The Straits Budget, 8 March 1934

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    29 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.I No. 3,968 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1934. Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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    CONTENTS.
    329 1 [XAL'LKS— I wno Wants Control? 3 The War Scare The Law of Libel 3-4 The Sugar Tax Help tor British Shipping 4-5 Wang Tao Occasional Notes **-7 Pictures— j Colours tor Perak V.F. 17 The Women’s Races 18 The Blindfold Race 1® I Mrs Wilton and Miss J. Sewell
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    LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
    976 1 Mr. C. P. Thane, manager of Sungel y*;Ui Estate, Nilai. has left for ust ralia on eight months’ furlough, fy ls accompanied by Mrs. Thane, r r A S. Woodroffe. of Sungel Salak j Slllau, Is acting for him during ls absence and Mr. H. P Pilkington.
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    TEACHING CHILDREN MUSIC.
    514 1 Singapore Orchestral Concert. A children's orchestra, organised by Mr. E. A. Brown gave a successful concert on Friday afternoon at the Memorial Hall. The concert proved beyond doubt that talent is not lacking in Singapore for a first rate children’s orchestra. Thirteen young violinists took part. They
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    ALLEGED PLOT TO MURDER.
    1051 2 Assize Trial Continues. WITNE SS’ STOllY OF MONEY OFFER. Aii allegation that an oiler of $700 In cash and a permanent Job at 545 a month *as made to procure the Killing o< Fazal Shah, the victim of the market murder, was made by a witness,
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    DATO ISMAIL.
    212 2 Distinguished Career In Johore. Dato Ismail bin Bachok, the former State Secretary, Johore, who died on Saturday, took a leading part in the signing of the Treaty of Pahang in 1887. Dato IsmaiL accompanied the Dato Mentri Besar to Pahang as his secretary on the occasion of this
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    CUSTOMS CHARGE.
    178 2 Allegation Against Kuala Lumpur Firm. <FTom Our Own Correspondent. > Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 3. Much Interest is being taken in piece goods circles in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore in the prosecution of Gian Singh and Company, one of the leading Firms engaged in this trade in the FM.S.
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    GARRISON OFFICERS.
    187 2 Recent Arrivals And Departures. The undermentioned officers have been taken on the strength of the command with effect from dates as shewn: Lieut. J. P. Fullarton. R.A., disembarked from H.M.S. Adventure ex Malta: Captain G. A. Fenton. R.A., disembarked from H T. Neuralia ex Shanghai. The undermentioned officers
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    POLITICAL RAIDS.
    139 2 45 Alleged Extremists Arrested. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan. Mar. 3. The Java newspapers contain extensive reports of large-scale police action against political extremists in Netherlands India. It is reported that in a series of raids on 45 houses in Batavia, BandoSourabaya. all the leaders of the Pendidikan
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    WOH HUP SECURES PRISON CONTRACT.
    160 2 Chop Woh Hup is the SUccpuf tenderer for the contract tc 111 Singapore’s new $2,000,000 prison This contract is one of the L put up for public tender or est years, and compel to secure u? been very keen. A number of European firms, tender
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    STUDYING FAR EAST.
    122 2 Three Daily Mail Men In Singapore. Three important London Daily Mail men arrived in Singapore by Imperial Airways on Tuesday. They are the Hon. E. C. Harmsworth. chairman of the board. Sir Percival Phillips, special correspondent, and Mr. A. M. Crawley, the former Kent and Oxford cricketer
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    LEAVING SIAM.
    95 2 Mr. C. J. F. Dormer Appointed To Oslo. (From Our Own Correspondent.* Bangkok. Mar. 3. The British Minister (Mr. C. F. J Dermer) has been appointed to Oslo The British community in Siam greatly regrets his departure, tor during his five years as Minister ho has identified himself
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    SIR CECIL CLEMENTI.
    42 2 The Straits Times understands that Sir Cecil Clementi, Lady Clement! and the Misses Clementi, who left Mala> 1 by the Ranpura have left the steam* 1 and Joined the K.L.M. aeroplane m Cairo on Wednesday and flying on London.
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      59 2 Late on Wednesday it was re. vealed that Woh Hup s tender u»« $1,278,000. M The time stipulated for the completion of the work is 20 months It is understood that the lowest tender was submitted by a Euro, pean firm but was not accepted owing to a conditional clause
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      WHO WANTS CONTROL?
      859 3 —Straits Times. Mar. 1. r ur lS sue ol Feb. 16 we publ'sbe-l 'eiter under the hiding Rubber Ointrui A Malayan Owner Who Wan's It" Tlle slgnatUre on ,hat was A.L.O. Stubbing. Tapah. w havt > now received a letter irom who desires to remain anonyCToas challenging
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      THE WAR SCARE.
      973 3 —Straits Tlm»s Mar 2- So general is the fear in Malaya at the present time that war in the Pacific is inevitable sooner or later, and that this country will be deeply and perilously involved in that war. that calm and clear-eyed study of the future is
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      THE LAW OF LIBEL.
      899 3 Straits Times. Mar 3. A great deal of discussion was aroused some months ago by a verdict delivered at Home in an action for libel brought by insurance company against a firm of newsagents. Briefly, the Jury’s decision was that the newsagents as distributors of the
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      THE SUGAR TAX.
      1019 4 —Straits Times, Mar. 5. It is not usual to invite public attention to the affairs of an individual company time after time, but the i treatment which Nipah Distilleries of 1 Malaya Ltd. is receiving from the Federated Malay States Government is so remarkable, so difficult to
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      HELP FOR BRITISH SHIPPING.
      819 4 —Straits Times, Mar. 6. An Important development took place In the International shipping struggle when the British Govem m insisting upon a merger of Atlantic services of the Cunard the White Star steamship as a condition, decided to financial help for the complete the much-discussed Cunarder
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      WANG TAO.
      764 5 Straits Times. Mar. 7. Wang Tao is the doctrine upon which the new State of Manchukuo is being built up. according to those who have been put in authority by the Japanese. In brief. Wang Tao is a politico-moral code based on humanitarianism and unselfishness. Under the system
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  • OCCASIONAL NOTES
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      SOMETHING CONSTRUCTIVE.
      200 5 .—Straits Times, Mar. 1. v In the tumult of argument which has arisen over the education policy! favoured by Sir Cecil Clement! there has been much heat, a vast amount oi condemnation, but extraordinarily few attempts at constructive suggestion. For that reason the resolution passed at a meeting
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      THE CIVIC HANSARD.
      205 5 THE CIVIC HANSARD —Straits Times, Mar. 1. About six years ago the Singapore Municipal Commissioners began to obtain and preserve verbatim shorthand reports of their monthly meetings, and those reports now constitute a most valuable source of reference for anyone interested in municipal affairs and in the history of Singapore.
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      PETROL POLITICS.
      211 5 —Straits Times, Mar. 1. The existence of a price-fixing agreement between the Royal Dutch ind Standard Oil interests in Malaya has never been officially admitted, so far as we know, and perusal of an otherwise revealing autobiography recently published by Sir Henri Detcrciing shows that Sir Henri has
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      THE PENANG TRAGEDY.
      110 5 deemed necessary.—Straits Times, Mar. 2. The Penang rubber store tire in which six persons lost their lives will doubtless be the subject of an inquest and the danger of people sleeping at the back of stored rubber accorded the fullest publicity. Meanwhile. the tragedy raises the question
      deemed necessary.—Straits Times, Mar. 2.  -  110 words
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      MALAYANISATION ?
      233 5 MALAYANISATION -Straits Times, Mar. A correspondent has sent to us letters relating to what he describes as an example of Malayanisation.” It appears that considerably over a year ago, he was transferred from one part of the F.M.S. to Trengganu. He took with him a second-hand car of British manufacture,
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      HAVE YOU HEARD THESE?
      291 5 —Straits Times. Mar. A. An American newspaper has complied a list ol phrases which achieved nation-wide publicity during 193:5 These phrases were on every American’s lips and in the course ol the year some of them spread all over the world. Here is the list, now
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      CANADA AND MALAYA.
      162 6 CANADA AND MALAYA by the Canadian Pacific.—Straits Times. Mar. 3. Elsewhere in this issue we print a letter which appeared originally in a newspaper published at Victoria B.C. The writer Mr. A. W. Hamilton will be remembered by a great number of people in Malaya and he has certainly done
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      “PERFECTRY EOIUEMENT.”
      104 6 —Straits Times, Mar. 3. “This cider was awarded many kinds of medals in all domestic industrial exhibition and competitive exhleitlon with it sexellent of oualityand perfectry eouiement in factory.” That is the manufacturer’s own recommendation on a bottle of Japanese cider selling in the Straits. Is this ignorance
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      “BUT ME NO BUTS”
      117 6 and V.A.’s in general!—Straits Times. Mar. 3. Planters are wont to regard the super-planter known as the “V.A.’ with mixed feelings, but we feel that the insinuation made against this worthy class of men by an upcountry contemporary ts decidedly "over the odds." Says tills newspaper
      and V.A.’s in general!—Straits Times. Mar. 3.  -  117 words
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      PENANG’S MONSTER.
      123 6 PENANG’S MONSTER monster there. Otherwise. .—Straits Times. Mar. 3. The monster which is supposed to have been seen off Pulau Rimau. near i Penang, is said to have been routing about in the mud of the sea bottom land to have had mud on its jaws, rather like a gargantuan
      monster there. Otherwise. . .—Straits Times. Mar. 3.  -  123 words
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      CARS FOR CLERKS.
      240 6 —Straits Times. Mar. 5. How heavily motor taxation is hitting the less well-to-do ear owner in Malaya is well demonstrated by a Malay Mail correspondent. Writing of the class of owner who in increasing numbers in recent years has been buying cheap second-hand cars, and is able
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      TUXEDOS IN THE ULU.
      356 6 Straits Times. Mar. 5. Speculation has been in progress in the Wanderer’s corner of the Sunday Times as to whether there ever really was an English empire-builder who dressed every night for dinner in his lonely shanty in the jungle, or whether this was merely an
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      PERILS OF THE ARCADE.
      272 6 Straits Times. Mar. 5. Singapore brokers are annoyed. They are not exactly seething with rage, but their feelings nave been hurt, and if you were in the Arcade this morning no doubt you were struck by the unusual number of gloomy countenances that were to be
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      TIN STOCKS.
      183 6 TIN STOCKS him of a valuable asset.—Straits Times Mar. 6. There will be little surprise at the decision of the International Tin Com- mittee not to recommend a chane output quota lrom April 1. m vl 01 the disappointing rate of consumri,' 1 since the turn of the year. Neverth"
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      AN UNEASY PILLOW.
      137 6 AN UNEASY PILLOW any circumstances.—Straits Times Mar. 6. It is difficult to understand the mental outlook of people who choose a railway line as a sleeping place. Y<n such a choice was responsible for the less of a human life in Malaya las; week, and such occurrences are said to
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      THE STRIKE WEAPON.
      162 6 so-called leaders of labour. Strait Times. Mar. 6. Recently tailors in Kuala Lumpur struck work for improved condrrno oi labour. The strike was ended uv a compromise whereunder the workmen secured considerable advantage Nov tailors at Seremban have ceased work Is this to be taken as an
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      PENANG’S BUG.
      242 6 I licate of good character.—Straits Times. Mar. 6. The copra bug is an inoffensive i :lt fellow. He neither bites nor stings and he has secured an honourable acquittal on the charge of constitutin' a menace to public health as a diseas carrier. His very status in m
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      MILLIONS GOING BEGGING!
      182 7 ol the easiness of credit.—Straits Times, Mar. 7. a plethora of capital usually indi- cates stagnant trading conditions. But the contrary is the case in connecI tion with the $15,000,000 shortly to be disbursed by the Colonial Treasury by the redemption ot the Victory Loan. I Such
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      PERAK WAR MEDAL.
      311 7 an unclothed, seated warrior.—Straits Times. Mar. 7. We have received further assistance irom readers with regard to the history UI the decoration awarded after the Perak War of 1875-76. Lieut.-Col. F. Mills, writing irom North Wales, tells us that the 10th Foot (the Lincolnshire Regiment > is
      an unclothed, seated warrior.—Straits Times. Mar. 7.  -  311 words
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      MR. HAYNES’ FIGURES.
      180 7 Straits Times. Mar. 7. Some days ago a scare was caused in Singapore by a Reuter cable which suggested that the Chinese population of the Cclony was so large as to give cause for anxiety having regard to its unassimil&ble nature, and the comparative figures of the
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    COLONIAL APPOINTMENTS
    37 7 The following Colonial Service appointments are notified Mr. H. D. Meads to be personal assistant to the Director of Agriculture. Straits Settlements. Mr. F. G. Aplin to be Senior Superintendent. Trade and Customs Department. F.M.S.
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    BIRTH.
    19 7 BES6EM.— At the Cairnholm Private Hospital on Mar. 1. 1984 to Bertie, wife of N Bessem, a son.
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    MARRIAGE
    21 7 GAAST— GODFREY. The marriage took place on Feb. 28. 1934, of TJtetse van der Gaast and A vice Eileen Godfrey
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    PENANG FIRE VICTIMS’ FUNERAL.
    271 7 Mystery Of a Telephone Call. From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar 2. Some criticism has arisen in Penang regarding the time at which the fire brigade was called to the fire which broke out in Church Street on Wednesday morning. The official time recorded in the
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    STRANGE ACT.
    158 7 Schoolboy Remanded For Observation. A 21-year-old school boy. Neo Chye Syc. was remanded in the police court for medical observation on Friday when he appeared before Mr. R. J. F. Curtis on a charge of -theft of a motor car. A ’CUsj:! made no reply to the charge,
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    THRIFT FOR MALAYS.
    98 7 European Society Adopted As Model. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 5 Malay officers of the administrative service and the Malayan Civil Service with headquarters at Kuala Lumpur have decided to form a society similar to that of the Senior European Officers Co-operative Credit and Investment
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    NOTES FROM THE HIGHLANDS.
    420 7 Sakai Women .loin In A Manhunt New Bungalow* The Malaria Trouble —Series Of Landslide*. From Our Own Correspondent.* Mr. Eckhart. Comptroller to th* Household of His Highness the Suliaa ot Perak, is here on a general visit to inspect the Sultan's newly erected bungalow at Bintang
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    $15,000,000.
    131 7 Redemption Of The Victory Loan. Over $15,000,000 will be available ior j l.ivestmen in this country in a few months through the redemption of tbe 1 bonds issued under the 5 per cent. S S land F.M.S. Victory Loan (1920-34). The bonds, it is notified, will be r j
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      87 7 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 United Kingdom and foreign countries is $48 a year. The post free price of
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    60 7 DEATHS CHOA —On Wednesday, Feb. 28 at 4.20 pan. Mrs. Choa Giang Thye pasted away at her residence No. 37 KilUney Road at the age of 70 years. CIIAN.—Chan Kim Hong Neo, the beloved wife of Mr. Cheang Jim Chuan. passed away peacefully at her residence “Riviera,'’ 112 Pasir Panjang
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    LAW AND FOREIGN BILLS OF EXCHANGE.
    1280 8 Important Ruling Regarding Stamping. The lull text ol the important judg ment regarding foreign bills of exchange drawn out ol the Colony delivered by the Chief Justice «Sir Walter Huggard* on Tuesday in the case in which Chop Ti ;ng Koh Hang sued Hod-
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    WETTEST DAY FOR 20 YEARS.
    251 8 4.38 Inches Recorded In Singapore. Tuesday’s rainfall, which measured 4.38 inches, was the heaviest recorded during one day in t'.e month of March for 20 years. The downpour on Tuesday, however, fell two inches below that recorded one March day in 1913. Floods are again
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    Death Of Mr. Henry Waugh.
    46 8 News has been received of the death at Tunbridge Wells on Tuesday of Mr. Henry Waugh, head of Henry Waugh and Co. Ltd. All offices of the Company in Malaya were dosed today. Mr. Waugh had been ill for some time.
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    DEATH FROM BITES.
    118 8 Chinese Girl Sent For Observation. A strange tragedy occurred last night, about midnight, at the 10th mile. Yeo Chu Kang Road, when a 14-year-old Hokien girl is reported to have made a savage attack on another girl, aged 6. by biting her in the neck and body.
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    RETIREMENT OF MR. DENIS SANTRY.
    580 8 A Notable Career. ARCHITECT AND CARTOONIST. Mr. Denis Santry. the character of the local world left Singapore on Wednesday hu ‘If I Blue Funner steamer Deucation t England on retirment. or For fifteen years Mr. Santry has hls best as an architect to add dignity
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    TRADE ON THE MEND IN SELANGOR.
    606 9 Mr. Temperley’s View. vWKTTENHAM CHARGES DISCUSSED. From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 28. There has been a small but deflle improvement in local condition,” la id Mr F. H. Temperley at the annual meeting of the Selangor branch. vms Chamber of Commerce, today.
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    MORE TOURISTS IN SINGAPORE.
    411 9 S.S. Lurline’s Second VMt. Over 300 tourists from the s.s. Lurline arrived in Singapore on Tuesday. A year ago Singapore had visits from many luxury tourist liners, most of which carried only comparatively small parties of passengers This year has seen a change, and although there
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    RAWALPINDI.
    73 9 Ranee Of Sarawak A Passenger. Passengers who left Singapore on Friday by the Rawalpindi include H.H. the Ranee of Sarawak and Miss V. Brooke. Mr. J. L. Bonnar, the wellknown Singapore rugby player, Mr. Justice Mills, Mr. Justice Wood and Mrs. Wood, Mr. Wilcoxon, of the Straits Trading Company,
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    MINIMUM WAGE FOR PLANTERS.
    168 9 $210 The Bare Cost Of Necessities. Mr. Charles Watney. London Agent of the Incorporated Society of Planters <Malaya>. writes to the press:--Some little time ago I was asked to notify those interested n the potent r.Ilties of rubber planting that the minimum cost of living ior
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    COPRA BUG NUISANCE.
    226 9 But Not A Menace To Public Health. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar 3. The special committee appointed to consider the menace of copra bugs in Penang, particularly in the vicinity of Beach Street, states that there is no evidence to show that copra bugs are the
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    MR. W. H. COLBORNE.
    151 9 Senior Wharfinger s Resignation. Mr. W. H. Colborne, senior wharfinger. Singapore Har our Board, sailed for home on 12 months leave rrior to retirement, by the P. and O. liner Rawalpindi on Friday. Mr. Colborne joined the Singapore Harbour Board in April 1928 having first served
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    BREACH OF TRUST CHARGE.
    486 9 Partners Fall Out. A SINO-JAPANESE ENTERPRISE. Ng Cheong Hoe was charged with criminal breach of trust as a servant in respect of $81.97 before the third magistrate on Thursday. It was alleged that he was one of four partners in a business and while collecting money
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    PENANG WEDDING.
    92 9 Mr. E. James And Mrs. M. McGrelor. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. Mar. 1. The wedding took plact yesterday before the Reglst-ar of Christian marriages of Mr. Ernest Jaimv secretary of the Penang Cricket Club and Mrs j Mandeline Isabel McGrelor daughter j of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic
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    DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH CANADA.
    653 10 Suggestion That Trans-Pacific Liners Should Call Here A suggestion that the trans-Pacific run of Canadian Pacific liners should be extended to Singapore is made in a letter published in a Victoria, B.C., newspaper. The writer points >ut the enormous advantages which such a direct service would
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    LOCAL AMERICANS.
    223 10 Activities Arranged For 1934. Mr. M. A. Cheek, president of the American Association of Malaya, announced the committees appointed by the board of director* for 1934, at the monthly meeting of the association held at the Adelphi Hotel on Ka;. 2. Members of the auditing committee include Messrs.
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    MONSTER-HUNT.
    93 10 Fruitless Cruise Round Penang. 'From Our Own Correspondent. > Penang. Mar 5. The party of Penang Chinese who left on a cruise round the island yesterday in the hope of being able to see the Pulau Rimau monster returned disappointed. About twelve of them made the trip in a
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    AERIAL TAXIS AVAILABLE.
    156 10 Kuala Lumpur Club’s Innovation. The Kuala Lumpur Flying Cluo announce that, since the addition of a fourth machine to the club's fleet, one machine can usually be spared for taxi work and, provided that a sufficiently competent pilot is available and weather is suitable, cross-country journeys can
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    PLAINTIFF TO PAY.
    184 10 Counter-Claim For $1,300 Succeeds. Mr. Justice Mills on Thursday gave judgment for the defendant for $1,300 in the case in which Tan Mah Hoo sued Kwang Mee Koo in connection with contracts in the railway diversion scheme of 1928. Kwang Mee Koo was a contractor lor excavation
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    JUDGE’S SERVANTS.
    124 10 Complainants In Court Case. Chew Wai Keow and Chew Wai Wah a “boy” and a cook employed under Mr. H. A. Forrer. the Criminal District Judge, were complainants against Han Hee Juan who was summoned on Monday before Mr. J. M. Brander. the fourth magistrate, to show cause
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    CHINESE GIRL FLYER'S PROGRESS.
    557 10 Solo Last Month. AMATEURS IN SERVlfp MACHINES. 1 < From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. Mar •> The first Chinese girl to take”, flying in Malaya flew solo last mon ?f at Kuala Lumpur. mh Once more the record of hours flr** during the month was
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      24 10 IS REJUVENATION POSSIBLE? Yes, no more despair, only safest, surest triumph over lost health happiness, Success guaranteed Particulars free. HARYYASRAM, PANCHPOTA, (lessors), Bengal. S.W.
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    LAWYERS AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH.
    1726 11 Criticism Of Advocates And Solicitors Ordinance. Legislation now before the Legislative Council aims at the repeal of Ordinance No. 102 (Civil Procedure Code) and the re-enaction in separate ordinances of various laws hitherto included in the Code. r hc bill is discussed in the
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    LEPROSY LOSING ITS TERRORS.
    474 11 Once Dreaded Disease Now Curable. 'From Our Own Correspondent.> Kuala Lumpur. Mar. 3. Another encouraging example ol the way in which modern ideas oi leprosy treatment are filtering through the Malay kampongs is to be seen at. Sungel Buloh today. Recently a Malay rubber tapper Irom
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    TAXI RATES.
    69 11 The following rates have been fixed for light taxi cabs fitted with taximeters in Singapore. By Distance: (a) if the distance does not exceed one mile 20 cents; <b> For subsequent mileage; 10 cents for every half mile or fraction thereof. Detention: (a) For 20 minutes detention or
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    SINGAPORE IMPRESSES HEALTH EXPERT.
    1148 12 Modern Methods and Continuity Of Principle. Singapore has no lessons to learn from other cities in the East in the matter of public health services. This is the opinion of Professor W. W. Jameson, one of Great leading health experts, who is visiting Singapore. The fundamentals
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    ST. DAVID’S SOCIETY DINNER.
    276 12 ST. DAVID’ S SOCIETY DINNER. Welshmen Congregate. CYMRIC MUSIC LIVENS NATIONAL EVENT. Tne St. David's Society of Singapore held their annual dinner at Raffles Hotel on Thursday evening. The function this year was informal owing to the prevailing conditions. The attendance was not what was expected as there are in
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    KIDNAPPING APPEAL.
    218 12 Woman Completes Serving Sentence. When the appeal of the tour people convict in the Siamese priest kidnapping case was mentioned in the Supreme Court on Friday it was stated that one of the appellants, a woman, had already completed serving her sentence. The four appellants were Nai Chai
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    INDIAN LABOUR.
    40 12 Arrivals And Departures During February. One thousand nine hundred and 61 adults. 135 minors and 65 infants arrived in Malaya from the Madras Presidency during the month of February. as against 1.957 adults and 131 minors who left.
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    “DIAMONDS” AT LESS THAN $1 EACH.
    375 12 Glass Scratched To Prove Genuineness. One hundred and forty diamonds for $100 Such was the bait used by a Chinese. Wang Swee Loh. to cheat a woman into paying an extravagant sum for brilliants valued by an expert at $22.50. He was sentenced by
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      188 12 DOES OWN HOUSE WORK AT 70 With the Help of Kruscher For nine years now l have us n Kruschen Salts and couia noc do vvh out them. I take a third ot a tea spoon in a cup of water as hot as i can drink it. No sickness,
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    A JOURNAL IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.
    2744 13 The Pipe Of Peace-—A Hospital Story Paperchases On The Equator—Selangor Memories Mr. Marks And Mr. Adams. (By Our Kuala Lumpur Correspondent.) GROUP of low buildings set A among coconut palms, some distance off the main road—that is as much as most people have ever
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    ST. GEORGE’S, K.L.
    173 14 Charity Donations In Slump Year. (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. Mar. 1. In spite of the severe slump conditions last year the Royal Society of St. George. Selangor, contributed nearly $900 to various charities last year. The annual ball was held on April 21. and resulted
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    ST. ANDREW’S SCHOOL.
    131 14 Cambridge examination results at St Andrew’s School are as follows: School Certificate Honours. Yu* 1 Ylt Yang. Chin Yun Howe., Passes, M Armstrong. E R Carlos. Chan Wah Hock, Tan Quee Phuan, Chan Soon Chew, Chua Eng Cheng. John Duclos. Leong Chung Min. E. Meyer, E. Moss.
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    SMUGGLING HUMAN CONTRABAND.
    878 14 Attempt To Land 200 Coolies On The East Coast ,\n attempt to smuggle into Malaya a large party of Hylani Chinese, so as to avoid the formalities ol the immigration office and the payment of fees under the Aliens '“Ordinance has recently been frustrated at Kuala Knantan.
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    PERAK MURDER.
    240 14 Evidence Which Was Not Satisfactory. Man Singh, who is alleged to have been concerned in the Teluk Anson murder, appeared again before the third magistrate on Thursday Evidence of identification by one of the escort a constable, was given. His worship, holding that tne evidence was not quite
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    MALAYAN DOCTORS IN LONDON.
    590 14 And Out Here. hk;h praise from a VISITOR. i From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Feb 28 Public health work in Malaya was warmly praised by a distinguished visitor at a Rotary Luncheon held in Kuala Lumpur today. The speaker was Professor W Jamieson, dean of
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    MALAYAN PLANTING TOPICS.
    2372 15 The R.R.I. Estate—A Rubber Keiv Gardens The Museum Plot Kampong Methods —Hevea Twins The “Tin Mine.” (By Our Planting Correspondent.) irilH.K thr*e planting notes V ijuring the last year have visits paid by me to r n Resar Estate, where bucl(lin.r first started in Malaya, and t(
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    MR. T. H. A. McCARTHY.
    115 15 Former Singapore Resident Dead. N ws has reached Singapore o. h* death at Hong Kong ot pneumonia of Mr. T. K. A. McCarthy, accountant of the P. and O. Banking Corporation A ad feature is that Mr McCarthv died on his 31st birthday Mr. McCarthy
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    MR. S. VEERASAMY.
    43 15 II j.; the High Commissioner, with the approval ot His Majesty the King, has appointed Mr Subbiah Naldv Veerasamy to be unofficial member of the Federal Council lor a further M-iod oi three years, with etlect frorr. F*b. 1 1934.
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    INTERNAL AIR TRANSPORT IN MALAYA.
    1842 16 Why Development Has Lagged. 'j hi* question o r iufe*n;»! ;;*r transport in the Malax Icnin* sula was discussed by Mr. R. H. Thornton, a director of the Blue Funnel Line, speaking to Singapore Rotarians on reb. 28. The excuse that there was very little
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    NANKING AND TAN KAH KEE’S.
    341 16 Desire To Assist. CHINESE CHAMBER APPROACHED. Little hope is held that, in response to instructions from the Overseas Com mittee of the Nanking Government i n fluential Chinese in Malaya will h able to do anything to help Tan Kah Kee and Co. Ltd. out
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    NAVAL VISITS.
    194 16 Two Official Dinners Arranged. Two official dinners will be given a 1 Government House this week in nection with the visit of units ot navies of Holland and Japan. The Dutch unit which comprises Hr. Ms. Java (on which Commotion D. Scalongne will fly his broad nant). Hr.
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS. Contained in Reuter, British Imperial Radio and Special Telegrams.
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      ALLEGED PRODUCTION BY “SWEATED LABOUR.”
      107 21 dangerous competition. private Bill To Exclude Such Goods Talked Out. London. Mar. 2. The House of Commons tonight debated a private member's Bill for the regulation of imports, which is intended to empower the Government to exclude goods produced by “sweated” or forced labour. Mr.
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      ADMINISTRATIVE DIFFICULTIES.
      91 21 Mr H V A. M. Raikes. <Un.. Essex S E 1 quoted the recent British order lor 100.000 pairs of shoes irom the Bata lactory in India and declared 600.000 pairs of rubber shoes were now in shipment from Hong Kong. Several other Conservatives and Opposition members supported
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      FASCIST JUSTICE.
      96 21 Reuter. Denials Of Using Castor Oil. London, Mar. 2. Emphatic denials that the British Fascists use castor oil punitively were Siven by witnesses for the defence in the Fascist assault case. Counsel for the defence declared that Symes and Sharman did not touch Richardson, while Mills hit him
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      KASHGAR FIGHTING.
      103 21 °1 the Chinese Republic.- Reu- Four British Officials Wounded. New Delhi. Mar. 2. Hie British Consulate at Kashgar y>as attacked during a fight between invading Andijanis and Khirgis and l, dgan tribesmen who took possession 01 ,he Old City, according to a delayed r,, port received here. The
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      “ MUST NOT DELAY.”
      251 21 MUST NOT DELAY.” Reuter. Times’ Advice On Trade With Manchukuo. London. Mar. 2. The words tranquillity and virtue, which are said to be signified by Pu-yi’s new name appropriately convey the young Emperor's good intentions. declares The Times, commenting on the enthronement. If the new administration had nothing more to
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      SULTAN DISMISSED.
      55 21 Alleged Gross Neglect Of Duty. From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan. Feb. 26. Aneta’s news agency states that the Sultan of Dompu has been dismissed by the Government for gross negligence of duty. It is alleged that he blackmailed his subjects, stole Government money and generally abused his authority,
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      BRITAIN’S 1934 AIR ESTIMATES.
      331 21 Four More Squadrons To Be Formed. London. Mar. 2. i The British air estimates lor 1934 come to a net total of £17.561.000. an increase oi £135.000 compared with 1 last year. Provision is made lor the formation of four additional squadrons, two ot which will
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      TANKER OWNERS.
      131 21 Reuter. Inducement To Refuse Uneconomic Rates. London. Mar. The main feature of a plan which will be presented to tanker owners today is the formation of an association the members of which will pay and pool a percentage of freight*; received from charters made after the plan has
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      DANUBIAN STATES.
      44 21 Reuter. Rome. Mar. 3. Dr. Doll fuss, the Austrian Chancellor, and Gen. Goemboes, the Hangarian Premier, will officially visit the Italian Government between Mar. 14 and Mar. 16 to discuss 11 Duces plan for the economic restoration ol the Danubian States Reuter.
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      ABANDONMENT OF U.S. BASES.
      320 21 —Reuter. In The Philippines. PROPOSED BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. Washington. Mar. 2. President Roosevelt in a special message to Congress today recommended the revival of the Hawes-Cut-ting Philippine Independence Bill with an amendment providing for the relinquishing of United States military and naval bases in the Islands
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      THE TOUCHSTONE.
      101 21 Reut »r Why Cotton Talks Must Succeed. Manchester. Mar 2. Opinion in cotton circles is distinctly hardening in respect of the AnvloJapanese negotiations. The Manchester Chamber ol Commerce monthly record lor March states that every country has lelt the strain ol Japanese competition and is willing to admit
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      LITTLE ENTENTE.
      55 21 Reuter May Resume Relations ith Soviet. Istambul. F j 28. It is stated that the Foreign Minister Tewlk Rushdi Bey and M T.tulesco. Rumanian Foreign Minis*<•:' will shortly go to Moscow together, it is understood, to discuss with M c.'.tvinoti the resumption ol diplomatic relations between the Soviet
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      300 LIVES BELIEVED LOST IN SHIPPING DISASTER.
      428 22 Bomb Attempt On Japanese Minister To China. Shanghai. Mar 5. A steamer plying between Canton and Szewui ton the Suikong River* w; returning from the latter port with some 400 passengers on board when suddenly it sank off the Kwang tung capital Rescue
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      DESIGNS ON YANGTSE.
      153 22 Center. USS R. Neither of those paths portends any good for those hankering alter domination in Asia. The idea behind Mr. Pu-yi's coronation is to advance into the Yangtse region not under the slogan of annexation but under the lawful' power of the Ching dynasty, behind whose
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      “MADE IN JAPAN.”
      333 22 Reuter. Hostile Reception By Shanghai Press. Shanghai. Mar. 4. It is very difficult to find a friendly comment in the Chinese. British or American press throughout China on the establishment of the monarchy in the Three Eastern Provinces. Pu-yl. because of the puppet nature of his status
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      BANK RATE.
      84 22 —Reuter Belief That It Will Be Changed. London. Mar. 2 It Ls widely believed on the Stock Exchange that the Bank Rate will be changed downwards next week A contrary view however, held by the discount Market and the banks, which Is exemplified by a decision of the
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      JOHN RINGLING.
      20 22 Reuter. Washington, Mar. 3. John Ringllng, the circus magnate, has hied a divorce suit against his wife Reuter.
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      ONE YEAR OF THE “NEW DEAL.”
      726 22 —Reuter. Roosevelt To Broadcast On N.R.A. Future. Washington. Mar. 5. President Roosevelt. 12 Cabinet members. Vice-President Garner anil Speaker Rainey dined at a hotel her* last night to discuss events since the inauguration, on Mar. 4 last year, ot the Recovery Drive. Mr Roosevelt,
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      TRADE AGREEMENT.
      82 22 Reuter Italy Approves New Pact With Netherlands. Rome. Mar 3 The Government has approved the Italo-Duteh trade agreement, under which Italy will buy some Dutch coai to facilitate Dutch exports of pedigree cattle, seed and potatoes and a certain amount of colonial produce, anc the Netherlands removes her
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      SABOTAGE CHARGED.
      60 22 -Reuter l r .S. Army Mail Planes Being Tampered With Washington. Mar 3 President Roosevelt has ordered ar. investigation into charges of sabotage against army aeroplanes which have been carrying air mail. It is alleged that Ine sabotage involved punctured petrol tanks, tampered controls and water in the
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      NEW SPANISH CABINET.
      61 22 Reuter Only Five Changes Made By Senor Lebroux. Madrid. Mar. 3 Senor Lebroux has formed a m Cabinet, in which, however, nine «'U. of 1 n offices remain unchanged. Prominent among the new membvr: are the well-known diplomat. Madariaga, now Ambassador in Pnris as the Minister of
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      SURGERY MURDER CASE.
      58 22 —Reute: I)r. Wynekoop’s Repudiation Of Alleged Confession. Chicago. Mar a Dr. Wynekoop’s repudiation oi “confession” to the murder oi daughter-in-law. Rheta, declaring she made it because of a police a^' u cnee that this would effect the of her son Earle, provided anot court sensation in the
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      FRANCE AND FRONTIER FORTIFICATIONS.
      837 23 Reuter. bills expected to pass. Not Trusting Her Security To Utopian Agreements. That the French Government does not intend to entrust the country’s security to Utopian international conventions Is proved by the announcement of new bills which, it is expected. Parliament will pass before Easter. The
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      ARMS EMBARGO.
      63 23 —Reuter Move To Vest Power In Roosevelt. Washington. Mar 1. n Senate has passed, with amend- i a which had originated in l RoUse of Representatives authorisin' r Roosev elt. in co-operation with f r nations, to place an embargo on shipment of arms to belligerent unions. The
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      DEADLOCKED.
      49 23 —Reuter. Anglo-Japanese Cotton Talks Adjourned. London. Feb. 28. The Anglo-Japanese representatives lor the textile negotiations reassembled today but after again stating their viewpoints the conference was adjourned until Mar. 7. The deadlock over whether the discussions should include world markets or only British home and Colonial markets continues
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      “DOGNAPPING” IS THE LATEST.
      72 23 —-Reuter. $5,000 Dten^apfle^. BULL TERRIER HELD FOR RANSOM. Chicago. Mar. 1. The first case of pedigree dognapping is engaging the attention of the police. A prize bull terrier, winner of three recent shows, was seized and held for ransom Meanwhile the distracted owner from Boston is
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      BORDER INCIDENTS
      179 23 .—Reuter. Japanese Planes Fired On By Russians. Tokio. Feb. 28. An official military report confirms! that a Soviet machine-gun fired on a! Japanese plane on Friday when it was 1 reconnoitring near the Soviet border j at the confluence of the rivers Amur and Ussuri, in connection with
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      ‘FIRMLY ON UPGRADE.’
      169 23 Trade Recovery In Britain. London. Feb. 28. The belief was expressed today by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Neville Chamberlain, that the improvement which had taken place in British trade had come to stay. The Chancellor was speaking at a luncheon at the Birmingham section of
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      DAZZLING SUNSHINE.
      64 23 Reuter But U.S. Temperature Still Below Zero. New York. Feb. 28. Despite dazzling sunshine, the temperature of most of the Eastern Spates remains below zero. It is particularly severe in Pennsylvania, where temperatures ranged from 18 to 35 degrees below zero Three of a family oi six were
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      HAGUE RUBBER STATEMENT.
      123 23 Peuter. Restriction Scheme Must Be Feasible.” QUOTA PROBLEM. Speculation A Factor To Be Watched. The Hague, Feb. 28. “A rubber restriction scheme cannot be accepted by the Netherlands unless it is feasible,” declared Dr. Colijn, the Prime Minister, replying to speeches in the Chamber during the discussion
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      PRISON RIOTS.
      163 23 —Reuter Another Scandal At Welfare Island. New York. Feb 28 Six serious riots oi an incipient mutiny kept guards at Welfare Is’and Penitentiary on duty continuously this week. Mr. McCormack. Correction Commissioner, stated today that an explosion In the hospital, which had put out of action the heating
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      LOCAL AIR FORCE.
      120 23 -Reuter Question Raised In Commons. London. Feb 28. In the House of Commons tonight Cap. H. Balfour 'Un., Isle of Thanet> asked whether it was proposed to increase the Air Force establishment at Singapore and whether it was proposed to make it an air officer’s command In
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      YANGTSE RELIEFS.
      21 23 Reuter London. Feb 28 H.M.S Calcutta leaves lor Hong Kong in March with reliefs for the Yangtse gunboats. Reuter
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      PU-YI BECOMES EMPEROR OF MANCHUKUO.
      1158 24 Colourful Enthronement Ceremony. Shanghai, Mar. 2.. The enthronement of Mr. Pu-yi has caused a wave of indignation throughout China, and denunciations of the wy Emperor” for complying with Japanese dictates are Deinfc freely made. MR. WANG’S STATEMENT. An antl-Pu-yi prooaganda week was inaugurated by the
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      FORMER ARCHDEACON OF SINGAPORE.
      272 24 Rev. H. C. Izard Dies At Worthing. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Mar. 1. The death has taken place at Worthing, Sussex, of the Ven. Archdeacon Izard, formerly Archdeacon of Singa1 pore. Archdeacon Izard for many years j was Chaplain in Malacca and Singapore. leaving here
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      SPANISH GOVERNMENT.
      66 24 Resignation Follows Loss Of Support. Madrid. Mar. 1. The Government has resigned lollowing the withdrawal of the support of 100 members of the Popular Action party on whom Premier Lerroux mainly relied. The workers fear that a strong reactionary government will now assume power and are preparing forcibly
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      DR. COLIJN’S FAR EAST VISIT.
      205 24 Reuter. How It Is Interpreted By The Hague. ANOTHER VIEW. Nothing Whatever To Do With Rubber. The Hague, Mar. 1. The slow’ progress made in bringing Sarawak and Siam into a rubber restriction scheme is pointed out in wellinformed quarters here in connection with the
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      U.S. MONEY POLICY.
      120 24 -Reuter. Plea For Experiment’s Continuance. Washington. Mar. 1 A desire for the continuance of the present experimental monetary policy. at least for the remainder of the fiscal year, was expressed today by Mr Morgenthau. Secretary to the Treasury. to the Banking Sub-Committee of the House of Representatives,
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      FRENCH BUDGET.
      122 24 -Reuter. Passed After An AH Night Sitting. Paris. Mar. 1. After an all night sitting both the Chamber and the Senate passed tin budget, the Chamber voting being 458 to 132 and the Senate 284 to la. Last-minute haste to pass the budget on scheduled time led tc
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      PROFESSOR’S DEATH.
      16 24 Reuter. Leningrad. Mar 1 The death has occurred of th< famous orientalist. Prof. Oldenburg
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      ONLY WAY TO CONTINUE U. S. RECOVERY
      688 25 .—Reuter Roosevelt’s Call To Industry For Shorter Hours Washington. Alar. 5. V clarion call to industry immediately further to reduce working hours as a means of spreading employment and the re-employment of more people at |i\ int» wages was sounded by President Roosevelt,
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      TOUR OF EUROPE.
      118 25 Reuter. To Find Out What Other Fellows Are Doing.” New’ York. Mar. 5. Mr. Richard Washburn Child, adviser to Senator Hull at the World Economic Conference last summer is leaving for London on Mar. 14 for a three-month economic survey of Europe. Mr. Child stated that he
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      AIRCRAFT SHARES SOLD.
      93 25 —Reuter. Inquiry To Find If There Was Any Leakage. Washington Mar. 5. Evidence that a block of 4.500 United Aircraft shares had been sold on behalf of J. P Morgan and Co., within a fortnight before the cancellation of the air mail contracts, was presented oefore the
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      MRS. ROOSEVELT.
      119 25 —Reuter. Travels Extensively Unlike Other Presidents’ Wives. New York. Mar. 5. Contrary to previous Presidents’ wives, who usually were content to remain at the White House to supervise domestic matters. Mrs. Roosevelt has travelled 40.000 miles visited all parts of the country and made 67 speeches in the
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      DRIFTING FISHERMEN RESCUED.
      178 25 afloat is about 400.—Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Week On Ice Floe. SAVED BY STEAMERS AND AEROPLANES. Moscow. Mar. 5. All but 84 of the 400 marooned fishermen, who havi been drifting on an ice block in the Caspian Sea tor a week, have been rescued by steamers and aeroplanes. The
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      TIN QUOTA.
      50 25 ,—Reuter. Increase Not Decided By Committee. London. Mar. 5. A communique issued after the meeting of the International Tin Committee today states that it was decided not to recommend a change of output quota from Apr. 1. The next meeting will be held in Paris on May 16.—Reuter.
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      EMPEROR PU-YI.
      116 25 Rem *n Commons Statement On Tokio Visit. London. Mar. 5 In the House of Commons tonight. Mr. Tom Smith (Lab.. Normanton) urged Sir John Simon. Foreign Secretary. to instruct the British Ambassador in Tokio not to attend any function given in honour of Emperor Puyi when Pu-yi visits
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      LANDS SAFELY.
      50 25 Reuter Airman Believed Lost In North Sea. Copenhagen. Mar 5. Fears that the long-distance French nil man. Costes. had fallen into the ’1 'a. when V "g from Le Bourget to icre. have oeen remv d by th< news that he had landed safely at nr,ter. ir <
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      MENTAL CRUELTY.
      29 25 Peuter. Los Angeles, Mar. A. The “Hoi Gospel'ei.” Mrs. Atmee MacPherson. was today divoroed by default bv her husband. David Hutton Jr., on grounds oi mental cruelty.
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      PRINCESS WINS HER CASE.
      106 25 -Reuter. Rasputin, The Mad Monk Film Thibet. £25,000 DAMAGES. Plaintiff A Niece Of Murdered Tsar. The libel suit arising out of the film Rasputin, the Mad Monk,” concluded after a hearing of several days in the King’s Bench today with a verdict of t‘25,000 damages for
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      MARYSE HILSZ AT SEOUL.
      305 25 .—Reuter. Third Flight To Japan From France. Seoul (Korea), Mar. 5. Mile. Maryse Hilsz arrived at 3.56 p.m. from Tslrigtao.—Reuter. Mile. Hilsz, who is on her third flight to Japan from France, established a new record of four and a half hours actual flying time from
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      SIR AUCKLAND GEDDES.
      54 25 Engagement Of His Son Alexander. London. Mar. 5 The engagement Is announced ol Alexander, son ol Sir Auckland and Lady Geddes to Kathleen, daughter ol Sir Charles and Lady Addis.—Reuter. Sir Charles Adriis was until last year chairman ol the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank He has six
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      PROGRAMMES FOR THE COMING YEAR.
      946 26 —Reuter. -Reuter. CATCHING UP LOST TIME. More Money Set Aside For Singapore Base. Washington, Mar. 6. While Great Britain’s new naval programme is little criticised here, the official view being that Britain is within treaty rights, America’s own new £154,000,000 naval expansion bill providing for
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      BRITISH MINISTER TO CHINA.
      83 26 —Neuter. Strengthening Bonds Of Friendship.” Nanking, Mar. 6. Sir Alexander Cadogan. the new British Minister to China, presenting credentials today, said: “The inter-dependence of nations makes the welt are of all of interest to each. I will watch with the closest sympathy the economic and political
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      B.B.C. “ CENSORSHIP.”
      182 26 B.B.C. CENSORSHIP.” Reuter. An Unprecedented Protest. London. Mar. 6. An unprecedented protest against the British Broadcasting Corporation “censorship” *ras made by a young London trade unionist named Ferrie, who was to have broadcast on the la- bour problem. Listeners were astonished when Ferrie announced that he had decided not to
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      OCEAN AIR LINE.
      80 26 —Reuter Wireless. French Co-operation Postponed. Paris, Mar. 3. It is understood that the Government has postponed her decision with regard to the agreeme it signed on Feb 12 for a joint Franco-German exploitation of an air line to South America in view of the necessity for exhaustive
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      TRADE EXTENSION.
      58 26 —Reuter. Netherlands India And British India. London. Mar. 6. An Amsterdam telegram says that it is learned from Batavia that important negotiations have started for the purpose of securing an extension of commercial relations between Netherlands India and British India. It is considered probable here an exchange of
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      AMERICA TAKES A HAND.
      127 26 Claims Inclusion In Rubber Talks. PRICE FIXING. Ambassador’s Talk With Sir John Simon. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 8. Mr. R. W. Bingham, United States Ambassador in London is reported to have had an interview with Sir John Simon, the Foreign Minister, concerning the possibility
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      RIOTS IN PARIS.
      74 26 -Reuter. Plan To Bomb Chamber Of Deputies. Paris, Mar. 7. The revelation that an unnamed airman had planned to bomb the Chamber of Deputies during the recent disturbances was made by M. Thome, a former director of the SureteGenerate, before the Riots Inquiry Commission. He said in
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      TIN POOL.
      152 26 May Wreck Whole Plan Of Restriction. <From Our Own Correspondent! London, Mar. 6. The Daily Express understands that the International Tin Committee, which met yesterday and did not raise the quota as had been expected, deferred discussion of the buffer pool proposal pending the arrival in Europe of
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      SURGERY MURDER.
      46 26 —Reuter Dr. Wynekoop Given 25 Years’ Gaol. Chicago. Mar. 6 Dr. Alice WjTiekoop has been found guilty of the murder of her daughter in-law. ana has been sentenced to 2 1 years’ imprisonment.—Reuter Rheta Wynekoop was found shot dead on the doctor’s operating table
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      1,000 HOUSES DEMOLISHED IN CHAPEI FIRE.
      927 27 Feuter U.S. Agrees To Reduce Loan To Nanking. Shanghai. Mar. 6. hre broke out in Chapei terda v morning, a late report states more than 1.000 buildings have Vireadv been razed by the flames. The blaze is still raging but is being c-eidil brought
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      LIVELY SCENES IN THE DAIL.
      322 27 —Reuter. Blue Shirts Bill. LAUGHTER AMID THE DISCORD. Dublin, Mar. 1 The second reading in the Dail of the bill restricting political uniforms was fiercely opposed by the Opposition The Minister of Justice candidly admitted that the bill was aimed at the Blue Shirts who,
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      SWOLLEN RIVERS.
      106 27 —Reuter. Three Children Lost In Floods. New York, Mar. 6. Widespread floods are threatened throughout the country as a result of the springlike weather after the bliz- zards. Swollen rivers in New England are 1 inundating towns and farms and are forcing the evacuation of many river i
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      JAPANESE CEMENT.
      67 27 Rsut’jr Export Association To Be Formed. From Our Own Correspondent. > Medan. Feb. 24. The Bataviaash Nieuwsblad states that a cement export association is to be established shortly in Japan for 1 the purpose of influencing the Netherlands Indian market. MARYSE HILSZ. Tokio. Mar. 6. Mile Maryse Hilsz
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      THIRTEEN PEOPLE EJECTED.
      233 27 -Reuter. Hunger-Marchers Gain Entry Unknown. POLICE CALLED. Second Demonstration Promptly Quelled. Mar. 2. One of the fiercest scrimmages in the Strangers* Gallery in the House of Commons for a long time disturbed the progress of last night*s debate on the Russian Trade agreement, ending in the ejection,
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      TITLE RETAINED.
      31 27 —Reuter. Primo Camera Outpoints Loughran. Miami, Mar. 2. Primo Camera (Italy) retained the heavyweight championship of the world here today, when he outpointed Tommy Loughran (U.S.A.) over fifteen rounds,—Reuter.
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      NOW IN MOSCOW.
      113 27 Reuter Bulgarians Bubbling With Pleasure. Moscow. Feb. 28 ‘‘We have been in handcuiTs for five months except during meals.” declared Dimitroff (released from the German prison after his acquittal in the Reichstag fire trial* to Reuter on arrival here. “We were not physically tortured but sometimes moral
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      ATTEMPT TO KILL MUSSOLINI.
      184 28 -Reuter. Four Men Charged. PREPARING POISON GAS BOMB. »lome. Mar. 3. 1.;t* dll 'on ot an atteir to assassinate Mussolini is made in connection with the trial which will open on Mar. 16 before ihe special tribunal for the defence of the State of four men.
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      GHOST INTERVIEWED!
      118 28 Reuter. Story Of Murdered Monk And Two Americans London, Mar 3 Since the Loch Ness monster disappeared to its winter quarters interest centres on the reappearance of Westminster Abbey’s only ghost after two years’ absence, a tall lean cowl**d monk who was murdered by robbers in the reign
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      FATEFUL MEETING.
      83 28 -Reuter Breakdown Of Cotton Talks Seen. London, Mar. 6. Mr Okada < leader of the Japanese cotton delegation) called on Mr Matsudaira (the Japanese Ambassu don last night and reported the breakdown cf the Anglo-Japanoi-e »xtile negotiations. Mr. Matsudaira merely acknowledged the ..port and expressed regret at the
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      DYESTUFFS BILL.
      102 28 -Reuu Regulating Imports To Great Britain. Lon Mar. The House of Commons 193 vc‘es to 38 tonight passed the third reading of e Dyestuffs Import Regulation Bill, under which prohibition of the import of dyestuff: cm 5* made complete or partial or abolished. y.r L Burgln, Parliamentary Secretary
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      FEWER WORK LESS.
      236 28 000,000 marks in 1933.—Reuter Wireless. Industries Doing Well In Britain. London. Mar. 5. An improvement in employment is i chronicled by the announcement of the Ministry of Labour that 9.941.000 insured persons were employed in Great Britain on Feb. 19. an increase of 67.000 compared with the
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      HEARD IN BRITAIN.
      81 28 -Reuter. Pu-yi Enthronement Broadcast. Ijondon, Mar. 1. A surprise awaited listeners to the last news bulletin by the London Regional Station when they heard a broadcast from Hsinking. in Manchukuo. describing part of the ceremony preceding the enthronement of Mr. Henry Pu-yi as Emperor of Manchukuo. The
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      PASSES TRIALS.
      167 28 British Wireless. Fastest Air Liner For Singapore Service? Lond» 2. The world s fastest four-engined air liner has just passed its official Air Ministry flying trials. The machine, which is a biplane and has a top speed of over 170 miles per hour, has been built by the
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      STORM COMING?
      228 28 -Reuter. Foreign Exchange Quietness. London, Mar. 6 I Some -lreles art oj the opinion that I the present quietness in foreign exchanges is temporary, a calm heralding another storm. There are rumours here ara in America of a second devaluatioi ol v. e dollar but it is generally
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      OVER THE BORDER.
      106 28 —Reuter Nazis “Keep Order'* At Dutch Meeting. Amsterdam. Mar 6 The police were compelled to restrain indignant inhabitants of Doetinchem. eight miles from the Germai. frontier, when several hundred Naz: sympathisers marched in from German territory to attend a meeting of the National Socialist Netherlands Workers Party,
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      JAVANESE PRINCE.
      54 28 —Reuter. Motor-Vessel Puts In For Repairs. Gibraltar. Mar. 6. The motor-vessel Javanese Prince, from Singapore for New York, put in here this morning for repairs. Her detention is not expected to be serious —Reuter. I The Javanese Prince left Singapore on Feb. 5. and was due in New
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      FALSE TRADE MARKS.
      96 28 -Reuter Actions Against Japanese In England. London. Mar. 5. In the House of Cor. mons. Mr D C Somervill <Con., Willesdcm called at tenticr. r the number of lawsr pending in Britain against Japanese representatives in nnection with infringement of trade marks <md representation of Japanese goods
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      COTTON.
      111 28 Reuter. Mill Consumption For Half Year. London, Mar The world’s cotton mih consumption for the half year ended Jan 31 Was 12,519.000 bales, an increase of 637 cof bales, according to statistics o npiiec by the International Federation 0 Master Cotton-Spinntrs and the manufacturers’ Association. The argest increase was
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      “ INEXORABLE.”
      95 28 INEXORABLE.” —Reuter. Measures Against Extremists. Madrid. Mar. 5 Three demonstrators were Injured in a disturbance involving some shooting at Valladolid before a ceremonv for the fusion of two Fascist parties, while three gunmen fired on a tramcar at Barcelona, seriously w'oundme the conductor who is not expected U live. Senor
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      MINISTER RESIGNS.
      79 28 —Reuter Sequel To Allegations Of Graft. Tokio. Mar 3 Mr Ichiro Hatoyama. Minister of Education, has resigned The Prime Minister. Viscount M Saito. is being installed as his successor this evening —Reuter It is alleged that Hatoyama accepted the sum of Yen 50,000 from the Saghalien Industrial Co.,
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      VISCOUNT LASCELLES.
      62 28 Sueeessf ully U nder goes An Operation. London, Mar 1 Viscount Lascelles, elder son of tb* Princess Royal and the Earl of Harewood, was successfully operated on ai a London nursing home today for an abscess in the neck which hao developed following streptococcal infection in the throat.
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      N.E.I. AND JAPAN.
      44 28 Telephone Negotiations Resumed. (From Our Own Correspondent.! Feb. 28 The Netherlands Indian Radio Service has resumed negotiations with Japan to establish telephonic communication with that country. The new wireless station at Tolnc, which can serve the purpose, has jost been completed.
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      GIRL CANONISED.
      35 28 —Rert* 1 Rome, Mar b A new’ saint. Maria Mlcaela. an I8tb l itury Spanish girl, was canonif** r by ~f.. Holin' the Pope in a full ceremony today at St. Peter’s.— Rezrt*'
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    FIRST HALF GOALS PUT VILLA IN SEMI-FINAL.
    1831 29 Portsmouth, Manchester City And Leicester Also Get Through. From Our Own Correspondenti London. Mar. 5. IT frequently happens that teams who 1 ire none too successful in the League competition light their way through to ti e late rounds of the Cup and
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    Winners Of Classics In 1934.
    280 29 AGA KHAN’S CHANCE IN DERBY. Those who are interested in the English classics, which will be run this lacing season, should And Mr R More O’Ferrall’s tips useful. Mr. O’Ferrall represents the wellknown bloodstock exporting ilrm, the Anglo-Irish Agency of Old Bond Street. London He
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    STATE CRICKET MATCHES UP-COUNTRY.
    211 29 In April the first of what it Is hoped will be an annual cricket fixture will bring the F.M.S. Police and Malaya Command together for two days. This should prove as interesting as a State fixture as both sides usually contribute a good portion of the
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    PROSPECTS FOR 1934.
    1959 30 LOCAL CRICKET NOTES. State Matches. —Lesson Of Inter-port Series.—S.C.C.’s Bowling Weakness.— Newcomers On Padang. —Youth In S.R.C. Xl.—Chinese Stronger Other Clubs. By Our Cricket Correspondent. > It is related that a certain distinguished Dean interested in one of the Rhodes Scholars from U S A ask- i
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    DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES AT SWIMMING CLUB.
    601 30 Although at the outsat it appeared as if weather would ruin the event everything turned out for the best the occasion ot the Swimming ciub\ first “at home” of the year on Friday* and the result was a very successful evening. The events ol
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    QUICK MARCH’S THIRD SUCCESSIVE WIN.
    1961 31 Fine Sport On Last Day Of S. T. C. Meeting. on Saturday Aided the first meet- ‘of the year at the Singapore Turf r ub course at Bukit Tlmah when a tremendous crowd was present to see a enjoyable day’s sport. The tote sweeps were
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    UNOFFICIAL RECORD AT S.G.C.
    471 31 A pointer as to the new Malayan goh champion might be obtained from the brilliant golf played by R. Craik, former title-holder, in the Singapore Golf Club medal (bogey) competition on Sunday. Taking 34 for the outward nine Craik returned home in the same figures and
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    F.A. CUP DRAW.
    42 31 —Reuter. Manchester To Meet Villa. London, Mar. 5. The draw for the semi-final round of the F.A. Cup, to be played on Mar. 17, resulted as follows:— Manchester C. vs. Aston Villa, (at Huddersfield). Leicester vs. Portsmouth. (at Birmingham).
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    SINGAPORE CRICKET IN FULL SWING.
    360 32 Weather Interferes With Padang Trials. The Singapore Cricket Club opened their cricket season on Saturday with a trial match. The game should have started on Friday afternoon but rain cau d a postponement oi play. was not sufficient tirrn on Saturday afternoon to complete two
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    BOWLERS ON TOP.
    290 32 for 12; Godfrey none for 8; Jopp one for 15; Dean lour for 19. W. IV. DEAN’S XI C. G. Windle b Hopkins J P. S Hunter b Holt 7 C. N. Reed net out 20 W H. McNeill not out 5 Extra 1 Total (for 2
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    TWO FIFTIES.
    310 32 Good Start By Balhetchet And Fernandez. The Singapore Recreation Club were also to open their cricket programme with two trial matches, but the weather caused Sunday’s game to be abandoned without a ball being bowled. Saturday’s match produced some bright cricket. The Public, Services and Law batted exceptionally
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    MEDAN GOLF.
    69 32 From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Mar. 3. The results of the February competitions of the Medan Golf Club were as follows Women’s Spoon.—Mrs. Sim. 3 down. Monthly Medal (bogey).—C T. Thompson, C. E. van Aken and R. J Hetherlngton tied, all square. Monthly Ball Sweep.—G. T. Thompson and
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    PRIMA DONNA WINS BY A FLUKE.
    927 32 Remarkable ‘B’ Claiss Race At R.S.Y.C. At -he Royal Singapore Yacht Clu on Sunday th firs;, race for the j Guillemard Challenge Cup was sailed. Only three yacht- came to the line. Kilat being absent. A fairly good start i was made for the
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    Army Too Good For Sailors.
    209 32 London, March S The Army, Services Rugby champions, took a big step towards retaining the championship when at Twickenham today they defeated the Royal Navy by 16 points to 8. The resuty of the tournament now depends upon the meeting between the Army and Royal
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      MALACCA ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
      1061 1 Looking Forward To Trade Improvement. dividend of lour per cent, on the ordinary shares was approved at the Annual General Meeting of the Malacca Electric Lighting Limited, inich was held yesterday at the offices ol the secretaries, Messrs. Evatt and Co. Mr P. V- Robinson, the chairman,
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      BUFFER POOL OPPOSED.
      169 1 Singapore View. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND DECONTROL. To the already strong body of Malayan opinion opposed to the buffer tin pool proposal has been added that of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, which is also in favour of a policy of gradual de-control of tin production. A
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      WHO WANTS CONTROL?
      332 1 Correspondence. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Your editorial Who Wants Control appears to show that, though a few proprietary planters are anti-restrictionist. with you as leader, such opinion is necessarily correct. I am not speaking for European plan ters, with whom I have no quarrel.
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      MINING REPORT NO. 477.
      619 1 The Chairman Directors., The Rub Australian Gold II. Co., Ltd. Singapore. S.S. Gentlemen, —I beg to submit the report ol the mining operations, for the four weeks ending Jan. 30, 1934. The development work completed for the term, totals 590 ft., as follows Stoking 101 ft
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      PERAK CHINESE MINERS’ MEETING.
      409 2 POLICY OF DECONTROL URGED. Need Of Information In Event Of Referendum. <Fron; Our Own Correspondent > Ipoh, Mar. A. Further denunciation ol the possible harmful effects of the Buffer Tin Pool Schema and the lack ol information thereon were voiced at an extraordinary general meeting convened
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      MR. LEE SWEE HOE.
      279 2 Mr. Glenister’s Comments Quoted. Mr. Lee Swee Hoe said This meeting is called today to consider a rumour that Government proposes to make a referendum to the tin producers on the question of the buffer pool scheme. As you all know we have turned down the
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      THE RESOLUTIONS.
      149 2 The meeting then passed unanimously the following amended resolutions: 1. This meeting confirms and reiterates the resolutions passed by the committee of the Perak Mining and Planting Association on Jan. 16. 1934 and requests Government to press tor an immediate release of additional quota. 2. In the event
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      WORLD TIN SUPPLY FIGURES.
      101 2 Reduction Of 21,498 Tons In A Year. 'From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Saturday The Anglo Metal Co. estimates tin visible supplies throughout the world on Feb. 28 at 21,039 tons, compared with 22,013 tons on January 31. and a reduction of 21.498 tons since February 28.
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      SHARE MARKET.
      906 2 Fraser Co.'s Weekly Report Fraser and Co.’s report, dated Mar. 6 states: The local share market has again been very quiet In all sections throughout the week with generally a slightly downward tendency In quota tlons Investors and punters in tin shares were somewhat disappointed at the news
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      RUBBER PRODUCTION.
      68 2 Increase Shown On Last Year. (From Our Own Corresponaerr London F a b Z Five Hundred ana twenty-tune menders the Rubber Growers’ Association produced tons of rubber during January, compared with 18.709 tons during th- corresponding period last year, representing an Increase >1 8.8 per cent. Of the
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      RUBBER RETURNS.
      191 2 Crop Returns. Preliminary Figur-** January. 1934. Sc far 322 companies with an output January, 1933. of 9,637 tons have return*! for January, 1934. an output of 10.713 tor. The analysis <Jf these companies output oy countries is subjoined. The final analyst- .u the usual form will be forwarded
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      MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS
      185 3 Ocean shipments of rubber. Including latex, rcvertex and concentrated latex, during the month of February, 1934 (Issued by Dept, of Statistics.) Sheet and Crepe Latex Concentrated Latex, TOTAL Tons. Re vertex. Tons. Tons. 77 GRAND Transhipment Export Transhipment Export Transhipment TOT AT. Proper S.S MS. Proper S.S.
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      MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS
      164 3 Foreign Imports of rubber during the month of February. 1934, In long tons. DRY W E Remill Crepes. Dry Blanket Crepes. Native Smoked Unsmoked Estate Bark and Wet Scrap, Lump Total Country of Origin Sheet Sheet Crepe Scrap Crepe Sheet and Bark < 1» (2) (3) (4>
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      RUBBER SITUATION.
      61 3 s '"eapore Official Quotations. Quotations Forward Contracts Spot Seller Prices Date r Apr.- JulyMa r don Spore Mar. June Sept. 2 4?5/?o 16* 16% 3 4 16* 16% 16* 5 415mr 16 11/16 16% 16% 65 16 16 7 16 16 11/16 16 9/16 16% 7 5 i
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      64 3 Mar. 1 Tin. S'pore Price $113.75 per picul. 2 114.00 3 114.37% 5 114.50 S 114.62% 7 U 4.50 The following have been elected members of the Association of British Malaya: Messrs. H. R. Bell. M.A.. C. R. Cherry. J. Donaldson. C. L Green W. Mellor, E.
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      COMPANY RESULTS.
      57 3 Siamese Tin Syndicate Dividend. <From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Saturday. The Siamese Tin Syndicate declare a third interim dividend, of 10 per cent., payable on March 9. making a total of 50 per cent, for the year. Shanghai Electric Construction declare a Anal dividend of 7 per cent..
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      PALM OIL PRICES.
      90 3 Guthrie and Co.’s report, dated Mar. 1 states that latest buyers’prices for Malayan palm oil and palm kernels are: Palm Oil In Bulk: c.i.f landed weights New York/Philadelphia 2.75 cents (US. currency) per lb. c.i.f. landed weights US A. Pacific Ports 2.70 cents (U.S. currency) per lb.
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      MALAYA TIN STATISTICS.
      112 3 Foreign Imports of tin ore during the month of February, 1934. Country of Origin Tons. 1. Alaska 2. Burma 244 3. Netherlands India: Banka Billiton Singkep Other Places 4 4. French Indo-China 175 5. Japan 72 6. Siam 853 j 7. Tanganyika 11 8. Union of South
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      795 4 Frawr And Co’s Quotations. I Singapore, Mar. 7. Mining. Ls&ut pq Buyers. SenCf*. £1 £1 Ahaxii Kumbang 37/6 38/6 £1 £1 Austral Malay 42/- 44/5/. Ayer Hltam Tin 14/- 14/9 £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 33/9 34/9 1 l Batang Padang 0.27 0.30 1 1 Batu Caves 0
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      Trade And Finance.
      406 4 EXCHANGE KATES. Singapore, Mar 7 SELLING. London, 4 months’ sight 2/4 11/G4 London, 3 months’ sight 2/4 5/32 London, 60 days’ sight 2/4 9/64 London, 30 days’ sight 2/4 1/8 London, demand 2/4 7/64 London, T.T. 2/4 3 2 Lyons and Paris, demand 888 Hamburg, demand 4
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      HOME AND AMERICAN STOCKS.
      296 4 Closing Quotations In London. •From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 6. Closing quotations today of the principal 3ritish stocks are given below.— The rise or fall is in relation to the price of Mar. 1. GOVERNMENT STOCKS. BRITISH. Kise or Fall Conversion Loan 5% 118 +5/16
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        LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES FEB. 16.
        559 4 Aiiwrur (2/) 1/4. Aior Pongsu (2/) 1/; Anglo-Malay (£1) 12/; Ayer Kuning (£1) 22/6; Bagan Serai «£1) 12/1%; Bahru (Sel.) (2/) 2/6; Banteng (£1) 16/; Batang (2/) /8; Batu Caves (£1) 16/6; Bata Tiga (£1) 20/ Bek oh (2/) /8; Bertam Con. (2/) 2/10; Bidor
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        SINGAPORE DOLLAR SHARE PRICES MAR. 7.
        680 4 Capital Issue Closing Price* Paid Up Value Dividend? Fraser Lyall Company <fe Co. J5vat». 454.175 1 Nil for year 29-2-33 Allenby ($1) 1.00 1.10 1.00 1.10 216 779 1 Nil for year 30-9-33 ..Alor Gajah ($1) 0 65 0.75 0.75 0.80 439.125 1 Nil
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