The Straits Budget, 8 September 1938

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    29 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY./ So. 1J»I. SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. 1938. Price 25 cts., (S.S. Currency) or 7*l.
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    THE WEEK IN MALAYA.
    1270 1 lOHORL may have a hill station ana Si at Gunong Bekok. hailwiy berween Segamat and Kluang. if h<‘ l p- expressed in the State Council iy the General Adviser. Mr. W. E. Pepys. i' iterndlses Replying to a suggestion by Mr. C. T. hr.de r hat
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  • The Straits Budget
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      S.S.P. Backbone.
      759 2 Settlements Police.—Straits Times. Sept. 1. Only those who have seen something of police work in Singapore from the inside can realise the full import of Government’s decision U> abolish the European inspectorate of the police, announced last week The inspectorate has always beer, the backbone of the Straits
      Settlements Police.—Straits Times. Sept. 1.  -  759 words
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      Singapore-Saigon.
      288 2 -Straits Times. Sept. 1. Yesterday a new strand was woven in the network of air services which radiates from Singapore, and on another page oi today’s issue will be lound the impressions of a member of the Straits Times staff who went to Saigon and back within 24 hours
      -Straits Times. Sept. 1.  -  288 words
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      Malay Exiles?
      805 2 -Straits Times. Sept. 2 At the beginning of Singapore’s second century as a British possession there is a danger that th« Malay race may be driven out of the city altogether. That is no wild speculation but a possibility soberly stated by Mr. H. R. Cheeseman in his
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      Perak Today.
      722 2 -Straits Times, Sept. 3. To write of Perak at a time when the tin production quota is at the lowest figure in the history of the restriction scheme; when dredges are shut down and the hiss of the monitors is silent; when many hundreds of coolies are on
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      Singapore Cemeteries.
      419 3 ashes, dust to dust .’’—Straits Times. Sept. 3. “Burial has long been a luxury and today is a social crime.” said Lord Horder, the physician to the King. In an address to the Cremation Society in London recently Surely there is no place in the world where that
      ashes, dust to dust .. .’’—Straits Times. Sept. 3.  -  419 words
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      Legalised V.D.
      900 3 point of view.—Straits Times Sept. 5. What some people still speak of in hushed tones as the “.social evil” is again the subject of discussion 11 this column today. Echoes of Dr. J. E. Smith’s speech in the Legislative Council are still being heard in high circles and
      point of view.—Straits Times Sept. 5.  -  900 words
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      Nuremberg.
      854 4 -Straits Times Sept. 7. It was entirely characteristic of Herr Hitler that there was no mention of Czechoslovakia in his opening address to the Nazi Congress at Nuremberg yesterday. That is the one issue which really matters in Europe today; the whole world is waiting to hear what the
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      The Lesser Evil ?
      972 3 The Lesser Evil to the licensed house.—Straits! Times, Sept. 6. An undertaking was given in this column yesterday to return to the problem of prostitution in Singapore and to consider it from the viewpoint of those who defend the present policy. That policy, it may be repeated, is to suppress
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      Oranje-Nassau.
      257 4 —Straits Times. Sept. 7. In the midst of European turmoil it is a relief to pause for a moment and contemplate the reign of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland, whose fortieth anniversary was marked in Singapore last night by a fitting tribute from the Governor of the Straits Settlements We
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  • NOTES Of The DAY.
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      Beach Shooting.
      192 5 -HE other day a resident ot Pasir Ipanjang was justly indignant at a young Chinese wandering ‘-me beach with a shotgun, shoot's sandpiper®* This is a pretty little grey-and-h,te bird which breeds in northern and comes to Malaya in the rimer months. Some birds seem to here almost
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      Football Pawang.
      208 5 •TWO very good yarns of the early days of soccer in Malaya were told o$ Mr. P G Pamadasa. of Malacca. lb a talk to the London Rotary Club recently. Here they are In the early days of football in my heme town. Malacca, we heard ot footcall
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      Tektites.
      249 5 YESTERDAY I handled certain small objects, the largest about as large an out size in marbles, which are be- v,,f i to have fallen from outermost on to the island of Billiton at a v 'h« n Europe was still in the Ice A,’e. Tiiese meteorites, of a kind
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      Durian Wars.
      50 5 IJROM a chapter on Trengganu in Charles Mayer’s book. “Jungle Beasts I have Captured”: “Desperate fights over the ownership of durian trees are of yearly occurrence. Sometimes, when a tree has been found near a border-line, entire villages have been wiped out In the struggle to possess it.”
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      Ladies Again.
      259 5 WINDFALL for the weary columnist is to hand, in the shape of a fullpage article by Charles Graves In the Daily Mail on the burning question of whether a woman who insists upon being called a lady is a womanly woman. I don’t know whether readers are tired
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      More Modesty?
      244 5 ||/|R Graves carried his research Into the field oi literature and has un earthed the following gem in Hannah Moore’s ‘Thoughts on Conversation”: If a young ladv has that discretion and modesty without which all knowled&e Is of little worth, .she will never make an ostentatious parade of
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      Godiva’s Sisters.
      185 5 Godiva’s Sisters tt’J’HE trouble is (Mr. Graves continues) that there are too many kinds of ladies. You have Mr. Cochran’s Young Ladies, you have the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, you have the Lady of the Lamp—in other words, Florence Nightingale immortalised by Longfellow—and. of course, there was Lady Godiva.
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      Mr. Brown Reports.
      235 5 YES TERD AY. being the first day of *the ninth month of the year 1938, the Straits Times received the report of the British Resident of Pahang for the year 1937. Naturally it is difficult to find up-to-the-minute, front-page spot news in this document. However, Mr C.
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      Police Bouquet.
      142 5 Police Bouquet STAGGERING, nay unique, compliment has been paid to the editor of the Malayan Police Magazine. In his latest numbei he says that a London author who subscribes to the magazine has written to him as follows: “I read the Police Magazine breakfast and St. Augustine’s Euchiridion at tea
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      Outside The Walls.
      187 5 Outside The Walls CPEAKING of prisoners in Kelantan, the British Adviser remarks in his annual report that “the vast majoritv return to their normal kampong life with, no doubt, a fund of stories of their adventures and, I hope, no ingrained sense of resentment." That is a remarkable thing to
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      Refreshment!
      104 5 IJUT the oddest example of humane and good-humoured treatment of native prisoners that I ever came across is described in the following note in the Sarawak Gazette: “At midday on Hari Raya a deputation of Dayak and Punan prisoners appeared at the Bintulu district officer’s house unescorted and asked
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      Tent Movies.
      362 6 IfERE are more memories ot the faraway days when flickering films were shown in tents in Malayan towns, when there was not a permanent cinema theatre in Kuala Lumpur, and people judged a show by the number of reels offered tor the price of a seat. For the
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      “Wet One Eye”.
      290 6 *J*HERE has been a lot of talk lately about the menace of the drunken driver in Singapore, so it is reassuring to be reminded that this is no new thing It exited long before the motor age. In proof of that assertion, here i Is a diverting
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      Local Pilots.
      168 6 /COMPARISONS between Java and Malaya are sometimes unfavourable to the latter, out there is one which is very much to our advantage, and that is in the training of amateur pilots. I do not know whether there are any flying clubs in Java. I believe there are none,
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      Our Bohemians.
      196 6 WHAT with “gin-sling dances’’ at the Happy World on Sunday mornings (eleven to two), and the midnight premiere at the Alhambra last Saturday night. life in Singapore is becoming positively metropolitan in the eccentricity oi its amusements. Why on earth should anyone want to uo to a cinema
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      “Just So Stories”.
      216 6 /"VNE lias heard it said that Rudyard Kipling’s “Just So Stories” were inspired by Malay folk-tales but confirmation has never been forthcoming until last Saturday, when the outward mail brought a review copy of “Salam the Mousedeer,” by “Orang Bukit” and Mr. W. W Skeat. late of
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      Malay Cocoa.
      218 6 Malay Cocoa r%NE of the curiosities among the kampong produce at the Malayan Exhibition last month was an exhibit of cocoa. I believe this Is to be seen regularly at the Exhibition every year but I haven’t noticed it before. Consequently, in looking up a reference in the Malayan Agricultural
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      Why, Oh “Y”!
      74 6 people often find difficulty in getting the exact form of English expressions, and there is an instance of this in an exhibition now being held »t the Singapore Y.W.C.A. by an artist from Java. A picture which is evidently intended to portray a Balinese belle is unfortunately
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      Love At Oxford.
      236 6 JN Sir Hugh Clifford's novel “A Prince of Malaya” a Malay undergraduate at Oxford, a member of one of the royal families of the East Coast, is deeply hurt because he falls in love with an English girl and is told by her that the colour oar
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      Malays Abroad.
      160 6 Malays Abroad B UT m any event there are two fe s sons to be learnt from this rath sad little romance. Firstly, the royal houses 0 f the Malay States are making a very gravp mistake in sending their sons to Eng land when they are still mere boys
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      Not Nine Lives!
      168 6 REMARKABLE story about a seu snake is told by Vicomte De Bondy in an article in the Crown Colonist This incident happened when the writer and his wife were living on one of the islands off Changi (I think. Pulau Übin) several years ago. Referring to the
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      “ Pater Filio.”
      213 6 Pater Filio.” feel compelled to publish leadiny articles and letters about prostitution on this page of the Straits Time' at present, but not without a sense o; reluctance and repulsion. Alas, tha’ the beauty of first love should not h> fulfilled in our modern “civilisation and that youth should be
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    254 7 Anpointment of Dr. Davis Andrew tti<' to be a Medical Officer. Malayan Service has been approved. NI w. L Blythe. M.C.S.. has been one in Led to officiate as Assistant Pro- p tor ci Chinese. Singapore, it is an- um ed in the Government Gazette. Ip formation
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    MR. G. B. WILKINSON.
    56 7 MR. G. B WILKINSON, ol lekham, near Canterbury, late director of Sir John Jackson, has died at the age ot 70. He was in charge of many of that lirm’s works, including the Singapore Harbour extensions, reconruction of the North Pier at Tynemouth. and the docks
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      BIRTHS
      105 7 SCOULAR.—At Penang Maternity Hospital on August 29, to Doris, wife of E. M. Seoular. of the Asiatic Petroleum Company. S.S.. Ltd., a son. (ROWE.—At the General Hospital. Singapore, on Aug. 30. to Daphne (nee Law) wife »f O. E. B, Crowe —a daughter. KENT. On Aug. 30. 1938. to
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      157 7 •■HOLER- WILSON —Tile engagement is announced of Cecil George Fugler youngest °n of |he late Mr. E. C Fugler and Mrs. F ugiu Shanklin. Isk of Wight and Phyllis cifi' Edna Wilson onlv daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G P Wilson of Tullynesrk. Aberdeenshire and Singapore. KARTRAM— SELFE.—The engagement
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    Malayan Arab Drives In Britain.
    131 7 (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 2b. QYEI) Ali Mahomet bin Agel, an Arab domiciled in Malaya, fulfilled a treasured ambition at Norbury, Surrey, yesterday. On a visit to this country, he told a friend that he would feel greatly honoured if lie could secure
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    MR. H. BURCKHARD.
    350 7 Death Of German Merchant. •THE death occurred at the Singa- pore General Hospital on Sept. 2 of Mr. Hellmuth Burckhard. an assistant in Henry Waugh and Co., Singapore. Mr. Burckhard. who was 34. died of pneumonia. The tragic passing of Hellmuth Burckhard lias left his friends with
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    TIE FOR SINGAPORE R.A.F. SQUADRON.
    63 7 A distinctive tie has been designed for No. 36 (Torpedo Bomber* SQuadron, R A.F.. Far East. It bears the squadron crest, a golden eagle carrying a golden torneno, on a da r k maroon background Of the other Singapore .squadrons, No. 230 and No. 205
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    BRO. MARCIAN DEAD.
    186 7 Former Director Of St. Joseph’s. •THE Rev. Brother Marcian, who 1 was director of St. Joseph’s Institution, Singapore, for six years, died at Kowloon, China, on Saturday. He had been in poor health 1 for some time. Director of St. Joseph’s until about six years ago. Brother
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    NEW CHIEF FOR NAVAL BASE.
    210 7 Previous Service In Far East. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 27. A TRIBUTE to Captain T. B. Drew, R.N.. who has just been appointed Commodore of H. M. Naval Establishments in Malaya, in succession to Captain M. L. Clarke, appears in the current issue
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    Contents.
    331 7 Leader*— S.S.P Backbone 2 Malay Exiles 2 Perak Today 3 Legalised V.D 3 The Lesser Evil 4 Nuremberg 4 Telegrams— Covering past week’s news 25—28 Pictorial Section IT—2f Financial Supplement— Financial and Commercial News to date, following page 32 Malayan General News— Malay Village Committees To Help With Reforms
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    RELIEF WORK IN KINTA DISTRICT.
    105 7 'From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept 4 *T*HE unemployment situation ir; Kint.a has not eased vet but since Auk. 30 work has been provided for more workless, while another 700 have applied for jobs On Auk. 30 coolies numbering 320 were sent to Sungei Chepoh
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  • Obituary
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    64 7 Mt DEATHS P y u u Chin Swee of Sarawak Steainsh*p 1 f d. passed away peacefully at the Hospital on Sept. 2. nospnai on sept. 2. tCKHARD.— Helmuth Wilhelm, at SmguGeneral Hospital, on Septembe r 2, 1938. era Hospital, on Septembe r 2, umh. N 'Mrs. Soon Sion& Poh
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    Ranee Denies Rumours.
    236 8 SEPARATION TALK IS NONSENSE. “Most Happily Married Couple/* Prom Our Own Correspondent London, Aug. 2!). “11/ HAT nonsense people "spread around," said ihe Ranee of Sarawak, indignantly denying in a Sunday newspaper rumours of a separation between the Rajah and herself. “We are the most happily married
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    PLEADS GUILTY TO FLYING OFFENCES.
    236 8 Dutchman Who Hit Top Of Tree. with having flown an aeroplane more than three miles from a licensed aerodrome without the prescribed certificates of competency and licences and flying the aeroplane in a dangerous manner so low as to hit the top of a coconut
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    AIRPORT MANAGER WINS PRIZE AT FLYING RALLY.
    299 8 K. L. Planes m ‘Bonib Car With Bags Of Flour. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 1. AMONG those who won prizes at the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club's gymkhana today was Mr. Arthur Newark, manager of the Singapore Airport and a former
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    LOCAL MAN CHARGED IN KUALA LUMPUR.
    79 8 From Our Own Kual Lumpur. Sept. 6. PRESCRIBED as a port health officer at Singapore. Chung Keat Saik claimed trial today on a charge of causing the death of a 12-year-old Chinese girl by rash driving in Cheras Road, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday afternoon. Chung,
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    SOLDIERS DISCHARGED.
    57 8 TWO privates of the Royal Inniskill- ing Fusiliers. A Cairns and W. Crawford. who appeared in the Singapore Sixth Police Court recently on three counts of attempted thett of motor cars in April, were discharged on Monday. Inspector Ibrahim told the magistrate that he had received instructions from
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    Contractor’s Alleged Trespass On Chapel Site.
    528 8 Al LLEGEI) to have committed criminal trespass with intent to cause annoyance to the Rev. C. M. Jackson, by remaining on the building site of the Chapel of the Assembly of God, now under construction at Balestier Road, on Aug. 31, an Indian contractor,
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    Arbitration Tribunal Opens.
    298 8 A MASS of evidence is to he collected and collated j (r the hearing of the dispute be tween the Singapore Traeti.vn Company, Limited, and its < m plovees, counsel for the Mr. K. K. O’Connor, 3 arbitration tribunal set up r>v Government when it sat for
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    F.M.S. APPOINTMENTS.
    202 8 Perak Sultan Inspector General Of Police. THF. following F.M.S. appoint: v are gazetted:— His Highness Paduka Sri Suu.n Iskandar Shah, G.C.M.G., K.CVO. Sultan of Perak, accepts the t d Honorary Inspector-General of F*'-ce. F.M.S. His Highness was previously Honorary Commissioner of the FM? Police. Mr. R. A. Addison
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    MALAY VILLAGE COMMITTEES TO HELP WITH REFORMS.
    809 9 Ii<j;h Hopes From Extension Of System In Remote Pahang. jP-RIYER RAY AT AN INDIVIDUALIST MANY LIVE SOLITARY LIVES. FFORTS are being made in Pahang, least developed < 0 f the four states of the Federation, to get backward ivats to adopt reforms through
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    Bed On Five-Foot-Way Is Obstruction.
    160 9 SLEEPING on the Singapore five-1 foot-ways on beds is obstruc-! tion. This ruling was made by the Chief Justice, S.S., Mr. Justice McElwaine, on Saturday, in consequence of a case stated by a magistrate for the opinion of the High Court. The case w’as against
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    NEW WATER BOAT FOR HARBOUR.
    55 9 ANEW water boat for Hammer and Co., Ltd., arrived at Singapore on Sunday after being towed from Hong Kong by the Danish vessel Muinam. Built at Hong Kong, the new water boat w'hich has a capacity for 230 tons of water, brings Hammer and Company’s
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    Malay Sultan’s Nephew A Fine Violinist.
    280 9 GIVING every indication of a successful career ahead of him, the young Sumatra Malay, Tungku Syed Aboe Bakar, who is a nephew of the Sultan of Langkat, proved by his recital at the Victoria Memotrial Hall on Sunday that he is the finest Asiatic
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    DRIVER CLEARED OF ALL BLAME IN FATAL CRASH.
    281 9 No Evidence 01 Criminal Negligence, Says Coroner. DETURNING a verdict of death by misadventure after an inquiry into the death of a Chinese, Chua Ah Bee, 68, vvho was knocked down by a motor-car driven by Mr. J. A. Elias, in Crawford
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    Papal Delegate Welcomed In Singapore.
    229 9 SINGAPORE Catholics on Sunday welcomed the titular Archbishop of Salamina and Apostolic Delegate to India and Malaya, Monseigneur Leo Kierkels, C. P. An address of welcome was read by Mr. W. P. Mosbergen, on behalf of the Catholic Action organisation. The address said: “Coming to
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    MR. H. NORTH-HUNT.
    39 9 IT was announced in the Government Gazette on Sept. 2 that Mr. H. North-Hunt has lesumed his duties as Registrar General of Statistics, in addition to his duties as secretary to the Commission on Higher Education,
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    MALAY R.E.s.
    592 10 Discussion In The Kampongs. COMMUNITY'S NEW OPTIMISM. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,- The announcement that It has been decided to form a unit of 900 Malay sappers for the Royal Engineers, and to recruit them in the Colony, has caused the greatest pleasure among the
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    SIDE-WALKS.
    631 10 The Pedestrian In Singapore. FIVE-FOOT-WAY USES AND USERS. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Last week a Tamil was charged with causing an obstruction by sleeping in a bed on the five-foot-way. The police Inspector who brought the charge said there were a number ol others doing the
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    IF WAR COMES.
    610 10 Navy Convoy For Food Ships? “WE HAVE THE LAND AND LABOUR.” To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—Warning after warning has been sounded by the Home authorities 1 to outlying Dominions, protectorates and colonies that in the event of war the Navy will not be in
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    F.M.S. REGIMENT
    399 10 Going Back To The! Kampongs. I MALAY INSTEAD Of I IMMIGRANT? I To the Editor of the Straits Tinj es I Sir,—The departure of Colonel B I has disclosed a general consensu* opinion that he has created a very I regiment and proved that Malays submit to discipline.
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    CHINA WAR FILM.
    202 10 To the Editor of the Straits Time*. Sir. —The writer has just returned irom a screening of that epic war Alia. “Fight To The Last!” which is now the current attraction at the Cap!to) Theatre, and would like to be allowed to hand out a few bouquets
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    PROSTITUTION.
    636 11 Singapore’s Policy Attacked. EITHER one thing nor the other. fo the Editor of the Straits Times I note With horror and alarm t the great “brothel controversy*' again broken out in Singapore. 5 \he letters and articles which ar ed in the Press a few months ene would -have
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    EURASIAN SOLDIERS IN MALAYA.
    373 11 Why Not Another Local Regiment To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —There is a tendency in certain quarters to treat the Eurasian soldier” problem as of no matter. This is wrong. It is but one aspect of the whole question of Imperial defence. We
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    ARCHITECTS’ TEST.
    164 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—The Institute of Architects of Malaya has held two proficiency examinations open to members and non-members of the Institute, out it !s regretted that the council did not deem it necessary to publish the results of the examinations giving names of
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    SINGAPORE H.C.L.
    212 11 Are Local Shopkeepers Profiteering? To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—“ As Singapore is one of the few free ports in the world. I have been astounded to find the cost of living so high. I expected to be able to buy everything cheap, but find most
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    MORE CRISIS NEWS.
    193 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir —A hen was observed flying low over the Selangor-Negri Sembilan frontier late yesterday evening. Political repercussions are expected to »ollow in all the State capitals. Usually well-informed circles in Kuala Lumpur are unusually reticent and well-informed foreign observers in
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    “WHAT A WORD!”
    192 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—A. P. Herbert is well known in Malaya because of his championing the cause of divorce. He is less well known, probably, as an antagonist of slipshod writing. His book with the above title should be in every newspaper office,
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    FOREST DEPT.
    448 11 LOSS OF A PAHANG RESERVE. Director’s Comments On Tekai Jungle. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —In the Straits Times recently you quoted some remarks of the Director of Forestry anent the clamour in certain circles to throw open areas which are now forest reserves tor
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    CAPT. R. A. GWYNN’S PROGRESS.
    68 11 (From Our Own Correspondent> Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 2. CAPT. R. A. GWYNN, A.D.C. to the High Commissioner, -who was operated upon on Tuesday night at the Bungsar Hospital for appendicitis, is progressing well and it is hoped tnat he will be able to leave in
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    “JAPAN COULD HAVE EASILY TAKEN MALAYA AND N. I.”
    185 12 A Remarkable Japanese Claim In Singapore. “JAPAN does not want Malaya or the Netherlands Indies. If she had wanted to take these two countries, their conquest could have been accomplished much more easily and without the risk and sacrifice of money
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    STORM DAMAGE IN KUALA LUMPUR.
    140 12 Many Electric Lines Affected. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 5. A THUNDERSTORM, which broke over Kuala Lumpur and surrounding districts early yesterday afternoon, caused expensive damage to the electrical system. Trees blown down by the wind carried lines away in the town, while
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    COLONISATION IN TROPICS.
    127 12 Risky For Europeans, Says N.I. Paper. (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Aug. 29. COLLOWING recent medical disr cussions in Europe on colonisation of tropical territories by white races, the Java Bode predicts that neither the British nor the Hollanders will ever become real people of the equator.
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    SUBMARINE EXERCISES.
    215 12 13 Vessels In Local Waters. Singapore. Sept. 3. 4th Submarine Flotilla, at- tached to the China Station, is at present carrying out manoeuvres in the vicinity of Singapore. There are 13 submarines participating with the depot ship, H.M.S. Medway. and the attendant destroyer. H M S. Westcott. All
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    MORE POSTS FOR MALAYS.
    290 12 i May Serve With Protectorate. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 1. MORE Malays are to be given 1VI a chance of holding responsible posts in the F.M.S. Customs and Posts and Telegraphs services, it was stated in the Federal Council today. •Malays may possibly
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    380 Tons Of Hill Vegetables For Singapore Tables.
    264 12 Cameron Highlands vegetable growing is now an established industry. Returns indicate that from approximately 120 acres some 380 tons of vegetables w T ere sent away by rail—mainly to Singapore —during 1937, states Mr. C. C. Brown, British Resident, Pahang, in his
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    Hollanders Sing “God Save The King.”
    244 12 Hollanders Sing “God Save The King. CELEBRA TE QUERY* JUBILEE. I CELEBRATING the 58th birth of Queen Wilhelmina of til Netherlands and the 40th annivel sary of her accession to the throrl on Saturday night, Singapore Hoi landers sang “God Save the Kinn in lusty fashion after they hal sung
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    PENANG EUROPEAN DIES AT BRASTAGI.
    84 12 (From Our Own Correspondent 1 Penang. Sept 5 The death occurred yesterday aftjj* noon at Brastagi of Mr E. agent for the Prudential Lite As ance Company at Penang and !or secretary of Penang Sports C un Mr. James left Penang only last day for
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    MALAYA’S $9,600,000 FISH INDUSTRY GROWING
    377 13 Improved Methods: Base Ship On East Coast. fleets now stay at SEA FOR WEEK. PISH weighing 88,530 tons and worth $9,605,000 was landed in Malaya last year. This is revealed in the annua! report of the Fisheries Department, which states that 26,890 fishermen are employed
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    HONOURS PRESENTED BEFORE COUNCIL.
    95 13 S Birthday Honours were presented by the Governor. Sir p n ton Thomas, before the Legislative council meeting on Monday. Malayan Certificates of Honour were Presented to:— Rajabali Jumabhoy. a leading ‘-man merchant: Syed Alwec bln mad Alsree J.P., a member of the k ß Ui
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    Tigress Felled With Hammer.
    95 13 A SLEDGE hammer, an iron bar and pieces of timber were used to fight a big tigress which was caught alive on the Sungei Mas jungle reserve of Raub and Sungei Mas Estates, Raub. The animal attacked Mr. P. C. Joseet, conductor-in-charge while he was making
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    CATHEDRAL WEDDING.
    246 13 Van Ketwich Anderson AT St. Andrew’s Cathedral. Miss Joan P. L. Anderson; a sister of the Kandang Kerbau Hospital. Singa pore, and daughter of Dr. and Mrs. E. L. Andersen of East Grinstead. England. was married to Mr. J. H. van Ketwich. of the K.P.M. The bridegroom is
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    Unofficials Meet H.E.
    154 13 PRE-COUNCIL GATHERING. From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Aug. Ml. THE High Commissioner, Sir 1 Shenton Thomas, this morning* held his first “precouncir informal meeting with Unofficial Members of the Federal Council and it is believed that the Federation’s finances were discussed. Sir Shenton arrived here yesterday
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    MANCHESTER REGIMENT COMING.
    183 13 From Palestine To Tanglin. REPLACE “SHINS" IN OCTOBER. U7HEN the 1st.* Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, leave Singapore for Wellington, Madras, they will oe relieved by the 1st. Battalion, Manchester Regiment. As the Manchesters will arnve in the troopship Dilwarra on Oct. 14. six days before the Inniskillings
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    Stone Age Implements In Singapore Collection.
    291 13 TPHE stone implements illustrated above—from the private collection of Mr. R. J. de Touche, of Singapore—were found in West Java and are of especial interest because they were made by early man of the Stone Age from material which, under the microscope, shows very
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    SINGAPORE NOW WITHIN FEW HOURS OF COLONIAL FRANCE.
    983 14 !\e\v Air Service Draws Three Capitals Together. GOVERNOR’S PALACE DINNER: GLIMPSES OF BOULEVARDES. FLYING in 24 hours from Singapore to Saigon and back gives a passenger a full realisation of the truth of the American saying that distances are no longer measurable
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    Excise Official.
    26 14 The appointment is gazetted of Mr. H. F. Earl to act as an Assistant Superintendent of Excise. Straits Settlements, with effect from Aug. 29.
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    OPPOSITION TO SHORTER SHOP HOURS PROPOSALS.
    284 14 South Indian Chamber Thinks Half Holiday Unnecessary. THE South Indian Chamber of Commerce has expressed 1 opposition to the proposal for the shortening of working hours and a half-day weekly holiday for employees in shops and small businesses in Singapore in a resolution passed
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    Land Bank For Malaya?
    276 14 COMMITTEE STILL INVESTIGATING. Evidence Taken From 30. From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 31. THE desirability of a Malayan land bank is still being investigated by a Government committee, appointed last year, and although it has taken the evidence of about 30 people from all
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    NEW HOSPITAL AT SEREMBAN.
    88 14 Levelling And Clearing At Bukit Nanas. 'From Our Own Correspondent* Seremban. Aug. 30. THE work of levelling and clearing is 4 in progress at Bukit Nanas f° r Seremban’s new hospital which is pected to be in close proximity to the present buildings. The Secretary to
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    INSPECTOR FINED ON CAR CHARGE.
    78 14 INSPECTOR J. A. Ellis, of the Strait Settlements Police, was Aned $4O. the Singapore Traffic District Jim-' Mr. C. H. Koh. on Aug. 31. on a charge of negligent driving n The case was a sequel to a coins l between two motor-cars, one driven
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    EMPLOYMENT OF MALAYS AS ESTATE CONDUCTORS.
    1177 15 Planting Topics Government Aid For Students At Serdang. PRACTICAL TRAINING UNDER RESEARCH INSTITUTE. By A Special Correspondent. or ILL the experiment of the W Department of Agriculture in training Malays for ultimate emjlovment as conductors on rubber •states prove successful? If it does are
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    75 YEARS OF TRADING.
    103 15 Dutch Company Celebrates. gEVERAL hundred male guests, representatives of all branches of Singapore’s commercial community, attended a reception on Friday at the offices of the Rototerdam Trading Company in Robinson Road. The reception was held in connection with the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the
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    MALAYAN BEAST OF 150,000 YEARS AGO.
    152 15 What Pahang Fossil Find Indicates. KIOT long before he was murdered at his gold mine near Raub, Mr. F. U W. Dunsford presented to the F.M.S geological museum a fossilised elephant’s tooth. This is revealed in the annual report of the British Resident. Pahang.
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    NEW ROUTE INTO CITY WILL RUN ALONG THE TWAKOW BASIN.
    398 16 Another Bridge Planned To Cross River. IMPROVEMENT OF APPROACH FROM TOWN TO WHARVES. IMPORTANT schemes for alleviating congestion of Singapore streets are suggested in the report of the Traffic Committee, presented to Legislative Council on Monday. These include two new
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    HIGHER POSTS FOR MALAYS.
    200 16 Plea For Secretariat Service. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 1. A PPOINTMENT of Malays to secretariats and other responsible posts was further discussed at the Federal Council meeting and there was applause when Tungku Mohamed, of Pahang, suggested that the next available Malay officer
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    Five Landing Grounds For F.M.S.
    69 16 From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 2. IPOH, Kuala Lumpur. Port Swettenham, Sitiawan and Taiping landing grounds are notified in the F.M.S. Government Gazette today as aerodromes for the landing and departure by all types of land aircrafts carrying passengers. Hitherto some of the
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    MR. G. B. WILKINSON.
    82 16 Death Of Man Who Extended Singapore Harbour. From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Aug. 27. MALAYANS who knew Mr. G. B. Wilkinson when, as a director of Sir John Jackson, Ltd., he was in charge of the Singapore harbour extension scheme, will regret to hear that he
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    Societies To Be Dissolved.
    99 16 “UNLAWFUL PURPOSES.” A NOTIFICATION in the Straits Settlements Government Gazette on Sept. 2 orders the dissolution of two Singapore societies. One is the Darul Ahpia Football Club and the other the Young People ’s Jovial Society. It is stated that these societies are ordered to be
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    CHETTIAR ROBBED.
    39 16 »From Our Own Correspondent Seremban, Sept, A SEREMBAN Chettiar returning to tow'n after collecting rent from :he outskirts of Seremban was attacked oy a Chinese this morning. He w’as robbed of $7B. No arrest has been made.
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    Action Against Bribery In Government Service.
    359 16 SIR SHENTON’S STATEMENT ON DISCUSSION OF F.M.S. BILL. (From Our Own Correspondent) rOVERNMENT officers who had been* "found 1 of bribery and corruption charges had in the past either left the service or been dealt with appropriately, said the High Commissioner, Sir Shcnton Thomas,
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    Straits Budget Pictorial Section
    648 17 tiding the breakuater in the R.S.Y C. Jubilee Trophy race for ships’ lifeboats.- —Straits Times picture .V/vs Florence Dickey, photographed f n she arrived at Singapore for he r “Homing marriage to Lieut. O. C S. son of the G.O.C. Malaya. Straits Times picture. school children
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    THE EAST WIND OF LOVE.
    775 21 A “Mem” Reflects On Romance THE longer I live in Borneo I the more I am convinced that it is no place for women. In England we heard intriguing tales of this grange island of Borneo—where the love birds twitter and the monkeys caper, and
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    New Penang J.P.’s.
    40 21 The appointment oi two new justices of peace for Penang is announced in the Government Gazette. The new magistrates are Mr. Herbert Walter Nightingale, Assistant AccountantGeneral, Penang, and Mr. George Logan Livingstone, Assistant Superintendent of Police. Penang.
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    Brothel Suppression Policy “Convincing Failure.”
    579 21 COUNCILLOR ADVOCATES LICENSED HOUSES MALAYA’S ten-year programme for the suppression of the brothels had proved “a convincing failure,” declared Dr. J. E. Smith, speaking at Monday’s meeting of the Legislative Council. “I submit that if the policy is reversed and the compulsory licensing system under
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    Suit Against Two Insurance Companies.
    314 21 CONTRACT BREACH ALLEGED. Matches Damaged lu Fire Involved. AN ACTION on the grounds of alleged breach of contract which was brought by Urich Humphris Baker, of Penang, against Asia Insurance Co., Ltd., and Sincere Insurance Co., Ltd., was begun before Mr. Justice Pedlow in the
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    Sultan Of Johore Sails For Europe.
    142 21 “I DO not know how long I will be away. It depends on my health,” said the Sultan of Johore as he boarded the North German Lloyd liner Gneisenau for Germany on Thursday. Several hundred friends of the Sultan gathered on the wharf to
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    DECENTRALISATION HAS PUT NEW LIFE INTO STATES.
    1216 22 Sir Shenton's Warm Support In Federal Council. OFFICERS SPEND MORE TIME ON F.M.S. AFFAIRS. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 1. U/ARM support for the policy of decentralisation was Riven by the High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, speaking in the Federal Council
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    SULTAN’S GIFT TO HOME FOR POOR.
    44 22 A THIRD gift of $500 has been made by the Sultan of Johore to the Little Sisters of the Poor for their home for the aged. The Sultan made a similar gift in March and another last year.
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    F.M. S. JUDGES: STATEMENT.
    126 22 (From Our Own Correspondent v Kuala Lumpur, Sept. l. OEPLYING to questions i n connection with the anpointment of judges to the Federation and the salaries of the Chief Justice and the Legal Adviser, asked by Mr. E o Shearn, the High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas
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    Seditious Book Charge Inquiry.
    210 22 JAPANESE TO GO TO ASSIZES. KOGUTI, Japanese proprietor and manager of the Nanyo Printing Office, Cecil Street, and Khalil S Anwari, an Indian, were committed for trial at the Assizes, at the conclusion of a preliminary inquiry, held by Mr. G. S. Rawlings, the Singapore Third
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    Government Not To Stop Fire-Walking Ceremony.
    222 22 THE S.S. Government statement that it is not prepared to 1 take any action to stop the “Alagu Kavadi” and firewalking ceremony held annually by Singapore Hindus is welcomed by the majority of the local Hindu community, it is understood. 'THE ceremony takes place
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    $25,000,000 MORE FOR F.M.S. SPECIAL RESERVE FUND.
    377 23 COUNCIL APPROVAL GIVEN. “To Avoid Fictitious Increase In Revenue”—Mr. Rex. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 1. PROPOSING the transfer of the balance outstanding on the I Siamese Government loan with a further sum, amounting in all to $25,000,000, to swell the
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    DEATH OF MALACCA CHINESE.
    94 23 From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Aug. 29. death took place yesterday after a brief illness, of Mr. Ong Joo Hooi, a well-known Hokkien Chinese in his residence at Jonker Street. A member of the Eng Choon Association, Mr. Ong served on the comni'ttee for several years
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    CAPT. R. A. GWYNN’S OPERATION.
    62 23 From Our Own Correspondent* Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 31. (JAPT. R. a. GWYNN. A.D.C. to the Governor and High Commissioner ,s r Shenton Thomas, was taken serlf'usly ill at the King’s House last Pight, He was taken to the Bungsar Hospital midnight, and was operated upon
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    Finance Talks At Informal Meeting.
    116 23 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 31. INFORMAL meetings between the High Commissioner, British Residents and unofficial members in the Council Chamber before the meetings of the Federal Council may not become a standard practice. it is understood. Today's first unofficial meeting lasted half
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    Malay With Rod And Line.
    39 23 .4 Malay with rod and line fishing in one of the many streams in the Malayan National Park. Fly-flshermeji will soon be able to get sport with trout in streams at the Cameron Highlands.
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    Highland Trout Fishing To Be Available Soon.
    349 23 UISHING will be available in the Cameron Highlands very shortly, when the Telom stream will be opened. Trout which have been liberated in the stream are doing well, and fish of l l /jtb to 2tb are believed to be in the deeper
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    Trout Wardens.
    79 23 'T'O watch the trout streams in the Highlands, a Malay river vJdtcher icith a staff of six Temiar (Sakai) has been appointed. They patrol the river and report on the fish they see, the condition of the rivers and paths. The scheme promises well, says the Director of
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    Singapore Will Need 3,600 Air Raid Wardens: Proposed Scheme.
    440 23 AN air raids precautions scheme for Singapore, which was submitted as one possible solution of the problem, was explained to heads of Government and Municipal Departments, including the Colonial Secretary, Mr. A. S. Small, by Maior A. D. Spark, secretary of
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    IT IS POSSIBLE TO LIVE IN SINGAPORE ON $5 A MONTH.
    653 24 Local Salvation Army Chief On Problems Of Destitution. OVERCROWDING A DANGER TO HEALTH OF WHOLE COMMUNITY. t IN Singapore the minimum amount required to maintain a single person is $5 a month though in C hina it is reported
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    R.A.F. OFFICER WEDS AT ST. ANDREW’S CATHEDRAL.
    431 24 Burke Link A FTER Squadron Leader W. I. H. Burke, of the staff of the Royal Air Force Far East Command, was married at St. Andrew’s Cathedral on Aug. 31 to Miss Nora Madeline Link the couple left the church under an archway
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    FOREST OFFICERS SHOULD LOOK ALTER WILD LIFE.
    480 24 Separate Department Opposed By Federal Councillor. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 1 A SUGGESTION that the preservation of Malayan vV ild life should be put in the hands of Forestry Department officers was made in the Federal Council today hy Col.
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    GEOGRAPHY EXPERTS FOR INDIES.
    112 24 Party Of 18 Passes Through Singapore. /\N their way to the Netherlands Indies to carry out research work a party of 18 well-known European specialists in geography arrived a: Singapore on Friday in the Netherland Line vessel Johan de Witt. The party, which is led by
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    FORMER PERAK ESTATE MANAGER’S DEATH.
    94 24 'THE death occurred on Aug. 22. a* Earlham, St. Marychurch, Torquay, of Mr. Edward George Dane, who wa* manager of Bidor Estate, Perak, at the time of this retirement from Mala' a in 1916. He was appointed a director of Bidor Rubber Estate, Ltd., and
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    Japan Hit By Typhoon.
    226 25 -Reuter. heavy damage. Country Facing New Floods. Tokio, Sept. 1. ROARING at a velocity of over 70 miles an hour, the w orst typhoon since 1905 struck Tokio, Yokohama and other parts of eastern Japan in the early hours of this morning. Extensive damage to crops,
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    Celebrations In Holland.
    148 25 —Reuter. v )ueen Wilhelmina's Broadcast. Amsterdam, Aug. 31. allusion to Princess Juliana as the future Queen of he Netherlands was made by Queen Wilhelmina in a speech broadcast to the nation today on the occasion of her 58th. birthday. hope it will be given to mj daughter
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    DENVER FLOODS.
    36 25 —Reuter. Denver (Colorado), Sept. 4. least five persons are dead and 12 missing as the result of floods after f loudburst in the Rocky Mountains Scores of buildings were destroyed in Colorado resorts.— Reuter.
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    Henlein’s 8 Demands.
    109 25 ■THE eight demands made by 1 Herr Henlein, Sudeten leader, are 1. Full equality of status between Czechs and Germans. 2. Guarantee of equality by the recognition of the Sudeten Germans as a legal entity. 3. Determination and legal recognition of the German regions within the State.
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    Czechs’ 8 Offers.
    154 25 RiVAIN provisions of the Czechoslovak Government’s Nationalities Statute are 1. All citizens are to be equal irrespective of nationality. 2. A person's nationality is to be determined by his mother tongue, but at 18 a citizen may decide on any nationality. 3. Elections to Parliament and local
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    China’s Millions Of Destitutes.
    104 25 —Reuter. BIG RELIEF NEED. Japanese Admission Of Atrocities. London, Aug. 31. COME 35,000,000 persons are destitute in Japaneseoccupied territory in China, declared Mr. H. T. Silcock. hon. secretary of the China Society, speaking at Friends’ House today. Much more would be needed for relief than was
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    CIVILIAN WIRELESS RESERVE FOR R.A.F.
    103 25 —Reuter. Formation Of Emergency Force Announced. London, Aug. 30. ANEW civilian wireless reserve of the Royal Air Force is announced tonight. The reserve, in which it is hoped wireless amateurs will serve, is intended to build up an adequate and efficient reserve behind the signals
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    DR. FRITZ OPEL DEAD.
    20 25 Vienna, Aug 30 The death has occurred of Dr. Fritz Opel, of the Opel Motor-Car Comnnnv.
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    CZECHS’ REPORTED CANTON PLAN.
    125 25 —Reuter. Prague, Aug. 30. IT is understood the Czech 1 Government is working on a plan based on the Swiss Constitution, whereby the country would be divided into a score of cantons, including three Sudeten German cantons. The Sudetens would have an independent Diet, also Bohemia,
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    Bomb Attempt On Adm. Horthy?
    92 25 Reuter. Mystery Explosion On Regent's Return. Budapest, Aug. 29. MYSTERIOUS explosion, apparently of great force as it was audible all over surrounding districts occurred today on the river enbankment where Adm. Horthy, Regent of Hungary, had landed only 40 minutes previously on his return from
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    SOVIET NAVY “PURGE.”
    260 25 All Chiefs Shot. SUCCESSORS FROM LOWER RANKS. London, Aug. 31. TOR the first time the Soviet Naval Ministry has admitted that a number of chief Russian admirals and naval experts were shot a few months ago, cables The Times Riga correspondent. “After this massacre the Red Navy
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    U.S. INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY.
    109 25 -Reuter. Upward Trend Likely To Continue. New York, Aug. 31. THE question of American 1 industrial recovery, which is of interest to the whole world, is dealt with in the monthly letter of the National City Bank. The letter, in considering influences likely to affect Autumn business,
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    DEATH OF SIR FRANCIS BRYANT.
    72 25 Lionaon, Aug. 31. death occurred today of Sir Francis Bryant, aged 79. says Reuter. Sir Francis, who lived at the Pavilion, Hampton Court, was a Justice ot the Peace for Middlesex. He had. years ago served on several Royal commissions for International exhibitions. He was
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    BRITISH MEDIATOR’S APPEAL TO HERR HITLER.
    459 26 —Reuter. WHY HENLE1N IS SEEING THE FUEHRER. Berchlesgaden .Parley To Decide If Prague Talks To Go On. London, Sept. 2. rr is authoritatively learned in London (reports Reuter) that Herr Henlein, the Sudeten leader, who arrived yesterday afternoon at Herr Hitler’s mountain home at
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    LABOUR UNREST IN FRANCE.
    85 26 Reuter. Lille. Sept. 1. £»RAVE unrest affecting 40,000 workers is sweeping the whole of the textile area in North France. As a result of employers in the Somme Department announcing a 19 per cent, reduction in w’ages, 14.000 men have decided to go out on strike
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    AUSTRALIA AND U.S. TRADE TALKS.
    51 26 M Canberra. Sept. 4. R. J. A. Lyons, the Prime Minister, announced today that informal Australian-United States trade discussions had progressed to a stage at which it was hoped that the United States would b&lt;_* able to announce that a basis for negotiations had been
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    U. S. Squadron For Atlantic.
    180 26 -Reuter. Unexpected Move By Washington. Washington, Sept. 1. •THE United States announces today the formation of a temporary Atlantic squadron of 14 warships. This announcement was wholly unexpected. The U.S. Fleet has been concen- trated in the Pacific since the SinoJapanese crisis of 1931-32. The
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    GERMAN NAVAL MANOEUVRES.
    62 26 cruisers, are taking part.—Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Big Concentration In North Sea. Berlin, Aug. 31. 'THE annual autumn manoeu- vres of the German Navy are at present taking place in the North Sea. Sixty units which had been present recently at the naval review before the Hungarian regent, Admiral von
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    INDIAN APPOINTMENT.
    48 26 British Wireless. London, Aug. 31. ILIR. R. M. MAXWELL, at present tem- porary member of the Executive Council of the Governor-General of India, has been appointed to be a permanent member of the council, vice Sir Henry Craik. who has been appointed Governor of the Punjab.—
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    MINISTERS IN ACCORD.
    410 26 Czech Government proposals.—Reuter and British Wireless. British Policy. VITAL PARLEY IN LONDON. London, Aug. 30. •THE Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, made a full report of the international situation at today’s inter-ministerial conference, sum. moned by the Prime Minister, Mr Neville Chamberlain, and at the conclusion of the
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    “GREATEST VICTORY AFTER TAIERCHWANG.”
    152 26 Reuter Hankow, Sept. 1. ■"FUE Chinese have scored a smashing victory west of Juichang (on the Yangtse front) in a general offensive yesterday, inflicting 4,000 casualties on the Japanese, according to an urgent telephone message from the front received this morning by the Generalissimo’s headquarters. After
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    BREACH OF PEACE UNLIKELY.
    526 27 SUCCESS OF “RISKY” PLEA TO HITLER. Tribute To RuncimaiTs Initiative. London, Sept. 3. LORD Runciman’s initiative has helped to clear the air, reports Reuter from Prague. The idea 0 f a direct appeal to Herr Hitler seemed risky but has been justified by success. The wording
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    Loyalist Counter-Drive Fails.
    60 27 —Reuter. CLAIM BY FRANCO. Burgos, Sept. 2. T*HE Nationalists claim that the Republican counteroffensive on the Estremadura front has been completely dominated. It is further claimed that 5.000 Republicans have been killed and 12.000 taken prisoner snee the Ebro River fighting began. Eleven Republican planes were brought
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    GREEK RECLAMATION SCHEME.
    55 27 —British Wireless. Contract For British Company. London, Aug. 31. THE Greek Government has confirmed a £2.250.000 contract for land reclamation by a Sheffield company. Henry Boza and Sons. Ltd. The area involved exceeds 3.500,000 acres in three Greek provinces, including Thessaly and Epirus. The construction is expected
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    Prince In Serious Condition.
    78 27 Reuter. Duke Of Connaught Sees His Son. London, Sept. 2. ORINCE Arthur of Connaught, whose health has been causing anxiety for some weeks, is now losing strength. Thus states an official bulletin today signed by Sir Russell Wilkinson, the Prince’s physician, and Lord Dawson ol Penn,
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    Border Incident Reported.
    147 27 -Reuter Alleged Firing On A German Offieial. Berlin, Sept. 2. •T'HE official German news agency alleges that Czech frontier guards fired on a German customs official near Aschberg from a wood. The German was unharmed. In spite of the care taken by the authorities further incidents occurred
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    AUSTRALIA GIVES SUPPORT.
    58 27 Canberra, Sept. 1. AFTER reviewing the European sitI nation, the Australian Cabinet I today decided to express to Britain its complete confidence in the steps taken and the methods adopted by the British Government for a peaceful settlement of the Czechoslovakian disjpute, says Reuter. This follows striking
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    GERMANY’S HEAVY FLOOD LOSSES.
    112 27 Berlin, Sept. 2. EXTENSIVE floods in Southern Silesia, near the Czechoslovak frontier, have caused damage estimated at many millions of marks. The floods are reported to be the worst experienced in this area for 50 years. Many towns and villages are flooded to a depth of
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    FRESH BURMA RIOTS.
    118 27 Reuter Troops Are Again Called Out. RANGOON PANIC. Rangoon, Sept. 2. A DETACHMENT of the King s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry was called out here tonight after an Indian had been shot and wounded in a street affray. After the peace!ul interval since the recent riots, the
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    JAPAN AND CIVIL PLANES.
    138 27 Feuter STATEMENT BY TOKIO SPOKESMAN. Tokio, Sept. 2. WIN order to clear up misunder- standing” the Foreign Office spokesman stated today that the Japanese forces will pay full attention to the safety of planes belonging to third Powers so long as they specify their course and
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    TROOPS OPEN FIRE ON CROWD.
    46 27 -Reuter London. Sept. 2 THERE has been a serious deveiop- ment in the Congress civil disobedience campaign in the State of Travancore. State troops today fired on a crowd which relused to disperse at Neyyatin-k-ara. Five were killed and fiver wounded—Reuter
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    FUEHRER REVIVING HIS PLEBISCITE DEMAND?
    636 28 events upon the situation.—Reuter and British Wireless. Sudetens In Pro-Reich Demons Irations. WE WANT OUR HITLER. HERR HITLER, during his meeting last week with Herr Henlein, leader of the Sudeten Germans, discussed a plan for the holding of a plebiscite in the Sudeten areas, under
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    JERUSALEM’S EXILED MAYOR.
    69 28 Reuter Jerusalem. Aug. 31. IT Is officially announced that Mr. Justice Mustapha Bey Khalidi. has been appointed to be Mayor of Jerusalem. He is at present Judge of the Supreme Court at Jerusalem. He is the uncle of Mr Hussein Kakhri al Khalidi, Mayor of Jer usalem
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    R. A. F. DISASTER IN LONDON
    78 28 —Reuter. London, Sept. 4. TEN persons were killed and 22 injured and two houses were set on fire when an R.A.F. plane crashed in the North London suburb of Edmonton today. The plane struck three houses and burst into flames. The blaze spread to
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    German Troops On Frontier.
    122 28 Reuter. Reported Increase Not Denied. Berlin, Sept. 4. DEPORTS of the increase of troops on the German frontier opposite Strasbourg, are not denied in authoritative German circles. It is explained that the manoeuvres are still proceeding and at present the troops are exercising between Offenburg and
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    RADIO RESERVE APPEAL.
    151 28 7,000 Amateurs Wanted For R.A.F. London, Sept. 2. AN appeal lor 7.000 wireless amateurs as a reserve for the signals branch cl the Royal Air Force was broadcast tonight by Captain Balfour. Undersecretary of State for Air. The younger members of this reserve, he said, could go
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    “MUST MARRY” ORDER IN ITALY.
    48 28 -Reuter. Rome, Sept. 1. a move to increase the birthrate, the Italian Cabinet has decided that all State employees must marry if they desire promotion. It has also been decided that women can occupy only 10 per cent, of the available State jobs.--Reuter.
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    U.S. ENVOY’S $35,000,000.
    24 28 vuviiuav--Reuter TC Pittsburgh, Aug 31 THE late Mr. Andrew Mellon, former Ambassador in London, is estimated to have left $35,000,000.- -Reuter
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    NEW JEWISH STATE.
    255 28 PLAN OF POLAND AND RUMANIA. Twice As Large As Palestine. AN independent Jewish State, twice as large as Palestine! which will provide accommodation for 5,000,000 Jews, j&lt;: planned by Poland and Rumania. Political circles in those countries have already drafted a scheme which would allocate 30,000 square
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    KING FAROUK NOT HARMED.
    107 28 Reuter. Alexandra. Sept. A SHOT was fired this afternoon as King Farouk was leaving the bathing pool at a sports club here. The King was unharmed and returned to the Palace. A spectator forced down the arm oi a man when he suddenly drew a oistol.
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    “BIG, FINAL BATTLE COMING.”
    87 28 Says Czech Nazi Chief. J7ROM a speech by Dr. Franck, the deputy leader of the Czech Nazis to a Nazi audience at Oberlutensdorf. in Czechoslovakia last week: “You all know that it is now coming to the final battle. You all kno* that in this final
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    DEATH OF CARDINAL HAYES.
    20 28 —Reuter. New York. Sept. 4 Cardinal Patrick J. Hayes. Arcimshop of New York, died today aged
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    SIX INJURED IN HOME SOCCER ON SATURDAY.
    1055 29 Bryn Jones Saves Arsenal From Defeat. rangers in form in SCOTTISH LEAGUE. London. Sept. 4. i\,K K1KS to four goalkeepers, wh &gt;se transfer fees amounted to 1 i'lt’.oon. a forward and an international back marred yesterday’s footv.all matches. Most serious hurt was done
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    WINTER OLYMPICS AT ST. MORITZ.
    41 29 Brussels. Sept. 5. THE International Olympic Commit- tee have decided to hold the winter Olympics at St. Moritz, but as decided in Cairo in March there will be nc skiing events apart from the military race.
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    John Cobb Timed At 325 m.p.h.
    61 29 —Renter. Bonneville Flats (Utah), Aug. 30. John Cobb, the British driver, had two runs today in an attempt to break th*. world land speed record in his Railton car. The times have not yet been officially announced, but he waa officially timed as 300
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    R.A. Wrest K.O.R. Cup From The Civilians.
    331 29 R.A. Wrest K.O.R. Cup From The Civilians I AST year’s holders of the K.O.U. Cup, the Singapore Civilians, were beaten by the Royal Artillery by five goals to three in the Singapore Polo Club tournament held at Balestier on Monday. The Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, and the Colonial Secretary Mr.
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    R.A.F. Remain Champions In Command Acquatics.
    271 29 The R.A.F. won the Command acquatie championships for the second time at Selerang Pool on Sept. 1. The R. E. were a close second with 67 points to the R.A.F/s 68. The Loyals were third with 57 points, the Inniskillinys fourth with 45, fifth
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    EUROPEAN TITLE MEETING.
    278 30 Athletics Paris. Sept. 4. A WORLD record lor the hammer throw oi 192H 9 3 e in. and ten European records were broken at the European athletic meeting started here yesterday before 40.000 spectators. including President Lebrun, and continued today Flying-Officer Finlay, in the 110 metres. A
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB.
    77 30 P W. Watson won the Keppel Club’s championship over the weekend with a score of 152 for the four rounds. B la Cloche was runner up with 157. Details are C. W. Watson 34. 39. 41, 38—152 B la Cloche ..39, 39. 41, 38—157 H. Irving Jones
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    SIR THEOBALD LIKELY CUP WINNER.
    1396 30 IMPRESSIVE RUNNING ON SATURDAY. Aerial Post Another Strong Contender. HOT FAVOURITE BEATEN IN RELEASE. (By u Capt. Dash.”) Horses in form triumphed on Saturday, the third day of the Singapore Turf Club’s Autumn (Gold Cup) Meeting. The attendance was remarkably good and the betting on
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    ALL-IN WRESTLING IN SINGAPORE
    157 30 TOURNAMENT TO STAR r THIS MONTH. A LL-IN wrestling will be introduce A to Singapore later this JS when Mr. G. Ionesco, who arrived Singapore on Thursday, will present hk troupe in what is described as the a in wrestling championship 0 f T Orient. 1
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      78 30 Double Tote. The double tote paid $479 on each oi the 14 winning tickets. The total pool was $6,708. Big Sweep The total pool of the big sweep on race eight was $46,100. (1) GOLDEN GLIMPSE ***** (2) HERBE FOLLE ***** &lt;3&gt; VEDAS 1525b STARTERS ROSTRUM ***** DOUBLE FORM *****
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    AMERICA WINS DAVIS CUP 3-2. AUSTRALIA BEATEN.
    197 31 Judge Conquers Quist In Three Sets. BROMWICH WINS HOLLOW VICTORY OVER RIGGS. Philadelphia, Sept. 5. AMERICA retained the Davis Cup today when Budge beat Quist to V w j n America's third match. Bromwich beat Riggs but with the up decided already this
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    HOME RESULTS.
    59 31 London, Aug. 30. 50CCER matches played today re- suited as follows: SECOND DIVISION Burnley 2. Southampton 1. THIRD DIVISION—SOUTH Bristol Rovers 0. Brighton and love 1. THIRD DIVISION—NORTH Rochdale 2. Carlisle 3. London. Sept. 1. English League football matches &gt;iayed today resulted: Second Division. Norwich. 2. West Bromwich,
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    SUSPENSION.
    120 31 From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 1. J*HE Disciplinary Board of the Selangor Football Association has deeded to suspend Ismail, the T.P.C.A. soecer captain and Selangor State for one year. Too much leniency has been shown *’io.s and players reported during the tfason, states the Board, and result
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    FIGHT POSPONED.
    27 31 Reuter. London, Sept. 5. *.ic Doyle-Phillips fight scheduler j i( ‘Xt Tuesday has been postponed So Pt. 27. Doyle injured his ribs e training.- Reuter.
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    THE ST. LEGER CALLOVER.
    79 31 —Reuter. London, Sept. 5. The latest St. Leger callover is: (all taken and offered where not otherwise stated) G-5 Pasch offered, 5-4 taken. 7-1 Pound Foolish. 7- Scottish Union offered. 8- Glen Loan. 10- Ramtapa. 100-9 Challenge offered, 100-8 taken. 20-1 Latl offered. 25-1 taken. 33-1
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    MAROS WINS THE JUBILEE TROPHY.
    172 31 |£.P.M.’s vessel Maros won the fifth annual Jubilee Trophy race for merchant ships’‘lifeboats conducted by the Royal Singapore Yacht Club. The course was one of about three and a half miles round the breakwater. Skippered by J. Dogger, Maros won by two lengths from Banka
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    NICHOLS’ DOUBLE.
    73 31 London, Aug. 26. NICHOLS looks like being the only one this season to land the cricketer’s double. He has done so, of course. He always does, but a study of the figures shows that none of his rivals such as Pope, P. Smith. Todd, Andrews, and Martin are
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    Hutton Earns A Penalty.
    130 31 London, Aug. 26. JJITTON. conscious, of the approaching Soccer season, kicked a ball over the boundary line in the Test match and created an incident.** Brown hit the last ball of an over, and he and Fleetwood-Smith, who was in with him, could easily have run
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    SEVEN TITLES TO GERMANY.
    211 31 Athletic*. WOODERSON MISSES 1500 METRES RECORD. Paris, Sept. 5. /GERMANY won seven titles at the European athletic championship meeting here. Finland won five. Britain tour. Sweden three, Holland two and France and Estonia one. S. C. Wooderson. ol Great Britain, failed to beat the New Zealander,
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    GARRISON CLUB.
    70 31 Golf. The Garrison Club’s women’s foursomes competition for the lady captain’s prize, presented by Mrs. Golding, resulted in a win for Mrs. MacFarlane and Mrs. Earle with a net score of 49 2 3. Th&lt; following were the best returns: Mrs. MacFarlane Mrs. Earle 69—19 1/3=49 2/3 Mrs.
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    AUSTRALIANS WIN EASILY.
    86 31 Cricket VICTORY OVER ENGLAND ELEVEN. London. Sept. 1. THE Australians beat an England eleven by ten wicketa. The England team after being all out in the first Innings for 132 were dismissed for a still smaller total. 99 if; their second knock. O’Reilly took five for 44,
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    YORKSHIRE BEAT SUSSEX.
    223 31 —Reuter. London, Sept. 2. VORKSHIRE. who were already in an impregnable position in the county competition, won their last match against Sussex to win the championship by a substantial margin from Middlesex. Lancashire, who were at one time well in the running, have dropped away in recent
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    AUSTRALIANS & SUSSEX DRAW.
    48 31 AUSTRALIANS SUSSEX DRAW. -Reuter. London, Aug. 30. Australians scored 300 as their reply to Sussex’s first innings of 453. The match was drawn Badcock scored 58. Barnett 53 ana Hassett 56. Hammond secured five wtckets for 107 runs. Sussex scored 53 for two wickets in their second innings—Reuter.
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    O’REILLY’S 100TH WICKET.
    65 31 flve 'McCabe 91) at the close—Reuter. London, Sept. 5. O’Reilly today with one wicket for 54 runs completed his hundred wickets for the season. The Australians, against an England XI, made 390 (Todd four for 97). The England XI scored 223 (Ames 78, Waite seven for 112,
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    DAY OF SURPRISES AND EASY WINS. Biggest Dividend $84, Smallest $24. ALUM ROCK BEATEN HOME BY COMPLACENT.
    1489 32  -  (By “Captain Dash") CECOND clay of the Gold Cup meeting .at Bukit Timah on Aug. 31 was a day of surprises. There was a good attendance tor a week day, but the majority
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    Reclassifications.
    45 32 THE Turf Club have announced classification alterations as follows: Solar Time, Alum Rock, Double File and Complacent have been transferred from class three to class two horses. Market Boy, Athis, Harvest Festival, and Sea Maiden have been transferred from class two to class three.
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    ARMSTRONG TO DEFEND TITLE.
    34 32 Reuter. New York, Aug. 30. Henry Armstrong has been signed up tor a bout with Ceferino Garvia for the world welterweight title in Madison Square Garden on November 2 Pntifn*
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    HONG KONG TEAM FOR SINGAPORE.
    120 32 Hockey. TTHE Hong Kong Command hock*. 1 team to visit Singapore will lea** Hong Kong about Sept. 17. play a se rie of matches against Singapore arm and probably other hockey teams and return about October 4. Q Lieutenant G J. G t Douglas, r
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    ENGLISH LEAGUE RESULTS.
    189 32 London. Sept 5 FNGLISH League soccer matches 1-1 played today resulted as follows FIRST DIVISION. Aston Villa 0. Everton 3 Bolton 0. Chelsea 2. Preston 2. Charlton 0. Stoke 1. Leeds 1. SECOND DIVISION. Burnley 2 Fulham 0 Coventry 1. Luton 0 Milwall 0. Bury 0. Swansea
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    FRENCHMAN WINS T. T. RACE.
    101 32 London. Sept. 4 V OUIS GERARD, of France, driving I" a Delage, won the InternationaTourist Trophy motor race of 312 in 4h 31m. 50s, at an average speed e* 67.C1 m.p.h. Rain caused him to skid badly an in the later stages the car turned
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      79 32 DOUBLE TOTE The double tote pool of $4,860 paid a -dividend ot $405 to its 12 ticket holders. BIG SWEEP The total pool in the biy; sweep was i $.11 980. The draw resulted as follows* AROOITAT (S12.152) (FIRST) *****. TI!F PI KITAN &lt;&lt;;,076&gt; (SECOND) ***** (ON CON (S3.038) (THIRD)
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      SHARE MARKETS HAVE VERY QUIET WEEK.
      539 1 Tin And Rubber Fluctuations Within Narrow Margins. FRASER AND COMPANY'S WEEKLY REVIEW. |N a weekly report on the share market, issued at the close of iiummpss on Tuesday. Fraser and Company write: No change of any moment has recurred during the past week ithcr
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      TIN SHARES.
      159 1 Exchange Prices On Aug. 30. Ampat (4/) 3/9: Anglo-Burma (5/) 12,'0, Ayer Hitam *5/) 1 7/32; Bangrln 1 1/16; Gopeng Cons. &lt;5/) 9/3; Hongkong (5/&gt; 1 3/32; Idris (5/) 7/; Ipoh (16/) 1 7/32; Jelapang 31/6; Kampong Lanjut 18/6; Kamunting (5/) 9/; Kepong 19/32; Killinghall (5/) 17/; Kinta
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      PARIT-BRUAS RUBBER.
      115 1 Year’s Payment Down Two To 20 Per Cent. npHE directors of Parit-Bruas (Malay) Rubber Company are recommending a final dividend of 10 per cent., less tax. on the ordinary shares In respect of the year ended June 30 last With the interim of 10 per cent, already paid,
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      NEW YORK VIEWS ON RUBBER QUOTA.
      123 1 Present Rate Favoured. New York. Aug. 26. FOLLOWERS of the rubber shares as 1 r well as the crude rubber market here are interested in the intentions Of the International Rubber Regulation Committee regarding the export allowances for the October-Deeember quarter. The committee’s next
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      COTTON PIECE-GOODS EXPORTS.
      95 1 Check To Decline. A CHECK to the decline in Bntisn exports of cotton piece-goods which had been continuous from 1933 to 1936 occurred last year, when aggregate exports tosc to 2.023 million linear yards from 1.993 million in the previous year Last year’s total exceeded that of
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      TIN AND RUBBER DOMESTIC EXPORTS.
      76 1 ESTIMATED exports of tin and tin--1 in-ore at 75.5 per cent, tin content from Malaya in August totalled 2.800 tons, states the Controller under the Tin and Tin-ore (Restriction! Fnactment This compares with a proportionate monthly quota of 2,256 tons. The estimated export of dry
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      AUGUST RUBBER SHIPMENTS.
      49 1 the 47.246 tons of rubber .shipped from Malayan ports in August, 20.472 tons were consigned to America: 10,253 tons to the Continent oi Europe: 8.201 tons to the United Kingdom; 4.548 tons to the United Kingdom; 2,863 tons to Japan and 909 tons to other countries.
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      218 1 Singapore. Sept. 7, 12 noon. Buyers Seilers Gambler 7.25 Hamburg Cube $13.00 Java Cube $11.00 Feppei White Muntok $13 00 White $12.50 Black $8.25 Copra Mixed $2.95 Sun Dried $3.30 Tapioca Small Flake $3 60 Fair Flake $3.5o Medium Pearl $3.90 Small Pearl $3 70 Jeiotono Palcmbang
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      U.S. Iron And Steel Exports.
      59 1 New York, Aug. 26. pxPORTS o 1 iron and steel from the United States during July totalled 137,276 tons. They included the following: Pigiron 10.371 tons, steel Ingots 17,862. steel plate 17.390. black sheets 14,730. tinplate 12,802, structural shapes 8.171. Japan took 13.500 tons of
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER PRICES (Sellers).
      47 1 Date Spot Sept Oct.-Dec. Jan.-Mar. Apr.-June Iyondon Sept. 1 27% 27Vti 27% 28% 28% 8 2 26% 27 27% 28 28% 7% 5 26% 27 27% 28 28% 6 26% 27 27% 28 28% 7% 7 26% 26% 27% 27% 28% 7 15/16
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      FEDERAL REVENUE FROM OPIUM CONSUMPTION.
      399 2 Progressive Decline Expected To Occur. REPLACEMENT RESERVE FUND STABILISED AT $30,000,000. From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpupr, Sept. 1. THE Secretary ol‘ State to* the Colonies has approved the stabilisation of the F.M.S. Opium Revenue Replacement Reserve Fund at $30,000,000, it was revealed in the
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      AUGUST TIN-ORE PRODUCTION.
      102 2 THE following statistics of tin production operations refer to August' Picul Hrs. lun Yardage ore Katu Tin 614 146.000 1.005 Ratrut Basin &gt;56 122,800 722 Renonp Con *&gt;f&gt;9 221,000 Old Takuapu. Valle.* Dredge 1 659 155.000 420 Dredge 2. C67 170,000 J92 Dredge 3. 183 42.000 84
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      CONSUMPTION OF TIN FALLING.
      474 2 STATISTICS FOR JULY. STATISTIC’S just published inth«*j August Bulletin of the Interna-; iional Tin Research and Develop*! ment Council, issued by the Hague Statistical Oflice, show that 82.6001 1 tons of tin were produced in the first half of the current year against 94,600 tons in
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      UNITED MALACCA RUBBER
      795 2 NEW AREA PURCHASED FOR SHARES. JUNGLE STATE LAND APPLIED FOR. ADDRESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of United Malacca Rubber Estates Ltd. in Malacca on Monday, Mr. ban Kang Swi, the chairman, said: The year’s working alter providing $6 283 lor directors* lees and depreciation. and taking
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      Lewis And Peat’s Rubber Report.
      227 2 JN a weekly report on the rubber market issued at noon on Friday Lewis and Peat (Singapore a Ltd write The diplomatic manoeuvres in the European situation have again proved too much for the nerves of many holders, and liquidation has taken place during the
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      RUBBER DIRECTORS’ FORTUNES.
      109 2 Sir John Humpherv Leaves £171,031. From Our Own Correspondent' London. Aug 26 I ONDON members of the plantation rubber industry were interested to learn, today, details of the w’ills oi two well-known rubber company dirt ctors the late Lieut.-Col. Sir John Humphery and the late Mr. \Y
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      Mc ALISTER’S PROFIT JUMPS $96,632 AT $350,707.
      407 3 Dividend And Bonus Raised From 15 To 20 Per Cent. 4 SHARP rise in net profit is shown by McAlister and Company Ltd. for the year ended June last. The dividend and bonus, paid and proposed, is 5 per cent higher at 20
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      BUFFER TIN POOL QUOTAS.
      105 3 No Carry Forward Permitted. &gt;m Our Own Correspondent* Kuala Lumpur. Sept. &lt;i. *oNDON financial paper last week ’’uilishec! a report from a corresin Malava to the effect that P°°l tin quota not fulfilled dur third quarter would be per* 1 1 to be carried forward to
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION.
      144 3 252 Tons Sold THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,397th auction on Wednesday when there were catalogued 810.704 lb. &lt;361.92 tons) offered 673.736 lb. &lt;300.77 tons); sold 564.575 lb. &lt;252.04 tons). Spot London 7 7 ad. New York 16 316 cts. PRICES REALISED Ribbed
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      AUGUST TIN SHIPMENTS.
      93 3 FOREIGN exports of tin. being final shipments on ocean steamers at all Malayan ports m August total)* d 3.945 tons, compared with 5 923 tons in July This brings the total shipments for the eight months of this year to 45.430 tons compared with 03,231 tons in
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      WORLD SUGAR COUNCIL.
      52 3 •JTIE Government has appointed General Sir Hugh Elies as one of the British delegates on the International Sugar Council in succession to Lieut.Colonel Francis Balfour, who has resigned The appointment will date from Sept 1. General Sir Hugh Elies was from 1934 until recently MasterGeneral of Ordnance.
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      AUGUST RUBBER SHIPMENTS.
      71 3 OCEAN .shipments of rubber from all Malayan ports in August totalled 47,240 tons compared with 43.689 tons in July. This brings the total shipments for the eight months of this year to 371.384 tons compared with 440.264 tons iii the corresponding period of last year. Of the
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      Attempts To Evade The Textile Quotas.
      603 4 SINGAPORE REGISTRAR TELLS OF IMPORTERS’ METHODS. EVASION of textile quotas was continued last year by methods which were so closely bordering on the edge of the law that prosecutions were not advisable, says the annual report of the Registrar of Textiles Quotas, Mr. H.
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      VISIBLE TIN STOCKS RISING.
      186 4 -Straits Times cab’e 45.') Tons In August. 1 j\&gt;m &lt; nir &lt; hvn Correspondent) London, Sept. 1. ll/OKLP visible supplies of tin in- creased by 455 tons in August, according to estimates compiled by A Strauss and Co. Ltd. This company says that on Aug. 31,
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      ANGLO-ORIENTAL MINING GROUP.
      126 4 August Tin-Ore Production Statistics. THE following particulars of tindredging operations of companies in the Anglo-Oriental group refer to August: Piculs Hours cu yds ore Ampat Tin 1,222 325,000 1,756 Southern Kinta 2,025 604,000 3,175 Kamunting Tin 1,158 239,000 1,311 Pangnga River Tin 1,339 368,000 1,830 Tongkah Harbour
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      AUSTRAL MALAY GROUP.
      87 4 Tin-Dredging Outputs For August. THE lollowing tin-dredging statistics 1 for companies in the Austral Malay group refer to August:— Piculs Hours Yardage ore K. Kamunting 454 93,000 222 Asam Kumbang 659 203,000 533 Ulu Yam Closed. Thabawleik Tin 630 134,000 538 Puchong Tin 243 100,000 327 Pungali
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      RUBBER MARKET DULL.
      223 4 NO NEED FOR PESSIMISM. STANTON NELSON’S REPORT. JN a weekly report on the rubber market, issued at noon on Thursday, Stanton Nelson and Co. Ltd., write: A very anxious week closes with the situation considerably better. It is now perfectly clear that disturbers of the peace would
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      RUBBER OFFERINGS SMALL.
      152 4 Guthrie And Company’s Report. IN a weekly report on the rubber market issued at noon on Thursday. Guthrie and Co. Ltd., write: Political factors have continued during the past week to exert a controlling influence on commodity markets and stock exchanges generally, and the rubber market has
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      AUGUST RUBBER CROPS.
      56 4 THE following rubber crops were harvested by the respective estates in August:— lb. Penang Rubber 153,000 Sabrang Rubber 70.000 Straits Rubber 177.000 Rubana Rubber 73,000 Bagan Serai Rubber 49,500 Tali Ayer Rubber 73,000 Batak Rabit Rubber 20,000 Merchiston Rubber 25,000 Mountjoy Rubber 59,000 Badenoch Rubber 155.000 Paloh
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      NYALAS RUBBER PROFITS ALMOST HALVED.
      134 4 NET profit of $34,832 w#) earned by Nyalas R Estates Ltd. in the year ended Mav 31, last. This compares with to 385 in the preceding year. The directors propose paying a dividend of 3 per cent., which, n approved, will require $15,000. Th r
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      WORLD USES MORE RUBBER.
      198 4 —Straits Times cable. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 1. \I7ORLI) absorption of rubber in July was 73,799 tons, according to statistics compiled by the International Rubber Regulation Committee and published in its August statistical bulletin today. This compares with 72,000 tons m June and 89,315
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      1017 5 Issued By Fraser And Co., exchange and stock brokers. Singapore, Sept. 7, 10 a.m. mining. Buyers Sellers ral uf Tm 4/14 4/74 m ,/umbtnB 2* /6 3®/® UalaT 43/- 47/-n. xd 24/- 25,6 &gt;’ er Sii„ 0.63 0.67 F er xin 21/6 22/16 selSgor 1.33 1.38 10/3
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      19 5 Sept. 1 Tin. Spore Price $98.75 per picul 2 97 5 97.50 6 97.75 7 97.50
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      585 5 London Exchange Prices On Aug. 30. Allagar (2/&gt; 1/; Alor Pongsu (2/) 1/9%; Angio-Malay 9/; Ayer Kuning 24/44: Badenoch 19/0; Bagan Serai 17/6; Bahru (Sel.) (2/) l/li; Banteng 13/9; Batang (2/&gt; Batu Caves 15/74; Batu Tlga 20/3; Bekoh (2/) 1/; Bertam Con (2/) 3/14: Bidor 23/9; Bikam (2/)
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      London Stock Exchange.
      331 5 Prices Generally Higher. London, Sept. 6. yHE following are today’s closing middle prices in the London Stock Exchange: Shares of denomination unless otherwise stated: Yesterday Rise or Fall ConvftrMon Loan o o.c 1944*64 114% —Vi. Gindins Loan 4 o.c 1960*90 'H3 4-Vi. War Loan 3% p.c. 102
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
      196 5 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, Sept. 6, 5 p.m. Route roiai '«r Company Divider)o Close Date Ex. Div financial year TIN ®avabl» Dau .4. din. Austral Malay 8d. div 3d bonus Sept 5 Sept 8 Sept 3 10% Burma Malay ttd No 18 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Sept.
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