The Straits Budget, 1 July 1937
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section29 1937-07-01 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] 4142. SINGAPORE, THURSDA Y, JULY 1, 193^.^ Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d.29 words
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Article998 1937-07-01 1 mj emphatic warning against the ■danger of the formation of a buffer ■poo] or its equivalent in a different Be; advice to producers and conBers to sell and buy tin regularly to Bd violent fluctuations in the price; I a hope that Malaya would not be998 words
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Article, Illustration17 1937-07-01 1 The commander of th? naval training the Ja Panese ™ytoannmJ? Uadron 071 -Straits Times Photograph.-Straits Times Photograph. - 17 words
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Article, Illustration81 1937-07-01 1 The complement of the Governor Raffles on her test flight from Singapore to Penang on Friday (from left to right): Mr. I. Palmer (Straits Times chief reporter), Mr. E. W. Slight (director of Weame Bros.), Flight-Lieut. Pugh (pilot), Mrs. F. F. Weame, Mr. F. G. Lundon—Straits Times Photograph. - 81 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article870 1937-07-01 2 —Straits Times, June 24. A decision of very great importance to the tin mining industry of Malaya has been reached by the F.M.S. Government. Briefly it is that the restriction placed on prospecting for new tin bearing areas, Which has been enforced in one form or another—Straits Times, June 24. - 870 words
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Article786 1937-07-01 2 strength* ed considerably.—Straits Times, J. le 25. Because a triangular agreement on Far Eastern affairs between Great Britain, China and Japan would be of the utmost value to the whole world, every possible chance of reaching an understanding should be pursued to the fullest extent.strength* ed considerably.—Straits Times, J. le 25. - 786 words
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Article821 1937-07-01 2 Straits Times, June 26. Profess** Hawes has earned thl gratitude of all communities bl calling a', ention to a grave dang J to the p blic health. It may bl presumec that many of the thing! that he s lid in his recent addresl, on diet to theStraits Times, June 26. - 821 words
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Article1087 1937-07-01 3 pointed out to them.—Straits Times, June 28. We are getting there—very, very slowly, but quite surely. By there we mean into those meetings at which the real business of running Singapore’s municipal affairs in the present highly unsatisfactory manner is done and there is no posingpointed out to them.—Straits Times, June 28. - 1,087 words
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Article1174 1937-07-01 3 !—Straits Times June 29. After exhaustive and conspicuously successful tests of the DH. Dragon Rapide twin-engined cabin biplane which has been named Governor Raffles,” Messrs. Wearne Brothers, Limited, have now launched on a limited scale the long-awaited Malayan internal air service. Pending delivery of a!—Straits Times June 29. - 1,174 words
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Article905 1937-07-01 4 —Straits Times, June 30. Singapore citizens whose memories go back to the Housing Commission of 1918. and who have followed the gradual development of housing policy ever since, will be deeply discouraged by the revelations made by the Municipal Health Officer in his annual report, I published—Straits Times, June 30. - 905 words
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Article65 1937-07-01 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, June 28. r r HE wedding took place on Friday before Mr. J. L. McFall, Registrar of Christian Marriages, Penang, of Mr. Ernest Hilary Amble Brooke, of the Eastern Smelting Company, Ltd., Puket, Slam, and Miss Winifred Brennan. The ceremony was followed by65 words
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Article179 1937-07-01 5 r looks as though Port Dickson Is returning to the prosperity of the pre-depression days, when the plutocracy of Kuala Lumpur thought nothing of motoring sixty miles to the Negri Sembilan seaside resoft almost every week-end. The small Malay reservation stretching for several miles along the coast179 words
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Article222 1937-07-01 5 *jpHAT the foreign news service of the Singapore newspapers is very much inferior to that of the Batavia and Sourabaya newspapers is an old story —and a true one. We have to do the best we can with a scanty and costly cable service, while our Java222 words
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Article278 1937-07-01 5 j\S has been indicated by recent references in this column, I have been reading A%s H. W. Ponder’s book on Angkor. Cambodian Glory and have been enjoying it very much. But I should like to work off steam generated by Miss Ponder’s supercilious comments on tourists. 'Listen: “Angkor278 words
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Article237 1937-07-01 5 A CCORDING to an American magazine, when the wife of the Sultan of Selangor visited England recently, she learned only two words of English, ‘Be Careful! and she addressed them to her chauffeur every time she went out.” Well, that’s possible, although 1 should have thought that237 words
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Article296 1937-07-01 5 lIAVE you heard of Molly Vanderloor, “The She-Devil of Singapore” and “The Opium Queen of the Straits?” If not, you may read all about her in the News Review of June 3, a magazine published in London and a pathetic imitation of the American magazine Time. Molly, we296 words
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Article128 1937-07-01 5 II7HEN I appealed for advice as to how to avenge the murder of Hitam the duck I was afraid that people would suggest phosphorus poison and horrible things like that, but to my delight 1 have been told of a device which is not only humane but humorous128 words
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Article262 1937-07-01 5 ■pHE comments in this column on the teaching of poetry in Malayan schools have prompted a most suggestive letter from a former victim of this process. He says that of all the weary hours he spent in studying English poetry in a leading Kuala Lumpur school, he262 words
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Article134 1937-07-01 5 T HAVE oeen surprised to learn, from Dr. Victor Purcell’s little book Basic English for Malaya, that Shakespeare frequently wrote in Basic English without knowing it. Here are a few examples: To be or not to be; that is the question There is something in this more than134 words
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Article202 1937-07-01 5 J7VERY country district In England abounds with tales of dogs, cats and other animals which have given remarkable manifestations of the homing instinct. I knew an authentic instance of a pig which, having been removed from one Essex farm to another, escaped during the night and appeared at202 words
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Article116 1937-07-01 5 "THE population of the city of 1 Singapore Is half a million, but there is no big town in the Federated Malay States, and the problem of industrial employment arises particularly in towns.” So said Mr. Ormsby-Gore in the House of Commons last month, when endeavouring to116 words
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Article180 1937-07-01 6 ALTHOUGH it is a very easy matter tor a Malay husband to get a divorce (but not tor a Malay wife), the consequences of that divorce may be very complicated indeed. I learn that from an essay on Malay family law by Mr. E. N. Taylor, M.C.8., in180 words
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Article196 1937-07-01 6 TT was remarked In this column at the time of the Coronation that the consecration, installation and proclamation of a king are essentially the same In a Malay State and in Westminster Abbey; and It was suggested that they had a common origin In the dim past of196 words
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Article225 1937-07-01 6 T° see Boroboedoer and Angkor is the dream of every Malayan with a sense of history, for those mighty ruins symbolise the highest civilisations of Hindu and Buddhist times In southeastern Asia. Angkor Is outside the Malaysian world today but it was not so In ancient times.225 words
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Article219 1937-07-01 6 I AM much less inclined to make war on the musang in the roof of my house than I was, for it continues to provide copy for the hardworking journalist on whom it has billeted itself. Since I published a reader’s tip to sprinkle pepper In the roof219 words
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Article198 1937-07-01 6 Y SHOULD explain, however, that there are at least five kinds of musangs, known to the Malays by different names. There are four species of palm civets in this country (one of which is above my head as I type these notes on my verandah), and there Is198 words
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Article199 1937-07-01 6 the “musang Jebat” does not contribute to the Malayan trade statistics, it is well known to the Malays and is saleable in this country. The Chinese medicine man values this animal for the same reason that he has bribed the Malays and Sakai to trap the one-horned rhinoceros199 words
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Article136 1937-07-01 6 kNY WAY, I now know that the househaunting musang is an absolute mug so tar as traps are concerned, and I have been told how to trap it. A Johore reader writes: “If you cannot get rid of the musang by the pepper treatment, try trapping the animal.136 words
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Article169 1937-07-01 6 UAVING attended many a bazaar 4 and “lantern lecture” in aid of foreign missions when I was of tender years—and having learnt much more geography on those pious occasions than I ever did at school— I have been reading with interest a correspondence that has sprung up in169 words
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Article186 1937-07-01 6 that Is very passable verse of its kind. Bishop Heber is said to have dashed off the entire hymn of four verses in twenty minutes, after or possibly during a voyage to the East, so it may well have been, as a correspondent of The Spectator remarks, a186 words
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Article232 1937-07-01 6 WHEN all is said and done, however, the 3ishop was distinctly tactless in picking on Ceylon in the way he did. and protests against that particular line in his hymn have been perennial ever since. The latest was made in The Spectator several weeks ago and was232 words
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Article119 1937-07-01 6 TF this game of passing the buck is allowed to go on, we vile Malayans will be drawn into Heber’s hymn next. We should be on our guard, for the Bishop actually saw our coast. An entry from his Journal of a Voyage to India (1823) reads thus:119 words
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129 1937-07-01 6 Big Sum For Pahang Ruler’s Clothing. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 29. EXPENSES incurred in connection with H H. the Sultan of Selangor’s visit to England at the end of last year total about $40,000. it was disclosed in Federal Council today. This129 words
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Article20 1937-07-01 6 Mr. J. Hobbs, Senior Deputy Commissioner, Customs and Excise, F.MS., has returned from leave and is stationed at Kuala Lumpur.20 words
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Article526 1937-07-01 7 Mrs. H. Oke has returned to Penang by the s.s. Ranchi after having been away for a year. Dr. W. J. Vickers, Senior Health Officer, Kedah, has returned from Java and resumed duties. Mr. c. W. Dawson, Legal Adviser, Kedah, has left to assume the duties of526 words
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Article228 1937-07-01 7 Assistant Commissioner Of Police. The following F.M.S. appointments are gazetted. Mr. D. R. L. P. Matheson to be an Assistant Commissioner of Police, P.M.S. Mr. O. 8. Warren to be a Traffic Assistant, Grade “D” P.M.S.R. Mr. J. w. Lewis to act as Chief Engineer. Way and Works,228 words
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Article133 1937-07-01 7 Assistant Protector Of Chinese, Penang. The following appointments are notified in the S.S. Government Gazette: Mr. T. P. Cromwell, M.C.S., to officiate as Assistant Protector of Chinese, Penang. Mr. K. S- Hellrich to act as an Assistant Superintendent of Excise, S.S. The Secretary of State for the Colonies133 words
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Article89 1937-07-01 7 Saturday, June 26. Hon. Mr. Adrian Clark had luncheon at Government House. In the afternoon His Excellency and Lady Thomas were present at the Malaya Cup Football Match between Singapore and Malacca at the Anson Road Stadium. Saturday, June 26. In the afternoon His Excellency and Lady Thomas89 words
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Article94 1937-07-01 7 CHEANG—KHOO.—The engagement is announced of Miss Cheang Seok Hean Neo (Mary Cheang) the third daughter of Mr. Cheang Jim Chuan of Palm Beach Pasir Panjang, Singapore, and the late Madam Chan Kim Hong Neo to Mr. Khoo Eng Tee the seventh son of Mr. Khoo Teng Hin94 words
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Article320 1937-07-01 7 Leaders— Tin—An Important Decision 2 Hope In The Far East 2 Poisoned Profits 3 Custodians Of Qur Well-Being! 3 Very Much “In The Air” 4 A Singapore Failure 4 Telegrams— Covering past week’s news 25—28 Picture Supplement 17—20 Financial Supplement— Financial and Commercial News to date, following page 32320 words
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Article80 1937-07-01 7 The technical staffs of the Straits Times and Singapore Free Press on Sunday entertained Mr. W. R. Gates, production manager, who is leaving Singapore this week. He was presented with an address and a silver tea set. Other departments made a presentation to Mr. Gates on80 words
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Article179 1937-07-01 7 THE appeal of O. P. R. Richards, who was convicted of causing hurt to F. E. Sommerecker, and fined $lOO, in defaults three weeks’ imprisonment, was on June 29 dismissed by Mr. Justice a’Beckett Terrell, Acting Chief Justice. Richards was employed as manager of Engineers and Contractors,179 words
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Article110 1937-07-01 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, June 28. TWO Malay Officers from Johore are leaving for England for higher studies on July 30 by the Indrapoera. They are Che Abdullah bin Mohamed, the acting Third Magistrate, Johore Bahru, and Dr. Awang of Muar. They will be110 words
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65 1937-07-01 7 IMR. Benedict Ponniah, F.M.B. Queen’s Scholar, of St. John’s College, Cambridge, and formerly of St. John’s Institution, Kuala Lumpur, has passed his Law Tripos Part I with first class honours according to information received in Seremban. Mr. Ponniah, who is the second son of65 words
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Article126 1937-07-01 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 25. TWO well-known Malayan officials have agreed to address the Kuala Lumpur Fortnightly Club, which meets at the Y.W.C.A., Birch Road during the coming season, for which the following programme of evenings has been arranged:— July 8, Discussion—The Modem126 words
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Obituary34 1937-07-01 7 DEATH WEE BENG TECK formerly of Messrs. Allen Sc Gledhill. Singapore, died peacefully at his residence No. 8 Blair Road, on Sunday. June 27, 1937 at 1 30 p.m. at the age of 66.34 words
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455 1937-07-01 8 Board To Control All Motor Transport. SPEED LIMITS AND THIRD PARTY INSURANCE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 29. IN the Federated Malay States it is now law that— The Central Transport Board controls all goods vehicles, omnibuses and hire cars and455 words
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Article92 1937-07-01 8 JiMALAYA’s only Belisha Beacon 1 1 has apparently sprouted legs! Three weeks ago, it stood proudly in front of 14 Cable Road. It disappeared. It was traced—to another “mess” in Singapore in front of which to the accompaniment of songs of glory, it had been92 words
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325 1937-07-01 8 New Society To Preserve Singapore’s History aid the cultural development of the City and preserve Its history,” the Friends of Singapore, Is being formed with the support of leading citizens. H.E. the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, will preside at a meeting to be held at the Singapore Exchange Room on325 words
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108 1937-07-01 8 uv SHOULD like to offer you my very hearty congratulations on your enterprise in starting the first internal air service in Malaya and to wish you every success.” That telegram was received on Monday night by Weame Brothers from the Governor of the Straits Settlements108 words
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213 1937-07-01 8 $18,000 For More Modem Layout (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 29. A NEW layout of the Kuala Lumpur landing ground has been prepared for the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club which has also prepared plans for the erection of permanent buildings at an213 words
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Article124 1937-07-01 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 28. Proposing the adoption of the report and accounts at the annual meeting of Renong Consolidated Tin Dredging Co. Ltd. here today, the Hon’ble Mr. Q. E. Teale, a director who presided, said that the company’s financial position was extremely124 words
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200 1937-07-01 8 Colony Method Adopted. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 29. IT will take two meetings of 1 the Federal Council in future, instead of one, to make a Bill law in the Federated Malay States. This change, which approximates to the procedure obtaining in200 words
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Article206 1937-07-01 8 THE tonnage of all vessels entered and cleared at the five ports of the Colony during 1936 was 48,038.328 tons states the annual report of the Marine Department, Straits Settlements. This represents an increase of 62V.515 tons compared with the year 1935. This increase is distributed206 words
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Article36 1937-07-01 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, June 27. The Italian Minister to Siam announces that he has been recalled to Rome to become Chef du Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, succeeding Count Viola di Campalto.36 words
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Article51 1937-07-01 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, June 28. Kan Poh, Chinese photographer of Sungei Siput who was sentenced to death at the assizes for the murder of King Seng Kwong at a photographic studio, in Ipoh on Jan. 22, has been reprieved, the sentence being commuted to imprisonment for51 words
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Article680 1937-07-01 9 Indignation At Criticism Of Major-Gen. Dobbie. WE give below a further—and final—selection of letters written for publication as a result of Mr. A. McNair’s comments on Major-General Dobbie’s appeal for more European Volunteers. BOMBSHELL OR SQUIB? To the Editor of the Straits Times. SIR —The smug self-satisfaction displayed by680 words
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Article277 1937-07-01 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. QIR. —Reading letters from Door coolies, written for them by socalled professional letter writers, has always given me a feeling of pain and irritation owing to their lack of sense. But compared to these letters, the ones written discouraging Volunteering are277 words
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Article100 1937-07-01 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. CIR, —We none of us want another war, but that will not prevent us having one. I. personally, am a back-number but, having been through the last. war. I know something about it and there are many more like me100 words
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Article114 1937-07-01 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times, SIR. —Is there anything more unfair to the average Volunteer than the statement, which he so often hears, that he has joined the Volunteers merely because of the hospital benefits he obtains for his wife and family? What a disappointment it114 words
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575 1937-07-01 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times QIR, —Within a few weeks Mr. C. R. Smith, the Governor-elect of North Borneo, will have been installed. The Court of Directors of the British North Borneo Company have, in their wisdom, chosen a man from575 words
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458 1937-07-01 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—“ Anak Singapura,” in his wanderings into many corners, wrote something recently about English poetry and the Malayan schoolboy, and as nobody educated in Malaya has yet expressed any opinions on the subject, I thought I would458 words
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107 1937-07-01 9 —Reuter. London, June 25. CIR GEORGE BEHARRELL has been appointed chairman of the Dunlop Rubber Company, Ltd., and Imperial Airways, Ltd., in succession to Sir Eric Geddes, who died this week. Sir George, who was for many years a great friend of—Reuter. - 107 words
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420 1937-07-01 10 Health Officer Deplores Overcrowding In Cubicles THE demolition of all insanitary cubicle houses in Singapore and the turning of the occupants into the streets is suggested by the Municipal Health Officer, Dr, P. S. Hunter, m his annual report Some such drastic step is420 words
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Article113 1937-07-01 10 NKT loss of $2,570 exclusive of all structural improvements and of insurance against fire was shown by the working of the Victoria Theatre and Memorial Hall last year. In 1936 there was a loss of $4,575, and in 1934 the loss was $7,701. Revenue from the113 words
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105 1937-07-01 10 MUSSOLINI and Hitler will be able to hold up the Asiatic womenfolk of Singapore as an example to the housewives of Italy and Germany. While the population figures of the Fascist countries have to be boosted by baby bonuses and similar encouragements, babies in105 words
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Article203 1937-07-01 10 Fresh As Paint After 800 Miles Travel De Luxe On Governor Raffles. JJJAVING covered about 800 miles in six hours’ flying time and maintaining a schedule with time in hand, the Governor Raffles, Wearne Brothers’ De Havilland Dragon Rapide. which on Monday inaugurated Malaya’s first internal air service, returned to203 words
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390 1937-07-01 10 Sir George Trimmer On Vital Communications. A PLEA for suppprt for Malaya’s coastal shipping was made bv the Singapore Harbour Board chairman, Sir George Trimmer, when speaking at a complimentary dinner tendered him by the engineering profession at the Adelphi Hotel on Friday night. “Malaya390 words
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Article, Illustration150 1937-07-01 10 Mr. H. W. Raper THE Hon. Mr. H. W. Raper, O.B.E., has been compelled on medical advice to resign from the Temporary Allowances Inquiry Committee, states &n official communique issued on June 25. The Hon. Mr. J. W. de Piro, J.P., has accepted nomination as150 words
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Article33 1937-07-01 10 Dr. Wu Lien Teh is to visit Penang and Ipoh for about two weeks before proceeding to Batavia for the League of Nations Rural Hygiene Conference which opens at Bandoeng on Aug. 2.33 words
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192 1937-07-01 10 Tigers Rewards: Object To Get Dangerous Beast. To the Editor of the Straits Times. C^IR, —Since writing to you on June 8 regarding rewards for dead tigers, I have received a communication from the Government of Pahang stating that all that is in contemplation is reward for the destruction of192 words
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680 1937-07-01 11 Chinese Councillor On Plight Of Singapore Clerks. rOR the majority of the 800 boys who are leaving Singapore schools every year armed with Cambridge certificates there is little prospect of employment, said the Hon. Mr. Tay Lian Teck, presiding at the annual meeting680 words
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Article33 1937-07-01 11 P" UR ASIANS will be admitted to the navy of the Netherlands Indies, the Batavia Government has decided. It is proposed to enlist 647 of this community immediately.33 words
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Article248 1937-07-01 11 Tea Party At Airport. THE South Indian Muslim League on behalf of the community gave a tea party at the Singapore Airport Hotel, on Saturday afternoon, in honour of the J.P. conferred on its vice-president, Kathi Haji Haflz M. S. Packir Mohaidin Sahib. Haji Adam N.248 words
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Article, Illustration232 1937-07-01 11 Training Ships For Europe. Singapore, June 28. 4 BOUT 1,300 Japanese naval men, including about 200 cadets, are in Singapore today. They arrived by the Japanese naval training ships Iwate and Yakumo yesterday afternoon. Many of them were ashore in the afternoon and were guests of—Straits Times Photograph. - 232 words
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Article65 1937-07-01 11 NO POLITICS PLEASE. have been instructed to train young sailors. Politics are quite outside my line,” Vice-Admiral Mineichi Koga told a Straits Times reporter on the Iwate on Monday when an attempt was made to discuss Far Eastern politics. Large and genial, Vice-Admiral Koga converses in French. His aim is65 words
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Article165 1937-07-01 11 (From Our London Staff.) London, June 22. TEDDY, a Malayan bear at Dudley Zoo. has had to be shot.. On Friday last Teddy escaped from her cage and was at large in the town of Dudley for four hours. She mauled a keeper but,165 words
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186 1937-07-01 12 RECAPTURED UNINJURED IN SHORT TIME. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 28. I RAPING from the mai I train, travelling at about 30 miles an hour, near Kuala Lumpur, early this morning, a man held in custody by the police foi observation186 words
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Article194 1937-07-01 12 [From Our Own Correspondent] Penang, June 25. Lloyd Joaquim Farsic Joaquim, a European, and two Malays, SharrifT Zin bin Merican Noordin, alias Wan Mat, and Alladin Merican Noordin. alias Wan Mat Din, were charged at the police court this morning with having extorted $6O from Embun194 words
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Article67 1937-07-01 12 Mr. Clifford Huntsman, the wellknown English pianist who gave two very successful concerts in Singapore early in the year, Is passing through Malaya next week on his way back to England after a tour of China and Japan. Arrangements have been made for him to give a concert67 words
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236 1937-07-01 12 Planters Miners Study Malaria. (From Our London Staff) London, June 22. (\\'ER 100 planters, miners and missionaries went back to school again this week. They are attending a five-day malaria course at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Malayans attending are Messrs.236 words
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Article122 1937-07-01 12 Big Turn-Out For Teluk Paku Camp. A platoon in full war equipment, including gas respirators, steel helmets and grenades was a novel feature of the week end camp held by “B” Company of the 1st Battalion S.S.V.F., at Teluk Paku on Saturday and Sunday. Under122 words
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Article148 1937-07-01 12 Woman Leader’s Singapore Talk. Chinese question today is a world question in the present century. The struggle of the Chinese in trying to secure a better China is not an isolated struggle but part of the universal struggle of trying to make this world a better148 words
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Article280 1937-07-01 12 Report Now Under Consideration. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 16. IN the House of Commons tonight 1 the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. W. G. Ormsby-Gore. stated that the remedial measures suggested by the committee which investigated the question of unemployment in the280 words
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Article60 1937-07-01 12 Two families who are well-known in mining circles In Perak were united when the marriage took place on Monday at the Yuk Khuan Public Chinese School, Batu Gajah, of Mr. Ng Slew Cheong, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ng Hoi, of Batu Gajah, to Miss Lee Yee Kam. second60 words
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Article227 1937-07-01 12 Lawyer’s Dramatic Plea In Court. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 27. ujn view of the fact that there is no previous conviction against her, I strongly appeal to the court for leniency and clemency. It is the policy of judges not to allow a227 words
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176 1937-07-01 12 QHINESE comprised all the passengers who travelled on Monday YVearne Brothers* plane, Governor Raffles, inaugurating Malaya’s first internal air services between Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Penang. About 7,000 letters were aboard when the plane left the Singapore Airport at 7 a.m. There were three176 words
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Article52 1937-07-01 12 Fu Wu Mun. editor of the Sin Chew Jit Poh, is joining the Nanyang Siang Pao Press on July 1 as manager and editor-in-chief. The Nanyang Siang Pao Press is one of the oldest Chinese vernaculars in Singapore, being founded in 1925 by Mr. Tan52 words
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787 1937-07-01 13 Commissioner Criticises Delay With Plans. ALAKGE increase in cost that might result from a delay in passing building plans, owing to the rapid rise in the price of materials, was stressed by Mr. George Parbury at Friday’s meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commission. Mr.787 words
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65 1937-07-01 13 WORK will start immediately on the building of Singapore’s new million dollar cinema, restaurant and flats block at Dhoby Ghaut, the Straits Times understands Efforts at first will be concentrated on the cinema. It is hoped to have this part of the block finished by65 words
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Article146 1937-07-01 13 Governor Reveals Wonderful Progress. (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, June 24. QF vital interest to Malaya, where so much food is imported every year, is an announcement that the Netherlands Indies are now almost self supporting, which was made in the People’s146 words
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Article138 1937-07-01 13 It’s Twice As Dry As Singapore! There were only four days without rain at the Cameron Highlands during May, although the total rainfall was only 7.09 in. Other hill stations had rain on two out of every three days. Maxwell’s Hill had 14.27 in,138 words
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Article45 1937-07-01 13 Mr. John Hands, who has been attending Rotary meetings in Venice. Dorchester and London, and interviewing the Labour Member of Parliament. Mr. H. Parker, in connection with unemployment in Selangor, left London on June 16 and is expected back in Kuala Lumpur on July 9.45 words
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274 1937-07-01 13 Mr. Mark Morrison, advocate and solicitor, appeared before Mr. Ivor Lewis in the Singapore Fifth Court on Friday charged with having committed criminal trespass by entering into and boarding lighters Nos. 646. 651 and 66$ belonging to the General Lighterage and Transport Co., on Mar274 words
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333 1937-07-01 13 Sir G. Trimmer’s Work For Port. J7NGINEERS from all parts of Malaya attended a complimentary dinner at the Adelphi Hotel on Friday to Sir George Trimmer, chairman of the Singapore Harbour Board, who was entertained by the engineering profession in honour of his recent knighthood.333 words
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Article121 1937-07-01 13 What F.M.S. Hospital Statistics Show. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. June 17. riTHER Improved methods of medical treatment or improving economic conditions in the Federated Malay States, are contributing towards a marked decline in the mortality rate among hospitalised malarial patients in the country, states121 words
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1256 1937-07-01 14 MUNICIPALITY ASKS FOR COMMITTEE TO STUDY PARKING PROBLEM. fONGESTION caused by the parking of cars and lorries in the main streets of Singapore’s business centre has reached such dimensions that the Municipal Commissioners are to ask the Governor-in-Council to set up a1,256 words
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Article49 1937-07-01 14 The management of the Methodist Boys' School at Kuala Lumpur announces another donation of $2,500 to the new school to be built in Sentul. This gift is made by Mr. Wong Pak Choy. A classroom will bear his name, in recognition of this contribution to education in Kuala Lumpur.49 words
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Article345 1937-07-01 14 •JTIE establishment of a cabaret on land bounded by Geyland Road, Tanjong Katong Road and Haig Road, which was the subject of much discussion at previous meeting of the Municipal Commission, was again referred to at Friday's meeting. It was raised by Mr. Chua Kai345 words
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356 1937-07-01 14 PRESS AGAIN EXCLUDED. "WHEN the Municipal Commissioners discussed proposed amendments to the Municipal by-laws in general committee on Friday the Press was excluded after a division decision of 13 votes to seven. “T MOVE that the Press be excluded from this meeting,” began Mr. O.356 words
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3096 1937-07-01 15 Planting Topics Assessments. Reassessment Of Estates In Malaya—True Productivity May Be Determined Data For Revised Basic Quotas. (By Our Planting Correspondent). 117ILL Malaya and Netherlands India produce the rubber quotas for this year as at present determined by the International Rubber Regulation3,096 words
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178 1937-07-01 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, June 23. AT Bukit Timbalan this evening. H.H. the Regent of Johore (Tungku Mahkota Sir Ismail) presented to members of the Johore Military Forces team medals awarded to them in recognition of their winning the second place in the178 words
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Article48 1937-07-01 16 EIRE insurance on the Victoria Theatre and Memorial Hall is to be increased from $400,000 to $500,000 and the St. Clair organ is to b 3 re-insured for $50,000. according to a decision reached by committee No. 7 of the Singapore Municipal Commission48 words
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273 1937-07-01 16 One Unit Coming For Tests. AUTOMOBILE Association road scouts, so familiar in EngA j an( j an< j var ious other countries, will soon be seen on main routes in Malaya. After a discussion on the matter the Council of the Automobile273 words
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Article164 1937-07-01 16 /\VER a hundred tons of foodstuffs unfit for human consumption were seized and destroyed by municipal health officers in Singapore last year. This total represented 16,163 items, it is revealed in the annual health report. Included in the 16.163 items were 10.681 tinned goods.164 words
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Article50 1937-07-01 16 The Chinese Chamber of Commerce is to discuss “action to be taken to prove that Chinese canned goods are preserved in hygienic conditions and do not contain ‘poisonous’ foods as recently alleged.” The matter was referred to the chamber by the Singapore Chinese Canned Goods Guild.50 words
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Article68 1937-07-01 16 (From Our Own Correspondent) Teluk Anson, June 24. DADIO enthusiasts in Teluk Anson have been experiencing a serious setback for the last fortnight, reception even from the ever popular Nirom broadcasting station, being very indistinct, with a lot of interference. Some of the local radio experts68 words
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370 1937-07-01 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 23. I ORD TEMPLEMORE and Lord 1-1 Ebbisham today sponsored Baron Marchwood of Penang (formerly Sir George Penny) when he took his seat in the House of Lords for the first time. An authoritative account of370 words
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Article, Illustration406 1937-07-01 17 Group phctograph of the officers of tho Malacca Volunteers. Mr. E. V. G. Day. the acting Resident Councillor, is in the centre. >lr. (1. H. Johnson, of Mantm. and Miss S. Solomon who were married at St. Mark's Church. Seremban, last Wednesday. The Rc v.406 words
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Article, Illustration187 1937-07-01 20 NJO mere welcome sight to Singapore's masses is the itimrant hanker—be he a cake and fruit seller. an ice-cream man. a newspaper bop, a sutay seller, a cobbler, a cigantte vendor or the hundred and one other people who briny their wares to their customer's doors. 'l187 words
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Article, Illustration1088 1937-07-01 21 Singapore Woman Replies To Borneo Old timer. MEN are never satisfied. There was a time, not so very long ago, when woman was allowed no life outside her own home, or rather outside the home of her father or her husband for HER home it certainly1,088 words
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Article62 1937-07-01 21 London Suit Undefended (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 22. AT the Devonshire Assizes at Exeter yesterday, Lady Colina Hussey, of Thickthorne Manor, Ilminster, was granted a decree nisi on the grounds of the adultery of her husband, Thomas MacDonald Hussey, of Singapore. The suit62 words
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Article, Illustration40 1937-07-01 21 Lovely Miss Annam, chosen from hundreds to represent her pro* vince at the Paris Exhibition, posed for the Straits Times photographer on the M.M. Felix Roussel. She is in picturesque national costume with a large Annamite hat.40 words
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343 1937-07-01 22 In Conflict With Policy Of Self-Sufficiency. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 22. THE imposition of tea restriction in Malaya last January a measure which has proved wholly unpopular—is commented upon for the first time by official sources in the latest issue343 words
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764 1937-07-01 22 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 23. AN article which is of great interest to tea-growers in Malaya in view of the recent restriction p Iced on the industry here and the expiration of the present International Tea Agreement on Mar. 31,1938. appears764 words
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148 1937-07-01 22 doesn’t want the statue.—Straits Times copyright. (From Our Oxen Correspondent.) London, June 24. ALTHOUGH Singapore has erected a life-size statue of Sir Stamford Raffles in the centre of its Empress Place, in addition to naming a place, a school, a museum, an institution, a post office,doesn’t want the statue.—Straits Times copyright. - 148 words
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89 1937-07-01 22 Chinese View At A.C.S. Prize-Giving. “IS it true that there is no demand 1 for a University in Malaya?” asked Mr. Seow Poh Leng in a speech before Anglo-Chinese School boys at Cairnhill Hoad on June 25 on the occasion of the School’s prize distribution. “On89 words
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373 1937-07-01 22 Stole Goods To Settle Debts. UOW a soldier manufactured a false key to open a sports goods store at Gillman Barracks and stole some sporting goods in order to settle debts he had incurred with other members of the regiment was related to373 words
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Article86 1937-07-01 22 Many Malayans Take Course. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 20. The keen interest of Malayans in malaria control was shown by t\ve large number of planters and others who are attending the Ross Institute malarial control course which opens this week-end. There are 140 planters86 words
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532 1937-07-01 23 Companies Can Build Up Reserves Again. EFFECT ON INVESTMENT OF SURPLUS CAPITAL. THE ban on prospecting for tin-bearing 1 areas has been removed by the F.M.S. Government, after being in force since the beginning of tin control in 1931. In view of the renewal532 words
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163 1937-07-01 23 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 24. THHE removal of the ban on tin 1 prospecting in the Federation has given the greatest satisfaction to the mining community and those interested in the industry. Interviewed by a Straits Times representative, prominent members of163 words
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Article144 1937-07-01 23 CENTENCE of eight months’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of $3O or a further one month in default were imposed by Mr H. A. Forrer in the Singapore Criminal District Court on June 22 on a Chinese, named Kang Kian Huat, who was convicted144 words
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381 1937-07-01 23 Revenue Up: Expenditure Down. A SURPLUS of $1,189,091 is revealed in the annual report of the Municipal Treasurer (Mr. J. Stone) issued on June 23. Revenue last year was $13,734,638 which was $752,178 more than estimated and $483,116 more than the 1935 total. Expenditure381 words
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Article201 1937-07-01 23 786 tons from Apr. 30.—Straits Times copyright. Principal Rise In America. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 23. QREATLY increased world consumption of tin is revealed in the statistical estimates for the twelve months ending Apr. 30 last published today at The Hague. Consumption is786 tons from Apr. 30.—Straits Times copyright. - 201 words
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Article138 1937-07-01 23 Before Attorney-General For Consideration. Reference was again made on June 23 in the Court of Appeal to the incorrect report of the Alkaff appeal which appeared in last Tuesday’s Morning Tribune. It will oe recalled that when the court sat on Tuesday the matter was138 words
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Article106 1937-07-01 23 “TWO persons were sitting in the front seat next to the accused who was driving the car and Inspector Minns took a note of the number of the car which led to the accused being summoned,” said Court Inspector Frew to Mr. L. C.106 words
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Article489 1937-07-01 24 Reduction I n Electricity Charges Long Overdue. LARGE RESERVE; *200,000 “GIFT” TO RATE FUND. HUGE profits are being made by the Municipality’s electricity department, a public utility concern whose duty it is to provide consumers with the cheapest possible service. Although reductions have been made in recent489 words
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Article183 1937-07-01 24 Decision Based On Medical Grounds. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, June 22. RJVR. H. Parry, local chairman and assistant general manager of the Penang Harbour Board since 1924, who went Home last January on medical leave is not returning to Penang. His condition has not improved183 words
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Article105 1937-07-01 24 Inspecting Veterinary Stations. (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. June 24. pAPTAIN Whitworth, Director of Veterinary Research, Malaya, who came to Siam at the Invitation of the Government, returned to Bangkok on Sunday from Muak Lek, in the North after inspecting the Vaccine and Serum Farm at105 words
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Article245 1937-07-01 24 Husband Gets Two Years’ Gaol. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 23. OONNUSAMY, the Indian coolie who was charged with voluntarily causing hurt with a tapping gouge to his childwife Poorni at the Selangor Assizes, was today sentenced to two years rigorous imprisonment by Mr.245 words
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132 1937-07-01 24 Scheme Now Under Consideration. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 23. PROVISION for legal defence for members of the Automobile Association of Malaya was brought a step nearer at the last meeting of the A.A.M. Selangor and Pahang branch held here. The Secretary (Mr.132 words
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100 1937-07-01 24 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, June 25. AN important conference between railway officials and the Controller of Rubber, Major G. M. Kidd, is being held in Penang today to discuss the question of the importation of rubber from Siam into Penang and its application100 words
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225 1937-07-01 24 No Date Yet Fixed For Opening. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 21. MO date has yet been fixed for the inauguration of the MalayaLondon radio telephone service, although it has been stated officially at various times during the past year that communication would225 words
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Article117 1937-07-01 24 But More Offices Were Empty Last Year. Vacant premises in Singapore are becoming fewer and fewer. Last year there were only 1,436 vacant in the Municipal area, compared with 1,979 in 1935 and 3,398 in 1934. Last year’s total, given in the annual report of the Municipal117 words
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Article, Illustration456 1937-07-01 25 Visited Malaya Three Years Ago On Inspection Tour. IMPORTANT POSTS HELD IN WARTIME CABINET. OIR ERIC CAMPBELL GEDDES, chairman of directors of the Duniop Rubber Company, Limited, Imperial Airways, Limited, and their subsidiaries, died on June 22, says a Reuter message from London. In456 words
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Article30 1937-07-01 25 .—Reuter. London, June 25. British by election results were: Conant (Con.) was returned at Bewdley, Earl Baldwin’s former constituency, with a 6,543 majority. Butcher (Lib. Nat.) was returned for Hol-land-with-Boston.—Reuter..—Reuter. - 30 words
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Article59 1937-07-01 25 —Reuter. Lyons And Colijn Discuss Matter. The Hague, June 22. The Australian Prime Minister, Mr. J. A. Lyons, yesterday had a talk with the Dutch Prime Minister, Dr. Colijn. at The Hague. The air line between Java and Australia was one of the things they—Reuter. - 59 words
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Article39 1937-07-01 25 Reuter. Abandonment Not Contemplated. London, June 22. THE Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eden, stated in the House of Commons tonight that no negotiations are contemplated or proceeding for the abandonment of British extraterritorial jurisdiction in China.—Reuter. - 39 words
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Article, Illustration74 1937-07-01 25 FRED SNITE, the young American who was taken from Shanghai to the United States in an u iron lung,” or artificial breathing apparatus, has reached Chicago. Doctors say it will be seven years before he ivill be restored to health. This exclusive picture was secured74 words
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97 1937-07-01 25 r pHE Sword of Islam, presented by 2,000 Arab notabilities to Mussolini during his triumphal tour of Libya in March as a token of his sovereignty over all Muslims, was not of Oriental origin, but was designed by General Goering and manufactured in97 words
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Article115 1937-07-01 25 —Reuter. AT BEDSIDE WHEN BARRIE DIED. London, June 22. CIR JAMES BARRIE will be buried today. Rain clouds were scudding over Barrie’s beloved “Thrums” (Kirriemuir) when the news of his death went through the countryside. He will be buried in the little village cemetery, where he—Reuter. - 115 words
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Article62 1937-07-01 25 .—British Wireless. London, June 22. The number of officers and other ranks enrolled in national defence companies formed in September last for the purpose of protecting important points in Great Britain on threat of and during war reached on June 1 a total of 6,554.—British Wireless. - 62 words
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Article244 1937-07-01 25 Reply To Japanese Gesture. Washington, June 23. CIXTEEN-INCH guns will be carried by two new battleships to be built by the United States. This follows Japan's decision not to abide by the terms of the expired Washington Treaty. As tenders submitted by private shipyards have244 words
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40 1937-07-01 25 —Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai. June 25. Japanese newspapers in Shanghai express indignation over the police refusal at Wuchow, river port on the Kwangsi border, to allow a Japanese student party to enter the province.—Sin Chew Jit Poh. - 40 words
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Article, Illustration231 1937-07-01 26 Reuter. ONLY REMOTE CHANCE OF CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS. Encouraging Experience. AGREEMENT with Mr. Gandhi’s suggestion that only when a serious disagreement occurs between (»o\einoi and his ministers should any question of severance of relations arise i.-* expressed by the Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow,Reuter. - 231 words
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112 1937-07-01 26 -Reuter. Bombay. June 22. MR. Gandhi declined to comment on the message of the Viceroy of India, (Lord Linlithgow) when interviewed by Reuter today, adding that the Congress Working Committee would finally decide the ‘‘grave issue.” The reception of the Indian Press was very mixed,-Reuter. - 112 words
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107 1937-07-01 26 British By-Election Results. London, June 23. /CONTESTING the seat rendered vacant by the elevation to the peerage of her husband, Sir John Davidson, Lady Davidson (Conservative) won the Heme) Hempstead byelection, defeating another woman candidate. Mrs. Corbett Ashby, and a Labour candidate. Details are:107 words
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67 1937-07-01 26 accepted by Their Majesties —British Wireless. Prime Ministers Acquire Painting. London. June 22 As a token of loyalty and affection from the people of the British Dominions. the Dominion Prime Ministers have expressed a desire to present to the King and Queen Mr. F.accepted by Their Majesties —British Wireless. - 67 words
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78 1937-07-01 26 Baldwin’ s Handling Of Abdication Recognised. —Reuter. London. June 21. A SUM of 250.000 has been placed at the disposal of Earl Baldwin as a thanksgiving for his handling of the abdication crisis, it is revealed today. The gift is for the endowment of any object calculated to strengthen the—Reuter. - 78 words
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Article97 1937-07-01 26 MOST OF M. BLUM’S MINISTRY RETAINED: Paris, June 23. M. Camille Chautemps, the new Radical-Socialist, has accepted the Premiership of France. His Cabinet includes M. Blum who resigned from the Premiership this week: Vice-Premier without Portfolio. M. Blum. Finance Minister. M. Bonnett. Minister of Foreign Affairs and97 words
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49 1937-07-01 26 —British Wireless. London, June 21. Another 550 acres of woodlands in Hertfordshire and Surrey are being added to the so-called “green belt” round London. On Tuesday the London County Council will be recommended to make contributions totalling £13,800 'towards the cost of acquiring the land.—British Wireless. - 49 words
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Article139 1937-07-01 26 Reuter. Well Received In House. London, June 21. THE financial resolution pro1 posing the new profits tax was agreed to by 231 votes to 98 in the House of Commons today. Lt. Col. Colville, speaking for the Government, said that the industries' acceptance of the taxReuter. - 139 words
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Article81 1937-07-01 26 Reuter. ARRIVAL IN EUROPE. London. June 21. A JAPANESE trade mission, headed by Mr. I. Kadamo. chairman of the Tokio Chamber of Commerce, arrived in London today. It comprises 24 leading Japanese industrialists and bankers. The mission is leaving immediately for Berlin to attend the International CongressReuter. - 81 words
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Article, Illustration248 1937-07-01 26 News Chronicle —Reuter and AnetaHavas. London, June 22. JMLSSOLINT has made a furious reply to the 44 calumnies in the foreign press about Italians in the Guadalajara retreat. The reply appears in an unsigned article in Popolo d'ltalia undoubtedly written by II Duce.News Chronicle —Reuter and Aneta-Havas. - 248 words
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Article170 1937-07-01 26 —Reuter Washington, June 25. THERE is little possibility of a world economic conference, it is learned. This conclusion has been reached by the Belgian Premier, M. Paul van Zeeland, and Mr. Cordell Hull, United States Secretary of State, who are conferring in Washington. M. van—Reuter - 170 words
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Article37 1937-07-01 26 tribesmen suffered heavy losses.—Reuter. Simla. June 25. On the North West Frontier, Lieut.Col. P. Grant has been killed in action. Heavy fighting took place in wooded country, and it is believed that hostile tribesmen suffered heavy losses.—Reu-tribesmen suffered heavy losses.—Reuter. - 37 words
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225 1937-07-01 27 .—British Wireless “Contains Valuable Checks Against Abuses.” SUPPORT for Mr. A. P. Herbert’s Marriage Reform Bill was expressed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Cosmo Lang, when he intervened in the second reading in the House of Lords. The existing law on divorce had proved.—British Wireless - 225 words
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Article81 1937-07-01 27 other projects in the province.—Sin Chew Jit Poh. BANKERS TO INVEST $61,000,000. Canton. June 25. /CHINESE bankers of Canton at a meeting yesterday decided to subscribe $61,000,000 for development projects in Kwangtung and Hainan. The investments will be in charge oi i special combine comprising representativesother projects in the province.—Sin Chew Jit Poh. - 81 words
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Article170 1937-07-01 27 British Wireless. Eden Suggests Caution. London, June 24. “DEPORTS on the movements of German warships eastward into the Mediterranean should be received with great reserve.” the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, told the House of Commons today. 44 Official information received by the Admiralty does notBritish Wireless. - 170 words
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226 1937-07-01 27 —Reuter. Tokio, June 24. industrial five-year plan costing 19,000 million yen (about $9,500 million Straits) is to be submitted in draft form to the Japanese Cabinet Planning Board by the War Ministry today. The War Ministry wishes to inaugurate the plan by—Reuter. - 226 words
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470 1937-07-01 27 —British Wireless. Upshot Of Leipzig Torpedo Incident At Malaga. London, June 23. rjERMANY and Italy have withdrawn from the fourpower naval control scheme on the Spanish Coast. This follows a disagreement among the Powers as to the measures to be adopted as a—British Wireless. - 470 words
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346 1937-07-01 27 Champion Beaten After A Desperate Fight. \1 Comiskey Park, Chicago, on June 22, cables Reuter, Joe Louis, the negro boxer, defeated Jim Braddock, world heavyweight champion, in a bout for the title, knocking him out in the eighth round. Braddock weighed in at346 words
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Article, Illustration350 1937-07-01 28 British Wireless. KING QUEEN PRESENT. Most Spectacular Yet Staged. London, June 27. •THE King and Queen yesterday attended the Royal Air Force display at Hendon, the eighteenth of the series and a special Coronation display. The special character of the display was marked– British Wireless. - 350 words
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Article36 1937-07-01 28 .—Reuter. Darwin, June 28. jy|ISS AMELIA EARIIART (Mrs. Putnam) arrived at Darwin from Koepanc at 2.3 a.m. G.M.T. She left Knepang this morning, and her next stop will be Lae (NewGuinea). —Reuter..—Reuter. - 36 words
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Article77 1937-07-01 28 Anet a-Trans-Ocean Italian Patent Rights Acquired. t Rome. June 27. QNE of the larges, British textile firms has acquired from Italy patents lor the manufacturing ol synthetic wool, called “Lenital.” in the British Isles and Canada. The British concern will begin the manufacture of syntheticAnet a-Trans-Ocean - 77 words
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Article56 1937-07-01 28 —Reuter Sequel To Elections. The Hague, June 26 Following the ri ?.ent elections the Ministry has been reformed. Dr. Colijn remains Premier and foreign Minister. Heer Goseling. Minister for Justice. Heer De Wilde, Finance Minister, and Heer Welter. Minister lor the Colonies. The Cabinet is predominantly—Reuter - 56 words
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32 1937-07-01 28 Hollywood June 25 As a mark of his devotion to the late Jean Harlow, William Powell has presented her relatives with a marble mausoleum costing £‘5.00032 words
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Article, Illustration52 1937-07-01 28 —Reuter. Mary Pickford And “Buddy” Rogers. Hollywood, June 27. THE film stars Mary Pickford and 1 Char.es (“Buddy”) Rogers were married yesterday in the presence of a few friends under an oak tree in the garden of Mr. Louis Lighton, a film producer.—Reuter. “Ruddy’* Rogers and—Reuter. - 52 words
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Article64 1937-07-01 28 .—Reuter. Hollywood. June 26. The death is announced of the film actor. Colin Clive.—Reuter. Colin Clive, an English actor, jumped into prominence with his performance in the stage play “Journey’s End.” He went to Hollywood a few years ago and nas appeared in many films,.—Reuter. - 64 words
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36 1937-07-01 28 —Reuter. F London. June 28. OrR were killed and twelve injured when a Southern Railway train from Ashford (Kent) to Victoria crashed ito a siding near Swan ley Junction.— Reuter.—Reuter. - 36 words
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Article271 1937-07-01 28 —Reuter and Sin Chew Jit Poh. Entire Villages Overwhelmed. Shanghai, June 28. UUNDREDS af people were drowned in Hoods in various parts of China at the weekend when entire villages were submerged. With rain-swollen rivers overflowing their banks, Fukien Province is experiencing its worst floods—Reuter and Sin Chew Jit Poh. - 271 words
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Article238 1937-07-01 28 ANGLO-JAPANESE CONVERSATIONS. London. June 25. JJETTER relations between China and Japan are hoped for as a result of the coming talks between the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, officials of the Foreign Office, and the Japanese Ambassador in London. Mr. Shigeru Yoshida. Mr. Quo Tai Chi. Chinese238 words
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Article, Illustration929 1937-07-01 29 Echo. ” - “By Echo.” IN a 36 holes final at Keppel on Sunday, Dr. E. L. Thomson, a recent newcomer to Singapore, won the Island golf championship, beating S. N. Kelly 3 and 1. It was a closely fought match—Straits Times Photograph. - 929 words
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Article62 1937-07-01 29 Tom Verity, the young professional of the Island Club. Singapore, has secured the appointment as professional to the Selangor Golf Club, and will assume his new duties from July 1. Before coming to Malaya two and a half years ago Verity had an eight years’62 words
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90 1937-07-01 29 Cricket —Reuter. Reuter cables Home cricket results as follows: At Cheltenham, Gloucester beat Kent by an innings and 31 runs. Kent 104 (Goddard six for 26) and 144 (Goddard. six for 67), Gloucester 279 (Barnett 103. Hammond 90). New Zealand beat Norfolk by eight—Reuter. - 90 words
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Article402 1937-07-01 29 —Reuter. Dr. Mrs. Day Win With Low Net Score Of 29$. The Singapore Golf Club’s second bimonthly mixed foursomes competition for June was played at Bukit Timah on Sunday afternoon and resulted in a win for Dr. and Mrs. L. F. Day with a net—Reuter. - 402 words
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Article238 1937-07-01 29 CUP HOLDERS MISS A PENALTY KICK. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June 26. Perak drew with Selangor one-all in a keenly fought Malaya Cup match this afternoon, both the goals being scored in the first half. Perak won the toss and opened the score about 20238 words
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Article84 1937-07-01 29 Boxing. -Reuter. But Not Against The British Champion New York, June 26. Sol Strauss, Mike Jacobs* lawyer, is leaving for England tonight to close negotiations for a world title fight for Joe Louis in August at Wembley. Jacobs says that everything is practically settled except– -Reuter. - 84 words
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266 1937-07-01 30 VON CRAMM AUSTIN EACH DROP A SET. KHO AND CHOY WIN THEIR TIES IN STRAIGHT SETS. London, June 22. THE Wimbledon tournament— recognised as carrying the world championships in amateur lawn tennis—opened yesterday. There was, cables Reuter, a rather smaller crowd than usual. The dav was devoted to men’s singles266 words
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299 1937-07-01 30 London, June 24. THE biggest achievement at Wimbledon yesterday—a hot vveather day—was that of the British player, R. K. Tinkler, former Public Schools doubles champion and member of the Oxford University team. Tinkler, who though he has played for England was unseeded for299 words
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214 1937-07-01 30 MRS. PETERS ACCLAIMED AS THE MOST IMPROVED PLAYER.” H London, June 22. hi.LN JACOBS, the title holder, scored an easy win in the drst round of the women’s singles at Wimbledon todav, when she accounted for the British Wightman Cup player Miss Harvey, in straight sets. H 1 y Rrir£i214 words
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166 1937-07-01 30 Betty Nuthall Progressing In Women’s Singles London, June 26. r[E Americans, Grant, Parker and Budge, have reached the quarter-finals in the men’s singles at Wimbledon. So has McGrath, of Australia. Among yesterday's results, as cabled by Reuter, were the following. MEN S SINGLES. Parker beat166 words
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191 1937-07-01 30 Austin Wins Against The Ambidextrous Bromwich London, June 25. QUEEN MARY was present at the Wimbledon tennis championships yesterday, cables Reuter. Results yesterday were: MEN’S SINGLES. Mako beat Kho Sin Khie 3—6, 6—l, 6—2, 6—4. Stedman beat Bernard 6—4, 6—3. 6—3. Crawford beat Kukuljevie 6—3, 6—2. 10—8. McGrath beat Pallada191 words
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Article153 1937-07-01 30 Reuter. “World Title” Farce Takes Another Turn. Berlin, June 21. Sidney Hulls, the English boxing promoter, flew to Berlin on Saturday, and is to meet Max Schmeling to discuss the prospects of arranging a bout between the German champion and Tommy Farr.—Aneta-Trans-Ocean. London. June 22.Reuter. - 153 words
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Article190 1937-07-01 30 Golf. For The Seventh Time In Succession. Bangkok, June 24. The seventh annual golf championship of Siam was played for over three Bangkok courses this week-end —18 holes at Dusit Club, 18 at the Sports Club and 36 at the Chitra Lada. Bogey for the190 words
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564 1937-07-01 31 “Echo. ” - By “Echo.” imiETHER or not the Chinese can overhaul the R.A. in Division I of the S.A.F.A. League is one of the issues which will sustain interest for some time yet in the local soccer season. Their564 words
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Article31 1937-07-01 31 The Straits Times understands that Major E. C. Doyle 9 D. 5.0., M.R.C.V.S. 9 official judge and Veterinary Surgeon to the Straits Racing Association 9 has tendered his resignation31 words
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Article134 1937-07-01 31 “Stars” To Visit Singapore TT is reported that there is a possibility of Singapore seeing four world-famous lawn tennis players in action towards the end of the year. Baron Gottfried von Cramm, the brilliant German, is coming East early in October. With him will be H. Henkel, German Davis Cup134 words
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Article365 1937-07-01 31 KOHLOFF WINS BOTH DISTANCE RACES. There wa5 a large gathering at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday for the Municipal Services Club athletic sports finals. John Then was the individual champion with 18 points and M. C Kohloff was the runner-up with 17 points while the365 words
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Article201 1937-07-01 31 VON CRAMM’S EASY VICTORY OVER MAKO. SKILFUL seeding at Wimbledon sees seven of the eight select- ed players in the quarter-finals, the only exception being J. H. Crawford, who won the section in which R. Menzel, of Czecho-slovakia, was the choice. The Australian has shown a201 words
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Article69 1937-07-01 31 Reuter. Chicago, June 24. Mike Jacobs announces that he has received a cable from Arthur Elvin, of Wembley Stadium, offering Joe Louis a title bout in London against either Len Harvey or Jack Doyle. The fight would take place sometime after the second week in—Reuter. - 69 words
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Article332 1937-07-01 31 F.M.S. Police Meet The Services. Tall scoring was witnessed In a match at Tanglin on Sunday between the Police and the United Services. Altogether 734 runs were scored, and the match ended in a draw. The police played ten men, owiijg to a mishap before the332 words
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Article266 1937-07-01 31 Lawn Tenni Beats Chin Kee Onn In The Final. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June 26. Mrs. E. K. Allin, last year’s champion, found little difficulty in retaining her title when she met Mrs. J L. Woods in the final of the Perak women’s singles today,266 words
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568 1937-07-01 32 Echo. ” - “By Echo.” WHAT’S wrong with military soccer in Singapore The answer is easy Too much soccer For that reason e Services look like failing again in the Malaya Cup competition. They boat .iohore all right at the Anson568 words
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80 1937-07-01 32 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 23. The Northumberland Plate, run over two miles at Newcastle today, resulted as follows: Sir Edmund Bushby’s NECTAR II 7.12 (Maher) 1. Mr. Marshall Field’s SIGNATURE 7.1 (Smith) 2. Sir Abe Bailey s WEATHER VANE 8.9 (Weston) 3.80 words
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77 1937-07-01 32 The June L.G.U. medal competition ot the Singapore Golf Club was played at Bukit Timah on Monday and resulted in a win for Mrs. C. W. Bloomfield with a net score of 61. The following cards were returned: Mrs. C. W. Bloomfield77 words
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Article430 1937-07-01 32 (From Our Own Correspondent.) mu.,,, m a m a Seremban, June 26. HrTIERE was a good attendance at the Negri Sembilan Sporting Club’s Skye Meeting today. The tote was well patronised. The weather was cloudy, and the going good. Following are the results Race 1, 5430 words
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Article64 1937-07-01 32 The Harringay Stadium authorities have offered Joe Louis £20,000 for a fight with Buddy Baer in London. •If Louis heat Baer, he would be matched against the winner of the Farr-Schmeling bout for the world title, cables Reuter. Harringay thus outbids Wembley Stadium, who offer64 words
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Article66 1937-07-01 32 Clairvoyant Wins From Donatello. Paris, June 27. The following was the result of the Grand Prix, run today: Senor E. M. de Hoz’s CLAIRVOYANT (Semblat) 1 M. Frederico Tesio’s DONATELLO (Gobellini) 2. Baron Edonard de Rothschild’s GONFALUNIER (Bouillon) 3. Won by three-quarters of a length: two lengths66 words
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Article537 1937-07-01 32 —Reuter And Two In Reply By Dempster And Watson. TTIERE was some heavy scoring in the first-class cricket matches concluded at Home last week, but one exceptional bowling performance—Clay’s seventeen wickets for Glamorgan against Worcester, at a cost of 212 runs. Reuter cables details of the—Reuter - 537 words
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Article822 1937-07-01 1 FRASER COMPANY’S SHARE REPORT. French Franc Developments Anxiously Awaited. MESSRS. FRASER AND CO., ill their weekly share report, issued at the close of business on June 29 write: Up to today very little had happened during the past week in the general situation at home to call for special comment.822 words
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Article335 1937-07-01 1 London, June 29. The following are today’s closing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange:— Shares at £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: Y ester- Rise day or Fall Conversion Loan 0 p.c. 1944-64 1 i2*-i Funding Loan 4 d.c. 1960-90 109 War Loan, 3*4 p.c 09% —*4 Com.335 words
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Article19 1937-07-01 1 June 24 Tin, S’pore Price $122.87% per picul 25 123.87% 28 125 29 125 30 12519 words
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48 1937-07-01 1 Date Spot July July-Sept. Oct.-Dec. Jan.-Mar. London June 24 32% 32V4 32% 32% 32% 9% 25 32% 33% 33% 33% 33% 9 11/16 28 32% 32% 33 33% 33% 29 31% 31% 32 32% 32% 9 9/16 30 32 32% 32% 32% 32% 9%48 words
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Article267 1937-07-01 1 Singapore, June 30, 12 noon. Buyer seller Gambler $8 00 Hamburg Cub*, $l5 00 Java Cube $ll.OO Pepper. White Muntok $16.50 White $16.00 Black $9.75 Copra. Mixed $5 35 Sun Dried $5 75 Tapioca. Small Flake $4.40 Fair Flake $3.90 Medium Pearl $5.15 Small Pearl $5.25 Sago Flour No267 words
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Article65 1937-07-01 1 Amsterdam, June 15. Total exports of Java Sugar during May amounted to 83,375 metric tons, against 80.875 tons in April and 80,500 tons in May, 1936, Exports to Europe amounted to 22.500 tons, compared with 23.500 tons in April, while China took 20,000 tons (19.500 tons65 words
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2339 1937-07-01 2 Importance Of Modern Plant And Ample Ore Reserves. AN emphatic warning against the danger of the formation of a buffer “tin pool or its equivalent in a different guise; advice to producers and consumers to sell and buy tin regularly to avoid2,339 words
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749 1937-07-01 3 Singapore Rubber Dealers’ Weekly Review. r\OUBTS as to the ability of Malaya to fulfil her rubber export quota for the first-half of this year are expressed in the weekly reports on the Singapore rubber market, issued by rubber merchants on June 25. The view749 words
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Article145 1937-07-01 3 •PHE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,335 th auction on June 23 when there were catalogued 1,689,910 lbs., 754.42 tons; offered 1,466,342 lbs., 654.62 tons; sold 1,266,291 lbs., 565.31 tons Spot London 9 9|l6d. New York 19 3il6cts. PRICES REALISED Ribbed smoked sheet cents145 words
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61 1937-07-01 3 Furthering Policy Of Self-Sufficiency. Rome, June 23. THE Italian Government has offlcial- ly decided to encourage the production of synthetic rubber. This is in pursuance of the government’s policy of attaining self-suffi-ciency in raw materials. Experiments with synthetic rubber have been-proceeding in Italy, but no large61 words
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274 1937-07-01 3 ACCOUNTED FOR BY SMALLER TIN AND RUBBER SHIPMENTS. THE gross value of Malaya’s foreign trade in May dropped $28,368,000 from the value in April. Exports fell by $19,210,000 and imports by $9,158,000. The large drop in the value of exports is accounted for274 words
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Article78 1937-07-01 3 Malaya failed to produce her monthly rubber quota in May by 3,850 tons. Statistics issued on June 23 show that production on estates was 25,379 tons and on estates of less than 100 acres, 63,799 tons a total production of 35,412 tons, against a monthly quota of78 words
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Article99 1937-07-01 3 During the week ending June 19 exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 58,834 cases, of which 43,492 (74 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom, 1.820 (3 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, 5,760 (10 per cent.) cases to Canada,99 words
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210 1937-07-01 3 —Straits Times copyright. THE adjourned meeting from last Tuesday of bondholders of Oil Palm Plantations, Ltd., held on June 29, lasted five minutes. Two resolutions by holders of “A” and “B” bonds authorised the trustees to concur with the company in granting an option—Straits Times copyright. - 210 words
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Article113 1937-07-01 3 Former Selangor Planter A Director. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. June 25. THE fixed or unit trust movement 1 which has not hitherto Included Investments in rubber and tin companies Is now to form portfolios of shares in these two industries. Specialised Unit Trusts,113 words
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Article22 1937-07-01 3 The output of Raub Australian Gold Mining Company Ltd. for the four weeks ended June 19 was 1,850.93 ounces.22 words
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Article95 1937-07-01 3 Straits Times cable. Increasing Demand. [From Our Own Correspondent] London, June 22. ONDON market commentators de- clare that what United States manufacturers regard as the high price of rubber Is resulting in an increasing American demand for the reclaimed commodity. The U.S. Department of Commerce reportsStraits Times cable. - 95 words
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Article1188 1937-07-01 4 Issued By Fraser And Co., EXCHANGE AND STOCK BROKERS. Singapore, June 30, 10 a.m. MINING. Imt Val Buyers Seller* </- Am pat Tin 6/6 £1 Aaam Kumbang 35/6 37/6 £1 Austral Malay 56/- 58/5/- Ayer Hltam 28/- 29/1 Ayer Weng 1-20 1.30n. £1 Ban grin Tin 21/-1,188 words
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88 1937-07-01 4 The board of Burmese Hydraulic Tin announces that reports just received from the mine throw serious doubts on the value of the ground it was proposed to sluice as soon as the pipeline had been completed. All work, therefore, is being suspended pending the obtaining88 words
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Article586 1937-07-01 4 London Exchange Prices On June 21. Allagar (2/) 1/9%; Alor Pongsu (2/ >2/9; Anglo-Malay 16/3; Ayer Kunlng 37/6, Badenoch 27/6; Bagan Serai 23/1%; Bahru (Sel.) (2/) 3/5; Banteng 28/; Batang (2/) 1/5%- Batu Caves 20/7%; Batu Tlga 43/9, Bekoh (2/) 2/2%; Bertam Con. (2/) 4/4%; Bidor 37/6; Blkam586 words
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Article147 1937-07-01 4 London Exchange Prices On June 21. Ampat (4/) 5/9; Anglo-Burma (5/) 14/9; Ayer Hltam (5/) 27/; Bangrln 19/; Gopeng Cons. 2%; Hongkong (5/) 33/9; Idris (5/) 11/9; Ipoh (16/) 29/6; Kampong Lanjut 25/6; Kamuntlng (5/) 14/; Kepong 1 3/16; Kinta (5/) 16/6; Kinta Kellas (5/) 6/9; Kramat Pulai147 words
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Article130 1937-07-01 4 ALL signatory countries to the tin control scheme were behind in the production of their quotas at the end of May. Statistics issued by the Senior Warden of Mines disclose the total deficiency at 23,619 tons. This total deficiency on Dec. 31, last was 3,287 tons, on130 words
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Article184 1937-07-01 4 UNIT TRUST OF RUBBER TIN. rubber-producing companies.—Straits Times copyright. DETAILS OF PORTFOLIO (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 28. I\ETAILS of the Unit Trust of rubber and tin shares (mentioned in the Straits Times on Saturday) have now been issued. The permitted portfolio of the Trust includes trustee securities, 85rubber-producing companies.—Straits Times copyright. - 184 words
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Article41 1937-07-01 4 Figures issued by Wolseley Motors. Ltd., reveal that in the nine months ended on May 31 the net turnover from car sales showed an increase over the same period for the preceding year of 34.6 per cent.41 words
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113 1937-07-01 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Company Dividend Singapore, June 30 Boobs Close financial Dale Ex. Dlv rear TIN Payable Date to dateHitam Tin SCo Int lunp qh i Kamunting iq% i n t' JuW 17 A Ju 1 15% Kuchai 20% tot jS? 2ft u l 6 Ju 5113 words
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