The Straits Budget, 4 March 1937
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section29 1937-03-04 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES (ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] No. 1123. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1937. Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d.29 words
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Article, Illustration1171 1937-03-04 1 CONSIDERABLE strengthening of the anti-aircraft defences of Singapore is. according to Service journals in Britain, likely to take place very, .soon. The United Services Review! states that it is understood that a third battery will shortly be added to the anti-aircraft brigade stationed at Changi. which—Straits Times Photograph - 1,171 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article1056 1937-03-04 2 business make us so wild !—Straits Times. Feb. 25. Exactly six weeks ago Capt. A. T. A. Ritchie, 0.8. E., M.C., for 13 years head of the Game Warden’s Department in Kenya, arrived in Malaya to take up some appointment and perform some dutiesbusiness make us so wild !—Straits Times. Feb. 25. - 1,056 words
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Article939 1937-03-04 2 circumstances.— Straits Times, Feb. 26. i Government’s promise to consider a reduction of school fees in connection with the 1938 estimates is the best thing that has happened in the Legislative Council for a long time. It may be difficult to cheapen secondary education without increasingcircumstances.—Straits Times, Feb. 26. - 939 words
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Article827 1937-03-04 3 Straits Times, Feb 27. wit h educational problems so much in the forefront of local public affairs at the moment, and general agreement that an extension of the facilities for secondary education would not be altogethei an unmixed blessing, particular mterest attaches to a recent Colonial Office publicationStraits Times, Feb 27. - 827 words
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Article900 1937-03-04 3 “Of Two Evils....... I— Straits Times, Mar. 1. It has not been possible in the; short time which has elapsed since the issue of the report of the Mui Tsai Commission to make that careful study of the i content.? j ol more than 300 pages or closely set printedI—Straits Times, Mar. 1. - 900 words
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Article1019 1937-03-04 3 Straits Times, Mar. 2. Notwithstanding repeated assurances by official spokesmen that ihe Government of Great Britain does not contemplate entering into any agreement for the transfer of territories at present in British possession or under British protection, a number of Members of Parliament continue toStraits Times, Mar. 2. - 1,019 words
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Article771 1937-03-04 4 —Straits Times. Mar. 3. Young Eurasians in Selangor have just rallied to a call to service as Volunteers. Experience in Singapore, Penang and Malacca encourages confidence that they will make very good Volunteers, with a special gift for rifle-shooting, which remains of great military value even in these—Straits Times. Mar. 3. - 771 words
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Article102 1937-03-04 4 Special Guardship For Singapore? CONSIDERABLE strengthening of the anti-air-craft defences of Singapore is. according to Service journals in Britain, likely to take place very soon. The United Services Review sta-*-' that it is understood that a third battery will shortly be added to the ant aircraft brigade102 words
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NOTES Of The DAY.
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Article337 1937-03-04 5 OOKING back over my recent L wa nderings, with the intention of riving readers a few representative glimpses of the East Coast, the first of the many pictures which pass before my mind’s eye is one not of Trengganu but of the Pahang \~oast north of Kuantan. My iriend337 words
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Article180 1937-03-04 5 VILLAGE FETE AND now for a very different scene, lorty miles farther up the coast, in a fishing village <»f considerable size called Kijal. There j we watched a football match arranged to bring people together to hear a recruiting talk by two Malay officers and a private (himself a180 words
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Article223 1937-03-04 5 THAT is one East Coast picture which I shall always remember, and there is another, also seen in Kijal. That same night we watched a Rodat performance in the village. This curious combination of Islamic chanting and Hindu dancing is seen in other parts of the Peninsula, I223 words
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Article294 1937-03-04 5 OO novel and delightful was my East Coast holiday and so for- i tunate was I in getting off the beaten track in Trengganu with a friend who knew the country and its people intimately that it would not be difficult to write this column in the form294 words
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Article251 1937-03-04 5 DUT if there is one impression which stands out above all ethers, as 1 look back on my week in Trengganu. it is of the restfulness the peacefulness. of it all. No newspapers, no telephones, no radios, no clubs no noise and stink of mo*oi traffic, no feverish251 words
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Article235 1937-03-04 5 AND how pleasantly, how leisurely, how quietly It goes by in Kuala Trengganu. It is a sadly backward town, judged by the standards of modern Malaya it still has no water supply, and the Lord only knows what its fifteen thousand inhabitants do about sanitation but modern235 words
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Article215 1937-03-04 5 A COLLEAGUE of mine came up to me yesterday with a thoughtful expression on his face and said: “Have you ever stopped to think, Anak, that you have another twenty vears to go before you can shake the dust of Cecil Street off your feet, and ihat means215 words
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Article210 1937-03-04 5 CORRESPONDENT who signs himself “Progress” writes from the West Siam address as follows: “Sir, —I think that your Straits Budget is a very fine paper, in fact I know of none more suitable to the exile from Malaya, but there is one feature that you could very well do210 words
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Article175 1937-03-04 5 J7VEN if the columnist in question were a combination of Dr. Johnson, Samuel Pepys and Hannen Swaffer it would be impossible for him to become self-satisfied, for no sooner is one issue of the Straits Times out than he is haunted by the fear of having nothing to175 words
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Article180 1937-03-04 5 PUMP FUNCTIONS CTILL, on second thoughts I am net so sure. The Straits Times gives two pages to sport already, and another page every da* to preparations for the coming world war, and two more pages to rubber and tin dividends: so I can’t help feeling that just one little180 words
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Article218 1937-03-04 6 II7ITH three appearances by professional artists at the Victoria Theatre or Memorial Hall within seven days, presenting Spanish dances, Hebridean folk-songs and Italian opera, Singapore is exceptionally fortunate at the moment and many people upcountry must be envying us. Unfortunately, as usually happens here, the good things have218 words
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Article228 1937-03-04 6 f HEN I first read the stage-name Madam Scotia" I must confess to having been rather repelled, for it conjured up a picture ot a majestic, forbidding Celtic matron, a sort of Scottish version of the Britannia on the English penny. But last night 1 discovered that the228 words
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Article275 1937-03-04 6 extraordinary profusion in which a certain kind of yellow butterfly is sometimes seen in this country must have been noted by everyone who does much travelling on Malayan roads. I remember a trip to Kuantan several years ago when there were hundreds of swarms of these butterflies in275 words
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Article230 1937-03-04 6 rarely does one see as cosmopolitan a crowd on a dance floor in Singapore, except at a cabaret as that which danced to the strains of the Inniskillings’ orchestra in the Drill Hall on Saturday night, when the twoday International Fete of the Y.W.C.A was brought to an230 words
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Article189 1937-03-04 6 yHAT indifference extends into circles where it should be least expected, as we are reminded by a reference to the Y.M.C.A. made by Mr. E. A. Brown in his book Indiscreet Memories. Referring to a somewhat sanctimonious person named Pringle v/ho represented the Y.M.C.A. here many years189 words
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Article275 1937-03-04 6 Canadian Trade Commission er v realty should do something rbout an advertisement in an American magazine which has caused much chuckling in Kuala Lumpur. It depicts an immaculately dressed tourist, handsome as only leading men in musical comedies are handsome, tn a ricksha in a thoroughfare which275 words
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Article208 1937-03-04 6 'jpHE heading “Lovely Combinations" over a paragraph in the women's supplement of the Straits Times has puzzled a Seremban reader, who writes to ask if I can explain how such a heading could apply to a paragraph reading: “Metal fabrics can be stiff and formal or be backed208 words
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Article248 1937-03-04 6 *|’HE galloping of a musang, or a family of musangs. in pursuit of a rat in the space between ceiling and roof can be a nuisance at night a this animal also loves to raid tr poultry-run, but until my landlord sei tukangs to repair my roof last248 words
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Article166 1937-03-04 6 TROPICAL FIGHTING "pHE day may come, although we hope it never will, when white troops will be on active service in the Malay Peninsula, still a highly malarious country outside rubber estates and urban areas, and in the light of that possibility the revelations made by Sir Aldo Castellani. the166 words
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Article103 1937-03-04 6 Kuala Selangor comes a limerick by “E.W.F.” which is a replv to the rude miner in A'ongkah Harooui. Bhuket, West Siam, who described this column as bilge—a Phuket dredge attacking a P as you might say. This limerick is a b allant effort, and a timely one, foi103 words
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Article72 1937-03-04 6 The engagement is announced of John Mellor Tickler, second son of Mr. and Mrs. George Tickler, of the Manor House, Bradley, near Grimsby. Lincoln shire, smd Isla, daughter of Mr. ana Mrs. Wallace Cook. Oakley. Mersthanr Surrey. Miss Isla Cook spent her early childhood in Malaya, where she was born,72 words
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Article830 1937-03-04 7 R E cox left by the Aeneas •:um Port Swettenham for Home. F T. Clifton has been appointed be a Coroner in and for the Settlement of Singapore. Mr* w S Coombes, wife of tne nicer of Tekka Taiplng Ltd., has failed for Home on the Blue830 words
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Article151 1937-03-04 7 Acting Puisne Judge Of The Supreme Court. His Excellency the Governor has. oy Letters Patent under the Public Seal of the Colony, nominated and appointed Mr L. V J. Laville. Barrister-at-Law. Bachelor of Arts, to act temporarily as a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court. S.S. Other appointments151 words
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Article41 1937-03-04 7 An instrument has been passed under the Public deal of the Colony, provisionally appointing Mr. R. Williamson to be temporily an Unofficial Member of the Executive Council. S.S, in place cf the Hon Mr W A Fell, on leave41 words
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Article175 1937-03-04 7 Thursday, Feb. 18. In the evening His Excellency and Lady Thomas were present at an At Home given by H.E. the General Officer Commanding and Mrs. Dobbie at “Flagstaff House.’’ Friday, Feb. 19. Lieut. R. M. T. Peacock, R.N., Lieut. D. H. Fuller, R.N. and Lieut. J. W.175 words
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DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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Article140 1937-03-04 7 CAMPBELL—To Mrs. A. D. Campbell at Singapore on Feb. 23, a son. TAYLOR.—On Feb. 25, 1937, to Dorothy, wife of L. V. Taylor, of The Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ltd., a daughter. WILSHAW. —At Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 26. to Doris, wife of R. G. H. Wilshaw, a son. MOGENSEN.140 words
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Article53 1937-03-04 7 The engagement is announced and the marriage will take place shortly between Adeline Irine, youngest daughter of Mrs. O. S. Fernando and the late Mr. G. S. Fernando of Kuala Lumpur and Sirisena, only son of Mrs. P. M. Hendrick and the late Mr. P. M. Hendrick of Elliott53 words
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Article57 1937-03-04 7 The marriage will take place of Mr. Cheah Tong Eng, eldest son of Mrs. Cheah Oon Chaing, of Penang, and Miss Lee Hooi Teng, third grand daughter of Mr. Lee Chin Ho and daughter of Mrs. Lee Quee Choo, of Singapore, at the Penang Buddist Association, Anson Road, Penang,57 words
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Article250 1937-03-04 7 Leaders— The Life That Makes Us Wild 2 Fifty Cents Per Month 2 Vocational Training 3 “Of Two Evils 3 The “Haves” And The “Have-Nots” 3 Eurasians Advance 4 Telegrams— Covering past week’s news 25—28 Picture Supplement 17— 1$ Financial Supplement— Financial and Commercial News to date, following page250 words
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Article27 1937-03-04 7 Mr. W. J. B. Johnson, Canning Officer, has been appointed to be an Inspector for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Pineapple Industry Ordinance.27 words
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Article279 1937-03-04 7 Mr. B. RajagopaPs Long Career. An Indian pioneer in Malaya. Mr. B. Rajagopal. father of Messrs., R. B Krishnan. a Singapore journalist, and R. Sitaram of the Singapore Municipality. died on Sunday at 7.30 p.m. at his residence. No. 100, Sophia Road. Mr. Rajagopal came to279 words
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Obituary14 1937-03-04 7 DEATH RAJAGQPAL. —Boopathy Rajagopal passed away peacefully at 7.30 p.m. on February 28, 1937.14 words
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Article323 1937-03-04 8 FORCES MASS TO TEST FAR EAST DEFENCES. U7HEN the 1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers left for Hong Kong on Tuesday to participate in combined manoeuvres, they were the first battalion to be transferred from one Command to another for training purposes in the Far East. Altogether323 words
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Article134 1937-03-04 8 Local Chinese Not Ready To Comment. Inquiries by the Straits Times reveal that majority of local Chinese have not had Jme to digest the Mui-Tsai Commission’s findings though there is no doubt that they have aroused keen interest The Hon. Mr. Tay Lian Teck, President134 words
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103 1937-03-04 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.! Penang, Mar. 2. Electricity is now available in Ballk Pulau village, on the west coast of Penang. The Installation of electric lights, which became effective yesterday afternoon, has been long overdue. This innovation marks a milestone In the progress of the103 words
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55 1937-03-04 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Feb. 26. {Vlr. Edwin Tongue, Commissioner of Estate Duties, S.S., can claim the distinction of being the first Malayan to be received at Buckingham Palace in the new reign, for he was today invested with the King's Police Medal for55 words
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269 1937-03-04 8 Sastri Report Forecast In K. L. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Feb. 27. QOTTAGES for labourers instead of coolie lines, the abandonment of.* 4 key’* areas and all-round improvements are reported to be the points of the Hon. Mr. V. S. Srinivasa Sastri’s report to269 words
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Article, Illustration138 1937-03-04 8 A COLONEL said good-bye to his Regiment in Singapore on Tuesday. He was 52-year-old bachelor Lt.Col. M. F Hammond-Smith. M.C.. Officer Commanding the Ist Battalion. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He goes on leave by the transport Dilwara on Mar. 11 tor a few months before retiring138 words
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133 1937-03-04 8 Council Grants Tin Prospecting Permit. At a meeting of the Johore Executive Council held at the Dewan on Sunday, an application trom the Nippon Industrial Rubber Co., Ltd., lor grants of State land in the Mukim of Benut, Batu Pahat. was approved. The land133 words
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Article70 1937-03-04 8 Mr. R. F. Mallard The New Head. With the departure on leave on Saturday of Mr. C. G. E. Baughan, Mr R. F. Mallard. Assistant Superintendent ot Police, is now officer in charge of the Detective Branch, Singapore. Mr. Mallard was in the same office in 1935. He70 words
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260 1937-03-04 8 High Praise For Programme. STATION ZHL (Singapore) scored instantaneous suecess with its first full-length programme on Monday night. Enthusiastic comments on the reception and the quality ot the 4*4-hour programme were made by listeners-in in reply to inquiries bv the Straits Times. The Hritish Malaya Broadcasting260 words
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Article49 1937-03-04 8 That it has been decided to standardise all road signs throughout Malaya and that the old type will be replaced by an approved Ministry of Transport sign, is revealed in the interesting annual report of the Negri Sembilan Branch of the Automobile Association of Malaya.49 words
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Article131 1937-03-04 8 CAR IN COLLISION WITH LORRY. IJIS HIGHNESS the Sultan of Johore was involved in a motoi accident on Monday when a car. driven by himself, was in collision with a lorry at the junction oi Jalan Trus with Jalan Dhoby. It would appear that at131 words
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1287 1937-03-04 9 WAGES BOARD SUGGESTED. Question To Be Discussed In Committee. ■•I SUGGEST for your consideration that we should make 1 representations to the Government of the Colony to instite some sort of Wages Board, not with a view to taking away the strike weapon from employees,1,287 words
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Article117 1937-03-04 9 Welcome Break In Barrack Routine. «JT will be no holiday but it 1 will be a welcome break from barracks routine.” That seemed to be the consensus of opinion among soldiers of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, who left for Hong Kong by the submarine117 words
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Article64 1937-03-04 9 EXPERIMENTS to determine the best height for floodlights which will illuminate the new Singapore Airport for night landings were carried out on Sunday night and were continued on Monday night. Two lights were tested on tem**porary supports at various heights. When the experiments are concluded six lights64 words
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Article415 1937-03-04 9 Correspondence By Car To Singgora— A Good Trip. To the Editor of the Straits Times, Sir, —Mr. Crick’s letter in reply to “Anak Singapura” was interesting to me as I had no idea that the road through into Siam to Haad Yai and Singgora had been415 words
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Article141 1937-03-04 9 <From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Feb. 28. The new aerodrome at Bandon, about 400 miles from Bangkok on the route to Penang, was used by two Imperial Airways London-Singapore planes—one eastward bound and the other westward bound. The operations manager from Bangkok proceeded to the new141 words
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Article, Illustration2427 1937-03-04 10 Commission’s Tribute To Malayan Governments’ Work. A bigger Chinese Protectorate staff to carry out the task of abolition and a more vigorous campaign of detection and prosecution is recommended in the report of the Mui-Tsai Commission which was issued for publication in Singapore on2,427 words
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66 1937-03-04 10 “IT is a pleasing feature of life in Malaya that there is not merely a complete absence of friction but much cordiality in the relations between the different races inhabiting it. It is quite common to find Malays, Chinese, and Indians all living in the same66 words
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Article104 1937-03-04 11 117E were very favourably im- pressed by a custom which appears to prevail in the Chinese Protectorates in Malaya by which the Protector sits all day in a room to which anyone can have access and is prepared to listen to any Chinese man, woman104 words
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177 1937-03-04 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Feb. 28. Lieutenant J. P G. E. Orme. of the 2nd Punjab Regiment who fell 200 feet to his death while bathing on Saturday, just outside the town, was buried with full service honours. Mr. Orme went bathing in177 words
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Article, Illustration481 1937-03-04 11 (By Our Special Correspondent.) |N seven months there will stand on the slopes off Girdle Road, at the Cameron Highlands, a building which hundreds of Malayans have yearned for ever since they left the homely shores of Britain. It is an inn—a real Sussex481 words
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85 1937-03-04 11 Manila's Aspirations As Air Junction Reuter. Manila, Feb. 27. .Manila is another aspirant for the title “Croydon of the Far East." It is reliably learned that Imperial Airways have approached the Philippines Government with a view to extending its PenangHong Kong air service to Manila. It is also stated thatReuter. - 85 words
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Article82 1937-03-04 11 Japanese Line Arranges Monthly Service. Tokio, Feb. 8 Vessels of the Nanyo Kiaun Kaisha, officially sponsored firm engaged in South Seas shipping, will call once a month at Jesselton, British North Borneo, it was announced here today. The first ship to visit the port will be82 words
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Article76 1937-03-04 11 The wedding took place at tile Chinese Legation, London, on Feb. 20 of Dr. Lee Hah Liong, an on boy of the Anglo-Chinese School, fpoh, and second son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ko Ding of Sitlawan, to Miss Pose Cho\, 3 A, the only daughter of M* Clioy Chong,76 words
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Article, Illustration604 1937-03-04 12 Charming Helpers In National Costumes. ATTRACTIVE CABARET FOR TONIGHT’S CHARITY BALL. A CHARITY ball at which several artistes gave dances in national costume concluded the Y.W.C.A. International Fete at the Volunteer Drill Hall on Saturday evening. A feature of the fete,—Straits Times Photograrh - 604 words
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Article358 1937-03-04 12 Yam Tuan British Resident Attend. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Sunday. THE complicated ritual attending Malay marriages was dispensed today with, when, according to the simple marriage rites of Islam. Tengku Mohamed of the Malayan Administrative Service, Assistant District Officer, Larut, Perak, and son of the358 words
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396 1937-03-04 12 FULL DETAILS OF COMMONS QUESTION ANSWER. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 26. 'J'HE Selangor Unemployment Inquiry Committee consisting of Mr. Hugh Fraser, the Acting Under-Secretary to F.M.S. Government as Chairman, and the Hon. Colonel Cecil Rae, J.P., Mr. C. Ward-Jackson and Mr.396 words
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Article182 1937-03-04 12 Mystery Flight To Australia? are Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh going in their private plane? Are they going to Australia and, if so, will they call at Singapore? Those are questions aviation circles in Singapore are asking. Although authoritative quarters have received no182 words
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Article57 1937-03-04 12 Mr. A. T. Edgar, of Sitiawan, who recently gave an interesting lecture on “Malayan Birds” before the Ipoh Fortnightly Club, has received the authority of the British Resident, Selangor to collect lor scientific purposes, until January 1, 1938, any species of wild birds or their nests or eggs, which mjy57 words
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386 1937-03-04 13 Johore Government To Consider Question iSKKD by the Hon. Dr. N. Mootatamby to state whether the A rates of interest charged by pawnbrokers were not exces- a nd contrary to the best interests of public economic weland whether Government was prepared to protect debtors prescribing reasonable386 words
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Article173 1937-03-04 13 The following passengers for Europe sailing in the Jutlandia which left Singapore on Feb. 23 via Port owettenham and Penang: Mr. and Mrs. K. Brandt, Mrs. J. hiirsen, Mrs. A. Sylvester Hvid. Rev y E Spencer, Miss M. P. de Brum. Mi. and Mrs. H. R. Hemsted, Mrs -I173 words
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Article50 1937-03-04 13 A message from New Delhi says that the Rt. Hon’ble V. S. Srinivasa Sastri has submitted his report to the Government of India on Indian labour conditions in Malaya, and that it will be laid before the new Standing Emigration Committee of the Indian Legislative Assembly.50 words
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Article253 1937-03-04 13 Criticism In Johore State Council. “Blachan is made in Johore under insanitary conditions.” said Lt.-Col. the Hon. Da to Yahya bin Abu Talib, introducing a subject which brought many chuckles at the Johore Council of State meeting last week A condiment made from prawns and powder, chocolate-coloured253 words
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Article70 1937-03-04 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Feb. 19. Madame Wellington Khoo. wife of the Chinese Ambassador at Paris, flying to Shanghai, spent her time while the plane was refuelling at Don Muang yesterday to make a hurried visit to Bangkok, where she bought durians and mangoes, which she70 words
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351 1937-03-04 13 JOHORE UNOFFICIAL’S PLEA. THAT there was urgent need for closer co-operation between certain Government departments was stressed by the Hon. Dr. N. Mootatamby last week at a meeting of the Council of State of Johore. It appeared to him, he said, that much wasteful expenditure351 words
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174 1937-03-04 13 Concession For Estate Burial Grounds. A bill to empower His Highness the Sultan in Council to reduce or remit a $500 fee in the case of estate burial grounds passed through its first reading at the Johore Council of State meeting on Feb. 23.174 words
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Article184 1937-03-04 13 Johore In Line With Rest Of Malaya. After two years of rubber restriction. Johore is now uniform with the rest of Malaya in the law governing regulation. At the meeting of the Council cf State on Feb. 23. a completely redrafted and amendeu enactment was considered on184 words
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499 1937-03-04 14 JAPANESE MINING ACTIVITIES EXPANDING. Another Fifty Acres At Batu Pahat. (Special To The Straits Times.) FE steadily rising exports of high grade iron-ore from the Japanese-owned mines of Trengganu and Johore have been given a fresh impetus by the world steel famine, the499 words
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Article123 1937-03-04 14 Singapore Circus Sensation. Attacked by a lion during a performance at Bell’s Circus, Great World, Mr. A. Turkey, a tamer, had a fortunate escape from death or serious injury. The jungle beast leapt on the tamer and buried its fangs in one of his shoulders. Although123 words
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127 1937-03-04 14 In the Straits Times of Saturday, Feb. 6, there appeared a report of the death of Mr. Charles Fraser as the result of injuries received in a motorcar accident on the Bukit Timah Road a week earlier In that127 words
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Article81 1937-03-04 14 Three British naval vessels to visit Singapore in the near future include the cruiser Suffolk (Captain H. C. Phillips), which will be at Singapore from March 17 to March 20 on a passage from England to the China station. The cruiser Diomede, conveying naval relief crews81 words
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Article492 1937-03-04 14 Chief Justice’s Comment On Breach Of Contract Case. uAN the evidence of the plaintiff I can only describe the claim for $5,000 general damages as grotesque. The special damages claimed did not amount to onefifth of the sum which a District Court has power to award and492 words
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462 1937-03-04 14 Many Inquiries Says Deputy Agent. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Feb. 18. AS we do no direct booking of orders, it is a little difficult to estimate the exact value of the Malayan stand at the British Industries Fair,” said Mr. E. Jago,462 words
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1392 1937-03-04 15 planting topics By j Our Planting j Correspondent.! it has 'seen suggested to me that it I' 0U ld be appreciated by planters f in niv notes this week I could 'J forward, for general guidance, That arrangements are now being e on estates up country1,392 words
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Article284 1937-03-04 15 Traction Co. Annual Meeting. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Feb. 25. DROPOSING the adoption of 1 the report and accounts at the annual meeting of Singapore Traction Co., Ltd. today, Mr. L. W. Hawkins, chairman, said that the accounts reflected the completion of the financial284 words
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1130 1937-03-04 16 MOTION AGAINST JOHORE ADVOCATE SOLICITOR. Sequel To Conviction By Singapore Court. Mr. Justice Laville, in the Johore Supreme Court, on Feb. 24 •reserved judgment on a motion by the Johore Bar Committee calling upon an advocate and solicitor to show cause why he should not be suspended from practice tor1,130 words
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226 1937-03-04 16 FURTHER TIME NEEDED FOR REGISTRATION. ALTHOUGH Saturday was ostensibly the final day on which the bicyclist < Singapore must get their machines registered, there are still many hundreds of registrations to be carried out that the Registrar of Vehicles Department believes the work will take226 words
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Article343 1937-03-04 16 Tightening Up Of Colony Law. TIGHTENING up of the Women and Girls Protection Ordinance is proposed in a bill published in Friday’s Government Gazette and to be introduced at the next meeting of the S.S. Legislative Council. The bill raises the age below which an unmarried girl343 words
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Article141 1937-03-04 16 A recent arrival in Malaya, Miss Theodora Caroline Hiltermann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Hiltermann, of London, was married to Dr. Percival Victor Mac Garry, Singapore medical practitioner, at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd on Friday. Dr. Mac Garry. who is attached to the firm141 words
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187 1937-03-04 16 SINGAPORE’S FORGOTTEN BRIDGE. Question At Municipal Meeting. “It looks as if in a week’s time we shall have to bring grass cutters to work on what used to be Cavanagh Bridge,” remarked Mr. E. A. Brown when he raised a query at Friday’s Singapore Municipail Commissioners* meeting as to when187 words
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117 1937-03-04 16 W. C. Thorne, a European, who was charged with having driven a motor car in a rash manner and thereby caused grievous hurt to a Malay named Puteh bin Kassim, was discharged at the conc-usion of the preliminary inquiry which was conducted by Mr.117 words
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Article, Illustration632 1937-03-04 17 Dr. P. V. MacCiarry and Miss T. C. Ililterman after their wedding at St. \ndrP\v’s Cathedral, Singapore, on Friday. tbove) Mr. See li I tick and Miss Slew Eng, who w r<» married at •i<‘ Cantonese As"ciation, Taiping. Mr. Aage Rasmussen Russ (above left) and632 words
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Woman's Notebook.
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Article, Illustration1553 1937-03-04 21 Some Reforms They Might Sponsor If They Served On Municipal Commission Advice On Child Welfare Abolition Of Rikishas Slum Clearance And A More Beautiful City. WOMEN have been accused by Bruce Lockhart in his book Return to Malaya” of bringing lbout changed in1,553 words
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Article98 1937-03-04 21 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Talping Feb. 22. At the meeting of the Larut and Matang Sanitary Boara held at the Sanitary Board Office Taiping, at 10 am. on Tuesday. February 16. the official minutes of which have just been issued by the Chairman of the Board98 words
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Article83 1937-03-04 21 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Feb. 24. W. J. Harrison, of Larut Tin- Mines, who was charged with driving his car in a careless manner or without due regard to the personal safety of others, was yesterday convicted by the Taiping Magistrate. Che Pawanteh, and sentenced83 words
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Article415 1937-03-04 21 The following passengers lor Colombo and Europe left in the Corfu on Feb. 26. Mr. and Mrs. Angler, Mr. B. W. Allen, Comdr. and Mrs. G. R. G. Allen, child and infant, Mr. S. Abdulla Alkaff. Mr. C. G. E. Baughan, Miss B. Bergson. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks, and415 words
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1012 1937-03-04 22 BIG DETERIORATION ON MALAYAN ESTATES. REPLANTING ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL, SAYS MR. RITCHIE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 25. THE marked deterioration in appearance that has occurred on Malayan rubber estates within the last few years was commented on by Mr. A. J. Kitchie, Chairman of1,012 words
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Article216 1937-03-04 22 Outbreak When Nearing Singapore. SLIGHT fire in a cargo of kapok and sisal hemp in the top of one of the after holds of the Royal Dutch Mail liner Marnix van Sint Aldegonde occurred when the vessel was approaching Singapore from Batavia on Feb.216 words
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94 1937-03-04 22 Two employees of the Immigration Department—Lim Wee Soon and Abu bin Amman—who were charged with receiving an illegal gratification and abetment, respectively were acquitted and charged by the Singapore Criminal District Judge (Mr. H. A. Forrer), without being called upon for their defence. After the conclusion94 words
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205 1937-03-04 22 *pHE first Eurasian Magistrate ir 4 Singapore, Mr. C. F. J. Ess. to be succeeded by the first Chinese Magistrate in Singapore. Mr. Tar. Thoon Lip on Mar. 1. Mr. Tan will be the second person to preside over the fifth court in twc months.205 words
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Article53 1937-03-04 22 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Feb. 25. TN order to test the reaction of Malayan listeners to the Empire programmes broadcast from Daventry, Mr. J. B. Clarke, an official of the B.B.C., will visit Singapore during October and November this year in the course of53 words
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Article74 1937-03-04 22 ‘From Our Own Correspondents Ipoh. Feb. 25. The military situation in Malaya and the reorganisation of the F.M.S. Volunteer Force are to be explained to European Volunteers at Battalion Headquarters. Ipoh, on Tuesday, March 2. The Hon'ble Lieut-Col G. M P Hornidge. M.C., 0.8 E. V74 words
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191 1937-03-04 22 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 25. STRIKE of all workmen (foreshadowed in the Straits Times today) has broken out in the Weng Fatt Foundry near Kuala Lumpur, causing some anxiety to tin miners. The Weng Fatt Foundry is one of a191 words
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190 1937-03-04 23 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 24. THE last of Singapore’s “merchant princes of the .old days Mr. Stamford Raffles Robinson has left a personal estate of £157,833. J ‘f t he leading figures in the mercantile history of the Colony and for more than190 words
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Article104 1937-03-04 23 —Reuter. Question In House. London. Feb. 24. In the House of Commons Mr Lambert inquired whether the oh fuel tanks in Singapore were above the and therefore subject to destruction by aeroplanes. Sir Samuel Hoare, the First Lord of the Admiralty, replied in the affirmative and added—Reuter. - 104 words
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Article86 1937-03-04 23 Kedah Estate Doctor And New Zealand Bride. 'From Our Own Correspondent) Feb. 25. 1 he wedding took place yesterday afternoon at St. Andrew’s Church of Robert Bruce Wallace. Medical nicer. Dublin Estate. Kedah, and Miss Phyllis Muriel Babington, fourth nufhter of Mr. and Mrs. John Babington, of New86 words
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Article316 1937-03-04 23 Two Chinese Committed. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 23. pjOW a large number of moulds, a light brazier and some currency coins, alleged to be counterfeit, were found in a police raid on a house in Sungei Layang was told in the Kuala Lumpur police316 words
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Article, Illustration676 1937-03-04 23 Early Morning Skid Into Ditch. HEROIC RESCUE WORK BY MIDDLESEX TROOPS. Two Europeans—a young man and a young woman—were killed in a motor accident when the sports car in which they were travelling along Pasir Panjang Road early last Wednesday morning skidded and fell—Straits Tivies Photograph. - 676 words
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Article207 1937-03-04 23 Criticised By Assembly Member. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Feb. 22. JN the People s Assembly last week a Representative pointed out that the control ot the rubber planting industry in Siam *~as not as effective as it might be and said this was due to207 words
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Article341 1937-03-04 24 Analogy Of Imitation Leather. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—In your article of Feb. 20 vou gave greater prominence to synthetic rubber than the facts warranted. X still believe that natural rubber can never be substituted with success. Take the case of compressed paper is a341 words
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Article321 1937-03-04 24 “Wouid Be A Check To Progress.” To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —After reading reports of the Hon. Captain N. M. Hashim’s speech at the last Council Meeting and the reply of Government, I would like to express the view that in the opinion of most321 words
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256 1937-03-04 24 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—When one writes as glibly as Mr. K Vytopil did in youi issue of Feb 20 about the manufacture of synthetic rubber on- should remove all doubts as to the correctness of figures submitted Otherwise they are bound256 words
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Article243 1937-03-04 24 Fixed Scale Suggested For Estate Matters. To the Editor of the Straits Times, Sir, —May I be allowed a little space in your paper to second your correspondent 44 Stung in his appreciation of Mr. Justice Adrian Clark’s outspoken denunciation of certain practices in estate matters, and his243 words
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Article960 1937-03-04 24 A Defence Of Christian Activities To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Please allow me to answer the protest of “Bapa Angkat” in the Straits Times of Feb. 11. I have Just returned trom a trip among the Sakai and therefore I have been unable to give960 words
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Article218 1937-03-04 24 FLIES OWN PLANE OUT FROM EUROPE. 1\«R. G. E. F. DE KOK, who Is Director-General of the Royai Dutch Oil Group, arrived in Singapore on Friday afternoon flying his own Dragon Fly 130 horse power plane. He landed at the air base and was welcomed218 words
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457 1937-03-04 25 —Reuter. —Straits Times cable £250 Per Ton Reached government reported to be building up big reserve. FOR the first time since 1928 tin in London on Feb. 22 was over £250 per ton and metal brokers were deluged with orders for the metal. Copper—Reuter.; —Straits Times cable - 457 words
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Article63 1937-03-04 25 —Reuter. Tientsin, Fpb. 21. Forty Koreans armed with clubs a Customs warehouse before dawn, beat the Customs officials, orce d doors and loaded a lorry with b contraband bales of piece-goods, 7 uch had been previously impounded. The French Concession police stopthe lorry and arrested six—Reuter. - 63 words
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Article117 1937-03-04 25 NANKING TRUCE WITH REDS tion of Communistic propaganda.—Sin Chew Jit Poh. HOSTILITIES IN N.-WEST CEASE. Shanghai, Mar. 1. Has Nanking concluded a truce with the Communist armies? This question is being asked following the virtual cessation of hostilities in the NorthWest since the Kuomintang Executive Conference in Nanking. Informed circlestion of Communistic propaganda.—Sin Chew Jit Poh. - 117 words
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56 1937-03-04 25 sugar in Tientsin yesterday.—Sin Chew Jit Poh. Tientsin, Mar. 1. Barbed-wire entanglements have been erected around the Customs building in Tientsin and an armed guard stationed on the premises following attacks by Japanese smugglers. The latest trouble arose over the seizure of 300 sacks ofsugar in Tientsin yesterday.—Sin Chew Jit Poh. - 56 words
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Article92 1937-03-04 25 —Reuter. STOLEN BY HIS OWN TWO SONS. Accra, Feb. 28. The two sons of Sir Ofori Atta, ruler of the State of Akim Abuakwa. West Africa, have been sentenced respectively to twelve and nine months’ hard labour for stealing their father’s gold crown valued at £230—Reuter. - 92 words
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Article, Illustration144 1937-03-04 25 Late Of Malayan Civil Service. Sir Arthur Frederick Richards, K.C.M.G., the new Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner of the Western Pacific, entered the Malayan Civil Service as a cadet in 1908. After a period of useful work as Acting General Adviser to the Government of144 words
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Article65 1937-03-04 25 —Reuter. Alleged Complicity In Two Assassinations. Shanghai, Feb. 24. Liu Lu-yin, until recently chairman of the Central Publicity Department of the Kuomintang and a member of the Canton faction, has been arrested in Shanghai on a charge of complicity in the assassination of Mr. Tang Yu-Jen,—Reuter. - 65 words
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Article176 1937-03-04 25 —Reuter. SAILORS CREATE MORE TROUBLE. Shanghai, Feb. 23. Four soldiers of the Loyal Regiment were injured when 40 ratings from the Italian warship Lepanto, armed with blackjacks and lead piping, came to blows with a similar number of British soldiers in a dance hall as the—Reuter. - 176 words
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Article111 1937-03-04 25 .—Reuter Wireless. £1,200,000 SCHEME. London Feb. 24. PORTSMOUTH’S scheme costing 1 £1,220,000 has been accepted by the City Council whereby a barrage will be built with the object of landlocking Langstone Harbour and making it a huge lake and establishing an Empire flying-boat base there. The.—Reuter Wireless. - 111 words
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117 1937-03-04 25 Shanghai. Feb. 22. rE full text or the declaration of the Kuomintang Congress was released for publication yesterday. It stresses the importance of bringing about unification of the country by peaceful means, but this policy of the Central authorities should not be interpreted as that117 words
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380 1937-03-04 26 —Reuter. AUSTRIAN HOPES. Denials From Berlin. Vienna, Feb. 23. T’HE restoration of the Triple Alliance is envisaged in a plan reported to have been proposed by the German Foreign Minister, Baron von Neurath to the Austrian Chancellor, Dr. Kurt Schuschnigg, at a conference, i—Reuter. - 380 words
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Article104 1937-03-04 26 —Reuter. Defence Bill Passes Second Reading. London, Feb. 26. T'HE House of Commons yesterday approved the Second Reading of the Defence Loans Bill by 307 to 132.—Reuter. Mr. Neville Chamberlain, moving the second reading in the House of Commons of the Defence Loans Bill welcomed the—Reuter. - 104 words
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Article320 1937-03-04 26 —Reuter. British Wireless. London, Feb. 24. Two hundred thousand men will be required under the new Government plan to provide fire-fighting services to deal with the effects of incendiary bomb attacks. It is estimated that 20,000 of these auxiliary fire-fighters will be required in London alone.—Reuter.; British Wireless. - 320 words
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Article200 1937-03-04 26 Reuter Wireless. MANY CONCESSIONS GRANTED. 3,000,000 GERMAN RESIDENTS. Prague. Feb. 23. MEASURES are announced whereby the Czechoslovak Government hopes to satisfy the minorities within its borders, particularly the 3,000,000 Germans. A report on discussions between the Government and the three German parties has formulated a principle that membersReuter Wireless. - 200 words
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47 1937-03-04 26 :eplaces Mr. Ku Meng-yu.—Sin Chew Jit Poh. Nanking, Feb. 25. Gen. Chang Chun, Foreign Minister who has just resigned, has been appointed secretary of the Central Political Council, of which Mr. Wang Ching-wei is chairman. Gen. Chang replaces Mr. Ku Meng-yu.—Sin Chew:eplaces Mr. Ku Meng-yu.—Sin Chew Jit Poh. - 47 words
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Article225 1937-03-04 26 Reuter. I Position Of Parties. Bombay, Feb. 23 j THE elections to the Legislative Assemblies under India’s new Constitution are now over in all provinces. The final results are yet to be declared in the Central Provinces, Madras and Bombay, in all of which the Congress PartyReuter. - 225 words
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Article209 1937-03-04 26 —Reuter. At Rate Of One Per Month. London, Feb. 26. According to reports which are believed to be credible, the Soviet are intensively building submarines and actually adding to their fleet of them at the rate of one monthly. At present it is believed that there—Reuter. - 209 words
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360 1937-03-04 27 —Reuter. Well Within Country’s Capacity. DECLARED OPINION OF GREAT ECONOMIST. London, Feb. 25. f) RITA IN’S extraordinary recuperative power and > her ability to shoulder such a gigantic financial burden as that foreshadowed by the requirements of the country’s defence programme during—Reuter. - 360 words
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Article52 1937-03-04 27 -Reuter. Congress Has Majority In Central Provinces. Bombay, Feb. 25. Congress, it is assumed, will have a ear majority in the Central Provin(‘*s having already won 59 out of the 1J seats with 32 results outstanding. hi the Bombay Presidency. Congress •'■ecured 55 out of 175 seats, with-Reuter. - 52 words
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Article66 1937-03-04 27 British Wireless. London. Feb. 25. le King, on the recommendation of c.c Secretary for Air. has approved the appointments, to take eifect :rom Sept, l, 1937:—Marshal of the ,°yal Air Force Sir E. L. Ellington, oiei of Air Staff, to be Inspectorgeneral of the Royal Air Force– British Wireless. - 66 words
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Article67 1937-03-04 27 —British Wireless. London, Feb. 25. Balloon barrage units for the defence of London against air attacks are being organised. Balloon Units will be formed on an Auxiliary Air Force basis with a nucleus personnel. It was stated at Commons question time yesterday that 309 men were—British Wireless. - 67 words
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Article136 1937-03-04 27 —Reuter. OFFICERS WOUNDED BY SPLINTERS. London, Feb. 24. It is officially announced that five people, including Captain Drew Commander Peachey and a Lieut.Commander, were slightly wounded by an anti-aircraft shell which fell on the quarterdeck of H.M.S. Koval Oak during a bombardment cf alencia yesterday. It.—Reuter. - 136 words
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Article174 1937-03-04 27 ZONES OF ACTION DELIMITED. London, Feb. 23. THE scheme for enforcing non-intervention in Spain provides for a naval cordon ten miles from the coast with six search stations at Cherbourg, Bordeaux, Gibraltar, Marseilles, Oran and Madeira and also a floating station on the Goodwin Sands.174 words
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66 1937-03-04 27 Reuter. Soviet Fleet Will Not Participate. London, Feb. 26. The Soviet fleet will not participate in the sea control scheme olf the Spanish coast. This decision was reached at this morning’s meeting of the non-inter-vention sub-committee. A message from Paris states that it is officiallyReuter. - 66 words
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Article112 1937-03-04 27 Shanghai, Feb. 24. A suggestion for the conclusion of a “collective security pact” in the Pacific, comprising China, Great Britain, Russia, the United States and France, aimed against Japan, was approved by the just concluded Kuomintang Executive Conference, ac cording to the Japanese press in Shanghai. The112 words
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Article91 1937-03-04 27 .—Reuter Wireless. Possible Hitch. Rome, Feb. 24. It is believed that Italy may not be represented at the Coronation \n London as the result of an invitation being issued to the Emperor of Abyssinia, the news of which has been received with surprise by the.—Reuter Wireless. - 91 words
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40 1937-03-04 27 .—Reuter. London, Feb. 26. The death is announced in Dublin of the Rev. Alfred Sills, the former missionary at Kienning who strenuously endeavoured to rescue the missionaries. Misses Eleanor Harrison and Edith Nettleton in 1930.—Reuter..—Reuter. - 40 words
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275 1937-03-04 27 “Recovery Of East Hopei Our Immediate Aim Mr. Wang Ching-wei. —Sin Chew Jit Poh. JAPANESE ARMADA FOR NORTH. Shanghai, Feb. 25. 'T'HE Central Government will from now onwards concentrate its efforts on the recovery of lost territories. and the East Hopei Autonomous Government will engage our immediate attention.” So declared—Sin Chew Jit Poh. - 275 words
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Article469 1937-03-04 28 —Reuter. QUESTIONS IN DIET ON EMIGRATION PROBLEM. Matter To Be Included In Treaty Negotiations. /CONSIDERABLE alarm has been caused in the Netherlands Indies by Japan’s supposed designs of eventual conquest, her plan of peaceful penetration having been checkmated. This has now had its repercussions in—Reuter. - 469 words
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Article374 1937-03-04 28 —Reuter. Marseilles, Feb. 26. THE three hundred passengers in the Union Castle liner, Llandovery Castle, which was seriously damaged yesterday, on her way from Natal to England, by the explosion of a floating mine two miles south-east of Cape Creus, have now been safely landed at—Reuter. - 374 words
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Article68 1937-03-04 28 —Reuter Wireless GERMANY PLANS NEW AIRSHIP SERVICE. Berlin, Feb. 28 The opening of airship traffic from Europe to India and the Far East is foreshadowed by Captain Lehmann, the Trans-Atlantic airship commander, who says technical and economic conditions for this had been satisfactorily met. By 1939—Reuter Wireless - 68 words
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Article37 1937-03-04 28 —Reuter. London, Feb. 28. The Oxford by-election, due to the resignation of Lord Hugh Cecil (Con.) resulted as follows: Sir Arthur Salter (Ind.): 7.580. Sir Farquhar Buzzard (Con.): 3.917. Prof. Ltndemann (Ind. Con.): 3.608.—Reuter. - 37 words
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Article299 1937-03-04 28 —Reuter. “Young Republic Must Not Be Left Unsupported. Washington, Feb. 27. ANOTHER nine years must elapse before the Philippine Commonweath gains complete independence from American tutelage, but certain aspects of its present relationship are causing concern to President Manuel Quezon, who is making a special visit—Reuter. - 299 words
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Article58 1937-03-04 28 NEW TOKIO ANTI-RED OFFER Sin Chew Jit Poh. Japanese Prime Minister’s Reported Scheme. Shanghai, Feb. 27. G«-n. Hayashi, Japanese Prime Ministei, Tokio reports state, is contemplating devoting the Japanese Boxer Indemnity Fund to the development of Sino-Japanese economic relations. This is conditional it is stated upon China’s acceptance of aSin Chew Jit Poh. - 58 words
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Article38 1937-03-04 28 ,—Reuter. London, Feb 26. All those drawing unemployment pay for the week ending May 8 and the succeeding week will be given 2s. 6d. as a Coronation bonus and Is. for each dependent child.—Reuter.,—Reuter. - 38 words
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Article, Illustration1339 1937-03-04 29 WINS EASILY IN FAST TIME. Britannia And ln-Ver-Fogg Spring Surprises. HORSES in form triumphed generally on Wednesday, the second day of the Singapore Turf Club’s Spring Meeting. The Singapore Stakes for Class I Diy. 2 horses over seven furlongs s the main event. All the—Straits Time;. Photogruvh; Straits Times t'frjiograyh.; —Straits Times Photograph. - 1,339 words
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Article108 1937-03-04 29 Detailed Scores Of Johore and F.M.S. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Feb. 22. The individual scores for Johore. gaining second place to Southern Rhodesia in the Overseas .303 Full Range Postal match, were as follows: Sgt. Yusoff 141 Maj. Moh. bin Jabbar 138 Cpl. Abdullah 138 Sgt.108 words
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Article197 1937-03-04 29 -Reuter. Royal Mail And Laureat Head The Betting. Lord Astor’s unbeaten xiarly School, the winter favourite for the Derby, has been struck out of the Two Thousand Guineas, but the trainer is hopeful thit the horse will start in the Derby, cables Reuter. The latest call-Reuter. - 197 words
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Article, Illustration1317 1937-03-04 30 GOOD WIN FOR CODELL US IN SPRING CUP. BIG SWEEP POOL TOTALS NEARLY $150,000. THE last day of the Singapore Turf Club’s Spring Meeting proved disastrous for punters. In a card of nine events only two favourites were successful. The principal event was the race—Straits Times Phoiogravli - 1,317 words
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Article514 1937-03-04 30 Good Recovery Followed By Further Faltering. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 28 y*WO down at half-time—level pegging with quarter of an hour to r 0 —then further defensive lapses and final defeat by four goals t! two: that was the Colony team’s experience in514 words
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Article103 1937-03-04 30 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 1. It is understood that a meeting of hockey delegates which took place immediately after the F.M.S.Colony match was unanimous as to the formation of a Malaya’ Hockey Association. The matter was referred back to the various103 words
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54 1937-03-04 30 The following are the results of the second round ties in the women’s championship of the Singapore Golf Club: Miss Hadley beat Miss Lucas 3 2. Mrs. Cowen beat Mrs Peterson 2 1. Mrs. Wise beat Mrs Jackman 4 3. Mrs. Hill beat54 words
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Article306 1937-03-04 31 A. M. Valberg Scores Both Their Goals. —he S.R.C. opened their soccer season with a victory over their l friendly foes at the other end of the padang. Opposed to the S.C.C. proud string, they won by two goals to one; and the score should really306 words
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Article27 1937-03-04 31 In the inter-Varsity hockey match at Beckenham on Saturday, says a Reuter Wireless message, Oxford beat Cambridge by three goals to nil.27 words
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Article119 1937-03-04 31 Beuter Braddock, Louis And Schmeling. Chicago, Feb. 25. .The Braddock-Louis fight on June 22 wil l n ot be for the former’s world heavyweight championship title unless Braddock has previously fought anJ n Schmeling on June 3: and tins fight is not likely to take place throughBeuter - 119 words
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Article24 1937-03-04 31 —Reuter. London Feb. 24. hi a Rugby Union match today ■vrnport Services beat Aldershot !C S by 15 points to nil.—Reuter.—Reuter. - 24 words
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Article26 1937-03-04 31 It is announced that the Gordon Highlanders, who arrive in Singapore early in April, will not be competing in the S. A.F.A. League competition.26 words
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Article256 1937-03-04 31 "“cuter. Probable Runners And Jockeys. London, Feb. 25. The following are the probables and riders for the Grand National and Lincolnshire, as cabled by Reuter: GRAND NATIONAL. The Grand National probables and riders are Golden Miller (Walwyn), Royal Mail (Williams), Drinmore Lad (Morgan), What Have You"“cuter. - 256 words
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Article61 1937-03-04 31 The monthly mixed foursomes competition was played at the Garrison Golf Club, over 12 holes The following were the best returns: Brig. A. T. Shakespear and Mrs. H. C. Reilly 58—13 1/3=44 2/3 Lt. Cdr. H. C. Ainslie and Mrs G. S Low 56—9 2/3=46 1/3. Capt.61 words
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186 1937-03-04 31 “Echo. ” - By “Echo.” DERHAPS one may risk a prophecy—that the S.C.C. will win somo 1 league matches this coming season. But there is a condition. It is that opposing teams are not endowed so generously with gift goals. In last week's match on the padang186 words
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208 1937-03-04 31 IN the replayed fifth round tie in the F.A. Cup competition cables 1 Reuter. Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Grimsby Town by six goals to two. The first match, at Grimsby on Saturday last, resulted in a 1—1 draw. In the sixth round, on March 1,208 words
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Article102 1937-03-04 31 ,—Reuter. Three New Caps For Wales Match. r J*HE following is the Irish XV to play Wales in the international rugger match at Belfast on Mar. 13 Malcolmson (North Ireland); Boyle (Dublin Un.), Bailey (University College, Dublin), McMahon (Black Rock College). Moran (Clontarf); Cromey (Queen’s), Morgan (Clontarf),,—Reuter. - 102 words
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31 1937-03-04 31 Two matches were played in Division II of the English League Reuter cables the results as follows: Coventry o Leicester 2 Swansea 2 Sheffield U. I31 words
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Article1368 1937-03-04 32 THE following are the results of Saturday’s matches in the Home soccer leagues, as cabled by Reuter, with the league tables up to date ENGLISH LEAGUE—DIV. I. Birmingham 2 Everton C Cnarlton 3 Preston 1 Chelsea 4 J.Ianchester U 2 Grimsby 1 Arsenal 31,368 words
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Article102 1937-03-04 32 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. Feb, 22. The Inniskillings were beateh 4—l by an All-Siamese XI at the Sports Club this afternoon in the presence of the Regency Council. Joe Lee refereed. The Siamese scored the only goal in the first half The soldiers drew level shortly102 words
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545 1937-03-04 32 Well-Won Rugger Victory At Dublin. |N the rugger international at Dublin on Saturday Ireland beat Scotland by 11 points (one goal, two tries)" to 4 points (a dropped goal), cables Reuter. The ground was in excellent condition in view of the heavy rain, but the545 words
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Article104 1937-03-04 32 The replay took place on Tottenham Hotspur's ground of their tie with Everton in the fifth round of the F.A. Cup competition. When, the teams met on Saturday at Liverpool they drew I—l, Everton equalising in the last minute, after Dixie Dean, their famous centre-for-ward.104 words
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Article969 1937-03-04 1 FRASER COMPANY’S SHARE REPORT. MESSRS. Fraser And Co., in their weekly share report, Issued at the iose of business on Mar. 2, write:— Nothing of particular significance -ither in poitical or financial circles n as happened during the past week to call lor special comment. As regards the proposed Defence969 words
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Article335 1937-03-04 1 London, Mar. 2. The following are today’s closing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange: Shares of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: Vester- Rise da? or Pall Conversion Loan 5 o.c. 1944-64 115% Funding Loan 4 p.c. 1960-90 112% War Loan, 3% p.c. 103 Com. Union Assce. (Units)335 words
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Article18 1937-03-04 1 Feb. 25 Tin S’pore Price $122 per picul 26 123.50 ***** 2 122.25 3 124.37’/i18 words
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Article236 1937-03-04 1 Singapore, March 3, 12 noon. Buyei Seiler Gambler S'?.60 Hamburg Cube lb. 09 java Cube 10.50 Pevper White Muntok S20 ')0 White $19.50 Black $11.50 Copra Mixed $7.60 Sun Dried $7.90 Tapioca Small Flake 55.50 Fair Flake 15.00 Medium Pearj $5.55 Small Pearl 55 60 Sago flour No 1236 words
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Article94 1937-03-04 1 Gadek Rubber Estate, Ltd., announces that during 1936 it produced 791,100 lb. of rubber, compared with 678.939 lb. lor 1935; at the end of 1936 there was an unlicensed stock of 120,362 lb., which has been, or will be, disposed of under export licences issu(d during the94 words
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49 1937-03-04 1 Dat spot Mar. Apr.-June July-Sept. Oct.-Dec Feb 25 36% 36% 37 37 37 10 9/16 FeD Sc 36% 30?* 37% 37% 37% 10% 3674 37% 37% 37% 10 13/10 M r > 36% 37% 37% 37% 10 13/16 3 36% 36% 37% 37% 37% 10 13/1049 words
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Article115 1937-03-04 2 —Reuter. DUTCH INDIES’ SUPPLIES. Amsterdam, Feb. 24. In connection with the reported threatened shortage of rubber, the Dresident of the International Rubber Growers’ Association of the Netherlands Indies said that the Association unanimously desired an assurance of a regular export and Mixed quota from the Netherlands—Reuter. - 115 words
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Article39 1937-03-04 2 QCEAN shipments of rubber from Malayan ports, including reexports, during February totalled 39,058 tons compared xcith 41 £7l tons in January. February are 79£29 tons which compares with 77£37 tons for the some period last year.39 words
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Article93 1937-03-04 2 London, Feb. 23. In the House of Commons Mr. Robert C. Morrison, the Labour member for North Tottenham, drew attention to the decrease in rubber stocks in the United Kingdom from 158,500 to ***** tons and enquired what steps were being taken in order to secure93 words
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Article138 1937-03-04 2 TTHE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,318 th auction on Feb. 25, when there were catalogued 1,381,894 lbs., 616.92 tons; offered 1,331,005 lbs., 594.20 tons; sold 1,000,204 lbs., 446.51 tons. t Spot London 10 9|l6d. New York cts. PRICES REALISED Ribbed smoked sheet cents138 words
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Article47 1937-03-04 2 A circular has been issued by Rembau Jelei Rubber Limited stating that the standard production for 1937 has been fixed at 3,634,558 lb. Forward sales have been entered into for 1,079,680 lb. at an average price of 8.91 d. per lb. London landed equivalent.47 words
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Article281 1937-03-04 2 Removal Of Port Surcharge. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 24. 1IAEMBERS of the Selangor Chamber of Commerce who met here yesterday expressed their satisfaction at the removal of the surcharge on cargo passing through Port Swettenham into the country. Mr. R*. W. Hughes,281 words
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Article83 1937-03-04 2 •From Our Own Correspondent.) C 4TVT London, Mar. 2. APT. OLIVER LYTTELTON has been elected chairman of the newlyreconstructed London Tin Corporation Ltd., and also of Anglo-Oriental and General Investment Trust Ltd., a private company which was previously controlled by Anglo-Oriental Mining Corporation Ltd. This83 words
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Article105 1937-03-04 2 The following standard production and forward sales of rubber for 1937 have been announced: Scottish Malayan Estates, standard production, 3.428.132 lb.; forward sales 400 tons at 8.34 d. Strathmore Rubber, standard production, 1.114,81$ lb.; forward sales. 150 tons at B.lod. Selangor Oil Palm, standard production, 618,375 lb.;105 words
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Article760 1937-03-04 2 MALAYA CAN AND WILL PRODUCE QUOTA. MODERATE DEMAND AT AUCTIONS. STANTON NELSON AND CO. LTD. in their weekly report on the rubber market issued on Feb. 26 write:— More interest has been shown in all markets this week both by the trade and by outside operators, and760 words
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153 1937-03-04 2 Rubber, Tin, Copra, Pineapples Not Affected. pOLLOWING the shortage «f eargo spaee, accentuated bv the United States shipping strike, the freight on m a nv commodities will be increased by 10 per cent, from Mav l according to a decision of'th* Straits-Homeward Conference153 words
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Article83 1937-03-04 2 pOREIGN exports of tin, being final shipments on ocean steamers at all Malayan ports during February totalled 6 r 595 tons This compares with 7J38 tons in January, and 7fi4l tons in February last year. Of last month’s shipments, 4J>95 tons were consigned to the United States;83 words
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94 1937-03-04 2 TTHE 10 per cent, increase in the freight rates on some commodities, as from May 1, announced on Feb. 25 by the Straits-Homeward Conference includes tin but tin slag is not affected. Increases in freight rates on some commodities are announced by the Straits-Pacific Conference.94 words
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Article341 1937-03-04 3 T4PITAL REDUCTION SOUGHT. RETURN of two CENTS PER SHARE. application was made on Satur- in the High Court, Singapore, Mr p. A. McElwaine, the Chief justice for the reduction of the capital Mthe' Rompin Bahru Rubber Estate, Ltd to confirm a resolution passed by the company some341 words
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99 1937-03-04 3 London Feb. 27. The Malayan section of the British Industries Fair reports many inquiries and an order for 1,000 tons of goods is among those placed. Rubber horseshoes and sheepboots, which were specially commented upon |jy King during the Royal visit, have been sold to99 words
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Article96 1937-03-04 3 During the week ending Feb. 20, 1937, xport.s 0 t tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 16,524 c ases, of which: per ccnt > cases were to the Kingdom. 650 (four per cent) ases to the Continent of Europe, 250 l cases to Canada, and96 words
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Article252 1937-03-04 3 ANOTHER RUBBER BOOM COMING London, Mar. 1. After enumerating several factors from which shareholders may derive pleasurable anticipations of a rubber boom, the Financial News sounds a note of caution in remarking that the Netherlands natives must not be overlooked. While the native shipments for the past two months have252 words
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Article98 1937-03-04 3 At the statutory meeting in London on Feb. 17 of the Badenoch Rubber Estate, Ltd., a resolution was passed converting the shares into stock. Mr. F. E. Maguire, who presided, said that since the date of the prospectus there had been a very substantial increase in the98 words
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Article106 1937-03-04 3 OUR “INVISIBLE EXPORTS.” London, Feb. 25. Speaking at the National Liberal Club yesterday, Mr. Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, said: “Last night we made up the totals for the balance of payments. It was found that until we brought in invisible exports we appeared106 words
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Article159 1937-03-04 3 Malayan Percentage Better Than 1935. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 26. According to the Statistical Bulletin oi the International Tin Research and Development Council the estimated world production of tin 1936 was 171,888 tons compared with 140.652 tons in 1935. The restricting countries produced 90.8159 words
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Article270 1937-03-04 3 Removal Of Ban Coming, Tin producers in Malaya will be interested in a Reuter message from Rangoon which states that, with effect from Aprl. 20 next, the issue of licencees to prospect for tin will be resumed. For some considerable time the relaxation of restrictions on270 words
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Article310 1937-03-04 3 SPECULATION AS TO FRIDAY’S DECISION. Speculation is rife in Singapore as to the decision regarding quotas that will be reached by the International Tin Committee at its meeting tomorrow. Opinion is sharply divided; 01*0 section taking the view that the present demand for the metal and310 words
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Article140 1937-03-04 3 Price Forecast At 9d. For 1937. A supplement to the "World’s Rubber Position" (W. H. Ricklnsjn and Son), Just Issued, gives estimates of rubber shipments and consumption in the current year. "Taking all things into consideration," says the writer, "there is the possibility of rubber averaging at least140 words
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Article32 1937-03-04 3 The directors of Brooklands Rubber Co. Ltd., have declared an interim dividend of 6 per cent, on account of the year ending June 30. which is payable on Mar. 22.32 words
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Article152 1937-03-04 4 CONSUMERS MUST REPLENISH. London, Fob. 2fi. Following yesterday’s sharp advance in rubber, well-informed people are keenly speculating whether it signifies the end of the “hold-off” strike on the part of United States consumers. It is pointed out the disclosure of the British Government's rearmament plans may152 words
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209 1937-03-04 4 Delivery Delay Problem. Sir Maurice Denny, one of the country’s most eminent shipbuilders, made a reference to the difficulties which the shipbuilding industry is experiencing on account of a scarcity of steel, in a speech at Dumbarton Announcing two new contracts following the launch of209 words
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Article124 1937-03-04 4 (From Our Own Correspondent. London, Mar. 1. The following are today’s ‘bid’ quotations for Fixed Trusts: s. d. British Empire “A” 24 6 British Empire “B” 11 3 British Empire Cumulative 18 IV 2 British Empire Comprehensive 22 0 British General “A” 25 3 British General “B”124 words
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Article1154 1937-03-04 4 Issued By Fraser And Co., EXCHANGE AND STOCK BROKERS. Singapore, March 3, 10 a.m. MINING. > Issue VaL Buyers Sellers 4£- Ampat Tin 5/14 5/6 j 1 A .Nam Kumbang 33/9 34/-xd i 11 Austral Malay 54/- 56/-xd 5/- Ayer Hitam 24/3 25/3 1 Ayer Weng 1.701,154 words
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Article118 1937-03-04 4 FRASER COMPANY. LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Total for Books piose financial Company. Dividend Date Ex. Div. year Payable Date to date TIN. Aust. Malay 6d. Feb. 23 To Mar. 2 Feb. 24 2^% Asam Kumbang 6d. Feb. 26 Mar. 5 Fob. 27 2'r% Mambaus 5% Int. Mar. 12 Mar 19118 words
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Article503 1937-03-04 4 London Exchange Price. On February 19. j Ailagar (2/) 1/94; Alor Ponnsu 3/0%; Anglo-Malay 18/9; Ayer 45/6; Bagan Serai 23/9; Bahni <Sei 3/94; Banteng 25/; Batang (2/) 1/4 Caves 25/6; Batu Tiga 41/6; Bekoh 2/14; Bertara Con. (2/) 4/9; Bido r i/SP Blkam (2/) 3/114; Bradwall 26/in^' Braunston503 words
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Article144 1937-03-04 4 London Exchange Prices On February 19. Ampat (4/) 5/3; Anglo-Burma (5/) 16/6. Ayer Hitam (5/) 21/; Bangrin 22/; Gopeng Cons. 2 13/32; Hongkong (5/) 32/; Idris (5/) 12/3; Ipoh (16/) 32/6; Kampong Lanjut 24/3; Kamunting (5/) 15/; Kepon? 25/®; Kinta (5/) 16/; Kinta KeUas (5/) 9/; Kramat Pulai144 words
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