The Straits Budget, 28 March 1935

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      THE FRUIT INDUSTRY.
      789 2 Straits Times, Mar. 21. It will probably surprise most readers of this column to learn that according to one authority there are in Malaya 39 principal fruits for cultivation, 47 fruits of leas importance, and 44 indigenous fruits which are infrequently cultivated but are collected and eaten
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      Restriction History.
      191 2 Straits Times. Mar. 21. Having regard to the present phase of the rubber market, it may be as well to recall some recent economic history, and to show what sacrifices Malayan tin miners had to make before they attained their present satisfactory position. Tin control was introduced in
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      SCHOOLS IN JAVA.
      790 2 of Singapore.—Straits Times. Mar. 22. All who are interested in the problems of education in tropical colonies should get the 1935 Year Book of Education. Last year this invaluable reference work contained a full chapter on Malaya, inspired by the controversies to which Sir Cecil dementi’s regime
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      A PLANTING ADVANCE.
      342 2 The Straits Times has always fought for the interests of working planters in Malaya. Its sympathies extend further, to embrace all classes of estate workers, from managers down to humble labourers, and it believes that the industry cannot truly prosper unless all employed in it are given
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      COUNCIL CHANGES.
      326 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 23. Discussing recently some of the possible developments of the decentralisation policy, we suggested that with a reduction of the functions of the Federal Council membership of it would become much less exacting. A contemporary expressed doubt as to this, believing that the Council will
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      DUTCH CONTROL.
      727 3 being made at all.—Straits Times, Mar. 25. An announcement of considerable importance was made last Friday by the Aneta news agency. It was that individual control of native rubber production was to commence in three administrative areas of Netherlands India on April 1. Two of those areas, Achin
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      ESTATE POINTERS.
      810 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 26. Congratulations are due to the Negri Sembilan Planters’ Association on their annual report, which has just been published. This report is the best possible answer to those who thought that the Stale and district associations would suffer if a union of Malayan planting interests
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      MALAYAN SALARIES.
      775 4 well advised to mark time- Straits Times. Mar. 27. Much satisfaction has been caused, not only among the employees of the company concerned but among the salary-earning public in general, by the announcement that Fraser and Neave Ltd. has restored the salaries of its staff to the preslump
      well advised to mark time- Straits Times. Mar. 27.  -  775 words
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    H.L. BROOK OUT FOR A RECORD.
    321 4 1,500 Mile Dash. REMBANG TO PENANG. THE British aviator, Mr. H. L. Brook, is out to prove the feasibility of speeding U p the air mail service between England and Australia to a week—now. Thus, he stayed only half an hour in Singapore on
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    CHINA EXPORTERS’ HANDICAPS.
    281 4 Dr. C. T. Wang’s Address To Chamber Of Commerce China’s industrial prospects were discussed by Dr. C. T. Wang, former Foreign Minister of Nanking, who returned to Singapore on Monday from a short visit to Sumatra and Java, had a very busy day. As soon as he
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    An Engagement.
    33 4 The engagement is announced of Mr. R. L. Moir, of 'the Borneo Co., Singapore, and Miss June Braddell. only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. L. Braddell. formerly of Singapore.
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    REDUCTION IN AIR FARES.
    120 4 Passenger fares by air between London and Singapore by the Imperial Airways and K.L.M. services will be reduced by 1*24 as from next week. .This represents a reduction of nearly 12 per cent, on the present fares. The single journey from Singapore to London will cost
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    BIRTH
    20 4 MACMILLAN.—At Penang Maternity Hospital on March 20. 1935, to Joyce, wife of lan C Macmillan, S.S. Police, a daughter.
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    ENGAGEMENTS
    69 4 CARR —GRAHAM.—The engagement is announced between Michael Henry, youngest son of Mrs. and the late Mr. C E. Carr, et Claygate. Surrey, and Phyllis, only daughter of Doctor and Mrs. John Graham, of Orton. Westmorland. MOIR—BRADDELL.—The engagement announced between Roy Lewis Moir of t’v Borneo Company, Singapore and June
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    64 4 DEATHS At the General Hospital. Singapore, of M* r Edith, the beloved wife of H. B Kn<»\ Straits Steamship Co., Ltd., aged 4- VAITILINGAM.—Cable received from Chulipuram. Jaffna. Ceylon, by D. Subbyoh the General Hospital, Johore Bahru, ol t! < death of his brother T. Vaitilingam. Pr» tor, Supreme Court,
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    146 5 r«ROM long experience the Singapore post office is familiar with the seeming inability of correspondents to nost their letters early. With a ir mail letters the temptation to include up-to-the minute news is even greater, and no doubt that explains why so many people want to
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    TYRWHITT ROAD.
    133 5 ON Sunday morning a young Englishspeaking Chinese was found in iront of the Chung 800 Association premises in Tyrwhitt Road, Singapore, with wounds in his back. He had been stabbed in the dark from behind. Several weeks ago the Straits Times published a number of letters from residents
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    S.A. INVASION.
    141 5 J_|ITLER'S Black Guards are usually referred to as S.A.” units, but it is not an invasion by this force that is envisaged in the caption printed above. On the contrary, the “Army” which now has its eye on Singapore is a very harmless one—perhaps the only unobjectionable one
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    I.R.R.C. BACK-CHAT.
    148 5 episode of which little or nothing has been heard in Malaya is hint'd at by Mr. F. J. Tompsett in an article in the February number of British Malaya. Mf- Tompsett is not at all pleased Al h the international rubber regula,l(’n committee, which he says is Without
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    EASTERN JOYS.
    159 5 EASTERN JOYS pOR the benefit of folk at Home who think that life in Singapore is much nicer than it really is. I would like to describe a scene which took place in my bungalow last night. I was burning the midnight oil, typing out the gems of wit and
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    SOCIETY MAGAZINE.
    119 5 SOCIETY MAGAZINE CINGAPORE has a new society magazine entitled Topic.” which made its debut last Saturday. Nicely printed on art paper, and with good illustrations and a striking frontispiece, this magazine is a pleasure to handle. It is obviously intended to be a quality product. On the other hand, its
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    YUNNAN TIN.
    105 5 labour is used in the tin mines of Yunnan, one of the most remote and perhaps the most backward of the provinces of China. According to a man who knows this province well, small boys are employed to carry the ore out of the mountain workings. The average
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    PLANTING SPREE.
    108 5 ONE of the wildest escapades of the early planting days was related to me by an old-timer yesterday. A planter in charge of an estate on the Kuala Selangor road went to Klang to buy rice. He bought a large consignment and sent it off in bullockcarts. Then
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    ON THE WARPATH.
    120 5 THIS naturally annoyed the Tamil carters, who rallied their friends and pursued the planters in force into Kapar village, where the revellers took refuge in the police station. Coolies assembled in large numbers and began to stone the station, whereupon the Malay sergeant ostentatiously put the planters
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    ANANDA’S BOYHOOD.
    134 5 IT looks as though Bangkok, after all. will have to postpone its welcome to the new boy-king, Ananda Mahidol. The latest news is that the chosen successor to the throne will probably stay in Switzerland for some time, and his schooling will thus not be interrupted by a
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    THE HADRAMIS.
    148 5 IUIR. A. W. Aljelany, the author of 1 the able review of Islamic relations with the British Empire published on this page on Monday, has some interesting things to say about the Arab community of Malaya. He writes: “All the Arab residents of this country hail from Hadramaut,
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    ROTARY ADDRESS.
    156 5 A LTHOUGH Mr. T. W. Ong is not as distinct a speaker as he might be, his Rotary address in Singapore on Wednesday was one of the best that has been heard here for a long time. One felt, while listening to him, that here was a Chinese,
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    A VETERAN CLOCK.
    152 5 A READER, referring to the recent comments on the need for more clocks in public places in Singapore, points out that the clock on the Central Police Station building in South Bridge Road has been in service for over a century. It is believed to be the
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    EXPENSIVE WEEDS.
    139 5 DUBBER forestry is an attractive system, in that it keeps the soil cool and rich instead of sunbaked and exhausted, but it has to be paid for. This truth is being rammed home by a number of chairmen of rubber companies at their annual meetings nowadays. For example,
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    GEYLANG LANES.
    154 5 117 HEN does a lorong cease to be a lorong? This question is raised by a reader, who wants to know why a term suggesting a primitive phase of urban growth should be applied to the very excellent thoroughfares branching off Geylang Road? These roads, he rightly points
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    F.M.S. BOATHOOK.
    138 5 J HAVE been chuckling over a description of a pocket boathook on the telescopic principle which has been invented for people visiting the Federated Malay States. This article appears in the Bystander, and I shall have to bowdlerise it a bit, because there is a lot of difference
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    HOLIDAYS.
    100 5 ■yHERE will apparently be three extra public holidays in the Colony this year. Hari Raya Puasa, curiously enough, will occur twice in 1935. It has al- ready been celebrated once, on March 16, and it will occur for the second time on December 27 next. For that Information I
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    RUYL’S VERSION.
    111 6 unUYL'S Malay version was Preble ably the earliest example in history oi the translation and printing ot the Bible in a non-European language as a means of evangelisation." That little-known fact is recorded by Mr. E. Tipson in ills 1934 report on the Malayan agency of the Bible
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    THE TERROR BALL.
    120 6 I HAVE heard some mild criticism oi the prices to be charged for tickets for the Jubilee ball on board H.M.S. Terror—ten dollars for men and five for women. It must be remembered, however, that these prices include a cabaret entertainment, supper and a souvenir programme. Drinks
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    FEW PARTIES?
    135 6 A NOTHER point is that, having re- gard to the Jubilee programme as a whole, people may not feel inclined to get up parties for this ball but may prefer to come by themselves. Jubilee Week is going to be a very full one. and it may well
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    CHICKS DOWN!
    143 6 ’’J'HE Sumatra season is beginning in Singapore, and people who live in houses with verandahs, and dislike getting out of bed in the middle of the night to let down chicks, had better take this precaution before they retire. There was a good blow on Wednesday night, and
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    THE VILDEBEESTE.
    129 6 *T*HE Vickers Vlldebeeste, the type of machine used in the squadron which has Just flown from Seletar to the North-West Frontier and back, is a comparatively recent addition to standard R.A.F. aeroplanes. It is notable for its big useful load, which is actually more than the empty weight
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    CHANGI TUBA.
    125 6 JUST why the Changi district of Singapore island should produce the best tuba in the country is a mystery, but it is so. Good tuba should contain four toxic constituents. whereas the average quality sometimes contains only three The Changi product contains all four and consequently commands a
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    JOHORE TUBA.
    93 6 principal source of supply for 1 Singapore merchants engaged in this business is Johore, where tuba is cultivated on a fairly large scale bv Chinese as a catch-crop. Johore tuba is. on the whole, of satisfactory quality, although it must be emphasised that this product is a difficult
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    WIDER MARKETS.
    122 6 T*HE world markets for tuba have ex--1 panded remarkably in the last two or three years. At one time this product was handled almost exclusively by a single firm In Great Britain. Then Japan and America came into the market and finally the Continent, with the result that
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    A CELEBES SCHOOL.
    111 6 HAVE never come across a more striking Instance of the value of Malay as a lingua franca than a story told by Mr. E. Tipson, of the British and Foreign Bible Society. He was lecturing last year in a school in the Celebes. One morning a show
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    THE CORDILLERA.
    123 6 •pHE motorship Cordillera, on which the Hamburg-Amerika line entertained a number of its Singapore business friends to lunch yesterday, has one unique feature. One gets a clear view aft, right through the series of public rooms—the smoking-room, dining-room, lounge and tea-room. In other words, there is uninterrupted ventilation
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    A NOTABLE ROOM.
    148 6 T'HE Cordillera is one of the crack ships on the West Indies run. and it was interesting yesterday to compare the standard of comfort enjoyed by travellers on that route with that which the Far Eastern lines give us. It was about the same. I should say.
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    DISTURBING.
    155 6 urHAT do you think of the revela- tion that the Singapore municipality is, as it were, cherishing a tiger in its private jungle reserve? Speaking for myself, as a confirmed hiker, I don’t quite like the idea. I had arranged to go for a walk around the Mcßitchie reservoir
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    ROADSIDE POSES.
    162 6 I JP-COUNTRY it is different. On the Peninsula, we are given to understand, tigers are practically as common as rabbits. Motorists throw a casual glance at them, washing their faces in the lalang by the roadside, and pass on. Certain it is that in spite of the opening
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    MAMMON'S MITE.
    140 6 P*ROM all I hear, the curt ctn u. ar the fifteen Singapore bank r*i»t ing to current accounts is n exactly popular. Since few people are i enough to maintain an r balance of $l,OOO in their .rrm accounts, the charge of $5 a I to be made
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    JUNGLE BABY.
    142 6 I AST February a wild elephant which had killed at least one man. and had terrorised the Broga district of Negri Sembilan for several weeks, was shot. The hunters were Mr. V. W. Ryves. Capt. Balders and Mr. H. S Brown, all of whom fired simultaneously and found
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    AN EXHIBITION.
    148 6 rVEN to one who, like myself, knows nothing about the technical side oi photography, genuine artistry is evident in the Chinese photographic exhibition, now on view in a building tfi Anson Road. Some of these pictures satisfy the true criterion of pictorial art: the revelation of beauty and
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    MR. FORBES WALLACE.
    109 6 F.M.S. Police Officer Married At Dundee. Mr. Forbes Wallace, Assistant missioner of Police, F.M.S., was married on March 12 to Miss Aileen Grace Wise, younger daughter of the late Mr A W. S. Wise, J.P., of Bombay, and Mrs. Wise, of Iddesleigh Road, Bombay The ceremony, at
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    HOT GOSPELLER AND RENO POLICE CHIEF.
    204 7 Iv w Two Singapore Visitors On Saturday. vr < McPherson, the 44 Hot Gosar rived in Singapore on d ay on the President Garfield, more subdued than usual, lC t showed no inclination the progress of her mis- k with the Straits Times .native
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    2,256 IMMIGRANTS HELD UP.
    137 7 Smallpox Outbreak On s.s. Anhui. Tw< cases of smallpox discovered aboard the China Navigation Co’s Anhui has resulted in 2.256 Chinese immigrants to Maliya being detained on St. John’s Island. Th Anhui. 3.500 tons gross, arrived trom Amoy and Swatow at daylight on Friday and went
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    The Rev. H. G. Peile.
    108 7 Th Rev. H. G. Peile, who was con- 1 with S. Andrew’s Cathedral, ainyupore. from 1912 to 1915, and act,ls bishop’s Commissary in England 1 tug to 1927. has returned from oundland, where he was Canon Jr Ub Dean of s John s Cathedral o
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      THE JUBILEE.
      304 7 Hong Kong’s Royal Statues Recalled. To the Editor of the Straits Timer Sir.—I am somev'hat surprised to see that while the King’s Jubilee is about to be celebrated, no loyal phllantrophist in Singapore has come forward to make a munificent gift to this Colony, as a fitting memorial
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      “ SOME AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES.”
      88 7 SOME AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES.” To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—l regret to find that there is a misapprehension regarding the retail price of the book, Some Agricultural Enterprises in Malaya.” owing to the fact that the price of the book was inadvertently stated in your review to be $2
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    388 7 Mr. S. A. Wykes, of the Straits Times, has returned from leave. Mr. T. P. M. Lewis, European Master. King Edward VII School, is proceeding on home furlough in May. Mr. W. Peel, the son of Sir William Peel, Governor of Hong Kong, is spending a short
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    Are There TWO Tigers.
    273 7 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —The existence of the Singapore* tiger was first discovered by an Indian tracker about a year ago while he was trying to locate the place where two deer were shot by poachers in the Thomson Road district of
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    BOYS’ BRIGADE IN SINGAPORE.
    397 7 Local Battalion Contemplated. The constitution of a Singapore battalion is visualised in the 1934 report of the Singapore Officers’ Council of the Boys’ Brigade. A the end of 1933 the total strength was three companies with a roll of approximately 140 boys, four staff-sergeants and 14
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    NEW LIFE MOVEMENT IN S. CHINA.
    842 8 Bishop Of Fukien Fears New Rebellion. OFFICIALS' LACK OF REGARD FOR PEOPLE. THE fear that there might be another rebellion in China owing to the enforcement by Chinese officials of the New Life movement with too little regard to the comfort, convenience and happiness
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    MALAYAN FLYING CLUBS CONFER.
    179 8 Week-End Conference In Kuala Lumpur. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Mar. 25. As I briefly telegraphed today, there was a conference here yesterday of representatives of Malaya’s four Flying Clubs—those of Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Perak. There were present: KUALA LUMPUR.—The Hon. Mr. W.
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    THE GOVERNOR.
    187 8 Itinerary Of East Coast Tour. H.E. the Governor, accompanied by Lady Thomas and Miss Thomas and attended by the personal staff will leave Singapore by the s.s. Lipis on a tour of the East Coast, commencing from Mar. 29, and will return to Singapore on the morning of
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    Tengku Ampuan Of Pahang.
    45 8 The Tungku Ampuan Besar of Pahang, eldest sister of the Sultan of Johore, left Johore Bahru by the day mail on Monday en route for Pekan where her highness is proceeding on a visit to her nephew, the Sultan of Pahang.
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    A Mission Worker.
    43 8 Miss Eileen E. Dines, of Brightlingsea, near Colchester, is due by the Ranpura, on March 29. as a nurse in S. Andrew’s Hospital. Singapore. She has completed her course of training at the College of the Ascension. Selly Oak. Birmingham.
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    PUBLIC TENDERS INQUIRY.
    275 8 Report Expected In Near Future. Government’s inquiry into the system of awarding tenders for public works, a subject of much discussion in the Colony, began on Monday and ended the following day It was denied at the Colonial Secretariat on Tuesday that inviting of tenders for the
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    F.M.S. APPOINTMENTS.
    126 8 The following F.M.S. appointments are gazetted: Captain F. W. Young, M.B.E.. to be a Company Commander, Malay Regiment. Dr. Samuel John Campbell to be a Medical Officer, Malayan Medical Service. Mr. D. W. Yates becomes a Passed Probationary Assistant Commissioner of Police, F.M.S. Mr. G. T. Holford to
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      39 8 JUST PUBLISHED II Some Agricultural Enterprises I Malaya by M. J. Kennaway) NOW ON SALE AT ALL BOOKSELLERS $2.50 including Postage $2.75. or from JAVA HEAD BOOK SHOP Great Russell Street. (Opposite liritish Museum| LONDON. 6/- including Postage 6/6.
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    EQUINOCTICAL TIDES.
    404 9 Mother Theory Of The “Lag"—The Opposing Forces Tide's Powerful Retentive Energy. To t j ie Editor of the Straits Times. Sir -Some days ago you published m interesting article on tide* by Captain Geoffrey Freyberg. R.N. in u-hu-n lie stated inter alia that the lt 0 f the
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    A MALACCA GROUSE.
    440 9 Alleged Inertia Of Municipality. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—I am a reader of another newspaper, but as your paper is more influential and better read, I cnve space for this letter. It is not meant as a condemnation hut us an eye-opener and though
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    BIRTH CONTROL.
    540 9 Psychologist’s Answer To Mr. Henderson. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—I read with interest the letters about birth-control which appeared in your issue of March 14. For Mr. Henderson. 1 feel sympathy at the pain he has been caused by the revelation that moral ideas may
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    KRANI FACTORIES.
    143 9 Products Of A Vicious System.” Sir. I have no doubt that the headmasters concerned are patting them selves on the back over their recent successes in the Cambridge examinations. In due course, the products of a vicious system will be tormenting employers by an entirely insufficient knowledge of
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    A PRO-RESTRICTIONIST
    142 9 Home Press In Hands Of Gamblers Sir.—As an investor in Malayan tin mines I sincerely hope that those on the spot will continue to support the International Tin Control whose existence and work is being so venomously attacked by those in the City of London who would prefer
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    FOUR MISSING PICTURES.
    178 9 Disappearance From A Chinese Shop. Will the person who by mistake, took lour charcoal pictures (drawings) signed by the artist le Mayeur kindly return them to Chop llung Sun. 103. North Bridge Koad. Behind this notice in the local newspapers lies a mystery. Four charcoal pictures by
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    MR. KENNAWAY’S BOOK.
    198 9 Valuable Addition To A Planters’ Library. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. —About two we'.k* ago you pub lished an article dealing with a book published by Mr. M. J. Kcnnaway containing a collection ol his most interesting articles on “Planting Topics.” Since then 1
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    THE JUBILEE.
    147 9 Abolish The Aliens Bill. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—May I propose that the Aliens* Bill be abolished on the Silver Jubilee ol His Majesty King George V. as the existence oi such a bill Is not a crying necessity, and as there is no better
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    ENTRANCE TO CIVIL AERODROME.
    244 10 MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE PROTEST. A DANGEROUS JUNCTION. Municipal Committee No. 4 at a recent meeting decided to lodge a strong protest against the proposal to provide access to the civil aerodrome, Kallang. from Geylang Road, involving unnecessary additional hazard to the safety of traflic and the public
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    A COPY OF SCOTT’S COMET.
    170 10 Enterprise Of A Bandoeng Engineer. (By Our Aviation Correspondent.) A new two-seater long-range monoplane very similar in appearance to the famous British (De Havilland) Comet, has been designed and built at Bandoeng, near Batavia. The owner of the aircraft is a Chinese, Mr. Khom Kke
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    POPPY DAY.
    47 10 Malaya’s Collection Totals $76,041. The final statement of the Poppy Day Collection in Malaya shows a total sum of $76,041. I The amount collected in Singapore was practically the same as last year but over the whole of Malaya there was an increase of $6,174.
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    RUBBER & MODERN AEROPLANES.
    226 10 RUBBER MODERN AEROPLANES. Aid To Passenger Comfort. (By Our Aviation Correspondent.) MALAYA claims to be airminded. She should be. More and more is the aviation industry presenting a profitable market to the rubber manufacturer. A study of the new all-metal, low-wing, twin-engined Boeing transport reveals that rubber is used in
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    A TUDOR INN.
    145 10 Mr. Warin’s Project For Cameron Highlands. Interest in Cameron Highlands is growing and inquiries for sites come from as far south as Singapore. One of the latest inquiries, reports the Times of Malaya, comes from Mr. W. J. Warin, who hac. asked for a site of one
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    Mr. M. B. Shelley’s Retirement.
    77 10 The members of the Malayan Civil Service are to entertain the Hon. Mr. M. B. Shelley, Chief Secretary to Government, F.M.S., at a farewell dinner at the Station Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, Mar. 30. Mr. Marcus Rex is to succeed Mr. Shelley at “Carcosa,”
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    YORKSHIREMEN IN MALAYA.
    398 10 Capable Of Entertaining Themselves. j At the annual general meeting of the Society of Yorkshiremen in Malaya, at the Adelphi Hotel, last week Mr. S. Reason criticised the cabaret items included in the last annual dinner of the I Socdety. “We as Yorkshiremen are quite capable of
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    TORPEDO FOUND IN MALACCA STRAITS.
    79 10 (From Our Own Correspondent). Malacca Mar. 23. Chinese fishermen found a torpedo In the Straits of Malacca and towed it to town. It was landed at Ayer Itam village, near Klebang. The police were informed and have telegraphed for someone from Singapore to dismantle it
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    NEW RAJA MUDA OF KEDAH.
    319 10 Tunku Badlishah. THE INSTALLATION CEREMONIES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar. 22. At Alor Star yesterday H H Tunku Badlishah, eldest viving son of the Sultan li Kedah, was installed heir an parent with the title of R a Muda. Ja This title had been
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    TUBA ROOT IS BOOMING.
    189 10 Rejoicing Among Chinese Squatters. Chinese squatters at Changi and Paya Lebar, Singapore, are rejoicing. The reason is that business is booming. Their business is the cultivation of tuba root and this promising new Malayan crop is fetching between $60 and $70 per picul. There is a
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    GERMAN SHIPPING CHANGES.
    969 11 New Express Liners For Far East (From Our Shipping Correspondent) Tw0 German ships sailed from Singapore on Sunday one on her last and the other on her first voyage in the East. With a full complement of 300 passengers and with her brass band playing spirited marches,
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    THE CONTE ROSSO.
    96 11 Correspondence, No Straits Mail For Fast Italian Ship. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—The efficiency of our postal department knows no bounds. On Tuesday last the Conte Rosso sailed for Home, the fastest boat on this run. but our Post Office would not accept any
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    EX-SERVICEMEN AT MALACCA.
    202 11 $2,630 Collected For The Poppy Day Fund. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Mar. 21. The annual general meeting or the Ex-services Association of Malaya (Malacca branch) was held at the M. headquarters on Wednesday. Major G. R. Percy was in the chair. The chairman regretted the noncirculation
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    AIR RACE FLYER’S RECORD ATTEMPT.
    106 11 An Englishman is today racing home from Australia in an attempt to break the Australia-England air record held by Cathcart Jones and K. F. H. Waller He is Mr. H. L. Brook, a competitor ir. the handicap seotion of the Milden-hall-Melbourne air race of last
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    CONSULAR EMPLOYEE IN ACCIDENT.
    74 11 Mr. J. PifTaeriti. secretary of the Swiss Consulate in Singapore, while driving through a heavy downpour on Saturday crashed into a lamp post on Serangoon Road. He Is said to have been dazzleu by the glare of an oncoming car A companion sitting by him was
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    40 DAYS SHIPWRECK ORDEAL.
    248 11 Japanese Fishermen In Singapore. Seven Japanese fishermen, from Formosa who arrived in Singapore this week aboard the Maruda told a story of amazing endurance following their shipwreck in the South China Sea. They were wrecked on a coral reef on Jan. 23 after netting about Y.800
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    MRS. E. KNOX.
    124 11 Succumbs To Sudden Illness. The death occurred on Friday, at the General Hospital.— of Mrs. Edith Knox, wife of Mr. H. B. Knox, assistant Superintendent Engineer of the Straits Steamship Co., Ltd. Mrs. Knox was taken ill suddenly and was removed to Hospital where she died a
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    A DOOMED INDUSTRY?
    21 11 There are still mosquitoe buses in Singapore. Looking down Queen Street whence green buses start for Bukit Tiniah.
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    LAST WORLD TOURIST SHIP ARRIVES.
    1525 12 Woman Who Might Have Been Queen Of Portugal. THE 250-odd passengers on the Franconia received a thrill on Sunday as soon as they berthed in Singapore in the course of a world tour. Confronting them from a capstan was a Sunday Times poster, bearing the
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    MALAYA’S FLYING CLUBS MEET.
    89 12 Possibilities Of Greater Co-operation. From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 25. Representatives of Malaya’s three flying clubs met at the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club yesterday, those from Penang and Singapore flying their own club machines, while a Perak representative was fetched from Teluk Anson by
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    Dr. S. R. Krishnan.
    37 12 Dr. S. R. Krishnan has been appointed to be a member of the Indian Immigration Committee for a period of six months commencing March 1, in the place of Mr. S. N. Veerasamy.
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    A MUNICIPAL PET TIGER IN SINGAPORE.
    403 12 “Been There For Three Years.” HIDING IN BUKIT TIMAH SANCTUARY Is It Going To Be Shot? THERE were surprising deve- lopments during the weekend regarding Singapore’s tiger. The Sunday Times informed Malaya that a tiger IS on the island and that it had been
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    HAS HE HEARD THIS ONE?
    58 12 It is said that the Singapore tiger is hannless, ichich reminds one of the big-game hunters whe lost their way in the jungle. "Don't worry said one of than encouragingly. "Tigers don't ordinarily attack a man” "Yes, I know. And you know. In fact we
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    Federal Topics: K.L. Is Not Depressed : Jubilee Finance: The "Dog" Has Its Tail Up: Should “Fruit Machines" Be Allowed?: Another Unity Carnival : Rotarians Are “Good Fellows”: Art Exhibition.
    1124 13 Federal Topics: K.L. Is Not Depressed Jubilee Finance: The "Dog" Has Its Tail Up: Should “Fruit Machines" Be Allowed?: Another Unity Carnival Rotarians Are “Good Fellows”: Art Exhibition (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 21. k hE %ve djwnhearted No! The A ,mory and the answer, refer to! thp
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    M. A. G. CHAMBRELAN RETURNS.
    153 13 New Singapore Agent For M. M. Line. After an absence of four years. M. Andre G. Chambrelan has returned to Singapore to be local agent of the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes, the French shipping line, relieving M. J. Limage. who is proceeding to France on
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    COMBINED EXERCISES NEXT DECEMBER.
    152 13 (By Our Services Correspondent.) Combined exercises by the Army, R.A.F., Navy and Volunteers will take place again this year in December. The programme of training and events for the Malaya Command for 1935-36 issued last week notifies also that inspection of the S.V.C. and beach defence
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE.
    64 13 Diploma Examination In Science. The following have been awarded the Diploma in Science of Raffles College: C. Mosbergen and Tan Gimn Kai. The following have passed the Diploma Examination in Science— Part I, in all subjects: Louis Hon Yung Sen, Lee Siow Mong and Miss M. Vaithilingam. The
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    DISAPPOINTMENT AT KUALA LUMPUR.
    253 13 Bombers Did Not Call. RETURN OF PLANES. FROM INDIA. Kuala Lumpur aerodrome was ready last Thursday to welcome the Singapore R.A.P. bombers returning from a 7,000 miles flight to India. Awaiting the arrival of the machines were 150 drums of petrol Mr. Frockler, of the A
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    CAPT. G. HENNING.
    230 13 Well-Known Ipoh Resident Retires. (From Our Own Correspondent* Ipoh. Mar. 22. Members of the Perak Battalion, M.S.V.R. and the Ex Services Association. gave a farewell dinner to Capt George Henning at the Grand Hotel on the occasion of his departure home on retirement. Col Hornidge. OC.. Perak
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    CAMBRIDGE DAYS OF A CHINESE.
    650 14 The Real England. ROTARY CLUB ADDRESS. THK pleasing absence of racial discrimination among Western and Raster n students at Cambridge University was mentioned by Mr. T. W. Ong in his address at the weekly tiffin meeting of the Singapore Rotary (ltd) last week on Impressions
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    STABBING DRAMA IN BRITISH SHIP.
    248 14 Two Malay Seamen With Cut Throats. Can you send doctor aboard Four men’s throats cut. One dead another dying.” This stark S 0 S. flashed across the sea to a lister vessel, carried the first l ews to the world of the jjrini Uaccdy of
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    MORE ABOUT A TIGER.
    118 14 Footprints Seen Near Lim Chu Kang Road. With reference to a letter in the Straits Times asking whether traces of a panther or tiger had been seen near Bukit Timah. a correspondent informs us that recently tiger footprints were seen in the vicinity of the fourteenth
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    Mr. J. M. BARRON.
    31 14 From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Mar. 20. Mr. J. M. Barron. M.C.S.. Deputy Controller of Labour, has accepted th“ office of president of the Penang Football Association.
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
    348 14 Sunda\. Mar 10. HE. Major-General E. O Lt win and Mrs. lanvin. Bngadiei and Mrs A. T. Shakespear. r olonel and Mrs. R. H. Allen and Mr N G. Morns dined at Government House Monday. Mar 11. Lord and Lady Inchcape and Mr. and Mrs. E. E F.
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    SANATORIUM AT THE HIGHLANDS.
    133 14 Kedah State Plans. NEW BUILDING PROGRAMME From Our Own Correspondent. Penang*, Mar. in. An ambitious building ,rog ram me is proposed by the Kedah Government. "Pile authorities, always all T e t >f the state plan among other thin* > :e ue ion of a sa
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    DEATH OF “BIG BILL” CHRISTIE.
    271 14 A Well-Known Malayan Jockey. “Big Bill” Christie, the j: .hir Malayan jockey, has died in Austr.i.a. A telegram was received in Singapore last week, from Mr. T. W. Turley the tiainer, in Kuala Lumpur. Th ci'-.tta was heart failure. Christie left Singapore for Aust: .iia
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    MALAYAN PLANTING TOPICS.
    2763 15 Planters' Pay And Conditions—Difficulties Of Directors—Question Of Matrimony (rood And Hod Employers—- osilion Of Shareholders—future Propaganda. (By Our Planting Correspondent.) fN review of the I.S.P. memoranI uin a few we?ks age I reached :aph 17 1 propose to make now nrther comments where they ap K r
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    DUTCH QUININE.
    123 16 An Offer To The League Of Nations. (To the Editor of the Straits Times.) Sir.--On March 11 an article entitled Atcbrin in Ceylon" appeared in your paper, repeating the ancient mvth that there is a “world shortage ot quinine, due to the Dutch monopoly." In reality, cinchona planters
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    MILITARY STRENGTH OF SINGAPORE.
    254 16 Now Nearly As Great As Malta. (By Our Services Correspondent.) The strength ot the Army in Malaya now approaches that of the Command at Malta 3,040 (of all ranks) as against 3,400. When a new battalion of infantry is sent to Singapore, Malaya now fourth, will
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    THE DARKNESS OF TYRWHITT ROAD.
    289 16 NOT AN INFREQUENTEI) THOROUGHFARE. SHORT CUT FROM JALAN BESAR. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. —The report in your issue of Mar. 18 of a young English-speaking Chinese being stabbed in the vicinity ol Tyrwhitt Road and benig unable to recognise his assailants,
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    ENGLISH GIRL DIES AT SEREMBAN.
    281 16 Guest Of Dr. And Mr. W. L. Braddon. From Our Own Correspondent.! Seremban, Mar. 20. The death occurred this morning at the Seremban General Hospital of Miss Joan Lynn Allen, aged 28. Miss Allen was residing with Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Braddon. her uncle
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    DUTCH CONSUL-GENERAL.
    61 16 Mr. William Daniels Leaves On Furlough. Mr. William Daniels, Consul-General of the Netherlands, and his family left Singapore last week by the Indrapoera on furlough to Europe. Mr. T. Elink Schuurman who arrived in Singapore by the Marnix van St. Aldegonde on Mar. 19 will be in charge
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    PIRACY NEAR PORT SWETTENHAM .
    141 16 PIRACY NEAR PORT SWETTENHAM TONGKANG OWNER DROWNED. HOKKIENS RANSACK VESSEL. < From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. Mar 19 The first case of pirac> i n Selangor in recent years is reported to have taken place nerr p or t Swettenham on Mar. 13. when a tongkang. while returning to
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    ADMIRAL SIGHS.
    26 16 Admiral Sir Frederic Dreyer. C.-in-C. China Station was among the first to sign the new King ot Siam's visitors' hook in Bangkok last week.
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    PENANG WEDDING.
    167 16 Mr. W. H. Dingle And Miss M. B. Porter. (From Our Own Correspondent.* Penang. Mar 20 The wedding took place at St George’s Church this morning ol Mr Walter Hugh Dingle, of the Asiatic Petroleum Co., Penang, con of Dr. ana Mrs. Edward Douglas Dingle, and Miss Mildred
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    SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRAITS BUDGET
    693 17 pit tnr«* taken during dinmr at the -eetnt farewell gathering held by the Chinese Chamber of Commeree in Ipoh in hencur of Lit u '.-Col. Ci >l. P. Horrid*? Two rtmiliar views of the S.V.C. mess at the new Drill llall. Beaeh Koad lit lew.
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS. Contained in Reuter, British Imperial Radio and Special Telegrams
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      SIR JOHN SIMON EXPLAINS BERLIN VISIT
      1341 21 British Wireless and Reuter. •I RANK DISCUSSIONS’ WITH HITLER. Security —Armaments —The League —Air Pact. John Simon, the British Foreign Minister, made a k statement on his visit to Berlin next week-end during the lit* j«ate in the House of Commons last night on
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      TO VISIT PRAGUE.
      34 21 •dr. Anthony Eden has accepted c c icchoslovalc invitation to visit r'aouc Inhere he will arrive on Apa. 4 at the conclusion of his tour Berlin, Moscow and Warsaw. Be uter.
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      ANTI-GERMAN.
      37 21 While a display of German fashions was being given in London by German mannequins under the auspices of the Berlin Fashion Fnion, sandwich men paraded outside with “Buy British" posters issued by the Women’s Shopping League
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      NEUTRAL ZONE AGREEMENT.
      85 21 —Reuter Wireless. Abyssinia Invokes Article XV. Geneva. Mar 19 Abyssinia, in connection with the dispute with Italy, has invoked Article 15 cl the Covenant providing lor submission of the disputants’ case to the Council, which is very likely to be convened immediately. An agreement In connection with
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      HOLLAND AND GOLD STANDARD.
      48 21 —Reuter Wireless. Amsterdam. Mar. 19. Renewed uneasiness is felt here with regard to Holland’s monetary position following the Belgian Government’s resignation although there is still confidence that Holland will be able to remain on the gold standard even if Belgium leaves it —Reuter Wireless.
      —Reuter Wireless.  -  48 words
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      BRITAIN & FRANCE PROTEST TO GERMANY.
      684 22 BRITAIN FRANCE PROTEST TO GERMANY. —Reuter and British Wireless SIR J. SIMON STILL TO VISIT BERLIN. LEAGUE ASSEMBLY MEETING? Conscription Likely To increase Uneasiness. URITA IN H AS LODOEI) A FORMAL PROTEST WITH HERMANV All A INST HER ONE-SIDED DENUNCIATION OF THE MILITARY CLAUSES OF THE VERSAILLES TREATY. IT IS
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      SIAMESE PRINCE WANTS RELIEF.
      193 22 Will Not Go Home. STUDENT WHO LIKES TENNIS. A New York message says that Prasob Sukhsvasti, prince of the royal house of Siam, applied for relief m America rather than return to his native land. But America has refused his application. The prince, second cousin of
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      19 DEAD 181 INJURED IN HINDU-MUSLIM RIOT.
      227 22 Reuter. TROUBLE IN KARACHI. Sequel To Execution. NINETEEN were killed and many injured in Karachi last week as a result of police firing on a turbulent Moslem crowd following the execution in the local gaol of Abdul Quavam, a Moslem, for murdering a
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      MILITARY CHIEF.
      16 22 General Graziani, Commander-in-Chief of the Italian forces which have just arrived in East Africa.
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      WAR OFFICE AND SINGAPORE DEFENCES.
      308 22 Some Changes May He Made. SUITABILITY OF CERTAIN SITKS. Whole Scheme Not Yet Complete. (Straits Times Special* Following the recent visit of Major-General Barron, Inspector of Fixed Defences with the Army Council, interesting developments with regard to the defences of Singapore are foreshadowed. There is
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      BOY KING OF SIAM MEETS MINISTERS.
      101 23 Leuter. Told Officially Of Accession. HAPPY schoolboy ON HOLIDAY. Will He Return To Bangkok? a iSwitzerland! Mar. 17. i X \M)A MAM IDOL, the Kinu* of Siam, was rally notified of his y the dele).*cssed i.i a ski-ing 1 rdess Ar.ancla and met the
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      SIAM’S RICE TRADE WITH INDIA.
      68 23 O Own Correspondent.) Bangkok. Mar. is. :;x 7 trade from Siam to bn Ken rice is wiped out deeihon of the Indian C e meat to enforce an import twenty rupees per ton on broken rice entering the from April 1. .1 report from Fangoon
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      CHINA’S SALVATION FROM REDS.
      76 23 -> oi Greater Shanghai.--Sin Chew Jll Poh. A Tribute To Gen. Chiang Kai-shek. Confucian Youth Club and ten !,T bodies in Shanghai propose to ret t a statue of Gen Chiang Kai- n mem ory of his work in savChina from the Red menace, inis group
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      GOODWILL FLIGHT.
      78 23 V,' 1 tbr °ugh the press.—Sin Kuo Nanking, Mar. 22. f'- VK'sentatives of the Chinese press gave a dinner in honour of the Ashai goodwill plane s tofl members of the Ashai nc>(1 in China. The affair was ‘(1 at the Li Chi Sha Club. •-Pt’cehes were made
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      CHINA REFUSING OUTSIDE HELP?
      310 23 Sm Chi w Jit Pt'h. New Domestic Loan. FOREIGN POWERS NANKING. Shanghai, Mar. 22. The Nanking decision to float the $100,000,000 domestic loan is being variously interpreted in Chinese circles acre. Some regard the move as Nanking’s refusal of the proposed international loan. Others contend that
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      M. LAVAL’S VISIT TO MOSCOW.
      192 23 I. ma.-Ri :sian alliance. Anela ir :'o-Oct;.it May Lead To FrancoRussian Alliance. Paris, Mar. 20. It is announced that the Soviet Ambassador in Paris has invited M. Laval, the French Foreign Minister, to visit Moscow in the near future. M. Laval will probably accept the
      I. ma.-Ri :sian alliance. Anela ir :'o-Oct;.it  -  192 words
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      4 MORE YEARS WORK ON NAVAL BASE.
      203 23 Renter. Statement In The Commons. EVERYTHING GOING to plan; Why 1935 Estimate Is Smaller. London, Dec. 21. “The Singapore )»ase ought to he ready by 1!W9 at the present rate of preevrs,” stated Captain Kuan Wallace in the House o;* Commons yesterday. 1.’very
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      T’ANG PORCELAIN SOLD IN LONDON.
      128 23 T ’ANG PORCELAIN SOLD IN LONDON. The collection of T’ang porcelain owned by !Wr. J. Ititchie, who appropriately calls his house at Clacton-on-Sea Tang Hall, is being sold at Sotheby’s in London. The pieces were made by Chinese potters over a thousand years ago, and include several notable examples ol
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      GEORGE ROBEY AS SHAKESPEARE’S FAT BOY.
      1354 24 Our London Correspondent At 1 lie theatres iK The Cinemas. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 15. THIS lime of year the post of a London dramatic critic is no sinecure: Almost every evening Ik* must rush home from his office, change quickly, dine
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      COURTS-MARTIAL SURPRISE.
      115 24 —Reuter. Revision Of Findings. CAPTAIN SAWBR1DGK RETAINS COMMAND. London. Mar. 18 The Board -of Admiralty have revised the findings in respect of the courtsmartial m the Hood and Renown collision case Their lordships state that they ar unable to absolve Rear-admiral Bailey from all blame. He had adopted
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      DEATH OF PRINCE PRISDANG.
      110 24 First Siamese Minister To I>ondon. 1 From Our Own Correspondent» Bangkok. Mar. 17. The death has taken place of Prince Prisdang who was born in 1852 and matriculated in London in 1873. He opened the Siamese Legation in London and presented his letters of credence as
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      GOLD OUTFLOW FROM CHINA.
      39 24 -Sin Kuo Min The number of gold bars shipped abroad since the inception of the Chinese Silver Equalisation Committer for the purchase of the white metal ha.* reached the record figure of 8,780.—Sin Kuo Min
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      BRITAIN & CHINA FINANCES.
      267 25 BRITAIN CHINA FINANCES. -Reuter. New Situation. Lords' Debate On April 3. Considerable interest is dis)(i jn London in the statement bv Dr. H. H. Kung, the rhj nt >se Finance Minister, that foreign Powers were concernrtl with the financial difficulties 0 f China, and that the Chinese Government had received
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      RESTRICTION OF DUTCH NATIVE RUBBER.
      37 25 RESTRICTION OF DUTCH NATIVE RUBBER Ancta Copyright. Batavia, Mar. 22. H ,s officially announced that individual restriction of native rubber u'ill be introduced in Tape null, Achin, and the East Cxist oj Sumatra as from April 1.
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      A JAPANESE PEACE SPEECH.
      189 25 -Reuter Value Of Friendship With China. New York, Mar. 20. A gradual shifting of man’s menulity in favour of peace was the subject of a speech by Mr. Saito. The reasons, he said, were the realisation of the futility of war, and the growing prevalence of
      -Reuter  -  189 words
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      RUBBER PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHTER.
      100 25 of permissible exports. —Straits Copyright. Shareholders’ Protests At Present Price. From Our Own Correspondent. London, Mar. 21. As a result of substantial buying for a rise the prospects of the price of rubber making an early recovery are rapidly improving, and i* is .now thought unlikely
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      INSULL DEPORTED TO CANADA.
      69 25 —Reuter. Will Rejoin Wife And Live Very Quietly.” Detroit, Mar. 22. Martin Insull, who has been deported to Canada told Reuter “I am returning to Orillia, where my wife is joining me and will live very quietly. 1 haven’t any business plans.” When Insull was brought
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      EX-SINKIANG GOVERNOR ON TRIAL.
      100 25 oi tne piuvniv-icw Chen’s flight from the province.—Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai, Mar. 25. Tne trial of Gen. Chen Shu-jen, former Governor of Sinkiang Province, will be resumed in the Soochow High Court on Thursday. The General is charged with misrule during his tenure of office,
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      CHINA’S EXPANDING AIRWAYS.
      36 25 -Sin Kuo Min. Air services between Shanghai and Yunnanfu by way of Chungking were inaugurated on Monday. Only mails are being carried, passenger services having been postponed until a future date.—Sin Kuo Min.
      -Sin Kuo Min.  -  36 words
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      UNEMPLOYED CLASH IN WALES.
      117 25 Reuter Sequel To New “Dole” System Protests. l ondon. Mai. 22 A serious enc unter rvtween unemployed and police occurred in Western Valiev M< nm tu-hshlre. last night. This was a sequel to the forbidding of a demonstration of i neniployed against the l»oor l.aw administration
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      JAPAN AND SIAM.
      213 25 Ban On Importation Ot Rice May Be Lifted. The Siamese economic mission led by Prince Laksanakara has arrived at Moji en route to Tokio. The mission will stay three months in Japan to inspect economic and political conditions. Trade between Siam and Japan, which is now in
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      H.R.H. BOOKS ORDERS FOR RRITAIN.
      106 25 British Wireless. London, Mar. 22. In a speech at the annual dinner of the Iron and Steel Federation last night the Prince of Wales expressed his be'.ief that in conjuncthm u'ith the Government he might during some of his travels have been *‘a little instrumental
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      WARM SPELL.
      52 25 Sin Kuo Min. Followed By Snowfall In Yangtse Valley. Shanghai, Mar. 22. Capricious weathei is oeing experienced in the Yangts*; Valley. Alter a period of the warmest weather ever experienced in spring, there was a heavy snowfall last night, the mercury in Shanghai this morning, recording 34 degrees!—Sin
      Sin Kuo Min.  -  52 words
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      JAPAN’S NAVAL VISIT TO SIAM.
      152 25 Warships In Singapore This Week. •Prom Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Mar. 21. The Japanese naval visit to Bangkok is arousing considerable interest in Siam. The Japanese warships have been thrown open to visitors without restriction. The Premier, Phya Bahol, last night entertained Rear Admiral Nakamura.
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      BRITAIN’S BUDGET SURPLUS.
      29 25 BRITAIN’ S BUDGET SURPLUS. Reuter. The British Budget surplus is not likely to be under M5,000,000 rehenthe national accounts are drawn up at the end of the financial year
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      BRITISH RAILWAY EXPERT FOR CHINA.
      120 25 Reuter. No Military Intentions Of Mission. Brig.-General F. D Hammond, who is going to China shortly at the request of the Chinese Government to examine and advise upon the organisation of the Chinese railway system, sails on the Ranpura from Marseilles on April 5 and
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      K.N.I.L.M. PLAN SERVICE TO PHILIPPINES.
      144 25 Manila To Be Within A l)ay Of Sourabaya. (By Our Aviation Correspondent) The Netherlands Indies company, K.N.I.L.M., are reported to be taking steps to be the first in the field in bringing about an extensive network of airlines in the South Pacific. Opening of a
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      ROUNDING-UP SOVIET CRIMINALS.
      192 26 —Reuter. 6,000 Arrests In Leningrad. YOUTHS SHOT FOR MURDER. Girl Member Of “Crime Club.” Moscow, Mar. 22. THREE youths, between the ages of 18 and 20 were shot here yesterday tor the murder of an aged woman. A fourth was sentenced to ten years in gaol, and
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      HITLER AGAIN.
      54 26 In the brer hall at Munich wnere 15 years ago, the 25 articles of the Nazi Party’s programme were first announced, Herr Hitler spoke to his movement. Fifty leaders took the oath of fealty. In his speech Hitler said: “I have conquered democracy through its own emptiness. No
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      Lord Haldane’s Visit To Berlin In 1911 Recalled.
      407 26 British Wireless. It is reported from Geneva that the President of the Council of the League of Nations, M. Aras, the Turkish Foreign Minister, has officially convoked the council to meet j early in April to consider the French communication with regard
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      Should Germany Get Back Her Colonies ?
      333 26 Should Germany Get Back Her Colonies That Germany would soon become a Colonial Power again was the hope expressed by Mr. Oswald Pirow, Defence Minister of the Union of South Africa, in a remarkable speech to officers of the German cruiser Emden. reported in the new issue of Mr. Vernon
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      WAR ON PIRATES.
      55 26 —Sin Kuo Min. Nanking, Mar. 22. A suggestion by Sir Alexander Cadogan. British Minister, that the Chinese Government instruct customs cruisers to co-operate against pirates has been favourably received. The Chinese Foreign Ministry has announced that the suggestion is acceptable as it is in conformity with the
      —Sin Kuo Min.  -  55 words
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      CAMPBELL GOES HOME DISAPPOINTED.
      56 26 -Reuter. Daytona Beach, Mar. 21. Bitterly disappointed at jailing to reach 300 m.p.h., Sir Malcolm Campbell finished his 1935 trials after inspecting the beach today. He decided not to run and ordered the Blue Bird to be packed. Sir Malcolm leaves on Sunday and has not
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      NEW MANCHU BAN.
      125 26 -Sin Chew Jit Poh. Transfer Of Property To China Prohibited. Peiping. Mar. 22. After officially banning Chinese emigration to Manchukuo last year, the Peiping authorities seem to have changed their attitude following Manchukuo’s action in halting further immigration. Only those assured of jobs in the new State
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      PRINCE OF WALES TO WELCOME BROTHER HOME.
      128 26 British Wireless. Duke Of Gloucester’s Tour Ends. VISITS TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. Return Trip By Cruiser. The Kings third son, the Duke Of Gloucester will return from his tour in Australia, New Zealand and the West Indies today. The cruiser Australia with
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      GREEK REBELS MAY DIE.
      62 26 £1.000.000 through the revolt.—Reuter Wireless. Courts Martial Open In Athens. Athens. Mar. 18. The court martialling of the first batch of thirty rebel officers for participation in the recent revolt has begun. The court is entitled to inflict the death penalty. It is estimated officially the
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      MORE SOLDIERS FOR FRANCE.
      62 26 .—Reuter Wireless. Enlistment Bounty To Be Increased. Paris, Mar. 19. With a view to attracting more professional soldiers to join the Army the Government has drafted a Bill which has been adopted by the Finance commission of the Chamber and will shortly come before the Chamber
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      FRENCH AND ITALIAN DEMANDS TO GERMANY.
      692 27 scription.—Reuter and British Wireless Messages. minimum requirement ON ARMAMENTS. SIR J. SIMON IN BERLIN Insistence On Military Superiority. FOUR-POWER MEETING SOON. ONE NEW and important fact has emerged from the European discussions this week-end on the German conscription announcement. A Reuter message states that
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      THE FUTURE.
      79 27 After the Berlin conversations are finished. Sir John Stmon will report to the British Cabinet and probably make a statement to the House of Commons. Mr. Anthony Eden iviil go on to Moscow, Warsaw and Prague to hear other European views. Representatives of France, Italy Germany and Britain
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      CHEEK REVOLT ENDED.
      82 27 This is the first picture to reach Singapore showing the recapture by the Greek Government troops of the Macedonian town of Seres, where the rebels were most strongly entrenched and where the most fierce fighting of the civil war occurred. The entry of the loyal forces into
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      GERMANY’S ECONOMIC POSITION.
      86 27 —Reuter. Is It Worse Than She Is Willing’ To Admit? “Germany is confronted by great tasks in the economic field and whether she is able to master them lies in the hands of Providence,” declared Dr. Schacht at a meeting of the Prussian State Council. Although Dr.
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      THE MAILED FIST.
      89 27 Reuter. Rumanian Attitude To The Situation. Bucharest. Mar. 24. The Foreign Minister, M. Titulesco has gone to Belgrade on a two days’ visit before continuing to Prague. M. Titulesco has seen the King and also the French Minister but refuses to make an official statement, but Is
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      CIVIL WAR THREAT IN CHINA.
      120 27 -Sin Chew Jit Poh. Suiyuan Armies. BEGIN ADVANCE ON INNER MONGOLIA. Peiping, Mar. 25. Civil war again threatens to break out in North-West China following the action of the Inner Mongolian authorities in taking over control of certain disputed areas along the Suiyuan border. Prince
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      MOSCOW PLEASED AT C.E.R. SALE.
      119 27 —Reuter. Result Of The Soviet Peace Policy. Moscow, Mar. 24. In view of the very serious trials to which the cause of peace is being subjected in Europe, it is all the more welcome that one difficult knot has been disentangled in the Far East,”
      —Reuter.  -  119 words
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      SOVIET MOVE TO BUY DUTCH SHIPS.
      70 27 —Reuter. According to reports from Rotterdam published in the Detelegraaf, the Soviet Sovtorgvlot, “mercantile marine," is negotiating with Dutch shipowners with a view to purchasing a score of ships including the whole fleet of seven vessels of the Netherlands Lloyd Company. The latter states
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      Line Renamed North Manchuria Railway.
      78 27 —Sin Chew Jit Poh. A report from Peiping confirms that the sale of the Chinese Eastern Railway to the Manchukuo Government by the Russians was completed at Harbin on Saturday. Acting under advice of the Japanese Kwantung Command, the Manchukuo authorities have renamed the line
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    MERCHANTS FAIL AGAIN IN S.C.C. TOURNEY.
    877 29 Big Hitting By Keng Hock R.A.F. Beat S.R C. 4 There was no cricket in Singapore on Saturday owing to heavy rain. Sunday wickets were, for the most part, on the slow side and run getting proved difficult, but all the same several interesting
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    SELANGOR GOLF.
    38 29 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Mar. 24. The final of the Garden Golf Club championshp over 18 holes resulted in a win for Dr. C. P. Allen, who beat Mthamed Yusof by two and one.
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    RANGERS TOO GOOD FOR THE CLUB.
    360 29 L. De Silva Does Well With Bat And Ball. <From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 24. DLAYING cn the Padang today the 1 Selangor Rangers defeated the Club by 64 runs. Runs were very difficult to get at the outset and the Rangers,
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    AMATEUR INTERNATIONAL.
    20 29 London, Mar. 23. England beat Scotland 2—l today in the international soccer match played on Dulwich Hamlet’s ground.—Reuter.
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    BRILLIANT CENTURY BY DR. HOPKINS.
    272 29 Penang C. C. Draw With Chinese R. C. (From Our Own Correspondent! Penang, Mar. 24. A two-day cricket match between the Chinese Recreation Club and the Penang Cricket Club resulted in a draw after a keen struggle. A feature of the game was a brilliant
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    A CLOSE THING.
    228 29 Le Cain Takes Eight Wickets Against R.A.F. Good bowling by Parker, Lockwood and Evans enabled the Royal Air Force to register a win over the S.R.C. by ten, runs, in Sunday’s cricket match on the Padang. Le Cain bowled brilliantly for the club, taking eight wickets for
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    SPENCER BRINGS HOME THREE WINNERS.
    1011 30 Several Upsets One Ticket On Second Double Pays $1,297. (From Our Own C orrespondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 23. Fine weather ensured a large gathering for the second and last day of the Selangor Turf Club’s Spring meeting. As a mark of respect to the late
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    PERAK TURF CLUB.
    134 30 Big Increase In Profit And Membership. From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. Mar. 19. Owing to the decision last year for the club's financial year to end on Dec. 31. the Perak Turf Club’s annual report to be presented at the meeting on Mar. 27 only covers a
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    LALL SINGH RETURNING.
    38 30 <From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 21. Lull Singh, the All-India and AllMalaya cricketer, is due yack in Kuala Lumpur at the end of April, and will be an acquisition to Selangor State cricket.
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    SPURS HEADING FOR RELEGATION.
    342 30 Arsenal Erratic Against Grimsby Town. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar 23. The Arsenal were very nervous and erratic against Grimsby. Drake gave them the lead in the first half but in the second period, though Grimsby were without their left-back Kelly, who went off injured,
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    ARMY LOSE TO THE R.A.F.
    193 30 Gloucester Run Up Big Score At Home. Twickenham, Mar 23 In the final inter-Services match the Royal Air Force beat the Army by 6 points to 3. The weather was rainy and the crowd was small It was an excellent game, however In the twenty-fifth
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    ANOTHER WIN FOR LIGHT BLUES.
    89 30 Reuter. Brown Breaks Quarter Mile Record. London, Mar. 23. At the White City today, in the inter-Varsity athletic meeting. Cambridge beat Oxford by 7 events to 4. Webster won the pole vault with 11 ft. 6 in. and later cleared 12 ft. 6*2 in., thus
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    LOW SCORING.
    150 30 Johore Defeat The Air Force. 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Mar. 23. The Johore Cricket Club beat the R A F. by 5 runs on the latter’s ground at Seletar. The scores are as follows: JOHORE C.C. Peng. Hock run out 15 Coope b Parker 9 Grundy
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    OVER 3,000 ATTEND CHARITY MATCH.
    768 31 Combination, Speed, Youth And Fitness All Count (BY OUR FOOTBALL CORRESPONDENT) Chinese 7 S.C.C. 1 The Chinese so completely outclassed the S.C.C. in the friendly charity match at Anson Road Stadium last week in aid of the dependents of the late Mr. Kwang Hung that
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    D. F. HUTTON HAS BAD LUCK.
    555 31 Golf. Japanese G. C. Lose To Municipal Team. (From Our Own Correspondent.* Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 18. D. F. Hutton, whose exploits on the rifle range have won him Malayan i tame, can also make good shots on the golf course, where his game has
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    PORT SWETTENHAM BEAT KLANG.
    110 31 Lawn Tennis. Mixed Doubles At S.C.C. Next Month. In x friendly match played at Klang on Wednesday the Port Swettenham Recreation Club beat Klang Club by o’tree matches to one. The gamej» were very evenly contested. The results were as follows: Doubles:—Lee Yoke Kee and Das
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    21 31 -Reuter. London Mar. 19 In a Second Division match today Burnley, playing at home lost to Hull City 1—3.—Reuter.
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    POT HUNTING AT THE S.G.C.
    515 31 TOO MANY GOLF COMPETITIONS. No Room For Common Or Garden Player. “We must not make this club a pothunting club”, said Mr. A. Robinson, at the annual general meeting of the Singapore Golf Club at Bukit Timah He said that two pages in the annual
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    SELANGOR TENNIS.
    55 31 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 24. In a friendly tennis match on the S.C.R.C. courts today Cheah Wat Hun and J. H. Ho, of Penang, beat Eng Be Kong and Chong Tuck Wing 6—3, 2— 6. 6—3. The match was not official, three Penang players being
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH. Slump In Services Cricket.—The Departure Of “Wilks”—A Loss To Rugby. —Several R.A.F. Sportsmen Leave.
    1663 32  - THE CLUB VERANDAH. Slump In Services Cricket. —The Departure Of “Wilks”—A Loss To Rugby. —Several R.A.F. Sportsmen Leave. Co nductcd by LEIGHTON. WVURING tlie past few weeks a num- ber of well known Services sportsmen have left the Colony for home or other stations. Perhaps the biggest loss the Services
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    MALAYA COMMAND’S SUCCESS.
    252 32 WIN PHILIPPINES CHAMPIONSHIP. Undefeated In All Six Matches At Manila. Malaya's good reputation in interport sport has been greatly enhanced by the fine performance of the Malaya Command soccer team which went to Manila to participate in the Philippines National championship tournament. As the appended table shows,
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    K.L. SHOOTING.
    182 32 F.A. Hare Gets Two Possibles. Sunday morning was a very good one for shooting and some very fine scores were put up. The ranges were the King’s First Stage at 200. 500 and 600 yards. 7 shots each H. P. S. 105. Mr. F. A. Hare surprised himself
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      GENEROUS TREATMENT OF STAFFS.
      1117 1 Fraser and Neave Annual Meeting. •it was mentioned last year th.it the cuts imposed during the years rf depression had been partially restored. Since the close of the year, vour directors have again increased salaries in view of the improved conditions, and today the salaries both
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      SOUTH TAIPING TIN DREDGING.
      402 1 Winding Up. DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS ARRANGED. (From Our Own Correspondent). Penang, Mar. 11. j AT an extraordinary general meeting of the South Taiplng Tin Dredging Company (1922) Ltd. held today at Penang, it was decided that the company be wound up voluntarily and to distribute the
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      FRASER & CO.’S SHARE REPORT.
      516 1 FRASER CO.’S SHARE REPORT. Rubber Market Closes Weak. Fraser and Co.’s share report dated Mar. 26 states: With little real interest in the mining section Souths have been placed at 42 cents, Hitams 45 cents, Ulu Klangs $1.04, Norths 56 Vi cents, Jelebus 82*2 cents and Talams $1.19. Ayer Wengs
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      ANOTHER CRITIC OF TIN CONTROL.
      307 2 Talam To Pay Bonus. CO.’S DIVIDEND RECORD. From Our Own Correspondent. Ipoh, Mar. 19. SOME doubt about the future of the tin industry was expressed by the chairman of Talam Tin, Mr. A. N. Kenion, presiding yesterday at the company’s annual meeting. Mr. Kenion stated
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      SUNGEI RAMAL.
      119 2 Final Dividend Of 4 Per Cent. The report of the directors of the Sungei Ramal Syndicate. Ltd., tor the year ended Dec. 31 last, to be presented at the annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur on March 30, states: The balance brought forward from last year was $52,924.19; deduct
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      KAMASAN RUBBER’S JUBILEE.
      296 2 387 Per Cent. Paid In Dividends. The twenty-fifth annual general meeting of shareholders of The Kamasan Rubber Company Ltd., was held at the registered office of the company at Kuala Lumpur. Mr. M. J. Kennaway, the chairman, presided, and in moving adoption of the report and accounts
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      NEW SERENDAH RUBBER.
      121 2 Final Dividend Of 3 Per Cent. The directors of the New Serendah Rubber Co., Ltd., In their report for the year ended Dec. 31 last, to be presented at the annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur on March 26, state that the balance brought forward from last year
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      TIN RETURNS.
      138 2 The following are tin returns for the month of February. Pahang Consolidated.—l,42B pels. Sungei Kinta.—36o pels., 91,900 yd. treated 505 hrs. run. Temoh.—674 pels., 77,300 yd. treated 541 hrs. run. First half of March Dredge Takuapa No. 1 —327 hrs., 85,000 cu. yds., 302 pels. Dredge Takuapa No.
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      DEVELOPMENT PLANS HELD UP.
      1054 2 Chermang’s Position Reviewed. The annual general meeting of Chermang Development, Ltd., was held at Messrs. Evatt and Co., offices, Mr. G. A. Potts, the chairman, presiding.. Also present were Messrs. W. H. Macgregor, Tan Cheng Lock, C. R. Cherry and J. A. Clarke (for the secretaries).
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      AMERICA’S RUBBER CONSUMPTION.
      167 2 inevitable shortly.—Straits Times Copyright. Encouraging Figures For February. (From Our Own Correspondent London, Mar. 16 Nearly ter thousand tons more rubber was consumed by America in the first two months of this year thar in the corresponding period of last year, according to statistics now hand. Arrivals
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      ALL SMILES AT PULAU KAMIRI MEETING.
      1211 3 Shareholders’ “Complete Confidence’’ In Directors. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 23. rYERYONE seemed happy at the Pulau Kamiri meeting ft held this morning at the offices of the secretaries, Messrs. G jbson, Anderson, Butler and Co. Compliments were handed round lavishly, no
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      BUKIT UNTONG RUBBER.
      593 3 Profit Trebled In 1934. A dividend of 2\ 2 per cent, was passed at the general meeting of the Bukit Untong Rubber Company. Limited, held at Seremban. It was revealed that the profit had been trebled in the year under review. Mr. A. I. J. Burgess, the
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      A BIG SYNTHETIC RUBBER PLANT.
      233 3 —Tass. TO START SOON IN MOSCOW. EXPERIMENTS NOW IN PROGRESS. THE first experimental plant in the Soviet Union for the manufacture of synthetic rubber from petroleum gases is to be started soon in Moscow. Preliminary laboratory investigations have demonstrated the full possibility of obtaining synthetic
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      FIRST DIVIDEND SINCE 1929.
      81 3 Sungei Kinta To Pay Shilling Per Share. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, March 14. For the first time since 1929 Sungel Kinta Tin Dredging Ltd., have declared a dividend lor 1934. They will pay one shilling per share on April 1. The last dividend was 2s.
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      RUBBER SITUATION
      70 3 Singapore Official Quotations. Quotation* Forward Contracts Spot Seller Price* t A ——N d. I t I > Apr- JulyDate L’don S pore Apr. June Sept. Mar. 21 5 18% 19% 19% 20% 22 5% 18 1 h 18% 18% 19% 23 5% 18% 18 h 18% 19% 25
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      22 3 Mar. 21 Tin, S'pore Price $106.25 per picul. 22 106.50 23 107.00 25 107.50 20 108 00 27 108.50
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      818 4 Fraser And Co’s Quotations. Singapore, Mar. 27. MINING. Ismu* Val. Pd Buyers Sellers £1 £1 Assam Kumbang 33/- 34'4 4 Ampat Tin 3/6 4/£1 £1 Austral Malay 59/- 61/-6-5 Ayer Hltam H'* 12/-xd-1 1 Ayer Weng 1/15 1.80 £1 £1 BailRrin Tin 24/- 25 £1 £1 Chenderiann
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      Trade And Finance.
      431 4 EXCHANGE RATES. Singapore. Mar. 20. SELLING. London. 4 months* sight 2 4 1 16 London. 3 months 1 sight 2 4 L 32 London. 60 days’ sight 2 J i London. 30 day's’ sight 2. 3 31/32 London, demand 22 15 16 London. T.T. 2 3 15
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      HOME AND AMERICAN STOCKS.
      307 4 t Straits Times Copyright 1 Last Night’s London Quotations. (From Our Own Correspondent.* London, Mar. 26. Closing quotations today of the principal British stocks are given below. The rise or fall is in relation to the price of Mar. 21. GOVERNMENT STOCKS. BRITISH. Rise or Fall
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    • RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
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        LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES MAR. 16.
        665 4 Allagar (2 > 1 5; Alor Pongsu <2 1/11*4; Anglo-Malay (£1» 12.; Ayer Kunlng (£1) 28. Began Serai (£1) 113; Bahru (Sel.) (2)3 6; Banteng (£1) 19 44; Batang (2') /II; Batu Caves <£l> 21 Batu Tiga (£1) 29, Bekoh (2 i ,114; Bertam Con.
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        SINGAPORE DOLLAR SHARE PRICES MAR. 27.
        725 4 Capital Issue Closing Prices Paid Up Value Dividends Fraser Lyall Company <fc Co. Evatt. 454.175 1 6 p.c. int. a 'c year 28-2-35 Alienby i$I> 150 1 60 1.55 1 65 216 779 1 5 p c. for year 30-9-34 Alor Gajah «$1> 1.30
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