The Straits Times, 7 February 1939

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    39 1 FINAL EDITION The Straits Times (ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTLHWI THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IS MALAY 20 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FKHRIWRY 7, 193<). PRICK 5 CENTS The Straits Times 2'» I'AGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1039 PRICE 5 CENTS
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      115 1 For Up-to-date TAILORING.. MIEN CHONG >a\ satisfaction. ai Coleman St. Singapo-*. 4816 so Hi QiHl Won much nnH MORE -plPr IN AN n f llf^TIII I Ml IV HI 18I P) nUvl I" L > r it\, y\ iv^ .ninium-head engire pvet **GOODWOOD" FOURTEE.N-fl inced performanace with lower with tho
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      99 1 REMINGTON RAND THE WORLD'S IYO. 1 \ELECTRIC CLOSE SMAVER/ x. f y^^^l SS y'^^) nrffcfcx' SHARPENING AND X (J6W +lU/I&1 COMPLETt WITH «S BUILT FOR V FLEX- RESI I£UW ANCE LEATHER ill!- "-C- V Z.PP CASE ROBIMSON CO., LTD. it C*M I c-af i- i bed ">-i it« pnriiml ir-s
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      89 1 Madame Page. DRESSMAKFR and DESIGNER Tailarmades- 6owr.s for All Occasions in Stock $5 $30 13. Battory Road., Singapore. Ti.l- R327 y Your Choice of v^rk. i w^ b "*B |fe M M MLj Wlj \J Wlj you will be sure to find your favourite cheese at tha COLD STORAGE. Or
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE
    • Obituary
      HEATH
      20 2 AUCUTT— Tony, in London, from rmnengitis. aged 8 years; beloved youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Aucutt, Seremban.
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      944 2 WANTED WANTED male Chinese spaniel to mate with female. C. dc Graaf, 147, Pasir Panj&nß (6!is Milestone). WANTED Bungalow with compound, 3 bedrooms, with bathrooms preferable Mod San. 4 miles from town, usual servants quart ers, garage one or two car.s. Apply Box No. 696. Straits Times. FOR~~SALE SHELVADOR. Refrigerator
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      780 2 LOST DOG (Airedale) brown with a touch ot grey, bearing F.M.S. licence, lost from No. 4, Lorong 12, Geylang. Finder will be rewarded BOARD &1RESIPENCE THE MANSION, P-lvat« RoteJ. Ox^ Rise Tele ***** Rooms available WHITEHALL. 32. Cairnhiil Rd Vacancy Double rr Sinfle. English. M.S. Tel. 4747. CAFE W1EN, Orchard
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      788 2 MOTOR VEHICLES FOR SALE, Vauxhall 14-0 Dc Luxe Salooii Car, 1938 Model, only done 16,000 miles. Smart appearance and In perfect condition. Price $1,450.00 or near offer. Write Bos No. 705. Straits Times. MOTORING LESSONS EFFICIENT DRIVING TUITION at MM than quarter the price charged by others 20 years »xperience
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      482 2 PUBLIC N OTIC ES f.m.5.r7~~ CHINESE NEW YEAR 1939 CHEAP RETURN TICKETS At TAKIFF BOOK SINGLE FARE FOR DOI'RLE JOURNEY Outward 16th to 21st February, 1939 inclusJTe. Return 17th to 22nd February, 1939 inclusive, lor Further Particular* Enquire STATION MASTER. THE MALAYAN ENGINEERING CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Singapore) Registered Head
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      165 2 EDUCATIONAL COUNTRY PREPARATORY SCHOOL Hid holiday Home in S VV. England Write 811, Straits Times TENDERS SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST. TENDERS are invited for the KCMMtructlOB of 18 houses nt Coleman Street. St. Gv Place and Hill Street, and for 'ho den of No 14 St. Omory'i Place. Plans. Specification and
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      660 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. 1 incorporated 10 England.) IKNINSUI-AR ANU ORIENTAL S.N. Co. MAIL PASSENOER AND CARGO SERVICES OUTWARD livOM LONDON fOR CHINA AND JAPAN Tonnage Due Spore. RAWALPINDI 17,000 FcD. 10 EUHDWAN «.070 Feb. 11 CANTON l">500 Feb. 24 SOMALI 6.800 Mar. 10 CORFU 15,000 Mar.
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      514 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. nnrorDoreted to Tamm GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. Regular fortnightly sailings. ondon via t*enang, Colombo, *ort Said, Naples, Marseilles nd Gibraltar. S.S. KATORI MARU Feb. 16 -|-M.S. YASUKUNI MARU Mar. 1. S.S. KASIMA MARU Mar. 16. S.S. HAKONE MARU Mar. 30.
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      788 3 tlsM I*t T^ J ■sw T^ I I V K^^ll jy^i KJJ»silsssssssssssJr I BANGKOK ISHt I CHrNA/JAP*n LIXB LuxTirlotw One Class Motorshlm. Most Bla Cargo vessels <rttfc limited out comCabins Have Adjoining Private Bath. finable Bn«rr"ir Acrnmmndßtlnr< To: AIAKSKIIXKS LONDON. HOTTKK- T« PORT SAID. PALESTINE, ROTDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. TERDAM.
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      635 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building. Colljrer Qnaj Sin<jpor t Tel 51. ".1. Chartered Bank Bulldlnt Penang ti \?.;;h BLUE FUNNEL LINE. \ST SERVICES M IRSMI.I.tS. LONDON N (OMIMM ANI» OIAMMM (In ronjunctlnn trlth the Glen Line I Due Silt KELEUS Ldon, R'dam. II burj. Ant. M'bg'i In poit Today SARPEDON
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    Wall Street Quotations
    442 4 New York, Feb. 6. HPHE following quotatfons were those ruling when the Stocic Exchange closed today: DOW-JONES AVERAGES Saturday's Today's Close. Close. Changes 30 Industrials 145.07 145.03 off .0i 20 Rails 30.38 30.25 off .13 15 Utilities 24.60 25.52 up .92 40 Bonds 90.46 90.53 up .07
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    BROKERS' COMMENT
    181 4 SWAN. CULBERTSON AND FRIT 2 report on yesterday's New Yori markets Leading the entire market upwarc virtually all utility issues reached new highs since 1937 as a result of the agreement for the sale of Commonwealth and Southern subsidiaries tc the Tennessee Valley Authority. The news was generally
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      234 4 Tcday Aden (Imperial) 1 p m Bast Africa (Imperial) ..a p.m South Africa (Imperial) ..2 p.m Burma (Imperial) 2pm Whole Canada (Imperial) 2Dm China (Imperial) ..2 p.m. Egypt, Sudan and Palestine (Imperial) 2 p.m Great Britain and Ireland (Imperial) 3 tun Europe Great Britain CX.L.M.) 2pm Europe
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      FROM MALACCA
      58 4 Correspondence for transmission by air via ''Netherlands" must be fully prepaid and clearly superscribed "By X.L.M." Mails will close from Malacca as follows Today. Australia. New Zealand. Java and Timor Dilly by air (Qantas) t p.m. Tomorrow. Medan by air 'Netherlands i J. 15 p.m. Java it Southern
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      PRESIDENT DOUMER
      35 4 The President Doumer from Marseilles via Port Said, Djibouti, Colombo, Ls expected to arrive about 6 p.m. anc sail tomorrow about 10 p.ir. for Saigon. Hong Kong, Shan-V.iai and Ksoe Berth: S.H.B. wharves.
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      London Stock Exchange Home Rails The Feature
      444 4 London Stock Exchange Home Rails The Feature London. Feb. 6. QN the Stock Exchange today Home v rails provided the brightest feature on the maintenance of the Southern I Railway dividend at 5 per cent, on the preferred ordinary shares. Other railb improved In sympathy. Gilt-edged benefltted from Investment support.
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      259 4 INWARD Wearnes: From Peoanc, Ipoh. and Koala Lumpur. Arrives ejerj evening. X.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives THIS afternoon. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives THIS afternoon. X.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives THIS evening. Imperial: From Europe: Expected tomorrow. K.N.1.L.M.: rrom Netherlands Indie*: Arrives Tuesday afternoon. K.N.1.L.M.: From Saifon:
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      SURFACE MAILS
      41 4 EXPECTED Mails from China and Japan c pected tomorrow Feb. 8. by Rajputar Mails from Ciina and Japan c pected tomorrow, Feb. 8, by Afri Maru. Mails from South and East Ai'ri expected on Feb. 9, by London Maru.
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      583 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in F.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433 Passage 5431 Wfijfcm&r] Vla Cfciiaaa -1 N Tin America— A Europe. Fast through trains direct [g|Jsj[K]raj^U*Bn Canada's Evergreen Plnyground t <-^^SWTSii^r 1 .Lake Louise BanH. .Connect $M I jjmk jfff± Viiit> Canadiar Pacific trans-Atlantic lA '«H Unfrs at Montreal or Quebec
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      301 4 Painslnßack! Clean Out Kidneys Tour KiilnevH have nine ir.ilMon tiny tuhc 1 or filtera which oro enuanKor.-d by neglect cr drastic, irritating druns. li<-w.ire! If Ki.lney trouble or Bladder wwik- p«s makes y. m duffer from Backache, (Jcitinß Up Leg Pnlns, Nervousness, liizzlness, Stittness, Rheumatism, ?,umbnKo. Circles I'n<ler Kyes, Swollen
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      233 4 TIDE TABLE SINGAPORE Today H. W. 00. 4D a.m. 9.5 ft.; 12.32 p.m. 10.4 ft. L. W. 6.25 a.m. 2.5 ft.: 7 p.m. 0.8 ft. Wednesday H. W. 1.16 a.m. 9.5 ft. 1.16 p.m. 10 ft. L. W. 7.06 a.m. 2.2 ft.: 7.34 p.m. 1.5 ft. Thursday H. W. 1.47
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    MAY I HELP YOU?
    48 5 I Thirty years' practical experience In homoeopathic treatment. Many chronic and" complicated cases have been cured by me In Malaya, especially In Singapore and Johore, where other lending medical systems bad failed. HOMEO CENTRE 779, North Bridge Road. Singapore, Jalan Tanga Duke, Johore Bahru.
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      837 5 r%ff\ ARRIVED 1939 cte. AND THIS STEWART -WARNER RADIOS AD G E e£' S YO M U ENT WORLO-w'iSr^DlO CO. 98, Robinson Road, Singapore. ACQUAINTED WITH A BETTER MEANS |Clf*»i_ J TO MOUTH HEALTH lsNf*r?E 1 To Medical Hall. Ltd. k| Sfcc^L^^** _i Battery Road. E>|_. W Please supply bearerof
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      36 5 Let us demonstrult to you from our HBi, outstanding variety of INDIRECT lighting. It is the most modern light and will protect your eyes. l_ ZZ'^ir^-Tmj' 9^ I DECORRTIVE LIGHTING (9 248fl DRCHfIRD R9 PHOHE jjBB
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      166 5 Victory OVER PREMATURE OLD-AGE! W J A^ m l course i, TONIC TABLETS helps to regain lost health and strength. At S!5O or 51.30 from first-class Chemists. Distributors: CHARI CO.. 29, Robiivsun Roii, Singapore. OF THE CENTI;**/ Wffik fcr interior and exterior use. BRUSELLO is a synthetic enamel yyyyjs& embodying
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      88 5 TA«rcarealOO us«s in the home for THE MODERN FIXING DEVICE POPULAR SET 6Scn HOUSEHOLD SET fI.SO CRAfUMM SET 52 SO lOMPLETE ill 51 7.30 BELLS ASBESTOS ENGINEERING S.S. Ltd SINGAPORE NOTIC K M. K7.1.R11.L SONS. <i» ilitnu i Optiriaiis of 9 Kaftle* Darr. Singapore, hmt no connection nor tntfrr.l with
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      346 5 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TODAY ZBL 22} metre*. ZIIT 30 96 metre* p.m. 5 00 Malay-Hawaiian songs, t 5 30 Kronchongs. t COO Teochew selections, t 6.40 Teochew drama t 7.00 Children's programme. (English 1 7.30 Time, weather and news announcements. 7.45 "An American Looks At British— 2— Th» BBC." 8.00 Swingtime."
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      622 5 EMPIRE STATION TODAY TRANSMISSIONS 2 AND 3. G8H 2141 me/1 (13.97 m.11 GSO 17.7' me (16.88 m.)j GSF 15.14 mc'i (1942 m.): GSJ 21.63 mc/i (13.93 m G8D 11.75 mo/f rt» M m.1 p.m. 6.05 Big Ben. B.B.C. Theatre orchestra.* 7.00 Leslie Simpson, at organ ol Classic Cinema, Belfast. 7.20
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      MINING
      575 6 usue Vai Fiaser Co. Lyall ft Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers V- Ampat Tin 3/6 41- 3/6 4/El Asam Kumbaos 26/- 27/- 25/- 27/6 El Austral ftUtaT 40/- 45/- cd 40/- 50/5/- Ayer Hliara 21/9 22/9 22/3 23/3 1 Ayei Wcng 0.55 0.60cd 0.55 0.60 £1 Bangrtn Tin 20/6
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      GENERAL
      419 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.30 1.40 1.32V2 1.40 2 2 do "&<" PreXs. 2.20 2.30 2 22>a 2.30xd 10 10 Atlas Ice 4.75 5.25 5.00 5.50 1 1 B. M Broadcasting 0 50 0.60 ).5O 160 10 6 B. M. Trustee S.75 7.50 6.75 7.50 U £1 Con.
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS
      262 6 i% Maynara Co. Ltd $30,000 Int. Apr. 30 Oct. 31 90 100 norn SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL S% I'JOI red 1940 $400,000 int Mar 31 Sept 30 102' /2 103" 2 norn 4fc7« 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int Mar 31 Sept 30 108V2 110 norn iVtVt 190£ red. 1955
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      RUBBER SHARES
      352 6 AUenby Alor Gajan Amai. Malay Ayer Hitam Ayer Molek Ayc-r Pana* Bassett Batu Untang Bedford Benta Borelll Brogas Brunei On Bukit Katil Buklt K. B Buklt Kepong Bukit Timah (J10) Changkat Serdang Connemara Glenealy Plan'i'lcaa Hamilton Haytor Indraglrl Je.-am Kuantan '50 eta.) Jlrr.ah Kamasan Kedah Kempas Ptaser b
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      CHAMBER OP COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN
      93 6 Tuesday, Feb. 7, noun. No. IX K.S.S. Opoi loose) ttft 27 No. IX R.SS. fob in MM February 27>» 27 3 i QMJLQ, R.SS. fob in l.aUs Februarj 2ti in ib U l3/18 I'.A.Q. K.S.S. JT.o.b. iv bal.- Febnurj 2»i 26 FUTURI QOOTATIONi No IX
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      EXCHANGES
      186 6 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the daily circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation: SELLING London T.T 2/3 25/32 London demand 2/3 25/32 Lyons demand 2045 Switzerland demand 239 Hamburg demand 133% Nl'W York demand 54 1/16 Montreal demand 54 5/16
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      503 6 SMALL INVESTMENT BUYING OF SHARES RUBBER EASIER AND DULL By Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Feb. 7. WORLD markets still display a very steady tone. Commodities this morning are practically unchanged rubber showing a small advance in London yesterday while New York was fractionally easier. Tin was slightly
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      LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      21 6 LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE 642 i .3 1/10 210 18% 1/5 13/ lCd J 2:i js,'l6d. U id .V lrt less J
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    MONETARY POLICY OF BRITAIN UNCHANGED
    658 6 No Inflation Or Deflation And No Question Of Stabilisation DEFORE giving a third reading, without a debate, to the Export Credit Guarantees Bill, the House of Commons heard an explanation by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the new Currency and Bank Notes Bill. The
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    FIXED TRUST QUOTATIONS
    103 6 'From Our Own Corre-pondenti London, Feb. 6. British Empire "A" ]E 3 British Empire "A" 9 0 British Empire Cumulative 13 9 British Empire C'prehensive 14 3 British General "A" 17 6 British General "B* 15 9 British General "C 14 3 Gold Producers First 24 T'-xd
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    MANILA GOLD SHARE MARKET
    108 6 Manila. Feb. 7. TPHE following were yesterday's quotations and this morning's quotations for gold shares on the Manila Stock Exchange. All the shares have a par value of 10 centavos. and the quotations are in pesos Yesterday Tod.v asked bid asked Antamok 0.43 ',-j 0.43 0.43
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    UNEMPLOYMENT IN ITALY RISING
    84 6 Rome, Feb. 7 OIGNOR MUSSOLINI has de-ided to Increase the dole for unemployed persons, who now receive about Sd. daily, for 90 days. The new rate is not stated bat the duration is unchanged. II Duce's decision is expected to be very popular, as unemployment Is
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      24 6 CRANES O WINCHES HOISTS EXCAVATORS CONCRETE MIXERS SLUICE GATES PUMPS ETC. ETC. RANSOMES RAPIER LTD. IPSWICH, ENGLAND SOLE AGENTS FOR MAIAYA: McAUSTER CO., LTD.
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      SHARP FALL IN MALAYA'S OVERSEAS TRADE
      429 7 $462,593,000 In 1938 Compared With 1937 EXPORTS $581,554,000: IMPORTS $559,410,000 THE gross value of Malaya's overseas trade in 1938 was $1,140,964,000 or $462,593,000 less than in 1937. Exports were $323,551,000 lower and imports $139,042,000 lower, according to statistics issued by the Registrar-General yesterday. The
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      POLICE DOGS IN THE JAPANESE ARMY
      136 7 .sli.mghai. In an eilort to overcome their difllcultles In finding enough men to patrol the vast areas they have occupied in China, the Japanese are reported to be training an "army" of German police dogs to supplement their military garrisons. Three hundred such ciogs
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      January Rubber Imports
      79 7 POREIGN imports of rubber r into the Straits Settlements in January totalled 19,049 tons compared with 7,607 tons in December and 17.078 tons in January 1938. Of the January imports, 11,423 tons were received from the Netherlands Indies 2,755 tons from Siam 2,350 tons from Sarawak 1,177
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      190 7 Singapore, ten. (>, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler 7.50 Hamburg Cube $13.50 Java Cube $12.00 Pepper White Muntok $12.75 White $12.25 Black 9.00 Vopra Mixed $3.10 Sun Dried $3.40 So 7o Flour No. 1 Lingua $2.30 Fair $2.30 Sarawak $2.22' lelotona Paiembr.ng $7.00 Banja $7.50 Sarawak $7.50 Tapioca
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      CHINA'S 94 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
      48 7 Chungking, Feb. 5. THE Ministry of Education announces that, out of 94 Chinese colleges and universities. 53 have already been removed to the interior of China from war zones: 20 have been partially removed, while oh'ln operate in the war zones. -Central News.
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      ERASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
      97 7 ERASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Books Company Dividend Close TIN. Austral Malay 9d. No. 48 3d. bonus Feb. 24 Ayer Weng Feb. 14 Kuala Lumpur Tin 1/ Thabawl'lk 18 Feb. 17 RUBRFR Ayrr Molek 6<~ f final Feb. 15 GENERAL. Hongkong Bk F3 Feb. 13 MrAllstcr 5<". lnt Feb.
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      ECONOMIC SITUATION IN GREAT BRITAIN
      1203 7 Business Activity Indices Fall In December IN its monthly report on market 1 conditions for January, the Trust n f Tn«iirnnf-P Shares Ltd writes'— 0^ n e S^w nC \!a hh r ai bb e ce h g ins-raTner e wen. The adoption of M.
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      FRENCH PRODUCTION SPEED-UP
      58 7 Paris, Feb. 5. piVE decrees have been issued to im- plement M. Paul Reynaud's scheme for speeding-up production. Three of the decrees are designed to encourage industrial and commercial establishments and to improve plant. The fourth aims at reducing charges In the case of companies which reorganise
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      RUSSO-JAPANESK DISPUTE
      49 7 Tokio, Feb. 6. IN view of the aggravated Russo- Japanese fishery issues, representatives of political parties, it is reported, will present a resolution to the current session of the Diet, urging the Government to take firmer stand for ensuring Japan's treaty rights through diplomatic channels.— Eastern News.
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      534 7 PUBLIC NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL i%% DEBENTURE STOCK 1939. INTEREST SUE IST MARCH. 1939. NOTICE is hereby given that the Transfer Register of the above Stock will be closed from Fjb. 15 to 28. 1939, both days Inclusive. C. H. OOLDIE, Municipal Secretary. "SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY, MAKING UP AND DRAINING STILL ROAD,
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      232 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated, in China Dy Special Chart-i i 12. Cecil Street, Singapore. Telephones: Manager's Office 8444 Amu Manager's Office 8442 a Exchange Dept 8441 General Office S!BS-t Cable Address: "CHUNGKUO.r»id Up Capital Ch. S 40.000.000 00 Reserve Funds in excess of Ch I 3.200.000 00 Total Asset* approximately
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      197 8 Season Extended owing to tremendous success. r.7i'/i Century-Fox Greatest Entertainment Achievement I Al KAMBRA TODAY 3.15, 6.15 9.15 P™ F ?»lPinti»l_»KllTß 1 ~^J^~- y^*"*m /^^SS^- -|9^.. nßr^rVl /^W TONE I1 J ■__fcfe^J j^Jb 1\ TW^JnnyVrD^ ALHAMBRA-next change SOMETHING NEW IN ENTERTAINMENT! Ml BT PAT O'BRIEN &rm -^_^<l JOHN PAYNF« il
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      234 8 TONIGHT C.15 9.15 a drama of a show girl i^^T^t^^^^Tl WHO GAVE UP LOVE AND A I I f 1 4^ MILLION—TO BE DOUGHBOY'S "DREAM GIRL!" ■■■■■■■■^■—■■■^■i M»rg».« SUHAYAH J»-«- STEWART ,n, n Metro.coidwyn-Majer's Rc-nantlc lilt! 'The SHOPWORN ANGEL MARLBOROUGH Ho WSM Toni^1 6 930 p"• f^ 1 _ji^V* "Hi
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    CHINESE RAIDERS DESTROY 40 JAPANESE PLANES
    116 9 Surprise Attack On Enemy Air Base In South Shansi Chungking, Feb. 6. THINESE aircraft staged a surprise raid yesterday on the Japanese air base at Yunchci, in South Shansi, "demolishing more than 40 Japanese planes^ and also the ground structures.' According to information from
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    Aral) Strike In Palestine
    295 9 Organised By Mufti's Followers Jerusalem. Feb. 6. A THREE -DAY Arab strike has been proclaimed in Jerusalem and other parts of Palestine on the ground of alleged public opposition to the invitation to the National Defence Party delegation to attend the Palestine talks in London, which
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    JAPAN TO EUROPE AIR SERVICE?
    79 9 Tokio, Feb. 6. •yHE possibility of linking Japan 1 with European countries by air was discussed by the War Minister, Lieut.-Gen. Itagakl. In the Diet According to the War Minister, negotiations hnd been In progress between Japan and Germany before the outbreak of the Sino-
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    BRITAIN'S BALA AIR FORCE
    115 9 London, Feb. 6 SIR KING&LEY WOOD, the Air Minuter. In a speech today, emphasised that Gre.tt Britain possessed and was building up a oalanced air force. There Vv-as r.o foundation for the suggestion that the Air Ministry had reversed its previous policy and was falling back
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    WANG CHING-WEI FOR EUROPE
    77 9 WANG CHING-WEI FOR EUROPE Chungking, Feb. 6. Dl I 11 li is authoritatively in- formed that Mr. Wang Chingwci has arranged with the Chinese Government authorities for a trip to Europe as a "tourist," and is being granted a tourist passport. This is regarded as an effective quietus to rumours
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    Emigration Of German Jews
    196 9 Nen lU'ich Scheme Is Reported London, Feb. 6. A NEW German plan for emigration of Jews, brought from Berlin by Mr. G. Rublee. chairman of the Evian Refugee Committee, drops the export guarantee and international loar provisions of the original Schacht plan, says the Jewish Telegraphic
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    NEW CHINA-EUROPE AIR SERVICE Survey Flight To Be Carried Out
    106 9 NEW CHINA-EUROPE AIR SERVICE Survey Flight To Be Carried Out i"eo. b. A SURVEY FLIGHT for the new direct China to Europe airline via Imperial Airways Is taking place on Thursday when a China National Aviation Corporation Douglas plane will take off from Chungking, according to a Chinese report. The
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    SI MISSING IN NAVAL ACCIDENT
    46 9 Tokio, Feb. 6. PIGHTY-ONE members of the crew of the submarine "I" 63, which sank on Feb. 2 after colliding with another submarin* in Bungo Straits during the manoeuvres are still missing, the Navy Ministry announces. Only eight persons survived.—Eastern News.
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    ALLEGED LR.A. BOMB PLAN
    340 9 Reference To An Ultimatum London. Feb. 6. REFERENCES to a mysterious S Plan were made by the prosecution at Bow Street Polav Court today when 12 parsons appeared on remand in charges connected with the recent explosions in London. The prosecution described the plan as most
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    HOLIDAY CAMP FIRE
    75 9 HOLIDAY CA MP FIRE Incendiarism \s Suspected London, Feb. 0. A BIG holiday camp with amusement facilities ni involved in an extensive fire at Skegness. Lincolnshire Incendiarism is suspected. When the fire-brigades reached the camp, at which only a skeleton staff is kept during the winter, they found the concert
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    "PRAGUE MUST JOIN THE ANTI-RED PACT"
    46 9 "PRAGUE MUST JOIN THE A NTI-RED PACT" Prague, Feb. 6. CZECHOSLOVAKIA must join the Anti-Comintern Pact." declared the propaganda chief of the Slovak Party at a meeting of the Hlinka Guards last night. He also hinted that Slovakia may want to become com!v Independent of Pragn
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    FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SOON
    65 9 Paris. Feb. 5. CLECTION of a new President of France will take place on April 6. according to L' Ordre. The term of office is seven years, and President Lebrun's term terminates on May 10. The President is elected by a National Assembly composed of members
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    VEGETABLE OIL FOR DIESEL ENGINES
    59 9 Chungking. EXPERIMENTS to adapt vegetable oil for driving Dlosel engines are bein?, undertaken by Chinese scientists here The high cost of importing the proper oil for Diesel engines inspired the tests. Vegetable oil is produced in gi quantities in China, and if the exprri rr.ents
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    BRITISH ISOLATION ENDED
    105 9 London, Feb. 8. "ALTHOUGH we live on an island and we have sometimes pride i ourselves on our isolation, I think it is true the English people have never had a more international outlook than today," said the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, welcoming delegates of the
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    R.A..F. RECRUITING
    59 9 London, Feb. 6. r PHE Air Ministry announces that 1 080 recuuts joined the Royal Air Force during the past week compared with 358 for the corresponding period last year. This brings the total acceptance of pilots, observers, airmen and ice April 1 last to 27,832, compared with
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE. TUESDAY, FEB. 7, 1939 Lottery Tickets
    892 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE. TUESDAY, FEB. 7, 1939 Lottery Tickets Under the Common Gaming Houses Ordinance any person in the Straits Settlements who buys a lottery ticket is liable to a fine, and any person in whose possession v lottery ticket is found is presumed until the contrary is proved,
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    AMUSEMENTS
    173 10 Singapore ADELrill HOTEL Special Dinner Dance. BAFFLES HOTEL Cocktail Dance 6.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. Dinner Dance (Informal) 9.3U p.m. to Midnight. GARRICK THEATRE. GEYLA.NG Ready, Willing Able Ako Home On The Ranse 7.45 p.m. GREAT WORLD Cdbaret: 9p.m. to Midnight. Globe Theatre: Jezebel. Sky Talkie: Get That OM
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    BISHOP EDWIN LEE
    147 10 To Attend Conference In United States Bishop and Mrs. Edwin F. Lee sailed yesterday on the Blue Funnel steamer Memnon for Manila, where the bishop is to preside over two annual conference sessions of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the Philippines. They are expecting to sail on
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    French Warships At Bangkok
    58 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Feb. 6. A French naval visit extending over a week began today with many receptions arranged in its honour. The British Legation announced today there would be a visit by the Commander-in-Chief, China Station, Vice-Admiral Sir Percy Noble, with the warships
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    Gibraltar Dockyard
    33 10 Rear-Adm. Norman Wodehouse has been appointed Rear Admiral -in Charge arid Admiral Superintendent of H.M. Dockyard at Gibraltar in succession to Rear-Adm. Evans. He will assume command about May 24.— Winter.
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    Shanghai Army Command
    29 10 Tho British War Office announces that Col. F. X Simmons, at present in Palestine, baa been appointed commander ot the Shanghai area, effective from June s.—Reutcr.
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    "HELOTS AND SLAVES"
    433 10 Malayan Manager's Comments AN ESTATE UTOPIA? To the Editor or the Straits Times. Sir,— As an estate manager I have to congratulate you and thank you for the excellent leader In your issue of Feb. 1 headed "Estate 'Slaves'." It I 3 certainly time that this country
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    AIRPORT & SCHOOL
    192 10 AIRPORT SCHOOL Raffles Institution's New Situation To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,--"Anak Singapura" In his notes of Saturday last inferred that, since aircraft depart from the c.vil airport soon after daybreak and arrive thereat late in the afternoon, criticism with regard to building a new Raffles Institution near
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    80 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— l was interested to read m your issue of Jan. 24 on page 9 that the French Air Force have a new chaser mounting a 22-c.m. gun. Unfortunately you omit to state what the pilot does with the recoil of
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    PALESTINE AT PEACE?
    813 10 Today's Conference In London In view of the open'.ng of the Palestine Conference in London today, the following article is useful as showing the standpoints of the various delegations. It is by Kenneth Williams and is reproduced from Great Britain and the East, having been published in
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    790 10 NOTES Of The DA Y Malayan Flowers LJAVING Just finished Mr. F. S. Smythe's book "Tr- Valley of Flowers." which reveals the wonderful wealth of flowers in the high valleys of the Himalayas, I have been thinking about the paucity of wild flowers in t h e woods and open
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    SPANISH REPUBLICAN ARMY DEBACLE CONTINUES
    666 11 Troops And Refugees Cross Into France ITALY'S ATTITUDE WHEN THE CIVIL WAR IS OVER Anglo-French Effort To Avoid Needless Bloodshed THE Spanish Government has left Catalonia and the military situation on this front is reported to be in the final stages of disintegration, says British
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    100,000 TROOPS AS REFUGEES
    466 11 Situation x\cute On Frontier Perplgnan, Feb. 6. ALL members of the Spanish Republican cabinet are now in France, according to information received at the frontier. It la estimated nearly 13,000 Re- < publican troops have crossed the frontier and a number of guns and aeroplanes have
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    CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S NEW FILM ABOUT DICTATORS
    132 11 Hollywood, Feb. 6. QHARUE CHAPLIN today hat broken hit silence about hit new film, The Dictatort in which he will have a talking role for the first time. The story and dialogue are finished, he taid, and tcreening would begin on Mar. IS. He
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    ARAB TALKS BEGIN TODAY
    166 11 Independence For Palestine? THE MUFTI AND DEFENCE PARTY London, Feb. 7. THE Arab Higher Committee delegates are busily engaged on last-minute preparations of the case they will present at the London Palestine Conference opening today. Briefly the cas c will be, first, recognition for Palestine's complete
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    Holland's Status In Wartime
    129 11 No Passage For Any Foreign Forces The Hague, Feb. 6. UOLLAM) would not allow free passage to troops operating against aggressors under Article 16 of the League Covenant if the aggressor were a neighbour," declared Dr. J. A. N. Patijn, the Foreign Minister, in a written
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    Duke Of Kent's Visit Postponed
    246 11 I.«ndon, Feb. 1 IT is officially announced that the Duke and Duchess of Kent, who had accepted an invitation to pay a few days' official visit to North Ireland next month, have, on the advice of the Government of Northern Ireland, agreed to postpone their
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    ENGLAND-CAPE AIR RECORD GOES
    90 11 Cape Town, Feb. 6. LJAVING broken by five and a-half hours the air record between England and Cape Town, formerly held by Flying Officer Clouston and Mr. Kirby Green, the airman, Alex Henshaw. will leave on the return flight tomorrow morning. His outward trip took 39*2
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    STABLE PRICES & CURRENCY
    177 11 STABLE PRICES CURRENCY Orders To New Head Of Reichsbank Berlin, Feb. 6. F 1 Is learned that when Dr. YV. Funk took over the presidency of the Reichsbank he was told that wages, prices and currency must be kept stable, and Increased taxation as required by Dr. H. Schacht must
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    BARODA'S RULER DIES AT 75
    157 11 Noted Statesman And Friend Of Britain Bombay, Feb. 6. TPHE Gaekwar of Baroda, the i wealthiest Indian prince, died I j today. He was 75 years of age and had been i in poor health for more than a year. Reuter. One of the greatest
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    CHINA'S PLEA FOR ASSISTANCE
    44 11 £ERTAIN proposals by the Chinese Government for economic assistance are under consideration, but I am unable to make a detailed statement at present, said Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, replying in the House of Commons, yesterday. Reuter.
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    Surprise Reaction To Mr. Chamberlain's Statement
    458 11 Surprise Reaction To Mr. Chamberlain's Statement ANGLO-FRENCH RELATIONS MUTUAL DEFENCE PLANS London, Feb. 6. QUESTIONED in the House of Commons on the statement V of M. Bonnet, French Foreign Minister, in the French Chamber on Jan. 26, that in the event of a war in which the two countries were
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    BRITISH LOSSES IN CHINA CONFLICT
    71 11 London, Feb. 6. A TOTAL of r>oo claims amounting f» £230,000 sterling for destruction, confiscation, damage or looting h:iv* been accepted as admissible from British firms in China and presented to the Japanese V<f ernment. said Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in
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    MALAYAN TRADE DOWN BY $460,000,000
    531 12 Reduced Shipments Of Tin And Rubber In 1938 SHARP DECLINE IN VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM JAPAN By The Straits Times Financial Correspondent CEATURES of Malaya's overseas trade last year were: r A decline in value of $462,593,000 Reduced shipments of tin and rubber A drop
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    Pandit Kunzru On Indian Labour
    163 12 DUNDIT H. N. KUNZRIJ, Member of the Council of State, on his arrival in Calcutta from Malaya, referred to the condition of labour in Malaya in an interview. He said that it was absolutely necessary in the interests of labour that emigration from India should
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    SMALL FIRE AT THEATRE
    123 12 TIRE which broke out shortly be-| i a fore 3 o'clock this morning at! a storeroom filled with old scenery' end stage properties at the Vie-! toria Theatre was quickly extin- I guished. owing to good work by the Fire Brigade. The fire occurred a few
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    Johore Inquest On Child Of European Warder
    540 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru Feb. 7. gITTING as Coroner, Mr. J. B. Weiss, First Magistrate, yesterday, reserved his verdict at the intjuest into the death of a three-year-old European girl, Ruth Beryl Williams, daughter of Mr. R. V. Williams, of the
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    Consul-General's Cocktail Party ATTEMPTED SABOTAGE AT RAILWAY WORKS
    316 12 Consul-General's Cocktail Party ATTEMPTED SABOTAGE AT RAILWAY WORKS (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 7. A CTS of sabotage were discovered last week in the Central Workshops, at Sentul, during the sit-down strike of 1,700 railway artisans. Sand was found in the axle-boxes of several trains which were due
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    BIG-GAME HUNTERS' AIR TRIP TO SAIGON
    33 12 C'- 1 d time since the ser- -sjuraled some months ot nine passen- c by the K N I.L.M for Saigon i.unters Indies Mr. Van dt-r Vegte
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    OK TAKING SCREWS
    13 12 f *oh KliiK i uy Mi i>' .<:ice jus ulty
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    MR. JAMNALAL BAJAJ ARRESTED
    7 12 MR. JAMNALAL BAJAJ ARRESTED 1 nlng i
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    HIGHLANDERS SENTENCED
    338 12 Prison For Theft Of Beer Car ©LEADING guilty to three charges of theft of three bottles of beer, cheating a coffee shop proprietor of food and coffee worth 63 cents, and the theft of an $800 motor car, belonging to a Johore resident, three privates of the Gordon
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    GOVERNOR IN FRENCH INDOCHINA
    58 12 'THE Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas. who left Bangkok for Angkor on Saturday after his State visit to Siam, was to leave Angkor for Pnom-Penh today. He will go on to Saigon tomorrow and after spending a few days at the hill station of Dalat will fly
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    EUROPEAN CHARGED
    48 12 C* K. O. HUGO, a European, was yes- terday charged in the Singapore Traffic District Court with driving his car at a speed which was dangerous to the public along D'Almeida Street on Dec. 8. Accused claimed trial and the hearing was postponed to Feb. 23.
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    EUROPEAN FINED
    40 12 Pleading guilty to. a charge of driving his car with an expired third party insurance policy, a European, F. O. L. Smith, of the Royal Air Force Base, Seletar, was yesterday fined $15 in the Singapore Traffic Co^rt.
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    500 MORE A.R.P. WARDENS
    315 12 First Class Began Last Night ENTHUSIASM OF OFFICE STAFFS CINGAPOKE will soon have nearly 1,000 civilians trained in A.R.P. work. Four hundred and fifty civilian instructors who completed their course last year are now tfoinp to train 500 men to be air raid wardens. The first
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    SINGAPORE WEEDS 200 MORE EUROPEAN VOLUNTEERS
    162 13 Full Strength Vital To Colony, Says General Dohbi< EVEin MEMBEK Of GOMMUNIT\ COUNTS IN DEFENCE OF MALAI r\\O hundred more volunteers are needed lo bnag tiw European units oi the Singapore Volunteer Corps up tc i:!l strength, declared the General Officer Commanding. tfalaya, Major-Ceneral
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    REGULAR OFFICER'S TRIBUTE
    1119 13 the d High written < iovernment rial or- in. in to use their o obi -in .in increase Volunteers articular Hotted to the In th( >i> but feel which have v local forces h d to write to I iv the hope that Deration.' red very .i
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    labour peer on strength OF SINGAPORE FORTRESS
    606 13 Iv Then DifficuH Times, 91 Sa>s Lord Strabolgi A Been lo(lny nf t)u Naval Ba the Air Baso an<» the forts la reassuring in the« difficult times."' declared Lord Strabolgi Chief Whip ,>l the Labour Opposition in the Housi of Lords, in a
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    General At The Microphone
    18 13 The c mmavrling mya Mafor-Qrneral W G S a' the microphone ul tin Bing<
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    Injured Chinese Asked Woman For Poison
    267 13 Injured Chinese Asked Woman For Poison SEQI EL TO FATAL FALL PROM CYCLE W ow *-speaktof Chinese lira Kens Chye, while ridin; his bkyele along East Ccast Road on the morning oi Jan. 19 lott control of the machine through a spell of giddiness and fen to the road, with
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    SPECIAL BUREAU FOR CITY REGISTER OF MAN-POWER
    321 13 Full Information Oh Typo* Of Voluntary Service qiMULT INEOUSLY with Major Gen. W. (J. S. Dobbie's radio J appeal last nijrht for more European recruits for th« Singapore Volunteer Corps, the Straits Settlements Government announced the preparation of an emergent] servk( register of
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    APPEAL OF MAN SENTENCED AFTER SERANGOON CRASH
    492 14 Was Not Driver Of Ul-Fated Car, Contends Counsel THAT the man who had been convicted and sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment on charges of causing death by rash or negligent driving was not the driver of the car was the main contention
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    FATAL FALL INTO SHIP'S HOLD
    108 14 C All) to have fallen down a hold from the deck of the st*amer Kudat in Victoria Dock on Jan. 28, tt-JW tli Chinese burner, Leone Keng C'hce. employed in the Singapore Harbour Board, died from a depressed fractured skull after being admitted into the
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    RUSTY NAIL IN FOOT KILLS GIRL
    115 14 A VERDICT of accidental death was returned by the Singapore Coroner. Mr. W. O. Porter, yesterday, after an Inquest into a 10-year-old girl's death from tetanus poisoning on Jan. 15 i The girl. Tan Kui Kcow, who was living at Telok Mnta Ikan, was
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    "Felt Bored" And They Ordered Champagne
    355 14 "Felt Bored" And They Ordered Champagne NO INTENTION TO PAY" SAY AIRMEN TWO Europeans, Leo F. Hobbs, aged 22. and Gerald Smith, aged 22, of the Royal Air Force Base, Seletar, were produced before Mr. K. A. Blacker, in the Singapore Fourth Police Court, yesterday, on a charge of cheating
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    COASTAL SHIP DAMAGES BOW AGAINST WHARF
    143 14 IN trying to avoid a Chinese the main channel, Keppel tide yesterday afternoon, the S 1,451-ton vessel Klang struck t The master of the Klang. Capt. F. Caithness, had to alter his course to avoid the junk, which had a crew of several men
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    TAIPING ENGAGEMENT
    52 14 'From Our Own correspondent > Taiping. Feb. 6. 'HE engagement is announced of Mr. Loke Ho Thong, second son of Mr. nd Mrs. Loke Wan Sens, of Taipln? nd Miss Tcoh C.-ye Guan. third aughter of Mr. and Mrs. Teoh Boon hoe. of Taiplns. Both families are well-known
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    Police Officer Fined $75 On Four Charges SEQUEL TO CAR COLLISION
    359 14 Police Officer Fined $75 On Four Charges SEQUEL TO CAR COLLISION CINES totalling $75 yesterday were r imposed on a European Admiralty Police officer, Jack A. Williams, in the Singapore Traffic District Court, when he was convicted on iour traffic charges. On the first two charges of negli,cnt driving and
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    46 14 A European. J. H. Hedgcoclc. who yesterday pleaded guilty to a charge i of failing to conform to a wing signal at the junction of North Bridge Road |and High Street en Nov. 11 last year I was fined $5 in the Singapore Traffic District Court.
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      POLICE CALLED TO RESTORE ORDER IN UNIVERSITY
      770 15 Students Arrested And Expelled From Annamalainagar Chidambaram, (By Mail.) CENSATION prevails in Chidambaram over the arrest of P. K. Go13 palan and K. Ganesan, students of the Annamalai University, one early morning this week under section 447 I.P.C. (criminal trespass) and the temporary
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      LEGAL STATUS OF WOMEN
      89 15 New Delhi. "THE Secretariat of the League of Nations has ordered, It is understood, the collection of information from different countries regarding the legal status of women. While this is a fairly simple matter for most countries, in India the question assumes a different aspect on
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      JAIL SENTENCE FOR STUDENT LEADER
      66 15 Calcutta, Jan. 30. INHARITRI Gangull, ex-president of the All- Bengal Students' Federation and Secretary of the North Calcutta Congress has been sentenced by the Additional District Magistrate, Alipore, to two months' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Ra. 100 on a charge of sedition In
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      TRAVANCORE NATIONAL BANK AFFAIRS
      53 15 Quilon. /"ORDERS were passed recently by Mr. K. Sankaran, Additional Judge, Quilon, rejecting the scheme of reconstruction of the Travancore National and Quilon Bank and the petition praying the Court to direct the holding of a meeting of the creditors and shareholders of the Bank to
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      New Reforms For Ceylon
      162 15 Ministers' Views On Despatch Colombo, Jan. 25. »rHE Ministers memoranda in regard to the reform of the Constitution were tabled when the State Council met after an absence of eight weeks. Briefly summarised, their proposals for the amendment of the present constitution are The abolition of
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      "LAWYER'S GRIP ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS"
      232 15 What Attracted Woman To Legal Profession Colombo. Jan. 30. 'THAT a lawyer's grip On public affairs attracted her to the legal profession was the statement made by Miss Avabai Mehta. one of Ceylon's two women barristers, to a Times of Ceylon reporter yesterday, en her
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      REPLY TO MR. BAJAJ'S ALLEGATIONS Jaipur Government's Communique
      234 15 REPLY TO MR. BAJAJ'S ALLEGATIONS Jaipur Government's Communique Jaipur. •T*HE following communique has been issued by the Jaipur Government: The attention of the Jaipur Government has been drawn to a statement to the press recently issued by Seth Jamnalal Bajaj regr.rding the release of certain persons now standing their trial
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      PROHIBITION WORK IN SALEM
      66 15 Enthusiasm Of Public Waning Salem. A MEETING of the members of Taluqand Village Prohibition Committee was held recently at Tiruchengode. Mr. A. F. W. Dixon. I.C.S, Collector of Salem, presiding Addressing the gathering Mr. Dixon said for the past so many months members of the committee
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    CHINA BUILDING NEW AIR FORCE OF 500 PLANES
    359 16 Strength To Be Maintained By Prompt Replacements Chungking, Feb. 6. ALTHOUGH 19 months' warfare has somewhat crippled China's air strength when war broke out China had 390 first-line planes and a personnel of 1,200 the Chinese Government is fast building up a
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    "JAPAN'S FEET OF CLAY IN DEEP MUD"
    168 16 (.en, Chiang Confident Of Final Victory Chungking. 'TJECAUSK oi the heroic sacrifices of our gallant defenders, Japan's j feet ol clay have now sunk into deep n-.ud. and our final victory is not far away." said General Chiang Kai-shek. C< iivn inder-ia-Chief ol
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    GUERILLAS ACTIVE IN CENTRAL CHINA
    94 16 Japanese Suffer 2,000 Casualties In 15 Days Changsha. Feb. 5. •THE Japanese have suffered heavy casualties and material damages at the hands of Chinese guerillas in Hunan. Hupeh and Kiangsi provinces, on the central China front, during the past two weeks. Official figures reveal that
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    Bombing Of Japanese Warships
    36 16 Chinese planes in a spectacular attack on Japanese warships in the Whangpoo River shortly before the Chinese forces withdrew from the Shanghai area after a gallant stand of three months in 1937.
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    AMOY AS RIVAL TO HONG KONG
    50 16 Chungking (Fukien). Feb. 6. "THE Japanese governor of Formosa is reported to have decided to transform Ainoy, formerly premier port of Fukien, as a free port in an attempt to replace Hong Kong as the leading free port of the Far East. Central News.
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    Sabotage Acts In Formosa
    130 16 Revolutionaries Said To Be Active Hong Kong, Feb. 6. MANY members of the Formosan and Korean revolutionary part-| ies have rcently returned to their respective homelands and are 1 secretly engaging in anti- Japanese 1 activities. According to a new arrival from Japan, Formosan revolutionaries on
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    JAPANESE WARSHIPS ATTACK 46 JUNKS
    37 16 Hong Kong, Feb. 6. SINCE Jan. 1, forty-six Chinese junks have been attacked by Japanese warships outside Hong Kong territorial waters, according to the Fishermen's Guild of Hong Kong. Nanyang Siang Pau.
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    JAPANESE KILL HUNDREDS IN SERIES OF AIR RAIDS
    323 16 Cultural Organisations Said To Be Their Targets Chungking, Feb. 6. rULTURAL organisations formed the targets of Japanes-j aerial attacks on Kweiyang, capital of Kweichow, and Wanhsien, in eastern Szechuan' about 250 kilometres northeast of Chungking, on Saturday, Material losses in both cities
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    Raids On Kwangtung
    25 16 Canton. Feb. 6. Lienhsien. provisional seat of the Kwangtung Provincial Government. 230 kilometres northwest of Canton. was subjected to heavy bombing by
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    CHINESE MASSING IN THE SOUTH
    93 16 Kwcilin, Feb. 5. /CHINESE reinforcements are arriving at all fronts in Kwangtung Province, while Japanese troops are also bein considerably Increased during the last lew days, according to military dispatches. It is understood that the Japanese concentrated at Samshui. the Japanese base in the West
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    OXFORD CHAIR FOR CHINESE
    59 16 Chungking. Feb. C. qXFORD University has decided to J invite Processor Chen Yin-keh. of the National Tsinghua University, to fill the Chair of Sinology, according Ito Dr. Wang Seh-Cheh. member of the Chinese British Cultural Association. Professor Chen, son of Chen San-11, eminent Chinese poet, is
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  • Rush To Register For National Service
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      Just Half-Living
      166 17 IRAVI friends, rew words a te picture Of M!r up t of 1 I .tfe dr^pi-. dreads with wreckage and the bodies In, day the No conversation „r..,pi,. n f an classes has The you must ed :ir. intenr immediately l>cfor-> thr Czechoslovak pi<vm:r of appreand there is
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      Tonic Of Service
      243 17 ""PHE spiritual tonic which is ob- vlously so generally required seems likely to be provided by thp Government's voluntary national service scheme, with the outline of which you arc doubtless already familiar. li. v Mr. Chamberlain belipves will b? the rase, the men and women of this
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      Community Enthusiasm
      201 17 A MONGST my own. middle-class acquaintances, I find the scheme 'ied with cnthuiiarm. Everybody is hastening to send his or her name lr. for registration Most of the men vrrji'.'.d prefer to join one of the fighting Services reserves rathrr than undertake A R.P. duties. nnd. not surprisingly,
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      496 18 officer received this reply from the wife of a retired Indian Army colonel upon whom he called at Cheltenham this week: "Refugee children in my house? Only over my dead body! Would they re.spf.ct my china? Why, my maid would leave immediately?" Weil, she did say that, in these very
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      175 18 the shoreward breakers, and this, in his own words, was what followed: "I hung on desperately to the tiller. Finally, after what seemed an eternity, the lifeboat was swept in on the rocks. "I thought I was going to be battered to pieces, but I let go of the tiller
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      198 18 enacted In tho darkneu of the samo lireadrul r.ight. Dnaeen by any watchers on shore, a 3.500-ton Glasgov/ stsamer. the Wilston. diiftea helpless, with her steering gear and wireless smashed. on to surf-covered rocks jutting out from the foot of tall cliffs. Within, probably, a very few minutes, the bottom
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      171 18 the Wilston's bodies found the broken timbers of another vessel— evidently a wooden ketch— and the corpses of its crew. They, too, had perished' without a soul on shore being aware of their plight. Another Blizzard INLAND, the storm was changed Into a blizzard and In the English midlands we
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      406 18 covered myself to be entangled in v maze of fallen telephone wires! In low-lying areas, such as the Thames and Medway valleys, water :rom thj melting snow has raised the floods already produced by January's abnormal rainfall until now, isns of thousand; ol acr-.s are deep under water. At Martlejham.
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    5. A. B. A. CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE HELD IN MAY
    421 18 AT a meeting of the Singapore Amateur Eoxlng Association held at St. Andrew's School yesterday evening, a provisional date for the S.A.B.A. championships was fixed for between May 8 and 13 this year. It was agreed that the coming championships
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    37 18 Ismail bin Osman, icho won all the open eventc in the men's competition of the Singapore Cycling championships on Sunday. Ismail won the mile, the threz miles and five miles rac: from large fields.— Straits Times picture.
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    Ceylon Sports Club Hockey Gala
    46 18 The hockey gala of the Ce/lon i Sports Club which was to be held on Saturday will take place next Saturday. The original programme which was postponed owing to rain, will be carried out. No fresh invitation cards are being issued
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    S.R.C. BEAT AIRMEN 4-1
    130 18 S.R.C. BEAT AIRMEN 4-1 /\N a sodden ad slippery ground, the S.R.C. defeated the R.A.F. by four goals to one in a second team hockey flxturo played on the padang yesterday. The Recs were superior In the first half during which time they scored four goals due to some good
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    WEI-HAI-WEI CUP
    239 18 The first round of the Wel-Hai-'Vii Cup which was played over the Island course on Sunday morning between the Keppel Golf Club and V.ie Islund Club resulted in a win for the home team by six matches to one. (Keppel names mentioned first): C. W. Watson lost to
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    CLERICAL UNION BILLIARDS
    75 18 Followhis pre results In Clerical Union three ball championship. Lim Chuan Geok bea: Goh Ba'.: Yons 300—234. P. Domingo beat W. Gomes w.o. Low Hock Klat beat Goh Guan Chua 300—189. Tan Bock Lim beat Quek Stag Ke<" 300—258. P. Domingo beat Lim Chuan Geok 500—493. The
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    CRICKET AND TENNIS IN SOUTH AFRICA
    36 18 Reuter cables that there was M play In the cricket match at Bulwayo yesterday owing to ram. The tennis Test between South Africa and England at Durban was also abandoned.
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    Another Title For Samuel
    79 19 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Feb. 6. A. K. Samuel, Malayan badminton player in England, added another title to his growing list when he annexed the Leicester County title during the week end. Samuel is now reaching his peak and there are few players in England
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    RUGBY LEAGUE CUP DRAW
    51 19 London, Fc o 6. THE Rugby League Cvp second round draw to be played on Feb. 18 is. Leeds vs. Widnes. Bradford o Oldham Liverpool or St Helen's Recreation hlej vs. Featherstone hton or Wakefleld vs. WarSalford vs. Runslet. Halifax vs. Huli. Kingston or Swinton vs
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    THE SPORTS DIARY
    10 19 Saec« S.C.R.C. Married \s &mg!c B.C I
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    TWO PONIES TO CLASS ONE
    157 19 Amendments To Classifications TTHK only promotions in the list of amendments to classifications issued by the Straits Racing Association, yesterday, were the two ponies Lishcen and Nonia Manis. Both go to cla c s one from class two. Six now classifications are in the list
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    BICYCLE CLUB FOR PENANG
    369 19 From Our Own Correspondent} Penang, Feb. 6. T HE All-Malaya Bicycle Reliability Trial, sponsored by the Penang Cycle Traders' Union, which was held yesterday, was a great success. The event arouse' 4 considerable Interest, and crowds lined the route taken by j the competitors. In all.
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    INDIAN TEAM FOR DAVIS CUP
    134 19 Bombay. It is understood that the Vuvarajah ,of Baroda, vice-President of the India Lawn Tennis Association, will captain the Indian Davis Cup team. Mr. L. Brooke-Edwards, Honorary Secretary of the Association, revealed that India will be participating i n the Davis Cup Competition this year.
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    WORCESTERSHIRE'S FINANCES
    100 19 Loss Without Test Profits Worcestershire County Cricket Club lost £671 last year, but have not taken into account £1.608. share of Test profits. Expenditure next season will be cut by £600. Profit by the club from the Australians' visit will be dealt with over a iour-year cycle In
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    TAIPING TIGERS TO VISIT PENAG
    70 19 'From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Feb. 3. It Is understood, arrangements are now being made for the Taiping Tigers one of the best hockey teams In Perak North, to travel to Penang during the Chinese New Year holidays, tu play a series of matches there.
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    VAN TOOREN AGAIN HEADS WINNING OWNERS
    647 19 Statistics For Perak Turf Club 's Meeting f* W. Turley of Singapore was the most successful trainer at the Perak Turf Club Meeting which concluded on Saturday, saddling four outright winners and one dead-heat. Magill and Major Fox come next. The most BUceessful owner
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      Malayan Badminton Is Of High Standard
      144 19 nTIIE success of A. S. Samuel in England badminton tournament indication of the actual strength of tho panic in Malaya as compared with England. Though Samuel hag been the Malayan champion, it is reasonable to assume that there are many players in Malaya ai
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      SEVEN MEN IN ONE INNINGS
      74 19 nrlsbane, Feb. 8. FfcON Talion, Queensland's 23-year- old wicketkeeper. equalled the world wlcketkecplng record of dismissing seven batsmen In one innings. The record was Jointly held by E. J. Smith, Warwickshire, Fammonci. Lancashire and Price, Middlesex. Tallon's feat was in the Shemeld Shield match against
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      SELANGOR REFEREES
      104 19 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Feo. 6. Following a suggestion Mr. J. J. Sheehan, last year's President vt the Selangor Football Association mad', recently, that referees with experience In England should not be required W sit for another examination by the local Board, qualifications from elsewhere will be
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      SEGAMAT HOCKEY
      68 19 SEGAMAT HOCK EY 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, Feb. 5. Lacking sharpshooters, the Colts lost their hockey league fixture to the Old B~ys' Association by one goal to three, on the town padang, over thu week-end. Play was keen and clean. The 0.8.A. were not at full strength, doing without
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      RACE STATISTICS
      138 19 I ctatistics for thi Peral Club"s meeting Just which was comp'ctod on Saturda; Mr Van To >ren d ol the winning owner.; Van r< oren waa easily the highest stake winner <iur ing the last year, when fu- won <>v «r SlOO 000 Including added money. c. w.
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      S.C.C. TENNIS
      105 19 I ENTRIES for the Siiigapop Club's tennis tournament this month willi close on Feb. 10 and Intending competitors are asked to have their names in before that date. This tournament Is open to all members of recognised European Clubs in Malaya and to any outsiders Introduced by members
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