The Straits Budget, 22 September 1938

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  • 28 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES nearly a century./ No. 4206. SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1938. Price 25 eta., (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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  • 1172 1 more than three hours during the height of the European war icare last Wednesday, German women tat huddled in big cars outside the offices of the K.P.M. Line in Robinson ?ood On receipt of more definite tidngs ol war. they were going to buy ;ickets for
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  • The Straits Budget
    • 1113 2 -Straits Times, Sept. 15. If Europe draws back from the brink of the precipice where it stood yesterday, it will be long before 'ac who live in Singapore will forget that day. The universal and profound depression was indeed unforgettable. War was imminent, and yet there was
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    • 711 2 —Straits Times, Sept. 16. One of the finest gestures in all history was made by Mr. Neville Chamberlain yesterday when he decided to fly to Germany and discuss the Czechoslovakian crisis personally with Herr Hitler. To make this decision was to invite attack both from the Churchill
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    • 436 2 Straits Times. Sept. 16. The dismissal of nearly 30 detectives from the Singapore police, equivalent to one fifth of this branch ol the Straits Settlements Police, is the most exemplary disciplinary measure taken in any Government department for 1 very long time. It is startling at first
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    • 761 3 the point of war ?—Straits Times, Sept. 17. Since all other events, both local unci otherwise, are overshadowed at present by the danger of war in Europe, no excuse is needed for returning to that subject in the editorial columns again today. In this article, however, it
      the point of war ?—Straits Times, Sept. 17.  -  761 words
    • 726 3 Straits Times, Sept. 19. It is now certain that the only way to avoid war in Europe is l to allow the Sudeten Germans to join the Reich. Berlin has let it be known that that is the German view, and last Saturday there was a similar assertion
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    • 279 3 Straits Times, Sept. 19. In a leading article last Friday the Malay Mail endorsed the Straits Times view that there is now an extraordinary and indefensible inconsistency between Government policy in the Colony and the F.M.S. in the relief of destitution and particularly in the provision of a
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    • 864 4 for the Malays.—Straits Times, Sept. 20. With a Malay regiment of 700 men in being at Port Dickson and Malay sapper force of 900 men in process of formation in Singapore it will be admitted that the sons of the soil have been given their fair share of
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    • 272 4 Straits Times. Sept. 20. Those who think that the wild life of the Malay Peninsula should be entrusted to the Forest Service are advised to read the letter from Mr. Theodore Hubback which is published on another page of the Straits Times today. Granted that the forester
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    • 841 4 the peace of Europe.— Strai f Times, Sept. 21. So the Czechs have rejected the i peace plan after all. Yesterday the European crisis appeared to be over, but today we are told that it is still in being. This comes as a bitter, disappointment, after the news j
      the peace of Europe.—Straif' Times, Sept. 21.  -  841 words



  • NOTES Of The DAY.
    • 168 5 a NOTEWORTHY comment on alcoA !n m Singapore life was made by Edward Mallory, who lived here at one time in an article in the Evening Standard last month After two or three drinks.” he wrote ‘‘the resident Englishman may boast to you that Singapore is the •heaviest drinking
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    • 154 5 DERSONALLY I don't believe this. .u any rat? so far as young men nre concerned The average young Eng’ishman at Home is accustomed to drink nothing more than a shandy .liter a Saturday rugger game, a glass ot beer or cider during a country walk, or perhaps
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    • 186 5 pORTUNATELY there is incomparably less heavy drinking in Singapore today than there used to be The cause of it among young men was simply boredom —that, and the lack of normal companionship with girls of their own age and race. Today Singapore is a much more interesting place
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    • 189 5 illustration of the extraordinary way in which English is spreading throughout Singapore was brought by the postman to my house yesterday, in the form of a postcard addressed as follows: Master Peng Ah Meng c/o Mr X Cook s Son. 11 Mount Rosie. This postcard was written in
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    • 195 5 W HY be jaggered? This question was put to me by a Singapore merchant the other dav. and I confess that I was stumped for an answer. I had always assumed that it was necessary to have a jaga. but this merchant pointed out that if all
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    • 205 5 THIS question is of topical interest 1 at the present time, when the Trimmer Committee has pointed out that one reason why pedestrians get in the way of motorists is that the flve-foot-wav is too cluttered up to be of any use to the people who are supposed
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    • 132 5 Makan Pagi." gOME of these new American breakfast foods are enough to put anyone off breakfast for the rest of his liie. Yesterday I was lapping up mv plain and wholesome porridge when I noticed a large cardboard box on the table It was the very latest thing in breakfast
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    • 133 5 Pontain’ s Public. fT is remarkable how a demand for the ftve-cent Straits Times is springing up in small out-stations where formerly the paper went only by post to subscribers. Typical of a large number ol letters and telegrams is the following from Pontian. a village on the west coast
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    • 197 5 CINCE commenting on the craze for penny-in-the-slot games in Singapore coffee-shops I have learnt that these machines were strongly denounced in Truth. London’s most outspoken journal, in its issue of Aug. 17. The paragraphist of Truth wrote as follows “I object to the continuance of these machines not because
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    • 120 5 Burns’ Advice pROM a mining township In Pahang comes a letter commenting on the appearance in this column ot verses irom Robert Bridges’ “Pater Filio”—a reaction against the brothel controversy in Singapore Those verses, says my Pahang corresDondent. reminded him of a verse by Burns in his ‘Epistle To A
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    • 199 5 pjAVE you ever tried to dig out a kingfisher’s nest? I hope not. Such nests are surprisingly common in Singapore gardens, especially in places where a cutting has been made lor a tennis court. In a garden near mine a pair of kingfishers is now digging a hole
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    • 212 5 Only Bones 'J'HEN the Malay approached a hole. gently pushed in his stick as tar as it could go. measured the distance on the ground above, and dug down perpendicularly to the point where the nest ought to be. He opened a number of nests in this way. and found
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    • 263 6 AN egotistical note is perhaps excusable in this column today, lor I have discovered myself in a book. A former colleague of mine in Cecil Street, Jerome Willis, has brought out a book in which he recalls some of his Singapore experiences, and the first of
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    • 180 6 Only Rice recent remark in this column that ri%e is now the only crop worth planting” provoked a long reply from a contributor to our planting page yesterday. I suppose I must be stupid, but I could not see what this writer was driving at. I read his article hopefully
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    • 155 6 Lovers Lanes recent remarks on the sex life of the trout, as seei. at Cameron Highlands, *.ere intended to be facetious, but they have been taken seriously by a Malacca reader. He queries my statement that “mankind is the only species known to zoology which does its courting in public,”
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    • 119 6 Another Five-Center THIS having been the most revolutionary week that the Malayan newspaper world has ever known, a minor but unique phenomenon has pe.ssed unnoticed amid the general excitement, namely the launching of a newspaper which refuses to take advertisements. This remarkable production is the War Cry, a monthly jourr**!
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    • 213 6 »T»o go lor a walk beside the grassy verge ol the Mcßitchie reservoir is a pleasure at any time, but to go with two small children and a loxterrier puppy is as happy an experience as a European can expect in this artificial life ol ours in
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    • 229 6 this last visit to the reservoir 1 was also struck by the changes that are taking place in the surrounding countryside. The Outer Ring Road, which runs through that district, is now metalled, and some enterprising builder has already put up three houses overlooking it. near the
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    • 204 6 Wet Sunday OPEAKING of domestic matters. I must confess that I like a rainy Sunday such as we had yesterday. With the rain pouring down outside, one feels like staying at home with a book, instead of rushing olf to some club or other. The Eastern bungalow takes on more
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    • 86 6 A JOLLY snapshot of a tame bulbul perched on a cigarette ash-tray on a desk has been sent to me by a Batu Pahat reader. Thia bird sings when shown his reflection in a cigarette-lighter, which must be delightful. especially as he is one of the yellow-crested species.
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    • 167 6 JHE list of non-Malays on whom the order ol the Crown of Johore has been conferred, and to which Dato Garlick and Dato Birch must now be added, numbers thirty-four. This order was founded by the present Sultan's father seven or eight years after he moved his whole
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    • 198 6 “QNE never thought of drinking water in those days. Water was thought to be bad, and it probably was.” So said Mr. E. D. Butler the other day, in some reminiscences of life in Singapore thirty years ago. There still are a few local residents who hold the
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    • 195 6 tpHE mousedeer is still existing on Singapore Island but I suppose that the majority of people in this citv have never seen it. either v/ild or in captivity. The preface to “Salam the Mousedeer.” the new book of Malay folk-tales, describes this little animal as follows: “The hero
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    • 181 6 Backyard Echoes CURIOUS instance of how history can be perpetuated in children’s toys was brought to my notice yesterday. when my five-year-old son showed me a tcy that had been given to him by his playmate, a little Malay girl who is <1 think) the syce’s wife’s sister. This rusty
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  • 121 7 Si<» nor M. Pecchlonl, of Borneo Mntnrs Seremban, has returned from and Is now stationed in Penang. Mr H Schweizer, of Diethelm and ro Ltd.. Singapore, is spending part < hk leave in England and is staying t the Cumberland Hotel. Mr M. Krishnapillay, tennis member the
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  • 188 7 THE wedding took place at Semporna, British North Bbmeo, of Mr. Abdullah bin Abu Bakar, eldest son of Mr and Mrs. A. K. Abu Bakar, an*l Miss Norsiah binte Martamln. The father of the bridegroom is one of the biggest British Borneo Timber Company contractors, and
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  • 77 7 'THE following notifications regarding F.M.S. Volunteer Force personnel are gazetted: Captain J. Green appointed Acting Major; Major C. A. Scott appointed Acting Lieutenant-Colonel. Lieutenant (Medical Officer! D. R. McPherson promoted to the rank of Captain (Medical Officer). Commission as Lieutenant (Medical Offiren granted to Mr. Edmund Austin
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 80 7 C’OODALL.— At the Maternity Hospital. Singapore on Sept. 13. to Dulcie. wife of *™nk LI Goodall, a son. ‘WV-Oa icth Sept, to Dorothy wife of marie? F. Pow of Mercantile Bank of India Eharu—a son. vtj.se ADEN—At the Maternity Hospital Penang, on Sept. 10. to JANE wife of W.
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    • 41 7 V' -OONG—The engagement is announced r Mr. Koh Boon Lan of of Police v v Kluang. elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Koh Theng and Miss Loong Fong Ngan, daughter of Mr. and Mis. Loong 1::| ug Kwang of Tampin.
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    • 64 7 v n MAKKIAUb. ~CHONG—The marriage of Mr. Yap V 1 w (the 9th son of the late Mr. Yap un Heung of Pudu Lane. Kuala Lumpur), j n d Miss Chong Siew Kit daughter of the aT e Mr. Chong Muk Kwai of Kuala Lum[l r Uas celebrated at
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  • 539 7 Monday, Sept. 5. IyiONSEIGNEUR Leo Kierkels, ITI Monseigneur A. Devals and Mr. and Mrs. M. V. del Tufo had luncheon at Government House. Tuesday, Sept. 6. In the afternoon His Excellency attended an At Home given by the Consul General for the Netherlands and Mrs. Fein at the
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  • 202 7 EUROPEAN R.Q.M.S. DECORATED. (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Sept. 20. AN interesting ceremony took place at Port Dickson when the British Resident, Mr. J. V. Cowgill, presented the insignia of M.B.E. (Military Division) to R.Q.M.S. Francis Alexander Wright of the Third Battalion F.M.S. Volunteer
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  • 352 7 Leaders— Who Wants War 2 The Last Hope 2 If They Fight— 3 Hitler’s Bluff 3 Straits Regiment 4 Telegrams— Covering past week’s news 25—28 Pictorial Section 17 —20 Financial Supplement— Financial and Commercial News to date, following page 32 Malayan General News—$10,000 Paid For Blood Flowers” In Rain
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  • 270 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Sept. 19. IN the little village of Nilai, 13 miles from Seremban, I talked with a man today, who 39 years ago, hearing that tin ore was to be found in abundance in the locality, trekked through virgin
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  • 83 7 < From Our Own Correspondent Malacca. Sept. 20. body of a Straits-born Chinese, aged 55, was found in Malacca River, off Jam Lane last night. The informed and the body was removed to hospital. It is stated that the man had been staying at
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  • 305 8 SIR IBRAHIM VERY ILL. “Lydia Has Been Really Splendid,” Says Dato. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 19. %4 AS far as I am concerned I should love to see the Sultan of Johore married to this most charmin lady, Miss Lydia Hill,” said Dato
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  • 94 8 A PRIVATE and unofficial gathering of the German community of Singapore was held on Monday afternoon at the Consulate-General in Scotts Road, when the Consul-Gener-al, Dr. Windeker, is understood to have given a reassuring view of the European situation, as it affects the local German community, and
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  • 213 8 ’THE f.rit European wedding in 1 Labuan for 20 years took place before Mr. R W. Jakeman. M.C.S. Residerr cf Labuan. The bride and bridegroom spent their honeymoon at Government House. Labuan. later going or a tour of Borneo. The wedding was oi
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  • 57 8 <From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Sept. 19. THE Yang-di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan will be present and the Teiigku Ampuan will give away the prizes at the annual speech day of King George V School. Seremban. which will take place on Sept. 28 The present headmaster
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  • 121 8 Japanese Indian Discharged After Committal To Assizes. A 'JAPANESE, K. Koguti, proprietor of the Nanyo Printing Office. Itah W i h Wa S l h j' rk ed wi,h P rin,in K seditious hook in Enga«1L' u h Japanese Spirit on Apr. 6 and an Indian, Khalil S Anwan, who
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  • 554 8 Dr. G. H. Garlick Mr. A. L. Birch: Many Years In The State. (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Sept. 19. TWO European residents in Johore have been made Date Paduka Mahkota Johore by the Sultan on the occasion of his 65th birthday.
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  • 164 9 10,000 PAID FOR “BLOOD FLOWERS” IN RAIN. Schoolgirls Prominent In Mukden D ay Appeal. POUR THOUSAND Singapore Chinese men and women, 1 covering the city’s rural and suburban districts on foot and in open lorries, braved Sunday’s downpour to sell •Blood Flowers” in commemoration of the seventh anniversary of the
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  • 83 9 LOCAL FEDERATION’ S MANIFESTO. AN organisation calling itself the International Propaganda Committee ot the Federation of Singapore Chinese Anti-Japanese Associations, which recently protested that it had been ret used registration by the Gov- rnment issued a manifesto on Sunday < n the occasion of the anniversary of the Mukden Incident.
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  • 106 9 NEGRI P. T. OFFICIAL IN SINGAPORE. Increase In Development Work Here. From Our Own Correspondent* Seremban. Sept. 16. That from January next the Senior Engineer, Posts and Telegraphs, Southern Division was moving to Singapore from Seremban in conseT’fT.re of telegraph, telephone and wireless development work in Singapore. is revealed in
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  • 98 9 From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Sept. 17. JJOCTORS from various parts of the FM.S were present at Seremban today when the F.M.S. division of the r 'tish Medical Association held a tnical meeting at the Seremban Meai, a l Service Club. the conclusion of the
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  • 75 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Sept. 17. A PYTHON measuring 13 feet was captured by labourers on Kirby Estate, Labu. The python attacked a Tamil coolie who was bitten on the arms. The other coolies rushed up and killed the reptile. The injured coolie is now
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  • 170 9 Many At Local Churches. CERVICES of intercession were held in Singapore churches on Sunday in view of the strained state of world affairs. Most churches were exceptionally well attended. At St. Andrew's Cathedral on Sunday evening the same Litany was us**d as at the service of intercession
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  • 71 9 From Our own Correspondent) Seremban, ept. 17. MR T. R. Hutton has been elected chairman of the Negri Sembilan branch of t ie Ex-Serwces Association of Malaya in place of Mr. A W Hughes, who has gone home on leave The other office-bearers are:—Hon. Secretary
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  • 63 9 From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Sept. 17. Au Chat Noir, a small nignt club on the Citadelweg. is the first dancing resort In Batavia to insUl airconditioning. A new night club to be opened shortly in this city intends to engage 50 taxi-dancers from Singapore
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  • 293 9 NEW S.V.C. ARMOURED CARS IN ACTION. Field Firing In The Rain A long Mandai Road. MALAYA’S only mechanised warfare unit, the Armoured Car Section of the Singapore Volunteer Corps, carried out field firing exercises on Sunday in which two of the latest pattern armoured cars participated here for the first
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  • 122 9 Incident At Factory. gOTTLES. sticks and stones were thrown at a party of Johore police, led by Mr. H. B. Langwort by. Commissioner of Police, and Mr. T. I*. F. McNeiee, Protector of Chinese, when they clashed with a number of coolies employed at a
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  • 114 9 5.000-ton tramp steamer —Straits Times special cablegram. 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia. Sept. 18. PFFORTS to refloat the British steamer Welcombe, aground in Bantam Bay, West Java, still prove fruitless. Some of the cargo will be jettisoned tonight, while a fourth big tug is speeding to
    5.000-ton tramp steamer —Straits Times special cablegram.  -  114 words
  • 142 9 they both fell over together. Straits Times cablegram. Allegation Of Assault. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Oxford, Sept. IB. SUMMONS for assault brought by an Oxford Press photographer against the Tungku Mahmud of Trengganu, after an alleged scuffle in High Street, Oxford, on Saturday was dismissed
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  • 94 9 SOME P. T. MEN WANT PAY WEEKLY. From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 18. COME members of the staff of the Pasts and Telegraphs Department want to be paid weekly, instead of monthly. Other workers object on the grounds that weekly wages represent a drop In status, being nearer
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  • Correspondence.
    • 1051 10 Breeding Dissatisfaction, Dirt Disease Degradation. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.—Again the* ugly hydra-headed monster arises in our midst. Will the brute never be slain? That venereal disease is rampant in Malaya is well known to anyone In the country who
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    • 611 10 Strength Of N. I. Assured Of British Support. To the Editor of the Straits Times. SIR, —The journalist from Australia —Mr. William Courtenay, of the Evening Standard (London) —who flew via the Netherlands Indies to England, talked of matters he knew nothing about when he landed
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    • 403 10 Personalities The Relief Problem. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,—In the leaderette under the caption “Another Half Million” in your issue of Sept. 9, you make a suggestion which one might expect to find recorded in the very confidential minutes of the proceedings of. an
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    • 107 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—Notwithstanding the letter that I addressed to you some time ago regarding the chasing of hawkers by a herd of Tamils in River Valley Road, and robbing or depriving them of their commodities by the order of an individual—whoever he may
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    • 246 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. ;j r __i wish to congratulate the directors of the Straits Times Press, r *d on their decision to reduce the orice ol their paper to five cents, therein bringing the paper within the means of
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    • 171 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir —The announcement in regard to the reduction in the selling price of the Straits Times and its associated papers was very welcome indeed and I am sure it was received throughout Malaya with, gratification. All classes
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    • 166 11 10 the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—One of the pleasantest bits of news I have read for some time was the announcement in The Sunday Jimes of yesterday’s date that as from oda y the Straits Times vould be reeaileci at five cents a copy. °n tliis important
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    • 281 11 “Dragging Britain Into War” THE HEGEMONY OF EUROPE. To the Editor ot the Straits Times. Sir, —The gentleman whose letter under the heading of “Dragging Britain Into War” you published in your issue of Sept. 14 must be extr emely prejudiced cr unbelievably shortsighted in his political views.
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    • 240 11 Appeal By A Singapore Ex-Service Man. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—It is high time for the S.S. Government to reconsider the question of forming a company of Indian volunteers for the Defence Force in the Colony. To be frank, the writer is of opinion rightly
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    • 355 11 Bleak Prospects Facing Local Boys. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Some years ago a Malay Regiment was created in the Federated Malay States and now it is reported that Malays are being recruited for regular service with the Royal Engineers at Singapore. Therefore, the last
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    • 224 11 Protest Against Speech By Dr. Cholkar. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, —The opening speech in which Dr. Lim Boon Keng addressed the gathering at the tea party given by the Singapore China Relief Fund Committee to the Indian National Congress medical unit, which arrived in
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    • 325 11 Eurasian Regiment Ambition. Penang Council Member Supported. Tj the Editor of th» Straits Times. Sir, —Di. Emile Smith has well earned the and thanks of the Eurasian community of Malaya by the able manner in which he has put forward the claim of Eurasians to the formation of
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    • 176 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.—With reference to Dr. Smith's letter which appeared in the Straits Times of Sept. 13 regarding Eurasian soldiers. I cannot help observing the fact that this is the first Instance of our Legislative Council representative making an effort towards
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    • 83 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—I have been delighted to note ouring the last few days ample evidence tliut your sub-editor has refused to be bullied by the local disciples of the hirsute Herbert. This latter gentleman is b< coming rather a bore and
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  • 560 12 Inspector-Genera 1 On Labour Troubles. SPIRIT OF UNREST SPREAD BY BANDS OF CYCLISTS. DOLITICAL agents from Singapore who fanned *’tho flame of discontent” in the Federation are referred to by the Inspector-General of Police, F.M.S., Mr. C. H. Sansom, in his annual report. In
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  • 105 12 TTIIF. latest Straits Settlements Government Gazette contains the text of the Sedition Ordinance and th<» Undesirable Publications Ordinance which were passed at the'* last meeting of the Legislative Council. It is now an offence under the law of the colony “to bring into hatred or contempt
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  • 50 12 ‘From Cur Own Correspondent) Seremban. Sept. 18. Mr. G. L. Ham, British Resident, Negri Sembilan. is expected to arrive in Seremban on Sept. 23. Mr. J. V. Cowgill, acting British Resident, will go to the headquarters of the Posts and Telegraphs Department as DirectorGeneral.
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  • 44 12 From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Sept. 17. DATAVIA’S new' tow-n hall will be built next to the Postpaarbank, on the Harmonieplein. After the Municipal Council approves tlie plans, the site will have to be bought from the Army.
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  • 259 12 Championship Contests. COR their fights in Singapore next i week-end when they will compete for the Championship of the Orient, eight well-known international wrestlers, including the champions of China and Germany, arrived at Singapore on Monday by the Italian liner Conte Verde One of the biggest and strongest
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  • 142 12 Two More HamadryadFor London Zoo. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 9. TWO king cobras, or hamadryads, which arrived at the London Zoo recently from Singapore have developed record appetites. Fortunately, instead of demanding certain Malayan tree snakes which, forming the hamadryad’s usual diet, are imported
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  • 62 12 f From Our Own Correspondent.) MSeremban, Sept. 18 R J. M. BRANDER. the Asst. Director of Co-operation S S. and F.M.S. paid a visit to the Chuah Indian settlement today. He was accompanied by the Indian co-operative officer, Negri Sembilan (Mr. G. V’Thaver). Mr. Brander was
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  • 156 12 Flying-Boats To Take Part. PROTECTION OF SEA ROUTES. (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Sept. 17. IN the big Dutch naval man1 oeuvres which start next week in the Indian Ocean, the new Dornier flying-boats will participate for the first time. Until the arrival at Singapore of
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  • 37 12 I7IVF sharks, described as quite big.” were seen off the Katong coast near the breakwater by a Singapore resident Katong swimmers having their dip outside nagars are warned to keep a sharp lookout.
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  • 158 12 May Be Liable To Ejection By Lessee. (From Our Own Correspondent' Kuala Lumpur. Sept. 16 pEOPLE holding temporary occup.i- tion licences on land alienated tor mining in the F.M.S. may in future b. 1 liable to ejection by the lessee. Machinery for such action
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  • 97 12 From Our Own Correspondent. > Alor Star, Sept. 19. ot the death of Dr. John Portelly, senior health officer, Kedah has been received in Alor Star. It is not know'll where he died or in what circumstances, but it is presuir ed he died in
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  • 356 13 Succession Issue Recalled. raja bendaharas COUNCIL POST. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 16. r%NE of the bitterest political conLT troversies in Malayan history—the much disputed question of the Selangor succession—is recalled today by the Government announcement that the Sultan of Selangor has appointed his
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  • 141 13 TOO people attend the Royal Army Medical Corps Association 1 arid cabaret held at the Victoria moriai Hall on Friday night. This -s Lhe first time that the R.A.M.C. as llel d a ball in Singapore, and it was H sreat success. Eurt Blach’s orchestra played
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  • 563 13 REPORT OF FIRST TRAIN TOOK WEEK TO REACH SINGAPORE. (From Our Own Correspondent) P. Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 17. ASSENGERS hurrying through the vast halls of the Kuala Lumpur railway station this week would have looked up with surprise if told
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  • 128 13 NO LANDING PERMITS FOR “DAUGHTERS-IN LAW.’* A LTHOUGH the policy of more rigidly restricting male immigration into Sarawak was continued for most of last year, Mr. Edward Parnell, Chief Secretary, Sarawak, in nia annual administration report just issued, says that no restriction is placed on
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  • 160 13 Fine Follows East Coast Road Incident. FOR driving his car in a negligent manner along East Coast Road after a cinema show. Max Montigny, appeared in the Singapore Traffic Court before Mr. C. H, Koh on Thursday. Court Inspector Frew, who prosecuted, said that he was
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  • 96 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Sept. 13. A BUILDING scheme to include a permanent clubhouse and hospital for members has been planned by the Malacca Meng Seng Association. The hospital, it is understood, will contain two medical sections, for European and Chinese treatments. The Clubhouse
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  • 178 13 Statement At Genoa. Genoa, Sept. 17. T*HE Sultan of Johore today issued. through Mr. Roland Braddell, his legal adviser, the following statement: “His Highness suffered a serious heart attack in July and was confined to the Palace until Just before he sailed on the Gneisenau. His condition
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  • 166 13 SCHEME TO AID UNEMPLOYED. (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 15. DERAK’S 2,000 unemployed are to be found work. The decision to face the task of providing employment was made this morning at a conference of heads of all the State’s Government departments. The British
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  • 116 13 A Little Known Negri Sembilan Industry. 'From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Sept. 16. “IfEECHUP”, dark, slimy Chinese sauce, is manufactured quite unostentatiously in a corner of Seremban. Tucked away in the Ampangan area, is the Seong Woh Sauce Factory, supplying the F.M.S. with
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  • 535 14 Names And Explanation Issued In Orders. SAME DISCIPLINARY INQUIRY METHODS AS IN BRITAIN. THE arrest of five more detectives in connection with the inquiry into corruption in the Singapore police force, published by a Singapore newspaper, is denied by senior police officials,
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  • 139 14 'T'HE orders of the day issued to the S.S. Police Force last Saturday explained to the men in Malay, the language of the force, that as a result of thorough investigations it had been discovered that various groups of gambling were carried on in the
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  • 113 14 New By-Law To Be Introduced. From Our Own Correspondent; Kuala Lumpur. Sept. 14. nuisances by wireless sets and musical instruments will soon oe removed from Kuala Lumpur. When Mr. G. D. Cameron asked at today’s meeting of the Sanitary Board whether any action had been
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  • 135 14 Many Chinese Concerned. ALTHOUGH the Siamese in Singapore on Sept. 12 denied reports by Domei, the biggest Japanese newsagency, of an apparently anti-Chinese drive by State ports have been confirmed by the Bangkok correspondents of Bangkok correspondents of Singapore Chinese vernacular newspapers. While Domei reported a
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  • 182 14 OEPORTS that Chinese scnooiteachers accused of introducing Chinese propaganda into their lessons had been arrested are denied by the Siamese Ministry or Public Instruction, the Siamese Consul-General in Singapore stated on Sept. 14. Reports of wholesale arrests have emanated during the past few days from both Japanese
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  • 384 14 SINGAPORE GERMANS WERE READY TO LEAVE. Plans To Go To Java If War Was Announced. Singapore, Sept. 15. DOR more than three hours during yesterday afternoon s war scare, German women sat huddled in big cars outside the offices of the K.P.M. Line in Robinson
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  • 2661 15 Planting Topics New Planting Industry May Develop In Johore. “MANILA” HEMP PRODUCTION TO MEET EMPIRE’S NEEDS. From A Special Correspondent r LIBERALISATIONS are rarely of less than doubtful character, Il( L in relation to soils, they may k positively misleading. In Malava. in
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  • 242 16 Super-Scale Posts To Be Doubled. IMPORTANT CHANGES. Can Now Draw Graduate Allowances In Addition. /OPPORTUNITIES for advancement beyond the normal time-scale limit for locally-engaged teachers will lie doubled by new regulations which have come into force in the Colony. The number of super-scale posts available
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  • 81 16 TV) ensure more thorough >ntrol of private schools, a sub-branch of the office of the Inspector of Schools has been opened in Singapore to deal with this work. The branch will be in charge of Mr. R. M. Young, formerly headmaster of Bukit Mertajam High
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  • 101 16 Put Up Desperate Resistance. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 14. QUJARE Singh, a Sikh watchman on a tin mine near Selayang Village, was found dead in his nut yesterday with severe head and neck wounds. Deceased is said to have had $150 with him. When the
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  • 88 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Kangsar, Sept. 11. Relations and friends were present at the residence of Wan Mohd. Ali, Dato Muda Sri-Adika Raja, retired magistrate. Kuala Kangsar, at Kati, when he announced the engagement of his youngest daughter, Wan Fatimah, to Abdul Wahab, Assistant
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  • 35 16 A EUROPEAN woman, M. Snow, who pleaded guilty to a charge of driving a car without a licence on July 22, was on Sept. 13 fined $6 in the Singapore Traffic Court.
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  • 226 16 Firm Action Following Charges Of Corruption. TWENTY per cent, of the Colony detective force have 1 been dismissed following investigations into allegations of corruption in connection with large-scale gambling. Sixty men, of the Detective Branch’s total strength of IV), were accused, but half of these were
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  • 125 16 <From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 13. THE charge of causing death by a negligent act against Dr. Chung Kiat Saik. who was described in court by his counsel Mr. R. Ramani. as a Singapore Port Health Officer, was mentioned today again before Mr.
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  • 34 16 —Reuter. Bombay. Sept. 16. TTHE death has occurred of Sir Phiroze Sethna. chairman and managing director of the Central Bank of India. Ltd., and director of many leading Indian companies.—Reuter.
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  • 672 17 ONE OF THE LATEST PATTERN armoured cars two of which have just been taken over by the Armoured Car Section of the Singapore Volunteer Corps. This picture taken on Mandii Road during the section's field firing exer<cs shows Capt. C. E. Collinge. who commands the S.V.C.
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  • More Leaves From A Woman’s Notebook.
    • 1152 21 Is All Well With Children At Home Schools A MOTHER, JUST BACK, SAYS ‘YES.’ YOU won’t be able to do that when you go to school,” said very much in the same manner as an earlier generation used: “If vou’re not good a policeman will come for you,” is the
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  • 266 21 Singapore, Sept. 15. pENTRES of most war concern in Singapore are Czech and German business houses. While personnel naturally tear crippling of business in the event of any outbreak of war, local Germas are anxious about their future in the event of big conflict. There also
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  • 175 21 Leaving Here Shortly. VOUNGEST man in the Czech diplomatic service is 33-year-old Dr. J. V. Polodna, acting-Consul for Czechoslovakia in Singapore. After less than 18 months In Singapore he has been promoted and a new consul will be arriving in the Conte Rosso next month. The new
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  • 167 21 Seven Malayan Changes Announced. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 9. THE following appointments, most of which have been gazetted in Singapore. were announced by the Colonial Office today: Mr. D G. Beck, to be an engineer. Posts and Telegraphs Department, Malaya. Mr. J. Bence, to be
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  • 531 22 Determined On English Girl As Bride. MAHMUD DELIGHTED BY HIS MOTHER’S SUPPORT. Special Cable to the Straits Times. London, Sept. II. TUNGKU Mahmud, 20-ycar-old brother of the Sultan of Trengganu, intends to return to Malaya at an early date to
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  • 90 22 'From Our Own Correspondent; London. Sept. 9. MALAYANS on leave who hav e reeently visited the Malayan Court at the Glasgow Empire Exhibition Include *he following Mr W. M. McLatchle. Mr. Wallace Inglis. Mr. B. J Cramer, Miss N Sim and Mr and Mrs. M. L
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  • 132 22 regarding their romance.—JStraits Tim»*s cablegram. Camera Man Alleges Assault. From Our Own Correspondent London, Sept. 13. A SCUFFLE in one of the main streets of Oxford between Tungku Mahmud, brother of the Sultan of Trengganu, and a photographer had a sequel at the Oxford police
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  • 85 22 SULTAN TUNGKU: NEW STATEMENT. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Sept. 14. authoritative statement was issued by a member of the Sultan of Trengganu’s suite this morning, to the Straits Times. “Please make it clear that the Sultan has no objection whatsoever to Tungku Mahmud marrying Miss Blencowe, but His Highness
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  • 104 22 Nearly Thousand To Benefit. fJIGHER wages for coolies employed on the Singapore wharves were granted on Sept. 13 by the Tanjong Pagar Labour Company. A petition was presented to the Singapore Harbour Board some time ago by 950 Chinese coolies seeking better pay and conditions.
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  • 41 22 From Our Own Correspondent) Penang Sept. 14. WORK on the construction of the new school-house for the Hu Yew Chinese school has been started. When completed it is expected to hold 320 students in eight rooms.
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  • 216 22 Breaking P.l. Monopoly. Special to the Straits Times. A NEW plantation industry. likely to be of great benefit to the British Empire, h&gt;.s been started by a syndicate in Johore. By accident, some planters who were investigating the condition ot several Chinese-owned rubber estates.
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  • 91 22 1 From Our Own Correspondent &gt; Seremban. Sept. 14. THE Negri Sembilan Tamil Teachers Association held a meeting at the Indian Association premises. Mr. G V Thaver presided, and. in addition to the ordinary business of the meeting model lessons were taught and lecture. 5 were
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  • 130 22 (From Our Own Correspondent) T H n F s only State the Federated" Malay States 1 which state S of SS Saneor' S n UlJal,,c for fcmafe prisoners is the The practice has therefore existed. for a number of years past, of
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  • 587 23 Offence A Very Serious One, Says Assize Judge. man who served as volunteer DURING SINGAPORE MUTINY. SKNIOR member of the Japanese community in the A (pinny, 61-year-old Sichitaro Kashio, was on Sept. 13 convicted at the Singapore Assizes on his own pleas on
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  • 59 23 The engagement is announced be1 tween James Richard Henry (“Bertie”&gt; Burns, of the F.M.S. Police, only son of 1 Surgeon-Commander H. Burns, O B E., M.B., Ch.B., R.N. (retd.), and Mrs. Burns, of Nuneaton. Warwick, and Katharina Rosmund (“Dickie”) WardJaekson, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Ward Jackson
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  • 647 23 •THE following Army promotions have occurred in Singapore, following the new policy of the War Minister, Mr. L. Hore-Belisha. over reorganisation in the Services The following majors are seconded Aug. 1: Infantry: Loyal Regiment, E. FitzH. Lynch, M. Wilson. Gordons: Bt. Lt.-Col. C. G. O. Balfour-Davey,
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  • 390 23 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 15. 44 THE British Resident takes 1 this opportunity of saying how much he regrets the impending loss to the Board, Kuala Lumpur and the State of Mr. Butler, whose services have been a
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  • 334 23 No Order Made In High Court. THE appeal of Mrs. Edith Lilian Woosey. who alleged that certain arrears of alimony and maintenance had not been paid by her husband, Inspector S.A.J. Woosey, of the Straits Settlements Police Force, was argued before the Chief Justice, Mr. McElwaine, on
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  • 594 24 Ten Large Bodies, Many Smaller Ones. ACTIVITIES DISOWNED BY RESPONSIBLE CHINESE. Literary Branch Prepares Speeches And Leaflets. By The Straits Times Chinese Correspondent AVER 10,000 Singapore Chinese, on a conservative estimate, are believed to be members of unregistered anti-Japan-ese societies which are disowned by
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  • 85 24 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Sept. 13. A SUPPLEMENTARY grant of $60,000 for the making of 12 natural colour travel films of the Netherlands Indies has been approved by the Government. Negotiations are in progress with a leading United States company for the production of
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  • 68 24 'From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Sept. 13. TTHE man who presented a kamuning royal Malay wood) walking stick to the Duke of Windsor when he visited Malaya as Prince of Wales. Inehe Abdul Aziz bin Ahmad Malaka I S.M, received his warrant of Justice
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  • 138 24 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Sept. 14. ACCORDING to the draft Fishery Rules 1938 which were passed at the meeting of the Lower Chamber of the Negri Sembilan State Council, it is an offence to capture, kill, injure, sell or have in possession any turtles unless
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  • 107 24 Two Officers Have Narrow Escape. TWO Royal Air Force officers 1 had a narrow escape when a Vickers Viidebeeste torpedo bomber crashed on landing at Seletar on Thursday. They were: Pilot Officer J. F. Roberts, the pilot, who is thought to have broken his
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  • 126 24 (From Oui Own Correspondent London, Sept. 9. SENIOR members of the European community in Malaya will regret to hear that Mrs. Edith Innes. wife of Mr. J. R. Innes. C.M.G.. and mother of Lady Caldecott, died at Bournemouth on Sept. 4. Mr. and Mrs.
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  • 61 24 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Sept, lii TO explore possibilities of trade ex--1 pansion in South America, the Government of the Netherlands Indies has appointed Mr. P. Mijnaremds trade commissioner for the whole of that continent. The new' commissioner will take up his oast next month.
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  • 161 24 NO CHARGE AFTER K.L. INQUEST. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 14 'T'HE Deputy Public Prosecutor, 1 Selangor, has decided not to proceed with any charge against Mr. R. P. N. Napper, against whom the Kuala Lumpur Coroner, Che Albakri, found a prima facie
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  • 86 24 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Sept. 13. "THE Governor-General, Jonkheer Dr. A. W. L. Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, with his wife and two daughters, will leave for Sumatra on the Government steamer Rigel on Sunday. The gunboat Flores will escort the Vice-Regal party. Visits will b
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  • 141 24 Boys And Girls Bound Over At Seremban. From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. Sept. 13 FIVE Chinese youths and the tour girls were all ordered to enter into bond to keep peace for six months, in the case in which three of them were charged with playing
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  • 47 24 (From Our Own Corresponden’ Kuala Lumpur, Sept 1? MR. Morris Edgar was admitted day In the Supreme Court by u■' acting Chief Justice F.M.S.. Mr. a’Beckett Terrell, to the Bar ot Federated Malay States on an appi tlon made by Mr. A. J. Bostock-U.
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  • 571 25 W ar Danger Believed To Have Been Postponed. ROME FORECASTS PLEBISCITE DEMAND. London, Sept. 13. THAT Herr Hitler’s speech at Nuremberg last night has left the world in doubt regarding his intentions is the general view of the London morning newspapers In the
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  • 154 25 R Mis-Trial Decision By Judge. New York, Sept. 12. JUSTICE PECORA today declared that there had been a mis-trial in the rase against James J. Hines, former Tammany political boss who is charged with bribery and taking part in a •d20,000. 000-a-year “policy” racket, a public lottery
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  • 396 25 .—Reuter. Declaration By Tokio Foreign Office. Tokio, Sept. 14. JAPAN is as prepared as ever to join forces with Germany and Italy for lighting against Red operations in accordance with the spirit of the anti-Comintern agreement,” said the Foreign Office spokesman today. He declared
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  • 125 25 British Wireless. Mr. de Valera’s Hope Of A Great Parley. London, Sept. 12. IN his presidential address to the i League Assembly. Mr. de Valera J asked the Assembly to keep its tuith in the League as the only Instrument by which prevention of war
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  • 223 25 .—Reuter Sudetens" Hid To Storm Police Stations. Prague, Sept. 13. FOLLOWING a series ol clashes r last night and today, the Government proclaimed martial law in all the affected districts. Meanwhile all public meetings and i demonstrations have been banned i throughout Czechoslovakia, whether j o
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  • 93 25 British Wireless London. Sept. 13. CQUADRON LEADER M J. ADAM who recently set up the world’s altitude* record, was one of the two Royal Air Force officers, who. with the wireless operator, were killed yesterday when a bomber crashed at Farnborough. Hampshire, and caught Are Both
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  • 248 26 Dominions’ Backing F or London’s Policy. London, Sept. 15. MESSAGES from overseas Show that the visit of Mr. Neville Chamberlain to Berchtesgaden to confer with Herr Hitler on the crisis over Czechoslovakia has the general approval of the dominions. The Prime Ministers of Canada, Australia,
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  • 161 26 Reuter Berchtexgaden, r-ept. 15. 1 Large crowds at the outskirts ot the j aerodrome .it Munich lieavily cheered Mr. Chamberlain when he landed shortly alter noon today. He was| greet'd by Sir Nevilc Henderson, the British Ambassador; Herr von Ribbentrop and IIe»r vop Dlrksen. A similar
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  • 71 26 ment.—Reuter and British W’ireless. London, Sept. 16. TWO cavalry regiments—the 1st Itoyal Dragoons and the Royal Scots Grey—and the 2nd Battalion, the West Yorkshire Regiment, together with the necessary ancillary troops, are being sent from the United Kingdom to Palestine. Three battalions are also being sent
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  • 313 26 “Friendly Talk” With Hitler. London, Sept. 17. “f HAVF. come back again rather quicker than I expected, after a journey which, if I had not been so preoccupied, should have found thoroughly enjoyable. Yesterday, l had a long and frank tad: with Herr Hitler, but it
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  • 798 26 -Reuter. Nuremberg, Sept. 12. UKKR HITLER began his anxious--1 ly-awaited speech at 7.15 o’clock tonight in the Nazi Congress hall, lie opened with a long and somewhat dull review' of the Nazi Party’s history since 1023. Alluding to the events leading up to the
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  • 226 26 -Reuter. GRAVE CLASHES IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Prague, Sept. 14. CERIOUS fighting has occurred at Schwanderbach, where Sudetens seized a police guard-house and another building. They are surrounded by police, who have given the Sudetens 21 hours in which to surrender. The trouble began, according to a Sudetan communique,
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  • 207 27 OFFER OF HELP TO KING-EMPEROR. Solidarity Of Empire. Bikaner, Sept. 16. THE Maharaja of Bikaner, 1 ruler of nearly 10,000,000 people, has telegraphed to the Viceroy offering all his resources to the King-Emperor in the event of a war involving Great Britain. 'IV telegram says: 1 take the
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  • 149 27 1&gt;EAT1I SEN FENCES. I'o Share Same Eate As The Suddens. London, Sept. 18. AN equal number of Czechs or Jews of Czech nationality will be arrested in the Reich to correspond with the number of Sudetens ar’•‘.sted in Czechoslovakia in the past week, according to
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  • 44 27 Jr Lr,, on Times. Hankow, Sept. 18. Hu Shih, “Father of the Chinese J f J r N revolution.” is reported to Is en a PP°l n fed Chinese AmbasC v Washington in place of Dr "ang. who has been recalled.--
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  • 15 27 LORD RUNCIMAN. does not know when he is returning to Prague.
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  • 102 27 “VERY DELICATE SITUATION. Renter London, Sept. 1(&gt;. ORl&gt; RUNCIMAN. who arrived at Croydon from Prague only two minutes before the Prime Minister reached Heston, looked pale as he stepped from the plane. “I wish 1 knew as much as you about the situation,” he said, when asked about his views.
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  • 229 27 Henlein Arrest Considered. i Prague, Sept. 16. THE Government has order-i ed the suspension of the Sudenten Party and is to submit the question of dissolution to the permanent committee of the Chamber of Deputies, which is the competent body to take action. It is proposed that
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  • 111 27 JAPAN WOULD GO TO WAR. Reuter. Tokio The Anti-Red Agreement. Tokio, Sept. lb. •THE Foreign Office spokesm i to- day amplified his statement made two days ago that Japan was “as prepared as ever to join forces with Germany and Italy for fighting against Red operations in accordance with the
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  • 97 27 Reuter. Budapest, Sept. la. •THE Hungarian Treaty Revi- sionist League, which has 2,000.000 members, today sent a telegram to Mr. Chamberlain, expressing deep appreciation of “his wonderful effort to save the peace of Europe.” The message urged that Hungarians in Czechoslovakia be granted the right of
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  • 215 27 Reuter. Berchtesgaden, Sept. 15. f\NE of the biggest crowds ever seen at Berchtesgaden frantically cheered, threw hats in the air and shouted in English, “Hurrah” when Mr. Chamberlain arrived and entered one of Hitler’s seven large cars and drove to the Grand Hotel, on the
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  • 240 27 SUDETEN LAND FOR REICH. Prague May l ake Reprisals. Berlin, Sept. lb. THE Berlin morning newspapers today give prominence to reports that the Czech Government has decided to take action against Herr Henlein, the Sudeten leader, who yesterday, in proclamation, demanded the return of Sudeten German territory
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  • 177 27 —Reuter. Prague, Sept. 15. law has been exIVI tended to Reichenberg. Rumburg and Schluckenau, in addition to the eight districts in which it is already being enforced. Although official reports indicate there is considerable unrest in the Sudet n areas, it is evident that it if nowhere
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  • 495 28 Results Of London Conference: Two Cabinets Meet HITLER DEMANDING HANDING OVER OF SUDETEN REGIONS? London, Sept. 19. IN official statement from Downing Street says that after yesterday’s full discussion of the present international situation, the representatives of the British and French Governments are in complete
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  • 74 28 Geneva. Sept. 18. I\R WELLINGTON KOO. chief Chinese delegate to the League Assembly, in his statement to the Assembly strongly indicted the manner in which Japan has conducted her war against China. Dr. Koo alleged that between August last year and May this year there have
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  • 32 28 .—Reuter Wellington, Sept 16. Mr. M. J. Savage, the Prime Minister, announced today that there would be a general election in New Zealand on October 15.— Reuter.
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  • 256 28 —Reuter. PRAGUE'S “NO." Ominous Speech By II Duce. Prague, Sept. IS. JH K Czech Prime Minister, Dr. Milan Hodza. in a broadcast speech to the nation today, categorically rejected the idea of a plebiscite as a solution to the Czech problem. Ho said that il‘ a plebiscite could
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  • 79 28 PRIAM TO ACHILLES.” AN epigram, entitled “Neville Chamberlain,” published on the main page of The Times on Sept. 16 by the Poet Laureate, John Masefield, attracted wide attention for its appositeness and simple beauty &lt;reports Reuter) It has reference to the Prime Minister’s visit to Herr Hitler and reads. “/Is
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  • 84 28 —Reuter. Bucharest, Sept. 18. DUMANIA has increased the labour force working on the strategic railroad which would link Czechoslovakia with Russia in almost a direct line, according to a reliable source! Meanwhile, without excitement troops have been shifted to points where they might be needed in case
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  • 193 28 -Reuter. PROCLAMATION BY HENLE1N. 4*8,000 Sudetens As Volunteers. Berlin, Sept. IS. “THE hour of liberation i&gt; A nearing; offer resistance upon resistance,” Henlein i* reported by the German newsagency as saying in a proclamation. A message received by the same agency from Dresden states that 1 :v
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  • 55 28 —Reuter Alleged Assault On Britons. Shanghai, Sept. 1T'HE British Consul-General is in vC&gt; tigating the reported assault three Britons. Messrs. W. Iredale. Clarke and H Jackson, by a Japan*"" sergeant-major at Hongkew yesterday It is alleged they were beaten w a sword and fists and that had lighted
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  • 1603 29  -  By “Captain Dash." aTTKNI'AXC E, at Bukit iimah on Saturday, the second and rinal day A of tin* Singapore Turf Club’s Extra meeting, bringing to a close a nn st succ
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  • 130 29 Golf. pORTY-FIVE new members were ad- mitted to the Keppel Golf Club during the year, compared with 16 last year attributable largely to the reduced entrance lee, states the report to be presented at the annual meeting of the club today. Improvements to the links include
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  • 57 29 Reuter. Philadelphia, Sept. 16. John Henry Lewis out-pointed Jimmy AharnL’k. of Michigan, in a ten-round world heavy wight title f, l*Tir a o r Adamiek weighing 13 rt 6 ib.. had Lewis on the verge oi a knock out in the ninth and tenth but the Negro’s
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous

  • 1131 30  -  By “Captain Dash 99 ONLY one favourite, Eagle’s Eye, was first home when the Singapore Turf Club’s Extra Professional meeting was opened at Bukit Timah. Eagle’s Eye i&gt;aid $2O. Biggest upset was that of Quick Money,
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  • 101 30 London. Sept. 14 COCCER matches played today resulted as follows ENGLISH I,EAGLE. FIRST DIVISION Arsenal 1. Derby County 2. Huddersfield 0. Sunderland 1. Liverpool 3, Middlesbrough 1. SECOND DIVISION. Newcastle 5. West Bromwich 1. Southampton 2. Plymouth 1. THIRD DIVISION. Southern Section. Reading 3. Brighton and H A
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  • 51 30 Golf. London. Sept. 16. The 1,250 News of the World golf tournament went to Dai Rees. Welsh orefessional champion in 1936 Rees beat Lddie Whitcombe. youngos of the fa nous golfing family and 3 in the final over 36 holes. Pees was 4 up at the
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  • 95 30 from the S.C.RC. started a new activity for the ciub when they held their first hockey practice on Hong Lim Green last week. Hockey for women is rare in Singapore. Both the Girls Sports Club and the Y.W.C.A. have made attempts to place
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  • 206 30 'T'HE Rost beat the Newcomers by five goals to two in the S.C.C.’s first hockey practice on the padang played in dull weather and on a sodden field McNamara was the outstanding man on the held. He was here, there, and everywhere, weaving in
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  • 76 30 Polo. BEATING the Innlskilllngs by foa r goals to one and a half (a halt I goal handicap), the Royal Artillery’ yesterday won the InnLskilling Palo Cup tor the second year in succession The match was played on the Singapore Polo Club ground under heavy*
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  • 109 30 Bonneville, Utah. Sept 16 /CAPTAIN G. E. T. Eyston today re* covered the world land speed re* cord which he lost yesterday to h ls j rival John Cobb. Cobb has decided to return home. his car has done all that it was exp ('ted
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous

  • 268 31 heavy conditions for SECOND ROUND. X) fRAlK with rounds of 68 and 78 headed the qualifying rounds for K. championship of the Singapore Golf Club. A round of 68 on Saturday afternoon gave Craik the lead over the nr q eighteen holes and
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  • 94 31 Reuter. London, Sept 13 THK Australians sulfered the first dele.it for 17 years of a touring team of Australians, except in rest matches, when they lost by ten wickets to Mr. Leveson-Gower’s eleven. The visitors scored 306 in the first innings to which the
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  • 106 31 London. Sept. 18. K’-tJiby matches in Britain yesterday resulted London Scottish 24; Old Leysians 0. Hath 0; Bedford 0. Bridgend 11; Maesteg 3. G i dirt 14; Bristol 0. Cross Keys 18; Old Paulines 5. Gloucester 17; Mosley 3. Waterloo 11; Headingley 3. Llanelly 11; Abertillery 4. l5;
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  • 157 31 China’ s All-In Wrest ling Champion. r pniS is Wong Bock Cheung. one oj th&lt; foremost competitors for the uK-in u' r estling championship of the Orient. to he staged by Mi. George Ic ncsco in the Happy World Stadium starting Sept 'N During the gears 19.If to 1937 a
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  • 30 31 Glasgow. Sept. 13. Soccer matches played today resulted as follows:— FIRST DIVISION. Falkirk 0, Hearts 1. Partick Thistle 2, Raith Rovers 1. St. Mirren 2, Queen’s Park 1
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  • 385 31 2-0 Victory Over Medicals. COMBINATION WON THE GAME, SELFISHNESS LOST IT, OHOWING all round superiority the Police defeated the Medicals by two goals to nil in the* final for the Government Services Cup played at the Stadium. The winners had a fast set of forwards
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  • 337 31 Racing COMPLETE statistics for the S.T.C Extra professional meeting which closed on Saturday arc as below. OWNERS Mrs. D. J. V. Haims and S J. Hart field $1,400 Mr. Alan Loke 1.260 Mr. C. H. Smith 920 1 Mrs. O. M. Noordin 900 Mr.
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  • 127 31 London, Sept. 7. The Australian cricketers’ conduct yesterday is scarcely likely to enhance either their good name or their popularity,” says The Times today concerning the go slow tactics of the Australians in their match with :*»i England eleven at Folkestone. The team lias ocen in the
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  • The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT.
    • 609 1 Dealings Very Small: Prices Slightly Lower. FRASER AND COMPANY’S WEEKLY REVIEW. IN a weekly report on the share market, issued at the close ot i business on Sept. Fraser and Co. write: As for many weeks past, the European crisis has completely dominated all markets. Statistics
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    • 103 1 Increasing Rate. Amsterdam. Sept. 6 TIN production by countries outside the control scheme in the first half Of 1938 totalled 14.183 tons, against 27.378 in the full year 1937. 25.892 in 1936 and 13.967 tons In 1931. Since 1937 the rate of outsider production has thus more
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    • 191 1 .—Reuter Better Feeling: Prices Recover. London, Sept. 15. A COMPLETE and sometimes spectacular reversal of the tendency of all markets was reflected the City’s reaction to the drama-, tic overnight developments in the international sphere. On the Stock Exchange prices in all sections were marked up
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    • 117 1 'From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Sept. 19. The following are today’s “bid’’ quotations for Fixed Trust: s. d. British Empire “A’ 19 1*2 British Empire “B” 9 IV2 British Empire Cumulative 14 l*/ 2 British Empire C’prehensive 14 9 British General “A” 17 7*/2 British General “B”
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    • 202 1 Singapore. Sept. 20. 12 noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler 7.25 Hamburg Cube $13.00 Java Cube $11.00 Pepper White Muntok $12.50 White $12.00 Black 8.25 Copra Mixed $3.00 Sun Dried $3.30 Tapioca. Small Flake $3.60 Fair Flake $3.50 Medium Pearl $3.90 Small Pearl $3.70 Jclotonq. Palembang $9.00 i Banja
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    • 27 1 The directors oi Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., havi declared an Interim dividend ot 3 per cent, on the ordinary stock payable on Nov. 1.
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    • 58 1 rw,t 0 Spot Sept. Oct.-Dec. Jan.-Mar. Apr.-June London Spn t '15 26 26 27 27 4 27 7 15 16 jo 26% 264 26% 274 27% 7 15 16 it) 26 26 4 26% 26% 274 2() 26% 27 4 274 27% 28 4 7 15/16
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    • 1645 2 To Make Adequate Provision For Unforeseen Contingencies. NEW SHARE ISSUE AT PAR TO EUROPEAN STAFF. “T AM not dissatisfied with current trade. There are many serious political and economic factors to be faced but I feel that I express current opinion in anticipating' that Malaya will
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    • 234 2 Directors Find Finance To Keep Going. A DDHESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of Nawng Pet Tin Ltd. in Penang on Sept. 15, Mr. a j King, the chairman, said:— The year under review has been an extraordinarily difficult one. There was an unprecedented
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    • 111 2 THE directors of Sungei Telor (Malaya) Rubber Estate have de eided to pay the dividend on the preference shares for the half-year ended June 30 on Sept. 20. The distribution was due to be paid on June 30 last, but in view of the depressed condition of
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    • 78 2 THE following particulars of tin-dred- ging operations refer to the first half of September Hours Piculs run Yardage ore Katu Tin 306 71,500 467 Ratrut Basin 98 21,000 116 Renong Con 320 102,00c 420 Takuapa Valley Dredge 1 111 20.000 33 Dredge 2 324 80,000 454 The dredge
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    • 41 2 THE following rubber crops were har vested by the respective estates lr August lb Brunei 32.232 Buklt Timah 8.426 Changkat 20.691 Haytor 7.760 j Indragiri 84,93 f 4 Lunas 23.160 Nyala.v 28.000 Tapah 56 63: Ulu Pandan 2.487
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    • 364 3 Sharp Rise In Valuation Of Tin Stocks. INVESTMENTS DECLINE BY $2,000,000. DIVIDEND of 75 cents a share is proposed by A Die directors of the Straits Trading Company Ltd. in respect of the half-year ended June last. The report of the directors was issued
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    • 112 3 -British Wireless. ZEALAND’S exports for the year &lt; nded 30th June, 1938, were valued lt £61,919.913. according to figures issued by the New Zealand Government A leuture of the returns is that butter lias supplanted wool as the dominion’s most valuable export commodity. The ;i hie oi
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    • 146 3 223 Tons Sold THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,399th. auction on Sept. 14 when there were catalogued 1,126.274 lbs. (502.80 tons); offered 955.995 lbs. (426.78 tons!; sold 499,739 lbs. (223.10 tons t. Spot London 8d. New York 16 cents PRICES REALISED Ribbed Smoked
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    • 118 3 Why The Market Is Depressed. JELLY fish and low prices on the Singapore market are given in the Brunei annual report as the main reasons for the depressed state oi the previously valuable prawn fishing industry in that territory. Almost the entire catch is sent
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    • 60 3 THE directors of Renong Tin Dredging Co. Ltd., have recommended payment of a final dividend of 10 per cent, making 17‘jj per cent lor the year ended June last. If thr dividend is approved at the annual meeting in London It will be p;dd on Oct. 13.
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    • 96 3 The Hague, Sept. 14. 'J'HE export quota of tin for the last quarter was fixed at 45 per cent, of standard tonnages at a meeting of the International Tin Committee today, says Reuter. This is the same rate as allowed for the present quarter and
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    • 236 3 Details ol‘ Agreement. Amsterdam. Sept. 5. j FURTHER details of the Marsman group’s negotiations for a concession in the district of Sintang. Borneo, are now available. The original agreement between the Algemeene Exploratie Mij (General Exploration Co.), owners of the concessions, and the Marsman Algemeene Exploratie Mij,
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    • 75 3 THE directors oi the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, have declared an interim dividend on account oi the half-year ended June of 5 per cent. This is 1 per cent, lower than the interim paid at the corresponding time last year. In making the
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    • 690 3 KAIMI) FLUCTUATIONS BUT LITTLE NET CHANGE. POOR DEMAND AT AUCTION. IN a weekly report on the rubber market issued at noon on Friday. Lewis and Peat 'Singapore) Ltd. write The past week will probably go down in history as one of the most momentous in the lives
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    • 412 4 Peninsula Could Easily Export 100,000 Pons A Year. “IN spite of long continued exports on a very large scale there are still big reserves of tin ore in the Federated Malay States”, says Mr. C. D. Ahearne, redeial Secretary, F.M.S., in his annual report just
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    • 104 4 INURING the week ending Sept. 10. 1988, exports of canned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 18,884 cases, of which: 18 858 &lt;76 per cent.) cases were to flu* United Kingdom, Nil per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, 2.100 &lt;ll por cent.) eases to
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    • 133 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Sept. 20. CTKADY progress is being made bv the Siamese Government Savings Bank. At March 31 1937, the amount held by the bank was v: 1.299,679. an increase of C 575,745, as compared with the amount at March 31
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    • 118 4 12 Per Cent. Fall This Year. •From Our Own Correspondent.&gt; London. Sept. 14. 'T’HAT the world’s output of Mn during January-July, 1938, declined by 12 per cent, as compared with production during the corresponding period of 1937. is the estimate of rhe Metallgesc'Ischaft A.G.. of Frankfurt-on-Main. The
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    • 126 4 Full Amount Applied For And Allotted. London. Sept 15 THE directors ol Southern Kinta Consolidated Ltd., have issued the following announcement in connection with the issue at. 7s. 6d of 350.924 5s shares made by that company. “The number of shares taken p by shareholders
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    • 597 4 DIVIDEND OF 5»/ 2 |»ER CENT. TOTAL COSTS SHOW SLIGHT INCREASE. THE report of tlx* directors of Pclepah Tin Dredging Ltd. for the year ended Mar. 31 1938. has been issued. It records a profit ol €8,875, and a total credit balance €10.042. During the financial year
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    • 222 4 Slightly Higher Distribution. ▼N a prograss report on the fifth year ot the Trust of Bank Shares the managing director states that the distribution paid on Sept. 15 was 3.331 pence per Unit net and. after allowing for the rise in income tax. is at a
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    • 109 4 OELANGOK RIVER RUBBER ESTATES is paying an interim dividend 01 2 pt*r cent, on the £300.000 capital in respect of the current year Payment is to be made on Sept. 27 For 1937 the interim payment was 3 per cent This was followed by a final of
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    • 46 4 From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 16 TTHE price of rubber for purpose ol assessment to export duty in the F.M.S. for the period Sept. 16 to Sept 22. inclusive, has been determined at 25 cents a pound, states a Gazette notification.
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    • 1225 5 Issued By Fraser And Co., EXCHANGE AND STOCK BROKERS. Singapore, Sept. 21, 10 a.m. MINING V al. Buyers Sellers 4- Am pat Tin 3/9 4/3 £1 Asam Kumbang 28/- 30/c. Austral Malay 4»/’- 47/-n. 5 Aver Hitam 23*- 24/6 1 Ayer Weng 0.60 0.65 £1 Bangrin Tin
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    • 20 5 Sept. 15 Tin. Spore Price $99.25 per picul lfi 98.00 r&lt; Je 98.75 on 100.00 2i 100.374
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    • 584 5 London Exchange Prices On Sept 13. Allagar (2/) /II; Alor Pongsu (2/) 1/9; Anglo-Malay 8/3; Ayer Kunlng 22/6; Badenoch 17/6; Bag&n Serai 17/6; Bahru (Sel.) (2/) 1/9%; Banteng 13/1%; Batang (2/) /7; Batu Caves 15/; Batu Tlga 23/9; Bekoh (2/) /10%; Bertam Con (2/) 2/10%; Bldor 22/6; Bikam
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    • 161 5 l&gt;ondon Exchange Prices On Sept. 13. Ampat (4/) 3/7Vi; Anglo-Burmu (5/) 12/; Ayer Hitam (5/) 1 3/16; Dangrin 1 1/32; Gopeng Cons. (5/) 8/9; Hongkong (5/) 1 1/32; Idris (5/) 6/; Ipoh (16/) 1 3/16; Jelapang 30/6; Kampong Lanjut 17/9; Kamunting (5/) 9/; Kepong 19/32; Killinghall (5/) 17/;
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    • 398 5 London, Sept. 20. ON the Stock Exchange today there was a general Improvement In turnover and prices as a result of the renewed optimism regarding the European situation. The upward swing was most pronounced among gilt-edged securities and gold mining Issues which closed around the day’s best.
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    • 217 5 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Singapore, Sept. 20, 5 p.m. Rook* rnraj tor Comonm Dividend Close Date Ex. Dlv. financial vchi TIN °avable w) &lt;1«' Burma Malay 6d. No 18 8ept. 22 Sept. 29 Sept. 23 5% Rawang Tinflelds lVid. No. 12 8ept 19 Sept. 28 8ent 20 1V
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    • 123 6 1936 and 1937 issues completely sold out The STRAITS TIMES ANNUAL for 1938 will be ready Nov. 1st. 220 pa&es including several full pa&es of coloured prints pictorially portraying the infinite charm of Malaya. Several full-pa&e colour plates depicting the vivid beauty of Malayan life and landscape. These plates are
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