The Straits Budget, 10 August 1939

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    30 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE W EEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES established nearly A CENTURYV No. 4252. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1939. Price 25 cts., (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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  • Article, Illustration
    THE WEEK IN MALAYA
    1078 1 Singapore, Wednesday. T*HE High Commissioner, Sir 1 Shenton Thomas, at the opening of the Malayan Exhibition at Kuala Lumpur last Saturday, announced his proposals to the Malay States Governments to allow non-Malays to produce rice. By accepting this policy the State Governments will make a real
    m troops this week.—Straits Times picture.; —Straits Times tiiccure.  -  1,078 words
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Indians In Ceylon
      709 2 roundings in India. —Straits Times, Aug. 3. The Indian question in Ceylon has assumed such grave importance that it dominates the politics of the island even to the exclusion of Sir Andrew Caldecott’s dispatch to the Secretary of State for the Colonies on further constitutional reforms. Some
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      August Breezes
      903 2 spring of next year!— Strait* Times, Aug. 4. August is here. September, like peace, war and prosperity, is just around the corner. And acute nervousness is once more becoming the cutstanding feature of the daily round. Everybody is jittery, but no one quite knows the reason for his
      spring of next year!—Strait* Times, Aug. 4.  -  903 words
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      BRITISH SHIPPING IN THE EAST
      927 2 is equally urgent.”—Straits Times, Aug. 5. Frequent references have been made in this and other newspapers to the last report of the Impenai Shipping Committee, in which the conclusion was reached, without being stated In so many words, that unless prompt and concerted efforts are
      is equally urgent.”—Straits Times, Aug. 5.  -  927 words
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      The Taciturn S.T.C.
      737 3 published in the Press. —Straits Times, Aug. 7. Recent discussion in the correspondence columns of the Stratts Times regarding the services of the Singapore Traction Company draws attention to the need for more up-to-date handling of public relation* by the company, or for the creation ot a
      published in the Press.—Straits Times, Aug. 7.  -  737 words
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      Colonel Blimp’s View Of Modern Malaya
      464 3 of the public services —Straits Times. Aug 7. There is one type of person who is going to be extremely uncomfortable in Malava in the future, and that is the tory who refuses to believe that the domiciled Malayans can be trusted to fill
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      Two I.S.P. Speeches
      877 3 —Straits Times, Aug. 8. Two speeches made at recent gatherings of the Incorporated Society of Planters deserve to be considered by planters, shareholders in rubber-producing companies and those responsible for the direction of the companies with equal seriousness. Addressing members at the half-yearly meeting of the I.S.P.
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      Chinese Padi
      1183 4 —Straits Times, Aug. 9. In obedience to Sir Shenton Thomas’s injunction to ponder the new rice policy and to resist any impulse to “rush into print,” several days have been allowed to pass before commenting on this most important and controversial decision in these columns; but in truth
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  • NOTES Of The DAY
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      “Ikan Layer”
      319 5 MAN who has done a lot of cruising A in Singapore waters has called my attention to a reference in one of Sir Stamford Raffles’s letters to a kind of which seems to have been better known in Raffles’ time than it is now. This passage is as
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      Durian Seasons
      232 5 T° an y°ne accustomed to the regular blossoming and fruiting of English orchards, the behaviour of fruit-trees in this country is very puzzling. The kind of thing that a Malayan orchard ist must expect is shown by the fallowing note, which is a sequel to a iccent inquiry
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      Garden Puzzle
      212 5 yHHEN reading “Notes From A Perak Garden” in the M.A.H.A. Magazine recently, I came upon the following passage: “We have a strange passion flower, very woody, with large white and purple flowers; sometimes it fruits in hot dry seasons—a delicious fruit, large as a duck egg, pale greenish
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      Singapore Dogs
      243 5 and rather gruesome memories were recalled in an old resident of Singapore by the “Seventy Years Ago” corner of this page last Saturday, in which reference was made to the packs of half-wild pariahs which roamed the town in the days before the Dog Tax. assailing pedestrians after
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      The First Cars
      202 5 N ow let us pass on to the early years of the present century and place on record a quaint custom which will lie buried in the police archives if we do not notice it here. The history of traffic control in Singapore was reviewed in the
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      Krian Cat
      309 5 ’’J'HE best way to test any Malayan I popular belief is to put it down in print, because that almost invariably prompts people to give personal experiences which make for more accurate statements in future. Take wild cats, for example. Recently I said in this column that all
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      Siamese Fuji
      335 5 T HAVE got into trouble again over the Siamese language. You may remember that in a recent note I warned you that if you pronounced the new name of Siam in the wrong tone (there are numerous tones in this language) you would be innocently talking about distended
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      The Bufo Ban
      320 5 *J*IIE Giant American Toad makes another appearance in our correspondence columns today, and I hope that readers will not be put off by the length of Mr. Sharma’s second letter, because it Is worthy of serious attention. particularly from anyone interested in agriculture or gardening. What the
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      Heaven-Born
      60 5 UESTS at a cocktail party given on board the Argentine Maru at the Singapore wharves last week were much Interested in the labels over the first three doors they were shown In their tour of the ship. The labels, in English, Spanish and Portuguese, read as follows The Imperial
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      Where Is It?
      299 6 npHE novel Idea that Raffles Library Is as much for the clerk as for the European executive, for the bus-trav-eller as much as for the car-owner, is now beginning to percolate through Singapore. Here is an encouraging letter, written to me from an address In the heart
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      Clerks’ Reading
      292 6 •pHERE is one thing that should not be forgotten in considering the encouragement of reading in Singapore —reading not for stuffy “culture” hut for plain enjoyment- and that is the existence oi small lending libraries. Since my last notes on Raffles Library appeared I have heard of two
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      Ten-Cent. Books
      175 6 *T*HE small lending libraries are also much cheaper than Raffles Library. One looks forward to the day when our city library will be completely free, as are the big public libraries in Great Britain, but in the meantime it has yet to adapt itself to the new Englisheducated
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      Straits Zenana
      303 6 AS mentioned in this column the other day. I failed to And any reference to the redi" in Sir Ong Slang Song’s book One Hundred Years ot the Chinese in Singapore.” but someone else has done so and has put me on to it. This passage is worth
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      Johore Durians
      258 6 to my remarks last week on the irregular flowering of durian trees in a certain district of Johore, a reader writes to say that he has been told by Johore Malays that it is possible, if you are prepared to pay high enough prices, to get durians right
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      Shark Tactics
      223 6 J WONDER how many readers of this column believe that a shark has to turn belly upwards before it can attack. I always believed this myself until I dipped into a book called Giant Fishes, Whales and Dolphins and found the following passage A widespread and popular fallacy
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      Jambu Bol
      324 6 JS there any Malayan fruit-tree with blossom as decorative as the Jambu 80l Indeed, is there any other Malayan fruit-tree which has blossom worthy of the name? Several are colourful enough when fruiting, notably the butterfiuit tree and one or two kinds of jambu, but for the most
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      Dessert Fruit
      352 6 yHIS tree is beautiful when it is fruiting too, the fruit being a bright pink colour, and I may add that this is the only Jambu tree I ever found whose fruit is worth eating. The Malays and Chinese like j ambus oi various kinds, but they are
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      Postscript
      116 6 A ND now one last word on the Jambu Bol. Its Malay name is really most unpoetic, and if a good poem is ever to be written about it. its name win have to be changed first. Alas, its Malay name indicates the resemblance of the fruit to the
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    193 7 Br icadier M. A. Studd, Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General, Malaya Command, leaves for England within the next month or so on retirement. The promotion of Major W. M. Jimes FM S. Volunteer Force, to the n k of Lieutenant Colonel has been approved by the High
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE
    193 7 Monday, July 31. HIS Excellency presided at a meeting of the Legislative Council held at the Council Chamber. Government Offices, this morning. The following were the guests at a dinner given by His Excellency and Lady Thomas at Government House this evening:— Major-General and Mrs. L. V. Bona,
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      BIRTHS
      93 7 JEMV.ER—On August 5. 1939 at the Matern tv Hospital. Singapore, to Marjorie wife cAtt, ctla i les Jenner. a son. Both well. August 1, at Singapore, to Joan, o f Squadron Leader, A. A. Saw, dau ghter (Thertee Veronica). ..uugH —At the Maternity Hospital. Singapore on August 4, to
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      97 7 nounrJ? H< A^7 The engagement is announced °f Mr. Wong Yam Hin. second and Mrs w °ng Yoon Yean of ,I ala 2 a jo Miss Nancy Choa Kim Neo. X? w« daUR ter of Mr and Mrs. Choa Hn of Singapore. (P.M.S. and NC -awp naDers please copy).
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      MARRIAGES
      84 7 «'CHArds-m5riSon_aT the Presbynan Church Singapore on Aug. 4, Charles p S el( J er s °n of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. wchards of Stoke-on-Trent. England, to piare younger daughter of the late Mi*. C. nf «r?u Son and late Mrs. Morison M New Zealand, r. t ARMSTONG— At
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      SILVER WEDDING
      19 7 Gforc.r, AH ,tVfcK WEDDING A nan Clements to Mabel Horwood P: ‘inham. Hants, on 8th August. 1914.
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    Brigadier H. A. Lord Promoted
    85 7 /"GENERAL Evangeline Booth has approved the promotion of Brigadier H. A. Lord, officer commanding the Salvation Armv, Malaya, to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Lieut.-Col. Lord Joined the Salvation Army in 1909 and was sent to Korea in the sairu? year He served in Korea
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    VOLUNTEERS IN THE COLONY
    175 7 •THE following items concerning Vol- unteers appeared in the Straits Settlements Government Gazette Confirmation of Acting Sub-Lieut. P. H. Burgess In the rank of Sub-Lieut., S.S. R.N.V.R., approved. Confirmation of Acting Sub-Lieut. E. P. C. Langdon in the rank of Sub-Lieut., S.S. R.N.V.R., approved. Confirmation of
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    Better Housing For Kampongs
    157 7 (From A Special Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 7. HOUSING conditions in rural areas on estates and in kampongs- were demonstrated in the health pavilion of the Malayan Exhibition which closed tonight. The health pavilion, which showed what the Government is doing to improve the health of
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    “Old School Sarong”
    68 7 ur pHE old school sarong” may one day take the place of the "old school tie” in the Malay States. One of the stands at the Malayan Exhibition at Kuala Lumpur included a display of the various patterned sarongs which are made for various police, military and
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    G.O.C.-in-Chief For Malaya Predicted
    112 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 26. A RMY CIRCLES in London believe that the War Office contemplates the creation of a new high command to control all-British military forces in the Far East. It is declared that the appointment will shortly be announced of a
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    A.D.C. To Former Governor Gets New Post
    108 7 iFrom Our Own Correspondent) London, July 24. CAPTAIN E. G. N. RUSRBROOKE, D.S.C., who served as A.D.C. to Sir Lawrence Guillemard, when the latter was Governor of the Straits Settlements in 1921, has been appointed to command H.M.S. Guardian, netlayer in the Home
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    PASSENGERS FOR EUROPE
    230 7 •■pHE following passengers lor Colombo and Europe left in Patroclus last week Mr. Adams. Mr. and Mrs. Calvert and 2 sons Dr. Davidson. Mrs. Duncan, son and daughter. Capt. Eccles. Lt. Cdr. Purse, Mrs. Halley. Mr. Holton. Dr. Ling. Dr. Lien, Mr. and Mrs. McFarlane, Miss Maisey.
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    PASSENGERS FROM AUSTRALIA
    149 7 r T*HE following passengers from Australia were in Charon which arrived in Singapore yesterday. Mrs. G. A. Andersen, Miss Jean Andarsen, Miss Patrica Andersen. Miss Dawan Andersen. Miss M. M. Black, Mrs. M. A. Cameron. Mrs. M. M. Crogan, Mr. F. T. Davidson. Mrs. E. M. Davidson.
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    Contents
    329 7 Leaders— Indians In Ceylon 2 August Breezes 2 British Shipping in the East 3 The Taciturn S.T.C 3 Two I.S.P. Speeches 4 Chinese Padi 4 Telegrams— Covering past week’s news 25- 30 Financial Supplement— Financial and Commercial News to date, following page 32 Malayan General News— Malayan Padi Grower
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    PASSENGERS FROM EUROPE
    52 7 HPHE following passengers from Europe are In Fionia which is clue in Penang today. Miss R. Aarsen. Mr, OA. Jensen, Mr. H. J. Bech. Mr. D A. Fox, Mr. F.L. Mansell. Mr. W.B.R. Rudfrard. Mr. H.L. Daly. Mr. P. Mr. Ham L. Jeppeaen, Mr O Scharenguivel. Mrs.
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    N.I. BRITISH SUBJECTS AND WAR
    42 7 cFrom Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Aug. 7. DRITONS in Java are reported to have received instructions to travel to British territory as quickly as possible in case of war. Provisional passages have already been booked with K.L.M.
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  • Obituary
    Untitled
    39 7 Tav DEATHS Julv 29th 1939 at 11 a.m. at No. ti Grov Road, Singapore. Mr. Tan Swee SCHipJffiL 67 passed away peacefully. ScmtTrxTwi, naJW *<J away peacefully August 8. 1039 at the ncra l Hospital. OTTO SCHIFTNER, 48 '■ars.
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    BLENHEIM BOMBERS AT NEW AERODROME
    415 8 Troop-Carrying Planes Bring Maintenance Staff ONE INDIAN BATTALION TO GARRISON PENANG ALMOST overnight the strength of Singapore, Britain’s £20,0(1(1,000 Far Eastern stronghold, has been greatly increased. Hundreds of Indian troops arrived on Sunday, thousands more Indian and British Army reinforcements arrived on Tuesday. Modem, fast,
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    PREMIER AND COLONIAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
    75 8 'From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 26. ASKED by Lieut.-Commander Flet- ther > Lab., Nuneaton), in the House of Commons tonight, whether he could now make a statement regarding the '.institution of a standing Parliamentary Committee for Colonial Affairs, the Prime Minister replied: "I am
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    Reich Consul Sees “Nazi Spy”
    128 8 T'HE Consul-General for Germany, Dr. A. Windecker, saw The Confessions of a Spy at the Alhambra Theatre. Dr. Windecker attended the early session and sat inconspicuously in the $1 seats. Dr. Windecker told the Straits Times that he had felt It his duty to see
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    Sir Shenton ’s Praise For Malay Officers
    125 8 Sir Shenton s Praise For Malay Officers (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 7. SPEAKING at the Kuala Kangsar Malay College old boys reunion dinner at the Hotel Majestic last night, the High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, paid a tribute to Malay officers in the Malay Administrative Service and
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    MR. & MRS. P. MANWARING HAVE GOLDEN WEDDING
    88 8 MR. MRS. P. MANWARING HAVE GOLDEN WEDDING (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 31. MR. and MRS. P. MANWARING, ot Eastbourne, parents of Capt. P C. W. Manwaring. Chief Staff Officer. H M. Naval Establishments, Singapore, celebrated their golden wedding on July 17. Mr. Manwaring was for many years an
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    FILM THAT SHOULD BE SHOWN THROUGHOUT MALAYA
    521 8 “Five Faces” Has First Public Screening In Peninsula (From A Special Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 7. “LIVE Faces of Malaya,” a film about Malaya made by a 1 London company, was given its first public screening at (he Malyan Agri-Horticultural Association’s exhibition at
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    LOCAL SWISS COMPANY HEAD DIES
    132 8 THE founder and managing director of the firm of SchlfTner and Company, Mr. Otto Schiffner, died on Aug. j 7 after a short illness. He was 48 Mr. Schiffner came to Singapore from Switzerland in 1912 to join the staff of Diethelm and Company. In
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    Malaya’s £720,000 For Cost Of Imperial Defence
    301 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 26. THAT Malaya has contributed £700,000 towards British Army expenditure during the current year, and £20,000 towards the cost of Empire air services, was revealed in the House of Commons tonight. The information was forthcoming in response
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    MALAYAN PADI GROWER MUST GET A GOOD PRICE
    883 9 Dato Douglas On Peninsula’s Food Producing Problems RAYAT should be persuaded to give preferencee to bendang (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 5. “IN Malaya our problem is to ensure that the producer get 1 such a price for his padi
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    Rateable Value Of Singapore $20,000,000
    84 9 r pHE annual value of Singapore town, in terms of houses and buildings liable to assessment, was $19,627,635 at the end of last year, according to Mr. J. Stone, Municipal Treasurer, in the annual repent lor 1938. Under the Municipal Ordinance, the Commissioners may raise
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    MALAYAN SHOW BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE, SAYS SIR SHENTON THOMAS
    490 9 From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 5. k ANE of the most satisfactory features of this exhibition is the trade section, where every inch of space has been taken up,” said the High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, speaking at
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    “MANY TRICKS IN THE SHEEP BUSINESS”
    312 9 Bankruptcy Court Statement I NEVER learnt as many tricks as I did in the sheep business in Singapore,” said Richard James Potter Clarke, proprietor of Changi Farm, during his public-exami-nation in bankruptcy before the Chief Justice, S.S.. Sir Percy McKlwaine, in the Singapore High
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  • Correspondence
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      GETIING TOGETHER IN SINGAPORE
      803 10 The “Club-Which-Is-A-Club” Progress Report To the Kditor of the Straits Times Sir.- I would thank you lor your kind assistance in passing on the corres pondence from the many, many people who given evidence oi their interest in my project legarding the foundation of a club.
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      PIECE GOODS
      328 10 Kuala Lumpur Vs. Singapore To 1 lie Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.- As a direct importer of piece goods. I was naturally very much interested in the letter by your correspondent “Klyne Street’’ regarding textile quotas. I have always been of opinion that the F M S.
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      In Arabian States
      28 10 Mr. YV. 11. Ingrams, British Resident and Adviser at Mukalla, in the Aden Protectorate, whose visit to Malaya is mentioned in the letter published below.
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      HADRAMAUT ARABS
      572 10 The Community In Singapore To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.—I am unable to find words foi your correspondents Meccawy,” A Hadrami,” Ibu Adam and Singapore Arab” better than Sahi-n-noam and Allah Yaghfir Lakum. It seems that the whole matter has been raised from its grave only
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      SYMPATHETIC PLANTERS
      402 10 A Malayan Asiatic Staff Fund ADVICE TO E.S.A.M To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,-For the past 15 years through Press, platform and the valuably )our nal “Ameasan,” the official or lU 0 the All-Malayan Estate Asiatic "staffs' Association, the cry has been heard tor a provident
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      THE MALAYAN SCHOOLBOY
      472 11 Deterioration In After Life books for clerks Th the Editor of the Straits Times s r i heartily support Mr. Richard Sidney’s views published under the headings “Local Asiatic Readers. Adult Education,” and I firmly believe that if the suggestion for the lormation of a Singapore Reading
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      “S.F.P.” TAMBIES?
      54 11 the Editor of the Straits Times •n The overprint S.F.P. on the S.S. r(>n t-Rose (1883-91) possibly stands Singapore Free Press” and may boon used to prevent the theft of :i I )s by tambies, who put on the :i| P- s and posted the papers.—Yours. E. A.
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      EFFICIENCY ON PAPER
      455 11 F.M.S. Volunteer’s Protest UNWISE “STRAFING” To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—With the advent of “compulsory Volunteering” (shades of Gilbert and Sullivan!) in Hong Kong came also comment in the Malayan Press on the poor ratio between the eligible Europeans and those in the Volunteers. The
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      WHAT WAS ALL THE FUSS ABOUT?
      191 11 A Singaporean Goes To See “Nazi Spy” To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Last night’s grand premiere of “Confessions of a Nazi Spy” was a good show, barring none in the film world. But I never will understand, now that I have seen
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      THE COLONY POLICE
      466 11 Local-Bom Men As Inspectors CONSERVATIVE VIEW To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.- Like the Mock-Turtle “I deeply sympathize” with you, but not at present with your sympathies with local-born aspirants to positions in the S.S. Police Force which were barred to them until about a
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      THE MALAYAN BENCH
      600 11 Local Knowledge Stressed SOME MEMORIES To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir -—I notice that an amending Bill ns to be introduced in the Colony to provide that “no person shall be appointed to be or tc act temporarily as i\ Judge ol the High Court
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    PADI CULTIVATION BY NON-MALAYS ?
    827 12 PADI CULTIVATION BY NON-MALAYS High Commissioner On Food Problems In Wartime MALAYA’S DEPENDENCE ON IMPORTED SUPPLIES (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 5. THE High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, at the opening of the Malayan Exhibition here today announced his proposals to the Malay States Governments to allow non-Malays
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    MR. H. K. RODGERS TO BE S. H. B. CHAIRMAN
    78 12 ]14 R H. K. Rodgers, assistant general Ifl manager and local chairman, has been appointed chairman of the Harbour Boards, Singapore and Penan??, in succession to Sir George Trimmer, who has retired. He has been acting for Sir George since
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    MR. L. A. THOMAS
    33 12 THE promotion of Mr. L. A. Thomas to bo Senior Superintendent of Police, Singapore, is announced. Formerly Chief Police Officer, SelanP°r Mr Thomas now' occupies that position in Singapore.
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    JOHORE MALAY OFFICERS
    196 12 Association Formed (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Aug. 4. T*HE formation of an association 1 to be called the Johore Malay Officers’ Association, with its headquarters at Johore Bahru, was approved at a representative meeting of Malay officers held today at the Bukit Zahrah School with
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    MUNICIPAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEER WEDS
    119 12 llflß. CHARLES Graham Richards. of the Electrical Engineering Department. Municipal Offices, Singapore, was married to Miss Alison Clare Bruce Morison, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Morison of Wellington, New Zealand. at the Presbyterian Church on Aug. 5. The bridegroom is the son of Mr.
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    NEW COLONY I. G. P. APPOINTED
    44 12 A. H. DICKINSON, Senior Superintendent of Police, Singapore, has been promoted Inspector-General of Police, Straits Settlements. Mr. Dickinson has been acting Ins-pector-General of Police since Mr. R. H. de S. Onraet went on retirement leave several months ago.
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    R. A. Officer Killed In Car Accident
    262 12 COLLISION AT KALLANG M. Leonard-Williams, of the 22nd Heavy Battery, 9th Heavy Regiment, R.A. (Changi) S aged 22, single, a well-known Colony hockey player and sportsman, died early on Aug. 5 from injuries received in a motor accident on Kallang Road, Singapore. Lieut.
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    FOOD SUPPLY OFFICERS APPOINTED
    109 12 THE Food Controller, Mr. N A. Jar- rett, has made the following appointments: Food Supply Officer, Penang Mr. J A. Black, M.C.S.; Area Supply Officer. Municipality of Georgetown, Penang Mr. J. A. Black, M.C.S.; Area Supply Officer, Penang Island, outside Municipal Limits, the Collector of Land
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    GOVERNOR OPENS NEW SUPREME COURT
    1631 13 Judges, Law Officers And Advocates In Dignified Ceremonj CHINESE KNIGHT SPEAKS AS DOYEN OF COLONY BAR TI1F. Supreme Court of Judicature of the Colony of the 1 straits Settlements was declared open on Aug. :i by the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, after he had received
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    CHEATING IN RESPECT OF BEER WORTH $313
    107 13 CENTENCE of three months’ rigorous imprisonment was passed by the Singapore Third Police magistrate. Mr. J. Fletcher-Cooke, last week on an English-speaking Chinese, Ng Guan Soon, v/ho pleaded guilty to a charge o; cheating in respect of $313.30 worth of beer belonging to
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    TROOPS BEING SENT TO MALAYA FROM INDIA
    367 14 Precautionary Measure, Says Sir Shenton MALAYA’S defence forces are to be greatly increased m almost immediately. An official communique, issued by the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, states It has been decided to despatch certain troops at an early date from India to Malaya.
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    MORE INDIAN TROOPS FOR SUEZ AREA
    43 14 Cairo, July 31. A PPROXIMATELY 5.000 troops from India will disembark at Suez in mid-August for posting in the neighbourhood of Suez. British troops now in Egypt arc approximately double the strength provided under the Anglo-Egyptian treaty.—Reuter.
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    MR. EDWARD BULLEN
    73 14 QNE of the oldest European residents v of Malaya, Mr. Edward Bullen, of Singapore, died, at the age of 85, in the ■General Hospital on July 31. Mr. Bullen, who had been in Malaya for about 50 years, had been on Home leave only once in that
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    CONGRESS AND TROOPS
    367 14 Criticism Of Moves In Past (From Our Own Correspondent) Bombay, July 31 r T*HE sending of Indian troops to Egypt, followed by the decision to send certain units to Singapore. is widely discussed in Congress circles in India. The Congress Working Commute* will consider the situation and
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    Johore’s Pavilion At Golden Gate
    23 14 A new picture of the Johore State Pavilion at the Golden Gate International Exposition, Treasure Island, San Francisco.
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    “Britain Will Not Let China Down”
    136 14 jyiALAYAN Chinese should be on their guard against Japanese propaganda,” declared Mr. Feng Leh-san, former assistant editor of Sin Tao Jit Pao, Hong Kong, who has arrived in Singapore to take up the editorship of the Union Times, Singapore Chinese newspaper. “Japanese propaganda went
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    MALAYAN GARRISON IS BEING DOUBLED
    471 14 First Of 8,000 Troops Are Arriving This Week ALTHOUGH official confirmation is lacking, the Straits Times understands reliably that the number of military reinforcements coming to Singapore is in the vicinity of 8,00(1. This will about double the number of regular troops in Malaya. An
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    PLANTER TO RETIRE
    34 14 (From Our Own Correspondent 1 Ipoh, Aug. 2. Mr. L. F. Trioe, one of the ol Lower Perak planters, is leaving t: month on retirement. He is a K* 1 volunteer.
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    RELIEF FUND REGISTRATION
    152 15 Mr. Tan Kah Kee A Petition PETITION has been sent to the A Go vernor, Sir Shenton Thomas. bv Mr. Tan Kah Kee, chairman of the Singapore and Central China Relief Fund committees, asking :hat relief fund societies be exempt irom registration. The petition was forwarded by
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    K.L. BOOK CLUB’S NEW PREMISES
    122 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 2. THE Kuala Lumpur Book Club will next year occupy its own premises. construction of which is beginning near the Selangor Club. The building is to be a modern, onestorey concrete structure to which a second storey could
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    MALAYAN CHINESE LETTER TO BRITISH POLITICIANS
    448 15 THE Federation of China Relief Funds of Southern Asia has dispatched a message by air mail to each of the following personages in England Mr. Anthony Eden, Mr. Winston Churchill, Mr. A. Duff Cooper, Mr. C. R. Attlee, Mr. Arthur Greenwood, Sir Archibald Sinclair,
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    Malacca European Cautioned On Black-out Charge
    611 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Aug. 3. j ALTHOUGH fixed for hearing on Aug. 17, when mentioned in the Police Court yesterday, the case against Mr. D. I. Todman, the Municipal Engineer, under the Lighting Control Regulations, was brought before Mr. W. J. Thorogood
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    EUROPE LIKE BARRACKS
    246 15 Batavia’s Mayor On Situation “EUROPE now is like one large Lj barracks,” said the Mayor of Batavia. Mr. E. A. Voorneman, on his arrival at Singapore in the Nederland Line vessel Johan de Witt last week. Mr. Voorneman with his wife and family is returning to Batavia
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    Behaviour Of European Costs Him $3 Fine
    163 15 “VOU are one of those people who I should be setting an example to others in this town,” commented Mr. J. Fletcher-Cooke, Singapore Third Police Magistrate, addressing Thomas Maxwell, a 68-year old European, who pleaded guilty to a charge of behaving, in a
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    CUT IN R.S.F.C. FEES FOR FLYING
    42 15 FLYING fees of the Royal Singapore Flying Club have been substantially reduced. The rates have been reduced from $l2 to $9 an hour for dual and instruction, and from $lO to $6 for solo flying, gated.
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    MR. C. F. M. RECANO
    53 15 A FORMER Singapore man, Mr. Charles Frederick Michael Recano. who worked on the Empire Dock construction at Singapore for Topham, Jones and Railton, has died at Gibraltar, where he had been living In recent years. Mr. Recano, who was aged about 60* left Singapore about
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    Do We Eat Too Much In Malaya?
    791 16  -  by— “Susan Clinton” “WILL you dine with us on Thursday evening? Just ourselves and a rubber of bridge.” That is a very usual invitation to receive out here or anywhere else. So we go, have several pah its and at about 8 o'clock
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    Malays Are More Industrious, Says Sultan
    127 16 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, July 31. M ALAYS of toclay are mu ch more industrious and hardworking than Malays of the past,” said the Sultan of Perak at the opening of the North Perak agricultural show which attracted 18,000 exhibits. There were several
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    GOODYEAR AWARD FOR CHINESE STOREKEEPER
    87 16 piRST employee outside the United States to receive a Goodyear long service award is Mr. Quek Teck Hin storekeeper for the Goodyear Orient Company, Limited, who has been presented with a diamond service pin and a cheque on completion of 25 years in the company’s
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    SECRETARY TO GOVERNOR
    165 16 Mr. M. C. Sheppard Appointed |WI K L. H. N. Davis, private seen l¥1 tary to the Governor, Sir shen ton Thomas, will become Distnr Officer, Pekan, Pahang, at the e n,I of next month. Sir Shenton’s new private secre tary will be Mr. M. C. ff.
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    SARAWAK SAGO DIORAMA
    259 16 Manufacture Shown At Imperial Institute THE production and preparation of 1 sago has provided the studio staff of the Imperial Institute, South Kensington with a very suitable subject lor a diorama in the Sarawak Court near the statuette of Sir James Brooke the first Rajah. In the
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    MR. HAROLD HUNTSMAN RETIRING THIS MONTH
    65 16 (From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh, Aug. 1 MR Harold Huntsman, partner in th law firm of Maxwell and Kenion and director of several mining companies, is retiring this month and leaving for Home. He has been In Malaya for 28 years. During his early
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    Supreme Court Opening
    146 17 TTHESE pictures were taken at the opening of the new Supreme Court building la:t Thursday. Above: (from It 4 i i: The Chief Justice, F.M.S., Ur. Justice Peyser, the G.O C., Malaya, Major-Gen. Bond, Mr. Justice Gordon Em th and Mr. Justice Pcdlcw. Right: /I cosmopolitan gathering
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    THE STRAITS BUDGET PICTORIAL SECTION
    290 20 AROVI. l.i It is th hast n< n ('him s< tin reliant, gift of the .v n Mr IV. a. Stiilnij. to the tty, u hu h has bet n -4 i,i l Unfit s Mu 'hm. nht is the Company S> ryant M'ajtr ‘v
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    EX-PLANTER IS MAKING MORE AND MORE FILMS
    463 21 David Macdonald One Of Britain’s Busiest Directors Now (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 21. nAVID MACDONALD, ex-Malayan rubber planter, is U now one of the busiest of British film directors. No sooner had he finished “This Man In Paris,” for Paramount, than
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    A.B.M. Is Seeking More Members This Year
    376 21 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 21. a PLEA for increased memberA S hip during the coming year was made by the retiring president, Sir Arnold Robinson, at the annual meeting of the Association of British Malaya, held in the Council Chamber of
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    PLANTER DIVORCED: DESERTION ALLEGED
    59 21 —Straits Times cable. 1 From Our Own Correspondent) n London July 28 |y|N. Justice Merriman, In the Divorce Court today, granted a </ 0 nisi to Mrs. Elsie Margaret i-uues, of Brighton, on the c,‘ f|f se rtion by her husband, Mr. Jack r vto es
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    EUROPEAN DRIVER FINED IN IPOH
    79 21 (From Our Own Correspondent > Ipoh, Aug. 1. JOHN Sharpies, a young European. pleaded guilty in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday to a charge of negligent driving by driving his car on the wrong side of the road and colliding with a bicycle. The cyclist jumped
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    “ABLEST ADMINISTRATOR” FOR COLONIAL OFFICE
    466 21 London, July 21. fJREAT surprise was occasioned in political and Civil Ser- vice circles by the announcement that Sir George Gater, Clerk to the London County Council, had been selected to succeed Sir Cosmo Parkinson as Permanent Under-Secre-tary of State for the Colonies. Sir Cosmo
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    SPECIAL NUTRITIVE FOODS FOR MALAYAN LABOUR
    1013 23 Colonial Empire Committee’s Advice To Employers PROVISION OF GARDENS FOR WORKERS STRONGLY URGED THK two main causes of malnutrition in the Colonial Em1 D j re apart from the prevalence of diseases, which often Jg a weakening effect, are first and most important the
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    HOW MUNICIPAL REVENUE INCREASED IN 1938
    310 23 DATES showed an increase of $211,030 in 1938 on the income for 1937 in Singapore, states the Municipal Treasurer, Mr. J. Stone, in his annual report. But there is still a good way to go before the income from rates reaches the 1929 figure,
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    DR. HOOPS IN COURT
    164 23 —Straits Times cable. Medical Report For Magistrate MAY BE SENT TO A HOME (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 2. D R R. A. M. Hoops, formerly of Malaya, who was arrested on July 25 by Scotland Yard detectives and charged at Vine Street police court
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    Oil Companies Shut Thailand Offices
    80 23 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, July 31. FOLLOWING the dispute between the Thai Government and the oil companies, the two companies concerned, the Asiatic Petroleum Company, Ltd., and the Standard Oil Company of New York, have closed their offices in Thailand. The offices closed the
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    ‘Absolute Scandal’ Says Singapore Magistrate
    152 23 “IT is an absolute scandal that the men should be brought here week after week, wasting a day’s work, when there is no prosecution,” said Mr. Conrad Oldham, Singapore Second Police Magistrate, when a case in which six men are charged with simple trespass o<
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    A MALAYAN NATION
    792 24 Always A Land Of Harmony? The future of Malaya is viewed through Straits Chinese spectacles m the f( Mowing address by the Rev. Ho Seng Ong. of Malacca, which is reproduced from The Ruda, the journal of the Rotary movement in Malaya AS a young school-master I
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    Extensions To Kedah Astana
    41 24 Additions and alterations will shortly be carried out on the Anak Bukit Astana, the official residence of the Regent of Kedah. The Astana is to have new reception rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, a new porch and a pergola.
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    NINTH SON IS GOING TO ST. ANDREW’S SCHOOL
    310 24 Headmaster’s Progress Report At Annual Prize-Giving “AUR greatest parent is Mr. Tan Chin Hean, whose ninth son is to join us next year,” said the Rev. R. K. S. Adams, principal of St. Andrew's School, at the annual speech day of the
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    IN THE GAZETTE
    203 24 NOTIFICATION in tne Straits Settlements Government* Gazette included Mr. W. E. Jenkins, European Wardei. Grade 1. Prisons Department, S.S., to be a Gaoler, Grade 111. Dr. J. M. Rogan to be a Medical Officer Malayan Medical Service. Mr. A. C. Hands. Deputy Auditor, Kenva. !o be Deputy
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    COMPOSITION OF RURAL BOARD
    62 24 A suggestion that the committee should consider the question of the composition of the Rural Board with a view to obtaining an increase of members was made by Mr. Tan Chin Tuan at a meeting of the Straits Settlements 'Singapore) Association. It was decided to place
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    EUROPEAN TO GO TO GAOL
    242 24 Sequel To Driving Offences (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug l. IN the appeal of a European, R. q Waddell, who was convicted ana sentenced to prison for driving offences at Ipoh on July 10 the judge today gave judgment dismissing the appeal. “The appellant
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    PENSIONS FOR CIVIL SERVANTS
    146 24 REVISED legislation regarding the pensions, gratuities and allowances of officers on the Malayan Establishment is proposed in the Malayan Establishment Pensions’ Bill, published in the Straits Settlements Government Gazette. Officers on the Malayan establishment are not wholly the servants of any one of the Malayan administrations,
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    LOYALS’ DRILL DISPLAY AT MALACCA
    107 24 (From Our Own Correspondent* Malacca, Aug 1 A DETACHMENT of the 2nd Batt. The Loyal Regiment, who are in camp at Tanjong Bruas. gave a demonstration on the Banda Hilir Reclamation today, under Major G. W. Gibson, of guard mounting (ceremonial), arms drill and marching
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    LEAVE TO APPEAL TO PRIVY COUNCIL GRANTED.
    751 25 Point At Issue “Novel And One Oi Importance,” Says Counsel matter concerns assessment of LANDS AND PREMISES urvjjR order may cause an injustice and an order vJ which causes injustice in our opinion is a fit and proper point to take to a
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    Reorganisation In Bankruptcy Office
    79 25 construction of the new Singapore High Court had made it possible for a certain amount of reorganization in the Bankruptcy Office, said Mr. E. N. Taylor, Official Assignee, before Sir Percy McElwaine, Chief Justice, S.S. The offices of the Public Trustee had been joined with those
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    THAI PREMIER’S WIFE COMING TO SINGAPORE
    86 25 MADAME PIBUL, wife of Luang Pibul Songgram, Premier of Thailand, will arrive in Singapore shortly by train from Bangkok with one of her daughters who is going to school in England While in Singapore they will be guests of the Thailand Consul-Gene-ral. Luang Vudhisara
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    NEW BATAVIA ARCHITECT
    169 25 Designed League Building of the League of Nations building and of the Netherlands Indies pavilion at the New York World’s Fair, Mr. van Erp, has accepted a position as architectural adviser to the Batavia Municipality, said the Mayor ot Batavia, Mr. E. A. Voorneman, on his arrival
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    CHIEF JUSTICE GIVES TIFFIN TO STAFF
    70 25 A LUNCH was given to the stall ol the Singapore High Court by Sir Percy McElwaine, Chief Justice, S.S., in the restaurant of the new court build ing. Mr. Justice Pedlow and Mr. Justice Manning and the Registrar, Mr Murray M Jack, were also
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    THREE JUDGES ON BENCH IN NEW COURT
    311 25 Application For Leave To Appeal To Privy Council THREE judges opened the judicial work in the new Supreme A Court building on Friday and they heard a petition for leave to appeal to the highest tribunal in the British Empire, the Privy Council.
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    MR. JAMES SHRAPNEL
    64 25 HTHE death occurred on July 31 of Mr. James Latham Shrapnel In his 59th year at his residence at 219-A, oIT Jurong Hoad. The funeral took plaie the same day. Mr. Shrapnel was a marine and diesel oil engineer, and had worked at the Naval Base, Royal
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    “GUNGA DIN” AMONG FILMS BANNED BY CENSOR
    271 25 “GUNGA DIN AMONG FILMS BANNED BY CENSOR '’J'HIRTEEN American films, one British, one Indian and one Chinese were banned by the Film Censor in the second quarter of this year. The reasons ranged from "gun play” to “racial antipathy and religious susceptibility” and "undesirable conversa tions and views suggestive of
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    British Policy In Far East Unchanged
    548 26 NO BETRAYAL OF INTERESTS IN CHINA, SAYS PREMIER London, Aug. 1. “WHY suggest such a fantastic statement?” asked Mr. W Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, speaking in the House of Commons last night on the Anglo-Japanese negotiations and British policy in the Far Fast.
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    WILL WAR BE WAY OUT?
    234 26 .—Reuter. Premier On Bad Feeling Today London, Aug. 1. Mr. Chamberlain, in his speech in the House of Commons, said one must admit that the situation, in which the accumulation of weapons of war was going on at such a pace on so many sides
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    GENERAL ELECTION MIDDLE NOVEMBER
    56 26 Reuter. r London, Aug 1. REUTERS’ lobby correspondent states that present indications point to a general election about Nov. ig or Nov 23. The Government motion for the adjournment ot the House, which was published today, shows the Government will propose the House will adjourn on
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    SOVIET CREDITS FOR CHINA LIKELY
    60 26 —Reuter. Chungkng, Aug. 1. Questioned about reports circuating in Shanghai that the Soviet is granting China export credit of 75.000.000 gold roubles, official Chinese circles here refused to ofler any comment. They defined eitliei to confirm or deny the reports. Usually well-informed circles declare there
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    1,300 Planes In Huge R. A. F. Exercises
    178 26 Reu 4 er. London, Aug. 2. APPROXIMATELY 1 ,‘IOG planes will take part ill the R.A.F. home defence exercises between Aug. 8 and 11. The exercises will be on a larger and more comprehensive scale than over before. The principal objects of
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    NEGOTIATIONS & DIFFICULTIES
    623 26 NEGOTIATIONS DIFFICULTIES —Reuter. Chamberlain And Formidable Arms London, July The Prime Minister, Mr. Nevile Chamberlain, who was loudly cheered on rising, said they were in the position of conducting a number oi negotiations with foreign Powers, some of them of a highly delicate character. He felt it* an occasion when
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    Chinese Fleeing From Manchukuo
    48 26 -Reuter. Peiping, Aug. 1. TRAINS arriving here from 1 Manchukuo are crammed with the wealthier Chinese who are coming to North China for refuge as they fear Soviet bombing of Harbin, Hsinking, Mukden and other cities in view of the continued Japanese Soviet tension.—Reuter.
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    HOW HITLER STRIKE AT POLES
    101 26 —Reuter. Paris, Aug. J. *T*HE suggestion that, instead ot a direct move on Danzig, Hitler may strike at Poland through Hungary is made by the newspaper Le Journal. The Hungarian Foreign Minister. Count Czaky, recently declared Hungary’s policy was closely linked with that of the
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    150,000 Italian Troops In Big Exercises
    372 27 GERMAN DEFENCE TEST IN “PROHIBITED” AREA London, Aug. 2. SIMULTANEOUSLY with the British naval, military and air exercises this month, large-scale manoeuvres by Europe’s Axis partners, who recently conducted staff talks for closer defence co-operation, are now beginning. General Pariani, Secretary for War. Marshal
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    TANKS MOVE INTO SLOVAKIA
    123 27 -Reuter London, Aug. 1 'idtors to Prague from Moravia ‘Did Slovakia report extensive fortil( »tions along the whole Polish n rrtcr, states th e Daily Telegraph (orrcspomlent in Prague. Barbed j- feet high is erected on ihe n>"tie r< while about five miles heHiirt the frontier
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    COUNTER-ATTACK ON SHANGHAI?
    85 27 I.—Reuter. Chungking, Aug. 2. THE Chinese Press predicts new developments in the Shanghai area following the reported infiltration of welltrained and well-equipped Chinese troops through the Japanese lines. An official communique states that 13,694 Japanese were killed in 365 engagements during the second half of June. The
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    JAPANESE MASS IN SOUTH CHINA
    97 27 -Renter. Forces Withdrawing From The Interior? Chungking, Aug 2 ARGE-SCALE withdrawal of Japanese troops in Central China, particularly in the Yangtse Valley, which is stated to have been confirmed by foreign quarters, is caus ng considerable speculation in Chinese circles The Chinese military spokesman declared
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    ‘DANZIG QUESTION IN FUEHRER’S HAND ’
    101 27 ‘DANZIG QUESTION IN FUEHRER’S HAND Berlin, Aug. 3. 44'THE FUEHRER has the question of Danzig in his hand.” declared the Danzig Nazi leader, Herr Foerster, at a demonstration in the Free City at which Vice-Admiral von Trotha, of the German Navy, was present. Herr Foerster added “It is important for
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    Huge Chungking Order For Bank-Notes
    88 27 Reuter. London, Aug. 4. 'T'HE Government Central Rank of China has given contracts to tuo British bank-note printers for < over 1,000,000,000 notes. Neither the exact total nor the value of tlie notes can be divulged. Four hundred extra hands have been engaged to cope
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    Big Progress In Civil Defence
    279 27 —Reuter. £70,000,000 BEING SPENT IN YEAR London, Aug. 2. DROGRESS in civil defence was out- lined in the House of Commons by the Lord Privy Seal, Sir John Anderson. who said that more than £70 000,000 was being spent in the financial year on civil
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    Hope To Shatter Japanese
    122 27 Reuter Shanghai, Aug. 3. THE Chinese military machine is being geared for a general offensive on all fronts in the autumn or winter, according to Chinese dispatches, which assert that a supreme attempt will be made to shatter the Japanese forces in China.” China’s military position,
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    BIG RUMANIA WAR GAMES
    138 27 Reuter 350,000 Called To The Colours Bucharest, Aug. 4. yEiNS of thousands are flocking to join their regiments in response to a calling up notice for large-scale manoeuvres lasting most of this month. These exercises are usually held in the autumn. Some nervousness was caused in
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    New German Move In Danzig
    187 27 Reuter Danzig, Aug. 2. WITH the first part of the Nazi plan for the return Danzig completed hv the raising and train--11 g of an army in the Free City, the Germans are now trying to gain economic control of the territory. The removal of
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    BRITISH NAVAL EXPANSION
    150 27 Reuter. London, Auk. 2 IT HAS been decided to make a considerable addition to the 1939 programme of new naval construction stated Mr. G. H. Shakespeare, Parliamentary Secretary for the Admiralty, in the House of Commons tonight. The additions include 107 trawlers for minesweeping and anti-submarine duties.
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    LORD HALIFAX’S ON BRITISH POLICY
    1735 28 -Reuter. NO FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN ATTITUDE TO JAPAN Ambassador's “Firmness Understanding” London, Aug. 4. I OKI) Halifax, British Foreign Secretary, made a long speech in the House of I>ords last night, on British policy in the Far Fast, with special reference to the Anglo-.Japanese negotiations
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    Inskip Says War Is Unlikely
    33 28 ,—Reuter. London, Aug. 3. MIR THOMAS INSKIP, M Dominions Secretary, speaking at Oban today said war was unlikely and the Government had very good reasons for saying so.—Reuter.
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    PACT TALKS DELAY
    314 28 Reuter. Lord Halifax On Soviet Views London, Aug 3. Lord Halifax, in the House ot Lords, said the British, French ano Russian governments fully agreec with the necessity of trying to "provide against indirect aggres.Mon Their common object was to find a formula likely to cover indirect
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    FAR EAST EVENTS THAT “MAKE MY BLOOD BOIL”
    1522 29 Reuter. Prime Minister And British Policy fleet reinforcements in “CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES” London, Aug. •>. mi FULLY share the most violent feelings of anyone 1 on this. It makes my blood boil to hear and read some of the things happening there. declared*
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    FAKIR OF IPI’S “RIGHT HAND MAN” SHOT
    68 29 -Reuter. Simla, Aug 2. MUSHKI ALAM KHAN, a figure notorious for his anti-British activities in North Waziristan. and popularly known as the right hand man of the Fakir of Ipi. was shot dead at Nizam near Bannu, following a raid on the village.
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    JULIANA HAS DAUGHTER
    159 29 -Reuter. Second Royal Baby Born The Hague, Aug. 5. DRINCESS Juliana gave birth to a daughter early this morning at Soestdijk Palace, A salute of 51 guns announced to the nation the little Princess had been born, and, after the fifty-first gun had boomed out, there was
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    Britain And The Baltic States
    125 29 Reuter. ‘There Is No Question Of Imposing Guarantee* London, Aug. 2. A SHED in the House of Commons tc consider the views expressed by Sweden, Finland and other Baltic States when considering the conclusion ol the Anglo-Soviet anti-aggression Mr. R A. Butler, Under-Secretary for Foreign
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    NO BRITISH RAIL STRIKE YET
    97 29 Reuter. London, Aug. 4. •T'HERE is now no question of strike action by drivers, firemen and cleaners on British railways, at least until Aug. 10. This follows a recent report that a general rail strike was likely. The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
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    PALESTINE CASUALTIES
    39 29 -Reuter. Jerusalem. Aug 1. It was announced today that 48 persons were killed and 97 wounded in disturbances during July. The casualty list, which included one Briton killed and seven wounded, was the lowest for many months.—Reuter.
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    Press Reaction To Cracow Speech
    539 30 Reuter. AGGRESSION WILL MEAN MILITAR REPLY London, Aug. 7. “A CLEAR warning to Germany” is the French press view H of the speech by the Inspector-General of the Polish Army, Marshal Edward Smigly-Rydz, at racow. Intransigeant says it “means Poland will not give way and
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    Food Shortage In Tientsin Acute
    50 30 —Reuter. Shanghai, Aug. 7. THE food situation in the Japa-nese-blockaded British Concession at Tientsin is steadily becoming worse. Many boarding houses and small restaurants have stopped serving meals, and stall-holders in the Concession market have closed down temporarily. No meat or fish is available today.—Reuter.
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    BRITISH SHIPS DESTROYED
    176 30 -Reuter. Japanese Air Raids On Ichang Shanghai, Aug. 6. TWO British steamers Chiawo and Kiangwo, owned by Jardine Matheson and Co., were completely burnt during a second Japanese air raid on Ichang at noon today. So far no British casualties are known, but it is feared many
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    Troop Movements
    40 30 Reuter Dar-es-Salaam, Aug. 6. WITH a view to strengthening the defences of Tanganyika, it has been decided to redistribute units of the Southern Brigade, King’s African Rifles According to an official announcement, the movement of troops begins immediately.-,Reuter
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    Nazis Doubtful Of Italian Army ?
    91 30 Nazis Doubtful Of Italian Army -Reuter. Rome, Auk. 7. third and decisive stage in the Italian manoeuvres opened yesterday when the motorised Trieste division of the Po region army first came into contact with an attacking army from the direction of the French frontier. A number of German journalists ind
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    NAVAL DRY-DOCK FOR AUSTRALIA
    113 30 -Reuter. Decision By Cabinet Expected Soon London, Aug. 6. /CONSTRUCTION oi a naval dry-dock capable of taking the largest battleship afloat will soon be decided by the Australian Cabinet, states the Sunday Times Sydney correspondent. At present, says the correspondent, Sydney is the most favoured site
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    HERR HITLER STILL ON HOLIDAY
    60 30 —Reuter. Berlin. Aug. (j. TJERR HITLER is still on holiday in Bavaria, where he is resting in preparation for the strenuous ordeal of the Nazi party congress at Nuremberg in September. He is understood to be already planning some of the many speeches he will
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    French Plan To Close The Mediterranean?
    257 30 —Reuter. IMPORTANT MILITARY DISCUSSIONS BEING HELD IN LONDON London, Aug. 5. ANGLO-FRENCH military discussions of great importance were held in London yesterday between the French General Huntzinger and Lord Gort, Chief of Imperial General Staff, according to Reuter. The Daily Sketch reports that Gen.
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    GERMAN COAL OUTPUT NOW INADEQUATE
    104 30 -Reuter. Urgent Need To Increase Production Berlin. Aug. 6. /"\WING to the urgent need to increase Germany's coal output, Field-Mar-shal Goering has appointed Dr. Paul Walter to be special commissioner lor this purpose. An official announcement of the appointment explains that Germany’s coal production can
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    CARIBOU CROSSES ATLANTIC
    206 30 Alcock and Brown.—Reuter and Britis Wireless. Botwood, Aug. 6. IMPERIAL Airways flying boat Cari--1 bou arrived at Botwood, Newfoundland. approximately 24 hours out from Southampton on the inaugural flight of the British North Atlantic air mail service. •She arrived three and a half hours behind schedule owing
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    ANOTHER THREE FIRSTS FOR VAN BREUKELEN
    948 31 Clifton Lad Danse du Ventre Create Upsets Il/ITH three more winners on Monday, van Breukelen brought his W total for the first two days of the Penang Gold Cup races to eight. Htfort the final day is over it is likely that the.stable will
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    M.C.C. Team To Tour India
    110 31 —Reuter. Th© M.C.C. have announced the following players who are invited to tour India this winter: A. Holmes (Sussex), H. T. Bartlett (Sussex), J. M. Brocklebank (M.C.C.), S. Griffith (Sussex), R. Human (Worcester), R. E. S. Wyatt (Warwick), E. Davies (Glamorgan), H. L. Dollery (Warwick),
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    VAN BREUKELEN SADDLES FIVE WINNERS AT PENANG
    946 31 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, /Vug. 5 CAVOURITES had the run of the first day’s racing at Penang in the Gold Cup meeting of the Penang Turf Club on Saturday. Grand Prix, scoring his first victory in this country, paid out the highest
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    Century For Ewens At Malacca
    175 31 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Aug. 6. A BRILLIANT 109 not out by Cape. Ewens greatly helped to put the S.C.C. in a good position in their cricket match against Malacca Club on the padang today. S.C.C. were all out for 239 and at the
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    ANNUAL CRICKET MATCH WAS BATTING DEBACLE
    1329 32 Malay States Win With Six Wickets In Hand THE Colony—Malay States ricket match completed on the padang: on Sunday after only one and a half day’s play will go down as one of the lowest scoring matches of the series. The wicket was never
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    THREE TITLES FOR MISS SANSONI AT IPOH
    359 32 Chin Kee Onn Regains Singles Title (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 7. THE All-Malayan tennis championships held at Ipoh were brought to a successful close this evening when the finals of the major events were worked off. Kee Onn won the men’s
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    S.A.F.A. LEAGUE TABLES
    477 32 *THE R.A.F. are still in a strong 1 position in the first division, bu: while the issue is still open there, the Postals are almost certain of honours in the second division (A) with 22 points out of a possible 28. In the second division (B) the
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  • The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT
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      INDUSTRIAL SHARES IN BETTER DEMAND
      617 1 Fraser And Company’s Review Of Past Week IX a weekly report on the share 1 market, issued at the close of business on Aug. 8, Fraser and Co. write: Considerable military and air reinforcement of Malaya from India and elsewhere was the principal item of
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      FIXED TRUST QUOTATIONS
      122 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 8 The following are today’s “bid’ quotations for Fixed Trusts:— s. d. British Empire “A” 18 6 British Empire “B” 9 0 British Empire Cumulative 14 0 British Empire C’prehensive 14 3 British General “A” 18 V/ 2 British General “B”
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      JULY TIN PRODUCTION
      50 1 •TPHE domestic production of tin, as represented by exports from the F.M.S., U.M.S. and Malacca of tin and tin-in-ore at 75.5 per cent, tin content, in July was 5,275 tons. Of this amount the F.M.S. produced 5.040 tons; U.M S. produced 212 tons and Malacca 23 tons.
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      London Stock Exchange
      368 1 Rubber Shares Tend To Strengthen London, Aug. 8 Stock Exchange today experi- enced one of the quietest sessions for some time owing to the absence of interest Prices, nevertheless, were generally firm, particularly rubber shares which tended to strengthen in sympathy with the improved stock position in
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      Wall Street Quotations
      382 1 New York, Aug. 8 following quotations were those ruling when the Stock Exchange closed today. DOW-JONES AVERAGES Yesterday’s Today’s Close Close Changes 30 Industrials 140.76 141.10 up .34 20 Ralls 28.80 28.76 off .04 15 Utilities 26.45 26.55 up .10 New York Stock Exchange, business done, total
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      AYER HITAM TIN
      32 1 THE output ol tin-ore from Ayer Hitam Tin Dredging, Ltd., in the second quarter of this year was 1,709 piculs. The estimated mine profit for the quarter was £11,300.
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER PRICES (Sellers)
      61 1 soot Ang -Sept. Oct.-Dec Jan.-Mar. Apr.-June London A 3 28 7/16 284 28 916 284 284 8 7/16 Soot Aue Sept. Oct.-Dee. Jan.-Mar. Apr.-June London 4 28% 28 11/16 28 11/16 28 13/16 284 284 8 7/16 8 28 11/16 284 284 284 28 15/16 28
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      THE WEEK’S MARKET ACTIVITIES
      694 2 Quiet Period With Prices Steadier In All Sections BY THE SUNDAY TIMES FINANCIAL CORRESPONDENT Singapore, Aug. 6. MARKETS on the whole have had a quiet but steady week, although New York records lulls in the Dow Jones averages lor all groups. Wall Street has been fairly
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      JULY RUBBER SHIPMENTS
      141 2 QCEAN shipments of rubber from all v Malayan ports in July, according to an amended return issued by the Registrar-General of Statistics, were 45.962 tons and not, 46,076 tons as stated in the original return This brings total shipments in the seven months ended July to 293,050
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      JULY TIN-ORE OUTPUT
      137 2 'THE following statistics relating to tin-ore production refer to July Piculs Hours Yardage ore Malaysiam Tin 264 Nawng Pet 275 Rahman Hydraulic 500 Satupulo N.L. 670 139.000 843 Takuapa Valley Dredge 2. .622 185,000 1,193 Dredge 3. 522 88,000 269 The estimated value of the output Irom
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      JULY RUBBER CROPS
      31 2 THE ‘ollowing crops ot rubber weie harvested by the respective estates Ir. July:Lb. Ayer Molek 28,358 Buklt Katll 29.289 Jimah Rubber 17,410 Punggor Rubber 8.010 Malaka Plnda 38.900
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      POLITICS DOMINATE RUBBER MARKET
      662 2 Statistical Position Growing Stronger IN a weekly report on the rubber market, issued at noon on Aug. 3, Stanton Nelson and Co. Ltd., write:— We wish it were possible In these notes to ignore world affairs, but they remain the dominant influence in our market and
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      TIN COMPANY PROFITS FALL SHARPLY
      213 2 Five Concerns In AngloOriental Group (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 5. IJEAVY falls in profits for the year ended March last of five tin-pro. ducing companies in the Anglo-Oriental group are disclosed in the directors’ reports and statements of account, issued today. Kampong
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      JULY DOMESTIC TIN EXPORTS
      57 2 EXPORTS of tin and tin-in-ore at a tin content of 75.5 per cent, from the Malayan regulated area in July are estimated at 5,100 tons, states the Controller under the Tin and Tin-ore (Restriction) Enactment. This compares with a proportionate international monthly quota at 45 per
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      UNITED MALACCA RUBBER EARNS $28,683 PROFIT
      440 3 Dividend Of 3 Per Cent. And $20,000 For General Reserve is; common with all rubber-producing companies, the net 1,,,-ofit earned by United Malacca Rubber Estates Ltd. in ti c year ended April last fell heavily. After providing for directors’ fees, and depreciation on buildings
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      ANGLO-ORIENTAL MINING MONTHLY OUTPUT
      129 3 T" K blowing statistics relating to •ho l in re Production of companies in group refer to July: AniDat -rt*. Hours Cu: yards Piculs Southern rr. 621 135(000 618 lHnta H nta 1.299 446,000 1,780 T u S T u n 1 .431 398,000 1,768 Al'Pln
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION 431 Tons Sold
      135 3 THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,445th. auction on Aug. 2 when there were catalogued 1,229,884 lb. (549.06 tons; offered 1,212,892 lb. (541.47 tons) sold 966,515 lb. <431.48 tons) Spot London 8 7|16d. New York 16% cts. PRICES REALIZED Ribbed Smoked
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      RUBBER EXPORTS IN JULY
      47 3 I\OMESTIC exports of rubber from the U Malayan regulated area in July are estimated to have totalled 37,500 tons, states the Controller of Rubber. This compares with a proportionate monthly international exportable allowance at 60 per cent, of basic quota of 31.599 tons.
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      Visible Tin Stocks Fall 420 Tons In July
      214 3 tons, according to Oartsen. K*~a.t.s Times cable. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 1. IUORL1) visible supplies of tin declined 100 tons in July and, according to estimates compiled by A. Strauss and Co. Ltd., these stood at 22,694 tons at the
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      BUKIT KATIL RUBBER TO EXTEND PLANTED AREA
      712 3 Replanting Also To Be Done Gradually shareholders at the annual meeting of Bukit Katil Rubber Estates in Malacca on Friday, Mr. Tan Hoon Siang, the chairman, said:— The accounts reveal that the profit for the year ended Apr. 30 is much below that
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      EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES
      99 3 FVURING the week ending July 29. 1939, exports of canned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 33,264 cases, of which 25,015 (75 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom, 2,542 (8 per cent.) cases to the ContinentoOf Europe, 3,960 (12 per cent cases to Canada,
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      JULY TIN SHIPMENTS
      85 3 pOREIGN exports of tin, being final shipments on ocean steamers at all Malayan ports in July totalled 5,490 tons and tin-ore shipments totalled 541 tons. Of the tin shipments, 3,539 tons were consigned to the United States; 900 tons to the Continent of Europe; 491 tons to
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      BANKA-BILLITON TIN PLAN
      50 3 Amsterdam, July 26. r PHE Second Chamber reception or the revised Bill regarding the fusion of the Banka and Billiton tin mines Is on the whole again unfavourable. The majority of members desire that the Bill be referred back to the Netherlands Indies People's Council for reconsideration.
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      UNITED KINGDOM SELLS MORE TO MALAYA
      656 4 Import Figures Are Best For Last Ten Years (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 21. rE United Kingdom’s share of Malayan imports in 1938 reached a higher percentage of the total imports than in ar.v of the last ten years. The figure for all
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      P. SWETTENHAM PILOT DUES
      219 4 From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 5. •"THE Resident of Selangor has caused a correction of previous notifications under the Pilots Enactment to be inserted in the current issue of the F.M.S. Government Gazette as follows: In exercise of the powers vested in him by
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      SINGAPORE TRACTION CO.’S REVENUE RISES
      85 4 DECEIPTS from traffic received by the Singapore Traction Co., Ltd. in July were $210,000, states the Singapore manager of the company. This compares with $200,000 collected in June and was $167,000 more than collections July last year. Total receipts from traffic in the ten months
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      JULY RUBBER CROPS
      64 4 THE following rubber crops were harvested by the respective states in July:— Lb. Kempas 204,000 Alor Pongsu 29,543 Bedong 73,051 Temerloh 27,659 Penang Rubber 242,500 Sabrang Rubber 100,000 Straits Rubber 153,000 Rubana Rubber 74,100 Bagan Serai Rubber 58^000 Tali Ayer Rubber 87^356 Batak Rabit Rubber 25,000 Merchiston
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      JERAM RUBBER ESTATES
      549 4 DIVIDEND OF 4 PER CENT. r ¥*HE thirtieth annual ordinary r;ent- ral meeting of the Jeram Rubber Estates. Ltd was held in London last week. Mr. Cyril Hughes <chairman* said. The gross proceeds of rubber values at .£40,316 shows a decrease of £1,544. The general reserve now'
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      NYALAS RUBBER IN SOUND FINANCIAL POSITION
      609 4 Replanted Areas Growing Very Satisfactorily A DDRESSING shareholders at Annual General Meeting 0 f Nyalas Rubber Estates Ltd. j n Singapore last week, Mr. Lee Chim Tuan, the chairman, said: The results for the year are again disappointing, the profit being onlv $20,751.81 as
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      STOCKS AND SHARES
      1158 5 Issued 3y Fraser And Co., EXCHANGE AND STOCK BROKERS. Singapore, August 9, 10 a.m. MINING. issue Vai. Buyer. BcUer. 4 Ampat Tin 3/8 4/3 5 A astral Amal 4/- 4/7% ,'i Austral Malay 38/- 40/y. avct Hltam l»/» 1 Aver Weng 0.72 0.76 ;i B ingrin Tin
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES
      36 5 THE official price of tin in Singapore cn Aug. 3 was $113.62y 2 per pciul of 133 1/3 lb. on Aug. 4 $114.25 on Aug. 8 $113.87V 2 on Aug. 9 $113.87‘/ 2
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      195 5 Singapore, Aug. 8, noon. Buyers Sellers Uambiei 7.50 Hamburg Cube 313.25 Uva Cube 312.00 Pepper White Munto'i 811.50 White 311.00 Black 7.50 Copra Mixed 32.35 Sun Dried 33.60 Sago Flour No I Lingga 32.33 32.33 Fair $2.32V 2 s2.32Vfe Sarawak 32.35 Jelotong Palembang 37.50 Banja 37.50 Sarawak
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      TIN SHARES
      188 5 London Exchange Prices On July 31 Ampat (4/) 3/7%; Angk>-Burma (5/) 13/9; Ayer Hltam (5/) 19/; Bangrln 17/9; Gopeng Cons. (5/) 7/; Hongkong (5/> 15/3; Idris (5/) 4/9; Ipoh (16/) 17/; Jelapang 24/; Kampong Lanjut 13/3; Kamuntlng (5/) 7/6; Kepong Klllinghall (5/) 12/9: Kinta (5/) 8/3; Kinta Kellas
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      RUBBER SHARES
      602 5 London Exchange Prices' On July 31 Allagar (2/) /8; Alor Ptxigsu (2/) 1/3%; Amal. Bruas (2/) 1/4%; Amal. Bruas Pf. (2/) 1/10%; Anglo-Malay 7/9; Ayer Kunlng 21/; Badenoch 16/3; Bagan Serai 15/; Bahru (8el.) (2/) 1/2; Banteng 13/1%; Batang (2/» 1/6%; Batu Oaves 13/9; Batu Tlga 20/; Bekoh
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      FOREIGN EXCHANGES
      83 5 London, Aug. 8. Today’s closing mean rates were Paris 17« 23 ?*> Stockholm 19.39 New York 4.68 3/16 Athens 547*4 Montreal 4.68*/, Belgrade 210 Brussels 27.55*% Bucharest 660 Geneva 20.74*4 Rio S\ Amsterdam 8 79*4 Buenos Aires 20.19*4 Milan 89 Montevideo 18*4 Berlin 11.66 m. Bombay 1/5 5/16rI
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
      111 5 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore. Aug. 8. 5 p.m. Books > Total for Compam Dividend Close Dat- Ex, Dlv financial vear Yim Pavpi-lp Date to date K Kamuntlng 3d. No 65 lHd. bonus. Aug. 4 Aug 11 Aug. 8 Thabawlelk l/3d. No. 21 Aug. 11 Aug 25 Aug.
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