The Straits Budget, 8 February 1934

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    29 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] No. 3,965 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1934. Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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    CONTENTS.
    363 1 leaders points for Laymen 3 The Odd Men Out 3 Colonial Affairs 3-4 Who Will Profit? 4 Pound. Dollar. Franc Guilder 4-5 Toward Unity 5 Occasional Notes ®-7 Pictures— Gocdbve to the G.O.C. 17 Dato of Rembau and His Bride 17 Friends at the Reception 17 Mrs. and Miss
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    LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
    1315 1 Mrs D. C. Macaskill is expected from home shortly. Che Mohamed Zain Ariffln has been appointed third magistrate, Lower Court, Alor Star. Dr. (Mrs.) M. G. Brodie has been appointed Lady Medical Officer. General Hospital. Alor Star. One of the new boys at Eton this term is
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    ALLEGATIONS OF THREATS TO WITNESSES.
    1230 2 Startling Evidence At Murder Trial. Serious allegations of threats to witnesses were made on Tuesday at the beginning of the preliminary inquiry into a charge of murder and two of abetment before Mr R. J. F. Curtis, the third magistrate. The dead man was an
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    SEVEN PLANES VISIT KUALA LUMPUR.
    366 2 Another Record For Flying Time. .From Our Own Correspondent.* Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 6. Flying time carried out by the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club last month constituted a club record, being 194 hours 5 minutes. This was made up as follows:— h. m. Dual instruction 81
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    COURT OF APPEAL.
    48 2 Chief Justices Expected At Penang. 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Feb. 6. Sir Walter Huggard Chief Justice, Straits Settlements, and Mr. Justice Thomas. Chief Justice. F M S., are expected at Penang to preside over the Court of Appeal which opens on Friday, Feb 16.
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    RED LEAFLETS LEAD TO GAOL.
    285 2 Chinese Man And Woman Sentenced. Found guilty of offences under th Seditious Publications Ordinance Chinese man and woman were sen tenced to terms of four years’ rigorom Imprisonment and one year’s simni imprisonment respectively by Mr Justice Gerahty at the Assizes on TueL day. They
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    CATHEDRAL WEDDING
    271 2 Mr. Lee Kwong Soon And Miss Irene Ho. The wedding took place at St. Andrew’s Cathedral on Saturday afternoon of Mr. Lee Kwong Soon, son of Mr and Mrs. Lee King Yan. of Singapore and Miss Irene Ho. daughter of Mr.v and the late Mr. Ho Mann Lum
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      POINTS FOR LAYMEN.
      912 4 education of their children.—Straits Times, Feb. 1. Ur O. F. Conoley’s address to members of the British Medical Association has already been commented upon in this column, but there were several points in it which were so interesting to readers outside his own profession that they call
      education of their children.—Straits Times, Feb. 1.  -  912 words
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      “ THE ODD MEN OUT.”
      970 4 THE ODD MEN OUT.” Straits Times. Feb. 2. On several occasions recently, in discussing the labour position in and also in references to the political j status of immigrants, we hav* sought to establish the fact that the South Indian labourer who leaves his native country to come to Malaya
      Straits Times. Feb. 2.  -  970 words
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      COLONIAL AFFAIRS.
      919 4 —Straits Times. Feb. i. It is often complained, with much bitterness, that the affairs of the Colonies receive very scant consideration in Great Britain, except among the relatively small number of people who have direct connections, economic and personal, with one or another of the oversea possessions. Too
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      WHO WILL PROFIT?
      1068 4 .—Straits Times, Feb. 5. At last there is something “official” about restriction —and it is Just as delightfully vague as the crop or rumours upon which the price of the commodity has climbed to its present inflated value. There have been contributory causes for this rise, but
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      POUND, DOLLAR, FRANC AND GUILDER.
      1059 4 the pound against the franc.—Straits Times. Feb. 6. President Roosevelt has achieved many remarkable things since he launched his spectacular “new deal." but nothing more striking than the conversion of a budget deficit of $1,923,000,000 into a surplus of $974,000,000 in one night. This was
      the pound against the franc.—Straits Times. Feb. 6.  -  1,059 words
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      TOWARD UNITY.
      851 5 scheme put into practice—Straits Times. Feb. 7. The ideal oi a single planting association In Malaya, with branches all over the country, has already disappeared. for the existing State and district associations have insisted upon retaining their present status as separate legal entitles. Under the draft constitution of
      scheme put into practice—Straits Times. Feb. 7.  -  851 words
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    MOTORIST KILLED.
    117 5 Car Somersaults When Tyre Bursts. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Feb. C. Information reached Penang today of a motor accident at Singgora (Siam* resulting in the death of a well-known Penang Chinese lad. Two young men. Mr. Ooi Poh Hock and Mr. Tan Ah Khean. left for Singgora
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    BIRTHS
    39 5 WRIGHT—At the Maternity Hospital. S’pore on Feb. 1, 1934 to Joyce, the wife of B. J. Wright, a son. KNAGGS. —On January 21, 1934, at the Country Hospital, Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Knaggs, a son.
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    ENGAGEMENT.
    61 5 The engagement of Mr. George J. Baptist of Durian Duan Hospita., Malacca, brother ot Mr. John Baptist of General Hospital, Singapore, to Iris, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. V. D* Rozario of Singapore Traction Co. was announced on Saturday the 3rd inst. at the Parochial House
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    MARRIAGE
    32 5 HOOPS—CROWE.—On January 17, 1934 at Saltburn, Yorkshire, Richard Mostyn Hoops, second son of Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Hoops, Malacca to Betty, youngest daughter of Mr. Mrs. Henry Crowe. Saltburn-by-the sea.
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    138 5 DEATHS DISTANT —At her residence 76 Meyer Road on Feb. 1, Helene Emilie. beloved wife of Donald Distant, age 68. STRACHAN —At Port of Spain. Trinidad, on Jan. 30, John Strachan. C.M.G., formerly General Manager, F.M.S. Railways, aged 56. WILSON S A. Wilson previously on Tehran and afterwards Manager of
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  • OCCASIONAL NOTES
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      BON VOYAGE.
      219 6 the sailors’ padre —Straits Times, Feb. 1. When the Corfu leaves Malaya she will take with her two men of whom it is far more than a polite concession to convention to sav that they will ne very much misled ur.J thjir Uf ca.e regretted oy a large
      the sailors’ padre —Straits Times, Feb. 1.  -  219 words
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      “THE 19TH.”
      249 6 Straits Times, Feb. 1. The Chinese 19th Route Army, members of which were the heroes of Shanghai and the scapegoats ol Fukien, is to change its name and lose its Identity. Thus falls another idol, for up to a few weeks ago there was not an entity in
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      MALAYAN MUSHROOMS.
      129 6 —Straits Times. —Feb. 1. Golfers in this country may oe Interested to know that a species o! edible mushroom is commonly found in their fairways. This information is given in the Malayan Agricultural Journal, but it would be well to consult a botanist beiore bringing nome a lew
      ”—Straits Times. —Feb. 1.  -  129 words
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      MR. JOHN STRACHAN.
      263 6 —Straits Times, Feb. 2. It was fitting that so keen, conscientious and energetic an engineer as the late Mr. John Strachan should have died in harness, and that *s doubtless the way in which he himscl! would have chosen to end his long career in the British
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      BR-R-R-R-R-R!
      245 6 —Straits Times. Feb. Probably most of us hitherto have thought that Singapore’s weather was of purely local manufacture, entirely uninfluenced by depressions off Iceland and anti-cyclones in the vicinity of the Azores. True, we participate in I he monsoons, the north-east monsoon especially, but winds of Central Aslan origin
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      “ LED BY THE PRESS.”
      225 6 LED BY THE PRESS.” —Straits Times. Feb. In their fortnightly snare report, issued in Kuala Lumpur last Tuesday Charles Bradburne and Co. state: “The market nas been quiet during the period under review due principall; one fancies to the storm ol protest roused by the proposal to form the “buffer”
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      NOTHING NEW!
      195 6 Straits Times, Feb. 3. There is nothing new under the sun Everybody is talking about the necessity for the adequate defence of Singapore and the measures which are being taken to that end Sixty years ago people were doing exactly the same thing. Reference to our files reveals
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      WAR CLOUDS.
      168 6 WAR CLOUDS danger in Singapore”—Straits Times. Feb. 3. Here is a paragraph from the same flies which describes the feeling those days In the year 1864. >.» r W. H. Read drew the pointed attention ct Lord Stanley, now Earl Derby, to the urgent necessity for defending Sing a pore.
      danger in Singapore”—Straits Times. Feb. 3.  -  168 words
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      THE BULL-FROG’S SONG.
      192 6 —Straits Times, Feb 3. Those of us who become weary with the rusty bass of the bull-frog chorus, heard in every Singapore garden during the rainy season, may not be altogether in agreement with the sentiments expressed in the quotation given belcw Nevertheless they are an interesting
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      VANDALISM IN MALACCA.
      179 6 —Straits Times. Feb. 5 Some provident Martha in 'he P.W.D., or some art theory of T he ’nineties, or some official remembrance of that famous line A rose-red city half as old as time was it one oi these accidents that robbed those wo beautiful Dutch buildings.
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      THE INDIAN EARTHQUAKE.
      329 7 —Straits Times. Feb. 5. ms Excellency the Viceroy has iss ued an appeal through newspapers India for contributions to a fund tur the relief of sufferers from the ejects of the recent earthquake *n Northern India. The Agent of the Government of India in Malaya. Rao Sahib
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      DIGGING IN.
      134 7 U( h of its dilatoriness.—Straits nmes. Feb. 5. According to a Home newspaper, tne Cabinet has decided that the National Government shall remain in being for least another two years. Thus ends considerable speculation as to the Possibility of an early general election. There has been a great
      U( h of its dilatoriness.—Straits nmes. Feb. 5.  -  134 words
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      HELP WANTED.
      213 7 any sums received by him.--Straits Times. Feb 6. 1 lU r lr °m the Acting Director Medical and Health Services. S.S.. Sir US that ten years ago the b( h rim, s launched an appeal on C am the Br ltish Empire Cancer l 9s 8 1Sn aS
      any sums received by him.--Straits Times. Feb 6.  -  213 words
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      MEDICAL CONCESSIONS.
      191 7 —Straits Times. Feb. 6. In last Thursday’s leading article dealing with Dr. O. F. Conoley’s address to members of the British Medical Association we asked, regarding ways and means of increasing *he revenue of government hospitals, vthv government servants should continue to receive hospital treatment at specially low
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      A REPRIEVE.
      351 7 —Straits Times. Feb. 6. If the recommendations of a Municipal committee are adopted by the Commissioners, mosquito ous owners along the crowded North and South Bridge Roads will have yet another chance to put their house for should it be their vehicles > in order. The suggestion now
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      THE SOUL OF WIT.
      61 7 mission i s going to do !—Straits Times. Feb. 7. The text of the British memorandum on disarmament consists of 22 typewritten pages. And to think that this subject has occupied the Disarmament Conference nearly three years Snades of the R.R.I. report and ghastly thougnts of
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      A MINING MAP.
      282 7 Straits Times. Feb. 7. The first detailed mining map of western Malaya that we have seen appears In the December number of the Mining World, together with a covering article. “So far as we are aware,” says this journal, “the feature is unique, in that never before
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      BATU PUTEH.
      126 7 proved to be false—Straits Times. Feb. 7. After a depression lasting several years, the bottom has now fallen out oi the diamond market and prices are but a fraction of what they were some years ago. This is distressing for Malaya where the diamond, or the batu puteh
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    STOLE PETROL.
    163 7 Stores Clerk Sent To Prison. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Feb. G. Tan Hock Siew, former stores clerk of Italasla. Ltd., who was recently arrested on a charge of criminal breach of trust In respect of 1,106 gallons of petrol was sentenced today In the police court to
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    TO FLY IN CHINA.
    110 7 Lord Malcolm DouglasHamilton. Lord lteilcolm Douglas-Hamilton, a member of the British family of flying peers. passed through Singapore aboard the Comorin for China to join the Far East Aviation Co., the Straits Times learns. His eldest brother and heir to the dukedom, the Marquess of Douglas
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    SEVEN CHILDREN.
    63 7 Unlicensed Woman Hawker’s Mute Appeal. Leading seven small children, a Chinese woman pleaded guilty and asked tor mercy when charged in the third police court on Wednesday with hawking without a licence. She sold belts in Ku Tong Sen Street. She was cautioned A compatriot who was similarly
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    $500,000 GIFT TOWARDS IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
    805 8 Motion Before Legislative Council 0 n Monday. At the meeting of the Legislative Council at Malacca on Monday, the hon. Mr. J. Hagnall will move that the Council approves the payment of $500,000. in Singapore, on March 51 next, to the Imperial Government, as a
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    R.A.F. IN SINGAPORE.
    92 8 Fresh Details Bring Units To Full Strength. The arrival by the troopship Neuralia of Royal Air Force details brings the establishment at the Royal Air Force Base, Seletar, up to full force. The following officers arivred: Squadron Leader Scroggs, (attached to Headquarters), who is accompanied by his
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    MR. E. KONG HANN.
    50 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. Feb 3 I he death took place at his residence. 154. Heeren Street, today of Mr E Kong Hann. brother of Mr E. Kong Guan. J P and father of Mr E. Toon Lim ond father-in-law of Mr Chan Seng Poh
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    GENERAL LEWIN ARRIVES.
    375 8 Official Welcome On Tuesday. The official landing of Malaya’s new General Officer Commanding, MajorGeneral Ernest Lewin, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., on Tuesday afternoon, coincided with the anniversary of Singapore and the harbour presented a gay spectacle I with every ship, whether small or big, j dressed from bow
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    MILLING PLANT.
    96 8 Johore Prison Proposal. A proposal to introduce a rice milling plant in Johore Bahru prison is to be submitted shortly to the State Council, the Straits Times understands. Major D. M. Noyes-Lewis, Inspector of Prisons. Jhore, has this unique scheme in han. It is planned that the prisoners
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    FAT GIRLS OUT OF FASHION
    167 8 AH over the world Kruschen Sal's is appealing to girls and women who are striving for an attractive free from-fat figure. Here is the method they are following to banish fat and bring into bios* som all the natural attractiveness that they possess every morning
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    R.A.F. DANCE.
    203 8 Distinguished Guests At Seletar. A dance was held at the Officers’ Mess, R.A.F., Seletar, on Tuesday at which there were approximately 300 guests. Among those present were Lady Clementi. and the Misses Dione and Cecily Clementi, Mr. Andrew Cfaldecott, Colonial Secretary, and Mrs. Caldecott, Commander Sir John Alleyne,
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    NAVAL MOVEMENTS.
    170 8 Eagle Off To Port Swettenham. The aircraft carrier Eagle, accompanied by the destroyers Veteran and Wren, left Singapore yesterday for Pon Swettenham, where the Eagle and Veteran are due today, the Wren going on to Port Dickson. They leave on Feb. 14 for Penang, where the three shiDS
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    CLERGYMAN’S TRIBUTE TO SINGAPORE.
    809 9 “Most Orderly Docks In The World. A remarkable tribute to the orderliness of the Sin K apore desks was paid by the Rev. Brown, chaplain to the Missions to Seamen, on Jan. *1 in an interview with the glraits Times prior to his departure after three
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    FORMER SINGAPORE EDITOR’S WIDOW.
    296 9 Death Of Mrs. St. Clair At Colombo. j. 1 occurred of Mrs. Florence r. C alr at the General Hospital Th mb i 0 on Jan> 25 at the age of 58. m late rs Clair was the wife w G St. Clair (for thirty p
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    BARON MEURICE DE ROTHSCHILD.
    133 9 Prominent Passenger Oni French Mail. Baron Meurice de Rothschild, the prominent member of the French Senate, arrived in Singapore on Friday by the M. M. mail steamer, Aramis. He is on his way to Saigon where he will stay for a short p. iod. Baron de
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    COCAINE SEIZURE.
    83 9 100 Ounces Seized By Monopolies. One hundred ounces ot cocaine, of an estimated illicit value of $5,000, were seized cn board the s.s. Hong Kheng by the Preventive Service on Saturday about 1 p.m. Searchers found the drug in a false bottom of the tool platform of the
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    YORKSHIRE WEDDING.
    74 9 Bride And Bridegroom From Singapore. The marriage took place at Saltburn. Yorkshire, on Jan. 17 of Mr Richard Mostyn Hoops, second son of Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Hoops, of Malacca and Miss Betty Crowe, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Crowe of Saltburn. The bridegroom is
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    MAGISTRATE’S DILEMMA.
    187 9 No Law For Disposal Of Live Birds. The disposal of three Irish pheasants which had been imported without a permit into the Colony put Mr. R. J. F. Curtis, the third magistrate, into rather a quandary on Monday. A Chinese who was arrested on the relative charge admitted
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    LOCAL SCOUTS FOR AUSTRALIA ?
    523 9 LOCAL SCOUTS FOR AUSTRALIA Patrol May Attend Jamboree. That it was hoped to send a patrol from Singapore to attend the Australian Boy Scouts Jamboree to be held at the end of this year was mentioned by Mr. F. C. Sands. Commissioner for Malaya, at the annual general meeting on
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    RUBBER INVENTION.
    72 9 Research By R.R.I. And Lt.-Col. Eaton. The Government Gazette notifies that the Board ol the Rubber Research Institute ol Malaya and Lt.Col B. J. Eaton (Director of the Institute) have beer, authorised to file specifications, under the Inventions Ordinance of an invention for “a proces for the preparation
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    SIR ARTHUR YOUNG AND ENGLISH EDUCATION.
    1014 10 Former Governor’s Principle Rejected By Board. A memorandum on past educational policy has been prepared by Mr. K. .1. Morten. Director of Education, and will he laid on the table at the Legislative Council meeting sit Malacca on Feb. 12. “ULTIMATE,” NOT IMMEDIATE AIM.
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    MR. DANIEL RICHARDS’ CAREER.
    371 10 Bomb Outrage In Office Recalled. iFrom Our Own Correspondent.* Kuala Lumpur. Feb. 5. Mr. Daniel Richards closed nis career In the Malayan Civil Service or, Saturday, alter 23 years’ service, and will sail lor Hong Kong in the course ol the next lew days. His successor
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    $3,573 DAMAGES.
    195 10 Machinery Which Was Not Taken Up. Mr. Justice Mills in the Supreme Court on Monday, heared a motion for assessment of damages, the plaintiffs being the Anglo-Dutch Mining Company Ltd., and Reduced (in liquidation) and the defend *.nt Mr. Khoo Boo Gay. Mr. J J Gale appearing for
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    ONLY CHINESE IS SPOKEN.
    446 10 Newest Far East Rotarv Club. y Singapore Rotanans discussed or-t ness only at their luncheon meet mu the Adelphi Hotel on Jan. 31. The President. Mr. W. A. Kiev mom tioned that Rotarian Clarke their 0 n treasurer, had resigned owing to m departure on leave
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    PICNIC PARTY ROBBED.
    141 10 Thief Busy On Beach. Che Mah binte Mahmood. a Javannese. reported to the police that thieves broke into her house. H Sam Leong Road, on Jan. 30 and stole American gold dollar pieces, jewelled and $250 in cash, representing a total value of $1,142. Another theft was
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    CREDITORS TO RECEIVE SEVEN PER CENT.
    1219 11 y[ r J. B. David’s Composition Scheme Accepted Application wm ,n Bankruptcy Court on Friday before fhe” Chief Justice, Sir Walter Hugcard, for approval for a composition Scheme agreed to by the creditors of ■Hr. J. B. Daviu. The scheme was approved. In accordance
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    TROUT FISHING IN MALAYA.
    394 11 Tales Of “So-Big” May Invade The Highlands. The trout are bulging the season has begun let up away to the Highlands There Is a possibility that throughout Malaya thus will anglers talk In a year or two’s time. Cameron Highlands, it is hoped, vail provide sportsmen
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    FORCED DOWN.
    109 11 Flying Boat Towed In By Destroyer. While carrying out exercises on the East side of Singapore on Saturday an R. A. F. flying-boat developed engine trouble and had to make a forced landing about one hundred miles out to sea. It was 'ouT’d that the defect was only
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    ACID THROWING PLOT TRIAL ENDS.
    578 11 Long Sentences. JUDGE’S COMMENT ON A DIABOLICAL CRIME. Describing the crime as serious, terrible and diabolical. Mr. Justice Gerahty on Friday at the Singapore assizes passed severe sentences against the first three accused in the Geylang acid throwing case. The other two were discharged. The
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    DEATH OF MR. J. STRACHAN.
    716 12 SUDDEN ILLNESS IN TRINIDAD. Former Manager Of F.M.S.R. The death has taken place at Port of Spain, after a brief illness, of Mr. John Strachan. Mi. Strachan was recently appointed director of transport and to investigate the financial losses of the Trindad railways. On Jan.
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    THE COLD SNAP.
    134 12 Siberian Influences In Malaya. Contrary to earlier expectations, the rainfall in Singapore during January was by no means a record, the fine weather in the past week keeping the total down to 18.98 inches. The highest rainfa’l figure for January yet recorded was in 1893—32.23 inches. Three
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    FIREWORKS MISHAP.
    36 12 A Bengali was struck by a rocket during the fireworks at the Raffles Reclamation ground on Jan. 31. He sustained a lacerated wound over his left temple and was semi-conscious when taken to hospital.
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    ADMIRAL DREYER.
    174 12 Letter Of Thanks To Sir Cecil dementi. His Exctllency the British Naval Commander-in-Chief, China Station, has written to Sii Cecil Clement! in a letter, dated Jan. 30. “On leaving Singapore. I desire, on behalf of the captains, officers and ships’ companies of His Majesty’s ships of the China
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    EX-SERVICEMEN TO DINE ALONE.
    338 12 Prefer To Tell Stories Than To Dance. The question as to whether women should be admitted to the annual Armistice dinner of the Ex-Service Association was discussed at the annual meeting of the Singapore Branch on Monday at the Singapore Cricket Club. Dr. R. B. Hawes
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    CHARGE WITHDRAWN.
    132 12 No Evidence Offered Against Piermaster. When K. Arunachalam. piermaster at the new-pier, was produced on Monday before Mr. R. J. F. Curtis, the third magistrate, on one of the counts of three charges of accepting an illegal gratification, which was adjourned at the previous hearing. Mr. V. D.
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    MALAYA’S CHAIN OF AERODROMES.
    656 12 One Every 50 Miles. IRAQ UNIT STARTS RETURN FLIGHT. The four single-engined machin. of No. 84 (bombing) Squadron ducting the first flight of a Royal ai Force unit from Iraq to Singan«r! and back began their return journev at noon today. Accompanied by two transnorr bombers
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    A JOURNAL IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.
    3291 13 Youth In A Garden—A Chinese GirVs Reverie—Nature In Malaya—From Clerk To Waiter—Notes In A Restaurant. (By Our Kuala Lumpur Correspondent) VST week I began with a scene L iroin the non-stop operetta of Lumpur life, staged on a hotel St harden. week you shall
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    STRANGLEHOLD ON LOCAL MARKETS.
    307 14 Japan’s Monopoly Of Piece Goods Trade. How strongly Japan’s hold on the piece goods markets of Malaya is being maintained is vividly illustrated by the Import figures for 1933. The high percentage of trade Japan commands is best shown by the l.gures relating to the Colony.
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    WHISKY DUMPED.
    120 14 Attempt To Bribe Police Officer. From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Jan. 30. I Two Chinese, Ong Tai and Eng j Thye, who were alleged to have at- j tempted to bribe Mr. J. R. Cole, O.C. J P.D., Seremban, by dumping a case cl whisky at his servants’
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    MODERNISM IN A MALAY WEDDING.
    463 14 Dato Of Rem bail’s Brastagi Honeymoon. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 31. A striking example of the tendency towards greater simplicity and brevity in Malay wedding ceremonial was seen in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The contracting parties were the Dato of Rembau, C.B.F., and
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    TRUMPED-UP CHARGE.
    238 14 Tables Turned On Police Constable. <From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Jan. 30. “I have not the least doubt that this is a trumped-up charge,” said the i Taiping magistrate, Che Mustapha Albakri, at the close of a case in which a police constable brought a charge against a
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    NO EVIDENCE OFFERED.
    119 14 Charge Against Business Man Fails. 'From Our Own Correspondent > Malacca. Jan. 31. K. Pr Y. Ismail, the well-known local business man and proprietor of Messrs. K. P. Y. Ismail, general merchants. who stood charged with using his shop. 9, Mill Road, as a common gaming house
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    ROBBED ENGINEER.
    68 14 Chinese Youth Sent To Prison. Wong Hee, a Chinese youth who admitted stealing a first-class Chief Engineer’s certificate, two pocket books, a £5 note and other articles, including papers and documents from the cabin of Mr. P. H. Irvin, Chief Engineer ot the City of Norwich, while the
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    MALAYAN PLANTING TOPICS.
    2581 15 General (charges On Estates —Mr. Dunman’s View—Soil Tests By Planters—An R.R.l. Reply—U sing Carts In Clearings. (By Our Planting Correspondent. VIK Charles C Dunman, of the well-, M Known Singapore firm of chartered! uYountauts bearing ms name, was d enough recently to write and w my attention
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    News For Planters.
    145 15 The popularity o) sponge rubber for upholstery purposes is definitely on the increase. Car manufacturers, cinemas, tramcar and bus undertakings are being converted to its use and it is interesting to note that a census taken of passenger vehicles at the recent Commercial Motor Show revealed that
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    FIRM CHARGED.
    118 16 Alleged Evasion Of Customs Duty. <From Our Own Correspondent > Kuala Lumpur. Jan. 29. The well-known firm of Gian Singh and Co., of Kuala Lumpur, were charged today with attempting to evade customs duty by declaring the value of some goods imported from Ashlie an Co., of Singapore,
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    DOCTOR TO PAY
    94 16 Damages For Motor-Car Collision. ‘From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Jan. 31. Mr. W. Linehan, acting as Magistrate, delivered judgment today in the case in which Mr. C. H. O. Strettle claimed from Dr S. C. Howard v275.80 being damage sustained by his car as the result of
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    DISOBEYED MASTER’S ORDERS.
    603 16 33 Seamen Gaoled. TROUBLE ON OIL TANKER. For refusing to obey the commands of their master. Capt. John Evans oJ the Asiatic Petroleum Company’s oili tanker Conus. 34 Chinese members of I the crew were arrested and charged in the marine court before Commander Dix. acting Master
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    GENERAL OLDFIELD’S DEPARTURE.
    425 16 Official Farewell On February 1. -On leaving Malaya. Major General Oldfield bids farewell and good fortune to his many friends in all ranks oi the Regular and Volunteer Forces in Malaya.” This message was delivered offiuiully from Headquarters on Feb. 1. It' was repeated verbally by his
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    SAIGON ROBBERY.
    139 16 three Men Sentenced For Retaining Goods. The trial of three men charged with dishonestly retaining a large quantity oi jewellery stolen from the French firm Grand Magasin de Charner. in Saigon on Dec. 4. 1932. ended in the second magistrate's court on Jan. 31. when they were found
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    MALAY RULERS IN SINGAPORE.
    325 16 Arrival By Special Train. GOVERNMENT HOUSF DURBAR. J Eight Malay Rulers and u repre sentatlve of Johore attended th* Durbar which opened at Government House on Saturday. Their Highnesses arrived by special train yesterday evening and salutes o* guns were fired from Fort Canning on their
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    SISTER ST. JOHN.
    55 16 Death At 81 After 40 Years In Malaya. (From Our Own Correspondent.* Seremban, Feb. 2. The death took place in the Convent here last night of Sister Saint John. Sister St. John, who was Hi years of age. came out to Malaya over 40 years ago from
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    TO BE REPATRIATED.
    86 16 Bombay Woman In Distress. A Bombay woman who, with three young children, had begged r.e way from Kuala Lumpur to Job <>: and Singapore, appeared before :v third magistrate on Feb. 1 when W was charged with begging. It was stated that the Chiei P°ny‘ Officer of
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS. Contained in Reuter, British Imperial Radio and Special Telegrams.
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      How Powers Received Britain’s Disarmament Proposals.
      250 21 -Reuter. London, Feb. 2. The official response of the other powers, especially France ml Germany. to the British disarmament memorandum anxiously awaited in London with fervent hope that second thoughts will modify the unofficial reaction which so far suggests the widening of the gulf
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      N.E.I. RUBBER.
      139 21 Estates Out Of Tapping. iFr iii Our Own Correspondent.* Medan Jan 27. According to the Central Office for JOT estates, with a tap able a 01 31.240 hectares, had stopped rapping at the end of November last. Then- were 136 estates, which had partially stopped tapping, with e
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      HIDEOUS DIN.
      79 21 Peuter. Demonstrations By Paris Taxi-Drivers. Paris. Jan. 30. Tax: and other motor drivers have r aught the demonstration fever and Jr ?anised a raucous campaign of pro>est against the new’ petrol tax. They arrange meetings literally in thousands in the main thoroughfares like jne Invalides, and the Place
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      BALKAN PACT.
      51 21 —Reu- No Sign Yet Of Bulgaria Joining. Belgrade. Feb. 4. Balkan pact between Greece. Turkey. and Jugoslavia was initialled a ternoon. The text, however, has 'L been disclosed so lar. Is n sign of Bulgaria joining. \xr n tf the signatories are doing their r t0 secure her
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      CAPTURED DRUM.
      100 21 —Reuter. Handed Back To Gordon Highlanders. Berlin, Jan. 31. In the presence of a high German officers in uniform. Gen. von Bloinberg, Minister of War handed over to Gen. Ian Hamilton. Lieut. Col. Stanley Robert McClintock and Col. Augustus Thorne one of the six big side-drums belonging to
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      N.E.I. AND AUSTRALIA.
      93 21 To Discuss Trade Negotiations. <Frotn Our Own Correspondent.) Medan. Jan. 27. It is reported in the Java newspapers that the hon. J. G. Latham. Australian Minister of External Affairs and Minister for Industry, is to visit Netherlands India shortly. He will be accompanied by the Dutch Consul-General
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      EXCHANGE OF SHIPS.
      82 21 to Australia aboard her. -British Wireless. Former System To Be Resumed. London, Feb. 2. The Government of the United Kingdom has accepted the invitation of the Australian Government to send cruisers to Melbourne for the forthcoming celebrations and have welcomed the proposal that the system of exchange
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      JAPAN’S OFFERS TO POWERS.
      755 21 Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh To Win Recognition For Manchukuo. NINGHSIA WAR. 20,000 Casualties In Bitter Struggle. Shanghai, Feb. 5. It is learned from a certain source, that the Japanese Government is dispatching a number of diplomatic agents to Europe, with instructions to
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      COST $1,000,000.
      217 21 —Union Times 15 Italian Tanks For Nanking. Shanghai, Feb. 4. The first of 15 tanks ordered by the Central Government from Italy arrived in Shanghai yesterday on board the Conte Rosso. The tanks are of the latest model and will cost the Chinese Government over $1,000,000. Marshal Chiang
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      SOVIET READY.
      71 21 —Union Times Shanghai, Feb. 4. A report from Vladivostok states that the Soviet forces at the eastern end of the Chinese Eastern Railway are building over 100 miles of defence lines from the port to various points around Habarovsk Scores ol artillery emplacements are being built at intervals
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      Appalling Story Of Damage In Indian Earthquake.
      261 22 —Reuter. New Delhi, Jan. 31. Official figures of those killed in the Indian earthquake are reported up to now to total 6,040. The magnitud oi the Jisaster n. Nepal is just becoming realised. It is stated that at Khatmandu, Patan ana Bhatgaon 3.000
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      HUGE PROFIT FOR U.S. TREASURY.
      125 22 —Reuter. Sudden Surplus Of $974,000,000. Washington. Feb. 4. A Treasury statement today shows that a profit of $2,086,000,000 new style dollars will result from the devaluation of the dollar and the consequent revaluation of the gold stocks of the Federal Reserve Banks. Thus the statement
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      KASHMIR RIOTING.
      106 22 Reuter. Moslems Defy Hindu Governor. Sialkot, (Punjab), Feb. 3. Fierce communal rioting over a widespread area has been caused by a dispute between Hindus and Moslems. The latter wish to build a mosque on 1 a common camping- ground opposite a Hindu temple at Anantnag. The Governor of
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      CABINET DECISION.
      75 22 —Reuter. National Government To Stay Until 1936. London, Feb. 3. A Cabinet decision to continue the National Government until after the budget of 1936 was reached this week, according to the News Chronicle, which adduces the main reasons as: Firstly, to forestall Conservative criticism of Mr. Ramsay MacDonald.
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      FRENCH ARMS PLAN OPPOSED.
      259 22 Reuter. Germany’s Principal Objections. Berlin, Feb. 3. The German reply to the French aide memoire presented on Jan. 19 states that the main points of the French plan give rise to grave doubts whether this is the way to approach I the disarmament problem in accordance
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      MISSION TO JAPAN.
      69 22 .—Reuter. Australian Minister’s Goodwill Tour. London. Feb. 3. A Melbourne dispatch states that Mr. Latham, Minister for External Affairs, expects to start on his projected diplomatic mission to Japan in March. He will also visit China and Netherlands India. The mission is primarily one of diplomatic goodwill.
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      NEW RULER OF TIBET.
      135 22 Reuter Wireless. Regent Appointed. SEEKING DALAI LAMA’S REINCARNATION. New Delhi. Jan Itffc Tibet has a new ruler in the person oi the Heed Lama of Reting Monastery •two days journey north of Lhasa) who is a Kutuktu. or Incarnate Lama. He will be installed immediately as
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      MURDER SEQUEL.
      163 22 —Reuter. Nazis Explain Shooting Of Four Reds. Berlin, Feb. 3. The shooting of four Communists in a struggle with the police Is related today in an official announcement which explains the occurrence as a sequel to the recent murder at Potsdam of a carpenter named Kattner, who was
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      ROAD TRAFFIC.
      119 22 —British Wireless. Safety Zone For The Pedestrians. Rugby, Jan. 30. The Government’s Public Highway Bill will aim to remove some of the delects which experience has revealed in the existing Road Traffic Act. It is understood that one proposal of the measure will restrict pedestrians to a safety
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      STORM OVER PARIS POLICE CHIEF.
      393 22 —Reuter. Refuses Offer Of In Morocco. CABINET SHUFFLE. Government Likelv Tr> Be Defeated. Paris, Feb Col. Fabry <War Minister) m Finance Minister), and M Douissam Under-Secretary for Technical in struction) have resigned following th decision of the Government to transfer M. Chiappe. Prefect of the
      —Reuter.  -  393 words
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      DEATH FOR RECORD.
      42 22 Reuter. Soviet Flight Into Stratosphere. Moscow, Jan. 31. The bodies of the three airmen of the stratosphere balloon which attained a world's record height were yesterday found in the balloon's gondola at Potiusky, a village on the Moscow-Kazabn Railway.—
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      RUBBER RESTRICTION.
      64 22 —Reuler. Decision By Netherlands Government Shortly. The Hague. Feb. 3. Schemes of rubber restriction were being considered by the Netherlands Government, which would possibly be able to reach a decision shortly, stated Dr. Colijn, Colonial Minister, in the Lower Chamber today. Dr. Colijn added that any measures taken
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      SPONSORS’ NEW MOVE.
      516 23 SPONSORS NEW MOVE. Reuter. Stabilisation Fund To He Operated. $5.10 TO SI. Recovery Expenditure Up jo War-Time Figure. Washington, Feb. 3. Keen use the devalued dollar is m >t fulfilling the prospects <>l its sponsors, it is understood officials are preparing to launch the operations of the stabilisation fund. The>
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      REBEL REGIME IN NINGHSIA.
      625 23 monia- Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh. Rival Government Set Up By Gen. Sun. TO BE SUPPRESSED. Rung Negotiating For Big Loan. Shanghai. Feb. 3. Gen. Sun Tien-ying. commander oi the outlawed 41st Army invading Ninghsia Province, has set up a rival government at
      monia- Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  625 words
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      FAR EAST CRISIS.
      115 23 -Sin Chew Jit Poh. South China’s Defence Scheme. Shanghai, Feb. 2. The leaders in the South have formulated a scheme to divide the whole of China into 10 military defence areas, with 10 divisions in each. An elaborate plan for the training of the defence forces within
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      TAXI STRIKE.
      78 23 —Reuter. Tammany Hall Cab Tax Refund Wanted. New York. Feb. 2. The railway termini, docks and taxi ranks are without taxis today except for a few independent drivers as the result of a spontaneous strike of 1C.000 drivers. They are demanding the distribution among themselves of $2,000,000 worth
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      JAPANESE IN MACAO.
      93 23 —Sin Chew Jit Poh. Portuguese Colony To Be Industrialised. Hong Kong. Feb. 2. Arrangements between the Macao Government and a number of Japanese industrialists have been completed under which the Japanese have secured certain rights to erect in the Colony a sugar factory, brick kilns, breweries and
      —Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  93 words
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      QUININE RESTRICTION.
      49 23 Sharp Opposition In Netherlands India. 'From Our Own Correspondent) Medan. Jan. 27. Sharp opposition has arisen against the quinine restriction scheme proposed by the Government. The objections are mainly against a rise in the price of a drug that is in such universal demand in tropical countries.
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      FIGHT WITH POLICE.
      94 23 —Reuter. Airwoman Thought They Were Gangsters Palm Beach, Jan. 31. Amy Mollison’s altercation with police was related when the airwoman was charged with exceeding the speed limit in a motor-car. She was also accused of resisting the police. Amy admitted speeding but said she mistook tough-looking plainclothes
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      STRAITS-JAVA WIRELESS.
      211 23 Officially Introduced On March 1. BATAVIA REPORT. No Confirmation Yet In Malaya. (hrom ()ur Special Correspondent.) Batavia, Feb. 2. Ihe Java Bode learns that wireless communication between Singapore and Java will be officially introduced on Mar. lof this year.—A net a copyright. 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur
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      SIGHT RESTORED.
      86 23 Reuter Modern Miracle Performed By A Specialist. London. Feb. 2. A triumph in optical surgery has given sight to Henry Watson, of Newcastle. aged 29. who had been blind since he was two years old. His case was always regarded as hopeless until a Cardiir specialist, Dr. Tudor
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      SUGAR CONTROL.
      43 23 Reuter Preliminary Agreement On Policy. Washington. eb 2. The President in conference has reached a preliminary agreement on sugar control polic;\ applicable to the United States. Cuba, the Philippines and Pureto Rico. The details have not. yet been worked out —Reuter
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      DETAILED PROPOSALS FOR REDUCTION.
      960 24 Reuter SECURITY AND EQUALITY. “We Must Seek Solution Where Solution Can Be Found.” Pursuing the ideal of disarmament the British Government has issued a memorandum which is divided in two parts, the first explaining the reasons for the memorandum and the second part setting forth means
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      STERLING REGAINS ITS LOSS.
      453 24 .--Reuter No Dollar Decline. Bid TRADE ON STOCK EXCHANGE. New York. Feb 1. Sterling has withstood all attacks, whether real or imaginary, following the President’s fixing of the new gold dollar. The foreign exchange market is confused, but sterling early regained its nominal loss, after which
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      Another Test For League Coming
      55 24 Reuter. Vienna. Feb. 1. In consequence of the unsatisfactory German reply to the recent Austrian note the Dollfuss Cabinet announces its unanimous agreement to continue in the path forced upon it by circumstances.” This is interpreted to mean the most severe anti-Nazi measures and appeal
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      NEW U.S. GOLD DOLLAR.
      408 24 Proclaimed By Th e President. 1 PRICE FIXED. Huge Fund Created From Profit. Washington, Jan. :u. President Roosevelt has pro claimed a 59.06 per cent dollar. The gold price of $35 an ounce is beginning tomorrow. The new gold dollar became effective at 3.10 p.m. today,
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      TRIBAL FIGHTING.
      60 24 Reuter Breaks Out Again In Turkestan. New Delhi, Feb i It is reported from Kashgar that severe tribal fighting, with hea*y casualties, has again broken ou r n Eastern Turkestan. Turkis, aided by the Khotans n0 troops from Khoja and Niazhaji. nUt times attacked Kashgar New City All
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      DISARMAMENT DEBATE IN HOUSE OF COMMONS.
      1368 25 —Reuter. ;j e w Effort Following Approach To Common Ground. London, Feb. 6. The House of Commons was crowded today and many foreign diplomats were, present when Sir John Simon initiated the disarmament debate. He declared that the situation had developed since Dec. 21
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      MILES ON TRIAL.
      147 25 —Reuter. Alleged Conspiracy With Harris. London. Feb. 5. A queue began to form at the Old Bailey three hours before the trial started, before Mr. Justice Hawke, of Capt. Brynmoor Eric Miles, chief officer of the London Salvage Corps, on charges of conspiring with Leopold Harris, the
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      LORD MARLEY.
      29 25 .—Reuter. London, Jan. 31. Lord Marley left for America this morning on a speech-making tour on behalf of the victims of the Nazi regime in Germany Reuter.
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      SINGAPORE SHOE EXPORTS.
      337 25 .—Reuter. Competition In Canada And Britain. COMMONS QUESTIONS. Advantage Of Local Production Costs. Ijondon, Feb. 6. In the House of Commons tonight, questions were asked concerning the competition of rubber footwear from Hong Kong and Singapore. Mr. J. H. Thomas said that representations had been received from
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      DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS.
      68 25 Reuter. Film Star Named As Co-respondent. London. Feb. 6. Lord Ashley has filed a petition for divorce, naming Douglas Fairbanks (Senior), the well-known film star and husband of Mary Pick ford, as corespondent. Lord Anthony Ashley Cooper Ashley is the eldest son and heir of the 9th Earl
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      MARYSE HILSZ.
      30 25 Reuter Beyrout < Syria), Feb. 6. The famous French airwoman. TUle. Maryse Hllsz, left Aleppo today for Japan. She h bee- compel’'-’ by bad weather to land at Deir-el-Zor.—
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      DUMPING IN HONG KONG.
      111 26 Reuter. Japanese Cement Imports. GOVERNOR’S VIEW. Not Desirable To Interfere.” Feb. 5. In the House of Commons today, Mr. S. S. Hammersley (Un„ N. Dorset) drew attention to the dumping of Japanese cement in Hong Kong. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Dominions, replied that
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      PRICE OF GOLD.
      621 26 Reuter. Heavy Shipments To New York. New York. Feb. 5. Treasury representatives have begun the investigation of names and addresses of all holders of speculative silver stocks. The move is reported to be a check on the ownership of silver stored in bank vaults, which is believed
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      KALGOORLIE RIOTING CONTINUES.
      200 26 —Reuter. Foreign Quarter Houses Burned Or Blown Up. Kalgoorlie. Jan 31. Rioting here continued throughout the night. The majority of the foreign-quarter residences in Boulder City have been demolished with gelignite and Are. Before the factions calmed down at daybreak two were killed and six wounded in
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      U.S. NAVY.
      99 26 —Reuter. Sweeping Changes In Commands. Washington, Feb. 3 It is announced that Admiral J. M. Reeves has been appointed Command-er-in-Chief of the United States flee: in succession to Admiral D. F. Sellers, who becomes Superintendent of the Naval Academy at Annapolis in succession to Rear-Admiral T. C. Hart,
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      REBEL REGIMES MAY COLLAPSE.
      561 26 Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh Shanghai, Feb. 6. The Central Government is said to have passed a plan to increase the strength of the Air Force by 1,000 planes a year for a period of three years, according to rumours from the capital.
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      GIRL’S TRAGIC DEATH IN LONDON.
      95 26 Planter’s Fiance. WORRIED OVER THRPp WEEKS’ SILENCE. i From Our Own Correspondent i London, Feb s Miss Rosa Clarke, a beautiful oc year-old brunette, was found dead terday lying on her trousseau in a ta filled room in a boarding housed Pimlico. 111 A little
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      MISS ROSA CLARKE.
      59 26 —Reuter. Verdict Of Suicide At Inquest. London, Feb. 6. A verdict of suicide while of unsound mind was returned at the inquest today at Westminster on Miss Rosa Clarke, aged 26, who was found gassed in a Pimlico boarding house. She was stated to have been preparing
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      COTTON TALKS.
      121 26 —Reuter. Japanese Association Defines Attitude. Osaka. Feb. 2. The special committee of the Cottor.spinners Association has decided on its attitude to the Anglo-Japanese trade negotiations. Firstly, it will take last year’s exports as the basis for agreement. Secondly, the negotiations on cotton and rayon goods will be held
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      THREE-MONTH TOUR.
      80 26 —Reuter. Australian Minister’s Mission To East. Melbourne, Feb. 5. The Attorney-General, Mr. Latham, will depart on Mar. 17 for threemonth tour of the East, embracing China, Japan, Hong Kong, Netherlands India, Singapore and the F.M.oand probably French Indo-China and the Philippines, with the object of fostering the present
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      TOKIO OUTRAGES.
      58 26 -Reuter. Heavy Sentences For 20 Civilians. Tokio, Feb 3. Sentences have been delivered the twenty civilians concerned in 11 outrages on May 15. 1932. Tachibanwas sentenced to life imprisonin' Okawa to 15 years. Toyama to < u r years. Kawasaki to 12. Homma to and others for terms
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      Belligerent Statements By Soviet.
      200 27 Moscow, Feb. 5. -We must defend at all o4 everv inch of our Far territory/’ declared t jJ t soviet War Commissar, M Voroshilov, today in a *.,>eech to the Communist Ioniiress on the Soviet defence nieasures in the l ar hast. tlu course of his
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      “JAPAN’S WAR PLANS.”
      144 27 Reuter. Remarkable Newspaper Article. London. Feb. 5. An article headed. “Japan’s War Plans.” accompanied by a remarkable map tracing the Japanese strategic communications in Northern Manchukuo is featured today in the News Chronicle. An article by A. J. Cummings states that the map was obtained from an
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      THE POPE’S WARNING.
      121 27 Danger Of Conflagration Involving The World. Feb. 2. j The danger of a conflagration which will involve Europe and perhaps the whole world and might even cause the collapse oi Christian civilisation was referred to by the Pope in an interview with a special correspondent of L’lntransigeant.
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      TROOPS MOBILISED IN PARIS.
      272 27 Preparing For Expected Stormy Scenes. Paris, Feb 5. The mobilisation of the troops of the Paris garrison in preparation for the debate in the Chamber tomorrow has brought the wrath of the Opposition on the head of the Government According to Le Jour a Right-Winy newspaper,
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      BRITISH TRADE IN MANCHUKUO.
      121 27 I.—Reuter. Position Carefully Watched. London. Feb. 5. The suggestion that a British trade commissioner should be appointed to Manchukuo was made by Capt. A. V. G. Dower <Un.. Stockport* in the House of Commons today. Lieut.-Col. J. Colville. Secretary of the Overseas Trade Department, in replying,
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      RED ARMY’S PAY.
      106 27 Reuter. Increase For Service In Siberia. Moscow. Feb. 5. Salaries of Red Army troops in parts of Eastern Siberia and Trans-Baikal will be raised by a decree signed by Stalin and Molotov, according to the Tass Agency. There will also be a rise oi ten to thirty
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      STREAM OF GOLD INTO LONDON.
      342 27 -Reuter. 15 Tons By Air. ALL FROM'FRANCE AND NETHERLANDS. London. Feb. 6. A stream of gold flowed into Croydon 1 rom the continent by airliners from Paris and the Netherlands throughout jlhe day. totalling nearly 15 tons. I Reuter. Silver Mystery New York. Feb. 5.
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      DEATH OF A BISHOP.
      44 27 Reuter. Lonaon. Jan. 3U. The death has occurred of Edward Stuart Talbot, Britain’s oldest Bishop, lather of Gilbert Talbot, to whom Toe H was founded as a memorial when he was killed in the first German liquid gas attack. Reuter.
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      LINKS WITH EUROPE.
      112 27 —Union T»jiies. Two New Wireless Stations In China. Shanghai, Feb. 3. A direct wireless service between Shanghai and Britain was inaugurated this afternoon when the new wireless station at Chenju. four miles from Shanghai, was formally opened In the presence ol Chinese and British officials. as well
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      DOLLFUSS GIVEN DISCRETION.
      159 27 Reuter. Resentment Over Nazi Activities. WHAT WILL HAPPEN? Appeal May Be Held Over Indefinitely. Vienna, Feb. ft. 1 he Austrian Cabinet has decided to submit the Ger-mano-Austrian dispute concerning Nazi activities in Austria to the League of Nations. Vienna. Feb. 5. T:k Austro-German issue is still doubtful.
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      CLOSER RELATIONS.
      105 27 Reuter Polish Attitude To Soviet. i Warsaw. Fob. 5. The Polish Government attached great importance to the development of closer Soviet-Polish relations, stated Col. joset Beck. Foreign Minister, in on address to the Foreign Commission or the Senate. Col. Beck said Poland in nowise shared the practically universal
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      TUMULTUOUS WELCOME.
      118 27 Reuter. Prince (Jeorge Arrives At ('ape Town. Cape Town. Feb 5. Escorted by the cruiser Do’sets hire. Prince George arrived a r c.ioe down today on t*<; rci the Carnarvon u.stie atdawn. The streets were crowded with people to watch the royal procession while aeroplanes circled over the
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      TAXI STRIKE ENDS.
      52 27 Reuter Violent Demonstrations By Drivers. New Vork Fi b a. The taxi-drivers' strike inis officially ended after several violent demonstrations in which blackleg drivers wer assaulted by strike pickets *nd their cars damaged. The strikers demanded the return of $2,000,000 tax on taxis which had b<*en declared
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      SIX PEOPLE KILLED AND 400 IN HOSPITAL.
      1181 28 Reuter MOBS DEFY THE POLICE. Dark Illuminated By Flashes Of Revolver Fire. Paris. F<*b 6 Two battalions ol infantry dressed in horizon blue were stationed in front of the Chamber at 11 o’clock last night The troops were given rations and will apparently
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      RUBBER.
      29 28 Price Resumes Upward Movement. After a lull of a few days the local rubber price resumed its upward swing and on Wednesday reached over 17 cents a pound.
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      SCANDAL OVER SALE OF WARSHIPS.
      153 28 sifts the evidence —Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Sellers Make Twice As Much As Treasury. Reval, Feb. 6 The Esthonian national war hero. General Toerwand, has been dismissed from his office of chief of the general stall us the first to sutlci castigation in connection with the sensational dreadnought
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      MINE DISASTER IN CHINA.
      313 28 —Reuter. the 41st Army.--Sin Kuo Min and Sir Chew Jit Poh. Attempt To Poison Admiral Chen Peiping. Feb. 6 According to Chinese reports tiww, provincial troops were massacred whS the forces under the rebel Gen s Tien-ying occupied Pinglo in NinghS Province, while 700 workers were
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      COTTON COMMITTEE.
      83 28 -Reuter Seven Additional Members Appointed. London, Feb 5 The Board of Trade announces toda> the appointment of seven additional members, including Sir Clare Lees ana Sir Kenneth Stewart, to the Lancashire Indian Cotton Committee, which was constituted in December. 1932. in to make the committee representative of the
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      BALKAN PACT.
      49 28 Reuter. Sofia. Feb. n Bulgaria’s attitude to the Bulk** r Pact had been made known semi-otn. cially. It is stated that she preferre a pact of non-aggression within tns League of Nations and conformity war* the Kellogg Pact as the best means strengthening peace in the Balknn>
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      SUGAR CONTROL.
      33 28 -Reuter Washington. Feb The President in conference reached a preliminary agreement sugar control policy, applicable to United States. Cuba, the PhihPP and Puerto Pico Details have r been worked Out —Reuter
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    CHANGED WELSH XV SUCCEEDS.
    567 29 forwards Excel In Game At Murrayfield. London, Feb. 3. 1 u-ith i side drastically altered from! 'r which lost to England In the l Zi in a match of the international Sv tournament Wales defeated Sand at Murrayfield, Edinburgh, toav bv 2 goals and a try
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    Young Johnson Defeats Guillermo.
    403 29 The mi-in event between Young Johnson and Battling Guillermo, the Filipino boxer, at the New Woria Arena on Saturday night was such a close affair that opinions are natura ly divided as to the merits of the i ultimate verdict. f judges disagreed but the re
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    AUSTRALIAN TOURISTS SELECTED.
    119 29 —Reuter. Eight Players New To English Wickets. Sydney Jan. 31. The Australian selectors (Dr. C. E. tolling, Mr. E. A. Dwyer and Mr. W. M. Woodfull) met yesterday and selected 16 Australia Cricketers to tour England during the coming season. The selected players are as follows: *W.
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    CRAWFORD BEATEN.
    72 29 —Reuter. But Quist Too Good For Perry. Adelaide, Feb. 3 In the fourth Anglo-Australian lawn tennis test Perry beat Crawford 6—4, 6—2. Australia now leads by 5 matches to 3 and has won the tennis “ashes.”— Reuter. Adelaide, Feb. 5. Australia won the fourth tennis test to-day by
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    No Professionalism In S. C. F. A.
    563 29 PRESIDENT REFUTES ALLEGATIONS Mr. Tay Lian Teck, president of the Straits Chinese Football Association, strongly refuted the charge of professionalism among local Chinese players. at the annual meeting of the association on Saturday. Mr. Tay Lian Teck pointed out that the accounts showed
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    THIRD TEST.
    80 29 —Reuter. India Make Two Changes. Madras, Feb. 6. For the third Test match which starts at Madras on Friday India have made two changes in the side which forced a draw in the game at Calcutta, Yuvraj Patiala and Nazir Ali replacing Gopalan and Mushtaq Ali. The team
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    Taiping Professional Meeting.
    1141 30 HONOURS EVEN ON OPENING DAY. (From Our Own Correspondent raiping. feo 1 The big sweep was held on the eighth race, which Starlock won in comfortable fashion, lucky tickets being Nos. *****. 4823 and 9477. Starters:—*****. *****. ***** 1409. *****. 7810. *****. 8369. The first double tote
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    Mowgli, the Long Distance Champion.
    903 30 The R.S.Y.C. “B” class annual Changi race was held on Saturday and Sunday, the boats racing to Changi on the first day and back to the Club on Sunday. On Saturday aiternoon the wind was in the north-east, moderate at first but freshening a great
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    JACK HARE.
    144 30 Well-Known Veteran Boxer In Singapore. Whenever the trooping season eorres round and the Neuralia calls at Singa pore we look forward to a visit from that old veteran of the boxing ring Jack Hare, the globe-trotting charopion. He called in at the Straits Tinu-s office the other day
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    NAVAL GOLFERS AT ISLAND CLUB.
    376 31 TbP following are the results of a (i loursomes competition between "I Jpts from the H.M.S. Eagle and the P h Is of the Island Club, played on ifnndiv. Jan. 29:— Miss Frank and Lieut. Corn. Bundle 104 23 8! Irs Rainsford and i ieut
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    R.S.Y.C. SCULLERS.
    196 31 Practice On MacRitchie Reservoir. For the first time tne MacRitchie eservoir was in use for rowing yes- aay atternoon. when two practice ft oi the Singapore Yacht C!ub section were out. tlub bavp been granted special Jj' lon the Municipal Commis nr t0 ma^f use °f the reservoir
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    COMBINED FLEET MISS TWO PENALTIES.
    1014 31 But Score Five Times Against Malays. Malays 1; Combined Fleet 5. Without the services of several of their regular players, such as Taib, Dollah. Abdul Rahman and Jargasi, the Malays were overwhelmed by the Combined Fleet a the Anson Road Stadium on Thursday losing by
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    MALAYS SHARE HONOURS
    80 31 WITH RAFFLES. Kota Raja “A” 3 pts.; Raffles Inst. 3 pts. The Kota Raja “A” XV drew with Raffles Institution at Rugby yesterday at Dunearn Road each side scoring a try. The Malays displayed better form but good tackling by the school bacs presented them from scoring
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB COMPETITIONS.
    544 31 The February Medal competition of the Singapore Golf Club was played at Bukit rimah on Saturday and Sunday and resulted in a win for V. P. F. Walsh in "A” division with a net score m 69 and in a win for J. Crichton in w
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    ARSENAL AGAIN DEFEATED AT HIGHBURY.
    608 32 Derby County’s Two Points Advantage (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Feb. 3. One of the biggest surprises ol the season occurred today when the Arsenal were beaten at home by Everton and thus allowed Derby County to get a lead in the First Division. The
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    Club Easily Beat I.A.
    473 32 SUPERIOR IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. S.R.C. .4: I.A. .1. The Indian Association proved no match for the S.R.C. at hockey on Jan 31 on the S.R.C. ground, the result being a 4—1 victory for the home team Displaying superiority all round, the S.R.C dominated exchanges throughout and
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    TANGLIN SQUASH.
    34 32 J. P. de C. Hamilton Wins Championship. In the final of the Tanglln Club open squash championship last night J. P. de C. Hamilton defeated G. R. R. Caldbeck. 9—1. 9—2. 9—4.
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    M.C.C.’s BIG WIN.
    48 32 —Reuter. Marriott Does Hat-trick At Madras. Madras. Feb. 5. The M.C.C. won their match against Madras by an innings and 352 runs. Madras were all out in the second innings for 145, Johnstone scoring 69. Marriott got 5 wickets for 43 runs, lnluding the "hat-trick.”—Reuter.
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    Second Round Of Scottish Cup
    143 32 London. Feb. 3. Of the 13 matches played this afternoon in the second round of the Scottish F.A. Cup away teams were fuocessful in six and two others ended in draws. The two surprises of the round were Kilmarnock’s defeat by Albion Hrvers and Motherwell
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    NEGRI TENNIS.
    151 32 Sultan Suleiman Club’s Success. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Serembun. Jan. 4. The tennis team from the Sultan Sulaiman Club of Kuala *_.umpur. led by Inche Maarof bin Haji Zakaria, who won the Malay students title while a law student in England, visited Seremban yesterday and defeated the Negri
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    PORT DICKSON YACHT CLUB EVENTS.
    553 32 PORT DICKSON YACHT CLUB EVENTS Eleven yachts turned out to pete for the Boden Kloss Chalw Cup at the Port Dickson Yacht cu on Sunday last. A storm in the monT ing delayed getting the boats hi and also killed the wind. The start was postponed to when the fleet
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      PENAWAT (MALAYA) TIN.
      1143 1 Sale Of Assets. kwWAT CONSOLIDATED tin dredging. extraordinary general meeting of e Shareholders oi Penawat (Malaya) n Dredging Co., Ltd. was held at the .gistered Offic of the Company, larterec’ Bank Chambers. Penang, i Thursday. Those present were Mr. j Saunders (Chairman) Messrs, s Russell. E. V.
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      ANGLO-NIGERIAN CORPORATION.
      1210 1 Reconstruction Scheme. MR. FRANCIS ALLEN N THE POSITION. The fourth ordinary general meeting of Anglo-Nigerian Corporation. Ltd., was held recently at River Plate House. E.C., Mr. Francis Allen (the chairman of the company) presiding. The chairman said that the accounts were not pleasant reading for the shareholders, nor
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      PLANTING UNION AND D.P.A.’s.
      545 2 Separate Entity.” JOHORE RESOLUTION ADOPTED. Following prolonged discussion of the Malayan planting union scheme throughout tftie country, an important decision has been made by the P.A.M. Council. The Council of the Planters’ Association of Malaya met in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, when the papers relating to
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        FOR DIRECTORIAL EYES.
        155 2 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir —in his presidential address at the B.M.A. meeting held recently at Kuala Lumpur. Dr O. F. Conoley. the president of the association said, among other things: “With regard to dressers and subordinate start such as clerks on estates. it
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        WHO WANTS CONTROL.
        307 2 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—The rumours of rubber control are now very strong according to ycur paper Who wants control? Surely only the owners and shareholders who have had their big dividends, and are now left with rubber only fit for firewood. due to
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        WHO WILL PROFIT ?
        310 2 WHO WILL PROFIT To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —I have no interest whatsoever in the price of rubber, for although I invest in an occasional pair of rubber shoes, their price does not seem to vary with rubber quotations. It as a man in the street that
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        “ FIRST CENSUS MAP.”
        69 2 FIRST CENSUS MAP.” To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.—The statement on Page Five of your issue of Tuesday, Jan. 30. under the heading “First Census Map.” that this is the first census map of any country, is curiously incorrect as the Survey Department. F.M.S. and S.S.. produced a
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      MALAYA TIN STATISTICS.
      129 2 Foreign exports of tin, being final shipments on ocean-steamers at all Malayan ports, during the month of January, 1934. Destination Tons. United Kingdom 150 U.r 1,750 Continent ot Europe 867 British Possessions 157 Japan 95 Netherlands India 6 Oth Foreign Countries 36 Total 3.061 SUMMARY. Exports. Monthly
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      IPOH RUBBER LOSS.
      25 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 31. Ipoh Rubber Estates Ltd., reports a 3Q SS 1933 294 f0F the year ended Sept
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      SHARE MARKET,
      609 2 Fraser And r*». I 11 Report. I states**' and Co port dated The local share market has r,..., I somewhat depressed througho?"* week. Dollar tins In particular support, with quotations of th» iR generally easier at closing i/SUH cables also indicate a sellers’ n? nio B there and
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      BENTA RUBBER ESTATES.
      877 3 ro fit Of $547 On Year’s Operations. d „teenth annual meeting of the ne Rubber Estates. Lid., was held juices ot the secretaries Messrs, arrison Barker and Co., Ltd Penang. M! d Edgar Jones was In the chair addressed the meeting as follows: ,d l .i 'd
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      BRITISH TIN INVESTMENT.
      150 3 Value Of Holdings Above Cost. The British Tin Investment Corporation is paying an initial dividend of 4 per cent., less tax, tor 1933. The full report shows that Investment income has risen from £21,861 to £58,275, while the net profit Is up from £331 to £46,790. The
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      RUBBER SITUATION.
      73 3 Singapore Official Quotations. Quotations forward Contracts Spot Sailer Prices K s d. 9 9 9 9 Apr.Date L’don S’pore Feb. Mar. June 1 4 23/32 Business 16% 16*4 16% done 2 4 25/32 15 7 h 16% 16 16V* 3 4 25 32 15 16% 16 16% 5
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      22 3 Feb. 1 Tin. S’pore Price $113.25 per picul. 2 113.37 V* 3 113.62V* 5 113.75 6 114.00 7 114.00
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      RUBBER MARKET.
      691 3 Symington Wilson’s Report Symington a a Wilson’s weekly market report, dated London, Jan. 10 states Since oui last leport the rubber market has been inactive and practically without fluctuation. A little 'ttered liquidation has been offset by moderate trade buying and a somewhat restricted speculative inquiry. No news
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      TRADE COMMISSION.
      446 3 Penang And A Customs Union. The 105th. 106th. 107th and 108th meetings of the Trade Commission were held in Penang on Jan. 26, 27, 29 and 30. when evidence was taken from the following witnesses:— Hon. Mr. E. Newbold, O.B.E.—Tin smelting industry and (on behalf of F.M.S. Chamber
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      TINNED PINEAPPLES.
      81 3 Exports of tinned pineapples during the week ended Jan. 27, from Malayan ports amounted tc 36.9*18 cases, of which 29,224 cases were to the United Kingdom, 700 cases to the Continent of Europe, 5.020 cases to Canada, and 2,004 cases elsewhere. Total rxports for the period Jan. 1,
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      804 4 Fraser And Co’s Quotations. Singapore, Feb. 7 Mining. Itiue y a j pd Buyers. Sellers. £1 £1 Asam Kumbang 39/- 41/£1 £1 Austral Malay 45/- 46'6 5/- 5/- Ayer Illtam Tin 14 3 15/n il Bangrln Tin 34/6 6 1 1 Batang Padang 0.30 0.33 1 1
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      Trade And Finance.
      408 4 EXCHANGE RATES. Singapore. Feb. 7. SELLING. London. 4 months’ sight 2/4 7/64 London, 3 months’ sight 2/4 3/32 London, 60 days’ sight 2/4 5/64 London, 30 days’ sight 2/4 1/16 London, demand 2/4 3/64 London. T.T. 2/4 1/32 Lyons and Paris, demand 905 Hamburg, demand 148 New
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      HOME AND AMERICAN STOCKS.
      300 4 Closing Quotations In London. *FYom Oui Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 6/ Closing quotations today oi tiie pncipal British stocks are ?iven below: The ricr or tall is in relation to the price of Feb. 1. GOVERNMENT STOCKS. BRITISH. vise or Fall Conversion Loan 5 7c 117
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        LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES JAN. 23.
        550 4 Allagar <2/> 1/6; Alor Pongsu 12/) 1/1%; Anglo-Malay (£1) 12/6; Ayer Kunlng (£1) 22 Bupan Serai (£1) Bahru (Sel.) (2/) 2 Banteng (£1) 15/7%; Batang (2/) /9; Batu Caves (£1) 15 3; Batu Tlga (£1) 21/; Bekoh (2/) /9; Bertam Con. (2/) 3/; Bidor (£1)
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        SINGAPORE DOLLAR SHARE PRICES FEB. 7.
        722 4 Capital Issue Closing Prices Paid Up Value Dividends Fraser Lvall Company Co Fv a p 454.175 1 NU for year 29-2-33 Allenby <$l) 1.10 120 110 120 216.779 1 Nil for year 30-9-33 ..Alor Gajah ($1) 0.774 0.85 0 80 0 90 439.125 1
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