The Straits Budget, 1 December 1938

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  • 30 1 The Straits Budget BEIN(, THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES iestablished nearly a century./ in. I-' 1 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1938. Price 25 cts., S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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  • 922 1 A g &1 vi KS :n a Uerman steamer UJ0 a smalts limes reporter last rek that tin y must decline to speak N a/ i (tciiv any, because a German ,ji C p i f!’.«: was travelling in the ship. i.Mv.ivr of Jewish refugees were
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  • The Straits Budget
    • 846 2 —Straits Times, Nov. 24. By devious routes and from a variety of sources a great deal of information which throws a brighter and in some respects a new light on the events which led up to the Munich Agreement is reaching tnr. public. Opponents of
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    • 910 2 Straits Times, Nov. 25. Members of the House of Commons receive a large number of requests from people overseas foi assistance in securing greater publicity for local controversies by means of questions asked in the House. Newspapers often seek such help—we have been guilty on more than
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    • 270 2 Straits Times, Nov. 25. The comments on the zoo at Ponggol on the coast of Singapore Island, made at the last meeting of the Rural B>aid. wi’l be echoed by many people wbo have enjoyed a visit to this resort bat have come away with a feeling
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    • 623 3 Straits Times, Nov. 26. ■one sequel to the recent threat a wor kl war has been a revival I interest in a project which has ■en discussed very earnestly in ■mada. and rather less earnestly Great Britain, ever since the last ar ended. It is that
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    • 301 3 clpal deliberations. —Straits Times Nov. 26. Mr. Tay Lian Teck’s suggestion that Government should appoint an intormal committee to consider whether the present Municipal Ordinance should not be repealed and a new Bill introduced shortly is not a new one Action along these lines is seriously overdue, and
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    • 913 3 toward Japan —Straits Times, Nov. 28. Japanese find It very difficult io understand why their view of the situation in China is not accepted without question by all members of those European nations which comprise the western section of the Rome-Berlin-Tokio axis. Any adverse criticism by
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    • 830 3 Government. —Straits Times, Nov. 29. Since Singapore Las not felt the full force of the drop in rubber and tin production, many people in this city may be disagreeably surprised by the financial position revealed in the Federal Council this morning, particularly as the Budget meeting of the Legislative
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    • 277 4 and Siglap suburbs. —Straits Times* Nov. 29 It was remarked in “Notes Of The Day” on this page yesterday that the Singapore Rural Board does nothing to preserve public rights of way to the ‘beaches It might have been better to use the word “create” than “preserve In
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    • 950 4 —Straits Times, Nov. 30. A statement of much importance to the local-born public was made iby Sir Shenton Thomas in his address to the Federal Council yesterday. Since it may have been overlooked, amid the many columns of the Council meeting published in yesterday’s issue, it may be
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  • NOTES Of The DAY
    • 317 5 ,URPRISINGLY little comment has U bt en aroused by the announce- that Malayan police officers Portly to appear in “bush tunics.” re h s this is because the public is £I ln g to see exactly what a bush FaI s All we have been told up to
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    • 269 5 |N his last weekly letter the Stt iits Times military correspondent referred to criticism of the volunteei movement at Home made by Majw» J Macnamara in his newly published autobiography, The Whistle Blows. Much of that criticism is inapplicable to the volunteer forces of Malaya where all ranks
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    • 195 5 f liere certain species of trees or hushes in Malaya which attract I shall be glad to hear from readers who have theories on that Point. question is asked by a former Singaporean who now lives in Manila AlLS driving along a country road ;l,! ni(> that c
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    • 138 5 served at Europeans tables in this country usually come out of tins or are the diied variety sold in Chinese shops, but treso ones are not unobtainable. An upcountry correspondent writes The mushroom season is on. and I’ve had no less than three baskets of them brought to
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    • 305 5 XJOW and again one comes upon an odd Dvak in Malaya, no longer a headhunter (if he ever was one) and dwelling quite happily far from his ancestral skulls. Usually he is a survivor of one of the various parties ol Dyaks that have been brought over, from
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    • 324 5 a GOOD example of the extraordinA ary domestic tangles which occur in Tamil labour forces on Malayan estates is given in a letter which has been sent to the editor of the Straits Times, evidently having been written by a professional letter-writer on ehalf of the complainant. The complainant
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    • 217 5 GRIMLY humorous problem for the many people who still oelleve In astrology is presented by s lettei recently received in Malaya from an astrologer at The Hague. It was addressed to a man whose name and address had evidently been taken from a Malayan directory and who has
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    • 228 5 *T*HE recent decision to recruit the inspectorate of thp Straits Settle nents Police entirely from the localborn population has appealed to n tetiied government officer, now living at Home, for a reason which perhaps is rot as valid in our day as it was in tilt He writes:
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    • 273 5 J>EOPLE who have attempted to All the Victoria Theatre oi Memorial Hall for one purpose or another will be interested in the following letter which 1 have received from a newcomer to Singapore You may be able to tell me the reason fo. a curious thing I have
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    • 183 5 A FTER vague and more or less iacetious remarks in this column on a local plant which is supposed to cure scorpion and centipede stings. I am naw able to Rive some really useful information, thanks to a Sandakan correspondent, who says that the plant in question will
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    • 145 5 A NOTHER letter on the same topic comes from an estate manager in Perak, who gives more practical, If less interesting, advice. H<* says that the best thing to keep on hand for stings and bites in this country is a bottle of strong tincture of iodine Hi*
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    • 226 6 A REFERENCE in this column to wUd water buffaloes —really wild in India but only occasionally and unnaturally so in Malaysia—has prompted an ex-Malayan at Home to tell me a yarn about the late Mr. C E. Spooner, who died in harness as General Manager of the F.M.S
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    • 223 6 NOTEWORTHY instance of domestic dogs going wild and hunting in packs, as the truly wild dog o 1 the Malayan jungle does, has occurred in the Malacca countryside. I heard of it through a letter in the Malacca Guardian which asks that drives be organised to exterminate thest
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    • 166 6 JUST a reminder about the Singapore Flower Show, which is to be held In Town Hall in the last week of March. That may seem a long way ahead, but last year visitors to the show were heard to exclaim that they had better flowers in their own
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    • 100 6 A WITTY remark by Mr. George Penny, now' Lord Marchwood. and a former Malayan, is still remembered by veterans of the Malayan Civil Service living in retirement at Home. When Mr Claud Severn < later knighted» was Secretary to the High Commissioner he w r as appointed Colonial
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    • 248 6 pOR anyone who is thoroughly stale and fagged, after a strenuous spell in Singapore, the beaches of Port Dickson take a lot of beating, as I can testify, for T have Just returned from a stay at that resort Most people go to the hills, but for a
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    • 254 6 'J'HEY did not realise that Singapore Island lies in a landlocked basin, so surrounded by land and islands on oil sides except one that the sea at Siglap and Changi and Ponggol is lifeless except when whipped into white-caps by a brief “Sumatra.” Moreover, the beaches, such as
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    • 271 6 IN the last phase of the storm at Port 1 Dickson I saw the sea in a mood which I have never seen before in this country It was a grey, rainy evening. shortly after sunset. The wind had fallen, but a smooth neavy swell was still
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    • 250 6 most people who have seen the noble headland of Cape Rachado tutting out into the Straits of Malacca, or watched its light from the deck of a :-hip at night, I have always wanted to go to that lighthouse but could never find an opportunity to do so
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    • 211 6 W E landed In a little sandy cove which a light railway ed boat-shed containing the nearest 1 proach to an English lifeboat tl J' have seen in this country, n w ls 1 large and strongly bum anu mounted on a trolley. o ne lk f think
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    • 290 6 But after we had climbed the lot., and steep path through the jungle to the lighthouse. I was more interested in the view than in the mystery of the lifeboat. I was surprised to see that the coast-line cf Sumatra lor possibly r,t islands oil the coast of
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  • 60 6 MEMBERS ol the Asiatic stall oi tne Audit Department F’.M.S on Wednesday presented an illuminates address to Mr H. T. Hedley. retiring Deputy Auditor, S.S. and F.M S Ilu address was presented to Mr. Hedlej by Mr. S. K. Tambiah. Assistant Auditor, who expressed the regret 0
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  • 238 7 Er ic Grifflth-Jones, of Singasu ...turned frcm Colombo In the pore. ioiiarnborst. y cuniming, the Perak State f iilcr. has left Batu Gajah for Scotland on leave. Douglas Gordon Jones has been intetl Agricultural Officer, Malayj 1 Agricultural Service. Mr f G Aplin. Senior Superinncit Customs and
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  • 61 7 A DECISION determining the retirei ment of eight Singapore Municipal Commissioners at the end of this year was confirmed at a meeting of the Commissioners yesterday The retiring Commissioners arc* Messrs N A Mailal. S Q Wong r H Stone. H E. Prentis. and Drs V II
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  • 75 7 THE following notifications regarding personnel of the F.M.S. Volunteer Force are gazetted: Lieut g Henderson, M.C., appointed Avtin S Captain. Captain E. P. Windsor promoted tc the rank of Major. Temporary commission a* 2nd Lieutenant 1 Mi Stanley Boudeville confirmed Temporary commission as 2nd Lieutenant aL-. H. R.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 109 7 i? RY n November 25. 1938 at Geneai Singapore, to Ivy (nee Stanley) W N. Rothery, twin daughters, nnr At the Maternity Hospital, SingaJ’f, 0 Beckie, wife of S. Bekhor, a Cl Apir ter (Mother «fe child doing well), v At the General Hospital, Singapore, hrn en ber 22
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    • 51 7 The ENGAGEMENT Mich, 1 i ag ment I s announced between NorifS Bobert Braithwaite. The Royal wrnnH and the Malay Regiment "ait!? »K 0I i of the late Major F J Braith- Loyal Regiment and Mrs. Braithriauohti? Bonibwold Suffolk and Edith Malta r f Co, °nel and Mrs Denaro
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  • 387 7 Wednesday, November IS. Hb Excellency presided at a meeting ol the Executive Council held at Government House this morning. Sir Richard and Lady Goode had luncheon at Government House Thursday, November 17. ai^ved NV to lt tta V Ra l n^ y and McNicolJ Thp fi?i st 1
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  • 83 7 Resident of Selangor has ap--1 pointed the following to be the committee of management of the Public Gardens. Kuala Lumpur, for 1939: the Hon. the Adviser on Agriculture. Malay States (chairman): Mr H J Page: Mr C R Thurstan. JP Mr. A. Arbuth nott: Mr.
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  • 83 7 MR J. B Ross, manager of the Mercantile Bank of India. Ltd., and chairman of the Penang Chamber of Commerce, left Penang by the P. and O liner Ranpura for Home on short leave. Mr Ross Is due back in February next year. In
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  • 69 7 (From Our Own Correspondent. > Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 25 THE funeral of Mr. Henry Joseph Baker, who died at the Bungsar Hospital of pneumonia, was held early this morning at Birch Road cemetery, after a Requiem Mass at St John s Church He worked until
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  • 128 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 29. A PROMISE to again devote public monies next year for unemployed in the F.M.S., if occasion demanded, was given by Government in written replies to questions on unemployment relief asked by Mr. E. I). Shearn
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  • 165 7 Ship Adapted In Singapore Singapore, Nov. 29. GIVING an indication of the speed with which British cargo ships can be transformed into troopships, the Blue Funnel vessel Philoctetes has been fitted out at Singapore in two and a half days as a troopship by the agents. She
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  • 190 7 The following F.M.S. appointments are Gazetted: Mr. H. Davies to be Second Assistant Secretary to the General Manager, F.M.S.R. Notification that Mr. H. H. Oerlemans has taken eharee of the Netherlands Consulate at Penang with jurisdiction extending to the State of Perak. Che’ Sulaiman bin Mohamed Drus to
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  • 53 7 From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Nov. 26. FURTHER batches of unemployed Chinese coolies are being given relief road work in Seremban in connection with the scheme arranged by the Negri Sembilan Chinese Protectorate. Forty have recently been given relief work on the new hospital
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  • 348 7 Leaders— The Crisis, Then Arm Now 2 A Strong Demand 2 Moving The Empire’s Capital 3 Japan In The Quagmire 3 Retrenchment 3 P.M S Problems 4 Telegrams— Covering past week’s news 26--28 Pictorial Section 17 2H Financial Supplement— Financial and Commercial News to date, following page 32 Malayan
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • 871 8 Comments Postponed Until After McLean Commission Reports REFERENCES AT ANNUAL MEETING TO ABSENCE OF RELEVANT STATISTICS A NON-COMMITTAL attitude on the question of a university for Malaya was adopted by the European Association of Malaya at its annual meeting. It decided to inform the McLean
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  • 72 8 WOMEN members are to be ad mitted to the Europear Association of Malaya. Approval of a decision to this effect reached at an .extraordinary general meeting was given at the annual genera: meetir g of the association last evening. A motion approving the decision was moved
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  • 247 8 Revelation In Council From Our Own Correspondent. Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 29. EVIDENCE at a Government inquiry disclosing waste of $1,000 of public moneys in connection with the National Park” will not be published, it was stated in Federal Council today in answer to questions asked by Mr.
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  • 473 8 Battalion’s First Ceremony Parade For Two Years THE first ceremonial parade held by the 1st Battalion Chester Regiment, for two years was held at Tanglin lacks, when the General Officer Commanding, Maior-C™! ral W. G. S. Dobiet, presented a set of silver bugles. Before
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  • 65 8 From Our Own Correspondent' Seremban, Nov. 23 DECEIVING reports that deer were causing considerable damage vegetable gardeners’ crops on an esta ,p in the Sepang area. Inche Yahava. O.C.P.D. Mantin, visited the spot atte. obtaining the necessary permit f r m the Game Warden. He
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  • 61 8 —Reuter. Batavia, Nov. 28. IN the most serious Booth within local memory, natives have been killed and are missing in the Mandar district, Celebes. Much damage has also been caused by 350 landslides occurring on one road. Authorities are ta k i ll j measures
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  • Correspondence
    • 659 9 Another Letter From The Bishop A REPLY TO MR. JOHN LAYCOCK l„ (he Editor of the Straits Times. gir it would be extremely reveitable* to provoke anything like a con-j tr0V ersy on the subject of the car e of j niind which Mr. Laycock has
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    • 247 9 “Outsiders” The Local Born To the Editor of the Straits limes. Sir.—Your correspondent H. Boon I.eong and others have harped long and loud on the hackneyed theme oi the plight ot our local unemployed lads and competition from overseas. The ignorance displayed in his query as to
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    • 294 9 New Quota Resented In Planting Districts To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. 1 cannot share your optimism, nor can I agree with any portion of your article cn rubber of Nov 17. except that possibly the trade agree- i ment with America forced the Inter- I
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    • 388 9 “Brazen Parade” In Singapore To llie Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—I feel that I cannot let the remarks ol Singapore Woman" on licensed houses pass without comment. Does Singapore Woman think that because there are no licensed houses in Singapore, prostitution is not carried on in its
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    • 348 9 An Obligatory, Not A Voluntary Matter To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. I was much surprised to learn tjiat a man like Dr. H. S. Moonshi riad said in a talk last Monday that “the enervating effect of the sun. the different weather conditions of the
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    • 334 9 Claims Of Son Of Sir Chulan To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—As an admirer of that great gentleman. Raja Sir Chulan. 1 was pleased to see. according to “Perakite’s" letter in your Issue of Nov 16, that his only son is a prqbable successor to
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    • 106 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.- In making selection of the new Raja Di-Hilir of Perak, five sons of Sultan Abdullah must be considered <a> Raja Abdul Malik. <b> Raja Abdul Hamid. <c> Raja Mohamed Hussain. <d> Raja Tajudin and (e> Raja
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  • 376 10 “Always Smiling When They Meet”: Swiss Holiday (From A Special Correspondent) Zurich, Nov. 2<. the Sultan of Johore, who has been staying in Zurich since the beginning of last month, is greatly benehtting from his holiday in Switzerland, and intends to stay
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  • 146 10 Chinese Merchants And Shorter Hours I (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Nov. 28 /\VER 25 owners of sundry goods shops in Malacca attended a meeting of the Foreign and Chinese Piecegoods’ Association urging that a half-day’s holiday be observed on Sundays, as granted by all Indian
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  • 90 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Nov 26 RiVR. and Mrs. H. J. J. Stafford, old residents of Seremban, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary this week by a thanksgiving service at St. Mark’s Church, Seremban. There was a large gathering at the church and at the home
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  • 56 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 25. COL. P. de Waal, who was recently a member of the Singapore garrison, is now Director of Military Intelligence and Operations in the t nion of South Africa and accompanied Mr. Oswald Pirow, South Africa’s Defence Minister, during
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  • 161 10 One Of First Graduates Of Medical College Dr. s. Nagalingam, a well-known member of the Singapore Ceylon Tamil community died on Sunday morning. following an operation for appendicitis at the General Hospital Singapore. His d.'ath came as a shock to his friends as he was
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  • 511 10 By A Special Correspondent. gT AN DING on the wing of a Royal Air Force Short Sunderland flying-boat at Port Dickson, the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan on Saturday named the aircraft after his State. The aircraft was the last of
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  • 208 10 Plans Discussed At Klang CELEBRATIONS TO LAST 15 DAYS (From Our Own Cone p,.., i (Mlt Klang. Nm\. ag ot the Selangor royal family will take charge of p, e arrangements for the celebration of the coronation of Sultan Alam Shah which will probably take place on
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  • 534 11 I Comment At Rutt lcs College I Annual Reunion Dinner Ik it was desired to associate a University of Singapore with I those abroad, its doors should be thrown open to all, irrespective ol race, creed or colour, said .Mr. R. Supramaniam
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  • 41 11 At the main table at the Raffles College fourth reunion dinner on Saturday night. Miss Grace Tan Mr. A.S. Small, the Colonial Secretary. and Mr. Robert Supramaniam, presim.nl of the Union.-Straits Times picture. -Straits Times picture.
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  • 67 11 1 'in Our Own Correspondent. > A v Batavia, Nov. 23. 1HER attempt by K.L.M. (Royal np E utch Airwaj’s) to obtain the nnssi° n 0 f the Australian Governbfh. 10 open a K.L.M. air service faiiJ Batavia and Australia has it is understood
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  • 106 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 24. IVfIR. Kok Chin Yin, a local 1 lawyer, was awarded 3250 damages by Mr. Justice Gor-don-Smith in the Supreme Court after he had claimed $lO,OOO Trom Sin Chew Jit Poh, Ltd., the Chinese newspaper, for having published
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  • 97 11 From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Nov. 25. THE K.N.I.L.M. < Royal Netherlands Indies Airlines) Lockheed plane in the Batavia-Sydney service was damaged at Cloncurry, Australia, yesterday. As the plane was just about to take off from Cloncurry westbound the pilot noticed that the door of
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  • 270 11 From Our Own Correspondent. Penang, Nov. 28. MRS Colin King, wife of the iVi Rev. Colin King, addressed the Rotary Club today on “A Plea For Pornography. After tracing the etymological development of the word graphic Mrs. King said she mean, the treatment
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  • 353 11 Suggest Separate Special Body For That Purp ose SINGAPORE’S Municipal Commissioners are prepared to recognise the principle of collective bargaining with the Municipal Services Club, but such bargaining should be undertaken by a separate body specially formed for that purpose. Replies to a petition by lac
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  • 94 11 A CHINESE fisheries school may be started in Singapore if a proposal made by Mr. Tan Kah Kee. chairman of the Singapore China Relief Fund, receives sufficient support. The school. Mr Tan said, would train young Chinese to become expert fishermen and enable them either
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  • 534 12 Views Of Malayan And Indies Delegates Are Decisive By The Straits Times London Correspondent ANCE every three months 14 representatives of the eight major rubber-producing countries of the world meet in a small room in Brettenham Home, London, and decide in their joint
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  • 131 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Nov. 25. a PLEA that the road to Ujong Pasir be repaired as it is at present in a very unsatisfactory condition was made by Capt. Ali speaking at the meeting of the Municipal Commissioners. Capt Ali urged that
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  • 82 12 AT 7 p.m. on Nov. 25, at the Cathedial of the Good Shepherd, Singapore, Mr. Robert John Francis De Sales Lindsay Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Smith, of England, was married to Miss Mary Sherwood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sherwood of
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  • 48 12 RAJAH’ S DAUGHTER GETS FILM JOB Reuter. Hollywood, Nov 23. MjRS. Hob Gregory has been given a film contract b> Universal Films and will appear with W. C. Fields and Charlie McCarthy in a corned}, You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man,” according to the New York Times correspondent.--
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  • 142 12 Application For Substituted Service Granted <From Our Own Correspondents Penang. Nov. 26. IN the Penang Bankruptcy Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Howes, Mr. M. B. Lynch, of Lim and Lim. Penang, asked for substituted service of a bankruptcy notice against Mr. O. M. Noordin,
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  • 55 12 appointment of two new mem- bers of the State Council (Mejlis Meshuarat Keraja’an) of Negri Sembilan is gazetted. One appointment is of Mr W. W. Davidson. State Engineer as an Official Member, for two year3 tne other of Tunku Syed Abu Bakar bin Tunku Syed Ismail as an
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  • 200 12 THE aboriginal tribes in Perak and Kedah are shortly to be investigated by Baron Egon von Eiekstedt, Director of the Anthropological and Ethnological Institutes, Breslau. Baron von Eiekstedt passed through Singapore on Nov. 22 in a K.N.I.L.M, plane on his way from Batavia to
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  • 375 12 MUNICIPAL BUILDING BYLA WS AMENDED Should Materially Reduce Construction Costs AMENDMENTS to the Municipal Building Bylaws which should materially reduce future building costs by permitting a decrease in the height of ground floor houses were passed by Singapore Municipal Commissioners ;il a special meeting. The proposed amendments received the full
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  • 89 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.? London, Nov. 24. TWO well-known ex-Malayans —Sir Arthur Jelf and Mr. W. Lowther Kemp—have recently had distinction conferred upon them. Sir Arthur Jelf has just been elected Mayor of the borough of Hvthe, Kent, for the comini? year and Mr. Lowther Kemp
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  • 57 12 T'HE marriage took place at Ken* sington. on Nov. 12, of Capt. E. J C. Chaytor. Royal Artillery, only son of Major-Gen. Sir Edward Chaytor K.C.M.G K.C.Y.0., C. 8., and Lad\ Chaytor. with Miss Margaret Frances Morgan Vlieland. only daughter of Mr C. A.
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  • 344 13 Transfer Of State Capital Was Dependent On Success (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Nov. 24. THK decision in 1927 to make Ipoh the capital of Perak was 1 dependent upon one condition only, that of being able to secure the town
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  • 183 13 Special Service For Americans THANKSGIVING DAY”—an import- ant day of observance by all Americans —was honoured by members of Singapore American community with a special service at the Wesley Church. Fort Canning Road on Nov. 24 The service was sponsored by f he American Association and
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  • 246 13 CHINESE INJURED BY SIKHS DEMARKING that the accused was very fortunate that the Chinese was not killed Mr. Justice Horne at the Singapore Assizes sentenced Pertap Singh, a driver under the Singapore Traction Company, to two years, rigorous imprisonment. Pertap Singh was tried on
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  • 117 13 Detailed Investigation Necessary IN view of the detailed investigations necessary. Government would make no definite reply yet to the suggestion made at the last Council meeting of improving the economic conditions ot the rural population of Penang. The problems raised in the suggestion were not problems
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  • 93 13 Portuguese Consu l- General Leaving pvEAN of the Singapore consular body. Dr. R. G. Alves Guerra, Consul-General for Portugal, left Singapore for Europe by the Dutch Mail liner Dempo on Nov. 24, accompanied by his wife. Dr. Guerra expects to return to Singapore in five months’ time He has spent
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  • 137 13 THROUGH lack of confidence in the European situation, business in Netherlands Indies was not good at present and shipping lines were carrying reduced cargoes, said Baro»i Taets van Amerongen, director of the Netherlands Ocean Steamship Company, which is a sister company of the Blue
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  • 101 13 From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Nov. 23 wo engineers of the Public Works 1 Department at Saigon. French Indo-China. will make a visit to the Netherlands Indies to study irrigation works and power plants in this country. When the new K.N.I.L.M air line to Saigon
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  • 269 13 More Christmas Presents Sent gIXTY-FIVE per cent, more parcels were sent from Singapore to Europe in the “Christmas present mails.” The Antenor, which sailed on Nov. 23, carried 1,165 parcels, and 2,147 were sent by the Ranpura, which left earlier. The increase does not take into account
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  • 53 13 —Reuter. MK. MALCOLM MACDONALD Colonial Secretary, replied in the negative in the House of Commons when asked to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the administration of Malaya “in view of the strong demand for increased self-government.'* Mr. MacDonald added he was not aware of any
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  • 135 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Nov. 24. AN Indian taxi-driver, Joseph Pereira, was stabbed and killed and his spare driver, a Tamil, seriously injured when they were attacked on Pasir Panjang Road, outside Port Dickson, last night. A Sumatra Malay last night chartered a car to
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  • 359 14 Rigorous Enforcement Of Betting Law Sought A DVOCATING the rigorous enforcement of the betting law against all, irrespective of financial or social status, Dr. J. E. Smith declared that the logical and honest course was to license bookmaking, speaking in the Legislative Council. Such a step
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  • 139 14 “New Life” Movement Ideals Followed (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Nov. 19. THE funeral of Mrs. Teoh Boon 1 Kheng (nee Yeoh Kee Neoh) who died on Nov. 12. at the age of 82, took place yesterday fro;n her place of residence in Light Street. Penang,
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  • 55 14 THE Malayan friends of Mr. W. M. A Millington, who was Resident Councillor. Malacca, when he retired from the Malayan Civil Service in 1934 will be pleased to hear that his wife presented him with a daughter on Nov. 14 at Southover, Petworth, Sussex, says
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  • 79 14 THE Johore Government should 1 not spend millions of dollars in reclaiming land suitable only for growing crops which were at present a glut on the market, said Mr. B. J. R. Barton at the Johore Council of State “Such money might be better spent
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  • 183 14 THE formation of additional units 1 for Chinese and Indians in the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force is considered by Government to be unnecessary. This reply was given by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. A. S. Small, to a question raised at the last meeting of Council.
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  • 62 14 INSTRUCTIONS in first-aid 1 precautions through the St. John’s Ambulance Association are to be given in Penang. A local centre has been formed and money is requited to assist the association in conducting the classes. Provision of $300 for this purpose is recommended by the Finance
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  • 240 14 Amotion to agree to the proposal that Johore and other Malayan administrations should share in the expense of granting study leave in England to Dr. C. E. Smith of the College of Medicine. Singapore, was opposed by Tungku Abu Bakar in the Johore
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  • 119 14 Chief Justice Alters Magistrate’s Conviction OENTENCED on Oct. 13 by the District Judge and First Magistrate, Mr. H.A Forrer, to 15 months’ rigorous imprisonment and ordered to pay compensation to the complainant of $500, or undergo a further six months’ imprisonment, a young Latvian, Gene Bersin,
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  • 61 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Nov. 23. A SCOTTISH stowaway was discovered aboard the Dutch freighter Saparoea at sea and was taken ashore at Belawan-Deli. An investigation showed that the man stowed away on a voyage from England to Singapore. It is expected he will be
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  • 525 14 Unofficial Predicts “Substantial Progress” During Next Year JOHORE will have a slightly bigger deficit than budgetted for in the draft estimates for 1939. At the Council of State meeting oaNov. 22, the report 0 f the Select Committee appointed to consider the estimates wa>
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    • 2088 15 More Amenities Being Provided ACCOMMODATION IMPROVED GARDENS ENCOURAGED By A Special Correspondent THE annual report of the Labour 1 Department for 1937 may well ha <aid to mark an epoch. It is written by the Hon’ble Mr. C. Wilson M.C.S., Controller of Labour, Malaya,
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  • 119 16 Statement By Passengers DECLINE TO TALK TO PRESS pASSENGERS on a German steamer told a Straits Times reporter on Nov. 24 that they must decline to speak about Nazi Germany, because a German police officer was travelling in the ship. .A numbei of Jewish refugees were
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  • 72 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 24. AMONG those called to the Bar at the Inns of Court Call Day of the Michaelmas Term were two Malayan students H. S. Ong, 8.A., LL.B., Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, who represents the University at badminton, and
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  • 527 16 Hunter —Roe yHE wedding of Miss Dorothy Roe, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K E. Roe, of Singapore and Perth, Western Australia, and Mr. H. Hunter. son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. Hunter, of Harrow. England, took place at St. Andiew’s Cathedral on Nov.
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  • 650 16 “Best Form Of Contribution To Imperial Defence” THE best form of contribution that Malaya could make to- wards Imperial defence was to buy British and go British, said Mr. S. B. Tan at a meeting of Singapore Municipal Commissioners when he criticised the Commissioners’
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  • 48 16 'From Our Own Correspondent.) T London, Nov. 25. HE house at Sunningdale. Berks., and collection of ivory carvings, prints and engravings, of the late Sir Arthur Young, formerly Governor of the Straits Settlements, are to be sold by auction on Dec. 5.
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  • 390 17 YOUNG Malay lad dressed in his best for Hari Raya Puasa, the Malay festival at the end of the fasting month. Beloie: All abcr,rd and don't spare the "horse." QELOW: An aerial view of the Sultan I Mcsque. Singapore, where Muslims uent last Thursday to say
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  • 790 21  -  —T. T. H. THE Confucian ideal of filial nietv is the reason why the Chinese champion the cause of early marriage. There are three things which ire considered contrary to the principles of filial piety, but permitting a break in the family
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  • 206 21 A PARTY of 40 Western Australian secondary schoolboys, travelling under the banner of the Young Australia League, are to make a tour of Java and Malaya and will arrive in Singapore on Jan. 3, 1939. Mr S. C. Dalwood, the advance officer of the Y.A.L., arrived in
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  • 137 21 Governor Gives His Decision From Our Own Correspondent. Ipoh, Nov. 24. THE ban on the Australian stockwhip act by Billy Heaton and Iris Forbes has been lifted by the order of the Governor and High Commis sioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, A letter from the Colonial Secretary,
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  • 429 21 MR. E. J. PHILLIPS MISS J. DICKSON THE wedding took place at the Presbyterian Church on Nov. 23 of Mr. Ernest Johnston Phillips. Assistant Registrar of Statistics. Singapore, and son of the late Mr. and Mrs. T. Phillips, of Orkney Islands, and Miss Joan Margaret
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  • 46 21 A FURTHER sum of $lOO,OOO (China currency > has been sent to the Legislative Yuan. Chunking, by the Singapore China Relief Fund Committee This is the fourth remittance this month the total for which is $600,000. The amount so far collected is $3,800,000
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  • 1042 22 Petitioner Claims Domicile Is In Scotland fEORGE Ralph Hopkins, director of the band at a leading J Singapore hotel, was the petitioner in a suit for divorce which came up in the High Court, before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice McElwaine. Hopkins alleged
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  • 366 22 UNREASONABLE SECTIONS IN MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE” Councillor Asks For Committee To Consider New Law COMMISSIONERS’ POWER OF SEIZURE OF TENANTS’ PROPERTY THE appointment by Government of an informal committee to consider whether the present Municipal Ordinance should not be repealed and a new bill introduced shortly was suggested by Mr. Tay
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  • 142 22 Inquiry Held Unnecessary REPLYING to a suggestion made at the last Council meeting that Government should investigate the cost of buildings carried out by the Public Works Department, Mr. A. S. Small, Colonial Secretary, stated at the Council meeting on Nov. 23 that, after careful consideration,
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  • 203 22 THE appointment of a Civu Secretary for Defence, Malaya, was announced at the Johore Council of State. A motion made by Mr. E. E. F. Pretty, Financial Commissioner, that the appointment be supported and that the Johore Government pay ten per cent, of the cost
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  • 417 23 Fair Price For All Planned By New Marketing Board NEW LEGISLATION BEFORE COLONY AN1) JOHORE COUNCILS RESIGNED to stop excessive cut-throat competition between v packer of canned pineapples, the Pineapple Industry Enactment was passed under a certificate of urgency by the Johore Council of State.
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  • 271 23 GOOD wishes expressed by tne Mentri Besar, Ungku Abdul Azi 7, to Inche Onn bin Ja’afar, Mr. R Moor acting Legal Adviser, and Mr. G. A. de C. de Moubray, Commissioner of Lands, who are leaving Johore shortly, were reiterated by the General Adviser, Mr.
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  • 151 23 Should Municipal Health Officer Have Power? THE suggestion that the Municipal Health Officer should not vote, at meetings of the Singapore Improvement Trust, on questions of the clearance of insanitary areas was made by Mr Tay Lian Teck (Singapore), when speaking on the Singapore Improvement (Amendment) Bill
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  • 78 23 ON his way to Germany Mr. L. C. Kun a the student son of Dr. H. H Kung Prime Minister and Finance Minister. Chinese National Government. passed through Singapore in the North German Lloyd liner Gneisenau “I am going to Germany to
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  • 91 23 amendments increasing the budgetted deficit from $4,146,587 to $5,141,654, the Colony’s draft estimates for 1939 were approved by the Legislative Council The increases recommended by select committees were on both sides of the Budget, said the Financial Secretary, Mr. H. Weisberg. The net increase in
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  • 329 23 Coolie Laid First Course AMUSING R.S.G.C. MINUTES AS7-A-MONTH coolie prepared the oiiginal nine links and nine teeing grounds of the original Singapore Golf Club, according to extracts from old minutes read by Mr. H. C. Atkin-Berry the president at the annual meeting ot the Royal Singapore
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  • 82 23 ON his way home to Italy on leave. Count LUigi San Marzano, Italian Consul at Manila. passed through Singapore on Nov. 24 in Lloyd Triestine liner Victoria. He will Join hii: Jamily in Florence for Christmas. Tne count has been in Manila for two years
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  • 305 23 Driver Killed: Babies Escape QNE man was killed and a number of other people including babies in arms, had remarkable escapes from death when a motor lorry crashed into a shophouse building in Outram Road shortly after seven o’clock on Nov. 22. The man who
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  • 141 23 Government’s $5,000 Grant ANEW transmitter for the Penang Wireless Society is to be built next year, and a grant of $5,000 to the society is made in the 1939 draft estimates adopted by Legislative Council This sum will be devoted, the Straits Times understands, to the erection
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  • 816 24 —Reuer. Mr. Neville Chamberlain’s Commons Statement AREAS IN BRITISH GUIANA AND TANGANYIKA London, Nov. 22.. DRITISH proposals to permit Jewish settlement in Tanganyika, British Guiana and other parts of the Colonial Empire, were revealed by Mr. Neville Chamberlain in a statement regarding re-, fugees
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  • 98 24 —Reuter. London, Nov. 22. A BOYCOTT of Japanese goods by Christinas shoppers is urged by the South Wales Miners Federation. In its monthly bulletin the Federation says People who buy cheap Japanese toys and novelties are helping to purchase raw materials by Japan for war
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  • 124 24 .—Reuter. Lord Halifax Told Of People's Sufferings London, Nov. 22. |N view of the visit of Mr. Cham- berlain and Lord Halifax to Paris, Mr. Quo Tai-chi, the Chinese Ambassador in London, saw Lord Halifax during the week-end and, apart from political matters, drew the Foreign
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  • 82 24 —Reuter. Two Nations May Pool Resources Paris. Nov. 25. THE Air Minister. Sir Kingsley Wood, will visit Paris on Dec. 2. That Britain and France intend the closest co-operation in war industries is shown by the fact that he is coming to consult the Air
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  • 168 24 —Reuter Outline Of Paris Talks Modified Paris, Nov. 21. \y HILE there is no echo here of London reports that questions of defence will be the outstanding subject of the Anglo-French conversations in Paris this week, it is obvious the original outline of the conversations will be modified.
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  • 155 24 —Reuter. -Reuter. Reich Army Returns To Peace Strength London, Nov. 2: ASKED by Lieut.-Comm. R. T Fletcher «Lab. Warwick. Nuneaton) if arrangements made at Munich for conversations to further the policy of appeasement were contingent upon Great Britain not increasing or accelerating rearmament, and if anv
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  • 175 24 Hollywood, Nov. 24. A VAST forest fire is sweeping between Santa Monica and Malibu Beach among the palatial homes of many of the most famous members of the film colony. A palatial new hotel and 200 houses have been gutted. Tonight the Are
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  • 341 25 -Reuter. Simrp Comment On Flan For German Jews f Berlin, Nov. 22. iiit. hambeilain s statement in the Commons regarding 31 Jewish settlement in British Colonies and Mandated Ter./•ies has evoked shaip comment from the German press Berliner Tageblatt says: “It is notable that Mr.
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  • 78 25 N O ARMS LIMITATION TALKS IN LONDON Reuter. Denial By Field-Marshal (loering’s Office Berlin, Nov. 22. jj-OGEdTIONS that the visit of Major-General Bodenzchatz to L don is connected w’ith proposals l,r arms limitation are discounted by •;*"h official of Field-Marshal Goer- -s offi :e. who stated the visit is ab-
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  • 52 25 Reuter. Johannesburg, Nov. 24. J* HTY people were injured in a ‘loot battle tonight when Fascists -Pted to break up an anti-Fascist ling. -ice reinforcements, cal’ed to the us cd tear-gas to disperse the Of the injured two were shot f no was stabbed w ith
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  • 90 25 —Reuter. London, Nov. 23. }JJ IT If reference to transport of goods to China through Rangoon, it is pointed out in authoritative circles that the Anglo-Chinesc Agreement of 1894 contains a clause permitting the establishment of steamship service between Rangoon and Bhamo by Chinese or Anglo-Chinese
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  • 163 25 —Reuter British Envoy’s Appeal To London Body London, Nov. 24. OIR ARCHIBALD CLARK KERR, British Ambassador to China, has cabled to the British China Relief Fund: "The tourney I am now r taking in Central and Western China lias shown me that the problem of
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  • 98 25 —Reuter London, Nov. 21 MR. CHAMBERLAIN rep ied “No, Sir” when asked in the Commons whether any pledge or guarantee, written or i implied, had been given by the Domii nions and Colonies that they would I come to the assistance of Great Britain
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  • 500 25 ANGLO-FRENCH GUARANTEE London, Nov. 2*. THE question of guaranteeing the- new Czech frontiers is believed to have figured prominently in the AngloFrench talks in Paris, says Reuter’s diplomatic correspondent. Czechoslovakia, it is stated, feels, now that the negotiations with hei neighbours have been completed,
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  • 125 25 Reuter. Paris, Nov. 23. Anti. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, the British Prime Minister, who is in Paris for talks with the French Ministers, paid a visit to the Duke of Windsor at the Hotel Meurire Iasi night. The visit was entirely of a private nature, accordin'? to
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  • 69 25 Reuter Jerusalem. Nov z4. AN engine and five trucks of a goods train were derailed on the main ERypt-Palestine line of Gaza, blocking traffic An Arab police inspector was shot dead while cycling near Ramleh earlier in the day. He appealed in a case at
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  • 191 26 —Reuter. Has Not Made Propaganda For Anti Seinitism Berlin, Nov. 23. THE German Minister for Propaganda, Dr. Goebbels, addressing a meeting of 2,000 Nazi propaganda officers held in preparation for a new ant’-Jewish drive planned for the winter, replied to remarks made in the House
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  • 100 26 Snakes Invade Towns In Search Of Water Colombo, Nov. 22. THE threat of famine hangs over large areas of Ceylon, owing to unprecedented drought. Acute distress is reported from various parts of the country, where cattle are dying In hundreds. Pad! fields are lying fallow. Epidemics
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  • 109 26 Reuter. The Republicans Remain Adamant Barcelona, Nov. 21. A MANIFESTO, declaring that any solution of the Spanish problem reached behind the back of the Spanish people and the Republican Government would be unworkable, is published today by 14 political parties belonging to the Republican Popular Front.
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  • 55 26 —Reuter. Vienna, Nov. 22. QERMANY’S main tasks in future are to get rid of Jews and to gain colonies,” declared Reich Minister Ley in a speech here today. “No compassion will be tolerated for Jews,” he declared, adding: We deny the Pope’s maxim regarding the homogeneous
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  • 119 26 —Reuter. Negotiations Would Court Humiliation London, Nov. 22. TO attempt any negotiations with Germany with the conditions prevailing today would be to court not only failure but humiliation, declared Mr. Anthony Eden, former Foreign Secretary, in a speech at Leicester. He said it was unthinkable
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  • 95 26 -Reuter. Washington, Nov. 23. AIRCRAFT manufacturers are seeking means to treble their output to keep pace with President Roosevelt’s plan to acquire one of the world’s biggest air fleets. A conference of aircraft manufacturers and Government officials today is stated to have laid
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  • 131 26 Statement In The Commons London, Nov. 28. A RRANGEMENTS have been made “in appropriate cases'’ to supply Colonial dependencies with anti-gas equipment for the civilian populations, the Secretary for Colonies, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, stated in the House of Commons today, reports Reuter. It is expected that
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  • 84 26 British Wireless. London, Nov. 24. In answer to a question whether it was proposed to invite any German ministers to come to London in return for the Prime Minister’s visits to Germany, the Chancellor of the Exchequer referred the House of Commons to the answer
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  • 180 26 Reuter. Dublin, Nov. 23. MR. DE VALERA, addressing the Fianna Fail Convention last night, stated there was no legal obstacle to the declaration of an Eireann Republic. His pclicy, he said, had cleared away almost all the obstacles that had made it difficult to
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  • 234 26 NEW JAPANESE INVASION Bid To Cut Links With Russia Chungking, Nov. 2.1. JHE local Chinese military spokesman declared that the Japanese may attempt to cut China’s communications with Soviet Russia by invading the Chinese provinces in the North-West. He added that the Chinese aie massing strong forces in Shensi Province
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  • 95 26 Reuter. Idea Of Compulsion Must Be Ruled Out London, Nov. 23. IT is learned that plans for a national register and for the organisation oi voluntary effort for home defence are now practically complete. It is expected that the plans will come before the Cabinet
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  • 129 26 British Wireless. “Unfortunate Effect On Anglo-German Relations” London. Nov. 24 A Commons question addressed to the Premier yesterday called attention to the statements which appeared yesterday in the Government-controlled German Press accusing British troops and police in Palestine of looting, rape, murder and of torturing prisoners.
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  • 580 27 —Reuter. AMERICAN NAVAL POWER London, Nov. 26. STATEMENTS of Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the •a Prime Minister, and the attitude of Gen. J. Smuts, South African Minister of Justice, and Mr. J. A. Lyons, the Prime Minister of Australia, h«ne made it
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  • 95 27 —Reuter. New Berlin-Prague Pact Berlin. Nov. 24. AN agreement has been signed between Germany and Czechoslovakia for regulating the question of nationality and option of Czech inhabitants of districts ceded to Germany. The German Government shall be entitled before July next to request non-Germans in
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  • 294 27 —Reuter. Vatican City, Nov 26. THE improvement in the condition 1 of the Pope, who suffered a severe heart attack yesterday, continues, reported Dr. Milam at--10.15 o’clock last night. Following signs of fatigue on Thursday the Pope discontinued giving audiences', on the
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  • 192 27 -Reuter. IIOARE SPEAKS ON BRITISH POLICY London. Nov. 25. Home Secretary, Sir Samuel Hoare, speaking at Cambridge, definitely contradicted any such charge that Britain's defence forces were too weak to resist. “For all our incomplete rearmament programme it has reached a stage at which we would
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  • 73 27 -Reuter Berlin. Nov. 23. DECREE in the Law Gazette stipulates that the 83,001? P00 sterling fine on German Jewry, imposed following the killing of a German diplomat in Paris by a young Polish Jew, is to be collected by a 20 per cent,
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  • 414 27 Reuter. “Cause For Hope In A World Threatened With Despair New York, Nov. 26. DEFORE leaving for the PanAmerican Conference at Lima (Peru) yesterday, Mr. Cordell Hull, U.S. Secretary of State, declared that the conference was “a solid cause for hope in a world
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  • 68 27 i Reuter. London, Nov. 24. BRITAIN today could put in action five times the number of anti-air-craft guns available in 1936. declared Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha, War Minister, today At the beginning of 1936 there were only 5,000 territorials for anti-aircraft defence. During the crisis Britain called out
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  • 265 28 —Reuter After Munich Reaction On Scandinavian Countries KEEN OBSERVERS WONDER WHETHER DEMOCRACY WILL SURVIVE THERE London, Nov. Nov. 27. THE dominating position Germany won for herself at Munich is having a profound reaction not only throughout Central Europe but also in Scandinavian countries, particularly
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  • 61 28 Reuter. Hollywood N')V 27 JUjRS FI ORA DISNEY, mothe* of m Walt Disney, the creator of Silly Symphonies, was killed, and his father Mr Elias Disney was overc.m escaping gas fumes in their Nor*h Hollywood home today. Mr. Elias Disney is in hospital and
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  • 169 28 Reuter. Reuter Three Noted Airmen Among 11 Killed Bathurst, Nov. 27. PLEVEN persons—including three of Germany’s leading pilots—were killed when the 40-seater German Lufthansa plane Preussen, which arrived here with 16 pas sengers on a trial flight from Germany. crashed on a palm tree at the aerodrome,
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  • 202 28 Fuehrer Meets Pirow Carol -Reuter. i*outh African Minister Going To Rome Berlin, Nov. 24. A statement from well-in- formed German circles states today’s call of Mr. I Oswald Pirow, South African Defence Minister, on Herr Hit- lei* was entirely private in character, in the course of Mr. Pi row’s European
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  • 52 28 .—Reuter. Peiping, Nov. 27. /GENERAL Terauchi. supreme Japanese commander in North China, secretly left Peiping on recall to Tokio, according to an unconfirmed report from a reliable Chinese source. The report adds that General Sugiyama. former War Minister, will arrive in Peiping early in December as
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  • 41 28 The Hague Nov 24 Queen wilhelmina m Holland will pa 1 a return isii ro King Leo pold ol the Belgians, who has lust concluded a State visit to Holland, spring 01 tarly summer R^Ter R^Ter
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  • 149 28 Seven Dead In Indian Amok Peshawar, Nov. 25. JHE death roll in the shooting j n cident at the camp of the 4t n Battalion 2nd Punjabi Regiment now seven, including, three British officers and three Indians of other ranks. Although it was first thought thathey had
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  • 178 28 —Reuter Many Film Stars’ Homes Destroyed *-.os Angeles Nov 25 The thousand fire fighters eng;» -cri 1 believe they have at last checked the disastrous bush fire which !\a< been sweeping between Santa Momc. and Malibu Beach, among the pahtm! nomos of many famous Hollywood
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  • 251 28 Hong Kong, Nov. 27. a gallant stand against the Japanese near the mainland border of Hong Kong, large numbers of the “doomed” Cantonese forces crossed the border into British territory where they are now interned in concentration camps. The border on the Chinese side
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  • 269 28 —Reuter. Moscow, Nov. 27. COVIET-Polish relations, which were somewhat disturbed by the Czechoslovak crisis, have apparently been clarified as a result of talks here between M. Litvinoff, Soviet Foreign Commissar, and M. Grizibovsky, Polish Ambassador. The official Soviet news agency states that agreement has been
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  • 990 29 SPRING GIRL PAYS $80 ,1 rum Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. qKVLKAL upsets featured today’s •3 Vacing, the final day of the Selangor Turf Club’s Skye meeting, j n V e winners paid dividends in exof $50, Spring Girl heading the list after winning the
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  • 21 29 POTTER coming round the scrum during Saturday’ s Cup rugby match in which Singapore beat Seletar Services 18—0. —Straits Times picture.
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  • 40 29 Selangor beat Malacca by two goals to one in a fast hockey game played at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. Danker and Yusoff scored Selangor’s goals in the first half and Suleiman scored for Malacca after the interval.
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  • 221 29 fitter and faster team the Army beat Negri-Malacca by 14 points to nil in the Malaya Cup game at Seremban on Saturday. All points came in the second half. The home forwards played a goed game and were mainly instrumental in
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  • 151 29 Wrestling tans were a little dis appointed at the show on Saturday night, at the New World. Showmanship was in evidence and some of the wrestlers seemed bent on infringing the rules. The main event between Wong Bock Cheung and Bakshi Singh was a rather
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  • 298 29 Hockey JHE three Selangor hockey teams played their last matches in Singapore on Saturday, one of them combining with the local Colts. 1 he Cricket Club beat the Casuals by two goals to one after a very even match The Club scored first through Elliott,
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  • 175 29 Mrs. L M. Pennefather opat Mis.* Lee Shao Meng 10 10 <2 n:l) 11 2 »n the semi-final ties 3* the wo-nen's singles badminton champion.vnip at the Clerical Union hall on Saturday Tne pinner, who holds the title will play Miss Waileen Worn* in the il >ai n »xt
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  • 85 29 New York. Nov 26 Henry Armstrong, the Negro holder of both the world lightweight and welterweight championships at 9st 81b., outpointed Ceferino Oarica, lOst G'-jlb from the Philippines in a 15-round welterweight title fight Reuter The American Association beat the RAF 3- 2 in
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  • 1194 30 TWO RIDERS WITH THREE WINNERS EACH (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 24. LI E. the High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas and Lad} Thomas were present at the opening day of the Selangor Turf Club’s Skye meeting, today. Favourites were prominent in most
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  • 308 30 :a t the annual general meeting of the Royal Singapore Golf Club held on the Club premises last week it was stated that the comI mittee had to close down on the admission of ne w members. The comm'ttee had decided that all tuture applications should
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  • 338 30 One-Sided Hockey In Hong Lim Green Game SINGAPORE Colts side gained a decisive hockey victory over the visiting Selangor Casuals side, when they beat them bv five goals to one in a match played on Hong Lim Green. Lcembruggen (3) and Galstaun <2i were
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  • 86 30 —Reuter. Belfast. Nov. 24 JIM “Spider” Kelly of Londonderry outpointed Benny Caplan of London in a 15-round bout and became the new British and Empire featherweight champion Spectators who watched the conies numbered 8 000. Kelly was the aggressor throughout but Caplan’s boxing was so clever tha
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  • 472 31 Keen Struggle In Padang Hockey Match KEEN hockey was served up on the Padang, when the S.R.C. entertained the Selangoi Colts, beat>ng them hy 3—2 after a hard fight last week. v >ur ot the visitors’ regular players ;v unable to come down,
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  • 67 31 from Our Own Correspondent* Segamat, Nov 2'< :h Muar Chinese laid claim to oe- the strongest hockey team from community in Johore today when f 1( met and defeated the Segamat jymu'.se b Y °ne goal to nil on the Batu ‘mpar padang. a few
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  • 188 31 Galento, leading New Jersey contender for the heavyweight championship of the world, has thrown down the gauntlet to Joe Louis in what the boxing world has come to recognize as characteristic style. “The Beer Barrel That Walks Like A Man” challenged Louis to a
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  • 60 31 —Reuter. THE M.C.C. won their match aainst Griqualand West, completed at Kimberley yesterday, by an innings and 289 runs. Complete scores were; M.C.C. 676. Griqualand West 114 and 273 (Steyn 6?, Nicholson 61, Verity four for 44). Stevn only added two to his overnight* score
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  • 57 31 —Reuter. Recommendation To Australian Board The Advisory County Cricket Committee decided to ask the Australian Cricket Board of Control to consider an arrangement by which hours of play ir. Anglo-Australian tests should be standardised at 30 hours, being five days of six hours per day In England and
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  • 82 31 Rugby Union and Rugby League results in home matches on Saturday were as follows: Bradford N. 3; Featherstone 0. Bramley 9; Halifax 12. Broughton R. 10; St. Helens 7 Castleford 2: Barrow 12 Dewsbury 6; Leigh 0 Huddersfield 9; Wakefield T. 5 Hull 15; Warrington 5. Hunslet 7;
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  • 106 31 Cheshire 6; Yorkshire 0. Cumberland 0; Lancashire 3. Durham 10; Northumberland 10. Bath 6; Exeter 3. Cambridge U. 12; United Serv. 18. Guy’s Hospital 9; Gloucester 17. Harlequins 0; Blackheath 6. Leicester 14; Bristol 6. London Scottish 0; Oxford U. 6. Moseley 24; Manchester 5. Newport 11; Plymouth
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  • 232 31 London, Nov. 18. Mr lOHN COCHRANE, manager of Sunderland, tired of his search for new players, put a telephone call through to Glasgow yesterday and offered Celtic £20,000 for the transfer of Delaney (outside right) and Crum (centre forward)-the biggest dual ofTcr on Soccer
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  • 507 31 QCORING four tries and kicking two penalty goals the Singapore Malaya Cup XV beat the Seletar Services by 18 points to nil in the rugby match played or the S.C.C. padang on Saturday. The R.N. and R.A.F. dominated the
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  • 108 31 Playing against the Post Office Club on Saturday the Manchester Regiment won their first soccer match against a Civilian side The margin was three goals to one The Regiment drew I—l in their only other game with the Chinese. The soldiers gave a good display. CunlifTe
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  • The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT
    • 471 1 Swan, Culbertson's W eekly Report IN a weekly report on the New j York stock market during last week, issued on Nov. 28, Swan Culbertson and Fritz writ**.— After fluctuating within narrow limits for the flrst four sessions of the week with a relatively small numoer
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    • 167 1 —Reuter. MR. W. L. RUNCIMAN London, Nov. 29. THE Hon. Mr. Walter Leslie Runci- man. son and heir of Lord Runciman. a former President of the Board of Trade, accepted the invitation of the directors of Imperial Airways and British Airways to associate himself with their
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    • 156 1 Reuter. Reflecting Confidence In Government London. Nov. 29. THE strength of the franc on the eve of the general strike is attracting considerable attention. One of the most remarkable features of today’s dealings in francs was the; fact that the French authorities were practically
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    • 418 1 —Reuter. New York. Nov. 29 THE following quotations were tnose ruling when the Stock Exchange closed today— DOW-JONES AVERAGES: Yesterday’s Today’s Close Close Changes 30 Industrials 146.14 147.07 up 93 20 Rails 28.95 29.06 up .11 15 Utilities 21.60 21.64 up 04 40 Bonds 89.30 89.32 up
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    • 113 1 QWAN. CULBERTSON AND FRITZ report on yesterday’s New York markets The moderate firmness displayed by the stock market today reflects slightly Improved European situation Traders however still remain cautious. General business news was colourless though a reduction In the price ol domestic copper Is expected. WHITE. WELD AND
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    • 209 1 Singapore, Nov. 29, 12 noon. Buyer* bellera Gambler S 7.25 Hamburg Cube $13 50 Java Cube $12 00 Hewer White Muntok $12.50 White $12.00 Black 8.25 Copra Mixed $2.95 Sun Dried $3.25 Jelotong. Palembang $7.25 Banja $7.25 Sarawak $7.25 Sago Flour No 1 Lingga $2.15 Fair $2.15
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    • 37 1 soot Dec. Jan.-Mar. Apr.-June July-Bept. London oat' |P»‘ 27% 57% as% M% l Nov 25 27% 27% 27% 27% 2» 2® 27% 27% 27% 27% 2* 7% m. 28 28% 28% 7 15/16
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    • 1005 2 Sharp Drop In Revenue From Rubber And Tin RECURRENT EXPENDITURE STILL MOUNTING STEADILY (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 29. Total estimated revenue $60,372,098 Total estimated expenditure $73,949,978 Estimated deficit for 1939 $13,577,880 This, at a glance, is what the Federated Malay
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    • 103 2 J'JURING the week ending Nov. 19 1938, exports of canned pineapples from Malayan porte amounted to 9 9.17t cases, of which: 22.850 (58 ptr cent) cases were to the United Kingdom, 5,070 (13 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe 25 —per cent) cases to
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    • 30 2 A DIVIDEND of 5 per cent less tax. was paid by Pattani Tin Ltd in respect of the year ended June last. The dividend was paid on Tuesday.
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    • 49 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 23. '■'HE price of rubber for purpose of 1 assessment to export duty in the F.M.s. for the period Nov. 25 to Dec. 1, inclusive, has been determined at 27 cents a pound, states a Gazette notification published today.
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    • 145 2 $126,000 More Taken In October OEVENUE collected by the F.M.S Railways in October was $126,003 more than collected j n September, but $262,161 less than collected in October last year. The October revenue totalled $1,191,469, compared with $1,065,466 in September and $1,453,630 in October 1937. Of the
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    • 168 2 .—Reuter. Starting January Next Year London, Nov. 23. pREE production o: copper which has been in force since Oct. 15 last will cease at the end of this year when countries under the iestnctiun scheme will produce at the rate of 110 per cent, of basic quotas.
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    • 129 2 Brooklands Selangor Distribution (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 19. TPHE directors of Brooklands Selangor Rilbber Co., Ltd. propose to distribute to shareholders one new share for every 20 units of stock held, equivalent to a scrip bonus of 5 per cent They also intend to pay
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    • 1145 3 Chairman On Administration Of Control Scheme ADDRESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of Lingui Tin 1 1( in Singapore on Friday. Mr. H S. Russell, the chairman, said The profit for the year was $77,503.51 which with the sum of $144,843.26 brought forward from
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    • 587 3 “STATISTICAL POSITION VERY FAVOURABLE” BETTER PRICES MUST BE EXPECTED IN a weekly review of the rubber market issued on; Nov. 23. Stanton Ne son and Co Ltd. write: Rubber in all markets has registered a sharp decline during the week. The lowest point touched in Singapore was
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    • 272 3 oi 1,590,000 vehicles.—Strait* Times cable. 2,800 Tons More Used Than Produced (From Oui Own Correspondent) London, N*ov. 24. POR the first time this year apparent consumption of tin in any one month shows a sharp rise in September compared with the previous month. According to
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    • 38 3 —Reuter. London, Nov. 22. EXCHEQUER returns show total ordinary revenue amounts to £426,300.251 compared with £415,637,903 a year ago The total expenditure, less selfbalancing items, is £622,127.005 compared with £537,700.249 at the- corresponding date of 1937.—Reuter.
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    • 1455 4 Kuchai And Semenyih Tin Dredging ORE RESERVES INCREASED BY PURCHASE OF 52 ACRES KUCHAI Tin Dredging Ltd. is to absorb Semenyih Tin Dredging Ltd. subject to the approval of shareholders in Semenyih Tin, by a resolution passed at an extraordinary general meeting of Kuchai fin
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    • 122 4 OOBINSON and Co. Ltd., is con. sidering reconstructing its cap’tal and details will be available for shareholders at an early date, according to a circular issued to shareholders this morning. The company was incorporated in 1920 and now has a nominal capital of $2,500 000 divided into
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    • 160 4 THE Singapore Chamber of Com--1 merce Rubber Association held its 1.409 th auction on Wednesday when of 1,073,719 lb. (479 34 tons catalogued 774.790 lb. (345.89 tons) was offered and 728,103 lb. (325.05 tons) was sold London spot 7 15/16d. New York spot 15 13/16 cents PRICES
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    • 65 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Nov. 25 MALAYAN GENERAL TRUST (1933) LTD. proposes voluntary liquidation. In making this announcement the directors state that failure to obtain the anticipated results from the exploitation of a property at Mersui Burma, on which over £58.000 was expended
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    • 1201 5 Issued By Fraser And Co., EXCHANGE AND STOCK BROKERS. Singapore, Nov. 30, 10 a.m. MINING T«ue Val. Buyers Bellers A npat Tin *'l'i Ji A<am Kumbeng 2®/- 30/-n n austral Malay 4®/. 47/-U. Auer Hltam 25/3 26 3 1 Ayer Weng 0.60 0.65 f Bangrin Tin 22/6
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    • 72 5 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, Nov. 28, 5 p.m rotai roi owa- cuU nn,MU jss Gold Srf rw I Dec. 14 Dec 9 U-J-TWfing cone 6d. Nov. SO Dec- 7 E* c 1 .1$ Ren °np Conoid 6d Dec 5 Dec. 10 Dec. 4 15* Rubber. A ot
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    • 393 5 Mild Revival Of Interest London. Nov. 29. '■'HERE waa a mild revival of speculative Interest in internationals and Kaffirs on the Stock Exchange today. There was also occasional Investment Inquiry based on the opinion that the situation in France was less tense and lent a brighter appearance
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    • 41 5 HTHE official price of tin In Singapore on Nov. 24 was $109.50 per picul of 133 l/3rd. lb.; on Nov. 25. $110.90; on Nov. 27, $110.50; on Nov. 28. $111.25; on Nov. 29, $109.25; on Nov. 30. $llO.
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    • 603 5 FRASER’S WEEKLY REVIEW |N a weekly report share mar- ket. issued at the close" of business on Tuesday, Fraser St Co. write:— The local market has shewn little or no change since our last report and business In all sections of the share market still remains most
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