The Straits Times, 29 July 1939

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1 4 The Straits Times
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    37 1 FINAL EDTN. The Straits Times (ESTABLISHED NEARLY 4 CENTURY.) MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-LARGEST NET SALES 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 193(1. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times PRICK 5 CENTS. 24 PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1939.
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      285 1 For Up-to-date TAILORING... MIEN CHONG you are assured o/ real satisfaction. *XA Colem.ir. St. Singapore; Phone 4816 SINGAPORE, 140. CECIL ST. 'PHONE 5471). FOR HOME, STORE AND OFFICE LIVE SLEEP W Corny* O I S<EL\ SHOP v^ Ccm\y«3r WORK Ccmy* HERE'S G-E Summer Air Conditioning m package form Two units!
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      208 1 FOB ALL DEFECTS O> VlSlOtt OMMM" flfgzelciel Sen) (Lstrj m 1916 i Qualified Ophthalmic Opticiant 018 ONLY SINGAPORE ADDRESS: Baffle* Place. TfL SM> RETIRING RESIDENTS! There i* do need to withdraw voui financial interests when you co The British Malaya Trustee Eiecutor Co., Ltd.. HJLLERTON BUILDING SINGAPORE. was formed to
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      238 1 KUALA LUMPUR. 25. JAVA ST ('PHONE 3683). f Findlater's Fine JM Sherries _^fM Bk Per Bottlr .^^Hf^^H 1^ Duty ».7S txlra. old MORLNO BROWN, full 01 Flavour !.l>« |p9 u-,'-. rALE dby Very suitat>ie i° t MM Wm clut> Sherry ay.d Bittcri 52.0:, HL tL^**^ FINO. Pessesset the Bouquet of
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      14 1 Exclusive GOWNS Salons at MADAME PAGE 13, Battery Rd. Singapore MAJESTIC HOTEL Kuala Lumpur.
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      51 2 ACKNO WLEDGME N T Mr. M. G. Ezeklel and Mr. Mrs. P. Ezeklel beg to express their heart f' lt thanks to the many friends relatives who attended the funeral 'of the late Mrs. E. Qekiel an.l those who so kindly sent wreaths, telegrams letters of condolence m their recent
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      246 2 The engagement Is announced between Edward Charles Tokeley. eldest son of Mr. Mrs. O. A. Tokeley of Eastcote Pinner, and Margaret, only daughter of Mr. Mrs R. L. Tanner of Golmurl, Bihar. SITUATIONS VACANT When applying tot an? position advertise m (new column* •end copies ol testimonial* Do not send
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      260 2 PERSONAL THE MARRIAGE BUREAU. 119. New Bono Street, London. W.I. Introductions ulver. privately and confidentially. Mayfalr 9634. WANTED WANTED TO RENT, largs house suitable for guest house, furnished or unfurnished. Box 56. Straits Times. WANTED 3.000 running feet 20 lb. Steel Rails with Fishplates and Bolts with or without Sleepers
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      859 2 HOUSES FLATS, TO LET DELIGHT* ILLY FURNISHED MODERN FLAT. 3 bedrooms, refg.. central. Tel 2530 EUROPEAN SERVICE FLATS tc flatlets available In Tanglln and district. Knqulrle-: tfl. 3369. LARGE FURNISHED HOUSE TO LET Half-Way-House. 520. last Coast Road. Singapore. Tele: 4825. FULLY FURNISHED FLAT, linen, cutlery, frigidalre. 3 Ayr House
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      475 2 BOARD RESIDENCE ON THE SEA. •The Orc-e 103 ar.n H" Meyer Road. Katcng, near Swimming Club, large alrv rooms. Usnnla, gardens, garage*, ttractlve position Mod terms Phone SGM 44. NEWTON ROAD, vacant occurs July 15. Cool airy rooms, excellent English food Quietness, cleanliness and good service, under persona] supervision Mrs.
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      544 2 AUCTION SALE of freeho'.ci arid leasehold Singapore properties. At the raliiocm of Mrssrs. Cheong Koon Seng It Co Ltd.. No. 10. Chulia Street on Wednesday. 2nd Angast 1939. at KM PM. Estate of EYED ABDULLAH BIN ABDL'LRAHMAN BIN 6AHIL, Deceased. Lot 1. Valuable 09 years' leasehold land and I house
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      197 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc "~THE" "DAY NIGHT" PRIVATE DETECTIVE AGENCY 1 (Private and Commercial investigation) throughout KM S. Experknced Detective Available. SCO I IS ROAD PllONK^4Ha__ JOIN THE GREEN CIRCLE LENDING LIBRARY Ist. (LOOK. IK-P. KATTKKY Kl>. P.O. BOX 34, SIMiAI'OKI''.. NEW BOOKS EVF.RV MAIL. Open Dally: 1.30 A.M. to C
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      737 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 Tonnsge Due Spore. CARTHAGE 15.000 In port SOMALI 6,800 July 29 RAJPUTANA 17.000 Aug II RANCH) J7.000 Aug 25 13ANGALORE 6.000 Aug
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      601 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS (Incorporated m Jarmu) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TOJLONDON Penang, Colombo, Aden. Son, Port Said Naples. Marseilles, Gibraltar, London. Antwerp. Rotterdam and Hamburg. Vessels Tonnage Dv Sail KASIMA MARU 9.900 Aug. 3 4 HAKONE MARU 10,400 Aug. 16 17 HUSIMI MARU 19.000 Aug 30 U
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      655 3 r I L H I y v I J-— LUXURY wit b ECONOMY ONE-CLASS MOTOKSHIPS. C\RI .S WITH PBIVATfe BATU EXCELLENT CUISINE. MODERATE FAKKS To: MAKSk.II.LKS. LONDON, ROTTEK |VJ BOTTI.KI.AIIi HAM DAM UAMBUBG AND COPENHAGEN BURG AND COPENHAGEN MEONIA AU 19 APRIKA .ht All. 1 FIONIA Sept 5 s^^* tbl
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      643 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Oeeaa BuUduu. CeOyet Qa*y Slncapwe Tet 5151 Chartered Bank Bulldlnt Prnani Tel use BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FASI SEBVICtS MAHStILI.tS LONDON M tONII.Vt.M AND BJMMMNI (la onnjonrtloo with the G!cb l.lnr) uu» MM PATROCLUS Mars.. Casa L'don. (r'dam Grow July 31 Aug. S CAI.CHAS L'don, R'dam. Hull. Ham.
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      175 4 Ma Eurooe and Q. Britain iK.L.as.) I DJn South India (Sphinx) ..I p.m Iran (K.L.U.) 1 o/u Ueaan (K.L.U.) J p m North Borneo. Brunei La*ian (Darvel) 3 30 p.m Kcniaman Dungun (Parcels only) (Hong Ho) 3 30pm Sarawak (generally) Mlrl. Sarlkei Slbu (Darvel) 3.30 p.m. Kema&ek
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      SIX FACE MAILS DUE
      15 4 SI X FACE MAILS DUE Malls from Japan expected today. July 29. by Durban Maru.
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      SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
      147 4 The following ships are alongside the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves or expected to arrive:— Main Wharf. Entrance Gate 2; Exit J:— Carthage 18: Franc; Maru 16; Tricolor 14; Slngkep 11; Gorgon 8; Hoegh Merchant 6. Empire Dock, Entrance Gate Z; Exit 3:— Eskbank 30; Perak 33: Amagtean
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      334 4 IMWABO Koi nes from tamag Ipab u< Kuala Lumpur. Arrive* titty eieninc KX3L: Fram Europe: Arrive* THIS "lUli: From Netherlands Indies: Arrive* THIS afternoon. Imperial: From Europe: Dae Monday; Expected Tuesday. Qanlas From Australia: Arrive* Sandaj afternoon. K.N.LLM.: From Netherlands ladir. Arrives Monday afternoon. K.N.1.L.M.:
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      FROM MALACCA
      119 4 Correspondence for transmission by air via "Netherlands" must be fully prepaid and clearly superscribed ■By K.LJH." Mails wlh close frorr Malacca as follows: Today. Aden. Burma. Canada, K. k B Africa. Egypt. Great Britain. Ireland. India, Iraq. Kuwait. Mauritius. Newfoundland. Palestine. Sudan and TransJordan by air (Imperial) 6
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      VICTORIA
      39 4 The Victoria is due here at 7.30 am on Monday, from Genoa, Naples, Port Said, Messaua, Bomaby and Colombo. She will berth at the wharf and Is. expected to sail at noon for Manila. Hong Kong and Shanghai.
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      Netherlands Indies Gives Up Sugar Quota
      89 4 London, July 26. IT is learned on good authority, states Reuter, that the Netherlands Indies has abandoned the extra 20,000 metric tons of sugar quota recently alloted to that country but no official announcement can be expected until the International Sugar Council has decided
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      FRENCH AIRMAN'S RECORD ATTEMPT FAILS
      54 4 Paris, July 28. pOM. Maurice Rossi, the Prench long- distance flier, who left Marseilles yesterday morning In an attempt on the world's long-distance record m a closed circuit, was forced down at Cagliari, In Sardinia, owing to engine trouble, after being m the air 19
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      KINTA KELLAS RUBBER ESTATES
      187 4 Current Year Prospects *I"HE twenty-ninth ordinary general meeting of Klnta Kellas Rubber Estates, Ltd.. was held In London on July 14. Mr. P. J. Burgess (the chairman) said that the accounts reflected the Inevitable consequence of the unsatisfactory conditions which prevailed In the rubber producing Industry
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      KAMRA TIN DREDGING Difficulties Overcome
      217 4 IHE eleventh ordinary general meeting of Kamra Tin Dredging, Ltd was held m London on July 17. Mr. P. J. Burgess (the chairman) said that the past year had been a bad one for the company, the total loss amounting to £11,746. The price oi
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      CHINA 5 PER CENT. 1925 LOAN DEFAULT
      125 4 No July Payment LIOLDERS of the Republic of China five per cent. Gold Loan of 1925 are advised that the Inspector General Of ihe Chinese Maritime Customs has not paid to the Bar.que Franco-Chinoise pour le Commerce et llndustrie at Shanghai the sum
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      HIGH-POWERED CARS
      108 4 Sales Hit By Increase In Taxation •I*HE increase m the horse-power tax on motor-cars from 15s to 25s imposed In the Budget m April last with effect from Jan. 1 next has had reaction on the sales of high-powered cars. Although sales of new private cars during May
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      DUTCH REVENUE First Hall-Year Very Satisfactory
      51 4 DUTCH REVENUE First Hall-Year Very Satisfactory Amsterdam, July 19. rvUTCH Government revenue for the U first half-year was very satisfactory. Indirect taxes yielded £24,889,000, against £24.136.000 m the corresponding period of 1938, and compares with an estimate of £24,540,000. Direct taxes were £8,200,000, against £6,740,000 at the corresponding date Of
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      SUEZ RECEIPTS LOWER
      49 4 Paris, July 19. SUEZ Canal receipts for July 1 to 10 were £216,900, against £231,700 for the corresponding period of 1938. Since Jan. 1 receipts have totalled £4,837,700, against £5,066,200. Ships m transit during the same two periods were 144, against 158; and 3,139, against 3,252.
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      32 4 The Colonial Office reports that seven wanted bandits has been arrested In Siiwan village, outside Jerusalem. Thirty rifles were voluntarily surrendered and ten rifles were seized by police and troops.— British Wireless.
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    Club Mouthpiece Of Services?
    319 4 Club Mouthpiece Of Services? JMSCUSSIOiN ON ALLOWANCES AF.E the Municipal C.>:r.missioncr3 "satisfied that the Services Club 1* competent enough to speak for all the members of the Junior and int'-r-mediate services? asked Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, moving reference back at the Commissioners' meeting yesterday of the report of the sub-commiUre
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    OBJECTION TO WAR TRAINING
    110 4 London, July 27. 1 1*WENTY conscientious objections I to compulsory service out of a tDtal of 460 cases from the Midland Division j were heard at the first meeting at the i Birmingham tribunal established under the Military Training Act for the registration of such objectors.
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    FRENCH TANKER SINKS IN THE CHANNEL
    53 4 London, July 28. TTHE bladni; hull of the French tanker SunlK sans In the English Channel yesterday with the loss of eleven lives. The fire followed a collision with a Swedish gteamtu. The British steamer Dartford rescued 24 survivors In the vicinity oi the
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    MANY CASUALTIES IN GAS EXPLOSION
    42 4 Algiers, July 28. COUR were killed and 41. Including four Europeans, were taken to hospital suffering from Injuries as the result of explosion of gas containers. Twenty-six of the Injured persons are m a grave condition. Reuter.
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    LORD ROTHERMERE'S DEFENCE GIFT
    29 4 London, July 28. "THE Chancellor of the Exchequer has received a cheque for £50,000 from Viscount Rothennere as a contribution towards the cost of rearmament.—Reuter.
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      672 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incoroortted It rtl.B) fKLKPHONBt rieUbl 5433. P»S— m MSI. CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS. LIMITtI). (Incorporated m England) r ARES SINGAPORE/EUROPE First and Cabin class from £*****.9 Tourist class from £7518. AJtOUND IHE WORLD FARES BY CPR/P. O. First and Cablr. Class Tourist Class From £181.4.6 From £1?6.12.7. Dirrrt
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      85 4 AN EXTRA MONTH AT HOME! it y°"fly KLMP^ ■otu Mrrca tm usss the smooth, silent air line London t> only dayi tram Singapore by X.L.M. You uva foitnight on* way. month on tna round trip. The Douglas D.C.3 air liners are tamoui tot iup«rb comfort on board. Steward service, and
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      507 4 TIDE TAKLiS SINGAPORE Mf, H. W. 10.14 a.m. 8.1ft.: 9.23 p.m. 9.1 ft. L. W. 3.44 a.m. 1.8 ft.; 3.48 p.m. ft. Tomorrow H. W. 10.52 am 8.5 ft.; 10.10 p.m. 9.3 ft. L. W. 4.28 a m. 1.5 ft.; 4.29 p.m. 4.S ft. Monday H. W. 11.26 a.m. 8.6
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      122 4 YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Last max. rain- bright nlunt temp, fall t'shloe m:n lncn«-« tut *r WEST COAST. Alor Star 85 1.53 4.7 72 Penang 86 0.12 7.1 75 Sltiawan 92 0.47 4.S 71 Buklt Jeram 81 Nil 8.1 70 Malecca M Nil 8.7 74 INLAND. Kuala Lipix 91 0.24 7.5 69
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      117 5 a^B^a^sPPPLHHIl 1 ARE YOU GREY? "^BBft No matter however grey JHT^vH you may be VIVALINE I/I HAIR OIL restores grey mmM B hair to iU natural ■k. colour remarkably and IH^( 1 permanently without a tjDH JV JH dye. If you are tired of hair dyes, start using JMt VIVALINE
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      184 5 Di*tributoril— GRAFTON LABORATORIES LTD. Singapore an i Kuala Lumpur. A MOST MODERN METHOD OF FEMININE HYGIENE a^a^aUa^a^a^a^fc^"*^^^a^s^a^fcm^^^^ ia^fc^-_ t .2.\ I STILLMAN'S MEDICATED JELL Greaseless Stainless and Deodorizing especially prepared for feminine hygiene. Stillman's accurate Measuring Applicator is copyrighted and registered m the U. S. Pat. Office. This applicator, an
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      290 5 SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 22J metre*. ZHP 30M metre* p.m. 12.45 IJuht orchestral concert. 1.30 Mid-day rubber and tin price*. 1.32 Light orchestral concert. Relayed from th« Adelphl Hotel (contd.). 2.00 Interval. 6.00 Malay request programme, f 6. JO Pelplnf drama: Sze Lung Thun Moo." t a. 10 Pelplng orchestral postlude.
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      1426 5 Broadcasting EMPIRE STATION N1ROM TODAY TODAY TRANSMISSIONS 2 AND 3 HSfiSKiSSEK r»cn *i ii /i«» m aba 1 1 *l YDB 11.88 nw'l (25.3 M») GSH "1.17 BOS (13.17 re.; uSu till t>wv tm*m r. j«q* m\ mc/i (16.8* m.); OSF 15.14 mc/i (1*52 m>; FMN Ble/i GSJ 21.63 me
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      650 5 MADRAS TODAY VliH 4.92 me s (M.98 m p.m. 8.50 A. Ethiraja Nalcker vocal j 7.40 Carnatlc orchestra. 7.50 Telegu play. 8.25 News and announcements in Telegu. 8.35 Anarkali (Tamil play). 8.55 A. Ethlraja Nalcker (contd). 9.05 Talk In Telegu. 9.30 Oovlndaraja Plllai (violin). 9.50 Outside broadcast from Madras Electric
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES-LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      478 6 SHARES CONTINUE QUIET BUT STEADY RUBBER ADVANCES IN ALL CENTRES By Our I •'inane.-.! Correspondent S'rpapoie, July 29. MARXKIS continue *cry steady Rubber advanced m both Home markets yesterday London gained one-sixteenth of a penny to B'"^. end New York gained one-eighth of a cent to 16
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      FOREIGN EXCHANGES
      102 6 London, July 28. IN the Foreign Evcliange market to1 day, the guilder weakened on political uncertainties In the Netherlands.— Feuter Today's closing mean rates were:— Paris 176 23 32 Stockholm 19. 40^ New York 4.f.8\ Athens M7ft MonUeal 4.68', Belgrade 310 Brussels 27 55 'a Bucharest 680 Geneva
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      12 6 London, July 23. Rubber was firm today on good conr!°ntal demand. --Reuter
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      MINING
      593 6 Issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers Singapore, Friday, July 28, 5 p.m. All shares quoted above are full? paid. Issue VaL Fraser Co. LyaU E\ntt Buyer* Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 3/8 4/3 3/7ft 475/- Austral Amal 4/1 ft 4/7ft 4/3
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      GENERAL
      463 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord 1 30 1 40 1.35 1 45 2 2 do V/ t prefs. 2 29 2.35 2.25 2 30 10 10 A' las Ice 4 75 o 25 o 00 6 50 1 1 B. M Broadcasting 0 55 0.80 0.50 1 6t> 10
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS
      257 6 03> Maynard L Co. Ltd. $30,000 Int. Apr 30 Oct. 31 90 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 5% 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Int Mar. 31 Sept. 30 101 4"cft 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 100 4ft% 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30
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      RUBBER SHARES
      356 6 (Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated) Mlenby 1.10 1.20 1.15 1.25 Mot Gajah 0.85 0.95 0.90 097 *mal Malay 1.40 1.45 1.40 1.50 Iyer Hitam 0.90 0 95 0 95 1.05 Iyer Molck 0.85 0.95 0.85 0.95 *yer Panas 1.05 1.15 113 1.18 Bassett 0.47 0.51 048 0.52
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      CHAMBER OF. COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      86 6 Friday, July 28, noon. No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) 284 28% No. IX R.S.S. f.o.b. m cases July-Aur. 28 7/16 28ft G FAQ. R.S.S. f.o.b. In bales July 28 3/16 28 5/16 F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. In bales July .>-•, 28 FUTURE QUOTATIONS No. IX R.S.S.
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      EXCHANGES
      183 6 Friday, July 28. 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. 2/4 London demana 2/4 Lyons demand 2055 Switzerland demand 241 Hamburg demand 135 New York demand 54 9/16 Montreal demand 54
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      London Stock Exchange
      382 6 Steady Market But Gilt-Edged Easier London, July 28. AN the Stock Exchange today, m spite v of end of account Influences, markets were steady with Kaffirs and Industrials well supported. Gilt-edged finished slightly below best. Foreign bonds were easier, particularly Far Eastern issues.— Reuter. The following are
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      CITY BANKING DEAL NEGOTIATED
      71 6 Royal Bank To Purchase Glyn Mills London, July 28. ARRANGEMENTS are in course of completion for the purchase by the Royal Bank of Scotland of the capital of the private banking House of Glyn Mills and Co. which was founded in 1753. Glyn Mills and Co.
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      TREASURY BILLS
      45 6 London, July 2E. the total amount applied for m tenders for £40,000,000 Treasury Bills was £73,750,000. The amount allotted m Bills at three months was £36,000,000. The average rate per cent was 14s 408 d. against 14s. 8.61 d. last week.— British Wireless.
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      Wall Street Quotations
      254 6 New York, July 28. TPHE following quotations were thos« ruling when the Stock Exchange closed today. BROKERS' COMMENT CWAN. CULBERTSON AND FRITZ report on yesterday's New York markets Stock prices drifted hesitatingly without any definite trend. Encouraging second-quarter earnings reports failed to produce new buying though concerted
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      TEA BROKERS TO BE WOUND-IT
      242 6 Hunting; And Co. Which Started In 1916 London, July 28. THE important tea-broking company of Bunting and Co., Ltd. reaches its journey's end today with the issue of an official announcement of its proposed liquidation. The announcement says that "the committee appointed by a meeting
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      31 6 M BRITISH EXPANDED W W METAL V^HL ArlA meets requirements JBf V BRITISH STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR Üb^^V expanded metal. COMPLETE RANGE OF MESH-GAUGE STOCKED. McALISTER CO., LTD. (Incorporated m S S
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    NY ALAS RUBBER EARNS NET PROFIT OF $20,752
    323 7 Dividend Of 2£ Per Cent And $7,414 Placed To Reserve k NET profit of $20,752 was earned by Nyalas Rubber Estates Ltd. m the year ended May 31. This compares with 334,832 m the previous year. The amount brought forward from 1938
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    191 7 Singapore. July 28, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler 7.50 Hamburg Cube $13.25 Java Cube $12.00 Pepper White Muntok $11.50 White $11.00 Black 7.50 Copra Mixed $3.20 Sun Dried $3.55 Sago Flovr No 1 Una-d $2.45 Fu'r $2.45 $2.45 Sarawak $2.47', jelorong $7.50 I $7.50 Sarawak $7.50 Tapioca Small
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    LARGER JAVA SUGAR AREA
    43 7 Amsterdam, July 19. XJZTHEKLANDS Indies sugar (.-'rcles, the 'Telegraaf learn.s from Batavla. expect an expansion of the Java sugar area next year and a con■equent increase m the 1941 crop. A decision U to fov taken by October next.
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    RECORD BELGIAN NOTE CIRCULATION
    111 7 Cold Stocks Higher Brussels, July 16. '|*HE statement of the National Bank of Belgium for the week ended July 13 shows a rise of B.Fts. 69,774,000 m the note issue to Ft 5.22,754,356,000 (£162.530.000j— a new peak. At the same time, capital continued to flow m,
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    GERMAN FAVOURABLE TRADE BALANCE
    35 7 £7.842,000 For June Berlin, July 18. foreign trade returns for June show an excess of exports over imports of Rm.94.100,000 (.£7,842,000). the biggest this year. Exports totalled Rm.537,500,000 and imports Rm.443,400,000.
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    168 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS BOOJtt Company Dividend Cloat TIN Kamuuting 3d. No. 65 lHd. bonus. Aug. 4 Umpong Lanjut 6d. No. IS July 2< •eUllng 5% Int. July 3* •ungah 94. No. II 6d. bonus July 31 l&ntau 3Vi% No. 3A July SI Ithn. KlnU 3tt% final less
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    CONSOLIDATED TIN SMELTERS
    583 7 Shares Exchanged With Dutch Concern THE tenth ordinary general meeting of Consolidated Tin Smelters, Ltd., I was held m London on July 19. Mr. Ernest V. Pearce, Assoc. Inst. M.M. (chairman and managing director), who presided, m the course of his speech said: As you will have
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    RUBBER TRADE & BARTER PLAN
    337 7 RUBBER TRADE BARTER PLAN SIR JOHN HAY'S VIEW 'TT is the duty of all of us to cooperate m implementing the bargain now concluded." Sir John Hay, chairman of Lambak Rubber, concluded a critical survey of the Anglo-U.S. barter pact with this remark at the meeting of the company on
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    NATIONAL CITY BANK
    128 7 New Records In Assets And Deposits rE statement of the National City Bank of New York for the halfyear ended June 30 shows that assets and deposits reached an all-time high The bank itself reports $2 232,773,791 (£446,554,758) m assets, and its trust affiliate, the City Bank
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    "BRITAIN'S HAND IN TOKIO TALKS STRENGTHENED"
    223 9 Message Of U.S. Abrogation Of trade Pact With Japan New York, July 28. ABROGATION of the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation with Japan is described m the New York Times, m a leader, as the most important diplomatic move by the* United States since
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    135 9 Paris, July 28. •"THE abrogation by the United States of the commercial treaty with Japan is welcomed by the Press. M. Pietri In Le Jour interprets it as i a step towards revision of American neutrality. L'Epoque says that Americans became afraid that they
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    "WARNING OF MORE SERIOUS ACTION"
    104 9 Rising Demand In U.S. For Anti-Japan Embargo London, July 28. lf THE Manchester Guardian says that, I Mr. Roosevelt's decision is a wam1 ing of further more serious action. The continuance of present conditions must mean a rising demand by the American people for a
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    Thetis Salvage To Be Resumed
    101 9 London, July 28. \I7HEN the Thetis tribunal re- sumed today, the AttorneyGeneral, Sir Donald Somervell, said that it was not anticipated that a fresh effort to raise the submarine could be made before the end of August and there would then be eight or ten
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    HERR HITLER RECEIVES LORID KEMSLEY
    52 9 Berlin, July 27. LORD Kemsley, British newspaper proprietor, met Herr Dietrich, Nazi Press Chief, at Bayreuth and was later received by Herr Hitler. Lord Kemsley is reported to have gone to Germany to arrange for an exchange of uncensored articles giving the British and German
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    DAMAGED SHIP DUE IN HONG KONG
    48 9 Hong Kong, July 28. IT 13 confirmed that the British steamer Haltan struck a mine, tne mishap occurring off the coast of Puklen Province. The Haltan, which is making rot Hong Kong unaer her own steam, is expected to arrive tomorrow.— Keuter.
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    "Effect On Japan Not So Great," Says Tokio
    71 9 Tokio, July 28. THE Japanese Foreign Office spokesman told Renter yesterday that the effect on Japan of the United States action m abrogating the treaty of Commerce and Navigation was "not so great." The newspaper Knkomin Shimbun comments that it is the
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    Five Debates On Foreign Affairs
    191 9 London, July 28. THERE is a prospect of five debates on foreign affairs m Parliament next week before members disperse for the summer recess on Aug. 4. They will arise as follows: MONDAY: A general debate on the International situation m the House of Commons
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    FOUR KILLED DURING TEST OF NEW PLANE
    75 9 London, July 28. POUR occupants, believed to be American technicians, were killed when a plane crashed and burst into flames at Wirral. Cheshire. The machine was completely wrecked and the only means of identification was an Air Force disc beneath the wing. The
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    COLNE VALLEY BYELECTION
    41 9 London, July 28. THE by-election at Colne Valley owing to the death of the Labour member, Mr. E. Marklew resulted as follows: Mr. W. O. Hall (Labour) 17,277. Mr. Mallalieu (Liberal) 9,228. Mr. Pike (National Conservative) 9,ol2.— Reuter.
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    BRITAIN'S SHADOW MINISTRY OF INFORMATION
    313 9 London, July 28. THE objects of the Foreign Office Publicity Department and the projected Ministry of Information were explained b> the Home Secretary, Sit Samuel Hoare, m the House of Commons, speaking on estimates providing for £10.000 for an increased staff for the publicity department,
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    London Balloon Barrage
    120 9 Large-Scale Exercises Now Under Way London, July 28. XHE largest balloon barrage ex- ercises yet held began this morning over a seren-mlle radios of Tower Bridge. They will continue day and night until the evening of Aug. 5. Balloons will not ascend above 2,000 feet by day
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    RADIO MESSAGE TO MARS
    148 9 Failure Of New York Experiment New York, July 28. AN attempt to send a radio signal to Mars, made by the Mutual Broadcasting System from Baldwin. Louisiana, tonight, failed. A number of astronomers were present when the experiment was made. An official of the broadcasting company
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    KING SEES GUARDS DRILL IN THREES
    87 9 '.ondon, July 8. j A MODIFIED form of the ceremony of Trooping the Colour m the new drill m ranks of three instead of four was witnessed by the King on the Horse Guards Parade. Although the*new order of marching is more difficult than
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    COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER WAR RISKS INSURANCE
    91 9 London, July 27. »THE personnel of the Government 1 Committee to examine the practicabll lty of a scheme of war risks insurance will be Viscount Weir. Sir Ernest Harrey, Sir Walter Benton, Sir William Care Lees and Sir Alan Raesmith. Announcing the names m
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    ANTI-MONOPOLY DRIVE
    65 9 Chicago, July 27. THE Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the conviction of 16 oil companies and five Individuals who were tried at Madison, Wisconsin, on charges of violating the anil-trust law by fixing prices In the oil Industry. The court today ordered a re-trial. The oil Industry
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    1138 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 29,1939. WASHINGTON'S SHOCK FOR JAPAN Various interpretations are being plt-ced upon the decision of the United States to give notice of Intention to abrogate the 1911 Treaty of Commerce and Navigation with Japan. One view is that President Roosevelt has taken this step In
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    THE CHINESE REACTION
    434 10 Wise Words To An Angry Critic BRITAIN AND CHINA To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— The letter by "Thatsoff Mychest" In the Straits Times of July 27 shows a deplorable lack In grace, logic and discernment. What can be more Illogical and unreasonable than to
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    MUSINGS BENEATH THE DOME
    169 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, The new Supreme Court Is undoubtedly a fine building, and Its architecture is a befitting ornament for the grand traditions and the high standards of the institution It is to house. Complete In every detail as It may
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    A POINT OF ORDER QUERIED
    102 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— At general meetings when a chairman or president Is elected, the procedure is either: (1) The former chairman vacates the chair and the new chairman take his place Immediately, or (2) The former chairman carries on to
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    CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA
    635 10 An Eastern Bookshelf A Missionary View Of Hinduism Hinduism or Christianity By Sydney Cave. The Haskell Lectures, 1939. (Hodder and Stoughton. Cs.). "Hinduism and Christianity" was suggested to Mr. Cave as the subject of. his lectures, but that title, m this published reprint of them, he has
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    Singapore's Fierce Dog Packs
    182 10 Seventy Years Ago (From the Straits Times files of 1869). rE number of mongrel curs that come under the general denomination of "pariah," roaming our streets snarling and yelping at every passer-by and making night hideous with their dismal community singing makes Singapore folk think they
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    716 10 Homeward Bound A CUSTOM of early days In the Straits Settlements which I have never seen mentioned anywhere else is recorded m "Betel-Nut Island," a book about Penang by John T. Belghton, who lived In that Settlement over a century ago. Referring to the last days
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      21 10 LETTERS IN PAGE 15 TOKIO TALKS. Another Singapore Chinese expression of opinion. "A WOMAN OF INDIA." A survey of recent corrcspondenc?.
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    EXPULSIONS FROM ENGLAND UNDER NEW I.R.A. LAW
    673 11 Preventing Violence Act In Operation SPECIAL BRANCH OFFICERS' WATCH ON IRISH MAIL Many Passengers Leave London For Eire CPECIAL branch officers kept watch at Euston K^ Station last night when the Irish Mail left Tendon m three sections for Holyhead. There were remarkable
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    30 11 THE British Government has accepted 1 the invitation of President Roosevelt to participate m ths Inter-Gov-rrnmental Refugee Committee meeting at the White House on Oct. 18 and 17. R cuter.
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    EIRE CABINET TO MEET
    52 11 London, July 29. IT is reported that the Eire Prime Minister. Mr. de Valera, has railed a special cabinet meeting m Dublin. It will consider a plan for immediate action against known 1.R..V extremists m Eire and special legislation to deal with IRA. deporters from England.
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    Hitler Watching Moscow Talks
    197 11 Hitler Watching Moscow Talks Concerned Over Latest' Developments Berlin, July 28. LJERR Hitler and the Reich For- eign Minister, Herr von Ribbentrop, who are both unexpectedly In Berlin In the middle of their holidays, had a meeting m the Chancellery today. Foremost among many matteri they had to discuss are
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    NEW MOSCOW MEETING TO BE HELD TODAY
    43 11 nEUTER'S diplomatic correspondent m London learns that the AngloSoviet negotiations In Moscow are continuing actively, and that the British and French representatives will have a further meeting with M. Molotov, Soviet Premier and Foreign Commissar, today.
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    SPAIN DEMOBILISATION NEARLY COMPLETE
    54 11 Burgos, July 28. QEN. FRANCO Is demobilising on Aug. 5 another 50.000 men of the 1936 contingent, making a total of about 600,000 disbanded from the Spanish Army since the civil war ended. Spain will then have about 250,000 with the colours— approximately the peace-time strength
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    NAZI ACTION AGAINST TYROLEAN PEASANTS
    59 11 Vienna, July 28. THE right granted Tyrolean peasants to carry arms, which was granted by the Empress Maria Theresa In the eighteenth century, has been terminated by the authorities. The South Tyrol Association m Innsbruck, which was organised m 1919 with a large and influential
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    SERIOUS CROP DAMAGE BY FLOODS IN GERMANY
    79 11 Berlin, July 28. TORRENTIAL rains caused enormous damage to crops m Saxony and Silesia, sheaves of rye, cartloads of hay, sheep and poultry being carried away by streams more than two miles wide that rushed across the fields. Villages were completely cut off,
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    America Determined To Uphold Prestige In East
    140 11 CHUNGKING LOOKS TO WASHINGTON FOR MORE POSITIVE ACTION Chungking, July 28. |£EEN gratification at President Roosevelt's action m denouncing the 1911 Treaty of Commerce and Navigation with Japan is reflected m a statement by the Chinese Foreign Minister, Mr. Wang Chung-Hui at Chungking.
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    CHINESE ENVOY'S TRIBUTE
    244 11 "Statesmanlike Move By Mr. Roosevelt" Paris. July 28. TIMELY and courageous action" was the description given to the abrogation of the American Treaty of Commerce and Navigation with Japan by the Chinese Ambassador to Paris. Dr. Y.ellington Koo. He said it was a statesmanliKe move to serve
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    NEW FRENCH DECREE LAWS DISCUSSED
    95 11 Premier May Control All Radio Services Paris, July 28. AT today's Cabinet meeting, "which lasted nearly four hours, new decree laws were discussed. It is learned a decree will be submitted to the Council of Ministers on Saturday postponing the general election due m 1940
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    SPANISH GOLD GOES BACK TO SPAIN
    60 11 Burgos, July 28. SPANISH gold, valued at 1,500,000,000 francs, housed m six armoured lorries and escorted by armed motor cyclist guards crossed the frontier from France. A French Court order on July 26 decreed that the Spanish gold, deposited m the Bank of France
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    DUTCH CABINET RESIGNS
    15 11 Dr. Colijn's Cabinet has resigned, slates a Reuter message from The liagne.
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    BRITAIN TO FOLLOW AMERICAN LEAD?
    186 11 Possibility Of Similar Action Not Excluded London, July 28. BRITISH circles, according to Reuter's diplomatic correspondent, state that while the moment for American action m abrogating the commercial treaty with Japan was, perhaps, suddenly chosen, it would be incorrect to describe the action as a
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    BRITAIN SHOULD DENOUNCE TREATY
    68 11 London, July 28. T*HE Daily Express expresses the view that Great Britain should follow the common cause with the United States; m the Far East and that shoud be the principle upon which we conduct our foreign policy. Britain should, therefore, conside.denouncing her own treaty with
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    Tragedy Overtakes Himalayan Party
    63 11 Lucknow, July 28. FE leader of the Polish Himalayan expedition, M. Adam Karpinski, and another member, believed to bs M. Stefan Bemad Zikiewicz. were killed by an avalanche at a height of 20,500 feet. The expedition, which had reached the summit of the eastern peak of
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    AIR MINISTER IN PLANE MISHAP
    119 11 London, July 28. 'THE Air Minister, Sir Kingsley Wood, 1 was Involved In a plane mishap when an R.A.F. machine m which he was travelling to Northern Ireland turned back over the Irish Sea owing to bad weather and made a forced landing at Kirkby-ln-Fumess,
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    LARGE-SCALE WAR GAMES IN EGYPT IN AUGUST
    56 11 Cairo, July 28. IT Is officially announced that all British and Egyptian naval, military and air force units will cooperate m combined manoeuvres In the Alexandria area from Aug. 15 to Aug. 17. A.R.P. organisations will participate m the exercises which will test
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    Hitch In Anglo-Japanese Parley In Tokio
    337 11 Hitch In Anglo- Japanese Parley In Tokio BRITISH OPPOSITION TO LATEST CURRENCY DEMANDS London, July 29. THE Daily Telegraph diplomatic correspondent says it was learned m London last night that, on account of the Anglo- Japanese disagreement m the Tokio talks concerning circulation of currency of the Chiang Kai-shek regime
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    SENATE EMPLOYEE ARRESTED
    110 11 Charged With Selling French Army Seerels Paris, July 28. fJI AMOURELLE, shorthand writer IT1 ta the Senate Army Ommission. has been arrested on a charge of revealing secret documents concerning national defence. The depth of public feeling over alleged espionage was proved m connection with the trial
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    33 11 Peiping, July 29. JAPANESE sources confirm that four British women missionaries from Sian, Shensi Province, have crossed the Chinese and Japanese lines m North Honan and entered Kaifeng en route to Peiping.— Reuter.
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    NEW G.O.C. ON GROWING STRENGTH OF EMPIRE
    510 12 "Daily Better Equipped To Meet Any Threat" VOLUNTEERS' IMPORTANT ROLE IN MALAYA'S DEFENCE "IT is really magnificent Ihe way the people of Great Britain are responding to the call to make the nation and the Empire strong," Malaya's new General Officer Commanding, Major-General
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    AMUSEMENTS
    215 12 HKOAPOU tl.UH.ls MOlll Orchestral OMMKt 3. IS to 9.15 p.m. Dinner Dance (Informal) 9.45 to Midnight. OASBICH iiilatkl (ii.vi am; Tarzan His Mate (new copyi Bloc.: Heads—7.4s p.m. <;p.t vi uoiii.n Cabaret 1.38 to Midnight. Globe: Sally, Irene Mary. SUy: Toofar.i Tarzan. Lit lie World: The only Amusement Park
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    G.O.C.'s PASS IN MALACCA STRAITS
    56 12 TWit Malayan G.O.C.'s waved to each other as their ships crossed m the Straits of Malacca yesterday. They were Major-General \V. G. S. IKihhie, homeward hound aboard the P. and O. liner Chitral, and Major-General L. V. Bond, his successor, who was nearin< Singapore anor.rd
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    29 12 Colonel A. D. Curtis, who arrived by the P. and O. liner Carthage yesterday to take the place of Brigadier G. S. Low, Commander, Fixed Defences. Straits Times picture.
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    IN LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE
    306 12 NOTIFICATIONS m last night's Straits Settlements Government Gazette included the following: Mr. C. W. Aldridge to act as Consul of United States at Singapore. Mr. E. C. H. Ch&rlwood to be temporarily a Nominated Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council Mr. A. Hejrwood-Waddin«ton. M.C.S., to act
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    Y.W.C.A. KATONG CLUB
    106 12 I*HE hope that the formation of the Y.W.C.A. Katong Club would be an inspiration to other groups of women m Singapore to form similar organisations was expressed by Mrs. E. T. Price, general secretary of the Singapore Y.W.C.A.. speaking at an At Home given by the president
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    LIGHTING IN SINGAPORE
    293 12 Commissioners Defer Decision CONSIDERATION of the question of re-lighting the streets of Singapore was deferred by the Singapore Municipal Commissioners at their meeting yesterday. The decision was made following the defeat of a motion by Mr. T. H. Stone that the Commissioners should improve the lighting gradually
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    EUROPEAN GIRL DIES AFTER CRASH
    93 12 MISS Edna Mary Cashin, who was |ITI Injured when the car m which she was travelling overturned at Farrer Road on Thursday, died at the General Hospital yesterday. The driver died earlier. The funeral will take place at 5 om. today. The procession will leave
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    GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO F.M.S.
    45 12 I*HE Governor and Lady Thomas will leave Singapore on Thursday evening next for Kuala Lumpur. They will spend nearly three weeks m the F.M.S. before returning to Singapore on Aug. 25. Part of the time will be spent at Frasers Hill.
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    PERSONAL ITEMS
    317 12 MR. E. N. C. Woollerton and Mr. B. M. ITI Kauffmann, of the Asiatic Petroleum Comparrv (SJS.), Ltd.. returned from Bangkok by Imperial Airways flying-boat yesterday. Mr. W. H. Ingrams. British Resident at Mukalla, and Adviser to the Sultan of the Hadhramaut, accompanied by Mrs. Ingrams, left for
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    55 12 Snxtadron Leader Ling, of the Royal Air Force, returned yesterday from Colombo which he visited m connection with the formation of a Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve there. Here he is wtth two fellow passengers on the P. and O. liner Carthage Senorita Angelita Trillo (left) and Mrs. Fred Waller,
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    "HIGH-HANDED" ACTION OVER "WORLD" STALLS?
    653 12 Laymen Overrule An Expert Says Commissioner "A HIGH-HANDED and arbitrary attitude" had been adopted by the department concerned m the matter of certain stalls at the Happy World Amusement Park, .suggested Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, at the meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesterday. He
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    PROBLEM OF CEMETERIES
    146 12 "Smothering The Countryside" CINGAPORE i.l;ould not allow it» I* 3 limited cour.trysid- 1 to be literally smothered with cemeteries, said Mr. T. H. Stcne, speaking Of burial grounds for Mohamedan and Hii.du cemeterlej at the Singapore Municipal Commissioners' meeting yesterday. While it was admitted that existing cemeteries
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    $5 MILLION LOAN TO BE ISSUED
    184 12 OINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners passed a resolution to borrow $5,000,000 at their meeting yesterday. The miney is to be raised by the creation of debenture stock to be issued subject to the provisions ol the Municipal Ordinanrv The stock will be is. ivd m amounts
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    ALLEGED SNATCH THEFT BY YOUTH
    96 12 lI7HEN two girls were walking j down Purvis Street on Thursday I alternoon, a 19-year-old Chinese youth Yuen Ah Seng, approached them from the front, snatched a necklace from one of the girls and ran away. This was the story told to Mr. Conrad Oldham,
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    SINGAPORE MAN QUESTIONED ON TRANSFER OF SHARES
    883 13 Tells Bankruptcy Court Of His Transactions With Brother A LENGTHY questioning as to whether he had given his brother authorisation to sell or transfer certain of his shares m order to cover business losses was heard m the Bankruptcy Court yesterday before the
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    EUROPEAN STABBED TO DEATH
    55 13 '.From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavla, July 27. A EUROPEAN, de Heer J. H. B. Wleche, of the Lindeteves Company, Semarang, was stabbed to death, allegedly by a Javanese coolie who had been dismissed. His family had Just left for Holland on leave and he intended to
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    NEW COMMISSIONER
    30 13 OR. B. LOWICK was welcomed to the *"*Slngapcre Municipal Commission at the Commissioners' meeting yesterday. He filled the place of Mr. A. W. W. Ker who had resigned.
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    35 13 The public examinations of Isaac A Ellas and of M. J. Nasslm will take place m a month's time. They were postponed yesterday upon the application of the Assistant Offlc'al Assignee, Mr. O. H. Poh.
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    Workshop Craft Training For Local Schools
    444 13 PROPOSED CHANGES IN SYSTEM PROPOSED "bifurcation" of education m Malaya was described by Mr. H. R. Cheeseman, Deputy Director of Education, m an address to the Singapore Teachers' Association last evening. It was proposed, said Mr. Cheeseman, that workshop crafts should be introduced m
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    TWO HOLLANDERS IN COURT
    272 13 Changes Of Addresses! Not Reported "IF you fail to comply with the Ordi- nance within the next six months ycu can be liable to a forfeit of $50 m addition to receiving another penalty," remarked Mr. J. Fletcher-Cooke, Singapore Third Police Magistrate, yesterday, addressing two Dutchmen,
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    38 13 Major-General L. V. Bond (left), the new G.0.C., Malaya, chatting with Colonel E. G. Miles. G.S.O. I of the Malaya Command, when the new Army chief arrived aboard the P. and O. liner Carthage yesterday. —Straits Times picture.
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    PAY OF SENIOR OFFICERS "GENERALLY ADEQUATE'
    601 13 No Educationa I A llowances THE report of the sub-committee on the grant of educational allowances to children of Municipal officers, tabled at the meeting of Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesterday, was adopted by the Commissioners m spite of "a motion by Mr. Yap Pheng
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    ARABS' BONDS WITH BRITAIN
    337 13 Reception For Sultanas Adviser A RABS believe that the only useful "and genuine friendship and alliance the Arabs could have is with Great Britain." declared Syed Ibrahim Omar AlsagofT, Singapore Arab leader, at an Arabian buffet dinner recrption he gave to Mr. W. H. Ingrains. British
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    PLANTER DIVORCED: DESERTION ALLEGED
    50 13 (Frcm Our Own Correspondent) London. July 28. MR. Justice Merriman, m tha Divorce Court today, granted a decree nisi to Mrs. Elsie Margaret Sparkes, of Brighton, on the grounds of desertion by her husband, Mr. Jack Sparkes, a rubber planter m the F.M.S.— Straits Times cable.
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    A.A.M. PROPOSAL IS REJECTED
    83 13 A. A.M. PROPOSAL IS REJECTED THE proposal of the Automcb.le As- soclatlon of Malaya for Hrn temporary closing of Buklt Timah Road from Stevens Road to Cluny Road w.is turned down by the Singapore Municipal Commissioners at th >lr meeting yesterday. The proposal was made by the A. AM. for
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    781 14 "Full Of Hard Questions" That Remain Unanswered "AND when the Queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon she came to prove him with hard questions and Solomon told her all her questions (I Kings X)". Hard Questions Suiely the world is full
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    984 14 Methodist Pastor On An "Urgent Need" -I ET the Methodist institution be common from top to bottom, from centre to circumference, to one and to all m spite of place, race and 'face,'" declares the Rev. E. S. Lav, pastor of the Qeylans Methodist Church, In
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    1075 14 "Our Present System Is A Snare" He Tells Commissioners APPEALS FOR ELECTRIFICATION ON GROUNDS OF SAFETY ECONOMY "I CONSIDER oar present lighting a snare: we proceed under the delusion that our streets are lit, while actually all we do is to
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      467 15 "Chinese Realist" Corrected To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— The subject of Mandarin In Malaya is of great interest and importance. It is hoped that competent and well-Informed writers among your readers will contribute to the discussion. L.i his letter published on July 21 l;
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      THE SINGAPORE INDIAN CONTROVERSY
      1232 15 "A Woman Of India" Thinks It Has Done Good To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Once more— and I earnestly hope, for the last time— may I impose on your valuable space for another appeal not only to the "leaders" but the Indian community
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      STENOGRAPHER DEBATE
      253 15 To tbe Editor of the Straits Times Bir,— Allow me to write these few lines m which I would like to convey my thorough disgust at various letters which have appeared In your paper during the last week. When one picks up the daily paper, one reads nothing
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      "VOICE OE CHINA" IN SEREMBAN
      210 15 European Club Member's Impressions To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l have read the letter In your issue of July 22 headed "China's Voice," m which the writer mentioned that the Wuhan Songsters had given a performance by invitation at the Sungei UJong
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      A CENTIPEDE BITE CHARM
      122 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— Regarding your recent notes on cures for scorpion stings and centipede bites, I would like to point cut that the best cure Is by means of a "Charm." I myself have been stung by a scorpion and bitten
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      A SINGAPORE CHINESE REACTION
      659 15 Another 'Munich 9 Not Expected, But Harm Done To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Before the Tokio talks began, I was impressed by the British declaration that only the Tientsin issues were to be discussed and that the British Government was unwilling to discuss
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    Indian Commerce
    31 15 The entrance to the premi ,ts of the Indian Chamber of Commerce m Raffles Quay. These premises are rented by the Chamber, which was formed about five years ago.
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    50 16 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, who recently went to Ceylon, was received at Madras aerodrome by the Congress leaders wh,en he arrived by a Tata's 'plane from Poons. Picture shows Pandit Nehru with Mr. C. Rajagopalarhariar. Prime Minister, Mr. S. Ramanathan, Minister for Public Information. Mr. C. N. Mnthuranga Mudaliar and others.
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    PANDIT NEHRU DEPLORES DISUNITY ABROAD
    684 16 Tribute To Organization Of Chinese In Malaya Colombo, July 21. WHATEVER may be the result of my mission, I am glad 1 came to Ceylon because I hope that my visit may help to remove the existing barriers of ill-feeling and suspicion and restore amity
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      Indian Agent For Burma
      30 16 Simla, July 24. A COMMUNIQUE announces the appointment tt Mr. K. H. Hutchinn. 1.C.5., Additional Secretary, Home Department, Bengal, as Government of India's Agent m Burma.
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      ALL RAILWAYMEN TO STRIKE?
      136 16 Federation Considers Question Bombay, July 24. THE question of an all-India strike of all railway labourers m case their demand for admission to the provident fund scheme was not accepted by the authorities was discussed today by the General Council of the AllIndia Rallwaymen's Federation. The
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      INDO-BURMA TRADE AGREEMENT
      140 16 Burma To Give Notice Of Termination Rangoon, July 20. THE Associated Press understands 1 that on the return of Mr. J. H Wise. Commerce Secretary, and U Tin Tut, Finance Secretary from Simla after the conclusion of the exploratory talks m connection with the Indo-Burma Trade Regulation
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      CONGRESS FILM AT MARLBOROUGH
      104 16 j rpHE Toofan Queen, a Tamil thriller which is now being shown at the I Marlbcrough Theatre, Singapore, is being supported by a film of the Tripuri session of the Indian National Congress. The general view of the Congress Nagar, Including the various facilities afforded there,
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      TRUCE ESTABLISHED IN BENARES STATE
      47 16 Benares, July 19. pOLLOWINQ the suspension of Con- gress satyagraha m Benares State political prisoners who participated In the satyagraha have been released. The grievances of the people will be discussed between State authorities and representatives of the Benares State Congress Committee.
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      TALKS COME TO END
      136 16 Mr. Nehru's Last Interview Colombo, July 24. AFTER the conclusion of today's talks between Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and the Board of Ministers it was learnt that no definite results had been arrived at. The talks will be continued by correspondence. Meanwhile, many points have been clarified
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      NEW ORDINANCE UPHELD
      71 16 Temple-Entry Suit Dismissed Madura, July 24. UR. S. P. Thompson, District Judge, Madura, delivered Judgment today upholding the temple entry ordinance. The City Magistrate has discharged the Executive Officer of the Madura "devasthanam" and eight other accused m a criminal case filed against them as a sequel
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      JEALOUSY BETWEEN PROVINCES
      105 16 Mr. Gandhi Condemns Tendency Bombay, July 24. ■THERE is no room for exclusiveness or Jealousy between province and province unless India is to be dismembered into warring countries, each living for itself and if possible at the expense of the rest. Congress will have lived In vain
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      THE INTERNATIONAL ARYAN LEAGUE
      103 16 Hyderabad Reforms Discussed New MM, July 24. TPHE Working Committee of the Inter- national Aryan Leasue, presided over by Mr. Ghanshyamdas Gupta, Speaker of the C. P. Assembly, discussed the Hyderabad reforms for about five hours but did not reach a definite conclusion. The League Is
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      LEGISLATURE TO MEET AT PATNA
      50 16 Ranchl, July 20. Fls understood that It has now been decided not to hold the autumn session of the Bihar Legislature at Ranchl this year, but to hold It at Patna. The provisional date of the session has been fixed for Septemoer 11 and onwards.
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      MODERNIZATION OF ARMY IN INDIA
      48 16 Simla, July 23. INDIA is at present engaged m bring- ing her army Into line with modern requirements, says a communique. As a result of modernization it has been decided to recruit Indian artificers, fitters and electricians In increasing numbers for the army.
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      TATA LABOUR DISPUTE UNDERSTANDING
      49 16 Ranchl, July 22, AN understanding has been reached In the dispute between the labour and the management of the Tata Iron and Steel Company, Jamshedpur. and the term* which were sent for reference to Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru have been agreed upon.
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    RUBBER TREES CAN BE KILLED BY SODIUM ARSENITE
    1591 17 RUBBER TREES CAN BE KILLED BY SODIUM ARSENITE Planting Topics Areas Satisfactorily Treated On Bukit Asahan Estate GREAT CARE NECESSARY IN USING THIS CHEMICAL By Our Planting Correspondent IN Planting Topics of June 10 I des- cribed an experiment I saw on the ltubber Research Institute's experiment station at Sungel
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    Rubber Estate Accounts
    716 17 Correspondence Stock Valuations At Year-End To the Editor of the Straits Times OIR,— You have started a most in- terestlng discussion, and one of j very great Interest to shareholders, on the subject of costs m annual accounts, and as I have been m estate manager and
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    PLACED HORSE PAYS $56 AT TAIPING
    1132 18 Good Racing At First Day Of Skye Meeting (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, July 28. Mediocre dividends were paid today at the first da? of the Taipinjf Skye meeting. The poing was good and punters were well on the mark m the majority of
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    EXHIBITION TENNIS AT Y.M.C.A.
    65 18 Miss Doreen Sansoni, Malayan and Ceylon tennis champion will play exhibition tennis at the V.M.C.A. courts this evening. She will play Mrs. Eber m a singles exhibition and doubles tames to be played are Miss Sansoni and KamLs vs. Mrs. Archer and Yadi. Miss Sansoni and
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    WOMEN BEAT MEN AT S.C.C.
    388 18 A TTRACTIVE batting by Mrs. Sewell, Miss Donnell and Mrs. Carslaw and the attempted fielding by the men's team were the highlights of the annual cricket match at the S.C.C. yesterday, which the women won by eight wickets. Last year the women won the match
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    MacNAMARA GETS FAST 74
    214 18 A FORCEFUL innings by F. K. Mac- Namara, who scored 74 runs including 11 fours and one six, greatly helped the Johore Cricket Club to beat Fort Canning m a cricket match played at Tanglln yesterday. Scores: FOBT CANNING Wilton b Lowson 12 Long b Carey
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    INVITATION TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT
    52 18 An invitation table-tennis tournament of Selangor will be held by the Selangor Chinese Athletic Association, at the Association premises, from Friday. Sept. 1. Two events only, the men's open singles championship and the men's open doubles championship, will be piayed in this tournament, entries closing on
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    SELECTIONS
    92 18 Selections for today's races are STRAITS TIMES Race 1. Republican, Rebel King. Race 2. Cash, Ladolet. Race 3. East Lynne, Empennage. IT Race 4. War Linen, Black Beauty 11. Race 5. P ride of Perak, Queen's Course Race 6.— Foxy, Twinkling Eyes. Race 7. Stone Ginger, Miss Labis. FREE
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    WEIGHTS FOR TAIPING TODAY
    225 18 \IfEIGHTS for today's races at TT Talping are as below ■ACE 1:— Hones, Clui 5. Dir. abt. 6 Ion. lover's Idol 10.10 Policy 9.08 Auboss 10.05 Marco King 9.07 Metro 10.05 Roast Chestnut 9.07 Republican 10.no Rebel King.. 8 09 EACE Fonin, Class 3, Dl». abt.
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    26 18 The Java team beat Singapore by 5— 4 at the Stadium yesterday. Picture i shotcs an incident m front of th" Singapore goal— Straits Times picture.
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    TWO RECORDS BROKEN AT MALAYAN A.A. MEETING
    491 18 TWO RECORDS BROKEN AT MALAYAN A. A. MEETING Military Lead At End Of First Day's Events (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 28. TWO Malayan records were lowered 1 today, the first day of the 27th. Malayan Athletic Championships. Returning a time of 1 mm. 59.C sec. In the
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    Week-end Sports Events
    149 18 TODAY Soccer: Jars team vs. Combined Ser« vires, at Alison Road; Dir. lIV II IBM.) vs. Publisher*, at BUkan Matt. Dlv. 118. Minesweepers vs. Chanel Civilians, at the Depot Cricket: S.C.C. vs. Singapore Teachers Assn., at Balestier; Raffles Institution vv. S.C.R.C. at lion* Llm Ureen; S.R.C. vs.
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    BATU PAHAT SOCCER
    85 18 (From Our Own Correspondent > Batu Pahat, July 27. The Muar Police team wire lucky to beat the Batu Pah?.t Police by the odd goal m seven when they met m the semi-final of the inter-circle Police League, on the School Held. Batu Pahat, yesterday. Playing a
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    LATE GOALS GIVE JAVA SOCCER TEAM WIN
    804 19 Singapore Beaten By Five Goals To Four A FINE recovery by the Java footballers m the last five minutes of play enabled them to beat Singapore by five goals to four at the Stadium yesterday, before a large crowd. The Java players were
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    S.C.C. CRICKET
    162 19 The foUowlrg are B.C.C. cricket teams for j this week end: Vs. Fort Canning today at 2 pjn. at S.C.C.:— T. O. D. A. Cooper rcapt.), O. K. Stein. J. R. BuUoch. E. C. Staunton. J. E. Jeans. 1 J. W. Jackson, W. van den Bosch, O. H.
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    Badges For Selangor State Soccer Players
    229 19 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 28. Selaneor is the first State In Malaya t> give lootball badges to representa- j Uve players. At the end of the season, every j State player will receive from the. Football Association of Selangor a badge
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    WHISTLES FOR SOCCER REFEREES
    72 19 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 28. Three silver whistles will be awarded to the three best soccer referees of the season m Selangor. A special committee of the Football Association of Selanr;or has been formed to make the award. It is possible that one
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    BANKERS BEAT C.U. FIVE-TWO
    179 19 THE Hongkong and Shanghai Bank beat the Clerical Union by five" goals to two m a friendly soccer encounter on Balestier Plain, yesterday. The game was interesting, with the winners being the better balanced team. Their forwards were imoressive and showed good combination. The Clerical Union
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    Selangor To Play South China
    123 19 'From our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 28. The Selangor State soccer team will meet the South China team at the Stadium on Monday, July 31. It was originally expected that the visitors would play against a Police team. Their first match is on Saturday
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    COUNTY CRICKET
    174 19 London, July 28. THE West Indies won by seven wlc- kets against Surrey. West Indies, 487 <Weekes 146) and 49 (or 3. Sur- rey, 274 < Parker 100 and Clarke 5 for I 64) and 261. Middlesex won by an Innings and 24 against Derby. Derby 110 (Sims
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    TODAY'S SOCCER
    92 19 Fresh from the victory over Singapore yesterday, the Java footballers meet the Combined Services at the Stadium today. The visitors gave a fine performance against Singapore and general opinion Is that the Combined Services will be beaten today. Weight will be In favour of the Services, however and
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    FRIENDLY SOCCER
    132 19 There will be friendly <am« of soccer between Harper QUnllan football team and the Municipal Treasurer Dept on Monday at Farrer Park and the following have been chosen to represent the former: Messrs. Lira Kirn Liang, Abu bin Sallm, Nr Yew Mun, O.J. Robinson, Thoeng Joeng Bcng. M.
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    MALAYA'S NEW G.O.C. MAKES OFFICIAL LANDING
    214 20 Malaya's new G.O.C, Major General L. V. Bond, arrived from England hy the I', and O. liner Carthage yesterday. Here he is being presented to officers of the Royal Air Force by the A.0.C., R.A.F., Far East. Air Vice Marshal J. T. Babington (extreme
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      12 1 MALAYAN SPORTS SUPPLEMENT FOUR PAGES, SINGAPORE. SATURDAY. JULY 29. 1939 No. 42.
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      Why Selangor Should Win Malaya Cup Final Against Singapore
      1174 1 (By Our Special F.M.S. Correspondent.) CINGAPORE and Selangor are to meet yet again m the Malaya Cup soccer final. They have both caused their respective supporters considerable anxiety m their progress towards this goal for their play has so often been
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      Referee's Corner By Whistler
      513 1 THE modem method of control of a game by Referee and Linesmen is called the Diagonal System. To understand the system thoroughly you must Imagine that the corners of the field are letterred A-B at one end and C-D at the other. The haaf-way mark on
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      15 1 27ie A/uar /.C.4. cricket team which brat the Segainat I.C.A. by 17 runs at Segamat.
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      Local Table Tennis Championships End
      677 1 WITH the conclusion of the local table tennis championships local players are now enjoying a well-earned rest after more than three months of continuous competition. The playing of the various finals last week-end at the Great World however did not mark a close for the
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      Over-Confidence Lost Southern Final For Services
      437 1 CINGAPORE'S Malaya Cup victory over the Combined Services last Saturday is still the main topic m soccer circles. While the Services have to wait another year before they can hope to achieve what they failed to accomplish for eight consecutive years, Singapore are planning
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      LEAGUE TABLES
      387 1 The 8.A.F.A. league tables Including Thursday's matches are:— DIVISION I Teams P W. L. D. F. A. PU. RAJ 15 13 2 0 50 18 26 Malays 15 10 3 2 49 18 22 RE. 13 9 3 1 32 14 19 Loyals 13 7 3 3 20
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      Cyril Wee Produces Best Form To Beat Tan Yong Kian
      1159 2 Cyril Wee Produces Best Form To Beat Tan Yong Kian THE defeat of Tan Yong Kian (Mayflower) at the hands of Cyril Wee (Devonshire) in the quarter-final of the junior singles last Sunday came as a big surprise to the many followers of the frame here, but those who have
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      PENANG RACE PROSPECTS
      522 2 Good Meeting Assured Though the class one entries are not of such a high standard as might have been expected, the Penang Gold Cup meeting to open over the August Bank Holiday weekend, promises to be as big a success a:; the Opening Meeting was. There are
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      Batu Pahat Sports Review
      472 2 There were several surprises durin* the weelc In the Batu Pahat District Tennis Tournament, both In the Junior and the open sections, ana some fine tennis was seen. Most remarkable was the defeat of Teo Pak Hoe, by Ng Buck Tee, especially as Pak Hoe had
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      63 2 AMwugh Madras has had only iJ9 inches of rain since Jan., 1939 and grinds are as hard as iron the raft** frotbaU season began m July. Teams are now busily training for the pentangular tournament which takes place m Bombay. The above photographs show Incidents m a match between the
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      S.R.C. PROVE TOO GOOD FOR CRICKET CLUB
      628 3 Bright Batting In First Teams Match f UICKET matches last week-end emphasised the strength of the S.R.C. first eleven. With their superiority over the S.C.C. even without Thoy, again established, their record must be better than for four or five years. Only. the
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      Segamat Sports Review By Rover
      569 3 Segamat Sports Review By Rover •TWIS week was a dull one for Jo- nore cricket and Segamat district suffered as well. The return fixture between the Genuang Cricket Club and the Royal Air Force of Singapore failed to come off due to the inability of the Genuang team to make
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      16 3 The Sezamat I.CA. cricket team wht.h. IoU to the Muar I.t'A. by 17 runs at Segcmat.
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      35 3 s*Vr ton* baseball team which lost to the Rex Sox baseball team 3—S, iast neck-end. Back row from left: Benson, Hartley, McKenzie, George. Statk-j. Front row from left: Cameron, Tetlowy, Dickenson, Lildey Buckley and Hunt.
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      Weekly Services Sports Notes By Audio
      908 3 CEVEN teams are to make a bid for the United Services Cricket Challenge Cup, the draw for which has been announced this week. The Loyals have drawn a bye and will meet the winners of the ManChester Regiment-RAJ". encounter The Tads have met with
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      Singapore's A.A. Chances Have Been Weakened
      787 3 Singapore's A.A. Chances Have Been Weakened THE odds against Singapore winning the unit championship at the Malayan A.A.A. meeting now m progress at Kuala Lumpur has lengthened somewhat following the inopportune mishaps to two of the regular relay runners m Seah Yiak Khiam and Lira Thye Hee. Yiak Khiam pulled
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      Negri Sports Review By Audax
      299 3 Negri Sports Review By Audax T*HE European vs. Rest annual cricket fixture held early In the season ended m a draw. The match was played too early In the cricket season for representative sides to participate. For one thing, players had to be chosen from performances during the previous season.
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