The Straits Times, 13 April 1939

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    42 1 tTIkIAI CnTU rINAL tUIIX. The Straits Times fESTABLISHED NEARLY A CKNTUHY.I THE LARGEST AN& MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 2S PAGES, SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1939 PRICE 5 i'KNTS The Straits Times 28 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1939 PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      339 1 SINGAPORE*. 140. CECIL ST < PHONE 5471). Try MIEN CHONG TAILORING We only ask for a trial order. nm Coleman St. Singapore. Phone 4816 WATER, SEWERAGE. #SM^MIkI IkJi©© OIL MOLASSES. SAND*. W llitHMr^ slime, gravel and P#Sl SBBBWttHS ACIDS where ?l>tie is a pumping job to be a<w. specify Gwynnes
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      193 1 KUALA LUMIPUR: 25. JAVA ST ('PHONE 3683 > V WW T T i 'SB >*. I A m^^^^ \«r j Have you seen our Latest Shipment of Cocktail Hats and osW&fi' Tailored Straw Hats tm&!& Just what you want for the tfKSS^ v coming Race Meeting. All Sizes. $6.50 $12.50
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      21 1 Madame Page DRESSMAKER and DESiGNER Tailormade- Gowm for all occttiMt in Stock from $5 $3C 13. Battery Road. Singapore. Tel. 6327.
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT
      88 2 Ihe funeral of th/late Mr. Wee Chrow Keng, one of the directors of The Sze Hal Thong Bankins Insurance Co.. Ltd., will take place on Sunday. Apr. 16, 1939. The cortege will leave hi? residence. 513, Joo Chiat Road, at 10 a.m. sharp for Kiung Chow I ry,
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      201 2 /SHWORTH —On April 13th at the Maternity Hospital to Rita, wife of George Christian Ashworth a son. Both well. ELDRED.— At the Singapore Maternity Hospital on April 12. to Mr. and Mrs. W. Hdred, a daughter. HOPKTN— To Angela, wife of Dr. D. A. B. Hopkln, on Apr. 12 ai
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      276 2 SITUATIONS WANTED GOOD DRIVER, careful, honest, willing available Apr. 15. Telephone J0222, between 1.30 and 2.30 and 7—B7 8 p.m. OFFICER'S WIFE strongly recommends excellent sewing Amah vacant May. Write Amah, York House, Alexandra, Singapore. HIGHLT CAPABLE Chinese Head Bookkeeper open for engagement. 30 years' local experience. Credentials available for
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      388 2 FOR SALE SHELVADOR Refrigerator Phone 3333. CRUSHED UKANIfL oi Blocks Dy lorry jt rail Hlndhede Co. Ltd. BLACKSTONE DIESEL GKNERATING SET 10 b.p. direct coupled to West. Dynamo V) Amps 115 V. complete with Dlst. board perlect condition $900. Apply Tann 28' Orchard Road I FOR SALE. Profitable Concern In
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      810 2 LOST LOST— Black dinner-jacket from car between Sea View and Airport Monday 10. 4 J p.m. Reward. Tel. *****. LOST. Strayed from Fifth Avenue Bukit Timah Road a Black cocker spaniel *****. Please telephone L C. Smith 5432 or ***** after B p.m. HOUSES. FLATS TO LET TO LET from
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      649 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc. The Famous Indian Hatha Yorl Rao will teach Indian Yoglc postures. Breathing Exercises. For particulars please write '/> INDIAN YOGIC SCHOOL, 17, Owen Road. Singapore. KIT KAT RUSSIAN RESTAURANT OPPOSITE NEW ALHAMBRA OPEN FROM 0 P.M. TILL 2 A.M. TODAY'S SPECIAL RUSSIAN PANCAKES. EDUCATIONAL FRENCH LESSONS given
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      299 2 BARGAMS Ring for Demonstration, no ihliiration. Phone 5*BS. 1937 CHEVROLET SALOON. No. 2314. Dv oid in Black and Gold thU ar has a most distinctive appearane. The motor has been tuned and runs perfectly. It is impossible to fault the road performance. PRICE $1300. 1938 AUSTIN 10 4 SdLOOK. No.
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      676 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporated In Ene land PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. Co. MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Tonnage Due Spore. RAJPUTANA 17,000 Apr. 21 RANCHI 17,000 May 5 BHUTAN 6.100 May 6 BEHAR 6,000 May 15 RANPURA 17.000 May
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      499 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS (Incorporated tn Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. Regular fortnightly sailings. London via Penang, Colombo, Port Said, Naples, Marseilles and Gibraltar. S.S. HUSIMI MARU Apr. 15. S.S. HAKOZAKI MARU Apr. 27. S.S. SUWA MARU May 11. fM.S. TERUKUNI MARU May 24.
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      757 3 LUXURY with ECONOMY ONE-CLASS MOTORSHIPS. CABIN'S WITH PRIVATE BATH. EXCELLENT CUISINE. MODERATE f \P.ES To: MARSEILLES. LONDON. ROTTEK- To: PALESTINE, ROTTERDAM. HAMDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN BURG AND COPENHAGEN ALSIA May 2 MALAYA abt. Apr. 26 SELANDIA May 23 KINA May 20 BORINGIA June 13 JAVA May 30 LALANDIA July 4
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      682 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building, Collyer Quay, Singapore TeL SI 51. Chartered Bank Building, Penang TeL 136 C BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES, LONDON. N. CONTINENT AND GLASGOW (la conjunction with the Glen Line) Due Sails THESEUS L'don, R'dam Hull Apr. 16 Apr It AJAX Mara, Casa, L'don, R'dam.
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    Wall Street Quotations
    467 4 New York, Apr. 12. ■•pHE following quotations were those ruling when the Stock Exchange closed today DOW-JONES AVERAGES Yesterday 'i Today's Close Close Chances 30 Industrials 123.75 126.15 up 2.40 20 Rails 24.73 25.35 up .62 15 Utilities ....21.20 21.81 up .71 40 Bonds 87.06 87.42 up
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    BROKERS' COMMENT
    144 4 SWAN, CULBERTSON AND FRITZ report on yesterday's New York markets With the selling pressure of recent sessions lifted sentiment towards the stock market was more friendly and prices advanced from fractions to three points. Short-covering was noticed and a portion of the buying was traced to foreign sources.
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    NEW CITY AND DOCKS NEAR SHANGHAI
    187 4 Japan's Plan To Gain Foreign Trade ANEW city la to be built by the Japanese north of the Shanghai international settlement. It will be quite separate from the settlement and the French concession. Forty civil engineers have arrived from Japan bringing with them what
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    MEDITERRANEAN CRUSE
    31 4 Istanbul. Apr. 12 *T*HE Archbishop of Canterbury. Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang, who la cruLsing In the Mediterranean, arrived from Athens and will vlst the Greek Orthodox Putriuch on Thursday.
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      286 4 MM Wearnes: Fran ruint Ipob and Koala Lumpur 4rrr*c* rxm eTcnioa XX.M.: Frwa Nethertaads Indie*: Arrives THIS afternoon. K.LJC: Freo Europe: Arrives THIS rirninf QanUu: Fr«a Australia: Arrives tomorrow a/tenMca Imperial: From Europe: Dae and expected tomorrow morn inf. K.N.I 1..M.: Krasa Netherlands ladle* Arrives
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      FROM MALACCA
      74 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. Ecypt. Mauritius, Europe. Great Britain. Irclanu N L S. America. E. t 3 Africa. Nigeria and Gold Coast by
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      SURFACE MAILS EXPECTED
      35 4 Mails from China expected today. Apr 13. by Conte Verde. Malls from China and Japan expected tomorrow. Apr 14 by Husiml Maru. Mails from Holland etc. expected on Apr. 16. by Kertosono.
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      MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE
      146 4 Daily Weather Report Station* Yuterdaj Lv: Meteorological Office. Singapore, Apr. 12, 1939. max. rain- ongni mir temp tall t'stUne teinr, tncbat bn 't West Coast. Alor Star Bayan Lepas (Penang) Sitiawan Bulcit Jeram Malacca Inland. Kuala Upls Ipoh Aerodrome K. Lumpur Kluang East Coast. Kota Bharu K
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      TIDE TABLE
      291 4 SINQAPOBB MM H. W 4.33 a.m. S 9 ft 6.43 p.m. 6.1 ft. L. W. 11.39 a.m. 2.5 ft. Friday H. W. i 49 b m. 6.5 ft.; 7.56 p ra. 6.5 ft. L. W. oo li a.m. 4.6 ft.; l.io p.m. 2.5 ft. Saturday R. W. 7
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      264 4 T««ay China Holhow (Crtmer) 2 p.m. Europe and Great Britain (X.L.M.) 2 pjn Hong Kong (Cremer) ..2 p.m. Iran (X.L.M.) 2 pjn Medan (X.L.M.) 2 p.m Aden (Karoa) ..3 p.m East Africa (Karoa) 3 pm. South America Karoa i ..3 p.m. Burma (.Karoa) ..3 p.m Canada except
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      CHRISTIAAN HUYGENS
      34 4 The Chrlstlaan Huygens will anchor In the Eastern Roads today at 9 p.m. and will berth alongside the wharves tomorrow at 7 a.m. and will sail lor Europe at 10 a.m. sharp.
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      540 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In F.M.S.) TELEPnONE: Fieisht 5433. Passat* 5431. BaV^ anß^w^^jßa^anV^^^innT h2^\,^ JimSufJUfwA EMPRESS j/gJ&Xiy 1 nectlon3 at Vancouver 6 JzK rour °assage on Canadian Pacific's mWnanpß^aaV^^ "rent, white Empress of Japan— VsßP^-^gftflSl^.'gW. largest, fastest liner on the Pacific l.»»sr^Bnnl f" r her runnine mate the V* c^~^d^H
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      180 4 PLEASE INSPECT Our Latest World-wide Collection of FOOTWEAR CAPITOL PUBLIC NOTICES RAFFLES COLLEGE, SINGAPORE. Tan Bcag Gasa ScheJarshla. Rjtfles College graduates are hereby notified that tbe TAN BENO OUM Scholarship ol £500 per annum and tenable for two years is now open for award. This scholarship is open to Chinese
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      506 4 ■A WW1 >QT X LIFETIME m k<j aurrtn lira. ma mnni,i» ■^JB It 1 llntiju^fn,,, /nil I r«i ww. 1SHEAFFER3 KIum> HfB Sin; :po-"f. Tianx lip Co. ILLUSTRIOUS MEN It is a well-known fart that most illustrious mm do not lecelve the praise i.ii honour due to them until after
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      161 5 Received New Shipment of National Transmitting Parts. WORLD-WIDE RADIO CO. 98, Robinton Road, Singapore. tffill H| nuntic X A CL X I PLANTERS!! tpeciml icsU fur a special job. < trrtct >cite t*r we i thing of CJSt hale nihiterj i-'jsw THE NO. A 771 LOAO <fc LOOK" SCALE TllM
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      70 5 F DENTAL PLATES XVI 1 k I^^^Rwmovss I lA^o^t*rt*r and food J from dental I ptoMs wMk you %\t*Q.A Of all Chemists and Stores, I Pric* 7B cents. Sole Diicrib«t<» i for Maloya I ORAFTON LABORATORIBS Ltd. I SINGAPORI KUALA LUMPUR PERMAGOLD use "EMBASSY" RADIOGRAM SEMI-PERMANENT NEEDLES Each i{% Nesdle
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      238 5 m t I B^B^B^^^^*- ffiC***^£^^*SSß »AA|^^^^B^Biy.v Sincle l<Mn t S ptt d«> B^Bjg»|^BJ^jjyypßJ»||y|^BJßjßj Double Room 1 person fit per da? noublr Room person. Sir. prr *i B^BuaaSAMß||JßaßßaH|aaHaaßV Bungalow without nieali tl* ptr it •J^^^^^^^^^^^^P^^^^^B Bungalow with mesb f«r lw p"* oos p** Reductions given for risi«> BY' B^i^^B^B^^T^S nceedlnj two
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      598 5 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL £25 metres. ZHr JO.OS Metre*. p.m. 5.00 Cantonese comical dram as f 5.40 Cantonese musical Interlude* 5.50 Cantonese historical dramast 6.15 Mandarin children's programme 6.30 Popular singers —11— (Mandarin) Miss Chiang Mam Lee. 7.00 Children's programme (English). 7.15 Time, weather, and news announcements. 7.30 A series
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      356 5 EMPIRE STATION TODAY TRANSMISSIONS 2 AND 3 GSn 21.4T me s (13.97 m.); GSG 17.71 me/i (16.86 m.); GSP 15.14 me (19.82 m.): CSJ 21.63 me. (13.93 m.) CSD 11.73 me/I. (25.53 mi p.m. 6.05 Big Ben. Hanwell Silver Band.* 6.35 "Turner." 7.20 BBC. Midland Orchestra, conducted by Leslie Heward.
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES-LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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        MINING
        578 6 Issue Val. Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 3/3 3/6 3/3 3/9 I/. Austral AmaL 4/9 5/3 4/9 5/3 £1 Austral Malay 39/- 44/- 38/- 43/5/- Ayer Hitam 20/- 21/- 19/6 20. a 1 Ayei Weng 0.65 0.70 0.65 0.70 £1 Bangrin Tin 18/6
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        GENERAL
        466 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord 1.30 1.40 1.32ft 140 2 2 do. 7',ir. prets. 2.30 2.3"?1 2.27',i 2.C5cd 10 10 Atlas Ice 4.75 5.25 5.00 5 50 1 1 B M. Broadcasting 0 50 0.60 0.50 160 10 5 B M. Trustee S 76 '50 6 75 7.50 fl
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS
        270 6 .Maj'iiarc ii Co. Ltd. $30,000 Uit Apr. 10 Oct 3) 90 SlNCSAPORi MUNICIPAL i% 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int Int. lt:ar. 31 Sept. 30 100 '•>•"» 190? red 1947 51.600.000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 106 U»°l 19G" red 1955 $1,000,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept 30 H3'i
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        RUBBER SHARES
        383 6 Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Allenby 120 \M 120 1.30 Alor Gajah 090 0 97ft ').9O 100 Amal Malay 1.35 1.45 1.35 1.45 Ayei Hltam 0 90 l ou 0 90 100 Ayer Molek 0 90 1.00 0.90 1.00 Ayer Panas 1.16 1.21 1.15 1 20xd Bassett 0.50 0
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      512 6 ]NO SELLING PRESSURE IN EVIDENCE RUBBER SLIGHTLY EASIER AND QUIET By Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Apr. 13. A LITTLE colour has come back into the cheeks of operators on the New York Stock Exchange and with a turnover yesterday of something more than a million rhares. there
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      MANILA GOLD SHARE MARKET
      103 6 Manila. Apr 13. •■pin [oUovtng were yesterday's (iiKiiatirms and this morning's n is for gold shares on the Btock i;xrhß)i|se. All the shares dt 10 ii niuvos. and n pern Previous Today uked Lid k«kfd bid 34 0 33* 0 34 0.03'j 0 :t5 0 34'
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      86 6 Thursday. Apr. 13, noon. No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) 27 UN No. IX It s s fob. in cases. April 27 27", (i.K.A.Q. K.S.S. f.o.b. in bale* April 26*4 2« 7s7 s FAQ R.S.S f.o.b. in bales April i6'i 26 11/ Ml H TI RE
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      EXCHANGES
      190 6 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the dally circular Issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING London T.T 2/3 3 London demand 2/3 3 4 Lyons demand 2040 Switzerland demand 240' 4 Hamburg demand 133',2 New York demand 54 Montreal demand b4
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      London Stock Exchange
      436 6 Sentiment Better: Small Price Changes London, Apr. 12. ON the Stock Exchange today, the belief that the International situation v/aa less tense was responsible [or brighter sentiment during the morning, though traders were extremely cautious and unwilling to extend commitments before the reassembly ot Parliament tomorrow. Gilt-edged
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      LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      93 6 lx>ndon, Apr. 12. The following were todays closiKg mesn rates' Par«» 176 47 '4 Athens Wi New York 4.61 16 Rio ..2 Ji 32 Montreal seller* ofiirlj. Brusse^ ...inUV Belgrade J0» r Cncva 20 S.'t Bucharert Am.terdam 4.C.\ Buonos Aires 20 Milan 80 Montevideo 1»". viadno MM
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      RUBBER TRADING MORE DIFFICULT
      175 6 PF4T'S LEWIS AND PEAT'S WEEKLY REPORT IN a weekly report on the rubber market, issued this morning. Lewi! and Peat (Singapore) Ltd. write The market closed before the Easter ho idays with a feeling of more confidence which however, was rudely destroyed by Italy's entry into
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      FLIGHT OF GOLD TO AMERICA
      95 6 New York. Apr. 12 GOLD imports to the United States during March were valued at $365,000,000. the largest sine? the Czech crisis last Autumn, according to the Federal Reserve The total was composed of $250 000 000 from Great Britain, $27,000,001 from Holland. $37.WG 000
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      MARCH DOMESTIC RUBBER EXPORTS
      94 6 EXPORTS o: d:v r.iober iro-ii t: Ma'.avan rculatcd irra in March totalled 21 900 tons. (Utes tne Co:.troller of Hub>r. Thi^ com^.-cs w::*i a proportionate monthly qusta or 26 334 tons and with an estimr.te of exports, furnished earlier In the month, of 22 000 tons
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      EFFECT OF ARMAMENT ON BRITISH STEEL TRADE
      54 6 London, Apr. 12. EVIDENCE that the British strpl industry is beginning to feel the fuil torce of the rearmament pnr.ramiiK 1 is reveal?d in ths British Iron and Steel Federation's production flgßMl for March which, at 1.171.000 tons, ii only fractionary belcv/ tht
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      COLONY RUBBER STOCKS FALL 6,000 TONS
      26 6 POLONY rubrirr sloe!:.*, at the er.d of March totalled 25.148 tons, compared -\:th 31,1?5 tons at the end ot February.
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      77 6 COCHRAN BOILERS y^ The Cochran Patent Boilit. /^W j» by its special arrangement of horizontal flue tubes. i has a large heating sun aiv. k- |Vm J thereby combining the ad- •n-^^—:"^£Si y I -j I vantages of the Vertical Im^, ■3I» L J Boiler with the Economy II of
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    196 7 Sin»apcir:. Apr. 1!, noon Buyers Sellers Canibier 7.50 Hamburg Cubt- $13.00 •Java Cub-> $12.00 Pcvvcr White Muntok $12.75 Whltp $12.25 Mac* $8.00 Copra Mixed $3.20 Sur. Dried $3.50 Sciqo Flo::r No. 1 Lingua $2.47' fair $2.40 $2.40 Sarawak 52.3.T Jelnlonrj P:ilrn)bang $0.50 Banja $6.75 Sarawak $6.75 Tnn.(
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    EUROPEAN TENSION PRICE-RAISING PLAN
    1117 7 But Statistical Position Promises Deferred Improvement MR. E. MACFADYEN ON "PRODUCERS' DEEP OBLIGATION TO 1.R.R.C." "Rubber Might Go To Twopence With Free Market" (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Apr. 5. A r/I'HOUGH the general public appears to believe that the international outlook in Europe is ones
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    DEFEATING RUBBER
    816 7 Declaring that producers were under a deep obligation to the International Committee, Mr. Macfadyen asserte.i that If a free market for rubber had existed from 1932 to the present time —"they might have seen the commodity not over fourpence and frequently under twopence a pound with properties deteriorating
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    LONDON ASIATIC RUBBER
    69 7 EARNS £108,700; PAYS 10 PER CENT. I ONDON Asiatic Rubber and Produce reports a fall In net revenue for 1938 from £176,517 to £108,714. A final dividend of 6 par cent, is recommended, making 10 per cent, for the year, compared with 12Vi per cent Transfer to
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    LONDON MONEY SUPPLIES MORE SCARCE
    38 7 London, Apr. II. /\N the money market the present v European uncertainties are inducing lending Institutions to keep resources liquid, consequently borrowers occasionally found supplies more scarce v/hile discount rate? hardened further— Reuter.
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    VEGETABLE OILS
    154 7 THE Liverpool Correspondents of j Wlllicm Jacks and Co., (Malaya) 6 Ltd., in their report dated Mar 24 comment as follows PALM OIL. Generally speaking buyers are showing very little interest and the market Is quirt with an easier tendency. e Softo. April-May. May- June £13 10s. Mediums.
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    MARCH RUBBER CROPS
    38 7 THE following crops of rubber were harvested by the respective estates In March: Lb Buklt Katil 16 065 Jimah Rubber 16.600 Punggor Rubber 8.107 Kuala Reman Rubber 98.100 Lok Kawi Rubber 30,000 Bruseh Rubber 23.000
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    MARCH TIN PRODUCTION
    44 7 TTHE domestic production of tin. as represented by exports from the F.M.S.. U.M S. and Malacca, of tin and tln-in-ore at 75.5 per cent, during March totalled 1.805 tons. This compares with 1,920 tons in February and 4,905 tons In January.
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    March Tin-Ore Production Statistics
    39 7 •THE following statistics relating 0; tin-ore production refer to March: HOuT» Pahuig Coosol. Ipoh Tin tLahmti 20« Ipoh Tin 'A Etam 239 Sungel Ktnu Tin 235 Yard«g« 29.800 79.200 56.SO0 Picuk ure 1.310 237 -82
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
    143 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Book* Company Dividend Close TIN. satu Selangor 3*% Apr. 13 'ohan 5% final Apr. I Cramat 3d. A pr. 19 aku »»>« 6d. Apr. 24 Plah 4% Apr. 22 RUBBER Singapwre. Apr. 12, 5 p.m. Total tat Date ex dit. financial rear Payable Date
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      606 7 AdVMCM SgliMt gMtft 9i.it prodwt at Itw rates ot iattrtst nay be arranged with n. We also tfftr Gtdtwa spaces tt let at low rtitafs. FurJur particb.ars will be supplied on application. __AUCTION_NOTJCES_ ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE j of very modern, fascinating in design I sound lji crafUmamhlp, the last word
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      602 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated In China Irv special I 12. Cecil Street Siniapor?. Telephones: Manijfr'i Office Mil As»t. Manager's Offire fil'i Exchange I>ept. 6111 General Office 51R8-9 Cable Address: "CHI'NGKL'O." Paid Up Capital Ch. J 4* OOODGd Ul Reserve Funds in rxcvn of eh. f S.?OO.OUV.OJ Total Assets approximately Ch.
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      237 8 THE SWEETHEARTS OF "BROTHER RAT" IN ANOTHER ROLLICKING LAUGH HIT! TODAY 3.15, iVIfiUDD A 6.15 9.15 P.M. ALIIIAMIUVA I (f^^~\ c **y h "—and we can prove it! Bui it's only because f"*?** WAKSEX BROS. hit. WAYNE ORRIS M^^/VsM PRISCILLA UNE ■II Jk^ V 1 S JOHNNIE DAVIS Tf Mt
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      289 8 PAVILION «>s TONIGHT a daring and timely expose of the "revivalist" racket a warning to the "faith" money-makers! "SALLY EILERS" j^j^J^^ IH THE RKO RADIO PICTURE ,^HH^I "TARNISHED l SCg^^^^BT^ Jbbbbbbbbbi\ |aj ANGEL" *^m^ l^"^^l I^BtoL ■^BBBBBBBBBBm V u _^BUb^BBBBBW AMN MILLER •ALMA KRUGER j&j&PONI LOOK HOW |^^pjP ...BUT TOPPERS
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      513 8 SINGAPORE^ ON THE SCREEN AGAIN. Come and meet FREDRIC MARCH and JOAN BENNETT at BUKIT TIMAH! See them filmed 'midst many local scenic backgrounds rADTTAf l SHOWS daily I vAJLfimLs 3 .i 5 6 15 9 15 tor j f Added Attraction MICKEY MOUSE in "MICKEY'S AMATEURS' (A Walt Disney
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    SPANISH FORCES MASSING ALONG FRENCH BORDER?
    79 9 Paris Concern At Concentration Of Troops For 'Demobilisation' THE French authorities are closely watching the situation created by the reported presence of large bodies of Spanish troops at Santander and other places in the neighbourhood of the Franco-Spanish frontier, reports the Daily Telegraph Bordeaux
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    Nazi Pressure On Poland
    203 9 "Britain Will Fulfil Military Guarantee" London, Apr. 12. "ASSURANCES such as Signor Mussolini has given to Greece, to Yugoslavia, and particularly to (his country, are welcome so far as they go, but the best guarantee that such assurances are to be kept i will be a
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    HUGE ITALIAN ARMIES IN EUROPE & AFRICA
    140 9 HUGE ITALIAN ARMIES IN EUROPE AFRICA Diplomatic Moves Are Contradicted By Facts On the subject of Spain, the Daily Telegraph adds: "There has been a willing disposition among many in Britain to believe that General Franco's victory would mean, as promised, the withdrawal of Italian and German troops, and that
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    14,000 Jewish Refugees
    104 9 1 4,000 Jewish Refugees For Shanghai Shanghai, Apr. 12 T*HE numoer of Jewish refugees from Germany i n Shanghai is expected to pass the 10.000 mark by the end ot May. Refugees at present number about 6,000 and will be increased with the arrival of a batch of about 600
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    PUPPET GOVERNMENT AND WANG CHING-WEI
    101 9 Connection Is Denied By Peiping Leader Peiping. Apr. 11. J^R. Wang Keh-min. head of the puppet government here. Interviewed on return from the Nanking meeting of the United Council, denied there was any connection between the puppet government and Mr. Wang Chlng-wei, former deputy president
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    Albanian Princes Rally Tribesmen
    78 9 Albanian Princes Rally Tribesmen Paris, Apr. 12. ACCORDING t» authorised sources, states the Albanian Legation, fierce fighting occurred yesterday at Matidibra, Argyrocastron and Elbasan where mountain tribesmen, supported by officers of the regular army, are fighting under the leadership of Prince Sali and Prince Hussein, both former pupils at Saint
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    German Plot In Bulgaria
    124 9 Sofia Di.ssoh es .Nazi Organisation Sofia, Apr. li. I THE Minister of the Interior. Gen. N. Nedeff. dissolved the Bulgarian National Socialist Party, tn? Ratnizi, which was rapidly growing with branches throughout the country and supported by Germany. A police communique states that, although the organisation
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    ANTI-COMINTERN FESTIVAL
    70 9 "Oil Eve Of Coming World War" Shanghai. Apr. 12. "A FESTIVAL of holy anti-Conun-tern on the eve of the coming j world war." is how the Shanghai Ma inichl. local Japanese newspaper, dei scribes the anti-Comintern function i which, according to the Japanese Press, is scheduled to be
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    BULGARIAN MINORITY IN RUMANIA
    79 9 Carol's Attitude Firm After Turks' Pledge Bucharest, Apr. 12. I£ING CAROL returns today from southern Dobrujda. where he h«s spent the Easter holidays and where he also visited the Rumanian prisons in the neighbourhood of the Bulgarian frontier. It is understood that although he is prepared
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    Roosevelt's "War Statement"
    185 9 EXPLANATION AT PRESS TALKS Washington, Apr. 11. IMORE light was shed by President Roosevelt at a press conference yesterday on the significance of the remark he made when he left Warm Springs for Washington on Monday. The President said I will be bacK in Warm Springs in
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    Times Welcomes U. S. Warning
    264 9 T"HE acute international tension continues to be the subject ol editorial comment in all newspapers. The Times says the whok situation will becomo clearer when the Government has declared its policy and submitted it for the support ot Parliament and the country. The new-paper stresses
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    " APPEASEMENT HAS FAILED "
    56 9 APPEASEMENT HAS FAILED Washington. Apr 12 •APPEASEMENT has tailed" de- clares the Washington Post in an editorial today, adding "and resistance has been substituted But unless Russia and the United States actively sympathise, resistance now may come too late, for the dictators' boasts are justified, and the axis no longer
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    BOMB EXPLOSION IN LIVERPOOL
    51 9 London, Apr. 12. A BOMB was exploded late last night at Islington Square, popular open air meeting ground at Liverpool, and blew a telephone booth to pieces and shattered over 100 widows, causing considerable alarm among homeward-bound crowds of theatre-goers and cinema-goers. No one was harmed.—
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    ITALIAN MARINES WRECK SHANGHAI CABARET
    191 9 Shanghai, Apr. 12. A BAND of about 35 to 40 Italian marines last night wrecked the! Little Club, a cabaret on Nanking Road overlooking the racecourse, during a free-for-all flght with a much smaller party of British, American and French service men. The casualties were
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APR. 13, 1939. China Stalemate?
    1020 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APR. 13, 1939. China Stalemate? There have been several Indications lately that the stalemate which has existed in China since the fall of Hankow and Canton last October may be breaking up and that developments both in the military and diplomatic fields may be looked
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    SHANGHAI & CHUNGKING
    179 10 SHANGHAI CHUNGKING British Ambassador's Talks With Both Sides Hong Kong, Apr. 12. Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, British Ambassador in China who is due in Hong Kong today in the Taiyuan, will fly to Chungking from Hanoi. He is expected to sail for Hanoi today, circumstances permitting. Ths British Ambassador left
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    BAD DEBTS IN MALAYA
    826 10 Twenty-Five Years' Experience A CREDIT EXPERT'S PROPOSALS To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, In reading your leader of Feb 23, it occurs to me that there is a feature of this matter which I have never yet seen discussed In your paper or elsewhere
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    FROM AFRICA TO SYRIA
    769 10 Why France Is On The Alert Lieut-General Sir Ronald Charles, X.C.8., CM.G., D.5.0., has contributed an article on French interests in the Mediterranean to Rising Strength, the organ of the Empire Defence League. The following are extracts. 11THILST France's trade within the Mediterranean is much mors
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    703 10 Moon Planting TiHE startling theory that time.-, of planting should be regulated oy the moon was discussed by our Planting Correspondent In his weekly fttU* cle last Saturday. It Is possible that Malaya can supplement the practical experience of this method that is being accumulated In
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    PRIME MINISTER'S STATEMENT ON CRISIS TODAY
    620 11 May Offer Guarantee To Greece Turkey TERMS OF DECLARATION ON CONQUEST OF ALBANIA Cabinet Meeting Before House Reassembles IMPORTANT statements on British foreign policy in the new European crisis will be made by Mr. Neville Chamberlain and Lord Halifax in Parliament today. A British
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    ROME PLEDGE TO GREECE
    193 11 Frontiers To Be Respected Rome, Apr. 13. IT wu officially announced last night that Italy has given a pledge to respect both the land and sea frontiers of Greece. The Italian Foreign Office issued a communique stating a message had been received from the Greek Premier.
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    NEW DIPLOMATIC TECHNIQUE
    79 11 Lonaon, Apr. 12. »»|INEASY EUROPE" and "Europe In Tension are the headings for articles in The Times ana Dally Telegraph respectively. Both refer to heightened anxieties out both point out that alarming reports accompanying the state of international tension have become a new diplomatic technique of aggressive
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    DR. SCHACHT'S DENIAL NOT ACCEPTED
    50 11 Bombay, Apr. 12. NEWSPAPER'S here are not disposed to believe the denial by Dr. Schacht, former President ol the German Relchsbank, that his tour In India has any political or economic significance. They unanimously warn Indian business chiefs against trade negotiations with Dr. S.-harht Reuter.
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    46 11 Istanbul. Apr. 12. THE German Minister for Propaganda. Dr. Goebbels. arrived by air from Rhodes and was met by the 'J--puty governor and other officials. Although his visit Is (teacribei as •trlctly private he Is being treatee :1S a guest or the Turkish Oorerunii i Rtuter,
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    CHINESE AIR FORCE DESTROYED?
    48 11 tokio, Apr. 12. WARNINGS in regard to possible Chinese air raids on western Japan were withdrawn today. The withdrawal follows Japanese raids by both military and naval planes which, r.ccordlng to the War Office, resulted in (he "destruction of the Chinese air force."— Reuter,
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    Hitler Behind Bullet-Proof Glass
    31 11 Hcrr Hitler, standing behind a ballet-proof glass shield, mahing his speech in the Town Hall Square at Wilhelmshaven after the launching of the 35,000-ton battleship Von Tirpitz.
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    U. S. NAVAL REVIEW THIS MONTH
    60 11 Washington, Apr. 12. "THE United States Navy Department announces that the main body of the United States Fleet will be reviewed by the Naval Secretary, Mr. Claude A. Swanson, on Apr. 27 off Virginia Capes. About 70 craft will participate at the review, which
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    Nazi Proposals To Poland?
    170 11 Nazi Proposals To Poland? Time Limit To Meet Germany's Wishes Berlin, Apr. 12. IT is believed that the Polish Am bassador, Dr. Llpski, who left for Warsaw yesterday, carried with him definite suggestions from the German Government for settling the outstanding differences with Poland. These suggestions are believed to be:—
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    Chungking To Be Evacuated
    101 11 Chungking To Be Evacuated Chungking, Apr. 12. /"•KV Liv Shih, garrison coromander of the Chungking area, has announced that the evacuation of the populace of Chungking "must be completed before the end of May." Six metre wide fire prevention lanes will be constructed through the heart of the city. Construction
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    CROWN OFFER TO KING
    191 11 Decision Of New Tirana Regime Rome, Apr. 12. T"HE Constituent Assembly at Tirana, set up by the Italians after ousting King Zog and the Albanian government, decided at its first meeting today to offer the crown of Albania to the King of Italy. It Is announced
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    "ITALY'S INSULT TO ISLAM"
    154 11 Muslim Crowds Vow To Take Revenge Algiers, Apr. 12. WU SLIMS are holding mass meetings in almost every town and village in Algieria protesting against the Italian invasion of Albania, which is a Muslim country. Those attending are taking an oatii "to avenge the insult to
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    PRAYERS FOR PEACE
    25 11 London, Apr. 13. fHERE will be continuous prayers for peace at Westminster Abbey today simultaneously with the foreign affairs debate in Parliament.—Reuter.
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    Mutiny Of Puppet Soldiers Against Japanese In Honan Capital
    172 11 Peiping, Apr. 12. IT Is disclosed that units of the Japanese organised pacification army at Kaifeng, capital of Honan, (which they wish Gen. Wu Pel-fu to command) mutinied on Sunday and killed six of the nine members of the pacification commission,
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    MIGHT INVOLVE BRITAIN AND FRANCE EN WAR
    332 11 M. Daladier Expected To Utter Warning To Dictators Paris, Apr. ]2. THE Council of Ministers today unanimously approved the declaration to be issued tomorrow by the Prime Minister, M. Daladier, in the name of the French. Government. The declaration will make clear the
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    Belgium Calls Up Specialists
    184 11 Military Measures In Yugoslavia Grt-rre Brussels, Apr. 12. I IT Is announced that the Government has taken various military measures to ensure the security »1 the lountry and certain units o< specialists have been called up I*,i\ this purpose. i M. Pierlot, the Premier, his been
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    Singapore Scenes In "Trade Winds"
    146 12 Singapore Scenes In "Trade Winds" At The Cinema •Trade Winds" (Fredric March. Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy. Ann rjllhlin] A Tay (iarnett production presented by Walter Wan<rer. At the Capitol. AUTHENTIC Singapore. Shangha and Colombo backgrounds, photo graphed when the film director. Mr Tay Garnett. made a yacht cruise J couple
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    "MEN ARE SUCH FOOLS"
    59 12 ■Men Are Such Foos (Wayne Morris. Priscilla Lane. Hugh Herbert). Warner Bros At the Alh.uubra. AMERICAN youth racy, fun-loving and assertive— It typified by Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane. The picture brims over with cheerimss. not the ntributor being comedian Hugh Herbert and it should acid
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    "TARNISHED ANGEL"
    70 12 "Tarnished Angel" (Sahy Filers. Lee Bowman, Ann Miller, and Alma Kruger). R.KO. -Radio. At the Pavilion. The story of a girl who becomes ir.TOlved in the affairs cf her crooked night club employer and turns "evangelist" to elude the police is told in this film, which is average
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    PIG-BREEDER ROBBED
    41 12 IT NOCKING at the door of the house of a Hokkien pig-breeder in a kampon? off Braddell Road, Singapore, last night, seven Hokkiens entered and stole jewellery and cash worth $57. Two of the men were armed with knives.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    213 12 ■ill if—f AlHirill HOTEL :l D.nr.er DM kc \l i I noil i Orchestral Concert 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. Dinner ft Dance (Informal) 9.45 to Mdalgbt. «.\i:i.;(K TUKATIU. IiKVLAJM Wild Flower 'A Super Cantonese Talkiei Comple't- Story in 2 chapten :it 7.45 p.m. i.m m »\«>i:i.ii Cdbarct: 9 p.m.
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    SINHALESE NATIONAL DAY PARTY
    54 12 INVITATIONS have been issued bv the Singapore Sinhalese Association to a large party which will be held on Saturday at 4.30 p. m at the grounds of the association off MacNair Road. The function is in celebration of th^ Ceylon National Day. There will be several
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    STEWARD SAVED FROM SEA AFTER FOUR HOURS
    392 12 Singapore-Bound Ship Retraces Her Course PASSENGERS' TRIBUTE TO CONTE VERDE CAPTAIN THE amazing story of how the 19,000-ton Lloyd lnestino liner Conte Verde retraced her course for 25 miles and rescued one of her crew who had fallen overboard was revealed when the
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    NO HOOTING ZONE FOR K. L. ?
    129 12 NO HOOTING ZONE FOR K. L. Board Considering Proposal (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 12. VERY soon Kuala Lumpur will know, through the Sanitary! Board, whether the sounding of motor-car horns in the business centre of the town will be banneU. The Traffic Advisory Committee of the Board
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COUNCILLOR
    63 12 t«O elect a representative to serve on the Legislative Council in place of Sir John Bagnall. who has gone on leave, electors of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce will held a meeting at the Exchange Room. Fullerton Buildine. at 215 p.m on Apr. 20. The new
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    SIKH KHALSA DAY
    54 12 SIKHS, whose traditional loyalty and devotion to the British Crovn is well-known, celebrate today Khalsa Day. commerr.oicting the date of iheir religious renaissance. For three toys beginning from today. Malayan Sikhs will observe the 1 occasion with due solemnity. I The religion of the Sikhs wafounded by
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    29 12 Mr. Charlie Chew, or the Joo Chiat Clinic, writes to say that he is not trie 1 person of a similar nimf concerned in a recent police co'.irt case.
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    CLERK OF ONLY WHOLLY JEWISH TOWN IS HERE
    392 12 •''pHE Italian move against a Moslem state has shaken Arai> opinion and provided a new opening for a Palestine settlement." Mr. Yehudah Nedivi, town clerk of TelAviv, the only wholly Jewish town in the world, told a reporter on hi arrival at
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    EMERGENCY JOBS HAVE ALMOST BEEN FILLED
    185 12 Man-Power Bureau Is Being Closed On Saturday HAVING achieved its object in registering nearly 2,500 Bri- I tish European men and women who will assist in the func- J tioning of the Government machinery during an attack on Singapore, the Voluntary Service Enrolment Bureau
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    K.L. "CARRY YOUR BAG" RACKET TO STOP
    144 12 Market Officers To Take Action i 'From Our Own Correspondent.! Kuala Lumpur. Apr. 12 ANEW racket which has made its appearance at the doors of Kua'i Lumpur's modern market is to be stopped by the authorities. The chairman of the Sanitary Boaro. Mr.
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    SINGAPORE TEAM BACK
    103 12 Matches In Hong Kong Manila 'THE SC FA touring soccer team returned to S ngapore this morning in the Conte Verde after playing matches at Hong Kong Manila and Marao. The Singapore team was defeated J- 0 by the South China Athletic Association and 3—l by the
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    MANILA BASKET BALL TEAM TO PLAY HERE
    93 12 C"OR the Erst time, a basket ball team from the Philippines arrived at Singapore this morning in the Cont.> Verde to play a series of matches in Singapore and up-country. The team Is from the Far Eastern University. Manila, and Is the chamI
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    CANTON DUE NEXT MONTH
    131 12 Repairs After Collision TO TAKE CHITRAL'S SCHEDULE AFTER being repaired in dock at Hong Kong, the P, and O. liner Canton, which was damaged in a collision with the MesMferieS Maritime! liner Marechal Joffrp in fog north of Kong Kong recently, is expected to arrive at
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    WERE EXTINGUISHERS EFFICIENT ?
    103 12 WERE EXTINGUISHERS EFFICIENT From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 12 Are the fire extinguishers used by the Kuala Lumpur Fire Brlsad-; efficient? This question has bein raised by a Sanitary Board committee, following a j recent Incident. A motor-car caught tire, but th« extinguishers used by the Brigade were
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    AUGUSTA'S COMMANDER ENTERTAINS GUESTS
    43 12 SINGAPORE people were guests aboard the U.S. iruiser. Augusta, last evening when Captain J. H. Magruder, the snip's commanding officer, gave an at home. Augusta leaves today for Haiphong. French Indo-China. and will later vine Hong Rons and Shanghai
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    MEMORIAL PLATE NEAR TREES
    47 12 'From Our Own Correspondent. I Kua'a Lumpur, Apr. 12 A MEMORIAL rf rough granite stone with lettering cut into it and painted black, will be erected near the peltophorum trees planted In Kuala Lumpur to commemorate the corona•tion of King George tre Sixth
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    SINGAPORE EXPERIMENTS WITH BOMB-PROOF SHELTERS
    320 13 No Decision Regarding Their Provision Yet Made A. R. P. DEPARTMENT IS OFFERING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE MOW the view has been accepted that the greatest danger to the civilian population in Singapore during an air raid is not so much from gas but from high explosive
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    CHRISTIAN BROTHERS OLD HOYS' REPORT
    90 13 THERE WERE 308 members of the Christian Brothers' Oid Boys' (Singapore i Association at the end of 1938 including 20 new members, states the unnual report, to be presented at the annual meeting at St. Joseph's Institution on Apr. 20 at 5.15 p.m. The association
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    Governor Has No A.R.P. Shelter
    78 13 /GOVERNMENT House, Singapore, has no bomb-proof shelters. But inquiries by a Straits Times reporter showed that there is a cellar which may be adapted for A.R.P. purposes. Raffles Museum also has no shelter, but Mr. F. N. Chasen, the director, said: "Plans have been made
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    Five-Year-Old Indian Boy Summoned
    216 13 AiIVE-year-cid Indian boy answered a summons befcre Mr. L. C. Goh in the Singapore Filth Police Court I yesterday, charging him with posting ;a letter bearing a usea pestage stamp 3D Mar. 20. I He was Butukhbai, who appeared In court v;ith his father. In an
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    Assessment On Local Amusement Park Premises
    204 13 Assessment On Local Amusement Park Premises MOTION BEFORE HIGH COURT A MOTION in which the Singapore Municipal Commissioners were asked "to show cause" was heard by Mr. Justice Pedlow in the Singapore High Court yesterday. The applicants were Ong Sam Leong and Sons. Ltd and the matter related to a
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    GERMAN ACQUITTED ON DRIVING CHARGE
    129 13 A COLLISION between two motor-car; on Sir Arthur's Bridge in Kallanf Road, recently had a sequel in thi Singapore Traffic Coutt, before Mr. C H. Whitton, yesterday when the drivel jof one of the vehicles, a German Andreas Fischer, was charged with negligent driving. F'.tcher
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    AFRAID TO ADMIT HE HAD GAMBLED
    116 13 ,"I WAS afraid my employer would 1 dismiss me if I told him I had lost the money through gambling" declared a 17-year-old Hokklen, Lee Leong Koe who pleaded guilty before Mr. L. C. Goh in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday, on a
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    DRANK CAUSTIC SODA INSTEAD OF COFFEE
    77 13 ■TAKING caustic soda in mistake for coffee led to the death of a middleaged Chinese Chin Ngee, in the hospital on Feb. 4. The Singapore Coroner. Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday returned a verdict of death by misadventure at an inquiry into his death.
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    Air Raid Sirens Being Tested
    33 13 One of the vrw Singapore air raid rcns being tested by an electrician. TTiz temporary wiring it on the ttft, the siren on the right.— Straits Times picUnc.
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    KRAMAT DISPUTE DECIDED IN SINGAPORE COURT
    561 13 Chinese Bankers Win Case: Land Bought For $56,000 A DISPUTE over possession of a kramat in Miri Road, between S. Mohamed Ibrahim, and two Singapore Chinese bankers, Lim Song Kee and Lim Tee Chew, had a sequel in the Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday
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    COURT STORY OF CHASE IN VICTORIA ST. AREA
    351 13 A DAYLIGHT chase through the Victoria Street area after two Chinese, one of whom was allegedly armed with a knife, was described by G. Narainasamy Naidu, an Eng-lish-speaking Tamil motor-car broker, in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday. Naidu's evidence was recorded
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    SOLDIERS IN LOCAL CAVE
    320 13 Plead Guilty To Housebreaking j 'phis is a mtfi of Mcapadoi during whicn the accused did not return to thi barracks. They had apparently Lcen living in a cave at Labrador on provisions taken from the canteen, und there was no trace of t::em until they
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    RAILWAYS AND BUS OWNERS TO CONFER ON FARES
    257 14 Prevention Of Uneconomic Competition Is Sought (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 12. THE question of affording prolection to the Federated Malay States Railways from uneconomic competition from road passenger services was, it is understood, raised in connection with several applications
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    Heavy Easter Traffic On Railways
    198 14 Heavy Easter Traffic On Railways DOUBLE NUMBERS OF LAST YEAR EASTER Holiday traffic at all principal stations on the F.M.S. j Railways was exceptionally heavy. indicating the extent to which the public had taken advantage of the j very low passenger fares in force during the holiday period. Although full
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    FORMER P.W.D. MAN'S A.R.P. POST
    60 14 Mr, E. D. Kibble, a retired officer o: the Malayan Public Works Department, lias been appointed chief technical adviser to the A.R P. Regional Office at H. M. Prison. Reading. Berks. His work will be to advise on the construction of air-raid shelters of various
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    F.M.S.R. CO-OPERATORS ANNUAL MEETING
    162 14 "THE annual report for last year of > the F.M.S. Railway Co-opera'.ive Thrift and Loan Society, Ltd., to be presented at the annual meeting to be held on Apr. 24 shows that there was a net decrease of 49 in the totai membership in spite of
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    New Dutch Freighter Here
    41 14 The new 7/>OO-ton K.PM. motor vessel mraat Soenda the first ot luo new cargo ships with passenger accommodation for the Bc.ngkoX-Ajricc service, arrived at S'ngapore on her maiden voyage yesterday from Rotterdam via Durban— Straits Times picture.
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    MALAYAN VETERINARY ASSN. INAUGURAL SESSION
    196 14 MALAYAN VETERINARY ASSN. INAUGURAL SESSION 11 f HE inaugural meeting of the Malayan Veterinary Association was held at the Selangor Indian Association premises in Kuala Lumpur during the Easter holidays. The meeting was presided over by Dr. S. H. Whitworth, Director of Veterinary Research and Veterinary Adviser, Malaya. Mr. G.
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    ROTARY'S PART IN TROUBLED WORLD
    109 14 <« I THE first function we can pcrforn in this changing world is try to maintain and develop the spirit of i tolerance," said Dr. H. O. Potierl j speaking on "Rotary and the World Crisis" at the Singapore Rotary Club yesterday. In a troubled
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    What Is Top Speed Of Trolley-Bus?
    74 14 ""PHI question of the maximum speed of a trolley-bus arose in the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday, when Mr. J. MacNeish. of the Singapore Traction Company, deriared that th* greatest speed a trolley-bus could attain was 21.5 miles an hour. This, said the Coroner. Mr.
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    Decree Nisi With Costs For Mr. H.L. King
    241 14 Decree Nisi With Costs For Mr. H.L. King WIFE'S ALLEGED ADULTERY (From Our Own Correspondent) j London. Apr. 3. MR. Herbert Lawrence King, no* on leave from his employment in Singapore, was in the Divorce Court today granted a decree nisi. with costs against the co-respon-dent, on the ground of
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    MR. JOSEPH MILLER GETS DECREE NISI
    167 14 Desertion By Wife Alleged (From Our Own Correspondent* London. Apr. 4. A DECREE nisi on the grounds of desertion by his wife. Mrs. Alice Elizabeth Miller, was granted by Mr. I Justice Langton In the Divorce Court, today to Mr. Joseph Miller, a member
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    CANAL ROAD SHOOTING: FIVE-YEAR SENTENCE
    254 14 Accused Protests Innocence At Final Assize Hearing ALTHOUGH he was found guilty by a unanimous verdict uf the jury of attempting to murder a man by shooting him with a pistol, Koh Ah Liat, a coolie employed at the Singapore Harbour Board, protested to the
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    THE LABOUR CODE
    395 15 Not Confined To Indians FOR CHINESE TOO Sir,— There is evidence of a popuiar. but mistaken, belief that the Labour Code only applies to Indian labourers. For instance, an Indian correspondent has stated in the Straits Times that the South Indian is more expensive than other types
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    THE PRESS IN TIMES OF CRISIS
    279 15 'Constantly, Strenuously, With Soberness" Ta the Editor of the Straits Times S I should like to recall a recent li iter in the Straits Times in which ihe writer voiced a plea that "the Press give a lead toward the better land ol n
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    PLANE TRIP TO "STONE AGE" PEOPLE
    90 15 A V.OMAN \wio >.\<nt back to the Stone A.c by plane described her adventures to the Royal Geographical fenclety recently. he is M'.--.s Beatrice Blarkwond, an Gn'ord anthropologitt, who tor newly D war lived iimons primitive nstlfM in the hinterland <>f New Guinea. Tiie.se
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      IMMIGRANT AND BOGUS ESTATE DRESSERS
      622 15 Criticism Of Certificates And Salaries To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— l thank "Fairplay" and "Fes Oj Leinad" for having carried on the discussion begun with my letter headed "Dressers in the Ulu," so as to convince all concerned of the very low
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      SCHOOLMASTERS ON ESTATES
      128 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir— Many a letter have I read ;ibout the pay earned by people in different walks of life, but nothing has been written so far about the pay of masters in estate Tamil schools. The schoolmaster ol this class, whatever
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      AN INHOSPITABLE HOSPITAL
      149 15 I ii the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,- It was only the other day that I happened to be a witness when a patient was rushed into a certain hospital with a temperature of 104 degrees. While awaiting Ihe suspense of an examination in the admission
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      TIN LANDS OF MALAYS
      246 15 Echo Of Recent Protest To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— l have been following the correspondence in your newspaper consequent upon your leading article of Mar. 15 on Malay tin lands, which very clearly indicated a case of apparent injustice to the Malays in
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    KUOMINTANG ELDER STATESMAN'S REPLY TO WANG CHING-WEI
    693 16 Chungking, Apr. 12. A STRONG reply to the article by Mr. Wang Ching-wei, published in the Straits Times on Tuesday, in which Mr. Wang defended his peace stand, is made today by Mr. Wu Chih-hui, 76-year-old member of the Kuomintang Central Supervisory Committee
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    Japan's Casualties In North Put At 117,000
    115 16 Sian (Shensi). Apr. 11. A TOTAL of ll",')7ii Japanese troops have been killed or wounded in the provinces of Cliahar, Suiyuan and Shansi. in the North, since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese hostilities from July 1937. a little over one and a half
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    Heavy Fighting On The North Kiangsi Front
    321 16 Chungking. Apr. 11. LIGHTING in North Kiangsi, North Hunan, Central Hupeh, South Honan and in Kwangtung is going on vigorously with North Kiangsi constituting the major theatre of war. In North Kiangsi, the counterattacking Chinese units, following their recovery of Kaoan, a highway
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    AMERICAN PROTESTS AGAINST BOMBINGS
    82 16 Mission Properties Hit By Japanese Planes Peiplng. Apr. 12. COR the sixth time within a month the American Embassy has protested to the Japanese authorities at the bombing of American property in China The latest incidents occurred at Yingtan in Kiangsi and at Hengyatig in Hunan.
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    CHINESE ATTACK HONAN CAPITAL
    61 16 Tokio. Apr. R lAPANESE dispatches report that about 2,000 Chinese troops yesterday attacked Kaifeng. capital of Honan Province, but claim they were repulsed by the Japanese garrison. The messages admit the Chinese set fire to a police station in the south-western part of the city and
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    China Honours Her Debts
    164 16 Chungking. Apr. 10. THE Cninese Government lor the first 21 months of the war. from July 1937 to March 1939. paid out 5198.764.508 < Chinese currency i for iervlce of foreign obligations. $331.050.392 for service of domestic loans. both totalling $530,414,900. about £32.000.000 at official exchange
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    JOAN CRAWFORD GETS HER DIVORCE
    21 16 Los Angeles Apr. 11 ■OAN CRAWFORD was jianted a divorce today from Franchot Tone Reutev. i
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    WIFE'S DELIGHT AT HUSBAND'S LOSS
    198 16 30 Pounds of Fat Here is something all wives ji fgfc men will be glad to know. It is the experience of a woman whose husband recently weighed 16 st 6 lbs. S»it» writes "I really feel I must write and u>U you that, after
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    CONGRESSMEN & OFFICIAL SOCIAL FUNCTIONS
    554 17 CONGRESSMEN OFFICIAL SOCIAL FUNCTIONS No Possibility Of Ban Being Relaxed, Says President "T-TkT t Aiwixin Jharia, Apr. (5. J,ULLOWING some press reports which have, on inquiry, been found to be grossly inaccurate, that some prominent ongress leaders had recently participated in official social i unctions at New Delhi, I have
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    CONGRESS WORKING COMMITTEE
    370 17 Jharia. Apr. 8. THE Congress President, Mr. Subhas Bose, informs the Associated Press that he has fixed Apr. 27 for the first meeting of the Working Committee, the announcement of the personnel of which will be made in the third week of April. The A. I. C.
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    PROTECTING HINDU CHILDREN Society Passes Through Critical Year
    173 17 PROTECTING HINDU CHILDREN Society Passes Through Critical Year A CRITICAL year was passed through by the Society for the Protection of Hindu Children. Singapore, according to the annual report of the committee In December 1937. it had been proposed to close the Hindu Orphanage. but the society had been able
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    MAHATMA'S ALLEGED LETTER
    117 17 Maulana Azad Contradicts Press Report Calcutta. Apr. 6. MAULANA Abul Kalam Azad has issued the following statement: "Some press reports have appeared giving an imaginary letter of Mahatma Gandhi from Delhi alleged to have been sent to Mr. Subhas Chandra Bose. President of the Congress "Relying on
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    FRONTIER PROVINCE ALSO TO GO "DRY"
    66 17 Ptshawar, Apr. 2. A LL districts in the Frontier province will shortly go "dry" according to a statement made by Mr. Quz:Btullah Khan, Education Minister In the I 'rentier Assembly, when speaking on the general discussion on dM budget. Prohibition was already in force
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    OFFICIAL COMMITTEE ON RECENT BURMA RIOTS
    329 17 Priests Are Partially Held Responsible For Trouble New Delhi, Apr. 3. "J^E fi n&l report of the Burma Riot Inquiry Committee is reported to have been received by the GovernImont of India from the Burma I Government. An Interim report of thi.; Committee, it
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    Federation And Princes
    163 17 Replies To Assembly Questions New Delhi, Apr. 6. JN the Assembly at question time Mr. Satyamurti referred to the speech of the Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes on the financial implication of Federation and asked whether any questions concerning Federal finance in relation to the States
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    FEDERATION OF INDIAN CHAMBERS
    52 17 New Delhi, Apr. 8. AFTER passing several resolutions declaring that the eighteen pence ratio Ls detrimental to the economic interest of the country and congratulating the Bon-bay Government on its decision to support Indian insurance companies by placing all insurance business with them, the Federation adjourned
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    LITTLE BOY'S WEIGHT WENT UP LIKE MAGIC!
    265 17 LITTLE BOY'S WEIGHT WENT UP LIKE MA GIC! Read this Schoolmaster's Story How anxious fathers and mothers get when they see their 'ittle o>t.s kvbig weight Those thin, pati.etlc little .inns and legs, tbow ribs atlckinc up thiough, the flesh, those hollow littie cheeks... do they mean that some far
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    GOOD ENTRIES FOR S.T.C. GOVERNOR'S CUP RACES
    1038 18 Many New Horses Nominated For Big Meeting TWO hundred and twenty horses and ponies have been entered for the Singapore Governor's Cup meeting, which will open at Bukit Timah on Apr 22. The meeting will last for five days and will be followed
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    Extra Prof. Meeting
    361 18 ENTRIES for the Extra meeting on May 10 and 13 are: HORSES CLASS 4. Ist 2nd run run 1 P 5Vi For 1M Achilles x X A. D. C. X X Adele x X All Gold x x Authentic x X Benedict x x Brass Bullet x
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    PLAYER SENT OFF AT MUAR
    154 18 Kough Play In League Soccer (From Our Own Correspondent.) Muar. Apr. 12. ONE player was sent of! the field and three more were warned di the referee in the league match Detween the Muar Chinese and Muai Police, last year's champions and runners up respectively.
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    STADIUM SOCCER
    42 18 Keen Interest will be centred on the forthcoming soccer match between the S A. FA. Saigon team, and the S.C.F.A. side at the stadium tomorrow. The strength of the Saigon touring side will be fully tested by the S C.F.A.
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    SAPPERS BEAT CRICKET CLUB TWO-ONE
    511 19 S. C. C Put Up Good Show With 10 Men I\' gprt« of i»l;tyinp ten men from fivo minutes after the start, the Singapore Cricket Cltili pave the Sappers a hard fi?ht on the padanj? yt'stcrday bofore they wore beaten, 2—l.2 1. in the first
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    Selangor Bowler For Singapore
    95 19 11 i> miri< rstnod that R. West, the Selaniror fast bowler, is shortly to be transferred to Singapore. West has mil lone been in the I'iKiniry. hut he has a good rerord at Home and has already shown (mid form in Kuala Lumpur rlcket. Playinr in
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    Half Century For Dowling
    208 19 ni.^YINC. I.i Tanglln yosterriay, Fot Canning' crlrket team beat S Andrews S»-hocil b> 80 runs For CanniiiK oompllrd 137 runs [or th loss of six wickets. Dowllng contrlbut insr a brlglM 50 The R<-hool replle lth Boon FORT CANNING Stoti b Meyer 15 Wilton c and
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    C.S.A. Soccer XI
    96 19 Pliiyinr nt the Hum Park i-ro'ipci Urn (SA rtrew v.'llh ;■> fohfln KnclLsh Collere 1 Old Boy::> 2-2 At ihr S.H.B ground thr Sii beat iho Siiift.ipore Chln..sc Er.Rinepring Mrrluvnir AMOCtattOD ly 7 proaLs to S. The followinp will play for the Chlneai Bporta Aandation nßainst the
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    FARR FAVOURED AGAINST BURMAN
    47 19 FARR FAVOURED AGAINST BU RMAN London, Apr. 13. Tommy Parr is a six to four on favourite to beat the American Red Burmnn. in tomorrow's 12-round fight nt Hnrrinaay The promoter, Sidney Hulls says he has offered Max Baet a flp!it with the winner In London Router
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    Samuel Beaten In Denmark
    47 19 Copenhagen Apr. 12. A S. SAMUEL, the Malayan bad- mfnton player, was beaten in the semi-finals of the Danish chair pionships. Samuel lost. 15—9, 15-5. to the former England champion. Nichols, from whom he had won matches in England recently. Straits Times cable.
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    Track Work At Bukit Timah
    320 19 THREEQUARTEK pace work and slow work were the order of the day and the inner track was used, this morning the first day of training for the B.T.C. meeting, at Bukit Tlmah. A good number of the locally trained horses entered for the meeting and
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    LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENTS
    110 19 S.C.R.C fcnnls tMnOMOI ties arc: TODAY "A" Singles Handicap: court "A," Tan Chim Tuan iscr.) vs. Poh Chef Juay (aer.) court "B Arthur Llm (—l2i vs. Low Kre Pow —9). •B" Sinirlps Handicap: court "C." i Freddie Tan t 15) vs. TO. Sect 6>; court "D." Evan
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    BRITISH CREWS BEAT FRENCH
    62 19 Cannes. Apr. 13. Cambridge and OxTara ftoatrace crew? competed against French crews, the race? taking plare today on the open sea over a course of 1.500 metrw. Cambridge beat the Club Nautlque Denioe by two lengths and Oxford beat Toulouse by one length. Neither British crew*
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    INDIANS' CRICKET . TEAMS
    91 19 INDIANS' CRICKET TEAMS Saturday ajrainst Mine Sweopeis a second eleven, I. A. ground at 2 p m R. S. Sithambaram <capt.), M S !l! l Dboss, Nakoda Bhatrl. S AnKullia. Nt 1 Raja. Dr. A. K. Sinha. D. K. Samy, I Tharam Singh, Gupta and O. Sinch. ft reserres, Dharmaraj,
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    YOUNGSTERS UNION
    97 19 The frllnwinn will represent the Your.r ttnlon ngulnst the Mnital Hospital en their ground on Sundry at soccer. S. S. Ooh: Hoon Moon. T. K. NathanOuan. P. Tan (capt.\ S. H Ciuns Roog Slrw. Benny, Koon due, T. T. Li: V. S. C. Kirn. I tamw: W Kr.vler.
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    A.C.S. SPORTS
    60 19 The Jn;h annual sports of the AngioChmrsc School will be held on Friday, May b »t thr .Tnlan Brsar SUdium. The erents for Old n,->y« will Ix'— 44o yards Individual 440 yards rrlny »nd half mile walk for veterans only. Will Old Boy* who wish to take pan
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    PASIR PANJANG ROVERS
    59 19 The following will play for the ftislr I Piinjiint Rovers in a return friendly gimc I *lth the Chines- High School tomorrow I M the School ground: I Fin Hoe, rnon Chew. Kwong S»n l»ang I SS 1 ChP Xw Choy Ton(t Btng Ah Yln Wee I
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    HOME SOCCER '
    38 19 HOME SOCCER In the Southern division of thr Horn- I soi-cer league Southrnd lost to Exeter I 0- 1 Renter. I Thr King and Queen will attend ihr I 11 Soccer Cup ri>^l at Wembley on Apr 2».-Reuter.
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    WEARNES BEAT NESTANGLO ONE GOAL TO NIL
    421 19 Good Soccer In Business Houses League Match WEARNES Sports Club took full points yesterday when they defeated Nestanglo by one goal to nil in their Rusiness Houses League soccer fixture played on the S.H.B. ground. Both teams were undefeated when they took the
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    Singapore A. A. Meeting
    208 19 •T*HAT Government should be ap- proached to give a grant towards the Singapore Amateur Athletic Ass> ciatlon on the grounds that It is an International and physical movement was proposed at the annual meetinc jof the Association at the S C.C. last night. It was urged
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    Today's Soccer Matches
    79 19 TTOOAYS Soccer mat. hes «m tie as I* low Soccer: Div. 1. (.onion* fa, Man. Hesters at Changi; Div. 2A.. Marine Dept. vs. Mental ■oaattal at stadium: Reserve div. Sf.C, s K.AJW.C. at SC.C: Friendly: Chin. e«e Sports Association rv Sime Darby at Farrer Park. Other sports
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    Two Players Sent Off
    212 19 CPECTATORS booed two playi were sent otr the field dv ih> feree la a mud-ana at the Clerical Union B.i;' when the Moravia Club tx i Chanpi W.D i Civihai second division ■b> game. Both were Moravia payers, ..no two more members of the side were
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    SOCCER CANCELLED
    54 19 The soccer match between the i S.CRC. and the Signals to have kaaa played yesterday at Mm Park mm cancelled o\v:nc to tbe rain. The second division 'bi match be- J twecn the S.C.f.A. an* R.AF. 1H.Q.1. 1 to have been played at the Stadium i "t yfstcrd.iv
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    PULAU BRAM WIN 3—1
    43 19 In a second division iai league aj soccer lixture played at Pulau Brani a, yesterday Pulau Bra.ii beat the R.A.F iT) by three <joaU to one. Half-time E score MM 2—o In favour of the home W team. q
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    ROYAL JOHORE BEAT ISLAND CLUB
    69 19 THE Johore Baiiru between lohore Intonation LsUnd Club resulted in a win *iome team by 6 p The Mtowtni P ly f or s C.C. 11 V. X A. MX" ■R( M VI d t S.CC O. W S. Waites; A. l'M|llu W I, Ravie:
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      17 1 in A Malayan Bungalow STRAITS TIMES WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1939 No. 167.
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      Wedding Souvenir
      301 1  -  AN American girl was once bridesmaid at an English friend's wedding. A tier the reception .she astonished the others by pulling half a dona sprigs of white heather, with some maidenhair fern and •wo rosebuds, from the bridal bouquet. The bride laughed and told her i>he had no
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      "Let's Throw Mother Grundy Into The Sea"
      527 1 "Let's Throw Mother Grundy Into The Sea" \UHAT is there, I wonder, in the atmosphere of Malaya that has a deadening effect on Indo-Malayan women? The Straits Chinese are progressive, even the Malays seem to be awakening, women in India are alive and to the forefront in everything", yet the
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      19 1 JUNE LEE this week illus-! trates variations of the Chinese coat style with particular attention to necklines and sleeves.
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      Still More Pearls
      257 1 PEARLS arr still big news in de1 corative accessories In the fashion world. But they are used in all sorts of new ways. Sometime-. they are bunched together along a flexible gilt chain, making an enormously thick choker necklace. Pearls with tiny gold flecks all •ver them
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      uJune Bride M
      40 1 u June Bride M 1 1 1SS BEATRICE IRENE KINO youngest daughter o/ Mr. and Mrs. A. J. King, of Sydney, 7iho will marry Mr. Leo P. Milum. o/ the Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore, on June 17 at St. Andreic* Cathedral.
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        109 1 Everlasting gifts. Antiques Jadc^ Jewelry 18, Battery Rd.. Ist floor Phone 7143 w- m —^m LAVENDER la^^aaaarS^B? aa.*^ r /^^^HCf^afcT** 1W rWr^nblnx- ever dVlighlfiil Ira-ranrr •f Yarrfley *a*li»h Laveaa>r U «be perfect rvaplearnl at youth aad lavella«uw aad U la cvMaaw whfrurr S»rlrty forgathers. »a<«laihl>». twgethor with every reqalalle far
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        Madame Lebrun Is Known As "Mrs. Brown"
        200 2  -  Alyse Allynghame By President s Wife Kissed Princesses I ADY Maud Hoare, who met the Fiench President and Madame Lebrun twice during their visit to London- -at the banquet at Buckingham Palace and the one at the French Embassy— tells me she had
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        Famous Diamond
        238 2 Famous Diamond TALKING of our French visitors, and the glittering array of jewels that surrounded them at evening parties arranged in their honour, reminds me of the treasure of the Louvre Museum in Paris. In the jewel room, jealously guarded, lies the famous Regent diamond, one of the largest in
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        Name Fits Perfectly
        161 2 Name Fits Perfectly New Arrival MADAME Lebrun's name Is not so easily pronounceable by English people as those of us with who acquired it in India for the equivalent of 312,500 gold francs. Two years later it was purchased by Philippe d'Orleans, Regent of France hence its name. When Louis
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        Different Impressions
        206 2 Different Impressions Fwas interesting to hear the different impressions of those who' came in close contact with the French President and Madame Lebrun. On two points, at least, the feeling is unanimous— that M. Lebrun is one of the most sincere people it is possible to meet, and Madame Lebrun,
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        266 2 INSPIRATION o\<f T^CjT \r** Were ready for your visit, with a well _^^^*S^^v selected collection of Paris-inspired [C^^^^^t^j\ Gage SPRING LlNE— hats treated to I vflM^HIRv I bring the spark of inspiration to voiir J iwm^KKffcL v beloved. For almost a century, the swift S tfjßWnUlam'h r strokes have made
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        259 3 THE WEIHAIWEI EMBROIDERY CO.. 106, High Street, Singapore. JUST ARRIVED!!! A bi* shipment of Goods from Our Own Factories in China. They are: Teak Camphorwood Chests. Tables. Cabinets, etc, Jade Trees. Unen Lunrheon Sets, Tablo Cloths, Silk Kimonos, Nightgowns, Handkerchiefs, Pyjamas, Baby's Dresses, Jewellery, Hair Nets, Old Pwcelaln Ware, Ivory,
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        330 4 In only7Days-lhi& Amazing Change! Mm Dorothy BrambaD, 16,Southwood Howe, Southwood Rd.. London, England hat iprimtd h«r amazement at the Mtooishinf effect of this New Beauty Treatment even in mm week. Jflj HtaW I in one short week I Thousjnds of of deep skin cells, r.Uleit Riooi i. is now delighted
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        223 6 lUj;*,*:) 1 JrifiiJ} f tl(l i° til lll (ir h It's the very nicest fabric for children's wear. How they love /J lL\ its gay coloun and the amusing pictorial designs. How cool fiffio 1* und comfortable it keeps them. And how marvellously it ft-J?&i^Js~^ stands up to wear and
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        220 7 00 1-A SLICE OF BREAD 2-" 3-A FILLING OF HEINZ SPREAD Odkiou* tempting in a jiffy. Ih»v'r»y-*. y^ marvefloul /iiisl 't I I :1 joA 2 APB-62m ANTS (d*sk> food l^ESn*' y* ift rfjffl /~\NCE let yourself get run down m I>j and you are an easy victim to i
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