The Straits Times, 15 April 1939

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL 1 NEWSPAPER [N MALAYA. 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1939 PRICK 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 21 PAtti SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1939, PRICE CENTS
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      416 1 r tjgapore: 140. Cecil st. < rl-iONE 5471). For Up-to-date TAILORING... MIEN GHONG Yvh are assured Of real satisfaction. Oil Colom.in St. Singapora. Phone 4816 "QUAKER OATS WONDER FOOD" SAYS SINGAPORE MOTHER ...A SIMILAR STOR YIN MANY OTHER HOMES IN MAI AY A I Mrs. A. R. Timbers I I
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      197 1 MUST BE (.1 j| j /^f^Lr V Tlffv 'w ////%7 H^ tkyy^^ /^\P^ ''r//y//'' Specially Blended f^* Freely Roasted- ff J f\ Ground Daily— The Secret ><£ VV^ /i\ J f^ 555 ib. tin $0.40 f* '^gg^S^^-^^r W Beans Whole Roasted im^^t *OASTiM Loose Coffee $0.65 per Ib. sr'^i ROBINSON'S
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      62 1 UR: 25. JAVA ST. rifclAl riYTM ""ALA LUMP Madame Page, DRESSMAKER and DESIGNER Tailormade' Gcwns for all occasions ii Stock (ram $5 $30 1 3. Battery Road Singapora. Tel. 6327. %o§B ANNUAL CASH SALE LAST 3 DAYS MONDAY, TUESDAY WEDNESDAY TERRIFIC FINAL REDUCTIONS HALF PRICE BARGAINS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. JOHN
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT
      88 2 rhc funeral of ttu Mi Mr. Wee Choow Keng, one of the directors of The Szr Hal Thong Banking Si Insurance Co.. Ltd., will take place on Sunday. Apr. 16, 1939. The cortege »ill leave bis residence, 513, Joo Chiat Road, at 10 n.m. sharp for Kiung Chow
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      435 2 BCOTT—LEWIS.—At Singapore, on Wednesday, Apr 12. Gordon L. A. Scott to Maude Lewis. SITUATIONS VACANT V\hrn applying for an* position advertised in these columns send espies of testimonials Do not send original*. COLLECTOR WANTED for Hire Purchase f o'.W-rtions. Large commission. $300. C«>h < urttj mulled Apply Box No. 166.
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      403 2 CHILDREN'S BEDIIOOM SUITE (teak. 2 almeiras, 1 large toy cupboard. 1 dressing table all Green 2 beds 5x2H cream. Apply Box No. 156 SI raits Times or phone office 4042. LIGHT TWEED Sports Coat. pr. white gab; trousers, brand new. Best English make Chest 38", waist 34. Buitable for travilling.
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      869 2 HOUSES FLATS. TO LET TO LET, Furnished House, Tanglln, S bedmoms, mod. ran., Unnls. for 6 months from May 15. Rent $200. Staff available. Apply Box No. 162, Straits Times. TO LET from May Ist for three months small fully furnished bungalow Tanglin district, 2 beds, modern sanitation rent $135.
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      677 2 PUBLIC NOTICES EASTERN REALTY CO., LTD. (Incorporated in the SiJ > NOTICE 16 HEREBY GIVEN that thf Seventh Annual General Meeting of toe Shareholders of this Company will be heW at the Board Room of the Oversea-Chinese Backing Coiporatlsn Limited. China BuildIng. Chulla Street. Singapore ''-lndly lent for the purpose)
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      527 2 AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE of Freehold and Leasehold Singapore Properties. At the saleroom of Messrs. Cheor.g Koon Srng fc Co., Ltd, No. 10. Chulia Street, on Wednesday, April 19. 193», at M 0 p.m. Estate of Sved Ahm.nl kin Mahamrd bin Ahmad Alhalwhrr aba hnni as Syrd Ahmrd Ma Moli»m»d
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      168 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc. PRINCE EDWARD CLINIC Medici! Manage A Eiectricitf. 14 Capitol Flats. Phone 7.'04 (Stamford Kd. Corner) MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Miss HANA 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. SINGAPORE ATHLETE ~FOOT~ The "VAIDAK" CVRE IEJUEJ We regret to notify th.- ai ii trial stock of
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      680 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporated In England) 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 19
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      506 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS (Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. SHORT TRIPS TO JAPAN VIA HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI. SJ>. HAKUSAN MARU Apr. 16 s.s. HARUNA MARU Apr. 30 s.s. KATORI MARU May 15 Tm.S. YASUKUNI MARO May 26 s.s. KASIMA MARU June 12 Round trip tickets for
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      661 3 LUXURY with ECONOMY ONE-CLASS MOTORSHIPS. CABINS WITH PRIVATE BATH. EXCELLENT CUISINE. MODERATE I W, To: MARSEILLES, LONDON, ROTTEK- To: PALESTINE, ROTTERDAM. HAM DAM, HAMBURG AND (OITMI \(.l BURG AND COPENHAGEN ALSIA May 2 MALAYA abt. Apr. 26 SELANDIA May 23 KINA May 20 BORINGIA June 13 JAVA May 30 LALANDIA
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      670 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Buildinr. Collyer Quay, Singapore Trl. .'1.'.1. Chartered Bank Building, Penang i, I i :•.<,. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES. LONDON, N. CONTINENT AND GLASGOW (in conjunction with the Glen Line) Due Sails THESEUS L'don. R'dam Hull Apr. 16 Apr 18 AJAX Mars. Casa, L'don, R'dam.
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    Wall Street Quotations
    454 4 New York, Apr. 14. TpHE following quotations were those ruling when the Stock Exchange closed today DOW-JONES AVERAGES Yesterday's Today's Close Close Changes 30 Industrials 121.51 126.20 off 1.31 20 Rails 25.48 25.08 off .40 15 Utilities 22.31 22.01 off .30 40 Bonds 87.82 87.58 off .24
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    BROKERS' COMMENT
    174 4 OWAN. CULBERTSON AND FRITZ report on yesterday's New York market* In the late trading prices rallied one to two points from their lows after an earlier break downward of from one to lour points. Traders were cautions pen din 3 President Roosevelt's speeches. When 'hese were ended a
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    PASSENGERS BY AIR
    147 4 Arrived from N£X by KLM plane on Thursday: Mr. N. J. M. Tfcverne, Mr. R Naber, Mr. O. Malm, Mr. P. J. o. FritzIci, Mr K. Itoh, Mr. de VUlencuwe, Mr. H v d. Woerd. Left by KLM plane on Thursday for London, Mr. P. J. G.
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    CONTE BIANCAMANO
    42 4 I The Conte Biancamano Is due here at 10 a.m. on Monday from Genoa, Naples. Port Said, Bombay and Colombo. She will berth at the wharf and is expected to sail at 5.30 p.m for Manila, Hong Kong and Shanghai.
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    PORTHOS
    35 4 The Porthos from N'.'-ir.selUw, Tla Port Said. Djibouti. Colombo. Madras and Pondicherry is expected to arrive about 7 a.m. on Tuesday, and sail about noon for Saigon, Tourane and Haiphong. Berth: in the roads.
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      FROM MALACCA
      98 4 Correspondence for transmission by air via "Netherlands" must be fully prepaid and clearly superscribed j "By X.L.M." Mails will close from Malacca v follows Today. Java and Southern Sumatra by sir (Netherlands) Ipm. Slam, Burma. India Iraq, Palestine, Egypt. Mauritius, Europe, Great Britain. Irrlam. N a 8. America.
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      290 4 nrwAKD ncarnca: From r«ut Ipoh. and Koala iHimpur 4rrfvr« «rr» evrmnc XX.M.: From Nrtkcrlaada Indies: Arrlvca THIS afternoon. K.lfc 9a. i rm Eaxopc An I m toHMvrow QaoLu: From Antralia: Arrlvca tomorrow after rood Imperial From Emot: Dae Wednrsday. K..N.L1..M rrom Miauiaui tuaiea. Arrivra Tursdaj
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      CONSCRIPTION OPPOSED BY N. Z. LABOUR
      49 4 Wellington, Apr. 13. THE Labour Party conference today 1 expressed its opposition to universal or compulsory military service, but adopted a minority report affirming that it was every fit man's duty to offer himself for training for the defence of New Zealand. Reuter.
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      259 4 T*Uy Burma (Shlrala) 2 p.m Europe and Great Britain (X L M 2 pjn East, North West India (Shirala) 2 pjn. Iran (K.L.U.) 2 pjn. Medan (X.L.M.) 2 pjn. Germany (Parcel! only) (Mecklenburg) 2.30 p.m Java, South-West Sumatra. S.-East Borneo. Celebes. Moluccas Timor DUly (Maetsuyeker) 2JO p.m.
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    Critical Weeks For Japan
    229 4 Attacks On Many Fronts To China's Advantage New York, Apr. 14. THE next few weeks are likely to be critical ones in Japan's military adventure in China, in the opinion of the New York Herald Tribune, commenting on the Chinese counter-ofTensivcs. The Journal says that "with
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    ANTI-RED AGENT FOR PEIPING
    65 4 Hsinkng. Apr 14. TIIE Manchukuo Government has dc- elded to sution an "antl-Comlntcrn commissioner" in Peiplr.g. as a result of arrangements made between Urn Government and the Provisional Government of the Republic of China. The commissioner will be Matted. by two other officials. This move Is
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    $100,000,000 U.S. RELIEF MEASURE SIGNED
    28 4 Wnshlnston. Apr. 1 1 President Roos*-vnlf tciay signed UIC measure providing for an additional $100,000,000 for relief purposes In th United States— Reuter
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    SURFACE MAILS EXPECTED EXPECTED
    15 4 SURFACE MA ILS EXPECTED EXPECTED Mails from Holland etc. expected on Apr. 17 by Kertosono.
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    THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
    150 4 THE SINGAPOR E HARBOUR BOARD The following ships are alongside Mm Singapore Harbour Board Wharves or expected to arrive: Main Wharf: Entranre Gate 2; Exit 3: Shirala 18: Kola.n 16: Theseus. H isuni Maru 14; Gnelsenau 9: Bencruaclian 7. Laiave Dork: Entrance Gate 2; Exit J:— Perak 31; Adraitus 32.
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      640 4 BOUSTEAD 6t CO., LTD. (Incorporated In X.M.S.) TELEPHONE: FieKhl 5433 Passace 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 BY C.P.R/P. O. First and Cabin Class Tourist Class From £181.4.6 From £126.12.7. Direct connection
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      175 4 FLY HOME- RETURN BY STEAMER... AIR-SEA ARRANGED BY WL I IWtqYAi DUTCH WAMMM: SINGAPORE— LONDON (Air) and return (1 *t CI»SS. Sea) CIOI PENANG- LONDON (Air) and nturn (Ist Class. Sea) CI9S BANGKOK— LONDON (Air) and return list Class. Sea) Cl9l q g*± M w A I tnm Aaril isC.
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      275 4 TIDE TABLE six; troRt Mi H. W. 7.22 a.m. o ft.; (.40 p.m. 7 ft. L. W 1.48a.m. 4.2 ft; 2.18 p.m. 2.5 ft. Sunday H. W. S. 30 a.m. 7.1 ft. 9.15 p.m. 7.5 ft. L. W. 2. S3 a.m. 3 3 ft 3 p.m. 2.2 It. day H.
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      153 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Daily Weather Report Stations Yesterday Last nigh* max. rain- bright min temp, fall t'shine temp 'F inches hrs *W West Coast. Alor Star 91 079 79 73 Bayan Lepas iPenaiig) 87 0.08 89 76 SiUawan 89 0 04 7 3 71 Bukit Jeram 90 0.24 7.6 72
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      211 5 PERTUSSIS A LEADER AMONG REMEDIES! Will promptly relieve Coughs Bronchi.il Catarrh and Asthma. A Boon in W2:ooping Cough Delicious n flavour and eontaim no rnrcotics. to iI.SO Bottle id everywhere I) ibulors: MES, LTD. jind Hoaio Lumpur J MdJ:l r« ICE, 3liiGfl?oiiE j <■ eve [Tie I i. iv.si «ixxi
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      409 5 CHAINED TO A BIVRIM2N OF FATIGUE Tir?d to death sleephs.- irritabi'- j ageing far too quickly -the.-e are tlio I trials whicli oeset too many men and I women who live out their live-; in ihe Tropics. Yet it need nut be M IlH system is only crying out for
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      1941 5 Droaocasiifig "li f^'i^s SINGAPORE TODAY iiflfh i A ijinrii j»k Zlll. 225 metres -Jfl If* |f" 09" 'LI fifl f #3? f\ /.IIP 3O.»« nwtrrs. EPAt F^ <^JK 1.30 Mid-day rubber and tin prices. JIM HMb? «Bk J£ fi 1HHL« 1.32 Li;;ht orchestral concert Relayed from £H ~«fl PS&k IK
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      439 6 QLIET CONDITIONS AND LITTLE BUYING RUBBER DECLINES SLIGHTLY By Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Apr. 15. MARKETS this morning are not quite so cheerful and. as remarked yesterday, Mr. Chamberlain's speech has done nothing vo quell the prevailing nervousness, in fact this is probably more pronounced than before.
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      DEPOSITS INCREASE IN P.O. SAVINGS BANK
      89 6 London. Apr. 14. jJIGHER prosperity and increased )iuiid:iy facilities now available to work people in Britain are reflected m the pre-EashT withdrawal Irorn the Post Oflice Savings Bank which touched <: 4.000.000 compared with C 3.750.000 at the same time last year. n.< total
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      TREASURY BILLS
      42 6 London, Apr. 14. THE lolal amount applied for In Venders lor H 30,000,000 Treasury Billi was £51,315.000. The average rate p« cent Tor Bills at three months was 31s. 2 37d. against 26s 2.83 d a week ago Brltls)) Wireless.
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      MINING
      597 6 Issue Val. Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat nn 3/3 3/6 3/3 3/9 5/- Austral Amal. 4/9 5/3 4/9 5/3 £1 Austral Mala; 39/- 44/- 38/- 43/5/- Ayer Hitam IS/- 20/6 19/6 20 J 1 Ayei \Vtng 0.65 0.70 0.65 0.70 £1 Bangrin Tin 18/6
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      GENERAL
      473 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord 1.30 1.40 1.32Vi 140 2 2 do. Ttfc« prefs. 2.30 2.31?3 2.27'i 2.:?cd 10 10 Atlas Ice 4.75 5.25 &.00 5 50 1 1 B M. Broadcasting 0 50 o.GU 0.50 160 10 5 B M. Trustee s 75 7 50 8 75 7
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS
      270 6 6T<, Maynarc Co. Ltd. $30,000 int Apr. M) Oct. 31 80 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 5% 1901 teu 1940 $400,000 Int. Int. Var. 31 Sept. 30 100 i', 2 1907 red 1947 sl.600.000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 106 4'/i% 19CP red 1955 $1,000,000 Int. Vi&r. 31 Sept. 30
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      RUBBER SHARES
      400 6 (Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated) Allenby 1.20 1.30 1.20 Alor Gajah 0.90 0 9T/ 2 0.90 Amal. Malay 1.35 1.45 i 4U Ayei Hitam 0 90 100 U 90 Ayer Molek 0.90 1.00 0.90 Ayer Panas 1.16 1.21 j.15 Bassett 0.50 0 54 0 48 Batu Lintang
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    EXCHANGES
    193 6 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the daily circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING London T.T 2/3 23/32 London demand 2/3 23/32 Lyons demand 2037 Switzerland demand 240' i Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54 Montreal demand 54 3/16
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RURBER ASSN.
    84 6 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RURBER ASSN. I'riday, Apr. 14, noon. No. IX RS.S. (Spot luose) 27'» 2"'i No. IX R s.S. f.ob. in cases. April 27! 4 27' G.F.A.Q. RS.S. f.ob. in bales April 26'» 27 FAQ. RS.S. f.o.b. In bales April 26' i 26 1 FI'TTRE QUOTATIONS No. IX R.S.S.
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    London Stock Exchange
    426 6 Gilt-Edged Weaken But Losses Small London, Apr. 14. /\N the Stock Exchange today, the week-end evening-up of positions, together with the continued political nervousness, was responsible for the generally easier trend though losses in most groups were only small. Gilt-edged were weak but motor and aviation issues
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    REICH TRADE GUARANTEE
    33 6 Berlin. Apr. 4. •"■"•HE Reich Minister of Finance is authorised to assume guarantors to the total of £40.000.000 for the development of Germany's foreign trade in the current financial year.
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    MORE GOLD TO U.S.
    50 6 'THE amount of gold cxpDrted from Britain to the United States in the four days to midday Apr. 3 was £6.692,241, of which £6.597.349 was refined bullion and £94.892 unrefined In the three preceding days £22.471 212 went to America, making £29,163 453 in a week.
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    MOTOR INDUSTRY'S BIG OUTPUT
    121 6 March Records IIiIARCH production figures continue 1" to reflect the recovery of the motor industry from its set-back last year. During the month 12.349 cars were dispatched from the Morris works, making a total of over 31,000 In the first three months of the year. Orders
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    195 6 Rice quoted per koyan —40 piculs. Other commodities quoted per picui except where otherwise stated. Singapore, .ipr. n. nuu 10 c. Buyers Gambler Hamburg Cube Java Cube Sellers 7 50 $13 00 $12.00 "CVVCT White Munto'^ White Black $1275 $1225 8.00 Zovra Mixed $3.15 Sun Dried $3.45
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    LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE
    95 6 London Apr. 14. The following were today* closing mean rates: I Paris 176 47 '-I Athens .".47', I New York 4.68 116 Rio 2 T i Montreal i.Vr, sellers ofllrlnl Brussels 27.82 1 Belgrade 21'" Geneva 20.87 Bucharest «iit I Amsterdam 881 Buenos Aires K>J3>i Mili.li 10
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    ESTATE RUBBER CURING METHODS NEED IMPROVING
    2031 7 IN this article, which was written early last month, a specia! correspondent draws attention to the lack of progress in the manufacture of estate rubber whi h is still turned out to please a market for clean and pretty-looking rubber while the more important
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
    152 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Book." Company Dividend Close TIN. Batu Sclangor 2"-.% Apr. IS Kramat 3d. Apr. 19 Takuapa 6d. Apr. 24 Ulu Piah 4% Apr 2V RUBBER Singapore, Apr. 14. 5 p.m. Total to* Date Ex. Dlv financial year PayaDlc Dal* to 4atr Apr. 18 Apr. 13
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    MALAYA CO-OPERATES IN TEA REGULATION
    706 7 I Planting Limited To Acreage To Produce Internal Needs UNDERTAKING GIVEN AS FRIENDLY ACT TOWARD OTHER COUNTRIES From Ou< Own Correspondent London, Apr. 5. iS jrmir Correspondent cabled to you tonight, it is understood in the Hty that an agreement has j been reached between
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      427 7 PUBLIC NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that the tlmf for receiving tenders for the supply of 200 tons of Pig Lead for the Water Department has been extended to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, 9th May. 1939. C. H. GOLDIB Municipal Secretary RAFFLES COLLEGE, SINGAPORE. T.in Rene Gum StUoiarship.
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      352 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated In China !jv Special Charter). 12. Cecfl Strtrt Siruap*;. 1 Telephones: Manarcr's OlTire Ml* Ashl. ,M.imWs Office ctl! Exrhance Urpt. 6111 irneril Offirr 518S-* CabU Addrrw: 'C 11. NC.KIO. Paid Ii Capital Ch. S 10.000. »0» IS Reserve Funds in execas of Ch. S l*M.ool-.S« Total
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      341 8 It's HARD To remember a Funnier Film! It's Hard TO forget the thrills it gives you! It's Hard To GET grander entertainment anywhere! OPENING TODAY II 11 AIIR D A 11 a. m. 3.i5, 6.15 9.15 p. m. HLIIHITIDrIH WARNER BROS. EASY-TO-LA UGH-AT HIT! 4P\ HARD TO f^LwJ V S
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      247 8 The World's BEST BED SPRING SIMMONS ONLY COSTS $18.00 THE Art Furniture depot, LTD. 32/34 Orchard Road. DECCA RECORDS. Some fascinatinc Melodiec Pancho and His Orchestra. FMM La Cumparsita— Tango Mocoslta Tango. FCMI Adios Muchachos— Tango Yirai Ylr«l— Tango. F69C2 A Media Luz— Tango Caminito Tango F69CS Inspiration Tango Derecho
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      274 8 DRAWING LARGE CROWDS NIGHTLY! Come and see FREDRIC MARCH and JOAN BENNETT picking winners at BUKIT TIM AH You'll probably recognize yourself among the crowd CAPITOL iF^JH^<ip 3 SHOWS DAILY L J^jf^^ L\ TAY GARNETT *Z 7^^ FREDRIC MARCH ;m<l joan BENNETT IN "TRADE WINDS" f Added Attraction MICKEY MOUSE
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    VITAL NEED FOR RUSSIA'S ADHESION TO PEACE BLOC
    616 9 Climax Expected Within Weeks Call For Supply Ministry London, Apr. 14. Rflß. Chamberlain's timely firmness over reported threats to Corfu, on Easter Sunday, possibly preventing something dangerously near a cause of war, is singled out by many British press commentators today as
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    MILITARY SERVICE IN MANCHUKUO
    107 9 Voluntary System Ends Hsinking, Apr. 14. H4ANCHUKUO will soon adopt w the conscription system in place of the existing voluntary enlistment system which has been enforced since 1937, according to an official statement Issued yesterday This Is designed to establish the modernised military system and strengthen
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    British Security Holdings In U.S.
    208 9 Plan For Orderly Sale During Wartime Ney York. Apr 14 THE Reconstruction Finance Corpora- tion has indicated its willingness to finance the orderly sale of British and French security holdings in the United States in the event of war. according to the New York Times,
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    Subsidies For U.S. Wheat & Cotton Exports?
    83 9 Subsidies For U.S. Wheat Cotton Exports? New York, Apr. 13. rtECLARING that dictator nations blocked the success of the administration's trade pact programme, the Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Henry Wallace, in a statement at Washington, said he had urged Congress to back government subsidies for wheat and cotton exports. He
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    Vast Anglo-French
    85 9 Resources In U.S. Washing-ton, Apr. 13. DKITISH and French resourc es in the United States are sufficient to enable them to pay cash for purchases during hostilities lasting- two years, according to Mr. Winthrop Case, editor of the Annalist, who has prepared a complete estimate for the Foreign
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    Conscription In Britain Urged
    208 9 French Press Reaction To Guarantees Paris, Apr. 14. J THE nature and scope 6t the French and British undertakings given yesterday convince the French press that a new, powerful organisation for collective security has been built. Ths majority of newspapers to<lay insist on the necessity of
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    RUSSIA IN THREEPOWER PACT
    107 9 No Object ion To Idea From Britain London. Apr. 13 IN the House of Commons. Di Hugh Dalton (Lab.. Durham) urged a military alliance among Great Britain. FYance and Russia against aggression. whether in Europe. Asia or North Africa. Replying to Dr Dalton. wh«. ji« asked
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    M.P. COLLAPSES WHILE SPEAKING
    56 9 London. Apr. 14 Mr. William Sanders. 68-year-old Labour M.P. for North Battersea. collapsed while making a speech in the House of Commons last night, and was carried from the Chamber by several of his colleagues. He recovered sufficiently to be laken home and was later reported
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    PRIMATE RETURNING TO ENGLAND
    39 9 Istanbul. Apr. 14. The ArchbUhop of Canterbury. Dr Cosmo Lang, who arrived here on Apr 12. stated he is Interrupting his Mcdi terranean cruise to return to England immediately because of the international situation.— Reuter.
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    U.S. Envoy To Spain
    48 9 New York. Apr. M NOMINATION of Mr. Alexander Weddell, United States' Ambassador to Argentina, as the first United States Ambassador to Nationalist Spain Is expected to be made to the Senate by President Roosevelt today, according to the New York Times' Washington correspondent— Reuter.
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    Chiang Commends Cantonese For Kwangtung Defence
    275 9 Hong Kong, Apr. 14. j /CHINESE forces continue to push! southward along the Can ton Hankow railway in the direction o{ Canton. After capturing the districts of Fayuen and Chungfa, the Chinese reached the foot of the White Clouds Mountains, northeast of the city,
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APR. 15, 1939. India In Crisis
    933 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APR. 15, 1939. India In Crisis In these days of growing tension in Europe it is advisable to watch the trend of opinion in India, where the nationalist movement is incomparably stronger than it was when Great Britain last plunged into a European war and
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    Japanese Bombers Shoot down Passenger Plane
    45 10 Chungking, Apr. 14. Three Japanese Bombers have shot down a passenger plane belonging to the Eurasia Company (a joint Ger-man-Chinese concern) near the Yunnan border. The German pilot was injured, but the fate of the passengers is unknown. —Reuter.
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    Crisis Sequel In Norway
    40 10 Oslo, Apr. 14. The Norwegian Government has decided to ask Parliament for an extraordinary appropriation of 20,000,000 kronor, (about £1,000.000) for defence purposes in the year 1939-40. The money will be produced by extra taxation. Reuter.
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    British Embassy In Rome
    37 10 London, Apr. 13. Earl Perth, British Ambassador to Rome who Is retiring, v expected to leave Rome in ten days' time, reports Reuter. His successor is Sir Percy Lorraine, former Ambassador to Turkey.
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    Marshal Petain Returns
    30 10 Marshal Petain, French Ambassador to the Franco Government In Spain, who returned to France recently to report, has gone back to Spain, Reuter reported from Paris yesterday.
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    NEW COLONY NEWSPAPER
    329 10 Propaganda Pills Sugared MORE LOCAL VIEWS To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I have read with interest the letter in the Straits Times by Mr. Shohel Nagao, and should like to concur heartily with your editorial comment. I may be somewhat cynical, but I am
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    IS THE NEW PAPER WANTED?
    200 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— The explanations of the Singapore Herald as to its intentions are far from convincing. Its first editorial tells us that whilst "mere words bear little weight," the intention of the paper is to foster three cents worth
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    ANOTHER KRAMAT
    172 10 Surrounded By Katong Bungalows To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I can supply my fellow-citizen. "Slngalond," with another scrap of information about kramats in Singapore. Just off Orove Road, a little past Arthur Terrace, on the opposite side of the road, is a kramat consisting of
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    MISS MAYO AGAIN
    573 10 An Eastern Bookshelf Distant Echoes Of "Mother India" The True India. By C. F. Andrews. (Allen and Unwin. 65.). /"VNE would have thought that Miss Mayo"s Mother India," which Arnold Bennett called years ago, a shocking book, In the honourable sense," was by now utterly discredited: but
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    Johore Maharajah's Railway
    166 10 Seventy Years Ago From the Straits Times flies of 1869.) HIS Highness the Maharajah of Johore, X.C.S.I. etc., inaugurated the Johore Railway by turning the first sod of the line at New Johore in the presence of a small gathering. The first section will be an experimental
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    736 10 Esplanade Shotc TTHE sixteen hundred people who went to the Singapore Flower Show some days ago may be Interested to hear that I have come upon a report of the first flower show ever held In this city. This was reported In the Singapore Free Press
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    GIBRALTAR PRECAUTIONARY DEFENCE MEASURES
    528 11 Boom Protection For Admiralty Harbour TROOPS BARRICADE ROAD TO SPANISH TERRITORY Field Guns And Tanks At Frontier Town r pROOPS concentrations in adjoining Spanish ter- ritory and Italian warship movements in the region have intensified fears for the safety of Gibraltar, British naval base at the
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    Anglo-French Naval Demonstration?
    60 11 Cairo, Apr. 11. £>UEAT BRITAIN Is planning In com- inon uith France a big naval demonstration in Egyptian waters next week. It i.s It arned here. The area of the demonstration, accordinn to one account, will not be confined to Port Said and Alexandria but will be
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    German Warships Manoeuvres BERLIN RUMOUR
    107 11 German Warships Manoeuvres BERLIN RUMOUR QERMANY is sending six warships, comprising two cruisers and four destroyers, to Italian harbours in the Mediterranean according to rumours in Berlin quoted by Reuter. Official comment on the rumour tonight is unobtainable. In connection with the German naval manoeuvres, which it was officially stated,
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    NAZI PRESSURE ON ITALY
    48 11 Paris, Apr. 14. COMMENTING on the dispatch of German warships to Spain, I." Intransigeant says Italy is now hesitating and Germany is bringing pressure to bear on her, firstly, through Field Marshal Goering's visit to Rome, and secondly, by the dispatch of warships. Reuter.
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    Italy Accused Of Being "Islam's Public Enemy No. 1"
    158 11 Rome, Apr. 14. |T is officially announced that King Victor Emmanuel, who has accepted the "crown of Albania, will bear the title "King of Italy and Albania and Emperor of Ethiopia," He will be represented in Albania by a lieutenant-general who
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    Chinese Attacks In The North
    242 11 Heavy Losses Caused In Raid On Kaifeng Peiping, Apr. 15. JAPANESE official reports state that the Chinese forces attacking Kaifeng, capital of Honan, have been driven off but they admit that fighting is still proceeding about four miles south of Kaifeng. The Japanese authorities deny
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    SPEECH BY COUNT CIANO EXPECTED TONIGHT
    53 11 Rome. Apr. 14. ALL Italian stations will broadcast the proceedings of a special meetIng of the Chamber of Fafci and Corporations, at which It Is stated Count Ciano, the Foreign Minister, will make an important speech at 2.50 p.m. GMT. on Saturday 10.10 p.m.
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    22 11 Bombay, Apr. 14. Insurance companies in Bombay have quadrupled war risk rates lor j ijoods shipped from India to Europe.— 1 Reuter.
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    NAZI PROPAGANDA EXPOSED
    122 11 Story Of "Murder" Of An Arab Boy London, Apr. 14. ALLEGATIONS have appeared in the German press that an Arab boy was abducted and murdered in Lydda by British soldiers. Inquiries show that the only incident in which an Arab boy had been concerned took place on
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    26 11 DR. GOEBBELS RETURNS Belgrade, Apr. 14. Dr. Goebbels. German Propaganda Minister, arrived here by air from Istanbul today, and after a brief halt left for Berlin—Reuter.
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    President's Speech Welcomed In France
    140 11 Paris, Apr. 14. A FRENCH translation of Pre- sldent Roosevelt's speech, broadcast by all French Government stations, was warmly welcomed by the public as a clear indication of American opinion of the situation in Europe. The President's statement that encirclement of one peaceful nation by
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    Roosevelt Makes Big Peace Appeal
    719 11 Washington, Apr. 14. T*RAGIC involvements of the! Old World" were referred to' 'oy President Roosevelt today, addressing the Board of the PanAmerican Union. America was protected, he said, from these tragic involvements which today are making the Old World a new cockpit of old struggles"
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    TURKEY MAY JOIN THE ANTIAGGRESSION FRONT
    566 11 Expected To Associate Herself With Anglo-French Guarantees Ijondon, Apr. II IT is expected that the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, within a few days will make an announcement in regard to Turkey's position and it is thought probable that Turkey will associate herself with the
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    £1,000,000 DEFENCE GIFT PROPOSED
    384 12 Singapore Circles Support New Co?ony Move S. S. ALREADY CONTRIBUTING £750,000 ANNUALLY THERE is unqualified support in unofficial circles in Singapore for the proposal that the Straits Settlements Government should make a gift of £1,000,000 to the British Government for Imperial defence. "It is only a
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    GOERING IN ROME FROM TRIPOLI
    57 12 GOERING IN RO ME FROM TRIPOLI Rome. Apr. 14. piELD-MARSHAL GOERINO arrived accompanied by his wife and was received with great enthusiasm by Signor Mussolini. Count Ciano and all heads of the Fascist Party. Goering will remain in Rome for two days. He had a hurried Journey from Tripoli in
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    AMUSEMENTS
    186 12 SINGAPORE KM I LSfl HO It I Orchestral Cum-en 8.15 to 1.11 p.m. Duuirr Dance ihnuali 9.45 to Midnight. QAKkK X riUMtt (ifcYLANO K'-iuin oi Srtvrlet Pimpernel it Tin- HkJi.rr at 7 45 p.m CRI-AI MIIKI.II Cauarrt: 3U to MidjiiKht Cilobc Tliiatjc: Jlieie 1 Alwtyj A Wuuan. S*y TWfcfc:
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    European Bankrupt In Court
    104 12 AN elderly European bankrupt. George Dickenson, appeared in the Singapore High Court before the Chief Justice. S.S.. Sir I't-iiy MrElwaine. yesterday, when the MM*I Assignee. Mr. E. N. Taylor, made a motion for commitment. The bankrupt was alleged to have failed to submit his statement of
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    INDIAN TEA PARTY
    197 12 Hong Kong Visitor Entertained TO WELCOME Mr Mallik Abbas Khan, an honorary commissioner in ttu Hong Kong Police Reserve, who is passing through Singapore on his way to India. Rai Bahadur Mehta Prithvi Chand. of the SS Police, gave a tea psty at his home, in East
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    JAPANESE FLIGHT
    43 12 Tolcio, Apr. 14. *|*HE Japanese monoplane Soyokaze hepped oft from Karachi at 8.55 a.m. tod.iy for Basra on the sixth lap of its goodwill flight to Teheran. The plane arrived at Karachi at 4.40 p.m. yesterday from Calcutta via Allahabad— Reuter
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    270,000 MILES & NO HAPPINESS
    312 12 270,000 MILES NO HAPPINESS World Motorist Philosophizes HOLLANDER WITH 181 MOTOR CAR BADGES WITH 270,000 miles of roads mud tracks and sand behind them, two weary travellers and their badge-covered motor car haw reached Singapore. They are a Hollander, Capt Teo P Osterhaus, and his Bavarian wife Captain Osterhaus has
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    TOPPER TAKES A TRIP AT THE PAVILION
    102 12 At Tin' Cinema "Topper Takes a Trip" (Constance Bennett. RoUnd Voting. Uiilie Kurkr and Alan Moubra.v Hal TToach. At the Pavilion TVIIS hilariou:; film version et a Thorne AAttß '.ovel produce-, m.my uiuaba. Constance Bennett, as the beautiful exponent of "ectoplasm" tricks enabling
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    THREE HURT WHEN CAR SKIDS INTO DRAIN
    53 12 •THREE Chinese were injured when the car in which they were driving skidded Into a drain at 7i 2 mile. Bulcit Timah Road, yesterday afternon. A woman aged about 45 suffered concussion, an older woman suffered head injuries, and a man was wounded
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    KING'S EMPIRE DAY BROADCAST MESSAGE
    72 12 'THE British Broadcasting Corpora- tion announces that the King will broadcast an Empire Day message from Winnipeg at 10 pm. on May 24 Their Majesties' departure from Portsmouth on May 6 will be broadcast to the Empire, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Is arrangno; to
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    IRAQ PIPELINE CUT BY RAIDERS
    44 12 Amman. Apr. 14. r TiTE Iraq pipeline was punctured and ignited on the east side of the Jordan Valley by an Arab frontier band. After action by Government forces the Arabs were driven off and the pipeline repaired —Reuter.
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    Malay Press Condemns Duce's Violation Of Muslim State
    352 12 MALAY newspapers have joined; Mohammedans the world over in severe criticism of Mussolini since the invasion of Albania, a Mohammedan kingdom, by Itaj lian troops on Sunday. MWnUnl'i sell-proclaimed title of "Protector of Islam" is ridiculed by tfca Warta Malaya the Singapore
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    NEW TRIAL FOR MAN ON BREACH CHARGE
    382 12 Defence Should Be Further Explored, Says Judge nOUBT as to whether the trial magistrate had considered, before conviction, a memo book produced by the accused was expressed by the Chief Justice, S.S., Sir Percy McElwaine, in the Singapore High Court yesterday when he
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    WOMEN'S LAND ARMY
    38 12 London. Apr. 14. j TPHE decision to recruit in peacetime I a women's land army, whose memI bcrs would be ready to do farm work as a full-time occupation in wartime, is officially announced. Reuter.
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    HOUSING IN SELANGOR
    218 12 Association To Investigate INQUIRIES MADE IN SINGAPORE i (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 14. THE housing problem in Kuala Lumpur, so far as it atlects middleclass wage-earners, will De tackled by the Committee ol ths Non-Government Servan s' Association, according to the annual report and
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    ROTAN FOR ROBBER WHO HIT OLD MAN
    123 12 ROT AN FOR ROBBER WHO HIT OLD MAN (•Ton Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpt'.r Apr. 14. THAT he had abused the hospitality wßldi the complainant had afforded him. was one ol the obsti vatlons made by Mr Justice GordonSmith at the S3l?.nior Assizes today, whi a he sentenced Lake Kwan.
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    WIDOW HURT AFTER VISIT TO CRAVE
    47 12 A FTER visiting the grave ol her tiu->- band, who had died recently. young Arab widow was knocked down by a motor-lorry in Upper Serangoon Road yesterday. She was taken to hospital with a fractured skull. Her condi tion is serious.
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    RAZOR ATTACK IN DAIREN HAS SINGAPORE SEQUEL
    700 13 Negro Fireman Gets SLx Months' Sentence On Hurt Charge THIS IS A WHITE MAN'S SHIP," DECLARES ACCUSED AN alleged razor attack on a British seaman by a Barbados Negro outside the Europe Cafe, in Dairen, Manchukuo, on Mar. 30, in the early morning,
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    Bagpipes At Local Sinhalese Party
    68 13 BAGPIPES blown by native musicians in Highlander. uniforms piped in the president of the Singapore Sinhalese Janopakara Maha Sabha, Mr. H. A. de Silva, when he arrived at Victoria School yesterday to take part in the Sinhalese national day celebrations. At the tea party, attended
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    "NO HOOTING" RULE FOR KUALA LUMPUR?
    65 13 "NO HOOTING RULE FOR KUALA LUMPUR? From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. Apr. 14. •fHE Traffic Advisory Committee is considering the Introduction of a silence zone in the business centre here. At their next meeting the Committee will hear Chief Police OfT.cer Pennefather-Evans, recently of Sii'.gapcie. express his views. The
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    46 13 The installation of the new organ at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Kuala Lumpur, is completed, and preliminary trials have proved entirely satisfactory. There will be a special Dedication Service tomorrow with appropriate music by the choir.. Mr. W. J. A. Mallon will be at the organ.
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    Fatal Motor Car Crash On East Coast Road
    465 13 Fatal Motor Car Crash On East Coast Road EUROPEAN HELD NOT TO BLAME A FATAL motor accident on the East Coast Road on the afternoon of Apr. 5, resulting in the death of a Malay cyclist? Ahmat bin Hassan, had Its sequel in the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday, when Mr.
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    PINEAPPLE FACTORY OWNER'S AFFAIRS
    263 13 Scheme Of Arrangement Approved By Judge A SINGAPORE Chinese debtor's asset, which might be destroyed if i he became adjudicated, was the subIject matter of a scheme of arrangement which was approved by the Chic; Justice, S.S., Sir Percy McElwalne, in the Singapore High Court yesterday.
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    DUTCH SHIP FULL
    56 13 NEARLY 150 passengers, mostly British, and one of the largest crowds to embark on the liner at Singapore, sailed in the Nederland Line vessel Chrlstlaan Huygens for Europe yesterday morning. Among the passengers are the tw parties of Australian tourists one o 50 people and the other
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    German Liner To Be Docked Tomorrow
    124 13 German Liner To Be Docked Tomorrow I*HE Norddeutscher Lloj'd lir.er Gneitn.o9, T-.r:ich .ost a blade frr^'n c>r.t or her prope''.ers the day h.-'ore reaching Colombo will go into King's Dock to change her propeller tomcrrow. Arriving at Singapore yes'.erday, a day late, with 300 passengers, as the result of having
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    NAZI JOURNALISTS WHO WEAR UNIFORM HERE
    341 13 Goodwill Mission To Japan Headed By Admiral Forster A GERMAN goodwill mission to Japan, headed by the president of the German-Japanese Society, Admiral Forster, who commanded the German Fleet from 1933 to 1936 and a Foreign Office official, and comprising 11 representatives of leading
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    More Refugees From Nazi Rule
    48 13 ANOTHER 140 German Jewish refurec* for Shanghai arrived in the Norddeutscher Lloyd liner Gneisenau yesterday. They will be followed by another party of 120 in the N.Y.K. vessel Hakusan Maru tomorrow and about 800 in the Lloyd Triestino liner Conte Biancamano on Monday.
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    WOMAN SOBS AT ASSIZES
    154 13 Goldsmith Sent To Prison SILVER IN GOLD ANKLETS A CHINESE woman, wife vl goldsmith, sobbed bitterly m the Singapore Assize Court. bVfora Mr. Justice Manning, ycsierday, after sentence cf two years' rigorous imprisonment had tx en passed on her husband. The prisoner. Chow Yo-.v X. was
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    REPERTORY PLAYERS' NEXT SHOW
    86 13 REHEARSALS have commrnred for Terence Rattigan's brilliant comedy "French Without Tears." v.hlvi he i Repertory Players are presenting at I the Victoria Theatre on June 10. 13, I 16 and 17, and later, at the Town Hall, Kuala Lumpur. The players taking part are Joanna Archdeacon,
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    CRUISER COMING BACK FROM BALI
    45 13 "T*HE cruiser Suiloik. which nas seen. on a visit to Bali, will ittam to Singapore from Soura'oaya tomorro* and proceed ta the Naval Base Having completed her service o>i the China Station, she will lea^e for England on Apr. 18.
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    M. C. S. PROMOTIONS
    89 13 THE promotion of the following oJrlo- ers of C ass V. 11l Service, to be Officers of Ci.-ss IV -*-Ith effect from the dates sii their names, has been approved: J. K. Creer Mar. 18. Mr G. A. G Walker Mar. 13. Mr X A. B
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    PAHANG SULTAN HERE
    35 13 T.XS Sultan of Pahang i- visit to Singapore. Be urfo from Penang on Friday Morning :.fitr a week's stay there air! Singapore on his return to P.ihang by the night mail tonight.
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    Madrid C.-in-C. Flees To London
    47 14 < ads (centre), the head of the foinr.e- Madrii Ocii. vz l.'oitn (il, arrived at Neu haven with 180 oilier Spanish Republican refugees on their way to London. The refugees are staying in England until they can leave for Mexico and the Argentine.
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    Months Of Strain Ahead?
    313 14 Nazi Hope Of Breaking Poland's Nerve IT is freely hinted in German political circles in Berlin thai Germany will probably denounce the Anglo-German naval agreei when the Anglo-Polish mutual assistance la formally signed. Any such action by Germany would. it i obvious, bo a mere scsture.
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    Women's Royal Naval Service
    48 14 Women's Royal Naval Service London. Apr. 1 1. *T*IIK King lias given permission for the formation of a corps to be known as the Women's Royal Naval Service, members of which uill replace naval officers and ratings in wartime on certain dutieu in i aval shore establishments.—British Wireless.
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    Hunt For Madrid Art Treasures
    136 14 A SURVEY of the Madrid art galleries has revealed that many famous master-pieces are! missing, says a Madrid report. Don Pedro Muguruzo. a member of the Commission lor Artistic Recupera- j tion who has taken charge of the' ftnvnu Prado Gallery, said that thej main
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    BOMB EXPLOSIONS ON BRIDGE
    196 14 Pedestrian's Courage Praised In Court London. Apr. 14. TVvO men were committed to trial at Bow Street Police Court yesterday In connection with two bomb explosions on Hammersmith Bridge on Mar. 30. 1 Eoth reserve their defence. The prosecuting counsel warmly praised the courage, coolness and
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    U.S. CHECK TO GERMAN TRADE PUSH
    75 14 I THE United States is understood to j be negotiating reciprocal tiade j treaties with a number of Eacteni European and Near Eastern countries en the lines or the pact with Turkey, which is almost completed. Government quarters in Washington are reported to have
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    JAPANESE POLICE BOMBED
    51 14 Hankow. Apr. 14. I AN unidentified Chinese threw a bomb I into a Japanese gendarmerie Station yesturday while Chinese and j Japanese officials were being photoI graphed. A Japanese report says two Chinese, one h?uiB the photographer, wers wounded. The photographer later succumbed. The bomb- thrower esraped
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    BRITISH ENVOY ON WAY TO CHUNGKING
    64 14 Hong Kong. Apr. 14. CIR Archiuaid Clark Ken;. British j Ambassador to China, who arrived here from Shanghai last night aboard a British merchant ship, continued his journey to Chungking a Tew nours later aboard H.M.S. Thradan, whiuh Is conveying him to Hanoi. The
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    NO ENCROACHMENT ON LATIN-AMERICA
    35 14 Wasnlngton Apr. 13. I PRESIDENT Roosevelt has arranged a nation-wide broadcast* today in which, it is widely believed, he will warn the totalitarian states against encroaching on Latin -American territories --neuter.
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    PUPPET OFFICIAL SHOT AND KILLED
    34 14 anangnai, Apr K. MH. Yao Shih-an. secretary or the Public AfTairs Department or tnr pro-Japanese Kiangsu government, was shot dead by a Chinese gunman yesterday in Soochow— Eastern News.
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    26 DIE IN MEXICAN RAILWAY SMASH
    35 14 Mexico City Apr. 13. TWENTY-SIX persons were killed and 50 injured when the Guadalajara express crashed into the rear ot another train 140 miles north of Mexico City— Reuter.
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    BACK TO NORMAL IN MADRID AFTER LONG CIVIL WAR
    581 14 Machinery To Restart Business Is Now Well In Motion THK machinery needed to restart Madrid's business and financial life is now well in motion, writes a Daily Telegraph special correspondent. I have just visited what might be called the General Headquarters
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    33 14 A stitinge impression has been created in Rumanian circles by the announcement that the flr»t expert being sent from Germany to Rumania will be Dr. Todt. the famous Oerman builder of motor roads.
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    JAPAN MUST HAVE POWER
    222 14 Statement By j Baron Hiranuma Tokio, Apr. 13. pALLING the attention to the fact .that antagonism among Powers was being intensified with the strengthening and replenishment of national defences, the Premier, Baron Hiranuma, said that Japan also could not overlook the Powers' strenuous efforts to strengthen
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    Hitler Aims At "Dry" Germany
    214 14 |_|ERR HITLER has decided that the time is ripe to take the i st measures toward the fulfilment of cne of his greatest dreams to make Germany dry." All manufacturers of cognac, liqueurs and other highly alcoholic ■spirits have bean ordered to cease production, reports
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    Air Raid Trenches In Cairo Streets
    39 14 Deep air rsid trenches are now be. <■; i nnjtructed in BSSBU oi the streets oi Cairo. Here is an active scene in the Place Bah e\ Khalk showing workmen constructing a zi?-za< trench.
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    Japanese Story Of New Soviet Offer To China
    160 14 Tokio. Apr. 14. THE Soviet Union has offered the Chungking Government wickr military support in exchange for concessions and rights in China, according to the newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun. The Soviet Union is reported to havj agreed to supply further arms and ither
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    712 15 Where Is The Herald Of Good Tidings Peace? *THK first character, in that de- lightful allegory, the "Pilgrim's 1 Progress," who appears upon the scene to Christian, after he has set 1 out on the momentous journey from (he city of destruction, with the Book
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    1009 15 CHURCH OF ENGLAND ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL.— Sunday. 6.50 a.m Holy Communion and Matin* 8 a.m.. Choral Eucharist; 9.15 a.m.. Holy Communion: 5.30 p.m., Evensong and scrmcn. Preacher: Rev. D. E. J. Hedge. ST. PAULS CHURCH— Sunday, 8 a.m.; Holy Communion; 5.33 p.m.. Evensong and i sermon
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    88 15 Simultaneously with the reassembling of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, pictured above, was opened for an act of continuous intercession. In announcing this decision the Dean stated "All who will are invited to come and pray, that the spirit of God may so assuage the passions and prejudicesj udices
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    156 15 Large-Scale Guerilla Warfare In Kiangsu Chungking, Apr. 12 Kiangsi Province, rich agril~l cultural country north of the Yangtse River and east of the Tlent-sin-Pukow Railway, remains very much in Chinese hands notwithstanding Japanese attempts to "mop up" the Chinese forces, according to a field
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    EGYPT'S CABINET
    121 15 Moves For Possible Reconstruction TALK has been current for seme time in Cairo of a possible reconstruction of the Egyptian Cabinet, wilii AH Maher Pasha, King Farouk's legal adviser, as Prime Minister. There are however, no indications at present that such a course will ba adopted. On the
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    266 15 Cowboy Fugitive Dodges Posse— Shot By Friends WHILE 300 men, guided by bloodhounds, dragging howitzers, trench mortars and gaz; guns, j climbed a mountainside in pursuit of a cowboy murderer in Wyoming, their quarry slipped through their hands and raided a bank. He was shot dead by ordinary citizens, who
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    21 15 The famous war-time bus "Ole Bill," was used recently at the funera- &z Amersham of Mr. Edward Rowland, 44-year-old bus conductor.
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    543 16 Suggestions hi Assembly For Reciprocal Treatment New Delhi, Apr. 1. CH! Reginald Mi !'s mil for the registration of foreigners as reported on the Select Committee was discussed by thr Central s cmhly. Sir Isofinald moving consideration of the Bill explained the changes n
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    68 16 national defence display was given recently in Hyd: task v. 'ien 200 men in uniform, members of the Territorial Army, demonstrated and cave talks on new Bren gun, anti-aircraft guns, and anti-tank suns. Members of the Auxiliary Air Force and A.R.P. workers also took
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      223 16 '"Fully Vindicated Stand Taken" Jharia. Apr. 7. AMR Subhavs Chandra Bosc has ITI issued the following statement regarding the award of Sir Maurice Gwyer in the Rajkot dispute "I have just finished readinj Sir Maurice Gwyer"s award on the Rajkot aftatrs. The Thakore Saheb'i
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      REFORMS IN NIZAM'S STATE
      94 16 Hindu Mahasabha Leader's Statement Bombay. Apr 10 |l«R V D. Savarkar president oJ the Hindu Mahasabha, has Issued a statement declaring that as far as the Sabha is concerned it does not intend to suspend or call off the civil resistance movement in Hyderabad unless and
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      EXCESSES IN RAMDURG STATE
      78 16 Condemnation By Congress Leader Belgaum. Apr. 10. CTRONG condemnation of the recent excesses in Ramdurg State is expressed by the Karnataka leader Mr. Ganscadharrao Deshpande In -a statement where, he says, there was no provocation to justify sucn acts atid adds that the Ramdurg Ruler, trie
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      CONGRESS PRESIDENT BETTER
      42 16 Jharla, Apr. 8. MR. Subhas Chandra Base had a temperature of 99 2 last night and 1 this morning it is 98.4. says today* bulletin. His cough Is now better, and he la program; slcwly but steadily toward! improvement.
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      13 16 Rajkot. Apr 9 Mrs Gandhi l s suffering from an attack of malaria
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      The Award And After
      178 16 Muhatma Gandhi At Rajkot Again Rajkot. Apr 11. i a^AHATMA Gandhi had 75 minutes' talk with the Resident j Mr. Gibson. Both are reticent on the trend of talks. A number of deputations from various Kathiawar States waited on Mr. Gandhi yes:erday. The Muslim Council's right
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      POSITION OF INDIANS OVERSEAS
      86 16 Mercantile Community Expresses Concern New Delhi. Apr. 8 AN important resolution passed to- day at the Federation of the Indian Chambers of Commerce related to the position of Indians abroad expressing "deep anxiety and a.arm at the steady encroachment on the limited rights enjoyed by Indians
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      ARYA SAMAJISTS AT RAJKOT
      73 16 Hyderabad Issue Discussed With Mr. Gandhi Bombay, Apr. 11. MR Ganeshamsingh Gupta, the President of the International Aryan League and Mr. Deshbandhu Gupta of Delhi returned here by air after their interview with Mr Gandhi at Rajkot. They placed all the facts before Mr. Gandhi concerning
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      WARDHA SCHEME FOR MADRAS
      81 16 Madras, Apr. b. T*HE flrit training camp in this pro- vince for the Wardha scheme ol education Is expected to come into existence on July I next. It is likely to be situated in the buildings of the Forest College at j Colmbatore which has been
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    528 16 Rajkot Position Explained Rajkot, Apr. 0. Mahutma Gandhi has releas.M to the press the advance copy of M article that he wrote for the next issue of the Harijan on his way to Ka.ikot. The article is entitled "Have I Krred?" Mr. Gandhi says: Some
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    "INSPIRED LEADER OF INDIA"
    88 16 Egyptian Delegation's Praise Of Mr. Gandhi New Delhi. Apr. 2. BEFORE sailing we send the great and inspired leader of India our most cordial thanks for the kindness we hare had the honour to receive from him during our stay in this glorious land. We go
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    WARDHA EDUCATION SCHEME
    59 16 Mr. Gandhi To Preside Over Delhi Meeting New Delhi, Apr. 4 FU learned that Mahatma Gandhi will preside oyer a meeting to be held here in connection with the Wardha education scheme on Apr. 16. From here he may proceed to Bihar to attend the meeting of
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    SIR N. N. SIRCAR RETIRING
    34 16 New Delhi. Apr. 7. IT is understood that Sir N. N. Sircar. Law Member, leaves Delhi on Apr. 17 and will hand over charge from Calcutta on May 4.
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    SIR JAMES GRIGG SAILS
    30 16 Bombay, Apr. I. Sir James Grigg. former Finance Member of the Government of India, accompanied by Lady Grigs and Sir George Campbell, sailed (or England today.
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    2070 17 Planting Topics THE PRUNING OF CLONE TJIRANDJI ONE Special Method To Minimise Liability To Wind Damage SHELTERED AREAS SHOULD BE CHOSEN FOR THIS FAMILY By Our Planting Correspondent JT will not. I think, be denied that of all the clones in use today, practically all estate managers speak highly of
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    216 17 IN a weekly report on the London rubber market, dated Apr. 4, Lewis and Feat Ltd. write j Aeain we have to report a quiet week with only a small business passing I The uncertainties of the political situation are still in control and damping down Incentive,
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    BLUE PETER IMPRESSIVE THIS MORNING
    997 18 Preparations Of Summer Meeting At Bukit Timah IMPRESSIVE gallops seen at this morning's track work were done by Aerial Post, Blue Peter, The Ca'iph, St. Marcel, Gold Point, and Lucky Star while of the newcomers Jarrahwood, Mabel Smith and Anton Rogue gave a good account
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    100 18 The following members have accepted to play for S.C.C. vs. Khalsa Association today at 2 p.m. at S.C.C. A. Gilmour (Capt.). J. E. Jeans. C. Pltton, E. C. Barnes, R' F. W. Leonard, A. M. Carbery, E. N. Griffith-Jones. F. V Read, A. H. Carruthers, A. F. Hunter
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    104 18 'TODAY'S soccer matches will be as below Soccer Reserve Div. Loyals vs. S.C.F.A. Stadium; Div. 2B Naval Base Police vs. S.H.B. at Naval Base; Excise vs. Moravia at Police Depot: Friendly S.C.C. vs. Gordons at Sclerang; 8.H.L.: A.P.C. vs. Nestanglo at Fraser and Neave. Other sports events
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    1192 18 Port Vale (t) V 12 18 7 47 56 31 Bristol R. U5) 38 9 17 12 50 53 30 Clapton (19) 36 8 16 11 41 49 27 Walsall (21) 37 7 19 9 48 64 23 THIRD DlVlSlON— (Northern) P.W. L. D. F.
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    145 18 A number of tennis piajers have recently been Interviewed T>y officials of the Lawn Tennis Association and asked to explain fully what goods they have purchased with their prize vouchers in the last 12 monuu, and at what hotels they have stayed for the tournaments at which
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    SEREMBAN BOWLER GETS HAT TRICK
    68 18 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Apr. 15. Playing for the King George Fifth School against the King George Fifth School 0.8.A., R. Scneviratne obtained a hat-trick in his first over of the match. This is the second hattrick In Seremban cricket so far this season,
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    MAYFLOWER B.P.
    54 18 The Mayflower Badminton Party of Singapore Is holding a dinner tonight at the Great World Restaurant in honour of the party's success In the 1938 local badminton championships. All the finalists of the men's open singles and doubles, including the champion of the women's singles come from the
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    HEMCHIT TAKES TITLE FROM MARQUEZ
    780 18 Champion Battered In Thrilling Battle COMPLETELY com founding boxing critics, Neil Hemchit, the Teochew Chinese "southpaw," won the Singapore lightweight title from Ventura Marquez at the covered stadium last night, by a technical knockout. Deafening cheering broke out from a huge crowd immediately the towel
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    CHINESE BEATEN AFTER THRILLING SOCCER
    644 19 Saigon Touring Side Win Two Goals To One THE rain-soaked turf at the Stadium yesterday did not deter the S.A.F.A. team to tour Saigon and and the Chinese from serving up thrilling soccer. After a hard battle in which there were few, if any dull
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    350 19 Y.M.C.A. Open Tennis Ties YTM.C.A. open invitation tennis I tournament ties for Monday at 5 i m. are: MEN'S HANDICAP DOI'BLES D. J. Gould and M. Lowry <scr i va C Roshty and Awad Talib '~153>. Will. am Tan and Ong Chew Bee i—l) vs. J. S. Fisher and M
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    BASKETBALL
    81 19 The following la Ihe schedule of the Philippines' basketball team in Singapore. All mat. lies si art at 8 p.m. and will be played at the Happy World Tonight: Basketball v.v Chinese ii School. A;>r. 16: Basketball vs. Chung Woo A A. Apr. 1U: Volleyball vs. S.C A.A.F. Air.
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    S.C.R.C. LAWN TENNIS TIES
    214 19 SCR.C. tennis ties are as follows: MONDAY "A" Singles Handicap: Court A, Yap Mook Kirn <scr) vs. V P. Wee (—9): Court B Woon Chow Tat (—18) vs. P. T. Wong <— 12). •B" Singles Handicap: Court C, Goh Keng Swee (12) vs Lee Teck Jin
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    39 19 Three Mental Hospital players challenge a Marine forward in a race for the ball in their second division (a/ league soccer fixture at the Stadium on Thursday. The Mental Hospital icon by three goals to one— Straits Times picture.
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    EASY POINTS WIN FOR PETER KANE
    423 19 Sangchili Beaten In Every Round DETER KANE, twenty-one year ol first appearance in a London rij weight championship last Septembei Sanpchili, of Spain, former holder of before a big crowd at the National nipht, writes Joe Bromley in the S] Although there was never
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    FREE HANDICAP
    37 19 TTHE Free Handicap run yesterday over seven furlongs at Newmarket, resulted Solar Cloud 1 Statute 2 Lapfurd 3 Betting 6tol, 7 to 1. 100 to 7 29 rnn wen by half a length a head.
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    CRICKET CANCELLED
    22 19 The cricket match between St. Andrews Old Boys and the PW D to have been played today, has been cancelled.
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    SUKUMAREN TO LEAVE NEGRI
    166 19 'From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Apr. 14. It Is understood that T. K. Sukumaren. the Negri Sembilan State cricketer, is shortly leaving the State on transfer. His departure will be regretted In cricket circles In Negri Sembilan. Sukumaren has been the mainstay of the Negri Sembilan
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    CHIAT SIN WIN 2—l
    26 19 The Chlat Sin Athletic Union beat the Government Printing Office 2—l in a iriendly soccer match played on the Printing Office ground.
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    TENNIS CROWD BARRACK BILL TILDEN
    275 19 American Objects To Being Called For Foot-Faults London, Apr. 5. DIG Bill TiWen figured in a series of dramatic stones during a natch in which he was beaten by Hans Nusslein (Germany) in the concludingstages of the professional lawn tennis tournament at Olympia last night.
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    S.A.B.A. CHAMPIONSHIP
    58 19 IN VIEW of the forthcoming Singapore amateur boxing championships at the Happy World, the Boxing Association has been granted permission to use the Happy World gymnasium for training purposes. The Association Is hoping to start a 'finsapore Amateur Boxing Club." These interested are asked to meet at the
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    CRAVEN STAKES
    37 19 TTHE Craven Stakes run over one mile at Newmarket yesterday resulted Signal Light 1 Foxcub Z Bold Devil 3 Betting Bto 1, 9to 4. 20 to 1 13 ran won by a head four lentrths.
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    JAVA AMATEUR GOLF TITLE
    133 19 From Our Own Correspond' m > Batavia. Apr. 13. TAKING three putts trom six 1. t-t away. Mac Lean. of Bandoeng, lost the Java amateur eolf title to G ;rdner of Sourabaya. during the tournament held at 8.. ..r the Easttr holid I Mac Lean and
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    19 19 Scotti !i < <•■ r nra were FIRST DIVISION Motherwell 1 Ta'.kirk 3 SECOND DIVISION Morton 3 Dumferl:ne 1
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      15 1 The Straits Times MALAYAN SPORTS SUPPLEMENT FOUR PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1939 No. 27.
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      ROUGH PLAY BECOMING PREVALENT IN LOCAL SOCCER
      1226 1 "Sendings-Off Are Too Frequent AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE STRONG ACTION CINGAPORE soccer authorities should turn their eyes in i he direction of rough play before the season becomes any older and take steps to stamp it out before it reaches the proportion that made
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      Champions All Lose Badminton Titles At Penang
      770 1 JW£ recent third Malayan badminton championships held in Penang over the past week-end was brought to a very successful conclusion with the honours evenly shared amongst the competing States. A striking feature of the tournament is the dethronement of all the title-holders who
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      Weekly Review Of Home Sport By Our London Correspondent OXFORD NEVER IN BOAT RACE
      1486 2 Weekly Review Of Home Sport By Our London Correspondent OXFORD NEVER IN BOAT RACE London, Apr. 5. WHY did Cambridge win the Boat Race by four lengths? That was the question we were all asking ourselves last Saturday. Oxford'! explanation, given by President J. L. Garton, Is that the Dark
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      Singapore's Cricket Win Shock To Selangor
      633 2  -  VIDEO By QUICKET enthusiasts in Selangor had a rude shock over the weekend when the State team received one of its severest cricket deteats oi recent years at the hands of Singapore. A thorough reconstruction of the team is neces-ary if Selangor is to
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      Malays Still Lead Division I
      472 2 S.A.F.A. LEAGUE TABLES FOLLOWING are the S/»FA. leagu* tables up-to-date DIVISION I Teams. P W. L. D. F A Pts. Malays 5 4 1 0 21 5 8 RAF. 6 4 2 0 21 9 8 RE. 4 3 0 1 10 4 7 Loyal*
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      1133 3 Many New Horses To Make Debut GOOD FIELD TO CONTEST ANNIVERSARY CUP ENTRIES for the Singapore Summer (Governor's Cup) race meeting, which were issued this week, indicate that there is no falling off in popularity of Singapore meetings. The second i> i>rtr**^t race
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      14 3 Ooi Teck Hock and Miss Cecilia Chan (Penang) mixed doubles champions of Malaya 1939.
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      Carnival Of Sport At Ipoh Over Easter Holidays
      752 3 Carnival Of Sport At Ipoh Over Easter Holidays IPOH was the centre of many sporting events during the Easter Holidays. The Perak Turf Club held a successful two-day Skye Meeting; the Perak Branch of th,j Automobile Association of Malaya organised a Hill Climb at Gopeng; a Malayan Cross-Country Race and
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      Malayan Athletic Championships To Be Held In July?
      527 3 Malayan Athletic Championships To Be Held In July? THE Singapore A.A.A. champion ships will probably be held during the first week of July and the Malayan A.A.A. championships later in the same month. As experts generally advise <erioii3 training for athletes at least for three months prior to a Meeting
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      Gathering The Ball Up: Secret Of Brassie Play
      1220 4  -  Charles Whitcombe By THE secret of brassie play Is explained In this third article on golf, written by Charles Whitcombe, British Ryder Cup captain for many years, in a special series for the Straits Times. The method of getting the ball up
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      26 4 i<i..j. Jc.mne Meillet, the French gva'keeper tvho wore shorts, talking to the goalkeeper o/ the Chistuick team, Miss M. Parker, during the women's international hockey match.
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      346 4 MUAR football fans were treated to a One display of football by the Darul Akliiar Club of Port Swettenham when they visited Muar last Sunday and played a friendly match against the Muar Selected XI. Though the visitors lost by the odd goal in three,
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      925 4 f EADERS of the Reserve Division with an unbeaten record the Royal Engineers have a businesslike team which, if it maintairs present form, might well prove to be the best in that competition. There is nothing spectacular in the team's play but each of
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      26 4 i- bs. shirts: Miss Lannvn i!cft> nilking on to the co;irt with her opponent, Miss Mayne, on the fir-A rlny of the Paddington hard court championships.
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      Segamat Sports Review By Rover
      342 4 Segamat Sports Review By Rover PASTER cicket saw bowlers triumph over batsmen and some remarkable figures w'th the ball were returned. Some of the ■atcbtg arranged were ruined by the unfavourable weather and on the whole the week was not productive of good cricket. As anticipated, Rengam created the biggest
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