The Straits Budget, 8 July 1937

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    29 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES (ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] No. 4143. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. JULY 8, 1937. Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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    THE WEEK IN MALAYA.
    1228 1 direct State aid for unemployed is recommended by the Selangor Unemployment Inquiry Committee In it-; report lsslied on Tuesday. It says it is not justified in. advocating unemployment insurance, which “would r.ot. of course, assist those who are af present unemployed,” but would be a long-range
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  • The Straits Budget
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      HOW TO AVOID A TIN POOL.
      1015 2 expense of the efficient.—Straits Times, July 1. Sir John Bagnall’s warning against the danger of the formation of a tin pool, or its equivalent in a different guise, was very timely. We have feared for some time past that Malayan producers would find themselves
      expense of the efficient.—Straits Times, July 1.  -  1,015 words
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      Costly Current.
      682 2 the term public services.”—Straits Times, July 2. Singapore’s electricity department had a net surplus of over half a million dollars last year. The exact sum was $525,780. And proud note has been made of the fact that an additional $200,000 was contributed from profits to the rate fund;
      the term “ public services.”—Straits Times, July 2.  -  682 words
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      Treaty Absurdities.
      869 2 is its own punishment.—Straits Times, July 3. One of the very few genuinely constructive suggestions for placing the ideal which is embodied in the League of Nations on a practical basis received public expression in the summary of the deliberations on foreign affairs of the recent Imperial Conference.
      is its own punishment.—Straits Times, July 3.  -  869 words
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      Nearing The Limit.
      1210 3 Straits Times, July 5. We make no apology for returning once more to discussion of Singapore municipal affairs. We do so in order to review the evidence considerably strengthened during last week, of the pressing need for an exhaustive inquiry into every aspect of our municipal administration.
      Straits Times, July 5.  -  1,210 words
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      IS DECENTRALISATION WORKING?
      953 3 Straits Times, July 6. It was not really necessary for the High Commissioner to reply in the Federal Council last Tuesday to criticism that decentralisation has weakened financial control in the Federation. Any stick is good enough to beat a dog with, and those who opposed decentralisation
      Straits Times, July 6.  -  953 words
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      SELANGOR’S EASY CONSCIENCE.
      984 4 have failed them.—Straits Times, July 7. The result of the inquiry into unemployment in Selangor, made at the behest of the F.M.S. Government by a committee comprising three Europeans and one Chinese, is that the Government has been advised to give no relief to persons who are
      have failed them.—Straits Times, July 7.  -  984 words
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  • NOTES Of The DAY.
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      DOLLAR-MAD.
      295 5 'THERE are many towris in which citizens have joined together for purposes similar to those of the Friends of Singapore, the society which is now being mooted, but I doubt whether there are any where the climate is less favourable to the growth of this idea than ours is.
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      SINGAPOREANS ONLY.
      279 5 yET Dato Roland Braddell Is optimistic enough to* believe that in a city like this, full though it is of Europeans and Asiatics who are merely living for the day when they will go on home leave or retirement, there is a solid core of local pride and
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      AFTER A CENTURY.
      133 5 time is ripe for a society like this. Singapore may be very young, as cities go, but already there is a nucleus of real citizenship here The F lends of Singapore will be a rallying-point and a starting-point too. And their society will be common ground on
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      PERAK LANCERS.
      179 5 IjUHEN Singapore was agog over “Bengal Lancer” a year or two ago, nobody remembered that a uniform very similar to that of the famous regiment described in Majoi Yeats-Brown’s book had been seen several times in the streets of Singapore. Yet there are many people still 'iving here
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      PALACE GUARDS.
      206 5 ITOIS troop, which was disbanded a 1 good many years ago. was the only personal bodyguard that has been maintained by a Malay ruler in modern times (not counting the spearmen mustered for Court ceremonies), and it was the only cavalry unit that has ever existed in this
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      RHIO ROBES.
      312 5 p*ROM this bodyguard of lancers, symbolic of the wealth and security of the Perak throne, my thoughts turn to some relics of another Malay royal house, now fallen upon evil days, which I saw in Raffles Museum last week. An old Mai ay lady living at Geylang Serai
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      BIDAL MELAYU.
      180 5 ■yHE shrewd and pithy proverbs of the Malays have always interested European students of their language, and Mr. A. W. Hamilton’s collection of these proverbs, published last week by Kelly and Walsh at one dollar, is the third of its kind to be compiled during the present century.
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      MALAY WISDOM.
      214 5 gOME may think that the translation suffers owing to the self-imposed necessities of rhyme and metre, but, on the other hand, mhn> Malay proverbs are not self-explanatory, so that whatever method is adopted, a terse, literal translation is not enough in itself. Mr. Hamilton has given us in
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      PRE-MALAY MALAYS.
      292 5 lI7HERE did the Malays of the Penin--1 sula come from? We have always been told up to now that they came from Sumatra, and apparently that Is still the orthodox view. It Is to be found in the very latest numbei of the M B.R.A.S. Journal, the organ
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      DREDGE DRUDGES.
      228 6 vvrHEN Blsiiop Roberts was chaplain of Selangor he made a courageous protest against the Inadequate amount of free time allowed to Europeans working on tin dredges. How much good It did Is shown by the letter from a Selangor miner published by the Straits Times last Thursday, for
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      EMPTY HOURS.
      162 6 ILLING time is not the least trying part of a winchman’s work. He is not allowed to read while on duty, and we are told that “during the afternoon and night shifts, when there is nothing to do on the dredge most of the time, men nearly go
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      ROCKEFELLER MONEY.
      195 6 |T has been pointed out recently, in connection with the Friends of Singapore scheme, that the Van Kleef bequest, which is now being used at long last to build an aquarium, is the only bequest that has been made for the civic betterment of this city since its
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      KEROSENE MILLIONS.
      156 6 OUT that was a long time ago, and perhaps after all the Rockefeller money in Singapore was not made by “the ruthless tactics of a predatory monopoly.” If it came from the fortune he possessed when he retired, it certainly was tainted money; but it is more likely
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      MORNING ORIOLE.
      268 6 TPHE golden oriole used to be a rare bird in our neighbourhood, and difficult to observe, being glimpsed usually as a vivid flash of yellow passing from one tree to another in the distance. One always knows, however, when there h an oriole about for its whooping note
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      WINTER VISITORS.
      255 6 WINTER VISITORS *pHE black-naped oriole (for that is the species of which I have been writing) is common in northern Malaya, more so on the west coast than the east, but becomes rarer towards the south, and the standard Malayan reference work states that “in Singapore it is quite an
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      ANGELLONIA.
      220 6 OINCE today’s column began in my garden, it may as well finish there: not that the garden is anything out of the ordinary, but it contains a border which has given me so much pleasure that I have felt inclined to write about it several times recently The border
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      HAMADRYAD RECORD.
      251 6 HAMADRYAD RECORD WAS fortunate in seeing the hamadryad shot on Sungei Tukang Estate yesterday soon after it had been brought in to Raffles Museum, and it certainly looked a very ugly customer with its length of 13 feet 3 inches stretched out on the floor. But if that was frightening,
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      FALSE ALARMS.
      218 6 MOST people would be surprised to learn how easy it is to confuse a hamadryad with a perfectly harmless snake. I never knew that myself until I went to Raffles Museum yesterday, when the Director was kind enough to demonstrate It tome. Taking me to the Museum’s study
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      SNAKE LEGENDS.
      257 6 SNAKE LEGENDS TN the main, the literature on the hamadryad’s reputation is reassuring, not only in Ma?aya but in other countries. And indeed it stands to reason that if the hamadryad—which is by no means an uncommon snake throughout the cultivated districts, including Singapore Island—were as bad as it is
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    28 6 H.E. the Governor has appointed Mr. L. F. Knight, J.P., to be Chairman of the Sikh Advisory Board vice Mr. J. P. Pennefather-Evans with effect from July 2.
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    504 7 Mr N. H. Sands, Agricultural Officer, Kedah, goes on leave this year. Mr. H. Parry, J.P., Penang, has been awarded a Coronation medal. Mr. F. F. King has arrived In Kuala Lumpur from Australia. Mr B. M. B. O’Connell, Commissioner of Police, Kedah, goes on leave this
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      BIRTHS
      45 7 ALEXANDER.— At Kowloon Hospital, Hong Kong, on June 30, to Winifred (n4e Doyle), wife of Harold Montague Alexander, a son. HEBDITCH .—At the Maternity Hospital, Singapore on July 5, 1937, to Peggy (Nee Rhoden) wife of E. G. Hebditch, a Son. Both doing well.
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      230 7 TAN—LIM—The engagement id hereby announced between Mr. Tan Huck Khong of Manufacturers’ Marketing Corp. Ltd., only son of Madam Wee Swee Lan and the late Mr. Tan Chong Lay and Miss Lim Mui Geek fourth daughter of Mrs. Lim Nee Soon and the late Mr. Lim Nee Soon. J.P.
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      MARRIAGE
      48 7 A marriage has been arranged and will shortly take place between Frank Leslie Williams. Malayan Civil Service, elder son of nr late Lieut. Colonel A. H. Williams 'Indian Army) and Mrs. Williams, and Barbara Gwyneth Manby, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Manby, Johore Bahru.
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    Singapore Diocesan Assn.
    626 7 ANNUAL MEETING IN LONDON. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 22. MEMBERS of the Singapore Auxlliary Diocesan Association held their annual general meeting this week at the S.P.G. Headquarters in Tufton Street, S.W. There was a large attendance of members under the presidency of the Rt. Rev.
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    R.A.F. PROMOTION.
    34 7 The Royal Air Force promotions list includes Squadron-Leader A. C. Stevens, formerly of No. 205 Squadron at Seletar station. He becomes WingCommander. He left Seletar about four months ago, being Invalided Home.
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    SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. C. B. P. PARRY.
    142 7 K.L. Co-operative Marketing Officer. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 29. "FHE death took place this morning at Bungsar Hospital of Mr. C. B. P. Parry, Co-operative Marketing Officer, at Kuala Lumpur. The late Mr. Parry was a son of Dr.
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    ANOTHER MAGISTRATE FOR PENANG
    78 7 (From Our Own Correspondent). Penang, July 1. Mr. Lim Cheng Ean, senior partner in Messrs. Cheng Ean and Soon Chee, has been appointed to act as an additional magistrate for the settlement of Penang and assumes office on July 12. The appointment is a sequel to
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    Contents.
    343 7 Contents Leaders— How To Avoid A Tin Pool 2 Costly Current 2 Treaty Absurdities 2 Nearing The Limit 3 Is Decentralisation Working? 4 Selangor's Easy Conscience 4 Telegrams— Covering past week’s news 25—28 Picture Supplement 17—20 Financial Supplement— Financial and Commercial News to date, following page 32 Malayan General News—
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  • Obituary
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    18 7 1 DEATH PF.RREAU .—On June 30. 1937, at No. 15-E McKenzie Road. Singapore, Leonora (Nellie) Ferreau, 87 jears.
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    Johore Must Watch Her Autonomy.
    168 8 “Malayanisation” Dangers, Says Dato Braddell. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, July 6. 10HOKE must cry a halt to u Malayanisation,” declared Dato Roland Braddell, speaking in the Council off State this morning, when he advised H.H. the Sultan to request that Malayanisation be defined
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    MEDICAL CARE FOR TAMIL MOTHERS.
    193 8 Provisions On Malaya Estates. A MPLE provision for the welfare of Tamil women giving birth to children on estates is made by employers. states Mr. C. Wilson, Controller ol Labour. Malays in his annual report Mr. Wilson says that on well-con-ducted estates in all parts
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    DEATH OF MR. E. C. MISSO AT PENANG.
    108 8 From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, July 5. The funeral took place yesterday evening of Mr. Eloy C. Mlsso, wellknown resident, whose death occurred at his residence in Barrack Road early yesterday morning. Mr Mlsso came out from Ceylon in 1911 and had
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    MUNICIPAL ELECTRICITY MAKES BIG PROFITS.
    232 8 Over Cent On Every Unit. A PROFIT of 1.15 cents on every unit of electricity sold is made by the electricity department of the Municipality. The average price obtained for each unit sold last year was 6.686 cents and the total cost was 5.536 cents
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    To Write History Of Malaya.
    144 8 To Write History Of Malaya TO collect data for a book in Chinese on the history and geography of Malaya and the South Sea Islands, Dr. Lee Chang Foo, Professor of Geography in the National Chi Nan University, China, has come to Singapore to begin his two-months study of this
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    Has Penang Fortress Plan Been Dropped?
    117 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Monday. IX7HAT lies behind the drop- ping of the authorities’ proposal to acquire an area of 120 acres at Penang, which it was formerly believed would become a garrison town? There appear to be a distinct aversion among Penang
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    Coolie Chants To Huge Cobra.
    172 8 While Johore Planter Sends For Gun. pRENZIED cries of a young Tamil boy frightened up a rubber tree by a 13 foot hamadryad (king cobra) keeping guard below, attracted the attention of Mr. H. E. MacKenzie as he was driving over his estate, Sungei Tukong,
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    HIGHLANDS HOTEL MANAGER.
    103 8 £HEF at the Adelphi Hotel for the past two years, Herr F. Pfeiffer has left Singapore to become manager of the Cameron Highlands Hotel. Herr Pfeiffer’s father, grandfather and great grandfather before him have been chefs in Vienna. Before Joining the Adelphi—Seaview organisation, Herr Pfeiffer was at
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    “NEGATIVE STAND AGAINST UNEMPLOYED.”
    275 8 “NEGATIVE STAND AGAINST UNEMPLOYED Selangor Criticism On Report (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 6. ■DISAPPOINTMENT at the lack of immediate relief mingled with praise for deeper remedies suggested by the report were expressed by several people who had given evidence before the Selangor Unemployment Committee, when interviewed by
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    M.C.S. Officer On Four Charges.
    96 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, July 5. AS the sequel to the death of a. ricksha puller in a car accident in Station Road at midnight, Che Kamaruddin, M.C.S., Assistant District Officer, Taiping, faces four charges. In the police court today he was charged with
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    POLICE TRANSFERS FROM TAIPING.
    83 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, July 1. MR. Powell-Evans, Traffic Officer. Taiping. is proceeding on transfer to Kuala Lipis on July 10 where he will assume duties as Officer in Charge of Police District Mrs. Powell-Evans. who is the Captain of the Taiping Girl Guides will
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    A MALAYAN MINER ON LIFE IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE.
    837 9 The Man On The Dredge And The Treatment He Gets. To the Editor of the Straits Times. cm,— l was very interested by your comments on Government servants and temporary allowance. In Government service the salary is not the only factor to
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    MORE RADIO LICENCES.
    33 9 SINGAPORE radio licences increased by about 25 per cent, in the first six months of the year. The figure on* June 30. was 3.263, compared with 2.580 on Jan. 1.
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    “Poisoned Profits”: How Trade Associations Might Help.
    255 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. CIR, —Anyone reading your leader of June 26 cannot but be impressed by the urgent need for drastic action to prevent food poisoning and profiteering by those who sell adulterated food to labourers and others with
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    THE B.M.B.C. Why Not Shut It Down?
    154 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times, CIR, —According to The Sunday Times, the British Malaya Broadcasting Corporation is reducing the hours of broadcast and economising by cutting out talented artists. I may say frankly that, though the 8.M.8.C. is doing its best
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    ASSESSMENT OF JOHORE RUBBER HOLDINGS.
    266 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —The assessment of small and medium holdings of rubber in Johore is causing considerable dissatisfaction among the owners. The assessment Class A holding of this category in the F.M.S. is 500 lb. while in Johore it is
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    MEDALS.
    96 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times, Sir,—The list of the Coronation awards appeared in your esteemed contemporary this morning, and the usual heartburnings are now taking place. Would you be good enough to publish for my satisfaction the names of the different officers and N.C.O.’s (but particularly officers)
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    Improvement Trust And Housing.
    205 9 “ACTED IN COMPLETE GOOD FAITH.” London, June 29. FE recent judgment of the Privy Council in favour of owners of certain property in Singapore was subject to a declaration by the Singapore Improvement Trust relating to buildings considered unlit for habitation, said the Secretary of State
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    JOHORE CRICKETER WEDS.
    244 9 Willacy-Ansell. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, July 3. WELL-KNOWN in planting and cricket circles in Johore, Mr. R. G. Willacy, of Kluang, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willacy, of Poyton. Cheshire, this evening married Miss J. N. Ansell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ansell, of
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    LABOUR CONTROLLER ADVOCATES ESTATE SETTLEMENT SCHEME.
    646 10 “Definitely In Interests Of Rubber Industry. ECONOMICAL FORM OF INSURANCE AGAINST SLUMP REPATRIATION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Julv 4. “IT is definitely in the interests of the planting industry to I create conditions of stabilization among labourers and to provide land on
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    “MALAYA” COLLISION CASE.
    232 10 Damages Sought From Admiralty. <From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 25. “Only a little bump” was how Capt. Dirk de Boer described the collision between his ship, the “Kertosono” and the battleship “Malaya” off the coast of Portugal on Feb. 6 when the hear- ing began in
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    TEETOTAL TAMILS.
    89 10 “I?EW complaints of drunkenness among estate labourers aj a result of drinking samsu were brought to the notice of the Labour Department last year, states the department’s annual report. Many estates which have settles and contented labour forces have no toddy-shop and on a certain estate where the
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    Malaya Is Siam’s Best Customer.
    206 10 No Loss Of Rice Market Here. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, July 4. ALTHOUGH her rice trade with Hong Kong and China is showing a decline, the statement that Siam is losing her rice markets in Singapore and Malaya is disproved by details of this
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    WHAT MALAYA CAN OFFER TOURISTS.
    162 10 Fine Roads And Railways. ALTHOUGH there is a temporary lull in tourist traffic following the Coronation rush, Singapore travel agents consider prospects are bright for the future. Support is given to the suggestion that more should be done to attract tourists to Malaya. “There is
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    Raffles’ Master’s Cathedral Wedding.
    214 10 Raffles’ Master’ s Cathedral Wedding Bay l is s Scott. A WEDDING gown in Empire style of ivory crepe satin with ivory chiffon was worn by Miss Phyllis Joan Scott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Scott, of Singapore, at her wedding on July 2 at St. Andrew’s Cathedral
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    New Houses For Airport Staff.
    72 10 A MINIATURE colony of quarters for officers of the Singapore Airport will begin to take shape soon. The site is facing Grove Road, near the Geylang River. The first building will be for quarters for the airport mapager, Mr. Arthur Newark. Two other small houses
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    TWO MALAYAN DOCTORS HONOURED.
    186 10 TWO Malayan doctors have been honoured for professional attainments, it is announced. Our London correspondent cables that Dr. Raymond Lewthwaite has been awarded the North Persian Forces Memorial Medal in 1936 for a paper on the Pathology of Tropical Typhus of the rural type in the
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    F.M.S. TO CONSIDER LOWER SCHOOL FEES.
    349 11 46 Duty Of Rich Country.” (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 29. CONSIDER it the duty of a rich country like Malaya to provide free primary English education, or at least at a very small nominal fee, and secondary education at a reasonable
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    AIRPORT IS NOT TOO BIG.
    202 11 Singapore’s Vision Praised. “CINGAPORE is fortunate in having such a large airport. Many of our dromes in the United States are already obsolete and the next five years will find dozens of them too small for the huge supercharged planes now under construction.” Thus Mr.
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    GIRL GIVES EVIDENCE FROM SICK BED.
    141 11 Charge Against European Driver. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 2. Lying in her ward in Bungsar Hospital, Miss Allison Yabsley, a young Australian girl who came to Malaya for a vacation, made a deposition to a magistrate yesterday .abouit the motor crash
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    $18,000,000 RISE IN F.M.S. SURPLUS.
    97 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 3. piGURES just published disclose that the F.M.S. revenue for the four months January to April this year was nearly $53,000,000. Expenditure was nearly $31,000,000. Four-twelfths of the estimated revenue for the year works out at Just over
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    Dollars That Go Down The Drains.
    226 11 ANTI-MALARIAL WORK IN THE TROPICS. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 29. “MILLIONS of dollars are poured annually as oil down drains in the tropics for anti-malarial purposes,” states a financial paper laid before Federal Council today, asking for a special vote of
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    Nanking Takes Over University Created By Malayans.
    383 11 HAS COST TAN KAH KEE $10,000,000. A MOY University, founded by Mr. Tan Kah Kee. of Singapore, who has spent an estimated $10,000,000 on it, and run almost entirely on donations from Malaya, has been handed over to Nanking Government and from July
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    LEAGUE’S WORK FOR MALAYANS PRAISED.
    237 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 28. <<AS Colonial Secretary I pay to the work the Victoria League does for students from Malaya, Malta, Cyprus, the West Indies, and East and West Africa,” said Mr. W. Ormsby-Gore, Secretary of State for the Colonies, at a
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    CIVILIAN DEAD, GUNNER BADLY HURT
    348 12 HEAD-ON CAR CRASH AT KATONG. Bigger Vehicle Driven By Gordons Officer. Singapore, July 5. ANE roan is dead and another is in a critical condition with a fracture of the skull following a head-on crash between a motor-cycle and a motor-car at Katong last evening
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    Wages Board Nearer Formation?
    133 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 5. THE proposal to form a Wages Board in Malaya is believed to have been carried a stage further at a conference held by the Legal Adviser to the Federated Malay States Government, the Hon. Mr. Adrian Clarke, the
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    “First Mrs. Fraser” First Rate.
    300 12 “First Mrs. Fraser First Rate. S.A.D.C. Success At Victoria Theatre. Singapore, July 3. TTiE wit and satire of St. John Ervine’s drama of divorce, 44 The First Mrs. Fraser,” were skilfully interpreted in the Singapore Amateur Dramatic Club’s production at the Victoria Theatre before a large audience tonight. Dominating the
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    NEW INDIAN J.P. HONOURED.
    798 12 MR. F. H. M. NAKHODA. »t*he Bombay Dawoodi Bohra com- munity last week entertained Mr. Fida Hussain Mohamedall Nakhoda to a tea party at the Airport Hotel in honour of his appointment as a J.P. for Singapore In an address presented to Mr. Nakhoda. the community
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    More Flower Lovers.
    176 12 The membership of the Singapore Gardening Society, formed in June. 1936, is now 117, according to the report of the society to be presented at the annual meeting on July 12 at the Botanic Gardens. The prize-winning exhibitors in the monthly plant and flower exhibits were Mr.
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    REFORM OF MALAYAN RADIO POLICY URGED.
    1106 13 Unified Control For Whole Country, Urges B.M.B.C. Head. S “WEEPING reforms in Malayan radio control and the development of a co-ordinated radio policy by .the Governments of the Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay States and the Unfederated States were advocated by the B.M.B.C. chairman,
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    Far East R.A.F. Command Status Raised.
    553 13 |JY the promotion, announced on July -1, of Air Commodore A. W. Tedder, C. 8., Air Officer Commanding the Royal Air Force, Far East,, to the rank of Air Vice-Marshal, the status of the Command is raised for the second time within two and
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    Sir Charles Little Now Admiral.
    30 13 London, July 1. Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Little has been promoted to the rank of Admiral and has been re-appointed to the China Station on promotion.—Reuter.
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    MRS. NELLIE PERREAU. Well-Known Eurasian Woman’s Death.
    112 13 jyiEMBER of a well-known Eurasia:* ITI family,* Mrs. Leonora (Nellie) Perreau, passed away at the residence of her son, Mr. E. M. Perreau, in McKenzie Road, Singapore, last Wednesday night after a long illness, at the age of 87. Mrs. Perreau whose maiden
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    SINGAPORE’S MILITARY AERODROMES TO COST £4,500,000.
    336 14 Progress At Seletar, Tengah, Sembawang. £70,000 FOR SQUADRON IN ANOTHER PART OF MALAYA. THE Singapore Air Base will cost altogether £4,500,000. Up to March 31, £1,394,000 was spent on it. These statements were made in the House of Commons, according to a British Wireless
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    Colony’s Anti-Spy Expert Leaves.
    155 14 Singapore, July 1. gPIES and Communists in the Colony may heave a sigh of relief when the Naldera steams away from Singapore tomorrow homeward bound. On board will be the man who has kept them under strict surveillance for the last two years—Mr. J. P. Penne-father-Evans.
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    Singapore Babies Bom With Terrible Diseases.
    269 14 V.D. AND BERI-BERI SCOURGE. over the continued prevalence of syphilis among mothers and babies in Singapore is expressed by Miss Muriel Clark, Lady Medical Officer of the Municipality in her annual report. 1 can see no decrease in the number of cases of syphilis
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    CHINESE DINNER FOR NEW KNIGHT.
    397 14 Sir C. Trimmer’s Solicitude For Labourer. ■"TRIBUTES to the qualities of Sir 1 George Trimmer, chairman of the Singapore Harbour Board, were paid at a dinner and dance given by Mr. and Mrs. Tan Chong Chew at Penang Cot, River Valley Road, on June 29
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    WILL NEW DUTCH SERVICE CARRY MALAYAN MAILS?
    466 14 Depends On P. T., Says K.N.LL.M. Chief. WHETHER Malayan mails will be carried to Australia by the new K.N.I.L.M. (Royal Netherlands Indies Airways) service from Batavia to Australia depends entirely on the attitude taken by the Post Office authorities in this country. This
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    EXPERIMENTS OF THE RUBBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE.
    3147 15 Planting Topics Research V Sungei Buloh Revisited —Some Variations In Budgrafts Pilmoor High-Yielding Clones. (By Our Planting Correspondent). 1 IN recent weeks I have endeavour- ed to give an account of Malaya’s new home of rubber research in Kuala Lumpur and specifically to describe
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    REPRINT SERVICE.
    46 15 DEADERS of “Planting Topics” who wish to file copies can obtain reprints in pamphlet form together with a cover for filing them, for an annual subscription including postage of $lO. Applications should be made to the Planting Correspondent, The Straits Times, Cecil Street, Singapore.
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    WILL MALAYA FOLLOW HONG KONG?
    523 16 Pay Cuts Back In Northern Colony. CHIEF JUSTICE HERE TO CONDUCT INQUIRY. Singapore, June 30. QALARY cuts ranging from about 5 per cent, to pearly 15 per cent, are being restored to members of the Hong Kong Government services, as from tomorrow, said Sir Atnoi
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    Interest Rates: Privy Council Appeal.
    198 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, June 30. 'T'HE joint application of S.M.S. Sinfiiah Chettlar and S.R.M.S. Chithambaram Chettiar before the Johore Full Court of Appeal for leave to appeal to the Privy Council from the decision of the Court, reducing the rate of interest
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    MUNICIPALITY AND THE PRESS.
    126 16 Ratepayers Want Meetings Open. CINGAPORE Ratepayers’ Association have decided to write to the Municipal Secretary stating that, in the interests of ratepayers generally, the Press should be admitted to all ordinary and committee meetings of the Municipality. The view was expressed that in England municipal .meetings
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    F.M.S. SCRAP IRON BAN IN FORCE.
    142 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Koala Lumpur, June 30. The ban on the export of scrap iron from the F.M.S. comes into operation tomorrow. No more of this metal can be taken out o i the Federated States unless dealers can show it is to
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    GOVT PAY CUT INQUIRY STARTS.
    50 16 S__ VTlxmT Singapore, July 1. ITTINGS of the Temporary Allowance Committee began this morning in the Legislative Council chambers. The hearing of evidence will continue tomorrow and also possibly next week. Then there will be sittings at Kubla Lumpur and other upcountry centres, if necessary.
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    SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRAITS BUDGET
    823 17 Air. A. J. Devitt. of Anglo Oriental Ltd., Kuala Luninur, and Miss Rona Gooley, of New South Wales, who were married at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in Singapore.—Photo by Nakajinia. -Photo by Nakajima. Group taken after the wedding of Mr. J. II. Beeton
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    STEP FORWARD IN SLUM CLEARANCE SCHEME.
    384 21 BLOCK OF QUARTERS NEARLY READY. 'V Attap Hut Dwellers To Be Given Notice To Quit. ANOTHER important step in the Singapore Improvement Trust’s campaign to wipe out the city’s slums will be taken at the beginning of next month with the opening of 54
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    SISTERS WIN SCHOLARSHIPS.
    97 21 A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD European girl, pupil of a Singapore preparatory school has won a scholarship in England—following the footsteps of an elder sister. The girl is Muriel Roberts, seven-year-old daughter of Mr. R. Caunce. of the Singapore Municipality, and Mrs Caunce. Muriel went Home with her mother a
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    ONLY SIX GHARRIES ARE LEFT.
    34 21 (SINGAPORE has only six gharries (horse-drawn vehicles) left. In the past three years they have been reduced from 12 to eight and then to six. There are 207 bullock-carts.
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    Singapore Favours “Baby” Cars.
    166 21 Singapore Favours “Baby” Cars Licence Revenue Up Again. OINGAPORE’S most popular motorcars are those of between seven and 11 .horse-power. Last year there were 3,924 of them, compared with 2,679 between 11 and 16 horse-power, 1,645 between 20 and 30 horse-power, 514 between 16 and 20 horse-power, 42 exceeding 30
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    NO INDIAN ON TRADE COMMITTEE.
    133 21 Chamber Protests To Government. OUTSPOKEN criticism of the refusal of Government to include an Indian representative on the Trade Advisory Committee, recently established in the Colony, is made by the “Orient Gong.” The Indian Chamber of Commerce wrote to the Colonial Secretary asking for the
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    Long Link Singapore With Theatricals.
    154 21 MRS. P. H. BATTISHILL, who IVI plays the lead in The First Mrs. Fraser,” the Singapore Amateur Dramatic Club’s latest production, which opened at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night, reappears on the Singapore amateur stage after an interval of many years. In 1909 as
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    “WE MUST DRINK,” SAYS TAMIL.
    92 21 Because Government Supplies Toddy Shops. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 1. “T*HE Government has supplied us with toddy shops so we must drink” said Raiappan, an Indian coolie when he was charged today before Mr. W. J. Thorogood with being drunk and Incapable
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    Malayan “Shots” For Swiss Screen.
    100 21 Singapore scenes are to be recorded in a travelogue Him by a Swiss expedition that is touring the East. Director of Swiss Educational Fi’ms, Mr. Konrad A. Schlaepfer and his operator, Mr. Edwin Emil Oimmi, arrived in Singapore on July 2 by N.D.L. liner Potsdam.
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    FIRST GIRDERS FOR SUPREME COURT.
    121 21 Gaunt steel girders, pointing skywards, herald the beginning of the construction of Singapore’s $1,500,000 Supreme Court on the site of the old Europe Hotel. Nearly 2,300' tons of steelwork are required to support the 41.700 ton building, and it is expected that the steel framework
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    F.M.S. CONCESSIONS TO S.S. NOT RECIPROCATED.
    501 22 Motor-Car Registration. TALKS UNDER WAY TO REMOVE ANOMALY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 29. IT took the Federal Council three- quarters of an hour, after it had resolved itself into committee, to consider the Road Traffic Bill, which was passed into law
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    45 22 Following the resignation of Mr. J. M Sime, President of the Singapore Cricket Club, on his departure for Horn’ the Committee have appointed the following to act until the Annual Oenerai meeting in August:—Acting President: Mr. J. A. Dean; Acting Vice President: Mr. R. Crawford.
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    AUSTRALIAN BRIDE AT CATHEDRAL.
    254 22 AUSTRALIAN BRIDE AT CATHEDRAL Fancott Scandrett. A LONG delphinium blue figured taffeta gown was worn by Miss Kathleen Irene Scandrett, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Scandrett, of Cottesloe, Perth, Western Australia, at her wedding to Mr. Herbert Fancott, secretary of Gammon (Malaya) Ltd., at St. Andrew’s Cathedral
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    H.E. GOLFING AT KUALA LUMPUR.
    58 22 (From Our Own Correspondent] Kuala Lumpur. June 30. CIR Shenton Thomas will play a round of golf at the Selangor Golf Club tomorrow when he will be partnered by Major W. H. Elkins, the Selangor champion, making the first pair in the foursomes between the
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    HAVE YOU ANY MULES?
    98 22 LEAVE you any mules, horses or ponies in your possession? And where is the stable in which you are housing them? There are only some of the inquiries made by the Registrar of Vehicles in the half yearly taxation from which was sent to all motorists.
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    EUROPEAN ARCHITECT FINED.
    137 22 Supplied Plans When Not Registered. AN European architect. H. G. Sied leckl. was fined $50 by Mr. L. C. Goh. Singapore Fourth Magistrate, on June 30 for supplying for remuneration a plan for the erection of a bungalow in Orchard Road, not being a registered architect. Det.-Inspector
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    Malayans To Grow Rubber In South China.
    87 22 jyjALAYAN Hainanese have bought 10,000 acres of land in the Buan Ling district of South China suitable for growing rubber and coconuts and intend to cultivate this land in the near future. The Malaya Keng Chew Hoay Kuan, an Hainanese organisation, sent representatives
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    GRIEVOUS HURT TO SON ALLEGED.
    125 22 Boy Said To Have Been Kept In Cell. A RRESTED on a warrant issued by Mr. K. H. Blacker in the Singapore Third Court on June 29 for allegedly having confined his son, Lim Liew, in a small lock-up five feet by three feet, for
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    Rotary Club Installs New President.
    466 22 VALUE OF YEARLY CHANGES. CTRESSING the value of yearly changes in the presidency of the Singapore Rotary Club Mr. W. L. Schaub on June 30 handed over the reins of office to Mr. T. H. Stone, who, he said, would bring enthusiasm and vigour to
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    PIECE-GOODS DISGUISED AS “MOSQUITO NETS.”
    580 23 Ingenious Efforts To Dodge Colony Textile Quotas. INGENIOUS attempts to get piece-goods past the textile 1 quotas are described by Mr. H* North-Hunt, the Registrar of Textile Quotas, in his report on the working of the scheme, one method being to tack goods loosely together
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    DRIVER DENIES HE WAS DRUNK.
    329 23 D E FO R E conviction on charges of negligent driving on July 1, Bertram Blackshaw, secretary at the R.A.F. Station, Seletar, denied that he was under the influence of liquor when the accident occurred and criticised medical evidence alleging that he was not fit
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    Volunteer Coronation Medals.
    639 23 THE following is the list of mili- tary recipients of the Coronation Medal in the Straits Settlements and Malay States MALAY REGIMENT Lieut.-Col. G. Mcl. S. Bruce, M.C., Capt. F. W. Young, M.B.E., Second Lieut. Ismail Bin Tahar, Second Lieut Raja Lope. Second Lieut. Ariffin Bin Haji
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    Siam Gets £170,000 From Immigrants.
    179 23 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, July 1. QWING to greater strictness in v their examination of immigrants fees collected from those entering Siam last year up to Mar. 31, 1937 totalled £171,444 or £59,640 more than in the previous year. The Immigration Department is now
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    MALAYAN VIEWS ON MUI-TSAI SURVEYED.
    145 23 Mr. Jordan Back After His Tour. Singapore, July 1. QN his return from a comprehenv sive tour of Malaya, recording Chinese reactions to the Mui Tsai Commission’s report, the Hon. Mr. A. B. Jordan, Secretary for Chinese Affairs, declined to be interviewed. Mr. Jordan has
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    ATTACK ON F.M.S.R. MANAGER.
    145 23 Tamil Clerk Committed To Assizes. [From Our Own Correspondent] Kuala Lumpur. June 30. AT the conclusion today of the preliminary inquiry into an allegation of stabbing Mr. D. H. Elias, general manager of the F.M.S. Railways by Murugiah Rasiah, a clerk employed by the railways, Mr.
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    H.E. REPLIES TO “NIMBLE-MINDED” CRITICS.
    295 24 $30 Million Fund For Five-Year Plan. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 29. REPLYING to what he described as nimble-minded criti- cism of decentralisation, Sir Shenton Thomas declared in the Federal Council today that the Federation is in a stronger position financially today than
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    OLD PLANTING PERSONALITY PASSES.
    143 24 Mr. J. M. Hollway Dies Aged 74. (From Our Own Correspondent] Kuala Lumpur. June 29. A POPULAR and old resident of Kuala Lumpur. Mr. John Majendie Hollway, died in the Bungsar Hospital this morning in his 74th year, following a relapse and heart attack. He originally
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    RATEPAYERS WANT CHEAPER WATER.
    80 24 IN view of the satisfactory budget position, the Singapore Ratepayers’ Association have decided to write to the Municipality suggesting: that a reduction should be granted in the minimum charge for the supply of water, from $1.50 to $1 00 as the present minimum charge causes hardship
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    $3 MILLION BELOW ESTIMATES. F.M.S. Expenditure For 1936.
    200 24 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur June 29. “T*HE total expenditure in 1936 on general public services was $2,929,940 less than the original amount,” stated the Hon. Mr. L. Rayman, Acting 'Financial Adviser, F.M.S., in moving the Final Supply Bill for 1937
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    PREFERENCE FOR RETRENCHED CLERKS.
    128 24 High Commissioner’s Council Statement. <From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 29. THE policy of Government is to give preference to employees of Government who were retrenched during slump was the assurance given by His Excellency, Sir Shenton Thomas, to Dr. S. R. Krishnan, who alleged
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    Further Cut In F. M. S. Food Taxes?
    171 24 i (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 29. CONSIDERATION is to be given by the F.M.S. Government to the appeal for a further reduction of the import duties on foodstuffs and the official attitude will be stated at the next meeting
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    TECHNICAL POSTS OPEN TO NON-MALAYS.
    281 24 H.E.’s Federal Council Assurance, (From Our Own Correspondent.)' Kuala Lumpur, June 29. T*HE principle that higher technical appointments will be given to non-Malays in the F.M.S. Government has been accepted, declared the High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, in reply to a request for an assurance
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    Twelve Commissioners Are Not Ratepayers.
    295 24 least twelve members of the Singapore Municipal Commission are not ratepayers within the meaning of the MuniThe Singapore Ratepayers’ Association has discussed the matter with Government and the following letter has been received in reply. cipal Ordinance, it was revealed last week. “IN reply to
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    WHY GERMANY IS BACKING REBELS IN SPAIN.
    354 25 -Reuter. Hitler Wants Supplies Of Bilbao Iron. WILL DEAL WHEN THINGS SETTLE DOWN. “WfE are hoping for a nationalist victory in Spain so that things may settle down there and we shall be able to deal with them, said Herr Hitler, when referring
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    BRITAIN AND IRON FROM BILBAO.
    90 25 —Aneta-Havas. Uneasiness At Hitler’s Announcement. D London, July 1. EEP uneasiness has been provoked in London by Hitler’s declaration that Germany wants the nationalists to win in Spain so that she will be able to obtain iron ore. Spain provides one-third of Britain’s supplies of
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    Free State General Election Results.
    70 25 Reuter. Dublin, July 3. THE outstanding results of the Free State general election so far announced are:— The president, Mr. Eamon de Valera, has been returned for Clare; Mr. Sean McEntee, Minister of Finance and Mr. Oscar Traynor Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, have been
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    HEIGHT RECORD BROKEN BY R. A. F.
    245 25 ascent began.—British Wireless and Reuter. Italian Figure Easily Passed. London, June 31. •THE world altitude record has 1 been broken by a Royal Air Force Bristol high-altitude aircraft piloted by Flight-Lieut. M. J. Adam. It reached a height of 53,937 ft., or 16.440
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    FRENCH FINANCIAL CRISIS IS NOW ENDED.
    213 25 —Reuter and British Wireless. Monetary Bill Passed. Paris, June 30. •THE French Government crisis is considered to be ended, following the Finance Commission approving the Monetary Bill. The Senate later adopted the Bill by 167 votes to 82. The Monetary Bill had been approved
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    JAPANESE & SOVIET GUARDS CLASH ON BORDER.
    337 25 JAPANESE SOVIET GUARDS CLASH ON BORDER. were repulsed.—R'euter, Aneta-Domei and Havas. Moscow Denies That Boat Was Sunk Bv Gunfire. j SOVIET and Japanese guards have clashed on the Amur River, which runs along the Manchukuo-Siberian border. Manchukuo reports claim that a Soviet gunboat was sunk by Japanese gunfire, with a
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    Incident Closed.
    70 25 .—Reuter. Moscow, July 3. A SATISFACTORY solution **of the Amur River incident was reached yesterday, according to the Japanese Ambassador at the conclusion of a conversation with M. Litvinoff, Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs. The Ambassador stated the Soviet had agreed to an immediate withdrawal of troops from
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    Shanghai Yarn Exchange Scandal.
    58 25 -Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai, July 3. The trial begins in Shanghai today of two high Government officials including the chief of the Finance Ministry revenue department, on charges of speculation on the Yarn and Cloth Exchange. Government, it is understood, is conducting a secret inquiry
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    FRANCE LEAVES THE GOLD STANDARD.
    298 26 -Reuter. Intense Interest Shown On London Market. Paris, July 1. FRANCE is officially “off gold.” After securing unfettered authority from both houses, the French Government's first action was to make the tranc follow the example of the pound when Britain left the gold standard in
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    NEW U.S. AMBASSADOR TO BELGIUM.
    64 26 Reuter. Sent Van Zeeland To See Roosevelt. Washington. July 1. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT nominated Mr. Hugh Gibson as the new United States Ambassador to Belgium. Mr Gibson visited Belgium during his leave last spring, when he was Ambassador to Brazil He is credited with persuading M
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    FOOD SHORTAGE IN RUSSIA.
    72 26 shortage prevails.—Aneta TransOcean. Moscow, July 1. IT is officially announced that the Council of People’s Commissaries for White Russia has ordered all consumer co-operative societies throughout to buy up all that remains of the 1936 potato crop. Inhabitants are to be offered industrial goods in exchange
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    Fire At The Palace.
    43 26 —Reuter. London, June 30. Fire engines rushed to Buckingham Palace this morning but when they arrived they found they were not needed The alarm was caused by an electric iron setting fire to the floor to the Royal Mews—Reuter.
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    Roosevelt Gets Death Threat.
    72 26 -Reuter. Boston, July 2. AN elderly man named Mor- ton D. Wainwright was arrested here yesterday by secret service agents and charged with writing letters to President Roosevelt threatening him with death. The local secret service bureau said it was also anxious to trace threatening notes
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    STALIN’S PURGE CONTINUES.
    123 26 —Reuter. THREE PREMIERS NOW ELIMINATED. Moscow, July 1. MKHODZHAYEFF, Premier of Uzbekistan, who was accused many years ago of connection with counter revolutionaries, is the latest victim of the Soviet’s Central Asian purge which claims to have discovered innumerable spies, wreckers, and Trotskyists. Three premiers of Soviet
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    CONSERVATIVE WIN IN BY-ELECTION
    81 26 London, July 1. The Kingston-on-Thomas by-elec-tion, rendered necessary by Sir George Penny’s elevation to the peerage. resulted:— Admiral Percy Royds (Con.) 19,887 G. H. Loman (Lab.) 9,972 At the last elections Sir George Penny (Con.) had a majority of 22.939. Ilford By-Election. London, June 30. The
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    FROM NORTH POLE TO WHITE HOUSE
    49 26 LEVAN EVSKI BAIBVKOFF. his co-pilot and LEVCHENKO the naviga tor, crew of he Russian aeroplane which recentl y flew non-stop over the rZ° of the world from Moscow to Francisco by way of the North Pole, were received and congratulated by President Roosvelt.
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    Roosevelt Ready To Help World.
    55 26 "—Reuter. New York, June 29. PRESIDENT Roosevelt and Belgium’s Premier van Zeeland, who has been visiting Washington, announced jointly toda> that, “the United States feels disposed to co-operate in the joint work of rebuilding international trade, and attempting to reach a solution of problems concerning
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    Cheap Empire Air Mails Plan Starts
    91 26 -Reuter. London, June 29. •"PHE first stage in the Empire cheap airmail service, namely lVbd. per halt ounce, was opened today when the Imperial Airways flying-boat Centurion left Southampton Central for South Africa with 110.000 letters, including one from King to the Gov-ernor-General of
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    ECONOMIC POLICY OF JAPAN.
    61 26 -Reuter. Concerted Action With Manchukuo. Tokio, June 28. The Japanese Government yesterday announced the appointment of an economic council to formulate a coordinated policy for Japan and Manchukuo as single unit Eighteen prominent members have been chosen from the ranks of financiers, business men and other
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    KING AND QUEEN AT EX-SERVICE PARADE.
    194 26 throughout the world.—British Wireless and Reuter. Greatest Ever Held In Britain. London, June 28. OVER 80,000 ex-servicemen and ex-servicewomen marched past the King and Queen in Hyde Park yesterday at the greatest parade of its kind seen in Britain. The parade took about an
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    27 DEAD IN COLLIERY FIRE.
    84 26 l. —Reuter. OFFICIALS KILLED IN ATTEMPT TO CONTROL London, July 2. TWENTY-SEVEN were killed and nine sent to hospital as a result of explosions and a fire in the Brymbo Colliery, Chesterton, Stoke-on-Trent, this morning. The dead include John Cox, joint managing director of Shelton
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    SOVIET ARRESTS TROTSKY’S NEPHEW.
    45 26 -Reuter. Moscow, June 28. HTBOTSKY’S nephew, Bronstein. a director of the Leningrad Harbour, was arrested today and accused of sabotage and causing disablement to 16 ships. He and nis assistant are alleged to have acted on instructions from a foreign consul—Reuter.
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    “Programme Must Be Passed.”
    141 27 —Reuter. ROOSEVELT CHECKS DEMOCRAT REBELS. Washington, June 29. Divergent descriptions of President Roosevelt’s three-day “pow-wow” on Jefferson Island, which he called in in effort to stem dissension in the Democratic Party, are given by those who attended. It is understood, however, that Mr. Roosevelt won considerable
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    WAR THREATS NO BAR TO TRADE.
    105 27 -Reuter. New York, June 29. A LL these rumours and threats of war are far from constituting an insurmountable barrier to closer economic relations,” said M. Van Zeeland, the Belgian Premier, when he was entertained at dinner by the Council of Foreign Relations. He
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    PROMISE TO MARRY AFTER DECREE NISI.
    89 27 Reuter. Lords Hold It To Be Valid. London, June 29. An interesting judicial decision was %iven in the House of Lords yesterday. The decision, held by a majority of 3-2. was that a promise to marry was valid and binding when made by the
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    JAPAN REJECTS FASCISM:
    32 27 Reuter. Tokio. June 28. Members of Japan’s two leading political parties reached an agreement at the week-end calling for the rejection of Fascism and the protection of constitutional politics.—
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    N.I. Governor As Minister In London.
    46 27 —Reuter. London. June 26. The 76-year-old Jonkheer van Swinderen, Dutch Minister in London for -4 years, has resigned and his successor will be Count van Limberg Stirum. Minister to Berlin and formerly in Peking and Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies.—Reuter.
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    DUKE AND DUCHESS ON HONEYMOON.
    36 27 Tfte Dt/ffE and DUCHESS of WINDSOR leaving a Vienna Hotel for th? ir honeymoon castle at Wasser leonburg. A second car carried the presents the Duke received on his 43rd birthday.
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    Palestine To Be Divided Into Three Separate States?
    184 27 -Reuter. ARAB, JEWISH BRITISH MANDATED TERRITORY. London, July 4. r[E division of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states and British mandated areas is recommended in the report of the Palestine Commission, which is to be presented on Thursday, according to authoritative Jewish
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    KOHINOOR DIAMOND AT COURT.
    85 27 —Reuter. Queen Wears Stone For First Time. London, July 4. The distinguishing features of the last Buckingham Palace Court for Coronation Year were the w.aring of the Royal Air Force uniform tor the first time by a King of England holding a Court and the wearing
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    MILLION MADE FROM BISCUITS.
    46 27 —British Wireless. London, June 28. rpME will of Charles Palmer, director of the biscuit firm of Huntley and Palmer, Ltd., who died recently, has been proved at £1,335,840. Estate duty on this sum amounts to 544,841 or nearly half the total.—British Wireless.
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    U.S. HAS DEFICIT OF $2,811,000,000.
    121 27 U.S. HAS DEFICIT OF $2, 811,000,000. —Reuter. FIGURE IS CLOSE TO ESTIMATES. Washington. July 4. THE Treasury closed the fiscal year ended June 30, with a gross deficit of $2,811,000,000, compared with the revised Presidential estimate o! $2,557,000,000. and last year’s $4,361,000,000. Receipts amounted to $5,294,000,000 or $70,000,000 above the
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    United States Supreme Court.
    185 27 —Reuter. Substitute For Roosevelt’s Plan. Washington, July 3. A COMPLETE Democratic substitute for Mr. Roosevelt's Supreme Court Bill came before the Senate today. Senator Robinson, leader of the Democratic majority, explaining that the proposals would permit three appointments to the court within the next six months,
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    BELGIUM’S PEACEMAKER TO VISIT LONDON.
    42 27 -British Wireless. Van Zeeland Will Talk With Eden And Chamberlain. London. July 4. On his return from America M. van Zeeland (Belgium’s Premier! will shortly confer in London with Mr. Neville Chamberlain and Mr. Anthony Eden.—British Wireless.
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    SOVIET AIRMEN BREAK GLIDER HEIGHT RECORD.
    49 27 —Reuter. Machine Smashed When Coming Down. Moscow, July 4. TWO Soviet airmen claim to have reached 15.100 feet in a glider, which is a world’s record. They encountered a snowstorm and the machine was smashed by a violent air-current. They landed by parachute.—Reuter.
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    SPAIN’S PRINCESS IS A MOTHER.
    37 27 -Reuter. Son Born To Alfonso’s Daughter. London, July 4. Ex-King Alfonso and Ex-Queen Ena, of Spain, were present at the clinic when a son was bom to their daughter, Princess Torlonia. —Reuter.
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    NUFFIELD GIVES AWAY ANOTHER £30,000.
    36 27 maternity, and surgical wards.—British Wireless. London. July 4. Lord Nuffield yesterday contributed £30,000 to Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, towards the erection of a new building containing children’s, maternity, and surgical wards.—British
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    AMELIA’S LAST OCEAN FLIGHT, SAYS HUSBAND.
    390 28 Battleship, Destroyers And Smaller Craft Scour Pacific. New York, July 5. TVfO trace has been found of Miss Amelia Earhart (Mrs. Putnam), whose plane is down in the Pacific off Howland Island. The Pacific crossing was to have been the last spectacular transocean crossing
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    Roosevelt Scion Weds Arms Heiress
    88 28 Aneta-Havas. Wilmington, Delaware, July 4. IN an ivy-covered church founded by one of her ancestors in 1859, Ethel Dupont, daughter of America's munitions king, was married today to Franklin Roosevelt, jun., son of the President of the United States. Dr. Endicott Peabody, who married President
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    ECHO OF LINDBERGH CASE.
    53 28 —Reuter. Newark. June 30. THE Lindbergh tragedy is recalled by the sentences of six years imposed on Ellis H. Parker and three years on Ellis Parker, junior, of New Jersey, for plotting the abduction of Paul Wendel, a retired lawyer, who “confessed” to complicity in the
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    AMELLA EARHART AND HUSBAND PUTNAM
    16 28 T/ns troi/Zd have been her lait spectacular trans-ocean flight," he said.
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    Ten Slain When Gipsy King Is Crowned.
    82 28 —Reuter. Warsaw July 5. 1TEN were killed and 20 wounded 1 in a faction fight to, lowing the crowning of Janusz Kvciek.an itinerant tinker, as King oj the Gipsies before 5,000 Gipsy delegates. Kwiek is shortly visiting Rome to interview Mussolini respecting his
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    CONGRESS MAY TAKE OFFICE.
    72 28 —Reuter. OPINION CHANGING TOWARD ACCEPTANCE London, July 4. AS a result of a three-day informal discussion between Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, President of Congress. it is understood that complete understanding has been reached which is believed to enable the working committee of Congress to arrive at
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    CHINA’S GIGANTIC EDUCATION PLAN.
    107 28 —Sin Chew Jit Poh Teaching 180,000,000 To Read In Five Years. Kuling, July 5. THE Education Ministry announces its plan for ridding China o: illiteracy by the end of 1941. Teaching a simplified form of reading and writing under a system of compulsory education, it is
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    TOO MANY HIGH OFFICIALS SHOT
    298 28 tion being offered.—Aneta-Trans-Ocean. me j/avc--Reuter. Staff Shortage On Railroad Moscow, July 4. CO many officials in Russia’s Trans-Siberian Railway have been executed in the last few weeks that an acute staff shortage threatens to dislocate the service. Nearlv 200 key members of the Far Eastern
    tion being offered.—Aneta-Trans- Ocean.; me j/avc-Reuter.  -  298 words
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    Japan Wants Prosperous China.
    125 28 Aneta-Havas. MORE MODERATE ATTITUDE. Berlin, July 4. <‘W e as Britain does, a v peaceful and prosperous China,” said Mr. Chokura Kadona, head of the Japanese trade delegation which is attending the congress of the International Chambers of Commerce. We fully realise the value of Gen.
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    FRANCO TAKES FRENCH MERCHANT SHIP.
    71 28 Captured By Insurgent Warship. London, July 4. The French merchant ship Tregastel was captured by Franco’s warships as it was trying to enter the port otf Santander this morning. The Tregastel was fired on by the insurgent warship Almirante Cervera ot 10 am. It stopped
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    CONSERVATIVES WIN A BY-ELECTION.
    44 28 —Reuter. London, July 4. The Chertsey by-election caused by the death of Major Sir Archibald Boyd-Carpenter, resulted:— Comdr. Marsden (Cons.), 19,767; Mr. Ronald Haylor (Lib.-Prog.,) 10,722.—Reuter. Sir A. Boyd-Carpenter (Con.) had a majority of 18.877 votes at the general election.
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    Singapore’s Malaya Cup Soccer Team Held At Seremban.
    506 29 TWO GOALS LEAD SACRIFICED. (BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT). SINGAPORE suffered an unpleasant shock in their Malaya Cup match with Negri Sembilan at Seremban on Saturday. They were held to a 2—2 draw after gaining an early lead of two goals, and in
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    BUDGE’S TRIPLE SUCCESS.
    289 29 —Reuter Fine Achievement By American. London, July 3. Donald Budge, the brilliant American, won three titles in the lawn tennis championships at Wimbledon, which ended today. Having already captured the men's singles, he completed his triumph by annexing the men's doubles with Gene Mako and the mixed
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    Budge Wins Singles At Wimbledon.
    196 29 London, July 3. AT Wimbledon yesterday, in the final of the men’s singles, Donald Budge (U.S.A.), beat G. Von Cramm (Germany), 6—3, 6-4, 6-2. THIS WAS VON CRAMM’S THIRD SUCCESSIVE APPEARANCE, AND DEFEAT, IN THE FINAL, FR ED PERRY HAVING BEEN HIS CONQUEROR IN THE
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    STAPLEFORD HANDICAP EVENT AT S.G.C.
    495 29 Four Scratch Players Within A Point Of Each Other. The Singapore Golf Club’s July medal competition, on the Stapleford handicapping system, was played at Bukit Timah on Saturday and Sunday and resulted in wins for FjLt. K. A. Jackman in “A” division with a score
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    SERIOUS DEFEAT FOR THE GUNNERS.
    325 29 THE Royal Artillery are losing their grip of the leadership in Division I of the S.A.F.A. League, holding it for the present only because they have played more games than other clubs. The relative position of the Chinese was strengthened as a re—lt of Saturday’s
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    G.G.C. MIXED FOURSOMES.
    44 29 Golf. The Garrison Golf Club’s monthly mixed foursomes competition for June was played at Tanglin on Tuesday afternoon and resulted in a win for Mrs. D. F. Brown and Mr A. C. Potts with a net score of 44 H 3.
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    LEAGUE POINTS FOR THE SKINS. ONE GOAL AGAINST THE S.C.C.
    407 30  -  By Echo.” 11/EARISOME soccer was served up by the S.C.C. and the Inmskillings on the padang last week. It was a senior game—a Division I league match !—and one felt sympathy for those who paid to see it. They didn’t
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    MALAYAN TEAM FOR BISLEY.
    52 30 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 28. The Malayan team for the Junior Kolapore event at Bisley on July 15 and the Junior Mackinnon on July 16 will be selected from the following K. P. Reynolds, W. N. C. Belgrave, H. Stafford, M. B. Longmore and
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    Farr And Schmeling Will Fight For World Title.
    131 30 Reuter. IPTI D London, June 30. !> 1 hK a three hours conference, the stewards of the British Boxing Board of Control decided to recognise the forthcoming fight between Tommy Farr, British champion, and Max Schmeling, former world champion, as a world
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    2,000 METRES RECORD.
    42 30 •Reuter. Stockholm. July 2. Jonsson broke the world’s 2000 metres record, covering the distance in 5 mins. 18.4 secs. J. Ladoumegue, the French runner, established the previous record of 5 mins. 21.8 secs., in France on July 2, 1931.—Reuter.
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    SUSSEX LOSE TO OXFORD BY THREE WICKETS.
    191 30 piRST-CLASS cricket matches wh as follows cables Reuter. At Leeds, Yorkshire beat Notts on the first Innings. Notts 191 and 348 (Rowes six for 69).l Yorkshire 379 (Barber 115. Sutcliffe 82) and seven for none. At Hove, Oxford beat Sussex by three wickets.
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    ENGLAND JUST FAIL TO FORCE A VICTORY.
    655 30 KIEW ZEALAND were all out soon after play was resumed in the Test match at Lord’s last week, before only 1,500 spectators. England, who had scored 226 for the loss of four wickets by the luncheon adjournment, declared, setting the tourists 355 runs
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    KENT END THEIR SEQUENCE OF DEFEATS.
    204 30 DEUTER cables results of first-class cricket matches which ended as follows At Dudley, Worcester beat Gloucester by 82 runs. Worcester 163 (Goddard seven for 84) and 210. Gloucester 154 and 137 (Martin seven for 31). At Liverpool, Lancashire beat Sussex on the first innings.
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    PENANG BEAT KEDAH IN CUP MATCH.
    72 30 [From Our Own Correspondent] Penang, July 2. Penang beat Kedah by two goals to nil in their Malaya Cup match at Alor Star today. It was a hard-fought game. Chong Seng opened the score after 22 minutes and Mariappen got the second goal Just
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    WISE IN SINGLES FINAL. Convincing Display In Beating Yadi.
    458 31  -  By “Echo.” VJORMAN WISE, holder of the title, qualified last week for I the final of this year’s Singapore lawn tennis championship by Deating Yadi, the much improved young Malay player, in straight sets. In the final he will meet either
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    LABUAN RECREATION CLUB. Annual Meeting.
    292 31 THE annual general meeting of the Labuan Recreation Club was held on June 26 in the Club House at Labuan. A large number of members and guests attended. The programme for the day started at 3.30 p.m. when exhibition matches and tournaments were played off
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    INNINGS WIN FOR YORKSHIRE.
    53 31 Cricket. —Reuter. Verity Takes Six Essex Wickets For Ten Runs. London, July 1. The County Championship cricket match at Ilford ended in two days Yorkshire beating Essex by an innings and 208 runs Scores: Yorkshire 440 (Hutton 124). Essex 152 and. following on. 80 (Verity six
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    SIX FURLONG RECORD AT IPOH. Two Horses Do It In One Day.
    920 31 THERE was some fast running in the six furlong races at Ipoh on Saturday, the first day of the Perak Turf Club’s meeting. In Race 4 Herbe Folle, carrying 8.12, beat the course record of 1 min. 13
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    FARR TO FIGHT LOUIS —NOT SCHMELING?
    101 31 Mr. Ted Broadribb, manager tar Tommy Farr, announces that he has accepted the terms and conditions of Mr. Jacobs for a FarrLouis world title bout in New York in September. The proposed Sch-meling-Farr fight is off says a Reuter telegram. Confusion becomes worse confounded
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    THE AMERICA’S CUP.
    25 31 —Reuter New York. July 1. Mr. T. O. M. Sopwlth announces that Endeavour II will be the challenger for the America's Cup—Reuter
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    THREE WINS AGAINST AMERICANS’ SEVEN.
    983 32 BRITISH GOLFERS BEATEN, London, July 1. WINNING five singles to two and halving one at Southport yesterday, after winning two foursomes to one with one halved on Monday, the United States again won the Ryder Cup for the professional golf international with Lreat Britain. This
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    INNINGS VICTORIES FOR DERBY AND MIDDLESEX.
    73 32 Cricket —Reuter. London, June 28 Two County matches ended on the second day. At Buxton. Derbyshire beat Gloucestershire by an innings and 133. Gloucester 106 < Armstrong seven for 36) and 133. Derby 372 At Tunbridge Wells. Middlesex beat Kent by an innings and
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    SURPRISING DEFEAT OF COTTON & PADGHAM.
    835 32 SURPRISING DEFEAT OF COTTON PADGHAM. RYDER CUP FOURSOMES AT SOUTHPORT. London, June 30. THE Ryder Cup match—the golf international between American and British professional players—opened at Southport yesterday with the foursomes. OF THE FOUR MATCHES, THE AMERICANS WON TWO AND BRITAIN ONE, THE OTHER BEING HALVED, SO THAT THE VISITORS
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    HENLEY REGATTA RESULTS.
    177 32 -Reuter. Diamond Sculls Won By Austrian London, July 3. Results thus far at Henley Regatta are: SUver Goblets: Vesta beat London by three lengths In 9 min. 43 sec. Stewards'Cup: Leander beat Thames by a length, 8 min. 32 sec. Grand Challenge Cup: Viking (Germany) beat Jesus
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  • The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT
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      FRASER & COMPANY’S SHARE REPORT.
      850 1 FRASER COMPANY’S SHARE REPORT. Quiet And Uneventful Week. MESSRS. FRASER AND CO., in their weekly share report, issued at the close of business on July 6 write: In the absence of any startling developments either in the political or financial situations, markets for a change have been left to themselves
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      STOCK EXCHANGE.
      340 1 London, July 6. The following are today’s closing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange:— Shares £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: Yester- Rise day. or Fall Conversion Loan b p.c. 1944-64 112 Funding Loan 4 d.c. 1960-90 109% War Loan, 3% p.c 99% Com. Union Assce (Units) 10%
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER PRICES (Sellers).
      54 1 Date Spot July July-Sept. Oct.-Dec. Jan.-Mar. London July 1 32% 32 32% 33 33% 9 7/16 2 33 33% 33% 33% 33% 9% 5 31% 32 32% 32% 32% 6 31% 32 32% 32% 32% 9 7/16 Spot July Auff.-Sept. Oct.-Dec. Jan.-Mar. London 7 31% 31%
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      PRODUCE.
      262 1 Singapore, July 7, 12 noon. Buyer BeUer Gambler $B.OO Hamburg Cube $15.00 Java Cube $ll.OO Pepper. White Muntok $17.00 White $16.50 Black $9.50 Copra. Mixed $5.50 Sun Dried $5.90 Tapioca. Small Flake $4.40 Fair Flake $3.90 Medium Pearl $5.15 Small Pearl $5.25 Sago Flour. No. 1 Lingga $3.35 Fair
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      47 1 July 1 Tin, S’pore Price $125.50 per nicul 2 127.25 5 127 6 128.50 7 131.00 The price of rubber for assessment of expert duty in the F.M.S. from July 2 to July 8, inclusive, has been fixed r.t 30 13/16 cents per pound.
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      Malaya’s First Indian Bank Opened In Penang.
      285 2 GROWING INDO-MALAYAN TRADE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, July 5. EVIDENCE of the increasing importance of commerce between Malaya and India may be found in the opening at Penang today of a branch of the Indian Overseas Bank, Ltd. This is the first
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      JUNE TIN SHIPMENTS.
      112 2 FOREIGN exports of tin, being final shipments on ocean steamers at all Malayan ports, during June totalled 6,391 tons, reflecting the low production of ore in May. Shipments in previous months were:—January 7.938 tons; February 6,595 tons; March 9,140 tons; April 8,178 tons and May 7,153 tons,
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      NEW DIRECTORSHIP FOR BARON MARCHWOOD
      42 2 Smelting Co. Penang.—Straits Times copyright. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. July 3 Baron Marchwood of Penang, formerly Sir George Penny, has been appointed a director of Consolidated Tin Smelters Ltd. which controls Eastern Smelting Co. Penang.—Straits Times
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      JUNE WORLD TIN STATISTICS.
      225 2 —Straits Times copyright. SLIGHT DECREASE IN CONSUMPTION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 2. 1I70RLD tin stocks on June 30 showed a small reduction of 588 tons on the figure at the end of May, according to estimates compiled by W. H. Gartsen and Co. the
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      TIN PRODUCERS’ ASSOCIATION
      82 2 Straits Times copyright. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 3. At the annual meeting of the Tin Producers’ Association which is to be held in London on July 13. it l> William Henry Peat, and the vice chairman, Mr. Reginald Pawle, will anticipated that the chairman. Sir
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      “Abolish Tin Restriction Immediately.”
      175 2 —Straits Tlm«s cable. LONDON PAPER'S SUGGESTION. “Consumption Ahead Of Production.” (From Our Own Correspondent) Ixmdon. July 5. THE immediate abolition of international tin restriction is urged by the Daily Express today in comments by its commercial editor on the world’s commodity markets. The newspaper suggests that
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION.
      136 2 THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,336 th auction on June 30 when there were catalogued 1,571,980 lbs., 701.78 tons: offered 1,138,572 lbs.; 508.29 tons; sold 1.097,491 lbs., 489.95 tons. Spot London 9y 2 d New York 19 1(16 cts. PRICES REALISED Ribbed smoked
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      COMPANY STRUCK OFF.
      26 2 According to Gazette Notification 1.865 Soon Bee Hin Limited has been struck off the register of companies The company was registered last year
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      ANGLO-DUTCH PROFIT TREBLED.
      77 2 per cent, last year.—Straits Timej copyright. From £93,768 To £297,384. (From Our Own Correspondent) London. June 30. r*REATLY increased profits were made by Anglo-Dutch Plantations of Java. Ltd., according to the company’s annual report Issued today. It is announced that the company’s profit for the year 1936
      per cent, last year.—Straits Timej copyright.  -  77 words
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      EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES
      100 2 During the week ending June 26, 1937, exports of tinned pineapples irom Malayan ports amounted to 30,355 cases, of which: 73,929 (92 per cent.) casec were to the United Kingdom, 4.529 (six per cent.) cases to -he Continent of Europe, 1.210 (one per cent.) cases to
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      RECORD AMOUNT OF RUBBER FOR AUCTION.
      143 2 To Prevent Rights Cancellation. From Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, July 6. COR the first time since the commencement of the Rubber Regulation Scheme in June 1934, rubber catalogued for sale at tomorrow’s auction totals over 1,000 tons. The usual weekly amount catalogued is around
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      REASONABLE PRICE FOR RUBBER.
      132 2 Mr. J. K. Swaine Confirms 9 x 2 d. Per Pound. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, July 3. KflR J K SWAINE, a director of several rubber companies, who gave the Straits Times a lengthy interview on June 5 on the rubber position, left today for
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      FIXED TRUST QUOTATIONS.
      112 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 5. The following are today’s ‘bid’ quotations for Fixed Trusts:— s. d. British Empire “A” 22 3 British Empire “B” 10 3 British Empire Cumulative 17 I\ 2 British Empire Comprehensive 18 9 British General “A” 21 IV2 British General “B”
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      BANKA TIN PROFITS UP.
      36 2 Amsterdam, June 16. The Government-owned Banka Tin Mines: reports an operating profit of FI. 10.556.196 for 1936, compared with FI 13,209,016 in 1935. Of this, FI. 4,556.196 is transferred to profit reserve.
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      WORLD RUBBER STOCKS STILL DECLINING.
      860 3 Drop Of 16,000 Tons In May: Heavy June Shipments. fl/ORLD stocks of rubber dropped 16,000 tons in May and these stocks vv now stand at 374,000 tons, a decline of 125,000 tons in the last year. Stocks have now reached a level which is below
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      JUNE TIN ORE IMPORTS.
      68 3 I7OREIGN imports of tin ore into r the Straits Settlements during June totalled 2,204 tons, compared with 2,005 tons in May. Of this total, Siam sent 1,398 tons; French Indo-China 329 tons; 278 tons from Burma; 85 tons from Japan; 52 tons from Union of South
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      RUBBER QUOTA DEFICIENCY.
      161 3 Straits Times copyright. MALAYA’S SHARE 15,000 TONS. (From Our Own Correspondent) London. July 2. THE statistical bulletin of the International Rubber Restriction Committee published today shows that the net exports of rubber from producing countries in May was 78,743 tons —5,157 under the quota—making a deficiency for
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      PERAK RIVER HYDRO DEBENTURE PAYMENT.
      158 3 of this redemption. Straits Times copyright (From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 30. DERAK River Hydro-Electric Power Co., Ltd., announces today that it will redeem all its 4 per cent, prior lien debenture stock at par by July 31. The company issued £400.000 prior iien
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      MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS.
      99 3 F.M.S. Quota Production Domestic Net Ocean Total Ocean Imports Colony Estate Dealers’ Exports Shipments Shipments Dry Weight Stocks Stocks Stocks December, 1936 -2,698 30.237 26,044 5,833 January. 1937 36,812 39,909 33,155 24,615 41,571 16,956 40,414 25,853 12,009 February 36,813 34,759 32,200 24,010 38,058 14,048 47,440 25,149 13,889
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      ULU PANDAN RUBBER
      300 3 BIG PROFIT ON SALE OF EXPORT RIGHTS Assessment For 1937 Increased. 1 DROPOSINO the adoption of the re- port and accounts at the Annual General Meeting of The Ulu Pandan (Singapore) Rubber Estates. Ltd. on June 23, Mr. J. A. Elias, the chairman, said:— The net profit
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      JUNE RUBBER SHIPMENTS.
      113 3 CTATISTICS relating to the shipment of rubber from the Malaya during June were issued this morning and the Agure of 54,809 tons is quite near what the market estimated. This Agure compares with 51,152 tons in May, 58,718 tons in April. 59,568 tons in March, 38,058 tons
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      PAHANG CONSOL.
      80 3 occupy a seat on the Board —Straits Times copyright. Mr. Frisby Resigns From Chairmanship (From Our Own Correspondent> London. July 3. There has been a change in the directorate of Pahang Consolidated Company Ltd. Mr. H. Frisby who has been chairman of the company for several years, has
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      1164 4 Issued By Fraser And Co., exchange and stock brokers. Singapore, July 7, 10 a.m. MININ.I. Bvycn Mu<n Amptit Tin 3 d ,1 Ajiam Kumban* tV- a £1 Austral Malay J»/6 £1 Bangrin Tin 22/3 23/6 1 Batu Selangor ,07; £1 Burma Malay 2»£ 30/3 £1 chendertang 26/
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      JUNE TIN ORE PRODUCTION.
      106 4 The following particulars of Undredglng operations refer to the month of June:— Hours Cu. yds Piculs d red re ore Ayer Weng 115 Katu Tin 605 J 53,000 703 K. Lumpur Tin No. 1 603 95,935 610 K. Lumpur Tin No. 2 579 134,862 243 Malayan
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      830 4 London Exchange Prices On June 28. MALAYAN COMPANIES AJlagar (2/) 1/9%; Alor Pongsu (2/) 2/lOVi; Anglo-Malay 16/3; Ayer Kuning 37/6; Badenoch 28/6; Bagan Serai 21/3; Bahru (Sel.) (2/) 3/6 Vi; Banteng 28/; Batang (2/) 1/4Vi; Batu Caves 20/7Vi; Batu Tiga 44/4 Vi; Bekoh (2/) 2/2%; Bertam Con. (2/)
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      HALF-YEAR’S RUBBER IMPORTS.
      140 4 STATISTICS published on Monday reveal that 23,614 tons of rubber were imported into Malaya last month. This is considerably more than during any other month of the year. April and May imports were about 17,000 tons, March imports, totalled 19,500 tons, February 14,000 tons and January 16/950.
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      TIN SHARES.
      146 4 London Exchange Prices On June 28. Ampat (4/) 6/; Anglo-Burma (5/) 16/; Ayer Hitam (5/) 28/; Bangrin 21/6; Gopeng Cons. 2*4; Hongkong (5/) 35/3; Idris (5/) 12/; Ipoh (16/) 30/9; Kampong Lanjut 26/3; Kamunting (5/) 14/9; Kepong 1 3/16; Kinta (5/) 16/9; Kinta Kellas (5/) 7/; Kraxnat Pulai
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      S. CHINA-SINGAPORE SHIPPING SERVICE.
      46 4 to subscribe $3,000,000. Sin Chew Jit Poh. Canton, July 7. The proposed Chinese shipping.service from Whampoa, near Canton, to the South Seas countries, including Malaya, will be capitalised at $5,000,000. of which overseas Chinese are expected to subscribe $3,000,000. Sin Chew Jit
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
      184 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Singapore, July 7. Company Dividend rotai t;*i > Books Close Gnancia Date Ex. Dlv. veai Payable Date to iat* TIN TO Asam Kumbang 5% Int. July 23 July 30 July 24 22%% 15% Bonus Kamunting 10% Int. July 13 July 16 July 5 10%
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