The Straits Budget, 22 December 1938

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  • 29 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES (ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY./ No. 1219. SINGAPORE. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 22 l!»:{s Price 25 its., S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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  • 1098 1 npKADE between Malaya and the United States is not likely to be greatly affected by th e Anglo-Ameri-can Trade Agreement. Singapore importers and exporters consider, although they have not yet had time to i>o into the full implications of the new tariffs. The Colony, whose ports
    Dr. Chen Su Lan, the president —Straits Times picture.  -  1,098 words
  • 39 1 A young pupil of Tanglin Preparatory School receiving her award from Mrs. B. C. Roberts wife of the Bishop of Singapore, at the annual prize distribution at Tanglin Club —Straits Times picture. —Straits Times picture.
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  • The Straits Budget
    • 687 2 in fact become inevitable.—Straits Times. Dec. 15. What can one make of the Nazi •nentality With the best will in he world, and a full recognition of ‘he fact that it is as stupid to deny he existence of any virtues in the oresent regime in Germany
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    • 980 2 —Straits Times, Dec. 16. It is time to voice a feeling of perturbation which has been growing lately among people who pay attention to Malay public opinion, as expressed by their vernacular newspapers and associations and by letters to the Press. Probably the majority of the letters in
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    • 163 2 -Straits Times. Dec 16 The growing number of residents oi British Malaya who have travelled in Netherlands India and wish to keep in touch with those territories will be interested to hear that a new means of doing so is now available, in the
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    • 806 2 -Straits Times. Dec. 17. The first fruits of the Clement policy in the Federated Malay States were to be seen at the Budget meeting of the Selangor State Council last week. Ten y ra:S ago such a meeting would have been inconceivable the State Councils at that time
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    • 893 3 all-India Federation.—8 trait* Times, Dec. 19. Now that the Straits Times is publishing a special news service from India and is employing an Indian specialist to deal with it. it is probable that many readers, in addition to those for whom this service is primarily intended, will
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    • 852 3 Straits Times, Dec. 20. Periodically, the problem of prostitution in Singapore is raised in the correspondence columns of local newspapers and on each occasion evidence is forthcoming of a lack of understanding on the part of th» general public of the very limited powers which
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    • 330 4 -Straits Times. Dec. 20. There is a pleasant air of bustle and animation in Raffles Place and its environs this week. People are doing their Christmas shopping and the big department stores are working at full pressure The shop assistants are on j their feet
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    • 774 4 would be sealed.— Straits Times. Dec. 21. Great Britain and the United States have at last decided to back up their expressions of sympathy with China in the struggle against the Japanese invader by the grant of material assistance in the form of substantial financial credits. From
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    • 280 4 -Straits Times. Dec. 21 On e of our correspondents makes the suggestion that the Singapore branch of the ex-Services’ Association of Malaya should circularise constructional firms and other suitable firms on the subject of unemployment among ex-Service men in Singapore and listing available men and their qualifications. Before
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  • 57 4 LIEUT. COL. E. R. MACPHE RSON I IEUT. Col. E R. Macpherson. O.B t who completed a tour of duty Malaya, where he was Assistant-Dii" tor of Ordnance Services, a months ago, has been attached to t“* Brigade of Guards, prior to retir m* from the Army early in 1939,
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  • NOTES Of The DAY
    • 295 5 iju public address has been so much discussed in Malaya in recent times as Mrs Colin King’s “Plea For pornography.” and it seems to be generally agreed that sex. formerly shrouded in horrid prudery, is all the better for being regarded humorously as well as frankly.
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    • 243 5 BENSON also reveals the fact that Tennyson enjoyed that verseform of the smoke-room story, the limerick. “He liked its terseness, he also, it is idle to deny, took a sort of schoolboy pleasure in the hectic situations which it sometimes disclosed Little tales of the same sort pleased him
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    • 241 5 QN the change in the general attitude towards sex and its recognition in wixed company. Mr Benson draws a ■ontrast between Victorian times and our own which I would like to quote, o more so because the conclusion ‘‘lawn will probably be endorsed by most readers. After mentioning
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    • 235 5 A LOCAL-BORN Indian, in a letter in this page yesterday, confessed that he felt at home with Eurasians. Malays and Straits Chinese, but not with Indians from overseas, who are naturally and properly absorbed in the national movement in their motherland. What this correspondent really meant to say.
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    • 239 5 IN some notes on a visit to Cape Rachado recently 1 mentioned the large boat which is kept at the foot of the promontory, mounted on a trolley and light railway, and I hopefully suggested that this might be an imported English lifeboat in which the lighthouse keeper
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    • 274 5 E in Malaya count ourselves fortunate that there are no volcanoes in this country, and so we are if we think only in terms of human life, but we should not now be worrying about falling rubber yields or unsatisfactory rice crops if there were a chain of
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    • 215 5 J EXPECT I was not the only reader of our London Letter last Tuesday who registered disagreement when he encountered the following passage It, Is probably difficult for you in Malaya, half the world away from the London which seemed on Sept. 28 certain to be turned Into
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    • 205 5 Bunga Talang READERS may remember a letter from a resident of British North Borneo, quoted in this column, in which he told me about a plant called Bunga Talang used in that region to treat bites and stings from scorpions, centipedes, fish and so on. Since then a Singaporean has
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    • 232 5 'J’HE curious and little-known pearl fisheries of British North Borneo are described in a recent number oi the 8.N.8. Herald. The pearls obtained are seed pearls, a much smaller variety than those sold by Jewellers, and are chiefly used in Chinese medicine, although some exceptionally large ones are
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    • 95 5 THERE Is a pleasantly old-world flavour in an advertisement In the British North Borneo Herald calling for supplies of the following kinds of produce: <ii Genuine Bold Scraped Pontlanak In lots of 5 to 20 tons <ll l Black Half-Bcraped East Indian In lota of 5 to
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    • 245 6 •"THANKS to various readers of this column, I now know much more about fighting fish than I did when I mentioned this aquarium species some days ago. and today I propose to pass on my discoveries. In the first place, fighting fish are found not only in the
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    • 185 6 ANOTHER correspondent states that fighting fish are caught in large numbers in marshes on Singapore Is land. They are not as large as the Siamese species but are almost as brightly coloured. He continues: With regard to those flashing water gems the fighting fish, it may interest you
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    • 145 6 A FACT little known to town dwellers but apparently well known to Malays living on the banks of rivers Is that those whose work takes them Mto swamps run the risk of contracting elephantiasis, a repulsive but not fatal disease which is not uncommon in the Peninsula. A
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    • 158 6 CIR ANDREW CALDECOTT has not K& lost the talent for light verse which he showed in many an amateur show in Malaya. Some days ago, in his capacity as Governor of Ceylon, Sir Andrew sent the following verses to the St. Andrew’s Society of Colombo to explain his
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    • 240 6 *J*HERE seems to be no doubt that fireflies show a special liking for certain kinds of trees in Malaya. Since I raised this point I have received two letters from up-country residents which contain some interesting observations One is as follows: I cannot speak concerning the Ulu but
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    • 232 6 AND now I will relate a macabre which occurred in a Johore estate bungalow. The literature of chichology Is extensive, thanks to the melancholy Malayan habit of lying back in a long chair and looking at the lizards on the ceiling, but I have never heard of anything like
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    • 265 6 QEVERAL days ago I gave in this column some gleanings from Mr. E. F. Benson’s “As We Were.” Here is another, left over from the same collection. It is one of the most grimly humorous stories of European life in the East in bygone times that I have
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    • 88 6 A LLOW me to add to your collection of Curiosa Malayana,” writes a Singapore reader. Well, that’s as good a description of this column as any, and his contribution is an appropriate one. Here it is I had a Chinese coolie in my estate In the North whose
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    • 265 6 IF anything makes me homesick for England it is the thought of bathing in seas in which one does not have to worry about sharks, crocodiles, sea-snakes, sting-rays, Ikan sembilon and leppoo. Most people know the first five of these perils, but how many have heard of the
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    • 250 6 *J*HE sting-ray or ikan pan U1 I be very nasty indeed, if lt its dagger-like tail round and thru!!l the poisoned end into a bather's fo? I but that is a very rare occurred I Much better known is th e I sembilan, which is found all along
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    • 283 6 English people in Malaya be- I lieve that they saw their first mosquito when they first landed :n I this country, but they are wrong I There are plenty of mosquitoes in I England. I “Here in England," writes Major I Jarvis in his book “Desert and Delta.''
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  • 45 6 Mr. B. C. Butler, the Canadian Commissioner, sailed from Sinn in the Nieuw Zeeland to Java to take a tour in the interests of Ca trade with Netherlands India not expected to return to Si: until the end of January.
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  • 319 7 \'r A. G Billing has been appointl(i Deputy Chief Surveyor, Singapore. The appointment is announced of A Kltching as Chief Surveyor Singapore. Miss H. van Langenberg, who has icon away on holiday at Brastkgi, has turned to Kuala Lumpur. in' V W W. S. Purcell. M.C.S., s
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • 93 7 PEcl —On Dec. 18, at the Maternity Hospital Singapore, to Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Pect. a son. DAVID —At Singapore Maternity Hospital on Dr,:. 12. to Mary, wife of William David, daughter. NEWMAN.—At the Maternity Hospital, Smgaj »r(‘, on December 8. 1938. to Dr. and Mrs. '-onard S.
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    • 104 7 ••it. engagement is announced between Mi-, g A. Lowry-Corry, The Royal Innis- -llmg Fusiliers, and Miss Gloria Harker, 1 jt.li late of Singapore. I E’ONG —*jEE.—The engagement is announc*i *>f Mr. Leong Chung Fah the third son "t Mr and Mrs. Leong Yun Siak of Brunei Miss Lily Lee
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    • 39 7 1 ’A\ IDSON— COULSON.—At Presbyterian Church Singapore by Rev. Stephen Band on ;> t 19. 1938, N. T. G. Davidson. Diamond h'bilee Estate, Malacca to Miss Rae H. 'N hi Ison of Marquard. Orange Free State, f h Africa.
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  • 76 7 cadet in 188i>. Straits Times Copyright Cablegram. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 19. TWO former Malayans died in England today. They were Mr. Paul August Felix David, formerly District Judge in Singapore, who died at Brighton, and Mr. Gerald Ethelbert Paul, younger son of the
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  • 193 7 Health Figures For Bureau Japan has ended her co-operation with the non-politi-cal activities of the League of Nations, she is to continue supplying information on health matters to the League’s Far Eastern Health Bureau at Singapore. The director ot the bureau, Dr. C. L. *****, has
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  • 132 7 Mr. N. T. G. Davidson and Miss R. H. Coulson AT the Presbyterian Church on Dec. 19 Mr. N. T. G. Davidson, a planter on Diamond Jubilee Estate, Malacca, and son of the late Mr. Robert Davidson and Mrs. R. Davidson of Newseat, Peterhead, Scotland, was married
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  • 83 7 BRIGADIER John Underwood, at present in command of the York and 1 Durham Infantry Brigade, Is to visit Malaya and will arrive at Singapore in the P. and O. liner Rajputar.a on Doc. 30. He began his Service career In the Imperial Yeomanry and transi ferred to
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  • 201 7 Hutch Shipping Chief’s View j ‘SINGAPORE is now recognised as the most important British i>ort in the Pacific region when its strategic value is taken into consideration,” said Mr. A. Bakker, general manager of the K.P.M. for Australia and New r Zealand, on arrival at Singapore in
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  • 55 7 Dec. b. At 6.45 p.m. His Excellency presented the Badge of a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. Oeorg to Mr. W. E. Pepys, General Adviser. Johort at Government House. Dec. 7 His Excellency presided at a meeting o' the Executive Council held
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  • 111 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 16. MR. Noel Arthur Pope, a well-known rubber planter in Java, was married at Greatford Parish Church. England, on Dec. 5 to Miss Rosemary Fitz-Williams, only daughter of Major and Mn,. C. C L. Fitzwiliiams. Mrs. Pope, who
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  • 127 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Dec. 19. THE Johore Bahru market has undergone thorough renovation at a cost of about $lO,OOO. This is among improvements effected by Mr. R. W. Grant, the president of the Town Board, who is leaving for Britain on leave
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  • 403 7 Leaders— Dignity And Childishness 2 Malay Hotheads 2 dementi’s Work 3 The New India 3 Where The Police Are Powerless 4 Nervousness In Japan 4 Telecrams— Covering past week’s news 25-28 Pictorial Section 17_ 20 Financial Supplement— Financial and Commercial News to date, following page 32 Malayan General NewsLast
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  • 31 7 DEATH ‘‘m Ching Guat Loon, wife of the late Mr. ‘Wang Keng Lam, aged 67, passed away '♦acefully at her residence, No. 27, Lorong ’*A. Geylang Road, on Dec 13. 1938.
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  • 327 8 -Reuter. Inopportune To Say Least, Declares Mr. Arita THE American credit of £5,000,000 to China at the present time is inopportune to say the least, said the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. H. Arita, at the Tokio Press conference Mr. Arita added that “if, as
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  • 53 8 A PYTHON measuring about 17ft. and weighing 157 katis was caught at Ayer Hitam, North Johore. The huge reptile visited the house of a squatter and after devouring two pigs went to sleep and roas caught without resistance. The python was taken to Muar and
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  • 205 8 -Reuter. M.P.’s Comparison With Panama London, Dec. 20. A PLEA for the reduction in the Suez Canal dues, such as has recently been made by Germany and Italy, was heard in the House of Commons last night during the debate on foreign affairs. Sir Arnold Wilson
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  • 59 8 i From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Dec. 19. I\ATO H. L. BIRCH has been appointed a temporary and additional member of the Johore Council of State. Dato Birch is the Chief Electrical Engineer of the State. He was made a Dato on
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  • 199 8 JMPROVEMENT of nutrition standards among estate labourers by limitation of families—a matter of considerable interest to Malaya —was described by Dr. Larsen, of Honolulu, at the conference of the Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine at Hanoi, Indo-China. An important factor in adequate nutrition,
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  • 343 8 Pilgrams —Allen AT the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Singapore, Miss Veronica Catherine Allen, of Hong Kong, and youngest daughter of Mr. D. J. Allen and the late Mrs. Allen, of Lincoln, England, was on Dec. 20 married to Mr. Albert Edward Pilgrams, son of
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  • 285 8 Local Indians’ Special Mission THE Central Indian Association of Malaya is to jend a special delegation to New Delhi in connection with the visit of the Malayan Governments delegation to India next month, the Straits Times understands. The C.I.A.M. delegation will comprise Mr. S. M. Sharma,
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  • 72 8 (From Our Own Correspondent. Ipoh, D< c. 19MR. E. NASSIM. of Nassim ai Company, Singapore, while n’ ul ing from Penang, met with a n accident at Kuala Kangsar this a noon. tr v In avoiding collision with cow, the car landed in a
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  • Correspondence.
    • 241 9 Colony Indians Dislike This Label l„ the Editor of the Straits Times. rf j rt _With due respect to “Anak smgapura,” and his note of Dec. 15 headed “Malayans All.” we Colonial Indians resent the term “Malayans” as it is of no value to us. We do not
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    • 177 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. When any newspaper stoops to nagging the Government, attacks another paper for its policy, and forces its opinions down people’s throats, it causes disservice to any cause and to its own prestige. The public is not interested in the
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    • 163 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—We pensioners are delighted with the sDeech of the Malay member of Council In which he advocated assistance to loyal and laithful Government servants by means ol a housing scheme which will benefit not only them, but those who will
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    • 109 9 Played Badminton For Cambridge From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Dec. 17. MR. Ong Hock Sim. Barrister-at-Law, B.A.. Ll.B (Cantab). 1931 F.M.S. Queens Scholar, and former Taiping boy. is back in Perak. Mr. Ong also made a name for himself in badminton circles in England and
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    • 212 9 Local-Born Background And Viewpoint To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.-A David among Goliaths! We! are at one with your correspondent i R. C. Pillay regarding the Indian Volunteers and overseas Indians, and congratulate him on his bold stand. Now we want a leader from our own
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    • 82 9 E.S.A.M. OR LEGION To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— Might I. as an ex-service man. congratulate “Bombardier” on his suggestion that a branch of the British Legion be started in Singapore. It is to be hoped that ex-service men will give this suggestion their full support, and also
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    • 69 9 From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Dec 16 THE Treaty of Friendship. Commerce and Navigation, concluded between Siam and France ori Dec 7. 1937, has unanimously been approved by the French Chamber of Deputies The draft law was deposited at the Jenate by the Minister
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    • 56 9 From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiplng, Dec. 17 MAJOR A. H Chappel, the new officer commanding of the Ist Battalion 2nd Punjab Regiment, was entertained to tea by the Viceroy-commissioned officers of tlie regiment at their mess in Main-road. Later Majc Chappel v/ltnessed a display of
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    • 211 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 6. CCOTSMEN* who secure appointments as planting assistants in Malaya need not, in future, arrive in the East entirely ignorant of' Tamil, the language which they will almost certainly have to employ in directing the labourers
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  • 309 9 Pieturesque Scenes A t Singapore Bersanding Singapore, Dec. 19. ACCOMPANIED by a retinue of fancy-dress pirates, soldiers, dancers and others in various costumes, Tungku Abdul Ghani bin Abdul Kadir, great-grandson of Sultan Hussein, last Sultan of Singapore, drove in procession through east coast suburbs last
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  • 189 9 Three Named For Eight Seats of three nominees to lill seats caused by the retirement of eight members of the Municipal Commission have been received so far, the Straits Times understands. They are Mr. N. A. Mallal, representative of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association, and Dr. V. K.
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  • 80 9 AN unorthodox way of travelling home on leave, which included a trip across the north of India with visits to the Mogul cities and a trek through Central Africa and the Belgian Congo, photographing wild animals. proved a most successful experiment for Mr
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  • 1161 10 Reply To Critics At Medical College Alumni Association Dinner TRADITION NEEDED IN “A COUNTRY WITHOUT SOUL’—DR. CHEN SO LAN A OOLLARS-AND-CENTS reply to arguments that a Malayan University could not foe created owing to financial difficulty was made foy Dr. Chen Su Lan,
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  • 591 10 German Report On Future Of Mandated Islands .Special to the Straits Times. HE FENCE experts in Britain and America are studvin, apparently authoritative Berlin reports that Japan establishing naval bases on her Pacific mandate islands. ls Such a move, it is stated, would extend
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  • 244 10 Presentation From Old Boys Here (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 6. /\LD boys of the Aberdeen Grammer School resident in Malaya have subscribed for a clock which is to be placed in the school hall This news was given by Mr. Theodore Watt at
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  • 582 11 Special Nursery Area Of Over Eight Acres At Renglet (From Our Own Correspondent.) W irrTJ Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 14. ITH specimens and seeds brought from Java and South Africa, new experiments with sub-tropical, Mediterranean and temperate fruits are about to be made by Government
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  • 128 11 Mr. H. G. C. Ellwood and Miss N. A. Neilson ‘From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Dec. 17. THE wedding took place yesterday at St. George’s Church. Penang, of Mr. H. G. C. Ellwood, Accountant, Raub Mines, second son of the late Rev. C. E. Ellwood and Mrs. M.
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  • 329 11 Better Trained Candidates For Government Service Sought (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 15. TEN students leaving F.M.S. schools will in future be able to obtain each a scholarship to Raffles College to the value of S720 a year, for three years,
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  • 83 11 Tribute To “Go A head” Malaya (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dee. 0. MR. James Corrie gave a lantern Ieeture on Malaya at Barnes of Claverhouse, near Dundee. “When I first went out to Singapore, more than 11 years ago.” he said, “my friends told me that I was going
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  • 99 11 UIt'. A. Perego, who lias acted as Consul-General lor Italy at Singapore, during the past two years, left for Italy It is not yet certain whether he will return to Singapore The Italian Consul-General is going by Imperial Airways flying-boat to Calcutta and will then travel
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  • 451 11 liotarv Club Should Lead Way To Enlightened Civic Conscience “CINGAPORE presents more opportunities for social service u research work than probably any other city in the world/’ declared Brigadier H. A. Lord, head of the Singapore branch of the Salvation Army, and a
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  • 115 11 'From Our Own Correspondent London, Dec. 7 TWO engagements interest to Ma- layans are announced in this morning’s London newspapers: Mr. John Glover Davies, of the Publie Works Department. Malaya, soil ot the late Mr. G. Davies and Mrs. Davies, of Wimbledon, is *0 marry Miss Nancy
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  • 842 12 Raub Inquest Evidence Of Desperate Gun Battle WAS SHOT CHINESE AMONG ROBBER GANG? (From Our Special Correspondent) Raub, Dec. 16. A VERDICT of “murder while defending his property against a gang of robbers” was given by Mr. W. A. C. Goode, M.C.S., District Officer
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  • 126 12 More Japanese Divers Coming JHE Japanese Divers’ Union is sending six crack divers to Penang to refloat the Danish freighter Tongking, 6,640 tons, which sank off Penang in April after a serious fire, states AnetaDomei. Salvage workers at Penang and Singapore tried to refloat the Tongking at
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  • 300 12 Mr. B. W. Allen Looks Back On 29 Years’ Service In Malaya (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Dec. 16. r[E days when police officer.*, serving in Kedah <sed t„ carry out inspections of outlying posts on elephants and in other places ride push
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  • 165 12 Largely Due To Replanting A NEW local carrier of malaria. the anopheles noumbrosus. has been discovered, according to the annual report of the Medical Department. A number of infected mosquitoes of this type, which is a jungle swamp breeder, have been trapped. The report records an
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  • 357 12 INSTEAD of giving Christmas presents to their business 1 connections, according to custom, Chinese firms this year should devote the money to the China Relief Fund. This suggestion by a European business man to the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce is being given
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  • 339 13 British General’s Views On Situation In Far East A* Jong as Generalissimo thiang Kai-shek remains at the A head of the Chinese Central Government, Japan can •ever conquer China in this war,” said the retiring Genera! )Hicer Commanding British Troops in China,
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  • 412 13 “IN our opinions, a woman who is kept habitually by one man and "‘ho is chaste in her relations with other men is not a prostitute if 'he cohabits with her keeper to the \clusion of all others,” said the hief Justice, S.S., (Mr.
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  • 142 13 “Seems Quite Severe Parting”—Chairman AFTER 11 years on the Singapore A Rural Board. Mr. J. A. Elias retires at the end of this year and Mr. Um Chong Pang also retires with a record of nine years. “It seems to me quite a severe
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  • 29 13 From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Dec 13. CHINESE students in Amsterdam have established M n information bureau about China, with special reference co Japanese aggression.
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  • 275 13 Municipal Engineer Looks At Future A hint that a reduction in rates should he possible in four or five years was given by the retiring Municipal Engineer, Mr. K. G. M. Fraser, before he left for Europe in the P. and 0. liner Canton So far
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  • 115 13 IT is illegal to construct, or allow to be constructed, wells in the rural areas of Singapore, without the permission of the Rural Board. Dr. W L Blakemore, Rural Health Officer, emphasised this point at a meeting of the Board on Dec. 15 and
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  • 264 13 A 12 ft. python was swimming in Stamford Canal as office workers motored to the city along Stamford Road It was captured near the Y.M.C.A. tennis courts by two Malay boys and carried in triumph to Borneo Motors’ premises, whose jaga had led pursuit
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  • 45 13 From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Dec. 12 THE marriage took place at Pantal. 1 Negri Sembilan. yesterday of Raja Sallch bin Raja Dahl of the Customs Department. Singapore, with Raja Maharabiya blnti Raja Hamzah. daughter of Raja Hamzah. Assistant Surveyor. Perak.
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  • 67 13 'From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia. Dec. 13 A DVANTAGE of the World Fairs at New York and San Francisco will be taken by the Netherlands Indies to stimulate the export of Netherlands Indies products to the United States. Several officers of the Economic Department in
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  • 49 13 •’PO fall In line with the Municipal decision prohibiting the sale of j ice-cream from Jan. 1. 1939, unless produced by approved companies and sold in approved containers, the Singapore Rural Board made a similar rul ing to apply to rural areas, at a meeting
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  • 266 14 “Strong Case” For Big Changes London, Dec. 14. *|*HKRF« is the strong case to put the Suez Canal, like other international waterways, under proper international control, states the Manchester Guardian, in a leading article. The newspaper adds: “It is to be hoped in better days this will
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  • 99 14 Farewell Dinner By Senior Officers MH, K. G. M. FRASER, retiring Municipal Jngineer, was the guest of honour at a dinner party given by the senior officers of the Municipal Engineers staff, at the Adelphi Hotel, Mr. A. F. Fyfe, Deputy Municipal Engineer, said that in Mr.
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  • 552 14 Malayan Traveller Attacked Outside Yunnanfu BANDIT DISARMED WHEN STRUCK BY STICK HR. A. L. HOOPS, former Principal Civil Medical Officer, Straits Settlements, who has been visiting China since the Far Eastern Medical Congress at Hanoi, was fired on by two Chinese
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  • 84 14 A i'TER being for se en Military viser anc. Chief Instructor to th* ooiore Military Forces and the Johore volunteer Forces. Lieut.Colonel D. M. Nuyco Lewis leaves for Europe by the Chitrai on Jan. 13. He may take up an appointment in another part oi the
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  • 225 14 JT must have been a little disheartening for the Repertory Players, who have worked so hard in rehearsing “Escape Me Never,” a difficult play for amateurs, to have been greeted by such a small house as they were at their first night at the
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  • 292 14 Maj. Gen. L.V. Bond COMMANDS SCHOOl OF ENGINEERING CIFTY FOUR -YEAR. OLD 4 Major-General Lionel Vi vian Bond, C.B., Commands of the School of Military Enm neering, Chatham has been at pointed General Officer Com. manding, Malaya, in succession" to Major-General VV. o s Dobbie, whose
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  • 122 14 Building To Be Ready Next April 'From Our Own Correspondent.' Johore Bahru. Dec. 14. THE $100,000 Customs offices in Johore Bahru, began about the middle of the year, are nearing completion. and will be ready for occupation next April. With the exception of the bead
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  • 49 14 (From Our Own Correspondent Seremban, Dec H MR Chu Chi Hon. the eldest son oi Towkay Chu Klk Moon, of Seremban. Is now in the United States is taking a post-graduate course Agriculture. He is a B Sc. (Agree ture) of Lingnam University (Canton
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  • 432 15 Councillor Seeks Government Support For Relief Fund )EST1TUTI0N MORE PREVALENT THERE THAN IN OTHER SETTLEMENTS PURASIANS eke out a precarious existence by fishing in L Malacca and live perpetually on the verge of starvation,” said Mr. P. M. Williams, the Malacca member when he
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  • 47 15 Mr. A. W. Hay. Protector of Chinese Penang, left on leave by the P. and O liner Rawalpindi and Dr. V. W. W. S. Purcell, Protector of Chinese, Kedah. a nd former Protector of Chinese, Penang. has taken over Mr. Hay’s duties.
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  • 82 15 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 13. CTRONG action is contemplated by Government against insanitary schools in the F.M.S. A Bill which will be introduced in the State Councils of all four States in the near future is designed to give the Residents power
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  • 149 15 Unsatisfactory Response To Local Efforts AN unsatisfactory response to efforts to encourage Singapore school children to drink milk during the midmorning break is described in the annual report of the Medical Department. “In most cases,” says the report, “the child has only about three cents
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  • 258 15 “THE medical services in Freich Indo-China, have increased 1 by leaps and bounds during the last few years,” said Dr. R. D. Fitzgerald, Director of Medical Services S.S., and head of the Malayan delegation to the Congress of the Far Eastern Association of
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  • 258 15 Sir A. MacGregor On Decision (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Dec. 15. “W E what we thought was fair and just on the evidence we obtained,” declared Sir Atholl MacGregor, Chief Justice of Hong Kong, who presided over the Malayan commission last year which recommended the grant
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  • 315 15 Greater Opportunities For Those W ho Are Locally-Engaged T*HL first appointments to »he new super-scale nosts for locally-engaged teachers, created recently iS thrColony" nave been announced. rlr>nhwi dei th e S< heme the nu, ber of super-scale posts is doubled, and super-scale teachers are
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  • 120 15 0 N the occasion of her retirement irom the service in this country. Miss H. Flint. Municipal Health Sister, at Penang gave a tea party to all the midwives and nurses of the town There was a large gathering present, including Dr. Ong Chong Keng who
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  • 67 15 1 From Our Own Correspondent.* Seremban. Dec. 14 MR S Doralsamy, formerly of Serem ban. has returned to Malaya after completing his course in Veterinary Science at Calcutta University. He graduated this year with first class honours and was awarded a gold medal for
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    • 1835 16 Knowledge Now Fooled And Broadcast WITH RESULT THAT PLANTERS ARE BETTER EQUIPPED By Our Planting Correspondent LITTLE over a year ago when recording some reflections and reactions to the I.S.P. conference held in 1937 I wrote:— “Generally 1
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  • 55 16 CHANAN SINGH, a Sikh police con* stable with 16 years’ service, was acquitted by Mr L. C. Goh in the Singapore Fifth Police Court on Friday on charges of using criminal force on a Hainanese cook-boy with intent to outrage his modesty and. secondly, w’rongfully confining him
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  • 599 17 hundred poor children and children of unemployed attmded (he annual Christmas treat at the N> w World given by the Salvation Army and the Rotary Club. Each family uas given a bag of provisions. Left. A Chinese mother takes her baby for a ride on the
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  • 899 21  -  By— Orang Sebrang They Dream Of Hong Kong And Batavia But Never Get Beyond Siglap \UHEN Asiatics plan their holidays their womenfolk do not enter into the scheme of things. The average Asiatic husband believes he is a superior being, and does not cherish the
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  • 63 21 <From Our Own Correspondent! Batavia. Dec. 13 AN associ tion of Chinese employees. the Chung Hua Lau Tung Hul. has been formed In Batavia with the aim of giving support to its members In the event of unemployment and sickness. It is likely that similar
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  • 259 21 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Dec. 15. THE outdoor preventive officers of the Customs Department are having 1 a particularly busy time in preventing smuggling of rubber from Johore to Singapore Island. Seizures this year are the highest on record for any
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  • 392 22 Still One Of Most Important Causes Of Death In Colony SIX MONTHS FREE TREATMENT WITH LEAVE FOR GOVERNMENT SERVANTS “TUBERCULOSIS continues to one of the most important A causes of death and disablement,” says the annual report of the Medical Department placed before the
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  • 103 22 Great difficulty is experienced in preventing or in controlling the erection, in the rural area of Singapore, of attap and plank structures which do not comply with minimum sanitary requirements, says the annual report of the Medical Department. This became more acute during the year
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  • 165 22 MORE THAN OTHER TROPICAL AREAS I THE numbers of mental patients 1 in Malaya are so very much higher than those in other Eastern countries that they call for further examination,” states the annual report of the Medical Department, tabled in Legislative Council "Malaya,
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  • 74 22 <From Our Own Correspondent). Muar. Dec. 13. ITNGKU Abdul Majid. Assistant Superintendent of Customs. Preventive Branch. Johore Bahru, will be proceeding to Segamat on transfer and Ungku Ahmad bin Omar. Assistant Superintendent of Customs. Preventive Branch. Segamat, will proceed to Tangkak. where he will take the place
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  • 90 22 (From Our Own Correspondent). Muar, Dec. 13. AAR. J. Gardiner, Chief Police Officer. Muar, has gone to Selangor on transfer and Mr. P. H. Andrews, who has just returned from leave, will take the place of Mr J. Gardiner. Mr. P H. Andrews was the Chief Police
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  • 190 22 I )evelopment In Kuala Lumpur (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 13. 'J'O house the laboratories of the Agricultural Department of the Straits Settlements and Malay States, two new buildings are nearing completion in the experimental plantation reserve in Swettenham Road, Kuala Lumpur. Two-storeyed, the
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  • 43 22 From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia. Dec. 16. A GLENN MARTIN bomber crashed near Samarang aerodrome today. A member of the crew was killed and another man injured slightly in the fire which followed. The bomber is a total loss.
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  • 239 22 Articles Affected By j\ ew Agreement With America DINEAPPLES are the chief item on which reductions of d U t 1 have been granted by the United States to Malaya unde' the Anglo-American Trade Agreement, details of which affect ing this country were published
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  • 125 22 A WELL-KNOWN Chinese "ace” who has had numerous air adventures in the Sino-Japanese war. Wing Commander Chia Sui Hwa. a Sumatra-born Chinese has been visiting Singapore He is going shortly to Haiphong on 1 his way to report to the Chinese Air Force headquarters at Yunnan.
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  • 242 22 4 T is gratifying to see that medical education in the Colonial Empire continues to improve in standard,” said Sir Richard Arthur Needham, who is visiting Malaya on behalf of the General Medical Council, when he arrived from England by the
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  • 544 23 Indirect Check On Copra Exports Continues AMERICAN PROCESSING TAX CAUSES MALAYAN POVERTY (From Our Own Correspondent) TlII 1 1 A 4. Kua,a Lumpur, Dec. 15. THE Anglo-American trade agreement has failed to extend a helping hand to the people in Malayan kampongs. It
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  • 354 23 IF the plaintiffs had printed their contract form legibly, and not in such very small print, they would not have made this mistake,** commented Mr. H. R. Bull, the Civil District Judge, yesterday when he brought a sudden end to a suit between Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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  • 211 23 Worried Over Examination WORRIED about his exa- mination, a 15-year-old schoolboy—described by his master as a very clever youth who would have passed—stabbed himself in the heart. This was the story related to the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. MacQuarry, at an inquiry on Lim Chin Huat, who lived
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  • 43 23 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Dec. 13. A LARGE sum of money resulted from a theatrical performance here in aid of the Chir.a Relief Fund. The show was attended by the Chinese Consul-General. Mr. Tschou Kwong R. Kah.
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  • 54 23 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Dec 13. SPLENDID service Ls being rendered by the Naval Air Service in the eastern part ot the Netherlands Indies Marine aircraft were used to carry food for expeditions in Dutch New Guinea. On other occasions planes have been
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  • 47 23 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia. Dec. 13 A SUGGESTION that the Netherlands Indies naval chiei Vic' 1 Admiral H. Ferwerda. should pay visits I to Singapore. Saigon and Manila has been rejected by the Minister ot 1 Defence in Holland
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  • 519 23 Three Chinese Committed To Assizes On Three Charges From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 15. toddy of th( inquiry held by Mr. A. J. Grattan-Bellew, First Magistrate, Kuala Lumpur, into allegations of kidnapping against three Chinese who are said to have held
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  • 39 23 A CHRISTMAS present ot $500 has been made bv the Multan of Johore to the S lvation Army In Singapore. This is the third gift made by the Sultan to the Salvation Army.
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  • 402 24 Sir Thomas Inskip On Naval Base Importance London, Dec. 14. “THE Singapore defences are an achievement of the very first magnitude,” said Sir Thomas Inskip, the Minister for Defence, in a speech in London last night. “They have had a profound effect on both the
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  • 148 24 Maile Rodngit wife of M S. J Rodrigues, of Singapore, died at her residence last Sunday after a long illness She was 70 and is survived by her husband, several, ions and daughters and many grandchildren. The funeral .Oj: nlace at Bidadan Cem /erj yesterday morning
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  • 154 24 Emphasis By Commissioner (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Dec. 14. TODAY’S meeting of the George- town Municipal Commissioners referred back for further consider- ation the decision by the Water Committee of accepting a tender for $120,000 for the filtration of the Guillemard water supply, on tne
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  • 238 24 Judge On Creation Of Unnecessary Delay rjUPLICATION of work in the Singa- pore High Court was creating unnecessary delay, said Mr. Justice Pedlow in the course of an application for postponement of hearing of the suit between K. Esmail Sahib and A.T.K.P.L.M. Muthiah Chetty and another.
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  • 149 24 rtN a world tour, 75 year-old Mr. Ernest Pitman, one of the two sons of Sir Isaac Pitman, founder of the well-known system of shorthand and until his retirement head of Pitmans’ Colleges in London, has arrived in Singapore from Australia. “I was most
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  • 105 24 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Dec. 14. A BIG python, measuring 20 feet, was shot at Seremban yesterday in the compound of the Chief Police Officer’s house. Anti-malarial oiling coolies were busy in th e compound of the house in Egerton Road when one of
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  • 560 24 MALAYAN TRADE NEW PACT WITH U.S.A. Not Likely To Be Greatlv Affected By Changes By A Special Correspondent TRADE between Malaya and the United States is not likely to be greatly affected by the Anglo-American Trade Agreement, Singapore importers and exporters consider, although they have not yet had time to
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  • 497 25 Reuter. MR. CHAMBERLAIN ASKED ABOUT BRITISH POLICY London, Dec. 13. IN spite of Mr. Neville Chamberlain’s statement in the House of Commons last night that the Italian anti-French demonstrations are likely to have a detrimental effect, a warning that Italy is determined to press
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  • 28 25 -'liter. Berlin. Dec. 12. Durinp, the first 11 months of 1938, Germany has imported 1,156,000 tons 'f wheat, valued at .€11,500,000.
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  • 134 25 —Reuter. White Russian Trial In Paris Ends Paris, Dec. 15. SENTENCE of 20 years’ penal servitude was imposed on Madame Skobline, who was charged with knowingly assisting in kidnapping General Miller, head of the White Russian ex-Servicemen’s Organisation in Paris, who disappeared in September last
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  • 37 25 Reuter. London, Dec. 13. MAJOR-GENERAL Alexander TelferSmollett, commandant of the British forces at Shanghai, has been appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey and Dependencies with effect from June 5 next when Major-General Broadbcnt’s term expires.—Reuter.
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  • 74 25 “Boycott Japan At Christmas —Reuter. London, Dee. 15. PROMINENT society people and stage and film stars, including Lady Layton, Lady Gladstone and Lady Violet Bonham-Carter, are taking part in a poster parade amid Christmas shoppers in London next week protesting against 44 the barbarous bombardment of Chinese civilians by the
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  • 172 25 —Reuter. Great Britain’s Position Defined By Premier London, Dec. 12. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain. stated in the House of Commons tonight that no specific pact existed whereunder, in the event of Italy starting warlike operations against France or her possessions, Great Britain would be required
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  • 68 25 Tokio Dec. 12 A CHALLENGE to Generalissimo Chiung Kai-shek A to fight a decisive battle in South China has been delivered by Lieut.-Gen. Andoh, Japanese supreme commander in South China, according to a report front Canton. Gen. Andoh states he has WO,OOO crack
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  • 278 25 .—Reuter. POSSIBILITY OF NEW GERMAN COUPS DISCUSSED IN LONDON London, Dec. 12. I ON DON is informed, says the Daily Telegraph, that German army chiefs have been warned to be ready to support some fresh diplomatic action in February and these circumstances
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  • 103 25 Paris, Dec. 16 RAND Duke Vladimir, aged 21, pretender to he throne of All Russias, is leaving here next week for Berlin, according to current reports. Madame Taboul noted writer on European affairs states in the newspaper L’Oeuvre, that he will be received by Herr Hitler,
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  • 84 25 -Reuter Shanghai. Dec. 12 T'HE death occurred this morning of Scottish-born Miss Jean Mr* i.: Martin. 48. head matron of the Shanghai Municipal Police Hospital. who was killed when she fell from the roof of a six storey gaol adjoining the hospital. Miss Martin,
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  • 50 25 Reuter Pontlvy (Brittany). Dec. 18 A N explosion, believed to have been A caused by Breton autonomists, destroyed a bronze statue of liberty commemorating the famous “Union of all Frenchmen’’ at a ceremony today on the Champs de Mars. Meanwhile agitation continues for Breton independence. Reuter
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  • 256 26 —lieu^er. “NO QUESTION OF GIVING UP AN INCH OF TERRITORY” FRANCE'S policy in foreign affairs was explain1 ed in an important statement by the Foreign Minister, M. Bonnet, at a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Commission in Paris on Dec. 14. He expressed
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  • 81 26 -Reuter. Cairo. Dec. 14. I"\ETAILS of a five-year plan for the reorganisation of national defence adopted by the Defence Council show an expenditure of £12,000,000 for increasing the Army to 50,000 men, with a further 60.000 reserves. Another €6.000.000 is provided for the Egyptian Air Force,
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  • 124 26 London, Dec. 14. A SKED in the House of Commons today to give an assurance that Great Britain would regard an attack by Italy on any French possessions as an unfriendly act, Mr. Chamberlain replied that the undertaking in respect of the status quo in
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  • 45 26 Reuter. New York, Dec. 16. Mr. Joseph Kennedy. American Ambassador to Britain, today said he was “not particularly optimistic about peace in Europe.” He declared he definitely favoured President Roosevelt’s plans for a larger army, navy and air force-
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  • 318 26 Reuter and British Wireless. London, Dec. 12. “THERE are signs that the 1 pendulum is preparing again to swing in the direction of recovery,” Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer, declared today when addressing the National Union of Manufacturers. Sir
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  • 294 26 U.S. Grants Huge Credit Washington, Dec. 16. £REDIT of $25,000,000 (U.S. currency) to the Universal Trading Corporation for the purchase of American farm goods and manufactures for China, is announced by the Reconstruction Finance CorpoJ ration. The loan is guaranteed by the Central Bank of China
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  • 346 26 .—Reuter. Britain’s Record Programme London, Dec ir, D URING 1939 Britain VillV^ tons. Hector Bywater, the 2 Telegraph naval correspondent S, makes this calculation today ’sav° that such a figure has never befJ been approached in time of pe iee hv any country, and it is
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  • 92 26 Reuter. London, Dec. 15. THE Prime Minister, M. Neville Chamberlain, speaking at a luncheon to Lord Bicester n the House of Commons today, said When German statesmen reflect upon the possible consequences of a conflict, the> think not only of our armaments but of our great
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  • 50 26 .—Reuter. Geneva, Dec. 16 pOLLOWING an intimation from t" Chinese Government of the need for vaccine against smallpox. secretariat of the League of Natuihas procured at the League’s expelis 4,000,000 doses, which will be sent i r '> Indo-China to Chinn as quickly as P"'
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  • 720 27 -Reuter. Britain Now Strong Enough To Fulfil Her Obligations FIVE HUNDRED people cheered and capped’ whence Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, at the Foreign Press Association dinner in London, condemned the German press attacks on Earl Baldwin. Applause greeted his reference to the
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  • 82 27 ww -Reuter. London, Dec. 13. QWING to the growing feeling of Government supporters that the proposed national voluntary register should be made compulsory and also that there should be further opportunities for debating the question before the House rises for Christmas, it has now been
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  • 85 27 —Reuter. Berlin, Dec. 18. WHAT virtually amounts to a warning to Britain that Germany would stand by Italy in case of an ItaloFronch conflict over Tunis is contained in Frankfurter Zeitung. The newspaper says that in comparison with the cumbersome deliberations regarding the degree of
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  • 36 27 Reuter. Prague, Dec. 18. CZECHOSLOVAK newspapers announce the creation of a National Socialist Party modelled in every respect on the German Nazi Party, including the formation of an S S. Guard
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  • 110 27 —Reuter. Berlin. Dec. 19. 4 WARNING to Switzerland that if she wants to be regarded as a neutral Power she must cease agitation and propaganda against Germany is made by the newspaper Voeikischer Beobachter. The journal says Shameless agitation has been going on for years
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  • 259 27 —Reuter. To Include Ruthenia And Parts Of Poland, Russia And Rumania London, Dec. 18. IrlL Sunday Times Berlin correspondent says that a definite movement has been launched in Berlin for the inauguration of an independent Ukrainian state, including Ruthenia as well as extensive regions
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  • 247 27 Reuter New York, Dec. 16. WHAT is alleged to be an astonishing case of Jekyll and Hyde personality was brought to a startling climax today when Donald Coster, known as the drug king, shot and killed himself in his country mansion at Fairfield, Connecticut. The
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  • 309 28 Reuter. U.S. MINISTER'S OUTSPOKEN ATTACK ON HITLER Cleveland (Ohio), Dec. 19. ANE of the most outspoken attacks on Fascism and Nazi principles ever made by a United States Minister was uttered last night by Mr. Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, addressing the Zionist
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  • 176 28 -Reuter. Cratitude Expressed In Chungking Chungking, Dec. 19. OEPORTS that China has obtained credits from Great Britain and America are given prominence in the Chinese press. This assistance, it is stated, gives tne greatest encouragement to the Chinese people. Financial credits offer excellent proof of Sino-British
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  • 42 28 —Reuter. Tokio, Dec. 19. A LARGE concentration of Soviet troops on the Manchukuo border is reported by the commander of the Japanese unit which participated in the Changkufeng incident Iasi summer, according to a message from Tsuruga.—Reuter.
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  • 135 28 Christmas Truce In Spain Reuter Paris, Dec. 19. DURGOS messages report that rumours are circulating in Nationalist Spain that moves are being considered abroad to bring a month’s armistice in Spain over Christmas tide. It is alleged a Spanish committee for vivil peace in conjunction with French ;uid British committees
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  • 158 28 DON’ T BE VAGUE ABOUT SCOTCH —Reuter. Glasgow, Dec. 16. 4 DESCRIPTOR of a polite Japanese gentleman at Campbeltown who made friends with distillery officials and took copious notes and sketches was given by an expert chemist, a witness in the “Scotch whisky" case which is enthralling all Scotland. The
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  • 228 28 —Reuter. Germany And Mr. Chamberlain Berlin, Dec. 16. THE idea of war between Ger1 many and Britain has been completely exterminated by the Munich declaration the newspaper National Zeittung. of Essen writes, commenting on Mr. Chamberlain s speech in w’hich he said When German statesmen reflect
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  • 191 28 London, Dec. 18. ALL the British Legion’s achievements in trying to establish real friendship with German ex-Servicemen seemed to have been lost, declared Sir Frederick Maurice in a speech at Durham. He alluded to the Legion’s efforts for many years to create good
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  • 219 28 White Paper On Situation I London, Deo A White p aper published thk evening regarding the Bri tish war debts to the Uniw States contains a letter f r Mr. Sumner Welles. r ni u Secretary of State, dated Dec details of amounts In the
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  • 151 28 Reuter. Jerusalem, Dec. IK A COLOURFUL and impres- sive spectacle was provided when 3,000 Arab villagers demonstrated their loyalty to King George VI and Great Britain at the hillside village of Yitta, South Hebron. The unfurling of the Union Jacx was accompanied by a trumpeter sounding the
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  • 44 28 Pf liter Rangoon. Dec lTO meet a threatened civil dl 4 obedience campaign the Gouui*' ment tonight issue! a communiQ announcing its decision to take necessary measures effectively to <’* n the present campaign of civil obedience and general lawless!
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  • 933 29 WELL backed horses were once again successful on Saturday, the final W day of the Taiping Skye races. East Lynne created a real upset vhen winning the fourth race; she paid $9l on the win tote. Kathryn paid $54
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  • 346 29 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 17. Selangor beat Penang by two goals to nil in the interstate hockey match on Saturday, the winners did not give a very satisfactory display and should lave won by a much greater margin. Selangor have won their last
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  • 44 29 New York, Dec. 17. TOMMY FARR, British ex-heavy-welght champion, favourite at B—s on, to beat the 23-year-old, sixfoot Californian, Lou Nova, over 15 rounds in a world heavyweight elimination contest, lost the match on points. The verdict was not unanimous.
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  • 253 29 Big Margin In Rugby Game At Kuala Lumpur putting up strong resistance in the first half of the match, the R.A.F. team proved no match for Selangor in the rugby played at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. They were beaten by 35 points (four goals
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  • 210 29 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Saturday IUEGRI-MALACCA defeated Johore in the Malaya Cup Rugby match here today by 11 points (a goal and two tries) to three points (a try). The spectators were treated to a fine display of forward play by both teams.
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  • 37 29 -Reuter Irene Van Feggelen, of Holland, established a world record for 200 metres backstroke with the time 2 min 30 sec The previous test, also hers, was 2 min 40 6 sec Reuter
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  • 591 30 Singapore Beaten 10-3 In Saturday 9 s Match ARMY qualified to play Selangor in the final of the Malaya Cup when they beat Singapore by 10 points (one drop goal, one try, one penalty) to three (a penalty) in the final of the
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  • 448 30 Bolton deserved to draw l-all with •Wolves. Howe scored Bolton’s goal and .Galley Wolves’, from a penalty. There was no score in the second half. Two Injured 'Sheffield, for whom Barton and jHampson scored, had two of their Players injured. They beat Fulham by le °dd
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  • 66 30 —Reuter. SOUTH AFRICAN’S team for the first cricket Test against England at Johannesburg starting on Saturday is Alan Melville (Captain), Bruce Mitchell, Dudley Nourse, W. Wade, K. Viljoen, P. Vanderbyl. A. B. C. Langton, E. Q. Davies, E. L. Palton, N. Gordon, G. Bond.
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  • 134 30 :.—Reuter. First Round On Jan 21 London. Dee. 19. Scottish Cup first round draw to be played on Jan. 21 is Huntley vs. Motherwell. Edinburgh City vs. Stranraer. Kilmarnock vs. Berwick Rangers. Falkirk vs Brechin City. Clyde vs. St. Johnstone. Leith Athletic vs. Alrdriconlans. Raith Rovers vs.
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  • 31 30 —Reuter. In the F.A. Cup second round, second replay Halifax and Mansfield drew 0--0 after extra time at Doncaster. In the replay last Wednesday, the teams drew 3— all.—Reuter.
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  • 100 30 Reuter. JN reply to Transvaal’s total of 4 for eujht declared, the Mr? were dismissed for 268 of Ames made 109. He played a rW mficent innings, batting f or minutes and hitting two sixes five fours. 4,l(i The match was drawn. Davies
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  • 147 30 Reuter. The Perak Turf Club will hold s meeting on Jan. 28 and Feb 1 and 4 4 Runs will be provided for horses class* two and four and for ponies class two Distances and stakes will be as foi lows Horses, class two; 5 V2
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  • 89 30 CIK Julien Cahn has agreed to defray the cost of coaching the Notts County Cricket side for the next three years. The decision of the Club to engage D. J. Knight as Technical Adviser to the Club with a former Australian Test player, Alan Fairfax
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  • 242 30 yACOB was the most successful rider .-it the Taiping Skye Meeting **}d won the championship whip. The most successful trainer was Phil Logue, with Capt. F. L. Harding a close second. Mrs. S. E. Shevida heads the list of winning owners. OWNERS Mrs. S. E.
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  • 1070 31 Well-Backed Horses Run Prominently rXPLODE paid $96 after winning the last race at Taiping on Friday and so created the largest upset at a Skye meeting for some time. The going was good and well-backed horses were prominent throughout the afternoon. Double Totes The
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  • 303 31 MANCHESTERS FINALS PRODUCE GOOD FIGHTS SOME good contests were witnessed at the semi-final and finals of the 1st Battalion, the Manchester Regiment’s individual boxing cham- i pionships at Tanglin 1 j One of the best bouts of the evening < was given by light-heavyweight champion Pte. Mitchell against the heavy
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  • 226 31 I.—Reuter. piGHTEEN-year-old Eric Boon, Cambridgeshire hlacksmth’s assstant, won the British lightweight title by knocking out Dave Crowley, of London, Irt the 13th round of the scheduled 15 round bout at llarrlngay Boon thus wins the title at his first attempt. The performance was all the more
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  • 270 31 Fine Display On 5. C. C. Courts IfUKULJEVIC proved how low the actual standard of tennis In Singapore is when he played non-stop for over an hour and a half last week and was never on the losing side. He was never extended and was
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  • 52 31 —Reuter. London, Dec. 14. James Dear won the British open squash title, beating A. H. Biddle 6—9, 9—1, 9—2, 9—6. Dear won hU first match last week by three games to two. The Egyptian Amir Bey. who was holder of the title for five years did not
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  • 64 31 Trial caps were awarded at Cambridge by the President, A. Burrough, and the two crews which have been rowing unchanged for about a week have been settled in their present order. There are seven old Trial caps hi the two crews. Massey-Oreene, Tum- bull, and Smith,
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  • 18 31 —Reuter. In the FA Cup second round replay, Mansfield and Halifax drew 1—3 after extra time.—Reuter.
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  • 1605 32 Surprise results in Saturday’s Home league matches have brought c hanges in the league positions, particularly in the second division. Fulham has dropped down to fifth position now and Blackburn head the teams. There are only two points between the first six teams. In
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  • 185 32 Home rugby union results on Saturday were: Probables 15; Possibles 19 Bath 0; Bridgend 0. Bedford 21; Aldershot Scr. 5. Birkenhead P 12; London Scot. 9. Coventry 3; Sale 6. Devonport 10; Plymouth A 15. Harlequins 3; Cardiff 21. Leicester 14; Rosslyn P. 5. London Welsh 0; Aberavon
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  • 59 32 Reuter. At Thurstons Hall. London, Joe Davis made a world record snooker break of 138, during a Gold Cup match with Alec Brown, beating his own record of 137. It was the 89th century break of Davis’ career. The break comprised eleven blacks, one pink, two
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  • 310 32 GOAL EACH IN FAST HOCKEY NEGRI and Malacca shared tw jroals in the state hockey maw, played at Malacca on Ss<tur<|» Fast hockey was played before large crowd but on a sii,, lv .n ground. Malacca had the territorial advanta** in the first half, but the
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  • 397 32 piGHT fans had more than their money’s worth at Singapore revered stadium on Friday. Seldom has such fighting been seen in Singapore. The absence of Ventura Marquez and Som Pong who were billed for a title contest did not in the least spoil
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  • The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT
    • 603 1 But Little Interest In Share Market FRASER AND COMPANY’S WEEKLY REVIEW l\ a weekly report on the share market, issued at the close of business on Dec. 20, Fraser and Company write:— It, cannot be said that the news received from all parts during
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    • 152 1 Wasteful Methods In Johore “THE Johore Government has been driven to discourage the planting ol tapioca on account of the wasteful methods practised by cultivators. stated a letter from the Johore Government considered at the half-yearly annual meeting of the Johore Planters’ Association at Rengam. “The question
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    • 337 1 —Reuter. New York, Dec. 20. following quotations were those ruling when tne Stock Excnange closed today DOW-JONES AVERAGES Yesterday's Today's Close Close Changes 30 Industrials 150.38 150.46 up .08 20 Halls 30.24 30.09 off .15 15 Utilities 22.11 21.86 off .25 40 Bonds 89.30 89.19 off .11
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    • 115 1 From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec 8 ll/|R R. S. Chantler, who was general manager of United Patanl Estates Ltd Sungei Patanl. Kedah and president of the United Planting Association of Malaya when he retired from the East in 1936. Is to make
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    • 164 1 Singapore, Dec. 21, 12 noon. Buyers Seilers Gambler 7.50 Hamburg Cube $13.50 Java Cube $12 00 Pepper White Muntok $11.75 White $11.25 Black 8.12V 2 Copra Mixed $3.00 Sun Dried $3.30 So go Flour No 1 Lingga $2 18! i $2 18'/ 2 Fair $2 17*/ a
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    • 109 1 «From Our Own Correspondent) London Dec. 19 British Empire "A” 18 6 British Empire T 3 9 3 British Empire Cumulative 14 0 Btitish Empire C’prehonsive 14 6 British General “A” 17 9xd British General "B 16 0 British General “C 14 3 Gold Producers First 25
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    • 50 1 Datn Spot Oer. Jan.-Mar Apr.-Juno Julv-8opt. London 15 28'h 28'. 28 28 28 7 8 16 28 28 28'• 28 4 28 8 19 28', 28', 28',. 28 29 8 on 2828'.- 28 28 7 29'. 8‘. M 28'- 28', 28', 28 1 29 8 1/16
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    • 195 2 November Figure 46,048 Tons: Stocks Fall 15,000 Tons (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 14. CONSUMPTION of rubber in America in Novemr ber exceeded the most optimistic estimates and at 46,048 tons was the highest for any month since June 1937 when it
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    • 150 2 Only 368 Tons Sold THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce 1 Rubber Association held its 1,412th auction on Dec. 14 when of 938,902 lb. (419.15 tons) catalogued. 872,717 lb. <389.60 tons) was offered and 824,807 lb. (368.22 tons) was sold. London spot 8d. New York soot 15T4* cents.
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    • 117 2 Estate And Native Ratio Fixed < Amsterdam, Dec. 1. THE Netherlands Indies People’s Council has adopted by 35 votes to 14 the draft decree providing for the regulation of rubber restriction In the Netherlands Indies for the period 1939-43. No alterations were made to the draft,
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    • 100 2 Straits Times cable. HIGHER DIVIDENDS FOR SMALL OUTPUT (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 16. ADDRESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of Malayan Tin Dredging Ltd. here today, Mr. C. V. Stephens, the chairman, eulogised the Tin Control Scheme’s protection of producers’ interests during the period of
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    • 119 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 8. A REDUCTION of the capital of the Gunong Pari Rubber Estates. Ltd. trom £200,000 to £61,993 was approved by Mr. Justice Bennett in the Chancery Division today. Mr. M. L. Gedge, for the company, stated that the reduction was
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    • 50 2 JNREDGES one and two of Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging were closed down during the first half of December as the carry-over stock was completed. Dredge three worked for 297 hours, treated 61.000 cublic yards and produced 120 piculs of ore in the first half of this month.
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    • 894 2 Rising Consumption In (J,s,. Stocks Falling Sharply N a weekly report on the r market, issued on Dec. 15, Stanton Nelson and Co. Ltd., write:— The plain speaking, which has taken place during the past few days on both sides of the Atlantic, seems likely to
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    • 68 2 Amsterdam. Nov 27. TTHE view is gaining ground in Dutc. tea quarters that the Internationa Tea Committee will cut the expo quota for the year 1939-40 by 5 per cc Although the Committee, under new regulation, may fix the Q uot
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    • 37 2 THE price of ruboer for purpose assessment to export duty in F.M.S. from Dec. 9 to Dec. 15, inclusi has been determined at 27 1 ct tte a pound, states a Government Ga/ notification.
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    • 221 3 -Straits Times cable. Outside Production Use Of Substitutes Stimulated (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 15. N view of the increasing activity in the tinplate and motor trades n the United States, the Financial Jews anticipates that consumption f tin, which exceeded
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    • 142 3 —Reuter. Financial Recovery Making Rapid Progress Paris, Dec. 19. TODAY was almost an historic day for rentes which rose four to seven points. The foreign situation recently had affected the market but the fact that Sgr. Mussolini’s speech yesterday did not refer to colonial demands inclined the
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    • 135 3 During the week ending Dec. 10, exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 24.691 cases, of which: 18.074 (73 per cent) cases were to the United Kingdom. 1,700 (7 per cent) cases to the Continent of Europe, 3.980 <l6 per cent) cases to Canada,
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    • 518 3 MANURES CAUSE GOOD IMPROVEMENT A DDRESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of Alor Gajah Rubber Estates Ltd., in Singapore on Tuesday, Mr. H. S. Russell, the chairman, said:— Before proceeding with the business of the meeting I desire to make reference to the retirement from the Board
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    • Correspondence.
      • 228 3 To the Editor of the Straits Times. jgIR,— Discussing the preparation of s land for planting, your planting correspondent in your issue of Dec. 3, puts forward a practice of his own of cutting one to two foot platforms on steep hillsides, in which to cut the
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      • 280 3 Rubber Controller Explains REVISED IN LIGHT OF PROVED CROPS To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—I have the honour to refer to that portion of your leading article of Dec 14 dealing with the revision of the standard production of holdings in 1937. The inference suggested therein is
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    • 603 3 SMOKEHOUSE RUBBER DESTROYED BY FIRE “FINANCIAL POSITION SATISFACTORY” PAJAM ANNUAL MEETING A DDRESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of Pajam Ltd., in Singapore on Tuesday, Mr. H. S. Russell, the chairman, said:— The profit for the year amounted to $101,277.12. which, with the sum brought forward from the previous year
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    • 1032 4 Business Expansion Requires Several New Buildings AIR SERVICE LOSS DEFRAYED FROM SPECIAL RESERVE CONSIDER the profit for the year ($683,420) is quite satisfactory” declared Mr. C. F. F. Wearne, chairman, when addressing shareholders at the annual meeting of Wearne Brothers Ltd. in Singapore on Saturday.
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    • 72 4 ni'BRER export rights for the firsi quarter of next year are to be issued to producers at the rate of 47 1 per cent, of one-quarter of standard production, states an official announcement by the Controller of Rubber. The international rate of release is 50 per
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    • 255 4 i Classification In Johore THE classification of land alienated for rubber planting was defined in a letter from the Commissioner of Lands. Johore, and read at the halfyearly meeting of the Johore Planters’ Association by the acting-chairman. Mr W. Miller Mackay. The terms under which land was
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    • 53 4 -Reuter THE following crops of rubber were 1 harvested in November:— lb. Brunei 23,886 Bukit Timah 7,611 Changkat 22^22 Haytor 9 935 Indragiri 81,089 Lunas 26,150 Nyalas 27,800 Tapah 55,233 Ulu Pandan 2.443 New York, Dec. 19. A provisional trade agreement between the United States and Turkey
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    • 186 4 DIVIDEND OF FOFi> PER CENT. NET profit of $23,548 was e.™ A ed by Malaka Pinda r„v?' Estates LM. in the y ea r e„ded fomardwasSfjoTrkin^ °f $55,338. The profit arne d? lie preceding year was $96,804 As already announced th» directors recommend a dividend of
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    • 98 4 in process of formation.—Straits Times cable. GOLD-DREDGING AREA IN AUSTRALIA <From Our Own Correspondent.! London. Dec. 19. T'HE directors of Tronoh Finance Corporation Ltd. in which Tronoh Mines. Ltd.. Sungei Besi Mines Ltd and Ayer Hitam Tin Dredging Ltd. are the principal shareholders, have issued a circular
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    • 77 4 TTHE directors of Sungei Buaya Rubber Company Ltd. have recommended a dividend of 6 per cent, for the year ended Sept. 30 last. A sum of £11.500 has been transferred to reserves and the carry-forward will be €10.765 The directors of Ampat Rubber Estate Ltd. have recommended a
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    • 1183 5 Issued By Fraser And Co., EXCHANGE AND STOCK BROKERS. Singapore, Dec. 21, 10 a.m. MINING Issue Val. Buyers Seller* 4/- Ampat Tin 3/7% 4/1% £1 Asam Kumbang 2a/- 30/-n. £1 Austral Malay 43/- 47/-n. 5/- Ayer Hitam 32/- 23 6 1 Ayer Weng 0.60 0.65 £1 Bangrln
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    • 42 5 THE official price of tin in Singapore on Dec. 15 was $lO9.02>/ 2 per picul of 133 1/rd lb.; on Dec. 16, $110.50; on Dec 17 $110.25; on Dec. 19, $109.50; on Dec.’20. $109.62V 2 on Dec. 21, $110.
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    • 376 5 Gilt-Edged Continue Easier London, Dec. 20. AN the Stock Exchange today the steady undertone persisted In most groups In spite of very quiet trading. Gilt-edged were an exception and continued to drift lower owing to further year-end taxation selling. Cable and Wireless stocks eased In sympathy with
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    • 350 5 w (From Our Own Corresponderit.) Mfll&ccE Doc. 18. THAT they looked forward to him putting their case before 1 the proper quarters in Britain, with a view to improvement of working conditions was one of the hopes expressed by members of the
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    • 31 5 .--British Wireless. London, Dec. 14. rE weekly Treasury returns show that the total ordinary revenue for the financial year to date amounts to £457,674,905 exclusive of self-balancing revenue.—British Wireless.
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    • 137 5 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, Dee. 20. 5 p.m. Aooti rouu tor company Oitidan* Oloat Date Bl Dtr QnaodaJ rmt Tm “avable Hate w' Hong Kong Tin 5% final less tax Dec 30 Dec. 19 20% Killlnghall 2%% final lew tax Dec. 30 Dec. 19 15% Southern Kinta
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