The Straits Times, 1 March 1937

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    34 1 The Straits Times THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 0 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1937 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      274 1 IU 1937 -i r t nut VOtt Ca rtfief 3fc°* THE GENERAL ELECTRIC oltel W US.A.) THRIFT-UNIT j^^^^^^^^ _J± £%g% available in all models. Now gives double V%Y\v^ t^ e co ant^ uses even eM current than f^fk T. ever. Re quires no attention, not even CLv oiling. Haj Forced-Feed
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      143 1 tTHE "FORBURY" jfr& WEATHERPROOF RAINCOAT. jlw^Ul SINGLE BREASTED, CHE STER- ISflFmfrl FIELD COLLAR RAGLAN J| SLEEVES. CHECK LINED II FULL CUT IN SMART FAWN iSSjHii AND LIGHT GREY SHADES. M J^ML SIZES 32-40" CHEST /I S|k2jj|Pk PRICE $32.50 PURE WOOL TRAVELLING RUGS REVERSIBLE WITH FRINGE ENDS. RICH IN COLOURS AND
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  • DOMFSTIC OCCURRENCES
    • Obituary
      DEATH
      49 2 RAJAGOPAL—Boopathv Rajagopal passed away peacefully at 7.30 p.m. on Febtuary 28. 1937. He leaves behind two sons, Messrs. R. B. Krishnan and R. Sltaram. two daughters-in-law, and eight grandchildren to mourn their loss. Fun?ral at H-ndu Cemetery. Bldadaii, today at &.30 p.m. (Madras and Penang papers, please copy).
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      IN MEMORIAM
      24 2 In ever loving memory of my dear mother, Anna, who passed away Feb. 29, 1936. Gone but not Forgotten. M. A. M.
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      158 2 ELIYATHAMBY.—At the Maternity Hospital. Singapore, on Sunday, February 28, 1937 at 5.35 D.m. to Mr. and Mrs. N. EUyathamby. of 327 Bukit Timah Road, a daughter. RAINNIE—At Bungsar Hospital, Kuala Lumpur on February 26, 1937, to Jean, wife of R. A. Ralnnie of Lanchang Estate, Mcntakab. Pahang —a son. The
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      823 2 FOR SALE There are 4,M«,Ma FRIGIDADZE •WMTS Paters—. Sim— Co.. LM. DOGS FOR SALS— pedigree great Dane seen at Mavfleld Kennel Zoo (89 East Coast Road.— Phone 3188. FOR SALE. Seaside Land. Sandy btach. Telok Maw Jean and Johore StralU. Apply Credit Foncier. Meyer Chambers. FOR SALE, modem House, bill-top
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      844 2 MISCELLANEOUS TOO CAN BAVE THE 8UNDAT TIMBS de 11 vered to you every «Mk lot Urn* month* for $160 General llmifft Sunday Tlmta IF TOO BAVE BELATIVBS OB nUEMM. OveneM bavo the tKralta Budget postatf to them every week 114 yearly including postage outside Malaya ttttm mv atoya Orders accompanied
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      851 2 PUBLIC NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. NOTICE TO CONSUMERS OPKLBCTRICinr IN CONNECTION WITH THF CELEBRATION OP TH> CORONATION OF HIS MAJESTY KINO GEORGE VL The rate (or supply of electricity for the erterior Illumination of buildings during the celebration of Hta Majesty'! Coronation wiD be reduced to six cents per unit. Applications
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      560 2 TENDERS SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST TENDERS are invited far the supply and delivery of Ironmongery and door furniture for the proposed Shops and Dwelling House* at Eng Bcoo Street. Ttong Bahin. Fora of Tender and Schedule may be obtained at the Office of the Singapore Improvement Trust. A deposit oJ $50
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      316 2 "SCHIFFNER'S" MILLINERY, DRESSES NOVELTIES have removed to No. 3, Anderson Road. Phono 4768. BUSINESS CARDS &>^ MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs HARU ano Miaa -IANA 60. WATERLOO STRttT. Telephone 7467. FOR THE AQUARIUM LOVER Gold Fish Varieties And rroplcal Pishes by W. T. tones: $10; Life and Love In
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      681 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England) MAIL. PASSENGER AND CARGO SKR VICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. RCa UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY E GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAS'I MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due Tonnage Spore CATHAY 15,000 Max. 12 BURDWAN 6.070
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      572 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp and Rotterdam Vessels Tonnage Due Sail HARUNA MARU 10,400 Mar. 4 4 S KATORI MARL' 10.000 Mar. 17 IS I KASHIMA MARU Mar 31 Apr 1 t YASUKUNI MARU 12.000 Apr.
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      592 3 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. BANGKOK LINE FOR MARSEILLES, LONDON. ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN From From Prom From Spore Malacca Port Penan; M.S. Sham MEONIA 16/3 16/3 17/3 19/3 ERRIA 33/3 30/3 31/3 2/1 ALSIA 6/4 6/4 7/4 9/4 BORINGIA 27/4 27/4 28/4 30/4 PIONIA 18/5 18/5 19/5 21/5 LALANDIA 8/6
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      297 3 JTRESIDENTLINERSI TRANS-PACIFIC SAILINGS VIA HONOLULU From Arrive H'kong S.F. Pres. Hoover Mar. 6 Mar. 24 Pres. Cleveland Mar. 18 Apr. 5 Pres. Coolidge Apr. 3 Apr 21 Pres. Taft Apr. 21 May 11 Pres. Hoover Mey 1 May 19 Pres. Lincoln May 19 June 8 Pres. Coolidge May 29 June
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      984 3 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Hoa Khiow Steamship Co. (1932) LtO. Steam Ship Co Ud. and China MutaaJ The Canard WhiU Star Ltd. Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd.) The Sarawak Steamship Co Ltd The Strait* Steamship Co. Ltd. The Australian Oriental Line Ltd. The China Navigation Co. Ltd. The Irrawaddy
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      SUEZ CANAL TRANSITS.
      351 4 1936 TONNAGE DOWN AT 32,379,000. BRITISH 46*4% OF THE TOTAL. Paris. Feb. 17. The latest bulletin of the Suez Canal Company on traffic movements through the Canal in 1936 gives the total net tonnage of ships in transit at 32,379.000 for 5,877 vessels. Only two years have
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      HULUTAO PORT.
      96 4 First Large Manchukuo Harbour Opening. Chinchow, Feb. 9. Hulutao will make Its debut among the seaports of the world on Mar. 1, when elaborate ceremonies will be held there to mark the opening of the first harbour for ocean-going vessels under Manchukuo's jurisdiction. Dalren and Rashin, major sea
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      TO CALL AT JESSELTON
      82 4 Japanese Line Arranges Monthly Service. Toklo, Feb. 8. Vessels of the Nanyo Klaun Kaisha, officially sponsored firm engaged In South Seas shipping, will call once a month at Jesselton, British North Borneo, it was announced here today. The first ship to visit the port will be
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      MAILS EXPECTED
      114 4 Mails from Europe etc. (Amsterdam) expected today, Mar. 1, by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxholders ar 7.30 p.m. General delivery of letters tomorrow, Mar. 2. at 8.25 a.m. Maiis from China today, Mar. 1, by Agamemnon. i Mails from Eastern Australia today, by Merkur. Malls from
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      DELIVERY OF MAILS IN LONDON.
      21 4 Mall dispatched from Singapore on Feb. 5 by Karoa was delivered in London on Feb. 27.
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      IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SINGAPORE—LONDON.
      21 4 IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SINGAPORE— LONDON. The air mail dispatched from Singapore on Feb. 17 was delivered in London on Feb. 26.
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      275 4 Today. Java ft Southern sumarrr by ah* i Netherlands i ..4 p.M Eastern. Southern ft Western Australia (Centaur) 7 pn New Zealand (Centaur) 7 pn Tuesday. Match Z. Pamangkat Sambas and Singkawang (Tomohon) 9 W Pengtrang cAlk Soon) 8 an Bagao li Selat PandJanß (Hong Thong) n-Hn
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      AIR MAILS. INWARD.
      73 4 AIR MAILS. INWARD. X.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives this evening. Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. Imperial: From Europe: Dae Thursday evening. OUTWARD. Dutch: To Java and Southern Sumatra: Mails close 4 p.m. today. Imperial: To Europe: Mails close 7 p.m. tomorrow. KIM: To
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      BHUTAN.
      27 4 The Bhutan has left Hong Kong and is expected to arrive here at 1 p.m. on Wednesday. She will proceed alongside the S.H.B. Wharf on arrival.
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      PRODUCE.
      232 4 Singapore, March 1, 12 noon. Buyer seller Gambler $7.5C Hamburg Cube 15.00 Java Cube 10. 5C Pepper. White Muntok $20. 'JO White $19.50 Black $11.60 Copra. Mixed $7.55 Sun Dried $7.85 Tapioca 8mall Flake $5.50 Pair Flake $5.0C Medium Pearl $5 55 Small Pearl $5.60 Sago Flour. No 1
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      CHRISTIAAN HUYGENS.
      26 4 The Christiaan Huygens will bertti alongside the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves tomorrow at about 3 p.m. and will sail the same day for Java.
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      CLEARANCES
      12 4 Feb. 28: Maros (Dut.); Mata Hmrl (Brit.). Mar. I: Clree (Brtt.).
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      EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES
      104 4 I During the week ending Feb. 20. 1937, exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 16.524 cases, of which: 13,961 <84 per cent) cases were to the United Kingdom, 650 (four per cent) cases 1 1 the Continent of Europe, 250 (two per cent)
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      PASSENGERS BY AIR
      111 4 The foliowlng were paMMifld by Imperial planes: Aircraft Melbourne VH-USF from Brisbane, Darwin and N.I. arrived Feb. 23: Miss M. Brooking. Mr. J. A. Savage, from Brisbane. Aircraft Artemis G-ABTJ for Penang, Slam, Burma and Karachi, left Feb. 24: Mr. Houwert, for Penang; Mr. Allan Eley. for
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      830 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorrxratca tn P. M.S. LLOYDS AGENTS:— BOOKING AGENTB, P. M.S. RLTB. AND SIAM STATES' RAILWAYS. TELEPHONE: Frelfbt 54SS— Tasuft MSI.' CANADIAN HAN 1 3 f w^_ **t Ja AM JL (Incorporated In England.) THE -EMPRESS" T ">UTE oßera TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER—
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      363 4 Xfitorpcr&tcd to Straits Settlements) «^cvJ_R ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP fO. 1/TD. COMPANY. (Incorporated In England) nneorporated la ?SA> BOSTON. NEW TOBB BALTIMORE VIA STJEK CANAL -ELLERMAN" LINE FOB HAVRE LONDON STEKL MARINERS X In^ort Ito!* I ROTTERDAM HAMBURG. STEEL NAVIGATOR Mar. 22 Mar' 28 V.r^.-dS.e.C.^L fr^i&S^ tfcg M.V Due
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      332 4 TIDE TABLE. SINGAPORE ToiUt H. W. 1.05 a.m. 8.5 ft.; 2.22 ,,.m. 7 ft. L W 7.45 a.m. 0.8 ft.; 7-38 p.m. 3.8 ft. Tuesday, March 2. H. W. 1.13 a.m. 9.1 ft.; 1.40 p.m. 8 3 ft T, W 7.25 a.m. 1.7 ft. I 7.29 p.m. 2.7 ft. Wednesday,
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    S.G.C. MIXED FOURSOMES.
    186 5 The Singapore Golf Club's second bi-monthly mixed foursomes competition for February was played at Bukit Tlmah yesterday afternoon and resulted In a win for Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Wise with a net score of 34%. Forty cards were taken out and the following returned: *r. and
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    SOCCER.
    50 5 The following will represent the V.M.C.A. against the Y.MCA School of Commerce today at Balestlr Road: K. Vytopll. X Leembruggen. N. Jackson A. Zesula, O. Day. Kwee Thlam Teck, P. Swyny, A. Noden. Llm Kirn Wee. J. Bleha and Ong Swee Keng. Reserves: J. Ferguson and Chan Joo Ttang.
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    INSULT TO OVERSEAS CHINESE.
    64 5 Protest Against Film At Geneva. Nanking. Mar. I. The Chinese Legation at Berne has vainly protested to the Swiss Govern ment against a film entitled Permanent China" being shown at Geneva and which Is considered insulting to overseas Chinese. The Minister has communicated with the Nanking
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    Sino-Japanese Electric Plant In Tientsin.
    92 5 Tientsin. Mar. 1. Slno-Japanese economic co-opera-tion in North China took another step forward when a meeting of shareholders was held ln Tientsin yesterday to discuss details for the formation of an electric plant in that city capitalised at $8,000,000 subscribed jointly by Chinese and Japanese.
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    MR. WU TING-CHANG.
    123 5 Industry Minister As New Envoy To Japan. Shanghai, Feb. 28. Dr. Wang Chung-hul, who has been offered the foreign minlstershlp vacated by Gen. Chang Chun, has also beer, offered the concurrent post of vicechairman of the Executive Yuan. Mr. Wu Tlng-chang. Minister of Industry, is mentioned as
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    Returned Chinese To Settle In Hainan.
    35 5 The Overseas Affairs Bureau ln Canton has secured a plot of wasteland, 100 mow ln area, on Hainan Island for settling returned unemployed overseas Chinese. Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    "YOUNG MARSHAL" RETURNING TO NANKING
    49 5 Gen. Chang Hsueh-liang, former commander-in-chlef in the Northwest who has been living for some time at Oen. Chiang Kai-shek's residence at Fenghua, Chekiang, will return by plane to Nanking today or tomorrow, according to his messages to friends In Shanghai Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    84 5 Gen. Chiang Kai-shek has donated $100,000 towards relief In Shensl and Kansu. Sin Chew Jit Poh. The Central Overseas Committee ir. Nanking announces receipt of a donation of $60,000 from Chinese In the 'United States towards the "Chiang Kai-shek birthday planes fund." Sin Chew Jit Poh. Large-scale manoeuvres will be
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      450 5 LAST NIGHT |cgH JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD'S Wt^^^^^^^^^k^riJl GREAT ADVENTURE STORT 14 0/ OF CANADIAN NORTHLAND 881 m^L^bssßfcAJ Fox Picture with 'The COUNTRY BEYOND' with ROCHELLE HUDSON. PAUL KELLY, ROBERT KENT Tomorrow— M.G.M.'s GREATEST HUMAN DRAMA Freddie BARTHOLOMEW. Jackie COOPER Mickey ROONEY. the DEVIL IS A SISSY By Special Appointment j*
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      54 5 JULIAN FRANKEL Just returned from Europe With Tie Very Latest ln "THINGS BEAUTIFUL" How On Display At 101, Victoria Street, j YOU ARE WELCOME, j CUSTOMERS ARE j ALWAYS RIGHT At jW Julian Jnankd c- Co. I W TNI IKCKIIVf Ol»« SMO. l M.G.Ms thrilling murder mystery A LAST NIGHT
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      359 5 Yam Tuan& British Resident Attend. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Sunday. ""FHE complicated ritual attending Malay marriages was dispensed today with, when, according to the simple marriage rites of Islam, Tengfcu Mohamed of the Malayan Administrative Service, Assistant District Officer, Larut, Perak, and son of the Tengku Besar of Negri
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      420 5 fsTOCK- TAKING SALE 1 1 COMMENCED TODAY B>i' )sj [/j *aT*JB Here's How To Treat FOOT ITCH ATHLETE'S FOOT ssKtfc'P^ffc y^s&< 3hl I W&F m PAY NOTHING TILL RELIEVED According to the Government Health Bulletin, No. E-28, at least 50 'r of the adult population of the United States are
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      248 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY. THE Straits Times is publishing this daily feature to give readers a comprehensive summary of entertainments, meetings, sports events, sociaJ functions and other outstanding happenings. Organisers of meetings etc. are invited to submit diary dates. HOTELS. RAFFLES HOTEL: Cocktail dance. 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. Informal dinner
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      26 5 N.S. DANCE HALL: Dancing 9—12 Dance hostesses first class Dand. SPORT. SOCCER: Chinese vs. RAF. at Anson Road Stadium. For full Sport* programme aee Sports paces.
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  • LATEST LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      335 6 Tin Quota Decision Speculation. From Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, March 1. The only price of tin available this morning is that from New York which was down half-a-cent on Saturday. There are, of course, no cables from London except those received on Saturday when it was remarked
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      £5,000 AWAITS LOST SHAREHOLDERS.
      103 6 Scottish Amalgamated Silk's Liquidation. Mr. S. J Scott Adamson. of Glasgow, and Mr. H. Sharp, of Manchester, liquidators of Scottish Amalgamated Silks. Ltd., a £2.000 000 company whloh went into liquidation some years a B 'O. have returned some of the capital tv the sharehc '.ers.
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      EXCHANGES.
      91 6 London, Feb. 27. The following were mean rates ruling at noon today: Paris 105 5 32 Athens M7Vi Kcr.v York 4.88 'i Bucharest 6'iO Montreal 4.88 seller; Brussels 29.02 Rlc Geneva H.4JK sellers offlcia. Amsterdam 8.92 1 Belgrade 213 Milan 92 Buenos Aires unquoieo Berlin 12.15 Montevideo 39 vt
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    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
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        MINING.
        571 6 All shares quoted above are fully paid. Issue Val. 4/- Ampat Tin £1 Asam Kumbang Fraser Co Lyall It Evatt Buyers SellersBuycrs Sellers 5/1V4 5/6 5/3 5/7 Vz 33/9 34/6xd 33/9 34/-xd £1 Austral Malay 54/- 56/-xd 54/- 56/5/- Ayer Hltam 1 Ayer Weng £1 Ban grin Tin 1
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        GENERAL.
        417 6 it niiA jjiii.iv viu, i.tj l.jiJ l.'io X.U9 2 2 do Vh.% Prefs. 2.50 2.60 2.50 2.60 10 10 Atlas Ice a.00 lO.OOn. 8.00 lO.OOn. 1 1 B M. Broadcasting 0.89 0.95 0.90 0.95 10 5 B M. Trustee B25 7.00 S.25 7.25 £1 £1 Cop T. S. 7%
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        201 6 i* 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 bit Mar. 31 Sept. 30 103 r /cV- 1907 red 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 Ill Wo 1909 red. 1955 Sl.tfMJ.OCO Int. Mar 31 Sept 30 i!9 110 114 121 nom nom nom r /c 1913 red. 1963 S2.000.UK) Mar.
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        363 6 Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated) Kraser Co. Lyall fc Evalt Allenby 1.95 2.05 1.90 2.05 Alor Gaiah 1.50 1.60 1.55 1.65 Amal. Malay 2.15 2.25 2.1. 2.25 Ayer Hitam 1.70 1.85 1.70 1.90 Ayer Molek 1.40 1.50 1.40 1.50 Ayer Paiias 1.95 2.05 1.95 2.05 Bassett 0.90
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      EXCHANGES.
      198 6 The following are the exchange rates thlt morning according to the tally circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. SELLING T T 2/4 /i London demand 2/4 1/16 London I months sight 2/4% Lyons demand 1230 Hamburg demand 1411 New York demand 57 1/1« Montreal demand
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      87 6 Mar. 1, Noon. No 1 X R. S S in cases (F. 0.8.) 36 13/16 36 15/16 Good F. A. Q. in cases (F. 0.8.) 36V 2 36% (Spot J^j R S> Aw-r Xhlp £w»ruauie Singapore .Jb /2 SMb March db'/s tt>'/» April-June 37'^ July-September
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    CHANGE IN TIN QUOTA?
    315 6 SPECULATION AS TO FRIDAY'S DECISION. Speculation is rife in Singapcra tVis morning as to the decision regarding quotas that will be reached by the International Tin Committee at its meeting on Friday. Opinion is sharply divided; cie section taking the view that Um present demand for
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    JAPAN'S BIG ADVERSE TRADE BALANCE.
    54 6 Cotton And Steel Imports Increase. Figures of Japanese trade In January show that the adverse balance was 39 per cent, above the January, 1936. total. This Increase was mainly due to a marked Increase in imports of raw cotton, beans and iron and steel. Exports
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    ROMPIN BAHRU RUBBER.
    345 6 CAPITAL REDUCTION SOUGHT. RETURN OF TWO CENTS PER SHARE. An application was made on Saturday In the High Court, Singapore, before Mr. P. A. McElwaine, the Chief Justice, for the reduction of the capi'al of the Rompln Bahru Rubber Estate, Ltd., to confirm a resolution passed by
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    57 6 in December, 1936, to yen 209.000,000 last January. In January, 1036, exports were yen 81.000.000. Imports last month at yen 319,000.000 compared with yen 303.000.C00 In December, 1936, and yen 260.000.000 In January, 1936. The favourable trade balance with China fell by 3 per cent. In 1936. but that with
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      27 6 Produce prices in page four today. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England A.D. 1720) FIRE, MARINE, LIFE, MOTOR CAR, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION. Branch Office for Malaya. APB 1.
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      153 6 FRASER COMPANY. LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Total for Books Cl>se financial Company Dividend Date Ex Div. year Payable Date to date TIN Aust. Malay 6d. Feb. 23 To Mai. 2 Feb. 24 2&% Asam Kumbang «d. Feb. 20 Mat. 5 Feb 27 2Vfe% Pattani 5% Mar. 1 Feb. 15 5%
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      BAH LIAS RUBBER.
      596 7 DIVIDEND OF 9 PER CENT. MR. ERIC MILLER'S SPEECH. The annual general meeting of the Bah Lias Rubber Estates, Limited, was held on Feb. 17 In London. Mr. H. Eric Miller (the chairman), in the course of his speech, said: The crop was the largest ever harvested
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      RUBBER ESTIMATES
      141 7 Price Forecast At 9d For 1937. A supplement to the "World's Rubber Position" (W. H. Rickinson and Son), just issued, gives estimates of rubber shipments and consumption in the current year. "Taking all things into consideration," says the writer, "there Is the possibility of rubber averaging at least
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      VAL D'OR RUBBER ESTATES.
      636 7 Encouraging Outlook. The twenty-seventh annual general meeting of the Val d'Or Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held on Feb. 16 In London.* Sir Robert Graham, the chairman, presided, and, In moving the adoption of the report and accounts, said: Although the crops of both rubber and coconuts
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      JAPANESE CAPITAL FOR CHINA.
      119 7 Plan To Aid Railways And Mines. Toklo. Feb. 8. Considerable Investments In "bonds or sound enterprises" In China and In railway debentures and similar undertaking in North China, to stimulate the development of those regions, Is planned by the China Cultural Enterprise Commission of Japan. Funds
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      VEGETABLE OIL MARKET.
      212 7 PRICES STEADIER. The Liverpool correspondents of William Jacks and Co., (Malaya) Ltd., In their report of Feb. 11, 1937, comment as follows: PALM OIL Is steadier today than tt has been for some time. Dealers are not such pressing sellers, and shippers are more Inclined to await
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      LONDON METAL AND PRODUCE.
      273 7 Reasonable Price Levels. IN their 'Foresight Saga' dated Feb. 17, Messrs. William Jacks and Co., London, write: The authority the Government propose to take to raise by loans up to a total of £400,000,000 for rearmament purposes, combined with the latest Board of Trade returns, would
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      ROYAL DUTCH GUILDER BONDS.
      197 7 Company To Pay Coupon Tax. Amsterdam, Feb. 11. The new 4 per cent. Royal Dutch guilder bonds, of 2,500f1.. which are to be issued in exchange for the $1,000 bonds of the 4 per cent. Dollar Loan, are to be free of coupon tax. The company
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      TREASURY BILLS.
      38 7 London, Feb. 26. The total amount applied for In tenders for £40,000,000 Treasury Bills was £74,175,000. The average rate for bills at three months was 105.5.19 d. compared with 11s. 3.65 d. a week ago.—British Wireless.
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    SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
    248 7 Dividend For 1937 To Be 20 P.C, Tax Free. Funds of the Sun Life Assurance Society rose by £2.367,996 In 1936. to £40,728,988, the income for the year totalling £6.127 831, and the outgo amounting to £3,759.835. In their report the directors stare that they anticipate
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    SUNGEI BAGAN RUBBER.
    138 7 Proposal To Alter Nominal Value Of Shares. The directors of Sungel Bagan Rubber Co. Ltd. have issued a circular to shareholders convening an extraordinary general meeting for Mar. 6. to consider a resolution to alter the nominal value of the company's shares from $2 to $1. The
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    ADVANCE OE PHILIPPINES UNDER U.S. TUTELAGE.
    373 8 ADVANCE OE PHILIPPINES UNDER U.S. TUTELAGE. Col. Roosevelt's Survey. "Delightful companions and by nature gentlefolk was the description of the inhabitants of the Philippine Islands given by Col. Theodore Roosevelt, who delivered his fifth lecture on the Colonial policy of the United States, under the auspices of the Watson Chair
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    FROM HOLLYWOOD TO TIBET.
    172 8 SCENARIO-WRITER BECOMES MONK. Short, stoutlsh Garret Fort, wisecracking scenario-writer who has rejected the bright social run of Hollywood to become a silent Tibetan monk, was lonely, never made a hit with women, suffered because he could not impress them. Lady Marguerite Strickland, 23-year-old daughter of the
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    FORCED LANDING OF FRENCH AIRMEN.
    57 8 Paris, Feb. 27. The Air Ministry states that Libert and Denis, the French airmen who were attempting to fly from Paris to Tokio in under 100 hours and were reported to have crashed somewhere In Indo-China. were obliged to land owing to a fuel shortage.
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    Hauptmann's Lawyer Declared Insane.
    48 8 New York, F£b. 27 A petition that Mr. Edward Rellly. who defended Hauptmann. be declared Insane was granted yesterday by the New York Supreme Court. A doctor said the worry of tho Hauptmann case, coupled with domestic trouble was responsible for tho breakdown. Reuter.
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    SHELL THAT FELL ON ROYAL OAK.
    57 8 Spanish Government's Regret. London, Feb. 27. Senor del Vayo, the Spanish Minister of State has expressed to Mr. Ogilvee Forbes, British Charge d'AfTaires the sympathy and concern felt by the Spanish Government at the accident to H.M.S. Royal Oak. which resulted in the wounding
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    26 8 India is being mapped yearly at the rate of 40,000 square miles, ytt she will require some 15 years more to have a complete modern map.
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    24 8 Their Majesties the Kin* and Queen examining a suit-case at a stall at Olympia during one of their visits to the British Industries Fair.
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    VICAR'S WIFE ON SERIOUS CHARGE.
    193 8 FORGERY AND FRAUD. REPORT MADE BY PSYCHOLOGIST. A vicar's wife, accused at Sedbergh, Yorks. of forging a cheque and fraudulent conversion, said that she had consulted a psychologist. The woman, Mrs. D. D. Lewis, wife of the Rev. C. H. D. Lewis, vicar of Cautley,
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    FLOWERS IN DOOMED MAN'S CELL.
    201 8 Forgiving Wife's Last Care. Arthur Jefferson Pcake, 42-year-old Brighton dandy, heard his £2,000 appeal financed by the wife he had left against conviction and sentence of death for the murder of his 21-year-old chauffeur-secretary, Arthur George Noyce, fall in the Court of Crlmlna Appeal, says
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    HANDS IN POCKETS
    52 8 Police and villagers who had been searching for a week for thirteen-year-old James Hopper, of Drumshambo. near Dunnamore. Co. Tyrone, found him dead in a lough eight miles from his home. His hands were In his pockets. Indicating that he had unknowingly walked Into the water In
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    Richmond By-Election.
    36 8 London, Feo. 26. There was no change as a result of the by-election at Richmond to replace Sir William Ray, who has retired. The figures were: Major Watt (Conservative) 20.546. Rogers (Labour) 7,7o9.— Renter.
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      1365 8 SINGAPORE -ZHL Wavelength—^25 m 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Speech and record- ed music. EMPIRE STATION. TODAY TRANSMISSION 2. The following *reqaenctos will be used: OSH 21.47 Mc/t (13.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Me/* (16 86 m.) GSB 9 51 Mc/S (31 55 m.) 6.20 pm Big Ben. Tbe B.B.C. Dance
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    MERCHANT SHIPS' PART IN DEFENCE.
    235 9 Vital Need In Wartime. London, Feb. 28. A RESOLUTION drawing attention to the "vital position of British shipping in any scheme of Imperial Defence" was passed at the annual meeting of the Chamber of Shipping. The resolution, which was moved by Lord Essendon, also drew
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    CHINA DEFENCE PARLEY.
    267 9 KWANGSI LEADERS NOT TO ATTEND? Shanghai, Feb. 28. The Chinese National Defence Conference will be held early In March, according to the latest decision of the Central Military Council which has been entrusted with the task of carrying out the resolutions of the recent Kuomlntang Congress regarding
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    "A DISAPPOINTING STORY."
    344 9 BIG DEFICIT SHOWN BY CUSTOMS. New Delhi, Feb. 27. PRESENTING the budget In the Legislative Assembly today Sir James Grigg, Finance Minister, said that although the budget was a story of disappointment he hoped the difficulties could be surmounted with little hardship and Inconvenience. The realised surplus
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    FASCISTS TO FIGHT L.C.C. ELECTIONS.
    48 9 Six Candidates For East End Divisions. London, Feb. 28. Two hundred and sixty-eight candidates have been nominated for 124 seats in the triennial elections for the London Country Council and chiefly consist of 120 members of the Labour Party and 101 Municipal Reformers.
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    MR. DE VALERA AND CORONATION OATH.
    78 9 "Discrimination Against Ireland's Religion." London, Feb. 28. The Coronation Oath changes were the subject of a question in the Dail on Wednesday to which Mr. De Valera replied that he thought he had made the Free State's attitude to the Coronation clear. It is
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    HUNGARIAN COAL STRIKERS.
    160 9 "Suicide Pit" Men Give In. Pec (Hungary), Feb. 28. A LL the 400 miners who have been engaged in a sit-down strike at Thomen pit to obtain increased wages, have now returned to the surface after being on strike for 70 hours. Soldiers with rifles and ma-chine-guns
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    MALAYA AT BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR.
    105 9 Bis: Orders For Rubber Goods. London. Feb. 27. The Malayan section of the British Industries Fair reports many inquiries and an order for 1,000 tons of goods is among those placed. Rubber horseshoes and sheepboots, which were specially commented upon by the King during the
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    HOW TO TREAT A STOMACH PAIN
    201 9 When your stomach Is healthy and well, you never think of Its existence. But when it Is out of sorts for any reason you know all about It. Pain sets In sometimes very severe nagging pain. What are you to do? You certainly must
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAR. 1, 1937 "Of Two Evils....... "
    888 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAR. 1, 1937 "Of Two Evils....... It has not been possible in the short time which has elapsed since the issue of the report of the Mui Tsai Commission to make that careful study of the contents of more than 300 pages of closely set
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    Social and personal.
    185 10 Mr. and Mrs. H. R. L. Dyne are passengers in the Corfu for Colombo. A dinner meeting of the Seremban Rotary Club is expected to be held on March 18. Mrs. W. J. Warin and her small son left on Sunday for Fraser's Hill for three weeks.
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    21 10 New Singapore Coroner. Mr. F. T. Clifton has been appointed tr> be a Coroner in and for the Settlement of Singapore.
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    TWENTY-SIX YEARS.
    1538 10 By HAMILTON FYFE. (Reproduced from "Overseas," the journal of the Overseas League.) English Life At the Last Coronation And Now. The Pre-War World. \17HAT could most people who, twenty-six years ago were alive, adult and in full possession of their faculties, tell from memory about the Coronation Year
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    699 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. SINGAPOREANS ALL. WERY rarely does one see as cosmopolitan a crowd on a dance floor in Singapore, except at a cabaret, as that which danced to the strains of the Inniskillings' orchestra in the DriU Hall on Saturday night, when the twoday International Fete of
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    AUSTRALIA AS OUTLET FOR JAPAN'S SURPLUS PEOPLE.
    184 11 QUESTIONS IN DIET ON POSITION OF PROBLEM. Matter To Be Included In Treaty Negotiations. JAPAN'S POSITION IN FAR EAST MUST BE MADE CLEAR. CONSIDERABLE alarm has been caused in the Netherlands Indies by Japan's supposed designs of eventual conquest, her plan of peaceful
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    EYES ON AUSTRALIA.
    302 11 The Premier replied that the matter will be studied, adding that Japan had no territorial ambitions in the Dutch East Indies. Mr. Sakurai questioned the position of the Japanese immigration problem with Australia and then asked why the Japanese Government did not display the same coolness in
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    POPE'S HEALTH.
    141 11 IMPROVEMENT STILL CONTINUES. Vatican City, Feb. 28. The Pope today has now entered the 13th week of his illness with high hopes of recovery after times when his life was despaired of. The recent improvement In his condition has been maintained and His Holiness spends most of the
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    Manila's Aspirations As Air Junction.
    85 11 Manila. Feb. 27. Manila is another aspirant for the title "Croydon of the Far East." It is reliably learned that Imperial Airways have approached the Philippines Government with a view to extending its PenangHong Kong air service to Manila. It is also stated that a
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    ZEPPELINS FOR FAR EAST?
    67 11 GERMANY PLANS NEW AIRSHIP SERVICE. Berlin, Feb. 28 The opening of airship traffic from Europe to India and the Far East is foreshadowed by Captain Lehmann. the Trans-Atlantic airship commander, who says technical and economic conditions for this had been satisfactorily met. By 1939 Germany will
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    INDEPENDENT WINS BY-ELECTION
    37 11 London, Feb. 28. The Oxford by-election, due to the resignation of Lord Hugh Cecil (Con.) resulted as follows: Sir Arthur Salter (Ind.): 7.580. Sir Farquhar Buzzard (Con): 3.917. Prof. Lindemann (Ind. Con.): 3.608. Reuter.
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    26 11 Grim reaUty of strike warfare in America. Steel-helmeted National Guardsmen with machine-run ready in case of trouble over the eviction of sit-down strikers at Flint, Michigan.
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    CONTROL OF SPANISH FRONTIERS.
    562 11 Government Fears. Madrid, Mar. 1. "The foolhardy pacifist policy" of some countries in ceding to Italy and Germany one position after another in order that the external peace of Europe should not appear violated was denounced yesterday by Senor del Vayo, Foreign Minister of the Valencia
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    PROSPECTING LICENSES IN BURMA.
    271 11 Removal Of Ban Coming. Tin producers in Malaya will be interested in a Reuter message from Rangoon which states that, with effect from Aprl. 20 next, the issue of licence es to prospect for tin will be resumed. For some considerable time the relaxation of restrictions
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    NANKING TRUCE WITH REDS?
    166 11 HOSTILITIES IN N.-WFST CEASE. Shanghai, Mar. 1. Has Nanking concluded a truce with the Communist armies? This question is being asked following the virtual cessation of hostilities in the Northwest since the Kuomlntang Executive Conference in Nanking. Informed circles state that the Communists have adopted a
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    PATRIOTISM CAUSES STRIKE IN JAPAN.
    92 11 Yokohama, Mar. 1. Owing to the alleged failure of the company to order the N.Y.K. steamers throughout the world to hoist the Japanese flag on Oct. 29 in commemoration of the Emperor's review of the Grand Fleet at Osaka, which will take place on that
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    LONGEST NON-STOP RUN
    64 11 London, Feb. 28. A new high-speed express service between London and Glasgow will shortly be introduced by the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The journey of 401 2 miles will be performed in 6V2 hours and the only stopping place will be Carlisle. The Journey will be
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    AUSTRALIA TOTAL 604.
    380 11 Test. England: 65 For One Wicket. BARNETT OUT AFTER BRISK OPENING. At Melbourne this morning McCormick and FleetwoodSmith stayed long enough to establish a new record. They took the score to 604, four more than Australia's previous highest total in a Test played in Australia, on the
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    AFRICAN MONARCH
    90 11 STOLEN BY HIS OWN TWO SONS. Accra. Feb. 28. The two -sons of Sir Oforl Atta. ruler of the State of Akim Abuakwa Wesc Africa, have been sentenced respectively to twalve and nine months' hard labour for stealing their father's gold crown valued at £230 from the Treasury
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    SINGAPORE STATION TO BROADCAST 36 HOURS PER WEEK,
    757 12 OPENING BY GOVERNOR THIS EVENING. Rebroadcast Of Comment On Today's Test Match. REGULAR CHINESE, MALAY AND TAMIL PROGRAMMES. (By Our Radio Correspondent.) SINGAPORE'S new broadcasting premises at Caldecott Hill, Thomson Road, for ZHL, the British Malaya Broadcasting Corporation's station, will be opened
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    AIRPORT FLOODLIGHTS TESTED.
    62 12 EXPERIMENTS to determine the best height for floodlights which will illuminate the new Singapore Airport for night landings were carried out last night and will be continued tonight. Two lights were tested on temporary supports at various heights. When the experiments are concluded six lights wUl be
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    IS "LINDY" BOUND FOR SINGAPORE?
    186 12 Mystery Flight To Australia? 117 HERE are Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh going to in their private plane? Are they going to Australia and if so, will they call at Singapore? Those are questions aviation circles in Singapore are asking. Although authoritative quarters
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    DETECTIVE BRANCH.
    70 12 Mr. R. F. Mallard The New Head. With the departure on leave on Saturday of Mr. C. G. E. Baughan, Mr. R. F. Mallard, Assistant Superintendent of Police, is now officer in charge cf the Detective Branch, Singapore. Mr. Mallard was in the same office in 1935. He
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    35 12 When a Chinese labourer who was walking down McPherson Road yesterday slipped, three heavy bags of flour he was carrying fell on him. He received internal injuries from which he died in a few minutes
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    Real Sussex Inn For Cameron Highlands.
    480 12 (By Our Special Correspondent.) IN seven months there will stand on the slopes oft* Girdle Road, at the Cameron Highlands, a building which hundreds of Malayans have yearned for ever since they left the homely shores of Britain. It is an inn a real
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    No Late Night-Life For Empress Cruisers.
    348 12 (")N her sixth visit to Singapore, the 42,500-ton luxurious floating city, the Empress of Britain, touring the world with a passenger list of 425, is arriving here at five o'clock tomorrow afternoon. It is not anticipated that tourists will hustle off the liner for
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    OFFICER'S 200 FOOT FALL TO DEATH.
    176 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Feb. 28 Lieutenant J. P. O. E. Onne, of the 2nd Punjab Regiment who fell 200 feet to his death while bathing on Saturday, just outside the town, was burled with full service honours. Mr. Orme went bathing in
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    There's No "Rusty" In Cecil Street!
    124 12 it The Cinema. "Wedding Present." With Joan Bennett and Cary Grant. Paramount. At the Pavilion. Really, if one had to be a journalist It ought to have been in America, for tnere's always a beautiful girl in the office, and she always marries the
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    "SKINS" OFF TO HONG KONG "WAR."
    197 12 "SKINS" OFF TO HONG KONG "WAR." Welcome Break In Barrack Routine. MIT will be no holiday but it will be a welcome break from barracks routine." That seems to be the consensus of opinion among soldiers of the Royal Inniskillin? Fusiliers, who leave for Hong Kong by the submarine depot-ship
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    AIR LINERS USE BANDON DROME.
    110 12 New Airfield Between Pangkok And Penang. (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Feb. 28. THE new aerodrome at Bandon, 1 about 400 miles from Bangkok on the route to Penang. was used by two Imperial Airways LondonSingapore planes one eastward bound and the other westward bound.
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    SINGAPORE MUSICAL SOCIETY.
    36 12 Members of the Singapore Musical Society are particularly requested to note that the first practice for "Judas Maccabaeus" will be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Tuesday, Marcn 2 at 5.15 p.m.
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    15 12 E.S.A.M. Branch Secretaries ar* notified that the Ex-Services Magailne will be ready for despatch tomorrow.
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    BIGGER STAFF TO EFFECT MUI-TSAI ABOLITION.
    4416 13 Commission's Tribute To Malayan Governments' Work. BUT WOMAN WANTS REPEAL OF EXISTING LEGISLATION. Condition Of Girls Better Here Than In Hong Kong. A bigger Chinese Protectorate staff to carry out the task of abolition and a more vigorous campaign of detection and prosecution is
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    Praise For Work Of Protectorate.
    104 13 \l/E were very favourably im- pressed by a custom which appears to prevail in the Chinese Protectorates in Malaya by which the Protector sits all day in a room to which anyone can have access and is prepared to listen to any Chinese man, woman
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    AT BUKIT TIM AH.
    33 13 Dressed in characteristic style, Chinese nonyas arc familiar figures at Malayan race meetings and these two were snapped during an interval at Bukit Timah on Saturday. Straits Times Photograph.
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    MALAYA'S RACIAL HARMONY IMPRESSES.
    66 13 "IT is a pleasing feature of life ire Malaya that there is not merely a complete absence of friction but much cordiality in the relations between the different races inhabiting it. It is Quite common to find Malays, Chir.ese. and Indians a'l living in the same
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    WILL ENGLAND FIGHT BACK IN DECIDING TEST?
    991 14 THREE CENTURIES FOR AUSTRALIA. BADCOCK AND GREGORY PILE UP THE RUNS. JN the fifth, final and deciding Test Match, at Melbourne, Australia will today complete their first innings for about 600 runs. They were 593 for nine wickets at close of play on
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    R.A. F. vs. CHINESE AT ANSON ROAD TODAY.
    63 14 The R.A.F. team for today's soccer match against the Chinese at the Anson Road Stadium will be: A. C. Madely; L. A. C. Foster, L. A. C. Northgraves; L. A C. Stott, L. A. C. Illingworth, L. A. C. White; Flight Lieut.
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    THE SPORTS DIARY.
    55 14 TODAY. Soccer: S.C.F.A. vs. RAF.. Stadium; B. H. League Nestanglo vs. T.J.R., S.H.B. Golf: S.G.C. women's bogey. Lawn Tennis: V.M.C.A. tournament opens. TOMORROW. Soccer: Dlv. lI— S.C.F.A. tod n. RAP. 2nd, Stadium: B.H. League 0.C.8. vs. PS., F. and N. Cricket: V.M.C.A. Juniors vs. 30th Fortress Coy.
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    29 14 Play in progress during the Singapore cricket trial match, which proved somewhat unsatisfactory, the batting showing lack of enterprise and providing cheap wickets for the bowlers.— Straits Tinea Photograph.
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    TRIAL MATCH ON THE PADANG.
    612 14 Mediocre Display Of Batting. Local cricketers, the batsmen es-l pecially, have yet to find their form. This much was evident in the week-end trial game at the S.C.C. But there is time yet and much need for improvement before Sir Julien Cahn and his team
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    IRISH FORWARDS BEAT SCOTLAND'S PACK.
    461 14 Well- Won Rugger Victory At Dublin. |N the rugger international at Dublin on Saturday Ireland beat Scotland by 11 points (one goal, two tries) to 4 points (a dropped goal), cables Reuter. The ground was In excellent condition in view of the heavy rain, but
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    LAST PAIR'S FINE STAND.
    335 14 S.R.C. Second Team's Splendid Victory. There was an exciting finish to the second eleven cricket match between the S.R.C. and the S.C.C. on the former's ground yesterday. The S.C.C. batted first and made 159, B. Galllard being top scorer with S3 and Sutar batting well for
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    Nara K. O. 's China Fleet Champion.
    50 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penan?. Feb. 28. Seaman Harvey, middleweight champion of the China Fleet, was knocked out by Boy Nara in the eighth round of a ten round fight at Wembley Park last night. The sailor was down twice during the bout.
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    S.C.C. BILLIARDS FINALS.
    36 14 The S.C.C/. billiards handicap final, Capt. Persse vs. E. H. R. Bowerman, both owe 20, will be played today, and the championship final, 500 up, A. D. Boker vs. H. Gray, on Wednesday.
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    Surprise Results On Last Day Of Singapore Races.
    2695 15 GOOD WIN FOR CODELLUS IN SPRING CUP. BIG SWEEP POOL TOTALS NEARLY $150,000. last dav of the Singapore Tun Club's Spring Meeting proved disastrous for punters. In a card of nine events only two Favourites were successful. The principal event was the
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    COLONY HOCKEY TEAM'S FAILURE.
    509 15 Good Recovery Followed By Further Faltering. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 23. yWO down at half-time level pegging with quarter of an hour to go then further defensive lapses and final defeat by four goals to two: that was the Colony team's experience in
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    NORTH vs. SOUTH MATCH IN FUTURE?
    104 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 1. It is understood that a meet in; of hockey delegates which took place immediately after the F.M.S.Colony match was unanimous as to the formation of a Malaya- Hockey Association. The matter was referred back to the
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    SUNDERLAND LOSE TO ALBION IN TEN GOAL MATCH.
    1386 16 THE following are the results of Saturday's matches in the Home soccer leagues, as cabled by Reuter, with the league tables up to date Pirmlngham 2 Everton 0 Cnarltun 3 I'reston 1 Chelsea 4 Manchester U. 2 Grimsby 1 Arsenal 3 Leeds
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    MIDDS. BEATEN SERVICES.
    94 16 Four Goals To One In Heavy Going. The merits of the Government Services F.A. team were displayed in adverse circumstances ut the Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday when the first team of the Middlesex Regiment weri beaten by four goals to one in a game played on
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    BY GOVERNMENT
    120 16 The Middlesex carried play to the other end for a short period during which Crowhurst tested Said with a grounder, but the Services cleared. The soldiers, however, returned to the attack and Saw connected with a hard centre from Crowhurst to find the net for the equaliser. The
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    GLIMPSES AT THE GAMES.
    328 16 Mud And Snow Ruin The Play. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Feb. 28. Sodden grounds, torrential rains and snow storms affected Saturday's football. At Chester the ball frequently stuck in the mud and at half time the players were so exhausted that the game was abandoned.
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    S.C.C. PAIRS HANDICAP.
    250 16 Lawn Bowls. The following are this week's ties in the S.CC. lawn bowls pairs handicap tournament: MONDAY A. Fergu jn and C. O. Fugler (_4) vs. M. P. Selfe and C. D. Stewart (to finish) (+5). W. M. Edwards and J. D. P. Nesblt (—3) vs. J.
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    SNOW HOLDS UP TWO SCOTTISH CUP TIES.
    91 16 SNOW HOLDS UP TWO SCOTTISH CUP TIES. Celtic Qualify For Quarter-Finals. There was a snowfall in Scotland at the week-end, and because of it two ties in the third round of the Scottish Cup competition —Duns vs. Motherwell, and Hamilton vs. Hearts —could not be played. Four matches were possible,
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    KEPPEL EVENTS.
    111 16 Golf. Ten cards were taken out for the February women's foursomes competition at the Keppel Golf Club on Friday. The result was a tie between two pairs: Mrs. O'Sulllvan and Mrs. Lubbock 49—14=35 Miss K. Jones and Miss Hirst 52—17 35 The issue was decided on the best
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    Y.M.C.A. TOURNAMENT.
    82 16 Lawn Tennis. The following are the ties for today In the V.M.C.A. tournament: OPEN MEN'S SINGLES I. B. Abed vs. K. ChartlkavaniJ. T. T. Wong vs. Foo Woo Wan, A. I. Pereira vs. Dr. Wee Thlam Hock, A. H P. Humphrey vs. Yap Ah Hlan, S. Abed vs.
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    Y.W.C.A. SPORTS CLUB OF KUALA LUMPUR.
    109 16 'From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 25. The Y.W.C A. Sports Club's report for 1936 states that there was a slight increase in membership. At the Regional Conference the club was represented by Miss V. B. Talalla. hon secretary. The award of colours
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    HOW BRITAIN PROPOSES TO UTILISE DEFENCE FUNDS.
    3123 18 Navy, Army And Air Force Expansion. |N accordance with a request made in the House of Commons when the Defence Bill was introduced on Feb. 11. the Government has now issued a White Paper setting forth in brief detail the programme of Defence
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    STRATEGIC POINTS IN EMPIRE FORMIDABLE ITEM IN COST.
    962 18 STRATEGIC POINTS IN EMPIRE FORMIDABLE ITEM IN COST. •THE White Paper reads: In the statement made In the House of Commons on Feb. 11, the Chancellor of the Exchequer explained that, while defence expenditure during the ensuing years could not equitably ot met entirely from revenue, and must in part
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    AIR RAID TEST STAGED.
    540 19 LIGHTS DIMMED AT BEDFORD. R.A.F. COOPERATION. AN air raid test to determine how little illumination might suffice to keep traffic moving through a darkened town and how great would Ibe the risk of such lighting being discerned from the air was carried out early one morning
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    CROWN REGALIA FOR CORONATION.
    524 20 CROWN REGALIA FOR CORONATION. The Imperial Crown of India. It was found on King George V announcing hi* decision to travel to India to hold a Durbar following his Coronation, that, by the laws of the land, neither the Crown of England nor the Imperial Crown was allowed to be
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