The Straits Budget, 28 March 1940

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    STILL SEEKING CONVERTS
    1161 1 —Straits Times, Mar. 21. PeW men can have worked rder and achieved less than )st w uo have sought to arouse ;husiasm for His Excellency's on]e tax proposals. Although 'y have not given up yet, there S ipns that they are weakening. is becoming increasingly obvious at
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    In The Near East
    1135 1 —Straits Times, Mar. 23. When the great Anzac army arrived in Egypt and Palestine to join a large Indian and Home contingent, two more Nazi dreams were effectively shattered. On the one hand, the creation of this large mixed force for service in the Near East
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    Summing Up-I
    1111 2 premises on which to plan.—Straits Times, Mar. 25. If strategy may be defined as being the art of combing and employing all the resources of the fighting forces, and if one obeys the dictum Use Large Maps,” even amateur strategists like ourselves may arrive at certain obtrusive strategical
    premises on which to plan.—Straits Times, Mar. 25.  -  1,111 words
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    Summing Up—II
    1249 2 Straits Times, Mar. 26. A look at the map shows us that there are, at present, four possible areas of operation from which Allied ends may be attained in certain circumstances, and it is of the greatest importance to the operations that those circumstances should be created. We
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    The Verdict
    1222 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 27. Special meetings of the Legislative and Federal Councils have been called for Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. No official indication has been given of the nature of the business to be transacted, but it may be taken for granted that wartime taxation is
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      BIRTHS
      95 3 CHEW.—At the General Hospital, Singapore to Potin, wife of Chew Keow Seong of Messrs. Keng Lee &Co..a son. LEIGHTON—At the Maternity Hospital, Singapore, on March 22nd, 1940, to Peggie wife of Capt. P. D. Leighton, The Loya! Regt., a son. SEEFELD—At Maternity Hospital, Singapore, on Mar. 21, to Rosalia,
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      MARRIAGES
      140 3 AT the Seafarers’ Church, Anson Road, on Wednesday Mar. 20, Hugh Townshend Vesey Church, second son ol Mr. and Mrs F.W. Church, of Bognor Regh. and Iris Campbell, daughter of Mrs. Campbell an 1 the late Mr. D. Campbell of Ventnor, Ls!e of Wight. TAYLOR-AGAR— At Tanglln Garrison Church,
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  • Obituary
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    43 3 DEATHS WATTS —On Mur. 25. suddenly nt the General Hospital. Singapore, Ernest Henry Watts, late of Chatham. England. KOH—Mrs. Koh Teng Kay (Madam Let* Hong Neo> aged 80. passed away peacefully at her residence No 400 Stnis Avenue on Monday. Mar. 25. 1940.
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    A BRUNEI SULTAN IS CROWNED Picturesque Ceremony In “Venice Of East”
    1118 4 By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT The Sultan of Brunei was crowned on Mar. 17 and a special cable containing a brief description of the picturesque ceremony appeared in Ihe Straits Times on the following day. A Special Correspondent in Brunei
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    Brunei’s $100,000 Gift To Britain
    148 4 *T*HE Sultan of Brunei, on the oc- casion of his coronation, has offered SlOO.OOO from his state as a gift to His Majesty’s Government for the prosecution of the war. In making this ofTer, His Highness expressed great gratitude for the protection of His Majesty’s
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    SOLDIERS TO GO TO GAOL Took Car For A Joy-Ride
    140 4 |_JAROLD HANLEY, 23, and Thomas Goddard, 21, privates of the Manchester Regiment, were sentenced on Tuesday by the fifth magistrate Mr. L C. Goh, to six months’ rigorous imprisonment for stealing a car belonging to a Chinese. Wee Joo Wah.
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    DEATH IN PERAK OF LADY CHULAN
    92 4 (From °ur Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Mar. 21. THE death took place last night of 1 Lady Chulan, Raja Puteh Khalsom, the Raja Puan Muda, at her residence in Jalan Raja, Kuala Kangsar, Perak’s royal town. She was 56 years of age, and a daughter
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    Contents
    385 4 Leaders— StiH Swlcmg Converts In The Near East S 1 Summing Up—I Summing Up— j The Verdict j j j Summary of World News Financial Supplement— 0 1 Financial and Commercni w to date, following page News Malayan General News— 22 Communist Leaders Now in 500 Strike In Johore
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    BRUNEI INDIANS AND SULTAN’S CORONATION
    101 4 THE Indian Association, Kuala Bela^ Brunei, conveyed an exPr.cSclitheir loyalty in a telegram dispa ed to the Sultan of Brunei, on casion of his coronation 011 s 3l np A tea party was held on tn ltie day at the decorated premise association. ln Mr.
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    COMMUNIST LEADERS NOW IN PRISON Police Measures Aimed At Crippling The Movement AT LEAST 50 ARRESTED IN RECENT DRIVE
    540 5 COMMUNIST LEADERS NOW IN PRISON P olice Measures Aimed At Crippling The Movement AT LEAST 50 ARRESTED IN RECENT DRIVE IFVKKVL of the most important members of the Malayan (vmnutnist Party, which has been threatening the social f i,ictrial life of the country, are now either in gaol or I*,'
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    26 5 A Gordon-Hall. Commls hits' k„ ,ra de and Customs. Johore, M.Uv :i a PPointed an examiner in in P la ce of Mr. H. S. Paterson
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    More Arrests By The Police
    104 5 ARRESTS of alleged members of Communist parties in Singapore and Johore were made over the holiday week-end. The Kota Tinggi police arrested two Chinese, one of whom is stated to be an official of the Telok Sengat branch of the China Relief Fund. He was
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    500 STRIKE IN JOHORE Stoppage Of Work On New Hospital
    132 5 FOUR hundred Chinese labourers 1 working on the construction of the $2,000,000 hospital for third class patients in Johore Bahru went out on strike on Tuesday. This move was “in sympathy’ with 50 others who had downed tools on Sunday,
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    FORMER PENANG MAN IN NAVY AGAIN
    100 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 14. LIEUT.-Commander J. H. Owen, D.S.C., R.N.R (retd.), formerly Harbour Master, Penang, has rejoined the Navy as a lieutenant and is now on active service, the nature of which canned be disclosed He has been living, since bis
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    73 5 Our London correspondent reported on Jan. 23 last that the K.C.M.G had been conferred upon Mr. J. A. Hunter following his appointment as Gover nor of British Honduras. This was in accordance with the terms ol Hie original announcement in London This announcement was later corrected as It was the
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    Writing Home To The Family
    20 5 An Indian soldier now serving in Egypt dictates a letter to his family in India.
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    Big Part Of Modem Drugs In Fight Against V. D.
    584 5 THE reasons for the tendency witnessed in the last few years for syphilis to decrease in Malaya are discussed in the latest report of the Malayan Medical Department, which shows that in Singapore there had been a steady drop in
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    10 ARRESTS AT SUNGEI BESI Sequel To Police Raid On Mine SEARCH FOR KNOWN AGITATORS
    234 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 25. IN connection with the police “aid last Saturday on Sungei Besi Mines, where 1.500 labourers had been on strike for over a week, it is understood hat
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    MALAYAN SPECIMENS EXAMINED IN BRITAIN Imperial Institute’s Work On Rocks, Minerals & Seeds DIRECTOR ON PIONEERING OF NEW VENTURES
    707 6 MALAYAN SPECIMENS EXAMINED IN BRITAIN Imperial Institute’s Work On Rocks, Minerals Seeds DIRECTOR ON PIONEERING OF NEW VENTURES DOCK samples, mineral specimens and seeds from Malaysia are among the many articles which have been examined by the Imperial Institute, South Kensington, states the annual report of the Director, Sir Harry
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    29 6 Dato Roland Braddell, Inche Onn bin Ja afar and Dato S. Q. Wong have been appointed to serve on the board of trustees for the Sultan Ibrahim Studentship Fund.
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    DEATH OF MR. E. H. WATTS Naval Man Who Was In Last War
    293 6 rE death occurred suddenly at the General Hospital early on Sunday of Mr. Ernest Henry Watts, Fort Canning. Mr. Watts, who was 41 years of age, came from Chatham, England, and had been in Singapore for nearly
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    Rode—Philips
    237 6 Rode Philips *yHE wedding took place at St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore, on Monday of Mr. Stanley Granville Rode, son of Mr. J. G. Rode and the late Mrs. Rode, of Colombo, Ceylon, and Miss Edwina Elodie Philips, daughter of the late Mr. Edwin Philips and Mrs. Philips, of Ipoh The
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    Carson—Durnford
    207 6 Carson —Durnford MR. Paul Ivan Kenneth Carson was lfl married to Miss Olga Muriel Dumford at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd on Monday afternoon. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs Harry Francis Dumford, of Penang and Singapore, and the bridegroom is the son of the late
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    DOCTORATE OF SCIENCE FOR MR. C. X. FURTADO
    60 6 THE University of Bombay has con- ferred the degree of Doctor of Science on Mr. C. X. Furtado, Assistant Botanic Gardens, Singapore, for his original work concerning mainly the systematics of the Malayan palms and the jurisprudence of the international rules of
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    DOCTORS IN KAMPONGS By Launch Along Muar River 20,000 TREATED IN ONE YEAR
    336 6 QN an ancient water highway Johore—once the scene j battles and civil strife—a mot® launch chugs up and down regui. arly with a doctor and a dressa who treat the sick in the isolate villages on the
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    FALL OF HAILSTONES IN KUALA LUMPUR
    86 6 (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 21 P>R the first time this year hailstones fell in Kuala Lumpur y estel Jv. afternoon. Large hailstones were* ed up in several parts of the to f Heavy rains, accompanied oy vi storm, broke the drought
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  • EASTER MONDAY WEDDINGS
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      Governor’s Volunteer A. D. C. Married
      213 8 Governor’ s Volunteer A. D. C. Married THERE were five Easter Monday weddings in Singapore 1 this year—four of them being at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. Three of them were solemnized in the morning, including that of Mr. Charles Patrick Towers Burke, advocate and solicitor and Volunteer aide-de-camp
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      Pereira—Richards
      119 8 Pereira —Richards The first marriage was at 7.30 a.m. at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd when Mr. Noel Pereira, son of the late Mr and Mrs. R. G. Pereira, of Singapore. married Miss Adeline Chrissie Richards, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Richards, of Singapore. The
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      Le Cain-Kronenburg
      92 8 Half an hour later, at the Church of St. Theresa, Inspector John Le Cain, of the Straits Settlements Police, was married to Miss M. Kronenburg. The bride is the daughter of Mr W A Kronenburg and the late Mrs. Kronenburg, of Province Wellesley, the bridegroom is the son
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      Burke—Bliss
      281 8 Burke —Bliss At the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd later in the morning, Mr. c P T. Burke was married to Miss M. E. Bliss. The bridegroom, who is a captain in the S.V.C. and second-in-command of “S” (Support) Company, the Machine Gun Company of the 1st. Battalion, Singapore Volunteer
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    BIG GIFT TO POPPY FUND Total Is Highest Since 1930
    217 8 CIGURES for the Poppy Day Fund collection in Malaya last year, which have just been issued, show that this country has sent to Earl Haig’s Fund the largest annual amount since 1930 in spite of the fact that in 1939
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    Seletar Indians To Form Youth Organization
    258 8 THE real standard by which the improvement and progress of the Indian community in this country could be measured was from the welfare and prosperity of Indian labourers in Malaya, said speakers at the inaugural meeting of an Indian youth organization at Seletar on
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    CO-OPERATION IN COLONIES Anglo-French Plan Praised TWO EMPIRES NOW TO WORK AS ONE
    181 8 ciatkm would give rise.'*-—British Wireless. WELCOMING the recent visit the Secretary of state to'? Colonies to Paris the r ;t journal The Economist writes "ft is excellent news that ner*; 11 liaison offices will be estabihX® the
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    JOHORE FACTORY COOLIES BOUND OVER
    136 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. Mar. 24. A FTER protracted trial, ten Chinese pineapple factory coolies of Plenthong were found guilty to-day on a charge of rioting by Tuan Haji Nassir the second magistrate. Each of the men was bound over in the sum
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    BIG CHINESE FUNERAL IN IPOH
    79 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Mar. 24. MORE than 1,000 Chinese and prominent persons of Perak and Selangor attended the funeral here to-day o. Madame Chew Yoke Chee. mother o. Mr. Lee Ah Weng, managing director of the Perak Trust and Investment Co., Ltd. The
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    FIRST ALL-MALAYAN COINS AVAILABLE Also First Local Issue Of Reign Of George VI WILL TAKE MANY YEARS TO WITHDRAW S.S. CURRENCY
    376 10 THE first issue of Malayan coins in the reign of King 1 George the Sixth and placed into circulation by the Commissioners of Currency, Malaya, were sold at the
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    DOCTORS BATTLE WITH IGNORANCE
    195 10 EXAMPLES of health misconceptions among Asiatics ii. Malaya are given in the latest report of the Malayan Medical Department. In Kedah, medical officers found considerable obstacles in their way when they began a drive to improve the condition of the kampong population. After preliminary difficulties, the
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    INCOME TAX OPPOSED Views Of Indian Association
    141 10 QPPOSITION to the income tax w proposals of the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, continues to be voiced by public bodies in Singapore and other parts of Malaya. The views of the Indian Association, Singapore, are expressed in the following resolution: “That while this
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    SARAWAK LOTTERY TAX
    25 10 A TAX of 10 per cent, on the gross receipts from any lottery, raffle sweepstake or totalisator has been enforced in Sarawak.
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    Guarantees & Goods For Neutrals
    110 10 Guarantees Goods For Neutrals I AST WEEK’S Government draws exporters’ attention to an erroneous statement in circulation to the effect that guarantees must accompany goods to neutral European countries or be sent ahead direct to the Ministry of Economic Warfare. “The attachment of .a guarantee,” says the notification, “in no
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    POLICE SEIZE PAMPHLETS Selangor Cyclists Intercepted
    155 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 18. piFTY Chinese on bicycles were 1 intercepted by the police at the junction of Serdang and Puchong Roads yesterday while allegedly on their way to distribute pamphlets. It is alleged that this was an attempt by
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    ARABIC BROADCASTS FROM SINGAPORE
    128 10 MOT only Arabs but members of other communities in Malaya—and presumably also in the Netherlands Indies—listened with interest to the opening of the Arabic broadcasts from the Singapore radio station last week. After a short introductory message in Arabic there came over the air musical strains
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    Singapore Office For South African Trade Commissioner
    188 10 CINGAPORE is to be the headquarters of South Africa’s Trade Commissioner for the East Mr. Albert H. Handford, who has* arrived to open an office. This move transfers the head office of the Trade Commissioner from Batavia. Mr. Handford Is Trade Commissioner to
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    AGRICULTURE IN COLONIES Mr. E. Macfadyen & Planning NEED TO ENSURE SOIL FERTILITY
    261 10 AGRICULTURE IN COLONIES Mr. E. Macfadyen Planning NEED TO ENSURE SOIL FERTILITY «From Our Own Corns, JHE *“ture of is bound up with thel- a :i ture. which too often, le t to of economic forces, has beeom. sided, says Mr. Eric director of Harrisons and r,; I' 1 Ltd.
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    SURGERY “SLUMP” IN TRENGGANU
    194 10 THE FEAR Malays have of operation in hospital is illustrated in a story told in the latest report of the Malayan Medical Department. It happened in Trengganu where a man was admitted in extreme respiratory distress, due to an inoperable growth on the thyroid gland which
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE
    73 10 Mar. 13' HIS EXCELLENCY presided a 1 meeting of the Executive held at Government House morning. Mar 16. Rev. F. L. Pocock and Mr. E. B had luncheon at Governmer Brigadier M. D. Gambier-Parrj. Gambier-Parry and Mr. and me r.t F. Ferguson dined at 1T House. qn d
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    $2,000,000 HOSPITAL FOR THIRD-CLASS PATIENTS Johore Project To Be Amongst Finest In East
    406 12 U7HEN it is completed in the middle of July, Johore Bahru’s 51,978,075 hospital for third-class patients will be one of the finest of its kind in the East. Five storeys hi#h, and with room for 800 beds,
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    DECREE NISI MADE ABSOLUTE
    32 12 THE DECREE nisi granted to Mrs. Ena Iris Gomes Monteiro against Mr. Augustus Anthony Monteiro was made absolute last weeK in the High Court before Mr. Justice Pedlow.
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    WEPT IN DOCK AT ASSIZES Three Years For Business Man
    199 12 A SINGAPORE business man, Tay Peck Choon, wept in the dock at the Assizes last week when sentence of three years' rigorous Imprisonment was passed on mm by Mr. Justice Manning Tay. who had been convicted on a charge of
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    SIR LOUIS DANE’S SON IN PERAK
    134 12 (From Our Own Correspondent! Ipoh, Mar. 18. CIR Louis Dane, who was among those injured in the shooting incident at Caxton Hall London, when Sir Michael O’Dwyer, former Governor of the Punjab, was killed, is the father of Captain H. Dane, general manager oi
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    $1,000 FINE FOR CHINESE Common Gaming House Charge
    258 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. Mar. 20. a sequel to a raid carried out by the police at a house in Jalan Ngee Heng on the evening of Nov. 29, Kee Ah Low. who described himself as a rubber planter, was
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    SUSPENSION OF MALAY EDITION IN BATAVIA
    95 12 A BATAVIA message states that the Malay edition of the Chinese newspaper Sin Po has been suspended for eight days from Mar. 21 for publishing articles which are considered to be anti-Japanese. This is the second time that this newspaper has been suspended for
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    BURGLARS AT PERAK PROTECTORATE
    60 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Mar. 18. THE office of the Perak Chinese Pro--1 tectorate was broken into by burglars for the fourth time within recent months. The drawers of the chief clerks able were ransacked and attempts wore made to break onen a safe. The
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    Wedding At Seafarers’ Chapel Church—Campbell
    279 12 Wedding At Seafarers’ Chapel Church —Campbell M R Hugh Townshend Vesejl Church, third officer of tht cable ship Recorder, was married it the Seafarers’ Chapel. Marine Hostel. Anson Road, last week to Miss Iris Campbell. The bride is the daughter of Mr Campbell and the late Mr. D. Campbell R
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    Ransome-Arundel
    96 12 Ransome -Arundel THE wedding took place at d ;e Singapore Registry on Mar. of Dr. Gordon Arthur Associate Professor of Medicine. King Edward VII College of Medicine, ann Miss Eryl Arundel. f Dr. Ransome is the son of the n Rev. Maurice John Ransome, rector w Bulverbatch. Shropshire, and ol
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    S.H.B. AND EJECTION OF STRIKERS
    70 12 EIGHTY applications for IM'' C eject artisans employed > jn! Singapore Harbour Board ann in the Board premises will d f( j with by the Rent Assessmen on Monday, Apr. 1. «wtricltf It is understood that the c supply to the artisans’ Q ,iaru been
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    STORY OF GANG FIGHT TOLD TO MAGISTRATE Riot Sequel To Alleged I11-Treatment Of Woman
    354 14 THE alleged ill-treatment of a wife by her husband is stated to have been the cause of a riot between two gangs at the junction of Maxwell Road and Tanjong Pagar Road in the early hours
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    CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR MALAYAN MUSLIMS
    172 14 AT the annual general meeting of the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society approval was given to a proposal to establish a United Muslim Central Council. Members of the society were elected for 1940 as follows:— President. Tuan Syed Ibrahim bin Omar ALsagofT; vice-president: Mr. Pana Haji
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    SINGAPORE DENTIST GRANTED DECREE NISI
    89 14 < From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 19. |N the Divorce Court, Mr. Justice Hodson dismissed the petition of Mrs. Edna Dorothy Cellan Jones for divorce on the ground of cruelty of her husband. Mr Alan Cellan Jones, dental surgeon, of Hongkong Bank Chambers. Singapore.
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    Chinese Against Income Tax
    94 14 A RESOLUTION that the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Singapore, is in favour of taxation for the purpose of prosecuting the war but that it considers income tax undesirable was passed at a committee meeting of the Chamber last week. The meeting lasted nearly two hours. Other
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    MAIL SEIZED IN SINGAPORE Tokio Statement On Incident
    145 14 JT is reported that the censorship authorities in Singapore seized mails from the Japanese liner Fushimi Maru in Singapore on Saturday (Mar. 16). This was commented upon the next day by the Tokio Foreign Office spokesman, states Reuter. He is quoted as
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    R.A.F. Officer Marries
    186 14 pLIGHT-LIEUT. John Stewart Tupholme, of the Royal Air Force, son of Mrs. E. J. Tupholme and the late Mr. Tupholme of Middlesex, England, was married at St. Andrew's Cathedral last week to Miss Ada Ellen Spreadborough, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. Spreadborough, of Ontario,
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    NEW LEPER SETTLEMENT FOR KELANTAN
    111 14 I EPERS of Keiantan are to be segregated in a settlement for which a suitable site has been selected. Towards the end of 1938 and for the f£ ea o er P ar t °f fast year, a survey of the State was carried out
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    Prison Sentences For Two More S. H. B. Strikers
    248 14 JWO more strikers from the Singapore Harbour Board were last week convicted in the Singapore fifth court on three charges under the Defence Regulations, and on other charges. The first accused. Chan Seng Yip was sentenced to three months’ rigorous imprisonment
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    FOUND BELOW FLAT WINDOW Inquiry Into Death Of European TALKED ABOUT “PERSECUTION”
    377 14 FOUND BELOW FLAT WINDOW Inquiry Into Death Of European TALKED ABOUT “PERSECUTION THE inquiry into the death nr, Hervey Nicholson, a nn i b tative of a Manchester pie, firm, who was found de?d .V 800 in a drain 40 feet below uVS' lj of his apartment in Crescem n
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    ART CLUB TO HOLD EXHIBITION
    118 14 PIE Art Club of Singapore will ho.d an exhibition of work on May 30, and 31, and June 1. This was a decision taken at the annual general meeting of the Club last week held at No. 1 Amber Mansions, with Mrs. M. A. Bateman,
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    PENANG OPPOSITION TO INCOME TAX
    78 14 (From Our Own Correspondent 1 Penang. Mar. A MEETING of Penang Chinese at tn Chinese Town Hall this .afternow passed the following resolution meeting, representative oi c re commercial interests in cognises the colony’s obligation. make contributions to Great a for the successful prosecution 0
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    CLOSER CO-OPERATION IN COLONIAL EMPIRES Co-ordination Of Foodstuffs & Raw Materials Plans MR. MacDONALD ON VALUE OF RECENT TALKS IN PARIS
    590 15 CLOSER CO-OPERATION IN COLONIAL EMPIRES Co-ordination Of Foodstuffs Raw Materials Plans MR. MacDONALD ON VALUE OF RECENT TALKS IN PARIS Tl l EKKING to the talks in Paris between the British and L’ rc nch Colonial Ministers, the Secretary of State for the (1 ,,j,. 5 Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, told
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    JANSEN FAILS IN APPEAL To Serve Five Year Sentence 350 COUNTERFEIT 20-CENT PIECES
    149 15 f J*HE appeal of Norman Albert Jansen, a Eurasian pensioner who was sentenced to five years’ rigorous imprisonment on a charge of possession of 350 counterfeit 20cent pieces, was dismissed in the Court of Criminal Appeal last
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    APPEAL OF ARMED ROBBERS FAILS
    127 15 APPEALING against a sentence of five years’ rigorous imprisonment each for armed robbery, on the grounds that they were innocent, two young Chinese, Wong Fook and Ng Ah Meng, were reluctant to leave the Criminal Court of Appeal last week when they were told that
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    LUCKY, COURT TELLS APPELLANT
    95 15 NG Tan Kwan, who was sentenced to four years’ rigorous imprisonment for stabbing a woman, was told by the appeal judges last week that he was lucky the jury had not found him guilty on a charge of attempted murder instead of on a .charge of
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    OPEN AIR SERVICE IN CATHEDRAL GROUNDS
    321 15 AVER 500 men and women of all nationalities and religious denominations stood beneath the trees in the grounds of St. Andrew’s Cathedral on Good Friday to participate in the first united open air service, held under the auspices of the Malayan Christian Committee. Hundreds
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    N. I. RUBBER FOR VLADIVOSTOCK
    67 15 THE Minister for Economic Warfare, Mr. Ronald Cross, replying to a question by Mr. John Parker (Labour, Romford), gave an assurance that the fact that there had been a considerable increase in the export of rubber from the Netherlands Indies to Vladivostok since the war
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    QUESTION ON STRIKES Mr. MacDonald & The Communists
    137 15 QUESTION ON STRIKES Mr. MacDonald The Communists Reuter. A QUESTION was asked in the House of Commons last week regarding strikes in Malaya since the outbreak of the war and the activities of illegal Communist organizations in this country. Capt. Alan Graham requested detailed information about labour disputes in Singapore
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    MALAYAN HELP FOR EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS
    180 15 NEARLY $6OO has been collected by the Singapore Muslim Committee for the Turkish Earthquake Fund. Mr. I. O. AlsagofT chairman of the committee. in an appeal says that tens of thousands of helpless women, men and children in Turkey are starving as a result of
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    SINO-MUSLIM CULTURAL ASSOCIATION IN MALAYA
    101 15 SINGAPORE is shortly to have a SlnoMuslim Cultural Association of Malaya 'Singapore). At a meeting attended by prominent Chinese and Muslims at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce at which Dr Lim Boon Keng presided, the constitution of the proposed association was discussed and approved and
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    EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION AND INCOME TAX
    65 15 AT a special meeting of the committee of the European Association of Malaya held in Singapore, with Mr. P H Battlshlll presiding, the question of income tax was discussed A letter to the Colonial Secretary asking for further information was approved and it was decided
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    AS TAXATION AFFECTING CONFIDENCE IN RUBBER? Why Shares Do Not Respond To Commodity Prices.
    1503 19 (FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT) I London, Mar. 14. lr<)T rubber is still priced at rather over Is. a lb. on the market. The international KwrtaMe allowance, to remain at W por cent, of the basic quota
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    REDEMPTION OF DEBENTURES Conversion Offer By Kinta Kellas
    262 19 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 12. DKOPOSALS for the redemption of the company’s £22,690 7 per cent, debentures, due Mar. 31, have been issued to-day by the directors of Kinta Kellas Rubber Estates, Ltd. Provision will be made for redemption, in
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    SARAWAK’S TRADE INCREASES
    78 19 T'HE total value of exports from Sarawak for the last quarter of 1939 amounted to $10 629,676 as compared with $6,707,357 for the corresponding period of 1938. an increase of $3,922,319. The total value of imports for last quarter of the year amounted to $7,546,565 as compared
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    MEMORIES OF PENANG Autobiography Of A Pilot MEETING WITH SIR RONALD ROSS
    355 19 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 15. William Brown, for many years a well-known Penang pilot, has written an interesting autobiography, published by Hurst and Blacket to-day under the title. “Home is the Sailor.” In one chapter be
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    SHIPPING IN ADMIRALTY WATERS
    89 19 A NOTICE to the shipping community of Singapore from the Master Attendant, Straits Settlements, states that owners and operators to whom permission has been accorded for their vessels to enter and leave the restricted area of Admiralty waters by tht passage between Changi and Pulau Tekong
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    JOHORE MALAY OFFICERS AND INCOME TAX
    73 19 From Our Own Correspondent» Johore Bahru, Mar. 2f>. AT a meeting of Malay officers held at the Dewan to-day with tho Ungku Mentri Besar in the chair, it is understood, the majority were not in favour of the introduction of incom* tax into Johore
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  • WEEK’S WORLD NEWS IN SUMMARY SPECIAL STRAITS BUDGET FEATURE
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      Wednesday
      525 20 Mar. 20. OUMOUKS in Berlin of “important political events” before Easter have received a fresh impetus from the departure of the Soviet Ambassador in Berlin for Moscow. It is believed that he is going to arrange a meeting of leading members of the German and Soviet governments. Some neutral
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      Thursday
      534 20 Mar. 21. r rUK new French Cabinet formed by M. Paul Reynaud, who is l oth Premier and Foreign Minister while M. Daladier is Minister for National Defence and War, is regarded as a definite strengthening of the Government. The new Cabinet has 21 members, 12 of whom were
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      Friday
      548 20 Mur. 22. THE Home radio states that M. Molotov, Soviet Premier and Foreign Commissar, will arrive in Berlin to-morrow, accompanied by numerous diplomatic and military advisers. It states he will remain lor two days. The Rome report follows numerous hints in the Nazi press and official circles that Easter
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      Saturday
      523 20 EUROPE to-day enters what muses to he the most Yaw week since the war I* months ago. There is a «owL* of extension of the conflict Balkans and the Near [Vt. whlie the Nazis hint at a tional sequel to the Hitler-MuZ* meeting at the Brenner l- a s
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      Sunday
      574 21 Mar. 24. suspicion that Hitler’s diploV plans have gone astray itin ‘i,. K ground in political circles Ijeilin■«VhoM the Fuehrer returned from K frontier town of Brenner, after Bnlks with Signor Mussolini, the K o! m (ionium propaganda machine s started up to acclaim his ■in t'h and official
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      Monday
      525 21 Mar. 25. I7RESH efforts are being made to prevent the re-export of tin anil rubber from the United States to Soviet Russia, according to the Wall Street Journal It has been suggested that these re-exports may eventually reach Germany. The Washington correspondent of the Wall Street Journal reports Discussions
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      Tuesday
      544 21 Mar. 26. ARK Royal, Britain’s newest aircraft carrier which the Germans claimed last year to have bombed. anti sunk, has now returned home after a five months’ cruise on war service. During that time it is estimated that Ark Royal, with her aircraft, reconnoitred five million square miles of
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    ALLIED UNITY IN COLONIES Joint Postage Stamp Plan
    435 21 Reuter Mar. 19. rE Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, and his French colleague, M. Georges Mandel, who had already conferred together at length on Saturday and Sunday, met again yesterday and agreed upon further measures to be taken
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    NEW DEFENCE MEASURE IN BULGARIA
    58 21 Reuter. Sofia, Mar. 26 ANEW bill for civil mobilization, including measures to organize national economy in time of war, was introduced in the National Assembly by the Minister of War to-day. The bill provides for compulsory loans, severe measures against espionage and foreign propaganda and
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  • The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT
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      M.E.L. PROFIT RISES DIVIDEND MAINTAINED AT 9 PER CENT. MUNICIPAL DECISION POSTPONED
      260 1 FINAL, dividend of 5 per cent. on ordinary shares for Malacca lectric Lighting, Ltd., has been •commended bv the directors and ;;l »j< considered at the annual leetimr at Singapore to-day. This will bring the dividends paid on
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
      144 1 Sin ßapore Chamber of Commerce Association held Its 1,478 th auction jn Mar 20. There was catalogued 1,181,742 5 ton s; Offered 1.104,806 lb, 493.21 ton sold <33.214 lb. 327.33 tons. SPOT 5S d 0" 11 3|l6d. ork 18% cts. it:i I PRICES REALIZED Smoked Sheet Cents
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      TIN PRODUCTION FOR MARCH
      92 1 P 1 Bof tin production for the first half n Mar ch are as follows: Hours Yardage Piculs TliahtS. 11 8 330 6 ft .000 219 Pimoah Wk 272 C 6 'oo° 202 lirSp's 2 7 I,B oo 't ol7 Austral Amal. 312 146 000 839
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      CHARTERED BANK TO PAY 10%
      96 1 THE Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, is to maintain the dividend for 1939 at 10 per cent, less income tax. At the annual meeting on Apr. 3 the directors will propose a final dividend of 5 per cent. An interim dividend of like
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      MINE PROFITS TREBLED New Developments Of Hong Fatt
      401 1 THE net profit earned by Hong 1 Fatt (Sungei Besi), Ltd., for the year ended December last was $291,353. This compares with the net profit of $90,100 for 1938, when the company paid a 2V2 per cent, dividend. The directors, at the
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      POOR FORTNIGHT FOR COMMODITIES Fraser & Company’s Report
      745 1 POOR FORTNIGHT FOR COMMODITIES Fraser Company’s Report r HE''fortnight under review has con- I sisted largely of either preparing lor, or recovering from a series of Saturdays. Sundays and holidays, a surfeit of golf and a notable absence of business, write Fraser Co., Singapore Even in peace time both domestic
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      London Stock Exchange
      345 1 —Exrhaner THoKraph London, Mar. 26. THE Stock Exchange was quiet, with little 1 activity In any group except Lome Ralls, whicn were higher on reports of large Easter holiday tralllc. Indian Government .tocxs tended to harden. Elsewhere, movements were very small. —Reuter. The lollowing are to-day’s closing
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER PRICES (Sellers)
      43 1 Date Spot Apr. Apr.-June July-Sept. Oct.-Dec, I>ondon Mar. 21 37% 37% 36% 35% 35% 11 3/16 Spot Mar. Apr. Apr -June July-Sept. Oct.-Dec. London 26 37% 37% 37 36% 35 35 11% 27 36% 36% 36% 35 34% 11%
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    • RUBBER ESTATES’ SUCCESSFUL YEAR
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        Kuala Sidim Pays 22½%
        249 2 Kuala Sidim Pays 22½ TOTAL dividend of 22Vi per cent, for the year ended December last will be paid by the Kuala Sidim Rubber Co., Ltd., if the directors’ recommendation for a final I2V-j> per cent, dividend is approved at the annual meeting of the company at Penang on Thursday.
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        BASSETT RUBBER PROFIT SOARS
        198 2 *T*HE Bassett Rubber Company, Ltd.. earned a profit of $32,196 for the year ended December last and the directors recommend the payment of a dividend of 4 per cent. This dividend, if approved at the company’s annual meeting in Penang on Thursday, will absorb $28,000. leaving
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        FRASER AND NEAVE PROFITS JUMP
        147 2 A SHARP rise In profit for the year ended December last, compared with the preceding year, is reported in the accounts of Fraser and Neave Ltd issued on Mar. 21. After making adequate provision for depreciation the net profit last year was $474,608, compared with
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        10% FOR JERAM KUANTAN
        321 2 A F’INAL dividend of 5 per cent. I making 10 per cent, for the year ended December last, is proposed by the directors of Jeram Kuantan Rubber Estate, Ltd. The profit for the year was $4O 300 to which is added the balance of $62 526
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        PROFIT OF MALAYAN COLLIERIES 16 Per Cent. Dividend For The Year
        162 2 A SHARP rise in profit earned is shown in the accounts of Malayan Collieries which were issued yesterday for the year ended December last. After charging depreciation of about $288.000 the net profit, subject to directors’ fees, was $620,775,
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        FEBRUARY RUBBER CROPS
        77 2 OUBBER crops for February are reported as follows lb. Brunei 41 i*>7 Bukit Timah «037 Changkat ii 23,651 laytor 13 910 J^ r Q a B giri 110,524 36,800 yala 30,980 Tapan 731 57 Ulu Pandan s’ins Alor Gajah 15 500 Australasia Ayer Panas 69 non Bukit
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        First Annual Meeting
        252 2 AT the first annual meeting of Malayan Producers, Ltd., to be held at Changkat Kinding Estate, Tanjong Rambutan, on Saturday, the directors will recommend the payment of a final dividend for the year ended December last of 3 per '•ent. During the year two interim dividends, totalling
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        LESONG TUJOH RUBBER Higher Prices Offset Reduced Production
        370 2 AT the annual meeting of Lesong Tujoh Rubber Estates, Ltd., held at Penang, on Monday, the chairman, Mr. E. H. Bulford, said: Although the average selling pric® was higher than last year—24.s9 cts as compared with 19.68 cts. for the previous year—the
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        RUBBER MARKET QUIETER United States Bids Below Local Idea
        285 2 RUBBER MARKET QUIETER United States Bids Below Local Id ea JN a weekly review of the market, Stanton x,. UI Co., Ltd., write: on No great changes in either of price or outhU mark occurred recently. A large trade between the Netherlands Indies t eriCa and also between America on
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        GUTHRIE & CO’S REPORT
        113 2 GUTHRIE CO’S REPORT and Co., Ltd., reviewing the week, write: There has been a decline in values since last reporting but at no stage has there been any marked weakness in the market, a fair volume of ousiness has been transacted during the week, and the undertone is steady U.S.A.
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        Effect Of Foreign Exchange Control
        223 2 L EW J S and Peat (Singapore), Ltdin a weekly review of the rubber market, write: We have witnessed this week the curious instance oi the market going against itself. As the New York* London cross rate moved in favour of the U.S. dollar the
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      STOCKS AND SHARES
      1119 3 Issued By Fraser And Co., exchange and stock brokers. Singapore, March 27, 10 a.m. I MINING Buyers Sellers m Mn 4/10vi 5/3 i I Amal/ >/9 3 6/3xd I Hitam* lty 91/6 23/-xd I iln 93/- -anSor 1.46 1.50 I 8 10/3 11/3 I Malay” 93/3 24/3cd
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      SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE CO.
      59 3 A CABLE advising that a dividend of BV?d New Zealand currency has been declared, payable on Apr. 11, has been received bv the Singapore manager of the South British Insurance Co., Ltd. On this occasion the dividend is being paid to shareholders on the Singapore register
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICE
      29 3 HPHE official price of tin in Singapore on Mar. 21 was $123.25 per picul of 133 l'3rd lb. on Mar. 26 $122.25; on Mar. 27 $120.75.
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      TAPAH RUBBER ESTATES 105 ACRES ADDED TO PLANTED AREA
      808 3 AT the annual general meeting of Tapah Rubber Estates, Ltd., held in Singapore, on Mar. 20, me chairman, Mr. W. H. Macgregor, said: Although the average exportable allowance for 1939 was very Utile more than that for 1938,—the actual percentages being
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      63 3 Singapore, Mar. 37, noon. Buyers Sellers Oambiei g 7.50 Hamburg Cube 113.00 Java Cube 112.00 Pepper White Muntok 114.33 White $13.75 Black gag Copra Mixed |3 40 Bun Drieo 43 80 Sago Flour No I 55.70 $8.70 55.80 Sarawak $6.00 Jelotong Palerabang $16.00 518.50 Sarawak tie 5o
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
      417 3 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, Mar. 2d. 5 p.m. Books To»» foi Company Dividend Close Date Bx Dlv financial vea» TIN Payable Date to date Austral AmaJ 3d. Mar. 16 Mar. 29 Mar 17 5% Ayer Hitam 20% less tax Mar. 12 Apr 1 Mar. 18 32V4% Burma
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