The Straits Budget, 24 November 1938

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    29 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY./ No. l'-’t’- SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1938. Price 25 cts., (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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    THE WEEK IN MALAYA.
    1118 1 R S J B S. Haldane, wife of the j famous British biologist Professor j B S. Haldane, paid glowing tributes j 0 work of the Malayan ambulance imis at the front in China and the PtTor ts of Dr Robert Lim. the son of )r
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    Sultan & Miss Hill In Switzerland
    47 1 Sultan Miss Hill In Switzerland Tne Sultan 0/ Johorc and Miss Lydia Hill leaving the Sultan’s car at Zurich Switzerland, where they have been staying since last September when the Sultan left Genoa. The Sultan's health has much improved during his visit to Europe, it is stated.
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  • The Straits Budget
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      THE RUBBER OUTLOOK
      684 2 United States.—Straits Times. Nov. 17. Market reaction to the announcement of the International Rubber Regulation Committee fixing the export quota for the first quarter of next year at 50 per cent, of basic quotas provides strong confirmation of the opinion that it is at last possible to
      United States.—Straits Times. Nov. 17.  -  684 words
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      No Exploitation
      360 2 cannot be the intention—Straits Times. Nov. 17 The outstanding feature of the report' of the Arbitration Tribunal set up by the Straits Settlements Government to adjudicate In the dispute between the Singapore Traction Company and its employees’ Association is one short comment which might well escape public attention.
      cannot be the intention—Straits Times. Nov. 17  -  360 words
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      AN EMBARRASSING GIFT
      669 2 solemn pledge.—Straits Times. Nov. 18. A favourite method of attack by politicians in opposition is to call loudly for the grant of something which they never expect to get and, often enough, they do not even want. Occasionally the unexpected! happens and the demand is granted, to
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      National Lotteries
      484 2 people would have us believe.—Straits Times Nov. 18. One of the strongest arguments usee by those in favour of resort to State lotteries as a means of raising revenue in Great Britain has been removed by the announcement that the French National Lottery is to be abolished as
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      Trade Agreement
      619 3 upon us at Ottawa —Straits Times, Nov. 19. The Malayan smelting industry ir particular has cause to welcome the Anglo-American trade agreement 'iRce it removes an ugly bogey which has been paraded at intervals over a number of years as a grave threat to that industry. It was
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      Pool-Boosting
      669 3 slow to seize it.-—Straits Times, Nov. 22. In view of the continued existence of a firm belief among certain Malayan producers that tin restriction has done great damage to the mining industry in this country, a belief which finds expression very frequently, it is somewhat surprising that a Minister
      slow to seize it.-—Straits Times, Nov. 22.  -  669 words
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      What Singapore Jews Are Doing
      382 3 .—Straits Times Nov. 21 We are happy to be able to record, as a sequel to what was written In this column recently regarding the urgem necessity for co-operation in the work of relieving distress among Jewish re1 fugecs, the considerable progress which has now
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      Working Hours
      754 3 such trivialities.—Straits Times, Nov. 22. Old customs die hard. Visitors to the East have often written lyrically of the picturesqueness ol street scenes in Asiatic cities, where industrious workers may be seen at all hours of the day and night and shopdoors are eternally open. Few thoughts have
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      A Shocking Omission
      185 4 Straits Times, Nov. 22. It has transpired recenuy in Singapore that incest is not a crime according to the laws of this Colony. It is not necessary to recount here the sordid circumstances which led to the discovery of the shocking omission, and we feel confident that
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      A GOOD YEAR’S WORK
      814 4 the benefits.—Straits Times, Nov 23. Formed in September of last year as the outcome of a dispute among members of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association, the European Association oi Malaya has just presented a report on its first year’s working. It is a record of solid
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      Indian Volunteers
      210 4 cipline or loyalty.” Straits Times Nov. 23. Local Indians are to mak e one more effort, through the Indian Association Singapore, to secure acceptance by the Government of the Colony of a proposal for the formation of an Indian Company of the Singapore Voluntee; Corps. Repeated approaches have
      cipline or loyalty.”—Straits Times Nov. 23.  -  210 words
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    WELL-KNOWN CHINESE DIES IN PENANG
    84 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. Nov. 23 JJIR TAI TSE TENG. formerly Chinese Consul at Penang, has diea here suddenly from heart failure aged 67 He was a son of Mr. Tai Suen also a former Chinese Consul a Penang. Mr. Tai Tse Teng's younger
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    MAJOR E. J. MEDLEY AWARDED O.B.E.
    53 4 WIN recognition of his services in r ganising the defences of 1 fortress of Singapore.” Major E Medley. M.C., Royal Artillery, wastnw morning admitted to the Order or British Empire (Military Division*, the Governor, Sir Shenton Th ,nl prior to the opening of the
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  • NOTES Of The DAY
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      Night view
      199 5 GOING home late from the office one evening recently. I realised for the ftrst time the full measure of the change that the new High Court building is going to make in the civic heart of Singapore. As I approached from Anderson Bridge while it was yet dusk,
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      Police Landscape.
      167 5 IT is pleasing to read in the Malayan 1 Police Magazine that a “park effect” is to be created by the P.W.D. in the extensive grounds of the police depot m Thomson Road. Singapore. During the annual sports at the depot several weeks ago 1 took a stroll
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      Services Holidays
      245 5 QWNERS of seaside and hill-station bungalows who like to make a little mone y out of their properties would do Wel1 to note a complaint heard at a Singapore gathering the other day. was that Services people who want 1 c,uiet holiday away from hotels, especially people with
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      Mr. Tanaka.
      86 5 an illustration of the difficulties of life in Shanghai nowadays, the following advertisement, clipped from the North China Daily News, is worth pondering The four-power conference in Europe has created a sensation. The object of the conference is. of course, a peaceful settlement. My task is also to
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      Teeth On Edge
      407 5 gOME of the pleasanter things in tropical life have been touched on in this column lately—gardens, evenings on the sea-coast, and so on—but there is another side of life out here, at least for the European. As soon as one becomes run down or overstrained in any
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      Fighting Fish.
      290 5 I HAVE come across something interesting about fighting fish, otherwise known as paradise fish, those brilliantly coloured little creatures which Malays and Chinese love to place side by side in adjacent glass jars, so as to watch marvellous hues of blue and green and red flushing their scales.
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      P.W.D. Skulls.
      90 5 A CURIOUS concession by P.W.D. engineers to native superstition is reported in the British North Borneo Herald. Referring to the destruction of a dam by a flooded river and the construction of a new one. the writer of the Kota Belud district notes says: ‘ln case it should
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      Straits Panorama
      303 5 IIfHILE crossing the Johore Causeway the other day. shortly after the Regent of Johore had cut the first sod on the site of the new Government offices in his State capital, I was struck by the change that that building is going to make in the view from
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      Rural Patriots
      291 5 yHE journey which gave rise to these reflections was made on Sun Yat Sen’s birthday, and I was surprised to see how the villages along the Johore trunk road had dressed themselves for the occasion. These villages serve a rural population which is almost solidly Chinese, employed on
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      Kluang Memories
      214 5 V NOTICED other signs of change when I went on to spend the night la the rest-house at Kluang, the growing township of central Johore. When I went for a stroll along the main street before dinner I passed a large and well-laid-out Chinese shop which was also
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      Straits Shillings.
      269 6 JJOW often does one hear it said thaj, 4 although the exchange value of the 3traits do’lar is 2s. 4d., it is only equal to a shilling in purchasing power in this country. I sometimes wonder whether this is a hoary fallacy which people believe simply because they
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      Suburban “ Kira. ”
      274 6 Suburban Kira the other hand, there is no doubt that if everything is taken into consideration, a married man can come out from England to Singapore at twice his Home salary and still be no better off. When I was on leave In 1934 I found that the actual living
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      Clipper Mail
      180 6 Interesting example ol “the longest way round the quickest way home” Is afforded by the air mall transit from Hong Kong, (says the United Services Review.) This British Crown Colony is the airways terminus of the Pan-Amcricar. service from San Francisco, and also of Imperial Airways in the
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      F.M.S. Canoeists
      361 6 A FRIEND of mine recently tried to introduce into the F.M.S. the sport of canoeing which is so popular in Germany and elsewhere in Central Europe in the summer. The idea is to start as far as possible up the headwaters of a river, using a light collapsible
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      Thrills Ashore
      314 6 A JUICY morsel for this column has been discovered in the society page of a Sydney newspaper. It concerns an English girl who recently came our way, after staying with relatives In Australia. On the voyage home she met with a chapter of accidents which she related in
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      S.S.C. Music
      179 6 JJERE is a suggestion for the S.S.C. and 8.M.8C. It is made by an up-country reader who recently visited Singapore: Why does not the 8.M.8.C. give us p.n occasional broadcast of the Swimming Club band for up-country listeners, and ask the F.M.S. Government for a share of the
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      About Ourselves
      343 6 pXTRACT from a letter written by an old reader of the Straits Times:—“l enjoy your Notes and hope no change will be made in that direction, for the S.T. has become so different and impersonal to what it was in the ‘good old days’—but such are the times,
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      George Penny
      222 6 QNCE upon a time plain George Penny, one of Singapore’s most successful brokers. Baron Marchwood of Penang still manifests the qualities which make for success in the broker Consider this pen-portrait, published in the Sunday Times (London) several weeks ago when Lord Marchwood be came treasurer of the
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      The Human Touch
      199 6 £JECIL Street has just been reminded of the way in which things are changing in the Army. We have received the first “hand-out” from the Director of Public Relations at the War Office—one of the Hore-Belishp innovations, and a good one too. This communication is abou Christmas.
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    Registrar-General Of Statistic
    35 6 Mr. A Gilmour, first assistant. Colonial Secretariat (B), has appointed acting Registrar-General Statistics, in place of Mr. H. Nort Hunt, who is going on leave at t ll beginning of next month.
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    305 7 L k. Morse has been appointed ni'.nict Officer. Sarlbas. Mrs K. K. Benjamin has left Kuala un pur for India on a short holiday Mr James Fairbairn has joined the board of Anglo-Johore Rubber Estates. Ltd. M r M. J. Kennaway. of Escot Estate Tanjong Malim. has
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      BIRTHS
      101 7 TA^-~~Al No. 926, Kovan Row. on Nov. 17, lm to -TAK” (nee) Koh Kah Neo, wife D Tan Cheng Eng, a son. d7. To Ka tharine Ruth, wife of Peter Ball, a son on Nov. 15. 1938. in Singapore ur™ rnlty Hospital. himely.—To Christine, wife of L. S. Himely.
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      92 7 RENNER.—The engagement is announced of Herm Carl Bauer, Manager of fv i V Carl Schlleper Handel MiJ to K U l n ILSE RENNER of Plauen/Vogtia. Germany. The marriage will take Place soon. *n!^~~j R C HER.—The engagement is anof Mr. Chew Yew Seng, the eldest vr. Mr. Chew
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      MARRIAGE
      46 7 A^ st 7 Office, Singapore, on Nov. 17, 1938, ann*# 8,1169 son of the late Robert mH u rs Jane Linge of London, England. iat7> Ksenia Da Costa, daughter of the Ai,»vo C< 5°. nel Alexa ndra Zanfirroff and Mrs. andria Zanfirroff of Baku, Russia.
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    Harry Roy Collapses On Stage
    194 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 15. WITH the first notes of Bugle Call Rag,” his signature tune, Harry Roy, dance band leader and husband of a daughter of the Rajah of Sarawak, collapsed on the stage of Kilburn Empire, London last night. Women in
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    PASSENGERS FOR EUROPE
    238 7 following passengers for Europe from Malaya left in Antenor on Tuesday:— Capt. P. N. Booth, Mr. D. D. Dalgleish. Mr. H. A. Halley, Mrs. H. M. and Master C. J. Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Illingworth, Lt. Cdr. and Mrs. W. B. and Master P. R.
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    R.A.F. CHIEF BACK FROM HONG KONG
    47 7 epHE Air Officer Commanding, Royal 1 Air Force, Far East, Air ViceMarshal J. T. Babington, accompanied by his personal assistant, Flying Officer R. M. Longmore, has returned from Hong Kong after paying a yearly visit of inspection to R.A.F. units there.
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    New Director Of Education
    100 7 Dr. W. Linehan. the new Director of Education, is expected to arrive in Singapore early next month. In the meantime. he is acting-Resident, Perak until Mr. Marcus Rex takes over. T Mr H. J. Page, director of the Rubber Research Institute, is a passenger for Europe
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    DR. ROBERT LIM, eldest son of Dr. Lim Boon Keng, of Singapore, whose work for the China Red Cross organisations has been praised by Mrs. J. B. S. Haldane, representative of the China Campaign Committee. Mrs. Haldane is in Singapore after a tour of China’s warfronts and is on her way back to Britain.
    54 7 DR. ROBERT LIM, eldest son of Dr. Lim Boon Keng, of Singapore, whose work for the China Red Cross organisations has been praised by Mrs. J. B. S. Haldane, representative of the China Campaign Committee. Mrs. Haldane is in Singapore after a tour of China’s warfronts and is on her
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    Colonies & The Anglo-U.S. Pact
    134 7 Colonies The Anglo-U.S. Pact DEGARDING the Anglo-American trade agreement signed last week, the Straits Settlements Government says in a communique that the Secretary of State welcomes this agreement from the point of view of the Colonial Empire and believes that the Colonial Empire will reap considerable advantages, both directly and
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    LATE SULTAN’S SISTER DIES IN PERAK
    114 7 Grandmother Of F.M.S. Malay Queen’s Scholar (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Kangsar, Nov. 17. The death has occurred of Rajah Ngah Halimah. eldest sister of the late Sultan Iskandar Shah, at the age of 60 years. Deceased had been ailing since the death of
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    Contents.
    321 7 Leaders— The Rubber Outlook 2 An Embarrassing Gift 2 Trade Agreement 3 Pool Boosting 3 Working Hours 4 A Good Year’s Work 4 Telegrams— Covering past week’s news 25—28 Pictorial Section 17—2 t Financial Supplement— Financial and Commercial News to date, following page 32 Malayan General News—--40 Stall Officers
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    MERSING’S NEW WATER SUPPLY
    37 7 PLANS lor Mersing’s new water supply are going ahead Tenders are being Invited by the Johore Public Works Department for the supply of pipes, valves and other equipment for the new water supply.
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  • Obituary
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    91 7 PROttt- DEATHS Nov 19 1938 at the General Pront pore Alicc wife of S. Y. T«n u 1, aRed 36 Tan w Kea DMr!f n n al,a Tan Hwee Siong passed away Hiii o j at his residence No. 45, Emerald am a 00 on 8un day, 13th instant at
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    EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION HAS BUSY FIRST YEAR
    760 8 A.R.P., Cameron Highlands And Civic Centre Considered ANXIETY TO COOPERATE WITH OTHER BODIES STRESSED AN encouraging record of achievements during the first year of operation is contained in the annual report of the European Association of Malaya, to be presented at the annual meeting
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    A.R.P. For F.M.S. Mines And Dredges?
    70 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Nov. 21. FOLLOWING representations r made by the F.M.S. Chamber of Mines, on the question of protection of dredges, power stations and mines from air raids, the Government is considering a scheme and an early announcement is expected. Mines
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    TOBING ACQUITTED ON ONE CHARGE
    39 8 A NTHONY TOBING, a Batak Christian, who was charged in the Singapore Criminal District Court with an offence against a 15-year-old Eurasian girl, was acquitted by Mr. L. B. Gibson. Proceedings were In camera.
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    DR. C. L. PARK
    16 8 Head o/ the League of Nations Far East Health Bureau in Singapore.
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    IPOH BAN ON WHIP ACT Allowed In Selangor
    131 8 From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh, Nov. 21. SOMETHING of a sensation was caused here this afternoon when it was announced that Billy Heaton's stockwhip dance had been banned by the police. Billy Heaton and the Ritz sisters were performing for a short
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    RELIEF FUND RURAL BRANCHES PLAN
    71 8 CO that the China Relief Fund work will cover every part of Singapore, the fund committee has established four sub-branches in rural districts and proposes organising a total of 19. New branches have been opened in Bukit Timah, Changi, Yeo Chu Kang Road tenth mile,
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    MALAYA AIDS IN CHINA’S ANTI-CHOLERA WAR
    239 8 Over 8,000,000 Doses Of Vaccine Have Been Sent |V/fORE than 8,000,000 dose of cholera vaccine w ere placed at the disposal of China within about three weeks when a cholera epidemic hit China this year. Faced at the beginning of the summer with the
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    RICE CRUSTS FROM MALACCA FOR CHINA
    90 8 (From Our Own Correspondent* Malacca, Nov. 21. DICE crusts will be collected at various Chinese homes in Malacca to be sent to the destitute in the warstricken areas in China. This decision was reached by the local China Relief Fund Committee which will soon
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    MALACCA GRANITE BY TONGKANG
    89 8 (From Our Ow r n Correspondent Malacca, Nov 21 granite supplies come from the island of Pulau Besar and from quarries situated in various parts of the Settlement. Most interesting oi all is perhaps the Panchor quarry which, although having no proper access road now supplies
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    CHRISTMAS HAMPERS FOR K. L. POOR
    79 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Nov. 21 THE Kuala Lumpur Y.W.C.A. re 1 planning this year to deliver Christmas hampers to the poor ana needy families of Kuala Lumpur. Members have been urged to freely in tinned goods, material t" 1 clothing or
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  • Correspondence
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      EMPLOYMENT & A UNIVERSITY
      425 9 EMPLOYMENT A UNIVERSITY “Overseas Britons” In Malayan Jobs technical services IMPROVEMENT Xu the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir- 1 agree in the maln with your Eurasia" but the Restrotion of Aliens Act does not go far t mnr4h It would be more effective if we re made applicable also
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      RICKSHA PULLERS
      118 9 Employment Of Tamils Advocated T ‘he Editor of the Straits Times. —With reference to the ricksha jtnke. wm you permit me to suggest u the ricksha owners employ both amiis and Chinese as pullers? By this should there be a strike ner by the Tamils or the Chinese,
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      YUNNAN-BURMA
      453 9 A Singapore Visitor From W. China FIRST BUS THROUGH THE “BACKDOOR” To the Editor of the Straits Times. in S th'rP e f* e ave been two articles v tS T mes recentl y. implying that the Yunnan-Buima motor road is not yet open. You may be interested in
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      THE RIGHT TO SELF-RULE
      406 9 Immigrants In The Malay States To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—Apparently some of your correspondents, who claim the right to enter the Malayan Civil Service on a par with Englishmen and Malays, fail to realise that the Malay States are not British Colonies, but
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      PENSIONERS IN THE COLONY
      222 9 Housing Shortage Hardships To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—It is gratifying to read that a great deal of thought is being devoted to social, housing, economic and political matters in Malaya, but have any of our Councillors ever come into actual contact with pensioners
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      FEARS OF MALAYS
      326 9 Ambitions And Influence Of “Malayans” To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —With reference to “A Malayan,” whose letter appeared in your issue of Nov. 2. lfet me offer the following comments. As a Malay I need not use the ‘‘Malayan cloak,” as I fear I
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    40 Staff Officers Here To Study Singapore Strategy
    226 9 THEORETICAL plans for an at- tack on Singapore will be workedoutby a party of 40 British military officers of the Staff College, Quetta. India, who arrived at Singapore by the P. and O. liner Corfu for a fortnight a special trainln The
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    COURT ORDERS WINDING-UP OF COMPANY
    547 10 First Case Of Its Kind In The Colony IN the first ease of its kind, as lar as is known, in the Colony, the Official Receiver on Nov. 18 successfully applied to the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice McElwaine, in the High Court for an order
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    Bigger Entry At North Malaya Dog Show
    187 10 From Our Own Correspondent) I Ipoh, Nov. 20. THE Perak and North Malaya dog show’ was held today, there being ten entries more than last year. There w ere 40 classes and 23 special prizes. Bruas Circe, belonging to Mrs. S. B Palmer,
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    BAR COMMITTEE FOR JOHORE
    38 10 The following have been elected members of the Johore Bar Committee for the coming year: Mr. M. Ismail, Mr. E. R. Koek, Mr. S. C. Goho, Mr. J. Laycock and Mr. F. C Vaux
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    BIGGER MEMBERSHIP FOR CRICKET CLUB
    201 10 One Result Of Rebuilding Additions To Pavilion AN' appreciable increase in membership followed the recent reconstruction of the pavilion of the Singapore Cricket Club, the report of the club committee for the 15 months ended Sept. 30, 1938, states. The excess of income over expenditure
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    YOUNG MALAYS WANT FULL PART IN F.M.S.
    522 10 Vigour Is Replacing Kampong Lethargy (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 21 PROM behind a wall of courteous acquiescence and stolid in. difference Malays in the towns *of the F.M.S. are emert! ini; to secure their places in their land. The Malays
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    Clock-Tower For Perak’s Royal Town
    216 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Kangsar, Nov. 20. A REALISTIC model of the Coronation clock-tower, which was erected on a vacant piece of land on Jalan Kangsar, the main thoroughfare of Perak’s royal town, after being removed from its original site inside the police station
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    COLONY-BANNED WHIP ACT ALLOWED IN SELANGOR
    216 11 “preview” Given To Police Before Show At Hotel (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 17. PANNED by the Singapore police, Billy Heaton’s whip D a c(. which was the centre of a storm of controversy in (he Colony, was allowed to be performed
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    SEDITION BILL IN JOHORE
    292 11 Racial Ill-Will Clause Included THE text oi a Sedition Bill similar to that recently passed in the Straits Settlements is published in the Johore Cjurnment Gazette, ana will be introduced at the next meeting of the State Council. The bill contains the same definition oi •seditious
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    S.V.C. ARMOURED CAR SECTION DINNER
    68 11 S .V .C. ARMOURED CAR SECTION DINNER >U r 200 members and guests attended the annual dinner of the Volunteer Corps Armoured Adlii c^on which was held at the hhi Hotel on Saturday evening, h- r, toast of the guest-s was proposed muhi- c E Collinge, officer com- je mg
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    STRICTER CONTROL OF ALIENS
    89 11 REGISTRATION of aliens under the new Aliens Ordinance, which provides for intensive questioning, has already started. The re-registration is being accomplished slowly, notices being sent to a few aliens at a time, and will probably take at least a year. Aliens are being asked to give
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    H.M.S. CUMBERLAND’S OVERHAUL
    112 11 Heavier Armour For China Station Cruiser The cruiser Cumberland fCapt. J. C. Leach) which has just arrived In Britain from the China Station, is to receive a thorough overhaul at Chatham so as to bring her into line with the other ships of her class. Her protective
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    More Chinese Shops Give Sunday Half Holiday
    310 11 Singapore, Nov. 21. THE movement for the closing of Chinese shops on Sundays gained further momentum yesterday when nearly all leading Chinese provision, general goods and other stores adopted the practice of making Sunday a half holiday. In North Bridge Road, South Bridge
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    Malayan Aid For China Praised
    48 11 Mrs. Haldane, wile of Professor J. B S. Haldane, who arrived from China cn Saturday full of praise for the work of Malayan ambulance utiits in China. With her in the photograph are Dr. Lim Boon Kena (left) and Mr. Aw Boon Haw.
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    MORE MEDICAL SUPPLIES NEEDED IN CHINA
    346 11 European Woman On Troops' “Incredible Endurance” THE plight of-China’s wounded soldiers, who are suffering unnecessarily through the lack of sufficient motor ambulance units and medical supplies at the front was described by Mrs. J. R. S. Haldane, wife of the British biologist, Professor Haldane,
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    NEW COMMANDER FOR TERROR
    103 11 Anti-Submarine Expert Due At Seletar T'HE monitor Terror—base ship at Singapore for the past five years and a formidable mobile battery—will soon have a new commander, Commander Henry J Haynes, DSC. Commander Haynes was a middy in 1914. and as a sub-lieutenant served in the North
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    VOLUNTEER PLANES HAVE RETURNED
    43 11 AFTER a successful inter-colonial flight to Burma—the first made by Volunteer planes—four Hawker Audax aircraft of the Straits Settlements Volunteer Air Force returned to Singapore on Sunday They had been delayed 24 hours at Bandon owing to bad weather
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    SINGAPORE’S NEW BASE CHIEF TAKES OVER
    600 12 Pendant Hoisted In Terror And At Navy House Singapore, Nov. 19. THE broad pendant of a new commodore was hoisted with 1 traditional ceremony at Singapore this morning—in the monitor Terror at the Naval Base and at Navy House —when Commodore T. B. Drew,
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    Pendant Hoisted
    40 12 The broad pendant of the new Commodore, Malaya, Commodore T. B. Drew, just after it was hoisted at Navy House. The broad pendant of Commodore M. L. Clarke was hauled down at the same time. Straits Times picture.
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    RENOVATION OF INDIES SCHOOLS
    50 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Nov. 17. EXTENSIVE renovation of Government schools in the Netherlands Indies is now under consideration. During the slump years maintenance work was rather neglected and now the Education and Public Works Departments are going into the matter of remedying the position.
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    NEW CHAIRMAN OF VISITING JUSTICES
    37 12 Mr. J. A. Clarke, J.P., has been appointed to act as Chairman of the Board of Visiting Justices, Singapore in the place of Mr. A. Dobson, j.p„’ resigned, the Government Gazette states
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    At Navy House
    23 12 Commodore T. B. Dreie. the new Commodore, Malaya, who arrived by the P. and O. liner Corfu —Straits Times picture.
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    PADRE’S HOUSE BURGLED
    279 12 K.L. Gang Makes Another Haul From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 17. THE latest victim of the Kuala Lumpur burglar gang is Rev. J. G. Hall, chaplain of St. Mary’s Church, whose house was burgled last night. This makes more than 20 burglaries in Kuala Lumpur
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    JOHORE MAGISTRATE BACK FROM LEAVE
    63 12 J. B. Weiss, the Registrar and First Magistrate, Johore Bahru, accompi nied by hir wife, arrived back in Singapore on the K.P.M liner Ruys Mr. and Mrs. Weiss have been on eight months’ leave, most of which they spent in England. Their return trip took
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    I.S.M. AFTER 36 YEARS’ SERVICE
    53 12 T HI Kln h a» approved h award of the Imperial Medal l„ .Mr. WaUer Marsh, formerly Gaoler, Grade m Straits Settlements Prison Mr. Marsh, who serTed Army for nine years before l„i„ the Prisons Department 8 tired this month having completed 3(> years service
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    New Director Of Education DR. W. LINEHAN
    271 12 New Director Of Education DR. W. LINE HAN D R WILLIAM LINEHAN, Secre. tary to Resident, Perak has been appointed Director „f Education. Straits Settlements anrt Adviser on Education. Malay State The appointment is of particular interest in view of the longstanding controversy as to whether the head oi the
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    FOUR CONSULS LEAVING Farewell Dinner
    122 12 pOUR Singapore consular repie* sentatives who are shortly l eaV lng Singapore on transfer we guests of honour at a dinner gi'? by the consular body at the Adelp Hotel. They were Dr. R. G. Alves Guerra. Consul-General for Portugal, dean the consular body; Cav.
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    NEW POLICE COURT FOR SINGAPORE
    252 13 To Deal With Arrears And Fake Postponed Cases A NEW step to relieve the serious congestion in the Singapore I olice Courts will bo taken early next month with the creation of an extra court, the Straits Times is offic^ll! informed. To be known as
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    MR. C.G. FUGLER & MISS P. WILSON
    327 13 MR. C.G. FUGLER MISS P. WILSON Singapore, Nov. 17. 4 T the Presbyterian Church i- terday, the Rev. Stephen Band officiating, Miss Phyllis (Fifi) Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Purclie Wilson, of Singapore, was married to Mr. Cecil George Fugler, secretary of John Little and Co., Ltd. Singapore,
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    Ex-Singapore German Merchant 75
    128 13 LINK with Singapore’s commercial history is recalled by the 75th. birthday in Hamburg of Herr F. H. Witthoelt't. senior partner in the N.V. Straits Java Trading Company. For many years a well-known figure in Singapore, where he originally was a partner in the old German trading
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    Aircraft For N. I. Defence
    122 13 PREFERRED TO WARSHIPS (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Nov. 17. are not necessary for the Defence of the Netherlands Indies; aircraft are much more valuable. That is the opinion of Holland’s Minister for Defence, Heer J. J. C. van Dijk. In view of this, warplanes
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    Munitions For China Over Burma-Yunnan Road
    423 13 WHY CHIANG WILL WIN 11/ITH munitions pouring into China along the new Burma-Yunnanfu highway and Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek retreating before the Japanese and drawing them further into the mountainous interior, those who have been living recently in China and Japan confidently await the
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    NINE MALAYANS FOR WORLD MISSIONARY CONFERENCE
    298 13 Anglican And Methodist Bishops In Delegation delegates from Malaya will attend a world missionary conference to be held in Madras next month, delude the Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. 11 C. Roberts; Bishop E. F. Lee: the Rev. T. Campbell Gibson; the Rev.
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    NEW OPENING FOR ASIATIC DOCTORS
    193 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 16. J}K. A. E. DURAISAMY, Ceylonborn Medical Officer at the General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, is the first Asiatic born outside Malaya to enter the Malayan Medical Service. The policy under which this appointment is made dates from laat
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    “NO EVIDENCE OF HARSH TREATMENT”
    1643 14 Tribunal Makes Several Concessions To Busmen INCREASE IN MAXIMUM WAGE FOR SOME CLASSES MO evidence of any harsh treatment by the Singapore Traction Company, Limited, of its employees was found by the tribunal set up by Government to arbitrate in the dispute between the company
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    CATCHMENT TRENCHES AS MEANS OF CULTIVATION
    2023 15 Planting Topics- Immeasurably Superior To Contour Drains SOIL EROSION PREVENTED AND WEEDING COSTS REDUCED Cover Plants More Easily Established By A Special Correspondent il/HILE it is true that the pioneer W planter works largely by “rule ,,i, lim b,” it is a common error
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    FULL CEREMONY AT SINGAPORE NAVAL BASE COURT MARTIAL
    624 16 First Held Here For Several Years WITH full naval ceremony, Ernest Thomas Ford, commis- sioned boatswain, R.N. of H.M.S. Terror II (Minesweepers in Reserve) was dismissed his ship and severely reprimanded for being drunk by a court martial in H.M.S. Terror on
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    ANOTHER INDIES AIR ROUTE?
    62 16 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Nov. 17. Anew air line—from Batavia to Ambon, capital of the Moluccas, is planned for the middle of next year by K.N.I.L.M. Probably the line will later be extended to Dutch New Guinea with amphibian planes. The company is hoping that
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    Wife’s Divorce Petition Against Lawyer
    138 16 PETITION for divorce by Dorothy *lsobel Tan, a European woman, against her husband, Peng Yong Tan, a Singapore advocate and solicitor, which was to have been heard before Mr. Justice Pedlow in the Singapore High Court was postponed to a date to be fixed by
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    MORE ROOMS AT RAFFLES GIRLS’ SCHOOL
    52 16 pOUR new classrooms, a medical examination room and two entrance halls are to be provided at the Raffles Girls’ School at the junction of Queen Street and Stamford Road. Work will begin soon. The new extensions will face Queen Street, and are estimated to
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    Several Charges Withdrawn In “Emden Case”
    165 16 piCARDO BRILLIANTE. Bungero Miyashiro and R. C. M. Wishart, a Filipino, a Japanese and a British subject, respectively, who were committed to the Assizes recently on charges of forgery, abetment of forgery, using false documents and connected charges, appeared before the Singapore Fifth Magistrate.
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    CHINESE SCHOOL BOOK PRICES RISE
    77 16 OR ICES of school text books for Chinese schools in Malaya are rising. Since the fall of Canton and Hankow, printing works which produce the text books have moved further into the interior, and some to Hong Kong. Owing to the difficulties of transport from
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    ITALIAN WARSHIPS TO VISIT INDIES
    60 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Nov. 15. THREE modern Italian cruisers will visit Singapore and the Netherlands Indies about April next year. The warships have left Italy on a 30.000 miles trip to extend over eight months. They will visit South America, the United States,
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    NAZI APOSTLE IN BATAVIA
    233 16 Ex-Sea Raider’s Yacht Trip From Our Own Correspondent Batavia, Nov. 17 COUNT FELIX VON LUCKNER, famous German war time sea raider, has arrived here aboard his yacht Seeteufel from Australia on a world tour to spread the Nazi creed -1 bring a message of peace Horn
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    Straits Budget Pictorial Section
    626 17 7 THESE pictures show inmates of the blind wards at Tan Took S( ng Hospital, the only home for indigent b’ind in Singaptjre. Filled with G4 blind persons, the two wards used are over-crowded, although entry (fjort is made to makt the inmatt s comfortable. Some
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    SINGAPORE’S KEBAYA FASHIONS COME FROM BATAVIA
    917 21 FllOM the diversity of dress styles that find favour with Chinese women in Malava, the sarong-kebaya and the Shanghai gown stand out in vivid contrast. Most of the other styles are adaptations or modifications of these two. The sarong-kebaya is the symbol oi Malayanisation,
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    The Smiling Elder Twins
    29 21 \§ISS JEA ?V (left) and Moira Elder, twin daughters of Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Elder, of Singapore, who returned from England by the Canton,
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    HUMAN BEINGS FIRST AND OFFICIALS AFTERWARDS
    403 21 British Resident’s Advice At Ipoh Farewell Dinner (From Ou/Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Nov. 14. “I WANT you to remember that you are human beings first, before officials Don't stand too much on official dignity Don’t be verbose, especially, on paper.” This advice was given by
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    MORE DREDGES IDLE THAN WORKING
    68 21 IN September there were more tin dredges in Malaya closed down than working. The total number of dredg£» in the country was 128 of which 56 were working, 13 were under construction, one was on order, and 58 were closed down. At the end of
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    $10,000 FIRE IN PENANG
    43 21 From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Nov. 16. .shophoust.s were gutted last night in the wor.st Are in Penang this year. The outbreak was in Seek Chuan Lane, off Campbell Street and the damage is estimated at more than $lO,OOO.
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    THE RIGHTS OF PAHANG RAYAT ARE BEING IGNORED
    1754 22  -  By THEODORE HUBBACK Mining Spoils One Lovely Stream QLIVER Goldsmith wrote V in The Deserted Village the following stanza III fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes and lords may flourish or may fade,
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    “Time Not Yet Ripe For A University” —M.C.S. Officer
    162 22 MR. G. E. CATOR ENTERTAINED (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Nov. 17. jy[R. G. E. CATOR, the retiring British Resident, Perak, does not support the suggestion that a university should be established in Singapore. Speaking at a dinner given at Kuala
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    PLANE DIVED 3,000 FEET, SAYS WITNESS
    423 23 further Evidence At Nunn Inquest tH VI he saw the aeroplane nose dive into the sea with the 1 engine still running from a height of about 3,000 feet, «as a statement made by a European witness, in the Singaiiore Coroner’s Court, when further
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    FOUR NEW SINGAPORE CIVILIAN PILOTS
    75 23 pOUR “A” flying licences were sained by members of the Royal Singapore Flying Club during October. total flying time by Club :r > hines during the month was 255 hours. following members obtained ;r a licences:* Messrs. L. H. G. Humphreys. G. F. Moir-Byers, P.
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    PULAU BRANI HAS NEW MALAY SCHOOL
    45 23 TFL.ok saga, the Pulau Brani Malay ‘llage where those who dive for the Singapore Harbour Board live, has a new vernacular f)1 Built at a cost of $22,000. the ‘‘Ming is nearing completion. The is a former coal dump.
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    Air-Conditioned Dutch Liner
    53 23 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Nov. 16. AIR-CONDITIONING will be installed in all the first class cabins of the new passenger liner now being built in Holland for the Rotterdam Lloyd Line. It will be the first ship to adopt air-conditioning so extensively. All the dining saloons
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    BRANDY MUST BE 3 YEARS IN WOOD
    233 23 Year’s Warning Of IN' ew S. S. Rule A new restriction to be im- nosed upon all brandy imported into the Colony—calling for a Customs certificate to show that it has been stored in wood for at least three years prior to export—corresponds
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    SINGAPORE A.R.P WORK BEING REORGANISED
    360 23 Major Spark Submits Full Scheme Before Leaving INCREASING attention is being focussed on air raid and 1 bombardment precautions in Singapore following Hong Kong’s move in recruiting 8,000 A.R.P. workers and the work of the Singapore A.R.P. department is being reorganised. After a year’s work,
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    MALAYA REDUCES FEE ON AMERICAN CARS
    296 23 MALAYA'S main contribution to the Anglo-American I*l trade agreement chiefly concerns motor vehicles. In the past all foreign cars had to pajy an additional registration fee ecual to 20 per cent, of their declared value. This was a device to circumvent the fact that
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    NEW TRAFFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR SINGAPORE
    348 24 Sequel To Trimmer Report Reconun endation LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR TO BE CHAIRMAN THK appointment of a Traffic* Advisory Committee as recommended in the Trim nier Report on traffic conditions in Singapore has been approved by the Governor in Council, it is announced officially. Mr. R.
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    Great Welcome For Siam’s Boy King
    110 24 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Nov. 15. Cl AM’S 13-year-old King Ananda Mahidol bore well the fatigue of his official welcome at his home coming from Switzerland here today. From daybreak till sunset theiv were colourful ceremonies. As he travelled up the Menam by
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    MR. R. M. LATHAM’S FUNERAL
    63 24 THE tuneral of Mr. R. M. Latham, who 1 died at Pangkor Island last week took place at Batu Gajah, where there was a large attendance. Boy Scouts or the Government English School, Batu Gajah, were present in uniform as a reminder of the late
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    Travelled 6,000 Miles To See M. C. S. Son Marry
    289 24 From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 14. CIR RICHARD GOODE, onetime acting Governor of Northern Nigeria, and an African railway expert, and Lady Goode travelled 6,000 miles fuom Cape Town to attend the wedding today of their son, Mr.
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    MR. WEE HAP LANG Sir George Maxwell’s Tribute
    224 24 From Our Own Correspondent.* Kuala Lumpur. Nov. 14. «VOUR father was one of my earliest friends in Malaya.” Sir George Maxwell, former Chief Secretary in the F.M.S.. writes to Mr. Wee Kok Chan, of Kuala Lumpur, in a condolatory letter on the
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    PERAK DRAMATIC ASSOCIATION
    125 24 (From Our Own Correspondent* Ipoh, Nov. 14 WITH the completion of the $75 000 7 building of the Perak Chinese Amateur Dramatic Association, ipoh possesses one of the largest and oestequipped association buildings in N Wel sitUated the busy ceitre of New Town at the junction of
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    M.C.S. Wedding
    66 24 Air. and Mrs. David Gran. photographed after their wedding a t St Peter's Church. Slinfold. Sussex on Oct. ?S. Mr Gray, who is in the Malayan Civil Service, is the son of Mr, and Mrs. W. S Gray 0 j Carlisle. Cumberland, and his bride was formerly Miss
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    MORE JEWS FOR SHANGHAI
    245 24 Nearly 200 Here In Two Days LARGE RED “J” ON REICH PASSPORT Singapore, Nov. 16. \UITH a large red-inked "«T stamped on their German passports, a party of *30 more young German and Austrian Jewish refugees arrived at Singapore in the lVIessageries Maritimes liner Aramis on
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    U.S. “DEEPLY SHOCKED” BY PERSECUTION OF JEWS
    313 25 U.S. DEEPLY SHOCKED” BY PERSECUTION OF JEWS President Roosevelt On Events In Germany BERLIN PRESS ATTACKS AMERICAN “INTERFERENCE” Washington, Nov. 16. "MEWS of the past few days from Germany has deeply shocked public opinion in the United States,” declared President Roosevelt at a Press Conference last night, when questioned about
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    THE YANGTSE TO STAY CLOSED
    128 25 -Reuter. 1 liree Powers* Request Rejected By Tokio Tokio, Nov. 14. to the British, French a nd American Notes of Nov. 7, ‘guesting the reopening of the angt.se to free navigation, were to the ambassadors of the nree Powers in Tokio today. T ’-e replies
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    FRENCH PRESIDENT TO VISIT LONDON
    32 25 —Reuter. London, Nov. 18. PRESIDENT and Mme. Leb- run will come to London on a state visit next March, it was officially announced from Buckingham Palace today.—:-Reuter.
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    German-U. S. Rift Widens
    223 25 Washington, Nov. 18. “GERMAN PRIDE is considered in Washington to be the reason for the recall of Herr Hans Heinrich Dieckhoflf, German Ambassador to the United States. It is suggested that Germany could hardly countenance the retention of Herr Dieckhoff in Washington in view of the
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    Dutch Plan For Refugees
    138 25 —Reuter. DR. COLIJN AND EMIGRATION The Hague, Nov. 16. T\R. COLIJN, the Netherlands Premier. speaking in the second chamber yesterday, stated that the Netherlands Government had entered into negotiations with the Governments of Britain, France. Denmark, Belgium and Switzerland, to consider the possibility of giving assistance
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    Jews Cannot Quit The Reich
    86 25 Berlin, Nov. 17. TAXATION authorities have been ordered not to grant Jews certificates that they .have paid taxes until the fine of one milliard marks imposed upon the Jewish community has been paid. As it is not possible to leave the country without such a
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    MASS TREASON TRIAL IN BERLIN COMING
    67 25 Reuter. Berlin, Nov, 14. Preparations for a mass treason trial are being completed here. The trial is expected to begin before the People’s Court early in the new year. Twenty-one persons are accus ed of intrigues against the State. Prisoners are believed to include
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    PRESIDENT ON U.S. DEFENCE
    214 25 Reuter. JN ew Conception Of Needs Washington, Nov. 16. pRESIDENT Roosevelt, at the White House Press Conference yesterday, spoke on his defence plans for the United States and the American Continent. As a first step to ensure protection for 20 American republics and Canada, his defence
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    ITALY MAY JOIN NAVAL TREATY
    72 25 -Reuter. London, Nov. 18. THE adhesion of Italy to the London Naval Treaty of 1936 is expected to be received in London shortly, writes Reuter's Diplomatic correspondent. It is understood information to this effect has been conveyed to Whitehall from the Italian Embassy. Following Italy's
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    LUNGCHOW BOMBED
    42 25 Shanghai Nov. 18. JAPANESE planes have bombed Lungchow, Kwangsi terminus of the railway from French Indo-China, a Japanese spokesman announced, reports Reuter. This follows Japanese allegations large quantities ol war material were being transported through Indo-China to Kwangsi and Yunnan.
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    HOUSE FAVOURS DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION
    69 25 Reuter. London. Nov. 17. 'THE Commons by 114 votes to 89 carried a private member’s motion in favour of the abolition of the death penalty for an experimental period of five years contrary to the advice of the Government, but the passing of the resolution
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    Spectacular Chinese Successes Claimed
    376 26 40 Japanese Warships To Aid Besieged Forces Chungking, Nov. 17. JAPANESE troops defending Canton have been J thrust back to the city proper, according to the Chinese spokesman at Chungking (reports Reuter). He added that fighting was proceeding on the outskirts of Canton. Reviewing Chinese successes
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    JEWISH PROPERTIES MAY BE SEIZED
    46 26 Reuter. vrenna. Nov. 16. Jjk DDRESSING workers today at Steyr, Herr Buerckel, Nazi leader in Austria, announced that FieldMarshal Goering has authorised him to punish looters in luture with death. The reason was that confiscation of Jewish property was being cdnsldered.
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    750 ARABS HELD IN GALILEE
    61 26 —Reuter. Jerusalem, Nov. 16. IU|ORE than 750 Arabs were detained when British troops combed out nine Arab villages in Galilee. Some of those detained had police records. A quantity of firearms and ammunition was also seized. As the result of information gained by the military,
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    PROTEST TO JAPAN
    69 26 Britain’s Support For American Action London, Nov. i4. IN the House of Commons, Mr. Harold Sutcliffe, Unionist member for Royton, drew attention to President Roosevelt’s warning to Japan in regard to American trade with China and asked whether the Government associated itself with American action in this
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    Reich Colonial Claims To Be Rejected ?
    513 26 Reich Colonial Claims To Be Rejected —Reuter. important statements BV GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE London, Nov. 17. DOLICY regarding colonies was given prominence at question time in the House of Commons yesterday. Mr. M. P. Price (Labour,-Glouces-ter. Forest of Dean) asked whether the Secretary for Colonies, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, was
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    Anti-Red Powers In New Pact ?
    108 26 Anti-Red Powers In New Pact Rome, Nov. 15. THE final step for the ratifi. cation of the Anglo-ltalian Agreement will be taken tomorrow when Lord Perth, the British Ambassador, presents new credentials accrediting him as Ambassador to the King of Italy and Emperor of Ethiopia. A Reuter message from Moscow
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    VIOLA TREE DEAD
    23 26 London, Nov. 16 17IOLA TREE, the actress, died today. She was one of the outstanding stage figures of her day.
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    Anglo-Italian Agreement Ratified
    376 26 Rome, Nov. 16. ■pHE final step for the ratification of the Anglo-Italian Agreement took place today. British Ambassador in Rome, Lord Perth, handed to Count Clano his new letters of credence, addressed to King Victor Emmanuel as “King of Italy and Emperor of Abyssinia” and this evening
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    Tokio Reply To U. S. Note Of Protest
    461 27 implied modification of “OPEN DOOR” PROMISE I Tokio, Nov. 19. nEM ING the charge of discriminatory measures against V American and other foreign interests in China, the Japans Government’s Note to Washington yesterday in reply to tht* recent U.S. protest, refers to
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    FIVE DEAD IN R.A.F. CRASHES
    63 27 FIV E DEAD IN R.A.F. CRASHES Neuter. London, Nov. 14. E men were killed in three Rojtel Air Force crashes in Britain toH. A. Smith and Cr ,;J e li offlcer died when a plane ni aki f outside aerodrome at New--p, °ther victims were killed when verturned at a
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    Daughter For Queen Farida PRINCESS FERIAL
    148 27 Cairo, Nov. 18. QUEEN Farida of Egypt gave birth to a daughter at the Montaza Palace last night, says Reuter. The infant princess will be named Ferial, thereby continuing the royal Egyptian tradition of naming the members of the Royal family with names beginning
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    JAPAN’S COMMANDER IN SOUTH CHINA RECALLED
    60 27 —Reuter. Tokio, Nov 18. Th* War Office announc s that Lieut-General Furusho, Ccmman-der-in-Chief of the Japanese forces in South China has been ordered to be attached to the Army General Staff. Tokio. owing to the poor state of his health. He will be succeeded
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    ANGLO-AMERICAN TRADE PACT
    180 27 Free Entry Of Tin Rubber To America Unchanged r pHE Anglo-American trade agreement was signed in Washington on Nov. 17 in the presence of President Roosevelt. Mr. Cordell Hull, U.S. Secretary of State, said that the agreement would provide “new vitality for the basic principles of the
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    MOTTO FOR BRITAIN
    268 27 into thousands.—Reuter and British Wireless. “Must Be Safe” Says Minister London, Nov. 18. A REASSURING statement was made in the House of Commons last. night in the course of the debate on the suggested ministry of supply. The Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence, Sir Thomas Inskip,
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    JAPAN’S PLAN ON YANGTSE
    255 27 —Reuter. British Feeling Becomes Bitter Shanghai, Nov. 21. pEELING in Shanghai among British business men is increasingly bitter regarding the Japanese closure of the Yangtse, and the excuses presented in the official Japanese reply to the British, American and French notes. British trading circles are convinced
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    GERMANY TO POSTPONE COLONIES CLAIM
    583 28 “Prepared To Wail As Time Not Ripe MR. OSWALD PIROW TO SEE HERR HITLER London, Nov. 21. pERMANY has decided to drop her claim for colonies—at least for the time being. This is the view held in semi-official quarters in Berlin. Reuter’s correspondent in the
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    KING MAY VISIT RUMANIA
    59 28 —Aneta-Trans-Ocean. London, Nov. 19. IflNG GEORGE will return the visit of King Carol of Rumania by visiting that country during the autumn of 1939, according to the Daily Herald. It is reported that King George will travel to Constanza on board a British warship and, on
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    U.S. CANADIAN TREATY
    144 28 —Reuter. Washington, Nov. 18. THE new Canadian-American Trade Agreement, which will run for three years from Jan. 1 next, provides for reciprocal, unconditional and most favoured nation treatment except in regard to special trade advantages between Canada and the British Empire and between the United States and
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    11 KILLED IN CRASHES
    189 28 PILOT KNOWN IN SINGAPORE Amsterdam, Nov. 14. TWO passengers and four members of the crew were killed when a K.L.M. (Royal Dutch Airlines) Douglas plane from Berlin crashed as it was about to land at the Schiphol airport, Amsterdam. Both the dead passengers were Germans, says
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    Call For 8,000 Volunteers
    77 28 EIGHT THOUSAND men and women are required for air raids precautions in Hong Kong, says Reuter. The local A.R.P. organisation is seeking this number. The Hong Kong Government realises the wisdom of being prepared to meet the danger of air attack. This is in contrast to
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    DEATH OF EX-GOVERNOR
    35 28 London, Nov. 17. THE death has occurred of Lord Chalmers, who was Governor of Ceylon during 1913-16. He was president of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1922-25; and Master of Peterhouse Cambridge, 1924-31.
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    PREMIER’S EFFORT HAS MET SAD CHECK
    206 28 PREMIER’ S EFFORT HAS MET SAD CHECK -Reuter. Jewish Measures Prove Britain Must Be Strong London, Nov. 17. THE Minister for Co-ordination of Defence, Sir Thonia< Inskip, speaking at Eccles, Lancashire, said the Prime Minister’s effort had undoubtedly met a sad check during the past few days. “I have no
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    Franco Victory On Ebro Front
    167 28 I^euter. Republicans Driven Across The Ri\ er Burgos, Nov. 16. THE Nationalists claim to have 1 won the long-drawn battle on the Ebro front. It is stated that a final intensive push resulted in the possession of the whole right bank of the river. Remnants
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    LONDON TO PARIS IN 50 MINUTES
    41 28 —Reuter. London i Nov. It THE Air Ministry announces that a ll R.A.F. Spitfire Fighter flew lroin London to Paris in 60 minutes— t 1 fastest recorded time for the Journcj Weather conditions were unravourabl
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    AMRY BEAT SELETAR SERVICES 18-NIL
    633 29 k.N. And R.A.F. Lose Man Early In Match LgQlTiH bad luck bcfel the Seletar Services when they lost 1 clav through injury in the first few minutes of play in the fun rugbv on Saturday, there is little doubt that the best side ton and
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    RECORD SWIM
    35 29 —Reuter The Hague, Nov. 21. tv Van Feggelen. of Holland, es'snf ri a new world record for 100 backstroke with time of 1 min. She held the previous record b 1111 13.2 sec—Reuter.
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    SELANGOR BEAT PERAK
    158 29 gELANGOR struck their first blow in the fight for honours in the Northern section of the Malaya Cup when they defeated Perak by 16 points (tw r o goals and two tries) to nil at Ipoh on Saturday. After the first half Perak proved no match for
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    HOME RUGBY RESULTS
    111 29 Reuter. London. Saturday Home rugby games on Saturday, resulted: Cheshire 14; Cumberland 0. Northumberland 11; Lancashire 39. Yorkshire 20; Durham 11. Bedford 37: St. Bart’s 0 Blaekheath 5; Cambridge U. 6. Bristol 9; Devonport Serv. 3. Gloucester 3; Bath 5. Harlequins 12; Oxford U. 7. Leicester 6;
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    EUROPEANS WIN AT SEGAMAT
    88 29 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, Nov. 15. THE Segamat Europeans scored their 1 first hockey win of the season today when they met the Segamat Teachers on the Batu Hampar padang and ran out winners by four goals to nil Play was not one-sided as th»'
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    Malacca XI To Play Selangor
    78 29 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Nov. 20. THE following will represent Malacca in the inter-state hockey match against Selangor to be played at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday next. Lim Tiam Hong H. M. de Souza, D. Hendroff H. Rodrigues, K. E. W. Hatchard, H. R.
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    SELANGOR LOSE TO PENANG
    221 29 CELANGOR lost by the narrow margin of two points in the allBlues Cup match against Penang on Saturday and become the wooden spoonists of the Northern section. Penang won by eight points (a goal and a try) to six (two tries). A thin drizzle persisted all
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    SINGAPORE REACH FINAL OF ALL-BLUES CUP
    310 29 Negri Beaten By 16 Points To Nil At Seremban Singapore proved a long way superior to Negri in the All Blues rugby cup semi-final played at Seremban on Saturday. They won 16 points (two goals, one try, one penalty goal) to nil. Singapore’s threes
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    SOUTH JOHORE BEAT SAPPERS
    87 29 South Johore beat the Royal Engineers by 14 points tone goal, two tries and a penalty goal) to three (one penalty goal) In the rugby match played at Johore Bahru on Saturday O’Connor scored first and them McKenzie got over and converted his own try. McKenzie
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    CHOON LEONG AND CHOW TAT WIN S.C.R.C. FINAL
    609 30 Narrow Victory Over Loon Chong And Eng Lock RESPITE adverse ground conditions excellent tennis was seen at Hong Lim Green, on Nov. 17, when the S.C.R.C. annual lawn tennis tournament concluded with the playing off of the championship doubles match between Chua
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    Billiards Start: Rule Amended
    138 30 f\NE of the most controversial rules affecting billiards and snooker, Rule 14 of “General Rules,” has now been amended by the B.A. and C.C. The rule previously read: “A game has commenced when the players have strung for break or have determined by lot the order
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    LARWOOD JOINS BLACKPOOL
    247 30 UAROLD LARWOOD, the famous fast bowler, will play for Blackpool in the Ribblesdale League, next summer. He signed for them last week. It is good to think that one who has been such a figure in the game will not, as had been feared, be lost to
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    ASTON VILLA GETS FRANK O’DONNELL
    53 30 London, Nov. n. Aston Villa have come into the bigprice transfer market again. Yesterday they paid Blackpool £10,500 for Frank O’Donnell, the Scottish International centre-forward. The boom period In nigh-price transfers has been reached earlier than usual this season. Four transaction* In recent weeks have
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    Photo of members of the Sarikel Union Badminton Party, Borneo row Messrs. Awang Ejie and Pawi; 2nd. row Abg. Latip (runner up) Lu Chi Ming (winner), Satem (winner) Bohari (runner up); 3rd row Anis, T. Ho Siong, L. Ah Nyaw, Y. Peng Liong. L. Hong Thai, Ejas, C. Kwok Tung, Muhidin and Abdullah.
    54 30 Photo of members of the Sarikel Union Badminton Party, Borneo row Messrs. Awang Ejie and Pawi; 2nd. row Abg. Latip (runner up) L u Chi Ming (winner), Satem (winner) Bohari (runner up); 3rd row Anis, T. Ho Siong, L. Ah Nyaw, Y. Peng Liong. L. Hong Thai, Ejas, C. Kwok
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    FIRSTROUND DRAW OF F.A. CUP
    168 30 —Reuter. London, No-v. 16. JHE draw for the first round of the English F.A. Cup to be played on Nov. 26 is as follows: Chester vs. Bradford City. Doncaster vs. New Brighton. Halifax vs. Rochdale. Lincoln vs. Barrow. Horden Welfare vs. Chorlej. Hartlepools vs. Accrington
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    SURREY C.C.C. CAPTAINCY
    94 30 Surrey County Cricket Club will have a new captain next season, E. R. T Holmes, who has skippered the side since 1934, having resigned owing to pressure of business. H. M. Garland-Wells, the vice-cap-tain, has been nominated by the Cricket Committee to fill the vacancy. The appointment,
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    DAVIS BREAKS SNOOKER RECORD
    27 30 —Reuter. Joe Davis established a world’s snooker record when he made a break of 137 to beat his own previous best of 135.—Reuter.
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    England Beat Ireland Seven Goals To Nil RECORD SCORING BY HALL
    207 30 .—Reuter. A BRILLIANT display of opportunism and markmanship by the Tottenham inside right, William Hall, enabled Eng land to beat Ireland by seven goals to nil in the internationa soccer match played at Manchester Hall scored five goals, which
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    CANZONERI BEATS SCOTT
    57 30 Jersey City. Oct. 27 f N the second flght of his attempt to create a comeback trail. Tony Can* zoneri. former lightweight champion o; the world, scored a close decision victory here tonight in eight rounds over Howard Scott of Washington. Canzoneri weighed 140, while Scott weighed
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    GARRISON WOMEN’S MEDALS PLAY
    66 30 The Garrison Golf Club’s women s monthly medal for November wa played at Tanglin on Tuesday and Wednesday, and resulted in a win for Mrs. MacFarlane with a net score 0i 35. The following were the best returns:— Mrs. L.R.S. MacFarlane 46—11 =35 Mrs. J. K.
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    HOME RUGBY
    15 30 -Reuter. Middlesex lost G—17 to Hamps^ in a Home rugby match played week.—Reuter.
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    Europeans Beat Rest Three Goals To One
    575 31 bright hockey display IN WOMEN’S MATCH CUPERIOR in all departments, the Europeans beat the Rest 3—1 in :he women’s annual Poppy Day hockey fixture on the Padang Combining nicely, hitting harder and displaying fine ball control, the Europeaih were really worth more goals.
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    FRED APOSTOLI WINS WORLD TITLE
    120 31 Reuter. New York. Nov. 19. Fred Apostoli. the Californian “belling bell hop” won the world middleweight title, according to the New York State Athletic Commission, beating the Californian Young Corbett. on a technical knock-out in the eighth round of a scheduled 15-round bout. Corbett is
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    Muar Hockey Team Lose First Match
    376 31 iFrom Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Nov. 20. IN a keenly contested game of hockey played at the Muar Hospital padang, the Malacca Eurasians inflicted the first defeat of the season on the Muar Hornets when they won by five goals to two. A fast
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    VOLUNTEERS BEAT ARMY IN GOLF MATCH
    226 31 THE following is flic result of the golf mutch played between the Army and the S.S.V.F. at Garrison Golf Course (Volunteers mentioned first).— T* r A R Bateman (2) and LC. J. Crichton .10) 0 vs Lt. Col N Clowes <4, and Lt. Col.
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    ASTON VILLA BACK IN BEST FORM
    415 31 Chelsea Beaten By Six Goals To Two (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 20. PRANK O’Donnell, for whom Aston Villa paid £10,500 less than a fortnight ago, proved his worth to the side when he scored two of their six goals against Chelsea yesterday.
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    MOTOR CYCLE RECORDS
    105 31 —Reuter. Milan. Nov. 21. Italian motor cyclist Tennl riding a 250 c.c m. Ouzzi machine smashed eighteen world records, nine of class 250 c.c.m. and nine of 350 c.c m. including 5. 10. 50 and 100 kilometres and the same numbers of miles He also did a
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    Home Soccer League Results And Tables
    1645 32 How The Leaders Fared DERBY and Everton kept their places at the head of the first division with good wins over Bolton and Manchester United respectively. Leeds beat Blackpool and hold third position but Charlton, with one point, displaced Liverpool and are now fourth.
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    WRESTLING AT MALACCA
    84 32 (Prom Our Own Correspondent' Malacca. Nov. 21 Watched by a small crowd, last night’s wrestling at the City Park was a very tame affair. The main even; saw King Kong gaining a quick victory over Mehar Singh by two falls. He gained a fall in the third
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    SELANGOR “A” HOLD NEGRI MALCCA TO DRAW
    220 32 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 19. VJITH its first team away at Ipoh, Selangor’s reserve Rugby team managed to hold the Negri SembilanMalacca combination to a draw of five points (a goal) each on the padang today. The game was not
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    LABIS BEAT SEGAMAT CHINESE
    86 32 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, Nov. lb. In a soccer match at Labis yesterday, the Segamat Chinese fielded a weak team and lost to their Labis compatriots by three goals to one. Play was even and there was very little to choose between the two teams.
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    Phil Scott To “Come Back”
    202 32 (From Our Own Corresponden) j London. jpHIL SCOTT, former heayweight champion, is anxious to stage a “come-back” at the respectable age of 38. His proposed re-entry into the game is prompted by his fine regard for the sport. “I think I can raise the present
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    TONY GALENTO WINS EASILY
    89 32 .—Reuter. Heavyweight Title Eliminator “TYVO-TON” Tony Galento, the New Jersey bartender, who i' a challenger for the world’s heav'* weight title held by Joe Louis, heai Harry Thomas, former blacksmith of Chicago, by a technical knock 0111 in the third round of their ti^ It was
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      LOCAL SHARE BUSINESS AT LOW EBB
      672 1 Fraser And Company’s Weekly Market Review •N a weekly report on the share 1 market, issued at the close of business on Tuesday. Fraser and Company write: So tar as Malaya is concerned, markets have shown no improvement during the past week and business
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      GOLD RETURNS TO FRANCE
      185 1 Reuter. M. Reynaud On Better Financial Outlook Paris, Nov. 22. FOLLOWING publication of the new decree laws, it was notable that a return of capital had been recorded, declared M. Reyna ad Minister of Finance, in a three-hour address to the Finance Committee of the Chamber.
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      OLD AUSTRIAN DEBTS TO AMERICA
      79 1 -Reuter. “Unsatisfactory” Reply From Germany New York, Nov. 21. jy|K'. CORDEL HULL, Secretary of State, announced today that a No*e has been received from Germany in regard to the debts of the old Austrian State, which the United States had previously asked Germany to assume.
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      LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      147 1 Continent Selin Sterling On Political Fears London, Nov. 22. IN the Foreign Exchange market today, conditions were active and sterling encountered general Continental selling engendered by renewed tears regarding European politics. On the other hand, the French franc met good demand and it is estimated that the
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      SUEZ CANAL TRAFFIC RISE
      74 1 Paris. SUEZ CANAL COMPANY reports improved traffic figures in September as compared with September, 1937. It is the first month this year to show better results than the corresponding month of 1937. the difference in March last having been insignificant. Net tonnage passing through the canal
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER PRICES (Sellers)
      36 1 o NilV Dec. Jan.-Mar. Apr.-June London D.te SR 28. Nov «v, Vvi 2?% t ivie 21 Ipot D«. Jan.Mar Apr-June July-Sopt London 22 27'". 27H 27 "1 28'. 28', 7 15/16 23
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      206 1 Singapore, Nov. 23, 12 noon Buyers Sellers Gambler 7.25 Hamburg Cube $13.50 Java Cube $l2 00 Pepper White Muntok $12.50 White $12.00 Black 8.25 Copra Mixed $2.80 Sun Dried $3.15 Tapioca Small Flake $4.20 Fair Flake $3 70 Medium-Flake $4.25 Small Pearl $3.80 Jelotong. Palembang $7.25 Banja
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      CABLE AND WIRELESS
      73 1 —Reuter. THE following Index numbers represent the estimated traffic receipts of Cable and Wireless Limited as related to comparable traffic In the year 1929 based at 100: October 1938 68 7 Average for 1937 78.9 Average for 10 months 1938 68.6 Prague, Nov. 20. Bills granting autonomy
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      FACTORS INFLUENCING WALL STREET
      644 2 Swan, Culbertson’s Weekly Report IN a weekly report on the New York stock market during last week, issued on Nov. 20, Swan, •Culbertson and Fritz write:— Between Nov 12 and Nov. 19 Dow Jones Industrial averages slumped irom 158.41 to 150.38, or 5.2 per cent. The
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
      150 2 295 Tons Sold THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,408th auction on Nov. 16 when of 1 002 870 lb. <477.71 tons) catalogued. 947.747 lb (423 10 tons) was offered and 659.712 lb. 294.51 tons) was sold. London spot price 8%d. New York spot
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      EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES
      98 2 INURING the week ending Nov. 12. exports ol canned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 16.210 cases, of which: 13.450 (83 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom. 680 (4 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe. 1.505 (9 per cent.) cases to Canada,
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      AUSTRAL MALAY TIN PRODUCTION
      111 2 T*HE following tin-dredging statistics of companies in the Austral Malay group refer to the first half M November: Hours Yardage Picul ore K. Kamunting 317 59,000 187 Asam Kumbang 108 36,000 228 Ulu Yam Closed down Thabawleik 278 57,000 241 Puchong Tin 57 19,0 W 8€
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      RUBBER MARKET REVIEW
      730 2 “AMPLE GROUNDS FOR OPTIMISM” PRICES DECLINE ON QUOTA DECISION IN a weekly report on the rubber market issued on Nov. 17. Stanton Nelson and Co. Ltd., write: Although the decision of the International Rubber Regulation Committee to fix the export quota for the January March quarter at
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      LINGUI TIN BUYS NEW AREA
      232 2 DIVIDEND OF r, PER CENT. A NET profit of $77,504 was ear,, ed by Lingui Tin Ltd. j n th year ended Aug. 31, last. Thj compares with $322,947 in t he )re ceding year. Interim dividends totalling 5 per cent, were paid during the
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      OCTOBER RUBBER CROPS
      50 2 THE following were the rubber crops harvested by the respective estates in October:— lb. Ayer Kuning 61.500 Badek Rubber 21.000 Bradwall Rubber 45.000 Chersonese Estates 65.000 Dennistown Rubber 28.100 Highlands and Lowlands 118.000 Klabang Rubber 102.000 Krian Rubber 45.300 Sungei Krian Rubber 104.000 Sungei Way Rubber 56.000
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      SEPTEMBER IRON-ORE EXPORTS
      32 2 A TOTAL of 181,490 tons of iron-ore was exported from Malaya to Japan in September. Of* this amount Trer.gganu exported 102,500 tons: Johore 55,540 tons and Kelantan 23,450 tons
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      RAHMAN HYDRAULIC TIN ANNUAL MEETING
      857 3 Satisfactory Results From Improved Equipment $3,000 BONUS FOR EUROPEAN MINE STAFF ADDRESSING shareholders at the A annual meeting of Rahman Hvdraulic Tin Ltd. in Penang on Saturday. Lt.-Col. C. Rae, the chairman. said: The report does not, I think, call r al iy particular comment
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      TIN-ORE EXPORT DUTY COLLECTED
      54 3 THE amount collected by the Malayan Government from export duty on tin-ore in September was $453,399. which compares with $515,459 in August and $2,035,588 in September. 1937. The total amount collected in the nine months ended September was $6,247,796 which compares with $15,454,228 collected in the
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      MALAYAN COLLIERIES’ COAL PRODUCTION
      43 3 IN September, Malayan collieries Ltd produced 30,261 tons of coal compared with 32.721 tons in August. The tstal production for the nine months ended September was 350,072 »ons compared with 456.943 tons in the cci responding period of 1937
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      GOLD MOVEMENTS
      45 3 GOLD imports into the United Kingdom in the three days to midday Nov. 10 were £564.900, of which £421.731 was from Germany. Exports from Great Britain were £3.002.703. the destinations being United States (£2 347 975). Belgium (£293,895), Netherlands (£278.138) and “others” £32,700.
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      Java Sugar Price Raised
      59 3 Amsterdam. Nov. 10 THE Nivas, the Java sugar selling agency, has raised prices by 10 cents per quintal for all destinations to the east of the Suez Canal. As announced on Nov. 5. prices for destinations to the west of Suez: have been raised by 15
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      KUCHAI TIN EARNS $278,348
      265 3 Dividend Reduced To 30 Per Cent. NET profit of $278,348 was earned by.Kuchai Tin Ltd. in tlie year ended Sept. 30. This compares with $752,125 earned in the preceding year. Interim dividend totalling 10 per cent, were paid during the year and absorbed $84,291 and the
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      ANGLO-BURMA TIN Progress With The New Plant
      306 3 THE meeting of the Anglo-'Burma Tin Company. Ltd., was held on Nov. 13 in London. Mr. F. A. Robinson (the chairman) said the net profit was £10.643. compared with £19,247. The decrease was accounted for by the lower price received for concentrates the
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      RIM MALACCA RUBBER
      430 3 DIVIDEND OF SIX PER CENT. THE report and accounts now submitted by the directors of Rim < Malacca > Rubber Estates cover the twelve months to the end of last June; the previous accounts covered a period of 15 months. The results shown In the latest accounts
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      JAPANESE CONTROL OF INDUSTRY
      140 3 Toklo, Nov. 10 controversy regarding the pos- sible State control of Industry, as provided for under Article 11 of the National Mobilisation Act. is likely to be settled by compromise. One of the features of Article 11 is that the dividends of Industrial corporations would be
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      BASE METALS EASE
      39 3 —Reuter. London, Nov. 17 IN the commodity markets today, bast* metals eased in sympathy with overnight advices from New York In addition copper was depressed by the forecast of a considerable increase in output during November.—Reuter.
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      PINEAPPLE MARKETING SCHEME LEGISLATION
      378 4 Plan To Restrict Number Of Canning Factories A bill to give effect to the proposed scheme for a centralised marketing board for canned pineapples is published in the Johore Government Gazette, and will be introduced at the next meeting of the Johore State Council. It is
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      U.S. FINANCE AND ECONOMICS
      92 4 —Reuter. Washington, Nov. 18 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT today announced the appointment of a temporary Board, consisting of four men, to act in an advisory capacity on certain fiscal and monetary subjects. The members of the Board are Mr. Henry Morgenthau of the Treasury. Mr. M. Eccles, Governor
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      RUBBER OVEREXPORT
      174 4 Correspondence To Whom Was It Allowed And Why? To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir—With reference to the overexport of rubber of approximately 12,000 tons for Malaya. It would be interesting to know how this happened. to whom it was allowed and for v;hat reason. Rubber regulation
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      STEEL PRODUCTION IN OCTOBER
      151 4 Increase Expected DRITISH steel production figures for October, the publication of which is expected this week, are likely to show a satisfactory increase on those of the preceding month. It is believed that the higher output rate has been due to genuine consumption demand; thus, it
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      COKE TINPLATE PRICE CUT
      43 4 New York. Nov. 11. r T I HE Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corpora--1 tion has reduced the price of coke tinplate Irom $5.35 to $5 per base box (or the remainder of the current year and the first quarter of 1939.
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      NO CHANGE IN TIN QUOTA
      312 4 London Welcomes Decision BUFFER STOCK TO BE INCREASED Singapore, Nov. 23, THE International Tin Com- mittee at its meeting yesterday decided, according to Reuter, to make no change .n the export quota for the first quarter of next year. The present rate of 35 per
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      IMPROVING TRADE
      96 4 Things Are Looking Up, Says Lord Nuffield A FORECAST of improving trade conditions was made by Lord Nuffield at a luncheon given to him by cycle and motor cycle manufacturers. “I can say from my own chart at Cowley,” he stated, “that things are looking up already and
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      PURCHASERS SHY ON BERLIN BOURSE
      63 4 .—Reuter Berlin. Nov. 22. VHE efforts of would-be buyers oi Jewish businesses to raise the necessary capital by selling stocks and shares has hitherto largely been unsuccessful as investors are not inclined to take up the comparatively large amounts thrown on. the market. The new
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      WALL STREET QUOTATIONS
      422 4 .—Reuter. New York. Nov. 22 yHE following quotations weie those ruling when the Stock Exchan! closed today: DOW-JONES AVERAGES: Yesterday’s Today’s Close dose chM 30 Industrials 150.26 149.56 ,n 20 Rails 30.77 30.53 off 20 Utilities 23.13 22.74 0 ff 39 40 Bonds 89.86 89.76 off STOCKS:
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      STOCKS AND SHARES
      1108 5 Issued By Fraser And Co., EXCHANGE AND STOCK BROKERS. Singapore, Nov. 23,10 a.m. MINING Vui Biqrcrs Belters Iss ue V “L Tin 4/2 4 8 £sn, KumWn. JuTual Malay «/-n. c aoci Hitam 24/8 26/3xd V Am Weng I Batu Selangor l.« op. juntal I®/® 11/0 II
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      RUBBER SHARES
      579 5 London Exchange Prices On Nov. 11, Allagar (1/) /10%; Alor Pongsu (3/) Anglo-Malay 8/0; Ayer Kuning 28/0; Badenoch 10/i Began Serai 17/0; Bahru (Bel.) (2/) 1/0%; Banteng 12/0; Batang (2/i /9\ B. Oaves 15/; Batu Tlga 30/10%; Baton <*/) /10%; Bertam Oon (2/) 2/11%; Bidor 23/9; Blkam (2/)
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      107 5 r;E official price of tin in Singapore on Nov. 17 was $109.25 per picul of 133 l/3rd. lb.; on Nov. 18, $108.75; on Nov. 19, $108.75; on Nov. 21, $109; on Nov. 22, $109; on Noy. 23, $109.50. A GERMAN medical paper stated liuna surgical gloves have
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
      73 5 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapoe, Nov. 22, 5 p.m. Aoott '<* Tnfti LHitt tt. Dit anaodai v«u Comp»n> Uvirten ir TIN ft Kov 24 Nov 21 2Mr% Ayer Hltam 2tt% tax N Nov 25 Nov H 30% “»%£21 Nov J! NOT J? '{5 Pattani Nov 2 3 Nov
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      London Stock Exchange
      375 5 Quiet And Slightly Easier London. Nor 21 •pHl 8tock Exchange today was quietly easier with the exception of Home falls which Improved slightly. Argentine rails were subject to profit** taking and the other sections of Industrials were patchy.—Reuter. The following are todays closing middle quotations. Shares art
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      TIN SHARES.
      137 5 London Exchange Prices On Nov. 11. Ampat (4/) 4/; Anglo-Burma,(6/> 13/8; Ayer Hitam (8/) l 8/32- Bangrin l 8/32; Oopeng Com. <5/> Hongkong (6/) 1H; Idris (8/) 7/3: Ipoh (16/) 1*; Jelapang 31/7%; Kampong Lanjut 18/8; Kamuntlng (6/) 10/10%; Kepong Ktlllnghall (8/) 17/3 Klnta (8/) 12/; Klnta Kellas
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