The Straits Times, 3 April 1939

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    44 1 FIN A! rnTM iWML tUIH. The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.J THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NiSWSPAPBn M JMfiAY+ m 20 PAGES, SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1»39. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1939. PRICE I CENTS.
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      293 1 SINGAPORE 140. CECIL ST. (PHONE 5471). See MIEN CHONG for SMART TAILORING t>M Coleman St. Singapore. Phone 4816 WA D X l IN oodworking I Ma chines To meet all the requirements ,tj| g^__ f j^L-f J^R^^lEsffnaiy l'his is just one «i ibe hundreds of '^*'Z^BH3B*^*£nKßi2&JK^K*Z^~!* machines immediately available ISSRr
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      269 1 KUALA LUMPUR S3. JAVA ST ('PHONE 3683. COOLTANUSE IT DURING THE EASTER HOLIDAYS You get no Burns, Blisters or Freckles —N« p M i; nrt r- COOLTAN will give you a FLAWLESS SMOOTH COOL GLAMOROUS TAN IN COOL Small Tube: $0.65 Large Tube: $1.25 *i^J^*^^^m EASTEK HOLIDAYS. Our premises wUI
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      21 1 Madame Page, DRESSMAKER and DESIGNER railormade' Gowns or all occasions ii Stock from IS $30 13. Battery Road. Singapore. Tel. 6327.
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  • Obituary
    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE DEATH
    53 2 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE DEATH BECK—On April 3, 1939, at No. 20 Lorong 36 Oeylang, Singapore, Joaqulm Paul Heine Beck, 40 years, late Headmaster of the Tranqucran English School, Malacca. A funeral service will be held at the Church of The Holy Pamlly, Katong, at 5 p.m. today, interment at Bidadarl Cemetery
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      533 2 SITUATIONS VACANT When applying lor any position advertised In these columns tend copies of testimonials. Do not send originals. YOUNG MALAY or Indian SHORTHAND TYPIST wanted for European office. Salary $40 to start. State age and experience to box 78 straits Times. ~~WANTED for city office competent bookkeeper. Hrply giving
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      359 2 PROFESSIONAL HANDWRITING AND DOCUMENT EXAMINATION undertaken by qualified expert. Fluortscrnce analysis, ultra-violet and infrared photography, photo-micrography; finger prints, seaLs stamps, codes, ciphers etc. R. J. Zyllwyn-Stewart, Butterworth. Tele. 36. DOMESTIC SERVANTS AND WORKMEN THE SERVANTS AGENCY, 17, Dhoby Ghaut, (Established 1911) Supplies domestic servants, male or female of every description.
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      813 2 FOR SALfc: BUILDING LAND FOB SALE, in various localities, suitable for the erection of Bungalows. Also Godown or Factory Land In the vicinity of the Wharves and Railway Station. Apply A. T. Edwards It Co.. Ltd.. 11. Malacca Street. FOR HIRE REFRIGERATOR— New or Used. Phone 3333 HOUSES FLATS. TO
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      942 2 motor Vehicles FOB SALE. Baby Wolsely Saloon. Good condition $320. 23 Peng Slang Quay, Singapore. BABY AUSTIN TOUBER U93«). Excellent condition. No reasonable often refused. Box 94, Straits Times. USED CABS Austins, Ford. Morris Singer. Standard, Hlllman Minx, etc Eastern Auto Co Ltd Singapore AUSTIN 1* SALOON Duco Paint and
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      578 2 TENDERS JOHORE GOVERNMENT TENDERS will he received at the office of the Hon'ble the 8tate Secretary. Johore, Jobore Bahru. up to noon of Apr. 11, 1939. For the Construction at Jalan Kolam Ayer. Segamat of (a) One Class "C Quarters for Customs Department as per building plan 553-1 and site
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      296 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etcx MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mr*. HARD and Mm HANA 60. WATERLOO STRCCT. Telephone 7467. SINGAPORE ATHLETE FOOT Guaranteed complete cure within a few days. Money refunded If not satisfied. Write for full particulars to: V AIDAK CURE CENTRE." P.O. Box 6fe7, Singapore. EDUCATIONAL LATIN TIITION by
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      699 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. i Incorporated in Ennland) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. Co. MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Tunnage Due S pore. CARTHAGE 15.000 Apr 7 BANGALORE tt.OOO Apr 8 RAJPUTANA 17,000 Apr 21 HANCHI 17.000 May 6 BHUTAN 6,100
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      508 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS (Incorporated ln Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT! FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO LONDON Penanf. Colombo. Aden. Saei. Port Said Naples. ManeUlea, Gibraltar. London. Antwerp. Rotterdam and Hamburg Vessels Tonnage Due Sa! HAKONE MARO 10.400 Mar. 31 Apr. 1 HUSIMI MARU 10,900 Apr. 14 1 HAKOZAKI MARU 10.400 Apr.
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      660 3 LUXURY with ECONOMY ONE-CLASS MOTORSHIPS. CABINS WITH PRIVATE BATH. EXCELLENT CUISINE. MODERATE FARES To: MARSEILLES, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN To: PALESTINE, ROTTERDAM. HAMMEONIA Apr. 11 BURG AND COPENHAGEN ALSIA May a MALAYA abt. Apr. 24 SELANDIA May 23 KINA May 20 BORINOIA June 13 DANMARK June 14 'JUJ U
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      600 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Bulldlnj. CoOyer Quay Siagapora a Td si SI. Chartewd Bank BoUdlnt Penani T el is««l BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES. LONDON. N. CONTINENT AND GLASGOW (la conjunction arltb the Glen Une) Due Salla OLENROY Mars. L'don. Adam. Ham. Ant. ft Mldd. In port Apr 4
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      197 4 Todai Pontlanak (Raub) 3 pm Germany (Parcel* only) (Ollva) S.30 pm. Tomorrow Eastern and Southern Australia (Marella) 10 am New Zealand (Marella) ..10 a.m. lndo-Chma (K.N.l.L.M.) 11.30 a.m Aden (imperial) s P m But Africa (Imperial) 1 p.m South Africa (Imperial) > PJ» Burma (ImDerlal) J 5
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      Wall Street Quotations
      617 4 New i'tork, Apr. 1. THE following quotations were those iuling when the Stock Exchange i] closed today: DOW-JONES AVERAGES. Yesterday* Today's Close. Close. Chances. 30 Industrials 131.84 133.83 up .99 23 Rails 28.38 27.24 up .86 15 Utilities 21. "0 22.50 up .80 40 Bonds 89.27 89.05
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      FROM MALACCA
      116 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. Slam, Burma. India Iraq, Palestine. Egypt. Mauritius, Europe, Oreat Britain. Irelanu. N c S America, E. li 8. Africa, Nigeria and Gold Coast by
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      276 4 MM Wearnes: Fm Pfout, Ipon. and KuaH Lumpur. An Ira ever? evenin*-. K.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arriives THIS aifternoon. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. K.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives tomorrow evening. Imperial: From Europe: Doe and expected on Wednesday morning. K.N.LL.M: trom NetberUnd* Indies: Arrives
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      SURFACE MAILS EXPECTED
      36 4 Mails from Holland etc. expected tomorrow. Apr. 4, by Sibajak. Mails from China expected tomorrow, Apr. 4. by Cremer. Malls from China and Japan expected tomorrow, Apr. 4, by Rio de Janeiro Maru.
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      SIBAJAK
      21 4 The Sibajak Is expected to arrive from Europe about noon tomorrow. She will sail for Ba avia in the afternoon.
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    Haytor Rubber Shareholders Want Bigger Dividend
    1085 4 PROPOSAL REJECTED AT ANNUAL MEETING ON SATURDAY QUGGESTIONS that part of the iJ cash reserves of Haytor Rubber Estates, Ltd., should be distributed immediately, made in a letter to the directors and by shareholders at the meeting were rejected by the chairman, Mr. C.
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    EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES
    103 4 DURING the week ending Mar. 23, 1939, exports of canned pineapples from Malayan ports .i mounted to 48,241 cases, of which: 40,996 '85 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom, 2,402 (5 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, 2 475 (5 per cent.)
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      790 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In F.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Iielght 5433. Passage 5431. CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED. (Incorporated in England) FARES SINGAPORE/EUROPE First and Cabin class from £105.17.9 Tourist class from £75.8-8. AROUND THE WORLD FARES BIT C.P.R./P. O. First and Cabin Class Tourist CIms From £181.4.6 126.12.7. Direct connection with Canadian
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      396 4 PUBLIC NOTICES THE BUKIT UNTONG RUBBER CO., LTD. i Incorporated In the F MS > KOTICE Is hereby given that the Share Transfer Books of the above Company will be closed on Tuesday. Apr. 11 and Wesnesday. Apr. 12. 1939 for the preparation of Warrants In payment of the Final
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      332 4 T1D Z TABLE SINGArOBE Mi H. W. 10.03 a m. 8.8 ft.; 10.36 p.m. S.Sft. L. w. 4 a.m. 2.2 ft.: 4.30 p.m. 1 ft. Tuesday H. W. 10. SO a.m. S.2 ft.; 11.07 p.m. 8.1ft. L. W. 4.40 a.m. 1.4 ft. 5 10 p.m. 1.1 ft. Wednesday H. W.
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      204 5 THE NEW ANTISEPTIC six times stronger than Carbolic Acid NON POISONOUS SAFE PLEASANT TO USE. For nil general Medical Domestic purposes where a disinfectant is required Obtainable at all Chemists and Stoic. Sole Distributor.-.: GRAFTON LABORATORIES Ltd.— Singapore Kuala Lumpur. DUN LOP A iFort mm THE TYRE WITH 2000 TEETH
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      28 5 (STRAITS TIMES Small Ads. if desired for insertion on the day of receipt, should reach the Office WOT LATER THAN 9.30 AM. All Small Ads. must be prepaid
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      515 5 SSS J iSwmetcSilTcrNeu'loWarc QliJ) Gifts that please the re!y£r\ cipient and do great \JM-K honour to the giver are ./fjyjVSfcl only obtainable at lowest kVJXB"B\ rires from i^W&* K.M.OLIMOHAMED lgs^W Royal Jeweller I High Street. SILVI X R I N BRILi^iA.N TUN ES (la fonnj ot Liquid and Solidified) For
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      267 5 HAIR-FALL If your hair b thin or grow, Mowlv I v it falls off in patches or generally if you enrounter early greying of same If you h.i dandruff or feel an itching sensation on your scalp, do not wait for thing, to grow »oi<* but go right straight ahead
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      516 5 Broadcasting SINGAPORE 1 TODAY 7.IIL 225 metre* SBP 30.16 metres p.m. 5.00 Malay folk songs, t 5.30 Cantonese music, t m J" 6.10 Cantonese children's programme. 8.30 Cantonese selections.? 7.00 Pianoforte recital by Harry Hackmayer. 7.30 Time, weathe: and news annource ments. 7.45 "Inspector Harnlelgh Investigates 3 The Man from
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      517 5 ROME TODAY t-RO 11.81 Mc/i «M a.) 5. ao News In French. Light music. Press survey (in French). News In English. Weekly survey in Chinese. Chamber music News in Italian. TOMORROW S.20 News in French. Symphony concert. Talk (in French). News in English. Opera selections. News In Italian. EMPIRE STATION
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      166 5 7.S5 Concert of light music (contd.V 8.20 News and economic review in German 8.35 Music as you wish it. 9.20 News and economic review In Eneiisti and Dutch. 9.35 Oreetings to listeners In the Far East 9.40 Sports review and today In Germany Sound pictures. 10.05 German College of Music.
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      460 6 QUIET OPENING BUT MORE CHEERFUL TONE RUBBER RECOVERS SHARPLY By Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Apr. 3. WELL, it would seem after all that the Boat Race attracted more interest and provided more excitement than Herr Hitler's speech and a new phase of comparative political calm is now
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      LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      86 6 London, Apr. 1. The following were todays closing mean rates: Paris 176 51/64 Athens 547% New York 4.«1!i Bio 3 1/1* Montreal 4.70V4 tellers official Brussels 27.83 Belgrade 30* Oe-.u'va 20 87 < i Bucharest 6fit Amsterdam 181=4 Bueno* Aires 20 .11 Milan 89 Montevideo IS* Madrid
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN
      93 6 Monday. Apr. 3, boob. No. IX B.S.S. (Spot loose) 27H t7% No. IX B.S.S. fob. in cases April 27 13/18 tt G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. lob. la bate* April 27H CTtt F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. la bales April n TIM FUTURE QUOTATIONS No. IX R.S.S. on Registered tender
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      EXCHANGES
      181 6 The following an the exchange rates this morning according to the dally circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation:— SELLING London T.T 8/3% London demand 2/3% Lyons demand 2040 Switzerland demand 240 I 4 Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54 Montreal demand 54>/ 4 Batavia
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      Treasury Bill Discount Rate Rises Sharply
      64 6 London, Apr. 1. ON the money market this week the continued uncertainty regarding the International political situation was again reflected in a sharp rise in discount rates. This week's Treasury Bills favoured market operators to an unusual degree as they obtained 71 per cent,
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      Issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers Singapore, Saturday, April 1, 1 p.m. MINING
      588 6 Issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers Singapore, Saturday, April 1, 1 p.m. MINING All shares quoted above are fully paid. Issue Val. Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Hn 3/3 3/9 3/4& 3/9 5/- Austral Amal 4/9 5/3 4/9
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      GENERAL
      468 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord 1.30 1.40 1.32'£ 1.40 2 2 do. 7V^ c i prets. 2.35 2.40cd 2.30 2.3dcd 10 10 Atlas Ice 4.75 5.25 3.00 5 50 1 1 B M. Broadcasting 0.50 U.bU 0.50 1 60 10 5 B M. Trustee 175 J 50 8 75
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS
      267 6 6% Maynarc Co. Ltd. $30,000 int. Apr. 10 Oct. 31 M 100 norn SINOAPORF MUNICIPAL 5% 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Int. \rar. 31 Sept. 30 100 101 norn 4\.. r i 1907 red 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 10« 108 norn 4'/ 2 r
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      RUBBER SHARES
      369 6 (Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated) Fraser Co. Lyall tt Evatt Allenby 120 1.30 1.20 1.30 Alor Gajah 0 90 0 97^0.90 1.00 Amal. Malay 1.35 1.45 1.30 1.40 Ayei Hitam 0 90 1.0U 0 90 100 Ayer Molek 0.90 1.00 0.90 1.00 Ayer Panas 1.16 1.21xdl.l5 1.20xd
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    RUBBER STOCKS DECLINE 11,552 TONS IN FEBRUARY
    266 6 Exports Exceed Quota By 10,983 Tons (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Apr. 1. WORLD rubber stocks outside the regulated area declined 11,552 tons in February, according to statistics contained in the March bulletin of the International Rubber Regulation Committee. At the end of
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    WALL STREET WEEKLY REPORT
    614 6 IN a weekly report on the New 1 York Stock market, issued this morning, Swan. Culbertson and Fritz, write: Increased apprehension over the European outlook caused acute weakness on the New York stock market (luring the past week and practically unbroken declines carried quotations to their
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      74 6 rvi ACTf.* y^c^MONKIY 6tVBBER tA The Trewhella Monkey Jack and Trewhella Monkey Grubber are Ideal for tree felling and rapid land clearing. They are simple to use, and yet can tackle the hardest Job— by hand. They are scientifically made to conserve physical energy and eliminate strain. AS SUPPLIED TO
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    ALEXANDRA BRICKWORKS NOW VERY BUSY
    619 7 Penang And Singapore Works On Full Production pßoi-OSINU the adoption of the report and accounts at the annual meeting of Alexandra Brickworks Ltd. in Singapore on Saturday. Mr. C. Jackson, the chairman, said During the year under review we were again able to earn a
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    STRAITS STEAMSHIP MAY ORDER MORE VESSELS SOON
    1872 7 1938 Profit Satisfactory In Difficult Trading Conditions SOME SUBSIDIARY UNDERTAKINGS PAY HIGHER DIVIDENDS THE placing of orders for larger vessels was still being considered by the directors, the chairman of the Straits Steamship Co., Ltd., Mr. F. S. Gibson, told shareholders at the
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    195 7 SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES Singapore, Apr. 1. noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler 7.50 Hamburg Cube SI 3.00 Java Cube 512.00 Pepper White Muntofc $12.75 White $12.50 Black 8.25 Copra Mixed $3.15 Sun Dried $3.45 Sago Flour No. 1 $2.80 $2 80 Llngga $2,524 $2,524 Fair $2.45 $2.45 Sarawak $2.45 $2.45 Jelotong Palembaiig
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    BRITAIN'S TRADE WITH SMALL NATIONS
    80 7 Helsingfors, Mar. 31. THE advantages of small nations trading with fcritain were emphasised by the Secretary to the Deparlnuait of Oversew Trade, Mr. R. ■V Hudson, when be addressed the Finnish Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Hudson is now having conversatl .ns here following his trade
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      487 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated la Chins ot Special UQarin,. 12. OrO Street BJnnpota Telephones: Manager. Ufflrr S*M Asst Manacer-a USrre S4«t Excbangr Kept Mil Geseral Offtrr Sim-t CaM* Addrm: -fin m.ki o £»M Up Capital Cb te.niin.iia* M tatue r'nnd* In excess of Ch I ».j»o.»e« N r»tal Aawto •wnmimatel?
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      197 8 Positively Last Day 3.15, 6.15 and 9.15 P.M. SES E ALHAMBRA m,™™ WARNER BROS. PRESENT THE HILARIOUS BROADWAY COMEDY SUCCESS. #Scr««n Pl.v b-/ Richard Mk.ul.v »nd I"ty W«ld From Uw FI»Y by (f'BMOMWI JOHN MONKS, Jr. >od FRED F. HNKLEHOFFE A Fin« N»tioo»l Pi«u» \\Sffi^ ALSO LATEST "BRITISH MOVIETONE NEWS'
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      686 8 PAVILION -FOR TONIGHT ONLY! ROBERT TAYLOR In a drama as Ultimate as your own home as romantic as your first love affair It's a page from LIFE as fi(t JSpP^B A lived by millions and you will love S^jy^ J^^S every minute or it! Toff* a B v FRANK MORGAN,
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    HERR HITLER'S REPLY TO MR. CHAMBERLAIN
    828 9 "Germany Does Not Dream Of Attacking Other Nations" nFPTVTwr- uf n WMelmshaven, Apr. 1. REPLYING to Mr. Chamberlain's announcement that Great Britain would support Polish independence by E r °i a mS m the eye nt of German aggression, Herr Hitler made no sensational
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    POLAND TO RESIST DANZIG SEIZURE?
    48 9 Warsaw, Apr. 1. IT is believed the Polish Government has made it clear to the German Government that any unilateral change In the status of Danzig would be considered a threat to Polish independence of the kind mentioned in the British declaration. Reuter.
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    Soviet Concern Over Corridor German Pressure On Poland Feared
    198 9 Soviet Concern Over Corridor German Pressure On Poland Feared CF4R« <h M »sc»w, Apr. 2. phARS that pressure may be applied to make Poland give up the Polish Corridor pervade Soviet opinion on Great Britain's pledge to Poland. Official comment in the newspaper Pravda says distrust of British policy by
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    DRAMA IN BELGIAN ELECTIONS
    131 9 Brussels Apr 2 A DRAMATIC incident connected with the general election, which Is proceeding today, was the announcement that Dr. Martens had resigned from the Medical Academy. It was the appointment of Dr. Martens to the Academy which caused the present cabinet crisis. Liberals and powerful
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    GERMAN COMMENT ON FUEHRERS SPEECH " Not A Special Attack On Britain "
    137 9 GERMAN COMMENT ON FUEHRERS SPEECH Not A Special Attack On Britain G Wllhemshaven, Apr. 1. ERMANS who heard Herr Hitler 1 speech do not regard It as In any way a special attack on Britain They point out the Fuehrer was sarcastic about Britain, but not violent, and that he
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    Big Drive For Recruits
    274 9 Mr. Hore-Belisha And Premier's Decision London, Apr. 2. QREAT impetus to recruiting is expected as the result of the recent decision to double the Territorial Army, and local organisations all over the country are preparing every means at their disposal for a big national effort. All
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    BOMB OUTRAGES IN LONDON
    211 9 Explosions Believed To Be Work Of I.R.A. London, Apr. 2. TERRORISTS who took home-made bombs in a ,>owerful car. in which they toured Londo/i streets, are believed to have played a prominent part yesterday In the mast extensive scries ot j bombing outrp.^es the Metropolis has
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    MR. HUDSON ARRIVES IN SWEDEN
    163 9 "To Learn What Swedes Want To Buy Stockholm, Apr. 2. M R R. S. Hudson. Secretary to the I ITI Department of Overseas Trade ar- 1 rived here thia morning. He said he had not come to tell Swedes what to buy from Britain, but
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    TURKEY-U.S. TRADE PACT
    33 9 t Angara, Apr. 2. Turkey and the United State* slgned a trade agreement here, providing for the mutual application of the "most favoured nation" treatment and special tariff reduction Rputpr
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    END OF GAIETY THEATRE
    26 9 London. Apr. 1. C^ !etv Theatre baa be*n sold it is to be demolished and replaced bj a block of offices. -Reuter.
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      287 9 TONIGHT Cocktail Dance 7 p. m. to 9 p. m. DINNER and DANCE (informal) 9.45 to midnight NO ADMISSION CHARGE RAFFLES ORCHESTRA directed by DAN HOPKINS SEA VIEW HOTEL THIS WEEK: TUESDAY WEDNESDAY ROMANTIC NIGHTS SPECIAL DINNER SERVKI) ON THE MOONLIT LAWN CONCERT DANCING IN THE BALL-ROOM DINNER «Sc DANCE
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      487 9 THE BEST REMEDY FOR RHEUMATISM ••ii 1 l way bcm 'he custom, and always Tnnih^ ne rheurnalic »u«erer moeU ■notnCT to piss on any recommend.itioo that will lead to the JknjflUm*M of tb« •wful pain that victum ol Klieum.itism alona can understand to passed rom p to lip has thnyt
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY APR. 3, 1939. Furious Fuehrer?
    906 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY APR. 3, 1939. Furious Fuehrer? Herr Hitler's extraordinary knack e of keeping the world guessing was i shown again In his speech on Saturday. The newspapers on that I day announced that the Fuehrer was furious about Mr. Chamber- Iain's historic declaration of British J
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    Singapore's "Borstal"
    260 10 Atter a visit to the Singapore Reformatory a correspondent has written the letter published in this Issue, in which he asks lor better educational and training facilities and (or an altogether more "curative" atmoi sphere, if such an adjective can be aaplied to boys who are not physically
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    LEADERSHIP
    337 10 "More Stupid Than Serious" THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. Full marks for your leader on the attitude of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce towards the application of the North American Trading Corporation for membership of that body. I As you say, the
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    JAPAN'S PRESS IN SINGAPORE
    207 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir— Your leader of Mar. 29 on "Japanese Kultur' is interesting, especially in Its reference to the new Japanese Journalistic venture. The Singapore Herald. I wonder what the authorities think of it and to what extent they will be
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    RESEARCH IN THE BALOERAN
    184 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— ln these uneasy days the rei newed concern for the future of British shipping in the Far East as enunciated In Lord Craigmyle's recent letter to The Times, is a matter oi moment to Malaya. In the oast
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    BATTLESHIPS TODAY
    802 10 Sixty Million Pounds Well Spent? The following are extracts from an article by Sir Herbert Russell in the United Services Review, in which the role of the monster battleships vow under construction is discussed. JNDER the great programme ol naval expansion now In progress ?ven battleships are to
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    682 10 Chinese Hooters IN a streamer headline across six columns the Manila Bulletin recently announced a victory of the Strait* Chinese football eleven as follows. "Chinese Booters Nose Out YCO Eleven 3 1."' A similar streamer in the following day's Issue declared that the Chinese booters had
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      42 10 LETTERS IN PAGE 15 "TRAVEL DUTCH." Another letter on Earl Beatty's homeward voyage. THE REFORMATORY. Some suggestions by a recent visitor. RIFLE SHOOTING. "Buka Rahsla" comments on recent corresp'-'dcice. MUTAR.I POLICE. Praise fflC the manner In which a difficult task la performed.
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    POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER IN LONDON TODAY
    526 11 Anglo-French Pledge To Be Discussed EXPERTS ARE ACCOMPANYING COLONEL BECK House Of Commons Debate On Foreign Affairs THE centre of political interest shifts'back to London today with the arrival in Britain of Colonel Josef Beck, the Polish Foreign Minister, and a debate on foreign
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    CZECH DEBTS TO BRITONS
    110 11 Cam as* By The Bank Of England London, Apr. 3. yHL Bank of England by authorisation of the Treasury publishes a notice today asking for the return of certain financial obligations due from Czecho-Slovakia to British holders. The request applies to such obligations v loans of
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    ENCIRCLEMENT WARNING
    151 11 Berlin Comment On Hitler's Speech Berlin. Apr. 2. A PEACE addressed partl- rularly to Britain, coupled with a warning.' 1 is the description applied to Herr Hitler's utterance at Wllhelmshaven by well-informed German quarters. In the words of one commentator, "Hitler declared he wanted peace and at the
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    348 KILLED DURING PAST THREE MONTHS
    51 11 Jerusalem, Apr 2. IJNOFFICIAL, iigures of casualties yj dive to disturbances in Palestine during the past quarter show a deathroll of 348, Including 16 Britons. The wounded numbered 375. In March the dcathroli was 128 Including two Britons and wounded 110 including eight Britons.—
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    Why Relay Of Hitler's Speech Was Suddenly Switched Off
    250 11 Berlin, Apr. 2. AN official explanation of the n decision not to relay Herr Hitler's speech yesterday over the radio Is that the time of day was not likely to draw a large audience of listeners and it was decided to
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    25 11 L ".^l* wit h the Nazi salute by Dr. Neumann, leader of the Memel Nails (left,, at Memel. following the German occupation of Memel territory.
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    "MYSTIFIED BUT NO MORE TROUBLED THAN BEFORE"
    608 11 London Comment On Comparative Restraint Of Fuehrer's Speech "UITLER left us more mystified, but no more troubled than w«. before These words, from comment on Herr Hitler's Wilhelmshaven speech, in the Sunday Despatch, appear to represent the average Englishman's reaction. While the Sunday
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    42 11 Paris, Apr. 2. DAN-AMERICAN Airways 1 giant Yankee Clipper en route from Llbson to Marseilles landed at Biscarosse. South-west of Bordeaux, owing to bad weather. The Clipper Is on a survey flight across the Atlantic preparatory to establishing a traruAtlantlc service.— Reuter
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    60 11 THE Kinr and Queen took their guests. President and Mme. Lebrun, to see a gala show of the Vic-Wells ballet at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, durnj the recent state visit. Picture shows (left to riitht): Queen Mary, President Lebrun, the Queen, the Kin* and Mme. Lebrun. Behind, on
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    DANGER OF WAR CONTINUES
    110 11 London, Apr. 3. JU[R- Arthur Greenwood, deITI puty leader of the Opposition who will be the first speaker at today's foreign affairs debate in the House of Commons, declared at Bradford last night that Herr Hitler's utterances on Saturday did not show any signs of a
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    CEASE FIRE IN SPAIN
    111 11 Children Play War With Discarded (.miSalamanca, Apr. 2. A COMMUNIQUE issued today rv states that with the Republican army disarmed and interned the Nationalist forces have reached their last military objectives and the Spanish war is ended, reports Reuter. Meanwhile order prevails throughout Madrid, not a
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    FISHERY PACT SIGNED
    198 11 Soviet- Japanese Agreement Moscow, Apr. 2. A Soviet-Japanese fisheries agreement to last a year has been signed. Router. The possibility of war between the two countries, which has bern threatened for months pa.st, over the fisheries dispute, has thus receded. The fishing is in Sovit t waters,
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    "OPENED THE DOOR TO EUROPEAN PEACE"
    67 11 Washington, Apr. 2. "lit r?. Chamberlain's pledge to dtfend Polish indepen^.ice has o,>ened the door to pearc in Euroyo," declared Senator Key PUtman. efnJnata of the Foreign Affairs Committee, today. The Senator added that recent indications froii American offirials of a desire to favour
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    HANDCUFFED MAN IN LOCKED CUBICLE
    315 12 Two Chinese Alleged To Have Posed As Detectives VICTIM SAYS $600 TAKEN BY DARING INTRUDERS DOSING as detectives, two Cantonese are alleged to have handcuffed a Hokkien, taksn him to his house, removed more than $600 which they alleged to be counterfeit money, and then
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    ISN'T IT HOT?
    106 12 ALTHOUGH people in Singapore are complaining about the heal at present, it is probably slightly cooler just now than at this time a year ago. March is always a hot month in Singapore, and people feel the heat more as the hot season is just beginning. This
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    FRENCH CULTURAL CLUB'S PROGRESS
    127 12 GOOD PROGRESS Is being made by the recently-inaugurated Centre Intellectual Francais de Malaisie, a: club designed to enable other European > communities in Singapore to mingle more freely with French people and learn more of the French language and culture. The group will attempt to provide
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    CHITRAL DUE THURSDAY
    118 12 To Take Canton's Passengers -PHE P. and O. liner Chitral, which has taken up the running ol Canton, damaged in a collision at sea north of Hong Kong last week, left Hong Kong for Singapore at noon yesterday. The vessel is expected to arrive at Singapore at
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    INDIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FEES
    87 12 "TPHE Indian Chamber of Commerce, Singapore, passed the following resolution at a special general -neeting on Mar 31: "That the scale of fees under Article 14 of the Association be revised and fixed as from July 1. 1939, for entrance fee at $25 whether the
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    AMUSEMENTS
    185 12 SINGAPORE K At- H.I- HOTH Cocktail Dance 7 to 9 p.m. Dinner Dance (Informal) !"45 to Mldnisht. GAKKK K IIIEATKE. OEYLANO Jvtigle Ka-Javmi— A Hindustani Talkie at 6.15 9.15 P.M. GKI.AI WOW.II Cabaret: 9 p.m. to Midnight. Globe Theatre: Women Are Like Tlmt. Si-.v TMfcle: Music Goes Round Llltls
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    DEATH OF MALACCA EX-HEADMASTER
    98 12 'THE death occurred at Lorong 36. Geylang. Singapore, yesterday of Mr. Joaqulm Paul Heine Beck, late headmaster of the Tranquerah English School. Malacca. Mr. Beck was only 40 years of age and had recently retired from service on medical grounds. He served mainly In Malacca, at
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    RESEARCH IN KEDAH
    113 12 London Lecture On Recent Finds ANCIENT INDIAN COLONY DESCRIBED (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Apr. 2. f\R. Quaritch Wales lectured before the Greater-India Research Committee London last week on "An Ancient Indian Colony in British Malaya: Some Results of the Recent Excavations." The lecture was concerned solely
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    FOUR DAYS OFF FOR EASTER
    138 12 Holiday Concessions On Railways EASTER holidays, which begin on Good Friday and end on Monday, will give Singapore clerks four days rest from office routine. It Is a week-end to which many look forward annually and already ar- rangements have been made by many to
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    "FRANKENSTEIN" REVIVAL
    80 12 "Frankenstein" (Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Mae Clarke). Universal. At the Capitol. FROM among the horror pictures which were the vogue more than half a decade ago, Frankenstein stands out as a classic and It is fitting that it should be included in the current series of revivals to
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    PIANIST TO BROADCAST
    58 12 A CONTINENTAL concert pianist, Harry Hackmayer, will broadcast a recital from B.M.B.C. stations at seven o'clock this evening. Recently arrived from Germany. Hackmayer will play "Pollchinelle (Rachmaninoff), "Fire Dance" (Falla) and "Rhapsody in Blue" (Gershwin). Another piano recital will be given by CUly Horowitz, a Viennese artiste,
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    Ban On Indian Politics Rejected By Association
    420 12 "TWO Important amendments to the rules of the Indian Association, Singapore, moved by Mr. R. Jumabhoy, were rejected by an overwhelming majority at an extraordinary general meeting of the association yesterday. There was a large attendance and the meeting was presided over by
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    Ingenious Device Conditions Water
    69 12 An ingenious aev.ee ..^.i iua uetu < .i.aued at Singapore? wui,ar reservoir at Gunong Pulai, Jouore. The cabinets on the left contain mechanism like that of a radio set. which controls the flow of purifying chemicals from the hoppers on the right into the water, chemic
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    WHISKY BOTTLES IN SMASHED CAR
    702 12 Four Johore Malays Dead In Crash On Main Road (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Apr. 2. A MOTOR tragedy that resulted in the death of four younjr Malays was the subject of an inquiry by Sheikh Abu Bakar, the Johore Bahru second magistrate, at
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    JAPAN FEELS THE PINCH
    171 12 Europeans Hit By Rising Costs ANXIETY TO GET FOREIGN MONEY EUROPEANS are finding it increasingly difficult to live in Japan with the rising taxes and higher cost of living, a British traveller long experienced in the Kar East told a Straits Times reporter this morning on
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    SINGAPORE BOAT RACE DINNER
    110 12 TIE annual boat race dinner ol the Oxford and Cambridge Society of Malaya was held at the Adelphi Hotel on Saturday night. Sixty-nve members of the society, including the Governor Sir Shenton Thomai. who is president, and three women members. Mrs. N A Worley, Mrs. G
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    STOP PRESS
    94 12 London, Apr. 2. KING Carol and hi* Cabinet are understood to have decided to accept the guarantee from Britain against aggression by Germany, similar to that given to Poland, according to the Daily Telegraph, which states that if a reply to this effect is received today the Prime
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    Entertainments For Visiting U. S. Cruiser
    85 13 Entertainments For Visiting U. S. Cruiser oOCIAL and .sports activities are being arranged by the United States Consul-General at Singapore, Mr. Kenneth S. Patton, for personnel of tl»e U.S. cruiser Augusta, expected to arrive at Singapore on Saturday on a five-day visit. There will be a dinner party at the
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    CRECHE GIVES HELP TO RICKSHAMEN
    235 13 Children Cared For During Daytime Atypical example of the social service which has grown up round the clinic and creche work of the Child Welfare Society of Singapore is given in the society's 1938 report Just published. A ricksha puller, it is recorded, brought his
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    WHEELS STOLEN FROM CART IN IPOH
    53 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Tpoh, Apr. 1. AN jnusual theft was reported to the police yesterday. A Tamil hawker left his cart outside his house, overnight and In the morning found it missing. Eventually it was {raced to Rangoon Road, but without three of
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    MALAYA'S PART IN STUDY OF NUTRITION IN ASIA
    516 13 Great Deal Of Detailed Work On Common Foods PROPAGANDA BEING CARRIED OUT IN EDUCATIONAL SPHERE MALAYA'S part in the investigation of nutrition problems in Asiatic countries is discussed in the annual report of the Eastern bureau of the League of Nations Health
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    HEALTH SURVEY IN EVERY STATE
    97 13 A HEALTH survey of every Malay State is to be carried out by the Malayan Government's in connection with rural hygiene investigations. This is revealed In the annual report of the Eastern bureau of the League of Nations Health Organisation, just issuld by its Singapore
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    T. B. In Rural Areas: Official Study Of Problem
    135 13 T. B. In Rural Areas Official Study Of Problem THE incidence of tuberculosis in Malaya and its effect on the population of rural areas is to be investigated by the Malayan Governments. This is announced in the annual report of the Eastern Bureau of the League of Nations Health Organisation.
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    DEFENCE SECURITY OFFICER LEAVES
    177 13 A*TER two-and-a-half years in Malaya, the Defence Security Officer, Lieut.-Colonei F Hayley-Bell sailed yesterday in the troopship Lancashire for his new appointment at the War Office, London. Lieut.-Colonei Hay.ey-Bell, who has spent 30 years in China, where he was formerly a Commissioner of Customs served in
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    Senorita Leaves By Flying-Boat For India
    262 13 Senorita Leaves By Flying-Boat For India TO BE GUEST OF MAHARAJA "CINGAPORE has been grand," said Seiorita Sofia Alvarez, 24-year-old M<Ucan singer, formerly with the Marcus Show Revue Company, whose name has been linked in the world's Press with a "mystery" Indian maharaja. before she left the airport by Imperial
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    NEW SALVATION ARMY OFFICERS
    144 13 First Local-Born To Be Commissioned "I 'HE dedication and commissioning of the first local-born officers of the Salvation Army will take place today. Seven Chinese cadets, who have been in training at the Tank Road Training Garrison for the past nine months, will be dedicated at
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    BARE CHESTS AT SWIMMING CLUB ANNUAL MEETING
    288 13 Further Reduction In Overdraft Announced DARE chests were seen in the ballroom of the Singapore v Swimming Club yesterday for the first time in 12 months. For the annual meeting, which is held on a Sunday morning, when no women are present, the
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    IPOH M.C.S. OFFICER ENTERTAINS STAFF
    102 13 iFrom Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Apr. 1. \M R. R. C. S. Harris, M C.S., enterAT tamed his staff prior to his departure for Trengganu as Assistant Adviser. Mr. Harris was Assistant Controller of Labour, Perak, prior to assuming duties as Assistant District Officer. Ipoh.
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    CHILDREN'S DAY
    56 13 QINOAPORE Chinese will hold a Children's Day tomorrow when gifts of clothing, toys and sweets will given to poor children at the Great World at 9 am. Three Chinese vernacular schools, one of them a girls' school, will combine to give a performance at the Great World in
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    LOST PROPERTY AT SWIMMING CLUB
    86 13 IT mitrht lie very difficult for the uifr of a member, who. afttr eight mouths' \e.i\v. rt-tiimt'tl to the club to Hud the wife nf another member wearing her iluniciiici rins," said Mr. K. 1., llroiiiii at the .•nnii.Tl inert ini; of the SiiiKaporc Suimmintr
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    S. S. Has Been Crown Colony For 72 Years
    184 13 S. S. Has Been Crown Colony For 72 Years T HE Straits Settlements became a 1 Crown Colony 72 years ago last Saturday. For ten years the European residents had been agitating tor severance from Indian control, the Straits having been under the Government of Bengal since 1830. when the
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    BRITISH AIR ATTACHE FLIES IN SIAM
    84 13 Our Own Correspondent. > Bangkok, Apr 1. /JROUP-CAPTAIN A. G. BISHOP, v British Air AUarhe. at Bangkok, recently flew from Don Muang A.mold to Korat. a military centre on the north eastern plateau. The same day, he was taken by Squadron Leader Luang Isran^kura
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    BIG CROWD GREETS NEW HOTEL ORCHESTRA
    276 13 WOW the largest hotel orchestra in Singapore, the Sea View and Adelphi Hotels* new orchestra from Shanghai, led by A. Bershadsky, was well received at its first concerts yesterday. A crowded Sea View ball room listened to the new orchestra's first popular Sunday morning
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    2110 14 120,000 New Shares Issued To Finance Scheme GOOD RESULTS OBTAINED FROM FIRST TAPPING AN area of 500 acres is to be planted by Cherinang Deve- lopment Ltd. during 1939 and 1940 and to finance this extension 120,000 shares have been issued on which 20
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      REFORM NEEDED IN THE REFORMATORY?
      392 15 Training In A Singapore Institution To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— l shall be grateful if you will erant me space in your paper so that the problem outlined below may be' given the publicity it des?rves. Some parents and guardians of truant
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      NAVY LEAGUE EARL TRAVELS DUTCH
      174 15 1 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— ln the issue of the Free Press of Mar. 31, under the heading "Earl Beatty and Merchant Shipping," is the information that "in the course of a world tour on behalf of the Navy League to
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      SPEED LIMIT FOR BUKIT TIMAH
      92 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. I Sir,— Accidents on Bukit Timah Road, attributable partly to buses, seem to be of almost daily occurrence, and I wish to draw the attention of the authorities to the need for a speed limit in this district.
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      THE MILITARY POLICE
      332 15 Difficult Work In Singapore To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. With reference to a recent letter in .your columns, I too have been accosted by Military Police in Singapore, and questioned as to whether I was a soldier cr not. but only under circumstances that
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      B.B.C. IN CENTRAL JOHORE
      172 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l hope "Johore Planter" will not mind if I say that his radio set seems to need repair, if he does not receive the BBC. satisfactorily. Here in the noisy town of Singapore we get good reception of
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      GETTING THE NEWS
      124 15 To the Editor of the Strait* Time*. Sir,— l was Interested to read Mr. C. S. Seng's statement that radio sets of four to six valves cannot receive the whole of the 8.8.C. transmissions. My set is of only six valves and yet the 8.8.C. comes In
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      THE RIFLE IN MALAYAN VOLUNTEERING
      632 15 THE RIFLE IN MALA YAN VOLUNTEERING "Buka Rahsia" Comments On Correspondence To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— l wish to repeat that Jt Is trie duty of every able-bodied citizen of this country to become efficient tn handling and using a rifle. In a previous letter I mentioned
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      BAND NIGHTS
      168 15 Why Not Seats At "New Brighton"? To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— Permit me to take up a little space in your paper to make an appeal to the Singapore Municipality to put up some benches at Telok Ayer, where the Police Band plays. I would
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    MAHATMA GANDHI WARNS INDIAN PRINCES
    1032 16 Freedom Movement Can No Longer Be Suppressed In States New Delhi, Mar. 21. APROPOS the arrest of leaders in Travancore, Mahatma Gandhi has issued a statement urging rhe Princes and their advisers to read the signs of the times and march with them At the
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    VOCATIONAL TRAINING
    21 16 Students of the Vivekananda School, run by the Ramakrishna Mission, Singapore, at work in their basket-weaving and fretwork classes.
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    TRAVANCORE BANK'S AFFAIRS
    85 16 Madras, (By Mail). THE High Court passed orders recently on the application of the official liquidators of the Travanrore National and Quilon Bank. Ltd. (now under liquidation) to settle the claims of creditors, directing the payment of a dividend of three annas in the rupee subject to
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    "Absorption And Not Annexation"
    273 16 Dewan's Reply To Dr. Pattabhi Trivandram, Mar. 20. j THIS is frankly a policy not so much of annexation as absorption and the alternative before the States is no longer obscured by camouflage." said Sir C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar, interviewed with reference to the views expressed
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    DETERIORATING POSITION OF INDIANS ABROAD
    467 16 Madras Journal's Plea For A Gesture Of Indignation Mad) as, Mar. 17. problem of Indians overseas has been receiving more than usual attention, in the Central Legislature mainly due to the fact that the position of Indian nationals has been rapidly deteriorating in most of
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    SIR FIROZE KHAN NOON HONOURED BY OXFORD
    85 16 New Delhi. Intimation has been received irotn London that Sir Firoze Khan Noon. High Commissioner for India, has been elected an Honorary Fellow of the Wadham College, Oxford. He has thus joined the band of the Empire representatives In England who have been
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    NEW COMMERCE MEMBER
    43 16 New Delhi. Mar. 25. SIR N. N. SIRCAR, Law Member, will leave for Calcutta on April 7. He will lay down office from Calcutta on May 4 on v hich date Sir Ramafwami Mudaliat i.« expected to .irriva In Bombay.
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    PHILOSOPHY OF FASTING: MAHATMA GANDHI'S VIEW
    621 16 WRITING under the caption "Fasling" in the latest issue of the Harijan, Mahatma Gandhi says that fasting is a potent weapon in the i -atyagraha armoury, but it is of no use without a living faith in God and Ifcat it shou'fi i;omc from
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    POOR CLASS OF HORSES RACING IN MALAYA
    534 17 Three-Year-Olds Should Be Imported, Says Handicapper "QUALITY of imported horses was more than ever conspicuous by its absence," declares Major D. M. Patrickson, official handicapper to the Straits Racinp Association, in the annual report of the stipendiary steward for 1938. So long as
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    MALAYS BEAT R.A.F.
    128 17 A large crowd saw the Malays beat the R.A.F. by two goals to nil at the Stadium on Saturday in the first division of the league. Definitely the better side, the short passing tactics of the Malay forwards beat the RAF. defence time and again. Eakri missed
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    COTTON TOO GOOD FOR CO«MPSTON
    28 17 In the Daily Mail Professional go! )!ay oft* over thirty-six holes Cottoi ron with an aggregate of 141. Comp ton took 145— Reuter.
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    S.C.C. HAVE WORST OF DRAW
    193 17 Second Teams' Game At S.R.C. ■piME saved the S.C.C. second team from a defeat at the hands of the SRC. second in a game of cricket played on the padang on Saturday. S. X C. Chopard b Milton 2 Alphonso c Elliott b Hunter 84
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    Today's Soccer Matches
    85 17 •THHMY'S soccer matches will be as below: Soccer: Div. 1, Gordons vs. RE. (Changi) at Changi; Reserve div. M.FA t». S.CC. at S.C.C.; Dl*. 2A, R.A.F. (T) vs. Malaya Signals at Seletar; Marine Dept. vs. Post Office at stadium: Dlv. 28, S.H.B. vs. S.C.F.A. "B" at 5.H.8.
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    HIGH SCORING IN K.L. CRICKET
    223 17 I (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr.. 1. A FOURTH-WICKET partnership of 117 runs between C.W.A. Murray (not out 65) and D. W. Tyer (54) enabed the Selangor Club to beat the Selangor Rangers by six wickets In a match on the padang today.
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    RAJA SCORES 101 FOR CEYLONESE
    226 17 A century by A. Raja was a fine contribution to the Ceylon Sports t Club total of 206 runs for eight wics kets declared at Balestier Saturday i against the St. Joseph's Institution Pereira. the CSC. bowler, captured 1 j seven wickets for 17 runs
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    HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT
    35 17 New York. Apr. 1. The New York State Athletic Commission has approved a 15-round world heavy-weight boxing championship fight between Joe Louis and Tony Galento at the Yankee Stadium on June 28.
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    PERAK XI TO PLAY PENANG
    65 17 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Apr. 1. The following have been selected to represent Perak in the inter-State cricket fixture against Penang during Easter at Penang: T. M. Hart (capt J. E. Slade, R. N. Whitaker. TAD. Hewan, H. M. Fuller, R. C Erhke, F.
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    ARMSTRONG RETAINS TITLE
    48 17 New York. Apr. 1 Henry Armstrong retam-d iy> worlrt welterweight title by beating Davey Day, of Chicago, by a technical knock-out in the twelfth of a scheduled 15-round bout last night at the Madison Square Garden. The Negro lost two rounds for alleged fouls Reuter.
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    PATIALA REFORMS COMMITTEE
    235 17 Elected Minister Recommended Patiala, Mar. 17. T"HE scheme of reforms to be introduced in Patiala State has now finally emerged from the Constitution Committee. Though no official statement has been issued so far, It U learnt that the scheme envisages a Legislative Assembly of 41 members out
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    PAPAL HONOURS FOR MADRAS CITIZENS
    287 17 Public Reception For Recipients r Madras. f A PUB LIC reception was accorded recently at the Victoria Public Hall, Madras, to recipients of honours conferred by His Holiness the Pope. The reception was organised by prominent Catholics, both clergy and laity, in Madras. Mr O
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    GREAT POPULARITY OF TEMPLE-ENTRY
    176 17 Travancore Official Replies To Zamorin Raja Trivandrum. Travancore Temple-Entry Proclamation has wrought a marvellous change among the backward communities, whose habits have been profoundly modified for the better," says the Head of the Travancore State Dewaswom Department. Mr. C. M. Renganatha Sastri, Dewaswom Commissioner, in a
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    ROUGH PLAY IN HOME LEAGUE MATCHES
    1817 18 Portsmouth Player Ordered Off The Field London, Apr. 2. U/HARTON, one of Portsmouth's most useful men in the team's fight through the Cup rounds, was ordered off in the match with Birmingham, 15 ntinutes from the end and several other players were cautioned by
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    39 18 An incident in front of the R.A.F. goal on Saturday. Cooper, RAT. goal-keeper, jumps high to attempt a save, while two Malay forwards try to score. The Malays beat the Airmen by two goals to nil. Straits Times picture.
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    SINGAPORE TEAM FOR STATE CRICKET
    272 18 Strong Side To Travel To K. L. Next Week-End A STRONG Singapore side ha 3 been chosen for the State cricket match at Kuala Lumpur during the Easter weekend against Selangor. Thoy and Eu Cheow Chye will make their debut in state cricket. The team
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    FORT CANNING LOSE FIRST MATCH
    141 18 The Fort Canning cricket eleven suf- fered their first defeat at Balestier Saturday at the hands of the MFA. M.F.A. Husseinshah c Baker b Turner 13 Ibrahim lsa b Dowling 30 Ismail Jabbar c Mason b Hancock 21 Osman Yassim lbw. Telford 14 Leyman b
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    RUGBY UNION
    96 18 Home Rugby Union results on Saturday were: Bath 7: London Scottish 15. Bedford 9; Plymouth A. 0. Birkenhead Park 3: Leicester S. Blackheath 25; Headingley 12. Bristol 22; Harlequins 3. Devonport Serv. 11; Oroucester 11. Guy's Hospital 18; Old Cranlelghans 11. London Welsh 24 Old AUeynians 0. Northampton
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    MALACCA REPRESENTATIVE ELIMINATED
    275 18 Yesterday's Badminton At Clerical Union DADMINTON enthusiasts at the Clerical Union's Hall P yesterday morning saw a battle royal between Seah Eng Hee and Cho Kirn Hawke (Malacca) in one of the preliminary eliminating rounds of the Malayan championships. Kirn Hawke was the sole Malacca representative and
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    Narrow Win For S.A.O.B.
    319 18 k THRILLING finish was seen at St. Andrew's School ground yesterday, when the Old Boys beat the RE. (Changit side by two runs. The Old Boys were four run., behind the Sappers' total with three wickets in hand. Murphy. who captured seven wickets for 48 runs
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    EVERGREEN SURPRISES AT TAIPING ON SATURDAY
    812 19 Final Day Of Extra Skye Race Meeting UEAVY rain during the afternoon marred Saturday's racing, the final day of the Taiping Extra Skye meeting. The biggest upset of the afternoon occurred in the fourth face, which Evergreen won to pay $73. Results and dividends
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    AIRMEN LOSE TO ST. ANDREWS
    178 19 DLAYINa on their own grounc on Saturday, St Andrew's School cricket team beat the R A.F. (H.Q.) by 45 runs. RAF. (H.Q.) Oreen b Capel 0 Tessier retired hurt 26 Cannolly b Cape! 0 Davies c Chee Heng b Meyer 9 Hods Dii c Ross
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    S.C.C. TENNIS
    36 19 B.CC. spring lawn tennis aournament mixed doubles ties are TODAY P. Clerc and Mrs. Cherrington vs. W. H. Droogleever and Mrs Hipkin TOMOMOW r V Ktad and Mrs. Archer yd. wiuner of todays tie.
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    SABAPATHY SCORES 101 FOR CEYLONESE
    252 19 Indians Beaten By 163 Runs At Balestier SCORK of 101 runs by V. Sabapathy was mainly responsible for the Ceylonese beating the Indians by 163 runs in the cricket match plavod at Balestier yesterfeßattin^r first the C.S.C. red with seven wickets down for 2.'!9 and
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    26 19 m. Kj™*rtm Lo hum Lncc ;ia lrtli Picr rcpo,.t O] the R.A*., 3rd, in the 440 yds. Open at the Post Office Club Sports on Sunday.
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    R.M. YOUNG WINS APRIL MEDAL
    356 19 Week-End Golf At Bukit Timah THE April medal competition of the Royal Singapore Golf Club played on Saturday and yesterday resulted in a win for R. M. Young in "A' division with a net score of 68. in a tie in "B" division between J
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    Singapore Crew For Batavia
    124 19 Singapore Crew For Bata via A FOUR from the Royal Singapore Yacht Club will visit Batavia. at Easter to take part in an interport regatta. Sourabaya and Semarang rowing clubs will be represented by senior fours as well as Singapore and Batavia. The Singapore crew is: Bow J B Dunne
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    RYDER CUP GOLF
    40 19 New York, Apr 1 The American Professional Golfer.. Association announces the Ryder Cup golf matches between Oreat Britain and the United States will be played B( the Ponte Vedra course in Florida c, Nov. 18 and 19.
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    POST OFFICE CLUB SPORTS
    341 19 rE Post Office Club held their first annual athletic meeting at the Club's ground yesterday. Tal Chong Cheong was champion athlete with 15 points. Sebastian Then runner-up with eleven. In the 880 yards flat race event Arjan Singh and Hussain bin Abdul Hamid dead-heated when they
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    RECREATION CLUB BEAT S.C.C. CONVINCINGLY
    494 19 Innings Margin In Two -Day Match On Padang CINGAPORE Recreation flub wei innings and 41 runs indicates ir the Singapore Cricket Club playt The SRC. have a team this year that has no equal in Singapore If they play as well as they did against
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    Cambridge Win Boat Race
    223 19 London. Apr I. CAMBRIDGE won the boat race, beating Oxford by four lengths The time for the course of four and a quarter miles from Putney Bridge to Mortlake was 19 minutes 3 seconds. The weather and water conditions were ideal. Oxford won the U>«w and
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    AIR MINISTER HELPS AT BALLOON BARRAGE DISPLAY
    131 20 (ioneral Gayer von Schweppenbui-U. cMNMsaMBg the 3id Tank I) vision of the Reichwehr, takes the IftMa at a great tank parade in Wenccslas Square, Prague. ait_T Hitler's arrival. The Air Minister. Sir Kmgsley wood, was among those who assisted at a balloon barrage
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