The Straits Budget, 15 September 1938
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section29 1938-09-15 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY./ o. 1205. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, SEI’TEMBER 15, 1938. Price 25 cts., (S.S. Currency) or 7H.29 words
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Article, Illustration1260 1938-09-15 1 IjORTH Malaya’s most extensive Wr manoeuvres, in which more than looo regular troops and Volunteers Kok nart. were held in the vicinity of ■uiiuag Samanggol on Sunday. MajorHeneral W. G. S. Dobbie. G.O.C.. Kalaya Command, commanded operalons. lit is understood that, as a result of lieStraits Times picture. - 1,260 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article752 1938-09-15 2 Secession Straits Times, Sept. 8. The leading article in The Times yesterday suggesting secession by the Sudeten districts of Czechoslovakia is the most significant thing that has happened for a long time. It is true that this does not represent the views of the British Government, even in the semi-1Straits Times, Sept. 8. - 752 words
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Article289 1938-09-15 2 Is to say, seven years.—Straits Times. Sept. 8 Congratulations are due to Mr. O. T. Faulkner on having been appointed to the highly responsible post of principal of the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture. Trinidad, and Malaya mav count itself fortunate that its agricultural services in the lastIs to say, seven years.—Straits Times. Sept. 8 - 289 words
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Article774 1938-09-15 2 the present basic quotas. Straits Times. Sept. 9. Next Monday the International Rubber Regulation Committee will meet to fix the quota for the last quarter of this year. What will its decision be? The committee last met in the early part of August and in the normalthe present basic quotas.—Straits Times. Sept. 9. - 774 words
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Article405 1938-09-15 2 is done, the better.—Straits Times, Sept. 9. Why is it that the Malayan Civil Service is so liberal in one part ot Malaya and so reactionary in another Why is it that Government has a proper system of outdoor relief in the Colony and not in theis done, the better.—Straits Times, Sept. 9. - 405 words
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Article794 1938-09-15 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 10. Japan is no longer trying to conceal from a critical world the fact that her economic system is being severely strained by the “China Incident.” In every walk of life, from the Emperor down, stringent personal economies are of necessity being observed. Some of—Straits Times, Sept. 10. - 794 words
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Article987 1938-09-15 3 -Straits Times, Sept. 12. Today the Straits Times has reduced its price from ten to five cents, and since this event is not without significance in the social history of Singapore some comments may be of interest. In seven years’ time the Straits Times will celebrate its centenary—the-Straits Times, Sept. 12. - 987 words
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Article949 1938-09-15 4 -Straits Times, Sept. 13. The speech for which the whole world was waiting was made at Nuremberg last night, and it was disappointing. It was not worthy of so historic a moment. With the German and French armies almost cn a war footing and the whole Con-Straits Times, Sept. 13. - 949 words
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Article741 1938-09-15 4 Straits Times. Sept. 14. Johore may yet rue the day when it spent so many millions on ostentatious buildings and so little ,on its own food supply. The truism that man cannot live by rubber alone I was demonstrated not only in the last war but in theStraits Times. Sept. 14. - 741 words
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Article320 1938-09-15 4 -Straits Times, Sept. H Since Malayan newspapers arc irequently approached to suppress names in police-court proceedings, and since nothing is more objectionable than a demand from a socially prominent individual lor a privilege which is denied to persons of humbler status, it is to be hoped vhat the-Straits Times, Sept. H - 320 words
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NOTES Of The DAY.
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Article384 1938-09-15 5 most Interesting thing has hapA prr.eri. Some time ago a story t an eerie experience in one of tV holiday bungalows on Bukit Kutu sen t to us for publication in the u:s Times Annual It was about a -rifving. banshee-like noise which heard coming over the384 words
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Article171 1938-09-15 5 Secretariatitis pEOPLE outside Government service know little about minute papers, having more direct and convenient v ays ot dealing with each other, but told that comments on these papers often appear to have been bitten in that peculiar state of mind wnich the colonial Dutch call tropic frenzy." is a171 words
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Article154 1938-09-15 5 gINCE we often hea. it said in Singapore nowadays, in Service as well as civilian circles, that we shall see big ships at Seletar within the next year or two, it is worth pointing out that the United Services Review does not think so. In its issue of154 words
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Article229 1938-09-15 5 MfHY should not the mountains of Malaya be terraced with rice-fields to their very summits, as are those of Java? Why should not the whole Peninsula be as intensively cultivated as Java is? Why should not this country feed itself as Java does? These questions were asked by229 words
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Article164 1938-09-15 5 pEVERTING to the question of why more people are not killed by falling coconuts in the vast palm groves of the Peninsula a reader who spent some years as a coconut planter in the South Sea Islands agrees that coconuts often fall at night but he adds that164 words
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Article172 1938-09-15 5 Penang “Jangsay. gINCE writing about the cashew-nut tree on the East Coast I have learnt that this tree is well known in Penang too. where the Chinese call it “jangsay. A Chinese reader in Penang tells me that during the season large quantities of the fruit are eaten, and small172 words
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Article125 1938-09-15 5 Trout Romance I HAVE been much interested in a note on the sex life of the t£put written by Mr. W. Birtwhistle in his annual report, where he says that an artificial stream with separate spawning beds has had to be constructed at Cameron Highlands for engaged and married trout.125 words
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Article302 1938-09-15 5 Straits Robins COME days ago I described an experiment made with bird-boxes by Mr. C. Ward-Jackson in his garden at Batu Caves, near Kuala Lumpur, and suggested that the reason for that failure might be that the garden was several miles out in the country, with plenty of natural nesting302 words
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Article201 1938-09-15 5 JT seems that when that meteor passA ed Malaysia In the Pleistocene age. and showered bits and pieces on Billiton island and in Java (to be called tektites in our own age), it left quit 0 a lot of bits in the Malay Peninsula too. Ibu Bijeh writes201 words
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Article167 1938-09-15 5 reference to the pierced bamboo instruments which the Sakai in Ulu Selangor tie to the tops of trees, to produce a kind of wailing noise, a Singapore correspondent supports the theory that these “Buloh Perindu” are associated with the deaths of members of the tribe. He writes: ’‘Happening167 words
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Article31 1938-09-15 5 SCHOOLMASTER in Seremban vouches for the truth of the following Teacher (to a doctor’s son in the class) What is a surgeon Doctors son A surgeon Is a medical butcher.31 words
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Article202 1938-09-15 6 T apley’s Kerbau. OOMEONE in Rangoon has .sent me a cutting from a New Zealand p oer reporting an interview’ in Holla ::d on experiences in Malaya By such roundabout routes does fodder r-ach the columnist's desk. This cutting contains an interview with Mr. Colin Tapley, who spent 30 me202 words
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Article168 1938-09-15 6 Our Booloo.” yk N actress in a Malay opera company went from Singapore to Hollywood to act as the star in -Booloo,” together with a host of relations, and this is what Colin Tapley says about her in this interview: “She is an exquisitely-formed Malay. She comes from Singapore. She168 words
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Article127 1938-09-15 6 A POSSIBILITY that Singapore will be linked directly with Africa by air in the not distant future was mentioned by T!a* Aeroplane in its Issue of Aug. 31. This new line would go via Colombo and Mombasa, but whether it is j launched or not. there seems little doubt127 words
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Article206 1938-09-15 6 CURIOSITY in Raffles Museum which few people have seen was mentioned in a recent number of Chambers's Journal, in an article on the speeds at which fish swim. Speaking of the swordfish, the writer says: “The final example of the tremendous power and velocity of this fish is206 words
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Article212 1938-09-15 6 Cecil Street Vie w. AS the doyen of Cecil Street. I am tempted to indulge in some reminiscences and reflections today. when the Straits Times is opening a new period of its history—a period in which the domiciled Malayan is going to play quite as large a part as the212 words
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Article218 1938-09-15 6 THE first time that I ever saw a Straits Times poster in Chinatown sticks In my memory. I had been stationed In Kuala Lumpur for a year 01 so. and when I came back to Singapore lor a week-end I saw one of our posters at the junction218 words
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Article191 1938-09-15 6 IIfHAT has caused this rapid spread of English in Singapore—particularly among the Straits Chinese —with its corollary of a newspaper public at least six times as large as it was in my junior days Firstly. I think, the second generation of English-educated Asiatics has reached maturity. The sons191 words
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Article183 1938-09-15 6 OINCE this column has always been a rather personal affair. I may perhaps be excused if I confess that I feel very happy about this change in the policy and scope of the Straits Times I have more or less grown up with this newspaper, and at the same183 words
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Article194 1938-09-15 6 P VERYONE who goes on Home leave nowadays is struck by the extraordinary popularity of automatic bagatelle machines and similar games, but not so many people know that these machines are now in everv coffee-shop in Singapore. Affixed to every machine is a notice “Gambling Not Permitted.” but194 words
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Article194 1938-09-15 6 QNE explanation of the presence of cocoa trees in Malay kampongs, mentioned in this column the other day. may be that the tree was introduced into the Peninsula by the pioneer planters, in the days before rubber came in at the beginning of the century and swept everything194 words
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Article149 1938-09-15 6 |>Y far the best exhibit in the “When Is Singapore?” competition has been entered by a local padre who has Just received a letter from London addressed to “Singapore. British West Indies” This letter was dispatched by the Religious Book Club, which explains everything Singapore may be one149 words
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Article152 1938-09-15 6 W7HEN Singapore went to work yesterday morning it was startled to see newspaper posters all over the town bearing the words: “Malaya’s Senior Paper Dies.” Thus did the op position announce the obituary of the Straits Times, but I fear that the wish was father to the thought152 words
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Article173 1938-09-15 7 Mr. P G Pamadasa, of the staif of st Francis Institution. Malacca, has returned from Europe after a four months’ holiday. Mr. H. J. Page, director of the Rubber Research Institute, who has been on a tour of the rubber areas in British North Borneo and Sarawak,173 words
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Article75 1938-09-15 7 The following notifications regarding the F M S. Volunteer Force personnel are gazetted Second Lieutenant Ooi Teik promoted to rank of Lieutenant. Temporary commission as Second Lieutenant granted to Mr. Roland Charles Lemmon for one year, effective from July 4. Captain E H. Wilson, E.D., transferred to Reserve75 words
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Article79 1938-09-15 7 THE following appointments are announced in the Kedah Government Gazette: Dr V. W. VV. S. Purcell, to be a member of the Health Board in place ot Mr. B. S. Davis, M.C.S. Dr. J. C. Carson seconded for service in Kedah and assumed duty as Acting State Surgeon79 words
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Article42 1938-09-15 7 The Government Gazette announces that Mr. H. W. Nightingale, M.C.S., has been appointed to act as Assistant Accountant-General, Penang, with effect from Aug. 4. The Gazette also announces that Mr Nightingale has been appointed a p °licc Magistrate for Penang.42 words
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DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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Article53 1938-09-15 7 "WULFF-—to Erika wife of V. E. Wulff, a at the Maternity Hospital Singapore, on Sept. 11. ANDREWS.—At the Maternity Hospital, Sin--ipore on Sept. 10, to Dylis (nee Croft) vtVV. of G v Andrews, a daughter. -MILNE.— To Maud. Patricia, wife of H. A. AIli p a daughter, Patricia Grace.53 words
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Article81 1938-09-15 7 Wl he engagement Is announced between m! lam Melfort, son of the late Mr. and A K. Oak-Rhind, of Melbourne, Aus- una and Gwendoline Mary, daughter of Grafton of Prestwick, Ayrshire. oiuford—KIDSON.—The engagement is announced between Mr. S. W. Sidford of Kalins of Malaya Ltd. Layang Layang, Jonore, ildtr81 words
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240 1938-09-15 7 SEQUEL TO ORCH ARD RD. COLLISION. A former United States pilot and commercial flier and the man who is building a 42 ft. yacht to sail to a “mystery” island. Capt Krumbaar Herndon, appeared in the Singapore Fourth Police Court on Monday, in answer to240 words
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Article121 1938-09-15 7 Work In N. Malaya Exercises. PRIOR to returning to Singapore on Monday with his staff officer, Major-General W. G. S. Dobbie, General Officer Commanding, Malaya, briefly addressed officers and N.C.O.’s and spoke of the high standard of training reached by the Volunteers, mostly Asiatics and Eurasians, who121 words
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Article87 1938-09-15 7 <From Our Own Correspondent) Batu Pahat, Sept. 11. THE Malay community has suffered a great loss in the death of Penghulu Besar Abdul Kadir bin Rahmat at Batu Pahat at the age of 48. after a short illness. He became acting penghulu In October 191487 words
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Article251 1938-09-15 7 Big Welcome For Five Cents Announcement. FOLLOWING the announce1 ment that the Straits Times has reduced its selling price to FIVE Cents, congratulations from all parts of Malaya arrived in Cecil Street. A record demand for Monday’s newspaper. the first issue at the 5-cent price, is reported251 words
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Article145 1938-09-15 7 Prominent members of the Singapore Indian and Malay community attenoed an informal dinner given by Mr. Ali Khan Suratee to the Indian National Congress Medical Unit at his residence in Desker Road on Friday. The guests of honour were later taken round the amusement parks and cabarets145 words
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Article304 1938-09-15 7 Leaders— Secession 2 45 Ptr Cent. 2 Japan Crisis S, Five Cents 3 War Or Peace 4 Johore Ostrich 4 Telegrams— Covering past week’s news 25—28 Pictorial Section 17— 2$ Financial Supplement— Financial and Commercial News to date, following page 32 Malayan General News— Colony's Relief Funds Now Total304 words
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160 1938-09-15 7 THE Chinese Government at Hankow has granted permission to call a new Chinese high school for Singapore the Chung Chen High School after Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek. On behalf of an organising committee, Dr. Lim Boon Keng, former principal of Amoy University160 words
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Obituary34 1938-09-15 7 DEATH. f ON ~*At Singapore on Sunday, Sept. 11 VZ h f r 86t h- year Althea Buxton, widow of ne late Capt. Henry Buxton of Plainfield, 4 J > U S A., Deeply lamented.34 words
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925 1938-09-15 8 Singapore Leaders’ Congratulations. MUNICIPAL PRESIDENT “MUTUAL GOODWILL/’ Singapore September 13. ENTHUSIASTIC approval of the policy of the Straits Times in reducing its price to five cents was expressed by leading men in every section of the community yesterday. The readiness with which the925 words
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Article71 1938-09-15 8 •‘CROM the point of view of the advertising agency.” said Mr. E. Mozar, managing director of Masters. Ltd., “the cutting of the price of the Straits Times allows it to enter an enormous new field for advertising. “The value of the journal to advertisers hence71 words
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599 1938-09-15 8 NO “WHITE-COLLAR BRIGADE IN SARAWAK. Chinese Schools Suitable For Borneo State. LTHOUGH the standard of Chinese education in Sarawak is low, the Chief Secretary to the Sarawak Government, Mr. Edward Parnell, in his annual report, considers that it exactly suits the state of development of the country. “It fits Chinese599 words
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72 1938-09-15 8 THE boarding housp of St. An--1 drew’s School, Singapore, now includes boarders of all nationalities. There are no race distinctions A hostel is also being organised for old boys of the school who are working in Singapore. It is hoped that the hostel72 words
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87 1938-09-15 8 Sidney Do -ds a European Police Inspector, appeared in the Singapore Fifth Police Court on Tuesday on charges of wrongiu l restraint of a Malay. Ibrahim bin Isa and a Ceylonese. S. Ponniah an objection was raised to the case being compounded. “The Chief Police87 words
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283 1938-09-15 9 Fresh. Official Gift Of Half Million To Penang. more money needed to aid DISTRESS IN NORTH. TO cope more adequately with the relief of distress in Penan# and Province Wellesley, the Government o! the Straits Settlements has decided to make a further jnft of283 words
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Article196 1938-09-15 9 Five Weeks’ Gaol Sentence. A LLEGED to have attacked an old Chinese man in a lane between Alexandra Barracks and Tanglin. with a sickle, cutting his left arm severely, and causing several contusions on his body, two privates of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Thomas Donnell196 words
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257 1938-09-15 9 AIR VICE-MARSHAL BABINGTON ACCOMPANIED BY FAMILY. AVER 20 R.A.F. planes flew in formation over the P. and 0. liner Rajputana, as she brought the new Air Officer Commanding, the Royal Air Force, Far East, Air ViceMarshal J. T. Babington, to Singapore on257 words
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Article, Illustration141 1938-09-15 9 AT St. Andrew’s Cathedray on Friday Mr. E J. Skinner, of the Kuala Lumpur Branch of Joseph Travers and Sons Ltd., Singapore. was married to Miss Esme Hope, daughter of the late Mr. Henry Hope and Mrs. Hope, of Woollahara, Sydney, New South Wales. The Ven. Archdeacon141 words
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Article368 1938-09-15 9 Haul After Chase By Excise Men. CHINESE GETS GAOL SENTENCE. ANE of the biggest chandu seizures to he made in Singapore—1,712 tahils of nonGovernment chandu, valued at about $13,610,—was made by the Excise Department, on Sunday. As a sequel, Lock Yuen, a 38-year-old Cantonese, appeared368 words
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Article205 1938-09-15 9 DRIVING OFFENCE ALLEGED. 'R/IAJOR A. D. SPARK. Secretary of the Air Raids Precautions Sub-Committee, appeared in the Singapore Fourth Police Court, before Mr. K. A. Blacker, on Friday, in answer to a summons in connection with an alleged traffic offence and was acquitted. It was alleged that205 words
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Correspondence.
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Article398 1938-09-15 10 A.P.H. CRUSADE IN SINGAPORE. “Un-English Solecisms” Attacked. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—I read with interest Mr. Richard Sidney’s letter headed “What A Word!” published in your issue of Sept. 2, and you are to be congratulated on your facetious comment thereon. At the risk of being398 words
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Article176 1938-09-15 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Dr. J. E. Smith is to be congratulated on his spirited attack against the present policy of the Government in its attitude towards prostitution, but one aspect of the closing of licensed brothels since 1927 was not mentioned-that of the176 words
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Article540 1938-09-15 10 More About Their Grievances. TREATMENT UNDER “DEMOCRACY.” To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—Referring to my last letter published in your columns on Aug. 26. I wish to bring to your knowledge a few oi the Justified grievances of the Sudeten Germans, which are the main cause of540 words
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Article31 1938-09-15 10 The Government Gazette announces the appointments of Mr. James John Vanston to be Chief Inspector of Machinery. Straits Settlements, and Mr. John Arnold Heaton to be Inspector of Machinery.31 words
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Article703 1938-09-15 10 A Personal Letter To Malaya. NEW MOVEMENT FOR WORLD PEACE. To The Editor Of The Straits Times. Sir.-The grave deterioration in the international situation which has taken place within the last tew years has undoubtedly been th e cause of profound nnx.ety among millions of men and women throughout703 words
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Article244 1938-09-15 10 Criticism Of Farrer Park Hard Courts. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir— It has given me, and per hap* other lovers oi tennis as well, a shock to learn that the Municipal Commissioners have decided to expend $2,50u on the construction of three hard ten nis244 words
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Article99 1938-09-15 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. —I second your correspondent “Picture-Goer’s” letter, which appeared in your issue of Aug. 26. There are plenty of Johoreans who patronise the Alhambra. Capitol and other Singapore picture-houses, but if those responsible for the management could change the matinees from99 words
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Article811 1938-09-15 11 Old-Timer’s View Of Restriction. memories of first rubber boom. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir —As one whose memories of rubber and tin in Malaya go back a very long way. I cannot help feeling that the present policy of making these commodities scarce in the markets811 words
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Article426 1938-09-15 11 The Last Amateur Station. APPEAL TO NORTH MALAYA. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—The last nail has been driven into the coffin of the Kuala Lumpur Radio Society by the decision to suspend broadcasting as from November. This society, which has been in existence for nearly426 words
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Article602 1938-09-15 11 Realism Needed In Singapore. i CHINESE OPINION OF POLICY. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. —The more drastic the steps taken by Government to suppress prostitution, the more difficult will It be for the Government to eradicate this evil, because prostitutes will be forced to carry602 words
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Article294 1938-09-15 11 Singapore Church Worker. MRS. A. BUXTON. THE death occurred in Singapore on Sunday of Mrs. Althea Buxton, widow of Capt. Henry Buxton. She was 86. Mrs. Buxton, who had been blind tor the past 20 years, was well known in Singapore and a prominent Church of England294 words
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Article245 1938-09-15 11 Malayan Proficiency Certificates. To the editor of the Straits Times. Sir.--With relerence to the letter signed Only A Suggestion which appeared in your edition of Sept. 1, I am directed to ask if you will be good enough to publish the following information in order to correct any245 words
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Article28 1938-09-15 11 Mr. E. C. Martin, M.C., has been appointed to be a Municipal Commissioner for the Town and Fort of Malacca vice Mr. C. F. Smith, resigned28 words
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803 1938-09-15 12 2,000 Men Take Part In Week-End Exercises. GENERAL BOBBIE DIRECTS. Mosquitoes Attack 44 Invaders” From Penang Corps. (From Our Special Correspondent) In the War Zone, North Malaya, Sept. 11. AS a result of the biggest military exercises ever held in North Malaya, the authorities are803 words
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Article71 1938-09-15 12 < From Our Own Correspondent Talping, Sept. 10. A N Australian H. R. Benison aged 40. n a member of the machine-gun company of the F.M.S. Volunteer Force, died here this morning and was burled with military honours this afternoon. Bom at Hamilton, Australia, Mr. Benison came to71 words
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387 1938-09-15 12 Apologised When Heard British Warship Might Intervene. WHEN officers of a Japanese destroyer who had boarded the Swedish East Asiatic Line’s crack new passenger-freighter Ningpo learned that a British warship might be sent from Hong Kong to intervene, they were profuse in their apologies to387 words
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Article115 1938-09-15 12 pINES amounting to $1,150, were Im- posed upon two Chinese, and a woman in the Singapore Third Police Court, on Friday, by Mr. G. S. Rawlings, when they were convicted on a charge of assisting in the management of a public lottery on May 17,115 words
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563 1938-09-15 12 THE death took place at the General Hospital, on Saturday after a short illness of Mrs. Ellen Pauline Theodora Strays, widow of Mr. G. W. Strays, late Traffic Superintendant of the Singapore Harbour Board, at the age of 69 years. Mrs. Struys563 words
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629 1938-09-15 13 Malayan Doctor Contrasts Life In East And West. TROPICAL DISEASES NOT BLAMED FOR HIGHER MORTALITY. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 8. THE higher mortality in Far Eastern cities, as compared with cities of the Western world, was due to “social inadequacies” and not629 words
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68 1938-09-15 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. Sept. 8. THE half yearly general meeting of the Negri Sembilan Co-operative Stores Society. Ltd., will be held at the Co-operative Societies Office, Seremban. on Sept. 20. The chief item on the agenda Is to consider the closing of68 words
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Article84 1938-09-15 13 Trust’s Kampong Silat Scheme, j AN Improvement Trust housing scheme for Kampong Silat, behind the railway station, is revealed by advertisements under the Improvement Ordinance. The area is at present occupied by squatters’ huts, and no immediate clearing of them is expected, as the work is84 words
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Article, Illustration298 1938-09-15 13 ALTHOUGH no reference is made to the “off-side” rule in the report of the Trimmer Committee which studied traffic conditions in Singapore, the Straits Times understands that a recommendation that the rule should be adopted was made to the Government by the com-298 words
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266 1938-09-15 13 Economics Ministry Official Here On Special Mission. TO STUDY MINERALS MINING QUESTIONS ALL OVER WORLD. “PHINA can resist Japan indefinitely. She is, as the world knows, in a much stronger position financially than Japan. I don't think Hankow will fall, but if it does, we266 words
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Article214 1938-09-15 13 Plea On One Charge Retracted. U/HEN C. H. Balke, the Hollander who, on Tuesday, pleaded guilty to charges of having flown an aeroplane more than three miles from an aerodrome without the prescribed certificates of competency, and flying the aeroplane in a dangerous manner, appeared in214 words
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441 1938-09-15 14 Consul-General’s Reception In Honour Of Queen’s Jubilee. HOLLANDERS FEEf, COMPLETELY AT HOME IN THE COLONY. CREAKING in English without notes for nearly ten minutes, the recently-appointed Dutch Consul-General, Mr. H. M. J. Fein, showed himself at Tuesday nigh’s Hollandsche Club reception to be one441 words
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Article154 1938-09-15 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Sept. 6 THE DUTCH CONSUL. Dr. van Egmond, tonight gave a reception at the E. and O. Hotel, over 250 representative of all nationalities being present to mark the 40th anniversary of the reign of Queen Wilhelmina. Among those present were154 words
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Article53 1938-09-15 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Sept. 6. AN acute shortage of com- mercial aviators in the Netherlands Indies has led to the recruiting of Army pilots by the Royal Netherlands Indies Airways (K.N.I.L.M,) as a temporary measure. Fully-fledged commercial pilots and mechanics are being engaged53 words
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408 1938-09-15 14 Neighbours Laughed At HomeMade Yacht Which Is Here. COUPLE SAILING ROUND WORLD. A HOME-MADE yacht, at which neighbours leaned over the fence and laughed, arrived in Singapore on Sept. 6 with a couple from Queensland who intend to sail the Juanita, as the craft is called, round the world. Mr.408 words
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91 1938-09-15 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 6. STEPHEN WOOD, a European, employed by Chemor Tin Ltd. pleaded guilty this morning to ».three charges, driving negligently and colliding with a lorry, driving without a licence and driving without a third party insurance policy. He was fined91 words
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72 1938-09-15 14 /”\N the motion of the Mentri Besar at the Johore State Council meeting on Sept. 6, allowances to five members of the ruling house of Johore were increased from $lOO to $175 per month, as from July 1, last. The members were Ungku Maimunah72 words
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440 1938-09-15 14 First Of Five Special Ships For Journey To Jeddah. riE Malayan pilgrim season began on Tuesday with the departure for Mecca, Holy City of the Islamic world, of 500 men and women aboard the Blue Funnel vessel Meneleaus. Many of the m440 words
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Article110 1938-09-15 14 Councillor Urges Special Committee. TJECLARING that the Johore Council of State was the only body which could Interpret any section of the Constitution, Inche Onn bin Ja'afar urged the appointment of a small committee of Councillors to determine and fix the construction of certain section110 words
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Article, Illustration1884 1938-09-15 15 Planting Topics Relation To The Nutrition Of Rubber Trees. LEGUMINOUS CREEPERS ARE TO BE PREFERRED. THE urgent need for covering the soil in rubber plantations is fortunately fully realised at the r ,ivs nt day. The age of prejudice past and agronomic practicestable secondary crop.—Picture by courtesy of Mr. W. Lloyd.; —Picture by courtesy of Mr. W. Lloyd. - 1,884 words
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524 1938-09-15 16 Mr. O. T. Faulkner’s New Post. LEAVING THIS MONTH AFTER TWO YEARS AS DIRECTOR ADVISER. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 5. ONE of the most important positions in Colonial Empire agriculture is to be filled in the near future by an524 words
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129 1938-09-15 16 Tungku Was In Cabin For Two Days WHEN Tungku Mahmud hurriedly left the P. and O. linet Rajputana at Marseilles and flew back to Oxford to see pretty Joyce Elencowe. whom he states he will marry in the face of opposition from his brother, the Sultan of Trengganu, passengers were129 words
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94 1938-09-15 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Sept. 8. IN the case in which Nai Diem Chan 1 beng Chui, a driver of a tricycle taxi, was recently charged with having unlawfully pulled a hair from the tail of the King’s white elephant, in its stables94 words
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Article53 1938-09-15 16 QENTENCE of four months’ rigorous imprisonment was passed by the Singapore Fourth Magistrate, Mr. K. A Blackler, on Friday on a Chinese, Chu Ngin, who was convicted on a charge of theft of a fountain pen. In addition to the sentence, one year’s police53 words
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Advertisement119 1938-09-15 16 HOLIDAYS and HEALTH -=&r. W. rrI .tl r. It is doubtful if there is any sounder form of far-sighted saving than holi-day-making. The expenditure entailed is more than offset in the form of improved health and keener wits to meet the obligations of home or business. Hong Kong is one119 words
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Advertisement28 1938-09-15 16 By Appointment to H H. THE RAJAH OF SARAWAK H.H. THE SULTAN OF BRUNEI ELLISON S. EZEKIEL CO. OPTICIANS AND WATCHMAKERS ONLY ADDRESS:— 3, CAPITOL BUILDING. S PORE28 words
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Article, Illustration874 1938-09-15 17 7" s picture shows hoiv Golden Glimpse just beat Blue Peter by a head in a splendid finish to Saturday's Gold Cup race at Illicit Timah. Jack Drucc was three-quarters cf a lenqth away third and Measure the favourite, icas half a length behind in fourthStreets Times picture.; —-Straits Timei picture.; .—Strains Times picture.; .- Straits Times picture.; Straits Times picture.; Straits Tunes picture.; —Straits Time's picture.; —Straits Times picture.; —Straits Ti7fies picture.; .—Straits Times picture.; – Straits Times picture.; Golding ibrul stimuli and Mrs. M. L. Clarke. Straits Tutu s picture.; -Straits Times picture. - 874 words
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1240 1938-09-15 21 TO those of us whose work, or rather whose husband’s work, necessitates that we live a fair proportion of our lives in the East and whose thoughts as the years pass by dwell with ever increasing longing on the day when we1,240 words
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Article290 1938-09-15 21 NOT A NEW IDEA, SAYS ADVISER. Difficulties Not So Great. yHE idea of a hill station or .Johore was not new, s aid the General Adviser, Mr. W- E. Pepys, in the Johore on noil of State, on Tuesday, he expressed the hope at (Government would290 words
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361 1938-09-15 21 A SHARK nine feet two inches long and weighing 440 lb was caught in Keppel Harbour on Sept. 7 by Fred Westmoreland, a memoer of the crew of the P. O. liner Corfu, which arrived from Hong Kong, This is the tenth361 words
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729 1938-09-15 22 Special Committee Sought By Councillor. MORE PAD1LAND PLEA. (From Our 0IVn Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Sept. 6. A WARNING that Johore might easily be denied the vital necessities of life—fish and rice—in the event of a world crisis developing was sounded by Mr. G. T.729 words
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311 1938-09-15 22 DADIO communication between Police Headquarters in Singapore and police lorries, launches and possibly “Q. tars” is envisaged as the result of successful experiments conducted over the past year. Owing to difficulties of training sufficient operators full development of the scheme will take several years, but311 words
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Article38 1938-09-15 22 A PROCLAMATION that the Tungku Mahkota had been appointed Regent to act for the Sultan of Johore In his absence was read in the Johore State Council on Sept. 6. The Sultan recently sailed for Europe.38 words
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346 1938-09-15 22 f rom Our Own Correspondent Johore Bahru, Sept. 6. A SUGGESTION that a hill station and t sanatorium should be built at the 3,000-foot high Gunong Bekok in Johore was made by Mr. C. T. Hinde in the Johore Council of State this morning.346 words
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Article295 1938-09-15 22 Unlawful Work Alleged. PROTECTORATE MEETING. WARNING to 78 Singapore Chinese societies that, unless they desist in activities outside the scope of their registered rules and objects, they will be dissolved, has been given by the Chinese Protectorate. This warning was given to the presidents and secretaries295 words
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1151 1938-09-15 23 Governor Attends. i f J* v < THE Garrison Church, Tallin, was on Sept. 7, the scene of one of the biggest military weddings ever held in Singapore, Lieut. 0. C. S. Dobbie, Royal Artillery, marrying Miss Florence Mary Dickey. f IEUT. Dobbie1,151 words
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Article149 1938-09-15 23 yHE marriage took place at the 1 Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Singapore on Wednesday evening of Miss Beverly May Armstrong, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Armstrong, of Singapore, and Mr. George Howard Scharenguivel, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Scharenguivel, of Ceylon.149 words
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Article42 1938-09-15 23 Major F. H. Vinden left Singapore on Friday on the Corfu on sick leave and expects to be back in January. Captain L. W. G. Hamilton has been appointed to act as Command Intelligence Officer during Major Vinden’s absence.42 words
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Article103 1938-09-15 23 (From Our Own Correspondent. Ipoh, Sept. 8. THREE Europeans have been appointed to deal with unemployed coolies in Perak. Mr. R. G. K. Thompson wUl assist the Protector of Chinese who is handling the unemployment situation. Two other Europeans will supei vise the relief work for103 words
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Article173 1938-09-15 23 MALAYA’S MISCHIEFMAKERS. Stupid Overtures In London. ALTHOUGH every responsible element in the Chinese community of Malaya has strongly condemned the riots, disturbances and threats of personal violence which have been laid to the door of certain anti-Japanese societies in this country, certain organisations at Home—evidently misinformed as to173 words
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111 1938-09-15 23 DRODUCED in the Singapore Crlml- nal District Court, on a charge or naving control of 121 tahlls of nonGovernment chandu, worth about s96#, at the Naval Base, on Aug. 31, a welldressed Chinese, Ku Ah Kee, the steward of Lieut. Commander R. G. Mills,111 words
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Article252 1938-09-15 23 PENANG CLAIM FOR ADMISSION. ‘Consciousness Of Injustice.’ From Our Own Correspondent Penang, Sept. 7. “THE consciousness that we 1 are suffering from injustice is hard to remove as long as the doors of the Malayan Civil Service are closed to us,” said Mr. Cheah Inn Kiong,252 words
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69 1938-09-15 23 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Sept. 7. AN unusual case was filed with the Criminal Court yesterday by the Public Prosecutor against a Siames tricycle driver. H e is alleged to have pulled a hair out from the tail of the King’s elephant at the69 words
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Article61 1938-09-15 23 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 2. engagement of Mr. John Russel! Weight, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H Weight of Langside, Glasgow, to marry Miss Barbara Rachael Joan Surridge. younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs Percy Surridge, Cromwell Road, Coggeshall was announced in The Times of Sept.61 words
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Article49 1938-09-15 23 (From Our Own Correspondent) London. Sept. 8 THE death occurred today of Mrs Edith Innes, wife of Mr. J. K Innes. the former Malayan Judge. Mrs. Innes’ daughter is Lady Caldecott, wife of Sir Andrew Caldecott. Governor of Ceylon and formerly Colonial Secretary. Straits Settlements49 words
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349 1938-09-15 24 Leader Expresses Congress Sympathy With China. “PEOPLE FIGHTING FOR LIBERTY WILL TRIUMPH.” (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Sept. 8. “CVERYONE in India—I will even go further and say k everyone in the world —knows what China is fighting for and sympathises with the349 words
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Article91 1938-09-15 24 From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Sept. 9. TNDO-CEYLONESE associations all over Johore are joining up under a central body this year and rules and regulations of this new body, which is to be named the All Johore IndiaCeylon Association, are being circulated among the various91 words
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70 1938-09-15 24 A YOUNG Chinese, Ong Joo Seng, who was alleged to have associated with had characters, was bound over to be of good behaviour for six months in one surety of $50, by the Singapore Fourth Magistrate, Mr. K. A. Blacker, on Friday. It was stated70 words
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Article139 1938-09-15 24 Sir W. Pitt-Taylor Passes Through Singapore. Lieut -general sir waiter wniiam Pitt-Taylor, General Officer Com-manding-in-Chief, Western Command. India, arrived in Singapore in the P. and O. liner Rajputana on Friday. Accompanied by Lady Pitt-Taylor, the General is making a holiday visit to Australia and New139 words
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671 1938-09-15 24 Quayside W elcome And Chinese Chamber Tea Party. ANTI-IMPERIALISTIC VIEWS OF DOCTOR CAUSE SURPRISE. HUNDREDS of Chinese and Indians greeted the Indian National Congress medical unit which is going to China, when it arrived in Singapore on Friday aboard the P. O. liner671 words
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Article55 1938-09-15 24 ON his 20th archaeological visit to China, Mr. Walter M. Weinberger, a wealthy young London merchant, passed through Singapore it* the Rajputana. Last in Shanghai in June last yearMr. Weinberger is wondering how th* war will have cramped the style ot an archaeologist. He is55 words
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330 1938-09-15 24 IPOH SUICIDE VERDICT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Sept. 9. I_VOW a Eurasian youth, who had a few minutes early expressed his anxiety because he had lost his job, shot himself in the sto*na« h in the presence of a witness was described at330 words
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389 1938-09-15 25 COMPROMISE PLAN FOLLOWS SUDETEN ULTIMATUM. Tension Between Reich And France Rises, Prague, Sept. 6. l COMMUNIQUE, issued at the conclusion of last night’s meeting of the Czech Inner Cabinet at Prague, announces that the Ministers have drawn up a definitive plan, which will be submitted389 words
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Article137 1938-09-15 25 —Reuter. “Gathering Strength For Tasks.” Nuremberg, Sept. 5. “THE National Socialist Party of 1 Greater Germany is met together to gather new strength for the tasks in the coming year,” declared Herr Hitler today when he briefly responded to the address of welcome at the town—Reuter. - 137 words
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Article82 1938-09-15 25 —British Wireless. London. Sept. 7. THE Prime Minister. Mr. Neville Chamberlain, will address a mass meeting at Newcastle on October 7 in connection with the Conservative Party conference. Parties supporting the National Government are carrying out a campaign of meetings throughout the country before the resumption of—British Wireless. - 82 words
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Article90 1938-09-15 25 Wednesday, Sept. 7. A DECREE providing for mobi- lisation of the port of Marseilles is published at Paris today (reports Reuter). This measure, which will mean the control and operation of port services by a military commission, was foreshadowed by authoritative circles at Paris, who said that90 words
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Article267 1938-09-15 25 —Reuter. Strong Opposition To The Nazis. “UNPRODUCTIVE." Nuremberg, Sept. 6. AN attack on Jews was the chief feature of an address by Herr Hitler at the Nazi party congress this evening on Nazi culture. The Fuehrer declared that the Jews as a whole were “absolutely unproductive,”—Reuter. - 267 words
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Article93 1938-09-15 25 —Reiter. Reuter. London. Sept. 7 A VERDICT of accidental death was returned today at the inquest on the 11 victims of the air crash at Edmonton. London, on Sept. 5. when the crashed R A F. plane set two houses on fire. It was disclosed—Reiter.; – Reuter. - 93 words
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Article169 1938-09-15 25 -Reuter. Reserves To Man Maginot Line. COLONIES PREPARE. I*aris. Sept. 5. IM'ITH the intention of fuliy manning the Maginot Line and frontier garrisons, the (Jo\ernment has recalled a number of reservists to the colours. Officers and men on leave have been ordered to rejoin their units,-Reuter. - 169 words
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Article57 1938-09-15 25 Reuter. Prague. Sept. 5. The Czech Government was Informed in advance of the French intention to man the Maginot Line. The news caused no surprise and is not likely to be followed by any exceptional military measures In Czechoslovakia as the military authorities have adopted a policy ofReuter. - 57 words
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Article137 1938-09-15 25 -Reuter Paris, Sept. 7. DRESS commentators today em- phasise that the Czech crisis is reaching a climax. Mme. Tabouis, writing in rOeuvre, declares that foreign circles at Nuremberg believe that Herr Hitler is ready to reject the new Czech plan. However, until Monday, when he-Reuter - 137 words
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Article53 1938-09-15 25 grey horses with outriders. —British* Wireless London, Sept. 8.. THE Braemar :lighland Gathering took place today in perfect weather and glorious sunshine. The King and Queen, with Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose, arrived on the ground in an open carriage drawr. by grey horsesgrey horses with outriders.—British* Wireless - 53 words
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Article, Illustration828 1938-09-15 26 -Reuter. BERLIN ATTITUDE TO COMPROMISE PLAN. Henlein At Nuremberg Meets Leaders. London, Sept 7. T'HE German authorities, reports Reuter from Berlin, do not feel that the Sudeten Germans can accept the latest proposals of the Czechoslovak Government as they stand, as it is considered that-Reuter. - 828 words
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Article72 1938-09-15 26 —R°uter. Japanese Newspaper Ban At Tientsin. Peking. Sept. 5. 'THE British Embassy made representations today to the Japanese Embassy concerning the banning from the mails of the British-owned daily newspaper, Pekin and Tientsin Times published at Tientsin. Official information is lacking, but it is assumed the ban is—R°uter. - 72 words
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Article292 1938-09-15 26 Germany Blockade. Reuter. FUEHRERS CLAIM. Reserves Enough For Years. DLOCKADE which brought German Empire to it* knees in the Great War will not break the Third Reich if it is involved in a great European conflict. This was suggested by Herr Hitler, speaking at the Nazi Party Congress at Nuremberg,Reuter. - 292 words
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209 1938-09-15 26 Reuter. Amsterda n, Sept. 5. pRINCESS JULIANA proposed the health of Queen W ilbelmina at a state dinner held at the Royal Palace, as part of the week’s celebrations ol the iortieth anniversary of the Queen’s ascension to the throne. Princess Juliana spoke appreciate' ofReuter. - 209 words
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268 1938-09-15 27 •WHOLE WORLD STANDS ON BRINK OF WAR.” Government Urged To Clarify Attitude. London, Sept 8. THE National Council of Labour, following a meeting at Blackpool, issued a manifesto last night demanding the immediate summoning of Parliament to consider the international situation, reports Reuter. The National268 words
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Article148 1938-09-15 27 Router. “Deputies Struck With Riding Whips.** Berlin. Sept. 7. A German News Agency report describes the alleged attack on the two Sudeten deputies at Maerlschostrau fcy Czech mounted police with riding whl Ps as “a monstrous scandal.” It is stated that the deputies hao gene toRouter. - 148 words
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Article128 1938-09-15 27 Imposed today—Reuter and British Wireless. To Be Transferred In March. London, Sept. 8. THE War Office announces that the 1st Battalion, The Sherwood Forresters, is due to move from the West Indies to Palestine in the Spring of next year On the arrival of the battalionImposed today—Reuter and British Wireless. - 128 words
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Article171 1938-09-15 27 rMOIUCO AAt —Reuter. More Troops Sent To The Border. Paris, Sept. 8. MANY troop trains have been 1 leaving Paris headed for the eastern frontier. It is learned today that the Government. has called up more reservists than it intended originally, though military authorities refuserMOIUCO AAt —Reuter. - 171 words
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Article86 1938-09-15 27 Military Take Over Control. Marseilles, Sept. 8. THE threatened national re- quisition of the port of Marseilles as a result of the strike of dockers took place this afternoon under provisions of a 1923 law regarding the organisation of the nation in time of war. There was86 words
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Article88 1938-09-15 27 —Reuter. Launch Of 20,000-Ton Vessel A Feature. /smsterdam, Sept. 8. THE launch of a 20,000-ton motor 1 vessel, the Orange, followed by review of deco-ated and illuminated craft were the chief festivities today in connection with the fortieth anniversary of Queen Wilhelmina’s accession to the throne. After the—Reuter. - 88 words
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43 1938-09-15 27 —Reuter. Rome, Sept. 7. NO confirmation Is available of the report that Cignor Mussolini Intends to offer tracts In Abyssinia to Jews for settlement. No decision is likely before the Fascist Grand Council meeting on Oct. 1.—Reuter.—Reuter. - 43 words
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Article62 1938-09-15 27 —Reuter. London, Sept. g. TT is learned that strong representations have been made to the British Foreign Office by the Csech Minister in London, Dr. Jan Masaryk, on he subject of the leader in the Times suggesting secession by the Sudetens. It is understood Dr. Masaryk—Reuter. - 62 words
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Article253 1938-09-15 27 Reuter. Fleets Readv. 400,000 TROOPS ON BORDER. Paris, Sept. 9. pRENCH precautionary measures have been extended to the Navy. The French Atlantic Fleet of more than 60 warships at Brest is loading munitions and supplies sufficient to maintain the fleet at sea for two months. By thisReuter. - 253 words
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Article39 1938-09-15 27 —Reuter. Moscow, Sept. 7. Council of People’s Commissars has ordered the removal of the assistant Commissar of Foreign AfTaJrs, M. Stomoniakov, as M. Litvinoff’s assistant. He has been in charge of Far Eastern affairs since 1926.—Reuter.—Reuter. - 39 words
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41 1938-09-15 27 British Wireless. London. Sept. 8. IUVR. DE VALERA, in London on his way to Oeneva. took breakfast today with Sir Thomas Inskip. Minister for Co-ordination of Defence, and Mr. Dulanty. High Commissioner for Eire.—British Wireless. - 41 words
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942 1938-09-15 28 Ministers’ Two Meetings BRITISH ATTITUDE. Does Germany Realise Full Extent Of Danger? “TffTOE is no doubt in the mind of the British Gov- eminent that any attempt to use force to soI\e the problem after the measure of conciliation sho»n b\ the Czechoslovakian Government942 words
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Article, Illustration202 1938-09-15 28 —Jritish Wireless. fled that there is every reason to fell assured that the views of the British Government have been fully conveyed to the proper quarter. The Government have not failed, in a matter which might concern not only Britain but the Commonwealth as a whole, to—Jritish Wireless. - 202 words
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Article62 1938-09-15 28 —Reuter. Rangoon. Sept. 9. THE police have been empowered to arrest undesirables without a warrant as the result of the Governor exercising special powers and enacting the Rangoon Emergency Security Act of 1938. This Act will remain in force for five years. Non-Burmans can be expelled under—Reuter. - 62 words
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Article135 1938-09-15 28 Mine-Sweepers Manned. London, Sept. 9 IT is learned at the Admiralty that the first mine-sweeping flotilla, consisting of seven ships of the Halcyon class, will now be brought up to full complement. and four mine-laying destroyers will be brought up to full commission from reserve. It is135 words
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Article131 1938-09-15 28 .—Reuter. Prague. Sept 9. An official statement on the Maehrisch Ostrau incident reveals that criminal proceedings have been instituted against four policemen, including the superintendent, in connection with the alleged maltreatment ot prisoners. Meanwhile in order to ensure an impartial investigation into the alleged assault, the.—Reuter. - 131 words
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39 1938-09-15 28 Reuter. Jerusalem. Sept. 11. SIX Jewish supernumerary constable* were killed and one wounded, while one is missing, as the result of an ambush by brigands near a Jewish Settlement in South Palestine todayReuter. - 39 words
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226 1938-09-15 28 and Honan.—Union Times. Sin Ch* Jit Poh and Nanyang Slang Pau. Hankow. Sept. 11. JAPANESE casualties during the past month totalled 10,000. according to an official Chinese report. It is further claimed that several cases of poison gas were captured from the Japanese. Heavyand Honan.—Union Times. Sin Ch* Jit Poh and Nanyang Slang Pau. - 226 words
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Article, Illustration1740 1938-09-15 29 Captain Dash - By "Captain Dash." pOLOURFUL scenes marked Gold Cup Day at Bukit Timah on Satin day. Cup Day this year attracted people in thousands to see the keenest and best race of the year. The-Straits Times picture. - 1,740 words
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Article101 1938-09-15 29 Golden Glimpse's rider. White, is known as the jockey who broke Wee Jock's unusually long spell of misfortune and took him first past the post at last year's July meeting in Penang. At that same meeting he had a win on Amazing, which paid a dividend of101 words
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Article134 1938-09-15 29 Reuter. Glasgow, Sept. 7. Th e Scottish League beat the Irish League by 6 goals to one here today Ireland attacked in the early stages and Dawson the Scottish goalkeeper cleared. Scotland forced a corner after three minutes and McSpadyen. outside-right, netted with a left-footer– Reuter. - 134 words
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Article32 1938-09-15 29 Cape Town, Sept. 10. Alter being down 13 points to three at half time Britain won the third rugby Test against S. Africa by 21 points to 16.32 words
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Miscellaneous38 1938-09-15 29 llie Big Sweep The total pool $185,819. First prize: $70,607: 2nd prize: $35,303: 3rd prise: $17,651: Starters: $2,521 each. Double Tote The double tote paid $233 on each ol the 42 winning tickets. The total pool was $9,798.38 words
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Article, Illustration1255 1938-09-15 30 “Capt. Dash - By Capt Dash." pOOI) sport was provided at Bukit Timah on the fourth day U of the Singapore Turf Club’s Autumn (Gold Cup) Meeting. The weathtr was fine and the going good, and for a week-day there was a1,255 words
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Article45 1938-09-15 30 London, Sept. 6. The Champagne stakes for two-year-olds, run over six lurlongs at Phoenix Park resulted, cables Reuter: 1, Panorama; 2, Applering; 3. Titan. Betting 13 to 8 on; 5 to 1; 100 to 3. Seven ran Won by a head; two lengths.45 words
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Article127 1938-09-15 30 London. Sept 6 DAIN was the cause of the match between the Australians and an England XI being abandoned today. The Australians yesterday made 290 Tocid four for 97). The England XI scored 223 (Ames 73. Waite seven for 112, O’Reilly one for 54) The127 words
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Article90 1938-09-15 30 London, Aug. 31. BRADMAN, whose absence from the Australian team will cause a noticeable fall in gate receipts in the remaining Australian matches, has been “"spirited away.” Mr. Jeanes, manager, says “What Don needs now is solitude and quiet. I am sure you will not wish to90 words
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Article347 1938-09-15 30 Pasch Could Not Stay The Distance. London. Sept. 8 THE St. Leger run yesterday at 1 Doncaster over one mile, 6 furlongs and 132 yards resulted: Mr. J. V. Hank's Scottish Union Carslake) 1. Sir L Philipps’ Challenge »E. Smith) 2. Mr. H. E. Morriss’347 words
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Article31 1938-09-15 30 London, Sept (3 COCCER matches played today resulted as follows:— FIRST DIVISION. Grimsby 2. Portsmouth 1. THIRD DIVISION Northern Section. Rochdale 1, Doncaster 1. Southport 1, York City 131 words
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Miscellaneous77 1938-09-15 30 DOUBLE TOTE The double tote paid $342 on each oi the 13 winning tickets. The total pool was $6,161. BIO SWEEP The total pool of the big sweep on the last rare was $36,885. 1. Tourniquet ***** t Rruas Ii256 3. Glencar ***** STARTERS Regiment ***** Golden Plateau ***** l77 words
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599 1938-09-15 31 Three Day Autumn Programme. 147 ENTRIES SEVEN RACES ON SECOND DAY. ENTRIES for the Kuala Lumpur Autumn race meeting over three days on Sept. 24, 28 and Oct. 1 were issuedas below. Only one run has been provided for class two horses. One hundred599 words
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Article141 1938-09-15 31 AFTER eliminating Hutchinson’s team in the semi-final of the S.C.C. six-a-side soccer. Webster’s team won the final in the same evening by beating Randall's team one-nil on the padang Mrs M. H. Crawford gave away the prizes. In the semi-finals piayed earlier in the evening, Rundall’s team141 words
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Article100 1938-09-15 31 London, Sept. 7. P*NGLISH League football matches played today resulted as follows FIRST DIVISION. Birmingham, 2, Leicester City, 1. Huddersfield, 3, Derby County. 0 Liverpool, 1, Manchester, 0. Sunderland, 1, Wolverhampton. 1. SECOND DIVISION. Manchester, 2, West Ham, 4. Notts. 1, Norwich, 0 West Bromwich. 5, Newcastle. 2.100 words
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Article43 1938-09-15 31 Brussels, Sept. 11. BESIDES the obligatory Olympic Games programme, football, waterpolo and canoeing will be admitted to the 1940 programme, while handball, hockey and basketball will be omitted. Rifle shooting tests with army rifles will be included in the 1940 programme.43 words
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Article138 1938-09-15 31 Rugby. THREE MATCHES IN SIX DAY VISIT. are practically completed for the visit to Hong Kong of an Army rugger team from Singapore. It is proposed that the team spend six days in Hong Kong raid play three matches, one against the Army, one against138 words
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Article148 1938-09-15 31 <From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Sept. 12. COME very interesting tennis vas provided in the finals of the Johore Lawn Tennis Association at the Muar Civil Service Club courts. Yon bin Mian won the men’s open singles title for the sixth time in succession when he beat148 words
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Article76 1938-09-15 31 (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Sept. 10. JOHORE opened the rugger season well with a 17—9 win over South Johore at Oenuang today. The South played three short tor the major part of the game. Plenty of talent was revealed by the Johore state team this year.76 words
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Article272 1938-09-15 31 NOVICES’ GOOD DISPLAY AT GILLMAN BARRACKS. I OYALS won the Command inter-unit novices’ boxing tournament at Gill man Barracks. Loyals won 53 points, Inniskillings 49 and R.A. (Blakan Mati) 21. Closing fighting, good sportsmanship and hard hitting were much in evidence. Three fights out of the272 words
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Article90 1938-09-15 31 THE Gordons scored a well-merited 1 victory over the Royal Engineers in the final of the Garrison cricket competition played at Changl over four days. Sappers collapsed in their second knock and were all out for 89. At close of play Thursday the' Gordons had lost90 words
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Article719 1938-09-15 32 London, Sept. 11. Soccer results from yesterday’s games are: DIVISION 1 Arsenal 2 Bi.mingham .1 Stoke City ..2 Blackpool 2 Aston Villa .4 Brentford 0 W’hampton W. 1 Derby County .1 Sunderland 0 Grimsby Town. 1 Manchester U Leeds United ..1 Bolton W’erei. 2 Leicester City 2 Preston719 words
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Article171 1938-09-15 32 (From Our Own Correspondent! Seremban, Sept. 11. CPEED thrills were provided for hundreds of spectators who watched the first M.T.R. speed trial organised by the Negrl-Malacca branch of the Automobile Association today. Full results Cars up to nine h.p.: First. Lim Peng Han. Ford, 43 seconds171 words
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Article36 1938-09-15 32 Reuter. Newcastle, County Down, Sept. p. James Bruen, young Walker Cup player, won the Irish Open Amateur Golf championship, beating J. Mahon, of Dublin, 0 and 8 over 36 holes.— D amReuter. - 36 words
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Article105 1938-09-15 32 From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 9. 'T’HE Selangor Club created soccer history today at the Stadium when they won. for the first time, the Selangor Football Association Cup by beating the League champions, the Police Depot, in the final by the only goal of105 words
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Article71 1938-09-15 32 London, Sept. 11. Homo Rupby matches yesterday resulted as followslrLlanelly 11; Bedford 6. Bedford 40; Old Edwardians 3. Bradford 26; Manchester 15. Swansea 15; Bristol 9. Bridgend 4; Cardiff 3. Coventry 17: Rugby 3. Gloucester 18: Lydney 5. Leicester 3: Headingley 3. Neath 16; Westorn-Super-Mare 3 Newport 19:71 words
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Article, Illustration34 1938-09-15 32 At the Command inter-unit boxing tournament at Gnlman Barracks left, Fusilier Bateman R.I.F and Ptc. Parkinson Loyals Parkinson won in a close points decision. Straits Times picture. Straits Times picture.—Straits Times picture. - 34 words
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571 1938-09-15 32 QOLDEN GLIMPSE’S win in the Gold Cup race has placed Mr. O. H. M. Sturges at the head of the owners’ winning list for the Singapore Gold Cup meeting with $5,810. Mr. S. T. Rhodes is second with571 words
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Article42 1938-09-15 32 London, Sept. 8. Home soccer results are FIRST DIVISION. Brentford 1, Arsenal 0. SECOND DIVISION. Sheffield Wednesday 3. Blackburn 0 THIRD DIVISION. Southern Section. Clapton 1. Port Val e 0. Newport 1, Watford 0. Northern Section. Carlisle 2. Gateshead 2.42 words
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Article606 1938-09-15 1 Share Business At Minimum. IN a weekly report on the share market, issued at the close of business on Tuesday. Fraser and Comuany write: Market sentiment during a week, which from the political standpoint, has been one of the most momentous in the last 20 years, has606 words
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Article193 1938-09-15 1 Very Cautious Attitude Adopted. London, Sept. 13. THE consensus of opinion in City circles is that Herr Hitler’s speech at Nuremberg has done little or nothing to relieve the prevailing international political tension, consequently operators in all markets continue to adopt a very cautious attitude. Well-informed193 words
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Article124 1938-09-15 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 12. The following are today’s “bid” quotations for Fixed Trust: s. d. British Empire “A" 19 7* 2 I British Empire ‘B’’ 9 4V 2 British Empire Cumulative 14 1\ 2 British Empire C’prehensive 15 IV2 British General <T’ 18 1*2124 words
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Article263 1938-09-15 1 Nervous Of European Political Situation. IN a weekly report on the London rubber market, dated Aug. 30, Lewis and Peat Ltd. write:— With considerable uncertainty as to the European political situation and the proximity of the Rubber Regulation Committee’s meeting on Sept. 12, ll is extremely difficult263 words
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Article81 1938-09-15 1 j HPHE contract by which the Nether- lands Indies Government grants to 1 Billiton My. a concession to explore for nickel ore and work any deposits found on Celebes Island has now been drawn up in principle. Commencement of working the dei posits now only depends on the81 words
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Article35 1938-09-15 1 T'HE output of fine gold from Rauh Australian Gold Mining Co Ltd. for the four weeks ended Sept. 10, was 2.188.76 ounces which compares with 2,234 ounces in he preceding fourwceklv period.35 words
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Article208 1938-09-15 1 Singapore, Sept. 14, 12 noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler 7.25 Hamburg Cube $13.00 Java Cube $11 (M» Pepper White Muntok $12.25 White $11.75 Jlack $8.00 Copr a Mixed $3.00 $3.00 Sun Dried $3.30 7 apmcu Small Flake $3 Fair Flake $3.5e Medium Pearl $3.90 Small Pearl $3 70208 words
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Article24 1938-09-15 1 Sept. 8 Tin. S pore Price $96 25 per picul 9 97.87 ».j 10 98.00 12 97.75 13 97.87 14 96.2524 words
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74 1938-09-15 1 Date Spot Sept. Oct -Dec. Jan -Mar Anr Tune T nnr*^ Scm 8 26% 26 27% 27-* 28 V, 7 15 16 P 9 26% 26 Vi 26 27% 27% 7 15/16 10 26% 26M, 26 7 v 27 Vi 27% 7 13/16 12 26 H74 words
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Article197 1938-09-15 2 LEWIS AND PEAT’S REPORT. IN a weekly report on the rubber market. Issued on Friday, Lewis and Peat 'Singapore* Ltd. write: Market operations have apain been kept down to a minimum by the uncertainty of the International situation, and values have shown little alteration throughout the week.197 words
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Article203 1938-09-15 2 T*HE foMowdirc were the rubber crops harvested by the respective estates in August: Lb. Ayer Molek 14,350 Alor Pongsu 28,088 Alor Gajah 10,000 Australasia 10,300 Ayer Panas 53,000 Ayer Kuning 73,000 Buklt Katil 18,088 Broome 112,200 Benta 50,000 Bedong 61,497 Bukit Kubu 8.000 Badek Rubber 15,000 Bradwall203 words
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147 1938-09-15 2 Net Stock Position Shows Little Change. /CONSUMPTION of rubber in America last month shows a rise of about 6,000 tons compared with July. The questionnaire figures were issued on Saturday, a week earlier than usual, and show consumption at 38,170 tons com* pared with147 words
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Article166 1938-09-15 2 395 Tons Sold following were the rubber crops Rubber Association held its 1,398th auction on Wednesday w’hen there were catalogued 1.341.913 lb. <599.07 tons*: offered 1.058.282 lb. (472.45 tons*: sold 884.651 lb. <394.93 tons*. Spot London 7 15’16d. New York 16 1| 16 cts. PRICES REALISED Ribbed166 words
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Article194 1938-09-15 2 the week ending Aug. 27. 1938. exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 39.690 cases, of which: 14.496 (37 per cent) cases were to the United Kingdom. 3,717 (9 per cent) cases to the Continent of Europe, 20.600 (52 per cent) cases to Canada,194 words
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Article480 1938-09-15 2 IN a weekly report on the rubber market issued at noon on Thursday, Stanton, Nelson and Co. Ltd., write: Europe is still hovering on the brink 1 oi war, and with good and bad news alternating the market has fluctuated 1 only narrowly as hopes and480 words
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Article359 1938-09-15 2 DIVIDEND HALVED AT 3 PER CENT. $6,400 FROM SALE OP EXPORT RIGHTS. NET profit of $43,227 was earned by Kluang Rubber Company Ltd. for the year ended June 30 last. This compares with $69,008 earned in the preceding year. The directors propose that the dividend on359 words
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Article65 1938-09-15 2 THE following particulars ot tin-ore production refer to August:— Hours. Yardage Piculs ore Briseis Con 637 73.000 Jelebu Tin Kamra Tin 584 122.000 JJ 8 Kuala Lumpur Tin 614 129.879 Lukut Tin Malayan Tin 0 f“ Malaysiam Tin Nawng Pet cor Pattani Tin 663 236.000 Hydra ulicing65 words
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Article42 1938-09-15 2 Amsterdam. Sept. I •■pHE Veendam. of the Holland ika Line, which sailed for York on Friday night, carried a ment of FIs. 7.000 000 £778.000 gold of the Netherlands Bank, destiny for the Federal Reserve Bank ot York.42 words
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Article777 1938-09-15 3 Quarterly Distributions To Be Maintained. «IT is the intention of the directors to endeavour to continue the policy 1 of making distributions at four-monthly intervals, but in view of the present very low quota releases with the subsequent decline in revenue, these will have to be777 words
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52 1938-09-15 3 EXPORTS f rubber from Malaya, Brunei and Labuan in August totalled 29.386 tins, states the Controller of Rubber. This compares with a proportionate monthly quota of 22,575 tons and brings the position of exports compared with quota at the end of August to an overexport of52 words
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Article141 1938-09-15 3 RUBBER RHODES OF THE R.R.I. Mr. H. J. Page Suggests A New Name. From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 12. MR. H. J. Page, director of the Rubber Research Institute, suggested that Dr. E. Rhodes, senior chemist of R.R.I., who has resigned to take up an appointment with the141 words
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Article42 1938-09-15 3 A GAZETTE notification states that The Chung Hua Press Ltd. a company incorporated in the Straits Settlements last year, will be struck oil the register within three months from Sept. 6, unless cause is shown to the contrary.42 words
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Article510 1938-09-15 3 Profit Falls $166,000 To $120,000. DIVIDEND REDUCED BY 5 PER CENT. A NET profit of $119,997 was earned by Klang River Tin Dredging Co. Ltd. in the year ended Apr. 30 last. This compares with $286,162 earned in the preceding year. Dividends totalling 20 per cent, were510 words
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Article154 1938-09-15 3 Ruter. No Change Made In Quota. LONDON SENTIMENT IMPROVES. London, Sept. 12. THE rubber export quota for the last quarter of this year was determined at 45 per cent.—the same rate as current for the third quarter—by the International Rubber Regulation Committee at a meetingRuter. - 154 words
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Article98 1938-09-15 3 Maintains Distribution At 12 V2 Per Cent. directors of Eastern United As- surance Corporation Ltd. have decided to recommend payment, of a final dividend of 5 per cent, in respect of the year ended June last. An interim dividend of 5 per cent, was paid in March98 words
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100 1938-09-15 3 STOCKS of rubber in the Colony at the end of August totalled 46.393 ons compared with 50,963 tons at tne end of July. Of the August stocks, 40,139 tons were in the hands of dealers and 6,254 tons in the hands of harbour boards.100 words
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Article93 1938-09-15 3 P REIGN imports of tin-ore into the Straits Settlements during August totalled 2,602 tons compared with 2.500 tons in July. This brings the total imports in the eight months of thlr. year to 19,123 tons which comparts with 20,287 tons in the corresponding period of last year.93 words
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172 1938-09-15 4 24-Hour Basis Announced In Singapore ALTERATION IN RATES? Concerns All Shipping Along Coast Of Europe. Singapore, Sept. 13. INDICATIVE of increasing tension in Europe was the announcement in Singapore this morning that war risk cover on marine insurance could now be quoted only172 words
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Article156 1938-09-15 4 ris officially announced that, subject to any adjustment which may prove necessary at some later date, the quota allocated to the British Colonial Empire under the International Sugar Agreement. 1937. for th e year beginnings on Sept. 1. 1938. is 978.401 metric tons. In accordance with the156 words
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Article105 1938-09-15 4 The circumstances under which 5,000 metric tons of the British Colonial Muota were surrendered were described In the communique issued after the July meeting. After voluntary surrenders had been nade there still remained an excess of 20.000 metric tons, and an appeal was made to the British Empire105 words
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Article631 1938-09-15 4 “An Unsatisfactory Year.” NEW PLANTING TO BE DONE. A 1 DRESSING shareholders at tlu» annual meeting of Nyalas Rubber Estates Ltd. in Singapore on Tuesday, Mr. Q. Wong, the chairman, said:— The financial year just concluded has not been a satisfactory one, the I lOht for the631 words
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141 1938-09-15 4 •From Our Own Correspondent.* Seremban. Sept. 5. AN h rough estimate the fire loss in Negri Sembilan last year amounted to $38,077. is is revealed. There were 46 fires, in which 24 buildings were wholly and 10 partially destroyed. The Fire Brigade attended 11141 words
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382 1938-09-15 4 Approval For Co-operative Selling Of Pineapples. COLONIAL EXHIBIT PLANNED FOR NEW YORK WORLD FAIR. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 3. k4 W7E are anxious to help Malayan and other Colnoial proW ducers to develop their own sources of wealth, to sell more Roods382 words
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79 1938-09-15 4 DOUND for Batavia, where he will inspect Dutch sisal factories. Cap A. R. Mangnall, chairman and managing director of the Hydraulic Engined' mg Company, Ltd.. London, arrived c Singapore on Friday in the P. and liner Rajputana. Capt. Mangnall, who recently v >^ c79 words
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Article1193 1938-09-15 5 Issued By Fraser And Co., EXCHANGE AND STOCK BROKERS. Singapore, Sept. 14, 10 &.m. MINING. I»w vat. Buyer. Seller. 4 Tin 4/- 4/6 pi Asam Kumbang ?*/6 30/6 ci Austral Malay 4$/- 47/-n. 5 Ayer Hltam 34/- 26/6 1 Ayer Weng 0.63 0.67 Bangrln Tin 21/6 22/61,193 words
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Article570 1938-09-15 5 London Exchange Prices On Sept 6. A Hagai (2/) 1/; Alar Pongsu (2/) 1/9%; Anglo-Malay 1/ Ayer Kunlng 23/% Badenoch 18/8; Bagan 8eral 17/8; Bahru (8el. (2/) 1/11; Banteng 13/%; Batang (2 7% Batu Caves 15/; Batu Tiga 25/7% Bekoh (2/) /U% Bertam Con 3/1% Bidor 22/8; Bikam570 words
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260 1938-09-15 5 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, Sept. 13, 5 p.m. Book* ‘Total tot cotnDAm Dividend Close Date Ex. Div. financial yeai iwr* u. a Burma Malay «d No 18 Sept. 22 8ept. 29 8ept. 23 5% Katu Tin 6d No 19 Sept. IS Sept 15 8ept. 9 5% *d260 words
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Article387 1938-09-15 5 A* London, Sept. 13. r J'*HE Stock Exchange today was generally easier. The markets reflected disappointment at the contents of Hitler’s speech which It Is considered will not ameliorate the International tension. Gilt-edged were weaker but foreign bonds were fairly steady. Oil issues were marked down and387 words
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Article148 1938-09-15 5 London Exchange Prices On Sept 6. Ampat (4/) 3/7tt; Anglo-Burma (5/) 13/S; Ayer Hitam (9/) 1 3/16; Bangrln 1 1/10; Oopeng Cons. (5/) 0/; Hongkong (6/) 1 1/16; Kiris (5/) 9/6; Ipoh (16/) 1 7/32; Jelapang 31/6; Kampong Lanjut 18/3: Kamunttng (5/) 9/; Kepong 19/83; KlUtnghall (6/) 17/3;148 words
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