The Straits Budget, 25 July 1940

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    CHURCHILL, THE REALIST
    934 1 ies of Germany.”—Straits Times. July 18. wir.fton Churchill \s not a who believes in hiding un!0; 'irts trom the people. Ci j lO came to power he has er tailed to stress the gravity of Ihe situation which confronts the BriliS h Empire. At the same time,
    ies of Germany.”—Straits Times. July 18.  -  934 words
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    The Burma Road
    1232 1 Burma road!—Straits Times, July 19. Mr. Winston Churchill's statement in the House of Commons last night restores to its proper perspective a decision which has been the subject of much illinlormed and mischievous comment in England and the United States. The facts regarding the agreement reached in
    Burma road!—Straits Times, July 19.  -  1,232 words
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    THE AMERICAN SCENE
    923 2 ceedingly remote.—Straits Times, July 20. This article is based on a private Letter from an English journalist who has been working in New York for the past year. His letter was w r ritten a little over a month ago, and it suggests that determination to help
    ceedingly remote.—Straits Times, July 20.  -  923 words
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    Man-Power
    1134 2 —Straits Times, July 22. Malaya’s man-power schemes have now been put into force to an extent that makes it possible to form some idea of the total yield of trainable material that may be expected. Detailed figures are not available, but it is perfectly clear that the results are
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    The Lull
    1083 3 .--Straits Times, July 23 Event> iii Europe have to move Vf ry uickl y if Berlin is to adhere to I<u time-table. Originally Hitler to give Germany the peace 01 complete victory by mid-Septem-tiie date was moved lorward flr st to August 15 lllcJ later to August 1.
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    FOOD BEFORE RUBBER
    1061 3 labourers themselves Times, July 24. The production of food on rubber estates in Malaya, as distinct from the cultivation of vegetables in a small way by labourers, has not been a serious issue since the rice famine of 1919, although a few estates did do something in
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    26 4 Mr. E. D. Fleming, M.C.S., has been appointed acting Immigration Ofllcer, Straits Settlements, in addition to his duties as acting Assistant Secretary ol h£hinese AlTalrs, Malaya.
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    STATEMENT ON RICE POOL Stocks Owned By The Government
    320 4 •pilp: Government Kit e Pool wii come into operation in Singapore on Aug. 1, state.; an olficia! communique. From that date al rice imported for Malayan consump lion will be deposited on arrival at the rice transit sheds at Empire Dock.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      BIRTHS
      148 4 BOURNE. —At General Hospital, Singapore on 22nd July to Peggy, wife of P. W Bourne, a son. ASMUS.—To Rita, wife of E. J. Asmus on July 23, 1940 at the Maternity Hospital, Singapore, a daughter, Rosemary Anne. GRANT.—At General Hospital, Johore Bahru to Mary, wife of Andrew Grant, H.
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      ENGAGEMENT
      40 4 KOH-CHAN. —The engagement is announced betweep Mr. Koh Sian Poh, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Koh Chin Joo of Singapore, and Miss Chan Kwye Neo (Ellaline Chan), youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Char* Teck Chye of Malacca.
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      MARRIAGE
      48 4 THIO-CHEW.—At the Chinese Consulate on July 20. 1940, Mr. Thio Kheng Kok, second son of Madam So TJioe TJocl and the late Mr. Thio Soon Loh, to Miss Chew Chwee Sian (Janet chew), third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chew Keng. Java and Borneo papers please copy.
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      GOLDEN WEDDING 1890-1940
      104 4 Mr. and Mrs. Walt Jackson: At Hong Kong, July 19, 1890. By the Right Reverend Bishop John Tlmolcon Raimondi. DEATHS PLEDGER.—In England on July 21st, 1940 Prank Arthur Pledger, late Chairman of Boustead Co. Ltd. GUTHRIE.—Thomas F. of London at the General Hospital, Singapore on the 23rd
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    VOLUNTEERS IN JOHORE Training Starts Next Month
    227 4 CIMULTANEOUS with the callingup of male British Europeans in Johore for compulsory military training in Johore, the Johore Volunteer Engineers have been called up lor periods of continuous training between Aug. 7 and 28 inclusive and Sept. 7 and 28 inclusive. Any Volunteer
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    BATU PAHAT INDIAN ASSOCIATION
    177 4 THE first annual meeting of the Indian Association. Batu Pahat, was held on Friday at the association’s premises There were about 200 present. Mr. P. S. Kandasamy Chettiar, the president of the association, presided. The following were elected as office bearers for the year: president. Mr.
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    POLISH RELIEF FUND CLOSING LIST
    161 4 IN view of more pressing calls on the public, the committee of the Polish Relief Fund In Singapore has decided to stop collection for the present. The total of $2,445 subscribed has been sent to the Polish Embassy in London through the Mercantile Bank. The
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    F.M.S. WAR FUND NOW $805,000
    94 4 F.M.S. War Fund reached a total of $805,000 early this week. The F.M S. Fund on Friday had its best day so far, receiving cheques totalling $125,000, from the boards of tin companies in the Anglo-Oriental (Malaya) Ltd g’roup. This very handsome total was made
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    Contents
    477 4 Leaders— Churchill. The Realist The Burma Road The American Scene i Man-Power The Luii 2 Food Before Rubber Financial Supplement— Financial and Commercial News to date, following page 2 6 Malayan (General News— Sakais Terrorized By Man-Eating Tiger Official List Of Queen’s Scholars l Ranee’s Book Published 5 Notes
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    SAKAIS TERRORIZED BY MAN-EATING TIGER Malay Hunters Meet Beast During Hunting Excursion
    176 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, July 22. HUNTERS are endeavouring to track down a man-eating Htiger which is terrorizing the Sakai settlement at the foot of the Lassa hills, near Sungei Siput in central perak. One report states
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    Official List. Of Queen’s Scholars
    193 5 AWARDS of the 1941 Queen’s scholarships and fellowships to Straits Se tlemems candidates were officially announced this week. The list includes Mr. Chua Yew Cheng. BSc. «London), whose name was emitted :rom the list published last week Mr Chua Yew Cheng, who has been awarded
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    MR. YAP PHENG GECK RESIGNS
    192 5 MrJ ap Phen 8 Geek, the Straits DresMitoM Se British Association reCornmi r °t n the Sin gapore Municipal °2 Sflio k n has resigned. Associitirm aVe 4. bcen taken by the m Mr b0 p r his place° mlnate 3nother hie ChinpS» B Geck
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    RANEE’S BOOK PUBLISHED Bible Theme In "Naked Tragedy"
    179 5 THE Ranee of Sarawak’s latest book. “A Star Fell,” has just been published in New York. Central figure in the story is Rama Chandra, an epileptic Tamil, brought up by missionaries whose teachings have a lasting effect on his unhealthy Imagination. The
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    37 5 IIEUT.-Commander R. Stevenson 1 Miller, H. M. S. Keith, the only son of Mrs. John McNicol, Kuala Pertang Estate. Kelantan, has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry during operations off Dunkirk where he was wounded.
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    MAGISTRATE’S CORRECT VIEW Appeal By Crown Dismissed
    223 5 appeal by the Crown against an acquittal of a Chinese contractor, Tan Yong Cheng, on a charge of giving a sanitary inspector a bribe of $2OO was dismissed by the acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice a’Beckett Terrell, on Monday. Tan Yong Cheng was
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    DEATH OF INDIAN SOCIAL WORKER
    142 5 'THE death occurred in Johore Banru last week of Swami P.A.M. Kanjamalai Moorthy, a well-known social worker among Indian labourers In this country, for the last 13 years. The funeral was largely attended and messages of sympathy were received from Adi-Dravida Associations lii all parts
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    NOTES LEGAL TENDER UP TO ANY AMOUNT
    243 5 THE attention of the public is drawn to the fact that currency notes are legal tender throughout Malaya for the payment of any amount, says a Department of Information communique. This means that no person to whom any payment is due has any
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    Novel Solution Of Coin Shortage
    161 5 rcope with the coin shortage in Singapore, which has hindered the business of th? small vendor and trader, the management of the Great World amusement park has introduced a system of transaction within the park only. Patrons of the park who are likely to use
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      DEATH OF MR. F. A. PLEDGER Former Chairman Of Boustead & Co.
      130 5 DEATH OF MR. F. A. PLEDGER Former Chairman Of Boustead Co. death occurred in London on Sunday of Mr. Frank Arthur Pledger, formerly chairman of Boustead and Co. Mr. Pledger, came to Malaya In 1 9 0 6, he was first in Penang for many year s—was appointed chairman of
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      MR. W. M. BEINS
      139 5 MR. Walter Martin Beins, formerly or Singapore, died at Bangalore, South India on June 27. He was 66. He leaves a wldo>v who is still in Bangalore, and two daughters in Singapore. Mrs. P. J. O’Dwyer and Miss Ethel Beins. While in Government service in Singapore.
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      MR. T. F. GUTHRIE
      39 5 rE death is announced of Mr. T. F. Guthrie, of London, at the General Hospital. Singapore. He was the Far Eastern representative of many important London manufacturers and has travelled extensively in the Far East.
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      JOHORE PLANTER’S WIFE DEAD
      91 5 From Our Own Correspondent. > Kuala Lumpur. July 22. HTHE death took place at Frasers Hill early yesterday from heart failure of Mrs. Mary Booth, wife of Mr. A. A. Booth, manager of Sungel Slnarut Estate, Batu Anam, Johore. Mrs. Booth had gone to the Hill
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    DANGEROUS AREAS IN SOURABAYA STRAIT
    94 5 A WARNING to mariners regarding danger- ous areas in Sourabava Strait. Java, has been issued by the Hong Kong Harbour Office The following are declared dangerous areas and closed to shipping: (a) An area between the following parallels:—6 44. 30 S., and 6. 56. 00
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    HURLED INTO DRAIN FROM MOTOR CYCLE
    81 5 A EUROPEAN motor-cyclist, Mr. D. Hamilton. of the General Electric Co., Ltd., was taken to hospital last week in an unconscious condition following a collision between the motor-cycle he was riding and h motor-car in Keppel Road. It is understood that after the collision
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    VITAMIN B1 IN BREAD Malayan Discovery Being Utilised NUTRITION ISSUE IN GREAT BRITAIN
    326 5 'THE work of British scientists in Malaya in 1911 proving that some substance which protected against beri-beri was lost by polishing rice, is proving of value to research workers in Britain who arc to-day seeking ways of
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    VOLUNTEER OFFICERS
    110 5 THE following notifications relating to the Volunteer Force Ordinance are gazetted 1 lieutenant «Acting Captain J. B. Best, S.S.V.F., appointed Acting Major whilst commanding Singapore Royal Engineers (Volunteers» Field Company. Becond-Lieutenant R D Wilkie, S.S.V.F., appointed Acting Captain whilst, in command of “F” (Malay* Company. 2nd Battalion. SS
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    MERCHANDISE MARKS RILL MAY BE AMENDED
    80 5 A Merchandise Marks (Amendment) Bill will be introduced at the next meeting of the Legislative Council in Singapore. The acting Attorney-General. Mr. N. A. Worley, states that under the existing law certain offences under the Merchandise Marks Ordinance are triable only by the High
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    F.M.S. EXEMPTS MILITARY STORES FROM DUTY
    86 5 MILITARY Flores < rations i purchased out of Imperial funds and Imported Into the Federated Malay KtaPs on behalf of the Navy. Army or Air Force for issue to those units are exempted from payment of Import duties by an amendment to the Customs
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    Cabaret On The Screen
    27 5 This “shot” of a well-known local cabaret was seen in Shaw Bros, locally made film “Mutiara” which is now running at the Alhambra.
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    LETHARGIC ATTITUDE OF KAMPONG MALAYS
    456 5 T )IH Jer.vn people are v.el’ satisfied with themselves and adopt the attitude of Gallio to any departures from the familiar rut,” wrote the Distrct Officer of Kuala Selangor to the British Resident of Selangor last year. He was describing the elTorts to clear two
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    19 5 Mr. and Mrs. Wait Jackson celebrated thnr Kolden wedding last week. They were married in Hong Kong in 1890
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    DRANK POISON AT CEMETERY Family Worries Of Unemployed
    167 5 “T'HIS is truly a pitiful case,*’ said Court Inspector D. R. Cowie in the Singapore third court on Monday, when he related the circumstances regarding an attempt to take his own life made by a 23-year-old Chinese, Loh Sim Qwee. L h
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    NEW INDIAN J.P.’s GIFTS TO CHARITY
    87 5 If HAN Sahib Mohamed Amin, military contractor, of Singapore, was enterLained by his colleagues, Chowdhry Ghulam Kadir. Khan Mohamed Ibrahim Khan. Khan Mohamed Shaft :nd Khan M ohamed Zubir Khan yesterday o a dinner at Mount Wash•ng.on on the occasion of his being appointed
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    SIR RALPH PAGET WAS EX-MALAYAN
    59 5 SIR Ralph Paget, whose death was announced recently, was the only British Minister to the Court of Siam who ever revisited the country after his official connection with it had ceased. Sir Ralph had a substantial stake in the early development of rubber plantations in
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    I.S.M. FOR EX-GAOLER
    31 5 IT is announced in the Government Gazette that the King has awarded the Imperial Service Medal to Mr. Samuel Wright, formerly gaoler in the Straits Settlements Prison Service
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    GARDENING FOR MALAY BOYS Experiments To Be Tried Soon
    324 5 POYS of Malay Schools in the town Singapore—with no, or little, on* portunity for learning how to grow plants or tend gardens—may be taugh* to become efficient gardeners at the Botanic Gardens. A scheme is now under consideration by the Department
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    GROWING VEGETABLES FOR KUALA LUMPUR
    175 5 «From Our Own Correspondent» Kuala Lumpur. July 20. ACCORDING to the 1939 annual report of the British Resident in Selangor. 3.000 gardeners and about 1.000 labourers and part-time workers are engaged in growing vegetables for Kuala Lumpur’s needs. The main sources of the supply of
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    BURMA PLANTERS’ PART IN PROVIDENT FUND
    85 5 «From Our Own Correspondent' Kuala Lumpur. July 20 PUBLISHED in the F.M.S Government Gazette is a Bill to amenc the Malayan Planters’ Provident Fund Enactment and the rules ma«l'‘ under it. This Bill will be in the Federal Council. According to the oblects and
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    AUSTRALIA POPULAR AS HOLIDAY RESORT Heavy Bookings In Air & Shipping Services
    390 7 AUSTRALIA POPULAR AS HOLIDAY RESORT Heavy Bookings In Air Shipping Services UOKF Malayans and people from India and the Middle My as t, because of the present European situation and the nance regulations in regard tc the spending of money outwit the sterling block, are finding it more convenient to
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS’ GOOD PROGRESS
    154 7 From Our Own Correspondent > '«up Penang, July 20. I t u p ql cn of the 3rd. Battalion, Forrf oI alts Settlements Volunteer period in r n H n? had an important ;r:? d In their second week of trainro°noiiio? n M? as l "lining
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    61 7 The u,:< r ‘Wal notifications under the r :f r“commi l e 7 Reserve Ordinance e utf:. a n t g s R Artin g Sub- np b Robert S Rrrn V ?"r. granted to Mr. D, nald Mom r d Don -Fox and Mr. Ion m thf. sspvn^ on
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    Big Storm In Kuantan
    91 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuantan, July 17. TTHERE was a great storm over Kuantan in Pahang yesterday. Several roadside trees were blown down, but P.W.D. coolies were soon about clearing away the trees and debris. The attap roofs of two long plank coolie lines, on stilts,
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    INDIAN J. P.’s APPEAL Duty Of All To Help Empire
    283 7 AN appeal to the public to contribute liberally to The War Fund was made by Mr. O. Ramasamy Nadar at a dinner held in his honour on Saturday. He was replying to a speech made by Mr. Claude da Silva
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    JOHORE MALAY IN AUSTRALIA
    70 7 ARRIVING in Australia early this month to complete his medical course at Melbourne University. Ismail bin Abdul Rahman, son of Jonores State Treasurer, Dato Abdul Rahman bin Mohamed Yasin. said in an interview, “All Malaya is wholeheartedly behind Britain, and is confident she will win.” “Malays,
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    HELP FOR FIRE VICTIMS Over 200 Chinese Without Homes
    699 7 AVER 200 Chinese lost their v homes in the fire which razed their village to the ground in Silat Road, Singapore, on Saturday evening. The fire which razed some 60 wood and attap dwellings on Saturday has left nothing but a
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    Life-Size Portrait
    50 7 The life-size portrait of Mr. C. Rajagopalachariar a member of the Congress Working Committee and former Prime Minister of Madras, which was unveiled at the Indian Youth League premises on Thursday by Mr. S. Ramanathan, (right) former Minister of Public Information, Madras —Straits Information, Madras —Straits Times picture.
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    RECLAMATION OF FORESHORE Housing Plan Hit By The War
    252 7 DLANS to build shophouses and terrace houses on the reclaimed land along Beach Road, stretching from the Stamford Road canal to the mouth of the Rochore River, ia not likely to materialize for many years. The plan has already been approved
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    33 7 Mr. J. C. van den Berg, a geologist attached to the Netherlands Pacific Petroleum Co. passed through Singapore last week on his way back to Batavia from Medan, accompanied by his young son
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    23 7 The Kedah Government Gazette publishes detailed regulations as to the right to and measure of compensatio.i for action taken under the Emergency Powers.
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    SUPERSTITION AN OBSTACLE Unbalanced Diets In Singapore BERI-BERI IN YOUNG BABIES
    493 8 /MIINKSE superstition and an* cient lieliofs with regard to confinement are undermining the health of many Chinatown mothers, disclosed I)r. Mary Tan, who is in charge of the Municipal Infant Welfare Department, in her annual report. “Mothers are inclined,
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    RECORD TIMBER EXPORT FROM JOHORE
    91 8 WITH an output of 5,460.000 cubic feet of timber, a new record lor timber production was created In Johore last year,” states Mr. W D. Barron, the General Adviser In his annual report This was achieved In spite of the fact that felling was stopped
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    ARBITRATION SCHEME IN LABOUR DISPUTES Government Decision Final & Binding On Both Parties
    485 8 ARBITRATION SCHEME IN LABOUR DISPUTES Government Decision Final Binding On Both Parties DEFENCE regulations for the settlement of labour disputes D anf the prohibition of strikes and lock-outs were published in the Government Gazette last week. II anv difference exists between an t mployer and persons employed, or between any
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    REQUISITIONING RULES
    209 8 MEW regulations regarding requisitioning of property were published in the Gazette last week. It is stated that the Governor may by order provide for the requisitioning of property, and may by such order (a) authorise any person by name or ofllcc throughout the Colony or In specified areas
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    GRANDSON OF SULTAN
    39 8 A SON has been born to Ungku Malmonah. wife of Tungku Temenggong Ahmad, of Johore. at Johore Bahru The* Sultan, who is in England, has been Informed of the birth of another grandson. It is understood.
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    P/O M. R. MUDIE DEAD Son Of Former Malayan Judge
    112 8 PILOT Officer M. R. Mudie. son or Mr. Justice N. D. Mudie, a former Malayan judge, and Mrs. Mudie, has died of wounds received on active service. Pilot Officer Mudie was bom In Malava in 1916. During a tour of
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    8 MEMBERS OF COMFORT MISSION RETURN
    110 8 EIGHT members of the Malayan Comfort Mission, which travelled .o Chungking some months ago. have returnrd to Singapore. Mr. Tan Kah Kee. who headed the mission, has not returned but is reported t be already on his way back. Of the eight who have
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    DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA Cabinet Considers Strategic Position
    110 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne, July 17. yHE Australian War Cabinet h Us been considering Australia’s strategic position. Important to Australia’s fuim-.. war moves are the fate of the Netherlands Indies, French IndoChina, and New Caledonia, a French possession in the Pacific, linked
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    £1,000 FROM PENANG COUNCILLOR
    70 8 T*HE Secretary of State for the Col- onies, Lord Lloyd, has expressed gratitude for two more gifts from the Colonial Empire towards Britain’s war effort. One of the gifts comes from Dom inica. A sum of £3OO has been sent towards the cost of a bomber.
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    THEIR EXCUSE
    84 8 THE Dayaks have a new excuse for their request to be allowed to tubafish. states the Sarawak Gazette. According to them, sickness is now rampant owing to the infected water they have to drink. In former times, they allege, the drinking water was pure and healthy, but now
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    14 8 Mr. F D. Marable has become a Passed Cadet in the Malayan Police Service.
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    MALAYA’S TIMBER & THE WAR EFFORT
    448 8 MALAYA’S TIMBER THE WAR EFFORT MALAYA might help Great Britain in her timber require* ments by the establishment of local industries to manufacture wooden articles that have hitherto been imported. This would reduce the drain on the supplies of raw' material still available to the United Kingdom. This is the
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    COLONIALS DISAPPROVE OF PETAIN REGIME Dutch Journalist’s Views On General Catrox
    508 9 rrui' settlement reached over the reported differences 1 between the Petain regime and the French Indo-China rovernnient has met with apparent dissatisfaction from ■he majority of the population of Saigon, who are still h-ohitely pro-British, said Dr. A. J.
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    CAMPAIGN AGAINST RABIES IN PERLIS
    145 9 Malaya’s most northerly rabies L tu S b en unable to combat and bv win 10 sh °3ting of stray dogs attention ?o‘Th ea 2 pr °P a sanda calling tor p 1 T 2 the danger and the need C/. .^atment. Vf *ar.Vp l
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    How To Show Your Gratitude
    150 9 (From Our Own Correspondent» Ipoh, July 17. AT the Anderson School prize-giving to-day, Mr. Marcus Rex, the British Resident of Perak, in an address to the boys asked them to compare their lot with that of boys in warstricken areas in Europe and China, where
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING
    53 9 The marriage of Mr. Sinniah Thamothararxjpillai. technical assistant, Government Architect’s Office, Singapore to Miss V Sinnammah. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A Veerakathy. took place last week at 106 Marshall Road. Singapore, according to Hindu rites. The bride is the sister of Mr. V. Seenivasagam of the Malayan
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    To Help War Fund
    43 9 Some of those ivho attended last week's whist drive at the Garrison Sergeants' Mess, Alexandra, in aid of The War Fund. It is one of a series of events which the Mess is holding in aid of the Fund.
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    VOLUNTEER ‘OLD GUARD’ TO BE FORMED SOON Ex-Servicemen Register For Important Local Work
    369 9 “I HAVE only one leg, but 1 can still get about; and 1 what is more, I can still shoot straight,” declared an ex-Serviceman, who was the first man to apply for enrolment in the “Old Guard,”
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    Patriotic Fund Gains $100,000 Within Fortnight
    518 9 FE latest list of contributions to the Malaya Patiiotic Fund, recording gifts up to July 15. shows a total of $1.772,149.10, of which $1,688,712 6! naa open previously acknowledged and an addition of nearly $lOO,OOO in eleven days. The list is as follows: Kelantan
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    CHINESE SECTION
    198 9 AT a committee meeting o! the Chinese section of the Malaya Patriotic Fund (Singapore) held at the Garden Club, and presided over by Mr. Lee Kong Chian, it was stated that altogether $156.903.84 had been collected up to June 20. including $3,529.46 from "Hitler. Beast of Berlin.” shown
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    EDUCATION IN AUSTRALIA
    148 9 A USTRALIAN schools and universities compare favourably with those in Britain, said the Rev. F G Rolland, headmaster of Geelong College, Australia, speaking at the Singapore Rotary Club last, week. Mr. Rolland is on a short visit to Singapore and will be returning this week. There is
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    MANY WANT TO JOIN NEW FLYING SCHOOL Non-Europeans Hope To Become R.A.F. Pilots
    214 10 |\IO time waa lost by members of flying clubs and others in applying for admission to the flying school to be established by Government in Singapore as a means of training potential R.A.F. pilots. Apart from British
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    CHINESE WAR GIFT OF LAND TO GOVERNMENT
    135 10 A GIFT which has Just been made by a Singapore Chinese Arm for local defence is as unique as it is generous, announces the Department of Information. It became necessary recently to acquire a portion of land four acres three roods in area
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    UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES OF CLERKS’ SOCIETY
    65 10 BECAUSE it was being iwed for unlawful purposes and for purposes incompatible with peace and good order of the Colony ahd with Its objects and rules, the Singapore Chinese Clerks’ Association has been dissolved. The Association was formed chleflv for Chinese-educated clerks employed In Chinese
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    News Broadcasts From Sydney
    112 10 *T*lfE Australian Broadcasting I Commission began last July, a new transmission to south-east Asia on behalf of the Department of Information. Broadcasting from Sydney on a wavelength of 31.2 metres (9.615 megacycles). Station VLQ can be heard in Malaya between 8.35 and 9.50 p.m. Malayan time.
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    RESIDENT’S COMMENT ON CHINESE WORKERS
    138 10 UNEMPLOYED Chinese miners who were put on relief work in Selangor provided unsatisfactory labour, states Major G. M. Kidd, British Resident of the State, in his annual report. The men. he explains, were a mixed and heterogeneous collection of labourers many of whom were physically
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    MALAYAN CENSUS NOT UNTIL NEXT JUNE
    64 10 MANY applications are being sent to the Superintendent of Census for employment as enumerators and sorters, apparently in the belief that the census Is to be taken at an early date. Actually, the date fixed for the census is June 30, next. When enumerators
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    POTATOES FROM BURMA FOR SINGAPORE
    208 10 THE present potato shortage in the city was relieved to some extent when 1,000 bags of potatoes arrived in Singapore last week from Burma. The authorities, with the co-opera-tion ol importers, are doing everything possible, it is stated, to increase h’lports of potatoes to Singapore.
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    LANGUAGES IN INDIA Mr. Venkatachar On The Future
    646 10 LINGUISTICALLY India is not, upon a superficial comparison, more complex than Europe exclusive of Russia,” said Mr. C. S. Venkatachar, 1.C.5., Agent of the Government of India in Malaya, in the course of a talk on Indian languages and literature to the
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    MAY STUDY IN AUSTRALIA Chinese Winner Of £500 Scholarship EFFECT OF WAR ON PLANS
    265 10 A NOTHER scholar whose plans for going to Britain for studies may have to be cancelled, M r Tham Ah Kow, who won the Tan lieng Gum scholarship last year ma go to Australia, it is
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    Malay Doctor Wins Fellowship
    144 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 19 A COMMUNIQUE issued by 'he Federal Secretariat to-day gives further details of the 1941 Queen’s Scholarship and Fellowship awards and announces that a recipient of the latter is Dr. Megat Khas bin Megat Omar, oi the Perak Medical
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    VOLUNTEER UNIT TO START TRAINING
    84 10 THE Singapore Volunteer Field Ambulance. a unit of the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, is being called up for continuous training between Aug. 19 and Sept. 29. a period of six weeks. Many members of this unit are Asiatic hospital or ambulance dressers Leave to attend
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    18 10 Firing grounds are annonunced in the Gazette as at Tanjong Bulon (within Singapore territorial waters and at Changi.
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    SINGAPORE TO TRAIN PILOTS FOR R.A.F. Accepted Candidates Will Be Cadets In S.S.V.A.F.
    389 11 nFTAILS were announced last week of a scheme to D give preliminary training in Malaya to potential R.A.F. P o *The scheme applies to British subjects between 18 l 98 They will be trained at a flying
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    FUNERAL OF GASSED DUTCH SEAMEN
    132 11 THE Consul-General for the Netherlands. Mr. H. M. J. Fein, was Imo1 mon S those present at the funeral las. g/t Bidadari Cemetery Jacob Corrtclis 'Ebbenhout ana Dick Oflenderg, two Dutch seajnen, who were found gassed in the -reezing chamber of their ship. ein save
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    MAINTENANCE ORDER: WIFE IN SYDNEY
    87 11 o^nteri° SePh Holland a European, onlast week tK the L Sin Kapore district court KSSrtfSVffifE r^' a week> h °w cause \h v apPeared on a summons to T der made aeataiS P i? visl( lal maintenance Ma «istrate and by ihe Special f n
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    Display Of Flags May Be Forbidden
    81 11 AN order published in the Government Gazette last week provides that “the Governor may, by order, prohibit the display by any person in public of any flag, banner or emblem as to which he is satisfied that the display would be likely to cause
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    APPEAL TO INDIANS Prevention Of Bodily Torture
    154 11 AN appeal to local Indians to prevent the practice of physical torture during the Thaipusam festival was made by Mr. S. Ramanathan, former Minister of Public Information to the Government of Madras, addressing the Indian Youth League in Singapore last week. Mr. Ramanathan
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    New Use Of Hoardings
    36 11 Hoardings are now being used in Singapore for patriotic propaganda. This hoarding is at Crawford Road, at the junction of Beach Road and Geylang Road. It was painted and lent by Warins.
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    NEW PAPER IN SINGAPORE Special Column For Jobless
    197 11 pROM Aug. 1 a new Chinese daily news sheet, the Kung Poh, will be published m Singapore under the proprietorship of Mr. Aw Boon Haw. For the first three days of publication 40,000 copies of the newspaper will be distributed free. It
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    29 11 Lieut.-Col. J. A. Parker and Mrs. Parker gave a farewell dinner to Mr. and Mrs. A J. Newby, who are retiring from Malaya shortly, at Raffles Hotel last week.
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    JOHORE’S EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLIES
    335 11 THE arrangements the Johore Government has made for the supply, acquisition and distribution of food for the local population in the event of a serious emergency or an influx of evacuees from Singapore are set out on a paper tabled in the Johore Council of State
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    MARKETS’ GOOD BUSINESS 12,000,000 Catties Of Wet Fish Sold
    346 11 jyjOKE than 12,000.000 catties ot wet fish—the biggest quantity to arrive at any market in Singapore—passed through the Clyde retrace (Beach Road) Market last year, according to returns com/piled by the Municipal Food and Market Inspector Mr. M. MacMahon. During the
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    SINGAPORE CHINESE AS NEW MAGISTRATE
    33 11 HPHE appointment of Mr. Oon Khye Klang, of the Straits Settlements Civil Service, as a police magistrate for Singapore, with effect from July 12, was gazetted last week.
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    VOLUNTARY WAR WORK BY WOMEN IN K.L. Effort Of Bureau To Help Shortstaffed Firms
    324 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 17. MANY nurses, secretaries, typists and science graduates are among local women, both European and Asiatic, who hive registered with the Women’s Voluntary Registration RUreau organized by Mrs. C.
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    WAR PROBLEMS FOR ORCHID GROWERS
    215 12 IN common with orchid growers all over the world. Malayan orchid enthusiasts have encountered many difllculties in the cultivation of orchids, due to the war. Rince Malayan growers are only at the beginning of producing new orchids by methods of hybridisation, they have largely relied
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    WOMEN NURSING UNITS IN PENANG
    68 12 <From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, July 17. AN appeal has been made to all women in Penang, who have alreayd passed both the home nursing and first aid examinations of the St. John’s Ambulance Association, to offer their services by forming Women’s pursing units of
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    EURASIANS FOR THE ARMY 26 Men Apply On First Day
    54 12 THE first day's recruiting of Eurasians for the 3rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A., in Singapore last week, exceeded expectations. Twenty-six men, most of them young and unemployed called at the recruiting office in Joo Chtat police station, to apply for enlistment
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    WAR FUND GIFT FROM CHETTIAR Donation Of Rs. 10,000 Made In F.M.S.
    196 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, July 16 A DONATION of 10.000 rupees, equivalent to $6,400, has been given by Mr. M. S. M Meyyappa Chettiar, proprietor of the Chettiar banking firm of M.S.M.M. In Ipoh and Sitiawan to
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    U.S.A. TO S.S., F.M.S., B.I.
    33 12 A LETTER which was received by the Singapore Municipality from New York. US A. was addressed The Honorable Mayor of Singapore Straits Settlements, (Federated Malay States) British India.”
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    CIRCUS OWNER TURNS POLITICIAN IN US.
    174 12 rDDIE TAIT, owner of Tail’s Manila Show which *s attracting larj?e crowds in Singapore now, has given up showmanship for politics—temporarily. A few months ago, he went to America on a ‘‘busman’s holiday,” and a cable came from him to say he was “campaigning
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    WOMAN PILOT AS INSTRUCTOR Mrs. Woods’ Work FOR FLYING CLUB
    330 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, July 16. JUIUCH of the credit for sustained interest in aviation in Ipoh in recent months must go to Mrs. J. L. Woods, who is the first woman in Malaya, and possibly in the Far
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    Sultan's Grandson In Johore Police
    74 12 (From Our Own Correspondent, Johore Bahru, July ix Tt NGKU Mohamed, the eldest son 1 of Tungku Temenggong Ahmad the third son of the Sultan of Johore, has joined the Johore State Police. He has been appoint ed a probationary inspector. Tungku Mohamed was educate
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    HEADMASTER TO RETIRE Mr. J.R. Taylor Of Muar School
    215 12 (hrom Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, July 18. MFC. J. R. Taylor, M.A. (Cantab), 1 headmaster, Muar Government English School, will go on lea\e at the end of the year prior to retirement. Mr. Taylor Is one of the three Europeans
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    Perak Chinese & War Fund Special Committee For Collection
    264 12 Perak Chinese War Fund Special Committee For Collection (From Our Own Correspondent» ipoh, July 19 DROMINENT Perak Chinese repre- sentatives of guilds and associations, at a meeting convened by the Perak Chinese Association at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday. unanimously approved to rorm a working committee to collect funds
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    ALLEGATIONS OF INEFFICIENCY IN JOHORE P. W. D. Tungku Abu Bakar On “Gross And Expensive Mistake” $450,000 OVER-ESTIMATE OF MERSING WATER SCHEME
    1312 13 i\ the Johore Council of State last week, Tungku Abu 1 Rakar alleged that the reply to a question he had asked t (he bridge at Tongkang Pechah
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    Mr. W. D. Barron Replies
    771 13 JVEPLYING to Tungku Abu Bakar’s «Vriticisms regarding the bridge at Tongkang Pechah. the General Adviser. Mr. W D Barron, said he could not remember what answers had been given to Tungku Abu Bakar’s queries, but it was regrettable if those answers were inadequate in terms
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    ELECTRICITY PLAN SHELVED Technical Advice Not Heeded
    257 13 REFERENCE to an electrical scheme, regarding which Tungku Abu B?kar had spoken ?t a previous meeting of the Johore Council of State was made by Mr A. Sleep, acting Financial Commissioner, at last week's meeting of the Council Tungku Abu Bakar had said
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    ARMY OFFICER FELL 80 FT. TO DEATH
    147 13 (From Our Own orrespondent) Penang, July 16. CECOND-LIEUT. T. Forester whose body was found yesterday morning, was buried with full military honours last evening. He was a patient in the "A” Block of die General Hospital and had fallen from the fourth storey,
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    BRITISH CONDENSED MILK PRICES UP
    89 13 AN increase in the maximum price of some of the cheaper brands of British sweetened condensed milk is notified in the Government Gazette. The increase amounts to about $1 a case, or two cents a tin. The reason is the increase of costs in the
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    40 13 The engagement is announced between Mr. Hugh Roland Martin, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Francis Martin of Londonderry, North Ireland, and Miss Josephine Esther (Tina) Danker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Albert Danker of Waterworks.] Johore. <
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    Johore Corps Of Chinese Auxiliaries To Help Police
    177 13 DEFERENCE to the formation in Johore of a Chinese corps of auxiliaries to help the police in times of emergency was made by Mr. Cheok Huan Cheong in the Johore Council of State last week. He pointed out that exactly a year
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    CAMPAIGN IN SCHOOLS AGAINST PROFITEERING Measures To Publicize Local Food Prices
    335 14 CHILDREN in English and vernacular schools in Malaya are being asked to help in the war by propaganda against profiteering. Teachers In vernacular schools are also being urged to do as much as possible in making prices of foodstuffs
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    MALAYAN STICK INSECTS IN GERMAN MUSEUMS
    62 14 Somewhere in Dresden museum (Oermany) lie 1,200 specimens of Malayan stick insects which had been sent there for study in 1935. Other scientific museum material is also still in Oermany. Most of the stick insect specimens however, are already duplicated in the Selangor Museum,
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    SUCCESSFUL RICE DRIVE Poor Season In N. Johore Areas
    188 14 A DRIVE t:. increase the cultiva- tier of rice in Johcre last year was <iicccs.vfiil, reports Mr. W. D. Barmn, the General Adviser, in his annual report. An additional 4.700 acres were planted, chiefly in the districts ot Muar, Batu Pahat,
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    Licence For Press Not Renewed
    123 14 CHHAM SIM MENG. formerly on the editorial staff of a Chinese newspaper. was sentenced to one day’s simple imprisonment, and fined $lOO or two months’ simple imprisonment, when he pleaded guilty to keeping a printing press in Choon Ouan Street without a licence. Court Inspector
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    1940 QUEEN’S SCHOLARS May Go Abroad For Further Studies
    486 14 DR. E. S. Monteiro, of Tan Tock Seng's Hospital. Dr. Wong Kin Yip, of the King Eduard Vii College of Medicine, Mr. Chung Shiu Tett, who is doing postgraduate work at Raffles College, and Dr. C. V. Jumeaux, of Kuala Lurr.pur.
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    LESS JOHORE CRIME
    141 14 JOHORE’S crime figures last year were the lowest lor four years, according to the annual report of the State, signed by Mr. W. D. Barron, the General Adviser. Last year the total number of oftences reported to the police amounted to 29,250 as against 30,849 in 1938,
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    SOUTH INDIANS AND WAR FUND
    102 14 AT a meeting of the committee of the South Indian Chamber of Commerce in Singapore it was decided to make special efforts to raise donations from the community for The War Fund. The following sub-committee was formed Chairman, Mr. O. Ramasamy Nadar; vicechairmen, Messrs. B.
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    JOHORE MOBILE POLICE GIVE DEMONSTRATION
    314 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, July 18. THE Chairman of the Johore Trans- port Board, Tungku Temenggong Ahmad, conducted his first inspection to-day at the Police Depot of the recently organized mobile police traffic unit. The Johore Commissioner of Police, Capt. C. R. Morrish,
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    ASIATICS’ DUTY TO BRITAIN Proof Of Loyalty To The Empire
    284 15 N aD pcal to Asiatics in Malaya to A N “X yet more generous conmaK tn The War Fund and the Malaya'Patriotic Fund is PUbUrtied to M o<.n the journal of the AllMafavan Estate Asiatic Staffs’ AssoMa ya Ameasan writes
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    MOSQUITOES IN SINGAPORE
    245 15 FE lack of co-operation from people who complain of a mosquito nuisance is commented on by Dr. N. A. Canton, Singapore’s Municipal Health Officer, in his annual report. Throughout the year.” he writes. many complaints of mosquito nuisances were investigated, and, as in previous years, proved to
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    FIFTH COLUMN ACTIVITY IN AMERICA
    147 15 Extensive fifth column activities th 11 l Americ a sought to undermine rh Americans sympathy with the Gprm h cause in the war against Nazi A rSSS. and ltaly, said Mr. nati> r^ ln t er a Ce yl°n cinema magi' h;* and 4 former
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    Undergoing Training
    28 15 A squad of militiamen ready to march across the barrack square in their parade held under the Compulsory (Local Forces) Service Ordinance at the S.V.C. barracks.
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    SINGAPORE CHINESE ON FAR EAST PEACE Local Japanese “Relieved”
    250 15 DRACTICALLY every Chi--1 nese newspaper in Singapore last week printed editorials and interviews with prominent Chinese residents regarding the broadcast by the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. S. W. Jones, on the possibility of peace in the Far East. A large
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    Judge Criticizes Magistrates
    124 15 WHEN allowing an appeal by a young Chinese, Seng Sai Kee, the acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice a’Beckett Terrell, last week criticized police magistrates as being “intolerably slack in mis-spelling names of accused persons.” Only a week ago, the judge added, he allowed an appeal because the
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    Internal Security In Singapore
    82 15 THE Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association has sent a letter to Government about the internal security of Singapore. It advocates certain precautionary measures and the more effective guarding of key-points in Singapore. It is understood that the Association has asked for a more vigorous policy by Government
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    LESS DEMAND FOR LOCAL FIREWOOD
    52 15 ‘IN some localities there has, of late 1 years, been a heavy fall in demand for firewood owing to the competition of coal, electricity and oil; and in others a demand has never developed,” writes the Director of Forestry, Mr. J. P Mead, in his
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    POULTRY PLAN IN JOHORE Private Farms Encouraged
    332 15 TO increase the production of poultry in the State, the Johore Government has sent a veterinary officer to Britain specially to study poultry farming and diseases. The officer is Dr. K. T. John, who has been to the poultry school of the West
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    ROGUE ELEPHANT IN MUSEUM
    126 16 rE tusks and feet of an unusually large rogue bull now stand in the museum in Kuala Lumpur. Very old, the animal stood almost ten feet, his tusks weighed 40 pounds each and the circumference of his forefeet measured 59 /2 inches. The bull was shot
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    COMPULSORY TRAINING BILL IN JOHORE
    69 16 rO bills for the compulsory military training of male British subjects and the more effective training of the Volunteer force in Johore were taken through all stages and passed in the Johore Council, of State last week. Both bills correspond to the recentlyintroduced legislation in
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    RICE POOL SCHEME TO START NEXT MONTH
    257 16 REGULATIONS for the operation of the rice pool in Singapore are published in a Government Gazette issued last week. Other orders published dcaJ with minimum stocks rice retailers in Singapore, Malacca and Labuan are expected to hold, and the creation of a reserve
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    PUBLIC HOARDING OF SILVER UNWARRANTED Malayan Paper Currency Reliable And Stable
    400 17 A TENDENCY noticed in Malaya recently, particularly in A the smaller towns and villages, is the hoarding of silver currency by shopkeepers. When offered a dollar note in payment for, say, 50 cents' worth of purchases, some shopkeepers refuse
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    Segamat Solves The Coin Shortage
    119 17 'From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat. July 17. ENTERPRISING Chinese merchants, who have been affected by the shortage of silver coins, have struck l-m* 1 a ea s °l ve the probThey have issued booklets which main a dollar’s worth of paper courl u five cents
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    INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC IN JOHORE
    85 17 From Our Own Correspondent» CEVP Bahru, July 16. o inhabitants of Johore are Pitak n with influenza and some hoswarri unablc to admit to certain ark 1082 who are ailing owing to Ei P h acc Pmmodation. adnvttnH opean sisters have been Job re d D
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    CREMATION IN SINGAPORE S.S.(S.)A. To Make Further Inquiries
    195 17 'THE question of cremating the dead is being further studied by the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association. A member of the association's committee has agreed to prepare notes on the customary arrangements In the United Kingdom, while another is making inquiries among the
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    NO RAIN IN CENTRAL JOHORE FOR A MONTH
    74 17 (From Our Own Correspondent) Jchore Bahru, July 18. THERE has been no rain in central 1 Johore for about a month. During this period, Johore had only a shower, ten days ago. The water supply at Rengam is being restricted and estates
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    23 17 Mr. D. J. Royan has been appointed an Immigration Fund Inspector for the purpose of the Labour Ordinance in relation to assisted immigration
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    Malay volunteers of the 2nd Bn. Straits Settlements Volunteer Force
    39 17 V VWWI Wf vv ready /or a training march across different types of country, at India lines, where they are in continuous training.— Straits Times picture. Straits Times picture.
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    COINS SCARCE IN F.M.S. Chinese Chamber Of Commerce Inquiry
    184 17 From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, July 17. IN soite of the advice given by the Government to the public through communiques and broadcasts, it is becoming increasingly difficult to secure small change tor purchases in coffee shops and other small
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    PINEAPPLE FACTORIES CLOSE DOWN
    264 17 ANE of the biggest pineapple packing factories in Malaya, v Lee Pineapple Co., Ltd., has closed for the time being, and many other factories in Singapore and Johore, have also closed owing to a stoppage of the export trade with Britain. The closing >f the factories
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    50-CT. COINS BACK IN GENERAL CIRCULATION
    201 17 CIFTY-CENT pieces, dated 1907, once unpopular, have been 1 re-issued by the Treasury to ease the demand for silver coins in the country. There are indications, however, that there will soon be a return to normal conditions. The public is evidently feeling more confident
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    How Muar Meets Coins Shortage
    221 17 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, July 20. AFTER a week, the scarcity ot coins is still causing inconvenience to the public in Johore though the situation is a little easier. Stalls in the markets are still finding it hard to do good business as they
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    Acute Food Shortage: Millions Starving Berlin Uneasy Over South-Eastern Europe
    179 18 Acute Food Shortage: Millions Starving Berlin Uneasy Over SouthEastern Europe .—Reuter. London, July 17. GERMANY’S problems are becoming increasingly serious and urgent as each day passes without the launching of the long-heralded offensive against Great Britain, which is being seriously hampered by British air operations. Disturbances are reported in German-occupied
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    Young Officer’s Heroic Act
    202 18 .—British Wireless. London, July 17. HOW a young officer risked his life in rescuing his superior is told in an account of the award of a Military Cross to Becond-Lieut. Dixon of the Royal Artillery. During the retreat from Dunkirk, Dixon was seen at a burning
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    FRESH ADDITION TO DEFENCE AREA
    89 18 :.—Reuter. London, July 17. IT is officially announced that a further portion of the recently established defence area, which stretches from Rye In Bussex to Portland and 20 miles inland, will be barred to holiday-makers and persons engaged on any kind of pleasure trip on
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    British Navy’s First Woman Doctor
    43 18 Reuter London. July 17. THE appointment of the first woman doctor to the navy Js notified in an Admiralty announcement stating. "Attached to the R N.V.R., Mrs. Genevieve, of Newcastle, has been granted the relative rank of surgeon-lieutenant.”—
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    UNREST IN S.E. EUROPE Soviet Protest & New Nazi Move
    150 18 UNREST IN S.E. EUROPE Soviet Protest New Nazi Move Bucharest, July 17. 'THE Soviet Government has lodged a strong protest with the Rumanian Ambassador in Moscow and with the Rumanian Government against alleged maltreatment of persons travelling from Rumania to Bessarabia. Meanwhile it is understood that Germany has advised Rumania,
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    Hungary Utters A Warning
    172 18 .—Reuter. Budapest, July 17. "IT is absolutely necessary to mam--1 tain peace and calm In SouthEastern Europe, but just, lasting and fruitful foundations for peace must b? established," declared Count Csaky the Hungarian Foreign Minister in a statement to the foreign affairs committeee of Parliament on
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    'THREE MONTHS’ ENDURANCE WILL SAVE GREAT BRITAIN'
    123 18 —Reuter. New York, July 16. 44 "THREE MONTHS’ endurance might well see Britain past the 1 crisis,” says a writer in the Wall Street Journal. ‘‘That is the meaning of Mr. Winston Church ill's summary of her readiness now, as she was not
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    BRITAIN WILL AGREE ONLY TO A JUST PEACE FOR CHINA Chungking Protest Against The Burma Traffic Scheme
    469 18 UIICI Reuter. London, July 17. IT is pointed out in London that any general settlement en--1 visaged by His Majesty’s Government will only be in accordance with a just and equitable peace for
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    Allied Shipping Losses Latest Figures Show An Increase
    165 18 London, July 16. THE Admiralty announces that during the week ending midnight on Julj 7, 22 British, Allied and neutral ships were lost, with a total tonnage of 114,000, of which 13 were British, three Allied and six neutral. With more violent
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    GUIDO SAFELY REACHES HER DESTINATION
    48 18 .—Reuter. London, July 16. NEWS was received in London to-day that the British merchant ship Guido, 3,921 tons, has arrived safely at her destination. About a fortnight ago it was reported that the Guido had been attacked by a U-boat in the Atlantic.—Reuter.
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    Civilian Evacuation From Gibraltar
    42 18 .—Reuter. Gibraltar, July 17. IT is officially announced that all children under 17 and all women must be evacuated shortly. Men over 45 and those physically unfit must also leave. Only those employed in essential services may remain.—Reuter.
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    3,800 Alien Women Are Interned In Britain
    48 18 .—Reuter. r London, July 17. was announced in the House of Commons yesterday that the latest available information shows that some 12,500 men and 3,800 women are now interned in Britain. Some 7,500 male civilian internees have been sent oversea —Reuter.
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    38 18 5. —Reuter. Dar-es-Salaam. July 1" THE Tanganyika Legislative Council h& s a unanimously passed the Conscription Bill, providing for the conscription of male British subjects and British subjects between 18 and 45 for militarv or civil service duties.—Reuter.
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    MR. CHURCHILL’S STATEMENT ON BURMA ROAD PACT Temporary Arrangement: Premier Explains
    961 19 MR CHURCHILL’S STATEMENT ON BURMA ROAD PACT Temporary Arrangement: Premier Explains a TEMPORARY arrangement in the hope that the A (jnie so gained may lead to a solution just and Miuitable to both parties of the dispute and freely accented by them both” was how Mr. Churchill, the Prime Minister,
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    ‘No Talk & All Deeds,’ Says Mr. Matsuoka
    92 19 ‘No Talk All Deeds,’ Says Mr. Matsuoka ,—Reuter. Tokio, July 18. IfNOWN as a hater of red tape and bureaucracy, the new Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Matsuoka, says he is through with talking.** Henceforth 1 am for no talk and all deeds,** he declared in an interview to-day. Mr. Matsuoka,
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    No Pressure Exercised On Chungking
    97 19 —Reuter. kT Tr London, July 18. JN the House of Commons to-day, Mr. D. J. B. Joel (Con., Dudley), asked Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Setretarv for Foreign Affairs, whether in any negotiations with Japan he would avoid either giving the impression that we wished to
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    FRANCE ASKS FOR REPARATION Damage To Fleet In The Oran Action
    89 19 Reuter. London, July 17. DEUTER'S diplomatic correspondent learns from well-informed circles in London that the French Government nas sent the British Government a note requesting reparation for damage done to the French fleet by the British naval action at
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    Liquidating French Affairs In Britain
    93 19 —Reuter. London, July 17. OEUTER’S diplomtaic correspondent learns that M. Paul Normand, Minister Plenipotentiary, has been appointed agent for the liquidation of French economic and commercial affairs in Great Britain. The British Government will similarly appoint an agent to the French Government. The French Charge
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    Position Of French Colonies
    73 19 ’—Reuter. *-»ondon, July 17. A SKED for a statement regarding the position at Madagascar and Bourbon and other French colonies in the Indian and Pacific Oceans in view of the present international situation, Mr. R. A. Butler, Foreign Under-Secre-tary, said: “The Government is alive to the
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    $25,000,000 POWDER PLANT FOR U.S.
    62 19 .—Reuter. Washington. July 18. 'THE U.S. War Depar ment has signed a contract with Dupont de Nemours Company for the construction of a $25 000.000 smokeless pawder factory near Charlestown, Indiana. Construction is to begin immediately. The factory will be capable of producing 200.000 barrels
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    China-Burma Air Link To Be Continued
    61 19 —Reuter. Chungking, July 18 AIR mail and passenger services between Chungking and Hanoi and Chungking and Rangoon are continuing. The post office announces that a plane leaves Chungking frr Rangoon every 'Sunday via Kunming, while Chungking-bound machine leaves Rangoon every Monday. An aeroplane for
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    Casualties In Air Raids Only Monthly Totals For The Press
    297 19 London, July 18. A SKED by a private notice ques- tion if he could make any statement about announcements or air raid casualties in this country, Mr. Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister, said: “I am sorry to say the Minister
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    At Monthly Intervals
    110 19 -Reuter. Mr. Churchill therefore proposed that all casualties from air raids should be posted as soon as they were ascertained at the town hall or other convenient centre in any town or district but that reproduction of these figures in the Press, either individually or in aggregate,
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    5 Members Of Punjab Assembly Arrested
    78 19 ’—Reuter. Lahore. July 17. THE Punjab Assembly held its first secret session in (he history of Indian legislatures yesterday, when by 91 votes to 48 it approved the Government policy of arresting five members of the House under the Defence of India Rules. It
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    R.A.F. DAMAGE VITAL GERMAN TRANSPORT SYSTEM Dortmund-Ems Canal A Shambles After Intensive Bombing
    215 20 London, July 18. IT is now possible to reveal how R.A.F. bombers have raid--1 (>fi and severely dumnired one of the most importdnts links in internal transport system, the Dortmund-Ems anal, states the Air Ministry news service.
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    Dutch See R.A.F. Raids Havoc Futile Nazi Attempts To Hide Heavy Damage
    162 20 Reuter. London, July 18. ACCORDING to reports received from Dutch frontier areas, a deep impression has been created among the inhabitants between Western Germany by R.A.F. bombings, the effect of which is clearly visible on the Dutch side
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    BIG SEIZURES OF CONTRABAND
    85 20 —Reuter. London, July 17. THE British contraband control has now seized 700,000 tons of contraband since the beginning ot the war During the week ending Monday about 10,000 tons were seized, Including metal, textile, timber and chemicals, all of which were suspected to be going to
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    British Guarantee To Kumania Now Void
    63 20 i.—Reuter. London, July 17. ASKED In the House of Commons to-day whether the British guarantee to Rumania remained in force, Mr. R. A. Butler, Foreign Under-Secretary, said that the British Government in the present circumstances did not consider that any further obligation devolved upon
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    Eire’s Plans For Defence Many Difficulties For The Invader
    330 20 -Pouter. Dublin, July 18. riRE’S scheme for defence against invasion was described to Reuter’s special correspondent by a high officer of the Irish general staff. He said that they had an outer observations fringe on thĕ lines of the old coastguards.
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    37 20 —Reuter. London, July 18. VICE-ADMIRAL Geollrey Layton, who was recently apnointed Com-mander-in-Chief of the China Station, was to-dav received at Buckingham Palace, where His Majesty invested him with the Insignia of Knight Commander of the Bath —Reuter.
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    American Pilots May Fight For Britain
    149 20 Reuter. Ottawa, July 17. A SPOKESMAN of the Canadian Air Ministry states that United States pilots and recruits possessing the necessary qualifications may join the Canadian Air Force without taking the oath of allegiance. It is learned in London that American pilots will be
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    Spain Uneasy At German Advance 40,000 Troops Massed On Her Frontier
    165 20 —Reuter. Gibraltar, July 18. ACCORDING to reliable information reaching Gibraltar from Spain, there are signs everywhere that now that the Germans are at their very doors the Spaniards are becoming thoroughly frightened. It appears that when the Germans arrived
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    French Relations With Britain
    220 20 —Reuter. Vichy, July 19. M. BAUDOUIN, the French Foreign Minister, told the Press last night that the French Charge d’Affaires in London had made all arrangements to leave Britisn soil to-day. M. Baudouin said that Lord Halifax, when the decision to break relations was communicated to
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    U.S. BOND ISSUE HEAVILY OVER-SUBSCRIBED
    31 20 Reuter. New York, July 15. IW|R H. Mcrgenthau, Secretary of the ITI Treasury, stated that the $6OO- bond issue made last Wednesday was over-subscribed ten times.-
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    H.M.S.VAN DYCK SUNK BY NAZIS 7 Of Crew Dead & 161 Captured
    181 20 H.M.S.VAN DYCK SUNK BY NAZIS 7 Of Crew Dead 161 Captured —Reuter. London, July 18 THE Admiralty last night an--1 nounced that H.M.S. Van Dyck, while employed as a naval auxiliary, was sunk by air attack off the coast of Norway on June 10 last. The Van Dyck, of 13,000
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    Large U-boat Hit By Flying-Boat Australian Airmen's Success In Atlantic
    97 20 —Reuter. London, July 18. WITH many of her crew standing on deck in surrender, an oceangoing U-boat sank in the Atlantic recently after being twice bombea by a Sunderland flying-boat of the Royal Australian Air Force attached to the coastal
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    EIREANN STEAMER SUNK OFF FRANCE
    80 20 —Reuter. Dublin, July 13 rtE Eireann Government announce u last night that the City of Limerick <1.359 tons), belonging to *b< Saorstat and Continental Steamship Company, was lost on July 15 off Cape Ushant, near Brest, following an air attack. The vessel was on a
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    MR. ROOSEVELT WILL RUN FOR A THIRD TERM Decision Influenced By Swift Pace Of Foreign Events STRONG ATTACK AGAINST THE AGGRESSORS
    1329 21 —Rputor. Washington, July 111. ..itig a re facing one of the greatest choices in history,” W declared President Roosevelt broadcasting to the Democratic Convention at Chicago to-day accepting his
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    End Of Another German Raider
    31 21 Half buried in the ground its no\* battered and propellers grotesquely twisted, this German plane's career as a raider is ended—thanks to the Royal Air yorce
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    Vice-Presidential Candidate
    120 21 Chicago. July 19. MR. H. WALLACE. Secretary tor Agriculture, was nominated viceptesidential candidate at the Democratic Convention to-dav. Party managers awaited the vote with some aporehension as there had been considerable booing from the crowd at every mention of Mr. Wallace’s name. They faced unexpected trouble when Missouri,
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    TOKIO COMMENT
    63 21 —Reuter. Tokio, July 19. JAPAN is not interested” replied the O Foreign Office spokesman at a Fress conference in Tokio when asked to comment on Mr. Roosevelt’s nominat’on. “Japan s interest is focussed rn the foreign policy of the United States, especially towards the Far Fast." he said,
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    BRITISH WAR MEASURES Army Confident Of Outcome
    302 21 Reuter. London, July 18. “I DO not envy Hitler’s army it it ever does attempt to march through this land of nowhere which is Britain to-day, more especially il the weather is had,’ declares Reuter’s special correspondent who hud just toured tne defences
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    CANADIAN TROOPS IN BRITAIN
    80 21 —Reuter. London, July 19. SUPPORTED by every device known to modern war selected units of th° first Canadian division launched In an English village their first defensive rehearsal on a grand scale. Enacting the role of a landing force the central Canadian brigade secured strong footholds
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    “AXIS POWERS ARE SHOWING A CERTAIN HESITANCY” Stockholm Reference To New Huge Coalition Against Aggressors
    331 22 —Reuter. Stockholm, July 19. THE newspaper Social-Demokraten, in an editorial entitled Britain is facing invasion,” points out the German compulsion for immediate action in the face of a new war winter when Germany will have
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    Yellow Menace Revived Nazis Paving Way For Calling Off Attack?
    168 22 Reuter. London, July 19. GERMAN propagandists are pursuing their usual tactics ot spreading varying reports o» Hitler’s intentions. In the Balkans they have now swung round from bombastic prophecies of the swift destruction of Britan, and emphasis is laid on
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    38 22 Reuter. Berlin, July 19. IN a speech in Alsace, quoted by the official German news agency, Wagner, German provincial governor, said the question of “purging” Alsu.ce of nationally and racially alien elements would be solved with “all de-termination.’’-Reuter.
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    R.A.F. Watch In Singapore
    116 22 CONSTANT watch is being kept at Singapore and other stations on the route to the East by the Royal Air Force, which is prepared to meet the invader should he come. This was revealed by Sir Archibald Sinclair. Secretary of State for Air. in a broadcast
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    Saved Pilot From Burning Plane Woman Shields Him From Bomb Explosion
    132 22 .—Reuter. London, July 19. A CORPORAL in the Women’* Auxiliary Air Force, who saved a pilot’s life by pulling him out of a burning aircraft and then throwing herself on top of him when one of the bombs on
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    Large-Scale Exodus Of Children Undesirable, Says Premier
    292 22 —Reuter. London, July 19. «IT is most undesirable that any- thing in the nature of a large-scale exodus from this country should take place (cheers) and I do not believe that the military situation requires or justifies such a procedure having regard to
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    Why Burma Road Closure Will Not Hit China
    93 22 .—Reuter. Shanghai, July In. THREE months’ closure of the Burma route would hardly affect 1 the normal passage of arms to Chungking as the road is always closed during July. August and September owing to violent tropical rains, declares a prominent British
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    FRENCH SHIPS TAKEN OVER Fresh Action By Britain
    180 22 London, July 19. THE Ministry .of Shipping an- nounces that French merchant ships in United Kingdom ports are being requisitioned by His Majesty’s Government under the defence regulations. At the end of the war. cmpensation will be paid for their use and
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    Ministers To Stand By Day And Night
    63 22 —Reuter. London, July 18. IN the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Churchill, the Prime Minister. announced that he had asked ministers whose duties were intimately connected with the conduct of the war to arrange as soon as possible to “sleep in their offices
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    SURPRISES FOR NAZIS French Lesson For Britain
    240 22 —Reuter. London, July 19 DEUTER’S special correspondent continuing his tour of Britain’s defences behind the coastal “front lines,” says: “A lesson of depth has been learned from France and the Germans would have to fight all the way before they ever got to
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    Destroyer Lost In Collision
    50 22 —Reuter. London. July 19. IT is officially announced that the British destroyer Imogen has been iost as the result of a collision in dense fog. One officer and ten ratings were injured, of whom one rating has since died. Seventeen ratings are missing and feared lost.—Reuter.
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    Death For Any Traitor In Britain
    55 22 .—Reuter London, July 18 IN the House of Commons to-day the Home Secretary, Sir John Anderson, announced it would be an offence against the Treachery Act of 1940 ioc Britcns to assist Germans invading this country by air or by sea. and the> would
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    Haile Selassie Is Now In Sudan
    31 22 i.—Reuter. London. July 19- REUTER’S diplomatic learns from authoritative quarters that it is now confirmed tha' Emperor of Abyssinia < Haile Sela sl( is in Sudan.—Reuter.
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    120 RAIDERS DRIVEN OFF FROM BRITISH COASTS 11 Enemy Planes Are Shot Down In Two Clashes
    395 23 12 0 RAIDERS DRIVEN OFF FROM BRITISH COASTS 11 Enemy Planes Are Shot Down In Two Clashes London, July 20. rpHK Air Ministry reports that more than 120 I German bombers and Messerschmitt fighters were engaged in yesterday’s two battles off the south-east coast of England. In the first big
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    NORWEGIAN PROTEST TO SWEDEN Passage Of Nazi Troops And War Supplies
    232 23 —Reuter. IN' i r iM London, July 16. 1 ltcn rtply in the House ot Foreign o to-day, Mr. R. a. Butler, r;‘Ln, nd r Secretary said the Bri_ ?> A er )i u r r nmen t had
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    BIG DAYLIGHT ATTACKS Enemy Shipping Bombed
    277 23 Reuter Ixmdon. July 20. QUR bomber aircraft on Thursday attacked in daylight large concentrations of enemy barges near Rotterdam and at Boulogne harbour, warehouses at Le Havre and an aerodrome at St. Omer, states an Air Ministry communique. Three of our aircraft are missing.
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    NAZI BAN ON BELGIAN GOVERNMENT
    54 23 .—Reuter. London, July 19. MEMBERS of the Belgian Government are forbidden to return to Belgian territory, according to a German military decree quoted by the controlled Brussels radio. The ban also applies to any other person “entrusted with official authority,” journalists and employees who left
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    IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS MADE BY WAR OFFICE General Lord Gort Now In Command Of Training Forces
    330 23 London, July 20. CEVERAL important appointments are announced by the War Office to-day. Gen. Sir Edmund Ironside is to be Field Marshal and Gen. Lord Gort to be Inspector-General of the Forces in training. Lieut.-Gen.
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    U.S. Desire To Give Aid Has Not Lessened
    135 23 —Reuter. New York, July 11. «THE desire of the American public to aid Britain by every method short of war has not been lessened by the fact that France has been knocked out of the war,” declares the latest Institute of Public
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    Burma Route Ban Enforced Bulk Of Munitions Is Already In China
    151 23 London, July 20. A BURMA Gazette extraordinary Issued yesterday formally bans the the export to China of articles mentioned in the Anglo-Japanese agreement. The belief that traffic might be stopped at a moment’s notice caused a big fleet of
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    Enemy Raider At Large Two British Ships Sunk Off W. Indies
    89 23 —Reuter. London. July 20. A COMMUNIQUE issued by the Admiralty in London yesterday states: With reference to Press reports that two British merchant ships, King John and Davisian had been sunk by the enem> in the region of the
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    39 23 Reuter. Geneva. Julv 18. THANKS to a gift ot $100,000 from the American Red Cross, it is announced that two trains loaded with foodstuffs. particularly milk left Geneva yesterday, one for non-occupiea France and the other for occupied France
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    Big Australian Force Ready Standing By In Camps: May Go Overseas
    119 23 —Reuter. Sydney, July 20. IUVR. R. G. Menzies, the Australian Prime Minister, states that owing to the great changes in the European situation which made it impossible to say when divisions of the Australian Imperial Force now in Australia
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    LONDON AUXILIARY FIRE SERVICE
    66 23 —Reuter. London, Julv 19. THE Ministry of Home Security announces that men aged 30 or over, who registered in the 1908-1910 age groups and who have not yet rec°ived enlistment notices as well as older men. may apply to Join the London auxiliary fire service and
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    GERMAN PLAN EXPOSED Exploitation Of Seized States
    717 24 open confiscation.”—Reuter and British Wireless. London, July 20. THE Daily Telegraph diplomatic correspondent writes, “Prom behind the Axis barrage of threats and attempts to Intimidate Great Britain, there is beginning to emerge an indication of the nature of Hitler's so-called peace plan to;
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    German Output Rate Has Been Exceeded INCREASING SHORTAGE OF TRAINED NAZI CREWS
    347 24 London, July 22. DRITISH aircraft production now exceeds the rate of l,BOO machines monthly produced by Germany, according to the air correspondent of The Sunday Times (London) who, in a review of the air situation, says that although
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    POWER TO IMMOBILIZE VEHICLES
    71 24 .—Reuter. London. July 18. IT is officially announced that the regional commissioner for the eastern civil defence region has issued directions dealing with' traffic in the event of invasion. The chief constables are empowered at the request of corps or divisional commander to exclude all traffic
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    Decorated For Sinking Cruiser Sydney’s Commander Is Doubly Honoured
    110 24 Reuter. London, July 22 CAPTAIN John Augustus Collins, of the Royal Australian cruiser Sydney which sank the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni, has been doubly honoured. It is announced in London that he has been made a Companion of the Order of
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    30 24 Reuter. London, July 21. ACCORDING to the German radio, Hitler has promoted Joachim Ribbentrop, the Nazi Foreign Minister, from group leader of the Black Guards to be senior group leader.—
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    THREE STATES JOIN U.S.S.R. Baltic Countries’ Decision
    251 24 —Reuter. London, July 22 T'HE parliaments of Lithuania A Estonia and Latvia have un animously voted for union of the three Baltic states with Soviet Russia, according to the official German news agency. The Lithuanian Minister of the Interior in declaring Lithuania to
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    Island Mistaken For Warship
    47 24 Reuter. New York, July 19. ALL the New York newspapers carry a story from Athens that the Greeks have renamed a rocky isle south of Cephalonia Hood Island” after Italian warplanes bombed it extensively in the belief that it was a British warship.—
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    ITALIAN CRUISER SUNK IN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN Australian Warship’s Exploit: 250 Survivors Rescued
    269 24 London, July 20. THE Italian cruiser, Bartolomeo Colleoni, was engaged and sunk in the Eastern Mediterranean by His Majesty’s Australian cruiser Sydney yesterday. An Admiralty communique making this announcement says that the Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean reports that
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    R.A.F. Bomb Naval Yards & Airfields GERMAN PLANE FACTORIES DAMAGE IN RAIDS
    643 25 R.A.F. Bomb Naval Yards Airfields GERMAN PLANE FACTORIES DAMAGE IN RAIDS —Reuter. London, July 22. DEVASTATING night attacks were carried out on enemy air and naval bases and plane factories and other military objectives on Saturday, the Air Ministry reports. force of R.A.F. bombers attacked the enemy naval base at
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    Six Hurricanes Vs. 80 Raiders Clash Over English Channel
    273 25 '■Heuter. London, July 22. gIX Hurricanes fought 80 German bombers and fighters attacking snipping over the Channel yesterday afternoon, the Air Ministry announces. They shot down one Messerschmitt and damaged several other raiders. One bomber and another aircraft were snot down
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    FOOD PRODUCTION
    52 25 Reuter. London, July 21. A NATIONAL “dig for victory” council is to be formed to secure full use of all available land for food production a.s a result of a decision taken at a conference in London of delegates Irom local authorities and allotment associations from all over
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    RESERVE STOCKS OF TIN AND RUBBER FOR U.S.A. Full Details Of Agreements With International Committees
    362 25 .—Reuter. Ixmdon, July 21. text was published last flight ot agreements whereby the United States acquires reserves of tin and rubber in connection with the national defence programme. In agreement with the international Tin Committee,
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    WAR DAMAGE IN FRANCE Acute Shortage Admitted
    171 25 London. July 22. OOMETHING of the havoc wrought in France by the German invasion was revealed by M. Francois Pietri. Minister of Communications in the Petain Cabinet, in a broadcast last night. He said that more than 700 railway bridges had been destroyed,
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    Raw Materials For Export Britain’s Position Much Improved
    174 25 .—Reuter. London, July 22. BRITAIN’S raw material position has so much improved that it is now possible to restore full allocation of raw materials for export trade while at the same time fully maintaining necessary supplies for increasing munitions production. The vital
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    32 25 —Reuter. London. July 22. Admiralty announces that the mine-sweeping trawler Crestflower (367 tons» sustained damage in an engagement with enemy aircraft and subsequently sank. Two ratings lost their lives in the action.—Reuter.
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    Minefield Across Bristol Channel Dangerous To Enter Irish Sea
    165 25 .—Reuter. London, July 22 T*HE Admiralty announces that a minefield had been laid extending across the Bristol Channel to the Irish SeaThis closes the St. George's and Bristol Channels, and vessels wishing to enter these channels must go round the north
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    “33’s” REGISTERED
    26 25 —Reuter. London, July 21. MEN born in 1907 registered yesterday for military service. According to preliminary figures the total number of registrations was 312,641.—Reuter.
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    RECREATION CLUB LEAD THEIR PADANG RIVALS First Innings Decision In Two-day Fixture
    408 26 EXCELLENT bowling by Capt. Hope who took five “wickets, including a hat-trick, for only 15 runs, marked the two-day game between the S.R.C. and the S.C.C. first teams on the padang during the week-end. Tht* Rees who batted
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    OLD BOYS WIN BY ONE RUN
    215 26 IN the annual cricket match played at Victoria School on Sunday, the Old Bovs beat the Present Boys by one run. The scores were VICTORIA SCHOOL Mi Ahmad st Tao Chuan b Vijlrutnam.. 3 Yogarajah b Viliratnam 13 KuUuingam b M. Traill 6 Teo
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    Tengah Airmen Win By Ten Runs
    294 26 CPL. Freeman scored a splendid 52 runs for the R.A.F. (Tengah) in their cricket match with the S.C.R.C, at Hong Lim Green on Sunday which resulted in a ten-run victory for the Airmen. Kee Pow *32». Cheow Chye (27) and Swce Law <24> entered
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    Hurricanes Win K.O.R. Cup Game
    142 26 THE Singapore Hurricanes beat the 1 Singapore Whirlwinds by nine goals to nil in a four-chukka K O. R. Cup polo match played at the Singapore Polo Club on Sunday. The winners will meet Pahang ih the final on Aug 8 The only goal in
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    RACE RESULTS ON SATURDAY
    95 26 SATURDAY'S Singapore race results in brief are Race 1. RACKAROCK $34, S<i Apple wood $ll Dancing Foam $7 Race 2. BLARICUM $24, Sid Wicklow Bay $23 July the Seventh $l5 Race 3. CHILTERN $24. $7 Pymble $lO Irish Jig $6 Race 4. FLEMING s3s, $ll Young
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    Wednesday’s Results
    93 26 WEDNESDAY'S (July 17) race results in brief are Race 1. SILVER LACE $2B, $9 Rackarock $7 Shoot Up $lO Race 2. SAN FRISCO $lOB, 552 Woden $25 Eagle's Eye $l3 Race 3. CHILTERN $57, $l4 Irish Jig $lO Soho $l2 Race 4. TOPLA $2l, $lO First Ra $2B
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    S.A.F.A. LEAGUES
    143 26 Positions in the first division of the S.A.F A League, corrected up to Tuesday FIRST DIVISION D A P W. L. D. F. A. Pfi 15 12 0 3 62 13 27 R.A. <9th Reg.) 19 9 4 ***** 24 Fortress RE 18 10 6 2 42 24
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    Ex-Services Go Down By Eight Wickets
    266 26 DY virtue of some bright batting on the part of their first t our batsmen the Combined Services wer* able to beat the Ex-Servicemen by eight wickets in a game of cricket on the padang on Sunday. The Ex-Services taking first lease of the
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    Colleges Draw With C.S.C.
    234 26 'J 4 HE Combined Colleges drew with the Ceylon Sports Club in a game of cricket played at Balestier on Sunday Batting first, the Collegians compiled 140 runs for eight wickets and declared, to which Thoy, 36, and Aim 34. were the chief contributors. The Ceylonese
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      100 26 RIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $162,115 FIRST: $56,740. SECOND: $28,370. THIRD- $14,185. Starters: $2,026. DOUBLE TOTE The double tote on races six and eight paid $149 on each of 54 winning t’ckets. BIG SWEEP (1) POCKETS ***** (2) MAID OF CASHEL ***** (3) FOUR O'CLOCK ***** STARTERS FIGHTING FINISH ***** EDNA
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  • The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT
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      AROUND THE MARKETS Firmer Tone Evident In All Sections
      469 1 Kv Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, July 24. The Chancellor of the Exchequer s 3ud2Pt speech and the confident statements of Lord Halifax and other recent 'sneakers have paved the way for firmer •oncMions in both the London and New York stock
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCT PRICES
      95 1 Singapore. July 24. noon. Gamble. 3uyers Hamburg oup, VIS.M (-eope? CUb «'2 50 White Muntok *12.25 *U:S Sun'oried g-|® No i ««Tooi/ Pair 98.82% Sarawak > 3 50 lotong 5500 p aletnbane Banja 8 $l9 50 Sarawak $18.50 lamoco $l9 50 Small Flak*» ?air Fi a a
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      EXCHANGES
      178 1 rhe following are me jxenunge rate* tnis morning according to the daily circular issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Onrooratlon* SELLING London 1.1 2/4 */16 Loi.don demand 2/4 l 'l6 Lyons demand Switzerland demand 206% Hamburg demand New York demano *6 15'16 Montreal demand 51 11/16 Batavia demand
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      COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
      165 1 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES ‘From Ou* Own Correspondent) London, July 23. COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed as follows with previous quotations in par an thesis:— RUBBER: Pinner. Spot 12V4d 12%d (12 3|l6d 12 s|l6d) August 12 s|l6d 12 7|l6d (12Kd 12%d) Oct-Dec 11 13|16d 11 15|16d (ll%d 11 13|16d) Jan-Mar 11 9|l6d
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      TIN OUTPUTS FOR JULY
      93 1 rtf outputs for the first half of July are given as follows Hours Yardage Piculs TAKUAPA Ore Dredge 1 317 80,000 302 Dredge 2 305 83.000 202 Dredge 3 275 70,000 252 Satupulo 301 Kampong Kamunting 276 51,000 102 Thabawlelk 328 77,000 508 Pungah No. 1
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      80 1 Wednesday, July 24, noon. Bayers Sellers Prices Pr IceNo. (X R.S.S. (Spot loose! 36% 37 No. IX R.S.S. f.o.b. in cases July-Aug. (sellers’ option) 37% 3l;i G.F.A.Q. R.S.S f.o.b. In bales July-Aug. (sellers* option) 36 36% F.A.Q. R.S.S f. 0.0. in bales July-Aug. (sellers’ option)
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      London Stock Exchange
      352 1 London, July 23. THE Stock Exchange was vary firm to-day 1 despite the Imminence of the Budget. GoUminings continue to attract active buyers, while home rails Initially advanced but later reacted partially on profit-taking. Early hesltance In GUt-edged gave place to strength. Industrials were firm the leaders
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      CONSOLIDATED TIN SMELTERS’ DIVIDEND
      78 1 At the general meeting ot Consolidated Tin Smelters Ltd. on July 25 the directors will recommend the payment of a balance dividend of per cent. ~n the non-cumulative preference shares and a dividend of 4 per cent, on the ordinary shares, both payable (less Income Tax
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER PRICES (Sellers)
      57 1 Spot July Aug.-Sept». Oct-Dec Jaa.-Mar. London ?uly 18 37 37% 37 34% 32% 12 1/6 July 37% 37% 36% 34% 32% 12 1/16 on 36% 37% 36% 34% 32% 12% 92 37 Vi 37% 36% 34% 33 no 37V4 37% 37 35 33 12 3 16
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      PRODUCER GAS AS FUEL FOR LOCAL VEHICHLES Over 80 Per Cent Cheaper Than Petrol
      302 2 WITH the increase in the price of fuels since the outbreak of war, Malaya should turn to producer eras as a source of power, suggests Mr. A. B. Walton, in The Malayan Forester. He is a
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      LEWIS AND PEAT’S RUBBER REVIEW
      164 2 In a weekly rc*vlew of the rubber market Lewis and Peat Ltd. write The market on the whole during th( week, though generally dull, has remained steady, and manufacturing inquiry chiefly from America has lent support at a time when London appeared to be almost
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      GUTHRIE'S WEEKLY RUBBER REVIEW
      130 2 IN a weekly revie w of the rubber market Guthrie Co., Ltd. write The Singapore market has been quiet but steady: London during the last lew days has been experiencing a little more buying interest, while in New York there has been more factory interest in
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      JOHORE IRON & BAUXITE Japanese Mines’ Increased Output
      366 2 JOHORE IRON BAUXITE Japanese Mines’ Increased Output JAPANESE pioduction in Johore of bauxite, the mineral from which aluminium is made, increased c -nsid.-rably last year. Exports of bauxite from Johore last year totalled 86,700 lon compared with 46.300 tons in 1938. Last vear’s exports were valued at $433,500 Mining for
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
      151 2 Thi- Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1.495 th auction on July 17. and there were catalogued 1.762.512 lb —786 84 tons; offered 1.562.685 lb —697.63 tons; sold 1.149,989 1b.—513.39 tons. London Spot 11 "id. New York Spot 20 V cents. FRIC KS REALIZED Ribbed
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      WAR-TIME DIFFICULTIES Maynard’s Report Progress
      699 2 A STATKMKNT of accounts anff balance sheet tor the six moi ended Apr. $O, was presented i»y Mr. K. Renton, chairman o; Maynard and (0., Ltd., at the genera) meeting ot the company Saturday last. The chairman mentioned difficulties the company had micountered from restrictions
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      STANTON NELSON’S RUBBER REVIEW
      366 2 IN a weekly review o. the rubber market Stanton Nelson and Co., Ltd., write; No major political events have affected the market during the past week, though it may be assumed that pre-election manoeuvres nave been retarding activity in New York. London has been very quiet,
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      FIXED TRUSTS
      106 2 i From Our Own Correspondent) London. July The following are to-day’s “bid’ quotations for Fixed Trusts:— British Empire “A” note available British Empire “B” Do. British Empire Cumulative Do. British Empire C’prehensive Do. British General “A” 13 British General "B” 10 9 British General “C” 8 14 Gold
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      BRITISH REVENUE
      49 2 DETURNS published on Tuesday show that revenue into the Exchequer during the week ended July 13 j amounted to £20,650.059 compared (with expenditure of £54.420.470. The total receipt of income tax at July 13. was £40.823,000 compared with 1:20,596,000 at the corresponding period last year. British Wireless.
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      RULER URGES PEASANTS TO GROW MORE FOOD
      106 2 (From Our Own Correspondent l Ipoh, July 23. The Sultan of Perak, in a recent to 500 Malay peasants at Arapanjanc miles from Kuala Kangsar. urged then: grow more foodstuffs, adding that it not only benefit them but the whole co’jntrv He asked
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      Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
      1080 3 Singapore, July 24, 10 a.m. mining Buyers Sellers Iss J rln s/iH l" Hitam £1 ;,',T 0.80 0.68 1 A >' 17/3 18/6 fl 2 ,l seiaigor 1.35 1.40 1 B.it > bfiangor 10/-cd 5 u 1 l ta Malay’ 30/- 21/£i Burma Malay 8
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      NEW SOUTH JOHORE PLANTERS’ ASSOCIATION
      94 3 A WELL-ATTENDED meeting was held in the Johore Civil Service Club on Saturday to inaugurate the South Johore district planters’ association. Mr W Miller Mac Kay, who convened the m°eting. said that the object of forming district associations was that the general committee should receive
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      NEW POLICY SUCCESSFUL Raub Chairman On Lower Costs
      631 3 THE result of operations for the period had been a net profit of £76,902, as compared a Ith £68,581 earned in the previous year, slated the chairman, Mr. De Burgh B. B. Persse, at the 46th. general meeting of the Raub Australian
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      MAY TRADE STATISTICS Malayan Figures Maintained
      185 3 Malayan Trade Statistics for May show that figures were well maintained during that month. The total Imports amounted to $74,122,335 compared with $48,325,185 for May last year and $70,950,311 for April of this year. The gross total of Imports for the period January-May was
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      RAUB AUSTRALIAN'S GOLD OUTPUT
      112 3 The Raub Australian Gold Mining Co. Limited advise the following output for the four weeks ended July 20: Crushing No. 561 battery treated 6,840 tons of ore returning 984 ounces of bullion equivalent to 936 ounces of fine gold; retreatment plant treated 10,404 tons of tailings
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      RUBBER HARVESTS FOR JUNE
      35 3 DUBBER harvests for the month of 14 June are reported as follows: Kf? Ankola 6.401 Bajoe Kldoel 106,404 Djaslnga 91,265 TJlkaslntoe 55,470 Langen 51,665 Donowarie 33 000 ib. United Malacca 47,100
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICE
      43 3 r THE official price of tin in Singapore on July 18 was $131.50 per picul of 133 l/3rrt lb. on July 19 $131.50: on July 20 $131.50; on July 22 $131%; on July 23 $131%; on July 24 $132V 8
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      List Of Current Dividends
      303 3 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers’ Association. Singapore, July 23, 5 p.m. Boom v rot&j rot Company Dividend Close Date Ex Dlv financial year riN Payable Date to dtt* Austral Amaj Dlv 3d m% Austral Malay Div 9d Bonus Is 3d •><)% Berjuntai Tin int. div 5%
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