The Straits Budget, 21 March 1935

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      AIR MAIL RATES.
      801 2 sponsoring that service. Straits Times, Mar. 14. The Java Bode recently called attention to the differences between the cost of postage by Imperial Airways and K.L.M., and pointed out that whereas the Dutch service was the dearer in British territory, the reverse was the case in Dutch
      sponsoring that service. — Straits Times, Mar. 14.  -  801 words
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      JAPAN’S NEIGHBOURS.
      844 2 .—Straits Times, Mar. 15. An Oriental adaptation of the Atlantic slogan “Hands Across the Sea is fashionable in the Far East at present. Japan, realising the potential dangers represented by a sullenly hostile China, is changing ler tactics and is making every effort to get on better terms
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      RUBBER RENTS.
      747 2 P° int splendidly successful. —Straits 1 Mar. 16. Rubber planters at the moment are living in daily hope of an interesting announcement in the matter of quit rents. Representations have been made to HE. the Governor, and a promise has been given that they will receive very earnest
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      The Tea Control Scheme.
      276 3 to a remunerative level.”—Straits I Times. Mar. 16. A period of disillusionment and M< disappointment” is how one London tea firm describes the first complete calendar year of the international tea control scheme. The only countries which have signed this agreement are India, Ceylon and Netherlands
      ; to a remunerative level.”—Straits I Times. Mar. 16.  -  276 words
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      HOWESON-LISTER.
      724 3 .—Straits Times, Mar. 18. Every mail from London nowadays brings fresh Hansard reports of questions and discussions relating to tin control in the House of Commons. These verbatim reports are not being reproduced in the Straits Times, as the gist of them has been cabled by our London correspondent,
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      A JUBILEE MEMORIAL.
      854 3 Straits Times, Mar. 19. Those who disagree with the criticisms of the Jubilee programme in Singapore which have been made by the Straits Times should read the speech made recently by the Prince of Wales on the subject of a national thankofTering. A report of this speech
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      The Kallang Sawmills.
      249 4 to meet their needs.—Straits Times, Mar. 19. It the Government, in dealing with the Kallang sawmills question, is acting on the assumption that the owners of these mills will not move their businesses to Dutch territory, whatever they may threaten to do, the Government is making a
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      BELOW SIXPENCE.
      790 4 Straits Times. Mar. 20. Mincing Lane,” cabled the Straits Times London correspondent on Saturday, ”is convinced that rubber prices arc unduly depressed and that a sharp rebound is inevitable shortly.” That is good news, for prices have shown a sagging tendency since the beginning of this year. When
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    The Hon. Mr. J. Robertson.
    41 4 The Hon. Mr. J. Robertson has been appointed to be a member of the Board of Trustees constituted under section s of the Singapore Improvement rdlnance during the absence on leave of Mr. W. J. Wilcoxson.
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    CHINESE WOMAN BARRISTER.
    73 4 First To Be Admitted In F.M.S. 1 From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Mar. is The distinction of being the flw woman lawyer to be admitted to the F.M.S. Bar has fallen to Mrs Beng Hong Oon, L.L.B. (London) formerly Miss Beng Hong Lint member of the
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    A TIGER ON BUKIT TIMAH?
    126 4 In a letter to ike Aaiiur "Enquirer” a *ks if trace* of or panther hare at been found on or a r o ml Timah. “While about to descend from •>, summit of the hill at about 6 r, on Saturday he says, “a frond
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    Kedah Volunteers.
    57 4 In exercise of the powers vested :n him by Section 26 <i) of the V Enactment, the President ol Mir Kedah State Council has appoints the following Advisory Commit te*. Mr. P. A. B. McKerron. M.C.S. <Ch. .r man). H.H. Tunku Yaacob, H.H. Tunku Kassim. H.H. Tunku Mohamed
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    BIRTHS
    85 4 CHIDSON. —Mar. 13, to Mr. and Mrs. I Chidson of No 1, Bukit Sedap—a sou. TAYLOR.—At Singapore to Kathleen B wife of W. G. Taylor, on Tuesday, Mai a daughter. SHEPTON.—At the General Haspital, B Gajah. on March 8, to Joan, wife of II Shepton, a son. CRUICKSHANK.—At Maternity
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    MARRIAGES
    57 4 SELLERS—MACLEOD. —On Mur. 14. 11» Hong Kong, Edward Gordon, younger of the late T. H. Sellers and Mrs Sellers of Birmingham, to Audrey I only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J N Leod of Hamilton. Ontario. Canada. MEARS—GEDDJSS. —At Penang on Mar 1935, H. M. Mears. Waterfall Estate.
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      87 4 NOTICE. All communications for both the S'* Times and the Straits Budget should addressed to the Head Office, Ceci* ar.d Stanley Streets, Singapore, Straits Set' ments. The past free price of the Straits Time? the United Kingdom and foreign country is $48 a year. The post free price oi the
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    28 4 DEATHS TAN.—Mrs. Tan Hock San (nee Kuna Neo) passed away at the General Hosp SLLVA.—Claudio Antonio da Silva at his < dence 30 St. Michael’s Road on Marrl 1935.
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    160 5 t) r ESS than seven ot the pictures IN scheduled lor Singapore's principal during the week March 14-21 I recommended for children in Straits Times list tomorrow. Ividle this is an exceptionally trult- W eek. and the suitability ot t ;rvs lor children is admittedly P
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    ROTARY THRONG.
    187 5 ’T'HFRE was a wonderful variety ot costumes at the Rotary dinner in Singapore on Monday night, and the -iuest ot honour, Mr. R. L. Hill, will probably not see a more cosmopolitan tnrong anywhere in the course of his uorld tour. Pretty little Japanese ladies mingled A*th svelte
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    IN THE NILGIRIS.
    172 5 COME day, in the very distant luture. when the present writer will 'DV.) be spending the autumn of his f!J v s British Columbia, the Camer--0:1 Highlands Society may send to him handbook such as he has just re‘vlved Irani the Nilgiri Trades Associa- °h. Ootaeamund. I
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    OOTY DUKERIES.
    193 5 QO you remember Sir Cecil Clement! suggesting on one occasion that Cameron Highlands might eventually become the seat of government in Malaya for several months of the year, as Simla is in India? Well, if that happens, we must expect something like this: “Ootacamund is the summer seat
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    PALM OIL.
    126 5 lI7ITH reference to last Tuesday's notes on the new book The Oil Palm In Malaya I may add that the pioneer estate in this country was Tennamaram, in the Kuala Selangor district, which was planted with oil palms by Monsieur H. Fauconnier in 1917. Eight years before that
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    BY EAR AND EYE.
    132 5 MAJOR RALPH K. STRASSMAN, formerly one of the chief executives of the Northclifle of America, William Randolph Hearst, told us a remarkable thing when he called at the Straits Times office yesterday. It has been found in the United States that radio advertising increases the effectiveness
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    TAIPENG’S PAPER.
    157 5 THERE are now two weekly newspapers in Malaya. The Malacca Guardian for some years has been alone in this held, but last week it was joined by the Taipeng Weekly Record. The scope of newspapers of this type in Malaya is difficult to estimate In England towns of
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    AN OLD TOWN.
    142 5 ought to be able to support a paper, for it is the oldest centre British administration in the Malay States, and the life of the towm has flowed on peacefully, gathering strength and substance, for sixty years. The first number of the Weekly Record. although a very
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    JAVA TO U.S.A.
    173 5 MR. Hill’s reference at the Rotary dinner on Monday to a telephone call which he made from Batavia to Chicago was yet another reminder of how badly Malaya is being treated in the matter of world telephony. The Imperial Government will neither allow this country to avail
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    DR. BLADGEN.
    118 5 A FOREWORD contributed by Dr. R. O. Winstedt to Dr. Blagden’s new English-Malay Phrase-Book is interesting. As everybody ought to know,” Dr. Winstedt writes, the modern method o! approach to a language is not by way of memorizing Isolated words In a vocabulary but by way of memorizing
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    THE NEW METHOD.
    156 5 TTHIS new method will bo warmly welcomed by those who, like myself, have put long lists of Malay words beneath their shaving mirrors in the vain hope ol learning one new word every morning. Apparently that is a very oldfashioned method of tackling Malay, and indeed Dr.
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    SCHOOL LECTURES.
    141 5 IN REPLY to my comments on the evening science classes which have been started at the Victoria Institution. Kuala Lumpur. I have received the following letter Dear Anak Singupura. You are a very naughty anak Your wanderings could not have been far out of Cecil Street when you
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    KUALA LUMPUR’S $900.
    138 5 *|*HE Selangor Government has allocated precisely $9OO for the Jubilee celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federation and a town oi over 100,000 people. The remainder of the $B,OOO which is the estimated cost of the Jubilee programme is supposed to come from the public,
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    CHALLENGER?
    153 5 IJAVTNG followed with breathless A excitement the adventures of Professor Challenger among antediluvian animals in Conan Doyle’s novel The L 'st World, I am intrigued by a story that Dr. van Stein Callenfells provided the model for Proiessor Challenger. It might be so. Challenger, if you remember, was a
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    EFFICIENCY.
    100 5 f'XNE man in Singapore lias a sublime faitli in the efficiency of the British Post Oflice. He posted an envelope across which was pasted a fragment of a pair ot red-and-white braces and underneath this fragment h< wrote: “To the Bond Street habc.dasher who stocks these braces—London.’* The British
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    BIG NEWS.
    99 6 T'HE editor of the Bangkok Times M was confronted with an awkward problem a week ago. He had to announce the abdication of King Prajadhlpok, and his Journalistic training must have urged him to use his biggest type and generally splash the news as much as possible. On
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    A CHINA TORY.
    113 6 CIR Cecil dementi’s article in The Times suggesting that the British Legation should be temporarily accommodated in Shanghai has annoyed the Chinese nationalists. This suggestion by Sir Cecil, says the People’s Tribune, “is quite sufficient to show how strongly his antiNanking prejudices persist in spite of the
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    INSIDE A PAGAR.
    125 6 FORMER resident of Singapore who is contributing articles to The Sunday Times under the nom-de-plume of Clive Dalton tells a good story. He says that about 20 years ago a shark got into the bathing pagar on Pulau Brani. having apparently swum over the fence during an
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    A NONAGENARIAN.
    123 6 behalf of the Malayan press I must challenge the claim made by the China Mail last month to be the oldest-established newspaper in the Far East.” That honour belongs to Malaya—--11 indeed Malaya is considered to be In the “Far East.” Our Hong Kong contemporary is only 90
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    POOR MR. HILL.
    132 6 MALAYAN Rotarians really ought to be prosecuted by the Poh Leung Kuk. or whatever society it is that is supposed to prevent cruelty to human beings in this country. This was the programme of Mr. R. L. Hill, president of world Rotary, when he toured Malaya this
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    A PROPHECY.
    108 6 «117 HEN the air services are properly organised we shall see a very big tourist trade—mark my words!” That comment is made in a letter which I have just received from a Singaporean on leave. I wonder whether he is right. With a dozen air liners arriving at
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    A JO’BURG REVIEW.
    110 6 pROM faraway Johannesburg comes a newspaper cutting of a review of Mr. Roland Braddell’s Lights of Singapore. Unfortunately this article is illustrated by an old photograph of Raffles Place, which shows the two-storeyed shop-houses which formerly stood on the site of the Meyer building. Apart from that
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    MR. MAYOR’S MAPS.
    101 6 maps are acknowledged to be by far the best produced in the British colonial empire, outside India, and a very large share of the credit for that reputation must go to Mr. W. D. Mavor. This genial Scotsman retired last week after 25 years in the map
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    MALAY PUPILS.
    95 6 QNE remarkable aspect of the map production branch is the success it has attained with Malays both as drattsmen and printers. People who take an ultra-sentimental view of Malays, to the detriment ol other unfortunate people who have to earn their living in government service, can be a
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    HOME AT FIFTY.
    136 6 REFERRING to the new appointment of Mr. V. G. Savi, the editor of British Malaya remarks that the transfer of a Malayan police officer to a Home appointment is a very rare occurrence. It certainly is, and the same is true of any other profession in Malaya.
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    SINGAPORE LOANS.
    141 6 A NYONE who knows the rates of interest charged by the office jaga. and the part which he plays in clerical economy, will find food for thought in a document which reached the Straits Times last week. This is the annual report of the Mercantile Thrift and Loan
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    A TRIBUTE.
    132 6 A SPIRIT of progressiveness and social responsibility is very evident among the younger people of the Jewish community in Singapore at present. The successful dance held at the Memorial Hall on Saturday, the day of the Purim festival, was organised entirely by the younger set, and its purpose
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    BUS MILLIONS.
    112 6 'jpHIRTY-three and a half million passengers, or more than sixtysix times the population of Singapore, were carried in trolley-buses and omnibuses last year. Difficult as that is to believe, it was stated by the chairman of the Singapore Traction Company at the annual meeting in February. This means
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    A RIVER ORCHID.
    163 6 A PARTICULARLY fine specimen of n Dendrobium farmeri is flowering i n the orchid house at the Botanic Gardens at present. Of all the 700 odd species of orchids in this country, this is the showiest but few people have seen it, no doubt because it has
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    FORTRESS COSTS.
    158 6 OOSSIBLY owing to a desire to avoid repetition, the review of the local Navy, Army and Air Force estimates by our Services correspondent last Saturday may have led to confusion in the minds of some readers. This is a matter of great Interest to people throughout Malaya, and
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    R.A.F. PROGRAMME.
    241 6 r J*HE RAF. figure stated above Is for expansion work only, the sums required for pay and other routine expenditure not being known locally. Some readers may have noticed that cur Services correspondent was out by a matter of £10,000, if the individual .items of R.A.F. expansion were
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  • Letters To The Straits Times.
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      JUBILEE SCHEMES.
      223 7 Opportunity To Help The Unemployed. Sir —From letters which have n not' a red in your paper and others recently, it is evident that there is s;till a very great deal of distress caused by unemployment both among Europeans and Asiatics. In connection with the celebrations for His
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      FAIR HANDBOOK:
      225 7 Sale Forbidden Inside The Grounds. Sir.—We have read with great interest the letter written in your paper today by your correspondent Surprised and entirely agree with him. Since we considered that there was need for such a handbook, we took active steps to produce one as an independent
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      SHIPPING SUBSIDIES.
      159 7 Loans Granted To British Shipbuilders. Sir. —May I suggest that the Note in your issue of Saturday regarding shipping subsidies is liable to give the impression that British shipping was subsidised to the extent of £21,000,000 between the years 1921-1926. This, of course, is quite incorrect. It was
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      “AN UNEMPLOYABLE.” Reply Of A Monetary Reformer.
      164 7 Sir. —I have read with interest your correspondent Old-Timer’s letter in your yesterday’s issue, and your own foot-note. Of course, this was bound to happen! Let us face facts. There is no genuine “prosperity round the corner” yet a while—or ever, until the
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      RELIEF FUNDS.
      105 7 An Individual Offer Of $10 A Month. gjj* The grievous wrong that exists in Singapore today—the apathy whereby unemployed and unemployable are left in hopeless anguish and physical distress —can easily be remedied if somebody will give the lead and reopen and reorganise the unemployment relief funds. I
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      PROVIDENT FUNDS.
      189 7 Needed In Mercantile Offices In Singapore. Sir, —The report of the annual general meeting of Tapah Rubber Estates, Limited, held at the French Bank Buildings states: Restoration of salary cuts and the inauguration of a provident fund for senior members of the Asiatic Staff, the company contributing a
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      LETTERS WANTED.
      86 7 Sir,—Malaya, the land of rubber plants and tigers, has always intrigued me. so I write to ask you to give my letter prominence in your columns. I desire pen friends between the ages of 16 and 18. My chief interests art sport, current topics, and hobbies such as
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      BRITISH TRADE FAIR:
      107 7 Sir,—With reference to the recent correspondence in your columns inquiring why a suitable programme has not been arranged tor the British Trade Fiir, I would inform you that at the end of April, there will be pub lishcd a 180 page Souvenir Programme, which will not only
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    481 7 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. A. Strachan actirg Senior Engineer, Posts and Telegraphs, Selangor and Pahang, has gone to Penang on transfe.-. Tunku Osman, a son of H. H. Tunku Mohamed Jewa of Kedah, left for England by the Terukuni Maru on Friday last to go to school there. Major C. R.
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    JOE KIRKWOOD LAUGHS AT GOLF THEORIES.
    1233 8 {Not Necessary To Keep Your Fyes On The Ball.—Relaxation The Most Important Factor. AFTER watching Joe Kirkwood, the famous Australian golfer, play a round at Bukit Timah on Saturday in approximately par figures followed by a demonstration of amazing trick shots one felt that
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    AIR ROUTE TO HONG KONG VIA BORNEO.
    380 8 Strongest Determination'’ To Open Route* (Bv Our Aviation Correspondent.) WITH the return of the R.A. F. party from Hong Kong it is learnt that tnere is the strongest determination to open ui> an air route between Singapore and Hong Kong via British North
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    YORKSHIREMEN IN MALAYA.
    257 8 Farewell Dinner to Mr. Charles Salter. The Society of Yorkshiremen .n Malaya is to give a farewell dinner to Mr. Charles Salter at the Sea View Hotel, Singapore, on April 5. Mr. Salter has given yeoman service to the Society, being the original hon. secretary and having
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    TIN STATISTICS OBSCURED.
    146 8 DELAYS IN SAILING AFFECT POSITION. COMMITTEE TO MEET IN JUNE. The following telegram dated Mar. 14 has been received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies: The International Tin Committee at their meeting on Mai. 14 recommended to the signatory governments that the quota for the
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    67 8 Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hunter are due back from this week. Mr. W. E. Pepys, Commissione r Trade and Customs, S.S. and FM S has arrived back from leave. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Graburn *>: Sungkii, Perak, leave for home on holiday next month. Mr. L. P. Moscrop.
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    LOW RUBBER PRICES.
    1271 9 Market Instability? Influence Of Consumers —Unused Export Rights The Control Scheme Shilling Rubber. To the Editor of the Straits Times. 5 Rubber indeed is elastic; it is M a double sense, in fact it is so elastic that it stretches and retracts with* all other commodities in
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    INDIA BILL A “GHASTLY MISTAKE ”
    399 9 INDIA BILL A “GHASTLY MISTAKE Indictment By British M.P. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar. 11. “It is a ghastly mistake. It satisfies nobody and will never work. We are throwing India away.” Thus did Mr. H. K. Hales, M.P. for Hanley, pass judgment on the Government of India bill
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    THE JUBILEE.
    227 9 No Permanent Memorials In Malaya. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —It is a pity that so far no effort has been made in Malaya to celebrate the King’s Silver Jubilee in any more substantial way than by public decorations, illuminations, and firework displays. I feel
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    ANOTHER CRUISE LINER
    340 9 CINGAPORE'S population on Saturday received a temporary addition of 330 people. 194 were Americans. 97 Germans, and the others comprised French. British, Italian. Swiss. Spanish. Argentinian, Rumanian. Uruguayan. Portuguese. Czecho-Slovakian and Hungarian citizens. They made a great race down the gang plank of the H.A.PA.G. world cruise
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    LOW COSTS CRITICISED BY PERAK PLANTERS.
    886 10 “Outcome Of Neglect And Starvation Wages (From Our Own Correspondent.) j Ipoh, Mar. 13. Mr. J. S. Ferguson, the chairman, presiding at the annual meeting of the Central Perak Planters’ Association, in the course of a review of the year, stated that from the
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    MURDERER’S GUILTY CONSCIENCE.
    175 10 Confession After Two Years. One of the most remarkable cases in the annals of Malayan crime occur red last week when a Tamil peon employed in a nearby estate rode up to the Central Police Station at Kuala: Lumpur, walked into charge room and; made a dramatic
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    “AN UNEMPLOYABLE”
    766 10 Too Old To Work?—Unwanted At Sixtytwo—And No Savings —The European Fund —Should It Have Been Closed To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,—There has been a lot printed in the local press on the subject of unemployment and the unemployable, and as one of the unemployed myself
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    MOTOR TAXATION.
    126 10 $120 A Year On 27 H.P. Car In The F.M.S. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.—Your motoring correspondin’asks in your issue of th? 9th. instant Why do motorists in the Colony have to pay a higher tax This is only so in the lower horse powers.
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    “SENSELESS.”
    216 10 The Clamour For Birth Control. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.—Many letters have appeared it: your esteemed daily on the subject o: birth control, and I take this opportunity to raise a dissentient voice with full knowledge that so-called civilised people will not agree, however sensible the
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    Dindings Rubber Control.
    45 10 The Resident of Perak has establish ed the following Licensing Board i > the-Bindings under the Rubber Super vision Enactment: The District Om cer, Dindings (Chairman), Mr. B M Webber. J.P.. Mr. C. N. Maxwell Dr S. Parampalam and Mr. A. T. Edgar.
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    GROWTH OF KOKUSAI LINE.
    1314 11 A Harbour Log. Six Vessels In Six Months —A Story Of Rapid Expansion Straits-Japan-New York Run-Boustead’s Institute —And A Legend. (Kir Shipping Correspondent.) /%NLY six months have passed since the Kano Maru arrived in 5::. .apore on her maiden voyage from Yokohama. But in this relatively
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    FUNERAL OF LIEUT. DRUMM.
    338 11 The funeral of Lieut. (Quartermaster) Edward James Drumm, M.B.E., R.E., whose death occurred at the General Hospital on Wednesday last week, took place the next day with full military honour*. The service at the graveside was preceded by a short service at the Cemetery Chapel conducted
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    DR. MAX ILGNER.
    210 11 German Industrial Leader In Singapore. A dinner was given at Sea View Hotel last week by Mr. W. A. L. Sehaub’s manager of the N. V. Straits Java Trading Company, in honour of Dr. Max Ilgner, a member of the board ol the I.O. Farbenindustrie Akticngesellschaft. Dr.
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    KING AND SULTAN.
    79 11 Royal Sportsmen's Interest In Racing. Capt. Lindsay Vears, A.D.C. to His Highness the Sultan of Perak, has received a letter from BrigadierGeneral Tomkinson, racing manager to His Majesty the King, written fiom Sandringham, in which he says: “His Majesty wishes you to convey to His Highness his
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    Mr. H. E. Nixon.
    66 11 Mr. H. E. Nixon has been appointed a member of the Assessment Committee under the Rubber Regulation Enactment, F.M.S., in place of Mr. J. C. Innes, who has gone on leave. Towkay Li Kim Tian, managing partner of the Motor Emporium. Klang, ar.d Tengku Alam Shah,
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    SECRET SOCIETY ACTIVITY IN SINGAPORE.
    783 12 GANGSTERS GET BUSY ONCE AGAIN. SERIOUS CRIME INCREASE. Stringent Police Steps To Combat Menace. SEVERAL ARMED ROBBERIES. (By A Special Correspondent.) AFTER a period of inactivity of nearly a year, Cantonese secret society gangsters seem to be getting busy again, and for a brief period
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    SIAM PREMIER ON BRITISH AMITY.
    179 12 Admiral’s Visit. MALAYA AS GOOD NEIGHBOURS. From Our Own Correspondent, Bangkok, Mar. 12. The Commander-in-Chief of the China Station, Admiral Sir Frederic Dreyer, and the (►dicers and men of H.M.S. Kent and H.M.S. Falmouth, are receiving a warm welcome in Bangkok. At a dinner at
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    NOEL COWARD MAY REVISIT MALAYA.
    182 12 Noel Coward, the famous actor-play-wright. left Los 9ngeles on Sunday for China (says Reuter). He may visit Singapore on his way back to Europe. If he does he will meet many friends for he w T as here five years ago and very ably impressed
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    ERIN A COUNTRY WORTH SEEING.
    712 12 GOVERNOR DINES WITH THE IRISH. THE OBSCURITY OF PATRON SAINTS. Excellency Sir Shenton Thomas was the truest of the Singapore St. Patrick’s Society at Raffles Hotel last week, a dinner at which over 200 were present. A very small minority represented members of the society.
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    OUR INADEQUATE AIR STRENGTH.
    415 13 MKVVS OF SOPWITH’S PARTNER. defence plans do not go far enough. Groat Britain’s new cietence plans do not go far enough.” said M k. SigrLst. a prominent pas*<lJnner on the world cruiser Aranda Star which arrived in Singapore last week. Stressing that Great Britain was definitely
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    ARANDORA STAR TOURISTS HERE
    556 13 Inventor Of “P.R.” Aboard. ROMANCES IN THE AIR. The Arandora Star, the star ship ol the Blue Star Line, arrived in Singapore last week in the course ol a winter sunshine cruise. She is the third cruising ship to visit Singapore this season. She is also
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    GENERAL LEWIN’S LONDON VISIT.
    204 13 tor Health Reasons. TO RETURN IN TWO MONTHS. I MAJOR-GENERAL E. O. ifl Lewin, G.O.C., Malaya, sailed for home by the P. 0. Chitral last week accompanied by Mrs. Lewin. The General is tfoing on short leave and expects to he hack in Singapore by the
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    BURMA RIFLES.
    126 13 Col. Brickman Leaves On Retirement. Major Grier has arrived in Taiping. where he will act as second in command ol the Burma Rifles in place ol Major Bagnall, who has taken Lieut.Col. J. M. Brickman’s place and will act as Colonel of the regiment until October. Col. Brickman.
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
    331 13 Sunday. Mur. 3. H.H. the Sultan of Pahang called on His Excellency at Government House this morning. M idamc la Baronne de la Bouillerie and Mrs. Victor Coates had luncheon at Government House. Captain Coltart and Miss Shelley left Government House. Monday. Mar 4 In the morning His
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    MR. J. D. MARTIN.
    51 13 The death loti; place at tlie Genera! Hospital. Singapore, of Mr. J. D. Martin, contractor of waterworks. Klang. The tody was conveyed to Klang and the funeral took place on Saturday at the Catholic Cemetery, Simpang Lima. The deceased k survived by his widow and three
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    N.S. State Council.
    88 13 Mr D. Farquharson. Dato’ Wong Yick Ton. J.P.. C.H.. Mr. Chang Seng Long. J.P.. Tuan Sheikh Ahmac bin Sheikh Mustapha. J.P.. and the Hon. Dr. S. R KrLshnan. J.P.. have been appointed unofficial members ot the Mejlis Meshuarat Keraja’an ‘State Council > of Negri Sembilun uv a
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    Bindings Licensing Hoard.
    46 13 The Distrir OfTicer. Dindings (Chairman), the Protector of Chinese. Perak (Vice-Chairman), the Assistant Controller of Labour. Perak. Mr. B. *M. Webber. J P and Towkay Ding Lioag Dl. have been appointed to eonstit.it < the Licensing Board tor the Dindings for the current year
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    SIAM’S BOY KING TO BE CROWNED IN MAY.
    97 13 Krom Our Own Correspondent. Bangkok, Mar. 12. The coronation of the boy kintr has been fixed for some time towards the end of "lay. Celebrations are being planned on a bit* scale and the day will be observed throughout the country on
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    MALAYAN PLANTING TOPICS.
    1910 15 A Reply 7 o Sunday Holiday A rguinea I —Some Objections— Lost Pay. Toddy And Malaria Viewpoint Of Labour. (By Our Planting (orrespondent.) LtS lul I have nut had an oppor1 tunity to discuss “Truth’s” article j Restriction and Sunday Rest” in issue oi the Planter. (I
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    PERAK TAPPING EXPERIMENT.
    675 15 PAPER READ BEFORE I.S.P MEETING. TEST ON REPLANTED LAND. At a meeting of the Incorporated Society of Planters in Kinta, Mr. J. D Howell, manager of Sungei Krudda Estate, presented a paper on the record of a test tapping carried out at Sungei Krudd i Estate. The
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    ADVANCED MILITARY CLASSES.
    76 16 Candidates From Malaya. Three oHieers of tne Malaya Command have entered for the examinations for attendance at the preliminary selective course for the 54th advanced class commencing at the Military College of Science on Nov. 4. They are Lieuts. J. H. Parsons, B. J. Murphy <both RA>
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    SIR CHARLES MARKHAM.
    116 16 Visiting: Malaya On Way To Japan. Sir Charles Markham, who is in the British Diplomatic Service, was in Singapore last week, having arrived from Borneo. He married the daughter of Mr. Arthur Vanscolina of Labuan in 1932. Sir Charles, who is a captain of the Derbyshire Yeomanry,
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    SALVATION ARMY.
    67 16 Brig. H. A. Lord On Visit To Singapore. Brigadier Herbert A. Lord, of the Salvation Army Headquarters, London. has arrived in Singapore to investigate the possibilities of his organisation undertaking religious and social work in this city Brigadier Lord will report to London after he has concluded his
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    MISS CHERRY HARDY CALLS.
    336 16 Very Glad To See Singapore Again.” A much acclaimed actress on a former visit. Miss Cherry Hardy, returned to Singapore last week after an absence of twelve years. But Miss Hardy is not stopping here. She is a passenger on the pleasure cruise ship Arandora Star.
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    TWO EUROPEANS IN IPOH ACCIDENT.
    231 16 Cars In Collision Both Men Uninjured. •From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Mar. 14. A European resident of Singapore had a narrow escape front injury when his motor-car was in collision with another here last night. The accident occurred at the junction of Belfleld and Hughlow
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    A BALI ARTIST.
    113 16 The paintings of a Belgian artist resident in Bali. Mr. A. J. Le Mayeur. are again on exhibition at the YWCA. Mr. Le Mayeur has now been in that rich corner ol the globe for about two years and his work is as strong and masterly as
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    AN ANIMAL CARGO.
    68 16 A cosmopolitan collection oj animals arrived in Singapore last iceek jroni Hamburg. They included white swans, German and Belgian giant rabbits, tame green parrots from Brazil, a blue faced monkey and several talking grey parrots from Africa, about 40 brightly coloured birds from South America, and a
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    IPOH WEDDING.
    90 16 Mr. J. Van Der Noorda And Miss Sylvia Hill. 'From Our Own Correspondent.! Ipoh, Mar. 12. The wedding took place at St. Andrew’s Church of Mr. Johannes van der Noorda. manager of Lindrteves Stokvis, and Sylvia Hill, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. M. Hill of Port
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    TIMELESS MOOD OF THE ORIENT.”
    744 16 Hearst Manager’s View. AN AMERICAN LOOKS \t SINGAPORE. I Major R K Strassvian, formerly a i noted figure in the American nv gaper wrrld. arrived in Singapore i'/l week from Australia. Major Strassnw, i who is a member of the 0 tfuer reserve corps of
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      News of the week in pictures.
      524 17 -roup pic turr at the Wiing of Inspector C'hila iid .Hiss Dorothy Gilliams. whirli took place ~«ntl> at St. Andrew’s athedral. >|r. Iluang Yen-kai, Chinese consul for Penang. was married at the Consulate in Singapore to Mis* Tai ll'in-lua. daughter of a former consul
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      Sport of the week.
      139 20 Ilu- s < cricket tournament opened with a match between the Etceteras and the Merchants. Here Holt is howling to .1 E. C. Mitchell, and in the small picture on the right he same bowler is making a smart pick up from a warm rt .ui
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      BRITAIN’S DEFENCE POLICY DEBATED.
      1487 21 were present in the galleries.—British Wireless and Reuter messages. MR. BALDWIN EXPLAINS WHITE PAPER. NO LEAD IN REARMAMENT. “Government Is Unalterably Behind The League.” JAPAN’S STRENGTH QUOTED. lib. STANLEY BALDWIN, Lord President of the Council, was the chief Government speaker in the debate on Britain’s new
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      BIGGER LABOUR VOTE.
      86 21 Norwood By-Election. NKW NATIONAL M. P. An increased Labour vote of 5,500 was a notable feature of the Norwood by-election, the result of which was declared last week. The result was Mr. Duncan Sandys ‘Nat. Con.> 10,147 Mrs Gould Labour* 12,790 Mr. R. Findley tlnd. Coil.* 2.098
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      RRITAFS IS ALL FOR PEACE.
      53 21 "Our Kiny and all his family arc for peace. Our Govern meat and Parliament are for peace. Our people are for peace. We cry with one voice for the end of war The Prime Minister. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald in an interview with the Literary Diqcst
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      AIR PASSENGERS TO AUSTRALIA.
      1459 22 of much heavier loads.—British Wireless. QANTAS DIRECTOR IN SINGAPORE. Air Mail Plans Approved In Canberra. THK STRAITS TIMES UNDERSTANDS THAT QANTAS EMPIRE AIRWAYS LTD. ARE HOPING TO RECEIVE THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT’S PERMISSION TO ROOK PASSENGERS ON THE SINGAPORE-AUSTRA-IJA SECTION OF THE EMPIRE ROUTE IN THE COURSE
      of much heavier loads.—British Wireless.  -  1,459 words
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      POLITICIANS FIGHT A DUEL.
      132 22 Reuter Wireless. A Paris Incident. SEQUEL TO NEWSPAPER REFERENCES. Paris, Mar 6 One ol the fiercest duels in Franc* for many years was fought early this morning between Corsican member* ol he Chamber of Deputies, nameiv M. Campinchi, the w'ell-known barrister. and M. Horace De ?arbriccia.
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      BRITAIN BENEFITS BY QUOTAS.
      193 22 Gains In Trade With Colonies. Sir Philip Cunlitfe-Lister. Colonial Secretary, speaking in London, said he wished to pay a tribute to the Colonies lor giving the quota on Japanese good< which w'ere entering their countries at prices against which no t a rill would t> the
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      MARKET SURPRISED BY NEW TIN QUOTA.
      274 23 —Straits Times Copyright. INCREASE TO 45 P. C. FOR APRIL-JUNE. PRICE FALL LIKELY. I. T. C. Personnel Changes Rumoured COMMONS DEBATE SEQUEL. THK International Tin Committee last week decided to increase the tin output quota to 45 per cent, for the April —June quarter.
      —Straits Times Copyright.  -  274 words
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      GERMAN AIR FORCE ANGERS FRANCE.
      185 23 Reuter. New Angle To The Berlin Talks. Paris. Mar. 14. Germany's ollicial admission of possession of an Air Force is unlikely to be accepted in silence here. It is Pointed out that the admission of an infraction of the Treaty of Versailles raises a number
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      VENIZELOS INTERNED AT CASOS
      59 23 Reuter Wireless. Regarded By Italy As Poetical Refugee. Rome, Mar. 12. Venizelos is interned on the island of Casos and will presumably be treated as a political refugee. The Italian Government in the past always has refused to hand over such refugees and there appears no
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      ARBOR DAY IN CHINA.
      108 23 of approximately 540.000 mow*. —Sin Kuo Min Shanghai, Mar. 13. Reports reaching Shanghai reveal that the anniversary of Dr. Sun Yatsen’s death was observed throughout the country. Yesterday was also Arbor Day, hundreds of thousands of saplings being planted. In the afternoon, with a squadron of
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      MR. J. A. MACGREGOR DEAD.
      58 23 News has been received of the death in London of Mr. J. A. MacGregor. at one time a well-known planter and \isiting agent in Malaya. .Mr. MacGregor was chairman of F.M.S. Rubber Plantations and of Sendayan Rubbei Co. and a director of United Sua Betong,
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      LITVINOV ON THE C.E.R, AGREEMENT.
      193 23 .—Reuter. “Great Positive Event" REDUCING TENSION IN FAR EAST. Moscow. Mar. 14. “The Chinese Eastern Railwav agreement must he considered the solution of one of the most complicated Far Eastern problems, and the greatest positive event in the development of Soviet and Japanese relations,” declared
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      NEW LAND FOUND IN ANTARTIC.
      137 23 —Reuter Wireless. Norwegian Sailor Annex An Island. Oslo, Mar. 12. New land has been discovered in tin 1 Antarctic by the Norwegian oil tanker, Thorshavn, which has annexed it in the name of Norway naming it Ingrid Christens Land. The new discovery which is announced
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      440 VILLAGES FLOODED IN HOPEI.
      37 23 —Sin Kuo Min. Tientsin, Mar. 13. More than 150,000 people have been rendered destitute by the floods in the Changwan region, South Hopei, w’here a total of 441 villages are under water.
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      “QUICK AND CHEAP JOB ” SLOOP FOR SINGAPORE.
      348 23 “QUICK AND CHEAP JOB SLOOP FOR SINGAPORE. New Local R.JLV.R. Training Ship. A WAR TIME VESSEL THAT HAS LASTED. Built In 1915 44 To Last 18 Months.” Built in 1915 “to last 18 months,” H.M.S. Laburnum, a mine-sweeping sloop, is on her way from New Zealand to Singapore to be
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      SIR W. CAMPBELL ILL.
      38 23 —Reute.*. Daytona, Mar. 12. Dr. John Fogarty, physician to Mr. John D. Rockefeller, has been summoned to Sir Malcolm Campbell. the racing motorist who is confined to his bed with an attack of influenza.—Reute.*.
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      KWANGTUNG ANTI-OPIUM SCHEME.
      53 23 Canton, Mar. 12 The Kwangtung Assembly yesterday passed resolutions for the abolition of opium divans and prohibition cf opium planting in the province. The projvincial government has been requested to enforce a three-year plan to rid the I province of the drug evil, commencing with the registration
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      GOERING AS “GENERAL OF FLIERS.”
      456 24 Reuter. EUROPEAN POWERS TOLD. Leaving Versailles Treaty Further Further Behind. A ROYAL ROAD TO PEACE. GERMANY'S military air force formally comes into existence on April 1 when General Goering will assume the title of General of Fliers. Germany is being divided into five regional air
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      LEAGUE’S FAILURE IN GRAN CHACO.
      210 24 Mr. Hoo’s Comment. WAR LIKELY TO CONTINUE. Geneva, Mar. 13. Tin* League of Nations ad-j visory Committee on the Grant Chaco war between Bolivia and; Paraguay has virtually washed j its hands of the problem. Mr. Victor Hoo. Chinese Minister at Geneva, on behali of
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      IF BRITAIN LOST SINGAPORE.
      140 24 A London View. IMPORTANCE TO THE EMPIRE. The importance attached to the Singapore naval base by the War Office is indicated by a statement by (’apt Alan C. Graham, personal private secretary to Lord Hailsham. the War Minister. Ho stressed tin* Imperial importance ol Singapore as
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      PLOT TO MURDER THE POPE.
      122 24 and State in Mexico. Aneta-Trans-Ooean. Papal Police Arrest Man With Dagger. Paris. Mar. 12 A plot to murder the Pope has been trust rated, according to the Rome correspondent ol the newspaper Le Jour, who reports that a Mexican recently requested an audience with the
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      NAVAL BASE IS ESSENTIAL.
      71 24 Reuter. Referring to the Singapore Naval Base Capt. Euan Wallace <Civil Lord of the Admiraltyt said the British Government and some of the Dominions regarded it as a strategic insurance. If the base nus abandoned as sotnc suggested, the 7nain fleet could 7iot be tnoved cast
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      “MANCHUKUO MUST BE STOMACHED.”
      191 24 Reuter London, Mar. 10. HI SC U SSI NO tin* possibilities of a settlement of the Far Kastern problem, the Observer postulates that the annexation of Manchukuo would have to he stomached and Japan’s stipulations in regard to Inner Mongolia accepted in part. In regard to
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      SUN YAT-SEN’S SON TELLS JAPAN.
      347 24 Sin Kuo Mit Co-operation In Great Asianism.” SINO-JAPANESE FRIENDSHIP. ‘Will Last For Ever* Says Sun Fo. Nanking. Mar. 14. I IN A broadcast speech, picked up by the Central Japanese wireless station and rebroadcast to all parts of the Island Empire, I)r. Sun Fo, son
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      FAMOUS EDITOR DEAD.
      96 24 London. Mar. 13. The death occurred today ot Mi George Earle Buckle, agiu 71. He wa editor of The Times lor 28 years fron 1884-1912. He is the author of a Uf* of Disraeli and edited Queen Victoria letters for publication.—Reuter Madame Chiang Kai-shek, a devout Christian,
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      TO AUSTRALIA BY AIR.
      296 25 THROUGH bookings. Qantas Get Permission. AS exclusively forecast in the Straits Times last week. Qantas Empire Airways Ltd. j will begin to carry passengers front Singapore to Australia next month. A Reuter message from Canberra states that Qantas have re- j ceiveci permission to carry pas-
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      SIAM PRISON MISSION IN SINGAPORE.
      148 25 Shim's anxiety to treat foreign prisoners as they would be treated In their own countries is one of the rea* sons given by a Government mission, which is at present in Singapore, for midertaking a tour of inspection of Fai Eastern prison systems. We have
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      TO BE A ROYAL BRIDE.
      177 25 DRINCESS Ingrid of Sweden who, is to marry Frederick. Crown Prince of Denmark, has many times had her name linked with that of the Prince of Wales. When she was in England four or five years ago an official denial was issued. Princess Ingrid is
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      KING OF ARABIA ATTACKED AT MECCA MOSQUE
      118 25 Three Men Armed With Daggers. WOULD BE ASSASSINS SHOT DEAD. Crown Prince Also Attacked. The Hedjaz Legation in London states that attempt made to assassinate King Ibn Saud, King of Arabia at Mecca, during early morning devotions in the Great Mosque, Elharam. Three
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      WILEY POST IN THE STRATOSPHERE.
      51 25 Cleveland. (Ohio) Mar. 15. Wiley Post, who left Los Angeles on an attempted stratosphere flight to New York landed here as his oxygen supply was running out. Officials stated his speed was an average of 340 m.p.h., 'but teas later corrected to 270 m.p.h. Reuter.
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      CHINA LODGES PROTEST AT C.E.R. SALE.
      366 25 special assiduity.—Reuter and Sin Kuo Min. Nanking And An Illegal Deal. MIXED BRITISH FEELINGS. Officials Will Not Comment. Nanking, Mar. 12. The agreement for the sale of the Chinese Eastern Railway by Russia to Manchukuo has been initialled at the Japanese Foreign Office, it
      special assiduity.—Reuter and Sin Kuo Min.  -  366 words
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      180 VESSELS SEIZED IN NORTH CHINA.
      50 25 The Tientsin Maritime Customs, during the past two months, seized no fewer than 180 vessels carrying smuggled goods. The smuggled goods, seized by the Tientsin Customs, during the period, were valued at $13,***** 9, the major portion of which was artificial silk and sugar.
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      HOW £ 2,500,000 IS TO BE SPENT HERE.
      862 26 HOW 2,500,000 IS TO BE SPENT HERE. ANALYSIS OF LOCAL DEFENCE ESTIMATES. MAJOR-GEN. BARRON LEAVES. Volunteers Have A “Fine Body of Men.” MEW DEVELOPMENTS AFFECTING THE FUTURE W OF TWO OF GREAT BRITAIN’S FIGHTING SERVICES IN THE FAR EAST ARE EXPECTED SOON. New light on the British Government’s plans in
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      RUBBER FALLS TO 18 3/8 CTS.
      163 26 Market Puzzled. PRICE NO BETTER THAN A YEAR AGO. Rubber fell to 18 s cents in the Singapore market on Monday. Operators are puzzled and not a little alarmed. The price of the commodity is now no better than it was a year ago.
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      BIGGEST NARCOTICS ROUND-UP.
      62 26 —Reuter. New York, Mar. 15. The bjggest round-up of illegal traders in liquor and narcotics in the history of the United States occurred when 1,219 persons were arrested. 741 will be charged with illicit manufacture of liquor, 247 with peddling narcotics, and 26 with counterfeiting. The arrested
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      NEW WIRELESS STATION IN SINGAPORE.
      109 26 Tenders are being called for the erection of a new wireless receiving station off St. Michael’s Road (for which $50,000 has been voted in the estimates) and quarters for thee operators. This will be Singapore’s fourth sta tion, three already in operation being at Paya
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      A BRIGHTER OUTLOOK FOR BRITAIN.
      448 26 O 72 pvX tcilt. IUOC opening to lO? 1^. —Reuter and Britisi Wireless. Budget Speech On April 15. IMPROVED TRADE RETURNS. More Activity In Heavy Trades. MR. STANLEY Baldwin an* nounced last week that the British budget will be introduced by Mr. Neville Chamberlain (Chancellor
      O 72 pvX tcilt. IUOC opening to lO?1^.—Reuter and Britisi Wireless.  -  448 words
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      Enter Spring—Amid The Shadow Of War.
      1234 27 OUR LONDON LETTER. B„d,ii„ g Crocuses And Sprouting Armaments £84,000,000 For A New Battle Fleet (Fl om Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 6. THIS LETTER is leaving 1 London for Singapore on a trul' glorious early spring day. Brilliant sunshine from a sky oi
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      CHINESE REFORM.
      86 27 —Sin Kuo Min. Nanking, Mar. 16. A move has been instituted by Gen. Chi mg Kai-shek to end the practice in China of burying the dead in the fields. In an order to all provincial governments, Gen. Chiang orders that a plot of land be set aside at
      —Sin Kuo Min.  -  86 words
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      TWO KINGS ON THE SOUTH COAST.
      47 27 Above The King and Queen of the Belgians at Folkestone during an unofficial holiday.” Below: King George and Queen Mary are now enjoying their pre-.lubilee" rest at Compton Place, Eastbonme This picture shows the King and Queen leaving the Parish Church.
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      PLAYS & FILMS THAT BLOOM IN THE SPRING.
      1558 28 PLAYS FILMS THAT BLOOM IN THE SPRING. Our London Correspondent on the Brighter Side of Life in the Empire Capital. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 2. THIS morning I looked at my window-box and had a pleasant surprise. Months ago, I planted bulbs in it, with prayer and hope.
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      MYSTERY JAPANESE ACTION.
      133 28 -Sin Kuo Min. Precautions For Pu Yi’s Safety Tientsin, Mar. 18. All movements of Chinese into and out of Manchukuo have been prohibited since Saturday by the Japanese military. For the last few days Japanese troops have been arriving at the Great Wall passes and on Saturday,
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      38 22 AFTER 100 YEARS. The new Empire air mail plan intends that from 1937 all first class mail on the Empire routes shall be carried by air. The same year the P. and O steamship company celebrates its centenan.
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    WEEK-END CRICKET—BOWLERS DO WELL.
    1440 29 WEEK-END CRICKET— BOWLERS DO WELL. SEGAMAT COLLAPSE ON BAD WICKET. S.C.C. Tie At Johore. S.R.C-’S Seven Wick ets Victory. In spite of heavy rain on Friday a full week-end cricket a as sot through in Singapore. Scoring was rather on the low side, wickets being tricky and outfields generally rather
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    THE MILLER WINS!
    35 29 —British Wireless. London, Mar. 14. file Cheltenham Gold Cup was won today for the fourth successive time by Miss Dorothy Paget's famous steeplechaser “Golden Miller’* winner of last year’s (hand National.—British Wireless.
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    A TIE AT JOHORE.
    277 29 Poyntz-Roberts Saves S.C.C. From Defeat. ‘From Our Own Correspondent.; Johore Bahru, Mar. 16. The cricket match between Johor** and the Singapore Cricket Club ended in a tie, each side scoring 77. It was purely a bowlers wicket and the outfield was so heav> that run getting
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    PENANG CRICKET.
    117 29 From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, March lit. The Penang Recreation Club was I treated to another leather hunting I when they met the Chinese Iiccrea- tion Club in a whole day match on the Esplanade today. The Chinese batted the whole morning until pliy was stopped due to
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    S.C.C. PUT UP A HARD FIGHT BUT LOSE TO THE MALAYS.
    1075 31 fair shoulder charge PENALISED. L. V. Taylor Gives Very Sound Display At Centre-Half. (By Our Football Correspondent.) Malays 3 S.C.C. 0. Beaten but by no means disgraced was the general verdict at the conclusion of the First Division match
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    CALCUTTA CUP WON BY SCOTLAND.
    406 31 —Reuter. Ireland Takes 1934/35 Rugby Crown. Scotland 10 Pt. England 7 Pt. Murrayfield, Mar. 16. Seventy thousand saw Scotland beat England today at Rugby by 10 points (two goals) to 7 pts. (a try and a dropped goal). By their victory Scotland regain the Calcutta
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    THE WEDNESDAY NOW CUP FAVOURITIES.
    449 31 Holton Unlucky Not To Beat West Bromwidh. London, Mar. 17. So decisive was the victory gained by Sheffield Wednesday over Burnley in yesterday’s cup tie that they are now strong favourites for the cup. Bolton Wanderers deserved to beat West Bromwich having led 1—0 at
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    MIXED FOURSOMES AT S. G. C.
    932 32 Coif. Keppel Beaten By The Garrison G. C. The* monthly mixed foursomes competition (1 the Singapore Golf Club v/as played at Bukit Timah on Sunday and resulted in a win for Mrs. J. Stone and M. M. Paterson with a net score ot 33.
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    K.L. SHOOTING.
    232 32 W.J.D. Pinkerton In Great Form At Long Ranges. Sunday morning again turned out an ideal shooting morning and there was a very good turn out of members. The ranges were as lor the second I stage of the King’s, 10 shots at 300. 500 and 600 yards with
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    38 32 —Reuter. London. Mar. 13. The toUowing w*ere the results of league matches played today: MV. MI. (South) Bristol City 0. Clapton Orient 0. Torquay 1. Milwall 1 SCOTTISH DIV. I. Albion Rovers 2. St. Johnstone 4.
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH. A Singapore Polytechnic Suggested.— Going On Leave. —New System Of Golf Scoring.
    529 32  -  Conducted /».v "LEIGHTON." WRITING under the name “1895” a Penang correspondent makes the novel suggestion that the Van Kleef Bequest be used to found a Singa- pore Co-Education Polytechnic lor sports. He goes on to
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    H.M.S. MEDWAY LOSES YACHTING.
    500 32 R.S.Y.C. Get First Boat Home In Each Race. On Sunday, the Royal Singapore Yacht Club sailed two races against a team from H.M.S. Medway. The Club won very easily scoring 42 points to the Navy team’s 24. During the first round of the morning’s race matters
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    • WEEKLY SINGAPORE MERCANTILE REVIEW.
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        A New Aspect Of The Kallang Problem.
        1716 1 Sawmill Owners’ Petition—A Vital Issue —Driving Away Trade —$3 Millions A Year —Malayan Timber —Keep The Trade Here —The Defence Question. By Our Commercial Correspondent. |T IS WITH considerable interest and no small measure of anxiety that not only the sawmill owners, timber
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      EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES.
      90 1 During the week ending March l exports from Malayan ports amounted to 30,789 cases, of which 25,570 <64%> cases were to the United Kingdom. G9O <2'r) cases to the Continent of Europe, 0 730 <24 r > cases to Canada, and 3,700 (10 r) cases elsewhere.
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      PULAU KAMIRI CLOSES DOWN.
      1581 2 MINE BEING RUN AT A LOSS. HIGH COST OF QUOTAS. But “A Useful Profit” Might Be Made. The Pulau Kanuri mine closed down on March 2 owing to the abnormally high price and scarcity of tin quota.” The manager, Mr. J. J. Clarke, states that the
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      HAMILTON PAYS 12 PER CENT.
      251 2 Good Year And Sound Prospects. The nineteenth annual general meeting of shareholders of The Hamilton (F.M.S.) Rubber Coy., Ltd. was held at the registered office of the company at Kuala Lumpur. Mr. J. Murray, the chairman of the company, presided and in moving the adoption
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      DENNISTOWN RUBBER.
      240 2 Debenture Stock To Be Redeemed. The second annual general meeting of Dennistown Rubber Estates. Ltd. was held in London. Mr. M. S. Parry, J.P. (the chairman', said he thought it would bi agreed that this company had had its share of the improvement in the industry consequent on
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      TIGER BEER’S GOOD YEAR.
      220 3 $118,000 Profit ci\ PER CENT. RETURN ON SHARES. Malayan Breweries, Ltd., enjoyed another successful year in 1934. when pro fU for the year of $118,000 was returned. The directors’ report states: after making adequate provision for depreciation and doubtful debts the net profit amounts to $118,841.29,
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      SATISFACTORY YEAR FOR ULU BENUT.
      235 3 Dividend Declared At Five Per Cent. Presiding at the fifteenth annual general meeting of Ulu Benut Consolidated Rubber Co., Ltd., in the registered offices of the Company, Hong Kong Bank Chambers, Singapore, Mr. S. Q. Wong said: Profit Of $32,000. Bearing in mind the fact
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      RUBBER SITUATION
      52 3 s n £apore Official Quotations. Quotations Forward Contract* b P Qt Seller Prices A 'i j Mar. I (i n S pore Apr. June Sept. 21 *4 22 Vi 18 S7 in si- 19 20% 21% 19 5 3 16 20% 20 5 18% 19% 18 18 13/16
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      SATISFACTORY YEAR FOR TAPAH.
      641 3 12 Per Cent. Dividend. NEW ACQUISITION OF LAND. DIVIDEND of eight per cent, making twelve per cent, for the year ended Dec. 31, 1934, was declared at the Annual General Meeting of Tapah Rubber Estates, Limited, held last week at the registered offices of the company,
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      FRASER & CO.’S SHARE REPORT.
      488 3 FRASER CO.’S SHARE REPORT. Bids Wanted For Collieries. Fraser and Co.’s share report dated March 19, states: Mining. In spite of the increase in the quotas. business has been very much on the small side in this section of the market. Talams have been dealt in at $1.25, North Taipings
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      21 3 Mar. 14 Tin. S’pore Price $llO.OO per picul 15 108.75 16 108.75 18 107.62% 19 106.00 20 105.50
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      MALAYAN FIRMS TO MERGE.
      219 3 Old-Established Concerns AMALGAMATION TAKES PLACE ON MAR. 31. It Is announced that an amalgamation between the Arms of Adamson. Gllflllan and Co. f Ltd.,and Harper, Gllflllan and Co., Ltd., will take place at the end of this month. These two old-established merchant and agency concerns have
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      $317,000 PROFIT OF “F. AND N.”
      237 3 Remarkable Report. FINAL DIVIDEND OF 25 CENTS. I A remarkably successful year’s trading is reported by Fraser and Neave, Ltd. for the twelve months ended Dec. 31. The directors’ report states: after making adequate provision for der*vciation and doubtful debts the net profit amounts
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      CHARTERED BANK.
      70 3 The Chartered Bank of Indi i, Australia and China advise that the head office in London notify that at the annual meeting of shareholders, the directors will recommend a final dividend at the rate of 14 per cent, per annum, subject to income tax. £25.000 is to be
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      STOCKS AND SHARKS.
      846 4 Fraser And (Vs Quotations. Sim.npoif. Mar 2<> MINING. Wiuc VbI. Pd Buyers Sellers. £1 £1 Assam Kiuubuliv 23 6 34 6 xtl. 4/ 4 Ampul Tin 4 1V4 4 7 £1 £1 Austral Malay f»0 6 61 '6 5 -5 -Ayer Hltam 116 12 6 cd I
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      Trade And Finance.
      436 4 EXCHANGE RATES. 1 Singapore. Mar. 20. SELLING. London. 4 months’ sight 2 4 1 16 London. 3 months' sight 2,4 1/J2 London. 60 days’ sight 2 4 Ijondon. 30 days’ sight 2/3 31/32 London, demand 2 3 15 16 London. T.T. 2 3 15 16 Lyons and
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      HOME AND AMERICAN STOCKS.
      289 4 (Straits Times Copyright J Last Night’s London Quotations. (Prom Our Own Correspondent.* London, Mar. 19. Closing quotations today of the principal British stocks are given below. The rise or fall is in relation to the price of Mar. 14. GOVERNMENT STOCKS. BRITISH. Rise or Fall Conversion
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        LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES MAR. 8.
        682 4 Allagar (2 1 5; Alor Pong.su <2 2 0 4; Anglo-Malay ul> 12 6; Ayer Kuning (£1) 30 Bagan Serai (£1) 11 6; Bahru 'Sol.) (2 3 44; Bantenu <£l> 20/; Balang (2 /II; Batu Caves (£1) 21 3; Balu Tiga (£l> 30 Bckoh (2
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        SINGAPORE DOLLAR SHARE PRICES MAR. 20.
        702 4 Capital Issue Closing Prhe> Paid Up Value Dividends Fraser Lyall A; Company Co. Evatt 454,175 1 6 p.c. int. a'c year 28-2-35 Allenby (sl> 1.65 1.75 1.65 17c 216.779 1 5p c. for year 30-9-34 Aior Gajah <Sl> 1.35 1.40 1.35 145 439.125 1
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