The Straits Budget, 7 March 1940

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    HONG KONG TRIES AGAIN
    1083 1 —Straits Times, Feb. 29. the la ce of vigorous opposition U 1 sections of the community. 1 Government of Hong Kong ndoned plans to enforce an )me tax in the Colony. It Dinted a War Revenue Committee xamine the whole problem, and body has now issued
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    A Surprise Move
    1151 1 —Straits Times, Mar. 1. Since yesterday’s leading article was written, further copies of the Hong Kong newspapers have come to hand, including one of the South China Morning Post of Feb. 19 in which are set forth in detail the recommendations of that Colony’s War Revenue Committee.
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    Ersatz
    714 2 Straits Times, Mar. 2. There are many indications that the ersatz nature of Germany’s industry, which made many of the products of the Nazis’ peaceful pursuits so thoroughly unreliable, is having repercussions on the German war machine. We have seen what happened to the Graf Spee under pressure; the
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    Loyalty & Taxes--1
    1552 2 Loyalty Taxes--1 controversy began.—Straits Times, Mar. 4. As a presentation of the case tor a substantial contribution from Malaya to the Imperial Treasury for war purposes, last night’s broadcast address by His Excellency the Governor is unanswerable. As an attempt to justify a particular method of raising that contribution. however,
    controversy began.—Straits Times, Mar. 4.  -  1,552 words
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    Loyalty & Taxes—II
    1786 3 Loyalty Taxes—II years to years.—Straits Times, j Mar. 5. One of the great points in favour of income tax, according to Excellency the Governor, is that it would not fall upon the poor people, whereas any of the alternative forms of taxation that have been suggested would press unfairly on
    years to years.—Straits Times, j Mar. 5.  -  1,786 words
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    Loyalty & Taxes-III
    1156 4 Loyalty Taxes-III —Straits Times, Mar. 6. A great deal has been said and written during the income tax controversy on what happened last time.” Although His Excellency stated on Sunday that there was not an atom of evidence in support of the allegation that the Asiatic would wriggle out of
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      BIRTHS
      106 4 W 2V tn ß p tU Ga^ h Hospital 021 flV Druar y 27 to Peggy, wife of Dr L A EDCAR 11 °If T n U f k ISOn a dau ghter. Batu °ajah on February 26 to S': ife o A T. Edgar, Suffolk Sitiawan. a daughter.
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      48 4 anncmnS!? R^^Brooke R Saunderson of Berwick ci T Salisbury. Wilts. k st James. T Socm h announc ed between Kwa s£? DUen Mr Mrs Kwa of Semarang, Java, and Miss Mrs Tin I Y l S2 g vf2!i lrd aughtrr of Mr. Tan Yew Ylang. of Singapore.
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    Contents
    337 4 Leaders— Hongkong Tries Again A Surprise Move i s Ersatz r Loyalty And Taxes—I j Loyalty And Taxes tt Loyalty And Taxes in Summary of World New* i Financial Supplement Financial and Commercial v» to date, following page Ne s Malayan General News— I f??, ve rn0r Advocates Income
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    MR. A. E. JOHNSON
    70 4 MR. A. E. JOHNSON, techni ml tant in the Central branch 0: t:/ Public Works Department. Sir. mp r left by the Conte Biancamnno for England via Italy and France, un ruesday, on long leave. Mr. Johnson who is on a world tom is visiting his
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  • Obituary
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    158 4 DEATH K SAW.-On Monday, Mar. nth, 1940, Saw Chee Liat, aged 27 years. DEATHS WALLEY—On Jan. 10th. 1940 n Walley of Manchester Late ard r Criminal Prison Singapore passed at Crossnewydd Hospital Wrexham Wales, aged 74 years. Outstation please copy. aPf! 1 please copy. TAN.—Madam Tan Bee Neo (widow a
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    GOVERNOR ADVOCATES INCOME TAX 6 To 12 Per Cent. Scale Above $5,000 A Year LARGE YIELDS AT LOW COST, SAYS SIR SHENTON
    3841 5 KhE Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, advocates income tax. Rm-nnrlrasting on Sunday he said that he was quite certain F without income tax it would not be possible for
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    REPLY TO ALTERNATIVES
    340 5 Sir fchenton rejected increased ■ndirect taxation and also the suggestion lor a war loan—the latter h< thought there was »ea>cn vvl'.y Government should pay" W-- r< lor money which it ought ■to -Cl tor nothing. .He thought that the various t rnativc to income tax which W
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    Points From Speech
    358 5 Some points from the speech:— I had first to be personally convinced that the tax is justified, and this meant a great deal of preliminary discussion. I was also entitled to bear in mind the sentiments of loyalty unanimously expressed by all classes of all communities in
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    GODLESSNESS OF NAZIS STRESSED BY KATHI
    498 6 THE godlessness of the Nazis, and of their new-found friends the Bolsheviks, was emphasised by Haji Abbas bin Haji Mohamed Taha, Chief Kathi of Singapore, in a broadcast in Malay on Saturday night from the 8.M.8.C. station. Setting forth “Islam’s View of the War
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    MIXED RECEPTION FOR INCOME TAX PLAN Associations To Discuss Sir Shenton’s Proposals
    983 7 i|i HiK has, as anticipated, been a mixed reception for the n( ome tax proposals made by the Governor, Sir Shenton puis in a broadcast speech to Malaya on Sunday. n Although a number of leading men have
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    Did Latex Drown Sailors?
    98 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 23. DUBBER latex may possibly have contribute*', towards the death of a number of sailors who are missing as a result of a collision off South Africa of the British steamer Cheldale with the Greystoke Castle. According to reports from
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    INCOME TAX & HARMONY Mr. John Hands On One Danger
    179 7 INCOME TAX HARMONY Mr. John Hands On One Danger (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 29. MR. John Hands, Secretary of the Selangor Asiatic Unemployment Committee, adds his voice to that of others opposing the introduction of income tax. in his monthly report for February. Mr. Hands says that
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    TENANT MAY BE EJECTED
    80 7 ON the grounds that the Singapore Improvement Trust wished to comply with a condition imposed by the Governor-in-Council in connection with the approved layout of that area. Mr. F.E.A. Blackwood-Sewell, on behalf of the Singapore Improvement Trust, applied for the ejection of a tenant before the
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    Singapore Indian Reaction To Income Tax Speech
    291 7 yHE Indian community in Singapore has given a mixed reception to the Governor’s income tax proposals. MR. P. GOVINDASAMY PILLAI. president of the South Indian Chamber of Commerce: The community would be very glad to pay taxes in other forms to prosecute the
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    DOCTOR FINED
    42 7 CONVICTED on a charge of driving a car without due regard for the safety o! others along Orchard Road on Jan. 12 Dr. E. Laid .aw Thomson was last week fined $25 in the Singa- j pore Traffic District Court.
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    Untitled
    43 7 Dr and Mrs. E. O. Weir, late of Malacca, and their daughter, Miss Joan Weir, are now living at Dongola. Dongola Road. Jersey. Channel Islands. Dr. Weir was one of the founders of Kempas. Ltd., the biggest of all Mala-yan-registered rubber planting companies.
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    EX-SINGAPORE MAN’S BRAVERY Opened Up First Magnetic Mine SPECIAL TOOLS HAD TO BE MADE
    570 7 —British wireless. H ovv the secrets of the German magnetic mine were laid bare by naval experts is an astonishing story of pluck, plus a certain amount of luck. When the King decorated a former Singapore
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    REFUGEE SAYS BLOCKADE IS HITTING REICH SEVERELY “Conditions In Berlin Terrible”: Much Secret Discontent
    590 10 DADLY concealed discontent among: the German people of the frequent failings of Dr. Goebbels’ promises was described to a Straits Times reporter by a political refugee who left Germany only four weeks ago and passed through
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    100,000 Poles Have Died In Warsaw
    79 10 A POLISH electrical engineer who was allowed out of war-torn Warsaw “because I am of the Roman Catholic Faith,” arrived at Singapore last week on his way to Shanghai in the Italian liner Conte Rosso. Describing Nazi actions in Warsaw he said that over
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE UNION OFFICERS
    151 10 the annual meeting of Rallies College Union. the following were elected office bearers for the academic year *****941: Managing Committee: President: F. C. Arulanandom; vice-president: ILwan Sai Kheong; hon. general secretary: Ho Guan hai; hon. treasurer: Neoh Thean Chye; hon. sports secretary: Daimon bin Jamalludin; women
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    American Sympathies With Allies, Says Publisher
    443 10 THE view that the United States would not stand by with folded hands in the event of adversity for the Allies was expressed by Mr. DeWitt Wallace, founder and publisher of the Reader’s Digest, which is believed to have the largest circulation in the
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    VETERAN OF LADYSMITH AT REGIMENTAL BALL
    289 10 CEVERAL hundred people were present at the annual hall ffiven by the Warrant Ofi-cers’ and Sergeants’ Mess o' the Ist Battalion, The Manchester Regiment, at Tamrlir. Barracks last week to commemorate the raising of 'th<siege of Ladysmith during the South African War Among those
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    Ranee Of Sarawak III In New York
    51 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 28. *T IIK Ranee of Sarawak, who is lecturing in America to raise money for Sarawak lepers, is receiving treatment for nervous exhaustion at a New York hospital, according to the New York correspondent of the Daily
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    STAFF ENTERTAINS CAPT. A. C. SMITH
    71 10 APT. A. C. SMITH, the Lower Perak planter was entertained to tea at the Cosmopolitan Cafe. Bagan Datoh. recently by the Asiatic staff of the Sira.ts Plantations Ltd. on his recently being made a Justice of the Peace. Capt. Smith was also presented with
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    500 CHINESE FROM GERMAN SHIPS About 4,000 Returning To Shanghai
    176 10 A FURTHER group of Chinese laundrymen, firemen and sailors o:l German ships either interned or unable to leave German ports because ol the British blockade passed through Singapore last week on the Lloyd Trie." tin liner Conte Rosso on their
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    Death Of Well-known Eurasian MR. J. PENNEFATHER AGED 82
    962 11 Death Of Well-known Eurasian M R. J. PENNEFATHER AGED 82 I »rpy well-known member of IA Hr Eurasian community in ■TV Mr. John Pyne Penne- cci at his residence in Kpuniang last week at the age v is until 1912 a Government V’ r surveyor in Singapore, Alter rom Government
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    Seremban Man’s Son Decorated In France
    75 11 F light-Lieut. R. V. Jeff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Jeff, of Seremban, is seen among French air officers who were decorated last month by Gen. Vuillemin, chief of the French Air Force. Flignt-Lieut. Jeff, who was born in Malaya, was the first
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    BRITAIN’S £50,000,000 COLONIAL PLAN PRAISED
    231 11 INTERPRETING the Government White Paper on the new Colonial policy, authoritative quarters in London point out the importance of such far-reaching developments in the traditional policy of trusteeship, involving expenditure on development work of £50,000,000 over the next ten years. It is emphasized that this
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    MALAYAN EXHIBIT AT SOUTH KENSINGTON
    110 11 THE Exhibition Galleries at the Imperial Institute, South Kensington, have been temporarily closed to afford the skele on staff not claimed by war work a chance to overhaul the exhibits and to bring some of the older ones up to date. The changes include exhibits
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    German Internees Released
    118 11 TWELVE German internees were released from the internment camp in Singapore last week and proceeded to Shanghai by the Italian liner Conte Rosso. Two were accompanied by their wives, and one had his mother-in-law as well. All were non-technicians and the release was in accordance with the
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    TOKIO-BANGKOK AIR SERVICE OPENS
    57 11 <From Our Own Correspondent» Bangkok, Feb. 29. THE inaugural flight of the new Tokio to Bangkok air service by the allua route from Canton, was completed yesterday. The Japanese plane was welcomed Dy the members of the Japanese community at Don Muang air port. The flight
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    LANDING GROUND
    35 11 'From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh Feb. 29. r |'HE PERAK State Council to-day approved the excision of 14 acres from the Kuala Slim Malay Reservation for the purpose of an aeroplane landing ground.
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    SURGEON AND SURVEYOR Counsel On What K. L. Police Need SUGGESTIONS AT MURDER TRIAL
    318 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 29. need for a police surgeon and a police surveyor was stressed to-day by Mr. K. K. Benjamin, when defending a Pathan. Noor Mohamed. who was charged and subsequently
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    Questions In Parliament On Recent Sarawak Events
    214 11 Reuter. QUESTIONS in connection with the recent deposition of Mr. Anthony Brooke from the post ot Rajah Muda of Sarawak were asked in the House of Commons last week. Mr. John Graham Kerr asked Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. Secretary of State for Colonies, if
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    MANCHESTERS RECALL LADYSMITH SEIGE Impressive Trooping The Colour Ceremony
    569 12 DECALLING the glorious tradition of the Regiment and particularly its heroic defence at Ladysmith during the South African War, the Ist Battalion, The Manchester Regiment Trooped the Colour at Tanglin Barracks last w'eek in the presence of a large crowd. The
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    Bayonet Kills 14-Ft. Python
    62 12 A BAYONET was used to kill a 14-foot python in Gillman Barracks last week. It was seen by an amah outside the house in Preston Road of Sgt. (i. Biggin, of the Loyal Regiment. Helped by a Tamil labourer, Sgt. Iliggin used his bayonet and killed
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    PENANG WORKMEN FIND SKELETON
    104 12 ‘Prom Our Own Correspondent» D Penang, Mar. 1. IGGING a drain for laying underground cables by the side of Clement Place, near the central police station in Beach Street, Municipal workmen discovered part of a human skeleton at a depth of about five feet preserved in
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    Cabaret Manager Married
    88 12 Mr. and Mrs. James Arathoon Sarkies after their wedding at the Singapore Registry last week. Mr. Sarkies is manager of the Happy World Cabaret and son of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Sarkies. of Singapore. His bride was formerly Miss Mary Magdalene Didier, daughter of
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    JOHORE P.W.D. PROMOTION
    67 12 «From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Feb. 26. INCHE Annuar bin Haji Mallek, chief clerk to the Johore State Engineer, has been made office assistant. This is the third special appointment to be created in the Johore clerical service. Inche Annuar, who will be completing his 27
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    $100,000 Damage In Johore Estate Fire
    189 12 (From Our Own Corresnimn Johore Bahru U/HILE investigating tVcai, 28 a Are-stated to have res ul,!l in damage amounting to at Bukit Pulai Estate J «O tetday, the police found" a workman trying to kin V with a knife k: h ®*l! guilty to
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    KING’S HOUSE
    233 12 IN the morning His Excellency att.rele Police Parade at the Police Depot Kua» Lumpur, and presented the King’s p o:t Medal to Ist Class Constable Abdul Har; bin Lazim of the Perak Contingent for cai lan try. Mr. C. C. Brown. Mr. J. v. Cowgill ani Mrs. Cowgill.
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    COMPANY FINED UNDER DEFENCE REGULATIONS
    448 12 THAT the primary object of the case was to give publicity to a regulation which was “not being observed as it should be.” was the statement made by Chief Court Inspector E. H. Tunn, in a summons ease against Harrison Company Ltd., in the Singapore
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      34 12 ADELPHI THE HOTEL IN TOWN SEA VIEW THE HOTEL ON THE SEASHORE both hotels ENJOY AN ENVIABLE REPUTATION FOR FOOD SERVICE WE RESPECTFULLY SOLICIT TKF FAVOUR OF YOUR PATRONAGE H. O. WASER. GENERAL MANAGER
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    ROSPECTS OF RAFFLES ECONOMIC GRADUATES Failure Of Employers To Give Reasonable Pay & Encouragement LOCALLY TRAINED MEN FOR BANKS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS?
    628 15 ROSPECTS OF RAFFLES ECONOMIC GRADUATES Failure Of Employers To Give Reasonable Pay Encouragement LOCALLY TRAINED MEN FOR BANKS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS? II/ V v of employers in Malaya to entrust genuine responsibility to Raffles College graduates in moniics. and failure to provide them with reasonable noc u and salaries and
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    OFFICIAL QUACK
    129 15 yl \Kl\(; of quacks in econoinks Dr. T. If. Silcock, prou,7 r 1 0 <*< «nomics, at Raffles Col,0( to members of the •'i pore Teachers’ Association k sa id that uniike the <i’«acks, economic quacks s rokc from a lofty platform livt o' U,M od cp peerage,
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    ARCHDEACON ON DANCER OF “PAGAN PHILOSOPHY” Says Temptation To An Easy Life Strong In Malaya
    606 15 “IN this country, where the temptation to an easy life is so 1 strong and persistent, the subtle penetration of pagan philosophy is easily the greatest danger,” said Archdeacon Graham White at the annual parochial
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    Finnish Red Cross Fund Now More Than $9,800
    404 15 IYONATIONS to the Singapore branch of the Finnish Red Cross Fund now total $9 863. Latest donations are: Mr. W. S. Edington, $2O; Mr. C. Bjorn Hansen, $2O; Cheque Malacca, $2O: Mr. L. M. Sinark, $100; Mr. John G. Wood, $25; Mr.
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    COUNCIL TRIBUTE
    52 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Feb. 27. AT TO-DAY’S State Council meeting at Kuala Kangsar the Sultan of Perak, the British Resident and Lt.-Col. Cecil Rae paid eloquent tributes to the late Mr. Leong Sin Nam. whose death was described as “a loss to the Council and to
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    Rubber Research Experts Of Three Countries Meet
    220 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 28. NEW development in the scheme of co-operation and liaison between rubber-producers’ research organizations has been inaugurated this week, with a meeting of directors of such organizations in the East at the Rubber Research Institute of
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    PENSIONER COLLAPSES AT TENNIS PARTY
    67 15 ‘From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Feb 25. WHILE playing tennis with a party of friends at Klebang. four miles from Malacca town, yesterday Mr. Soli Cheng Boon, a Government pensionei and former chief clerk of the P.W.D., collapsed and was removed to his home in
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    NEW STREET LIGHTING AGAIN POSTPONED Commissioners Decide Against Action Now
    1021 17 NEW STREET LIGHTING AGAIN POSTPONED Commission ers Decide Against Action Now snitc his argument that Singapore could well afford m embark on a scheme of relighting the city, Mr. T. cjonc failed again to secure sufficient support at the j- <r H f the Singapore Municipal Commissioners last week 01
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    Indian Woman Broadcasts
    35 17 Mrs. A. Navaratnam (right) of Kuala Lumpur who gave a letna performance from the Kuala Lumpur Broadcasting Station last week. Veena is one of the most ancient classical musical instruments of India.
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    FOR RAFFLES GRADUATES Two Municipal Posts Offered
    123 17 Applications are invited by the Singapore Municipal Commissioners for two candidates as supernumerary officers for training purposes. This is part of the advancement scheme which provides for the calling of candidates to fill future vacancies. Successful cand dates will be trained in the
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    DEATH OF MALACCA PENSIONER
    37 17 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca. Feb. 27. T'HE death took place yesterday <>» Mr. Kwong Peck Yong. a Govern ment pensioner and a former detec-tive-sergeant in Malacca, after a short illness He was 60.
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    “Discontent” In Singapore Municipal Department
    399 17 Allegations of discontent in one of the departments of the Singapore Municipality and the fact that petitions against the present head of that department have been sent to the President, were revealed last week at the meeting of the Municipal Commissioners during a debate on
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    JOHORE’S NEW OFFICES Stone Laying On March 10
    299 17 (From Our Own Correspondent) Jonore Bahru, Feb. 29. UNDER the foundation stone of Johore’s new $2,000,000 government offices, to be laid on Sunday, Mar. 10. will be placed a locked and sealed casket containing a copy of the Koran and the Constitution
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    CHEAPER WATER FOR SHIPPING
    100 17 DURING 1039, the total volume of water purchased by Hammer and Co., Ltd., water suppliers to shipping, from the Singapore Municipality amounted to 644,491 tons as compared with 611.483 tons during 1938. said Mr. L. Rayman, Municipal President, at last week’s meeitng of the Municipal Commissioners.
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    INDIAN YOUTH LEAGUE
    93 17 AT the second annual general meeting of the Indian Youth League, Singapore lart week the follow ng were unanimously elected ofilce-bearers for the current year:— President: Mr. S. C Ooho; vice-president: Mr. K. R. Menon; secretary: Mr. S Raja Ram; asst, secretary: Mr. K Arjunan; treasurer: Mr,
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    MORE FOODSTUFFS SUBJECT TO PRICE REGULATION Maximum To Be Fixed According To Local Circumstances QUOTA SYSTEM FOR IMPORTS OF PROVISIONS FROM U. K.
    389 18 rllE Food Controller, Malaya, last week published two important measures in the Colony and F.M.S. Government Gazettes. One is an order empowering him to direct the fixing
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    BUSINESS GIRLS HOLD LEAP YEAR DANCE
    82 18 UUNDREDS of young people attended the Leap Year Day dance organis'd by the Business and Professional Girls’ Club YWCA.) at the Victoria Memorial Hall last week. Dance music was supplied by the Cambodians Dance Band and there were cabaret items, while more than bi?
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    LOTUS CLUB
    91 18 *T'Hh following new office-bearers were elected at the ninth annua 1 general meeting of the Lotus Club Singapore held recently with Mrs S. A. H. Shlrazee in the chair: President Mrs. K. M. R. Mcnon, vicepresidents; Mrs M R. Dana and Mrs. A A «and(wham; hon. secretary; Mrs.
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    Rabies Warning By Loudspeaker In Malacca
    191 18 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca. Feb. 29. COR the first time in Malaya. 1 loudspeaker vans and the fixed public address system broadcast to Malacca town and countryside the news that because a case of rabies has been detected dog owners must comply with
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    H. M. S. Cossack Safely Home
    56 18 H.M.S. Cossack arriving at Leith with more than 300 merchant sailors wh had been taken from the Nazi heil ship" Alt mark, by the Cossack of! the Norwegian coast. These men were capitives on board hevinq h ee n taken from ships sunk by
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    BUILDING IN SUBURBS AFTER SERVICES INFLUX
    427 18 rONSIDERABLE building activity took place in Singapore last year and is continuing this year, but the war and difficulties of getting material will probably prevent 191) from becoming one of the best building years since the boom periods of 1927 to 1929. The great
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    MALAYAN DIRECTOR ON HOW TO WIN ECONOMIC WAR
    483 18 MR. Eric Macfadyen, a director of ITI Harrisons, Crosfield and Co., Ltd., and a former Malayan planter, has written again to The Times on the subject cf “Economic War.” Mr. Macfadyen says that until now the public has a somewhat blurred impression
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    FOUR MORE SHIPS FOR FAR EAST To Be Used By The Java-U.S. Line
    124 18 Holland- America Lino v^ ss are to be used again on the J‘ tv New York Line run shortly. These are the twin-screv. mjjo freighters, Sommelsdijk and Sol and two passenger ships Noordan Zaandam. onnre The Sommelsdijk
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  • WEEK’S WORLD NEWS IN SUMMARY- SPECIAL STRAITS BUDGET FEATURE
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      Wednesday
      542 20 Fell. 28. WKWS of help for Finland come.* to-day from many parts of the world. In Washington, the House of Representatives passed a bill sanctioning a loan of £5,000,000 to Finland. This money, however, will be available to buy non-military .supplies only. An amendment to permit its use for
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      Thursday
      506 20 Feb. 29. 'THE position revealed by tonight’s Finnish communique is me of extreme gravity. The Finns are defending Viipuri on the sea flank of the Mannerheim Line and are being forced to retreat before the terrific Soviet pressure. While disputing every inch of the ground and inflicting heavy losses
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      Friday
      535 20 Mar. 1. WITH shells falling into Viipuri at the rate of 10 rounds every minute and a Russian claim of the capture of a residential suburb, tonight’s news from Finland shows that the position is extremely grave. Every inch o fthe ground over which the Finns have withdrawn has
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      Saturday
      549 20 pOR the fourth time in he b five days Royal Air machines have flown over i> Thousands of leaflets were sS? ed over the city and parachute'2* were dropped to establish thatt Bntiah planes were thero again. u once For the first time during tn flights over Berlin anti
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      Sunday
      507 21 Mar. 3. utiiciallv announced that the j.i, India steamer, Domala, )V three bombs from a bomber in the English <ar lv yesterday. The capkil'led and fire broke out British subjects out of 48 British Indian subjects out missing and feared dead. V ships and a Dutch vessel l the*
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      Monday
      538 21 Mar. 4. T*HE Finns are still holding out at Viipuri. They have moved to new defence lines north-west of the city. Fresh attacks by the Russians have failed, and in the city itself the Russians’ advance is being fought street by street and house by house. Except round Viipuri
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      Tuesday
      641 21 Mar. 5. WEWS of a German raid on an outpost of the British Maginot Line force is contained in an oiiicial communique issued at British general headquarters to-night. It is stated that the raid occurred this morning against a post in the British front line, and the enemy succeeded
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      SINGAPORE AS ‘PIRATE LAIR’ Reported Nazi Peace Terms
      300 21 .—Reuter. Berlin, Mar. 4. MR. SUMNER WELLES, U.S. i Under-Secretarv of State who i* on :i lour of observation in Europe on behalf of President Roosewt. left Berlin for Switzerland yesterday after having conferred with Hitler and other Nazi leaders. Ho is
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      Japan To Announce Her Peace Terms
      48 21 —Reuter. Tokio, Mar. (>. IT is understood the Japanese Government will issue a statement. probably in the middle of this month, setting forth Japan’s tentative peace terms—or what is called in official circles here a formula for the disposal of the China incident.”—Reuter.
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      U.S. Reaction To Nazi Demands
      93 21 Reuter. New York. Mar. 5. ISEPORTS of extreme demands by Ribbentrop, the Nazi Foreign Minister, in his talk with Mr. Sumner Welles. U.S. Under-Secretary of State, are generally accepted as authentic bv the newspapers reaching here from all parts of the country. They deplore what
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    High Scoring In Second S.C.C. Trial
    383 22 |N the second S.C.C. cricket trial on the padang on Sunday between \V. McNeill’s eleven and T.G.D.A. Cooper’s eleven batsmen had much the better of the bowlers. Cooper’s team won the day by 159 runs. Batting first, McNeill’s eleven scored 179 runs, thanks to
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    CAMBRIDGE BEAT OXFORD IN BOAT RACE
    160 22 —Reuter. London, Mar. 3 T »w";“ me J boat rare bctw Oxford and Cambridge was PuCv y f St M da i V 7 0t n usual llenley. Mort,ake course but at It was won by Cambridge easilv bv ec r whic h h
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    TOMMY FARR WISHES TO JOIN NAVY
    59 22 mow..» London, Mar. 1. 'pOMMY Farr who. reports Reuter, has relented an offer for a world 5oe a '7on ht J’ Sht W i th th(! tampion the b^v U y SP though S h e e S Towing t r o'a l dc.fectlv
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    BRIGHT CRICKET AT HONG LIM GREEN
    406 22 A BRIGHT afternoon’s cricket was seen at Hong Lim Green on Sunday when ihe S.R.C. beat the S.C.R.C. by 48 runs in a friendly game. The winners had a wicket in hand when stumps were drawn. Batting first the Chinese had lost eight wickets
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    Garcia Retains His Middleweight Title
    37 22 —Reuter. Los Angeles, Mar. 2. Garcia retained his world middleweight championship (according to the New York and California Boxing Commissions) fighting a draw over ten rounds with Henry Armstrong, the welterweight champion.—Reuter.
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    Kallang Airmen Beat Police
    206 22 THE R.A.E. Kallang cricket tear. 1 registered another win when the the Police t asily at the dope Sunday. Batting first they compile .55 rums tor the loss of four wicket o whicr. White contributed a brigb 18. The Police could only total 81 run »n
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    FOOTBALL SEASON AT HOME EXTENDED
    47 22 —Reuter. r__ London, Mar. 4. IE Football Association has acceded the clubs’ request and extended the season until June with a stipulation that fixtures avoid clashing with termis 61 S^or^s cr lcket and lawn that the suggested cup competition will materialise. —Reuter.
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    RACE RESULTS ON SATURDAY
    116 22 gATURUAVS ™ce s in Kua| pur resulted: a Race 1 —Ladolet $66 and $17 Faith $8 17 Phar Par $lu Race 2—Spring Girl $37 and sin Marnell $31 a Canute $30 Race 3—Harfluer $45 and sic Emily Dignus S9 16 Sir Patrick S10 Race 4—Kerrena $47
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    GOOD WIN FOR OLD BOYS P.W.D. Beaten By 49 Runs
    241 22 KNOCK of 70 runs by A. Armstrong enabled St Andrew’s Old Bovs to egister their first win this season, when hey beat the P W.D. by 49 runs at Andrew’s ground on Sunday. For the losers V Saoapathv hatted -est
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    CAMBRIDGE BEAT OXFORD AT SOCCER
    39 22 —Reuter. London. Mar. 1CAMBRIDGE beat Oxford by tW ee goals to two in a return Varsity association football Cambridge were superior n team and Oxford had no construct" ity At halftime Cambridge lea one.—Reuter.
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
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      35 22 BIG SWEEP: The draw on the big sweep, value S7j0.i0 resulted as follows: SECOND: S third: Starters: ***** *****. 4100i *****, *****, *****, ***** ***** *****, 33. 00. The double totes paid S97 anr S676.
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  • The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT
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      MORE RUBBER NOW USED IN AIRCRAFT Wilkinson Process Benefits From Growing War Demand
      958 1 THK increasing use of Linatex, a product of the Wilkinson Process Rubber Co. Ltd., in the manufacture of aircraft was referred to by the chairman, Mr. J. B. Leask, when addressing shareholders at the annual meeting in
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      12 1 United Malacca Rubber Estates Ltd. harvested 53,600 lb. of rubber iri January.
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      MALAYA’S OVERSEAS TRADE JUMPS
      86 1 THE gross value of Malaya’s overseas trade in January was the highest for any one month since 1925. Imports were valued at $81,795,000 and exports at $95,064,000, making a total value of $176,859,000. In the preceding month imports were valued at $61,383,000 and exports at $76,295,000
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      FEBRUARY RUBBER IMPORTS
      68 1 FOREIGN imports of rubber during February totalled 16,598 tons, compared with 30,141 tons in January. Of the February imports. 8,424 tons came lrom the Netherlands Indies; 3,887 tons from Thailand; 2,656 tons from Sarawak; 726 tons from French Indochina; 496 tons from North Borneo; 254 tons from
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      FEBRUARY RUBBER SHIPMENTS
      42 1 OCEAN shipments of rubber in February totalled 62,105 tons, compared with 56,214 tons in January. Of the February shipments 44.308 tons were shipped from Singapore; 12.177 tons from Penang; 5,399 tons from Port Swettenham and 221 tons from Malacca.
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      FEBRUARY RUBBER SHIPMENTS
      48 1 OF 62,105 tons of rubber shipped from Malayan ports in February, 29,632 tons went to the United States; 13,541 tons to the Continent of Europe; 10.210 to the United Kingdom; 5.391 tons to British Possessions; 2,865 tons to Japan and 466 tons to other countries.
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      FEBRUARY RUBBER CROPS
      64 1 The following crops of rubber were harvested in February: lb. Kempas 268,000 Penang Rubber 174,500 Sabrang Rubber 95,000 Straits Rubber 276.000 Rubana Rubber 129,000 Began Serai Rubber 87,000 Tali Ayer Rubber 122,500 Batak Rabit Rubber 36,000 Merchiston Rubber 40.000 Mountjoy Rubber 83,000 Badenoch Rubber 156,000 Paloh Plantations
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      London Stock Exchange
      351 1 —Exchange Telegraph London, Mar. 5. yHE Stock Exchange to-day was generally quiet. Gilt-edged securities after being steadily supported met a rush of buying orders In the closing stages.—Reuter. The following are to-day’s closing middle quotations Share are of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated; Con. Loan 5% 1944-64....
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      FIXED TRUSTS
      116 1 ('From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 5. The following are to-day’s “bid” quotations for Fixed Trusts: s. d. British Empire “A” 17 6 British Empire “B” H 9xd British Empire Cumulative 14 0 British Empire C’prehensive 14 Oxd British (General “A” 19 4 4 British General B” 15
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER PRICES (Sellers)
      73 1 soot Mar. Apr.-June July-Sept Oct.-Dec London Feb 29 38 V* 38 H 36V 35 1 34 V Ma r i 38 V 38'*; 36 V 35 4 344 12 9 16 Mar 2 384 38 4 364 35 34 12 7/16 4 384 384 364 35V
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    • THE WEEK’S MARKET ACTIVITIES
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        Dull Period With Prices Tending To Ease
        686 2 BY THE SUNDAY TIMES FINANCIAL CORRESPONDENT Singapore, Mar. 3. LOCAL share markets have had a particularly dull week and the total volume of business done in all sections was smaller than lor many wet ks. Part of this dullness Is attributabh to the
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        BREWERIES MAKE RECORD PROFIT Shareholders To Get 15 Per Cent.
        239 2 OHAREHOLDERS in Malayan BreLtrl are to Ret a total distribution of 15 per cent, for the year 1939 if the directors’ recommendations are apnroved at the annua) meeting on Mar 16. This is 6 per cent, more than they got
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        SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION Only 330 Tons Sold
        144 2 THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,475 th auction on Feb. 28, when there was catalogued 1.528.827 lb. 682.51 tons; offered 1,404 545 lb. 627.03 tons; sold 739.208 lb. 330.00 tons SPOT London 12 13!16d. New York 18% c ts.
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        FEBRUARY TIN SHIPMENTS
        64 2 FOREIGN exports of tin from Malaya 1 in February totalled 9,324 tons compared with 13,886 tons in January. Of the January shipments. 4,802 tons were emsigned to the United States; *.M7 tons to the Continent of EuropeU 22 tons to Japan; 738 tons to British Possessions and
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        NEW SERENDAH RUBBER Large Replanting Programme
        787 2 pKOPOSING the adoption of the 1 report and accounts at the annual meeting of New Serendah Rubber Co., Ltd., in Kuala Lumpur, on Friday. Mr. D. H. Hampshire, the chairman, said:— The accounts for the year ended Dec. 31. 1939 disclose a more favourable
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        SUNGEI BILAT RUBBER 123 Acres Of New Planting
        263 2 OROPOSING the adoption 0 report and accounts a t tL L lht meeting °f Sungei Bilat RubCft Ltd., in Singapore recently Mr 1 0 Rennie, the chairman said* b M The net profit for the year to n* 31 was $28,411.16 from
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        NO DIVIDEND FROM ULU BENUT RUBBER Profit $32,129 : Reserve Gets $11,150
        213 2 NO DIVIDEND FROM ULU BENUT RUBBER Profit $32,129 Reserve Gets $11,150 IN spite of the fact that the company made a profit of $32,129 in the year ended December last, shareholders in Ulu Benut Rubber Co. Ltd. for the second year in succession, are not to receive a dividend. The
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        STOCKS AND SHARES
        1117 3 Issued By Fraser And Co., exchange and stock brokers. Singapore, March, 6, 10 a.m. mining Buyers Sellers f Vy- I in 5/- 5/6 Amp-* 1 i 5/9 6/3cd AU-* \\aiay 35/- *7/-xd Au N 24/- 25/Ay ;f' n 0.60 0.70 Bttt“ nR 10/3 ll/3xd B r Malay*
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        FEBRUARY TIN-ORE IMPORTS
        59 3 IMPORTS of foreign tin-ore into the Straits Settlements in February totalled 4,947 tons, compared with 4,521 tons in January. Of the February imports, 2,178 tons came from Thailand; 1,691 tons from Netherlands Indies; 572 tons from French Indo-China; 344 tons from Burma; 119 tom from China; 42
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        RUBBER MARKET VERY QUIET Prices Easier On Balance
        109 3 IN a weekly report on the rubber market, issued on Feb. 29, Lewis and Peat «(Singapore) Ltd. write:— Throughout the week the market has been very quiet and only slight fluctuations have taken place. Inquiry from abroad has only been moderate, but
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        STANTON NELSON’S REPORT
        336 3 Stanton Nelson and Co.. Ltd. in a report issued on Feb. 29, say Since the quota announcement, markets have paused to consider the future outlook. On balance prices have slightly declined, and there has been a lack of buying strength in New York, but the TiOndon market
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        Guthrie’s Report On Past Week
        192 3 IN a weekly report on the rubber market issued on Feb. 29, Guthrie and Co.. Ltd. write There have been periods of moderate activity in the rubber market during the week, but the absence of any marked improvement in demand has resulted in a small
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        SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
        125 3 Singapore. Mar. 6. noon. Buyer* Seller» Gambler 7.50 Hamburg Cube $13.00 Java Cube $13.00 **evve> White Muntok $13.75 White $11.25 Black 25 Covro Mixed $3 40 Sun Dried $3 80 Sago Flout No 1 Llngga $«.50 Fair $«.50 $«.50 Sarawak $8.75 telotong Palembang $15.00 Banja $14 50
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        EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION AND INCOME TAX
        36 3 THE committee of the European Asso- elation of Malaya will meet on Friday to consider the Governor’s Income tax proposals. It is possible that a general meeting will be called later.
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        SINGAPORE TIN PRICE
        41 3 'T’HE official price of tin in Singapore on Feb. 29 was $129 per picul of 133 l/3rd lb. on Mar. 1 $128.75; on Mar. 2 $129; on Mar. 4 $129; on Mar. 5 $129; on Mar. 6 $129.75.
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        FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
        265 3 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore. Mar. 5, 5 pm. Books Total tor Company Dividend Close Date Ex Dlv financial year TIN Payable Date to date Austral Amal 3d. Mar. 16 Mar. 29 Mar. 17 3% Austral Malay 9d. and 113 bonus Mar 4 Mar 15 Mar 6 10%
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