The Straits Times, 14 January 1939

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    39 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY. 1 THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA 2i PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1939 PRICE r> CENTS The Straits Times i PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1939 PRICE 5 CENTS
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      175 1 Singapore: 140. Cecil st. cphone sato, Try MIEN CHONG TAILORING We only ask for a trial order. r\M Coloman St. Singapore. ftmmt 48 it THE modern treatment of a hall does away with all non-essenfials. But it must retain those features which are really necessary to give an air c»
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      125 1 Refresh with EAU de COLOGNE STARINA British Product. F.M.S. Duty Free I litre $1.00 per bottle I $1.25 From Al) Dealer 3. O¥ILTINE Is Milk plus Malt plus EGGS Consult the LEADING HOUSE oj BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT UE §ILVA 9 LIU. For all HIGH-CLASS JKWELLEUC. fc.N- GAGEMENT KINGS, DIAMONDS WWST
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      136 1 KUALA LUMPUrf 83. JAVA CT. CP?4OfIZ 3333>. MUST BE 'OjikSHßi «fc^^ /a^ i^i;ir^^^'^ m y^^^t\ \l\fm 41% f COFFEE Specially Blended ~^^^^^^^^^>^ > > \?^^^C^ Freshly Roasted f[ X^hX/? **|f^Fs\ Ground Daily— The Secret J^S|P W&W\ Beans Whole Roasted -M&O^^^M Loose Coffee $0.65 per Ib. Ilk J®s% ROBINSON S COFFEt;
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      22 1 Madame Page. Late 9?. Piccidilly. London, OPENS NEW DEPI. Gowns Designed Created in her work rooms. $5 $50 13. BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATH
      23 2 LEACH.— Mrs. Ame Stanley Leach expired In General Hospital, on Jan. 13. Funeral at 6 p.m. this evening at the Bldadarl Cemetery
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      979 2 WANTED WANTED TO BUY 20.000—30,000 sq. ft. of land near Tanglin. Must be cheap Box No 494, Straits Times. WANTED TO RENT at Katong beginning March fairly large House on aeafront. Uufurnlshed. Replies to 503 Straits Times. FOR SALE KHKLVADO& Kefrtteratoi Phone (?33 FOR SALE. ELECTRIC GRAMOPHONE Very handsome and
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      784 2 3OARD RESIDENCE "AT SUNNYSIDE." 7 Oxley Rd. Tel «5tT Nlcelv furnished flat, H. c. water. Long bath. Every possible comfort. "GLEN HOLLY" 47, Kiiliney Road. Central "lean, airy, single or doable, $30 up. Board jpdona!, modern bathrooms, attractive rmtes. "LOXTON" 7. Oxlej Rise. Single ft double room* modem MUuooms oilu»rita
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      857 2 PERSONAL WILL ONG JTEN JIN RETURN HOME. Father ill. Inserted by Onj Toon Jin. i TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. TENDERS are Invited for the supply of Cast Iron Pipes and Specials for the Ga3 Department Copies of Specification and Drawing can be obtained at the Tender Room. Tenders close at 4
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      426 2 PUBLIC NOTICES PETALING TIN, LIMITED. (Incorporated in tlio F.M.S.) Closure of Share Transfer B«oks. Notice Is hereby given that the Share Transler Books of the Company will be closed from toeh£&. M to FCbrUary 1939 <KS confirrfied by the shareholders at the Ua J. neral Meeting on January 23. the
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      144 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc. EUROPEAN MANICURE SALON Koom fit. Re? Hotel Phone J60> Manicure J1.00 Face Trratment, Gueilain Cosmetics MISS G. VAN ROODE MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE «rs. HARU and Miss HANA 60. WATERLOO STREET Telephone 7467. PRINCE EDWARD CLINIC Medical Massage Electriciry 14 Capitol Fluts Phone 7354 (Stamford Rd.
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      379 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. tUMxmorawo id loniana; PSMN^IIAR AND ORIE.nAI 8 N OC. MAiL PASSENUEH ANU CAHGO SERVICE? CNOEK CONTRACTI WITH HIS II<JWTY IB GOVWIKMEMT LONDON AND fAB tA»T I MAII SXRVICS OUTWARD FROM LONDON fOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due •MUM) Spun SOIL).'.' Jari J| ,sr' ISB
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      340 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. rimwnwrmwtf to »m>m» GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CLNARD WHITE STAR TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. Regular fortnightly sailings. London via l*enang, Colombo, Port Said, Naples, Marseille* and Gibraltar. S.S. HAKUSAN MARU Jan. 21. S.S. HAKI'NA MAR!' Feb. 4 &S. KATORI MARU Feb. 16 fMA YASIKIM MARU Mar. 1. Tr
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      538 3 l^rarloui O^T^a. M«or»Mp.. Moat B* Oarfc V«tl» «Itt> Um»ea tatcoj^ OabtnTlHave Adjolnln. Prtwte Bath. tortaWe Passenger Accommodation T*Vi Fefc 4 Tot JftANFLA* HWofe SHANGHAI^ I\l WIMA frwn LlJgJf^ YOKOHAMA. KOBE. OSAKA DAUNT Ta: Maxell*. •O» CM m* INDIA Pot further oartlculare »ool» *>: THE EAST ASIATIC CO. LTD. < Incorporated
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      797 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. (Incorporated tn Struts Settlements} Ocean Building, CoHyer Quay. Singapore Tel. 015 1: Chartered Bank Building. Penang Tel. 1366. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON ft NORTH CONTINENT (tn conjunction with th« Gl«n Line) AMD FAST FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE MARSEILLES GLASGOW. Oue 6aii.« AENEAS Mars. L'don. R'dara. Brcmmerhaven.
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE
      146 4 Daily Weather Report Stations Yesteraay Last nlg;.i max. rain- bright rail temp, fall s'shlne temj •r Incites nrs 'F West Coast. Alor Star 80 Nil Nil 74 Bayan Lepas (Penarg) 82 Nil 0.3 74 Sltiawan 86 Nil 1.4 71 Bukit Jerain 89 Nil 4.7 72 Malacca 86
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      Relentless Attack On British Trade
      134 4 London, Jan. 13. MR. R. S. Hudson, Secretary of the Department of Overseas Trade, at Liverpool last night said Britain had to face the ugly fact that In the world today force was the deciding factor, and not reason or equity. Relentless economic pressure was
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      SUEZ RECEIPTS DOWN
      118 4 £1,000,000 Less Last Year. Paris, Jan. 3. SUEZ Canal receipts for last month were £788.800. against £857,800 f->r December, 1937. 1 Total receipts last year totalled £9,664,500, or £1.141,800 less than In 1937. From December 15, Suez Canal transsit tariffs were reduced to the follow- ing rates:
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      259 4 INWABD Wearnea: From Ptnang, lpob. and Kaala Lumpur. Arrives every eveninf Qantas: From Australia: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. X.L.M.: From Netherlands indies: Arrives THIS afternoon. K.UL: From Europe: Expected tomorrow evening. Imperial: From Europe: Expected tomorrow morning. K.N.LI. M.: From Netherlands Indie)!: Arrives Tuesday afternoon. K.N.1.L.M.:
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      273 4 Toaav Europe Great Britain (K.L.li.) 2 Dm Iran (X.L.M.) ..3 p.m. Mecan (X.L.M.) 2 Din Djambl (Toglan) 3 p.m. North Borneo, Brunei and Labuan (Darvel) 3.30 p.m. Sarawak (generally) Miri, Sarikel Sibu (Darvel) 3.30 p.m. Bazan. Bengkalls Selat Pandjans 'Toooall) 4 D.m. Laboean Bilik Jaram 4 p.m
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      FROM MALACCA
      99 4 Correspondence for transmission by fctr via "Netherlands" must be fully prepaid and clearly superscribed "By X.L.M." Malls will close from Malacca as follows: Today. Java and Southern Sumatra by air (Netherlands) 6 p.m. Slam, 3urma, India, Iraq, Palestine, Egypt, Mauritius, Europe, Great Brltal... Ireland, N. b S. America,
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      SURFACE MAILS EXPECTED
      62 4 Malls from Europe (London parcel malls) expected yesterday evening by I P O. (Ranch!) will be delivered today Jan. 14, at 9 a.m. < Mails from China and Japan expected today, Jan. 14, by Aeneas Mails from Japan expected on Jan. 17, by Hakodate Maru. Mails from
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    WALL STREET QUOTATIONS
    421 4 New York, Jan. 13. THE following quotations were those ruling when the Stock Exchange closed todav:— MOW-JUNKS AVERAGES Yesterday's Today's Close. Close. Changes. 30 Industrials 147.33 146.52 off .81 20 Rails 31.08 30.94 off .14 15 Utilities 22.65 22.50 off .15 40 Bonds 90.46 90.32 off .14
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    BROKERS' COMMENT
    247 4 CWAN, CULBERTSON AND FRITZ report on yesterday's New York markets:— Prices see-sawed within a narrow range on a light volume of trading, closing moderately steady. If the market holds at current levels an early resumption of the advance is likely but if the averages break through the November
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      736 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. i Incorporated id FJut.S.) LLOYDS AGENTSBIM>KING AUENIV F.M.S. RAILWAYS AND 81AM STATES BAILWAVB rEI.FPHttNR- Kroicht !>433 Pasaare M2I CANADIAN IMHIMHI in ICnglauai tut tHfHt-SH KOUTt. *U*n rRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via UONOi LC direct IMPRESS t« VANCOUVER— ACROSB CANADA by TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAIN with* •ol chan«e— thenee bj CANADIAN PACIFIC
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      491 4 McALISTER CO., LTD. •Incorporated id Strait* SettUmenU) GSESHAM HOCSE. BATTERY ROAD. SINGAPORE PHONE SI7J. ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. COMPANY. 1 (Incorporated m England) (Iccornorated is 0.8.A) BOSTON NEW FORK BALTIMOBI FOR HAVRE, LONDON, VIA srEZ CANAI Due SaUi p ROTTERDAM HAMBURG. steel scientist Jan. 19 jan. m
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      277 4 TIDE TABLE SINGAPORE Today H. W. 4.40a.m. 8.5 ft.; 5.48 p.m. 7.5ft. L. W. 11 23 a.m. 3.4 ft.; 11.20 p.m. 4.8 It. Sunday H. W. 5.40 a.m. 8.4 ft.; 7.32 p.m. 7.3 It. L. W. 12.59 p.m. 3.1 ft. Monday H. W. 6.48a.m. 0.4 ft.; 8.53 p.m. 7.5 ft.
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    WILD BOARS' ISLAND
    336 5 Jin do Saint-Pierre, the precursor of romanticism in France, who, in his famous novel "Paul and Virginia." was the first to dray; attention to Madagascar, the boau'.iful island of th? Indian Ocean. bleb v the fourth largest in area, was discovered in 1506 by the Portumar.do Soares;
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    "PARTS OF THE WORLD.. .WANT SOME NOISY AND SPECTACULAR TYRANT"
    1328 5 "PARTS OF THE WORLD .WANT SOME NOISY AND SPECTACULAR TYRANT" "l ISTEN 0 Isles unto me and hearken ye people from afar; the Lord hath called me from the womb in the shadow of his hand hath he J hid me: he hath made me a polished shaft, in his
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    366 5 OUR SERMON FOR TODAY ing Servant which was realised in Jesus Christ: they want some noisy and spectacular tyrant, and some still believe that only an intense personification of the chosen people was ever intended by the unknown writer, thus aligning themselves with ultra-nationalism. But as the true Christian reads
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      120 5 PERTUSSIN A LEADER AMONG REMEDIES! Will promptly relieve Cough* Bronchial Catarrh and Asthma. A Boon in Whooping Cough Delicious in flavour an& contains no narcotics. Per $1.50 Bottle Sold everywhere Distributors: MEDICAL OFFICE, SINGAPORE and GRAFTON LABORATORIES, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. ARRIVED 1939 STEWART -WARNER RADIOS WORLD -WIDE RADIO CO.
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      172 5 Victory OVER PREMATURE OLD-AGE! A course of TONIC TABLETS helps to regain lost health. At "250 or £1.30 front first-class Clip lists. Distributors: CHARI CO.. 29, Robkison Roid, Singapore. HAVE YOU MADE YOUR WILL? No prudent man neglects this duty to himself his hard-earned estate and his defenceless heirs. If
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      252 5 SINGAPORE /HL 225 metro. ZilP -in 9« metres. p.m 12 45 Lighr orchestral concert by Keller's Hungarian Band directed by C. Reller. Relay from Adelphi Hotel. l 30 Midday rubber prices 1 .32 Light orchestral concert. Relay from Adelphi Hotel (cont.i 2.00 Interval. 4.50 Running commentary on the Malaya Cup
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      322 5 EMPIRE STATION TODAY TRANSMISSIONS 2 AND 3. GSH ilil oe/i (IS.*') m.); GSO 17.7' Ki (16.86 in.): GSF 15.14 met I19.r; m.): GSJ 21.83 ni"i (13.93 ml: GSD 11.75 me 1 s.i mi I p.m. 6.05 Big Ben. Trolse and h!s mandoUers, with Don Carles. 6.40 "Steamboat."* 7.20 Sea Shanties*
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      282 5 NiROM TODAY JDA 6.81 mc'i (19.8 m.). yob 9.C5 mc'i ai.2« m). VDB 1 1.88 men (25.3 n|. PMN 1S.26 mc'i (29.2 m.). p.m. 4.50 Time signal. Programme preview. 6.05 Evening concert. 6.50 News. Hits of the month. 8.30 Xylophone and banjo solcists 9.00 Studio Orchestra. 10.00 International Orchestra. 10.30
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      307 6 RUBBER AGAIN EASIER ON POOR ORDERS SHARE SECTIONS DULL By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Jan. 14. RUBBER is again slightly easier this morning and values have lost one-eighth of cent overnight. This follows the decline.-, registered in the Home markets yesterday and crders from these markets today
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      BRITISH TRADE IN CHINA
      158 6 London, Jan. 13. THHE Daily Mail's principal page today features a description by the journal's Tientsin correspondent of a voyage along China Coast ports, showing how the Japanese are placing every obstacle in the way of British commerce, and stressing foreign business opinion in North China
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      S.C.C. SOCCER ANNUAL MEETING
      45 6 t Club soccer ing held last night, it was tated teams would be entered In the Irst and third division of the S.A.F.A eagiie tiii.-- j( ai-. Mr r c Webster was elected capt»in < ;id Mr F. E. Hutchinson vice apta4n
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      TREASURY BILLS
      40 6 L/ndon, Jan. 13. T*HE ioul amount applied for In 1 tcndera tor £25.000,000 Treasury i ills was 65.060.000. The average ate per can. for Bills at three months ru 105. 8.09 d. against lla. 0 08d a mrelcu
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      MINING
      630 6 Issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Kvatt Exchange and Stock Brokers Singapore, Friday, Jan. 13, 5 p.m. l**ue Vai Mater Co lyaU Eratt Buy rs Sellers Buyers Sellers t/- Ampat nn 3/10'/ s 4/4>/ 2 3/9 4/3 H Asam Kumoans 26/9 27/9 26/- 28/£1 Austral -vUtav 43/-
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      GENERAL
      466 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.30 1.40 1.32> 2 140 2 2 do 'V 2 r Prets. 2 3s 2.45cd 2.37 2 45cd 10 10 Atlas Ice 5.50 6.50 5 50 6 00 1 1 B. M Broadcasting 0.50 0.60 0.50 1 60 10 5 B M. Trustee 875
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS
      260 6 Maynara Co. Ltd $30,000 Int Apr. SO Oct. 31 90 100 nom SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 5% 190) red 1940 $400,000 Int Mar 31 Sept. 30 iO2'/ a 103", nom 4fc% 1907 red 1947 $1,800,000 Int Mar 31 Sept. 30 108'/^ 110 nom *V 2 1W1£ red 1955 $1,000,000
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      RUBBER SHARES
      407 6 Frasei Co LyaU Evatt AJlenby Alor Gajah Amal Malay *yer Hltam Ayer Molek Ayer Panas 3assett Batu Untang Bedford Benta Borelll Brogas Brunei Un Bukit Katll Bukit K B Buklt Kepong Bukit Timah (J10) Jhangkat Serdaiij? Jonnemara Ulenealy Plaira.lo.ia Hamilton Paytor 'ndraglrl 'eram Kuantan (50 cts Jlrr.ah Kamasan
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    87 6 Friday, Jan. 13, Noon. No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loos«) 27!4 27?6 No. IX R.S.S. f.o.b. in cases January 27! 2 275« G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. /.o.b. in bales January 27' 27! i F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales January 2GU 26 3/83 /8 FUTURE QUOTATIONS No. IX R.S.S.
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    EXCHANGES
    174 6 Singapore, Friday, Jan. 13. s*l following are the exchange rates this morning according to the daily circular Issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Corporation SELLING London T.T. 2/3 13/16 London demand 2/3 13/16 Lyons demand 2047 Switzerland demand 239 Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54 Montreal demand
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    London Stock Exchange
    430 6 Prices Generally Lower London, Jan. 13. QN the Stock Exchange today, Friday v the 13th maintained its reputation for misfortune, prices practically in all groups being lowered owing to disappointment at the absenca of concrete dsvelopmsnts after the Rome talk:. At the same time the dullness was
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    NEW U.S. BILL TO CO-ORDINATE TRANSPORT
    96 6 Washington, Jan. 33. jytK. LEA. Chairman of the House l Interstate Commerce Committee, introduced a General Transportation Bill to assist railways to bring all inter-state freight rates under the lunsdlction of the Interstate Commerce Committee. The Bill seeks to permit, rather than the committee
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    GREAT BRITAIN'S EXPORT TRADE NEW POLICY PLANNED
    165 6 GREAT BRITAIN'S EXPORT TRADE NEW POLICY PLANNED London, Jan. IS. PROPOSALS for reviving British ex- ports are submitted in the report of the Association of the British Chambers of Commerce to the President of the Board of Trade and other Ministers. These include fuller use of the bargaining power of
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    SINGAPORE TRACTION EARNINGS LOWER
    94 6 Dividend Reduced By 2Vz Per Cent. From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 12. THE directors report of the Singapore Traction Co. Ltd. states that the net profit for the year ended Sept. last is £55,580 compared witli £65,926 in the preceding year. As announced in the
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    GREAT BRITAIN'S SUGAR REQUIREMENTS
    93 6 London, Jan. 12. A MEETING of the International Sugar Council opened in London for the purpose of considering the statistical position, following the agreenent signed in July last and estimates )f the world's requirements as a set-off igalnst world quotas. The position is complicated by a
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    LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE
    94 6 London. Jan. 12. The following were todays closing mean rates: Paris 177 25 64 Athens ..547'.; New York 4.67 Rio 3 v 9 Montreal 4.71 sellers on Brussels 27.61 >i Belgrade 209 Geneva ..20.66 'i Bucharest 660 Amsterdam 8,59* Buenos Aires 20 42 Milan 83% Montevideo L|«
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      1513 7 LUNAS RUBBER ANNUAL MEETING High-Priced Forward Contracts Now Completed REPLANTING TO BE RESTARTED: MANURING TO CONTINUE ADDRESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of Lunas Rubber Estates Ltd. in Singapore yesterday, Mr. A. Potts, the chairman, We profit for the year before payment cf directors 1 fees amounted to $57 *****.
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      THE ACCOUNTANCY PROFESSION
      419 7 Two Recognised Bodies To Amalgamate THERE are at present only lour accountancy bodies which have been accorded statutory recognition on an equal footing by Parliament. They are, the Chartered. Incorporated, Certified and Corporate bodies of accountants. Speaking of these bodies at the fifth International Congress on accountin?
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      QUARTERLY TIN-ORE PRODUCTION
      123 7 QUARTERLY TIN-ORE PRODUCTION Companies In Osborne Chappel Group THE fallowing returns of production of tin-ore by companies in the Osborne and Chappel group, refer to the last quarter of 1938 Quota in tin-ore ordinary BuHer stock piculs piculs Gopeng Consolidated 1.132 714 Rlmbutan -203 220 Kinta Tin Mines Idris Hydraulic
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      ANGLO-CZECH TALKS ON FINANCE
      66 7 London, Jan. 12. pvr POSPISIL, head of the CzechoL' Slovak Financial delegation In London called on Sir Frederick Leith Ross. Chief Economic Adviser to the British Government, at the Treasury ;oday. He had an Informal conversation preliminary to the resumption of formal talks on financial matters
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
      87 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Company Dividend nx. Southern KinU Mk% Int. less tax Takuapa 6d. Kl'BBEK Glenealy 5% GENEKAL. Alex. Brick Pref. 7Vi% C.T.S. Pref 3S% int. Hongkong Bk Books ClO£2 Dec. 28 Jan. 25 Jan. 13 Jan. 18 Jan. 35 Sftigapore, Jan. Date Ex. Div. Payable Date
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      CHINA'S FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      277 7 EXPORT PERMIT RULES ALTERED CERTAIN GOODS NOW EXEMPT Chungking. A NEW regulation has been pro- mulgated by the Control Government permitting the exportation of certain goods from those areas in China not occupied by Japanese troops, without the necessity of exporters first obtaining foreign exchange penr ts
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      CONGRESS OF CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE TO MEET
      78 7 King To Be Patron London, Jan. 12. HPHE King will be patron of the 15th Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire which will meet in London from July 17 to July 21. The Congress has been organised by the Federation
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      195 7 Singapore. Jan. 13, 12 noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler 7.50 Hamburg Cube $13.50 Java Cube $12.00 Pepper White Muntok $12.(5 White $1225 Black $900 Copra Mixed $305 Sun Dried $335 Sago Flour No. 1 Llngga $220 Fair $2.20 Sarawak $2.17'j Jelotong Palembang $7-50 Banja SB.OO Sarawak $8.00 Tapioca
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      25 7 Quarterly Rubber Returns IN the last quarter of 1S38 Narborough Rubber Estate harvested 141.037 lb. of rubber and Puslng Rubber and Tin harvested 68,861 lb.
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      210 7 PUBLIC NOTICES UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG. Temporary Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering. The Council will appoint a temporary lecturer in Mechanical Engineering with special qualifications in Thermo-Dynamics and in the design ol boilers, steam and oil engines. Candidates must hold a good British University qucliAcation. Pay— HK1400 a month. The appointment
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      202 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated In China by Special Charter). 12. Cecil Street, Singapore. Telephones: Manners Office M«* Asst Manager's Office 6143 Exchange Dept. «IM m General Office 5188-f Cable Address: "CnUNGKUO." Paid Up Capital Ch. 40.000.1)01) Reserve Funds in excess of Ch i 5.200.000 M Total Assets approximately Ch. 52.020.000.000.M
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      276 8 SEE A $1,000,000 WORTH OF ENTERTAINMENT IN 20TH CENTURY-FOX GAYEST ROMANTIC HIT OF THE YEAR! DAILY AT 11 A. M. 3.15, S.lf« 9.15 P. M. AtttAM|ftA nobody m WARNEHAXTER and the season's gayest I^^ rom.mtic hit is ututer WML S fatK M MARJORIE WEAVER W*W PETER LORRE WANT *m~ JEAN
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      307 8 MAKE ThIS YOUR BIG WEEK-END ENTERTAINMENT! Even "Romeo Juliet" Takings beaten Ni^ht after Nii£hl! CAPITOL 2 SHOWS DAILY 2.45 8.00 m* 9.30 p.m. never before. ..perhaps never again. ..a picture to equal /jyfl(r^s'*'<&%fflr f/~ Yea* 1 NORMA°SHEAR|i pr^ cc TYRONE POWOI HOURS 1 I „-^.Z* m 1 1 xo SHOW
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      275 8 BEST CAST OS I UK YEAR, IN ONE OF TFIK MOST I MLIMAINING PICTURES OF MANY YF\RV! PAVILION 3.15 s.is 9.15 TODAY JANET GAVNCK DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS. JR PAULETTE GOOO«&P ■ASltrliBtru" "tfrtttRnwn- i« f K V TTERE comes the Ou-lrlouFimilv. Bt fl atream linoil Ali B»b««.. cvu.ling |iS Cbarm and a
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    "JONES FAMILY" IN TROUBLE IN PARIS
    269 9 Entertainment Review .By Straits Times Film Correspondent THE "Jones Family," one of Hollywood's homespunnest and most human contributions to film entertainment will be seen at the Alhambra next week. This time the group appears in "A Trip To Paris." Advance reviewers have declared this
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    Quadrangle Affair For A Change
    229 9 Quadrangle Affair For A Change AN unusual and infrequent page from mo<#,rn life is the feature of Three Loves Has Nancy," starring Janet Gaynor and Robert Montgomery and Franchot Tone, which comes to the Pavilion next change. It is dedicated to the comedy resulting from a "quadrangle" instead oi the
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    CRAZY COMICS HERE AGAIN
    287 9 ABSENT from the screen for more than a year, the Marx Brothers make a return in what has been described as their funniest film to date, "Room Service" at the Capitol next week. Adapted from the comedy which had New York audiences laughing for more than
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    "ESCAPE ME NEVER" ON TONIGHT
    112 9 "ESCAPE ME NEVER" ON TONIGHT REPEAT performance of "Escape Me Never" will be put on at the Victoria Theatre tonight by the Singapore Repertory Company which did so well with the piece a month ago For this production ther3 are a few alterations in the cast owing to the absence
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    Charity Show For Jewish Refugees
    149 9 Charity Show For Jewish Refugees FE Governor, Sir Shent:n Thomas with Major-Gensral W. G. S. Dobbie, G.0.C., Malaya, will be present at the showing of "The House of Rothschild." which Is being put on at the Capitol on Tuesday to aid the Singapore Jewish Refugee Fund. The film siars Gesrge
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY
    72 9 CINEMAS. Capitol: "Marie Antoinette." Albambra: "111 Give a Million.' PaTillon: "The Young ol Heart." Roxt: "Tovarlch." Marlboroucb Bhaktha-TurandardßS." Theatre Royal: "Junslc-Ka-Jaian." Sun Damaged Lives. Empire Tim Tyler's Luck." DANCING. Raffles Hotel Dinner dance (iur.nal) 9.30 to midnight vaudeville The Prestoru, rollar-skatlng act. New World Cabaret Dancing S.3o—
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    672 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE STURDAY.JAN.14,1939. WHAT GERMANY WANTS Not all German propaganda is of the Goebbels variety. Some of it is moderate in tone and extremely well-reasoned. In the subsidised uews services which are made available in a great number of counirier, including parts of the British Empire, there Is
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    287 10 six Dutch Cruisers It is very good news that Holland has decided to build six 8,000-ton cruisers for her navy In Netherlands Indian waters. The magnitude of this financial effort, for such a small country, needs no emphasis. It means that the number of Dutch cruisers In the East will
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    Johore Architect
    17 10 Mr. C. W. A. Inglli. Assistant Architect. S.S., has been seconded for servke in Johore.
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    Mr. B. J. K. Barton
    31 10 Mr B. J. R. Barton has been re- appointed an Unofflc al Member of tho Johore Co incll of State for anoth r I two years.
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    WHEN CHINA IS STRONG
    422 10 Future Ties With Straits-Born SOME PREDICTIONS To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Lately controversies have arlser over the questlor of to which lountrj should we, the Straits Chinese, give our first allegiance— Malaya or China Anyone other than those Straits-born Chinese dlehards who have
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    233 10 "EURASIAN FUTURE" Escaping Condescension And Insult To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— I crave a little space to reply to your correspondent, "Eurasian Woman," to point out her mistake, when she writes Stand In the Eurasian's shoes and there will perhaps be a greater display of sympathy No
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    FIREMEN HALTED
    106 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l shall thank you for inserting this letter in your much-read daily. The other day I witnessed two flreengines speeding towards Tanglin. I was always given to understand that traffic must make way for these engines, and rightly so for
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    IN THE ARAB WORLD
    572 10 An Eastern Bookshelf Able Survey By A Palestinian "The Arab Awakening." By George Antonius. (Hamisb Hamilton. 15s. net.) IN the opening chapter Mr. Antonius defines the connotation of the word Arab." It is no longer used to denote a member of the nomad tribes of Arabia,
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    Selling A Slice Of Johore
    227 10 Ninety Years Ago I From the Straits Times flies of 1848). THE present Sultan of Johore, who Is at present at Malacca, has been lately treating with various parties foi the sale of a portion of his territories. His first negotiations were with Mr. Tocksing,
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    769 10 Duma- Mi... I ONU before Singapore bccUM (lie greatest rubber port In thj vorld there was a vigorous trade In "Straits produce" In this city, and one o". the principal classes of that produce ca.w* into the public eye last Thursday nftrrnoon, when there was a
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    JOINT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED ON THE ROME TALKS
    500 11 Anglo-Italian Pact Aims Reaffirmed PRIME MINISTER MAY ATTEND PRESS RECEPTION TODAY Frank Exchange Of Views Has Cleared Atmosphere MR CHAMBERLAIN and Signor Mussolini met briefly last night to agree on the text of the formal communique regardine the conversations, which is as follows:
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    DISAPPOINTMENT ON STOCK EXCHANGE
    105 11 Hcme Talk- Rouse Little Enthusiasm London. Jan. 13. Chamberlain's r ms tallu ..ave railed to arouse t ituiasn in c;c> eireles. Although nation Is conered necessary cefore a final ass:ssment. the immediate reaction was dis■ppfiintwfnt. which was reflected in the quiet general downurift of Stock Ez
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    U.S. FLEET CROSSES PANAMA CANAL
    74 11 Ba.bca Panama I Jan. 13. HPHE aircraft-carriers Lexington and md Ranger anchored In Panama Bay this morning, heading the main body of the United States Fleet, which Is due to pa3s through the Canal today to participate in the Atlantic manoeuvres. AH commercial traffic in
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    PREMIER AT VATICAN
    366 11 Mr. Chamberlain I Sees The Pope Rome, Jan. 13. WR. Cl.amberlain, after a late 11 night at the opera, and troubl- 1 ed with a slight cold, early this j morning drove to the Vatican and had an audience with the Pope. Owing to the shart time
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    ITALIANS MASSING AFRICAN TROOPS?
    77 11 Djibouti, Jan. 13. According to reports received here. there have been large concentrations of Italian troops at places close to the frontiers of French and British Somallland. Places mentioned are Mordale, Jaleto and Sardo near Hadele and Gube. Many natives of the Province or Harar are
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    SETBACK FOR ROOSEVELT
    81 11 Sum For W.P.A. Pruned Down Washington, Jan. 13. 'THE Administration suffered a dc1 feat in the first legislative test of the newly-elected Congress when the House of Representatives refused the full sum requested for work relief. President Roosevelt had requested $875,000,000 to keep the Works Progress Administration
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    Republicans In New Drive
    234 11 Republicans In New Drive Nationalists Menaced In Two Sectors Barcelona, Jan. 13. REPUBLICAN troops pushing south-east of the Estremadura front are reported to be less than 20 miles from the Nationalist stronghold of Cordoba. It Is stated they are nearlng Villa Victosa, a a important road Junction. Meanwhile the Repub
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    BRITISH DELEGATES TO
    67 11 LEAGUE COUNCIL London, Jan. H. The Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. R. A. Butler, left London today for Geneva U connection with the session of the League of Nations Council opening on Monday. Lord Halifax will reach Geneva tonight from Rome and will attend th 3
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    TRINIDAD BANS CENTRAL EUROPEAN REFUGEES
    72 11 Port of Spain, Jan. 12. OWING to the growing influx of Jewish refugees into Trinidad, Immigration of Central European refugees Is banned after Jan. 15 by special proclamation of the Governor and Executive Council. The order applies to all countries south of Belgium and east
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    Chinese Bid To Buy Czech Anns Works
    131 11 Chinese Bid To Buy Czech Anns Works Berlin, Jan. U. FE Chinese Government is greatly interested in the sale of the Czech armament works at Brunn, according to* the Prague correspondent of the Berliner Tageblatt. He says that when the first news of the Intended sale by the Czech Government
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    UNREST SPREADING IN BURMA
    106 11 Government Dockyard Workers Strike Rangoon, Jan. 14. TNREST which has prevailed in Burma since the rtart ol the civil disobedience campaign has spread to the Government dockyard, where workers have struck, and a general dockyard strike is threatened. There are now 5,000 strikers In tho city,
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    WHEAT CONTROL SCHEME TO BE CONSIDERED
    46 11 London, Jan. 13. I"HE recommendation to convene an international conference for thr purpose of framing an effective wheat control scheme Is the principal recommendation of reports adopted at the final session of the meetings of thr wheat advisory committee.— Renter.
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    TREATMENT OF AMERICAN CITIZENS IN GERMANY
    221 11 Berlin, Jan. 14. THE recent exchange ol notes 1 between the United States and Germany on the treatment of American citizens in Germany in connection with the anti-Jewish laws reyeals that Germany denies the right of interference in the internal affairs of the Reich.
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    London Reaction To Anti-Dutch Threats
    461 11 GREAT BRITAIN'S TIES WITH HOLLAND London, Jan, 14. THE present German anti-Netherlands campaign is not disturbing official circles in London, says Ueuter's diplomatic correspondent. Rumours of Hitler's next attack are widely spread, and Ku mania, the Ukraine, Poland, Memel, Danzig, Holland and Belgium have been
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    ENEMIES OF COMINTERN
    171 11 Hungary Joins Anti-Rod Pact Berlin* .Ihu. IS. jJUNUARY's acceptance ot the invitation extended by Gutmany. Italy and Japan, to join thp Anti-Comintern Pad is officially announced tonight. It lias been received In Berlin with the utmost maMfloatlon. The newspaper Nachtausgnbc wiii. "He who Joins the Anti-Comintern Paei
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    SURRENDER OF 21.000 GUERILLAS?
    69 11 SURRENDER OF 21.000 GUERILLAS? GUERILLAS? Tokio. Jan. 14 Chinese Irregulars numbering 20.000 have surrendered to ttl Japanese at Kianghslen, on the southern section of the Shanst railway, according to Japanese report.: from Talyuan. capital of Shansi. It is claimed that a further 1.000 Irregulars ht.ve Riven themspUf; up In Anylhslen.
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    20 11 New York, Jan. 14. JANET CJAYNOR and Gilbert Adriar, a Hollywood costumier, admit they are engaged to be married. —R*uter.
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    DISUNITY OF MALAYAN INDIANS CRITICISED
    790 12 Pandit Kunzru Stresses Need For Better Education FULL CITIZENSHIP CLAIMED FOR COMMUNITY IN F. M. S. PLAIN .speaking characterised an address by Pandit 1 Hridayanath Kunzru before a big gathering of Indians yesterday at the Victoria Me uorial Hall. He criticised the lack of unity
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    109 12 DOINTS from Pandit Kunzru's speech: Not wealth, nor employment in Government services, but education would be the most potent factor in raising the status of Indians. If Indians setk their fortunes in this country, it is necessary for them to devote a portion of their ncalth to the
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    Selangor Prince On Ruler's Coronation
    108 12 Selangor Prince On Ruler's Coronation (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 13. TTUNGKU Kelana Jaya Petra, eldest brother of the Sultan of Selangor. and former Crown Prince. in a foreword to a Malay Coronation souvenir to be published at tbc commencement of the Coronation celebrations on Jan. 22, writes
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    Johore Military Adviser Leaves
    62 12 Lt.-Col D. M. Noyes-Lcwis (right: who has u^lcd as Military Adviser and Chief Instructor to the Johorc Military Forces for seven years, being farcwelled by Major Dato Awang bin Omar, Staff Officer, and Capt. H. D. Oclee, Adjutant Instructor, Johon Military Forces, when he sailed yesterday
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    Sergeant Exonerated From Blame In Car Crash
    263 12 THE Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday returned a verdict of death by misadventure at an inquiry into the death of a blind, middle-aged Chinese bone-setter, who died as the result of injuries in the early hours of Jan. 8, when he
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    KUALA LUMPUR PACKED
    108 12 Visitors For Cup Final Rally (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. PEOPLE from all over Malaya are arriving in Kuala Lumpur for the Malaya Cup Rugby football final and the Automobile Association of Malaya motor rally today. Although many of the visitors are staying with friends
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    TOOK POCKET BOOK AS HE WAS HUNGRY
    120 12 1 ASKED the complainant for ten cents and when he refused I took his pocket book. I had been without food for two days and was very hungry." That was what an elderly Chinese told the Singapore Second Police Magistrate, Mr. Conrad Oldham,
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    HONG KONG BANK CHIEF DIVORCED
    64 12 I ADY MINNIE DORIS GRAYBURN, new living at Gcrrards Cross, Bucks., has been granted a decree nisi. She accused her husband. Sir Vandeleur Graybum, of desertion ana the suit was undefended. Sir Vandeleur, who is 58 years of age, Ls clii2f manager of the Hong
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    KRIS FOR SELANGOR'S SULTAN
    60 12 From Our Own Correspondent.) Kua'a Lumpur. Jan. 13. THE Persatuan Melayu (Malay Association) of Selangor has ordered a kris for presentation to Sultari A'.am Shah at His Highness Coronation it Klang on Jan. 26. As all Selang:r's Malay craftsmen are engaged on the preparations fcr the
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    22 12 The day o the Coronation of H.H. the Sultan of Se":angor, Jan. 26, has been declared a public holiday In the State.
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    Archbishop Of Sidney Here
    81 12 The Archbishop of Sydney, the Most Rev. H. W. K. Mow II (right) who arrived at Singapore by the P. and O. Ranchi yesterday with the Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. B. C. Roberts, with whom he will stay in Singapore. The Archbishop, who is
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    EAST COAST RAILWAY OPEN BY TUESDAY?
    279 12 Bad Floods In Coast Areas Of Kelantan (From A Special Correspondent) Kota Bahru (Kelantan) Jan. 13. COLLOWING heavy monsoonal rain, the coast area is 1 still badly flooded but the level of the river is falling again at Kuala Krai. Repairs to the railway
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    MERSING ROAD FLOODED
    59 12 I THE road from Kota Tinggi to MersI ing is impassable today. b;:ng Hooded beyond Kota Tinggi, and the water is still rising. This warning is published by the Slngaporee branch of the A.A M., which adds that the same probably applies to the road from Kluang
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    GRAND COMEDY AND SOME MORALISING
    240 12 i At The Cinema "The Young In Heart" At The Pavilion "The Younc In Heart" (Roland Young. Janet Gay nor, Douglas Fairbanks, Jnr., Paulette Goddard i and Billie Burke) SelznicK Interi national. At the Pavilion. i THERE is some really fine comedy In this story
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    TOOK CAR BELONGING TO EUROPEAN
    183 12 AN elderly lorry driver, Ng Sim Poo, charged In the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday with criminal i misappropriation of a $2,000 motor car I belonging to a European, Mr. I. Camer- on of the Chartered Bank, was bound over for six months in asum
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    SELETAR FLEET AIR ARM OFFICER ENGAGED
    60 12 I THE engagement is announcad of j 1 Miss Sheila McDonnell, elder i daughter of Capt. and Mrs. J. E. j McDonnell, of Singapore and Hull, to Lieut.-Commander J. O. Mansell, Officer in-Charge, Fleet Air Arm, i Singapore, younger son of Lady Mansell and
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    I.S.P. CHAIRMAN RETIRING
    216 12 Mr.W. Leggatt's Six Years URGES YOUNG MEN TO STUDY (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 14. A RECENT questionnaire among Malayan planters revealed that agency houses are putting Europeans in charge of bigger and bigger units, declared Mr. W. Leggatt presiding at the annual general meeting
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    CANADIAN FIRMS ARMS CONTRACTS
    106 12 Judge's Suggestion For Revised Procedure Ottawa. Jan. 14. A RECOMMENDATION that the pur- chase of munitions and armaments shou!d be taken from the hands of the Department of National Defence and entrusted to a tjroup of experts and competent businessmen Is contained in a report by
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    NEW SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MALAYS
    85 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 13 A PUBLIC meeting will be held under the auspices of the Persatuan Melayu (Malay Association) Selangor at the Sultan Suleiman Club in Kuala Lumpur at 10 a.m. on Sunday to discuss the inauguration of scholarships to be named
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    13 12 Mr. N. Jcnes, M.C.S., has been appointed Official Administrator and Public Trustee, F.M.S.
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    29 13 Mr. 11. V. C. Thorby, Australian Minitter for Works and Civil Aviation, nho arrived at Singapore f>;/ Qantas Empire iiying-boat to -tudy the island's defence icorks. Straits Times picture.
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    From Apprentice To Squadron Leader
    182 13 From Apprentice To Squadron Leader LOCAL OFFICERS PROMOTION i From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 2. D".HIND the announcement, in j today's R.A.F. half-yearly pro- j motion list that Flt.-Lt. N.C.S. Ruttcr, at present stationed in Singapore, has been appointed a >quadion-leader (a rank equivalent to an Army major or
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    SIR J. BAGNALL'S COUNCIL APPOINTMENT
    83 13 j Government Gazette last night It was notified that an instrument has been passed under the public seal of the Colony reappointing Sir John Bagna!! to tr. provisionally an Unofficla: Member Of the Executive Council of the Straits Setfements for a further period of two
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    25 13 The Standard Vacuum Oil Company issued invitations to attend the Id Dim entitled the "Inside Story of Correct Lubrication' Ken Alhambra theatre on Wedne i
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    AUSTRALIAN MINISTER HERE TO STUDY ISLAND DEFENCES
    537 13 Singapore Should Be Able Tci Teach Canberra Much WHOLE COMMONWEALTH BEHIND GREAT DEFENCE PROGRAMME "SINGAPORE should be able to teach Australia much in the carrying out of the Commonwealth's huge defence programme,*" Mr. H. V. C. Thorby, Minister for Works and Civil Aviation
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    66 13 THREE CHINESE WOMEN CHARGED APPEARING before Mr. K. A Blacker, yesterday, in the Singapore Fourth j Police Court, three Cantonese women, j Yue Tai. Tham Yang and Chan Ah Ho, were charged with bringing Into the Colony a girl, under 21 years of age. for the purpose of prostitution. Accused
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    ALLEGED TO HAVE KEPT BROTHEL
    71 13 KIKU SEBALA, a 43- year-old Japanese woman, appeared before Mr. K. A. Blacker, in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, on a charge of keeping a brothel at the S.S. Hotel in Owen Road and, secondly, failing to enter the description and details of the
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    830,000 CLUBHOUSE FOR PENANG INDIAN ASSN.
    428 13 830,000 CLUBHOUSE FOR PENANG INDIAN ASSN. Th? .Straits limes lruuan Correspondent DLANS are w 11 advanced for new clubhouse for the Penan,' Indian Association, which Ul estimated to cost ?30,000. While mest of the Indian Associations in the F.M.S. possess their own buildings and playgrounds, the Indian Associations in each
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    SAW MAN'S HEAD CUT OFF, DECLARES WITNESS
    620 13 Court Story Of Killing On Perak Rubber Estate (From Our Own Correspondent.) Teluk Anson, Jan. 12. HOW he allegedly watched two Indians hold a man and collect the blood in a bucket while a third hacked at his head with a knife was
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    10,000 On Relief Work In Kinta Valley
    199 13 10,000 On Relief Work In Kin ta Valley LITTLE SIGN <>l IMPROVEMENT (From Our n> n Ooi n spondent] Ipoh. Jan. 13 The unemployment situation in Kinta has become worse during the past trw weeks. Tin official figures reveal that more than 9.500 unemployed labourers have been taken on relief
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    EURASIAN FINED FOR BREACH OF TRUST
    86 13 /> V. Pennyfathcr. a Eurasian, wii was convicted on a chai criminal breach of trust, was fined $10 or. in default, five days' rl [orous i n prisonment. by Mr X A Blacker, in the Singapore Fourth Police Court, yesterday. Accused was also "ni
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    SIN CHEW JIT POH'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY
    34 13 THE 10th anniversary nf Sin Ch( Jit Poh will be celebrated at an "At Home"' at the premises of th paper at 128. R>binson Road o'clock totiorrow m'irni,i2
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    33 13 Mr. Thorby and his private m will leave Bali by K N.I L.M plane ff>. Darwin on Jan. 2R Mrs Thorby nn'i her two daughters return to Australia by K.P.M. steamer, leaving n
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    CHINESE SUCCESSES HALT NORTH-WEST INVASION
    198 14 Likely Also To Influence War In Central And South China Chungking, Jan. 13. SUCCESSES which the Chinese claim against the Japanese forces in West Shansi are regarded as most significant by Chinese circles here. Chinese dispatches claim that the Japanese forces on the Tungpu Railway
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    CHINA POLICY IS UNCHANGED
    286 14 'Japan Will Redouble Her Efforts" Tokio. Jan. 13. TTHE Cabinet change will not j afreet Japan's fundamental! policy to deal with the China mci- dent, fixed by the Konoye Cabinet; and approved by the Emperor." trie Prime Minister, Baron Hiramima, said to newspaper correspondents. "The Government."
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    ADVISERS TO TOKIO FINANCE MINISTRY
    46 14 Mr. Seihin Ikeda, retired Minister of Finance of the Konoye Cabinet, and Mr. Norihiko Yashiro, President of the Sumitomo Bank, have been appointed advisers to the Finance Ministry. The Sumitomo Bank is one of the big five In Japan —Eastern News.
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    FRANCO-JAPANESE DISPUTE
    72 14 Hankow. Jan. ]3A DISPUTE has arisen between ihe French Consular authorities and the Japanese military over the refusal by the French Consul to hand over ten Chinese who are wanted by the Japanese. The French Consul insists the charges must first be presented. The men were arrested on
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    ECHO OF "ROASTED" CONVICTS CASE
    84 14 Philadelphia, Jan. 13. j THE deputy warden of Philadelphia county Gaol, Frank A. Craven, has been convicted of involuntary man- j slaughter in connection with the death of one oat of the four "roasted" convicts, whose naked, battered and disfigured bodies were found In their
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    FRANCO ENVOY DID NOT MEET CHAMBERLAIN
    65 14 Rome, Jan. 12. DOCTOR CONDE, Nationalist Spain's Ambassador in Rome, visited Count Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister, after the Count had received Herr von Mackensen, the German Ambassador. Dr. Conde did not see Mr. Chamberlain when he called later at the Villa Madama. where the
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    39 14 I Klr.-j Farznk's forthcoming visit to Britain at the beginning of this summer have begun in London, according to the Evening Standard. The king will be accompanied by Queen Farida, and the royal couple will stop over in Paris.
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    U.S.A. Can Make 5,500 Planes
    115 14 1939 PRODUCTION FORECAST Washington, Jan. 13. THE American aircraft industry produced 1,800 military planes in 1938 and can produce 5,500 in 1939, according to a statement issued here by the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce following President Roosevelt's defence message. The statement says that, contrary j
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    "France Not Yielding To Threats Of Force"
    90 14 "France Not Yielding To Threats Of Force" Paris, Jan. 13. "IX Rome there is an old man to whom our spontaneous homage goes," said M. Herriot, President of the Chamber, daring the formal opening of the parliamentary session, referring to Mr. Chamberlain. Loud applause greeted these remarks. M. Herriot thanked
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    THE ONLY BARRICADE AGAINST FORCE
    110 14 M. Reynaud On Solidarity Of Democracies Paris. Jan. 13. '•THE recovery of France is of interest to all democracies because their solidarity is the only barricade preventing brute force from being let loose again," declared M. Reynaud, the Finance Minister, broadcasting to Great Britain and
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    BUSH FIRES MENACE HOLIDAY RESORT
    41 14 Melbourne, Jan. 13. Healesville, a crowded holiday resort 39 miles from Melbourne, is in grave danger from busCi fires, which have flared up again as a result of the hottest weather so far this summer. Reuter.
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    VATICAN TRIBUTE TO PREMIER
    75 14 Rome, Jan. 13. PI a leading article on the eve of the visit of Mr. Neville Chamberlain and Lord Halifax to the Pope, Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, declares the visit of the illustrious representatives of one of the most powerful nations in the world to
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    NEW VAST REGION FOR AMERICA
    177 14 Explorer's Claim In The Antarctic New York, Jan. 13 FIGHTY thousand square miles of country never before seen by human eye has been added to the known area of the world's surface," says the American explorer, Lieut. Com. Lincoln Ellsworth in a dispatch to the
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    DR. SCHACHT'S PLAN FOR REICH JEWS
    121 14 Many Points Require Elucidation Berlin, Jan. 13. IT is understood a great deal of ground was covered at the meeting between Mr. G. Rublee, director of the Evian Refugee Committee, and Dr. Schacht. president of the Reichsbank. Points in Dr. Schacht's plan requiring elucidation
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    PROTECTION OF THE PANAMA CANAL
    149 14 London, Jan. 13. "CMPHASIS on the necessity of protecting the Panama Canal is the outstanding feature of President Roosevelt's defence programme," says The Times. The Times adds, "By giving this full statement on the urgent immediate needs of national defence the President fulfilled the promise
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    GEN. SMUTS WARNS AGAINST S. AFRICAN NEUTRALITY
    168 14 Standerton (Transvaal), Jan. 13. AN outspoken criticism of advocates of neutrality was voiced by Gen. J. C. Smuts, Minister of Justice, speaking to his constituents. Referring to the "dangerous international situation" and the widening gap between the Ideologies of Fascism and the Democracies,
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    REICH DEFENCE EXPERT ON CHINA CONFLICT LESSONS
    492 14 Utters Warning Against Theory Of "Lightning War" Berlin, Jan. 12. MAJOR-GEN. Thomas, chief of the economic section* of the Reich War Ministry, in an address in Weimar, issued a solemn warning against the increasingly frequent use of the word Blitzkrieg lightning war." He
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    COURT FINDS GERMAN GUILTY OF ESPIONAGE
    120 14 Second Decision In Panama Spy Trial Panama, Jan. 13. PRNST KUHRIG, one of the four Germans who were -it restjd by t*ie military authorities on a charge of espionage, was to- y found guilty by a jury which deliberated for seven hours. Two of
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    IS IT PEACE OR TRUCE IN . TRAVANCORE ?
    273 15 IS IT PEACE OR TRUCE IN TRAVANCORE State Withdraws Prosecution Against Memorialists Trivandrum, Jan. 6. THE curtain was rung down yesterday on a matter engrossing public attention ever since the State Congress agitation betran by the withdrawal of the prosecution launched by the Government against the signatories to the memorandum
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    EARTHQUAKE ROCKS QUETTA AGAIN
    34 15 EARTHQUAKE ROCKS QU ETTA AGAIN Quetta, Jan. 6. A:< earthquake shock of considerable intojisity, but small duration, rcck.td Quetta this morning at 4.43. There was no loss of life or damagp tii nmw rtv
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    FLYING UNION JACK OVER LEGISLATURE
    76 15 Lucknow, Jan. 5. rE Union Jack flown over the Legislative Council Chamber during the sittings of th e Assembly was the subject of a number of questions in the Assembly Premier Pant answering the questions said that the flag was flown over the Hous e
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      Chinese Temple In Calcutta
      117 15 First Of Its Kind In India Calcutta, Jan. 7. A CHINESE Buddhist the first of its kind in India, will soon adorn Sarnath, the holy place of Buddhists. The laying of the foundation stone of the temple will be performed by Mr. T. C. Feng, Chinese
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      MARRIAGE NOT A VOCATION
      421 15 Mrs. Mehla's Plea For Women's Education Bombay, (By Mail). TPHE importance of co-education 1 was stressed by Mrs. Hansa Mehta, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education, Bombay, addressing a special session of the fourteenth session of the All-India Educational Conference this week. Mrs. Mehta observed
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      VICEROY'S ARRIVAL IN COCHIN Procession To Palace With Maharajah
      121 15 VICEROY'S ARRIVAL IN COCHIN Procession To Palace With Maharajah Ernakulam, Jan. 8. THE Viceroy and Lady Linlithgow arrived at Ernakulam by special train yesterday morning, accompanied by their daughters. Lady Anne Hope. Lady Joan Hope and Lady Doreen Hop; and their staff. Their Excellencies were received at Ernakulam station by
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      HINDU-MUSLIM AGREEMENT?
      130 15 Calcutta. Jan. IS. POLITICAL circles in close touch with the Congress party are inclined to attach the greatest importance to the draft of a new Indian federal constitution Just completed by Mahatma Gandhi. The constitution enacted by British Parliament after discussions and consultations with many representatives from India
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      "No Split In Our Cabinet"
      395 15 Premier Condemns I Press Tacties Madras, (By Mail.) A SSOCIATIONS, old as well as new, are entitled to call upon j people to press their opinions, or to organise for any cause and not, rest < content with the Congress or the Ministry. But this
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    GREATER SELF-CONFIDENCE AMONG PEOPLE
    1013 15 GREATER SELF-CONFIDENCE AMONG PEOPLE British Woman Pacifist On Qfew Outlook In China India Madras (By Mail I "Whereas I used to think of [ndia as the saddest country in the world, burdened by poverty, untouchability, and subservience to an alien race, for the last year or two I have found
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    NAVAL HEADQUARTERS REMOVED TO DELHI
    70 15 r Bom Maval headquarters In Ind In Bombay since their ..stabish mrnt have now been removed I i N< Delhi, where they will remain until th. i .Simlr. f when they w:ii r> The reason lor 'ocatlnj th i I Is that, they mnv 1
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      139 15 m THEM lAO MWS FROM MUN C DCT AND TO TOP IT ALL THIS TOOTH I IV J I BEGAN TO ACHf. SO I WENT TO MmW9t THE DENTIST. HE PULLED THE Is c T k.A V 9Wmt yes. philim tooth and then said... L 3 I |Y| I LOVI
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    LOSS OF WEIGHT STOPPED IN 3 WEEKS !
    257 16 LOSS OF WEIGHT STOPPED IN 3 WEEKS This Woman Recaptured Perfect Health. If you want to put on flesh, the easiest, quickest, pleasantest way, do as so many people throughout Malaya are doinc;. Simply take two tiny, tasteless, flesh-forming tablets after each meal and see how quickly you will put
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    CHINA'S FIRST WARTIME RAILWAY COMPLETED
    610 16 Notable Achievement Of Volunteer Workers In Hinterland Kweihn (Kwangsi). 5 ANE of the many concrete examples of China's sta- t mina and resourcefulness in i the face of the life-or-death struggle with Japan is the fact s that the 354-kilometre Hunani Kwangsi Railway, linking I
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    PREMIER IS CABINET'S OLDEST MEMBER Tokio Finance Minister The Youngest
    226 16 PREMIER IS CABINET'S OLDEST MEMBER Tokio Finance Minister The Youngest Tokio. THE average age of members of the i new Japanese Cabinet is 57. The oldest member is the Premier Baron Dr. Hiranuma, who is 72 years old, and the youngest are Prince Konoye. President of the Privy Council and
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    ROYAL SCOTS LEAVE
    50 16 Haifa. Jan. 12. THE Ist. Bn. The Royal Scots em- barked for Southampton yesterday after a year's service in Palestine. During that period 14 officers and men were killed and 43 wounded. The 2nd. Bn. The Queen's Royals which is relieving the Royal Scots, has arrived Reuter.
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    Chinese Art At U. S. Exhibition
    257 16 San Francisco, California. MASTERPIECES of ancient Chin- ese art, some 3,000 years old, will have a prominent part in the Pacific Cultures Division of the I $20,000,000 Fine Arts exhibit at the *****1 1939 Golden Gate International i Exposition on Treasure Island in San
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    SWISS DANCERS ACTIVITIES
    178 16 New Anti-Tank Weapon Report MANY legends, some of them fanjITIj IT1 tastlc in the extreme, are being woven around the former cabaret j dr.ncer, Virginia Capt, who was arrestI ed at Geneva recently on suspicion of espionage for various foreign Powers. including Italy. j At the moment
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    IRISH REPUBLICANS TO BE INTERNED
    85 16 London, Jan. 11. IT is understood 34 Republicans who were recently rounded up in Northern Ireland are to be interned. Sir Dawson Bate?, Minister for Home Affairs, at the time of the round-up stated the police had discovered a plot against the safety of well-known
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    COURT'S DECISION IN CLAN DISPUTE
    457 16 Girl May Bear Arms Of A Chieftain CINAL judgment on the claim of a 19-year-old girl to bear the arms of her father, who was chieftain of the Macleans of Ardgour, was given at Edinburgh recently by the Lord Lyon King-of-Arms, Sir Francis Grant. The
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    No More 4.5 Inch A.A. Guns To Be Made
    126 16 London" Jan. 12. IN a War Office staterr.:nt issued in reply to comments on the production of 4.5 inch anti-aircraft guns, it is mentioned that no further orders for these guns are being placed at present. The statement explains that these
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    54 16 A New York report says that the three surviving brothers of Donald Coster pleaded guilty in the Federal Court to charges or violating the Securities Act, sentence being postponed to Feb. 6. Donald Coster (formerly Donald Muscia an ex-convict, killed himself when police came to I arrest him for failing:
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    GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE POPE'S SUCCESSOR
    495 16 Holy Fath r To Define Vatican's Policy Toward Nazis JJUIDING principles for his v successor on the chair .of St. Peter are to be prepared by the Pope. This is behind his desire to escape from the ceremonies of Rome to the peace of
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    £20,000 Bequest For "Lifelong Friend '
    114 16 £20,000 Bequest For "Lifelong Friend jyiIDDLE-AGED housekeeper Mrs. Blanche Mayor, inherits nearly £20,000 under the will of the late Mr. Frederick Jackson, head of a Maijchejter firm of laboratory furnishers. Mr. Jackson died last September, aged 75 years, worth £31,165. all of which he left to "my friend Blanche Mayor,"
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    SPANISH UNIONISTS' PLEA TO THE T.U.C.
    84 16 S London. Jan. 12. PANIt.H trade unionists, according to the Spanish Drcsi agency report I from Barcelona, have appealed to the British Trade Union Congress, saying. "In ihis hour, decisiv.- both for our cause and for world dimccracy we I trust the British trade
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    EXILED CHIEFS CONFER WITH GRAND MUFTI
    46 16 Beirut, Jan. 12. yHE five exiled Palestine Arab chiefs arrived rrom Seychelles and went immediately to confer witl. the Grand Mufti and other members of the Arab committee on the choice of delegates to t'..-. London conference on Pa^stlne. —Reuter.
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      126 16 A MOTHER A BRIDE I IN SINGAPORE IN PENANG I WHAT A YES, WE KEEP NOW THAT WE'RE PRETTY HIM HEALTHY MARRIED r £*j I BABY. I WITH QUAKER I'M GOING \h\ AND HE I OATS. IT'S WON- TO GIVE YOU A Jf /jifa LOOKS SO I DERFULHOWIT QUAKER Xlf^L
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    THE CHOICE OF PLANTING MATERIAL
    2166 17 "I AM loaking 20 years ahead and not discussing present da> work. I have as much evidence I am correct as the K.U.I. has that lam incorrect and so far there is no evidence to the contrary." My considered opinion is that clonal seed will
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    Planting* topics
    516 17 Planting* topics without those risks which hitherto it car.- j not be denied have always been present when using budgrafted material. "We contend that even with ordinary unselccted seed given proper cultivation, there are areas to be found in Malaya today securing yields ranging from 750 lb. to 1000 lb.
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    DIETHELM'S PLANTERS DIARY
    121 17 INSTATE managers have become ac- customed to receiving a copy of Diethelm's Planters Diary every year. This year the diary appears in a new, and much Improved, get-up. It contains much information that the planter is likely to need, particularly regarding factory procedure. It also contains statistical
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      236 17 ESTATE FACTORY SUPPLIES Like the SCALES on a fish but a thousand times smaller The thin armour plating of the fish's scales is the best protection that Nature can evolve for the purpose. It is effective because of its smooth surface and the overlapping of all its tiny armour plates.
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    RECREATION CLUB PLAY WELL TO BEAT CHINESE
    398 18 Four Goals Margin In Padang Hockey THE Recreation Club gave a fine exhibition of hockey to beat the Chinese by four goals to nil skilful the padang yesterday. The last time these two teams played the Chinese won one-nil. They defended surejy and
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    CEYLONESE BEAT KHALSA
    337 18 HTHE Khalsa Association lost to the Ceylonese by two goals to nil in a game of hockey played on the Khalsa ground yesterday. The winners had tha advantage in that the Khalsa were two men short. There was never any serious compatition between the s-idss, although the
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    54 18 foit ori'lcs tno uovtrnsne Office* Sldo The plan, reproduced above shews the szclicn? vhich wi'l be used for today's broadcast of the Malaya Cup ***** final from Kua a Lumpur. The commentatcr will be stationed on the Pest Office verandah and ths broadcast will be pickzd vp at 4.50 p.m.
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    FRISCO K. O. PARSONS IN FIRST ROUND
    153 18 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 14. VOt-'NG Frisco scored a sansational win ever Butch Parsons, of the Navy, when he wen en a knock out before the fight w«s two minutes in progress. It was an abrupt ending to a battle
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    WOMEN'S HOCKEY
    70 18 Selangor women are to be risked to keep to the date fixed for the women's State match against Singapore. This was decided at a meeting in Singapore last night of the clubs interested. If Selanjor are unable to raise a team by Jan. 21. and the game is
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    MIDLANDS FORWARD FOR INDIA
    128 18 Midlands Rugby will shorty lose one of its best forwards, J. McG. BruceLockhart. (brother of B. B. BruceLockhart. the Scottish international and Cambridge payer), who since he tuok up an appointment at Rugby School last year has proved a big acquisition to the Rug. Town Club,
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    GORDONS SURPRISE AND BEAT LOYALS
    68 18 Two goals by Capt. Duke in the closing stages of their hockey match gave the Gordons victory over the Loyals in the first round of the hockey knock out competition. It was the Loyals first defeat this season and was a surprising one. Loyals pressed
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    M.P.H. STAFF PARTY
    24 18 The Malaya Publishing House will hold staff party, including a programme of sport on Saturday next at Telok Kurau English School.
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    MINESWEEPERS LOSE TO S.C.C.
    175 18 When playing heckey «gainst H. M. Minesweepers on the Padang yesterday the Cricket Club started wit.i 12 men. They soon became aware of the mistake, however, and Mayger Joined the spectators, Brooke taking his place in goal. The Minesweepers were hardly a match for the Club
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    SOCCER FRIENDLY
    78 18 Th: Siong Bco Athletic Association will plr/ .i friendly game of soccer wiih tae Manchester Regiment at t-'arrer ftui tv-ray, starting at 5 05 p.m. The Slonß 800 team will be chosen from the following players: A. H. Toon, Eng Kirn, Yuen Kow. Boh Huat, Hor Khcon. A.H.
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    AUSTRALIAN CRICKET
    45 18 Latest Australian crlcKet find is Edgar Emery, a young country batsman, who plays for Gerringong, New South Wales, and has scored 317 runs in 190 minutes, including 42 runs off cne over. In six innings Emery has scored 851 runs—an average of 141.9.
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    GUNNERS BEAT "TADS"
    36 18 The Royal Artillery (Changl) beat the Manchesters by one goal to nil in the first round of the hockey, knock-out competition yesterday. The goal was scored hi the first minute of the game.
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    21 18 Picture taken at the S.C.C. yesterday when the Gunners beat the S.C.C, by 6—5 in the rugby match.— Straits Times picture.
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    WEIGHTS FOR TAIPING SKYE RACING
    381 18 Eight horses have been entered for the Palmer's Cup to be run on the second day over 10 furlongs and the Taiping Skye races, to be held on Friday and Saturday next week. Complete entries for the meeting are Ponies, Class 2 First Second run
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    CRONIN OUT OF STATE SIDE
    32 18 Sergeant Cronln, owing to injury, will be unable to play for Singapore in tomorrow's hockey match against Malacca. It is possible his.place will, be takene by Thillainathan.
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    22 18 Was this a penalty? Picture taken at S.C.C. yesterday when the 7'h II." team beat the S.C.C. 6— s.— Straits Times picture.
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    GUNNERS BEAT CLUB BY SIX POINTS TO THREE
    471 19 Keen Rugby In Padang Match Yesterday THF 7th Heavy Battery beat the Cricket Club by six points (two tries) to three points (a try) in a keenly contested rugby game played on the padang yesterday. i The RA showed slight superiority in
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    R. A. M. C. AND CHINESE DRAW
    405 19 RJV.M.C. did well to hold the Chinese to a draw In a hockey match played at Tanglln yesterday. The teams scored one each, the R.A.M.C. scoring in the early minutes of the j match and were unlucky they did not add to the
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    24 19 Le; nard-Wiliams takes the ball area:/ )rom an attacker. An incident in Thursday's hockey game between the S.C.C. and the Manchester*.— Straits Times picture.
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    SELANGOR AGAIN FIRST IN KHOO SIAN EWE CUP
    400 19 SELANGOR won the Khoo Sian Ewe Cup for the fifth year in succession, when they took the honours for 1938. A coincidence is that their "A" team has won. the cup for the last two years with the same aggregate. 3"-dTcor "B"
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    same TEST MATCHES IN ENGLAND
    80 19 same TEST MATCHES IN ENGLAND t was announced at Lord's recently at the three Test matches with the est Indies would be of three-days ration each, and that the charge of mission would be 2s. SOUTH AFRICANS Test matches against South Africa England in 1940, to be of four-days uratlon,
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    M.C.C. MATCH IN SOUTH AFRICA
    52 19 In the match at East London between the Border Provinces and the M.C.C., the home team batted first and scored 121 (Wright four for 32, including a hat trick and Wilkinson three for 15). M.C.C. 191 for five (Hutton three, Ames three, Yardley not out
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    L.G.U. COMPETITION AT ISLAND GOLF CLUB
    54 19 The L.G.U. competition for January at the Island Golf Club wis won by Mrs. X C Eu with a nett sere of It Some of the best cards returned were: Mrs. K. C. EU 98—27=71 Mrs. S.K. Wong 112 36=76 Mrs. JP. McMorlne 95—19=76
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    Germany's Davis Cup Team
    58 19 Berlin, Jan. 13. GERMANY has filed her entry for the Davis Cap contest this year according to a statement issued here on Tuesday. The German Davis Cup team this time wil! consist of Henner Henkel (Captain), Roderich Meniel. Georg Von Metaxa, and Hans Fedl. The Berlin
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    RUGBY FILM Art Of The Game In Pictures
    188 19 RUGBY FILM Art Of The Game In Pictures Covering all the main phases ol Rugby, the instructional film made by Kodak Ltd. with the co-operation or 30 of England's leading players, should be welcomed by players and clubs in Singapore. The film aims to introduce nothing intricate, nor to explain
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    113 19 POLICE HOCKEY AND RUGBY TEAMS The annual inter-unjt contests between S.S. Police and F M.S. Police take place at 5.6. Police Depot on Saturday and Sunday next Probable S.S. Police teams are Rugby J. Sanderson {m Janmeia Sin ,h): Mabpuz. M. C. Manby, F. G. Minns and Mohd. Ngon; A.
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    100,000 WILL SEE CUP FINAL
    73 19 (VER London, he Football Association has approved of a scheme whereby the accommodation at the Cup Final at Wembley will be increased from 93,717 to 100,517. There will be seats for 45.592 and standing room for 54,925. It Is understood that the scheme will take
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    JOHORE STATE XI
    61 19 IFrom Our Own Correspondent) Johore, Jan. 13 Johore held a State trial today at the English College ground prior to choosing a side to play against Singapore on Jan. 30. The Probable team beat the Rest The selected team is as follows:— JamaUudin, Wyatt, Satar bin Haji
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    Sports Chatter Bhaskaran Is Right Choice For Captaincy
    648 19 Sports Chatter Bhaskaran Is Right Choice For Captaincy (By "Rodmin.") AND now the Singapore Hockey selection committee are being criticised for something else This time it is for making Bhaskaran captain of the side to meet Malacca tomorrow, and Negri Sembilan, on Saturday. The argument is that either Lieut. MacMillan
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    THE SPORTS DIARY
    49 19 TODAT Rugby: H.M.S. Malaya Cup Final, K.L., Army vs. Selangor: S.C.C. vtce-versa, S.C.C.; Johore vs. H.M.S. Terror, Johore. Hockey: V MCA. vs. R.A. (Changi), Changl; S.C.R.C. vs. Police, S.C.R.C. TOMORROW Tachting: R.S.Y.C. International sixmetre class races. Hockey: Singapore vs. Malacca. Malacca: C.S.C. VS. R.A. (8.M.), B.M.
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    156 20 Some studio, in concentration at the London Boys' Chess Championships at St. Bride's Institute. Thr*« of the hundreds of young Jewish refugees from the Nails who have found sanctuary In Britain and are to start their new life on a Kentish farm. The.? BlueJ rlccts
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      13 1 The Straits Times MALAYAN SPORTS SUPPLEMENT 'Ol'R PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1939
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      WHY ARMY SHOULD WIN AT KUALA LUMPUR TODAY
      1094 1 Fast Thrustful Backs Should Mean Victory WET CONDITIONS MAY GIVE CUP TO SELANGOR THIS afternoon at Kuala Lumpur, Army and Selangor will decide who are the premier rugby side in Malayan football for the 1938-1939 season, when they meet in "the final
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      25 1 LI. Stmpjton receiving the Cup from Lcdy Thomas after last year's final at Kuala Lumpur. Will he be the one to receive the cup today?
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      Penang Hockey Notes: By Our Own Correspondent
      790 1 DLAYING on their home ground, Kedah put up a very much improved display in their return hockey match with Penang, and though beaten again, the margin of defeat was only two-nil, as compared with the nine goal trouncing they received in their first
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      Problems Of North And South Hockey Teams
      490 1 HTHE annual Malayan hockey classic will thia year take the form of a North vs. South match at Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 18, ■writes Audax. This match, which used to be between the Colony and the F.M.S. in the past will ring down
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        92 1 11*1 IV" 1 li I II Iv WmmM^m delicacy of touch. J^Sr jrfS^Jfc»^2 KtiP r /MJkxK tvi HIM two pleases me iar h*****HHhmi*^****bb******************** 1 111 *****111 more than a loose six over the Pavilion. Placing's another matter. It only comes with years of practice and experience. You've a parallel in
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      Support For Malayan Cricket Association
      916 2 Support For Malayan Cricket Association 4 PERAK correspondent writing o) the subject of a Malayan Cncke Association, discussed in these co lumns last week, does not agree tha the formation is not necessary though he states no concrete reason why it is necessary. He writes: 'The report of the Perak
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      Muar Sports Gossip By Authentic
      290 2 Though It is late in the season a new hockey team will be mr.klng its •appearance before the season is over in Mtiar. I refer to the Muar Customs Sports Club. I understt.nd tha; at a discussion held recently it was decided to field a
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      NEW VITALITY AFTER UM P s
      53 2 NEW VITALITY AFTER FEVER ix,d> tissues rapidly waste I the patient guii kly loses U supplied with tillable food nutritive rWnoti rcqukca uiid enable* •:> to rebuild Itself im«M Uui Hurlicks U digesttu. out glvca youj UM nourlsiunent It needs "gth to resist rcnewc Kf vuuj appetiu valence,,^ u short
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      Negri Have Still To Lose At Home
      611 2  - Negri Have Still To Lose At Home Audax By J-JOCKEY and soccer teams visit- ing Scremban have been confronetd by a mysterious twelfth man who seems to posi0 tion himself in close proximity to r the Negri Sembilan goal posts. J This "hantu" has been Negri Sembilan's saviour on more
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      Charity Badminton Should Produce High Standard Of Play
      676 2 'J'HE cream of Singapore players of both sexes will be seen in action on next Saturday night at the Happy World Covered Stadium, when the Singapore Badminton Association will stage their Charitv match, thp trrnss. nrncpwk in trn in tha PViino PJ^f
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      27 2 Mr. Syed Ibrahim bin Hussein, who t u4B represent Johore at the annual general meeting of Badminton Association of Malaya to be held in Penang this week-end.
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      Few Negri Players In Team For Hong Kong
      333 2  -  Audax (By 1*HE composition of the Malayan rugger team to visit Hong Kong is announced and it is regrettable to note that only one forward, Nuggety Harding, of Negri Sembilan, haa been chosen from this State. Perhaps others were invited but were
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      67 2 For the second time this season, two brothers were playing on opposite sides and exactly the same positions In State hockey matches at Seremban, writes Audax, our Negri sports writer. In the SelangorNegri match, while Lee Moh Hon was centre half for Negri his brother was centre half for Selangor.
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      23 3 Abdul Rahman bin Mohamed, captain of the Muar G.E.S. hockey team uho has only lost two out of their ten matches this season.
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      Good Hockey In Ipoh
      431 3 WOMEN PLAYERS IMPRESSIVE SOME good hockey was played in I"oh last week-end by Perak, Selansor and Penang women. The Ipoh Club padang was packed on all sides. There was a seven-a-side rugger competition on one end of the padang. a State hockey trial at another end
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      Prospects For Penang Cricket Are Bright CHINESE SHOULD FIELD STRONGEST TEAM
      720 3 Prospects For Penang Cricket Are Bright CHINESE SHOULD FIELD STRONGEST TEAM WITH the hockey season still not over, it is still a little 100 early to begin to discuss cricket prospects for the current year but a few anticipatory notes will be appreciated by followers of King Willow. A meeting
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      Johore Sports Review
      720 3  -  Rover by 'THE selection of MacLennan and Mackenzie to tour Hong Kong with the Malayan rugger team has given satisfaction to followers of the game in Johore and there can be little doubt but that both men will prove their worth. MacLsnnan, who played for the North
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      26 3 "Duggie"' Forbes, a first class centre jorxcard who has played for the Colony. Though stationed in Muar Forbes will be paying for Malacca in inter-State matches.
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      Singapore Deserved . Win At K.L.
      543 3  - Singapore Deserved Win At K.L. Video (By IN spite of the fact that they were leading by one goal and that the match had been played for 45 minutes, Singapore are deprived of a hockey win over Selangor, the return match played on the Padang last Saturday, being declared "abandoned."
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      Table Tennis Gaining Popularity In Malaya
      718 3 GOVERNING BODY LIKELY TO BE FORMED TABLE-tennis, better known as ping-pong, has become moivasingly popular in the Malayan sporting field, after the visit of the well-known Hungarian stars, Szabados and Kelen who gave a series of exhibition games here and in Ipoh during March
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      SCOTTISH MATCH BREAKS ATTENDANCE RECORDS
      1583 4 London, Jan. 4. A PART from League foot- ball and rugby there is very little interesting sporting news this week. We are promised a boxing revival but at the moment everything is very much in the air with matches being "arranged" for Len Harvey quicker
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      30 4 l <; Boys' and Gir'.s' Christmas Holiday tennis tournament opened recently vi Dulwich. Miss Pat lago (right) shows her pet lion "Simba" to Miss Thelma Johnson, at Dulwich prior to play.
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      Royal Air Force To Field Two Soccer Teams
      1051 4 Garrison Sports Notes By Audio T^ITH the soccer season almost with us it is interesting to learn that the Royal Air Force propose to run two teams in the second division. They are to be known as the R.A.F. Torpedo Area XI
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