The Straits Budget, 6 January 1938

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    29 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] No. 4169. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1938. Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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    THE WEEK IN MALAYA.
    990 1 SINGAPORE’S new 15-inch and 18inch batteries, the most powerful land batteries in the world, will, the Straits Times understands, be brought into action in manoeuvres for the first time in extensive combined exercises in which the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force will participate. The
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    THE SULTAN AH OF JOHORE. photographed with MISS C. ROBERTSON, her niece, before their departure in the P. and O. liner Ranpura, for England on Dec. 31.
    30 1 THE SULTAN AH OF JOHORE. photographed with MISS C. ROBERTSON, her niece before their departure in the P. and O. liner Ranpura for England on Dec. 31. —Straits Times Picture.
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    HARD AGROUND:
    39 1 HARD AGROUND The Straits Steamships vessel Krian which went aground on Pangkor Island on Christmas Eve while on her regular run trom Teluk Anson to Penang, has since been refloated and reached Penang under her own steam, little damaged.
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      “STRIKE OF CAPITAL” IN U. S.
      1025 2 —Straits Times, Dec. 30. At a time when Wall Street price movements are again causing nervousness among investors throughout the world, it is cheering tc be able to put forward on excellent authority a mildly optimistic picture of the current American scene, and a
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      Eire.
      950 2 past five years.—Straits Times, Dec. 31. According to the files in Straits Times library, at least a dozen experts on constitutional law have offered opinions on the new Constitution adopted by the Irish Free State this week. There is some slight divergence of views as to the interpretation of
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      SINGAPORE AND THE STONE AGE.
      925 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 3. At first sight it may seem that there is no more unsuitable subject for a leading article, in the whole range, of Singapore possibilities, than Raffles Nothing could be more academic, more remote from the practical affairs of everyday life with
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      “GALLEY SLAVES” ON TIN DREDGES.
      1023 3 are earning profits for him. —Straits Times, Jan. 4. Something must be done, and done soon, in regard to repeated allegations as to the conditions under which Europeans are employed as winchmen and shift engineers on Malayan tin mines. Either the charges must be disproved
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      A HEARTENING SPEECH.
      939 4 .—Straits Times, Jan. 5. Although market reports described President Roosevelt’s speech to Congress as containing nothing new or unexpected," it has been rightly welcomed in circles which are not concerned solely with the movements of stock and share prices as a heartening pronouncement. In the international sphere
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    NEW CROCKERY FOR R.A.F. FORMATION FLYERS.
    258 4 Off To Australia Next Week: Another Boat Due. WHEN the 40 odd personnel of the Royal Air Force squadron which is flying to Australia in the course of the longest formation flight in history, leave Singanore on Monday, they will have their makan served
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    Another Cut In Rubber Quota Predicted.
    83 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 4. POINTING out that American rubber consumption will probably average 30,000 tons monthly for the first three or lour months of 1938. and that the world consumption will thus be considerably lower than the 70 per cent, quota,
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    Pilot In Motor Car Accident.
    75 4 A MOTOR-CAR containing Flight Lieut. J. B. W. Pugh, chief pilot of Weame’s Air Services, and Mrs. Pugh, was involved in a collision with another car at the junction of High Street and South Bridge Road on Tuesday night. Neither was injured, Mrs. Pugh, who
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    MR. E. V. VAN DORT.
    125 4 Death Of Well-Known Horticulturist. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Jan. 5. DEATH took place suddenly yesterday at Port Swettenham of Mr. E V. van Dort, proprietor of the Vanda Florists. Kuala Lumpur Mr. van Dort nad just boarded a steamer for Penang when he
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    NEW SULTAN’S SCHOLARSHIPS.
    88 4 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Kangsar, Jan. 4. It is understood that a new scholarship known as the Iskandar Scholarship has been offered tc Malay students who have finished their religious studies in the Koran and Arabic schools in the State of Perak. This scholarship has been
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    GOVERNOR’S TOUR.
    65 4 JHE Governor. Sir Shenton Thomas. and Lady Thomas will leave Singapore on Jan. 12 for Kuala Lumpur and Perak. They will go to Kuala Kangsar on Jan. 16. returning to Kuala Lumpur on Jan. 23, and Singapore on Jan. 28. The Straits Times Ipoh correspondent states that the
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  • NOTES Of The DAY.
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      “Jimmy.”
      100 5 pOLLOWING yesterday’s item about r the presence in Singapore of Aaron Landau, of Jimmy’s Kitchens, up the China Coast, guests at Raffles seemed to suddenly realise where they had seen before the round shining lace at the table just inside the main door of the dining room. Jimmy’s arm
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      Host To A Prince.
      140 5 Host To A Prince MANY were the Jimmy stories told at Raffles yesterday. Oldtimers remember Landau, who is now 66. as the youth of 18 who ran away from Singapore to Saigon to join the Foreign Legion, only to be sent home by the next steamer by order of the
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      “Pop” To The Squadron.
      93 5 “Pop” To The Squadron men in Singapore who have served on the China Station remember Landau as “Pop”, the name by which he is known to the squadron. He looks after sailors’ money and belongings for them and lends them money without i.o.u.’s and without interest. He says that in
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      Streamers.
      42 5 gEEING people away at the Singapore docks is such a sweaty formality that it has been almost dropped. However. many hardy Americans held streamers as the President Pierce drew out yesterday afternoon with departing Consul-General Monnett B. Davis and his wife.
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      Dead Initial.
      73 5 *pHE “B” in Monnett B. Davis stands for Bain. There used to be a viceconsul for the United States at Singapore with a dead centre initial. He used to explain jokingly that his name, say, Hiram K. Blennerhassett. (really it was nothing like that) stood for just Hiram
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      Faux Pas.
      43 5 £«RUX, who always is poking fun at other people’s errors, put his foot in it in yesterday’s column by describing the Marchioness of Headfort former t Gaiety girl Rcsie Boote, as “the father of the Earl of Bective.’’ A fine effort!
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      The Big Apple.
      164 5 A NUMBER of enquiries have come in about the “big apple’’, the dance mentioned the other day in the paragraph about Garbo and Stokowski The “big apple” is yet to be seen in Singapore. It is a new ballroom dance that is supposed to be sweeping the
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      Mix-up.
      100 5 A Singapore company constantly dealing with a large corporation in the United States was glad to receive on Christmas Eve a cabled message from New York sending compliments of the season. A cabled response reciprocating the good wishes was sent off immediately. But next morning, the Singapore company was
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      “Adopted” Colonies.
      161 5 Adopted” Colonies. <i| read with interest your comments on the adopted colonies idea in the Crown Colonist,” writes Mr. A. H. Hill, Victoria School. Jalan Besar, Singapore. You may like to know that my class (average age 15) of Chinese, Malay, and Tamil boys have recently started corresponding regularly with
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      Java Pahits.
      90 5 DAHIT serving in Java was a strictly-observed ritual in the old days, according to a writer on the Indies. The first pahit of the evening would be brought by the boys on the stroke of eight. In Semarang. the sugar port on the north coast of Java, a
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      No Flying Sultans.
      47 5 •jpHE news that the Maharajahs of Jodhpur and Kashmir have bought Lockheed Electra airliners for their private use and are both being instructed in aviation brings to mind the fact that none of the Malayan sultans owns a machine or has a flying licence.
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      Dress Reform.
      116 5 Dress Reform A Malayan flying into the Australian summer in Singapore Sunday garb is apt to be taken as a dress reformer. In a recent Courier Mail from Brisbane appears a picture of Mr. R. J. Brooker of Singapore, stepping from a Qantas plane and dressed in open shirt. Saigon
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      Occupation.
      25 5 Occupation j ORD Howard de Walden, who left by air foi Bali yesterday, wrote under the occupation heading in the registration sheet at Raffles, peer.”
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      Tricyclist.
      45 5 Tricyclist H Katong girl who bought one of those chug-chug stand-up motor tricycles for short distance social calls found that she had to undergo a conventional driving test on the machine and obtain a driving licence before she could drive it beyond the garden gate.
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      Nationalism.
      76 5 UURMA’S nationalistic urge is going to bear fruit in the form of a national flag, a national song and a national day. it is expected. The Straits Settlements lack these hallmarks of democracy and national status, although the F.M.S. have a flag, consisting of four horizontal strips, red. yellow.
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      Jumbo.
      56 5 Jumbo JUVENILE highlight of the Christmas party at Flagstaff House was provided by the bright infant who found on the lawn a small handkerchief with an elephant embroidered in the corner. After pondering for several moments, she ambled confidently towards General Dobbie, supervising operations on the chutes, and asked, “Might
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      Celebrator.
      55 5 pATRONS of a Singapore cafe felt pleased with themselves Just before closing time last night when a burly Hollander, well over six feet and probably tipping the scales at 17 stone, strolled in, followed by a dozen others. Everybody will drink with me,” he announced to the cafe. He
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      Outspoken Churchman.
      88 5 A LTHOUGH the Christian churches cannot pretend to cut much ice among the European population of Malaya, men like the Rev. D. Allan Easton, whose attack on the poor conditions under which European tin miners work in some companies made interesting reading yesterday, are doing good work. Because
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      Upside Down.
      55 5 Upside Down 'J'HOSE who sought some inner significance in the flying of the houseflag of Messageries Maritimes upside down above the company s offices yesterday morning were disappointed. All the significance behind the incident was the carelessness of the tamby in charge of flag-hoisting. Flown reversed. the Messageries Maritimes flag
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      Sweet Child.
      78 5 Sweet Child RETAILED as true is the story of the X small Tanglin girl whose upcountry uncle is visiting Singapore for the weekend. On arrival by train, uncle’s chin did not offer a perfect example of a clean shave.’ Are you going to kiss uncle he benevolently asked his niece
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      Returning Warbirds.
      117 5 Returning Warbirds QOME light on the reason for the sudden return to Europe from China of the party of Italian military aviators who passed through Singapore last week-end is thrown by items in American papers which reached Singapore yesterday. Associated Press messages from Rome say Mussolini, after consultations with Hitler,
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      Bad Debts.
      108 5 Bad Debts TPHERE is no end to the stories of Singapore bad debts. It is said the wiped off bad debt lists of some of the hotels and cafes for the last few years read like a Malayan Who’s Who Caf p owners think the wild bachelors oi the city
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      Home Town Spirit.
      59 5 •yHAT old-home-town-spirit prevails with a vengeance in some shipping lines. As far as possible, the shor? personnel of the Lloyd Triestino, operators of Italy’s Far Eastern express service, is recruited from Trieste. Similarly, it is unusual to find a non-Rotter-ram citizen in the offices of the Rotterdam
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      Cooks And Sucklings.
      68 6 Cooks And Sucklings |N a mess near Tanglln are, or rather were, three bachelors. Call them Smith. Jones and Brown Last week Smith and Jones thought Brown’s conduct was extraordinary. But he was uncommunicative and was not home much. On Thursday cookie asked at dinner if “Tuan Smith and Jones
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      Curry, Rice And Fish.
      29 6 Curry, Rice And Fish SPEAKING of messes, how many people remember that celebrated j Ipoh mess of several years ago? The three members were Messrs Currv. Rice and Fish
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      Wenceslas Hayrie.
      105 6 PAINTED on the wall of the bar at the airport are a few bars of music from “Good King Wenceslas” with the words. “When good King Wenceslas last looked 0ut....” Presumably a s gnwriter's slip, but bad foi business. Scientific research carried out in the vicinity of the
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      Celluloid Greetings.
      78 6 MOST original of Christmas g fts to come to Singapore this season must be the 8 millimetre cine film that a young man received from his people overseas. Running for five or six minutes, the film is titled with an inscribed Christmas card, and contains about a score
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      Singaporeana.
      134 6 sayings from Friday’s Municlpal Commission meeting discussion on public clocks that will go down in the history of Singapore: "Mr O. P Griffith Jones suggested a reversion t.) the old system of firing a gun a 1 12 hourly intervals as being the least expensive method of giving the
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      Intellectual Taxis.
      96 6 in the crowded audi ences that have packed nearly every session of The Life of Emile Zola have been small parties of taxi dancers. A possible explanation :s that many of these girls have attended invents and have learned enough about Zola to have their curiosity aroused The
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      Horrible Moment.
      58 6 MOST embarrased Singaporean at the New Year week-end was the young man who walked around the Swimming Club on Friday night clutching his throat an vainly trying to hide behind tables. A cheerful friend had tweaked nis tic. This ready-made object ot the seamstress' art fell to pieces
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      Fish Leather.
      72 6 MOVIEGOERS who were interested in a short film shown at the Pavilion or Capitol a few months ago depicting German measures to counteract a leather shortage by manufacturing a leather substitute from fish skins should ask their doctors to show them the complimentary diaries issued this Christmas by
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      Bathtub Science.
      149 6 THAT astounding American com- pendlum of facts, the World Almanac, published by the New York World Telegram, contains a fairly clear explanation of the bathtub plug phenomenon. It says If water is allowed to come to com plete rest in a vessel where the hole is accurately in
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      Which Way ?
      90 6 Which Way THE almanac does not say which way 1 in which hemisphere. Experiments carried out in the Crux Northern Hemisphere bathtub this morning showed a right to left spin, but a fel-low-investigator at Katong reports a 'eft to right result Perhaps Singapore is so near to the Equator that
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      Elephant For Sale.
      102 6 Elephant For Sale ii/E are not so far from the wilds. Baby e’ephants still can be bought not so very far from Singapore. Here is an advertisement from the Rangoon Gazette:— SALE OF ELEPHAN'T’ CALF. Sealed tenders for the purchase of a male elephant calf, partly trained, aged ten years,
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      Obliging Germans.
      84 6 who buys that elephant calf ihould bring it to Singapore when a North German Lloyd liner is in port. He should try and take the company at its word over a paragraph in the “information for passengers” section of the passenger list issued on all ships of the
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      Blue Funnels.
      118 6 Blue Funnels CINCE Blue Funnel Line freighters have been operating a round-the-world service by way of Montreal, considerable interest has been taken in the line by Montreal newspapers. According to the Montreal Gazette. Blue Funnel stacks, with their gaunt height and unusual colour are the strangest seen in any waters.
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      Smith Search.
      92 6 M ANY Australians are keen to find 4 further trace of the Lady Southern Cross, the aeroplane in which Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and u. Pethybridge disappeared in 1935. J. Hodder. a former Sydney airman, who early this year found off the Burma coast an aeroplane wheel later
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      New Rule.
      108 6 district court of Brunswick Germany, has handed down a decision according to which a person injured while riding with a driver whom he knows may be under the influence of alcohol has no right to claim damages An inhabitant of Brunswick spent a “beer evening” with a friend.
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    WAS VICTIM OF TRAIN CRASH PASSENGER?
    234 6 Misadventure Verdict. (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Jan. THERE was no evidence to show’ whether the Tamil, Era\a1 dan, who was killed in the Tenang (near Segamat) ma*™ a derailment of a month ago, wa s a passenger on the train, it was revealed
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    TOOK OFFICER’S CAR AND CRASHED.
    131 6 Gunner Pleads Guilty. Arthur Ridley Goodwin. 24-year-old gunner in the RcTkl Artillery. Changi, pleaded guilty on Dec. 30 in the Second Singapore Police Courr, when he was charged with the theft ot a motor-car and driving it witnoul a licence on Christmas Day. The case
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    JOHORE TO PROTECT WOMEN AND GIRLS.
    101 6 Law Being Brought Into Line With Colony. A BILL to bring the Women and Girls Protection Enactment in line with the legislation in the Colony will shortly be introduced in the Johore Council of State. The new bill, published in the Johore Government Gazette,
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    NEW ST. ANDREW’S SCHOOL SITE.
    93 6 No Decision Yet. decision has yet been reached in regard to to the site of the new St. Andrew’s School. It was decided some two years ago that the school, should be moved from its present position in Stamford Road, and early last year it
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    THIRD MUNICIPAL AMENDMENT BILL.
    39 6 The preparation of a third amending hill for the Municipal Ordinance was mentioned at the last meeting of the committee of the Singapore Ratepayers Association w’hen correspondence regarding Municipal (Amendment No. 2) Bill was considered.
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    RASH DRIVING CHARGE.
    55 6 D. A. Rushton. a European, was charged in the Fourth Police Court on Jan. 3 with causing grievous hurt to a Chinese. Tai Ching Kiat, by rash driving in River Valley Road. The charge was explained to the accused, and the case was postponed until Jan. 18.
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    241 7 M. Quiquandon has been recognised as Consular Agent of France at Penang. 9 Mr. P. J. Sproule who has been in hospital for a week is back at Goodwood Park Hotel. The resignation of his commission in the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force by Lieut. A. W. Davison
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    SULTANAH OF JOHORE.
    61 7 THE following communique was is- sued officially in Johore Bahru on Dec. 29 H.H the sultar#ah of Johore wiii oe sailing for Europe by the S S Ranpura on Friday Dec. 31. and will be embarking at 830 am. H°r Highness*: health has been causing anxiety and
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    MALACCA COMMISSIONERS
    38 7 The following have been appointed to be Municipal Commissioners of Malacca with effect from Jan 1: Mr. E. V G. Day. MC..S, (reappointed*. Captain Mohamed Ali bin Maidin. M.B.E. (reappointed), and Mr. A J. Minjoot. M.B.E.
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    Government House.
    71 7 jp 25 CAPTAIN A. T. A. Ritchie arrived to stay at Government House. Lord and Lady Rective, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Courtauld. Miss L. de Probize", Mrs. Freeman Jackson and Mr. G. Binney had luncheon at Government House. Dec. 26. Sir Shenton and Lady Thomas dined with
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    JAPANESE CONSUL FOR NORTH BORNEO.
    196 7 New Appointment. QN HIS WAY to become the first Japanese Consul at Sandakan, British North Borneo, Mr. T. Kohri arrived in Singapore on Jan. 4 by the N.Y.K. liner Kashima Maru. Nearly 1,000 Japanese engaged in fishing and on rubber estates are in the new
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    AIRLINES INSPECTOR TRANSFERRED.
    92 7 WELL-KNOWN in Singapore as a hockey referee and selector. Mr H. J. H. Haas, divisional inspector. Far East, Royal Dutch Airlines iK.L.M.). has been transferred to a similar position at Alexandria, Egypt. He will do succeeded at Singapore by the present Alexandria inspector, All. J J. Peters.
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    BACK AFTER WORLD TOUR.
    77 7 MR. and Mrs. Bruce Petrie arrived back in Singapore on Jan. 4 by the N.Y.K. vessel Kashima Maru from Japan, after an extended world tour. Leaving Singapore last April, they travelled by the trans-Siberian Railway to Moscow and later visited Warsaw Budapest and Vienna. After motoring
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      BIRTH.
      18 7 GODFREE.—At Malacca Hospital on Jan. 3. to Irene, wife of J. H. W. Godfree. Muar. a son.
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      ENGAGEMENTS.
      112 7 The engagement is announced between Guy V. Neubronner of Singapore, and Olga M. Gunner of Muar. Johore, only daughter of Mrs. I. B. Gunner of Winehmore Hill, London. The engagement is announced oi Ian, younger son of the late Mr. Roderick Noble and f Mrs. A. S. W. Cameron.
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    Chinese Just Wanted To Leave.
    110 7 No Strike On Japanese Estate. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Dec. 29. 'THERE was no question of a strike among Chinese coolies working on Japanese rubber estate in Bahau, but by mutual arrangement the Chinese had been paid off and had left the estate on
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    LIGHTER CONTROL OF IMPORTED DOGS.
    110 7 Suggestions At S.S.A. Meeting. 117HEN the rabies outbreak was dis- cussed at the last meeting of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association. a member suggested that as rabies was unknown in New Zealand and Australia and as there had not been a case in England since
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    MOULDY ROT FINE.
    31 7 (From Cur Own Correspondent.* Malacca, Dec. 28. riSMAN bln Ha.ii Aim was today fined $50 and costs for failing to treat mouldy rot disease in his rubber plantation.
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    Contents.
    263 7 Leaders—“Strike of Capital” in U.S 2 Eire 2 Singapore and The Stone Age 3 Galley Slaves on Tin Dredges 3 A Heartening Speech 4 Telegrams— Covering past week’3 news 25—28 Picture Supplement 17—20 Financial Supplement— Financial and Commercial News to date, following page 32 Malayan General News— Russian on
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    STANDARD SIZE FOR MALAYAN CANNERS.
    306 7 Johore’s New Regulations. OTANDARDISATION of the size of cans used for the packing of Malayan pineapples is to be given effect by regulations published in the Johore' Government Gazette and to be submitted to the next meeting of the Council of State for approval. The
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  • Obituary
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    94 7 DEATHS. On Jan. l, 1938. at the General Hospital. Singapore. Isabella Marion Brown, dearly beloved mother of Mrs. W Bartley and Mrs. C. A. Leggatt. YEARWOOD.—On December 10, 1937, at “Scremban” 12 The Avenue, Beckenham, Kent. Percy Allan Yearwood late of the Education Department. Straits Settlements. PADDAY—On December 31. 1937,
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    WORLD’S BIGGEST GUNS IN SINGAPORE EXERCISES
    247 8 10,000 Troops; 50 Aircraft And 25 Warships. SINGAPORE’S new 15 inch and 18 inch batteries, the most powerful land batteries in the world, will, the Straits Times understands, be brought into action in manoeuvres for the first time in extensive combined exercises in which
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    FROM DEFENCE COMMITTEE TO “SKINS.”
    69 8 CAPTAIN George S F. Middleton. who has just been promoted to that rank In the Royal Inniskllling Fusiliers, from the East Surrey Regiment was commissioned in the latter corps in September 1027. He put in three years or so with the King's African Rifles in
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    EMPLOYER FORGIVES SERVANT.
    154 8 Takes Him Back After Conviction. From Our Own Correspondent! Penang, Jan. 3. A FTER having had his employee arrested prosecuted and convicted, a complainant in a case, a retiree District Court interpreter. Penang. oiTered to take the man back in his employment at an increased salary. The
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    New Japanese Consul-General Knows Chiang Well.
    137 8 jy|R. ISSAKt: OKAMOTO, the new Japanese ConsulGeneral for Singapore, arrived on Jan. 4 from Hong Kong in the N.Y.K. liner Kashima Maru to succeed Mr. Kiichi Gunji. As first Japanese Consul at Nanking when the Chiang Kai-shek Government was formed, Mr. Okamoto has had
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    TRANSPORT BOARD DOES NOT WANT “POLICE COURT ATMOSPHERE.”
    692 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 3. IT will he the aim of the F.M.S. Transport Board to see that the public—whether passengers or traders—get the best possible facilities which can he afforded by the various means i.f transport, said Mr.
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    Russian On Extortion Charges.
    95 9 Alleged Threats To Burn Houses. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Dec. 28. TWO charges of extortion by threatening that the victims’ houses would be burned down and a charge of cheating were made against Harry Michael Newman, an Englishspeaking Russian, today. Inspector Dan Singh, Offlcer-in-Charge of
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    More Air-Conditioned Coaches For Railways.
    178 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuaia Lumpur, Dec. 28. f)VER $500,000 is to be spent by the F.M.S. Railways next year on the provision of eight more airconditioned coaches and it is hoped that by the end of 1938 there will be ten running regularly in
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    CHANCE FOR EMPIRE CINEMATOGRAPHERS.
    134 9 Special Competition At Glasgow Show. A MATEUR cinematographers through- out the Empire will have an opportunity of showing their films to a wider audience next May at the British Empire Exhibition in Glasgow. Scotland. A Film Festival, open to all residents in the Empire, has been
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    SINGAPORE MIGHT BE TAKEN, BUT COULD NOT BE HELD.
    667 9 Reply To Sir Ian Hamilton. rVEN if the powerful defences of Singapore fell to an invader, the island could never be held against the “thunderous attacks of the Royal Navy,” declares Sir Herbert Russell, eminent British military authority, criticising statements by
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    AN UNPOSED PICTURE
    53 9 of Miss Mary Stauffer charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. McEnelly, who was among several of the American community who said good-bye to Mr. and Mrs. Monnett B. Davis, xcho left for Buenos Aires last week. Mr. McEnelly is the acting Consul-General for the United States.
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    Banker’s Yacht In The Roads.
    173 9 Queen Of Scots On World Cruise. Singapore, Dec. 31. rpHE graceful 605-ton Queen of Scots, luxury steam yacht owned by Mr. Anthony Drexel, an American banker, arrived from Penang yesterday, on a cruise to Netherlands Indies from England. Built at Glasgow nearly 30 years ago,
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    S.S.(S) A. SUPPORTS DEFENCE EXPENDITURE.
    47 9 TPHAT “the present state of world affairs justified the increased expenditure” was the opinion of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association committee expressed at the last meeting when the bill to increase the expenditure on the local defences of the colony was considered.
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    $10,000 Worth Of Illicit Chandu.
    141 9 Four Of Ship’s Crew Charged. Singapore, Dec. 31. poUR Chinese members of the 1 crew of the Norwegian steamer Haldor, appeared before Mr. F. V. Duckworth in the District Court this morning, charged with importing 1,173 tahils of non-Government chandu, worth nearly $10,000, in the
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    IRON WORKERS HAVE NOT STOPPED
    81 9 A DENIAL that the Chinese labour force of 3,000 had passed a resolution to cease work was received from Dungun by the Singapore agent of the Nippon Mining Comoany which owns the Buklt Besi (Trengganu) iron ore mine, Japan’s largest iron holding in Malaya. Chinese
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    FIFTEEN MALAYANS IN NEW YEAR HONOURS.
    1782 10 Seven Asiatics Included In List. M.B.E. FOR MATRON OF GENERAL hospital. CEVEN Asiatics are included in the list of people in Malaya who have received New Year Honours. There is one Honorary K.C.B.E. (for the Raja of Perlis), one C.M.G. for the Commissioner of
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    Arrest Of Armed Amok Won Him “Police V.C.”
    99 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 3. PF arrest of an armed amok, who had killed one and injured two others, won for Lance-Corporal Abdul Rani bin Koming the King’s Police Medal for gallantry, which he received in the New Year’s
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    Tuba Fishing In A Pahang River.
    1601 11 PRIVILEGE OF F. M. S. SULTANS. •jpUBA is a vegetable poison taken from the root of a shrub (Derris elliptica) which is now cultivated in quantities in the Malay Peninsula for export to Australia, where it is used in sheep-dip. Since its recent commercial
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    16 New Year’s Day Babies.
    77 11 16 New Year’ s Day Babies. CIXTEEN Chinese babies, nine girls and seven boys, made their first appearance in Singapore this year on New Year’s Day. Singapore’s first New Year’s Day baby, a boy, was born in the Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital when the New Year ivas barely two hours
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    MR. A. W. KER FOR TRAFFIC INQUIRY.
    33 11 Mr. A. W. Ker has been appointed representative of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association on the Trimmer Committee which is to investigate traffic problems in Singapore
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    INSPECTORS ASK FOR REPLY TO PETITION.
    210 11 Better Conditions Sought. RECEIVING no indication from the Government as to the result) of their petition asking for better conditions, sent in eight months ago Euro* pean inspectors of the Straits Settlements Police have addressed a letter to the Governor requesting a reply. The
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    Bangkok Port Tender Not Given Yet.
    126 11 T*HE Ministry of Economic Affairs in Siam has issued a statement denying that the Japanese Home Office Engineering Bureau has been awarded the tender for the development of the new $20,000,000 port of Bangkok. It is stated that the committee charged with the work
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    MALAYANS BACK FROM BALI.
    86 11 ARMY officers, doctors and nursing sisters, figured among the Malay in passengers who returned from their Christmas holidays in Bali and Java in the K.P.M. vessel Planclus on Jan. 3. Among those were Major S. S. M Milford, Brigade Major. Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, was Commander
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    EMPIRE RADIO CHANGES WILL HELP MALAYA.
    190 12 Sequel To B.B.C. Official’s Visit. SIX-HOUR EVENING PROGRAMME AS a direct result of the recent visit to Malaya of Mr. J. II. Clark, of the British Broadcasting Corporation, important changes in the frequencies of the B.B.C. Empire transmissions available to Malayan listeners began from
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    JOHORE JAPANESE FINED.
    123 12 Dutiable Goods Hidden tinder Car Seat. From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. Dec. 30. pLEADING guilty to making a false declaration in regard to the good* imported by him lrom Singapore S. Smeza. a Japanese shopkeeper, was lined $10 In default live* days’ rigorous imprisonment by Inche
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    MALAY GIRLS SCHOOL PRIZE DISTRIBUTION.
    79 12 From Our Own Correspondent. Johore, Bahru. Dec. 30. 'THE annual prize distribution of the Malay Girls’ School took place this evening. The Tungku Mahkota gave away the prizes. The others present included Mr. L. A. Allen acting General Adviser. Tungku Ampuan. Dato Sir David Galloway
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    ALLEGED POISONING OF SPRING.
    47 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Dec. 30 VTONG CHIN a Chinese was charged before the 8eremban Magistrate with having voluntarily fouled the water of a spring in Labu with poison. He claimed trial and the case was postponed, ball of $50 being allowed.
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    PILOT WHO SERVED IN SAIL DEAD.
    974 12 Captain Alexander Snow. IV) YEN of the Singapore Pilots* Association when he retired in 1931 after more than 20 years as a pilot in Penang and Singapore waters, Captain Alexander Snow died at the General Hospital on Dec. 29. Captain Snow, who was 76
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    EAST ASIATIC CO. HEAD DIES IN DENMARK.
    221 12 Started As Cabin Boy: Traded In Siam THE rise of Mr. H. N. Andersen, managing director 1 of the East Asiatic Company, who died in Copenhagen, Denmark, in the week-end, was one of the most romantic in the history of present day Far
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    Tree Crashes On European Mess.
    246 12 “Sumatra” Damage. Singapore, Jan. 3. THE severe “Sumatra,” which blew over Singapore very early this morning, brought trees down in various parts of the city. A 70-foot high tree with a trunk about three feet in diameter standing on the side of Cairnhill Circle Road
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    MRS. J. E. HENRY.
    89 12 Death In Germany After Long Illness. THE death took place at St. Blasien, 1 Germany, on Dec. 31, of Mrs. Eileen Joyce Henry, wife of Mr. J. E. Henry, recently appointed manager of Reuters, Ltd., Singapore. Mrs. Henry, who was a daughter of Mr. G. Lammert,
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    HOME-MADE BOMB FOUND ON PENANG CHINESE.
    160 13 Explosives In Tobacco Tin: Man Detained. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Dec. 29. HOME-MADE bomb, said to be capable of blowing up an ordinary shophouse, was found in the possession of a Chinese walking along Penang Road, near a local amusement park, yesterday. Acting
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    Couple Attempt Suicide: Leave Letter.
    101 13 T'HAT they had left a letter explaining they were going to commit suicide was revealed in the Second Singapore Police Court, when a Chinese, couple from Johore, Lee Yeke Suan, a woman, and Lee Hoe Chin, a young Chinese, were charged with attempting to commit
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    ANOTHER LUXURY YACHT FOR SINGAPORE
    92 13 •From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. Dec. 28 The third luxury yacht to visit Penang within two months, the Queen of Scots, an American-owned vessel, left today for Singapore, continuing her pleasure cruise round the world The yacht arrived on Christmas Eve with the owner. Mr.
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    $3,200 FINE ON CHANDU CHARGE.
    51 13 pLEADING guilty to possessing 40 tahils of contraband chandu at Jardine Steps, a Chinese. Ho Kim Chew, was snetenced on Dec. 28 to one day’s simple imprisonment and a hne of $3,200 or 15 months’ rigorous imprisonment by Mr. H. A. Forrer, the Criminal District
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    £2,000,000 In Coin On Ranpura.
    87 13 W ,TH nearly £2,000,000 of mixed silver coins in her holds from Hong Kong for the Bank of England, the P. and O. liner Ranpura passed through Singapore on Dec. 29. For the last montft. nearly every P. and O. liner has been taking over
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    JAPAN’S ANTI-BRITISH FEELING DYING DOWN.
    225 13 Propaganda Suspended, Says Ex-Officer. K ANTI-BRITISH feeling and propaganda is dying down in Japan now, because the Government has now ordered its suppression,” declared Major C. Enriques retired Indian Army officer, who has been living in Japan for a year, on his arrival in Singapore
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    “EVERY CENT WILL BE ACCOUNTED FOR BY CHINA.”
    143 13 Dr. Wu Lien Teh’s Relief Funds Assurance. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Dec. 28. PVERY cent given by Malayan Chinese to the Relief Funds will be accounted for by China, said Dr. Wu Lien Teh, head of the Chinese National Quarantine Service,
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    General Chiang Thanks Malaya.
    67 13 If R. Tan Kah Kee, chairman of the China Relief Committee has received another telegram from General Chiang Kai-shek thanking Malayan Chinese for their contributions to the relief fund and urging them to continue to help China. Already Malaya has sent $3,000,000 in Chinese currency to
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    SCHOOL CLERK WEDS.
    67 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 28. lyiR. TAN CHEONG WAN. clerk M the Methodist Boys’ School was married today by the Rev. P. L. Peacn to Miss Lim Cheng Tit. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs Tan Thai San. and the bride,
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    Race-Going Motorists Hoot For An Hour.
    115 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Dec. 28. IJOSTILE honking from car drivers, who were practically shut in the car park at the racecourse after the last event today, went on for almost an hour. Hundreds of cars were parked in one enclosure with only
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    Hiking Brothers Seek Work In N.I.
    158 13 QN their way to the Netherlands Indies to join their relatives and also to look for work, two young Dutchmen, H. A. and J. F. M. Albers, aged 26 and 23 years respectively, arrived in Singapore on Dec. 28 aboard the N.Y.K. liner Fushimi
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    MINE WINCHMEN LIKE GALLEY SLAVES, SAYS PADRE.
    339 14 Horrified By Working Conditions Of Europeans. “I HAVE been horrified by the circumstances under which a considerable number of Europeans are working in Malaya, writes the Rev. I). Allan Easton in the current issue of St. Andrew’s Outlook, organ of the Presbyterian Church
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    Two Negri Sembilan Engagements.
    100 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Soremban. Dec. 29. jyjR. DAVID GRAY, Protector of Chinese. Negri Sembilan, and Miss Betty Rosalie Humphry, whose engagement was announced in London recently, are both residents of Seremban. Miss Humphry is the woman tennis champion of the State. Stewart-Jeflf. Another Negri Sembilan
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    MacPherson Road Fight: Sentences Amended.
    396 14 gENTENCES passed on two Sikhs, who were involved in a fight on Aug. 6 in McPherson Road were amended, on Dec. 29, by Mr. Justice a’Beckett Terrell, acting Chief Justice. They were charged in the lower court with criminal trespass by entering a cafe in
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    OVER 6,000 DOGS HAVE BEEN SHOT IN STREETS.
    202 14 And 12.000 Inoculated In Anti-Rabies Campaign. SINCE September, when rabies was discovered in 6,000 dogs have been bagged by the shooters and 12,000 have been inoculated with anti-rabies serum. If no further case develops, dogs will be permitted to go abroad unmuzzled
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    Perak To Get $10,000 From Chettiar’s Estate.
    158 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh.JDec. 30. lyiK. Justice Aitken delivered judgment yesterday dismissing the claim by the Government of Perak against P. K. K. L. M. M. Muthukaruppen Chettiar for the recovery of $60,000 as double death duty, hut his lordship allowed the
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    PORT DICKSON CHRISTMAS DINNER.
    65 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. Dec. 29. 'HE Port Dickson Club held a successful Christmas dinner and fancy dress ball Nearly 60 people attended the dinner, which was presided over by Mr. T. D. Mac Nair, the president of the club. Mrs. Gerrard and a committee
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    REFINED DISCOURAGEMENT OF UNEMPLOYED.
    138 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 30. THAT “refined discouragement” is 1 applied by F.M.S. Government officials to those who advocate the right of the very poor in Malaya to share in the distribution of the country’s surplus wealth is alleged by Mr. John Hands,
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    IDLE HOUR IS NEAR TOWER OF LONDON.
    85 14 rxWIGHT Lcng. the young American college bo.v who is sailing round r he world in his ketch the Idle Hour and who passed through Singapore a few months ago. is now in London. The “Idle Hour” is moored at St. Kathrine’s Dock, in
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    ESTATE DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
    54 14 (From Our Own Correspondent*. Johore Bahru. Dec. 27. WITH severe stab wounds in the fV neck and in the stomach a Tamil employed at Linden Estate. Kulai. died in hospital at the week-end. His alleged assailant, also a Tamil was tound hanging dead from a rubber tree
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    AN IMPRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENT IN SMOKEHOUSE DESIGN.
    1994 15 Planting Topics. economical And Efficient Unit —Sheet Ready For Packing In Four Days. BY OUR PLANTING CORRESPONDENT. JN these days when the reduction of estate costs of production is of very great importance considerable attention is being given to the model/ising of factory equipment
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    Kuala Lumpur’s New Market Has Three Cooling Rooms.
    243 16 SPACE FOR 400 STALLS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 28. BEGUN just over a year ago, Kuala Lumpur’s new $500,000 central market is rapidly nearing completion and will be open in a few weeks. Standing on the same site as
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    Government Buildings In Malaya Valued At $160,000,000.
    590 16 THE new report of the Public Works Departments of Malaya contains, besides some excellent illustrations, the following items of interest: The value of Government buildings throughout the country is approximately $160,000,000. Nearly 25 per cent, of the available duty posts are staffed with
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    SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRAITS BUDGET
    836 17 Group taken after the wedding on Jan. 1 at the St. Andrews Cathedral, Singapore of Mr. Malcolm Melville and Miss M. E. Cownhcll. daughter of Sir John Campbell <BtJ and Lady Campbell of the Straits Settlements. —Straits Tiines picture. Mrs. II. Schwcizcr. whose graceful old-time
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      Has Your Husband Got A Girl Friend?
      796 21 PERHAPS, unbeknown to yourself, you are one side of a triangle—that geometrical shape that has been of such great use to fiction writers for the past 50-odd years. Perhaps, though you KNOW nothing definite, you feel sure that there is Another Woman in
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    European Acquitted On Driving Charge.
    153 21 with having driven a motor-car negligently along St. Andrew’s Road on the evening of Aug. 24, John G. Burns, a European, was acquitted by Mr. E. C. G. Barrett in the Fifth Police Court, on Dec. 28. Court Inspector Frew, prosecuting, led evidence that the
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    METEOR SEEN AT BUKIT TIMAH.
    59 21 Singapore, Dec. 30. A METEOR is stated to have flashed across the Singapore sky iast night. About 8.30 o’clock, a European woman living in Bukit Timah saw what she described as “a terrific big meteor.” The phenomenon, she added, was “fiery”, and when it disappeared
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    “Quads” Born In Singapore.
    57 21 QUADRUPLETS, two boys and Vf two girls, have been born in Singapore to a Tamil woman, in a local maternity hospital. Singapore's “quads/’ however, lived only a short ichile—the longest about five hours. The smallest of the quads, a girl, weighed only six ounces at birth.
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    SCHOLARSHIPS FOR POOR EURASIAN CHILDREN.
    320 21 Association’s New Scheme. r FO assist the education of a poor hoy and girl of the community the Singapore Eurasian Association is to create two scholarships, which will operate from next year, it was announced by Mr. H. R. S. Zehnder, presiding at the annual
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    Cash Robbery On Dutch Liner.
    175 21 Baggage Search Here. pOLLOWING the discovery that an undisclosed sum in banknotes had been stolen from the clothing of a French passenger aboard the Rotterdam Lloyd liner Indrapoera, the baggage of all passengers who left the vessel at Singapore on Dec. 28 was subjected to
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    Emden Calls For Mails.
    125 21 Singapore, Dec. 31. THE German naval training cruiser Emden, which paid a visit to Singapore last year, paid an unexpected short call today in order to pick up her mails from the North German Lloyd liner Potsdam. The Emden has been cruising in Netherlands Indies waters
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    FORMOSANS WANT TO DANCE HERE.
    66 21 'THE Chinese Consulate-General has refused the application of several Formosan dancing and singing girls to have their Chinese nationality reinstated, on the ground that they must first make their applications to the Chinese Minister of the Interior. In accordance with Chinese law. Over 150 Formosan
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    SERGEANT’S DEATH
    56 21 A VERDICT of death by misadventure was returned by the Singapore Coroner on Dec. 31 following an inquest Into the death of Sergeant John Patrick Donovan, 31, of “C” Company, 2nd Batt. Gordon Highlanders. who was found lying on the concrete base below the verandah of his quarters
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    ATTACK ON LADYBIRD WAS MISTAKE.
    292 23 Router Japan Thought All Foreign Ships Had Left Locality. London, Dec. 30. ■THE Japanese attack on the British warship Ladybird was due 1 io the units concerned taking for granted that in the then existing circumstances, all foreign warships and merchant vessels had gone from
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    Fascist Coup In Rumania.
    193 23 Fascist Coup In Rumania —Reuter. Vienna. Dec. 30. 'J'HE situation in Rumania Iasi night began to look more and more like a Fascist coup when a series of energetic Government measures were announced together with a cancellation of the recent elec- j tions on technical grounds. Consequently, it is understood
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    All Killed In French Air Crash.
    72 23 -Reuter. Vienna, Dec. 27. i ALL aboard an Air France liner were killed when the machine crashed while on the way from Vienna to Prague. The occupants were the pilot, wireless operator and one passenger. The machine crashed in the Bohemian Forest, which is
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    CHINESE LOSE 84,000 DEFENDING NANKING.
    104 23 —Reuter. Shanghai, Dec. 30. IT is estimated that 84,000 Chinese troops were killed and an unknown number, believed to be much greater, wounded in the defence of Nanking, i according to a communique from Gen Matsui’s headquarters. The communique places the Japa- nese casualties in
    —Reuter.  -  104 words
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    SOVIET BUILDS HUGE ARCTIC NAVAL BASE.
    216 23 -Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Great Ice-Free Port Near Finnish Border. London, Dec. 29. WITH a view to strengthening its defences in the northern regions, and thereby gaining undisputed control of the Arctic maritime routes, the Soviet Union has constructed a great new naval dockyard and base at
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    America Still Ponders Over Panay Incident.
    243 23 Reuter. MAY PUT HER FOOT DOWN OVER EXTRALITY RIGHTS. f Washington, Dec. 28. THE United States Government has not yet decided the sum it will request the Japanese Government to furnish as indemnity for the sinking of the Panay, said the Secretary of State,
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    Army Of Chinese Amazons Join Reds Against Japan.
    37 23 Army Of Chinese Amazons Join Reds Against Japan Reuter. AN army of well-trained women fighters from Kwangsi have joined the Eighth Route (Communist) Army in Shansi in the fight against the Japanese, according to Chinese dispatches, reports
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    Threat To Advance Up Yangtse.
    122 23 —Reuter. Shanghai, Dec. 28. A RENEWED threat to continue the Japanese advance to Hankow and Chungking, if the National Government did not change its anti-Japanese policy, was made by General Matsui today. He said that unless China reconsidered her attitude the “Imperial Government. I think,
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    PANAY INCIDENT UNAVOIDABLE.
    101 23 —Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Might Occur Again, Says Japanese Minister. Paris, Dec. 28. CUCH incidents as the bombing of the American gunboat Panay are unavoidable. and hence their repetition in some form or another is quite within the realm of possibility, the Japanese Minister for the Interior, Adm. Suetsugu, is
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    “BRITAIN MUST ACT SOON.”
    106 23 Wounded Ambassador’s View Of China. London, Dec. 26.' W JF Britain defers taking action much longer in the Sino-Japanese conflict, she may say farewell to her Far Eastern interests,” Sir Hughe Knatch-bull-Hugessen, retiring British Ambassador to China, is reported by the German agency Trans-Ocean to have
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    Freedom Of Speech For China.
    33 23 Freedom of speech, one of the Sian rebels’ demands a year ago, will soon be proclaimed by the Central Government at Chungking, according to Sin Chew Jit Poll.
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    Britain Counters Italian Propaganda.
    360 24 1/ondon, Dec. 28. ORITAIN’S answer to Italian D efforts to stir up unrest in the Near East by radio propaganda, the broadcasting of news in Arabic, will commence next week. Th&lt;* B BC announces that the first transmission of news In a foreign language will be
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    Italy Sending Mission To Japan.
    99 24 Reuter.i Rome. Dec. 27 AS a result of the recent visits of Baron Okura and other distinguished Japanese to Italv, the Italian Government has decided to send to Japan a mission of “study and friendship It w: 1 be composed of “representati/ j s of
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    Chinese Red Leaders Rise To Power.
    540 24 Several Provinces Now Under Their Control. Shanghai, Dec. 28. ’HINA’S Communist leaders, who a few months G ago formed a united front with the Central Government against Japan, have been steadily gaming an increasingly large share in the direction of affairs in the Government
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    U.S. MONOPOLISTS ATTACKED.
    94 24 —Reuter. Washington, Dec. 28. Monopolists who have priced themselves into a slump were assailed the Assistant AttorneyGeneral, Mr. Jackson, in a radio address. He declared there was no fear for the immediate future. We are not running into a major depression today,” he declared. He warned that
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    MUSSOLINI IS A GRANDFATHER.
    53 24 —Reuter. Home, Dec. 27. MUSSOLINI was overjoyed when he AT1 was told that the wife of his I eldest son, Vittorio, had given birth to a son, the first grandson to on the dictator’s name. The couple were married in Rome last February, when both were
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    Japan Refuses To Recognise Extrality Rights.
    141 24 Reuter. Shanghai, Dec. 27. JAPAN will not recognise extra territorial rights where offences against Japanese military law are committed in Chinese territory under Japanese military occupation. This important announcement, which alfects Britain, France, the United States and other Powers possessing extraterritorial rights in China,
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    Capital Fired As Defenders Withdraw.
    269 24 Shanghai, Dec. 27. THE Japanese today officially announce the complete occupation of Tsinan, the capital of Shantung Province. Tsinan is the seventh provincial capital to be occupied by the Japanese since the Sino-Japanese hostilities started on July 7. others being successively Paotingfu, capital of Hopei.
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    Chinese Fighting Losing Battle In Shantung.
    258 25 .—Reuter. JAPANESE PUSH SOUTH PROGRESSING. Mass Exodus From Tsingtao. Shanghai Dec 29 TODAY, the anniversary of the election of Dr. Sun Yat-sen as 1 the first President of the Republic of China, in 1911, finds (he i. hinese forces in Shantung fighting a losing
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    China To Contest Japan’s Air Supremacy.
    127 25 Reuter. Shanghai, Dec. 28. MINETY American pilots, including ten Great War majors, forming the second batch of volunteers for service with the Chinese air force, are on their way to Hankow, where some of them have already arrived. According to the Chinese press, within
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    “BOLERO” COMPOSER DIES.
    53 25 Paris, Dec. 28. The distinguished French composer, Maurice Ravel, died tor ay. He was born in 1875 at Cabourne, France, and was educated at the Paris Conservatoire. Among his many works, which included orchestral and chamber music, was Sheherazade, for the ballet of the same name, and
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    Japan Pays Heavily For China War.
    57 25 —Union Times. Hankow, Dec. 28. A/IILITARY experts estimate that the expenditure of the Japanese campaign in China is five times greater than the Chinese expenditure, so far. The Japanese must have spent as much duing the hostilities at Shanghai alone as she spent during
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    Strikers Resume In Paris.
    164 25 —Reuter. Private Transport Workers Still Out. Paris, Dec. 30. THE 100.000 municipal strikers in Paris resumed work this morning A delegation of the administrative committee of the General Labour Confederation saw M. Mormoy, Minister of the Interior, M. Faure, Minister without portfolio, and M. Mommet, Minister
    —Reuter.  -  164 words
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    NEW SEAPLANE RECORD.
    52 25 .—Reuter. Rio de Janiero, Dec. 29. r T*HE Italian airman Mario Stoppani, after a trans-Atlantic flight, landed at Caravellas. Brazil, today. He covered 4.430 miles in 26 hours, 24 minutes, beating the long-distance seaplane record of 3.600 miles established recently in a French seaplane by Lieut, de
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    PANAY MAY BE RAISED.
    36 25 1.—Reuter. Shanghai, Dec. 27. Accompanied by a salvage tug, the U.S.S. Oahu is going up the Yangtze River tomorrow from Shanghai to sec whether the sunken gunboat Panay can be raised. —Reuter.
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    Cagoulard Plot To Seize Paris.
    78 25 —Reuter. Paris, Dec. 29. A SENSATIONAL story unfolded yesterday by the Cagoulard leader, M. Deloncle, before an examining magistrate, alleged that Communists framed a plot to be executed on the night of Nov. 15 to seize the capital with 83,000 men. They planned to assassinate
    —Reuter.  -  78 words
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    Making Hankow Impregnable. Ring Of Pill Boxes
    71 25 Reuter. Guards Military Base. Shanghai, Dec. 30. COR the purpose of rendering the approaches to Hankow impregnable. Gen. Chiang Kai-shek has ordered the construction of 800 steel and concrete blockhouses, which will be equipped with anti-aircraft guns, heavy machine-guns and trench mortars, according
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    Dutch Prepare For Royal Birth.
    159 25 Amsterdam. Dec. 30. WHEN Princess Juliana’s baby is born salutes will be fired in all Dutch warships and garrisons, it is officially announced. If the baby is a prince, 101 guns will be fired if a Princess, 51 guns. A similar salute will be fired
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    JAPAN’S FLOUTING OF EXTRALITY.
    85 25 i—Reuter America Is Still Worried. Washington, Dec. 29. FURTHER press reports that the Japanese institution of military courts to which foreigners would be subjected in occupied Chinese areas conflicted with the American and other nations’ extraterritorial rights have aroused continued interest in the State Department. Mr.
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    Bigger Navy Is America’s Reply To The Panay Affair.
    160 25 —Reuter. New York, Dec. 30. WELCOMING President Roosevelt’s initiation of more speedy naval rearmament the influential Washington Star says the nation will interpret the President’s move as a reply to the intolerable affront regarding the Panay affair. The journal adds that
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    Fascists To Rule King Carol’s Country.
    184 25 Fascists To Rule King Carol’ s Country. Bucharest, Dec. 28. DUMANIA is faced with the possibility of being ruled by a non-Parliamentary Government on Fascist lines. Following an audience with King Carol this afternoon, the Premier M. G. Tatarescu, announced his Govern- ment’s resignation, in spite of his majority in
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    JAPAN REOPENS WESTERN SUBURBS OF SHANGHAI.
    50 25 Shanghai, Dec. 30. The Japanese officially announce that Hungjac and other Japaneseoccupied areas in the western suburbs of Shanghai will be reopened to both Chinese and foreigners from tomorrow, reports Reuter. This follows the opening earlier this week of areas north of Soochow Creek.
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    WALL STREET SUDDENLY RECOVERS
    278 26 .—Reuter. Roosevelt’s Navy Talk Boosts Prices. MARKET UNAFFECTED BY “TRUST-BUSTING” MOVES. Washington, Dec. 30. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT’S hint of increased naval building has served to drag the Wall Street stock market from the depression which hit it on Tuesday, and, with spirited buying, all leading issues advanced
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    America Must Lead Search For Peace.
    126 26 Reuter. Abandon Isolation, Congressman Pleads. Washington, Dec. 30. CONGRESSMAN S. D McRey- 1 nolds, chairman of the For- eign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives. last night broadcast an appeal urging the United States to lead the search tor peace by abandoning its
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    Governor Escorts Panay Film.
    155 26 Reuter. Armed Police Guard Vivid Record. Neic York, Dec. 29. MINDER the eyes of armed guards, a film depicting the destruction of the United States gunooat Panay is being flown across the United States from California and is scheduled to arrive in New York this morning.
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    “ GAVE US 17 MINUTES TO CLEAR OUT.”
    104 26 GAVE US 17 MINUTES TO CLEAR OUT.” Chinese Blow Up £200,000 Power Plant. A DRAMATIC story was recounted Reuter by Mr. J. c. Terry, the British manager of the Hangchow Electric Co., Ltd., on his arrival in Shanghai. On Dec. 23,” he said, ‘‘Chinese officers and soldiers with dynamite appeared
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    British Government Snubs De Valera’s Eire.
    328 26 British Government Snubs De Valera’ s Eire. —Reuter. No Jurisdiction Over Northern Ireland London, Dec. 30. THE British Government refuses to recognise the 1 adoption of the name Eire or Ireland as embracing Northern Ireland. “The Government has considered the position created by the new constitution,” declares an official statement
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    EGYPT SUSPENDS PARLIAMENT.
    117 26 Constitutionally In Order. Cairo, Jan. 3. A ROYAL decree has been issued, suspending Parliament for one month. Sir Miles Lampson, the British High Commissioner. was enthusiastically acclaimed by a crowd outside Prime Minister Mahmoud Pasha’s house yesterday, when he paid his first official call on the Premier.
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    American Cabinet Lashes Big Business.
    197 27 Reuter. “Sixty Families” Control Nation’s Wealth. AMERICAN Cabinet denunciation of monopolistic practices in big business was continued on Dec. 30 in a broadcast by the Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Harold Ickes. The irreconcilable conflict between the power of money and the power of democratic
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    Pictures, Bought For £40, Sold To National Gallery For £14,000.
    160 27 —Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Milan, Dec. 30. *MUCH excitement has been ere- ated in Venetian art circles by a report that the National Gallery, London, has purchased four small paintings attributed to Giorgione. The paintings, which, it is stated, were recently acquired in
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    “Centuries Of Anguish End.”
    326 27 London, Dec. 30. “Many centuries of anguish and frustration are ending,” declared Eamon de Valera, president of Eire, the new Irish state, when broadcasting on the new constitution last night. The constitution nought to satisfy aspirations of independence and national unity, he declared. It was a
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    China Will Accept An Honourable Peace.
    188 27 relinquishing the appointmentBritish Wireless. Hankow, Dec. 30. /CHINESE circles are anxiously waiting to know the real meaning of the statement by General Matsui. Japanese Commander in the Yangtse Delta, that Japan has no territorial ambitions in China. They declare that China will be Mad
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    America Ousts Japanese Fishers.
    81 27 Reuter. Washington, Dec. 31. WELL-INFORMED quarters state President Roosevelt has requested the passage of a bill to effect the gradual elimination of Japanese alien fishing boats from American waters, which was introduced at the special session of Congress by Mr. Royal S. Copeland, chairman of the
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    New Cabinet In Egypt.
    227 27 Cairo, Dec. 30. ‘'FHE Egyptian Cabinet has been dismissed by King Farouk and a new Ministry has been formed by Mahmoud Pasha. The change is an outcome of dissension between the Palace and the Cabinet over the loss of certain Royal prerogatives. Mahmoud, in addition to
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    Japan’s Reply On Ladybird Incident Is
    102 27 —Reuter. Satisfactory. London, Dec. 30. THE British Government notes with satisfaction that the Japanese apologies and other statements in regard to the shelling of the gunboat Ladybird at Wuhu cover attacks on merchantmen as well as warships, it is learned in official circles. While
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    “JAPAN’S VERSION IS NOT ACCEPTED.”
    106 27 Reuter. British Reaction. London, Dec. 31. “THE first British reactions to the Japanese Note on the Ladybird incident are to note that Japan’s version differs from the wellauthenticated version in the British Note on Dec. 16. The Japanese version is not accepted,” writes the Daily
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    Japanese Forces Harried By Guerilla Bands.
    113 27 Japanese Forces Harried By Guerilla Bands ping up these roving bands.—Aneta-Trans-Ocean. £HINESE guerilla tactics are meeting with considerable success in the Yangtse delta, reports Aneta-Trans-Ocean. A Japanese communique issued at Shanghai admits that considerable guerilla fighting is going on in the Yangtse region occupied by the Japanese. Bands of Chinese
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  • Article
    ITALO JAPANESE TRADE PACT.
    66 27 .—Reuter. Rome, Dec. 30. A SUPPLEMENTARY trade agree- merit between Italy and Japan, signed here today, extends existing Italo-Japanese trade facilities to Italian East Africa, with which it is understood Japan will trade on a basis cf strict reciprocity to the extent of 16,000,000 lire annually.
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    Fresh Hopes Held For Peace In China.
    277 28 -British Wireless. GERMAN ENVOY IS MEDIATOR. Leakage Of Terms Worries Officials. Hankow, Jan. 3. THERE is a fresh hope of a Sino-Japanese armistice. Although Gen. Chiang Kai-shek has rejected the latest Japanese peace terms, Reuter learns that conversations are still proceeding between the
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  • Article
    Many Die In Cinema Wreck.
    54 28 Many Die In Cinema Wreck and forty slightly hurt.—Reuter. Tokio, Jan. 2. CEVEN HUNDRED spectators were at a cinema at Niigata, lean Tokio, last night, when the roof collapsed under the weight of snow. Half the audience was pinned under the debris. Seventy nin* were killed, twenty three seriously injured
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    Vansittart Appointment Is Vital Change.
    309 28 London, Jan. 2. CIR ROBERT VANSITTART’S new appointment as Chief Diplomatic Adviser will relieve him of part of tremendous routine work which his former post of Permanent Undersecretary for Foreign AlTairs involves The work which has fallen on the permanent head of the Foreign Office
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    U.S. Ready For Trade Pact.
    69 28 Reuter. Washington, Jan. 3. THE State Department has begun the preparation for the public of notice of its intention to negotiate a trade agreement with Great Britain. The notice may be issued in the coming week a departmental official stated last night. This will be
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    Restore Currency Stability, Says Schacht.
    158 28 Reuter, Berlin, Jan. 2. 1UIEANS to restore international currency stability are treated by Dr. Schacht, President of the Reichsbank and former Minister of Economics, in a newspaper article specifying four necessary conditions involving debts, raw materials, colonies and economic hostilities. “The time for a lasting
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    JAPANESE ADVANCE IN SHANTUNG.
    46 28 Columns Take Taian And Weihsien. Shanghai, Jan. 2. Japanese forces have captured Taian. about 25 miles south of Tsinan, capital of Shantung, after overcoming spirited resistance by the Chinese. The Japanese forces driving eastward on Tsingtao are reported to have captured Weihsien.
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    BOMBS THROWN INTO JAPANESE LAUNCH.
    82 28 .—Reuter. Shanghai, Dec. 27. Three hand grenades of the “potato masher” type were thrown from the Honan Road Bridge within the British defence sector into a Japanese military launch which was going down Soochow Creek, the Japanese Army spokesman announced today. One of the grenades
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  • Article
    Hitler Is To Visit Duce In Rome.
    101 28 —Reuter. Rome, Jan. 2. UERR HITLER will arrive in Rome on May 6 to return the visit made to Germany last September by Signor Mussolini, it is learned on good authority. He will stay a week in Italy and make a triumphal entry
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    Chinese Catholic Leader Murdered.
    199 28 |ii|R. Lo Pa-hong, millicnaire chairman of the standing committee of the newly-formed Civic Association, which was created for the purpose of helping to rehabilitate the Chinese areas around Shanghai, was shot in the French Concession on Dec. 30 as he was leaving a friend’s house and
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    N.Z. CROWDS ADMIRE CENTAURUS.
    158 28 —Reuter. Clipper’s Departure Delayed. Auckland (N.Z.), Dec. 28. THE Imperial Airways flying-boat 1 Centaurus, which arrived in Auckland on her 30,000-mile survey flight yesterday, was surrounded by vast, admiring crowds today. The Governor-General, Viscount Galway, and Lady Galway, and many leading Auckland citizens were given courtesy
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  • Article
    Gene Sarazen’s Radio Talk About Golf.
    774 29 TRIBUTE TO CRAIK AND PA TERSON. “CAN THOSE BOYS PUTT!” fJENE SARAZEN, famous American golfer, British open 1 champion in 1932 and American champion in 1922 and 1932, gave a broadcast talk from the Singapore radio station last week. He stated that he hoped
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    SWEENY IS “GOING BRITISH.”
    79 29 DOBERT SWEENY, American holder of the British amateur golf championship, who is to become an Englishman, said a few’ days ago: “My change of nationality has nothing whatever to do with golf. It is entirely for personal reasons. I have resided in England eleven years. “I
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    MORE POINTS FOR THE VILLA.
    80 29 Association Football. Bristol Derby Won By The Rovers. English League soccer matches played last Tuesday resulted as folows. cables Reuter. DIVISION II. Aston Villa 3. Barnsley 0. West Ham 3, Norwich 3. Notts Forest 2. Manchester U. 3. DIVISION III (SOUTH). Swindon 1 Queen’s Pk.
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    AMAZING HOME FIRST IN CLOSE FINISH.
    881 29 STRATHPEFFER’S VICTORY BY A SHORT HEAD. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Saturday. Dl RRANEER was given the seventh race this afternoon, the second day of the Penang Turf Club’s Gold Cup meeting, after being beaten by half a length by Squeeze. An objection for
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    Tate’s Bad Luck.
    84 29 I ATEST news of Maurice Tate, with Capt. Brinckmans Argentine touring team, who is suffering from pneumonia and blood poisoning, js more reassuring. When the team left England the Sussex player had a sore throat. Going ashore at Lisbon he twisted his ankle playing golf. Septicaemia set
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    HOW SINGAPORE CREW BEAT MIRI FOR ROWING TROPHY.
    683 30 Brilliance Of Hills And Messer. (From A Special Correspondent.) ON Iiiursday, Dec. 23, at Miri in Sarawak, the Royal Singapore Yacht Club’s rowing men successfully defended the Inter-Port Challenge Fours Cup against Miri Boat Club. The visiting crew, as planned, embarked with
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    MALACCA WINNERS.
    64 30 Golf. The following are the results ol Boxing Day competitions at the Malacca Golf Club Nine Hides Stroke Competition.— Mullaly. Three Holes With One Club.— Stewart. Long Drive.—Dr. Day. Putting Competition.—Stewart. addies’ Competition.—Abdullah bin Budin. Appproach and Putt.—Seymour Williams. Women’s Approach and Putt.—Mrs. Allen. Women’s Putting Competition.—Mrs Allen.
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    BEAUTIFUL DIVING BY MARIAN MANSFIELD.
    207 30 Crowd Of Two Thousand Sec A Fine Exhibition. PERFECT timing, excellent judgment and all the grace of a beautifully developed body combined to make Miss Marian Mansfield's diving exhibition, at the Singapore Swimming Club last week, perhaps the best ever seen in Singapore. Nearly 2,000
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    CHAMPION BILLIARDS PLAYER
    63 30 o/ the S.C R.C., Mr. Tan Boon Poh, mapped by a Straits Times cameraman at the Club’s “At Home recently with the cups he won. Having been billiards cha’npion c/ the Club for three years in succession Mr. Tan Boon Poh Peeps the handsome Challenge Cup 'the
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  • Article
    England’s XV To Meet Wales.
    120 30 FOLLOWING the trial game at Twickenham on Saturday, in which the Probables beat the Rest by 15 points to 11, the team to represent England in the rugger international against Wales at Cardiff on Saturday was selected, cables Reuter, being as under: H. D. Freakes
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    COLONY vs. MALAY STATES IN FUTURE.
    136 30 Cricket Johore Kedah Players For Big Match. &lt;From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Dec. 30. At a meeting of the Perak Cricket Association last night it was revealed that agreement had been reached on a proposal that in future the big matcn of the year
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    JOHORE RIFLE SHOOTING.
    29 30 Results of shoots for December o? trie Johore Rifle Club were: Handicap Prize.—Lt. B. A. Collins K.E.. 99—162. Scratch Prize.—Capt P L. Wilkinson R E.. 95
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    TANGLIN SNOOKER FINAL.
    38 30 In the final of the Tanglin Club snooker doubles final on Wednesday evening Bright and Sole beat Dur.man and Gibson. The prize for the highest break in the event was won by Wllmot with GO
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    HIBS BEAT KILMARNOCK.
    28 30 In a match in the first division of the Scottish League at Kilmarnock last week, cables Reuter. Kilmarnock were beaten 3—0 by the Hibernians I
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  • Rugby Football.
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      BLACKHEATH JUST BEAT ROSSLYN PARK.
      105 30 London Scottish Overcome Gloucester. Reuter cables results of Rugby Union games played at Home on Saturday as follows Bath 3, Richmond 8. Birkenhead Park 17, Bradford 14. Blackheath 9, Rosslyn Park 3. Bristol 11, London Welsh 8. Leicester 8. Swansea 5. London Scottish 15, Gloucester
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      PLANTERS WIN SEVENS AT K.L.
      135 30 Merchants Defeated In Deciding Game. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 1 The Planters won the first seven-a-side rugger tournament in Selangor when they beat the Merchants today six points (two tries) to nil. The Planters were worthy winners, dropping only one point throughout
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    CELTIC WHIP RANGERS AND LEAD SCOTTISH LEAGUE.
    1100 31 Portsmouth’s Bid For Safety. AS many as seven clubs are hot in the running for the English t League soccer championship. And Manchester City, chamoiors last year, an among the relegation possibles. In Division II Coventry won, Aston Villa dropped a point, and
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    GLIMPSES AT THE GAMES.
    416 31 Manchester City’s Run Of Bad Luck Continues. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 2 Next week’s FA. Cup ties affected yesterday s League games Players about whose fitness there was the slightest doubt were rested. Manchester City, last year’s champions. continue to be dogged b* illluck.
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    NEW YEAR SEA AND LAND SPORTS.
    475 31 Eager Competition At The Stadium. f\NCE again on Saturday, strange looking craft manned by gaily garbed occupants were seen on Singapore’s water-front carrying on the traditions of the annual Sea Sports, begun by the merchants of the city 101 years ago as an appropriate
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    PARTICK TRIUMPH AT IBROX.
    829 32 HEARTS HELD TO A DRAW BY DUNDEE. MONDAY’S soccer matches in the Scottish League produced some important results, the most notable of winch was the defeat of the Rangers on their own ground by 1 artic* 1I ll Of thr other leading clubs in Division I,
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    BAXENDALE SCORES A “ CENTURY.”
    110 32 BAXENDALE SCORES A CENTURY.” Rifle Shooting. From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. a. G. A. Baxendale scored 100 out of a possible 105 points at the practice shoot of the Kuala Lumpur Branch of the F.M.S. Volunteer Force Rifle Association yesterday, and headed the list. The scores were: MATCH
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    MALACCA SCOTS BEAT THE REST AT GOLF.
    115 32 Over the Malacca Golf Club s course on Sunday Scotland defeated the Rost by 2' 4 points. Details: SCOTLAND Stewart Porter 0 Easson L Nlcoll A Cowie Martin i/ 4 Marshall McComble p/ Bulloch L Weir 1 Brash L Wallace j y McGllchrlst
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    INDIA’S CRICKET VICTORY.
    139 32 Tennyson’s XI Beaten At Calcutta. HAVING won the first two unofficial Test matches with India, at Lahore and Bombay, Tennyson’s XI were beaten in the third, ending at Calcutta on Monday, by 93 runs, cables Reuter. When the day’s play began the tourists, having in their second
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    “Terrors” Draw At Johore.
    215 32 A GOAL EACH IN A WELL FOUGHT GAME. From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Jan. 1. In an evenly contested game here today. South Johore and H.M.S. Terror drew 5—5. each side scoring one goal South Johore were short of two players and had to call
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    COL. ATKINS WINS THE HOSE CUP.
    85 32 Golf. The Hose Cup competition was piayed at the Garrison Golf Club during the New Year holidays and resulted in a win for Col. Atkins with a net score of 62. The following were the Cst returns: Lt. Col. R. G. Atkins 84—22=62 Capt.
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    S.G.C. WOMEN’S REPLAY.
    37 32 The replay of the tie in the December L.G.U. medal at the Singapore Golf Club resulted in a win for Mrs A. F. Hunter. The women’s January medal (bogey) will be played on Monday.
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    MEMARANG WINS AT P. D.
    494 32 Yachting. Three Dinghies Earn Disqualification. Fourteen dinghies of the Port Dickson Yacht Club took the water on Sunday morning. Of these No. 11, Rama Rama, and No. 17, Kittiwake. cruised; the rest faced the starter, who despatched them at 11 30 a.m. for a Club
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    MIXED FLAG EVENT.
    70 32 Miss Farnell And Campbell Win At Keppel. Tv.onty-lour cards were taken stxt for the Keppel Golf Club’s mi\?d flag competition on Sunday afternoon, which resulted in a win for Miss I. Farnell and J. P. Campbell (on 10th green, 25 feet from the hole). Bali sweep winners
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  • SECOND EDITION.
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      GOVERNOR TO OPEN NAVAL BASE NEXT MONTH.
      399 33 Dominions And Hong Kong Invited To Send Delegates. pOINCIDING with the visit of. various naval units vj to Singapore for the combined manoeuvres, the newly-completed graving dock at the Naval Base will be opened by the Governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Shenton
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      Visible Tin Stocks Are Rising Steadily.
      341 33 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 4. ACCORDING to estimates compiled by A. Strauss and Co. Ltd., world visible stocks of tin Increased by 1,621 tons in December bringing these stocks at the end of the year to 24,241 tons. The Straits carry-over increased
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      All First Class Mail By Air Scheme Begins Next Month.
      143 33 THE NEW EMPIRE air *mil scheme, btiwhich the whole of first class matter will be takeiLy British aircraft at cheap rates, maylbe inauguratcdln Malaya sa Feb. 23. the Straits Tim* understands I /II A' VVt •J*HIS, however, is only a
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      “Bomoh’s” Incantations Fail To Save Drowned Boy.
      258 33 (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, Jan. 4. THE LIFE of a five-year-old 1 Malay child who fell into a river and was drowned might have been saved had he been rushed to hospital instead of the father calling a “bomoh” (medicine man)
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      TWO DEAD IN RIOTING ON PORT DICKSON ROAD.
      225 33 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Port Dickson, Jan. 4. in which a. Malay and a Chinese were killed on the Port Dickson Road, was described in the police court today, when 13 Chinese faced charges of rioting and murder at a preliminary inquiry
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      Ship’s Crew In Singapore Fights.
      179 33 Singailre, Jan. 5. EIGHTS involvlg members I of the crew olthe steamer Ndseman, whici has been deLyed in SingapAe by a “sitdoln” strike, are Reported to haW occurred on Monday and agin yesterday. T A liip’s carpenteil was sent, to the mineral Hospital (yesterday for
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      New Rifle Range For Johore Bahru.
      97 33 (From Oulown Correspondent) Iflore Bahru, Jan. 5. THE JOHOte; Government is to 1 spend abut $70,060 on the construction Vf a rifle range at Majedie, 3rd! mile, Kota Tinggi Road and woi will start shortly. This will repice the present range situated on theliew
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      PERAK TRUNK ROAD FLOODED.
      48 33 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 4. IMALAYA'S trunk road was impassable for several hours this morning owing to floods at Sungkai, 48 miles south of Ipoh. The water rose rapidly during the early morning rain, but by one o’clock had drained off.
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  • The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT.
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      SHARE MARKET REVIEW.
      996 1 FRASER AND COMPANY’S WEEKLY REPORT. QUICK RESPONSE TO ANY ENCOURAGEMENT. fLMESSRS. Fraser and Company m their review of the share market, issued on Jan. 4, write Twelve months ago—it .fell to our lot to review in a spirit of perhaps somewhat complacent satisfaction the conditions prevailing In
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      PRODUCE
      210 1 Singapore, January 4, 12 noon. Buyers Sellers Gambier $B.OO Hamburg Cube $15.50 Java Cube $ll.OO bepper White Muntok $13.75 White $13.25 Black $8.25 Sopra Mixed $4.30 Sun Dried $4.60 aptoca Small Flake $3.75 Fair Flake $3.50 Medium Pearl $4.45 Small Pearl $4.05 Sago Flour No 1 Lingga $2.62*/ 2
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      LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.
      345 1 London, Jan. 4. The following are today’s closing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange: Shares of £1 denominations unless otherwise stated:— raster* Rite day or Pall Conversion loan ft o.c. 1944-64 114% Funding Loan 4 o.c. 1960-90 113% War Loan, 3% p.c 101% Com. Union Assce.
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER PRICES (Sellers).
      64 1 Date Spot Jan. Jan.-Mar. Apr.-June July-Sept. Oct.-Dec. London Dec JO 22% 23% 23‘4 23% 23% 24% 67* 31 £3 23% 23 23% 24% 24% 7 Spot Jan. Feb.-Mar. Apr.-June July-Sept. Oct.-Dec. London 3 22% 23% 23% 23% 23% 24% 6% 4 21 &lt;h 22% 22% 22%
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      MALAYA’S TRADE EXPANDS IN 1937.
      1114 2 MALAYA’ S TRADE EXPANDS IN 1937. Highest Figures Since 1930. INCREASED EXPORTS OF TIN RUBBBER COPRA. Favourable Trade Balance Of Over $200,000,000. A RAPID expansion in volume and value of the foreign trade of Malaya is the feature of the year’s commerce in 1937. While the final figures for the
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      Tin’s Contribution To Revenue.
      43 2 C*OK the period January to November 1937 the Malayan Governments collected $18,067,357 from the export duty on tin ore. For the corresponding period of 1936 $12,027,401 was collected and for the whole of 1936 the total receipts were $13,409,253.
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      DECEMBER RUBBER SHIPMENTS.
      56 2 OCEAN shipments of rubber from Malaya in December were 56,791 tons bringing the total shipments for the year to 681.638 tons. This compares with 520,142 tons in 1936. Of the December shipments. 36,847 tons were despatched from Singapore; 13,074 tons from Penang: 6 514 tons from Port
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      TIN OUTPUT AND PRICES.
      397 2 *T*HE production and export of tin is also controlled by an International agreement w’hich was renewed for five years from January 1937. Under the terms of this agreement Malaya receives a standard tonnage of 71.940 tons and export percentages for the year were 100 per cent,
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      Rubber And Tin Production.
      49 2 QFFICIAL estimates of the production of rubber and tin in December have just been issued. These estimates suggest that at the close of 1937 Malaya had overexported her tin quota by 357 tons and that there was a deficit in rubber exports of 2,063 tons.
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      Imports From Japan Fall Away At Year End.
      1777 3 Imports From Japan Fall Away At Year End SHARP RISE IN CURRENCY IN CIRCULATION. COMPANIES INCREASE EARNINGS AND PAY HIGHER DIVIDENDS. MOVE TO OBTAIN INFORMATIVE BALANCE SHEETS. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) r»OPRA exports in 1937 totalled approximately 203.000 tons while :mports were about 127,000 tons. Comparative figures for 1936 are
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      DECEMBER TIN SHIPMENTS.
      74 3 C'OREIGN exports of tin in r December totalled 7,811 tons compared with 6,088 tons in November, bringing the total shipments for the year to j 3,106 tons compared with 83,492 tons in 1936. Of the December shipments, 4,689 tons went to America; 1,208 tons to the Continent
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      RUBBER TOO CHEAP COMMITTEE THINKS.
      164 3 —Reuter Consumption In 1938 May Be Reduced. London, Dec. 30. THE price of rubber is now considerably below the level which the International Rubber Regulation Committee considers desirable, stated Mr. Van Geldern, head of *he Dutch delegation to the committee, in an interview today with
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      Malaya Produced Full Tin Quota.
      79 4 MALAYA has exported her full tin quota for 1937. According to an official estimate furnished by the Controller under the Tin and Tin-Ore (Restriction) Enactment, exports in December were 8.900 tons. At the end oi November, the accumulated deficit in exports was 1.948 torus, which,
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      RUBBER EXPORTS BELOW 1937 QUOTA.
      88 4 ACCORDING to an official estimate furnished by the Controller of Rubber, the domestic exports of rubber from Malaya in December totalled 50,000 tons, compared with a monthly quota of 44,175 tons. At the end of November, the position was an under-export compared with quota, including
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      RUBBER STOCKS RISE SHARPLY.
      113 4 Straits Times cable. NEARLY 15,000 TONS IN NOVEMBER. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 1. WORLD rubber stocks jumped 14,802 tons in November according to the Bulletin of the International Rubber Regulation Committee issued today. The Bulletin states that world stocks on Nov. 30 were 441,147
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      EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES.
      91 4 Exports ol tinned pineapples from Malayan ports during the week ended Dec. 25. 1937, amounted to 32.369 cases including 25,917 &lt;BO per cent.) to the United Kingdom. 891 &lt;3 per cent.) to the Continent. 325 &lt;1 per cent.) to Canada, and 5.236 &lt;l6 per cent.) elsewhere.
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      BIG DROP IN EXPORT OF IRON ORE.
      96 4 A CCORDING to the monthly bulletin of mining statistics the export of Iron ore in November was only 131,018 tons comp&gt;rod with 182.605 tons in October and 175.930 tons in September All the iron ore is produced by Japanese concerns and the total
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      MORE TIN CONSUMED.
      285 4 13V 2 PER CENT. INCREASE IN YEAR TO OCT. 31. (From Our Own Correspondent.! London, Dec. 22. AN increase of 24,463 tons (equivalent to 13*/2 P° r cent.) in the quantity of tin consumed throughout the world during the twelve months ended Oct. 31 last is reported
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION.
      149 4 THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,362nd. auction on Dec. 30 when there were catalogued 2,162,404 lb. &lt;965.36 tons); offered 1.914 463 lb. &lt;854.67 tons); sold 1.836,561 lb. &lt;819.90 tons). Spot London 67fcd. New York 14 5 16 cents PRICES REALISED Ribbed Smoked Sheet
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      ASIATIC PETROLEUM INCREASES CAPITAL.
      53 4 Straits Times cable. 'From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Jan. 1 THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM CO. LTD 1 has increased its nominal capital by £266,240 to £31,340,000. The increase will be made by creating 240 a shares. 160 B shares and 26.224 “C” shares all of 10 each.
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      RUBBER MARKET REVIEW.
      476 4 COMMODITY FOLLOWS STOCK DECLINE. CONSUMPTION STILL FALLING. LEWIS PEAT (SINGAPORE) LTD. in their weekly report on the rubber market issued on Dec. 30. write Conditions before Christmas were so quiet that it seemed unlikely that anything would occur to ruffle the surface until after the New Year.
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      TIN PROSPECTING PROCEEDS APACE IN F.M.S.
      53 4 A TOTAL of 33 boring permits to prospect for tin were issued by the Mines Department in November. These permits cover an acreage of 23.437 acres of which 19,441 acres are in Pahang, 3,276 acres in Perak, 474 acres in Selangor and 246 acres
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      Trade Decline Being Halted.
      105 4 —Reuter. Commodity Markets Firmer. New York, Jan. 2. r ERE are some signs that the trade decline curve is flattening out, according to the monthly letter of the National City Bank. Commodity markets are firmer, evidently reflecting the actual needs, because there is no change in
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      NEW COMPANY FORMED.
      89 4 pavements, platforms etc. Straits Times cable. To Manufacture And Lay Rubber Surfaces. (From Our Own correspondent.) London. Jan. 1. DUNLOP Plantations Ltd. and Llmmer and Trinidad Lake Asphalt Co., Ltd. are subscribers to a new private company which has Just been registered. The company which is called
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      JITRA RUBBER PLANTATIONS.
      262 4 THE fourth annual ordinary general meeting of Jitra Rubber Plantations, Ltd., was held in London on Dec. 2) Mr. A. P. Hadow (the chairman) said that the result of the year’s working showed some improvement compared with the long period of lean years experienced by rubber plantation
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      STABILITY IN SILVER PRICE.
      28 4 —Reuter. New York. Jan 3. Dow Jones learns authoritatively from the Washington Treasury that it will not change the current price for foreign silver.—Reuter.
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      1193 5 Issued By Fraser And Co., EXCHANGE AND STOCK BROKERS. Singapore, Jan. 5, 1938, 10 a.m. BONING. 1 Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat TUa tf), 4/3 4/» £1 Aaam Kuribang 32/- 34/£1 Austral Malay 50/- 55/5/- Ayer Hitam W 25/- 27/1 Ayer Weng 0.75 0.80 £1 B&ngrln Tin 23/9
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      WALL STREET RALLIES.
      67 5 New York, Jan. 4. Notwithstanding the small turnover. Wall Street staged a conspicuous rally and profit-taking selling was easily absorbed. At the close leading issues had scored advances from one to nine points. Enthusiasm spread to Chicago where wheat prices gained as much as 3 I A
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      584 5 London Exchange Prices On Dec. 23. Allagar (2/) 1/2; Alor Pongsu (2/) 2/1*4; Anglo-Malay 11/6; Ayer Kuning 28/1*4; Badenoch 21/6; Bagan Serai 20/; Bahru (Sel.) (2/) 1/11; Banteng 15/; Batang (2/) /II; Batu Caves 14/4*4; Batu Tlga 28/9; Bekoh (2/) Bertam Con (2/) 3/3%; Bidor 32/6; (2/) 2/3*4;
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      SIAM’S BIG RICE CROP.
      44 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.’ Bangkok, Jan. 3. •T'HE Ministry of Economic Affairs announces that 1.600.000 metric tons of rice and rice products are available for export from the present season’s crop. The problem is to find markets for this surplus.
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      AMERICAN STOCK AND COMMODITY PRICES.
      295 5 Singapore, Jan. 5. *T*HE tollowing quotations are pub1 lished by courtesy ol Messrs. 8. E. Levy and Co.. t Singapore. Messrs White Weia and Company. New York, report by cable regarding yesterday’s markets:— now-JONES AVERAGES. Yesterday’s Jfn lav’s Close AeCiose Changes 30 Industrials 120.57 up
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      TIN SHARES.
      159 5 London Exchange Prices On Dec. 23. Ampal (4/) 4/9; Anglo-Burma (b/) 12/3; Ayer Hitam (5/) 1 9/32; Bangrln 1 3/16; Gopeng Cons. (5/) 11/3; Hongkong (5/) 1 3/16; Idris (5/) 8/; Ipoh (16/) 1 5/32; Kampong Lanjut 23/1 Vi; Kamunting (5/) 10/6; Kepong Killinghall (5/) 19/3; Kinta (5/)
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      20 5 Dec. 30 Tin, S’pore Price $89.50 per picul 31 90.00 Jan. 3 89 4 88.50 5 90.50
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
      128 5 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Singapore, Jan. 4, 5 p.m. Total for Books Close financial ..I Date P\’. Div vear Company Dividend Payable Date to date TIN. To Southern Kinta 6% Int. Dec. 23/28 Jan. 13 Dec. 24 18% Sungei Way 10% No. 32 Jan 12 Jan. 24 Jan.
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