Cur Own Correspondent) Lcndon, Aug. 2. R>|K -^v- Henderson, the newly ap- pointed Technical Organizer for Malayan Trade Schools. wiU be a passenger in the P. and O. liner Rawalpindi, which leaves Marseilles on Sept. 2 and is due in Singapore on Sept. 22.
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    NEW NURSE FOR F.M.S.
    78 15 'From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 2. AAISS Mary Donald, of Stonehaven. Scotland, has been appointed to the F.M.S. Nursing Service for a pericd of three years on the recommendation of the Overseas Nursing Association. She was trained at Aberdeen Roya'. Infirmary and Aberdeen Maternity Hospitat
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    Taxi-Dancers At Charity Show
    145 15 Taxi-Dancers At Charity Show COMET HING really novel in enter- tainment will be presented at '"The Circus Comes to Town," the charity show organized by Mrs. L. W. Geddes, who is assisted by helpers, to be staged at Raffles Hotel on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week. Tables
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    WHITEHALL ADVISER ON ANIMAL HEALTH
    103 15 i From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 2. HTHE Secretary of State for the Colo- nies was asked by Mr. S. P. Mark- ham (N. Lab., Nottingham) whether he had further considered the question of appointing an adviser in animal health to the rtaff of
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    SHE HAD NO ENERGY!
    235 16 SHE HAD NO ENERGY Now in the best of health "Since I have had my little baby, I have suffered terribly from constipation and lassitude. I felt terribly low and depressed and everything was too much trouble for me. But I was recommended tf i take Fynnon Salt and now
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      1294 16 New Singapore Association's Membership Rules WHAT IS A TRUE MALAY? To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— I am a member of the Malay Union. Some other members of this Union and myself are the promoters of the Singapore Malay Association. As
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      478 16 To the Editor of ths Straits Times. Sir,— Today is the second anniversary of the Second Battle of Shanghai. Two years ago today the Japanese militarists launched their second attack on Shanghai, but to their great surprise they met with an even firmer and more heroic resistance
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    CHINESE PADI PLANTING
    237 16 A Malay Agrees— On Terms To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— I read with interest the editorial of the Straits Times of Aug. 10 headed 'Chinese Padl." I would like to point out that we Malays agree to give sawah lands on a temporary basis
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    62 16 The Straits Times receives many more letters than can be published in the space available. Accordingly brief, concise letitrs stand a better chance of selection and prompt publication than long ones. When letters are typed, double -spacing uill be appreciated. Letters must be accompanied by the writer's name and address,
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    $25 TEACHERS Private Schools In Singapore
    388 16 $25 TEACHERS Private Schools In Singapore SOME EXPERIENCES To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— I wish to point cut a few facts concerning private schools, with the hope that the Education Department, parents and suardians will taKf notice. Thnt nearly all the teachers in private schools are underpaid
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    A "SUFFERER" ANSWERED
    176 16 To the Editor of the Straits limes Sir,— l believe the appeal of your correspondent "Sufferer" to the Department of Education will be a failure. The Department cannot be expected to diagnose "Sufferer's"' disease unless he makes his account explicit and lucid, instead of giving evasive hints.
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    A SINGAPORE GROUP
    293 16 Sequel To Letters On New Club To the Editor of tlie Straits Times Sir,— The heading of this letter should no longer be u Singapore Needs A Club Which Is A Club" but "We Need A Permanent Home." I have to confess that I've no: lived up
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    CINEMA JOYS IN AN OUT-STATION
    192 16 To the Editor of the Straits Hhm Sir.— I shall be much obliged if you will allow me space in the correspondence columns 01 your widely read paper to draw the attention of the management of the Theatre Royal. Teluk Anson, to the fact that
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    INDIA TO PENANG VIA SINGAPORE
    92 16 To the Kdilor of the Str.uis Itmta Sir.— Can any of your readers suggest a reason why troops trorn India for Penang are brought past Pen in B vessel which could etisily call U to Singapore, and then sent by railway to a place they
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    POLITICAL PRISONERS' CRISIS AVERTED IN BENGAL?
    1804 17 Our India Letter Simla, Aug. C. ONE of the most piquant situations which bid fair to convulse political India has been averted by a timely rapprochement between the Government of Bengal and Congress leaders. After weeks of hunger-striking the political prisoners, .who were confined
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    ECONOMIC INQUIRY FOR FRONTIER
    78 17 Simla, Aug. 4. FLLOW1NG a conference between the Viceroy, the Frontier Governor and the Agent in Baluchistan, it is understood, Dr. Gregory, Economic Adviser to the Government of India, has drawn up a scheme of economic inquiry to be instituted in the Frontier territory. Mr. John
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    33 17 Madras, Aug. 2. MR. H. M. HOOD, Member of the Board of Revenue, took over the charge of Chief Secretary from Mr. G. T. Boag who is proceeding on three months' Home leave.
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    Sind Ministers Seeking Congress Patronage
    440 17 Bombay, Aug. 5. THE latest developments in the negotiations for a full- fledged Congress Ministry in Sind are roveaied by Mr. Nichaldas Vazirani, Minister for Public Works, Sind, in the course of a press statement. Referring to the interview he pave in Lahore, Mr. Vazirani
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    SELANGOR CLUB SCORE WELL IN STONOR SHIELD
    577 18 Indians Need 327 Runs To Win Final (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 12. PACING a deficit of 327 runs, Selangor Indians have a gigantic task before them if they want to beat Selangor Club in the final of the Stonor Shield.
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    G.S.C. SPORTS
    338 18 1 L. Fernandez Again Takes Honours FR the third year In succession, Miss L. Fernandez won the Individual championship at the annual sports meeting of the Girls' Sports Club, held at Serangoon yesterday. Runner-up was Miss Pauline de Souza. Houses One and Two tied lor the House championship.
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    CAMERON HIGHLANDS GOLF RESULTS
    142 18 Eighteen car<Sa were taken out for the men's stroke competition at the Cameron Highland's golf course and nine returned. The winner was S.A. Bevls (R.5.0.C.) with a net 70 (rtoss 7«>. Other results were: R. A. Macaulav 78— 5-73; G. M. Park 82—8 74; S. P.
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    FIRST HOCKEY GAME OF SEASON IN IPOH
    35 18 (From Our Own Correspondent. 1 Ipoh, Aug. 12. In the first hockey match played here this season the Perak Volunteers beat the Dogras by three goals to one.
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    CHINESE LOSE NARROWLY TO ST. ANDREW'S
    266 18 A KEEN finish was seen at St. Andrew's School ground yesterday, when the 0.8.A. beat the S.C.R.C. by only four rims. Taking first lease of the wicket the Chinese totalled 172, Kee Tlan, Swee Keng and Boon Yew being the main contributors. Top-scorer for
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    AUGUST MEDAL AT BUKIT TIMAH
    129 18 The August medal at the R.S.G.C. resulted in a tie between H. L. Marshall and P. D. Lawson with scores of 71 each in the "A" division. "B" division was won by Sqd.Ldr. J. E. McCallum with a score o! 68, and "C" division resulted
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    COUNTY CRICKET
    110 18 London. Aug. 13. Following were closing of play scores in county cricket matches on Saturday: Oval: Middlesex 217; Surrey 83 for 1. Scnithend: Derby 70 (Nichols 5 for 18) and 26 for 2; Essex 18U. Southampton: Hants. 285 (Sperry 5 for 83) Leicester 55 for 2. Northampton: Warwick
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    FRIENDLY SOCCER
    112 18 The following will represent trie Muslim Improvement Club against Fraser and Neave Sports Club In a friendly soccer match tomorrow at the la t tor's ground K. M. Osman, A. A. Alia Pitchay, S. a. Ibrahim K. A. Syed, V. O. 3yed, K. 8. Mohamed, S. M. Shaik
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    England's Test XI
    37 18 London, Aug. 13. England's Test team to meet the West Indies at the Oval on Saturday In the final Test is: Hammond, Hutton. Compton, Hardstaff, Nichols, Wood, Wright, Goddard, Perks, Oldfield and Keeton. Reuter.
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    Scottish Soccer League Opens
    125 18 London, Aug. 13. following are the results of the open- Ing soccer matches in the first and second divisions of the Scottish League. DIVISION ONE Aberdeen 3 Celtic 1 Albion 5 Ayr United 0 Alloa 3 St. Johnstone 0 Clyde 4 Falkirk 6 Cowdenbeath 2 T.Lanark
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    S.R.C. WIN BY SEVEN WICKETS
    210 18 T*HE S.R.C. gained an overwhelming victory over the Manchesters in a cricket match played on the padang yesterday. They won by seven wickets and 99 runs. Scores: MANCHESTERS Bethell c Le Mercier b Sullivan ..19 Donbavend b Watts 0 Wilkes c Clarke b Thoy 11
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    SELANGOR COAST CLUB SPORTS
    55 18 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, Aug. 13. The Selangor Coast Club celebrated its 33rd anniversary yesterday by holding an athletic sports and dinner which j was attended by more than 75 members. There was also a ronggeng party and music vas provided by the Straits Chinese
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    ISLAND GOLF CLUB
    104 18 Result of August mixed foursomes at the Island Golf Club were: Mrs. M. S. Marshall and Tay LJan Tree 47— 12%— 34Vi. Mr. and Mrs. D. Cray 42— 7 V,— 34 '4 Mrs. Nasslm end C. A. R. Batsman I •17— 9 M— 37\. Mrs. Carrie and
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    400 METRES RECORD
    54 18 Frankfurt, Au?. 13. R. Harbig. Germany, established a'■ world record for 400 metres in 46 sec, < the previous record being held by Archie Williams, United States in 46.1 sec. The cricket match between Raffles College and the Ceylon Sports Club, to have been played at Raffles
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    Today's Sports Events
    28 18 Soccer: Div. I, R. E. vs. Manchesters, at Changi; Resr. Div., S.C.C. vs. Police, at S.C.C.; Div. HA, R.A.M.C. vs. Post Office, at Anson Road.
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    CLUB MAKE 228 AT GILLMAN
    225 18 DY 120 RUNS the S.C.C. defeated the Loyal Regiment in a cricket match played at Gillman yesterday. Scores. LOYAL REGIMENT Cooper b Wattes 2 LiCpl. Clancy st SLaur.ton b Jeans 15 r.S M. Paque c snb. b Jeans 0 Sjt. Freeman c Jaeger b Jeans
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    J.B. BADMINTON
    194 18 From Our Own Correspondent.) Jjhore Bahru, Aug. 12. TWO ties were played in the Jortorc Bahru district badminton tournament yesterday. In the cpen doubles |^2 Ngoh Tee and Lee See Chang (Companion) beai, Lee Chin Ngiap and Chta Khiam Tee 'Steadfast) to qualify tor j the final. Their
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    ROYAL WORLINGTON WINS PENANG GOLD CUP
    1190 19 Blue And White Pays $118 In Last Race (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Aug. 13. CATURDAY'S races at Penang witnessed another success •^for van Breukelen who, though he saddled only two winners, had the satisfaction of training the winner of the Gold Cup, Royal
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    JOHORE SOCCER
    158 19 Fro:n Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Aug. 13. T..w» GOALS DOWN at the interval, Bella Club made a remarkable reccvc.y in the second half to beat the Education 4—2 in the first round ot the Hull Cup competition at the Istana padang. After a slow and uninteresting first
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    NEGRI TENNIS
    54 19 'Fiom Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 13. Soon the Negrl Sembilan Lawn Tennis Association will hold the Popular Cup tennis competition among International teams. The holders of this trophy are the Negri Sembilan Chinese Recreation Club. The following teams are expected to compete this year Europeans, Chinese, Japanese,
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    LAWN TENNIS IN IPOH
    61 19 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Aug. 12. I*HE Perak Medical Services lawn tennis tournament ended this morning. Results were Open singles final: Khalily beat Weng Kee 6—2, 6—l. Handicap doubles final: Hen Sang and Ah Koon beat Soon Poh and Karlm 6—l. 6—2. Open doubles final:
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    Americans Lose To Japanese
    233 19 IN an extra inning game the Japanese Club beat the American Association three to nothing at baseball at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. It was the opening game of the league and Air Vice-Marshal J. T. Babington, the president of the Singapore Baseball Association, threw the first
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    36 19 A British men's and women's swimming team left Liverpool Street en route to Erfurt, Germany, where they competed against a German team last month. Picturt shows the British team photographed at Liverpool Street prior to departure.
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    RE-DRAW IN MEN'S OPEN BADMINTON SINGLES
    555 19 A START was made on the men's open doubles and women's junior and senior events in the local badminton championships when several ties were played off at the Clerical Union hall over the week-end. All fixtures In the men's open singles were held over
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    UNITED SERVICES WIN S.C.C. TOURNAMENT MATCH
    243 19 lINITED Services Officers had little difficulty in beating Merchants by eight wickets in the S.C.C. tournament cricket match played on the padang yesterday. The Merchants batted first and at one stage of their innings had seven wickets down for 17. Major Hujnivn, the Services
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    MEDICALS BEAT S.C.C. EASILY
    254 19 HPHE Medical College Union piled up a big score In the two-day cricket match agaliut the S.C.C. on Saturday. Resuming their overnight innings on Saturday which stood at 35 runs for five wickets, the Europeans could only total 47 runs for the loss of all wickets.
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    NEGRI SOCCER
    42 19 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 13. With the final of the Negri Sembilan Hose Cup soccer competition which was won by the Negri Sembilan Chinese Recreation Club, the official soccer season in Seremban has been brought to a close.
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    SENG LONG CUP
    87 19 iFrc j Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. IN the Chang Seng Long cup lawn tennis competition the Port Dickson Club beat the Negri Sembilan Club by three games to nil on the latter'i cour~ ut Seremban. Results were: B. J. Lavcrs and J. S. A. Lewis beat D.
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