The Straits Budget, 16 March 1933

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    33 1 The Straits Budget BEING TOE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES FUTiiii inn*' r. a ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.} No. 3,918 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1933. Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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    CONTENTS.
    369 1 LEADERS— Page A Word of Praise 3 Pens and Prosperity 3 Evasion 3 Our Countrymen 3-4 Inflation 4 Down —But Not Out 4 Occasional Notes 5-4 Telegrams, Reuter and Special— Covering Past Week’s News 21-28 Pictures The Governor 17 S.S. Lurline in Port 17 Ratings, H M. Submarine Rainbow
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    LOCAL AND PERSONAL
    1436 1 Pm! r 'rv*‘i del Tufo, District Officer, 1 mcnf J, cI l? an taking up the appointMni e P y ty Controller of Labour, j V' r y a Che Mohamed Idris, A.D.O., f)‘ n Saturday took up duties as I tnct Officer, Port Dickson. Mr. C.
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    SELANGOR SCOUTS.
    125 1 Able To Return Part Of Government Grant. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 10. That the Selangor Boy Scouts' Association had been able to return $1,000 of its Government grant, although that grant was $2,000 less than in the previous year, was a point on which the
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    GOLD DOLLAR IMPROVES.
    435 2 Better Than Before Crisis. BIG SURPRISE. Moneychangers Reap Rich Harvest. With the re-opening of the American banks, the gold dollar is worth more than before the crisis This is the extraordinary fact which commercial Singapore woke up to learn on Tuesday, when upon New York advice, the
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    THE GOVERNOR.
    155 2 To Open Agri-Horticultural Show. With the object of arousing interest in agriculture among Straits-boin Chinese the Singapore-Johore Agri-Horticultural Show will be held at the New Word, starting Apr. 7 when the opening ceremony will be performed by II. E. the Governor (Sir Cecil Clementi). It is stated thu„
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    BURNING LINER IN PENANG.
    900 2 Agents’ Statement. FIRE UNDER CONTROL AFTER 14 HOURS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar. 14. The arrival of the Fushimi Maru at Penang was awaited in shipping and harbour circles with great excitement. At first considerable perturbation was felt but when, later, reassuring messages came through
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    PREFERENCE DUTIES IN F.M.S.
    292 2 No Surprise at Protest From Manchester. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 15. Manchester’s protest against the inadequacy of the 10 per cent, preference on Empire piece goods in the F.M.S. has caused no surprise among Kuala Lumpur importers, who realised as soon as the
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    31 YEARS LATER.
    67 2 Siam Adopts the Metric System. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Mar. 13. The official weights and measures law introducing the metric system becomes effective on April 1 in Bangkok and certain of the provinces. The Royal Commission appointed to consider measures for adopting the standard weights and
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    FAIRY GODMOTHER.
    66 2 Farewell Presentation To Mrs. C. H. G, Clarke. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Mar. 11. Describing her as a fairy godmother to every child, Mrs. H. E. Nixon presented a silver salver from the woman of Malacca at a gathering at' the Malacca Club yesterday evening to Mrs.
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    EUROPEANS FACING DESTITUTION.
    337 2 Relief May Be Cut. UNLESS MORE FUNDS ARP FORTHCOMING. The European Unemployment mittee is urgently in need of funds an appeal has been issued in whirl, I is stated that unless further materi! assistance is forthcoming from k European public monthly grants have to be reduced by
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    SHENANDOAH III.
    143 2 Leaving Singapore in Near Future. The four-masted yacht, Shenandoah III, which has been anchored off the Swimming Club for many months. shortly be leaving Singapore. The owner, Mr. G. Fahnestock, the well-known American millionaire tounst. arrived w'ith his wife and a daughter by the President Harrison on Saturday.
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    CHILDREN’S AID SOCIETY.
    23 2 The hon. treasurer of the Childrens Society acknowledges further suosc JL. tions totalling $496. The total nou knowledged is $6,453.90.
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      A WORD OF PRAISE.
      1139 3 Straits Times, Mar. 9. weeks afro we suggested that Tnu d be a pood thing if the Govern- if the Straits Settlements gave nHm indication of what action had been 'T, aid what further action it protakl.,V to take on the Report of the ReT" rhnunt
      — Straits Times, Mar. 9.  -  1,139 words
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      PENS AND PROSPERITY.
      1159 3 will daservo all he gets.—Straits Times, Mar. 10. An ingenious scheme for making money—for whom, the reader must be left to judge—which, with slight variations, has been tried in England from time to time and commented on adversely in many quarters, has now spread to Singapore. A
      will daservo all he gets.—Straits Times, Mar. 10.  -  1,159 words
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      EVASION.
      835 3 —Stiaits Time; 3 March 11. By a series of carefully worded questions and a well reasoned speech, the Hon. Mr. Tan Cheng Lok sought at the Legislative Council meeting to extract from Government some indication of its intentions in regard to the* Report of the Wild Life Commission ol
      —Stiaits Time;3, March 11.  -  835 words
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      OUR COUNTRYMEN.
      1145 3 the duty is not shirked.—Straits Times Mar. 13. In America, financial crisis, followed by an appalling disaster in which many have perished and thousands more have suffered ruin. In China, the menace of war and invasion, people living on the brink of they know not what fresh terror.
      the duty is not shirked.—Straits Times Mar. 13.  -  1,145 words
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      INFLATION.
      894 4 or the world in geieral.—Straits Times, March 14. For some days the disaster in California overshadowed the news of the financial crisis in the United States anu recent cables have done little to cl v r up the doubts which exist locally as to the ultimate effect of the
      or the world in geieral.—Straits Times, March 14.  -  894 words
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      DOWN—BUT NOT OUT.
      899 4 several years to come.—Straits Times Mar. 15. We return to the subject of unemployment once more with a twofold object. In the first place we wish to acknowledge gratefully the many offers of help which have been mad? through the Straits Times to Xwork and his family.
      several years to come.—Straits Times Mar. 15.  -  899 words
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    FOR MALAYS ONLY.
    65 4 Agricultural Show To Be Held In Kedah. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Mar. 13. An agricultural show will be held at Tanjong Ohali, Kedah, on Mar. 30 and 31. which will be open to Kedah Malays only. It will fce the first exhibition of its kind to
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    MOLTEN METAL.
    46 4 Uniteer Employees Badly Burned. An Indian and two Javanese employees of United Engineers in Damar Road were badly burned by the upsetting of some molten iron yesterday afternoon. They were removed to the General Hospital and their -condition, although serious, is not considered critical.
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    BIRTHS
    44 4 HUGGINS. -At Cairn-Holm on March 10, 1933, to Alice, wife of T. W. A. Huggins the gift of a daughter. TAN. —On March 3, 1933, to Mr. and Mrs. Tan Eng Yam. of Puloe Samboe. a son. Both mother and child are well.
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    MARRIAGE
    40 4 At Singapore on Mar. 14, 1933, Paymaster Lieutenant Norman E. Denning, Roynt Navy, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Denning, The Hermitage, Whitchurch, Hampshire to Iris Shepherd, younger daughter of Captain and Mrs. R. J. Curtis of Singapore.
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    ENGAGEMENTS
    88 4 The engagement is announced between "j*' lian Brendon Pearse, only daughter ot tu late Dr. W. W. Pearse, M.D., D.P.H., Hong Kong, and Mrs. Jean Pearse, of Singapore, and John Hannyngton, M.C.S., on > son of the late Frank Hannyngton, Inin Civil Service, and Mrs. Hannyngton. Bognor Regis, England.
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      87 4 NOTICE All communications for both the Straits Times and the Straits Budget should be addressed to the Head Office, Cecil and Stanley Streets. Singapore, Straits Settlements. The post free price of the Straits Times to the I'nited Kingdom and foreign countries is $48 a year. The post free price of
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  • OCCASIONAL NOTES.
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      AN APPEAL.
      332 5 It won’t take two minutes!—Straits Times, Mar. 9. Further help is urgently required by the European Unemployment Fund and n earnest appeal for additional contri»nti ns has been issued from Kuala l .unpur by Mr. E. D. Butler, the chairman of the committee. We commend this ma l
      It won’t take two minutes!—Straits Times, Mar. 9.  -  332 words
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      ONE STEP FORWARD.
      301 5 ONE STEP FORWARD ext monthly meeting.—Straits Times, Mar. 9, Kuala Lumpur moved one step forward i its slow and laborious progress towards humane slaughtering yesterday. A month ago the Sanitary Board of that town decided to postpone the introduction of electrical stunning in pig abattoirs until this method had been
      ext monthly meeting.—Straits Times, Mar. 9,  -  301 words
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      TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.
      111 5 w 1Ve °ut any cash."—Straits Times, Mar. 10. JView of the present situation in f e United States the following letter a resident of Nebraska, U.S.A, inn appeared in the Malay Mail 4^ nt y-fi ve years ago is worth noting:— j ne past season has not
      w1Ve °ut any cash."—Straits Times, Mar. 10.  -  111 words
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      THE CAUNTERS OF PENANG.
      124 5 ’—Strait-, Times. Mar. 10. r A cor respondent, H.8.L., writes: With j nce to your “Notes of the Day” in n ar r d ,t° the Caunter family of Prince vv ales Island, now called Penang, I had a school-mate of that name and family m
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      THE GLOBE GIRDLERS.
      128 5 Straits Times, Mar. 10. a Interesting statistics were provided with the arrival of the Resolute yesterday. There were 181 passengers on board, 54 per cent. (98) being women. Their average age is 47.2 years. The youngest passenger is four years old, and the eldest 72, as against
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      WANTED—A WIFE.
      187 5 undertake this ser\ice.—Strains Timaa, Mar. 10. The following advertisement is appearing in the Malay Mail: WANTED.—A BRIDE between age 22 and 28 for educated South Indian, Christian, professional clerk, age about 37. Respectable and smart. Issueless widows above age also entertained. Caste and creed no consideration. Guardians please
      undertake this ser\ice.—Strains Timaa, Mar. 10.  -  187 words
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      ONE MORE LINK.
      246 5 .”—Straits Times, Mar. 10. We reprint the following from the Manila Tribune of Feb. 24 without comment: “Yesterday afternoon Philippine Government officials talked with Dutch officials of the Dutch East Indies over the long-distance telephone, the arrangement for the epoch-making communication having been made by the Philippine
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      HONG KONG’S NIGHT LIFE.
      334 5 the demand for more night life.—Straits Times, March 11. For long Hong Kong has enjoyed a reputation for dull respectability and a certain frigidity in that social life which lives and moves and has its being in the rarified atmosphere of the Peak, but it would
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      ALL-IN WRESTLING.
      500 5 cular in Singapore.—Straits Times, March 11. But if Mr. Braga wants something really serious to complain of, calling for the drastic treatment he v/ishes to apply to cabarets, he will find it in the same papers which brought his protest, for they contained a report of the first
      cular in Singapore.—Straits Times, March 11.  -  500 words
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      RECALLING 1906.
      190 5 :.—Straits Times, Mar. 13. The disaster which has overwhelmed Southern California recalls the great fire that swept over San Francisco following the earthquake on April 8,190 G, and the amaz.ng resource and energy with which the calamity was faced. Thousands of buildings, hundreds of lives and approximately $500,000,000
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      THE ONE-HORNED RHINO.
      281 5 Straits Times, Mar. 13. As Major Vcrnay is said to be now on his way back to Malaya in the hope of persuading the authorities to allow him to shoot another specimen of the onenorned rhinoceros lor the Natural History Museum of New York, a comprehensive review
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      THOSE $10 HOUSES.
      292 5 Straits Times, Mar. 13. Readers of the Straits Budget, as of the Sunday Times, will be led to believe that the slump in property values in Kuala Lumpur has gone even farther than really is the case when they see the photograph in last Thursday’s edition of
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      A PENANG GRUMBLE.
      243 5 —Straits, Times, Mar *h 14. Under the heading Daylight Savirw Fails to Stand the Test the Straits Echo makes an attack on this reform. The drawbacks which according to our contemporary have been revealed since January 1 may be summed up as follows^ Even those who welcomed
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      QUININE SUPPLIES.
      271 6 QUININE SUPPLIES quinine at lower prices.—Straits Times, March 14. The League of Nations has just published a report on an inquiry into the quinine requirements of malarial countries. Data have been furnished by the health administrations of 93 malaria] countries and the main findings are (a) that only a very
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      THE ARMS EMBARGO.
      296 6 on this occasion—Straits Times, March 14. The sorry farce of the arms embargo in which Great Britain strode the boards alone in the theatre of world affairs has now ended and the curtain has been hurriedly rung down, the cnly members of the audience desiring a repeat
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      MORE FIRELIGHTERS.
      261 6 —Straits Times, Mar. 15. In his notes last week our planting correspondent criticised the Rubber (•rowers’ Association for circulating a pamphlet about firelighters made of raw rubber, which substances he said, had been definitely established as unsuitable for this purpose. A copy of the pamphlet in question arrived
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      THE WILSON REPORT.
      315 6 —Straits Times, Mar. 15. When Sir Samuel Wilson left these shores he was not sure whether the Secretary of State for the Colonies would decide to publish his report on the decentralisation problem in the Federated Malay States. Last week, however, Reuter cabled that this report will
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      AN IMPROVED OUTLOOK.
      338 6 ef the Federal Council.—Straits Times, > Mar. 15. It is perhaps permissible to be a little more optimistic about the state of the world and about our Malayan outlook than it was possible to be six months ago. One writer in the Straits Times, basing his opinion
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    OVER EMBANKMENT.
    61 6 (From Our Own Corra r pondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 9. As result of a purcture a car went over an embankment on the main road near Rawang on Tuesday, but only one of the four occupants was seriously hurt. The injured man was Tuan Sheikh Mohamed. Sheik-ul-Islam, a
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    CENTRAL PERAK PLANTERS.
    948 6 Fall in Membership. RETRENCHMENT OF SPECIALIST^. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Mar. 11. There was a good attendance at the I 20th annual general meeting of the Cen1 tral Perak Planters Association, held at i the offices of the secretaries, Messrs. 1 Boustead and Co. i Mr.
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    DRUMS & CRACKERS.
    172 6 DRUMS CRACKERS. Warning that Police Wer» Coining. Late on Tuesday afternoon the Mon polies Department received informal that the illicit distillation of liquor vv»' in progress in the vicinity of Mann? Road Seletar, and a party of office®' immediately made their way to the suot Their approach was, however, heraC
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    THE CRESSON CASE.
    118 6 Mr. Lemon Acquitted Miss Cresson Fined. Judgment was delivered on Monday by Mr. A. W. Hay, the Singapore Sec:nd Magistrate, acquitting Mr. L. C. Lemon of the charge of voluntarily causing hurt to Mr. Lionel Cresson. Miss Iris Cresson, who was originally charged with a similar offence,
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    F.M.S. APPOINTMENTS.
    241 6 The following appointments are notified in the F.M.S. Gazette of March 10: Messrs. E. M. MacDonald and J. A. Cresswell to be Assistant Commissioners of Police; Mr. J. W. Lewis to be Maintenance and New Works Engineer, F.M. S.R.; Messrs. K. C. Caldicott and R. H. A. Jeff
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    HARDSHIP AMONG POOR IN JOHORE.
    1492 7 Plea for State Help To Plant Padi. COUNCIL MEETING. P VST DIFFICULTIES AND disappointments. plea that the Government should encourage the planting of padi in the country —“a sufficiently worthy object to form a subject of inquiry”—was made by Mr. W. Miller Mackav, at the
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    $22,886 PAID OUT BY PLANTERS’ FUND.
    587 7 Big Loss on Year. i APPEAL THAT WORK MAY CONTINUE. “An earnest appeal is made to till j rubber companies (both sterling and local) and to all planters to subscribe to the Fund, so that its splendid work, human and humane, in assisting those
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    ANONYMOUS LETTER.
    79 7 Leads To Discovery Of Governor’s Plates. An anonymous letter led to a search of the quarters occupied by Tamil coolie named Kandasamy in Government House premises and to the discovery of half-a-dozen ice-cream plates bearing the Governor’s crest. Convicted by the Fourth Magistrate of dishorn stly retaining stolen
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    KATONG’S HOME OF HOPE.
    569 7 Xwork’s Position. CONTRIBUTE TO THE FUND. On Wednesday the Strait* Timet received a telephone inquiry from eomtoat wishing to help Xwork,” the unemployed European —a victim of the slump—and his family. “Xwork,” hi* wife and six-year-old daughter are in receipt of f60 a month from the
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    MR. SCOTT WALKER.
    64 7 Charge Withdrawn By D.P.P, On instruction from the D.P.P., In-' specter D. W. Dale withdrew the charge ca ,4 §i death by a rash act against Mr. K. Scott Walker before Mr. A. C. Hoyd, the Singapore Fourth Magistrate, on Mar. 8. The charge was the sequel
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    CAN PAYING TAXES BE A PLEASURE?
    1142 8 In Palatial Offices. NEW VEHICLES BUILDING. The palatial new offices of the Singapore Vehicles Registration department in Middle Road, which would “make the task of paying taxes a pleasure, were opened on Saturday with a housewarming in the rubber floored Court Mouse, at the
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    “VERY SERIOUS THING YOU HAVE DONE.”
    224 8 Unemployed European Fined $50. “I want you to realise that such behaviour is attempting to bribe the Inspector. It is a very serious thing you have done If you were a young man 1 would send you to prison without the /option of a
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    GRADUATES’ DINNER.
    86 8 Coming-Of-Age Celebration In Singapore. Over 30 graduates of the Hong Kong University, together with their wives and guests, celebrated the coming of age of their Alma Mater by a re-union dinner at Air View Hotel on Saturday. Dr. A. P. Chen, who was in the chair, proposed that
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    TURNING THE TIDE OF INSURANCE.
    310 8 How Mr. W. H. Morgan Does It! Mr. W. H. (“Bill”) Morgan, an agent of the Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. in Singapore, simply laughs at the slump He has reason to, for last year he sold approximately $1,500,000 worth of policies in Singapore, more than
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    KING’S HOUSE.
    250 8 Monday, Mar. 6. The Hon. Mr. P. Simpson irr-ved to stay at Government House. His Excellency presided at a meeting of the Legislative Council held at the Council Chamber, Government Offices this morcng The Hon Mi P. M. Robinson dined at Government House. Tuesday, Mar. 7. The Hon.
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    CAMBRIDGE EXAMS.
    23 8 Eighteen candidates from St. Andrew’s School, Singapore, obtained the school certificate in the recent Cambridge examinations, and 20 junior candidates passed.
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    POPPY DAY EFFORT IN MALAYA.
    249 8 Nearly £7,500 Sent To London. Mrs. C. H. G Clarke, the hon. o rganiwr of the Poppy Day effort in Malava rl wards a statement of the result achievll in November last. The amount collect in Malaya and neighbouring territrS was $64,066.26. After deducting expend
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    THREE POISONED.
    198 8 Government Analyst’s Report Awaited. The inquiry, reported in the Straits Times of Mar. 9 into the death three Malays, two WOMB IDd A boy, wrho died UfS a result of caung king crabs has been adjourned until Mar. 16 pending the completion of the report of the Government
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    MALAYAN SHOW.
    150 8 Larger Profit Earned Last Year. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala I.umpur, Mar. 11. A profit of $2,254 on the 1932 Malayan Exhibition, as against $1,036 in the previous year, was reported by Mr. W. Douglas at the annual meeting ot the Malayan A gri-Horticultural Association. Payment of $2,280
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    MAYHEW INQUEST OPENS.
    2367 9 Doctors’ Evidence. NEVER TALKED OF HIS PRIVATE AFFAIRS. The inquiry into the death of Mr Thomas O. Mayhew who was found drowned, was begun before Mr. F. G. Itnurne, the Singapore Coroner, on Monday. Mr Mayhew, who was managing director of Estate and Trust Agencies Ltd., had
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE UNION.
    315 9 Advice to Students At Annual Dinner. The annual dinner of the Raffles Col. lege Union was held on Friday at the Capitol Restaurant. Among the guests present were Dr. G. V. AH*»n, th« President of the College, and Mra. Allen, the Hon. Dr. N. L, Clarke, Professor
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    171 9 Annual Meeting Of Perak Branch. (From Our Own Correspondent.) fpoh, March 13. The Perak Branch of the F.M.S. chamber of commerce held its seventh annual meeting at the offices of Messrs. Evatt C°-, wj th the Hon. Col. Cecil Rae in chair. The meeting was unusually brief
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    PASSENGERS.
    278 9 The following passengers left Singapore on Friday for Kurope l>y the m.s. Johan von Oldenbnrnevelt: Mr R. A. Vaughan, Mrs. E. F. Sturt, Mr. nnd Mrs. If. W. Cowling, Mrs. H. Schupf, Mr. M. K. V. Michelsen, Mr. und Mrs. A. A. Deelder, Mr. J. Stern, Capt. H. nnd
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      SINGAPORE’S NOISES.
      364 10 Gratitude to The Governor. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —It is very gratifying to note that II.E. the Governor is determined to stop home of the many noises of Singapore. It would be especially appreciated by the inhabitants who live around the neighbourhood of the
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      “THE NAUGHTY RAIN.”
      262 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —The paragraph headed ‘The Naughty Rain!” in Notes of the Day in vour issue of Mar. 8 calls for comment to dispel any wrong impression it may have created. Your implication that members of the Singapore Volunteer Corps arc
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      MEDICAL CAREERS.
      226 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— In your account of the proccedngf. at the Legislative Council meeting. 1 see that ti e Hon. Dr. N. Uarht has proposed that in future graduate? from wnvW* T re Medical Colle e should oik for two years in a
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      INDUSTRY AND NOISE.
      345 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—We can only be thankful that the barking of dogs has reached exalted ears, and has kept sweet sleep from distinguished eyes for now, at last, something may be done about the awful noises we have to put up with,
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      UNEMPLOYMENT.
      675 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Reading through the appeal of the chairman of the European Unemployment Committee, I am impelled to make the following remarks: I do hope that all clubs will make a special effort to enroll every member’s name in their subscription list; every Government
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      “OUR COUNTRYMEN.”
      290 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —All those who receive a regular copy of the Straits Times will have read, with great sympathy, the poignant appeal made by Xwork a few days ago. Soon after this letter, describing his family life, together with a detailed statement
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    LEAVE IT TO GRANDMA.
    66 10 Young Stone-Thrower Cuffed Out Of Court. (From Uur Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Mar. 11. Take him home and give him a good spanking, 1 said Mr. Derrick, the magistrate, to the parents of a small Chinese boy who threw stones at a railway train. The boy’s grandmother
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    TOWN COUNCIL FOR KUALA LUMPUR.
    273 10 Request to Resident Repeated. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar 8 The movement to change the title Kuala Lumpur’s municipal autk! from Sanitary Board to Town which was started—or rather revS*’ by Mr. John Hands several months made progress today, when the SaniSR Board
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    A MEAN THEFT.
    129 10 Malay Robs Couple Who Gave Him Shelter. A mean kind of theft earned a Malay Who appeared before Mr. H. A. Form on Friday for sentence of 19 months rigorous imprisonment and one year’s police supervision. The accused, said Chief Court Inspector Sheedy, had been sheltered and
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    YORKSHIRE SOCIETY.
    111 10 Mr. C. Salter Elected President. The annual meeting of the Society of Yorkshiremen in Malaya was held in the SC.C. Lounge on Friday, with Sir John Scott, the president, in the chair. The election of officers resulted as follows President, Mr. C. Salter vicepresident, Mr. T. C. Hood
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    ARCHITECTS’ INSTITUTE.
    60 10 At the annual general meeting of th Institute of Architects of Malaya, 1 following were elected officers for the year:—President: Mr. H. R. Arbenz. E.P.Z. Vice-President: Mr. J. M. Fraser, A. secretary: Mr. P. S. Wong, Council: Mr. A. Cannell, Mr. W. E. Gi*by, A.R.I.B.A., Mr. J. Scott,
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    Mr. Braddell’s Impressions Of Hollywood.
    4033 11 Mr. Braddell’ s Impressions Of Hollywood. “AN INTENSELY ALIVE AND AMUSING PLACE.” After hearing Mr. Roland Braddell’s impressions of Hollywood in a clever and witty address to the Singapore Rotary Club at their weekly luncheon meeting at the Adelphi Hottel on March 8 bookings for that part of the world,
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    CLAIM FOR $27,294.
    366 12 $3,168 Judgment For Surveyor. (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Mar. 8. In the Supreme Court today Mr. Justice Pritchard delivered judgment in the case in which Mr. V. N. Rajoo sued the Attorney-General for $27,294 in respect of a contour survey of certain padi land in Province
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    H.E. THE GOVERNOR.
    131 12 H.E. the Governor (Sir Cecil Clementi), accompanied by Mr. H. G. Beverley, A.D.C., and Mr. R. J. F. Curtis, private secretary, left for Kuala Lumpur by the night mail on Saturday and will remain there until 9 a.m. on Saturday Mar. 18. He will then leave for
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    THE “ALMIGHTY $” HUMBLED.
    668 12 THE “ALMIGHTY HUMBLED. Exchange Vagaries. SHOCK FOR RESOLUTE PASSENGERS. Passengers on the round the world Hamburg-America liner. Resolute, had a great shock on arrival in Singapore on Mar. 8 when they found their wealth was not as great as it was a few days ago by reason of the fact
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    “SAY, HOW MUCH?”
    263 12 The Situation Next Morning. On Mar. 9, the 180 or -so passengers, aboard the Resolute, which left at noon, were up against it The purser was no longer able to advance Straits dollars, the Straits Times understood, because his supply had been exhausted on the favourable rate
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    $2,000 LOSS SHOWN BY CLUB.
    291 12 Slump Conditions In Kuala Lumpur. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. io Slump conditions are reflected in bV th<? “">»>«£ The year closed with a loss of $2 OOn as compared with the estimated surni„ ?L 775 nd ith 1 U plu 3 of
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    MONSOON CHANGE.
    141 12 Soon Lee To Return To Singapore. Bad luck which had dogged the two Englishmen, Messrs. Colin S. Brisbane and Jamos W. Leach, ever since they left Singapore in a thirteen-ton junk on their adventurous trip to London, has by no means ended. The last blow has been the
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    MALAYAN PLANTING TOPICS.
    3018 13 Our Local Leaders—A London Sneer Resented—Malaya Versus The City A D.E.I. Warning—Coconut Palms For Coolies--Planters As Inventors. (By Oar Planting Correspondent.) THE extremely able ami convincing reply of Dr. Braddon to Mr. J. G. Hay j < s been widely read and favourably commented upon. Armed with
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    ONCE MILLIONAIRE.
    225 14 More Questions to Mr. Lim Chin Guan. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar. 10. The adjourned public examination of Mr. Lim Chin Guan, the former Penang millionaire and owner of the palatial residence “Homestead” in Northam Road, was continued today before Mr. Justice Prichard. Answering the assistant Official
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    MR. G. H. GARDSIDE.
    224 14 Receiving Order Wanted Against Lawyer. In the Bankruptcy Court on Friday before the Chief Justice (Sir William Murison), a petition for a receiving order on a debt of $450 against Mr. G. H. Gardside, the lawyer, came up for hearing, but on the application of the
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    AMERICAN SHIP WITH “ PERSONALITY.”
    898 14 AMERICAN SHIP WITH PERSONALITY.” Luxury Liner. THE TRUTH ABOUT IT’S NIGHT CLUB The magnificently appointed $8,000,000, nine-decker, Matson Navigation Company liner Lurline, which reached Singapore on her maiden voyage, a record one of over 30,000 miles, on Friday, is an American vessel carrying over 170 world tourists. Tho Lurline, whicn
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    SEQUEL TO DEATH OF MR. G. PEET.
    538 14 Power Station Trolley Driver Changed. There was a sequel to the death of Mr G Peet at the St. James’ Power Station before Mr. J. F. F. Gregg, the Third Police Magistrate on Friday, when Arjad Ali, a trolley driver, was charged with
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    INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE EAST.
    446 14 Singapore Meeting. JAPAN AND CHINA TO ATTEND. The port of Singapore enjoys a markable immunity from infectious eases but the risk is likely to be stiU further minimised. The Advisory Council of the Uaeu* of Nations Health Organisation (Ea«t ern Bureau) are to hold their
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    JUDGE RETIRING.
    128 14 Address Presented At Alor Star. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar. The members of the local staff of the High Court, Alor Star, presented address to their European judge. Justice Dinsmore, who is leaving on Mar. 11 on retirement. The pr ation took the form of an address
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    A JOURNAL IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.
    3070 15 The American Crisis—Kuala Lumpur Takes It Calmly—Our Town Council —Why Not A Municipal League?—Lagging Behind Singapore—The Y.W.C.A. Replies. (By Our Kuala Lumpur Correapoad ent.) rpHE banking crisis in the United States has overshadowed everything else in Kuala Lumpur this week, and we have teen
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    LIVING ON $60 A MONTH.
    1552 16 A European and His Family. POIGNANT APPEAL. If Unemployment Grant Is Reduced We give all the prominence possible to the letter published below, received from an unemployed European in Singapore. It brings home more dramatically than any appeal w© have seen the plight of Europeans
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    KEENEST SYMPATHY AROUSED.
    1402 16 “XWORK’S” PLIGHT. Please Remember Others.” OFFERS OF HELP POUR IN. Singapore’s sympathy has been stirred by the poignant appeal of “Xwork, the unemployed European. Soon after his letter, describing simply but effectively how he was keeping himself, his wife and six-year-old daughter oarely alive on $60 a
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS Contained in Reuter, British Imperial Radio and Special Telegrams.
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      CALIFORNIAN DISASTER.
      949 21 —Reuter. Destruction in Several Towns. GREAT HAVOC. Toll of Deaths Rapidly Mounting. Los Angeles, Mar, 10. most severe earthquake shook the whole city at 5.55 p.m. (Pacific Time) today and lasted several minutes. It had a north to south motion. People groped for the nearest support while buildings
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      MR. MACDONALD.
      71 21 —Reuter. Many Interviews At Geneva. Geneva, Mar. 11. Mr. MacDonald was very busy immediately after his arrival, baling successively interviewed by M. Benes, Mr. Henderson, Signor Aloisi, Mr. Hugh Wilson and M. Politis. It is understood that he discussed the arms embargo and Far East politics. The outlook
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      TERRIBLE PICTURE.
      88 21 Reuter. Death And Suffering In Japan. Tokio, Mar. 10. A terrible picture of the death and suffering among the homeless and poverty-stricken villagers of remote sections of Iwate prefecture, as an- aftermath of the earthquake and tidal war* on Mar. 3, is given in the newspaper Hochi. Over
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      TWO RAREST STAMPS.
      40 21 Sold At Auction For Over £4,000. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 11. The two rarest stamps in the world, a Mauritius penny red and a Mauritius two penny blue fetched £4,150 at Plumridge's auction yesterday afternoon.
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      JAPAN TO ENTER CHINA PROPER?
      291 22 ,—Reuter. Failure at Kupeikow. TO APPROACH SIR MILES LAMPSON. Tokio, Mar. 10. The Japanese Legation at Peiping has been instructed to attempt to negot iate for the withdrawal of the Chinese troops concentrated around Kupeikou, otherwise the Japanese may be compelled to send troops through
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      NAIVE PRETEXT.
      176 22 —Aneta-Havas. Japan’s “War to Assure Peace.” London, Mar. 7. Dr. Wellington Koo contributes an article in the News-Chronicle on behalf of the Chinese cause and refuting the Japanese pretentjon of making war to assure a permament peace in the Far East.” This naive pretext, he says, cannot be
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      £2,500,000 SCHEME.
      80 22 ,—Reuter. Recapturing Foreign Cotton Markets. London, Mar. 10. A £2,500,000 scheme is being launched by the Manchester cotton trade which is forming a Lancashire textile co-operative society in an effort to recapture foreign markets with the aid of lower production costs and improved marketing. 1 eatures of the
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      REICHSBANK SHARES.
      32 22 —Reuter. Berlin, Mar. 10. shares dropped on rumours Ujat the Government intends to s*rergthen state control and even nationalise he bank. Dr. Luther’s early resignation is expected in financial circles.—Reuter.
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      COMMUNIST HUNT IN GERMANY.
      315 22 —Reuter. —Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Republican Flag Not Wanted. Berlin, Mar. 10. The Governments of Saxony and Baden have resigned. Herr von Killinger, the Reich representative, has taken over the administration of Saxony and appointed Nazis to take charge of the various Ministries.—Reuter. Berlin, Mar. 8. The abolition of
      —Reuter.; —Aneta-Trans-Ocean.  -  315 words
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      GREAT DISCREPANCY.
      101 22 —British Wireless. Adverse Trade Balance With Denmark. Rugby, Mar. 9. On behalf of the Board of Trade it was stated that the total value of merchandise imported into the United Kingdom in 1932 from Denmark was £40,556,327. The United Kingdom exports to Denmark during the same year amounted
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      GOLD STANDARD.
      56 22 —British Wireless. Chancellor’s Statement In Commons. Rugby, Mar. 9. A motion asking to raise wholesale prices was debated and was approved by the Government’s spokesman, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer. In his speech winding up the debate Mr. Chamberlain asserted that there would he no precipitate
      —British Wireless.  -  56 words
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      HOLLAND AND JAPAN.
      52 22 t.—Reuter. No Question Of War Negotiations.” The Hague, Mar. 10. Replying to a question in the Lower Chamber, the Foreign Minister, Hear van Blokland, emphatically denied that there was any question of war negotiations between Holland and Japan. He hoped it would be possible to conclude an
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      RE-OPENING U.S. BANKS.
      385 22 v •-'v v .—Reuter Wireless. President’s Warning. INCOMPETENT OR DISHONEST” Washington, Mar. 12. President Roosevelt announced that plane have been completed for the opening of both State and national banks toMr. Roosevelt explained that Federal Reserve member banks will be licensed to open tomorrow, clearing house member
      — – – — — —— — v •-'v v » » .—Reuter Wireless.  -  385 words
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      BOMB IN POST.
      234 22 Another Attempt to Kill Mr. Roosevelt. New York, Mar. 10. Another attempt on Mr. Roosevelt’s life has been foiled. At the post office at Watertown where a bomb was discovered on Feb. 22 a parcel was found containing a gunshell filled with explosives. It was directed to
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      ECONOMY CUTS IN U.S.A.
      308 22 —Reuter. Meeting the Crisis. GOLD EMBARGO CONTINUES. Washington, Mar. io. President Roosevelt contemplates a reafforestation programme lo emplm 500,000 people and cost $500,000,000 and also a cut in the Federal expenses bv a similar figure. Mrs. Roosevelt sat knitting in the House of Representatives during the
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      STOP PRESS.
      96 22 —Reuter. Los Angeles, Mar. 11. The casualty roll in the earthquake in Southern California is now reported to be 53 killed and 2,500 injured. Many were killed at Lon? Beach, which is a scene of horror. The United States battle fleet, which is in harbour here, rushed marines
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      ARMAMENTS.
      110 22 —Reuter. U.S. to Increase If Others Do. Washington, Mar. lilt is understood that the situations ir Germany and the Far East tigureo extensively in a conference between Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Cordell Hull (the Secretary of State) and Mr. Norman Davis yesterday evening. United States officials feel that the success
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      GOLD RETURNED.
      31 22 New York, Mar. 10. Following Mr. Roosevelt's wanu n f?> frightened hoarders returned oU $30,000,000 worth of gold in New YorK City alone yesterday, making $65, 000, out altogether.
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      HEROIC WOMEN IN JEHOL.
      168 23 —Reuter. Children Saved From Bombardment. FLEW U.S. FLAG. Foreign Missionaries Safe. Tokio, Mar 9. \11 foreign missionaries in Jehol piovince. including British, American, Belgian and German, are safe, according to 3 dispatch received from Tokio, from the \-seriated Press correspondent with the Japanese army at Lingyuan.
      —Reuter.  -  168 words
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      THE FIRST STAGE.
      306 23 —Reuter. What Will Follow Jehol Operations Shanghai, Mar. ‘•With the occupation of all important points along the Great Wall, the Jehol operations can be considered to have ended their first stage,” comments LieuL-Gcn. Sadao Araki, the Minister of War, according to a Tokio message. Gen. Araki, however,
      —Reuter.  -  306 words
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      READY TO LEAVE.
      94 23 Reuter. Japan and League Of Nations. Tokio, Mar. 8. following the audience of the Foreign •Minister, Count Uchida, by the Emperor, ,7 Wnor) i he communicated the contents of he draft Note regarding Japan’s with- drawal from the League of Nations, the Cabinet met this evening and
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      IN PENITENT MOOD.
      330 23 Chiang and Chang On Loss of Jehol. Shanghai, Mar. 9. Following the confirmation of the resignation of Marshal Chang Hsuehliang comes the news that he has been urged to remain in office by Mcrshal Chiang Kai-shek. In the course of the telegram announcing his resignation Marshal Chang
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      ONE DAY DICTATOR.
      128 23 —Reuter. Arrest Ordered but Still Missing. Athens, Mar. 8. The arrest of General Plastiras, the one-day dictator, has been ordered, but so far he cannot be found.Later. Several supporters of Plastiras have been arrested for participating in the rising. Plastiras has not yet been found. The police
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      FLOODS IN ENGLAND.
      95 23 uDtimate level this afternoon. —British Wireless. Many Houses Inundated In YQrkshire. Rugby, Mar. 7. Although flood conditions in the Thames Valley are improving ard with a few exceptions all the roads are now clear, heavy »-ains yesterday aggravated the situation in parts of Yorkshire where the rivers
      uDtimate level this afternoon.—British Wireless.  -  95 words
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      JAPAN BUYS MORE SHIPS.
      76 23 .—Reuter. Two British Liners to Be Broken Up. London, Mar. 8. Japan has bought four more British ships, namely the P. and O. Padua, 6,000 tons, the Glen liner Glenshane, 6,498 tons, and the Canadian-owned Canadian Inventor, 5,497 tons, and Canadian Mariner, 5,384 tons. The two
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      FIFTY LIVES LOST.
      207 23 —Reuter. Steamer Aground In Heavy Seas. Hong Kong, Mar. 8. The Anhui has arrived with 345 survivors of the China Navigation Co. steamer Antung which went aground off Mofu Point. A hundred and ten were sent overland to Hoihow, and it is feared that 50 were lost.
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      HELPING THE FARMER
      214 23 •••**v*i v vv itvvT ,—British Wireless. New Marketing Bill In Britain. Rugby, Mar. 7. The Minister of Agriculture, Major Walter Elliot, introduced the Agricultural Marketing Bill in the House of Commons yesterday. The bill embodies the Government’s proposals for the assistance of the farming industry in several
      ’ •••**v*i v vv itvvT ,—British Wireless.  -  214 words
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      GOOD RELATIONS.
      77 23 Japanese Emperor And Britain. London, Mar. 8. The Daily Mail, claiming that it is unique, blazons a private interview which its special correspondent, Mr. Ward Price, had with Emperor Hirohito. The Emperor said I know you are working to maintain good relations between Great Britain and Japan. I
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      FINANCIAL PLANS IN U.S.A.
      400 23 ,—Reuter. Circulating Currency And Not Scrip. EXPANSION. Aid of British Financiers. New York, Mar. 8. The New York Federal Reserve Bank announces that Mr. Woodin, the Secretary to the Treasury, has authorised the resumption of advances of currency to member hanks provided the latter deliver to
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      LATEST CABLE.
      70 23 Reuter. Managed Currency Expansion Plan. Washington, Mar. 9. Mr. Roosevelt consulted the leaders of Congress at the White House last night, and it is understood that he presented a managed currency expansion plan. An extension of the moratorium, at least until Congress has enacted the emergency legislation, is
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      EVEREST CLIMBERS.
      39 23 British Wireless. Three Planes Arrive In Karachi. Rugby, Mar. 7. Members of the Mt. Everest Expedition, who have flown from England to India, arrived at Karachi this afternoon, their .three aeroplanes completing the flight without mishap.—British Wireless.
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      MR. ROOSEVELT’S BILL.
      913 24 .—Reuter. .—Reuter. Bank Holiday Extended Indefinitely. FIRST TASK. To Re-open All Sound i Banks. Washington, Mar. 9. The House of Representatives passed President Roosevelt s Bank Bill, and later the measure was passed by the Senate. Authorisation for a potentially great expansion of United States currency ana
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      “ANYTHING OF VALUE.”
      233 24 served for the shipment.—Reuter Wireless. .—Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Goods Instead Of Cash At Wrestling Match. New York, Mar. 7. The American public have found one source of amusement lesulting from the banking crisis as it has compelled the railway, theatres and other institutions, v.hich up to now have resolutely
      served for the shipment.—Reuter Wireless.; .—Aneta-Trans-Ocean.  -  233 words
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      REVENUE MAINTAINED.
      54 24 last week totalled £19.454,000.—British Wireless. Probability Of Estimate Being Realised. Rugby, Mar. 8. The Treausry returns show that the ordinary revenue last week amounted to £26,319,817. If this figure is maintained the budget estimate for the year ending Mar. 31 will be realised. The income-tax and surtax receipts
      last week totalled £19.454,000.—British Wireless.  -  54 words
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      HOISTING HITLER’S FLAG.
      191 24 —Reuter. Monarchist Tendencies. FEDERAL SYSTEM BREAKING UP. Strassbourg, Mar. 10. Five hundred uniformed and armed Nazi Storm Troops took possession of the barracks on the bank ol the Rhine no&Kehl bridge and hoisted the Hitler flag over the building. Munich, Mar. 9. The long struggle between the
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      AIR ESTIMATES.
      228 24 far-flung responsibilities.”—British Wireless. R.A.F. at Dangerously Low Figure. Rugby. Mar. 8. The Air Estimates published this morning shows an estimated expenditure of £17,426,000 compared with £17,400,000 in the preceding year. The apparent increase of £26,000 conceals an actual reduction of nearly £340,000, since the expenditure of £360,000 hitherto
      far-flung responsibilities.”—British Wireless.  -  228 words
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      U.S. NAVY.
      70 24 —Reuter Wireless. Fleet to be Concentrated In Pacific. Washington, Mar. 7. The Secretary for the Navy, Senator Swanson, announces his intention to do his utmost to build the American Navy up to the limits of the London Treaty as soon as conditions permit. He further declares that the
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      ARMS EXPORT.
      64 24 —Reuter. France Urges Negotiations At Geneva. Paris, Mar. 8. The foreign committee of the Chamber passed a resolution inviting the Government to undertake negotiations at Geneva without delay with a view to the prohibition of the export of munitions and arms destined for a country which does not
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      ANOTHER BIG ATTACK.
      578 24 .—Reuter. liang.—Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew I Poh. Expected Japanese Move. LOSS OF JEHOL. China Planning Its Recovery. Chinchow, Mar. 9. Headquarters of the Kwantung army are ordering a general attack for tomorrow for the purpose of annihilating all Chinese troops still resisting alon* the Great
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      JAPANESE GOODS IN F.M.S.
      72 25 —Reuter. Preferential Duties Not Effective. London, Mar. 13. The directors of the Manchester Cfcamoer of Commerce approved a resolution declaring that the preferential duties of 10 per cent, in favour of British cotttrn and artificial silk textiles operating in the Federated Malay States was having no
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      SUEZ CANAL.
      121 25 —Reuter. “Parasitic Growth on The Industry.” London, Mar. 9. A demand for an inquiry into the administration of the Suez Canal was made yesterday by Sir Arnold Wilson at an Individualist Society luncheon. He described the Canal Company as “a parasitic growth on the shipping industry,” and declared
      —Reuter.  -  121 words
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      SECRET AIR BASES.
      88 25 Reuter. Categorical Denial By Japan. London, Mar. 8. A categorical denial of the suggestion that Japan is planning secret air bases in the Dutch East Indies has been issued bv the Japanese Embassy. It is emphasised that Mr. Matsuoka’s visits to various cities in Europe and America
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      TALKS IN PARIS.
      96 25 —Reuter. Arms Embargo Scheme Not Raised. Paris, Mar. 10. The World Economic Confei’ence and the general European situation figured in today’s discussions between M. Daladier and Mr. MacDonald, but the arms embargo was not raised and no special plan was evolved. It is stated that Mr. MacDonald
      —Reuter.  -  96 words
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      PRICES REDUCED.
      55 25 ,—British Wireless. Decrease Of Six Per Cent. In A Year. Rugby, Mar. 8. As measured at tho Board of Trade 'he average of wholesale prices in February showed on balance a decrease of 1.3 P*r cent, as compared with January and a decrease of six per cent., as
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      BRITAIN’S DEBT.
      57 25 —Reuter. $100,000,000 Silver Payment To U.S. Washington, Mar. 11. A Bill authorising the President to $100,000,000 worth of silver from Britain as payment of the June instalment of the War Debt at the market ,nce provided it does not exceed 45 cents per ounce, has 1 een introduced
      —Reuter.  -  57 words
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      AMAZING SCENE IN COURT.
      137 25 Reuter Wireless. Magistrate Attacked By Witness. London, Mar. 7. An amazing scene was witnessed at Old Street Police Court when a witness who had tried to defend his assistant on a charge of receiving stolen property made a violent attack on the magistrate, Mr. Metcalfe, after
      Reuter Wireless.  -  137 words
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      CONSPIRACY CHARGE.
      146 25 The case was again adjourned.—Reuter Wireless. Shops Stocked and Set On Fire. London, Mar. 7. The story of how shops were stocked with goods of little value and then set on fire was related at the resumption of the fire conspiracy case, in connection with which eleven men
      The case was again adjourned.—Reuter Wireless.  -  146 words
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      ARMS EMBARGO.
      124 25 —British Wireless. The Case of Bolivia And Paraguay. Rugby, Mar. 8. Answering a question in the House of Commons today the Foreign Secretary, (Sir John Simon) said that the Councii of the League of Nations was considering the British, Fiench and Italian memorandum suggesting a recommendation to the
      .—British Wireless.  -  124 words
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      SIR SAMUEL WILSON.
      63 25 Reuter. Report to be Published Next Month. London, Mar. 8. In the House of Commons, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, said he hoped it would be possible to publish Brig.-General Sir Samuel Wilson’s report regarding his visit to Malaya towards the end
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      RECORD BREAKERS.
      76 25 iiuy uegui urea i-uui v.iv. vv-..- j their homeward journey.—British Wireless. Fit New Engine To Their Machine. Rugby, Mar. 8. A new engine has now been fitted to the Fairey Napier monoplane in which Squadron-Leader Gaylord and FlightLieutenant Nicholetts lurke the long distance record last month. The machine,
      iiuy uegui urea i-uui v.iv. vv-..- j — their homeward journey.—British Wireless.  -  76 words
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      FRESH TROUBLE OVER DANZIG.
      105 25 —Reuter. Concentration of Polish Troops. Berlin, Mar. 12. The fresh Danzig-Poland incident is bitterly commented on here. The Polish Government has protested to the Danzig Senate against light aeroplanes from the Danzig Flying Club flying over Westerplatte, demanding prohibition of the practice. The Senate refused on
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      “JUNE” SUED.
      139 25 Action Brought by Lord Inverclyde. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 11. Lord Inverclyde is starting an action against his wife, June in the Edinburgh Courts. The nature of the action is undisclosed but June alleges that her London flat has been watched by three private detectives for
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      ‘IMPULSIVE INSANITY.’
      81 25 —Reuter Wireless. Suicide of Sir William Veno. London, Mar. 9. Suicide during impulsive insanity was returned by a majority verdict at the inquest at Altringham, Cheshire, on Sir William Veno, proprietor off the wellknown lightning cough cure. Last week Sir William was out shooting rabbits. H.s dog returned,
      —Reuter Wireless.  -  81 words
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      TOTTER TO THE ABYSS
      73 25 —Reuter. German Statesman Warns Europe. Hamburg, Mar. 12. In a message to the East Hanseatic Club here, inveighing against the Treaty of Versailles, Baron von Neurath declares that there is still a tendency to form a united anti-German front. The world must choose. Either Germany would
      —Reuter.  -  73 words
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      STOCK EXCHANGE.
      88 25 —Reuter Wireless. Business Small But Tone Firm. London, Mar. 10. Business was small on the Stock Exchange today, but the markets are taking a favourable view of America s efforts to relieve the financial stress. A firm tone prevailed, especially at the close, and a feature of the
      .—Reuter Wireless.  -  88 words
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      ARMY AND NAVY ESTIMATES.
      529 25 been reorganised on that basis.— British Wireless. Total Increase Of $4,500,000. Rugby, Mar. 9. The Navy Estimates issued today show a net total for 1933 of £53,570,000 which exceeds the net total for the previous year by £3,093,700. Of this increase £2,355,360 is required to make
      been reorganised on that basis.— British Wireless.  -  529 words
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      NEW CRUISERS.
      75 25 ,—Reuter. Britain’s Programme For The Year. London, Mar. 9. Due mainly to normal new construction, the British Navy estimates, at £53,670,000, show an increase of over £3.000,000. Personnel is 90,000, a decrease of 1,000. New construction in 1933 includes four cruisers, one leader, eight destroyers, three submarines and
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      FRENCH LOAN.
      30 25 —Reuter Wireless. New Bill Sanctioned By Chamber. Paris, Mar. 7. A one clause bill sanctioning the iasue of a 10,000,000,000 franc coasolidation loan passed the Chamber this afternoon.
      —Reuter Wireless.  -  30 words
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      CHINA PROPER TO BE INVADED?
      503 26 —Reuter. Peace and War in The Balance. JAPAN WILL ACT. If Attempt Is Made To Recover Jehol. Tokio, Mar. 13. Pre»9 dispatches report that the Chinese have brought up reinforcements and are making desperate attempts to recover the Hsifengkou, one of the passes into Jehol.
      —Reuter.  -  503 words
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      RADIO DEBATE.
      420 26 —Reuter. Mr. Matsuoka and Mr. Quo Tai-chi. i London, Mar. 11. t heard the respective Chinese T w P° in > on Manchuria J broa,lcast8 Mr Matsuoka, f} 11 ''“Pani'K'- delegate at Geneva, in Tm h lh< Ckim '»c Minister f r ”f. t!,u ka contended that Manchuria
      ’—Reuter.  -  420 words
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      JAPANESE REGRETS.
      439 26 O }J A uvevu i —Reuter. United States Fleet In Pacific. London, Mar. 11. Mr. Matsuoka arrived in London this evening and, in the course of an inter-! view with Reuter, he said that, apart from reporting to the Emperor and the Government, he was finished with diplo»macy.
      O }J A uvevu i .—Reuter.  -  439 words
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      “OGPU” TERROR IN MOSCOW.
      165 26 —Reuter. Four British Employees Arrested. Moscow, Mar. 12. Four British employees of Metro Vickers and also a Latvian and four Russians were arrested yesterday by the Ogpu on a charge which has not been revealed. Berlin, Mar. 12. In connection with the arrest by the Ogpu
      .—Reuter.  -  165 words
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      DAYANG LEONORA.
      129 26 Engagement with Mr. Ausnit Broken. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. ll. It was announced today that the engagement of Dayang Leonora Brooke, the 21-year-old daughter of the Rajah of Sarawak, to Mr. Max Ausnit, the 44-year-old Rumanian millionaire, has been broken off. The reason, it is stated,
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      “TOO TRUSTFUL.”
      97 26 Duke of Manchester On His Troubles. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 11. My trouble is that I have been a mug and always too trustful and willing to help others,” declared the Duke of Manchester to a representative of the Daily Express. He stated that he intended
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      AUSTRIAN CRISIS.
      79 26 —Reuter. Wartime Emergency Powers. Vienna, Mar. 13. A series of ordinances to deal with the Austrian crisis is to be promulgated by the Cabinet under the war-time emergency powers. Eleven emergency decrees are promulgated. Three are designed to improve the economic situation of tradesmen, one is to facilitate
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      BANKER ARRESTED.
      42 26 —Reuter. Alleged Attempt To Deceive Comptroller. New York, Mar. 14. Mr. Joseph Harriman, chairman of the Harriman National Bank, (not Harriman International Incorporated) has been arrested in connection with alleged false entries with intent to deceive the Comptroller of Currency.—Reuter.
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      COMMUNISTS TO BE EXCLUDED.
      280 26 —Reuter. The New Reichstag. REPRESSIVE MEASURES CONTINUE. Berlin, Mar. n, Communists are specifically excepted from the invitations to the constituent sitting of the Reichstag to be held in the Opera House after the formal opening in the garrison church at Potsdam. R u stated in Reichstag
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      BUSINESS AGAIN.
      211 26 .—Reuter. But Certain Restrictions In Force. New York, Mar. 13. Some restriction will continue in force when the big banks reopen. It is believed that this will include the prohibition of paying out gold and gold certificates, the restriction of foreign exchange dealings and the stoppage of abnormal
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      ARMS EMBARGO.
      41 26 .—Reutor. United States Will Press For Action. Washington, Mar. U The United States Government has formed Great Britain that it will VJ 1 for legislation permitting the Preside to declare an arms embargo again*, agnation in the world.— Reutor.
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      HEAVY JAPANESE LOSSES.
      584 27 •e kou.—Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit 1 oh. Hattori Brigade Almost Wiped Out. EMBARGO LIFTED. IT.S.A. to Co-operate With League. Shanghai, Mar. 14. For four days and nights Hsifengkou, one of the main passes through the Great Wall, has been the scene of a bloody
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      ARMS EMBARGO.
      304 27 —Reuter. Abandoned By Great Britain. London, Mar. 13. In the House of Commons tonight Mr. .tnley Baldwin announced that Mr. Ramsay MacDonald and Sir John Simon bad discussed the arms embargo with the representatives of other nations and they now reported that, in their opinion, there was no
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      HANDS LEFT FREE.
      110 27 —Reuter. U.S.A. Not Committed To Action. Washington, Mar. 13. It is indicated unofficially by the State Department that the new Government will continue to co-operate with the League Advisory Committee in the Far Eastern dispute. Later The Government has accepted the invitation to co-operate with the League
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      CHINA PROPER.
      217 27 —Reuter. Invasion May Not Be Necessary. Tokio, Mar. 14. “I do not think so,” wrote the War Minister, Gen. Sadao Araki, replying to a written questionnaire as to whether it appeared necessary to extend operations southward inside the Great Wall, including the Peiping and Tientsin districts. Gen. Araki
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      BRITISH ENGINEERS ARRESTED.
      259 27 ,—Reuter. Charges of Sabotage In Moscow. Moscow, Mar. 14. Two more British engineers have been arrested. All are charged with sabotage aiming at the destruction of electrical stations and undermining the electrical industry. Mr. Monkhouse and Mr. Nordwall, two of the arrested men, have been set 'free
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      BRITAIN INDIGNANT.
      285 27 thing further at present.—British Wireless. sndor a full report of the affair.—Reuter Wireless. Arrest of Engineers In Moscow. Rugby, Mar. 13. Intense indignation has been created here by the news of the arrest in Moscow of the four British subjects, Monkhouse, Thornton, Cushny and Macdonald. The charges are
      thing further at present.—British Wireless.; sndor a full report of the affair.—Reuter Wireless.  -  285 words
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      CHARTERED BANK.
      25 27 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. It. Lord Inchcape has been appointed a director of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China.
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      PLOT TO MURDER HITLER?
      82 27 Reuter. Communist Arrested.. INCREASED ALARM IN FRANCE. Munich, Mar. 13. Count von ArcovaJley, who killed Kurt Eisner, the Bavarian Communist Premier in 1919, has been arrested. It is alleged that he threatened to kill Hitler. London, Mat. 13. The Nazis* penetration of the demilitarised zone, which
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      HAPPY PORTUGAL.
      122 27 ,—Reuter. Trade Depression Not Felt Severely. London, Mar. 9. The Times’ City correspondent, commenting on the report of the AngloPortugucse Colonial Bank, in which it is stated that the general trade depression has not been felt severely in Portugal as in most other countries, Fays that credit for
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      THRILLING FINISH.
      103 27 .—Reuter. Victor Smith’s Attempt Just Fails. Cape Town, Mar. 13. There was a thrilling finish to the third attempt of the South African airman Victor Smith to break the England to Cape Town record. He left Lympne on Friday and was seen within a few hundred miles of
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      NEW AMBASSADORS.
      99 27 Reuter. U.S. Appointments To London and Paris. Washington, Mar. 13. The appointment of Mr. Robert Worth Bingham, the Kentucky newspaper magnate, as Ambassador in London is officially announced. Mr. Jesse Isadora Straus, the New York drygoods merchant, is appointed Ambassador in Paris.— Reuter. Mir. Bingham is 61 years
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      RUBBER RESTRICTION.
      75 27 —Reuter. Another Appeal to D.E.I. Suggested. London, Mar. 18. The Financial Times’ Amsterdam correspondent states that a strong appeal to the Dutch Indian Government to initiate an international scheme of rubber restriction is made in the newspaper Effectenblad, which last year opposed restriction. It is pointed out that
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      BIG VICTORY CONFIRMED.
      390 28 —Reuter. Japan.—Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh. Chinese Success at Great Wall Pass. 7,000 KILLED. U.S.A. Joins League Committee. Tokio, Mar. 16. The report that the Japanese have landed at Taku to prepare for an attack on Tientsin is officially denied. If disturbances have broken
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      HELP FROM U.S.A.
      132 28 —Reuter. Advisory Commission On Far East. Washington, Mar. 14. Mr. Hugh Wilson, the American Minister to Switzerland, has been appointed to represent the United States Government on the League Advisory Committee on the Sino-Japanese controversy. As anticipated, the announcement makes it clear that the United States Government
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      ARMS FOR THE EAST.
      70 28 v«»v 1 —Reuter. Russian Steamer Wrecked In Black Sea. rru rw 1 m London, Mar. 15. The Daily Telegraph’s Constantinople correspondent states that munitions bound for t :e bar East are carried in the Russian steamer Kharkov, which is ashore in the R!ack Sea, near the
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      BANK PRECAUTIONS IN U.S.A.
      321 28 —Reuter. —Reuter Wireless. Position in Detroit. DECISION TO APPOINT CONSERVATORS. Washington, Mar. 14. The appointment of conservators for the First National Bank of Detroit and the Guardian National Bank of Commerce, Detroit, under the new conservation law is announced by the Treasury. In this connection a
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      LENA GOLDFIELDS.
      122 28 in the award, namely, £12,965,000.—British Wireless. No Payment from Soviet Government. Rugby, Mar. 13. Mr. Baldwin, replying for the Foreign Secretary in a written answer in the House of Commons, gives details of the negotiations by which the Government has endeavoured to secure payment from the Soviet Government
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      THEATRE FIRE.
      36 28 —Reuter. Fifty Casualties In Mexico. 4 Mexico City, Mar. 14. here are 32 dead and 18 missing and -0 were injured through fire in a theatre at Ahualulco, Jalisco, due to a short circuit.—Reuter.
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      “NATIONAL DEFENCE.”
      76 28 New Situation In The Far East. Geneva, Mar. 8. The Japanese delegation to the Disarmament Conference has informed Mr. Henderson of the Japanese Government’s intention to continue participation in the conference, but as it considers it indispensable to carry out important modifications in the national defence of the
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      FRENCH PROTEST TO GERMANY.
      216 28 —Reuter. Storm Troops. INFRINGING PEACE TREATY. Berlin, Mar. 14. The French Ambassador, M. Francois Poncet, called on Baron von Neurath and formally protested against the infringement of the peace treaty by thq Nazi storm troops’ entry into Kiel. Sir Horace Rumbold, the British Ambassador, had a
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      GRAVE DANGER.
      85 28 .—Reuter Wireless. Pope’s View of World Situation. Rome, Mar. 12.. A grave view of the world situation was taken by the Pope at a secret consistory appointing six new cardinals. He deplored the exaggerated nationalism and fratricidal strife prevalent today and the fact that the enemies of political,
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      HOLLYWOOD STRIKE.
      78 28 —Reuter Wireless. Film Workers Oppose Salary Cuts. Hollywood, Mar. 12. A strike of 15,000 film workers is threatened. Following the announcement that employees of three large film concerns had accepted cuts ranging from 50 to 25 per cent, in consequence of the financial crisis, employees belonging to the
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      “GRAND SENOUSSI.”
      66 28 —Reuter Wireless. Death Of Man Who Invaded Egypt. Cairo, Mar. 13. The death is announced from Mecca of Ahmed Sherif El-Senoussi, known as the grand Senoussi, who, urged by Turkish and German intrigues, invaded Egypt in November, 1915, with a mixed force of 30,000 men, comprising men of
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      BEER IN U.S.A.
      57 28 —Reuter Wireless. President’s Surprise Message To Congress. Washington, Mar. 13. A surprise message to Congress by President Roosevelt recommends the immediate legislation of the sale of beer and other beverages with such alcoholic content as is permissible under the constitution and so provide by substantial taxes proper
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      CONFERENCE IN DANGER.
      257 28 —Reuter Wireless. Gloomy Outlook For Disarmament. EUROPE’S PLIGHT. Degenerating Before Our Eyes.” Geneva, Mar. 14. Following intensive conversations Mr Ramsay MacDonald is now pondering the details of a definite disarmament con vent ion as wide, complete and concrete as possible. The British spokesman declared that adjournment would
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      DANGER OF DANZIG QUESTION.
      302 28 men on the Westerplatte.—Reuter Wireless. —Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Difficult Issue At Geneva. Geneva, Mar. 11. “The sparks of Danzig will easily start another war conflagration,” said Dr. Ziehm, President of the Danzig Senate, who has come to Geneva in connection with the dispute with Poland over the Westerplatte.
      men on the Westerplatte.—Reuter Wireless.; —Aneta-Trans-Ocean.  -  302 words
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  • Sporting News.
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      JAPANESE DAVIS CUP PLAYERS.
      469 29 Exhibition Games in Spite Of Rain. In spile of the rain the Japanese Davis Cup players did manage to get in a little tennis on Mar. 9, playing on a private court neai Alkali' Gardens, but the games were 'far from serious, the wet surface of
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      SELANGOR FOOTBALL OFFICIALS.
      141 29 Changes Made at S.F.A. Meeting. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 8. Officials for the coming year were Weeted at the annual meeting of the Selangor Football Association yesterday. The appointments were made as follows;—President Mr. C. G. Sollis; vicepresident, Mr. D. Richards; hon. secre’ary, Mr.
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      SELANGOR SPRING MEETING.
      742 29 Marred by Rain. RUNAWAY VICTORY FOR| ALOR STAR. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar.ll. The opening day of the Selangor Turf Club Spring meeting was somewhat spoilt by rain, and the attendance was very small. The going was soft, and consequently times were slow. There were
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      IRELAND BEAT WALES.
      243 29 —Reuter. Principality’s Defence Unsound. Belfast, Mar. 12. Ireland 10 pts. Wales 5 pts. There was a crowd of 30,000 spectators to see Ireland beat Wales by 10 pts. to 5 in the international Rugby Championship. Barnes after a fine passing movement opened the scoring with p. try
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      BOXING AT MALACCA.
      142 29 One Fight Finishes In Fifty Seconds. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Mar. 13. After a lapse of nearly three years interest boxing in Malacca was definitely revived on Sunday last when a very interesting programme was staged at the Malacca City Park. Between 4,000 and 5,000 spectators
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      JAMES’ BRILLIANT EFFORT.
      613 29 —FUut©r. Saves the Arsenal. TOTTENHAM FIGHTING FOR PROMOTION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Upndon, Mar. 11. Fifty-ono thousand spectators saw a brilliant exhibition of football at White Hart Lane today when Tottenham entertained Millwall and won by the odd goal in three, thus securing first place in the
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      MALAYAN CRICKET NOTES.
      1306 30 Mohamed Shah’s Century. NONDESCRIPTS WIN AGAIN. (By Our Cricket Correspondent.) Singapore cricketers cinnot Ik* blamed for grousing against the continuous bad weather which again held up play on almost nearly every ground last week-end. The Nondescripts were aide to got through their Sunday engagements against the Khalsa
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      PENANG BEATEN.
      232 30 Perak C.C.’s Successful Visit. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar. 13. The Penang Cricket Club suffered its first defeat of the season yesterday by the Perak Club from Taiping. The Penang Cricket Club was not at full strength but there were several first team men playing. The visitors
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      INTER-CLUB GOLF MATCH.
      247 30 Sepoy Lines G.C. Beats Island Club. The following were the scores in the match between the Sepoy Lines Golf Club and the Island Club on the former’s course on Sunday which was won by the home Club by 8*4 pts. to fi. Details (Sepoy Lines players mentioned
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      HOOD RETAINS HIS TITLE.
      117 30 Stoker Reynolds Out In Ninth Round. Birmingham, Mar. 13. Stoker Reynolds (Portsmouth) was knocked out by Jack Hood (holder) in the ninth round of a contest scheduled for 15 rounds for the welterweight championship of Great Britain here today.— Reuter. Reynolds has had a brilliant career,
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      LATEST BETTING.
      162 30 —Reuter. I Grand National And Lincolnshire. I London, Mar. 11. The call-over tonight for the Lincolnshire Handicap (to be run at Lincoln on Mar. 22) and the Grand National (at Aintree, Liverpool, on Mar. 24) was as follows: Lincolnshire H’Cap. ALLUVIAL, 19 to 2 offered 10 to 1
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      WILTSHIRES BEAT CHINESE.
      786 30 Charity Match. F ARMER SCORES DIRECT FROM A CORNER. WUt shires ..3; Chinese 9 Although the Wiltshire* beat YiT Chinese in the charity match at the Road Stadium on Friday it could n<>|t claimed that they asserted complete lra tery for the Chinese lived up to their!!’
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      KEEN FINISHES IN R.S.Y.C. EVENTS.
      938 31 Tarbet’s Two Firsts. MERLIN WINS WINSTEDT TROPHY. In spite of a bad start to the week-end, ladies’ race having to be postponed ,,n account of rain, ar.d the prospects early on Sunday morning being poor, the clerk of the weather relented, and just before ten
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      M.C.C.’s RECORD IN AUSTRALIA.
      403 31 —Reuter. Last Match Drawn. TOURISTS’ BOWLERS DEFIED. Adelaide, Mar. 14. Needing 478 runs to win in their match with the M.C.C. tourists when play was resumed today, South Australia managed to avert defeat by scoring 313 for the lost of eight wickets, and the game \*as
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      BOXER’S PLUCK.
      53 31 (From Our Own Correspondent). London, Mar. 11. Lieut. Sarsby, a territorial, fought one round with a broken jaw in the Army championships, later collapsing. Lieut. Powell of the Welch Fusiliers knocked down his heavier opponent eight times in nine seconds with rights to the face before the referee
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      BRADMAN AND LEG THEORY.
      341 31 May Kill AH Cricket.” CONSIDERING LEAGUE OFFER. Sydney, Mar. 7. Don Bradman is re-considering an offer made by the Lancashire Cricket League on the expiry of his Australian contracts in February, 1934. He stated in a letter that he was unable to yet accept the offer
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      SIAM FOOTBALL.
      55 31 Sensational Sequel To R.A.F. Visit. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Mar. 14. Following upon the suspensions of players for failing to play against the R.A.F. team recently, several members of the Siam Football Association Committee have resigned with the result that all games in the Senior Cup competition
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      MALAY’S CENTURY.
      306 31 A splendid innings of 108 by Mohd. Shah was the feature of a cricket match on Sunday on the Rangoon Road School ground between the Minlc Cricket Un on and the Sime Darby Sprits Club, which resulted in a draw. Shah also bowled well, taking in all ten
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      LOCAL CONTROVERSY CLEARED UP.
      376 31 S.C.C.’s Right to Enclose Football Pitch. The policy of the S.C.C. of enclosing the Padang football pitch and charging an entrance fee to the general public has been the subject of some controversy among a certain section. Three main questions arise, and as a result of
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      SCOTTISH CUP REPLAYS.
      138 31 —Reuter. Draw for Semi-Final Round. London, Mar. 8. The draw for the semi-final round of the Scottish Cup competition, which is to be played on Mar. 18, resulted as follows Motherwell vs. Clyde (at Ibrox Park). Celtic vs. Hearts (at Hampden Park). The replays in the fourth
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      S.G.C. LADIES’ MIXED FOURSOMES.
      851 32 Competition Completed At Bukit Timah. The following are the results of the ladies’ mixed foursomes competition at the S njrapore Golf Club which ended in a win for Mrs. W. H. Day and Mrs. Gibson first round. Mrs. Elder and Mrs. Wilson beat Mrs. Atkin-Berr” and
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      PULAU BRANI START WITH A WIN.
      350 32 S.R.C. Defeated. ISLANDERS’ USEFUL SIDE. P. Brani 2; S.R C. 1. Pulau Brani had the upper hand of the S.R.C. practically throughout the game when both teams met in a First Division football match at the Anson Road Stadium on Tuesday. Combining much more
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      LEAGUE TABLES.
      976 32 Close Struggle For Leadership. The positions of lean's in the English mil Scottish Leagues after Saturday s matches are rs follows: First Division. p. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. i Arsenal 33 20 0 95 46 47 Sheffield Wed. 19 7 6 67 46 44 Aston Villa
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      HOME FOOTBALL.
      39 32 —Reuter. West Ham Narrowly Beaten At Oldham. London, Mar. 13. *results of matches played today in the Kngrlish League are as follows: Second Division. Oldham Ath...3. West Ham Utd...2. Third Division (Southern). Luton Town...l. Bristol R.. 1
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      CLIFFORD CUP GOLF AT K. LUMPUR.
      407 32 Good Scores in Qualifying Round. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar 13. Some excellent scores were seen in th qualifying round for the Clifford Cun J the Selangor Golf Club’s course on Sat? unlay. u W. H. Elkins was oirt and home in
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      HAMPSHIRE WINS CHAMPIONSHIP.
      115 32 Lancashire Outplayed At Bournemouth. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bournemouth, Mar. 11Playing in their second final of the County championship series Hampshire defeated Lancashire here today by 1“ pts. to 7. There were about 10,000 present, and they were treated to a brilliant display of Rugby. The winners’
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      CLUB GAMES.
      53 32 —Reuter. Blackheath’s Success At Bradford. London, M"ar. 11Results of other matches as cabled by Reuter were as follows. Bradford 8 Blackheath Coventry 6 Royal Air Force Cloucogter 17 Bath jj Harlequins 27 O.M.T. 21 Leicester 3 Northampton "g London Scottish 6 United Services Lerysians 3 Richmond g Plymouth
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  • The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT
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      RUBBER SITUATION.
      71 1 Singapore Official Quotations. Quotations Forward Contracts Spot Seller Prices d. 3 1 Date L’don S’pore Mar. Apr. May Af» q 2 3/32 6 3/16 6 Vie 6 3/16 6V4 ii> 2 3/32 6 3/16 6Vj 6 5/16 2‘v 6*4 6Vfe 6 5/16 6 7/16 01* 6 5/16 6*1
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      21 1 M, ir i* Tin. S’pore Prices ?/5.7r> per picul. id 76.37% J, i 76.00 14 76.87% J- 76.37%
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      THE SINGAPORE AUCTION.
      119 1 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,113th auction on Mar. 15, when there was catalogued 1 ill 20* lb or 643.40 tons; offered 1.350,1.1 !i or 602 tons; sold 1.168.319 lb. or 321.67 ton Spot. London New York ctsprices realised. Kihhed Smoked Sheet Cents
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      MALAYAN TIN STATISTICS.
      174 1 Domestic pioduetion, as represented by exports from Federated Malay States, Unfederated Malay States, and Straits Settlements of tin and tin-in-ore at 72 p c. during the month of February, 1933. Tons. Tons. Federated Malay States 2,154 Unfederated Malay States >Johorc 8 Kedah 20 Perlis 15 Kelantan nil
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      BALAU PLANTING SYNDICATE.
      536 1 Small Margin on The Right Side. The directors of the Bahai Planting Syndicate, Ltd., report that the year’s working shows a margin on the right side of $110.42. Deducting this from the balance brought foiward from 1931 ($10,030.40) there is left a debit balance in protit and
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      PALM OIL.
      83 1 Guthrie and Go’s, report, dated Mar. 9 states: The latest buyers’ prices, received by cable this morning, for Malayan palm oil and palm kernels are: Palm Oil In Bulk: c.i.f. landed we ghts Liverpool-Holland Hamburg £l4-5 per ton. Palm Oil In Barrels: c i t. landed weigh 4
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      BANK OF MALAYA.
      464 1 Meeting of Creditors And Debtors. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Mar. 12. The Bank of Malaya, Ipoh, suspended payment in May, 1932, and at a meeting held in the same month it was decided to go into voluntary liquidation and a number of liquidators were appointed to
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      TIN QUOTA.
      165 1 Chinese Miners’ Views On Restriction. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Mar. 12. The Kam Beng Quota Pool, comprising 57 Chinese-owned mines, with a total assessment of 82,000 picul per year, which is grouped under the rules provided in the enactment, met with Mr. C. E. Cumming, their spokesman,
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      SHARE MARKET.
      640 1 Fraser and Co.’s Weekly Report. Fraser and Co.’s report, dated Mar. 15, states: After a week’s closure the American hanks have re-opened under certain restrictions, and rather contrary to general expectation the opening quotation for the Gold Dollar showed a small appreciated over the last price published before
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      RUBBER LOSS.
      26 1 (From Our Own Correspondent). London, Mar. 11. Seremban Rubber Estates, Ltd, announce a loss for 1932 of £3,346, against £2,965 for the previous year.
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      RUBBER ASSOCIATION MEETING.
      1430 2 Chairman and Shipping. EXPORTERS PAYING FOR REDUNDANT TONNAGE. The hardy annuals, restriction and shipping freights, were commented upon by the chairman (Mr. H. Bowrey) of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association during the course of his address at the annual meeting on Tuesday in the Exchange
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      LOSS REPORTED IN BRICK TRADE.
      725 2 Alexandra Brickworks. GREATLY REDUCED SALES AT ALL CENTRES. The annual general meeting of Alexandra Brickworks Ltd. was held at the registered office of the company, Borneo Motors Building, on Tue.-aay with Mr. T.C. Maritine in the chair. (Others present were Mr. H. 0. Maas, Mr.
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      BETTER OFF WITHOUT CONTROL ?
      300 2 BETTER OFF WITHOUT CONTROL Detailed Answer to “a Chinese Miner.” Some days ago a correspondent wkn signed himself “A Chinese Miner” W JL to the Times of Malaya to sa v that k! would be better off if he could sell ki? full output at $25 a picul than he
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      RUBBER PROFIT.
      106 2 And Some More losses. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 14. Taiping Rubber Plantations, Ltd., announce a profit on the past year’s working of £206, as compa/ed with £705 profit during the previous year. A balance of £21,436 is carried forward. The Bukit Cloh Rubber Co., Ltd., announces
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      SIAM ELECTRICITY.
      92 2 The sixth balance sheet of the Siam Electric Corporation, Ltd., has issued. The net profit for 1932 was 1,968,189. the balance brought forwara from 1931, Tes. 1,064,154, rnakmfr a total of Tcs. 3,032,344 available for disP °The directors propose to distribute this as follows: Five per cent, to
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      PINEAPPLES.
      61 2 During the week ending Mar. 4, e. P of tinned pineapples from Malayan P amounted to 52,512 cases, of which cases were to the United Kingdom, cases to the Continent of Europe, i** cases to Canada and 1,675 cases elM'\ Total exports for the period, Jan e Mar. 4
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      MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS.
      226 3 ACREAGES OF TAPPABLE RUBBER OUT OF 100 ACRES AND OVER, FOR THE MONTH A tIm5su* E tat have entirely E.Utes which have partly SmkI.I ceased Upping. ceased tapping end 1932 creage PercenUge ot Acreage Percentage of TotaL Percentage of (1) (3) to (2> (6) to (2) (8)
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      MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS.
      222 3 MONTHLY RETURN OF DEALERS AND PORT STOCKS, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS FEBRUARY 2K 1933, IN TONS, AS DECLARED. rtonUAKY ZH, A. DEALERS’ STOCKS. DRY CREPE. WET TOTAL. R.S.S. U.S.S. Estate Remill WET Scrap DRY DRY rabbt/as ARVA P LUI “5 WET 4 e.timaUd AREA Bark
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      RUBBER PRODUCTION IN D.E.I.
      232 3 Decreases by Over 12,000 Tons. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Mar. 10. According to the Medan Chamber of Commerce there has been a big increase in the tapped acreage in Java which is murch larger than that reported in the outer possession of the D.E.I. At
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      RUBBER REPORT.
      258 3 Guthrie and Co., Ltd.’s weekly report, dated Mar. 9, states: After several weeks of dullness the market has been more interesting in that there has been mitd excitement and small fluctuations. While prices show little difference as compared with last week’s quotations, business has been done during the
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      TIN RETURNS.
      179 3 (The figures in brackets denote the output of the corresponding period of last year.) Fong Fatt (Sungei Besi). —288 pels. Pahang Consolidated. —1,316 pels., (2,095 pels). Ipoh Tin Dredging.--927 pels., (415 pels.) Asam KumLang.—Hrs. run 355, cu. yds. treated 61,000, total pels 761.65, net value $34,922.87. Pungah.—Hrs. run
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      TIN DIVIDEND.
      28 3 Tha directors of K'ang River Tin Dredging Co., Ltd., have declared a dividend of 5 per cent of profits earned, pay able on March 31, 1933.
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    • Correspondence.
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        “BOGEY! BOGEY !”
        135 3 “BOGEY! BOGEY To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Many have missed your Danielesque daily inset:—“MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHAHSIN or 44 ONLY NINETY-NINE TO NOUGHT DAYS!" —so to say. It is therefore with feelings of both joy and relief that many of your readers find you routing so completely 44
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        STRAITS TRADERS.
        130 3 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Within the last two months Straits Traders have been made into a speculative counter, due to statements which, unfortunately, have not been checked or contradicted. Straits Traders, as a share, have been recognised as a gilt-edged stock, paying a regular
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        TEMENGOR TIN.
        96 3 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Inquiries in London as to the position of Temengor Tin Mining Co* Ltd., elicited the information that the secretaries and directors had resigned. A lot of local capital was invested in this mine and I suggest that the agency house,
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      RUBBER RETURNS.
      169 3 (The figures in brackets denote the oat* put of the corresponding period of laat year). Ayer M01ek.—12,712 lb. Brunei. —34,800 lb. Bukit Jelotong.—l3,27o lb. 8a1au.—45,000 lb. Bukit Keledek 40,500 lb Bukit Kepong.—2B,B7o lb. Buloh Kasap.—sB,ooo lb. Bruseh.—39,2oo lb., (40,100 lb). Brooklands.—llo,ooo lb. Batu Sablas. —42.000 lb Bertam Consolidated.—2lB,42o
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      817 4 Fraser And Co’s Quotations. Singapore, Mar. 15. Mining. Issue Val. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. £i £1 Asarn Kumbang 23/9 24/9 cd. £1 £1 Austral Malay 18/- 20/-nom. 9/-6/- Ayer Hitam Tin 10/3 10/9 £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 11/- 11/1 1 Batang Palang 0.06 0.074 1 1 Batu Caves
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      Trade and Finance.
      244 4 EXCHANGE RATES. Singapore, Mar. 15. SELLING. London, 4 months’ sight 2/3 27/82 London, 8 months’ sight 2/8 18/16 London, 60 days’ sight 2/3 25/32 London, 86 days’ sight 2/3 3 4 London, demand 2/8 23/82 London, T.T. 1/8 11/16 Lyons and Paris, demand 990 Hamburg, demand 163
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      HOME AND AMERICAN STOCKS.
      232 4 Closing Quotations In London. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 14. Closing quotations today of the principal Britfsh stocks are below The rise or fall is in relation to the price of Mar. 9. GOVERNMENT STOCKS. BRITISH. Risa or Fall Conversion Loan 5% 117% -f% Funding
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    • RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
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        LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES FEB. 21.
        599 4 Abaco (£1) Vi; Allagar (2/) /6; Amherst (2/) /3; Anglo-Malay (£1) 6/0; Ayer kuning (£1) 12/; Bagan Serai (£1) 6/16; Bahru (Sell.) (2/) 1/; Bantcng (£L) 8/9; Bat’ng Cns. (2/) /3; Batu Caves (£1) 5/; B. Tiga (£1) 8/14; Bckoh (2/) /3; B'nnng (2/) /44;
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        SINGAPORE DOLLAR SHARE PRICES MAR. 15.
        703 4 Capital Issue Closing Price* Paid Up Value Dividends Fraser Lyall Company A Co. Evatt. 454.175 1 Nil for year 29-2-32 AUer.by 0.45 0.46 0.M 216 779 1 Nil for year 30-9-32 Alor Gajah ($1) 0.25 0.35 0JO 0 4S 439,125 1 Nil for year
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