The Straits Times, 21 January 1939

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    40 1 The Straits Times (ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURT.I THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA 24 PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS, The Straits Times 1 1 1" VGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1939 PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      406 1 Singapore: 140. Cecil st. cphone 5470. MIEN CHONG TAILORING We only ask for a trial order. n Coleman St. Singapore. Plionc 4816 "QUAKER OATS WONDER FOOD' 7 SAYS SINGAPORE MOTHER Mgjgg/gggmmßoß* a mmmß W A si MIL A R S TOR V IN MA N t OTHER HOMES IN MALAYA
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      173 1 MUST BE %^^^^^H GOOD Ground Daily— The Secret jA&£ A of the Finest Coffee in 4\\ 'I y%flW\ Beans Whole Roasted Loose Coffee— so.6s per Ib. J^M ROBINSON S COFFEE 1&S IS GOOD COFFEE ROBINSON CO., LTD. SINGAPORE. VfTHB OLtt CAPITAL I 31 Stamford Road, Singapore. FOR PEKING CARPETS PEWTER
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      41 1 KUALA LUMPUR: 23. JAVA ST. CPHONE 3883> Madame Page, DRESSMAKER and DESIGNER Tailormades— Powns for All Occasions in Stock tnm $5 $30 13, Battery Road., Singapore. Tel: 6327. I BOORD'S I unquestioned purity. Boord's Gin holds a JOHN LITTLI ol ltd.
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      605 2 The engagement Is announced of Robert, son of the late Mr. W. Crawford and Mrs Crawford of Mulrcnd, Glasgow and Martha Lindclia, daughter of the late Mr. J. J. Reeve and Mrs. Reeve of Hendon, London. SITUATIONS VACANT When applying lor anj position advertised In then* columns send copies of
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      588 2 SITUATION WANTED WITH $2,000. well travelled Indian Muslim. 28. with London Chamber of Commerce. Qualifications in Banking Currency. Economics. Book-keeping, Accounts business exprrirnce in England. India A Burma. Desires suitable post or partnership anywhere in the East. Please write Box No. 522, Straks Times. WANTED WANTED business premises for shop
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      856 2 BOARD RESIDENCE ON THE SEA. "The Grove." 103 and 109 Meyer Road. Katong, near Swimming Club, large airy rooms, tennis, gardens, garages, attractive position Mod. terms. Phone 5656 MRS. KRONIN of 45 Scotte Rd is removing to 44 Newton Rd a few vacancies occur for February, cool rooms, quietness, excellent
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      615 2 TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders are invited for the supply of Mild Steel Wash Water Troughs. Specification and Form of Tender can be obtained at the Tender Room. Tenders close at 12 noon on Feb. 15. 1939. C. H. GOLDIE Municipal Secretary. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION TEHDERS will bo received at the Office
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      359 2 EDUCATIONAL I FRENCH ENGLISH taught by modern method, quick results. Modern designing and interior decorating taught by Paria School graduate, 47 Killlney Road. TUITION in French, Spanish, piano, Mathematics and Sciences (for School Certificate), by experienced teacher. Moderate fees. Inquire at No. 15, Lorong 32, Geylang. THE OVERSEAS CHINESE INSTITUTE,
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      163 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. PRINCE EDWARD CLINIC Medieri Massage Electricity 14 Capifol Flats Phone 7354 (Stamford Rd. Corner) IMPORTANT BRITISH COMMERCIAL HOUSE IN MALAYA IS OPEN TO RECEIVE AND CONSIDER, WITH A VIEW TO DEVELOPMENT, PARTICULARS OF INVENTIONS, ESTATES AND INDUSTRIES. REPLIES TO 448 _STRAITS TIMES. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE
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      644 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporated In Finland.) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SJI.Ca HAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES OUTWARD FKOM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Tonnage Due Spore. RANPURA 17,000 Jan. 37 RAWAL^ND! 17.000 T*. M BURDWAN «<> 7o Fe^ CANTON 15.500 Feb. 24 I SOMAII 6800 Mar. 10
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      511 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. rnuwrDorated In Ja(Mß> GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. Regular fortnightly sailings. London via Penang, Colombo, Port Said, Naples, Marseilles and Gibraltar. S.S. HAKUSAN MARU Jan. 21. S.S. HARUNA MARU 1 Feb. 4 S.S. KATORI MARU Feb. 16 f M.S. YASUKUNI MARU
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      719 3 BANGKOK lINI CHINA/JAPAN UNI Luxurious One Class Motorsblpa. Most Big Cargo vessels wltt umitea out comCablnr Hay* Adjoining Private Bath. fortable Passenger Acconmiodatlor VSJ^SSSSS a^^peShlSSn: t.= poet said, p»u b S MS I Prom^Don Malacca P B'ham Penang ROUTH, ANTWERP, ROTTEBDAM, MIMA 8 M m' 8/J 9/J HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN
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      713 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Buildin*. CoUyer Quay Singapore TH. 51 SI. Chartered Bank Buildlnf, Penant Tel. 1365. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. PAST SERVICES MARSEILLES. LONDON, ft CONTINENT AND GLASGOW (In conjunction with the Glen Line) Due Salla ACHILLKS L'don, .IVam, Hburg. Hull. Gdynia Jan. 22 Jan. 24 AGAMEMNON Mar*. L'don. Rdam,
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      OLD VIC THEATRE COMPANY'S TOUR
      183 4 Shakespearean Plays For Italy And Portugal London, Jan. If. llflTH the co-operation of the Bri- tish Council, the semi-official organisation for the propagation of British cultural propaganda abroad, the Old Vie Theatre Company leaves London today for a three-month tour, during which they will play
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      MILITARY LORRY MINED
      47 4 Jerusalem, Jan. 21. A SOLDIER was killed and three wounded when a land mine exploded under a military lorry patrolling the Jerusalem railway near Rahleh. Twenty four hours curfew has been imposed at Ramleh and Lydda, and rigorous military searches are being carried out.
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      264 4 INWARD Wearnts: From Penanc, Ipob. and Ko«J» Lompnr Arrives every evening. Qantas: From Amtralia: Arrive* tomorrow afternoon. X.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives TlllS afternoon. X.L.M From Europe: Expected tomorrow erenlnf. Imperial: From Europe: Due yesterday mom ing and this morning: Expeete* tomorrow morning. K.N.1.1.M.: from
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      330 4 Today Europe Great Britain (X.L.M.) 3 O.m. Iran (X.L.M.) P«Medan (K.L.U.) «>» Burma (Slrdhana) 3 pjn. East. North West India (Sirdhana) 3 p.m. Djambi (Toglan) 3 pjn. Ceylon (Parcel Mall) (Medon) 4 pjn. Denmark Parcels only) (Afrika) 4 p JJJ. Baean. BenKkau* Selat Pandjang (Toboali) B-" 1
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      FROM MALACCA
      113 4 Correspondence for transmission by air Tia "Netherlands" must be fully prepaid and clearly superscribed "By K.L-M." Malls will close from Malacca as follows: Today. Java and Soutl-ern Sumatra by air (Netherlands) 6 p.m. 81am. 3urma, India, Iraq, Palestine, Egypt, Mauritius, Europe, Great Britai Ireland, N. It B. America,
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      SURFACE MAILS EXPECTED
      14 4 Mails from Holland etc. expected today, Jan. 21, by Poelau Bras.
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    HUGE BRITISH NAVAL BUILDING PROGRAMME
    208 4 With France Will Have 33 Battleships, 130 Cruisers London, Jan. 20. MR. HECTOR BYWATER, the Daily Telegraph naya! 1 correspondent, learns that the forthcoming British naval estimates include a large amount of new construction, including battleships, cruisers and destroyers. This, added to the 600,000 tons
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    GERMANY MOUNTS HEAVIER GUNS
    163 4 London, Jan. 20. 'THE reply of the German Government on the subject of German submarine construction has now reached London and is under examination. During recent consultations at which Germany intimated her intention to increase submarine tonnage, Britain was also notified of her desire to exercise
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    General Election For Britain?
    160 4 CIR Douglas Hacking, chair- man of the Conservative Party, writing in the organ of the Junior Imperial League, says This year it is possible there will be a general election." Reuter. It Is announced in London that as a further development of the defence courses for
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    POLICE DISCOVER EXPLOSIVE DUMP
    136 4 London, Jan. 21. AN Irishman who is alleged to have had three tons of "explosive substances" In his possession, was remanded at Bow Street yesterday. He was John Healy, 40, furniture dealer and social club proprietor of Hlghgate. The change against Healy was that he had
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    Wall Street Quotations
    313 4 Yesterday's today's Close. Close. Changes, 30 Industrials 149.47 149.11 off 3« 20 Rails 32.11 31.79 off .33 15 Utilities 24.65 24.68 up .03 40 Bonds 91.02 90.95 off .01 Business done total volume 740,000 shares Jan. 19 Jan 20 Adams Express 10>s 10H American Can 98' i
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    BROKERS' COMMENT
    176 4 I C WAN, CULBERTSON AND FRITZ report on yesterday's New York markets Stock prices held within a narrow range around the previous day's close. Sentiment became friendlier during the final hour and a smart recovery occurred. Industrial demand for high grade issues and speculative interest in utilities sustained
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    10,000,000 Starving In North China
    82 4 AT least 10,000,000 people in the provinces of Shantung, Shansi and Hopei are destitute, stated Dr. 11. R. Williamson, chairman of the Shantung Relief Committee, at a conference of the British Missionary Societies in London yesterday. Dr. Williamson, who has Just returned from his investigations
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    38 4 An Italian journalist has bora arrested near Mareth in South Tunis, says a Paris report. The police allege he took photographs in prohibited area. The Mareth Line Tunisian counterpart of the Maginot Line it situated in this region.
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      623 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in F-M.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433 Passage 5431 CANADIAN n^K=PAciric i incorporated to England) *HE -ESU-Kt-SS- KOIiTL offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES tU HONOLULU dlrerl BMPRESS to VANCODVER-ACROSS CANADA by TRANSCONTINENTAL TBALN wiUMt cbange-thenee by CANADIAN PACIFIC ATLANTIC SERVICES TO ENGLAND Of |kr CONTIWVT— aII tinder ONE MANAr-HMENT. ROUND
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      458 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Daily Weather Report Station* Yesterday Last DlgLt max. rain- bright min temp, tall s'sblne temp *r Inches hrt *F West Coast. Alor Star 89 0.55 7.8 71 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 85 0.16 7.5 72 Sitiawan 88 0.20 6.0 71 Bukit Jeram 87 1.38 4.7 71 Malacca 84
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    IDEAL DIET FOR DIGESTIVE DISTURBANCES
    112 5 The bIR problem with sufferers from gastritis or other digestive disturbances is how to avoid pain and discomfort, when eating. The inflamed stomach walls are so sensitive that solid foods can't be retained. Even liquid foods are often vomited Yet the patient must get quick
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    A CALL TO RETURN TO TRUE STANDARDS
    602 5 Before Civilisation Crashes Into Ruin DOMESTIC divergencies between hus- band and wife though not so ■ommon, as some would have us believe, ire not uncommon in any community; sometimes they lead to permanent estrangement more often to a better anderstanding between the parties.
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    CHURCH SERVICE
    969 5 CBU&Cn OF ENGLAND ST. ANDREWS CATHKDRAL —Epiphany HI. 6.50 a.m.. Matins and Holy Communion; 8 a.m.. Choral Eucharist; 5.30 p.m.. Evensong and sermon. Preacher: The Rev. D. E. J. Hodge. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH.— Sunday 8 Holy Communion; 5.30 p.m.. Evensong and sermon. Wednesday, Conversion of St. Paul; 6.45
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      168 5 SSSBSTfor external application in obstinate coughBronchial Catarrh Whooping Cough, and Asthmatic Conditions. Gives a feeling of welcome relief and comfort. Obtainable at all Chemists and Dispensaries. Distributors: MEDICAL OFFICE, STORE GRAFTON LABORATORIES SINGAPORE AND Xl ALA LUMPUR. Look for the "DAIRY maid:' when buying butter. Stocked in 1 lb.. 2
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      257 5 TO FAMILY MEN! You toil all your lives io bequeath a sound estate to your heirs. How often ore these intentions destroyed by weak or dishonest executors, and your families reduced to poverty! Guard against such evils by entrusting your estate to the administration of a skilled and independent organisation
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      218 5 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 125 metro. XHP M.M metna. 12.45 Light orchestral music by Heller's Hungarian Band. Relay from Adelphi Hotel. 1.30 Midday rubber prices. 1 32 Light orchestral concert (contd.). 5.00 Malay musical entertainment. 6.00 Peiplng dramas. t 6.30 Chinese dance music.t 7.00 Victor Celeste Trio. 7.3C News announcements.
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      345 5 EMPIRE STATION TODAY TRANSMISSIONS 2 AND 3. GSB SI 41 me/% (1W7 a.>; C8Q 17.T* m'l (l(.8f a.): GSF 15.14 BC/a (1S.82 m.); GSJ tl.63 oc/i <1".9S a.): «SO tl.TS m»ft .'•.5.53 m.) pjn 6.05 Big Ben. "Steamboat."* 6.50 B.B.C. Northern Orcheatra. 7.35 "Monologues in Melody." 7.50 "Number 17."* 8.10
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      190 5 PHOHI-HOLLAND. TODAY PHI 17.77 me 1% (16.88 m.1. p.m. 8.00 Announcement. 8.05 Records. 8.15 Actualities. 8.35 Variety programme. 9.00 Close down. TOMORROW p.m 6.45 Broadcast by the Roman Catholic Broadcasting Association (K.R.O.). 7.45 Announcement. 7.50 Broadcast on behalf of the Y.M.C.A. 8.05 Records. 8.15 Actualities. 8.S5 "Tiberla". 9.00 Close down.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    364 6 Easier Prices In Very Dull Conditions By Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Jan. 21. rE political situation in Europe continues to exercise Mi depressing influence on World marYets. Both London and New York blame German developments for the easier trend of stocks there but 1 fact That11?!? 1
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    Londan Stock Exchange
    408 6 Londan Stock Exchange German Developments Cause Easiness London, Jan. 20. /\N the Stock Exchange today, German developments were the main Influence which caused a generally easier tone In most groups under the lead of German bonds. A brighter atmosphere, however, was noticeable shortly before the close on the belief that
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    CLOSED ZONES ON SOVIET BORDER
    167 6 Many New Areas Listed hi Leningrad Region Moscow. Jan. 20. /CREATION of new closed frontier j, zones and establishment of a 1 more rigid control system within the j closed zones are announced here. A decree ordering these measures de- signates the lollowing areas in
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    LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE
    90 6 London, Jan. 20. The following were today's closing mean rates: Paris 177 1 32 Athens 547H New York 4.68 1/16 Rio 3 1/16 Montreal 4.71% M&MI ofti" Brus-els 27.70 Belgrade 209 Geneva 20.72 ai Bucharest 860 Amsterdam 8.62 Buenos Aires 20.34 V. Milan 89 Montevideo 18 1Madrid
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    TREASURY BILLS
    41 6 London, Jan. 20. T^HE total amount applied for in tenders for £25,000,000 Treasury Bills was £67,845,000. The average rate per cent, for Bills at three months was 10s. 3.54 d. against 10s. 8.09 d. a week ago.— British Wireless.
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      MINING
      581 6 Ail snarea quoted above are fully paid. issue Vai. Praser co Lyall Evatt Buyers Seliprs Buyers Sellers Ampat Tin 3/3 4/3 3/9 4/3 £1 Asam Kun.oang 26/9 27/9 26/- 28/El Austral -via, ay 43/- 47/-n 43/- 47/-n. 5/- Ayer tiuazs 22/- 23/6 22/3 23/6 1 Ayei Wcrg 0.55 0.60
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      GENERAL
      403 6 2 2 do "V 2 < K Prefs. 2.20 2.30xd 2.22', i 2.30xd 10 10 Atlas Ice 4.75 5.25 5.00 5 50 l l B. M Broadcasting 0.50 0.6U 0.50 > 60 10 5 B. M. Trustee 6.75 7.50 6.75 7.50 Cl £1 Con T. S. 7% PreX 21/3
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS
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      RUBBER SHARES
      398 6 Allenby AJor Gajah Amal Malay Ayer Hltam Ayer Molek Ayer Panas Bassett Batu Lintang Bedford Benta Borelll Brogas Brunei Dn Bukit KatU Bukit K B Bukit Kepong Buklt Tlmah (X19) Changkat Serdang Connemara Olenealy Plan'artoas Hamilton Eaytor rodraglrt Jeram Kuantan (50 eta) Jlmah Kamasan Kedah Kempas Kluang Frasei
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN
    77 6 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN Friday Jan 20 Noon No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) 27W 27% No. IX R.S.S. f.o.b. in eases January 27% nft G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales January 27% ZVA /.«»ocVu. k. F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales January 26 9/16 26 11/16 FUTURE QUOTATIONS .> »c. c.
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    EXCHANGES
    173 6 j a, 20. Tne following are the exchange rates this morning according to the dally circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Corporation SEL»NG ISS demand'l! 2/3 13/16 Lyons demand 2048 Switzerland demand 239'/ 2 Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54 i/ 8 Montreal demand 54>/ 2
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    SUEZ RECEIPTS' 10 PER CENT. FALL
    245 6 DUE TO A SMALLER ITALIAN TRAFFIC PROFIT EXPRESSED IN FRANCS HIGHER Paris, Jan. 4. THE fall of £1.141,600, or 10' 2 per cent., In the receipts of the Suez Canal Company for 1938. compared with the preceding year. Is ascribed in a seml-offlcial statement
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      46 6 DJUAL SEAL; \*d 2 SALS. uVTIUniKCUCD iLAllnUUluklLil ■ii- fi i uisher is the original foam type machine. As a unit of first-aid protection it is acknowledged 10 be the best available for every type of industrial property. Sole Agents McALISTER&CO. f LTD. «-__^-v«_^— IV PS. 47
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      PRICES SHOULD GIVE FAIR PROFIT TO PRODUCERS
      1009 7 Only Method By Which Export Trade Can Be Regained TO pay prices that allow a fair profit to growers and producers of commodities and raw materials is the only sound method yet discovered to enable manufacturers to obtain profitable prices for their manufactures
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      LOWER YANGTSE TO AUSTRAL MALAY GROUP BE REOPENED? PRODUCTION
      303 7 Trip Up-river By I .S. Naval Chief Shanghai, Jan. 19. i REOPENING of the lower section of f x the Yanstse River— from Shanghai t > Wuhu— as a result or foreign pram on Toklo is forecast here. j A foreign
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      BRISEIS CONSOLIDATED
      34 7 •THE dredge of Briseis Consolidated worked for 538 hours in December; treated 59.000 cubic yards of material and produced 53 tons of tin-ore. The estimated cost of production was £3.438 Australian currency.
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
      108 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Singapore. Jan. 20, 5 p.m. Books Total for Company Dividend Clot* Date Ex. Div financial year TIN. Parable Date to date K. Kamunting 3d. Jan. 27 Feb. 3 Jan. 28 5% Pur.gah 9d. div. 9d. bonus Jan. 20 Jan. 27 Jan. 2\ 7Vi% Petaling
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      TRACTION COMPANY REVENUE
      241 7 "Should Now Return To Normal" (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 12. AS your Correspondent telegraphed to you last night, the directors of the Singapore Traction Co., Ltd., have recommended a dividend of 5 per tent., less tax, on its ordinary stock for the year ended Sept.
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      201 7 Singapore. Jan. 29, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler f- 50 Hamburg Cube S13-50 Java Cube S12.00 Pepper White Muntok $13.25 White »12- 75 Black 25 Copra Mixed $2.95 San Dried «3 25 Sago Flour No. 1 Lingga $235 Fair *2-3O Sarawak $2.22 1 2 Jeloton g Palembang S7.50
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      63 7 JAPAN'S SILK EXPORTS UF Toklo, Jan. 19 SILK yarn exported by Japan in 1938 amounted to 477,796 bales in quantity, un increase of 1,436 bales over the previous year. Exports to America in 1938 increased by 13,257 bales and to Europe by 460 bales.— Eastern News. JIMAH Rubber harvested 19,300
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      U. S. BUSINESS TRENDS
      746 7 INCREASED ACTIVITY IN DECEMBER AUTO PRODUCTION MUCH HIGHER DUSINESS activity moved forward in December to the highest level attained during 1938. Retail trade, spurred by the rise in incomes, was closa to the dollar sales total for the same period last year, although retail prices were
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      351 7 Property Owners MortgageesSAVE TIME, MONEY and TROUBLE! Let oar Hoasc Management Department servo two In tha collection of rents and management of Tour property, and be assured of equitable returns on your Investments. Prompt and careful service extended to Financiers for the handling of Receiverships. EASTERN REALTY COMPANY LIMITED, CHINA
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      459 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated In Chin* by Bpeclal Charter). IS. Oecß Street, Stncapora. Telephones: Manacer's Office "111 a Asrt. Manacer's Office 64«t Ewhanire Dept «»41 General Ottlee 51M-* CabU Address: "CHUNGKCO." PaM Op Capital Ck. I 4MM.Mtf* Reserve Fun* la excess of Ck. f IMMM.M Total Assets ■Wexsmatelv Ch. 1*.020.n*.0M.M
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      217 8 POSITIVELY LAST DAY OF THE YEAR'S MOST LOVABLE PICTURE! TODA Y ONLY A Tit A.M. 3. 15. 6. 15 9. 15 P.M. ALHAMBRA WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT TREAT PRESENTING KAY FRANCIS AT HER SCINTILLATING BEST Your Family JmSL-^f W Mh To KZ^r KAY FRANCIS The Year's bonita granville Comedy Hit 1
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      237 8 4E%y«iy the 'kino of, REX RECORDS JANUARY ft MID-JANUARY ISSUES. Billy Cotton Orchestra. 9421 Love makes the world go round. Between you and me and Gatepost. 9422 Change Partners. Ride Tenderfoot ride. Oscar Rabin and his Romany Band. 9423 Sixty seconds got together. A Uttle toy sailboat. 9424 Cinderella Sweetheart.
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      129 8 A WORLD FAMOUS PICTURE COMES BACK! OPENING TODAYJAT THE CAPITOL 3.15 6.15 9.15 L I 4 SHOWS TOMORROW 11 A.M. 3.15 6. 15 9. 15 RE- LIVE THE THUNDERING THRILLS OF THE FAMOUS RKO- RADIO SCREEN SENSATION THAT BROKE ALL RECORDS Added Attraction J^^9 I ■ffi^H JM MICKEY MOUSE 01
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      224 8 melodrama j I |J J III oat. Id. tfa* law I 1^ I oowkutjut 41x1 kx pi^Tf M a. k>«l...lolb<unui TM V I V «ko b.d k>... tlr.dlo UjK M f W I *j k. H Jl fk v^ I^D.nni.O'KZEFE.AjuiMORRISS 0^B| lyP o WyY L*wi« STONE NatPENDLETON i >:"""•• J
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    Two Big Films Open Next Week "SUEZ"
    1182 9 Two Big Films Open Next Week "SUEZ" Entertainment By Straits Times Film Review Correspondent THE urge to make big pictur1 es, pictures big in every sense of the word, seems to have taken all Hollywood at once, and the word from every studio front office seems to have been, Give
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    HERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S BETTER THAN COD LIVER OIL!
    304 9 Tasteless, flesh-forming tablets for thin people. All who are too thin and weigh far too little for their peace of mind, know that if only they could take encugh Cod Liver Oil, they might begin to put on a pound or two
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    "King Kong" Again
    148 9 .WHEN the primitive ape, "Kine Kong," made his debut in the King Kong and the other prelmaginatlve picture of that name a few years ago to crash to a spectacular death from the highest building in New York after finally releasing a beautiful girl to her rescuers,
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      384 9 TONIGHT DINNER DANCE (formal) 9.45 to midnight SPE(TACI LAR CABARET ENTERTAINMENT B* THE DAREDEVIL PRESTONS SKATING SKILL THRILLS ON WHEELS Dinner 53.00. BOOK TOUR TABLE Non-diners $1.00 RIJSTTAFEL BOOK NOW FOR THE MALAYAN Served today from 12.30 to 2.30 p.m RUGBY UNION BALL RAFFLES ORCHESTRA SATURDAY. JAN. 28TH. Directed by
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    AMUSEMENTS
    185 10 (UMCAPORB. BAFFLES HOTEL Dinner ft Dance <Formal) 9.45 to Midnight. GARRICK THEATRE. OEYLANQ The Adventures of Marco Polo Varsity Bhow nt 7.45 p.m. Gltr\T WORLD Cabaret: 8 p.m. to Midnight. Globe "ITiefttre: Four Daughter;. 6ky Talkie: Top of the Town. HAPPY WORLD Happy Theatre: Goldwyn Follies. Glory Theatre: Bloody
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY,JAN .21,1939
    815 10 It was argued by a correspondent ol the Straits Times the other day that comparisons between Hong Kong and Malaya were useless for the purpose oi deciding whether the time is ripe for a university l;i this t untry. This correspondent stated, quite rightly,
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    DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
    273 10 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE The appointment of Mr. W. H. I! Belgrave to act as Director oi Afcrt- j culture. Straits Settlements, and Ad- jc viser on Agriculture, Malay States, onji the departure of Mr. O. T. Faulkner |t late last year has resulted In other l appointments being made in
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    TANGLIN CLUB REVELS
    310 10 Singapore Society Under Fire ANGRY NEIGHBOURS To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— The correspondent who recently complained through your columns of the behaviour of certain members of the Tanglin Club has drawn attention to a public scandal. Time was (and not so long ago) when
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    PANDIT KUNZRU
    265 10 p y His Championship Of The IndoMalayans To tlie Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— Since he stepped on to the shores of Malaya Dr. H. S. Kuazru has been speaking a lot on Indian status f and full rights of citizenship for Indians in Malava. He is
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    MUSAFARKHANA
    193 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir— lt appears from S.AMA's letter in the Straits Times of Jan. 17 that he is in a state of perturbation. He is enthusiastic about Nawab Sardar ikhtar's suggestion that Singapore should have a Musafarkhana, but his :nthusiasm wanes as soon as
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    An Eastern Bookshelf COMINTERN IN CHINA
    484 10 An Eastern Bookshelf COMINTERN IN CHINA Left- Wing Criticism In England The Tragedy of the Chinese Itevolntion. By Harold R. Isaacs. (Seeker and Warburg. 18s.) THE uninitiated might reasonably expect this title to refer to ths overthrow of the Ching dynasty In 1911.. They would be wron?, for the book
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    Lanun And Chinese Pirates
    255 10 Ninety Years Ago (Fom the Straits Times flies or 1849) IT Is now proved by demonstration that the Chinese and Dyak pirate I fleets are unable to offer any effectual resistance against our men of war. We are tempted to revert to the ac- j tlon
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    599 10 Social Hallmark (JNE of the differences > life In Malaya and Ceylon w.is mentioned by Mr. Abraham Gardiner, formerly of Kuala Lumpur. In Interview !n Colombo. Speaking of his cosmopolitan mates In Kuala Lumpur. Mr I r said that "the parents of most of these pupils
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    JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER ON POWERS & CHINA
    943 11 JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER ON POWERS CHINA Mr. Arita Replies To Britain America NO INTENTION TO CLOSE OPEN DOOR FOR TRADE Diet Hears Explanation Of Foreign Policy A REPLY to the fears that Japanese policy is n designed to discriminate against the Powers interests in China was made by Mr. H.
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    Move To Unite Islam ?
    275 11 Move To Unite Islam Cairo, Jan. 20. A SENSATION was caused here today when Kins Farouk was cheered by the congregation of the ({uosoun Mosque as the Khalif of Islam. It Is significant there were amon? the congregation Emir Seifel Islam Hussein of Yemen; Emir Faisal of Saudi Arabia; Emir
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    N. Ireland's Troubled State And The Duke Of Kent's Visit
    121 11 London, Jan. 20. r pHERE is no suggestion that the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Kent to Northern Ireland on Mar. 7 should be postponed, though in the unsettled circumstances it is not a thing Ulster is viewing
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    League May Help China
    503 11 POWERS' ATTITUDE TO COUNCIL POLICY Geneva, Jan. 20. fHE China resolution arising out of Dr. Koo's recent plea for help for China against Japan was unanimously adoptid by the League Council today. The resolution recalls the resolutions adopted by the assembly on Oct. 6, 1*37 and
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    NEW JAPANESE ARMY BUDGET FORECAST
    92 11 Toklo, Jan. 21. T3E extraordinary Japanese budget fo r 1939-1940, expected to come bsfore the Diet next month. Is likely to exceed Y5,000,000,000 (about £293,000.000). This extraordinary budget Includes provision for the China war_ and the Japanese troops stationed in Manchukuo, as well as a
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    FRANCO TAKES KEY TOWN
    411 11 Valencia As The Next Capital Lerida, Jan. 21. MATION'ALIST troops last L^ eveniner entei'ed the city of Igualuda, key town in the defence of Barcelona, and only 26 miles away from the Republican capital, says Reuter. The leaders in Barcelona are reported to have completed arrangements
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    GUAM ISLAND AND U.S. DEFENCES
    116 11 President Roosevelt Explains Policy Washington, Jan. 21. ORESIDENT Roosevelt told reporters yesterday that he favoured the Bill authorising the expenditure of $5,000,000 for defence Improvements at Guam Island. He explained, however, that the defence Improvements did not necessarily mean the fortification of the island. The
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    WHY REICHSBANK HEAD WAS REPLACED BY DR. FUNK
    644 11 Hint Of Schacht's Opposition To Demands By Government Berlin. Jan. 20. DERIilTJ tonight is trying to discover the reason for Dr. Schacht's retirement from the Reichsbank presidency, but the secret is being well kept. Dr. Walther Funk has been appointed to succeed
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    SELANGOR PREPARES FOR CORONATION
    692 12 Silk-Draped Klang Throne Room Enlarged ALL MALAY RULERS TO BE REPRESENTED AT CEREMONY (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 20. PREPARATIONS for the Coronation of the Sultan of Selangor on Thursday have transformed the Astana Mahkota, the Sultan's mediaeval-looking palace in the royal town of
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    WOMAN & SON BANKRUPT
    312 12 WOMAN SON BANKRUPT Nonya's Evidence In Malay AN elderly Chinese woman, dress- ed in nonya style, who was stated to possess securities worth $42,000, had to give evidence through a Malay interpreter in a public examination before the Chief Justice, S.S., Sir Percy McElwaine, in the Singapore Bankruptcy Court yesterday.
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    Mistake In Identification, Holds District Judge
    490 12 A QUESTION of identification was the crux of a case of allegfi ed robbery which was heard by Mr. L. B. Gibson in the Criminal District Court yesterday. In the dock was a 21-year-old Hokkien, Lee Ah Tong, and the j allegation of the
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    FINE FOR MAN WHO DROVE ON FOOTPATH
    81 12 pi EADINO guilty to a charge of digent driving en Nov. 11 in Orchard Road, a European. R N Elliott. lay Qned $20 in the Slnga- Court. s alleged by the prosecution while driving towards town of car parked In li n :uid
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    WIFE SAYS SHE WAS BEATEN
    373 12 Maintenance Claim Hearing ALLEGATIONS that she waa beaten were made by a young wife against her middle-aged husband in the Singapore Second Police Court, yesterday, when Daniel Ferrao appeared on a summons charging him with neglecting to maintain his lawful wife, Lee Quek Moey, a
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    DETECTIVE GAOLED FOR FALSE REPORT
    236 12 "Lies From Beginning To End," Says Magistrate U VOU have been telling lies from beginning to end," com1 mented Mr. L. C. Goh, Singapore Fifth Police Magistrate, yesterday, sentencing Sinniah, a Singapore detective to six weeks' simple imprisonment for making a false report. Stating that
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    TRIED TO BRIBE INSPECTOR $100 Fine For Chinese
    180 12 TRIED TO BRIBE INSPECTOR $100 Fine For Chinese Y ou tried to evade a fine of $10 1 by bribing the Inspector. I want to impress on you that public officials must be protected from I this sort of thing," remarked Mr.j L. C. Goh in the Singapore Fifth Police
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    NO CLAIM TO CHILD! UNLESS MARRIED
    179 12 Magistrate's Reply To Chinese Father «R«EN must realise that unless they marry the woman, they cannot j claim the child." This was pointed out by Mr. Conrad Oldham. Singapore Second Police Magistrate, yesterday, during a maintenance case. Slav Sek Chong, an English-speaking Chinese, father
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    FILMS BANNED BY CENSOR
    98 12 FIVE Hollywood dramas and a section of one British newsreel were banned by the Singapore Censor, Mr. T. M. Hussey, in the last quarter of 1938, according to a Gazette notification. "Sworn Enemy" (M.G.M and "The Affairs of Annabel" (R.K.0.) and "Border G. Men" (R.K.0.) were
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    NEW CHINESE HIGH SCHOOL FOR CITY
    59 12 THE Chung Cheng High School, Singapore's new Chinese vernacular school which Is named after General Chiang Kai Shek, will commence its first term on Tuesday, Jan. 24. The school building at Kirn Yam Road has Just been renovated and whitewashed, and yesterday and this
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    POLICE SEIZE DOCUMENTS
    217 12 Japanese Premises Raided ACTION BY SPECIAL BRANCH THE Special Branch of the 5.3. police is still examining documents seized in simultaneous raids carried out early on Wednesday morning on several Japanese hotels and business houses in Singapore. The Straits Times is officially informed that the raids were
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    YOUNG MALAY DEAD IN SELANGOR CRASH
    97 12 <From Our Own Correspondent. Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 20. IN a collision between his car and a bus while negotiating a bend 11 Vz miles from Kuala Lumpur, near Kajang, a young Malay, nephew of the A.D.O. Kajang. was killed Instantly today. The accident took
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    MR. F. W. de SILVA
    72 12 T^HE death occurred on Monday after1 noon of Mr. F. W. de Sllva. of 77, Main Avenue. Sentul, Kuala Lumpur, at the age of 82. He came out to Malaya In April 1921 and In the years 1925-1927 was employed in the Office of the
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    SHOULD POLICE HAVE MORE POWER TO FIGHT GANGS?
    1150 13 Handicapped By Public Reluctance To Give Evidence In Court MEN HAVE TO BE PROVED REALLY BAD CRIMINALS BEFORE BANISHMENT THE reluctance of the public to lay information and give evidence in court in connection with Chinese secret societies is one of the
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    JUDGMENT VARIATION SOUGHT BY INDIAN
    202 13 A Singapore Indian who thous^.t ri had come into a fortune and cor sented to a judgment against him fc over $4,000 prior to his discharge froi bankruptcy was disillusioned when fc went to India to claim the money. He received $1,284. 1 In the
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    Singapore Secret Society Documents
    79 13 In the large frame are details cf th; ritval of a Singapore secret society. The pagoda at the bottom s.f the d-cument refers to the "gates" by which each member enters the brotherhood of secret societies. Lying un the frame are the chops of societies. On
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    Dresser Is Bankrupt For Second Time ASKED TO RESIGN MUNICIPAL JOB
    191 13 Dresser Is Bankrupt For Second Time ASKED TO RESIGN MUNICIPAL JOB THAT he was requested by the Singapore Municipal Commissioners to resign from his post as a dresser in the Municipal Health Department because of his indebtedness was disclosed by Charles Wilfred Francis, a 48-year-old Eurasian, in his public examination
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    UNREGISTERED MUI-TSAI FROM CHINA
    159 13 WONG Thin Cnan. a Cantonese, pleaded guilty before Mr. L. C. > Goh. In the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday, to a charge of having in his custody an unregistered mul1 tsai and, secondly, with bringing a muil tsai into the Colony. Wong admitted bringing the
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    BANKRUPT GETS TIME TO PAY ARREARS
    106 13 sjfPO enable an Indian typist, K. Parti hasarat'ny, to make good his pro- mise to pay arrears of Instalments to I the Official Assipnee, the Chief Justice, a S.S., Sir Percy McElwaine, adjourned n for four weeks a motion to commit n Parthasarathy to
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    BANKRUPT'S PAYMENTS REDUCED
    108 13 rt OECAUSE his Income had been re- S** duced from $240 to $52 a month n a former machinery inspector at the Registrar of Vehicles office, B. B. Wa3t hid, applied in. the Singapore Bankruptcy Court yesterday for a reductlor a of the instalments in his bankruptc;
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    MIDNIGHT PREMIERE AT THE PAVILION
    44 13 THE mm of Dr. A. J. Cronins now •The Citadel" will be shown at ed special midnight premiere at th N. Pavilion Cinema tonight, na. The normal run of the film wl begin at the Pavilion on Jan. 31.
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    WOMAN BADLY HURT IN PULAU ÜBIN ROBBERY
    514 13 A^e J.Kfce Sends dUse T. Gaol For Two Years ALTHOUGH you have been you have no previous cow in which the woman, your victi will have to go to prison foi Home, at the Singapore Assiz; Chinese, Ng Teh Nee. Ng was found
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    TEACHER ON CHARGE OF KIDNAPPING
    66 13 I IM Hong Teck, described as a teach- er in a Chinese school, was proi duced before Mr. K. A. Blacker in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, on a charge of kidnapping Lim Kirn Han, alias Llm Lian Eng, from the lawful guardianship of
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    OLD ACCOUNT BOOKS TO BE DESTROYED
    130 13 OLD ACCOUNT BOOKS TO BE DESTROYED High Court Gives Permission STEP BEFORE MOVE TO NEW BUILDING BEARING in mind the ferthcoming removal of the Singapore High Court to its new building, an attempt is being made by the Bankruptcy Office to destroy, old. unnecessary account books. An order allowing the
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    SULTAN OF PAHANG'S UNCLE DEAD
    103 13 SULTAN OF PAHANG'S UNCLE DEAD THE death occurred at Pci:rn on Jan. 13 of Tcngku Panglim: of Pahang at the age of 56. He was the uncle of the Sultan Pah.ang and the brother of the Tungku Besar, Tungku Omar, and Tungku Muhammud. M.B.E. The coffin was removed on .T.m
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    ASSOCIATION'S APPEAL to Ex-servicemen
    96 13 ASSOCIATION'S APPEAL to Ex-servicemen IT i .ited in thr annual repo >■ Ex-ScTvic s Associate Singapore branch, that the n ship to date is :23. comprising :?"3 subscribing members. 10 ii!> n and 35 honorary members "While this figure shows r.:i of 10 in membership," sa "we v.ish to give
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    EUROPEAN DRIVER ACQUITTED
    63 13 OICHARD Edwin Rar, a E appeared before Mr. K. A. Blackei in the Singapore Fourth Polict Court yesterday, on a charge of driving a eai In a negligent manner thereby colliding with another car at the junctlor of Cross Street and Cecil Street on Apr 14 last
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    NATIONALISTS BATTER AT KEY TOWN TO BARCELONA
    533 14 Republicans Fall Back To Their Second Lines In "Iron Belt" Burgos, Jan. 20. THE Nationalists have now forced their way into tta very heart of Catalonia as a result of a further average advance of six miles yesterday on the Catalan front. In
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    Filipinos Fire On Japanese
    120 14 Alleged Lumber Theft On Luzon Island Manila, Jan. 20. A JAPANESE-FILIPINO incident occurred yesterday afternoon at Lauyen Ikbayat, on Luzon Island, when 26 Japanese subjects, probably from Formosa, alleged to be pirating lumber were fired on \jy the Filipino military. One Japanese was wounded and arrested.
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    A LOAN FOR JEWISH EMIGRATION
    115 14 Berlin, Jan. 20. TU[i' O. Rublee. chairman of the Evian Refugee Committee, is meeting Dr. Schacht. president of the Relchsbanl:. today and probably tomorrow morning, to put into final form a memorandum he has prepared erabodying all the details of the German plan for a
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    MICHAEL STROGOFF STAR DIES IN POVERTY
    57 14 Paris. Jan. 19. AN old favourite of the silent films, the Russian star Ivan Mosjukin, died at his Courbevoie home yesterday. The man whom millions cheered in the flim "Michael Strogoff" died in poverty. He ceased to appear on the screen when talkies began
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    Synthetic Rubber On Big Scale
    42 14 London, Jan. 20. THE lirst big works for the produc- tion of synthetic rubber at Schopkau, near Halle, Germany, is to start operations in a few days, according to the Berlin correspond dent of The Times.— Reuter.
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    "FRANCE IS TOO BUSY IN EUROPE"
    86 14 Tokio On New Demarche Tokio, Js»n. 20. BAPAN does not attach much import- ance to the French Note of Thursday, which only followed the lead of Britain and America, according to Uie spokesman of the Foreign Office, says Eastern News. The French note declines
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    LEAGUE STATUTE "CONTRAVENED"
    108 14 Geneva. Jan. 20. THE question of whether the League should withdraw Dr. Karl J. Burckhardt, High Commissioner of the League of Nations for the Free City of Danzig remains undecided. It is aliened Dr. Buckhardt had ordered the expulsion of Jews from Danzig and that if the
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    100,000,000 YEN WORTH OF GOLD ARTICLES
    70 14 Tokio, Jan. 20. PROM the outbreak of the China Ini* cident In July, 1937, until the end of 1938, Japanese nationals sold gold articles to the Government valued at 100.000.000 Yen in order to finance part of Japan's military operations in China. Thirty-five per
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    STORM TROOP LESSONS FOR MEMEL GERMANS
    55 14 Kaunas, Jan. 20. rjIFTY leading Memel Storm Troopers have left for Germany to receive instruction in a special Storm Troop course, reports Heater. The Memel German Fuehrer, Dr Ernest Neumann, recently ordered the formation of a Memel Storm Troop Corps of 20,000 members, similar
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    WEST INDIES AIR SERVICE
    69 14 San Juan (Puerto Rico), Jan. 20. Mr. Maurice Banks, an Air Ministry official, is studying the feasibility of linking up the scattered British West Indies by an Inter-island air service Reuter. After a further meeting of the Arab conference in Cairo, which is discussing the Palestine
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    Tokio Diet Meeting
    222 14 Tokio Diet Meeting FORECASTS OF THE PREMIERS SPEECH Tokio, Jan. 20. THE Diet speech of the Prime Minister, Baron Hiranuma, which has been approved by the Cabinet and which he reported to the Emperor today, it is understood, will declare Japan's determination to push forward to attain the objective of
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    MOTOR SHIP BREAKS INTO TWO
    77 14 New York, Jan. 20. THE Norwegian motor tanker Jaguar is reported to have broken into two in mid-Atlantic. A radio message states [the Steamer Duala rescued the Jaj guar*s crew of 37 who had clung for i I hours on the two halves of the
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    JAPAN WILL NOT BID FOR FISHING LOTS
    101 14 Tokio, Jan. 20. A FORMAL decision not to participate i in the auction of fishing lots in 1 northern waters, which will take placs at Vladivostok in March, as announced i recently by Soviet authorities, was reached at a meeting of officials of
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    WANG CHING-WEI NOW ON WAY TO EUROPE?
    82 14 Chinese rumours In Hong Kong state that Mr. Wang Ching-wei, who was recently expelled from the Kuomin1 tang for advocating peace talks with Japan, left China for Europe on Jan. 14.— Trans-Ocean. A decree issued at Barcelona orders that all wireless receiving sets
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    Atlantic Air Service To Begin In May
    71 14 Montreal, Jan. 20. THE Trans-Canada Airlines an- nonnce they have been advised by Imperial Airways that the j trans-Atlantic air mail service will be weekly when it is inaugurated in May this year, but it is likely to be twice weekly before the
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    12 NEW U.S. NAVAL BASES IN ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC?
    288 14 "America Would Fortify Them No Matter What Others Think" Washington, Jan. 20. A DOZEN new United States naval bases in the Atlantic and Pacific, including an air base at Guam Island, are provided for in a bill which has now been
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    CHUNGKING RESHUFFLE
    52 14 Tokio. Jan. 20. CEN. Chen Cheng, Vice-Minister of War, will be chosen as War Minister, Madame Soong Ching-ling, widow of the late Dr. Sun Vat-sen as Vice- President of the Kuomintang; and Dr. Wellington Koo, the Chinese Minister to France, as the Foreign Minister, it j is reported.—
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    U.S. Plans To Store Coal For Industry
    66 14 Washington, Jan. 20. IT has been announced that a 1 plan to store 100,060,000 tons of coal for industrial use in the event of war emergency is to be submitted to the Planning Division of the War Department for consideration. The coal wonld
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    GENERAL'S APPOINTMENT OPPOSED
    104 14 Prague. Jan. 20. I\EMONSTRATIONS havj broken out In Carpatho-Ufcraine (Ruthenia) against the appointment of a Czech. General Prchala, as a member of the Carpatho-Ukraine Cabinet. It is announced that the Ukrainian Government intends to appeal to the Czech Supreme Constitutional Court if the general ij not removed,
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    ITALIAN LOSSES IN SPAIN
    20 14 Rome, Jan. 20. A fresh list is published of 177 Italian legionaries killed in Catalonia Reuter.
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    BOMBING OF SIAN KILLS 200
    181 14 Chungking, Jan. 20. A CHINESE dispatch from j Sian states that 200 persons were killed and wounded and 300 houses demolished when 23 Japanese planes bombed the central district of Sian yesterday, dropping more than 89 bombs. Despite the present Japanese oSensive on the North
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      227 15 World Council's Fine Tribute Calcutta. PIAT the work of the All-India Students' Federation ranks amongst somo of the finest achievements of the students of the world is acknowledged by the International Council of the World Student Association in Paris in the course of a letter to the
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      DEATH OF MAHARANI OF DHARAMPUR
      31 15 DEATH OF MAH ARANI OF DHARAMPUR Bombay. THE death occurred here of the Maharant of Dharampur. The body was taken by a special train t-» Dharampur where the cremation took place.
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      VICEROY HOLDS PROCLAMATION PARADE
      22 15 Ihr <iovfrnor-Gener»r« bodyguard ——"-I past the Viceroy, I.ord Linlithgow, at the annual proclamation parade held in Calcutta recently.
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      "COLOSSAL WASTE" OF MINERAL WEALTH
      395 15 Discussions At Science Congress In Lahore THE "colossal waste" of India's mineral wealth was among the subjects discussed at the recent session of the Indian Science Congress, which met at Lahore. Prof. S. K. Roy, who Initiated the discussion, described the uneconomic methods of production
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    "NON-VIOLENCE DOES NOT PROVE A PROTECTION"
    555 15 Statesman Replies To Mahatraa Gandhi's Criticism "Mr. Gandhi's faith in collective non-violence even in the face of aggression commands respect and is not to be destroyed by argument," says the Statesman, Calcutta, replying to Mr. Gandhi's criticism of its editorial, reproduced in the Straits
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    GRATITUDE OF CHINA
    45 15 I. u< know. I'andil Jawaharlal NcJmi h;<s received letters from .Madame Sun Vat-sen and the l'rinic Minister ol the Spanish Republican (lovernmrnt expressing their gratitude :it the sympathy and solidarity which the people of India have shown towards China and Spain respectively.
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    SYDNEY UNIVERSITY'S GESTURE
    234 15 Three Scholarships For Indian Students SOME time ago an announcement appeared in the Indian press that Sydney University. New South Wales (Australia), was prepared to accept students from India and remit the payment of fees. As the announcement was only in general terms, the Vice-Chancellor of Sydney
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    COCHIN'S DONATION TO UNIVERSITY
    96 15 MR. V. A. Sundarim, Secretary. Benares Hindu University, who had recently been to Cochin has brought a letter from Sir R. K. Shanmukham Chetti on behalf of the Maharaja of Cochin and Cochin durbar addressed to the Maharaja of Benares as the Chancellor of the Benares
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    JUSTICE PARTY'S LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
    66 15 Madras IN a statement to the press the Raja of Bobbin, former leader of the Justice Party, says: "In November last, I issued a statement to the press, announcing my retirement from active politics. Certain developments which I do not approve—at the recent confederation of the
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    STRIKING CHARACTER OF FIGURES OF LITERACY"
    900 15 Viceroy's Tribute To High Level Of Education In Travancore Trivandram. •THIS ifl Indeed, U Your Highness has remarked, a period 1 of crucial importance in the history of this country, as of ihP world a* a whole, and I welcome the assurance which you
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    1324 16 Snobbishness In British Army THE "STUPID OLD RETIRED BUFFERS" CRITICISED (From Our Military Correspondent.) London, Jan. 8. THE subject of schoolboys and the new regulations to induce them to go to Woolwich or Sandhurst, caused a stormy session of the Headmasters' Association. Snobbishness on the part of
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    76 16 The EsTP'.ian Air Fores is being: enlarged and the latest bombers and fighting planes have been supplied by Great Britain. Officers of the R.A.K. have trained Egyptian pilots and engineers and now members of the Egyptian Air Force hare been issued with a new
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    204 16 Chinese Reds On Tokio Cabinet Change Chungking. /X>MMENTING on the resignation of the Konoye Cabinet, the Sao Tang Pao said Not only was there a change of Cabinet but also disorder that can never b 9 readjusted. The Hlranuma Cabinet tends to accelerate China aggression, provocation
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    110 16 Chungking. IT is authoritatively stated that the National Government has decided to re-establish legitimate provincial administrations in the four provinces of Manchuria, which have been suspended since the Japanese occupation in 1931. It is said that the decision was reached on the suggestion of Gen.
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    135 16 Madame Chiang Kai-shek Promises To Inquire snangnai •THE fate of at least eight White Russians who were arrested by the Chinese authorities in Hankow last June is still unknown The names of the detained foreigners are Colonel S N Federoff Cap- tain A M Troyan, Messrs
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    CEYLON AID FOR CHINA WAR VICTIMS
    83 16 I EADERS and friends of China in Ceylon hare recently formed a Ceylon Red Cross Committee for the purpose of raising funds for relief of Chinese war refugees. The Committee is headed by Lady Schneider, with Mrs. Anne P. Vincent as honorary secretary and
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    JAPANESE BID TO ASSUME HEGEMONY OVER CHINA
    479 16 Ultimate Issue Of The War Still Veiled In Uncertainty THE past year, so far as Japan is concerned, has naturally been overshadowed by the war in China. The three most important military operations of the year were the occupation of the important railway
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    213 16 itulation from Chiang Kai-shek; the majority of his picked troops have apparently been preserved intact; reserves of arms and ammunition have been accumulated in the interior. The loss of large towns and main lines of communication is less vital to China, with its primitive, self-sufficient village economy,
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    Kwangsi Chief's Nine "Don'ts"
    219 16 Chungking. /IEN. Pei Chung-hsi, Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese forces in the south-west provinces, has returned to his headquarters at Kweilin, the capital of Kwangsi, after an extensive inspection tour of the various fronts in South China. In an interview, General Pei, who holds the concurrent post
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    2726 17 SYSTEM OF ASSESSING BUDGRAFTS MAY BE ALTERED Proved Yields Likely To Be Called For CAIRO CHAIRMAN DISCUSSES PLANTING PROBLEMS By Our Planting Correspondent p EB since'thc start of the rubber regulation scheme considerable criticism of the method of assessing the standard reduction of areas of budgrafted rubber has been voiced.
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    SENSATIONS AT LAST NIGHTS FIGHTS
    745 18 Frisco And MorteU Both Lose Their Titles QOM PONG completely confounded the critics last night, at the covered stadium. Fighting with his old-time fury and power of punch, he created a sensation by wresting the middleweight championship of the Orient from Young Frisco, who was
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    WOMEN'S HOCKEY AT K. L.
    163 18 Not An Inter-State Fixture (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 20. •T*HE Selangor women's team against the Singapore women here tomorrow at hockey will be; Miss C. de Souza, Misses M. and E. Frank (capt.) Misses J. Koch, Z. Grenler and I. Ford; Mias
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    MERRIDALE B.P.
    254 18 At the '.nnual general meeting of the Merrluale Badminton Party, held on Sun- day at Mr. Tan Seng Chor's residence, the i hon secretary Mr Tan Seng Chla reported 1 that the figure on the register shows 40 memI ters of which 19 are women. LADY SPORTS CAPTAIN
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    EMPIRE TITLE FIGHT
    32 18 The British Boxing Board of Control has recognised the fight between Lcn Harvey and Larry Gains at Harringay on Mar. 16 as for the British EmDlre heavyweight championship Reuter.
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    GALENTO K.O.'S BRESCIA
    53 18 Easy Win In First Round New Jersey, Jan. 19. Tony Galento knocked out Jorge Brescia, New York, after 1 min. 41 sec. of the first round of a tenround fight, which was watched by 10,000 spectators, who cheered Galento wildly. He battered Brescia with left hooks to
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    NO GOALS IN STATE HOCKEY
    141 18 In spite of rain, a flooded field, and a ball which at times was hidden by water, Johore and Singapore elevens played hockey on the Y.M.C.A. ground yesterday. The match ended without a goal being scored, and with rain still pouring down. Singapore had the
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    SAM STAPLES TO COACH HAMPSHIRE
    64 18 j After 18 years' service as player, assistant coach, and scorer to Nottinghamshire C.C.C.. Sam Staples is severing his connection with the club. Generally regarded as one of the finest bowlers the county have had, he [took 1.400 wickets. Staples has acicepted an invitation to
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    S.C.C SNOOKER
    78 18 The following are ties i n tne Volunteer Snooker at S.C.C. next week: Tuesday: J. A. Dean and W. Chivers vs. H. R. Wilson and Capt. J. Tazelaar. Wednesday: A. P. Hunter and Vaughan Jones vs. H. M. Venntk and D. M. Seward. Thursday: Major A. Nevill and
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    FRIENDLY SOCCER
    60 18 The following will represent the St. I Matthews Y.P.G. against the Man- chesers on Friday and the Singapore Mechanic Association on Sunday. Both matches to be played on the S.H.B. ground: Wal Mun, Cheunar Bock, Choon Lye, Ah Hong, Yew Leng, Ah Kow, Koo Gee, Hal Choo, Quan
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    ENGLAND PILE UP RUNS IN DURBAN TEST
    501 18 373 On Board And Only Two Wickets Down yjITK Paynter and Hammond both not out for 197 and for 99 respectively, England have 373 on for the loss of two wickets in the third Test match which began at Durban yesterday. The pair
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    15 18 Little Abayan, who beat MorteU in the bantamweight title fight last night.— Straits Times picture.
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    Winning The Toss
    52 18 THE present Test match is the seventh in which Wally Hammond has led England. He was captain for four against Australia, one of the series being washed out last year. He has yet to lose the toss in all matches since Hammond has been captain England have
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    S. C. C. RUGBY One Match Played Yesterday
    129 18 S. C. C. RUGBY One Match Played Yesterday QNLY cne tie was played In the v seven-a-slde rugby tournament held by the S.C.C. on the padang yesterday when the H.M.S. Terror defeated the 41st R.E. by the only unconverted try scored in the first period of the play. The game
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    MALACCA TO PLAY SELANGOR
    159 18 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Jan. 20. 1 Malacca and Selangor meet in a re- turn inter-State hockey fixture in j Malacca tomorrow, Saturday. Whon [these sides met earlier in the season. lin Kuala Lumpur, Selangor won 4-1. [Since then Malacca have drawn twice with Negri
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    Referee Stops Hockey At Segamat
    378 18 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, Jan. 18. A LUCKY goal from a penalty gave the Police an opportunity to force a draw on the town pa dang today when they met the Segamat Indo-Ceylonese in a friendly hockey match. The game was keen, though inclined
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    CHINESE WIN 2-1 AT MUAR
    463 18 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Muar. Jan. 19. QIVING a greatly improved display In their second cutlng of the season the hockey team of the Muar Customs Sports Club did well to hold the Muar Chinese to a one goal margin when they met in a
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    JACKIE MAC AND LITTLE MOTHER SURPRISE
    1775 19 First Day Of Taiping Skye Race Meeting pOOD dividends by Jackie Mac and $51 respectively featured yester day of the January Skye meeting. Two objections were lodged during the afternoon but both were dismissed. The first was in the third and the second in
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    22 19 incident during play in the European hockey trial at ths S.C.C. early this week, when 10 goals were scored. Straits Times picture.
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    44 19 Race I.— Phoon Tok, Mickey Mouse Race 2.— East Lynne, Hilarity. Race 3.— Foxy, Explode. Race 4— ADC, Pay Out. Race s.— Little Mother, Bay Laddie Race 6.— La Coloniale, Sky Raider. Race 7.— Santa Anita, Work and Play. Race B.— Dazzle, M.G.M.
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    Weights For Today's Races
    267 19 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Jan. 20. lUEIGHTS for the Taiping races, tomorrow in order of running, are as follows: Ponies: Class 3, Div. 2, about 6 fur.: Phar Par 10.12 Etona 9.04 i Lassa 10.11 Bay Rose 9.00 Anaconda 10.08 Gayloo 8.10 ,Taj Mahal 10.02
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    £7,500 NATIONAL GAMBLE
    155 19 MR. Jack Morris, the amateur rider, has backed himself to win £7,500 In this year's Grand National. He stated that he has purchased the steeplechaser Drlm specially so that he can ride the gelding in the Grand National. He has taken a bet of £1,000 to £1
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    POLICE RUGBY
    88 19 The annual Police Rugby match, which will be witnessed by H. E. the Governor, and also by the ColonU.l Secretary, takes place at Thomson Road Police Depot today. The P. M.S. team Is expected to be as foiYovs, Tafb; J.M. Barnes. H.T.B. Ryvcs, F.K. McNamara, A.N. Other; D.J.
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    S.C.C. BILLIARDS
    23 19 Members and notified that the Billiard room will be closed far play on Saturday and Sunday for repairs to i flooring.
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    Home Soccer Marksmen
    331 19 London, Jan. 9. fOAL scorers in the English League are as below: THE LEAGUE.— Division L Fenton (Mid'bro) 20 Carter (Suniand). 11 Law ton (Everton). 18 Pagan (Liverpool). 10 Hodgson (Leeds) 15 Nieuwenhuys (L"P.) 9 •Howe (Grimsby) 15 Buchan (BTool).. 9 tMcCulloch (Derby) 13 Yorston (Mid'bro'). 9
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    G. F. Jones Transferred To Kedah
    416 19 Sports Chatter A FTER a season as one of tie key men of the Singapore rugger side, Dr. G. F. Jones is to be lost to southern rugger. A member of the Government Medical Service, he has been transferred to Kulim, South Kedah. It
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    S.C.C. CRICKET
    42 19 The SCC. annual cricket meeting will be held after the semifinals of the seven-a-side rugby tournament at 6 p.m. on Monday and not at 5.15 p-m. as before notified. Th c Non -Benders' meetIng will follow the Cricket Club meeting.
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    LOYALS BEAT MEDICALS
    64 19 MEDICAL College was beaten four goals to one by the Loyals In a hockey game played at the College ground yesterday. The game was played on a sodden field and in pouring rain There was no score at half time. In the second half Oehlers scored first
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    S.C.C. BOWLS
    39 19 The bowling sub committee fcas decided to give tht green a farther week's rest and therefore your tis arranged far next week will be postponed until the other ties have been played off i.e. early in April.
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    THE SPORTS DIARY
    53 19 TODAY Barb;: South vs. Rest of Singapore, S.C.C.; S.S. Police vs. F.M.S. Police, Depot; S.A.O.B. vs. R.E. (Changi), Changi. Hockey: S.C.R.C. vs. R.A.P. (Seletar). Seletar; Singapore vs. N. Sembilan, S.C.C.; Y.M.C.A. vs. R.E. Changi, Changi; Singapore Women vs. Selangor, Selangor. TOMORROW Timing: F.M.S. Police vs. S.S. Police,
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    158 20 Jdp (rastnn. "1-year-old clown nho was called out of retirement to take part in this year's Olyinpia circus, brought happiness to this little girl, whose parents had written and told him that Kathleen had seen him four years before and her one wish
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  • The Straits Times MALAYAN SPORTS SUPPLEMENT
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      15 1 The Straits Times MALAYAN SPORTS SUPPLEMENT No. 15 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1939 FOUR PAGES
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      Good Rugby Promised At S.C.C. Today
      628 1 SOUTH SHOULD GET GOOD TRY-OUT AGAINST REST SOUTH rugby team will get a thorough try-out this afternoon when they meet the Rest of Singapore in the match on the Cricket Club padang. This game should equal anything that has been seen in Singapore this
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      26 1 I'all v'vys a tune on the accordion ichile Saiyeant, Meek. Lyman, Hitchings and McComick of the Tottenham Hotspurs have a training run at White Hart Lane.
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      Anson Road Stadium
      203 1 By Rodmin. No more puddles or bad patches on Anson Road stadium for tussling soccer elevens! The surface of the stediun Ka3 been re-turfec! but w'tat is more important siill, it has been regraded as will. Water will quickly run off the sloping pitch, leaving no pool
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      Teams For State Hockey Match Today
      98 1 FOLLOWING are teams for today's State hockey fixture at the S.C.C. between Singapore and Negri. SINGAPORE V. N. PiUay R. H. Barth, Lieut. MacMillan Lieut. Leo-nard-Williams. Sgt. Cronin, P. K. Baskaran (capt.) R. Thoy, N. Sullivan, Sheikh Hussein, Pte. Byrne, Ibrahim bin Esa. NEGRI
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      When Cricket Was Illegal Game
      454 1 fRICKET is the las! ga:>:: we should dream of forbidding on moral ground* because it encouraged gambling and led the youth of the nation into bad ways. Yet for centuries cricket vas. strictly ne&ktnf, an illegal game. In Edward IV s rttsn cricket uu totally
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      Team For Hockey Annual To Be Known Next Week
      668 1  -  Rodmin. By What will the south have against the bright constellation of North stars in the classic hockey match which will be played at Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 18? We should know sometime .during the week-end after representatives of Negri Sembilan,
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      29 1 An Air Force player makes a dash fjor the line in the seven-a-side rugby match against the 30th Fortress Co. R.E. on Thursday. R.E. won 3-ni\— Straits Times picture.
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      Biggest Surprise Of Hockey Season Was Penang's Win Over Perak
      1065 2 (By "Forward") J9ENANCS unexpected victory over Perah last Saturday must ixre!y c.o doyen as the biggest surprise in Malayan hockey this season. I do not think that there was a single person among those who turned up to see the
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      Good Fights In Command Boxing Championships
      623 2 THE Command individual boxing championships found only 29 of the original 40 competitors taking part, sickness and injury accounting for most of the others. Nevertheless, the preliminary rounds were full of interest and most of the bouts were very even. Woolham made his first
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      59 2 "E; mbadicr" Billy We. ls, on the left of this picture, is seen in a new roh. He is talking to Robert Donat, ttko is inspecting the canary, prior U descending into the pit to rescue trapped miners, in a scene from the M.G.M. production "The Citvdel." The "Bombaditr" plays
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      Surprise Selections In North XV MORE SELANGOR PLAYERS NEEDED IN SIDE
      698 2 Surprise Selections In North XV MORE SELANGOR PLAYERS NEEDED IN SIDE pXCEPTfor the North v South Rugby fixture on Saturday, January 28 at Singapore, the 1938 Rugby Season may be said to have finished, with Selangor the proud possessors of the Malaya Cup Rugby trophy, the gift of Captain Buller
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      Services Sports Notes By Audio
      311 2 seconds of their match with the Manchesters was sufficient to put the Changi Gunners into the seml-t final. The R.A.F. Inter-section hockey league now nearing completion continues to give promise of a very close finish and there are likely to be 1 p'enty of sparks
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        118 2 SHERLETS 164 PA6E DOG g'SJv&^^^^^B f'rtt frvn* '■'•£■■4 I TRAVER» j i *^W&* -^fc. m» W* Worms cause more ill-health and n In dogs than most people realise ihe usual symptoms are bad breath, dooc appetite, staring coat, diarrhea and occasional vomiting, but a dog may be infested without showing
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      39 3 Sir Jullcn Cahn and his cricket parly left Liverpool Street this viontfi rnroute for New Zealand. Picture shows Sir Julien Cahn shaking hands uith players, before leaving Liverpool Street. On right is Mr. Savag?, Hiah Commissioner for New Zealand.
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      DECISIONS AT B.A.M. MEETING Johore Supporters Pleased
      503 3 DECISIONS AT B.A.M. MEETING Johore Supporters Pleased ißy Our Johore Correspondent.) BADMINTON players and enthusiasts of Johore should be gratified with the various decisions reached at the annual general meeting of the Badminton Association of Malaya held at the northern settlement on Sunday last. The Sultanate is honoured in that
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      Muar Hockey Review By Authentic
      663 3 "THOUGH the hockey season is tut drawing to a close hockey teams in Muar are very busy. No less than four matches were played during the waek and some (rood hockey was seen. Tilt most interesting match or the week was the meeting of the
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      SELANGOR NOW HOLD BOTH MALAYA CUPS
      653 3 Video) Rugby Final Was One Of Best Ever (By SELANGOR are proud possessors of both the H.M.S. Malaya cups for soccer and rugger. This is an achievement of which we can justly be proud, especially so because very few expected Selangor to overcome the
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      20 3 The combined M.PJI. and Gneisenau teams who picked server at Anton Road on Thursday. MJ-.H. wen $-2. —Straits Times picture.
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      17 3 Loyals rugby XV who beat the S.R.C. 12—3 on Tuesday on the S.R.C padang. Straits Times picture.
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      Random Notes From Perak
      433 3 |POH will not be the venue of the 1939 Malayan Badminton Championships, Penang being fixed as the venue by the Badminton Association of Malaya at the annual general meeting held in Penang last week. It was hoped that Ipoh would have the championships this year but
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      Newcomers At Ipoh Races
      492 3 Newcomers A t Ipoh Races PERFORMANCES of some ef the newcomers who are making their first appearance In this country at the Ipoh meeting are as follows: COOLTPIT aged 4 yrs. eh c m Tolgus-Cloverdale. Ran seven times as a three year uld In Ireland. At Curragh. June 22, Flat
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      LEADING TEAMS TUMBLE IN CUP THIRD ROUND
      773 4 Weekly Review Of Home Sport By Our London Correspondent London, Jan. 11. SURVIVAL in the third round of the F.A. cup on Saturday last was as much a matter of physical fitness as of football skill, for the sudden thaw had left the
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      Singapore Badminton Association Protest To Selangor Officials
      1081 4 Singapore Badminton Associatio n Protest To Selangor Officials IT is learned that the Singapore Badminton Association has officially protested to the Selangor Badminton Association as the result of a letter published in the press recently which came from an official of the Selangor B.A. The letter attacked the local governing
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      Likely Winners At Ipoh Meeting
      442 4 J7NTKIES for the Perak Turf Club meeting include several newcomers to Malayan racing, but with few exceptions newcomers find it very difficult to win first up in this country. There are quite a few horses that have recent form to recommend them as prospective winners.
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      30 4 Singapore hockey team which beat Malacca 2—o in Malacca on Swiday last. Left to right (standing) Thillainathan, Baskaran, Pillai, LeonardWilliams, Barth, MacmiVan. In front: Thoy, Sullivan, Hussein, Byrne, Ibrahim Isa.
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      Johore Sports Review By Rover
      554 4 Johore Sports Review By Rover IS there no way how Segamat hockey could be improved? The standard of the game is falling with every new match and the players are largely to be blamed. There are but few men in the district who play as a team. Too much individual
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