The Straits Budget, 8 February 1940

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1 3 The Straits Budget
  • 30 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES I ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY No. 4278. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FERRUARY 8, 1940. Price 25 cts., (S.S. Currency) «m 7
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  • 1080 1 Singapore, Wednesday. exports of rubber and tin and higher prices for both commodities are mainly responsible for the sharp expansion in Malaya’s overseas trade which occurred last year, compared with the preceding year. The favourable balance for the year has risen by $100,000,000, from $22,000,000 in
    Shepherd on Tuesday.—Straits Times picture.  -  1,080 words
  • 37 1 A corner of the Pig and Whistle Tavern, decorated in old English style, which was opened by the Cyrano Restaurant last week. It is the first of its kind in Singapore.
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  • 1061 1 nable faces and begin.”—Straits Times. Feb. 1. j v uioll has done a good deal .cellaneous reading in his .j,. is an Autolycus of the t snapper-up of unconsidertvifles. All learning, more specially historical learning, which >v.wns to come his way, is grist ‘.‘/the mill, and scraps of
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  • 971 1 price to pay for support —Straits Times, Feb. 2. Few people believe that when the nations of Europe emerge from the present struggle, with Naziism destroyed, they will return to the political and economic systems that ruled before the malevolent shadow of Hitler fell upon them. Tremendous changes
    price to pay for support —Straits Times, Feb. 2.  -  971 words

  • 466 2 expensive process.—Straits Times, Feb. 3. In January, 1939, the Singapore Municipal Commissioners passed a resolution which committed them to a Buy British policy. On Wednesday they agreed, by a majority, to depart from that policy to the extent of purchasing supplies of cement from French manufacturers in Indo-China.
    expensive process.—Straits Times, Feb. 3.  -  466 words
  • 526 2 thing over $l7. —Straits Times, Feb. 3. At the. beginning of the year a communique was issued through the Department of Information clarifying the wartime regulations regarding the use of British postal orders. Those regulations have since been modified, but it is still possible to purchase such orders
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  • 100 2 —Straits Times, Feb. 3. At different times we have had an awful lot of those polite communications ending I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant.” We rather like them They are so flattering. They make us feel delightfully “smooth.” Imagine, then, the feelings a few
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  • 1035 2 Straits Times, Feb. 5. In 1934, the Balkan Entente was formed with the object of ensuring I that the Great Powders did not interfere further with the Balkan countries. Bulgaria and Albania remained outside the Alliance; the former is still not a member but took part in the
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  • 1199 3 According to the London Correspondent of the Straits Times, conKd ra^e indignation has been r °used at Home by a resolution M J )0 of cl by the Archdeacon of r f on Tren t during the prooinp.s oi the Lower House of invocation, in reference
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  • 1174 3 does not matter.—Straits Times, Feb. 8. In a leading article published several days ago, we described the extraordinary progress which has been made with broadcasting in Thailand. We contrasted that progress with the appalling backwardness of Malaya and sought to show what could be accomplished for the good
    does not matter.—Straits Times, Feb. 8.  -  1,174 words

  • 80 4 THE death of Mrs. Easow. wife of Mr. P. K. Easow of the staff of the Civil Aviation Directorate took olace at the ace of 40 on Sunday. She leaves a husband, three daughters. aged parents and a large number of relatives. The funeral took place
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • 124 4 BATH.—At the Maternity Hospital, Singapore on Jan. 30, to Rosemary, wife of Vivian C. Bath, a son. FARNHILL.—To Mary, wife of Squadron Leader G. Farnhlll in St. Andrews on Jan 29. a daughter. ORFWOOD.—At the Maternity Hospital on Jan. 29, to Thelma, wife of Major E. 8. Orpwood, The
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    • 92 4 KNOWLES-PARSONAGE—The engagement Ls announced of Alfred Derek only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Knowles of Manchester and Constance youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs. W. Parsonage of Norfolk. FINIGAN—CLIFFORD. The engagement is announced between Patricia O’Connell Finlgan, Singapore, and John Austin Clifford. The Royal InniskilUng Fusiliers. Wellington, India;
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  • 33 4 eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Jeff, of Seremban, who has been decorated with the French Croix de Guerre for gallantry. He was born in Malaya.—See page 5.
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  • 202 4 MRS. Babington, wife of Air Vice- Marshal J. T. Babington, Air Officer Commanding, R.A.F., Far East, opened a newly erected school for children at Seletar last week. Prior to making the official opening, Mrs. Babington. with Air ViceMarshal Babington, had inspected the school, which
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  • 102 4 T'HE formation of a Eurasian Associa- tion in Sarawak was marked by a supper and dance given by the members of the association at the residence of Mr. E. W. Howell, the president, in Kuching. Numerous guests were present, among them Mr. J. B. Archer, Chief Secretary,
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  • 124 4 MR. W. C. Taylor, President, Johore Bahru Town Board, is shortly leaving on transfer as Collector of Land Revenue, Malacca, in place of Mr. A Williams. Mr. Taylor will be succeeded by Mr. W Cole. Mr. Taylor recently acted as Legal Adviser. Johore Dr. J. C P.
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  • 264 4 Leaders— Hitler’s Bogey Federal Union j l Buy Allied The Balkans J “If Thine Enemy Hunger” Another Lesson ij Telegrams— Covering past week’s news i 5 Financial Supplement— Financial and Commercial News to date, following page 2 2 Malayan General News— Penang Man Ordered To Leave Colony French Medal
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  • 131 4 A CHEQUE for $6,300 has been received from Brunei for the Malaya Patriotic Fund. That is a remarkably generous contribution from so small a State. Liberal donations were received from all communities— Europeans, Malays, Chinese, Indians, Kedayans and others. The principal contribution was one of
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  • 48 4 Lady amie noble, widow of sir John Noble, whose family n >'•* trolled the armament firm of v strong-Whitworth, befos-' Its am mation with Vickers, arrived Pingapore recently on her wa*> Penang. Lady Noble is accompanied by secretary and intends spendin months in the Straits Settlement
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  • 76 4 DEATHS Cable advice has been received that Mr. P. E. Cobham died at Bath on January 29. KOI!. —At Seremban Hospital on 4th instant Kui I/*ong aged 50 years. Oifice Clerk. Chetnbong Estate, Rembau, N.S. LEONG CHOON, aged father of Mr I,oong Cheong passed away peacefully at 25 Sago Street.
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  • 348 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Feb. 5. 1\fR. Ch’ng Beng Lee, hon. assistant secretary of the VI Penang committee of the China Distress Relief Fund, n ho has been ordered to leave
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  • 131 5 QTARTED last month under the patrpnage of Mr. M. Sockalingam tnettiar and Mr. V.R.M.M. May,appa Chettiar, the Kuantan Indian Association has already 100 members, uut -s’ation members and a number ’*JJ-'sociate members. e association premises provide Mi. i; or and outdoor recreations. A 1 (,:tss and a
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  • 51 5 1 Our Own Correspondent) About Seremban, Jan. 29. 850 poor children including Vf>nt 'fi ans from the Seremban ConMctromu time at the c fuiTv theatre, Seremban, on Club the Seremban Rotary merit ,vlded them with entertaintoS- to a free cinema show, and f ruits were
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  • 145 5 pLIGHT-LIEUT. Robert Voase Jeff, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Jeff, of Seremban, is the first R.A.F. officer to be decorated with the French Croix de Guerre. The medal was presented to FlightLieut. Jeff on Saturday by Gen Vuillemin, Commander-Jn-Chief of
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  • 56 5 From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Feb. 4. FE Negri Sembilan Chinese remitted to China at the end of January 513,401.98 in Straits currency for the China Relief Fund bringing the total of contributions to $488,401.98 in addition to a sum of $700,000 sent in
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  • 244 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 4. QRATITUDE to the Government for having decided to appoint an Indian to watch over Indian interests on the Selangor State Council was expressed by several speakers at a tea party in honour of Mr. K. K.
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  • 404 5 MALAY STATES BRITAIN “Not Annexation.... Peaceful Means” COMMENT OF A FAMOUS GOVERNOR pRESH light on a famous PJalayan Governor and on British policy ni the Malay States is provided by an article in a recent issue of Chambers Journal by James Milne, a veteran British journalist, and author. Mr. Milne,
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  • 268 5 of the effects of the control oi imports into Malaya as part of the war-time regulations is likely ro be the disappearance of Japanese toys from the local shops. The import of toys from non-sterling countries is prohibited under the import
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  • 108 5 POUNDER of one of the largest cigar manufacturing concerns in America, Bayuk Cigars Incorporated, Mr. Samuel Bayuk, arrived in Singapore on Sunday on his way to Medan, Sumatra, to supervise the purchase of tobacco. The sales of Sumatra tobacco take place annually. Thej are In
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  • 85 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. Feb. 4. T*HE Thai Government has refuted rumours circulating in the bazaar to the effect that Government is forming companies with the intention of competing with private business enterprises The companies being sponsored by Government were developing small industries neglected by
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  • 104 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Feb. 2 THE marriage took place quietly last night of the only daughter of lnchc Ahmed Keppel bin Ja’afar. Personal Assistant to the Johore General Advisor, to Inche Mohamed bin Ja’afar. a nephew of Dato Mohamed Salleh, C.B E, the State
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  • 451 6 COURT DISMISSES CLAIM AGAINST LABOUR OFFICER Plaintiff Alleges That He Was Put To Shame A CIVIL claim for damages against J. T. N. Handy, extra assistant controller of the Labour Department, Singapore, brought by S. Abdul Rahman, manager of the General Lighterage and Transport Company, was dismissed in the Singapore
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  • 65 6 rIE Ex-Services Association of Malaya, Singapore branch, held a general meeting at the SC.C. The following were elected office-bearers: chairman, Mr. C. Q. Howell; vice-chairman, Mr. T Stone; hon. secretary. Mr. O. S. Meggs; hon. treasurer, Mr. W. McArthur; committee, Messrs; R. L. Nunn, M. N. Warden. O.
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  • 81 6 AN increase in the number of plague cases is reported from Thailand according to the League of Nations Eastern Bureau health statement for the week ending Jan. 27. There were 10 more cases noted during the week. While there was an increase of 15
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  • 819 6 r FHAT the Singapore Reper- tory Players was owned by his wife, that he produced its plays for her, and that he received nothing in return, was stated by Carl Lawson, actorproducer, when he appeared last week as defendant in
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  • 222 6 pLIGHT-LIEUT. John Bure» r Brolly, of the Royal Air fZ son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. BroVv Glasgow, Scotland, was mam <j the Cathedral of the Good ghen herd last week to Miss Pitiiri' Eileen Watt, daughter of Mi m A. Watt and the late
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  • 186 6 A FINE of $100 was imposed by the Singapore traffic district judge, Mr. C. H. Whitton, last week on William James Clamp, who was convicted on a charge of negligent driving along Yeo Chu Kang Road on Dec. 11. Accused, who was defended by
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  • 137 6 AN order to pay $75 a month to Official Assignee for the benefit <>i his creditors was made against Tim ku Hussein bin Tungku Haji Ali, who appeared before Mr. Justice Mannim, in tilt High Court A descendant of the late Suit m Hussein of
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  • 118 6 AT the ninth annual general ingofthe Chettiars’ (Nattukkottui Chamber of Commerce the followinofficers were elected: President, Mr. At. K. PI. M. Meyarpa Chettiar; vice-president, Mr. Sp. K. A. SI mugam Chettiar: secretary. Mr. Ar. A R Nachiappa Chettiar; assistant secretary. Kn. N. N. Kn Seenivasan Chettiar;
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  • 674 10 THE Governor-General of French Indo-China, General Cat- roux, wan present during the final stages of the big-scale army manoeuvres in Cambodia which ended recently. Some 12,000 men, 800 horses and
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  • 66 10 fFrom Our Own Correspondent.» Penang, Jan. 29. THE following have been appointed members of the Penang Hindu Advisory Board for 1940:— The Deputy Controller of Labour, Malaya. (Chairman, ex-officio), Dr. K. Muttukumaru (vice-chairman», Mr. S. Saravanan, Mr. C. Yahambaram Pillay, Ral Sahib B. R.
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  • 238 10 A DECREE nisi to be made absolute in three months was granted to James Newman, a Eurasian, by Mr. Justice a’Beckett Terrell, in the High Court last week. Newman was the petitioner in a suit lor divorce in which
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  • 47 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Jan. 30. SEVENTY employees of United Engineers Ltd. resumed work today following the settlement at the same company’s Singapore plants of a strike lasting six weeks. It is understood that the workmen have been given increased rates of pay.
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  • 664 10 T'HE latest list of contributions to the Malaya Patriotic Fund shows a total of $1,009,600.94. The totals of the various branches and sections in this list are: Malays $284.54; Malacca $862.17; Eurasians $201.40; Labuan $270; Miri $594.82; Trengganu $5,000; Sarawak $BOO. The Rank
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  • 498 10 (From Our Own Correspondent, London, Jan. is ‘THIS canalisation of import* y v vides a great opportunity i,„ British manufacturers,” writes v E. Jago, Deputy Agent. Malajml Information Agency, on Malayan wartime trad»* regnh.tions. in an article in the new is u of the
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  • 43 10 PRIOR to his departure for Austia ia to take up a Government app ment. Mr. J. G. Beohm, chief ground engineer of Weames’ Air Services, v-as presented with a gold wrist watch the engineers and staff of the < pany.
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  • 828 12 WELFARE work among Asiatic women on the estate has been suggested by contributors to the Women’s Supplement as an antidote for the boredom of the planter’s wife. But is this as simple as it sounds A characteristic which is as strong
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  • 125 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Jan. 30. families were rendered homeless and damage estimated at over $10,000 was caused when a row of 11 attap houses was gutted by fire last night at Salak village, some four miles from Nilai, in Negri Sembilan. The arrival of
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  • 61 12 T*WO divisions of the Singapore Har bour Board St. John Ambulance Brigade were inspected by Mr. H. K. Rodgers, chairman of the Harbour Board, After the inspection, Mr. Rodgers presented the second division with a silver cup following a first aid and efficiency display. The cup. donated
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  • 265 12 NEW LABOUR POST IN F.M.S. Mr. W.L. Blythe To Leave Penang MR. C. W. A. SENNETT MUNICIPALITY (From Our Own Correspondent! Penang, j an 31 MR. C W. A. SENNETT. formerly chairman of the Singapore Rural Board, is to succeed Mr w L. Blythe as deputy president of the Penang
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  • 152 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Jan. 31. COST living allowances are to be paid to Government artisans and labourers in Johore in conformity with the scale in the Colony and the F.M.S. The new allowance represents a 60 per cent, increase. Where the daily
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  • 49 12 IN spite of the war the British Council for relations with other countries will continue its grant of scholarships of £350 a year for three years for two Thai students who will take up postgraduate course in England, reports the Praja Jati.
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  • 1595 13 THE question of whether, in view of changed world I co nditions, political questions should be taken into (onsideration when deciding a matter which meant a consider- |f saving in the purchase of British or other
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  • 170 13 A MOTORING accident which occurred in Singapore over a year ago and in which two Europeans, husband and wife, were badly Injured, had a sequel in the High Court last week when a claim for damages was mentioned before Mr. Justice a’Beckett Terrell. Appearing for the
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  • 83 13 OWING to the international situation, Hollanders in Singapore did not observe the second anniversary laat week of the birth of Princess Beatrix Wllhelmlna Armgaard, daughter of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard, with the same vigour and verve which accompanied last year’s celebrations. Only Dutch children held
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  • 926 15 ATTACKS ON SHIPS OFF BRITAIN Series Of Raids By German Bom bers London, Jan. 30. pERMAN aircraft yesterday made the most am- j bitious series of attacks on British shipping that they have yet attempted. The attacks were distributed over 400 miles of the coast—from the mouth of the Tay
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  • 93 15 -Reuter. Rome, Jan. 30. COMMENTING on the denial issued in Berlin of reports broadcast from the Vatican on German atrocities in Poland, the Bologna newspaper Avvenire dTtalia writes “We should like to believe that the German denial corresponds with the truth, but where the Nazi fight
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  • 166 15 London, Jan. 30. T'HE possibility that the United A States’ interest in China might lead to her participation in the European war was suggested by Sir Frederick Whyte, director of the American division of the Ministry of Information, lecturing at
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  • 96 15 Helsinki, Jan. 30. were killed and 50 wounded in a series of air raids at Abo. Dozens of houses were destroyed when 50 Soviet bombers silently swept down on the city with their engines cut off. The raids were the worst that Abo has hitherto
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  • 282 15 Reuter. Paris, Jan. 30. DALADIER, the French prime minister, broadcasting to the nation last night, declared that Nazi domination was different from anything history had ever known. It was pursuing the systematic destruction of the vanquished. “Hitler does not treat with nations which
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  • 68 15 -Reuter. Brussels, Jan. 30. THE authorities have interned two British soldiers who crossed the frontier by mistake, it is reported. The men were found by a shopkeeper asleep in his shop. They were numb with cold, and it took him a considerable time to
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  • 46 15 —Reuter. Copenhagen, Jan. 29. •THE Berlin correspondent of the newspaper National Tidende reports that Germany has prohibited all free trading in motor vehicles from Thursday. Anyone wishing to buy a car after this date must obtain a special permit.
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  • 159 15 Reuter. A TOTAL of 18.000 Polish leaders drawn from all classes are estimated to have been put to death by the Germans in the German-occupied areas of Poland, according to an official report issued by the Polish Government ir Paris. The report clear'y sets out Germany's
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  • 1064 16 Chamberlain Called “Pious Preacher THE FUEHRER’S JIBES AT BRITISH STATESMEN —Reuter. seventh anniversary of the Nazi accession to power was marked on Jan. 30 by a surprise speech from Hitler, his first since he spoke in the Munich beer cellar. It followed the same lines of all the speeches he
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  • 58 16 —Reuter. Amsterdam, Jan. 31. IT is not known why Hitler’s speech was announced only at the very last minute, but it is suggested by some that Hitler wished to leave no time for anyone to plant an infernal machine near the microphone. This is his
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  • 339 16 —Reuter. Flushing, Feb. 1. IT IS REVEALED that 20 bombs were dropped by a big German aircraft which bombed and machine-gunned the unarmed British steamer High Wave on Tuesday. According to information gathered from members of the crew, the bombs were dropped
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  • 208 16 London, Jan. 31 THE Havas correspondent j n Helsinki is authorized by thFinnish headquarters to disclose that, the port mentioned in the latest Finnish communique as having been bombed by Finnish \V ar planes was the naval base Kronstadt. It is added
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  • 53 16 -British Wireless. London, Feb. 1. THE third naval contingent from 1 Newfoundland landed to-day and was received by the civic authorities and representatives of the Dominions Office. They were driven through the streets before being entertained by the civic authorities. They left for their deports
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  • 42 16 -Reuter. Berlin. Jan. 29. CEVEN islands in the Frisian group have been proclaimed war zones for the duration of the war by a High Command announcement. The islands are Borkum, Juist, Norderney,.Langeoog, Spierkeroog, Wangeroog and Sylt.—Reuter.
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  • 29 16 Havas Casablanca, Jan. 30. A GERMAN citizen named Schubert has been convicted by the military court here of espionage and condemned to hard labour for life.
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  • 407 16 t'uwwi. wiuiuut it»» nicy uiuu^iiv of the dead Germans.—Reuter and 1 Wireless. London, Jan. 31. CQUADRON-LEADER K. C. DORAN. who led the famous Kiel air raid in the early days of the war, has been awarded the bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross,
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  • 300 18 -Reuter. London, Feb. 1. T'HE Air Ministry announce that a U-boat yesA terday attacked a convoy and sank the 5,000ton British steamer Vaclite whose crew were rescued by an Italian ship. An R.A.F. plane later sank the U-boat.
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  • 54 18 -Reuter. Paris. Feb. 2. expensive French naval building programme is analyzed by the Journal des Debats, which enumerates the following vessels under construction Four 35.000-ton battleships; Two 8.000-ton aircraft-carriers; Three 8.000-ton cruisers; Twenty-nine destroyers; Five large and 15 small submarines; Three submarine minelayers as well as mine-sweepers,
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  • 32 18 'THE wife of an Egyptian named A Saved Hamada Geheza has given birth to quintuplets, reports Reuter from Cairo. They are all girls, and all are doing well
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  • 54 18 -Reuter. London, Jan. 30. THE upkeep of the Nazi party organization costs the German people about €140,000,000 yearly, according to Le Petit Parisien. The newspaper states that the figures are taken from the party’s annual financial statement signed by the treasurer, Schwartz, and the Labour
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  • 60 18 -Reuter. Paris, Feb. 1. THE Nazi authorities are turning out Czechs in 11 districts round Prague to make room for Germans repatriated from the Baltic countries, according to a Havas d!spatch from the Slovak frontier. It is stated that the 11 districts will form a “Germanic
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  • 275 18 More Attacks On Shipping Raiders Bomb Fire On Ellerman Liner -Reuter. London, Jan. 31. FIS learned that among the ships attacked by German raiders on Tuesday was the Ellerman liner City of Bath. Two German raiders bombed and machine-gunned the City of Bath off the Firth of Tay. The liner
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  • 47 18 —Reuter. Copenhagen, Feb. 1. THE Danish Minister of Defence has announced a new defence programme including two minesweepers, two torpedo boats, one submarine and smaller vessels. The fleet air arm will be strengthened by 100 planes and heavier anti-aircraft guns will be acquired.
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  • 184 18 London, Feb. 4. rIE volume of British merchant shipping is at present actually greater than at the outbreak of war. This Is officially revealed in London. During the first five months, 480,000 tons of British merchant shipping had been lost.
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  • 20 18 Reuter. Berne, Jan. 31. COLLECTIONS in Switzerland for aid for Finland have already exceeded 1,000.000 francs.—Reuter.
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  • 182 18 London, Feb. i A NUMBER of Britain’s “week A end” pilots have now taken their places in France alongside th* regular air force. In private Hf e they were city men, clerks, enei’ neers, shipyard workers and miners who
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  • 110 18 Reuter London. Feb. 1. THE War Office announces that cer- tain defence battalions will shortly proceed abroad. It Is understood that a big proportion of men are exservicemen between the ages of 35 and 50. These men volunteered in their thousands in response to the
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  • 428 18 QUESTIONS about the labour situation in Singapore and recent strikes were asked in the House of Commons last week by Mr. Creech Jones, Labour M.P. for Shipley. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in reply, said
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  • 1335 19 PREMIER ANNOUNCES N0 SUPER-MINISTER IN THE WAR CABINET Opposition Wants More Decision Drive -Reuter. London, Feb. 2. MR. Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, announced M in the House of Commons last night that the President of the Board of Trade is establishing a new Export Committee to intensify British efforts on
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  • 189 19 London, Feb. 2. THE names of the leading busi- ness men who will sit on the Export Council which is being set up, as announced by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons yesterday will be as follows: SIR CLIVE BAILLIEU, chairman
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  • 210 19 BRITISH WAR COUNCIL Premier Work Of Committee -Reuter. London, Feb. 2. established for the supreme direction of the war was outlined by Mr. Chamberlain in a written reply to a question in the House of Commons yesterday. He stated that the ministerial committee on military co-ordination established by the War
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  • 153 19 Reuter. Copenhagen, Feb. 1. FIFTEEN members of the crew are missing from the Danish steamer Vidar (2,100 tons) which struck a mine yesterday and sank this morning. Eight other members of the crew were rescued. The Vidar was en route to Denmark from England. A
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  • 40 19 -Reuter. Paris, Jan. 31. PRINCE von Starhemberg, former Vice-Chancellor and ex-leader of the Heimwehr in Austria, ts officially gazetted as an infantry lieutenant in the French army The prince can only command foteign units —Reuter.
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  • 58 19 —Reuter. Cape Town, Feb. 1. THE Senate to-day approved, by 21 votes to 13, the Government motion confirming its war policy, and rejected by the same margin an amendment introduced by Mr. A. P. J. Fourie, former Minister of Railways and Harbours in the Hertzog
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  • 412 21 -Reuter. Belgrade, Feb. 5. FOLLOWING German threats to south-eastern Europe, the 4 meeting of the four Balkan Entente Powers, which concluded in Belgrade yesterday, is considered to be of special importance. Satisfaction is expressed at the result of the conference
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  • 128 21 -Reuter. Tut Copenhagen, Feb. 1 IE long-awaited new edition of Kampf is now on sale in *h e Berlin correspondent iL" ,e newspaper Politiken says an !7 ok not been abridged ‘n i Germans may still read in •ct.i I 1 pact would the downfall
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  • 336 21 London, Feb. 4. NUMEROUS instances of the courage of seamen and fishermen were revealed following the Nazi air raids in the North Sea yesterday Two German aircraft bombed and machine-gunned the steamer Yewdale '823 tons) Machine-gun fire smashed the windows of the wheelhouse.
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  • 50 21 21 LEGAL difficulties which can only be surmounted by the British parliament superseding the British Army Act as It applies to the British part of the army in India has caused the abandonment of the scheme for compulsory national service for male European British subjects in India, under consideration. —Reuter.
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  • 740 21 Reuter. London, Feb. 5. A DDITIONAL details of the week-end air battles over the British Isles reveal that of 20 German bombers taking part at least three were shot down, while comparatively little damage was done by
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  • 86 21 Rome Tokio To Form New Anti-Red Front? -Reuter. Tokio, Jan. 29. ACCORDING to the Asahi Shim- bun, Count Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister, recently suggested to the Japanese Ambassador in Rome that if Japan were dissatisfied with the anti-Comin-tern pact in consequence of the Soviet-German rapprochement, a new group of anti-Comintern
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  • 148 21 Norway Sweden Lose 70 Ships Newspaper Denounces Nazi Murderers Reuter. Oslo, Feb. 4. MORWAY has lost ten ships and 100 sailors in the past ten days, bringing her losses since the beginning of the war to 40 ships, representing 118.000 tons, and 248 sailors. During the whole of 1914-15, Norwegian
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  • 42 21 21 Reuter. Washington. Fob. 1 THE House of Representatives naval committee has tentatively approvled a three-year programme costing approximately $655 ml'lion <U.S currency) and providing 21 new warships compared with 77 in the proposed original programme. Reuter.
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  • 686 22 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Feb. 4. IN a game that was played at a terrific pace from start to finish, Singapore beat Malacca by two goals to one in a return State
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  • 136 22 NORTH SOUTH TEAMS (FOLLOWING are the North and South teams for the annual hockey match to be played at Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 17. North: F. R. Toft (Perak); G. La Rrooy (Sel.), Lee Heng Teik (Perak); Vijendram (Sel.). G. L. Carson (Perak) (capt.), Chong Kok Heng (Sel J. E.
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  • 120 22 From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 3. BY winning the Selangor men’s singles championship to-day, Wong Peng Soon, the Johore and Singapore singles champion, established himself as Malaya’s best singles player. The finals of the men’s and women’s singles to-day were played before
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  • 83 22 J CRICHTON on Sunday won the Royal Singapore Golf Club’s Gold Medal for 1939 at Bukit Timah. The February Medal Competition ended In a tie in “A” division between G. S. Eber. Sq./Ldr. K. A. Jackman, Ma.lor O. S. Still and J. Crichton with
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  • 40 22 London, Feb. 3. /VYING to the bad weather conditions only the following games were played to-day: SOCCER—South Western Plymouth 10 Bristol C 3 RUGBY UNION Neath 28R.A.F 3 Swansea 3 Swansea Valley 11 Torquay 24 Royal Navy 6
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  • 924 22 CINGAPORE will once again be out of the Foong Scons u Cup inter-state badminton competition as they failed to get the rules of the competition amended at the annual general meeting of the Badminton Association
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  • The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT
    • 813 24 TM-; basic quota of 21,000 tons alk International Rubber Regulark !0 1943. inclusive, is still inadequati Vorth Borneo Planters’ Associatioi The chairman, Mr. A. Thomson, addressing the annual meeting of fne association recently, said:— The Controller’s assessment figures tor
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    • 42 24 THE estimated export of dry rubber from the Malayan regulated area in January is 53,000 tons, states the Controller of Rubber This compares with a proportionate monthly exportable allowance at 80 per cent, of basic auota of 42,832 tons.
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    • 45 24 OF 127 tin dredges in Malaya at the end of last year. 96 were working, five were under construction and 26 were closed down. At the end of the preceding year, only 55 dredges were working and 60 were closed down.
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    • 37 24 SALES of coal by Malayan Collieries Ltd. in December totalled 49,397 tons, compared with 45,255 tons in November, bringing total sales for 1939 to 423.589 tons, compared with 449,305 tons in 1938.
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    • 89 24 FOREIGN exports of tin in January totalled 14,016 tons, the second largest shipments in any one month in the history of the industry. The highest shipments ever recorded were in October last year when they reached 15.306 tons. Shipments in December were 10.555 tons. Of the
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    • 278 24 IN a weekly report on the rubber market, issued on Feb. 6, Stanton Nelson and Co. Ltd. write: A steady undertone has done little to relieve the dull conditions which have existed in the rubber market during the last week. Some buying
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    • 55 24 STOCKS of tin-ore mines in Malaya on Jan. 1 totalled 3.779 tons, equivalent to 2.853 tons of tin metal assuming an assay value of 75.5 per cent The maximum stocks permitted by the in f ernational agreement are 21 91C ton 0 of are equivalent
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    • 375 24 London, Feb. 6. AN the Stock Exchange to-day, heavy inv dustrlals were strong and active on reports of a new rearmaments drive. Giltedged eased and Home rails declined after an early advance. A late demand for Kaffirs caused improvements in prices.—Reuter. The following are to-day’s closing middle
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    • 99 24 DURING the week ending Jan. 27. 1940. exports of canned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 15,750 cases, of which: 14 567 (92 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom. Nil per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe. Nil per cent.» cases to Canada,
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    • 58 24 Date Spot Feb -Mur Apr.-June July-Sept. Oct -Dee London Feb 1 37’ i 37% 35«*, 34% 34% 11 2 37', 37', 35% 34% 34% 11% 3 37', 37', 35% 34% 34% 11% 5 37' 37 36 35 34'.. 6 37« s 37% 35% 34% 34% 11%
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  • 1426 2 THK view that Government was placing unnecessary restrictions on the import trade of the Colony and that trade was suffering in consequence was expressed by Mr. Jules Martin, chairman, at a special meeting of the Penang Chamber of
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  • 104 2 MALAYA’S favourable trade balance jumped from $22,144,000 in 1938 to $122,052,000 last year. Official figures issued this morning show that December exports were valued at $76,295,000 bringing the total for the year to $750,194,000, compared with $581,554,000 in 1938. Imports in December were valued at $61,383,000
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  • 142 2 THE following particulars of tin mining operations refer to January:— Hours Yardage Piculs ore Hong Fatt 3.105 Kinta Kellas 628 144,400 869 Ampat Tin 1745 441.000 1.372 Southern Kinta 4115 1.136,000 5.701 Kamunting Tin 3275 913,000 4,318 Tongkah Harbour 1806 451,000 2,006 Anglo-Siamese Tin 1267 214.000 710
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  • 66 2 AT the end of 1939 only two countries participating in the International Tin Control Scheme had succeeded in producing and exporting their full quota. Netherlands Indies had exceeded the permissible exportable quantity by 1,721 tons and Nigeria bv 2,507 tons. Malaya had
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  • 53 2 FOREIGN imports of tin-ore into the Straits Settlements in January totalled 4.521 tons, ol which 2.172 tons came lrom Thailand; 1,579 tons from Netherlands Indies: 550 tons from Burma: 141 tons from French Indochina; 70 tons from Kenya; nine tons from Union of South Africa and one
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  • 144 2 rIE Singapore Chamber 0 f Cov Rubber Association held its 14V, rce 1 tion on Jan. 31 when there was ’catniJ Uc 1.783.367 lb.. 796.15 tons; offered S° d lb.. 745.23 tons: sold 1.290.351 lb tors ‘•'•a <6.1)5 SPOT London New York 3 J
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  • 86 2 THE tollowing crops of rubber were harvested by the respective estates in January:— lb. Ayer Molek 26.294 Pukit Katil 36.589 Duff Development 339.814 Kempas 306 000 Broome 254 000 Penang Rubber *****0 Sabrang Rubber 120.000 Straits Rubber 317.300 Rubana Rubber 136 000 Bagan Serai Rubber 108 000
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  • 78 2 OCEAN shipments of rubber from all Malayan ports in January totalled 56.214 tons, compared with 41,568 tons in December, and with 43.332 tons in January last year. Of last month’s shipments, 37.805 tons were despatched from Singapore; 12.304 tons from Penang; 5,782 from Malacca. The January shipments
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  • 53 2 DOMESTIC exports of tin and tin-j-> ore based on an assay value ol T5 5 per cent, during January are estimated to have totalled 5,600 tons, according to the Tin Controller. This estimate does not take into consideration December ore which was actually exported in January, under
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  • 88 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 5. The following are to-day’s “bid quotatxfor Fixed Trusts:— s. d. British Empire "A” British Empire “B” British Empire Cumulative Ft British Empire C’prehensive British General “A” British General “B” British General “C” N d Gold Producers First y- q N j
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  • 1101 3 mining Buyers Sellers 4- mt 6/- 6/6Cd 5 ‘a Ma*iy 37/- 89/-cd n weJ? 0.80 088 r stiangor I>M 1,80 5 *^^Maiay-:::::::: Ji/Jxd 30 5 rSx Tin I:*> 1*34 L l Kong Tin 2J/9 5 id: Hydraulic V 3 7/»*d 2£ S ti'i Tin 2 j,l" Tin
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  • 88 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 6. WORLD tin stocks at Jan. 31 were 34,837 tons, a decrease of 2,868 tons and visible supplies 24,798 tons, a decrease of 222 tons, according to estimates furnished by A. Strauss and Co. Ltd. Carry-overs: Straits. 4,998 tons, a
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  • 503 3 IN a weekly report on the rubber market, issued at noon on Feb. 1, Stanton Nelson and Co., Ltd., write On the surface there is nothing of sufficient political or economic importance to account for the erratic movements of the rubber market during
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  • 122 3 Singapore. Feb. 7, noon. Buyer* Seller» Oamblei f 7JO Hamburg Cube 114 00 Java Cube 12.00 Peppe» White Muntok $14.00 White $14.00 Black 8.25 Copra Mixed $3.40 Bun Dried $3.80 Sago flout Ho 1 Lingga $5.05 Fair $5.50 Sarawak $6.25 Je to tong Palembang $14.00 Banja $14.00
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  • 70 3 TRAFFIC receipts of the Singapore Traction Co. Ltd. continue to rise and last month they reached $229,000, or $27,000 more than they were in January 1939. The total receipts in the first four monthg of the company’s current financial year are $895,000, or $71,000 more than
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  • 41 3 *T*HE official price of tin in Singapore on Feb. 1 was $122.50 per picul of 133 l/3rd lb. on Feb. 2 $122; on Feb. 3 $121.50; on Feb. 5 $121.25; on Feb. 6 $121; on Feb. 7 $121.50.
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  • 129 3 IN a weekly report on the rubber market Issued on ifeb. 1, Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Ltd. write Prices continued to fall last week but the rate of decline was rather overdone, and the past two days .have shown some improvement. At the
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  • 177 3 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore. Feb. 6. 5 p.m. Books Total for Company Dividend Close Date Ex Dlv financial year TIN Payable Date to date Austral Amai id. ——8% Austral Malay 9d. and 113 bonus ,0 Kamponp Kamuntlng 3d and 'ionus Feb 6 Feb 16 Feb 7 174%
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