The Straits Budget, 5 January 1939
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Title Section31 1939-01-05 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES I ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY J No. 4221. SINGAPORE. THURSDAY. JANUARY 3, 1939. Price 25 cts., (S.S. Currency) or 7d31 words
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Article868 1939-01-05 1 ii'HITE wings of sailing craft spread- ing to the breeze: sinews of wiry Chinese taut as they bend to the oars ,f their Teochew fishing boats; smilingi happy faces of Malay boys diving and swimming and walking the greasy boom, showing all th e aquatic prowess868 words
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Article, Illustration77 1939-01-05 1 J 1 hartley S^ the Singapore Municipal Commissioners, Mr. William ('iplinp,', Wanting the challenge cup for the best turned out and disFridaii' r lns^ n to Mr. L. A. Marcus, superintendent of D Division at Brit/adr n*u V by the Municipal Corps of the St. John Ambulance-Straits Times picture. - 77 words
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Article, Illustration65 1939-01-05 1 The Singapore New Year Sea Sports were a grand success, Thousands of people of many races, chiefly Malays, watched splendid racing held in ideal conditions With pleasing informality the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, cruised on the harbour watching the events. Here he is snapped by a65 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article623 1939-01-05 2 in men and material. —Straits Times. Dec. 29 China has rejected, with a 1 ull> Justified measure of contempt, the offer made by Prince Konoye, the Japanese Prime Minister, for a settlement of the war in China. The declaration, as General Chiang Kaishek has said, was much morein men and material.—Straits Times. Dec. 29 - 623 words
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Article353 1939-01-05 2 —Straits Times, Dec. 29. The controversy over the employment of girls as waitresses in coffeeshops. which arose in Singapore and other Malayan towns a few years ago when this was still an entirely novel and startling proposal, comes to mind in connection with a suggestion made by a—Straits Times, Dec. 29. - 353 words
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Article930 1939-01-05 2 -Straits Times, Dec. 30 In a letter written in reply to our leading article of Dec. 14, Mr. J. J. Sheehan, the Controller of Rubber, asked us to take the earliest opportunity to correct a false impression which must remain in ihc minds of readers as a result-Straits Times, Dec. 30 - 930 words
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Article273 1939-01-05 3 Straits Times. Dec. 30. 0 e of the most noticeable things which strikes the motorist who is driv■m on Singapore island for the first or he who is doing so after a spell d riv ing abroad, is the almost com°Dle t e absence of helpful signs. WeStraits Times. Dec. 30. - 273 words
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Article756 1939-01-05 3 for the time being.—-Straits Times, Dec. 31. Alter listening to so much exaggerated wailing from people who appear to have nothing more help!ul to offer than sweeping denunciation on the grounds of unpreparedness and unconcern, it is refreshing to be able to point to the annual report of thefor the time being.—-Straits Times, Dec. 31. - 756 words
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Article378 1939-01-05 3 by the employer.—Straits Times, Dec. 31. The movement towards Sunday holidays and annual leave is likely to gather headway in Malaya in 1939, and it is to be hoped that the estate clerk will not be left behind, for recent correspondence in the Straits Times has shownby the employer.—Straits Times, Dec. 31. - 378 words
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Article1094 1939-01-05 3 foreign affairs Straits Times, Jan. 3 New Year Honours announced today are notable for the inclusion in the lists of names which were expected to appear a considerable time ago. That applies to both the Home and the local awards. We do not propose to specify theforeign affairs Straits Times, Jan. 3 - 1,094 words
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Article771 1939-01-05 4 —Straits Times, Jan. 4. Ac the last meeting of the Singa-1 pore Municipal Commissioners, several references were made to the resignation of Mr. S. Q. Wong. Quite rightly, those references were i worded with the utmost discretion. and it is our aim to follow that example—Straits Times, Jan. 4. - 771 words
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Article315 1939-01-05 4 blems in future.—Straits Times, Jan 4. With the passing of 1938 the F.M.S. Transport Board has completed its first year, and this milestone should not be passed without some public tribute to the remarkably satisfactory, expeditious and comprehensive work done by this new authority. Residents of Singaporeblems in future.—Straits Times, Jan 4. - 315 words
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Article136 1939-01-05 4 Angry Panther In Private Zoo (From Our Own Correspondent > Johore Bahru, Jan. 4 THI£ Tungku Mahkota, the Regent was attacked by a Siamese panther while on his usual visit of inspection to his private zoo yesterday. He received claw and teeth marks on his left arm.136 words
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Article132 1939-01-05 4 New Appointment Announced ■THE appointment of a district officer for Cameron Highlands is announced in the F.M.S. Government Gazette. Mr. A. N. Goode, M.C.S., is the first to hold the new appointment. The intention to appoint a district officer for the Highlands was announced by132 words
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Article49 1939-01-05 4 THE marriage took place at Exmouth. Devon, on Dec. 22. of Mrs. Georgina Mary Furnivall, widow of Dr. H. W. Furnivall. M. 8., formerly of the Malayan Medical Service, with Mr Joseph Alexander Kirkpatrick, son of Lt.-Col. and Mrs. T. D. Kirkpatrick, of Budleigh Salterton.49 words
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Article25 1939-01-05 4 Mr. P. C. B. Newington, of the Great Eastern Life Assurance Company. Singapore, left for Penang on transfer on Tuesday.25 words
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NOTES Of The DAY
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Article298 1939-01-05 5 fT one thing to read about the •iu(*l treatment of the Jews in far- Germany, but it is quite an- tuer thing to see the results of that rudtv in the streets of Singapore, as l n ow doing once or twice a when liners pass through with liuu298 words
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Article261 1939-01-05 5 REARING some people singing carols in a house near mine on Christmas Day. and enjoying it too. I fell to thinking how rarely singing enters into the lives oi English people nowadays. It wus not always thus. Open any volume oi Pepys’ diary and you will soon And261 words
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Article227 1939-01-05 5 YESTERDAY there was a reference in this column to the capture of a Portuguese galleon by an English ship In the Straits of Malacca in 1592, but space did not permit of my stating what the English seamen took out ot their prize. This ship was on her227 words
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Article231 1939-01-05 5 looking the other day at the collection of portraits and letters of Sir Stamford Raffles which is displayed in the entrance hall of Raffles Museum. I noticed for the first time a letter which struck me as being a masterpiece of official diplomacy. This is a letter written231 words
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Article217 1939-01-05 5 IN view of recent correspondence in the Straits Times it is worth pointing out that China and India are the only countries where the Jewish race was treated so tolerantly in the past that it lost its clear-cut identity and eventually died out altogether, I have no information217 words
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Article185 1939-01-05 5 HAVE not finished with the Bunga Telang yet. Since I last mentioned the local custom of colouring “pulut” rice with the blue flowers of this creeper I have learnt that it is believed to have another useful property. “If the flowers are soaked in a little brandy,” writes185 words
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Article92 1939-01-05 5 AJIUSLIM readers will chuckle over a story told in a book published in London last month. “A Servant Of The Empire.” being the recollections of the late Mr. Harry Boyle, a British diplomat in Egypt. The story Is that when the Russian fleet visited Egyptian waters on the92 words
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Article285 1939-01-05 5 OINCE we nave been visited this week by Mrs. Alfred Holt, widow of the youngest son of the founder of the Blue Funnel line it Is interesting to recall a little-known association of Singapore with the early history of this line. Plying for many years between Singapore and285 words
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Article241 1939-01-05 5 more interesting to presentday Singaporeans however, is Mrs. Holt’s family link with the early Settlement. Hei grandfather was Mr. J T. Thomson, wh) was Government Surveyor here for 15 years, leaving in 1856, and who wrote two of the most informative books that we possess about life and241 words
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Article220 1939-01-05 5 IN the early forties In the Colony Mr. Thomson lived as a boarder with a Eurasian family (I believe in Penang) and he has left a very pleasant glimpse of life in that household. The language is a little oldfashioned. but as a description of normal domestic life,220 words
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Article166 1939-01-05 6 pROM a cotton piece goods report issued by a Japanese firm in Toklo and received in Singapore a few days ago: “Berlin to Tokyo! German goodwill flier 'Condor’ has spanned the expance between the two alleged nations within two days!" Herr Ooerlng and the other he-men of the166 words
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Article195 1939-01-05 6 AN unusual appeal for Christmas gifts received by the Straits Times was from the superintendent of the Bllibld prison, Manila. But Manila is a long way away, and we can hardly be blamed for thinking that this was a case for repeating the old adage about charity beginning195 words
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Article191 1939-01-05 6 gOME days ago I wrote of the British soldiers' grave at Rassak, outside Seremban. and speculated as to whether the name of their regiment, the Tenth Foot, was carried on by any regiment in the Army today. Evidence that that Is the case is now to hand, in191 words
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Article65 1939-01-05 6 J KEEP on spelling ikan sembilang wrongly In this column, because I have supposed hitherto that the name had something to do with the number of spikes on its back. This is incorrect, and there Is a Anal g in the name. 1 was also Incorrect in speaking of65 words
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Article45 1939-01-05 6 T° Mr Punch’s list of impending apologies must be added one from a Singapore morning contemporary, which, in reporting a practice match of the Batavia hockey team recently, added this unfortunate remark: "Several Dutchmen of both sexes were present at the trial game yesterday.45 words
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Article236 1939-01-05 6 |”HAVE found a poem about the tulip tree. I am not cure whether it is the same as our tulip tree in Singapore, which comes from the African tropics and has bunches of bright orange flowers at the ends of its branches, but our tree answers to the236 words
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Article149 1939-01-05 6 has been written recently about the famous kris of the Selangor court, Berok Berayun, but I don t think that the following story (a true one) has yet appeared In print. The late Sultan of Selangor attended a King’s Birthday ball at Carcosa, and was followed everywhere, as149 words
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Article221 1939-01-05 6 a NOTEWORTHY contribution 'to chichology reaches me from an estate at Port Dickson. I suppose planters have devoted more time to studying the chichak than any other class oi Malayan inhabitants, because they finish work at two p.m. and thereafter have nothing to do except read the Straits221 words
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Article130 1939-01-05 6 AN Indian reader in Singapore sends an extract from the Japanese newspaper Chugai Shogyo which has made him laugh very loudly and which he thinks will have the same effect cn others. I agree, so here it is. with ifly correspondent's italics Apparently some foreign powers are labouring130 words
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Article53 1939-01-05 6 MR c. H. PICKWORTH, of Preece, IVI Cardew, and Ryder, consulting electrical engineers to the Crown Agents for the Colonies, left Singapore in the P. and O. liner Corfu. Mr. Pickworth has been advising the Singapore Harbour Board in regard to the construction of their new mechanical53 words
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Article254 1939-01-05 6 Planter’s Sentence Remitted SEQUEL TO FATAL CAR CRASH (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 30. A WARRANT of release, signed by the Sultan of Selangor and Mr. S. W. Jones, the British Resi. dent of Selangor, reached Mr. W. B. R. Rudgard, 31-year old planter,254 words
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76 1939-01-05 6 THE death took place suddenly from heart failure on Saturday of CaDt. James Cecil Leighton. He was 80 years old. Capt. Leighton was at one time Secretary to the Straits Merchant Service Guild and retired several years ago. He is survived by his widow,76 words
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318 1939-01-05 6 A RAFFLES INSTITUTION schoolMax Menahem, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. S. N Menahem, of Singapore, was marnf M^c M 1 Raohel Leiah. daughter rSi^h S A if lah al d the late Mr s r? f sln Bapor6 at Maghaln Aboth Synagogue on318 words
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Article139 1939-01-05 7 Mr S L King. M.C.S., has taken up du ty as' Protector of Chinese. Kedah. Mr Justice Kellagher has been seconded for service in Kedah as European Judge Thc lollowing have left for Home In 111 aicia Mr J. A. van Weeghel. Mr Mr. O. Anderson d139 words
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Article62 1939-01-05 7 rLLOWING the appointment of Mr. K. C Giggins to the head office of the company in London, the directors have appointed Mr. P. H. Steed, who is in Singapore, as manager of the General Electric Co.. Ltd., in Malaya. Mr E G. Hebditch has62 words
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98 1939-01-05 7 A PROMINENT M. C. S. man of last century. Sir Edward Marsh Merewether. died in England last week, according to Reuter. Sir Edward, who began his career in the Colonial Service as a Straits cadets in 1880 subsequently became British Resident. Selangor. He left98 words
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Article127 1939-01-05 7 MOVEMENTS of officers in the F.M.S. ifl Volunteer Force are announced in the F M.s. Government Gazette as follows: Lieut. H. Scott Ram appointed Acting Captain: Lieut. H. A. Rofe promoted to the rank of Captain; Lieut. (A/Capt.) A. T. Newboult, M.C.. promoted to the rank of Captain;127 words
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DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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Article21 1939-01-05 7 «*a*v a no and 25 at Sin e a P° re E* Papers pl'eafe co”"™ UpC0U -he General f,™’’ Reng8m21 words
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Article35 1939-01-05 7 MarJon^noI^S 1 ““H*®*®* between Mrs w re^; 4 °S Y daughter of Mr. and anh tak h of Bexhill, Sussex, of Mr h 5 Henry (Jack), only son Kent. H M Abbott of Bromley.35 words
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Article285 1939-01-05 7 Leaders— Japan’s Fears 2 Rubber Over Export 2 Achievement 3 The Honours List 3 Public and Private Lives 4 Telegrams— Covering past week’s news 25—28 Pictorial Section 17—20 Financial Supplement— Financial and Commercial News to date, following page 32 Malayan General News—“No Politics Appeal By Municipal Commissioner 9 Ambulance285 words
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183 1939-01-05 7 A WORLD figure in the rubber industry, Mr. J. G. Hay, managing director of Guthrie and Company, has been knighted in the New Year’s Honours List, reports Reuter. Sir John Hay is generally considered to be the architect of the rubber regulation scheme. He is183 words
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Article200 1939-01-05 7 C. B. For Air ViceMarshal THE Companionship of the Order of the Bath has been awarded to the Air Officer Commanding, Royal Air Force, Far East, Air ViceMarshal J. T. Babington. He was awarded the D.S.O. in 1015 for his part in the bombing raids200 words
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Article, Illustration2244 1939-01-05 8 TWO NEW MALAYAN KNIGHTS IN NEW YEAR’ S HONOURS Colonial Secretary And S. S. Chief Justice Head List K.C.M.G. FOR SULTAN OF PERAK: MALAY OFFICIALS DECORATED THE Colonial Secretary, .Mr. V. S. Small and the Chief Jus- tice, Straits Settlements, Mr I\ A. McElwaine, K.C., head the Malayan New Year’s2,244 words
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Article, Illustration999 1939-01-05 9 High Tributes To Mr. S. Q. Wong For 17 Years’ Public Work PRESIDENT REFERS TO JAPANESE CEMENT CONTROVERSY A PLEA that the peace and harmony of Singapore should be preserved from “the destructive influences of political Questions or racial issues was made by Mr.999 words
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483 1939-01-05 9 Tribute To Dr. Webster’s Work At Meeting TRIBUTE to the fine work of Dr. J. S. Webster, chairman of the committee of the Singapore centre of the St. John Ambulance Association, was paid by Dr. R. D. Fitzgerald, Director of Medical Services, at the annual general483 words
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Article48 1939-01-05 9 FLECTRICAL meter fixers of the Sin* gapore Municipality are to wear uniforms carrying some distinctive marking or badge to show that they are employees of the Electricity Department. A decision to supply the uniforms free was confirmed at a meeting of the Commissioners48 words
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123 1939-01-05 9 Recommendation for the abolition of the minimum charge for electricity w* uld not be made ;or another six months at least, announced the Municipal President, Mr. W. Bartley, at the meeting of the Municipal Commissioners Mr. S. B. Tan had asked if the123 words
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Article226 1939-01-05 9 Two Senior Municipal Officers Retiring: TRIBUTES to Mr. K. O. M. Fraser. Municipal Engineer, and Mr. E. W. P. Fulcher, Municipal Electrical Engineer, who retired tarly last month, were paid by Mr. E. A. Brown at the meeting of Singapore Municipal Commissioners Referring to them226 words
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Correspondence
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Article1020 1939-01-05 10 Democratic Heritage Of British Subjects To the Editor of the Strait* Times. t Sir, —Whatever views one may have j of recent letters on constitutional reform in the Colony Press, it is a sense of Justice, and not of disloyalty, that inspires them. The question at Issue1,020 words
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Article88 1939-01-05 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. 81r,—-We celebrated last Sunday the birthday of a Jewish Child. Could i there be a more fitting time at which. in His Name and for His Sake, to make a gift for the relief of His tortured fellow-countrymen who are passing88 words
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Article687 1939-01-05 10 Suggestions For The Future are fares too HIGH NOW? To the Editor of the Straits Times. Six, The loss of over $71,000 sustained by Wearne’s Air Services, Ltdin the past year represents a monthly loss of $6,000. or a daily loss of $200 The directors have shown687 words
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Article160 1939-01-05 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. 81r,—There are a few men born in this world for whom we should have great respect, men who gladly court un popularity to uphold Justice and fairplay. Mr. T. R. Hubback and Mr. John Hands are two of the above type.160 words
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Article270 1939-01-05 10 Royal Singapore Golf Club MR. SIME CHUCKLES To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—I have noted with supreme pleasure that the Singapore Golf Club has been a Royal Charter. This would have been granted 20 years ago, but for an amusing incident which happened late in270 words
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Article751 1939-01-05 11 The Budak Malayu In. Future UP-COUNTRY VIEW To the Editor of the Strotto Timeo Sir -All who have this country’s and )ti inhabitants’ Interests at heart must have been Impressed by the convinclnn clarity of Mr. V. AmMavatart 'murks concerning some of the out- muimg phenomena751 words
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Article433 1939-01-05 11 t Malay Race Wants Closure GOVT. EMPLOYMENT To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—In his reply to your correspondent “Abemelayu” referred to a Malayan Government deputation which is proceeding to India to arrange for a regular supply of Indian labourers, and advised the Malays to take433 words
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Article244 1939-01-05 11 Sir A. Young And Its Origin To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,—In the Straits Budget of Nov. 10 the Ven. Archdeacon Graham White is reported to have stated at the general meeting of the Children’s Aid Society, that the late Sir Arthur Young was the244 words
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Article245 1939-01-05 11 Ceylonese Warning To Singapore To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. —As a Ceylonese with some knowledge of what has been going on in Ceylon. I should like to sound a word of warning to Indians. Eurasians. Ceylonese and other minority groups in Singapore. Council245 words
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Article333 1939-01-05 11 Estate Conditions And Billets To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Hats off to “Orang Puteh” for his letter. Would to heavens men of his type were the rule rather than the exception among planters Ana new a word to the members of the Asiatic Staffs Association.333 words
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Article298 1939-01-05 11 Plea For Serious Study Of Civic Affairs To the Editor of the Straits Times. 8ir, —The little franchise for municipal elections enjoyed by a number of local associations has been accompanied by a revival of civic interest recently. It Is very much to the good that keen public298 words
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411 1939-01-05 12 Big Retrenchment Justified? Ask Critics (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 29. (REPORTS of dismissals of European and other staff from dredge mines in Perak and Selangor have perturbed certain sections of the public in the Federal Capital. “Are mining companies justified in411 words
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Article434 1939-01-05 12 OUT OF AMERICAN EXPOSITIONS JHROUGH bad luck, rather than mismanagement, Malaya is going to be left in the cold at both the New York and San Francisco Expositions. Although the Netherlands Indies. French Indo-China, Johore and some of the British Dominions are exhibiting lavishly434 words
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85 1939-01-05 12 FOLLOWING have been appointed to r serve on the Johore Rubber Regulation Assessment Committee in 1939 Deputy Controller of Rubber (Chairman), Tungku Abu Bakar, Chairman, Johore Planters’ Association (exofficio), Da to S. Q. Wong, Mr. D. G. A. Fraser, Mr. B. J. R. Barton, Major85 words
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240 1939-01-05 12 fONVICTED on two counts .of causing death by negligent n, rivl "£> C. Burgoyne-Johnson, 25-year-old lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, Changi, was fined $250 on each of the two charges by the District Judge, Mr. L. B. Gibson, in the Singapore Criminal District Court.240 words
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Article, Illustration183 1939-01-05 12 MR. Lim Kok Ann, of Raffles Institution, Singapore, who has won the Queen’s Scholarship, will leave for Cambridge to study medicine in August next. Mr. Kok Ann is the son of Mr Lim Kho Leng, M.A., B. Comm. (Edin.), one of the few Chinese183 words
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40 1939-01-05 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Dec. 30. CINCE the outbreak of the SinoJapanese conflict, more than $5,400,000 (Chinese currency) has been remitted to the China Distress Relief Fund by the Chinese community in Perak.40 words
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Article83 1939-01-05 12 (By Our Indian Correspondent.) PROM inquiries made in Singa- pore and in Kuala Lumpur, it is understood that, if Dr. S. R. Krishnan is not able to go to India as a member of the Malayan Governments' delegation. Mr. S. Veerasamy. Registrar, Supreme Court. Kuala83 words
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81 1939-01-05 12 To secure greater co-operation and to strengthen Chinese Chamber of Commerce bodies in Malaya, representatives of the Chinese Chambers of Commerce in Singapore, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur and Penang will consider, at a meeting on Jan. 8 in Ipoh, a proposal to form an Overseas Chinese81 words
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Article, Illustration670 1939-01-05 13 Aerial View Of Ladang Geddes estate roads with TRAFFIC SIGNS Fr.-m Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 28. r* an you picture two million trees planted at intervals so that they look like a gigantic immobile army of soldiers standing shoulder to >honlder V Those trees—Straits Times picture. - 670 words
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Article281 1939-01-05 13 by appearances.”—Straits Times Cablegram. P. O. Reply To Singapore Writer WHY “CANTON” IS NOT BRIGHTER (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 27. A WRITER in the Straits Times recently, regretted that the colour scheme of the new P. and 0. from the funereal black hull and liner,by appearances.”—Straits Times Cablegram. - 281 words
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157 1939-01-05 13 Motion Before Next Meeting ‘“pHAT as a general principle the Commissioners are in favour, wherever possible, of purchasing only goods and products manufactured or produced within the British Empire and that any recommendation of a standing committee which involves the purchase of foreign goods or157 words
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Article219 1939-01-05 13 (From Our Own Correspondent. Muar, Dec. 28. A CHRISTMAS party was given at the Muar Civil Service Club at the invitation of Miss Nicolson, Miss Reeve Miss Grafton and Dr. R. Crawford. Among those present were:— Dato Abdul Kadir bin Daud (State Commissioner, Muar). Mr.219 words
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143 1939-01-05 13 A LLEGED to have pushed a bicycle along a railway track towards an approaching train and caused the driver to stop, a Chinese, Yeo Ah Koy. was bound over on a sum of $25 for six months on Dec. 28, in the Singapore Fifth143 words
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72 1939-01-05 13 CINGAPORE Chinese collected approximately $120,000 (Chinese) on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day by the sale of flowers in aid of the China Relief Fund. The sale, which was to commemorate the anniversary of the Yunnan revolution, covered all parts of Singapore. including places as far72 words
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Article244 1939-01-05 13 Salaries For Chairman And Directors (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 23. CALARIES of £1.500 a year for the chairman and of £1,000 a year for the directors, of a £3,000.000 rubber-growing company, AngloDutch Plantations of Java, Ltd., were agreed on at an extraordinary meeting of the shareholders244 words
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Article49 1939-01-05 13 'T'HE death has occurred of Mr. Aw Ban Chin, of Telok Kurau Road, at the age of 72. Mr. Aw was the proprietor of the Aw Chong Hing timber yards in Penang. He is survived by five sons, eight daughters and two grandchildren.49 words
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214 1939-01-05 14 Improvement Trust’s Big Scheme ACCOMMODATION at the Tiong Bahru flats erected by the Singapore Improvement Trust is to be doubled within the next 12 months. There will be another square of six blocks, with two other blocks as well. Tenders for the steelwork214 words
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162 1939-01-05 14 From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. Dec. 29 A MEETINO of the Board 0 f Visiting Justices. Seremban, was held yesterday at the Magistrate’s chambers at Seremban. The following roster of Visiting Justices was drawn up and pessed for 1939: January: The District Officer and162 words
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Article66 1939-01-05 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Dec. 2D. CHINESE workman was killed yesterday afternoon in Cross Street when an old beam of a house, which was being renovated, slipped and crushed his head. lie was working on a balcony ibout 20 feet above the road66 words
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179 1939-01-05 14 ALLEGATIONS that he was attacked by a gang of Chinese who had caught him in the act of stealing flowers, and that he sustained six broken ribs and an Injury to his head necessitating a three weeks’ stay in hospital, were made by179 words
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Article, Illustration62 1939-01-05 14 Accommodation at the Tiong Bahru flats erected by the Singapore improvement J rus s/o ivithin the next 12 months. There toill be another square of six Mocks, with t w 3 blic ders for the stee'work for the new flats have been accepted, it is62 words
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Article240 1939-01-05 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 30. Ijyiß. A J. ORATTAN-BELLEW. First iTI Magistrate, Kuala Lumpur, sentenced Tan Si San. a Chinese “boy” to one day’s imprisonment and a fine of $5O tor stealing a cheque for $25 from J O. Kiddle at the240 words
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287 1939-01-05 14 16 CHINESE GET ACQUITTAL |\ECIDING that the Sea View Hotel’s boys quarters was not a common gaming house, Mr. W. J. Thorogood, Singapore Relief Court Magistrate, acquitted 15 Hainanese on a charge of gaming in a common gaming house. “There is no doubt, however,287 words
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356 1939-01-05 14 S IR Richard Winstedt, formerly i General Adviser, Johore, and now Reader in Malay at the University of London, has published a new Malay manual which includes special vocabularies for soldiers and airmen. Sir Richard Winstedt gives, for instance, the phrase for put356 words
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Planting Topics
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1986 1939-01-05 15 R .R.I. PLANS PLANTERS LECTURES FOR NEXT YEAR District Associations Asked To Choose Subjects CO-OPERATION OF SCIENTISTS WITH ESTATE STAFFS By Our Planting Correspondent ,V a recent article 1 endeavoured P f or ward various ways m '"h’ planting knowledge was h m oled today in a way that “a1,986 words
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Article315 1939-01-05 15 Correspondence To the Editor of the Straits Times. OIR,—It was very good of Mr. H. J. Page to take the trouble to write from Port Said. I am glad he can say that, on the whole. I gave a fair summary of the views expressed in315 words
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65 1939-01-05 15 MEMBERS of the Board of Control for Public Halls have been re-elec-ted for 1939 as follows Mr. E. A. Brown, Mr. E. J. Bennett. Mr. Tay Llan Tcck, Mr. M. D. P. Ollrory and Mr. A. J. Braga. Mr. Ng Sen Choy has been65 words
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283 1939-01-05 16 Dr. A. L. Hoops’ Remarks On The Chinese Soldiers DEFERENCE to Dr. Lim Boon Keng’s son and nephew who are fighting in China was made by Dr. A. L. Hoops at the Singapore Rotary Club meeting They are doing thei r part283 words
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Article156 1939-01-05 16 Capt. J. Loveband Appointed PAPTAIN J. G. Y. LOVEBAND has been appointed Captain of the Dockyard, Deputy Superintendent and Kind’s Harbour Master, Singapore, in succession to Commander T. M. Brownrigg, who leaves for England in the near future. The date at which the new appointment will156 words
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156 1939-01-05 16 From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. Dec. 28. AS a sequel to an accident near Johore Bahru court building on Nov. 29. Seah Kim Swee, driver of a motor-van belonging to United Engineers. Singapore, was charged before Sheikh Abu Bakar. Second Magistrate, today, with156 words
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Article84 1939-01-05 16 THE wedding took place at St. John’s Church, Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday between Mr. Louis de Silva, of the Customs and Excise Department, Kuala Lumpur, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. S de Silva of Mount Lavlnla, Ceylon, and Miss Rita Catherine Fonseka. elder daughter of Mr. and84 words
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198 1939-01-05 16 Commissioner Advocates Better Control In Future SINGAPORE cyclists should not be allowed to remove the number plates on their bicycles and place them in obscure spots where they could not be properly distinguished by others, suggested Mr. E. A. Brown at a meeting of198 words
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Article58 1939-01-05 16 SPECIFICATIONS of an invention entitled “A rolling machine or device for rolling and finishing earthenware pipes made by hand moulding and the process of rolling thereof” from a Chinese merchant, Goh Siang Kow. of Kuala Lumpur, proprietor of Goh Ban Huat Pottery Work at Segamat, have been58 words
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Article228 1939-01-05 16 Selangor Ruler’s Decision (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 30. REPAIRED and brightly burnished for the Coronation of Sultan Alam Shah on Jan. 26, the Selangor Crown Jewels are soon to be displayed to the public in the window of a Kuala Lumpur jeweller’s shop,228 words
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95 1939-01-05 16 THE President of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners was surprised on Friday when “so many Commissioners” attended the last meeting oi the year. I must say,” he remarked, that I anticipated an emptier room.” Five chairs at the half-circle table of Commissioners were vacant. They belonged to95 words
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Article, Illustration279 1939-01-05 16 It/lISS Elizabeth Helen Hunter Cairns, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Cairns, of The Biggs, Blackford, Perthshire, and Mr. Alastair McKenzie, a Johore rubber planter only son of Mr. Alick McKenzie and the late Mrs. McKenzie of Tebong Estate, Malacca, were married at•—Straits Times picture. - 279 words
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Advertisement23 1939-01-05 16 f: *•7*1 BIG REDUCTIONS! WATCHES, FIELD GLASSES, CAMERAS. SUN-GLASSES, ETC., AT ATTRACTIVE PRirvc ELLISON S. EZEKIEL CO. OPTICIANS WATCHMAKERS PHOTOGRAPHIC DEALERS ONLY ADDRESS23 words
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Article, Illustration477 1939-01-05 17 j'HE Police Creche. Sin- gap. re is for] children o f policemen's ivivcs who are in hospital II and unable to look 1 alter theii kiddies 1 The picture abovi shows some of th t children at p ay ABOVE: In the play pen, the kiddies477 words
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822 1939-01-05 21 The Average Young Chinese Wife Resents The Prudery That Clothes The Subject Of Birth Control. To Her It Is A Vital Problem —By Orang Sebrang THE older generation of Chinese give pleasant names to unpleasant things and studiously avoid direct discussion of intimate problems, such822 words
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253 1939-01-05 21 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Dee. 30. A reassuring statement has been issued by Dr. V. W. W. S. 1 Purcell, Protector of Chinese, Penang, following completion of his inquiry into the grievances of Penang ricksha pullers who went on strike for two days early253 words
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Article110 1939-01-05 21 Expected To Foliow Mr. Lowinger NEW POSTS FOR EX-RESIDENT (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 29. M R G. E. Cator, former British Resident of Perak, who has been appointed Malayan Agent in London; will, it is believed, also succeed Mr. V. A. Lowinger110 words
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Article170 1939-01-05 21 Chinese Lorry Driver Fined $40 rtRIGINALLY on trial on charges of causing death by negligent driving and causing hurt, a young Chinese motor-lorry driver, Tan Hock Eng, was convicted on a charge of driving in a dangerous manner and fined $40, by Mr. L. B. Gibson,170 words
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153 1939-01-05 21 k STRONG committee representing the various Chinese communities In Singapore has been elected to manage the new Chinese High School, it has been named Chung Ching High School, the school name of General Chiang Kai-shek. The chairman of the committee is Mr. Aw Boon Haw;153 words
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Article, Illustration337 1939-01-05 22 Mr. C. Vlieland First Holder Of Special Civil Post SPEEDING-UP COMPLETION OF PLANS ONE OF PRINCIPAL OBJECTS A NEW appointment—Secretary for Defence, Malaya has been created by the Malayan Governments. Mr. A. Vlieland, M.C.S.,*has been selected as the first holder of the post. The new337 words
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Article163 1939-01-05 22 Chinese Lorry Driver Fined For Negligence MR HAROLD D ROBISON, American Trade Commissioner in Singapore, was complainant in a case last week before the Singapore Traffic Magistrate, Mr. C. H. Whitton. when a Chinese lorry-driver, Lim Boon Leong, was summoned lor negligent driving. Mr. Robison related163 words
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80 1939-01-05 22 SINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners disapproved by a majority a request that the annual tax of $lB. applicable to motor-cycles not exceeding seven horse power, be reduced In respect of certain motor cycles of less than one horse power which it Is proposed to Import Into80 words
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142 1939-01-05 22 A EUROPEAN, J. A. S. Taylor, appeared before Mr. L. B. Gibson, in the Criminal District Court last week, on a charge of causing the death of a Tamil boy. Maruthamutu. by negligent driving. There was an alternative charge of driving in a manner dangerous142 words
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Article, Illustration436 1939-01-05 22 NEW Air Raid Precautions Department for the Straits Settlements has been created and placed under the charge of Mr. Edwin Tongue, whose official title will be Director of Air Raid Precautions. The creation of the new department marks the transition from436 words
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Article215 1939-01-05 22 i MR. S. W. SIDFORD MISS J. KIDSON THE wedding took place last week at St. Andrews Cathedral. Singapore, of Mr. Stephen William Sidford, Johore planter and Rugby football player and Miss Jean Helena Kidson, of Walton-cn-Thames, Surrey. The bridegroom is the son of Mrs. J.215 words
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147 1939-01-05 22 Other Malays Also Decorated THE conferment on the Sultan of Johore of the Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy j* announced in Johore Government Gazette. “His Majesty the King of Italy and Emperor of Ethiopia has been pleased to confer147 words
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49 1939-01-05 22 JJiR H. W. T. FOGDEN. managing director of Fogden Brisbane and Co., Ltd., sailed m the P. and O liner Corfu for Aden. Mr. Fogden has left for Aden In connection with a contract which his firm will carry out there.49 words
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159 1939-01-05 23 —Reuter. Socialist Leader Issues Warning Paris, Dec. 27. 1I7E are perhaps on the very eve of grave events,” said M. \V j AM)n Blum, the former Premier, in an address to the cnHulUt congress in Paris. We live in a dangerous Europe we—Reuter. - 159 words
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56 1939-01-05 23 -Reuter. Tokio. Dec. 27. DEPORTS of fresh concentrations of Japanese troops on the Man-chukuo-Soviet border are described by the War Office as groundless, but it is admitted that replacements have been sent to **anchukuo at regular Intervals. The War Office spokesman declared there were no-Reuter. - 56 words
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Article121 1939-01-05 23 —Reuter. To Japan GREW DEMANDS BOMBING INQUIRY Washington, Dec. 27. THE State Department today an- Bounced that the American Ambassador i i'okio. Mr. Joseph C. Grew, presented a new protest to Japan agaiiibt the bombing of American property in China. It is stated the protest covered many bombings—Reuter. - 121 words
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Article99 1939-01-05 23 —Reuter. London, Dec. 27. WHILE the Archbishop of Canterbury was blessing the Christmas Crib ln Hie Chapel of Canterbury Cathedral, representing the Holy Family with the abe in a manger in an old English arn a man rushed forward and shouted: f My Lord Archbishop, I pray—Reuter. - 99 words
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54 1939-01-05 23 ish W;rci(> s 1 s nCliCatecl horsepower.—Brit- CLYnp London, Dec. 27. shl P-building has just had its 117 vessL year since 193c A of were ?w./ ggregatin S 443 .615 tons, ducei m d, and en 8ineering Arms c' ne machlnery of a totalish W;rci(>s1snCliCatecl horsepower.—Brit- - 54 words
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Article166 1939-01-05 23 Made In Japan’ Label Missing Reuter. Costly Omission For London Store London, Dec. 29. THE well-known Kensington stores cf John Barkers were fined £10 rnd 20 guineas costs in the West London Police Court today on a charge arising from the sale of a raincoat made in Japan without theReuter. - 166 words
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113 1939-01-05 23 —Reuter. TO BUILD NEW EAST ASIA Tokio, Dec. 27. JHE Emperor, in his speech from the Throne at the opening of the Diet, said that the Japanese forces had occupied important parts of China but enhancement of the national spirit and full mobilisation of the—Reuter. - 113 words
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153 1939-01-05 23 -Reuter. Block Of Shares Handed Over To Czech Group Paris, Dec. 29. IT has now been confirmed that con- trol of the Skoda armament works in Czecho-Slovakia has passed out of French hands. An announcement made here states“In view of the situation created by-Reuter. - 153 words
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Article37 1939-01-05 23 Chungking, Dec. 27. YESTERDAY was celebrated .as a national holiday on the occasion of ‘‘National Rebirth Day,” which marks the anniversary of Chiang Kaishek’s safe return from Sian, following his kidnapping in 1936.37 words
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209 1939-01-05 23 Reuter. Rome, Dec. 27. JHAT the re-opening of Italy’s claims for colonial compensation be based on the 1915 Treaty of London is made clear in an article in Giornale dTtalia. The journal says: ‘‘The agreement over Italians in Tunis remains to be done overReuter. - 209 words
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Article153 1939-01-05 23 ■Reuter. Gen. Chiang On Konoye Report Chungking, Dec. 28. “JAPANESE declarations, especially Prince Konoye’s state* ment on Dec. 22, clearly reveal Japan’s intention to conquer China,” declared General Chiang Kai-shek in an address yesterday morning at the weekly memorial meeting. He said this only strengthened■Reuter. - 153 words
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Article70 1939-01-05 23 —Reuter. Government Offices Reported Bombed Tokio, Dec. 27. JAPANESE military planes today raided Chungking and effectively bombed Chinese government offices and military establishments there, according to Japanese military dispatches One Japanese plane, it is reported, developed engine trouble, but managed to return safely to the—Reuter. - 70 words
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Article137 1939-01-05 23 -Trans-Ocean. Big Progress Claimed By German Trust Berlin, Dec. 27. A CCORDING to the year book of the German dye trust, just issued, tyres for passenger motorcars as from Jan. 1 will be manufactured in Germany exclusively of Buna,'* the german-made rubber substitute. Buna factories in 1939-Trans-Ocean. - 137 words
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65 1939-01-05 23 —Reuter Berlin, Dec. 28. pOLONIAL doctors are being sought here “in case Germany gets her colonies back.” A German medical journal discus ing this, states that only doctors who have completed a special course of preparation have any prospe ts of being considered for—Reuter - 65 words
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Article, Illustration680 1939-01-05 24 —Reuter. SENSATIONAL REPORTS ARE NOT CONFIRMED Paris, Dec. 28. FRANCO-ITALIAN tension continues to be acute, and the forthcoming visit of M. Daladier, the french Iiime Minister, to Tunis and Corsica has prompted further oittei attacks on France in the Italiai* Press. Meanwhile, a sensational—Reuter. - 680 words
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Article97 1939-01-05 24 Reuter. REPORT OF 13,000 PLANES AIR FLEET Washington, Dec. 28. DRESIDENT Roosevelt announced today a plan for the annual training of 20,000 civilian pilots to form reserve aviators in war time. The cost will he about $10,000,000 a year. The President was not prepared to sayReuter. - 97 words
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Article103 1939-01-05 24 —Reuter. Berlin, Dec. \HI ITER attack against the Vatican is made todax by Di Goeblx !s’ organ l)ei Angrifl. pre sun-aMv as a tardy answer to the Pope’s recent criticism of the totalitarian doctrine. It accuses the Vatican ol occupying itself solely with the Jewish—Reuter. - 103 words
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Article, Illustration19 1939-01-05 24 Dr. Ernst Neumann. the Konrad Henlein of the Memellanders,” who seeks the reunion of the region with the Reich.19 words
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Article298 1939-01-05 24 -Reuter. BIG NATIONALIST PUSH CLAIMED Salamanca, Dec. 27. A N average advance of four miles deep on the third day of the Nationalist offensive, which is proceeding at points along a 00-mile front, is claimed in a communique. Last night’s report records the capture of a-Reuter. - 298 words
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Article77 1939-01-05 24 Reuter. Jerusalem. Dec. 28. I’HREE Arabs and one Jew were killed, and 12 Arabs, seven Jews and three Britons were wounded in terrorist outrages during the Christmas holidays. Mr. le Bouvier. the British manager ol the Ottoman Bank of Palestine, who was kidnapped yesterday, has notReuter. - 77 words
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Article318 1939-01-05 24 -Reuter. —British Wireless. Peace Terms Are Rejected Chungking, Dec. 2S. “JAPAN’S peace terms as enunciated in the statement of Prince Konoye. the Prime Minister, on Dec. 22 are absolutely unacceptable,’’ declared Gen. Chiang Kaishek today. Thes-e terms, he said, would mean the complete surrender of China.-Reuter.; —British Wireless. - 318 words
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Article, Illustration402 1939-01-05 25 republicans say push is NOW MARKING TIME London, Dec. 29. nENERAL Franco’s push on the Ebro front is j the biggest offensive of the Spanish civil war t attempted, according to information reaching of the manoeuvre, which has been in preparafor «ome months, partly accounts402 words
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Article30 1939-01-05 25 Tokio, Dec. 28. A TOTAL of 6,399 war dead have been honoured with decorations in recognition of their services in the China incident, it is announced.30 words
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Article96 1939-01-05 25 Reuter invitation By Regent Of Tibet i rrn,. Berlin, Dec. 28. FRM AN scientific expedition to offlHM 1 Asia> con sisting of five high headed k err Hitler s Black Guards, been Ernst Schaeffer, has visit i h ed by the Regen t of Tibet toReuter - 96 words
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135 1939-01-05 25 -Reuter. Kingston (Jamaica), Dec. 28. TWO commissions appointed to investigate respectively the islandwide disturbances in May and June and the riots on Frome sugar estate in May have reported to the Governor. The report of the first commission shows that in the island-Reuter. - 135 words
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Article101 1939-01-05 25 Reuter. Drowns When Boat Is Crushed By Ice Churchill (Hudson Ba>), Dec. 28. A CCORDING to news received here today Reynold Bray, young British explorer, was drowned 200 miles withip the Arctic Jircle i v September. The news was brought to Repulse Bay by anReuter. - 101 words
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Article227 1939-01-05 25 -Reuter. Somaliland Incident Expected Soon Marseilles, Dec. 28. A BATTALION of Senegalese troops is leaving Marseilles for French Somaliland within 48 hours in the liners Sphinx and Chantilly, it is officially announced. The sailing of the Sphinx for Djibouti and the Far East has been delayed.-Reuter. - 227 words
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425 1939-01-05 25 FRENCH PRESS TAKES FIRM LINE Rome, Dec. 28. ITALY has no territorial 1 claims in Tunis,” says Signor Gayda Mussolini’s mouthpiece in il Giornale d’ltalia. Dealing with reports that Italy’s Tunis claims threaten the Mediterranean status quo, Signor Gayda says that on the425 words
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90 1939-01-05 25 -Trans-Ocean. New York, Dec. 30. 17 ESS ELS of the American Pacific Fleet have begun leaving the Californian harbour of San Diego and the Bay of San Pedro for manoeuvres in Atlantic waters between Brazil and the United States. The war games are expected-Trans-Ocean. - 90 words
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Article118 1939-01-05 25 Berlin, Dec. 27. T'HE Foreign Office has decided to take no further step in its controversy with Washington until after Christmas, but newspapers continue violent attacks on Messrs. Ickes and Pittman. They also contain what appear to be vague threats of reprisals if America should118 words
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516 1939-01-05 26 -British Wireless. MR. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN ON REARMAMENT London, Dec. 30. MR. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, the British m Prime Minister, feels that if the past year has brought its trials and anxieties, these are outweighed by gains. He expresses this view in a New Year's message-British Wireless. - 516 words
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Article96 1939-01-05 26 —Reuter. Paris, Dec. 29. IT is understood that M. Daladier, the Prime Minister, and M. Bonnet, the Foreign Minister, have decided to take immediate action on the Syrian question, with which is bound up the whole Mediterranean strategic situation. A special commission of four members will—Reuter. - 96 words
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354 1939-01-05 26 -Reuter. Rhine Manoeuvre To ExtorJ Concessions From Britain London, Dec. 29. uy own most recent information from Germany is thj 1" the proposed threat to Wert Europe, which is strong favoured by the most aggressive elements in the Nazi groJ around Herr Hitler, is-Reuter. - 354 words
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Article140 1939-01-05 26 -Reuter. May Not Be Returned Even After The War” Shanghai, Dec. 29. WHAT is tantamount to a flat rejec- tion by the Japanese of a specific demand by the United States for restitution of American property in China was made today. The Japanese naval spokesman-Reuter. - 140 words
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Article59 1939-01-05 26 —Reuter. The Hague, Dec. 29. PIGHT bills dealing with national economy and defence during wartime have been introduced Into Parliament. They give the Government powers to requisition shipping and aviation, and deal with agricultural produoe and distribution of goods for household and other purposes. Provision is made—Reuter. - 59 words
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Article162 1939-01-05 26 Higher Levy On Jews In Reich Reuter. Berlin, Dec. 29. JEWS here are alarmed by a rumour said to have come from a reliable source that the 20 per cent, capital levy on their property is to be increased to 30 per cent., it being declared the first instalment collectedReuter. - 162 words
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Article23 1939-01-05 26 Reuter. C__ New York. Dec. 28. OLD weather has so far caused 12 deaths in the United States-Reuter. - 23 words
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Article207 1939-01-05 26 -Reuter. Paris, Dec. 29. I THE manner in which France hasl been united by Italy’s territorial claims is stressed in the news-! papers. I Excelsior states a serious propaganda mistake was committed by Italy when! certain diplomatic circles in Rom?I believed they could divide French!-Reuter. - 207 words
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62 1939-01-05 26 -Reuter Bucharest. Dec. 29. A PITCHED battle was waged W two hours today between t** villagers of Brusturi and wolves which attacked the village The entire population of the village fought with axes and knives iU1(1 spades. peasants and 14 wolves u' ere killed. The-Reuter - 62 words
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Article422 1939-01-05 27 -Reuter. l MAY AVERT i \V0KLD WAR” e Nazi Menace? I London, Dec. 28. I tphT comes from the East, 1 4 aVS Mr. Vernon Bartlett, M.P. Ih noted political writer, in an m n o h e News Chronicle enK'ed “Three Hopeful Signs for I-Reuter. - 422 words
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98 1939-01-05 27 —Reuter. Kowta Chicago, Dec. 29. in 1£^. IE is named co-defendant broueht aca n for 53.000,000 damages W n behalf of Walton, a the TwpA Ud ?K llle artiste alleging that noraun-! tlG Centur y Fox FUm Corbies h'ui a d four subsi diary—Reuter. - 98 words
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242 1939-01-05 27 Reuter. Great Value To Empire Bases In Far East Stressed London, Dec. 30. THE Daily Telegraph in an editorial says that aircraft fac- tones to be erected in Australia will serve a triple strate* gic end. Firstly, to secure provision for aircraft neededReuter. - 242 words
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37 1939-01-05 27 Reuter. Rome, Dec. 30. The visit of the Italian Foreign Minister, Count Ciano, to Belgrade on January 19 Is expected to prepare the way for the conclusion of a pact between Yugoslavia and HungaryReuter. - 37 words
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Article76 1939-01-05 27 —Reuter. Berlin, Dec. 30. Profound changes in the nation* al life of Czecho-Slovakla to the advantage of Germany are demanded by Herr Kundt, leader of the German minority and member of the Czech Parliament, In an article in the National Zeitung They include stern anti-Jewish—Reuter. - 76 words
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Article56 1939-01-05 27 JAPANESE SECRETS LEAKAGE Reuter. Tokio, Dec. 30. ’T’HREE Important officers of the War Ministry have been suspended for what is seml-officially described as responsibility for the loss of important documents during the officers’ services in a certain place in the autumn. They are Major-General Machijirl, director of the Military AdministrativeReuter. - 56 words
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406 1939-01-05 27 British Wireless. London, Dec. 29. the past year two world record distance flights established Britain's leading place in aeronautical achievement. Three of the long-rang flight’s ponent of the first Short-Mayo composite aircraft, flew non-stop from Dundee to the mouth of the Orange River,British Wireless. - 406 words
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Article273 1939-01-05 27 British Wireless. Finding On Secondary Education London, Dec. 30. A T the end of an educational inquiry, which has been proceeding for five years, the consultative committee expresses the view that secondary education in the past has been too exclusively academic. They recommended a new type ofBritish Wireless. - 273 words
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Article115 1939-01-05 27 —Reuter. London, Dec. 27. A MEMORIAL tablet to King George the Fifth was dedicated at the Parish Church of Saint Mary Magdalene at Sandringham In the presence of the King, the Queen, the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose and the Dukes and Duchesses of Gloucester—Reuter. - 115 words
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Article57 1939-01-05 27 Reuter. Washington, Dec. 29. THE Treasury Department announced today that the Commissioner of Internal Revenue has ordered thousands of the Treasury's investigators in the departments of various law enforcement agencies to keep a sharp watch for espionage activities, in accordance with President Roosevelt's recent requestReuter. - 57 words
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744 1939-01-05 28 Sir Maurice Han key Raised To The Peerage ORDER OF MERIT FOR FAMOUS BRITISH SCIENTIST London, Jan. 2. MEW YEAR'S honours include four baronies, two Privy Councillorships, two baronetcies, 35 knights bachelor (excluding overseas) and two Orders of Merit. The new peers are Sir744 words
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Article, Illustration27 1939-01-05 28 The heavy broken lines indicate roughly the territory occupied by opposing forces in Eastern Spain. Government troops hold the Valencia and Barcelona zones. Inset the Ebro sector.27 words
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Article187 1939-01-05 28 Warship Refloated Off Gibraltar Gibraltar, Dec. 31. 'pHE Republican destroyer Jose Luis Diez, which was forced aground in Catalan Bay early yesterday morning by Franco warships, has been refloated and, with British soldiers mounting guard aboard, towed into Gibraltar. An official British announcement regarding the naval187 words
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Article67 1939-01-05 28 —Reuter. Moscow, Jan. 2. The people of White Russia, one of the Soviet’s constituent States, bordering Poland, are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the proclamation of their republic. They sent telegrams of loyalty today to Btalin, Molotov and Voroshilov. M. Voroshilov, acknowledging the message, said—Reuter. - 67 words
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279 1939-01-05 28 “PREPARE FOR THE WORST HOPE FOR THE BEST” —Archbishop —Reuter. London. Jan. 2. “DREPARE for the worst and hope for the best,” was the Archbishop 01 Canterbury’s advice to the people of Great Britain in facing problems of world affairs in the New Year in a broadcast from Lambeth Palace—Reuter. - 279 words
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Article249 1939-01-05 28 -Reuter. Republican Warship Forced Aground Gibraltar. Dec. 3# THE Republican destroyer Luis Diez stole out of th e hju! bour during the night but *ai forced aground near here follows a naval engagement with nalist warships. Some weeks ago, Jose Luis bie» lumped into the harbour-Reuter. - 249 words
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Article129 1939-01-05 28 —R’euter. Tokio, Dec. 31. A SENSATION has been caused here by news from Moscow that Mr. Daiji Takahashi, manager of a Japanese merchant shipping agency at Vladivostok, died recently in prison somewhere in the Soviet Union.” Mr. Takahashi was arrested and imprisoned early last year—R’euter. - 129 words
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Article83 1939-01-05 28 -Reut^ London, Jan. 2. QEORGE ROBEY broke three ribs through falling from the stage di ring the “Robinson '’rusoe” pantomime at the Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham. His vision was obscured by a Greta Garbo wig, which he was wearing Taking a false step, he dived i*-Reut^ - 83 words
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991 1939-01-05 29 SOUTH AFRICA ENGLAND DRAW FIRST TEST Pavnter And Gibb Score Centuries For Tourists I i)| \W with neither side having an advantage was the >J,}( of the first Test match between South Africa and which concluded at Johannesburg last week. ,J1U y tu r being 32 runs in arrears on991 words
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67 1939-01-05 29 Henri Cochet, lamcus French tennis star and former world champion has retired from competitive tennis and has opened a schcol in the Avenue de Versailles in Paris. At the school he is training and coaching young talent and hopes to be able to find sars of the future specially for67 words
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397 1939-01-05 29 pOR the eighth time in his life, Joe Davis, world snooker champion, broke the world’s record for the highest break at snooker. In the fifth frame in the afternoon of his heat with Alec Brown, in the Daily Mail Gold Cup tournament, at397 words
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Article130 1939-01-05 29 (From Our Own Correspondent) Sydney. Dec. 23. IT is believed that Don Bradman has applied for the secretaryship of the Melbourne Cricket Club. The position carries a salary of €1.000 a year. Interviewed in Adelaide today. Bradman and Mr. H. Hodgetts. his partner in a stockbroking130 words
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Article77 1939-01-05 29 When informed of Larry Gains’ challenge for an Empire heavyvvetght championship fight. Lon Harvey. the British champion said: “I have never turned down a challenge and. providing a promoter puts up a suitable purse. I am quite prepared to meet Gains. "At the moment I am77 words
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Article23 1939-01-05 29 —Reuter. Sverre Kolterud, Norwegian Olympic medalist, established a world indoor ski jump record with 22*/ 2 metres at Earlscourt. —Reuter.—Reuter. - 23 words
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1047 1939-01-05 30 Protest Upheld In First Race At Penang THE disqualification of July the Seventh and the fining ol 1 Steve Dodd in the first race was the sensation of Monday’s racing at Penang, the third day of the New Year meeting. Following an objection1,047 words
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Article82 1939-01-05 30 Los Angeles, Dec. 13. George Crough, 137 pounds, beat Ritchie Fontaine, 136, in a ten-round bout tonight. The local Negro proved too good tor the lad from Butte and outclassed him Fontaine was game and tried hard, but the hard-hitting Negro was all over him most of82 words
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Article77 1939-01-05 30 (From Our Owr Correspondent) Taiping Thursday. *T*HE North Malaya amateur golf championship meeting, open only to members of recognised golf clubs in Penang, Province Wellesley, Kedah, Perak and Selangor, will be held in Ip»h from Feb. 19 to Feb. 21. All matches will be played on77 words
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Article117 1939-01-05 30 0*Reilly May Not Play Again pRAYED nerves, the result of 12 months continuous cricket, is given as the reason for the impending retirement from Australian cricket for the rest of the season of W. J. O’Reilly. J. H. Fingleton. A. G. Chipperfield and S. J. McCabe. The117 words
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Article86 1939-01-05 30 Mr. Lloyd George’s non-political son. Major Richard Lloyd George, attended the Stanmore Golf Club dinner. He disclaimed any personal distinction as a golfer but said that a venerable member of his family once holed in J*®i a 1 happened in France,” said Major Richard, “he86 words
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307 1939-01-05 30 Malaya Cup Final Day Event THE Automobile Association of Malaya will hold a rally at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, Jan. 14, the date of the Malaya Cup rugby final. The event will finish in the early afternoon, so that drivers and307 words
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Article69 1939-01-05 30 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Dec. 28 The N.I. Lawn Tennis Association has received an invitation from the Cochin-China Association to send two players to the far Eastern Championships, to be held in Saigon from Jan. 7 to Jan. 15 Samboedjo Hoeripand Liem Djo* Djiem,69 words
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1261 1939-01-05 31 Three Horses Win First Race In Country IHREE horses, Grofmo, Drator and Bound Farr, won their first races I Malaya on Saturday, the second day of the Penang Turf Club’s L!v Year meeting and paid the three of the highest dividends of the I1,261 words
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Article230 1939-01-05 31 Saturday’s Home rugby results were: RUGBY UNION Bedford 15; Rosslyn Park 5. Blackheath 20; United Services 0. Coventry 3; Metropolitan Police 9. Harlequins 22; Richmond 8. Llanelly 24; Gloucester 0. London Scot. 0; London Irish 6. Mosley 3; Waterloo 9. Newport 32; O.M.T. 3. I Northampton 3;230 words
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Article334 1939-01-05 31 NEGRI STATE BADMINTON Finals To Be Played On Sunday (From pur Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Jan. 2. Good badminton will be served up at the King George Fifth School court here on Sunday, Jan. 8, when the State championship finals will be played off. The men's singles championship is going to334 words
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Article150 1939-01-05 31 The Free Press cup race, an annual New Year’s Day event at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club, was won yesterday by Kathleen 11, sailed by Mr. Q M. Col tart. The cup, which was presented bv the Singapore Free Press in 1926, was for150 words
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Article43 1939-01-05 31 Calcutta. Dec. 27. In the final of the Indian Polo Association Championship. Jaipur beat Guides Cavalry by 14 goals to 4. The Marchioness of Linlithgow, Lord and Lady Brabourne and Lord and Lady Ersklne attended. The Marchioness distributed the trophies.43 words
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2135 1939-01-05 32 Evert on Beaten Two-Nil By Brentford (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, .Jan. 2. round of fixtures in the Home football leagues was placed on Saturday, and a lot of teams played matches yesterday. The 2-0 defeat of Evert on by Brentford in the first2,135 words
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953 1939-01-05 1 Fraser And Company’s Weekly Share Market Review a wiekly report on the share market, issued at the close of ?u sines? on Tuesday, Fraser and Company write: With exchanges closed for the greater part of the past week, nothing specially worthy of comment has953 words
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Article104 1939-01-05 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 3. British Empire “A” 18 6 British Empire “B” 9 3 British Empire Cumulative 13 0 British Empire C’prehensive 14 6 British General “A” 18 3xd. British General “B” 16 0 British General “C” 14 6 Gold Producers First 25 Oxd.104 words
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96 1939-01-05 1 CHARTERED BANK TO ABSORB P. O. STAFF —Straits Times cable. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 3. Chartered Bank of India, Aus- tralia and China, will absorb some of the existing European staff of the P. and O. Banking Corporation, on absorption of the P. and O Bank by the—Straits Times cable. - 96 words
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Article87 1939-01-05 1 THE output of fine gold from Raub Australian Gold Mine in the four weeks ended Dec. 31 was 1.819 ounces. This compares with 1.946 ounces fine in the preceding four weeks. In making this announcement the local secretaries say that the crushing battery treated 4.702 tons87 words
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Article199 1939-01-05 1 Singapore, Jan. 3, 12 noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler 7 50 Hamburg Cube $13.50 Java Cube $12.00 Hewer White Muntok $11.75 White $11.25 Black 8.12% Copra Mixed $2.95 Sun Dried $3.25 $3.25 Sago Flour No. 1 < Lingga $2.18 Fair $2.15 Sarawak $2.12% Jelotong Palembang $6.: 3 Banja199 words
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Article71 1939-01-05 1 -Reuter. London, Dec. 31. r THE money market was chiefly occu- pied during the week making arrangements to finance commitments over the year-end and on most days substantial amounts borrowed frcm the Bank of England. Today at the outset lively conditions prevailed and up to-Reuter. - 71 words
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49 1939-01-05 1 Date Spot Jan. Jan.-Mar. Apr.-June Julv-Sept. London Dec. 29 28% 28% 28% 29 29% 8 3/16 30 28% 28% 28% 28% 29% 8 3/16 Jan. 3 28% 28% 28% 29 29% Spot Jan. Feb.-Mar. Apr.-June July-Sept. London 4 28% 28% 28% 28% 29% 8 3/1649 words
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563 1939-01-05 2 Due To Smaller Shipments Of Rubber And Tin IMPORTS $42,992,000: EXPORTS $48,635,000: TOTAL $91,627,000 THK gross value of Malaya’s overseas trade in November fell bv $6,469,000 from that of October, the respective figures being $91,627,000 and $98,096,000. Exports accounted for $2,466,000 of the fall563 words
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Article149 1939-01-05 2 Only 342 Tons Sold THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,414th auction on Dec. 29 when of 931.844 lb. <416 tons) catalogued 854.062 lb. (381.28 tons* were ottered and 765.461 lb. <341.72 tons* were sold. London spot price 8 3/16d. New York spot price149 words
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Article48 1939-01-05 2 tit ralts Times cable. Slow Progress In Realising Assets 'Hum Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 29. \TIIAH DISI TLLERIES LTD. whicll recently closed down its palm oil at Kuala Selangor, reports that only very slow progress has been made in the endeavour to realise the assets.tit ralts Times cable. - 48 words
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Article714 1939-01-05 2 STANDARD PRODUCTION INCREASED FOR 1939 ESTATES IN GOOD CONDITION ADDRESSING shareholders at the A annual meeting of Malaka Pinda Rubber Estates Ltd. in Singapore on Dec. 28. Mr. han kaii£ Swi. the chairman, said The working for the year shows a net profit of $23,548 32 which714 words
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Article337 1939-01-05 2 Lewis And Peat’s Weekly Report IN a weekly report on the rubber maj. ket issued on Dec. 29, Lewis m Peat (Singapore) Ltd. write: We are a little tired of depress a little tired of self deprecation, a* we feel the time has come to call337 words
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Article100 1939-01-05 2 Straits Times cable. (From Our '»wn Correspondent > London. Dec. 29. 'T'HE directors of Garlng «Malacca Rubber Estates Ltd. have convened an extraordinary general meeting for Jan. 20. to consider resolutions reducing the capital by halt and dividing the reduced shares of 10s. each intoStraits Times cable. - 100 words
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Article22 1939-01-05 2 THE output of tin-ore from Talaw Mines Ltd. in the third quarter of this year was 1,288 piculs.22 words
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374 1939-01-05 3 ■Dividend Reduced From 20 I To Five Per Cent. I chaRP fall in profit for the financial year ended Septenv I as t i s disclosed in the accounts of Indragiri Rubber K,l compared with the preceding year. The directors in their report state374 words
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Article515 1939-01-05 3 rvdOttS INFLUENCING MARKET LAST WEEK W\N\ CULBERTSON’S WEEKLY REPORT a wtvklv review of the American Stock market, issued on Dec. 2, wan. t ulhertson and write.r n’.'v.'a uncertainty concerning alo-FremT. relations together with mtinueci tax-selling caused an easy me on tile New York stock market hen it515 words
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Article42 1939-01-05 3 IN November production of gold in the F M S. totalled 3.071 ounces of which 2,342 ounces were produced on the mine owned by Raub Australian Gold Mining Co.. Ltd. The duty collected on this production was $7,57042 words
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Article610 1939-01-05 3 Dividend Of Four Per Cent: Planting Rights Sold A DDRESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of Kundong Rubber Estates Ltd. in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, Mr. G. Shelton Agar, the chairman, said The accounts this year have been drawn up in a form that besides being610 words
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Article39 1939-01-05 3 C*XPORTS oi iron-ore to Japan in November totalled 170,103 tons compared with 228.092 tons in October. Of the November exports. 57,453 tons were produced in Johore; 20,340 tons in Kelantan and 92.310 tons in Trengganu.39 words
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Article120 1939-01-05 3 Quarter-Cent A Pound From February THE cess on all rubber exported from the Malayan regulation area will be raised to one-quarter cent, per lb. on Feb. 1 next, states the Controller of Rubber, who adds that this decision has been taken on the advice of the120 words
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Article72 1939-01-05 3 OF 129 tin dredges in the F.M.S. in November. 60 were working, 57 were closed down, and 12 were under construction. Of those working. 30 were in Perak. 21 in Selangor, eight in Negri Sembilan and one in Pahang Of those closed down. 38 were72 words
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Article76 1939-01-05 3 —British Wireless. London. Dec. 28. EXCHEQUER returns show total ordi- nary revenue amounts to £482,459,985 compared with €469.812,653 at the corresponding date last year. Income tax at €95.704,000 has yielded nearly €10,000.000 more than at this time last year. The National Defence Contribution, budgetted to give €20,000,000 in—British Wireless. - 76 words
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Article63 1939-01-05 3 THE amount of export duty on tin-ore collected by the Malayan Government in November was $535,166. compared with $881,102 in October and $1,202,698 in November last year. The total collected for the 11 months ended November is $7,664,064 compared with $18,067,357 in the corresponding period of63 words
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1030 1939-01-05 4 But Wisdom Of Price-Raising Is Questioned (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 2.‘i. AS was only to be expected, the standard tin market in London during the week preceding the Christmas holidays has been quiet and colourless. Neither Lurope nor America1,030 words
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Article94 1939-01-05 4 Amsterdam. Dec. 20. THE Java Sugar Selling Agency has made known a sale of 62.200 tons of sugar, for export. This extraordinarily large quantity means a further material improvement of the statistical position of Java sugar. Sugar shares were a strong feature on today’s Bourse in94 words
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Article584 1939-01-05 4 UNREASONABLE PRICK ON LOW QUOTA fourth annual general meeting i of Kapala Rubber Estates oi Malaya. Ltd., was held in London on Dec. 12 Mr A H. Doherty ‘the ehairman* who presided, said that no one regretted more than the directors did that the results for the584 words
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Article173 1939-01-05 4 CHARTERED P. O BANK MERGER To Be Effected On Jan. 31 CONSTITUENTS of the P lnd Banking Corporation Ltd thi morning received circulars irom tin P. and O. Bank and the Charter* Bank of India. Australia and Chin* advising them that the business of tk P. and O. will be173 words
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Article170 1939-01-05 4 Improvement Of Old Properties THE sixth annual ordinary genera; A meeting of Serdang Central Plant ations Ltd., was held in London on Dec. 20. Mr. Harold F. Copeman (chairman' said that had the prospects of world trade generally, and of the rubber Industry in particular, been more170 words
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Article1030 1939-01-05 5 Issued By Fraser And Co., exchange and stock brokers. Singapore, Jan. 4,10 a.m. mining. Buyers Sellers v 1 3/9 4/8 APm c’nmbanK 25/- 2WA-‘>' K Xlav 43/- 47/-H. A ‘mam 31/6 a3/ Bt ilVniieor 1-33 1.38 B- 1 1 ang0r 9/9 10/8 BlVl 'vi Malay"*.’.’i 21/3 22/31,030 words
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Article39 1939-01-05 5 •THE official price of tin in Singapore on Dec 29 was $111.50 per picul on 133 l/3rd. lb.; on Dec. 30 $111.75; on Dec. 31 $*****%,; on Jan. 3 $111.37% 2 on Jan. 4 $111.62% 239 words
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Article225 1939-01-05 5 .—Reuter. New York. Jan. 3. •THE following Quotations were those ruling when the Stock Exchange closed today: DOW*JONES AVERAGES Saturday’s Today’s Close Close Changes 30 Industrials 154.76 153.64 off 1.12 20 Rails 33.98 33.78 off .20 15 Utilities 23.02 22.85 off .17 40 Bonds 90.49 90.62 up.—Reuter. - 225 words
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117 1939-01-05 5 Reuter. Deliveries To Mint Before End June Washington, Jan. 1. PRESIDENT Roosevelt has announced that there will be no change in the price at which the Treasury will purchase newly-mined domestic silver in 1939. In fixing the price by proclamation. Fresident Roosevelt has directed thatReuter. - 117 words
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Article66 1939-01-05 5 THE import into the United Kingdom of 1,209.485 of refined gold bullion from the Soviet Union is the feature of the Customs registrations for the four days to midday Dec. 19. Total of imports was £1.284.354. Bulk of Great Britain’s exports which totalled £1.603.662. was for the United66 words
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Article369 1939-01-05 5 Quietly Confident Opening London, Jan. 3. I |'*HE Stock Exchange opened the New Year In a quietly confident atmosphere though the volume of business was disappointing and caused a partial loss in initial gains in most groups. Industrials were an exception and most of them finished higher369 words
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Article37 1939-01-05 5 Ottawa, Dec. 20. CANADA’S domestic exports to Empire countries ln November totalled $44,328,859 (about £8,866,000), compared with $61,534,342 (£12,307,000) In November, 1937. Exports to foreign countries amounted to $48,859,050 (£9,772,000), against $45,128,342 (£9,026,000).37 words
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103 1939-01-05 5 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, Jan. 3, 5 p.m. Books Total for Company Dividend Close Date Ex. Dlv. financial year i in Payable Date to date Southern Kinta 2%% lnt less tax Dec 28 Jan. 20 Dec. 29 7%% Sungei Luas 3% final Dec. 24 Jan 5 Dec.103 words
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