The Straits Times, 8 February 1939

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    42 1 en.*! miTI/ltl FINAL EDITION The Straits Times rESTABUSHKD NEABL? A CENTURY.I THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA 20 PA(.ES d$4SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGKS. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1939 PRICE S CENTS.
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      56 1 Try MIEN CHONG TAILORING We only ask for a trial order, *\A Coleman St. Singapore. Phone 4816 1939 FABRICS IN A WONDER RANGE i/lf COME TO THE TOOTAL MANNEQUIN PARADE SATURDAY next s 10.30 A.M. M TOOTAL ff\^ FABRIC WEEK ~Jk >t /^W FEB. 11TH 18TH JOHN LITTLE f T
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      20 1 Madame Page, DRESSMAKER and DESIGNER Tsilarmades— Gowns for All Occasions ia Stock $5 $30 13, Battery Road., Singapore. Tel: 6327.
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      31 2 Madame Pago wishes to convey her heart- felt thanks for all the kind sympathies and letters of condolence and flowers In her recent bereavement of her husband Mr. Leonard Hlnce.
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      556 2 O'K&KFFE —On Feb. 4, at Johore Hc«pltal to Kathleen, wife of W. O'KeefXe, H.M. Naval Base, a son. SITUATIONS VACANT Wbeo applytnt 'oi in» position advertbed I in these columns send copi« oj lestimonljU Do nol send orlfbiala GOOD CANTONESE or Hylam Cook. MUft have good European refcrcrces. Box No.
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      616 2 FOR SALE SHELVADOR. Refrigerator Phone 3333. 2ND HAND HAIR DRIER, DC. for sale. 302, Tan.iong Katcng Road, near Katong Post Office. JOHNSON OUTBOARD MOTOR 32 h.p. perfect condition. Price $400. Apply "The Ark Ponggol. FOR SALE, Upright Piano by Moutile, new October, 1936, $300 or near offer. Apply Mr W.
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      859 2 FOR SALE PURE RHODE ISLAND REDS, lots to suit buyers. Apply 14, Parry Road, Kuala Lumpur STRUCTURAL STEEL. Joists Even Angles, plates Round and Flat Bars Hlndhede St Co Ltd LADIES TOY DOGS. Male moderate price. Know how lo sit down and shake hands. Aga 1% months old. Applj 245,
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      807 2 LOST STRAYED from 16 Ridley Park, a female Siamese cat. Finder Rewarded. Tel. *****. LOST, near Beach Road market one dog. plain fawn colour. Answers name "Peter." Reward to finder. 8, Lecnie Hill Road. Tele. *****. MOTOR VEHICLES FOR SALE, Vauxhall 14-6 De Luxe Saloon Car, 1938 Model, only done
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      606 2 LEGAL NOTICES ESTATE OF THIO TIAUW SIAT DK< USE I) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following prop. i lies belonging to the above estate are for sale and tenders are invited for the purchase of the came The tendrrs are subject to the approval of the Court and so
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      181 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc. PRIKCE EDWARD CLINIC Meiis»i Massag* 6 Electricity 14 Capitol Klais Phuntr /354 (SMnitoni K<l. Corner) MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs HARU and Miss HANA 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. WHERE TO GO AT MIDNIGHT KIT KAT CLUB CAFE— RESTAURANT OPPOSITE THE NEW ALHAMBRA OPEN DAILY UNTIL
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      662 3 P. 0. BRJTISM INDIA AND APCAR LINE. i incorporated in Enslanci PonwauLAH "anlT^ental s.n co MAIL PASSKNHER AND CARGO SERV.CfcS OUTWARD itvOM l-" NU^ N OR CIUNA Tonnage L>ue S pore RAWALPINDI ".WO 10 BURDWAN A! PANTON 1a.500 Feb sAmal 1 6.8C0 Mar. 10 CORFU 1S 000 M 10 r2?rPAL
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      510 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. flneoroorateo in Jatmm IENERAL PASSENGER AGENT'S FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD, TO LONDON Penanc Colombo. Aden. sum. Port Said Naples. Marseilles, Gibraltar. London Antwerp. Bottrrdam and Hamburg Vessel Tonnag* Oue sai SKATORI MARU ....9.8C0 Feb. 18 1 YASUKUNI MARU .11.900 Feb. 28 Mar. KASIMA MARU 9.900 Mar. 13
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      693 3 HOLIDAY CRUISES tn RAvrKOR R\IGO.N By Laxniions One Clan Motorslilps TO. BANGKOK oh^^^ tTons F nm Penan, P. Sham Malacca Spot* ms. "JUTLANDIA" US.IIO) 21/2 «/S «/2 m.». "MEONIA" (11.000; 14/2 15/S IM m.s. "ALSIA" <18,S»> l/ NEXT HOLIDAY CRUISE 1 February 25th. 1939 to March 17th. 1929 M.S. "JUTLANDIA"
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      598 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Orno BuKd.n*. t'olljri Oea> SiiisiiP"'* Mil Chartered Bank Builtlint Penan* m il:S8. BLUE FUNNEL iLHNE. lASI SERVICES UIMUM LONDON I* I'ONTINtM ANO GLASGOW (in conjnnrtlon with th« Glen Llm i Hut Sails 6ARPEDON Mars. L'don. (I dam (i row I>b II Fob lit MENELAUS L'don. R'dam. HTjurg.
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    Wall Street Quotations
    659 4 New York, Feb. 7. 'THE following quotations were those ruling when the Stoc« Exchange closed today:— DOW-JONES AVERAGES Yesterday's Today's Close. Close Changes 30 Industrials 145.03 144.10 off .93 20 Rails 30.25 29.94 off .31 15 Utilities 25.52 24.92 off .60 40 Bonds 90 53 90.39 off
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      229 4 Today Kerteh 'Suddhadibi ..3pm Medan (Valentljn) t p.'m Muntok Palembang (Thedens) apm Pontianak »Khoen Hoea) ap m Kemaman (ParceLs only) (Lipis) 3.30 pm Kemasek Dungun (lipia) 4 p.m Rengat TembUahan (Majang) 4pm TaicmDa <Bcott Harley) o.m Indo-Chlna (President Doumer) 7 pjn Tomorrow Penan g (Kedah) ..10 ajn
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      265 4 LNWARD Wearies: From Penan i ipob. and Koala Lumpur. Arrives every evening. X.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. QanUs: From Australia: Arrives Friday afternoon. X.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives tomorrow evening. Imperial: From Europe: Due Friday morn.nf. K.N.LL.M.: From Netherlands Indie*: Arrives Tuesday afternoon. K.N.1.L.M.:
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      FROM MALACCA
      158 4 Correspondence for transmission by air via "Netherlands" must be fully prepaid and clearly superscribed "By X.L.M." Malls will close irom Malacca as follows Today. China, Japan. Etst Siberia, Philippines L Western United States of America (Talma) 6 p.m. Hong Kong (Talma) 6 plm. Tomorrow. Iran. Amsterdan k London
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      SURFACE MAILS EXPECTED
      67 4 Mails from China and Japan expected today, Feb. 8, by Rajputana. Mails from China and Japan expected today, Feb. 8. by Africa Maru. Mails from South and East Africa expected tomorrow. Feb. 9, by London Maru. Mails from Europe (London mails) expected on Feb. 10, by P.
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    AIDING COTTON INDUSTRY Details Of British Scheme Outlined
    207 4 London, Feb. 6. •T*HE draft of the Government's Cotton Industry Reorganisation Bill was Issued tonight. It proposes the establishment of a Cotton Industry Board of 15 members, and financially assisted by the Board of Trade. The new board's function broadly will be
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    LAHORE
    25 4 The Lahore nas left Hong Korg and is expected to arrive here at noon on Sunday, she will proceed alongside the wharf on arrival.
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      684 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in FM.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433 Passage 5431 canadian —^c^pacific i lucoi poratea ID England) tat -EMPIUISS' KOLTt ollera TKANS-PACIKIC SERVICEB tU fIONOI LU «r flrecl UPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAIN withMl change— thence bj CANADIAN PACIFIC ATLANTIC SERVICES TO ENGLAND It* CONTINKNT— aII
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      597 4 PUBLIC NOTICE SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. WATER DEPARTMENT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS Alterations and Connections to large sJzedi water mains to be carried out between 6 am, Monday. Feb. 20. and 6 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 21, will result In reduced pressure of water In the following ».-cas TELUK BLANGAH PASIR PANJANG ROAD ALEXANDRA
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      338 4 FYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Daily Weather Report Yesterday Last nlg;.t max. rain- bright mia temp rail s'shine teint 'V inches hn *Q Vest Coast. Alor Star 91 0.01 7.2 70 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 84 Nil 4.9 74 Sitiawan 84 1.14 3.1 72 Bukit Jeram 86 Nil 3.6 71 Malacca 86 Nil
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      162 5 SSSSS"for 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: GRAFTOM LABORATORIES Ltd. and Kual.i i.umpur. MEDICAL OFFICE. SINGAPORE. 1939 AMERICAN H.M.V. RADIOS X \DIOGRAM MODEL 11 QO 11 RCA TUBES. Sole Agents:
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      221 5 CCET LIKE RED-HOT If your feet get tired m easily, ache all day, C/ff M burn inside your shoes M** m until they feel like red- iHClItt M hot flat-irons that means excess foot ACID has got you Stale deposits of waste acid choke up the thousands of sweat glands
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      284 5 A DEGREE In Accountancy, secretarysnip. Cost Accountancy, Shipping, Banking, Insurance oi Eook-keeplnn la essential lor a highly-paid executive position Examinations can be taken In Singapore and success guaranteed by postal training. The School of Accountancy Is the leading Institution In the British Empire for the building of Successful Business Careers.
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      205 5 False Teeth Wearers Are Worst Breath Offenders! "Need More Than a Mouth Wash" say Authorities Recommend Polldent Plates and bridges soak up odors tor aomfnrt convenience and and Impurities like a sponge I A nygi. i. Q Bfl eccnomica thin dark scum collects on them. long-lasting tin at any one
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      575 5 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TODAY 7,Hl J25 metre*. ZHP 50.96 m*tre* p.m. 5 00 Hokkien Amoy music, t 5.30 Selections from Petplng dramas.* 6.00 Chinese musical Interlude. t 6 30 Dance music with Mandarin vocal refrains. Relay from the Great World 7 00 A programme of songs and stories from Bristol, Devon
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      148 5 NIROM TODAY m.\ C.04 me'! (49.6 m.). VDB 9.05 mi (U.2(i m.h YDB 11.88 nt'i (25.3 m PMN 10.M dci (29.t m.' p.m. 4.50 Programme preview. 4.54 Jack Hylton and his orchestra. 5.50 Well-known vocalists. 8.20 Orchestra. 6.50 News announcements. 7.10 Mendelssohn's trio in d minor op. 49. 7.40 Pedagogic
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      492 6 RUBBER FALLS SHARPLY ON QUOTA FEARS SHARES STEADY BUT QUIET By Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Feb. 8. CONDITIONS generally appear to have taken a slightly easier turn Commodities, tin and rubber, have declined and this morning the local rubber market appears U> be apprehensive lest the quota
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      LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE HANOI
      35 6 LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE HANOI I i tocL.y i with le dollar was offerings. closing 542'Mil Kio 3 1/16 I olti.-ial ».7l butJuut.. 66t j" 18V BomtMj 1/5 15/16 d l/ad. 15/16 d. oghal ...S^d. 18.41
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      MINING
      570 6 All snared quoted above ue fuily paid issue va.; n;i:,er ai w lyaii si cvan Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Ampat Tin 3/6 4/- 3/6 4/U &sam Kumoana 26/- 27/- 25/- 27/6 El Austral nl*i3r» 40/- 45/-cd 40/- 50/- 4yer n:ian 21/9 22/9 22/3 23/3 1 Ayei Aixg 0.55 O.GOcd
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      GENERAL
      435 6 2 2 Alex Brtcfc Ord 1.30 1.40 1.32Vi 1.40 2 2 do "Vfc*" Prefs. 2.20 2.30 2 22', 2 2.3Oxd 10 10 Atlas ice 4.75 5 25 5.00 5 50 l l B. M Broadcasting 0.50 u.60 t).5O 60 10 5 B M. Trustee 3.75 7.50 4 75 7
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS
      263 6 99i Maynara Co. Ua $30,000 Int Apr. 30 Oct. 31 90 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL i% l'JO) red 1940 S400.000 tot Mar 31 Sept. 30 102^ W' 190 r i red 1947 S1.60C.000 Int Mar 31 Sept. 30 108V/ iVt% 190t red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int Mar. 31 Sept. 30
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      RUBBER SHARES
      363 6 i Shares are ill unlftss otherwise stated) Allenby Alor Gajan Amal Mala; tVyer Hltam Ayer Molek Ayer Pan&s Bassett Batu Llntang Bedford Benta Borelll Brogas Brunei On Bukit Katil 3uUt K B Bukit Kepong Buklt Timah ($10) Jhangkat Serdang "unnemara Jlenealy Plan'i'.loaa Hamilton Kaytor fndragirt leram Kuantan (SO
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER. ASSN
    86 6 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN Wednesday, Feb. 8, noon No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) ttfi U\. No. fX R.S.S. fob. in MMt February ib fc 269 1 (.KA.Q. RJS.S. fob. in bates .r y Zti^ 2b J I A.Q. R.S^. f.o.b. in bales February 2S!x 15^ FUTURE QUOTATIONS No. IX
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    EXCHANGES
    182 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 Lyoi.b Uemand 2045 Switzerland demand 239 Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54 1/16 Montreal demand 54 5/10
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    OUTLOOK FOR RUBBER IS PROMISING
    667 6 Fraser Company's Weekly Share Market Review IN a weekly report on the share market, issued at the close of business yesterday, Fraser and Company write: Reaction to the political speeches of last week his been disappointing and belies the hopes expressed in our last issue.
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    London Stock Exchange
    362 6 London, Feb. 7. The following are todays closing middle quotations. Shares are of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated. The quotations for American storks are in American currency. Con. Loan s<i 1944-64 ill 1 ->« Fund. Loan 4% 19*0-90 108% U War Loan 3 >a p.c 97 h
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      BUFFER TIN POOL MAY ALTER PRICE LIMITS
      633 7 Reduction To lUvel Of Other Primary Commodities (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 27. 11HE past weekontha standard tin market in London has been an erratic one. For some days prices tumbled, but on Thursday there was a sudden sharp recovery. The down-slide
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      VEGETABLE OILS
      131 7 THE Uverpo I correspondent) of William Jacks and Co. (Malaya) Ltd.. in their report dated Dec. 22. 1938, comment aa follows: PALM OIL, The market is very quiet, but the tone is steady. Sliippor have completely withdrawn from the market and buyers are not showin- any Interest Softs
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      RUBBER NOW IN SOUND STATISTICAL POSITION
      203 7 I^ewis And Peat's Weekly London Report j; a weekly report on the London rubber market dated Jan. l°v:s and Peat Ltd. write Although the statistical position continues to show marked improvement rubber together with all other Important stock and commodity markets, has been caught
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      147 7 Singapore. Feb. noon. Buyers Sellers Gambier 750 Hamburg Cube $13.50 Java Cube $12.00 Pepper White Muntok $12.75 White $12.25 Black 9.00 Copra Mixed $3.15 Sun Dried $3.45 Sago Flour No. 1 Lingga $2.30 Fair 52.30 $2.30 Sarawak $2.22' Jclotong Palembang $6.75 Banja $7.25 Sarawak $7.25 Tapioca Small
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      FEWER SHIPS USE SUEZ CANAL
      75 7 Tonnage Falls 2,073.000 In 1938 Paris, Jan. 27. IN 1938, 6,171 ships, of a total tonnage of 34,418,187 tons, passed through the Suez Canal. This represents a decrease of 4G4 vessels (2,073,145 tons) as compared with the record of 1937. Of the total tonnage passing
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
      101 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Books s-'ompany Dividend Close TIN. Austral Malay 9d. No. 48 3d. bonus Feb. 24 Ayer Wcng Feb. 14 Kuala Lumpur Tin 1/ TbAbawl Ik 1 6 Feb. 17 Singapore, Feb Date Ex Div. PaynDle Date Mar. 3 Feb. 25 Feb. 17 Feb. 15 Feb.
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      N.I. NATIVE RUBBER AREAS
      212 7 Registration Scheme In Sumatra Amsterdam, Jan. 26^ IN an interview with the Genera. Netherlands Indies Press Agency at Eitavia, Mr. van Brake\, .eader of tiiS Netherlands Indies Native Rubber Restriction Office, said he hue 1 conferred with officials in seveial districts of Sumatra regarding a scheme
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      DROP IN CHINA'S OVERSEAS TRADE
      208 7 About Nine Per Cent. In 1938 Shanghai. A DECLINE ol approximately nine per cent in the overseas trade of China including the occupied territory for the year 1938 compared with the previous year, is shown in returns just issued by the Chinese Maritime Customs. With
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      JAPANESE CLOSURE OF CHINA RIVERS
      126 7 Commons Statement London, Feb. 6. TIE Japanese alleged that the conduct of military operations would be impeded by thP movement of third party ships, replied Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in the Commons today, when asked under what rule of international law
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      AUSTRAL MALAY TIN GROUP
      60 7 Production Statistics For January THE following tin-ore production statistics refer to companies in the Austral Malay group for January:— Piculs Hours. Yardage, ore. K. KamuntiiiK 688 130.000 288 Asam Kumbanß 175 52,000 280 Ulu Yam closed down Thabawlelk 591 122,000 538 Puchong 229 91,000 335 Pungah
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      LONDON METAL MARKET
      579 7 TIN NOW TECHNICALLY SOUNDER GOOD CONSUMPTION OF LEAD SPELTER IN a weekly report on the London market, dated Jan. 27. Mc'.colm Bow'cy and Son write:— Tne dcubt.s aroused by the resignation of the President of the German Reichsbank have persisted throughout the week Added to this, the
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      JANUARY RUBBER CROPS
      67 7 Ayer Molek 15.897 Benta Rubber 56 500 Sandycroft Rubber 20,700 Kuala Kangsar 161,900 Penang Rubber 193.500 Sabrang Rubber 66 000 Straits Rubber 157,250 Rubana Rubber 82,400 Bagan Serai Rubber 58,500 Tali Ayer Rubber 86 600 Batak Rablt Rubber 22.800 Merchiston Rubber 27,886 Mountjoy Rubber 74.000 Badenoch Rubber
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      JANUARY RUBBER EXPORTS
      35 7 THE estimated amount of rubber ex- ported from Malaya, Brunei and Labuan. in January is 32,000 tons states the Controller of Rubber. This compares with a proportionate monthly quota of 26,333 tons.
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      427 7 TENDERS SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST. TENDERS ".re invited for tlv reconstruction of six garagts at the rear of Nos. 138 to 148. Race Course Road. Plan. Specification and Form of Tender may bo obtained at the Office of the Singapore Impiovement Trust on payment of a deposit of iiso which will
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      353 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated In China t)» Special aan-i). 12, Cecil Street. Slnjaperr Telephones: Manafer't Office i*** Awf. Manager's OB ire 6HZ Exchange t>ept 1 General Office SIBB-" Cablr <*ddre.<: TIIUNORtO PiiUl Id Capital Ch 40.0 M.069 Reserve Ponds in ncewof Ch 5.:Itt«.0fl«l M "f^^TTiiiri -a. «.o?o.ooo.oo».»t lse-vunß Soong. Chairman
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      314 8 AT LAST! A NEW KIND OF ENTERTAINMENTI OPENING TODAY 3.15, 6.15 9.15 P. M. HERE'S THE ENTERTAINMENT JACKPOT OF THE YEAR! THE HEIGHT OF HILARITY. THE CREAM OF CELEBRITY.".. A F^^k 48.A WWW^^ Hoar 'gml I V#■ Xt •#il£? sta<-«,i i rt ,oo\tH IfffV Lov, U Wbf« You K«l It"
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      396 8 *£jti^ WE'VE GOT ANOTHER V/IN Nt:^ THt GAYEST, M GIDDIEST COFWEDY SEEN FOR MANY MONTHS! X- Hk "HAPPIEST ENTERTAINMENT," SAYS I) UI.Y MAI... |tnP Opening TODAY §fPAVJSJO^ V^gß| oo la LA COMME CI COMME CA CEST DROLE C'EST INCROYABLE |W^^ SAY IT IN FRENCH OR SAY IT IN ENGLISH— ITS
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      154 8 One of the Best Comedies in Years! Last night's delighted crowds were Unanimous in their Praise! TODAY i».is-«..*-»..sj CAPJTOL "AiIDY HARDY HAS HEART.TftOUBLE NOW~ ...BLONDE, RED-HEADED. BRU^TTE! 7h Th«t H»rdy fatriir't h»ie»g«iol And the i>^ »U. r UuvJjb, th» throb*, >^^^<\O^ MSI O»« thrill., aie all <. "0 X ilfc
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    OPENING OF PALESTINE PARLEY IN LONDON
    573 9 Arab Defence Party Not Present At Inaugural Talks London, Feb. 7. MR. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, the Prime Minister, addressing the Arab delegates at the opening of the Palestine conference, at St. James' Palace, this morning, said "My policy is one of peace. You may be
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    AIR RAID HAVOC IN KWEIYANG
    95 9 Chungking, I eh. 7. THE business section of Kweiyang, capital of Kweichow Province, was completely wiped out as a result of Japanese bombing on Saturday, says a telegram from Mr. E. 11. Scott, secretary of the International Ked Cross Committee. All foreigners are safe. Fearing
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    Dr. Negrin Meets Foreign Envoys
    191 9 Perpignan, Feb. 1. SENOR J. del Vayo, the Republican Foreign Minister, conferred here yesterday with Mr. Stevenson and M. Jules Henry, the British and French Ambassadors. Earlier in the day. Mr. Stevenson, in an Interview at the British Embassy, denied that Dr. Negrin, the Republican
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    Russo-Japanese Tension
    82 9 Russo-Japanese Tension Tokio, Feb. 7. THE situation between Japan and j Russia 'is now tense" states a! resolution Introduced in the House, of Representatives, urging the Government to safeguard Japanese interests in the Soviet Union. The resolution was put forward following a conference of all parties. It declares that Japanese
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    JOBLESS IN 'LIE-DOWN' DEMONSTRATIONS
    74 9 London, Feb. 6. •THIRTEEN unemployed persons "gate crashed" into Grosvenor House in London and laid down in the lounge, covered with posters bearing the words "We want to work on A.R.P." The men shouted for Sir John Anderson who had been invited to attend a banquet
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    130,000 REFUGEES FLEE TO FRANCE
    127 9 Republican Territory Shrinking Rapidly Perpignan, Feb. 7. "THE Nationalists have occupied Palais mos, leaving the Republicans less than 50 miles of the Catalan coastline. During the past week, 130,000 women and children have entered France. Itr is estimated the total number of Spanish soldiers and
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    Pledge To France
    512 9 Pledge To France PRESS REACTION TO STATEMENT London, Feb. 7. MR. Neville Chamberlain ha stated what everybody In Great Britain has already taken for granted," says the Daily Telegraph, but the statement will have the useful effect of reassuring tho general public on the other side of j the water.
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    AIR RAID DEFENCE LEAGUE FORMED
    86 9 London, Feb. 7. AN Air Raid Defence League has boen formsd to take a position in relation to air raid defence similar to that of the Navy League and Air League In their respective spheres. The proposed hague is quite indei pendent of government departments,
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    HITLER CONGRATULATES MANCHUKUO EMPEROR
    34 9 Tokio, Feb. 7. According to a report from Berlin. Herr Hitler cabled a message to the Emperor of Manehultuo yesterday, expressing congratulations on the occasion of the Emperor's birthdayEastern News.
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    ANGLO-REICH TRADE TALKS
    109 9 London, Feb. 7. PORMAL discussions between the Federation of British Industries and the German Relchsgruppe industries will begin at the end of February with the view to finding a means to settle inter-trade competition, declared the President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Ol\ver Stanley, in the
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  • The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. FEB. 8. 1939 The Call
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      881 10 In oae of the many articles which have appeared in the Straits Times in support of campaigns to s:cure recruits for the volunteer forces of this country we quoted a statement made by Brigadier-General Ridout, Malaya's war-time G.O.C. shortly after the mutiny of Indian trocps at Singapore. "It should never
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      LORRY BLOWN UP
      87 10 Palestine Rebels' Mine In Main Road Jerusalem, Feb. 7. r W r HE Jewish driver of a loiTy was burned to death this morning when his vehicle was blown up by a landmine on the main Jerusalem-Jaffa road. From Haifa It Is reported that ten Arabs who
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      The Pope Recovers
      46 10 A Reuter message from Rome yesterday announced that the Pope was confined to bed with Influenza and had cancelled all audiences. However, a message received this morning states that the Pope is much better and is hoping to attend audiences today or tomorrow.
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      German Freighter Aground
      29 10 Tokio, Feb. 7. The German freighter, Leverkusen, 7.385 tons, went aground oil Yokosuka eatiy this morning, en route to Yokohama from Hamburg, via Dalren. Eastern News.
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    IRRITATION IN SHOPPING
    408 10 On Both Sides Of the Counter ENGLISH IN MALAYA To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l have read with extreme Interest the letters published in your paper concerning the education system In Malaya. Various defects have been brought to light, and various remedies suggested, but
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    TRAINED IN LOCAL OFFICES
    335 10 Helping Singapore Boys Up The Ladder 1 in the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l have rsad with mixed feelings of pain and amusement the correspondence arising out of the first letter by "Long-Sullerlng." Whilst to a certain extent my sympathies are with "Long-Suffering." I
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    LETTERS IN PAGE 15
    28 10 OFFICE ENGLISH. From the short-hand-typist's point of view. SHAKEBKOKERS. Comments on the new Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. CERTIFICATES. A clerk's questionnaire for a business man.
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    MEMORIES OF MALACCA
    868 10 The Bullock-Cart Cavalcade A police officer who recently paid his last visit to Malacca has set doion some of his memories oj that fascinating old town in a letter published in the January number of the Malayan Police Magazine. His letter will be enjoyed by many people
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    841 10 NOTES Of The DA Y Clerks In Queues MUCH has been written for and against the clerk in our correspondence columns lately, so it may be Interesting to give a glimpse of Straits Chinese clerks in a big British import and export house in Singapore fifty years ago. The following
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      203 10 AMUSEMENTS SINGAPORE RAFFLES HOTEL Cocktail Dance (1.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. Dinner Dance (Informal) 9.30 p.m. to Midnight. GARRICK THEATRE. GEYLANG Ready, Willing Able Abo Home On The Range 7.45 p.m. GREAT WORLD Cabaret: 6.30 to 9 p.m. and 9.45 to Midnight. Globe Theatre: Jezebel. Sky Talkie: Get That Girl
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    CZECH LOAN BILL IS ADOPTED
    127 11 London, Feb. 7. THE House of Commons adopted without a division the Czechoslovak Lean Bill after a debate in which the Opposition expressed fears that much of the loan may find its way into German economy. Mr. R. A Unck'r-Secretary for Foreign Affairs replying, said
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    36 11 London, Feb. 7. Lan lounced the Duke of X i.r. accompanied by the Duchess. c England during the second id v ill arrive at l n Nov. M to t.'.ke over his I r,: Aii.?traI R ■■<
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    SIGNOR GAYDA REPLIES
    118 11 Rome, Feb. 8. QIGNOH (;.\VI).\, writinc in Giornale d'ltalia. says, "Gen. Franco's victory cannot be complete until the demobilisation and dispersal of the 200,000 Reds gathered in Franpp, and until the former Government members and big ini'itary leaders in France are also dispersed and silenced." Referring to
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    Premier's Pledge
    261 11 To trance General Approval Of Parliament London, Feb. 7. THE exceptionally early adjournment of the House of Commons yesterday prevented crystallisation of Parliamentary opinion regarding Mr. Chamberlains declaration cf British solidarity with France. Opinion is readily available today and it is obvious from comments of representative men of
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    BRITAIN'S NEW TREATY
    77 11 London, Feb. 7. ANEW treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation has been signed at Muscat between the United Kingdom and India and the Sultan of Muscat, replacing the treaty of 1891 wn'ch expires this month. The treaty reaffirms the close ties which have existed between the Brl-
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    NEGRIN MAY RETURN
    647 11 "To Resist Until .The Last" 300,000 REFUGEES IN FRANCE NOW )R. JUAN NfcGRIN, the Spanish Republican Premier, who crossed the French frontier on Monday with other members of his Cabinet, will return to Spain shortly to continue the fight against Gen. Franco's forces, according to an official
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    Arab Prince's High Tribute To Mr. Chamberlain
    186 11 London, Feb. 7. IN a felicitous speech in reply to Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, by Prince Seif al Islam al Hussein, son of the King of Yemen, at the opening of the Palestine talks today, the Prince thanked the British Government
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    U. S. DEFENCE EXPANSION
    140 11 Plane Purchases: 'Bridle Is Off Washington, Feb. 7. THE House Military Affairs Committee today unanimously approved legislation to authorise a major part of President Roosevelt's $525,000,000 special defence programme, Congressman Andrew May, chairman of the committee, revealed thrt Republican members of the committee had sought unsuccessfully
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    EMERGENCY IN U.S. RELIEF SCHEME
    117 11 Mr. Roosevelt Wants j $150,000,000 Washington, Feb. 7. I DRESIDIiNT Roosevelt has sent a message to Congress stating that an emergency exists in the Government's programme of relief work for the unemployed. Owing to Congress reducing the appropriation which he had requested from 5875,000,000 to
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    ARAB DIFFERENCES
    83 11 Mr. Macdonald's Efforts At Mediation London, Feb. 7. NEGOTIATIONS to compose the I differences between the two Arab sections to tho Palestine Conference were continued today. Mr. Malclom Mac Donald had pro- 1 longed conversation with Nashashloi and his delegates. The conversations began early in the evening and
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    ITALO-SOVIET TRADE
    48 11 Rome, Feb. 7. XIEGOTIATIONS between the.Sovi-t and Italy have resulted In a trade treaty which is said to Involve an aggregate turnover in goods valued at 1,000,000,000 lire lor each country. The trade treaty was signed this evening, but the terms have not been disclosed.— Reuter.
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    54 11 Wellington, Feb. 7. •THE formation of a volunteers citizen defence army of 20.000 men. supplemented by ballot among elegible men In districts where the quota Is not filled voluntarily, Is advocated by the Spanker of the House of Representatives. Mr. Barnard, at a meeting at Napier called to stimulate interest
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    If Germany Got Her Colonies
    105 11 If Germany Got Her Colonies Reichsbank Director And Their Value Berlin, Feb. 8. COON after regaining her colonies Germany would be able to achieve an annual saving of 200,000,000 marks in foreign currency according to Herr Rudolf Eicke, Reichsbank director, in a book. Herr Eicke bases his calculations on pre-war
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    RECORD FLIGHT
    32 11 Capetown, Feb. 7. ALEX HENSHAW, after having broken by five and a-half-hours the air record between England and Cape Town, left at 10.18 pjn. (G.M.T.) on his return flight.— Reuter.
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    New Drive On I. R. A.
    318 11 JOINT ACTION BY EIRE BRITAIN Dublin, Feb. 8. Fis understood the Eire Government will take power under special legislation being introduced in the Dail today to declare the Irish Republican Army an illegal organisation. The Government declared the I.R.A. Illegal In June 1936 but
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    HAVE DELHI LABOUR TALKS BROKEN DOWN?
    581 12 Malayan Delegates Said To Be Returning MADRAS GOVERNMENT SENDS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TT is feared in Government of India circles that the Indo- Malayan negotiations have broken down and it is believed that the Malayan delegation is leaving immediately, cables the New Delhi correspondent of
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    CHINESE PINED $5,000 IN RUBBER CASE
    65 12 ii Our Own Correspondent) Johorc Bahru, Feb. 8. r> ding guilty to a charge ol deemed in the conveyance <>! uncustomed Kouds. namely, 6.328 rubber, rained at $1,669, two Tok All Tiong and Soh Ah 1 re fined $5,000 or eighr rou-. Imprisonment each
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    Counting Cars
    48 12 Police stationed at the intersections along Stamford and Orchard Roads at which there are automatic traffic light signals are conducting a traffic census this uee.V. The census will vrovide valuable data in connection with the working of the automatic traffic light control system.— Straits Times picture.
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    CHINESE WINS SCHOLARSHIP
    164 12 Penang Student At Cambridge (From Our Own Correspondent. 1 Penang. Feb. 8. A MACMAHON Lawfr Studentship, which is considered one of the I most covetsd scholarships at Cambridge University, has, it is learned here, been awarded to Mr. Wee Chong Jin. eldest son of Mr. and Mrs.
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    F.M.S. CHIEF JUSTICE
    115 12 Dvie At. Penang Tomorrow MR. Justice K. F. Poyoer, former Puisne Judge in Ceylon, who has been appointed Chief Justice of the Federated Malay States in succession to Sir Roger Hall, arrives at Penang by the P. and O. liner Rawalpindi tomorrow. After a notable career in
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    NEW PUISNE JUDGE FOR COLONY
    157 12 Mr. Justice Manning From Palestine RiJK. Richard Joseph Manning, senior puisne Judge of the Falestine High Court, has been appointed a piisine Judg-e of the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements, it was officially announced yesterday. Mr. Manning, who is 56, has been In Palestine
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    FIRST RATE COMEDY AT THE CAPITOL
    114 12 At The Cinema "Love Comes to Andy Hardy" (Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Lewis Stone) M.G.M. At the Capitol. j^IICKEY Roor.ey, with a very clever j*** study of adolescent love, enhances his already high reputation in what is a first rate comedy. He receives good
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    RAILWAY WORKSHOPS STILL CLOSED
    76 12 '.From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 7. THERE has been no change in the position at Sentul, where 2,000 workmen in the Central Workshops of the F.M.S. Railways are locked out following a stay-in strike aimed at obtaining higher wages. Workmen gathered outside the workshops,
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    Malayan's Six-Year-Old Son's Flying-Boat Trip
    250 12 DHILLIP Dimmock, aged 6, waved goodbye to his parents from a window of the Qantas flying-boat Corsair as it circled over the Singapore Airport this morning. Then it turned away for Australia. Phillip did not know he was making Far Eastern flying-boat history. He is
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    Raffles College Students Talk To Rotarians Today
    214 12 TWO Raffles College students, Miss Nellie Wong and Mr. Lim Kirn San, will speak at the Singapore Rotary Club today— the first time that a Malayan Rotaiy club is bein»addressed by college students. -1 A first year student. Miss Wong will talk on
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    MEN PINNED UNDER ENGINE
    124 12 Collision At Geylang TWO Indians were seriously in- jured when a locomotive overturned at the Geyland reclamation yesterday afternoon, pinning them underneath it. The locomotive, drawing waggons of filling material, fell from the rails when it came into collision with a line of empty waggons. The
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    TWO CHINESE LOSE EARS
    139 12 Street Attacks By Gangs FOUR CASES IN FORTNIGHT TWO inure Singapore Chinese each lost an car last night. Neither of them can give any indication a* to the reason for the assaults. This raises to four the number or ear-slicing cases in Singapore in less than
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    PERAK FRENCHMAN MARRIED HERE
    113 12 AT the Cathedral of the Good Shcp- herd this morning. Miss Vivian Scward daughter of Mr. B. H Seward. managing director of Adet-Scward S.A.. Bordeaux, and of the late Mrs. Seward. whoj3 father is the Marquis d'Ayguesvives. of Paris, was married to M. Christian de Lestapis.
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    SMALLER & NEATER DRIVING LICENCES
    63 12 SMALLER NEATER DRIVING LICENCES CMALLER and neater driving licences are being issued by the Singapore Traffic Office. The new licences, which are half the size of the previous licences, are much more convenient to carry. The cloth covers of the old licences were unsatisfactory due to the fact they peeled
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    CRITICISM OF NEW POWERS OF ARREST FOR POLICE
    443 13 Ratepayers' Association And Traffic Regulations 'CONTRARY TO SOUND COMMON SENSE IN HUMMER REPORT" STRONG protest against the powers of arrest which would be granted to all members of the Police Force in the proposed Traffic Regulations, 1938, is made by a sub-committee
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    Man Refuses To Make His Defence
    345 13 Man Refuses To Make His Defence BOOKMAKING ALLEGATION p l FUSING to give his defence when called upon to do so, a n.Klclk -aged Chinese, Sim Soo Koon who faced a charge in the Singapore Fourth Police Court of. rrequentlng dwellings between; Col man Street and North Bridge Road on
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    HIGHLANDERS ON CAR THEFT CHARGE
    62 13 r FRANK and G. Mitchell, of the Gordon Highlanders, appeared In the Singapore Fourth Police Court, yesterday, on a charge of the theft of a motor-car at Macphersnn Road on Feb. 6. The car belonged to Dawl bin Bintong. Accused claimed trial. Bail of $250
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    25-Foot Python Caught In Singapore
    45 13 Mr. m Harry M. Beckleman, of the Southern California Bird and Pet Exchange, dragacd this 25-foot python from blukar near Reformatory Road, Singapore, yesterday. He is collecting birds end animalt for end commercial use in Americ t.— Straits Times pictwe.
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    CONSTABLE CHARGED WITH RECEIVING BRIBE
    655 13 European Who Made Report Give 3 Evidence fHE story of how a European, while waiting for his sister outside Pitman's College, Singapore, saw a Chinese handing something which jingled to a police constable was related before Mr. L. C. Goh in the Singapore Fifth Police
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    COURT ARREARS CLEARED
    465 13 ALL arrears in the Singapore Police Courts have been dealt with, the Straits Times under- stands, and the Relief Court will close down provisionally either tida.Y or tomorrow, and the Sixth Court on Feb. 18. II r Relief Court Magistrate. Mr. W. J. Thorogood, will sit as
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    TAMIL'S $5 BAIL ESTREATED
    60 13 U/ZIEN a case In which a Tamil was charged With behaving disorderly in pubic was called up in the Singapore Second PoliC3 Court, yesterday, accused, who was on bail of $5 failed to appear. Bail was ctr,:.t d, but r.o order for accused's arrest was made,
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    China's Fight Will Go On
    158 13 NOTED EDITOR ON POSITION •pHINA will fight on until Ja;;an realises the folly of trying to conquer a people of indomitable spirit."' declared Mr. Tr.ns Lean?-11. noted editor of the People's Tribune. Chungking, to a Straits Times reporter yesterday. Mr. Tang arrived from China on
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    COLLEGE OF MEDICINE PRAISED
    212 13 COLLEGE OF MEDICINE PRAISED Sir R. Needhain On Progress SIR RICHARD NEEDHAM, representative of the General Medical Council, who has been visiting the Medical College at Hong Kong and the King Edward VII College of Medicine and Dental School at Singapore, left for Burma by Imperial Airways flying-boat yesterday afternoon.
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    DECREE NISI AGAINST MR. V. W. W. S. PURCELL
    83 13 (Trom oir Owa Ccrrespon London, F, b 1 MRS. Ksnb Pureell \va.s granted decree msi. with eosti nd tody of her child, in an nn wit ii the Divorce Court her husband, Mr Victor WiK.rm V i:Hams Eaundi-rs PurceH on t\u
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    WAS SENTENCED CHINESE DRIVER OF CRASHED CAR?
    326 14 Court Of Criminal Appeal Reserves Judgment In Serangoon Rd. Case lUAS Poh Choo Lai, the man sentenced to serve two years rigorous imprisonment on charges of causing the death of three men by rash or negligent driving, the driver of the car involved
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    Important Case For Revenue Authorities
    247 14 Important Case For Revenue Authorities APPEAL COURT TO RULE OIS POINT MUST a person in possession of non-Government chandu have guilty knowledge before he can be convicted of the offence? An appeal by the Crown before the Court of Criminal Appeal at Singapore yesterday sought to establish the exact interDretatlon
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    BRIGADIER H.A. LORD IN TRAFFIC CASE
    58 14 DRIGADIER H. A. Lord, of the Sal- vatlon Army, yesterday was charged la the Singapore Traffic District Court with negligent driving! on Dec. 22, at Havelock Road, when hi.s car came into collision with another. Mr. M. Garden, who appeared for Brigadier Lord, claimed
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    Fire In Theatre Scenery Store
    44 14 Here are the scenery and stage properties damaged at the Victoria Theatre fire early yesterday morning. The outbreak occurred in a storeroom at the rear of the theatre. Only ninor damage was caused to the building. —Straits Times picture.
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    MALACCA GOING AHEAD WITH AMBULANCE WORK
    716 14 Units Expected To Be In Uniform In Three Months (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Feb. 7. WO fewer than 46 candidates took the First Aid examinations held in December last under the auspices of the St. John Ambulance Association, Malacca Branch, and these were
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    EXTORTED MONEY FROM RICKSHA OWNER
    133 14 "fHIS is another case of a ricksha puller extorting money from the owner." said Mr. D. Marshall, counsel for the prosecution, in the Singapore Third Police Coui't, yesterday. The accused. Lim Chal alias Kee Choi, was fined $30, or two weeks' rigorous imprisonment, in default,
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      670 14 HOME LEAVE IN 1939? IF SO— STEAMER IK)OKINGS SHOULD BIC MADE NOW. BUT THERE IS NO NLIvD TO ATTEND TO THE DETAILS YOURSELF Let us serve you. We will be glad to plan the itinerary in accordance with your own wishes: take care*©f reservations and tickets for steamers and trains;
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    IDEAL DIET FOR DIGESTIVE DISTURBANCES
    111 15 The big problem with sufferers from gastritis or other digestive disturbances Is how to avoid pain and discomfort when eating. The Inflamed stomach walla are so sensitive that solid foods ;an't be retained Even liquid foods are often vomited. Yet the patient must get quick
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      SHAREBROKERS
      544 15 Investors And New Association L] CT DAILY PRICFS WANTED To lire Editar of t::e Strails Times Sir,— l wish to endorse the letter of "Average Investor" which appeared in the Straits Tim?s of Jan. 31. relating to the publication In the newspapers cf a daiiy statement of the exact
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      STENO-TYPISTS' ENGLISH
      602 15 The Business Man's Jargon "KINDLY ADVISE US" To ttc Editor of the St.-aits TimesSir. —ln his letter in your journal dated Feb. 3. Mr. W. R. Bruce stated that most of the male typists in Singapore were Indians and Chinese, having English a? a foreign tongue. He further
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      "THIRD-CLASS"
      143 15 Hindu Pilgrims By Train To Batu Caves Tv the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— l wish to protest against the treatment meted out to Hindus yesterday and today tPeb. 2 and 3^ by the F.M.S. railways. These Indians paid ordinary thlraclass fares from Kuala Lumpur to Batu Caves
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      QUESTIONS BY A CLERK
      663 15 A Singapore Critic Answered LOCAL CERTIFICATE To The Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— The allegation made by •'LongSuffering' 1 that my letter of Jan. 27 contained many fallacies is all of a piece with his unjustified remarks about local clerks who are holders of the
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      UNFAIR TO BRING PRESSURE ON RAJKOT RULER
      329 16 Government Of India's Reply To Mahatma Gandhi's Demand New Delhi, Feb. 1. TN connection with Mahatma Gandhi's statement to the press on the recent events at Rajkot, in which Mr. Gandhi said, "the honourable understanding arrived at between the Thakore Sahib and Sardar
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      AFFAIRS OF T. & Q. NATIONAL BANK
      158 16 AFFAIRS OF T. Q. NATIONAL BANK Reconstruction Scheme Approved Madras, Jan. 28. ■THE scheme of reconstruction of the Travancore National and Quilon Bank Ltd., was approved by the creditors today at their meeting held in the Anderson Hall. The meeting was convened as per directions of the Madras High Court
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      NATIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEE
      92 16 Calcutta. Feb. 1. MR. V. V. GIRI. Labour Minister. Madras, arrived here this morning from Kharagpur after attending the annual general meeting of the B.N.R. Indian Labour Union. He left for Madras this afternoon. Interviewed regarding the activities of the Industrial Planning Committee. Mr. Giri said that
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      CONGRESS DRIFT TO SOCIALISM ?
      87 16 CONGRESS DRIFT TO SOCIALISM Madras, Feb. 2. THE re-election of Mr. Subhas Chandra Bose indicated the drift of the Congress to Socialism and by introducing this legislation the Ministry would be strengthening Socialism against their own conviction, declared Sir K. V. Reddl speaking in the Madras Council on the motion
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      SWARAJ IN 18 MONTHS?
      140 16 Calcutta, Jan. 27. SPEAKING as a cold-blooded realist. I may say that we can win Swaraj within 18 months, if only we play our cards well. It will be a crime against our country if we fail to make the fullest use of the international situation.
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      "A Defeat For Wardha"
      276 16 Calcutta Press On ReElection Of Mr. Bose Calcutta, Jan. 31. IU|R. Subhas Chandra Bose's re- election as Congress President is generally welcomed by newspapers in Calcutta. The Statesman says that If it is possible to crystallise the election in a sentence, it can be read as
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      SETH BAJAJ'S ARREST AND AFTER
      130 16 Calcutta Share Markets Closed As A Protest Calcutta. Feb. 2. TPHE Marwari community is observing a hartal today as a protest against the arrest of Seth Jamnalal Bajaj at Jaipur (as announced in the Straits Times yesterday* in consequence of which the local share markets
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      RELEASE OF BENGAL PRISONERS
      67 16 Calcutta, Feb. 2. THE Government of Bengal has or- dered the release of seven political prisoners after examining individual cases on the recommendations of the Advisory Committee set up by the Government after the last Assembly session The committee made recommendations in respect of more than
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      MR. BOSE MEETS PANDIT JAWAHARLAL
      47 16 Calcutta. Feb. 2. AMR. SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE, who returned from Malda this morning left for Santiniketan almost immediately where lie had a long private conference with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. He also met Dr. Rabindranatn Tagor? and left for Calcutta in the afternoon.
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    Government Offices Leaving Chungking
    49 17 Chungking. IN accordance with the Chinese Government's policy of avoiding the concentration of population in large cities, due to extensive Japanese bombing operations, it is learned that many Government offices are evacuating Chungking, Schools have already been ordered to move out to the countryside. Reuter.
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    REPLY TO WOMEN OF AMERICA
    228 17 Signal Honour For China's First Lady Chungking, Feb. 7. MADAME Chiang Kai-shek, who has just been awarded a gold medal by the Federation of Women's Clubs 1 in New York City "for her indomitable courage and leadership in the crisis of her native land.'' responded
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    JAPANESE NOW SHELLING KULING RESORT
    110 17 Foreigners Imperilled Nanchang. Feb. 7. JAPANESE force* in North Kiangsi have begun an artillery attack on Kuling, important guerilla base about seven kilometres south of Kiukiang. which the Japanese have so far failed to occupy. According to latest reports the Chinese positions are still intact.
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    BY TAXI FROM BURMA TO CHINA
    46 17 Chungking. IT is possible at present to hire a taxi icr the journey irom Rangoon to Kunmir.g via the new Burma road, according to information irora a for- eigner who recently arrived in Kunming alt;r completing such a journey. Reuter.
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    MADAME CHIANG'S PRAISE FOR BRITISH YOUTH
    236 17 Their Heroism In 1914 Held Up As Example To Chinese Chungking, Feb. 7. niSCUSSING the wartime functions of Chinese schools and universities, Madame Chiang Kai-shek writes The Japanese have tried to justify their bombing of our universities by claiming that our schools and universities
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    23 17 Peiplng. Feb. 7. A DIRECT telephone service will be opened between China and North China at the end of this month. Eastern News.
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    INTERFERENCE WITH BRITISH TRADE
    182 17 Japanese Restrictions In North China London, Feb. 6. A SKED in the House of Commons regarding what action the Prime Minister had taken with reference to the refusal of the Japanese authorities to allow goods to be exported from Tsingtao when the exports had been financed
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    Kwangsi Students' Patriotism
    87 17 Kwangsi Students' Patriotism Kweilin, Feb. 7. I IVING up to the name of China's spartan province where the patriotic fire burns very bright, 18,000 Kwangsi students have answered the call of the fifth Route (Kwangsi) Army and enrolled in the Student Cadet Corps, in which the 5,000 chosen will undergo
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    "DIRECTING" CHINESE STUDENTS' THOUGHTS
    75 17 Pciping. THE local educational authorities have decided to order all primary and middle schools to employ, from the next semester, Japanese instructors for teaching the Japanese language, according to Information from educational circles. Most of the instructors of the Japanese language are now Chinese. It is
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    JAPANESE TROOPS TO REMAIN IN CHINA
    64 17 Tokio, Feb. 7. THAT Japanese troops would be stationed in China for a considerable period of time was announced by the War Minister. Lieut-Gen. Itagaki. in the. Diet. He said that It was necessary for Japan to do so in view of the situation
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    Fresh Drive On Guerillas
    98 17 50.000 Japanese To Be Engaged In Task Kwoilin, Feb. 7. TTHE Japanese military, it is re- ported, are marshalling 50,000 troops in another "mopping up" campaign against Chinese guerilla fighters on the eastern front, where they have constantly harassed the Japanese. It is understood that the
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    FILM STAR INSURES BEFORE HER LEAP
    87 17 MISS YUAN MEI-YEN, ;i popular Chinese film star, has won tor herself the distinction of bein? the first Chinese to be insured accident before making a pirtun Miss Yuan took out an insurance when she found that in one scene she would have to
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    50 17 Osaka. Feb. 7. AFIRE which originated in godown owned by the Mitsubishi Soko Kabushiki Kaisha here yesterday afternoon destroyed threp godowns containing 16,439 bales of Indian cotton, 2,135 bales of cotton cloth for export, and 2.308 baits ol cotton yarn. The damage is estimated at J. 500,000 yen.— Eastern News.
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    RA TEPA YERS' ASSOCIA TION AND NEW TRAFFIC LAWS
    2027 18 Powers Of Arrest Contrary To Trimmer Report A CRITICAL attitude toward the section of the 1938 Traffic Regulations which favours giving new powers of arrest of motorists without warrant is taken by the* Singapore Ratepayers' Association. The objects of the Trimmer
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    RESTRICTIONS ON TOOTING DANGER TO PUBLIC
    182 18 "Amended Orders Appear To Be Ultra Vires" rONCERNING the prohibition of the use of a horn certain hours and at certain place* the Ratepayers' Association says: "We put on record our view that any such restrictions are unnecessary and woul I constitute a danger
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    Lawlessness In Burma
    139 18 FIRMER RULE URGED Rangoon, Feb. 1. At a me?tin3 of Europeans today Mr. Richards. chairman of the BurmaBritish Association and leader of the European group in the Legislature, referred to lawlessness here at present. He said If the Government could n't or would not deal with the
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    SCOTLAND YARD SEEKS IMPOSTOR
    201 18 Man Posing As European Prince London. Jan. 27. Scotland- Yard established yesterday that a man in London has been impersonating Prince Wolff Heinrich von Stolberg, thirty-four-year-old cousin of Princess Juliana of Holland. It had b?en reported that th; prince had arrived in London from the United
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    23 18 Wttk the neio traffic lairs coming in'o effect o*i Mar. 1. members 0/ Siiwapcre traffic squad am going to have a lusy time.
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    FEWER NEW COMPANIES IN N.Z.
    100 18 Auckland. Feb. 1. Company registration returns in Auckland during 1938 disclose that 283 companies were registered during the year, five fewer than in 1937. The total nominal capital of tho companies registered in 1938 was €973,164. a decrease of £389,776 on the figure for the
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    FRANCO RIOT IN GIBRALTAR
    146 18 Gibraltar, Jan. 31.3 1 Rioting broke out in Gibraltar during an "at home"' given at the Franco agency in Gibraltar to celebrate the fall of Barcelona. Guests, it is reported, came to the windows, shouted insurgent slogans, sang insurgent songs, and cried "HtHl Hitler." "Viva Mussolini"
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    TEN GOALS SCORED IN S.C.R.C. ANNUAL SOCCER
    423 19 Fast And Interesting Game At Hong him Green CHARING \.vn gpals, nine of which were scored in the second half, the Married and Singles football teams of the S.C.R.C. drew fiveall yesterday after extra time on Hong Lim Green. In spite of hf-avy
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    CUSTOMS LOSE AT MUAR
    310 19 Prom Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Feb. 7. 'pWO quick goals by Armugam late in the second half gave the Government English School Teachers a hard earned 3-H victory over the Muar Customs when the sides met In a return hockey match played at ths Government English
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    ENTRIES FOR SINGAPORE SPRING MEETING
    509 19 QNE hundred and twenty eight horses and ponies are entered for the Singapore Turf Club's Spring race meeting to open on Saturday week. Horses and ponies, class one and horses class three, are catered for at the meeting. Entries are as below: HORSES CLASS 1
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    Selangor Gold Cup Meeting
    154 19 IJORSES, class one, two and four will be provided for at the Selan gor Gold Cup meeting to be held over three days on Mar. 11, 15 and 1» The Gold Cup for class one horses will be run on the final day of the meetIng
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    GOLF MATCH AT BATU PAHAT
    150 19 Results of a golf match between Batu Pahat and the Singapore Japanese Golf Club played at Batu Pahftt was (Japanese Club players mentioned first): A. Ichlhara and S. Ucklri 0 and S. A. Mcr.telro and Ch« Abdul Rahman l1;.l 1 F. Suganuraa and M. Ohraki
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    R.S.Y.C. EVENTS
    116 19 There will be no rating on Friday at the R.S.Y.C. On Saturday the biannual regatta will oe held. Classes will start as follows:.— "C" class. 4 p.m.; 14ft. dinghy, 4.10 p.m.;"B" class. 4.20 p.m "A" class 4.30 p.m. On Sunday, the "A" class will sail the first race
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    RECORD CAR RUN
    75 19 Driving a Wolseley 18 85 h.p.. H. E. Symons and H. B. Browning broke the London to Capetown car record in tho time of 32 days last month. The distance covered was 10,290 miles. Terrific rains were encountered m Rhodesia but the two were not in any
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    MIXED FOURSOMES AT R.S.G.C.
    79 19 The first bi-monthly mixed foursomes competition for February of the Royal Singapore Golf Club will be played on Sunday afternoon. Slieve An:, r:n X X Sweet Colette X X Swift Arrow X X Thank* X X Tourniquet X X Valscourt X X Velocity X 1 X
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    MALAYA BEAT NAVY 17-6 IN HONG KONG
    108 19 Simpson Gives Fine Display DLAYING without Lundon, Harper and Richardson, who 1 are suffering from injuries, the All-Malayan rugby touring team beat the Navy by 17 points to six at Hong Kong yesterday, after a thrilling game. The visitors wore superior in every
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    MINOR FIGHTS' PROGRAMME
    123 19 Minor fights have been rather neglected of late. Officials of the covered stadium have been concentrating o". big fights during the past month or so, and now that there srems to be little prospect of the Som Pong-Young Frisco return bat tie materialismg at least not before
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    TABLE TENNIS FRIENDLY
    79 19 The following will be selected to represent the Ngo Sing Le Chin Sla In a friendly table tennis fixture against tup Lam Wah Athletic Party tomorrow at 7.30 p.m. at the latter's premises. No. 37, Tan Quee Lian Street, 2nd Flror. Players are to assemble at the
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    MAYFAIR B.P.
    48 19 The Annual Tournament of the Mayfair B.P. will start in the first week of March and all drawing will take plac? on Sunday Feb. 12. Competitors are requested to be present at the court at 5.15 p.m. sharp. Light refreshments will be served after the draw.
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    THE SPORTS DIARY
    18 19 TODAY Basketball: Wuhan Songsters, Happ World Hockey: G.S.C. vs. Y.W.C.A., 0.8.C. SRC. vs. KhaLa. SRC.
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    AMICABLE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
    57 19 Members of th on are kindly requested to note that entries' are Invited to the vnrio-.is tournaments of indoor and outdoor parties, particulars of which are posted on the notice board in the Club House. All commantcaUona ore to be addressed to the Hen. Sports Secretary, Mr.
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    LOYALS RUGBY
    60 19 The Loyals XV lo play rugby against Johore on Saturday is: Pte Chniney: L/C. Wright. Pte Walmsley. Pte Connelly. L'C. Carroll; Capt. P. R. N. Cobley: Pie Oouldtng; Sgt. Guest, Pta Bern in, Pte Hcyes; L/C, Ward. Cpl lillcv: ptr Lntie. Cpl Ge.'rge. Cpl. Smith. Reserves: Pte Woods,
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    FORT CANNING XI
    50 19 i Th:- following will r present Fort Canning vs. Tan Tock Sens Hospital at TangUn at hotkey tomorrow ;it 5 p.m.: L/Cpl. Shortham: S'Syt. Wilton, Major Bird; Major Joslin. Sit. Dow« ling, Sgt. Lawson; Lieut, Griffiths, Sgt. Taylor, Rat. Bakrr. Lieut. Dobbic, Cpl. Blake. Umpire- Sst Jackman.
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    151 20 Sir hus-!«■> Wood, the Air Minister. with Captain Miles, after the opening of v now factory at Reading for the production of 300 in ii ti Miles Master trainInj planes i Until) Workmen have been busy completing trenches dug in Hyde Park and
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