The Straits Budget, 6 December 1934

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      WAKE UP, JOHORE !
      741 2 WAKE UP, JOHORE finality depend.—Straits Times. November 29 Johore’s wealth is in the land. It is by far the richest agricultural State in the Malay Peninsula. It produces more rubber, coconuts, pineapples and palm oil than any other State, and there is no crop of any importance in Malaya which
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      THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
      687 2 I its revision.—Straits Times, November >20. f onsiderable interest has been evoked by the recommendations of the Plymouth Committee on Leave and Pas- I sage Conditions in the Colonial Service. Government servants are to i be congratulated on the prospect of! some adjustment of prevailing conditions in
      I its revision.—Straits Times, November >20.  -  687 words
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      THE WORLD’S ENIGMA.
      696 2 national friendship.”—Straits Times. December 1. A film which was shown in Singapore recently has as its theme the inscrutability of the Japanese. One of the characters is made to remark that the Japanese, looking nowhere see everything, listening to nothing hear everything, and asking nothing know all.
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      WHOSE “ PIDGIN ” ?
      892 3 WHOSE PIDGIN purchased.—Straits Times. December 3. That Malaya lags sadly behind j.eighbouring countries in the matter t broadcasting admits of no dispute. It must also be accepted that broadcasting is to some extent a public m rvice. that it has come to stay and that its introduction here is desirable.
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      THE COOLIE’S GUARDIAN.
      781 3 an opportunity to do so.—Straits Times. December 4. While characterised by the reticence which is inevitable in the circumstances. the Indian Agent's report for the year ending last June contains some suggestive comment. This report is especially interesting in that it reviews Rao Sahib K. A. Mukandan’s
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      INTEREST RATES.
      843 3 official low record—Straits Times. December 5. From one point of view the continued fall in interest rates, which has been so marked in Great Britain, is rather puzzling. If, as we have been told so often, recovery has begun at Home, and even if re-recovery is not progressing
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    RASH DRIVING CHARGE.
    194 4 European Ordered To Pay Compensation. A European motorist. K C. Gillet. was fined $25 and ordered to pay $25 compensation to a ricksha puller on Monday in the police court. Gillet was summoned on a charge of causing hurt by rash driving. The accident occurred in Orchard
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    PENANG—THE BEAUTIFUL.
    44 4 Viscount Dunford’s Praise. From A Correspondent) Penang. Dec. 4. "I have seen many beautiful places in the world” said Viscount Dunsford, who has arrived here on a holiday, “but I have never set eyes on such a wholly beautiful place as Penang.”
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    BIRTHS
    78 4 DE LA PORTE—to Mrs. G. Andr6 de la Porte at Puloe Samboe 28 11,34, a daughter, FRESCILLA GOATCHER.—At the General Hospital, Singapore, on Nov. 29. 1934. to Barbara, wife n-Lt. C. F Goatcher, R.A.F., a daughter. SNOXHILL— At the General Hospital. Singapore on Dec. 4, to Annette wife of
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    ENGAGEMENTS
    72 4 TOLLEY—BETTY.—The engagement is announced of Mr. L. E. Tolley, S. Moutrie Co. Ltd., Singapore and of London, England, to Miss Lily Betty daughter of Lieutenant Betty and Mrs. Betty, Royal Artillery. Singapore. CHEE—LIM.- -The engagement is announced of Mr. Chee Leng Watt, third son of Mr. Chee Kee Cheng,
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    151 4 'T'HOSE of us who are fortunate enough to own cars are inclined to forget that for many office workers in Singapore the daily journey to and from work is nearly as uncomfortable as it is in London. In the days when the mosquito buses ran along
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    LIGHT’S HOUSE.
    136 4 LIGHT ’S HOUSE. AN interesting discussion of the question of where Captain Francis Light lived has been contributed by Mr. E. G. Cullin to the Pivang Gazette. There is a popular belief that Light lived in the present Fort Cornwallis, but that structure, as we now know it. was not
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    IRAK AND PERAK.
    88 4 /■\F all the howlers perpetrated by British M.P.s. in discussing the Dindings the worst was this one. solemnly reported in Hansard: Captain Fuller: I should like to ask whether the term Dindings in fact covers all the territories ceded to the Sultan of Iraq under the two
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    FOR RAINY DAYS.
    83 4 immense financial strength of A some of the older Malayan rubber companies is not always realised. Sir Frank Swettenham, presiding at the annual meeting of the Tanjong Malim Rubber Company, has just reminded the shareholders of that company that they possess a general reserve of £30,000 and
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    LOKE YEW LAND.
    128 4 rpHE two divisions of the Tanjong A Malim company go back to the prc-War boom, and one of them incorporates an estate originally planted up in pepper, and afterwards in rubber, by Towkay Loke Yew. The after-effects of the pepper are now evident in Sir Frank Swettenham’s
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    A ROTARY CHAIR.
    143 4 OINCE the Rotary Club provides th e most prominent and most fre quently used platform for addresses of local interest in Singapore the chairmanship of that club is a posi tion of importance. It is therefore pleasing to know that the club has found so satisfactory a
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    “B.-P.”
    104 4 HpHE man who has captured the A imagination of the world's boyhood for the past twenty years is in Singapore today. It is curious to reflect, when one reads of the great rallies which Lord Baden-Powell is attending in Malaya and the high honours with which he is being
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    FOUR MILLION.
    136 4 IIfHAT scouting, and the Chief Scout of the World, now mean to youth is well expressed by a Singapore poet in the sonnet published on another page. The only people who now deride the scouts are the Communists. Those fanatics, with their extraordinary hatred of all that is
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    A CHINESE ARTIST.
    125 4 TOHOSE of us who have seen tie Victoria Theatre half-empty time after time, with one of the great*"' names in contemporary music <i tt programme, were surprised at t tit* si/ of the audience which listened to Miss Tjong See Yin on Wednesday night It is true
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      116 4 NOTICE. All communications for both the Straits Times and the Straits Budget should be addressed to the Head Office, Cecil and Stanley Streets, Singapore. Straits Settlements. The post free price of the Straits Times to the United Kingdom and foreign countries is $48 a year. The post free price of
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    49 4 DEATHS FLIERS—WILHELM FERDINAND. At General Hospital on Dec. 2. (Java and Medan papers please copy.) LEE. —L?e Pek Hoon passed away peacefully at his residence. 82, Elias Road. Pasir Ris, Singapore, on Dec. 4. OBITUARY. Sir Robert Perks. London, Nov. 30. The death has occurred of Sir Robert Perks.—Reuter.
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    THE REAL THING.
    126 5 IT does look as though Singapore is I becoming more musical. Not merely this Chinese girl but several betterknown artists have played to large audiences in recent months. Even a i, Hist has nearly filled the hall. perhaps the gramophone is behind this change. A generation of
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    SNOW IN SINGAPORE.
    117 5 I HAD the odd experience the other day of walking out of the heat and glare of Raffles Square straight into Father Christmas’s larder. Snow, real snow, encrusted the walls; the temperature was twenty degrees below freezing point; and the room was piled to the ceiling with
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    TROPICAL SHIVERS.
    128 5 TTHIS mysterious cavern, as you may 1 have guessed, was none other than the back part of one of our big department stores, as seen at the beginning of the Christmas season. If you ever have a chance to go behind the scenes in a shop of this
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    ST. ANDREW’S DAY.
    100 5 ST. ANDREW’S DAY OTHER St. Andrew’s Day is over, and we are reminded once again of the strength and tenacity with which the Scottish national spirit maintains itself overseas. There is an unashamed pride of race, and above all a unity, in our Scottish community on their national nay which
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    CULLODEN ECHOES.
    113 5 A REMARKABLE revelation of this peculiar strength of Scottish nationalism occurred last summer, in a correspondence which ran for several weeks in The Times. This was started by a student of military history who suggested that the true calibre of the “Butcher of ulloden,” as a general and
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    LONG, LONG AGO.
    112 5 JT is true that the Duke of Cumberland fully deserved the name by which he is known to posterity. He is said to have callously scribbled the order for the slaughter of the defenceless Highlanders on a playingcard, while engaged in a game of cards. But it
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    IN EXILE.
    118 5 HpO those who live among Scottish folk overseas it is not surprising that two of the most moving poems of homesickness in the English language should have been written by Scotsmen. One is Stevenson’s well-known Home no more home to me, whither must I wander.” and the other
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    VICTORIA BRIDGE.
    147 5 ALL who remember the school speech days of their youth will sympathise with Mr. C. E. H. Jacobs’ complaint that there is no room for the parents of his boys at the prizegiving of Victoria Bridge School. This is one day in the year when a school casts
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    A DOLLAR A DAY.
    138 5 IT is disturbing to learn that many opium addicts among the poorest classes in Singapore are spending more than a dollar a day on this drug. Dr. Chen Su Lan mentions a case of a ricksha puller who was eating one-fifth of an ounce of opium
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    BUNGALOW SOUNDS.
    109 5 ONE evening last week I was surprised to hear what I thought was a wah-wah exercising its lungs in the vicinity of my bungalow. Then the sounds changed. From a not unpleasing crescendo they switched over to appalling howl£ shrieks, roars, buzzes and bellows Yes, fel-low-citizens, you have
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    TEN THOUSAND.
    130 5 "MESSRS. Laycock and Tay Lian Teck anticipate that ten thousand of these things may appear in Singapore as soon as the new broadcasting company gets going Has anyone ever stopped to think what that may mean in frayed nerves in the suburbs? Singapore is a city of open
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    LONDON RELAYS.
    122 5 NEVERTHELESS, the greatest good of the greatest number,” as Mr Laycock said at the Commissioners meeting, will have to be the guiding principle. That being so, there is no question but that local broadcasting must be not only permitted but encouraged. Think what it will mean to Singapore
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    THE DESTROYERS.
    92 5 ALREADY the destroyers are beginning to assemble at Singapore for their change of stations, and old residents are asking themselves when last there were eighteen warships in this port. They are finding that they have to go back a very long way—even as far. some say. as the
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    NAVAL OCCASIONS.
    83 5 "THERE have been three outstanding naval events at Singapore since the War. I refer to the visit of H.M.S. Malaya, the tour of the Special Service Squadron, and the conference between the admirals of the China. East Indies and Australia stations in 1925 The Malaya was given a
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    HOGS: A MORAL.
    197 5 HOGS: A MORAL THE best comment I have yet seen on the working of restriction schemes comes from the United States. It is a letter written by an American who hopes to be a beneficiary of the N. R. A., and it appears in the New Statesman. Here it is:
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    EARLY MORNING.
    138 5 EARLY MORNING YIEING one of those people who, despite good resolutions every New Year’s Eve, are accustomed to start the day with a confused and irritable medley of shave, bath, boiled eggs and office, I have been ashamed to learn how certain othfer residents of Singapore greet the dawn. At
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    FIVE CENTURIES.
    121 5 VTOT everyone knows, by the way, that sermons are still preached In the Portuguese language in St. Joseph’s Church in Victoria Street, thus perpetuating an unbroken tradition which goes back to the arrival of the first Portuguese galleons at Malacca. The language used for sermons at the Cathedral
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    KAMPONG DEATHS.
    102 5 MALAYA leads the world in the control of malaria, but it is not generally realised that the greatest 1 allure, as well as the greatest success, of medical science in this country has been recorded in the fight against malaria. Malaria is still the chief killing disease of
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    SELANGOR SWAMPS.
    87 5 VET the incidence of malaria In those districts is serious, and has been increasing during the last three years. Some time ago. when the ill-starred health boards were still existing—one cannot say functioning-investi-gations were made in the flat coastal country of Kuala Selangor. In the words of the
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    INTERLUDE.
    114 6 f|>HE rainy weather we have been having lately certainly finds out the weak spots in roofs of all descriptions. Accordingly I was not surprised to see a workman attending to the slates on a Chinese house at the back of our office one morning last week. Carefully he removed
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    CAPTAIN ANDERSON.
    144 6 JJiHE Malayan Police Magazine has done well to give prominence to Captain H A. Anderson in its current number, for otherwise the retirement of this fine police officer might have passed unnoticed No better all-round sportsman than Captain Anderson ever lived in this country. He was already thirty-one
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    ROTARIANS.
    82 6 I~|NE hopes that the Rotarians will make the speechmaking short and snappy when they entertain the Governor at Sea View next Monday. There was an unfortunate mix-up at the official conference dinner of Malayan Rotarians at Penang recently. The speeches went on until eleven o’clock, and the other guests,
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    LINGUA FRANCA.
    107 6 ¥N view of the controversy which disturbed this colony last year some remarks made by Mr. A. M. Goodman, Resident Councillor of Penang, in the Chinese Town Hall of that town last week, are significant. “My long association with Chinese British subjects in the Straits Settlements,” he said.
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    LATEX ROADS.
    116 6 GOOD deal of Interest was taken in Kuala Lumpur a year or so ago in the various stretches of road in and around the town that were laid with different kinds of rubber surfaces. Particularly interesting were the latex mixtures, which were poured on to the road like
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    OUR HISTORY.
    131 6 /”|NE FACT which posterity will have difficulty in believing is that in Singapore schools in A.D. 1934 no textbook of Malayan history existed. It is an amazing situation, is it not? The early Hindu and Buddhist empires. the coming of Islam, the successive waves of European conquest, the
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    WHAT WE NEED.
    135 6 IT is just what we want, in a Penin- sular version, for the children of Malaya; and even this production. Dutch though it is in matter and viewpoint, would be better than some of the historical textbooks in use in our schools today. The pictures are especially
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    A TELOM VOICE.
    176 6 PAYMASTER Lieut. Commander Lander has corrected my disparaging comment on Cameron Highlands, and I am glad that he has done so. for many people besides myself, having only seen the lower and central highlands. had no idea that such possibilities existed in the Telom valley. It is
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    INCREASED FLYING FEES.
    144 6 In Kuala Lumpur. TO BALANCE CLUB BUDGET. (From Our Own Correspondent.) K* ala Lun,pui, Dec. 3. In order to balance their budget, the Kuala Lumpui ’lying Cli b have increased their flying fees. This increase, it is statec in the November report, was mainly respon sible for
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    HOW DR. WILTSHIRE MET HIS DEATH.
    740 6 lnq uest Story. WAS TRAGEDY DUE TO BURST TYRE (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 29. A small sharp-pointed stone caused the accident which killed Dr. Wiltshire. This explanation was given when an expert witness at the inquest today reconstructed the story from
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    THE COLONY’S GREETING.
    68 6 H.E. the Governor (Sir Shenton Thomas) has dispatched the following telegram to the Secretary of State for the Colonies: “On behalf of peoples of all races in the Straits Settlements I respectfully tender to Their Majesties the King and Queen and to His Royal Highness the Duke
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    Wiltshire Inquest Finding Reserved.
    42 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Nov. 30. The Coroner today postponed his finding in the Wiltshire inquest until next week. A warrant was issued for the arrest of the lorry conductor who failed to attend the inquest.
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    LOCAL AND PERSONAL
    1478 7 Dr H T. Wee has returned from a holiday trip to Dalat, Indo-China. air D. 8t. L. Parsons, of Kuala Lumpur, arrived from England on Saturday. Mr D W. Holder, of Messrs. McAlister and Co., Singapore, has left for Buropt*. Dr S. H. Tan, the eye specialist,
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    K.L.M.’s CHRISTMAS FLIGHT.
    143 7 K.L.M. s CHRISTMAS FLIGHT. Amsterdam One Day: Singapore The Next! This year the K.L.M. propose to repeat the special flight with Christmas mails from Holland to Netherlands India. The Douglas D. C. 2, which was second in the Melbourne Air Race, when piloted by Parmentier and Moll, will leave Amsterdam
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    BREACH OF TRUST CASE AT K.L.
    289 7 Ex-Employee Of Borneo Co. Sentenced. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Dec. 4. Jx> Meow Cheong, former storekeeper of the local Borneo Co., was sentenced to nine months imprisonment on a charge of criminal oreacb of trust of $3,031 in respect of explosives and
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    POPPY DAY.
    60 7 Selangor Collection Over $10,000. 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Dec. 3. It, is estimated that the collection In Selangor in aid of the Poppy Day Fund, will be over $10,000. It has not been possible yet f o complete the accounts. The final meeting of the Selangor
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    MRS. TAN’S JEWELLERY.
    125 7 Possibility That It May Be Recovered. Giving his address as 17. but looking much younger. Lim Cheng Teck pleaded guilty before Mr. Norman Grice, this week to the theft of jewellery valued at $2OO The complainant was Mrs. Faith Tan, a midwife, who. Cheng Teck explained, was
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    COL. BURKHARDT FOR SINGAPORE.
    117 8 To Command Heavy Artillery Brigade. Lt.-Colonel Valentine Rudolph Burkhardt. the Military Attache In Peiping since 1932. is at present on his way from China to Singapore where he will command one of the two brigades of Heavy Artillery of the Malayan Command. Col. Burkhardt, who left
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    COLONIAL OFFICE APPOINTMENTS.
    175 8 The following Colonial Office appointments to Malaya have been made: Mr H K. Ashby. Agricultural Officer; Mr. C. S. K. Bowell, Police Probationer; Mr. P. H. Burgess, Customs Probationer; Mr. W. L. R. Carbonell, Police Probationer; Mr. J. A Carr-Archer, Customs Probationer; Mr. D. B. Coney, Customs
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    PRESIDENT GARFIELD.
    142 8 Passengers for Malaya by s.s. President Garfield which arrived in Singapore on Saturday include. Miss Bertha Emerson Dr. H. A. Garfield, Mrs. H. A. Garfield. Mr. Wm N. Gawler, Mrs. Dora M. Hall. Mr Stuart Lowrie, Mrs. N. F. McEnelly, Mr. i J. F. McKiernan, Sr., Mr. J.
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    WEDDINGS.
    549 8 Tennis Flayer’s Honeymoon On Maxwell’s Hill. I (From Our Own Correspondent.) TaJping, Nov. 26. A pretty Chinese wedding in the reformed style, took place at the Hokkien Hoey Kuan, Taiping. yesterday, the contracting parties being between Mi. Ng Say Tee, son of Mr. and Mis. Ng Ann Thye, and
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    MR. L. W. TIVY.
    31 8 M R. L. W. TIVY. Mr. L. W. Tivy, chairman of the Incorporated Society of Planters, is rapidly recovering from his illness and expects to be back in Malaya in March.
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    TIGER “BAGGED” IN HIGHLANDS.
    74 8 European Hunter’s Success. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Dec. 3. Mr. Kennieson, a resident of Cameron Highlands, yesterday morning shot a tiger measuring eight feet. It is believed to be the same tiger which last Thursday night killed a cow belonging to Mr. Lacey, another resident
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    F.M.S. APPOINTMENTS.
    239 8 Malaya’s Representative j In Madras. Mr. W. J. Smith to be an official member of the Mejlis Meshuarat Keraja’an <State Council* of Negri, Sembilan for a further period of two, years. Mr. C. Wilson to act as Emigration Commissioner for Malaya. Madras, i Class II. M.C.S. Mr. R.
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    MR. A. W. PORTER TO WED.
    101 8 Muar. Nov. 30 The marriage of Mr. A. W. Porter, manager of Eng Kee Estate, Tangkah, to Miss “Jock" Weir, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Weir of Muar, will take place in Kuala Lumpur on the Dec. 8. The engagement is announced
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    PASSENGERS.
    78 8 The following were passengers for Singapore on the President Garfield, which arrived here on Saturday. Miss Bertha Emerson. Dr. H. A. Garfield. Mr. Wm. N. Gawler, Mrs. Dora M. Hall, Stuart Lowrie, Mrs. N. F. McEnelly, Mr. J. F. McKiernan, Sr., Mr J F. McKiernan. Jr., Father Marks. Mrs.
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    FIRST CEYLON TAMIL PRIEST.
    94 8 Mr. D. A. Vendargon’s Ordination. From Our Own Correspondent Seremban. Dec 3 The ordination of the first t' ev Tamil priest of the Catholic mission iS Malaya will take place at Pulau Tikin* on Saturday, when Mr. D. a Ven dargon. eldest son ot Mr. and
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    PIONEER OF EAST COAST.
    79 8 Capt. Anderson Retires. Captain H. A. Anderson, one of the best-known Europeans on the East Coast of Malaya, recently retired from Government service. Although his name is familiar to many people, few know the details of his romantic career, which began in the Australian Army and
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    S.S. GAZETTE.
    331 8 Company Sergeant-Major T. A Cussek has been appointed a company Sergeant-Major and Instructor Straits Settlements and Malay State® Volunteer forces. Mr. John C. W. Kemp and Mr. Peter Howard Bufgess have been appointed probationers, Trade and Customs department, F.M.S., and Government Monopolies. Straits Settlements. Mr. G. W. Bryant
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    MALAY IMPRESSIONS OF ENGLAND.
    1193 9 Horse Guards And R. A. F. Dare-devils. WALES, l'HE LAKES AND THE HIGHLANDS. yyHAT a Malay prince thought of England and Scotland was revealed in an address to the Klang Rotary Club. The speaker was Tungku Laxamana, third son of the Sultan of Selangor, who recently
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    CHINESE TO STAGE TRADE FAIR.
    169 9 To Advertise Malayan Market Plans are afoot to hold a Chinese trade exhibition in Singapore next year. The scheme is being sponsored by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Singapore, and its purpose is to further the interests of Chinese manufacturers in the Malayan market. A
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    BETTER B.B.C. RECEPTION
    91 9 The British Broadcasting Corporation yesterday changed the wavelength of their Empire Transmission No. 2 with a view to improving reception in all parts of British Malaya The announcement was conveyed in a statement issued by the Postmaster-General at Kuala Lumpur. The change is the substitution of the
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    RECRUITING FOR THE MALAY REGIMENT.
    114 9 Drill Display At Kuala Kangsar. From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, Nov. 26. With the object of encouraging recruitment for the Malay Regiment an increase in the establishment being recently approved by the Federal Council, three European Officers and fifty-five other ranks. all Perak Malays, from
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    ECHO OF BAN HIN GOLD MINES CASE.
    211 9 Defendant Found Shot In Office. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Nov. 30. Mr. Oh Kay Ben#, whose name tame into prominence in connection with the Ban Hin Gold Mines case recently, was found shot dead in his office at Kampar last night. A
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    CHIEF SCOUT LEAVES FOR AUSTRALIA.
    700 10 SINGAPORE RALLY. End Of Successful Malayan Tour. I ORD and Lady Baden-Powell, the Chief Scout and Chief Guide, left Singapore on Sunday by the Marella en route for Australia. The Chief Scout was in happy mood and expressed his great pleasure at what he has
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    SEREMBAN MARKET.
    85 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Nov. 28. A suggestion by Mr. W. P. Crawford that the powers of the pork stall committee be enlarged to enable them to deal with other commodities sold in the market, was mentioned by the chairman, Mr. W. Linehan, at today’s meeting of
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    CLOSE OF A SLUMP CHAPTER.
    290 10 European Fund Wound Up In The F.M.S. The improved conditions now prevailing in Malaya are reflected in the decision to wind up the F.M.S. 'Distressed European Fund. The committee has come to the conclusion that the main objects for which the original fund was inaugurated
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    NEW BILLIARD ROOM.
    134 10 $7,000 Vote For Colonial Secretary’s House. The billiard table now housed in the downstairs lounge in the Colonial Secretary’s House is to be removed to the vacant ground floor of the annexe which is a large and lofty open space and very suitable for the purpose This
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    PUBLIC GAMBLING ALLEGED.
    181 10 Fantan At Amusement Park. (From Our Own Correspondent Seremban. Nov. 28 At today's meeting of the Seremban Sanitary Board presided over by Mr. W. Linehan, Dr. Eu Khay Hoe, brought up the question of gambling at the amusement park at Rahang Village. Dr. Eu said he had
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    GARRISON GUARDS.
    24 10 Guards at Government House. Flagstaff House and Fort Canning on December 21 and 22 will be furnished by 7th Heavy Brigade, R.A.
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    HOARDING OF RUBBER BANNED.
    3733 11 In The Straits And D. E.I. LONDON HEARS THE NEWS WITH RELIEF. \N important step towards smoother .working of rubber regulation was taken on Monday. The Legislative Council passed a Bill designed to prevent overloading of the market by accumulation of rubber stocks. It was argued
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    TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN MALAYA.
    512 13 DEVELOPMENTS LIKELY. Mr. H.A.R. Cheeseman’s English Tour. VEW possibilities for technical education in Malaya are 1 visualised by the return from leave of Mr. H. A. R. Cheeseman, Inspector of Sch ools, Singapore and Labuan| who has been touring technical colleges in Great Britain. SPECIAL TO
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    DUTCH CHRISTMAS FLIGHT.
    52 13 The Straits Times understands that the Douglas plane which finished second in the Melbourne air race will leave Amsterdam on Dec. 24 with a load of Christmas mail for the Netherlands Indies, and is expected to arrive in Singapore some time on Christmas Day. Beckman will be
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    THE RAJA MUDA OF SELANGOR.
    121 13 (From Our Own Correspondent), Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 27. No successor has yet been officially selected to the vacated post of Raja Muda of Selangor. The Malay Mail states that an appointment will he made shortly hut that it will not be to the post of
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    TO WELCOME SIR SHENTON THOMAS.
    133 13 Taiping Plans For January Visit. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiplng, Nov. 28. Taiplng is making preparations to welcome the High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas who is expected to visit the town on Jan. 11. At a public meeting held at the Hokkien Hoey Kuan, Taiplng,
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    MR. H. C. MILLS ACQUITTED.
    193 13 Case Against Vehicles Inspector Fails. Mr. H. C. Mills, a Eurasian Vehicles Inspector was acquitted last week, by Mr. Norman Grice, the second magistiate. of a charge of having received r.n illegal gratification of $1 50 from a 'bus-owner. Mr G. C. Meredith. Registrar of
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    ASSAULT SEQUEL.
    175 13 Two Hokkiens Fined At Muar. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Muar, Nov. 28. There was a sequel to a flght in a lodging house at Jalan Sayang on Nov. 12, when two Hokkien Chinese appeared before Ungku Hassan this morning with having caused hurt to Khoo Phiak Hong. The
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    COMBINED MANOEUVRES OFF SINGAPORE.
    282 13 COMBINED MANOE UVRES OFF SINGAPORE. To Test Defences 21 WARSHIPS. manoeuvres, to test the defences of Singapore will begin next Thursday. The army, the navy and the air force will take part and the Singapore Volunteer Force will also co-operate, R.A.F. Exercises. The Navy will be the ‘'attacker." and twenty-one
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    CYCLIST’S DEATH.
    62 13 Goes Against Traffic Signal. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 30. A car, driven by a European, knocked down a Boyanese cyclist, who conr travened a traffic signal, and he rereceived fatal Injuries. At the inquest today, Mr. L. K. Jones, an engineer of the Bungsar Power
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    GUIDE HOUSE TEA.
    84 13 Thrill For Kuala Lumpur Girls. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 29. For nearly an hour, the guides of Kuala Lumpur were enthralled by a talk by Lady Baden-Powell when she visited the Guide House yesterday and was entertained to a picnic tea. Mrs. Watson, of
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    BROADCASTING FOR SINGAPORE.
    619 14 Subsidy Approved. TEN THOUSAND SETS ENVISAGED. BROADCASTING service for Singapore, similar to those which exist in most other countries, has made further progress towards realisation. The Municipal Commissioners have approved a subsidy of $12,000, to be spread over the new company’s first year of operation. Two points
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    THE CASE OF DR. C. J. PAGLAR.
    344 14 Favourable Decision Of The G. M. C. In July, 1933, Dr. C. J. Paglar appealed in the Supreme Court, before the Chief Justice and Sir David Galloway, against the decision of the local Medical Council to strike his name from the register of
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    GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO PENANG
    23 14 The Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, is expected to arrive in Penang on Jan. 4, on his first official visit.
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    YAM TUAN’S RETURN.
    104 14 (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Nov. 30. Next Friday, will be observed as a public holiday in Negri Sembilan in honour of the return from England of His Highness the Yang di per Tuan Besar of Negri Sembilan. A guard of honour, composed of two officers, two
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    WOH HUP GETS ANOTHER CONTRACT.
    46 14 The tender ol Woh hap at $50,000 ahe lowes of four tenders, the highest being $7B 900), for the erection of ten quarters for clerks and dressers at the site of the New Convict Prison. lIV2 milestone, Changl, has oeen accented.
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    EUROPEAN NURSE EXONERATED.
    406 14 Woman Driver In Fatal Accident. A man who has not been identify and appeared to be a vagrant knocked down by a motor-car driven by Miss D. E. Allen, a nursing sister in New Bridge Road. ler At the inquest on Friday the Corona Mr. W. G.
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    ACCIDENT ON F.M.S. RAILWAY.
    79 14 Engine Of K.L. —Penang Mail Train Derailed. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 30 The engine of the Kuala LumpurPenang day mail train was derailed today between Sungkai and Trolak A special train was put on to convt V the passengers from Ipoh to Penang
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    LOTUS CLUB.
    25 14 Under the patronage of Lady Shenton Thomas a variety entertainment will be given at the Victoria Theatre at 9.15 pm. on Dec. 15.
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    MALAYAN PLANTING TOPICS.
    2681 15 The Rubber Exhibition At South Kensington —Opened By Sir P. Cunliffe-Lister —Colonial Secretary’s Interest In Rubber—Impressions Of The Exhibits. (By Our Plar'‘nK Correspondent.) /\N Nov. 1. at the Science Museum. U SoU th Kensington, there were assembled probably more leading sentatives of the rubber industry m:i have
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    GOVERNOR’S SPEECH AT ST. ANDREW’S DINNER.
    1946 16 ORIGIN OF BAGPIPES. Scotland’s Rain And The Singapore Monsoon.” OT. ANDREW'S DAY was celebrated in the traditional style in Singapore when H.E. the Governor Sir Shenton Thomas was the chief guest at the dinner at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Sir Shenton, in a humorous
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS. Contained in Reuter, British Imperial Radio and Special Telegrams.
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      LONDON ACCLAIMS DUKE AND HIS BRIDE.
      2412 21 enormous public interest. I Scenes Of Splendour And I Rejoicing. I REMINISCENT of a Coronation —such is the I phrase used in describing the ceremonial attendI ing the marriage of the Duke of Kent and Princess I Marina at Westminster Abbey. I Fears of
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      PUTNEY ELECTION RESULT.
      69 22 Big Turnover Of Votes To Labour. London, Nov. 29. The bye-election at Putney owing to the death of the Conservative Member, Mr. Samuel Samuel, resulted as follows: Mr. Marcus Samuel (Cons.) 13,599 Dr. Edith Summerskill (Lab.) 12,936 —Reuter. The figures at the last election were: Mr. S.
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      RUBBER PLANTERS’ SALARIES.
      168 22 Question Asked In The Commons. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 29. In the House of Commons last night Mr. W. G. D. Hutchison (Cons., Rowford) inquired whether, in view of the British Government’s otficial approval of the Rubber Restriction scheme which is now advantaging the companies
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      CHEAPER MONEY.
      91 22 Relief From Eurden Of Heavy Interest. Replying to Capt. A. E. G. Fuller (U.. Ardwick). who referred to the decreased yields from fixed interest securities, and inquired whether the Government was considering the question of obtaining some relief for the Crown Colonies. Sir Philip CunliffeLister gave an assurance
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      JAPAN WANTS PEACE.
      707 22 -Reuter. Mr. Hirota’s Speech In Tokio. THE NAVAL TALKS. Policy Of Non-Menace And Non-Aggression. Tokio, Nov. :io. The Japanese Government i s endeavouring in the London naval talks “to establish firmly the principle of non-menace and nonaggression,” declared Mr. Hirota, the Foreign Minister, in a speech to
      -Reuter.  -  707 words
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      PEACE & DISARMAMENT: NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
      494 23 PEACE DISARMAMENT: NEW DEVELOPMENTS. Reuter Wireless. THE PROBLEM of GERMANY. Activity In European Capitals. YEW developments are afoot which it is hoped may lead to a stabilisation of peace in Europe. Germany is an important factor in the situation. She is urged to re-enter the League of Nations, but may
      Reuter Wireless.  -  494 words
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      THE NAVAL TREATY.
      157 23 -Reuter. U.S. Will Not Concede Equality To Japan. Washington. Nov. 28. Mr. Carl Vinson, chairman of the House of Representatives’ Naval Committee, says that if Japan denounces the Naval Treaty he will seek Congressional authority for building five ships for every three laid down by Japan, and
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      U.S. SEA POWER.
      325 23 will be double that strength.—Reuter Wireless. Our Navy Should Be Second To None.” Washington, Dec. 2. America’s determination to build up to Navy Treaty limits is re-affirmed by the Navy Secretary. Mr. C. Swanson, in his annual report for 1934. He indicates simultaneously that the indicates simultaneously
      will be double that strength.—Reuter Wireless.  -  325 words
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      ARMS TRAFFIC INQUIRY.
      135 23 —Reuter. Further Sensational Disclosures. Washington, Dec. 2. International reverberations are likely to follow fresh and sensational evidence to be made public on the resumption of the Senate special munitions investigating committee on Dec. 4. According to a well-informed source, it is stated that evidence will ba called
      —Reuter.  -  135 words
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      DE VALERA AGAIN.
      74 23 Reuter Wireless. Free State Citizens Not British London, Nov. 28. After the Citizenship Bill becomes law, nobody in the Irish Free State will be a British subject, declared Mr. de Valera in the Dail today. Otherwise, cdl the principles agreed upon by the previous Imperial Conference would
      Reuter Wireless.  -  74 words
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      SAAR ANTI-NAZIS.
      80 23 —Reuter. Religious Bodies Form New Party. Saarbrucken, Dec. 2. A new anti-Nazi party called the Saar Christian Front, composed of Catholics and Protestants, has been launched in the Saar. Seventy Catholic and Protestant priests and former presidents of the Saar Centre Party, attended a meeting at which the
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      AMERICA AND BRITAIN.
      249 23 —Reuter. Co-operation Essential. WOULD END WORLD PANICS. London, Dec. 2. There is a greater chance now than ever for understanding and co-operation between the English-speaking people.” So averred, Mr. R. W. Bingham, U.S. Ambassador, in an interview with the Observer published today. He declared that the old
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      STAVISKY ECHO.
      100 23 Reuter. Detective Arrested After Libel Claim Fails. Paris Dec. 2. Detective Inspector Bony was arrested after the conclusion of the case in which he unsuccessfully ued a newspaper for libel arising out of allegations of his connection with Stavisky.— Reuter. [Bony sued the weekly Journal Gringoire for damages
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      U.S. AND JAPAN.
      80 23 Reuter. London, Nov 29. Admiral Makoto Salto, in an article in the Christian Science Monitor, scoirs at the possibility of war between Japan and the United States, and claims that it is Inconsistent with the fundamentals of naval strategy. He adds that there is no logical bone
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      CHECK ON NATIVE PRODUCTION.
      382 24 —Reuter. STRONG DEMAND FOR SHARES. Latest Figures Of World Stocks. 1JUBBER has responded characteristically to good news —that of the check imposed on native production in the Netherlands Indies. The speculators are in the market again and rubber shares are in strong demand, with quotations substantially
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      OIL FROM RUBBER.
      65 24 Commodity Must Bv Very Cheap (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 27. According to the annual report of the Fuel Research Board of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government chemists have succeeded in obtaining motor spirit and also lubricating oil from rubber, u though the
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      LADY ASHLEY DIVORCED.
      53 24 -Reuter. Douglas Fairbanks The Co-respondent. London, Nov. 28. Lord Ashley has been granted a decree nisi, the suit being undefended. Lady Ashley was formerly the musical comedy actress, Sylvia Hawkes.—Reuter. The divorce petition was filed in February of this year. Douglas Fairbanks, the famous film star, being
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      COPPER CONTROL.
      124 24 .—Reuter. London, Nov. 27. “The recent agitation in certain copper quarters to bring pressure on directors to do what they already have well in hand serves no useful purpose,” stated M/. Chester Beatty, presiding at yesterday’s meeting of the Rhodesian Selection Trust. The question of bringing into operation
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      ANGLO-JAPANESE TRADE.
      38 24 —Reuter. Tokio, Nov. 26. An Anglo-Japanese Trade Relations Committee has been established. It consists of ten leading Japanese business men, with five local British advisers Including Mr. George Bailey Sansom, Commercial Counsellor to the British Embassy.—Reuter.
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      LONDON COMMENT ON S. T. C. POLICY.
      144 24 Penpoll Works For Sale. From Our Own Correspondent. London, Nov. 27. It is understood that the Straits Trading Co., Ltd., are the principal shareholders in the British Tin Smelting and Refining Co., Ltd., and that it is proposed to open a new smelter
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      “LL. G.” BACK IN THE FRAY.
      215 24 Reuter. China And Japan. BRITAIN MUSI H£VE A CLEAR POLICY. London. Nov. 28. Mr. Lloyd George, who has taken a long holiday from politics, participated in the debate in the House of Commons on Imperial defence. He reviewed the position throughout the world, and
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      GERMAN “REDS.”
      41 24 —Reuter Wireless. Berlin, Nov. 26. The former Communist Deputies have been sentenced to penal servitude for terms ranging from two to three years for high treason in endeavouring to reorganise Communist organisations in the Rhine and Ruhr districts.—Reuter Wireless.
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      BRITAIN’S AIR POWER.
      392 24 —Reuter Twice As Strong As Germany. COMMONS DEBATE. Mr. Churchill On London’s Peril. London, Nov. 29 Germany’s factories are work mg practically under war condi tions,” declared Mr. Winston Churchill, speaking on the amend, ment to the Address in the House of Commons. He was drawing attention
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      RUSSIAN REFUGEES.
      77 24 —Reuter. Plight Of Women In Shanghai. London, Nov. 28 The plight of Russian women refugees in Shanghai was called to the attention of the House of Commons. The Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden (Lord Privy Seal), replying on behalf of th> Foreign Minister to a question, said 'that the
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      FRANCE APPEALS TO GERMANY.
      219 25 -Reuter. Urges Re-entry To The League. kuropean AMITY. -Present Frontiers Must Re Maintained.” Paris, Nov. 30. M. I .aval, the French Foreign Minister in a written declaration read in the Chamber, covered all the burning questions of the day. He urged Herr Hitler, who he -aid
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      JEWS IN GERMANY.
      73 25 Reuter. Peace Offer 66 Not Worth Considering." Berlin, Nov. 30. The revelation that international Jewry had made a peace offer to Germany on condition that the German Government changed its policy regarding Jews was made by Herr Frick Minister for the Interior in a speech at Chemnitz,
      —Reuter.  -  73 words
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      CHINA’S TREASURES.
      62 25 Nanking. Dec. I.—All articles and monuments of historical value should be carefully preserved, says a circular message from Mr. Wang Ching-wei and Marshal Chiang Kai-shek to the Provincial authorities. Shanghai, Dec. I.— Work has begun m Shanghai on a $2,000,000 structure j be used exclusively as a fish
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      NAVAL DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE.
      126 25 -Reuter. British Proposals The Basis. London, Nov. 30. A t resh Japanese attempt to reach agreement on the British ing qualitative limitation, was promiral Yamamoto and the First Sea Lord. Admiral Tamamoto submitted his ideas of what the future navy of Japan should be. It is presumed
      -Reuter.  -  126 words
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      CHINESE MISSION TO VISIT MALAYA.
      50 25 -Union Times. Effort To Improve Trade. Shanghai. Dec. 2. Chinese manufacturers and merchants of Shanghai are sending an investigation mission to the Philippine Islands. Indo-China. and Malaya early next year. The object of the mission is to popularise Chinese manufactured goods in these countries.—Union Times.
      -Union Times.  -  50 words
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      PUTNEY ELECTION.
      120 25 Voters Impressed By War-Talk. London, Nov. 30. Neither party is pleased with the result of the Putney by-election. Though Labour reduced the Conser\ative majority compared with 1929, they confidently predicted victory, tnd now say that their candidate was weighed down by his membership of the Socialist League, whose
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      TRAMP SHIPPING SUBSIDY.
      172 25 .—Reuter. Withdrawn If Freight Rates Rise. London, Nov. 30. A White Paper has been issued containing a memorandum on the financial resolutions for assistance to shipping. The tramp subsidy is not exceed £2,000,000 and is to be reduced below this figure if the average level of freight
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      CHINESE MISSION IN ENGLAND.
      138 25 Reuter. Favourable Impressions Formed. London, Nov. 30. Mr. Yu Fei-peng, the Chinese Vice-Minister of Communications, has completed his tour of the northern shipyards, including an inspection of the new Cunarder, the Queen Mary. He now commences an inspection of posts, telegraphs and telephones and will probably
      Reuter.  -  138 words
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      Cruiser Bombards Pirate Junks.
      161 25 Shanghai. Seven pirates were captured and 27 either drowned or shot in a fierce fight between a cruiser and three pirate .iunks off the Chekiang coast, near Tinghai island, close to Ningpo. The cruiser was dispatched to the neighbourhood by the Fisnery Protection Bureau of the
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      THE MORRO CASTLE.
      61 25 -Reuter. Char ft vs Against (apt (tin And Chief Engineer. New York, Nov. 30. Captain Warms and Chief Engineer Abbott, of the Morro Castle, which was destroyed by fire on Sept. 8, are being arraigned before the United States Commissioner on criminal charges of negligence, misconduct and
      -Reuter.  -  61 words
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      SHOULD GOLD BLOC DEVALUE ?
      342 25 SHOULD GOLD BLOC DEVALUE general recovery of »tocks.—Reuter Wireless. Great Britain Consulted. LOW STERLING RATE HELPS TRADE. London, Nov. 30. The British and American attitude towards devaluation by the gold bloc is the subject of articles in the Financial News, in which it is stated that when the British authorities
      general recovery of »tocks.—Reuter Wireless.  -  342 words
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      OIL FIRE IN HAVANA.
      39 25 —Reuter. Havana. Nov. 29 Fire has broken out in the great refinery of the Standard Oil Co. here. The whole building and storage tanks are aflame and the loss is expected to be very heavy.—Reuter.
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      A Political Diary.
      1483 27 SI /UP WRECKAGE TYNESIDE, CLYDESIDE AND H ALES —A LABOUR CORPS? “BACK TO PARTY POLITICS <p,\ Our London Correspondent.) Fleet Street, Nov. 14. TAIL-ends of Parliamentary Sessions are usually dull remnants, ami the past week’s proceedings at Westminster have proved no exception to the rule. Except for
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      COMPULSORY SERVICE.
      66 27 shortly be made law. —Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Prague, Nov 30. A Bill introducing two years compulsory military service was submitted to Parliament by the Czecnoslovakian Government on Thursday. As this measure, which it is estimated will involve an expenditure of 164.000.000 kronen annvally has received the approval of the majority
      shortly be made law. —Aneta-Trans-Ocean.  -  66 words
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      WOMAN IN U.S. TREASURY.
      99 27 Miss Josephine Roche’s Appointment. President Roosevelt nas appointed Miss Josephine Roche, of Colorado, President of the Rocky Mountain Fue Company to be Assistant-Secretary of the Treasury Miss Roche Is a noted figure In tho Far West, and was once Colorado candidate for the Governorship. She gained
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      A SAAR SETTLEMENT.
      112 27 —Reuter. If Germany Wins The Plebiscite. Rome, Dec. 3. A Franco-German agreement on Saar questions was signed this morning by the respetclve delegates. Germany has agreed to pay 900,000,000 francs for the Saar mines and various credits which she will take over If the plebiscite favours her.—
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      A COMMUTED SENTENCE.
      61 27 —Reuter. Indian Who Tried To Kill Sir John Anderson. Calcutta, Dec. 3. The High Court has reduced the sentenoe of death passed on MonoranJan Bannerjee. for his attempt to murder Sir John Anderson, to life transportation, while the sentence on the girl accomplice, Amlya Majumdar, has been
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      THE NAVAL TALKS.
      55 27 -Reuter. London, Dec 3 The next move In the naval talks 1* likely to be a meeting between Mr. Stanley (United States) and Admiral Yamamoto, at which the latter will explain the technical plan of qualitative limitation. Meanwhile, the Americans will entertain the British and Japanese delegates
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  • Letters To The Straits Times.
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      UNDERPAID CLERKS.
      485 26 Sir, —I have read with a great deal of interest reports of the debate held by the members of the Chinese Christian Association of Singapore, on the subject of Chinese clerks who get into debt. My excuse for writing this is my close acquaintance with the customs and
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      BUS SERVICES.
      158 26 Sir, —I have read in the newspapers that the omnibus service to Katong will only go up to the present terminus at Joo Chiat junction. I beg to point out to the authorities concerned that residents in Still Road, Karikal Road, Teluk Kurau Road, St. Patrick’s Road, Lorong
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      THE TRANSPORT PROBLEM.
      365 26 Sir,—Permit me to take up the cudgels on behalf of the Serangoon taxi owners At a recent meeting of the Municipal Commissioners, it was decided—the matter now being in the Committee stage—on a plea of unfair competition and to protect the Singapore Traction Company, that these ‘axis
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      “TEN CENTS A DANCE.”
      1384 26 Time-Labour Rules Suggested. Sir, —I wonder if I may be allowed to trespass on your valuable time to try and awaken a little sympathy in the mind of anyone who might be in a position to ease the position of dance hall and cabaret dancers in
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      KELANTAN MATCHES.
      100 26 Sir. —Since matches have been made in Kota Bharu. the capital of Kelantan. other matches may not be imported into the State, the Government having prohibited such imports. All people who live in Kelantan have no alternative, but to buy the matches that are manufactured here. During these
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      SO THIS IS RESTRICTION !
      138 26 SO THIS IS RESTRICTION Sir, —Rubber stocks are steadily increasing, prices are falling, and practically everyone is tapping full out to produce as much rubber as possible, and still the two main producing countries cannot harvest their present quotas, so quotas and export allowances are to be increased still further
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  • OUR LONDON LETTER.
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      PEA-SOUP FOG, FOOTBALL, & WEST-END CROWDS.
      2034 28 PEA-SOUP FOG, FOOTBALL, WEST-END CROWDS. Ail Invisible World —But An Amusing Life —Death Of “Alice” (From Our Own Correspondent.) Straits Times Office, Fleet Street, Nov. 21. r E whole of southern England is smothered in fog, and whether this letter will reach Amsterdam in time to catch the K.L.M. ’plane
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      TIN EXPORTS.
      108 28 Domestic Quota Of 28.3 Per Cent. Mr. H. G. Harris, Controller, under the Tin and Tin Ore (Restriction) Enactment F .M.S., signs the following communique received by the Straits Times from the Senior Warden of Mines: **Following the decision of the International Tin Committee to recommend that the
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    UNITY IN JAPAN.
    60 28 support of the party leaders.—Reuter Wireless. Evoked By “National Emergency. Tokio, Nov. 20 The principal political parties, the Seiyukai and Minseito, have agreed to co-operate with the object of pulling through the national emergency by formulating a long-sighted national policy.” This follows an appeal by Adffl Okada.
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    SCOTLAND DEFEATED.
    1059 29 r ugby football. pace Outside Tells. Hannay’s Good Display. —Forwards Well Matched. —Medicos Win Galloway Cup. The Rest 11 Pts. Scotland 3 Pts. The fact that they were a yard or two faster outside the >crum enabled the Rest to beat Scotland on the S.C.C. padang on Saturday
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    F.A. CUP REPLAY.
    45 29 -Reuter. London, Nov, 29. Wimbledon and Leyton, who drew 1 1 in the first round of the F.A. cup replayed their tie today on the latter’s ground. Wimbledon won by a goal to nil and will entertain Southend in the second round.—Reuter.
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH. An Excellent Scheme.—Drill Hall Too Small For Tennis.—Penang Golf.
    1165 29  - THE CLUB VERANDAH. An Excellent Scheme. —Drill Hall Too Small For Tennis. Penang Golf. Conducted by ‘‘LEIGHTON" TtHE Singapore L.T.A. are a live body today and are always out to Jo tneir best for the game in this country. A month or two ago one of the leading members of
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    ARSENAL ON TOP AGAIN.
    1342 30 Chelsea Take A Point From Portsmouth. (From Our Own Corespondent.) London, Dec. 2. The Arsenal displayed the best form they have ever done against Wolverhampton at Highbury and would undoubtedly have netted ten goals had it not been for the magnificent goalkeeping of Spiers. The Wolves
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    SELANGOR AMATEUR RACES.
    617 30 Evensong Scores Again At Kuala Lumpur. (Frcm Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 1. The total value of the big sweep was $45,880, the draw resulting as follows: 51,801 (first prize), 39,773 (second). 22,076 (third). The numbers of the starters were 30.520. 10,132 and 50.075. The dividend
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    E. V. SMITH’S FIVE GOALS.
    453 30 HOCKEY. KHALSA FAIL ON THE PADANG. Beverley Does Well On The Left Wing. S.C.C.. .5. Khalsa .1. The Khalsa Association had to field several last minute substitutes on the padang on Monday with the result that they combined poorly and were well and truly beaten
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    FYFE’S BRILLIANT DISPLAY.
    662 31 ISassenachs Handicapped Bv I Injury To King. inland 5. The Rest The annual Association football match between Scotland I and the Rest on the S.C.C. padang last week ended in an un- expectedly easy victory for the Scots by five goals to one. It was a big
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    SELANGOR STILL UNBEATEN.
    255 31 HOCKEY. NEGRI TROUNCED AT K.L. Halves And Forwards Play Well. 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Dec. 1. Selangor 3. Negri Sembilan 0. The return encounter between Selangor and Negri Sembilan today p nded as expected in a win for the lormer by 5—0. The weather was
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    CHARLTON OUT OF F. A. CUP.
    119 31 —Reuter. Stockport Defeat Blyth Spartans. London. Nov 28. The following were the results ot the replayed ties in the first round of the F.A. Cup: New Brighton 1 Southport l (after extra time* Lincoln City 4 Shildon Coll’y 0 Exeter City 5 Charlton Ath.
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    IN FINAL FOR THE NINTH TIME.
    661 31 Selangor Handicapped By Absence Of Symington. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Dec. 1. the Malaya Cup match today Perak beat Selangor by 21 points (3 goals, 1 penalty goal and 1 try) to 5 points (1 goal.) There was one chance in the Selangor
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    RECREATION CLUB MISS CHANCES.
    427 31 Stopher’s Brilliant Play. After a fast and thrilling game, in which both sides did a fair share of attacking, the Combined Services drew with the Singapore Recreation Club on the padang on Nov. 31 each side scoring one goal. Generally the Combined Services were the more
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    AMERICAN FOOTBALL.
    52 31 Philadelphia. Dec. 1. The United States Navy is apparently a better training ground for foctballers than the Army, for when ihe two representative teams met h«*re today in their annual encounter a crowd numbering 80.000 saw the naval men beat the soldiers 3—0 in a very close and
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    MRS. MATHESON WINS WITH BETSY.
    904 32 The Prams Success In Nursery Handicap. The first round of the Clement! Challenge Cup was sailed on Saturday at 3.45 p.m. when. In an ideal breeze, eight of the B Class Yachts made an excellent start in the first leg tc Beacon 17 The boats
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    MALACCA GOLF.
    104 32 Rest Gain A Narrow Win Over Scotland. The annual Golf match between Scotland and the Rest was played on Sunday and after a great fight, the Rest won by the narrow margin of four points to 3 The results, Scottish players mentioned first, were as follows: Porter and
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    SELANGOR SOCCER.
    84 32 Scotland’s Success In Scrappy Game. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Nov. 29. The annual soccer match between Scotland and the Rest was played yesterday and resulted in a win for Scotland by two goals to cne. It was a scrappy game throughout. Scotland gained the lead in
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    HOME RUGBY.
    23 32 —Reuter. London, Nov. 29. In a Rugby match at Oxford today the Dark Blues beat Gloucester by 12 points to 8.—Reuter.
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    CLUB XV BADLY BALANCED.
    605 32 R.A.’s Lively Pack Takes The Honours. R.A. 19 points; S.C.C. “A” 3 points. In spite of the fact that they fielded an exceptionally strong “A” team against the Gunners on the padang on Mon. day afternoon the S.C.C. were badly beaten by 19 points (two goals
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    SINGAPORE G. C.
    214 32 Women’s December Medal At Bukit Timah. The Women’s December Medal competition was played at Bukit Timah on Monday and resulted in a win for Mrs. S. N. Kelly in “A” division with a net score of 36V2, in a win for Mrs. J. S’one in “B” division
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    KLANG FOOTBALL.
    158 32 Easy Win For Rovers Over K. L. Malays. (From Our Own Correspondent* Klang. Dec. 2. The Malay Union Star XI of Kuala Lumpur travelled to Port Swettenhara on Saturday to meet the Kuala Rovers C at Football on the Rovers’ padang and were defeated by six goals to
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    A GOLF RECORD.
    87 32 .—Reuter. Leo Diegel’s Fine Effort In Australia. Adelaide. Dec -1 At the Kooyonga golf course. Seatontoday Leo Diegel (U.S.A.) establish world’s record for championship by winning the John Martin P with an aggregate of 282. His i° rounds were 68, 69, 71 and 74. The previous best
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  • The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT
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      MALAYAN ESTATE OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION
      416 1 I Annual Meeting In I Malacca. The annual general meeting of the H owners. Association was held K Malacca, on Nov. 17. Chan Teck Chye presided, ■thers present being Messrs. Chee h n Kio- 'vice-president), Tan Soi w H. Machado. All Shakan, P. ■r*’\r.dianpa Chettiar. P
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      B. N. B. CHARTERED CO.
      77 1 B N. B. CHARTERED CO. Substantial Increase Of Profits. from Our Own Correspondent.) T London, Nov. 30. r ‘British North Borneo Chartered s h°ws a surplus for the first nine °nths of 1934 of £90.501, compared for the corresponding of last year. r>. €1 shares are now quoted at 1
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      TIN CONTROL.
      609 1 Correspondence. Sir, —I think that many of your readers have been surprised, if not irritated, by the extraordinary bias against tin restriction exhibited by the writer of your weekly review of the London Tin market, and have wondered at the reasons for his persistency. Your Saturday’s article, however,
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      BOLIVIAN TIN MINES PROFIT.
      86 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 28. PATINO MINES AND ENTERPRISES CONSOLIDATED report a profit for the year ending Sept. 30 last of 231,583, after deduction of C 228,464 for depreciation and depletion. The Patino Company owns tin mines in Bolivia, and has declared no dividend
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      LOST GROUND RECOVERED.
      160 1 Rubber Outlook More Cheerful. After the recent shake out which now on maturer consideration appears to have been unjustified, the market has recovered some of the lost ground, and the cutlook again looks more cheerful, write Messrs. Lewis and Peat (S) Ltd. American consumption for November is
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      PINEAPPLES EXPORTS.
      95 1 During the week ending Nov. 24. 1934. exports from Malayan ports of tinned pineapples amounted to 8.72 S cases, of which 5,514 (63 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom. 20 (Nil) cases to the Continent of Europe, 2,250 (26 per cent.) cases to Canada, and 945
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      PATTANI TIN DIVIDEND.
      41 1 Pattani Tin Co., Ltd., have declared a final dividend of 8 per cent, (less tax at 4/6 in the payable on Dec. 5. This makes a total of 22 2/3 per cent, for the year ended June 30.
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      CHIPATOOJAH JAVA.
      72 1 Coming Rubber Share Dealings. It Is understood that dealings will commence shortly in the shares ft the Chipatoojah Java Rubber Company. The capital is £75,000 divided into 750,000 2s. shares. The property is situated in West Java and comprises 1,500 acres of rubber, 90 per cent, of which
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      KAMUNTING TIN LTD.
      126 1 The report and accounts of Kamunting Tin Dredging Ltd. for the year ended June 30. give the following details: Balance for the year as per profit and loss account £105,651, to which must be added the net balance brought forward from last accounts £44.304 making £149.955. Less
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      Sungei Tukong Rubber.
      65 1 Output of Sungei Tukong Rubber Plantations to June 30. was 521,410 lbs. (agst. 051,275 lbs.); net sale price 4.68 d. <2.38d). Standard production |for 1934 has been fixed at 650.836 lb 3. Profit was £2.223 (agst. loss of £7B6>. deduct debit £563 brought In, £250 to buildings
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      Buntar Rubber
      46 1 Profit of Buntar Rubber Estates for 13 months to June 30 was £6,265. ueduct guarantors’ commn. on reconstruction £5BO, to tax. reserve £l,OOO and directors’ extra remuntn. £270, leaving £4,414. Div. of 3.12 p.c., less tax, absorbs £3,562; fwd. £852. Rubber harvested 872,386 lbs.
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      RUBBER SITUATION.
      59 1 Singapore Official Quotations. Quotations Forward Contract# Spot Seller Price* d. S I Jan- AprD&te L'don Spore Nov. Mar. June Nov. 29 6% 219 16 21% 23 24 4 30 6 7/16 214 21% 22', 24% Dec. 3 6% 21 21‘4 22% 23% 4 6 5/16 20% 21 21%
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      21 1 Nov 29 Tla, S pore Price $114.12% per picul. 30 113.87% Dec. 3 114.124 4 ***** 5 114.124
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      FINANCIAL WISDOM OF THE WEEK.
      271 2 General Smuts: “The future policy and association of the great British Commonwealth lie more with the US A. than with any other group in the world.” Sir Robert Horne (Chairman of the Imperial Smelting Corporation. Ltd.): “Currency changes in the gold bloc countries, unless the
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      MALAYA GENERAL PROFITS JUMP.
      72 2 Dividend Up From Three To Sixteen Per Cent. A sharp rise in profits and a larger dividend are announced by the directors of the Malaya General Co.. Ltd. For the year to August 31, 1934, net profits were £31.952. compared with £2,236 in 1932—33, and the
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      AN OPEN SECRET.
      37 2 It is more or less an open secret that Malaya will prove unable to produce her Quota for the current year and the shortage is anticipated to be substantial. Messrs. Guthrie f s report.
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      KUALA PERTANG OFFER TO SHAREHOLDERS.
      45 2 The directors of the Kuala Pertang Syndicate have decided to make an issue of 100,000 shares of 2s. each at par. in order to pay off the outstanding loan and provide additional working capital. The issue is confined to shareholders.
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      CONSUMERS & RUBBER.
      58 2 CONSUMERS RUBBER. The representative of the Malayan Government confirms the recommendation we made to the Government in May 1933: that it is imperative that consumers’ interests should oe recognised in any restriction scheme that receives official sanction, if the interests of the many are not to be sacrificed for the
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      Bukit Kajang Rubber.
      45 2 Report for year ended June 30, 1934, shows profit, after £349 for export duty and crediting £444 interest, £8,029 (£260); add £313 brought torward, making £8.341. Dividend 4 per cent, for year (nil), forward £1,341. Last dividend 5 per cent, for 1928—29.
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      Eaglehurst Rubber Estates.
      39 2 Crop to Mar. 31, 442,480 lb. and average net sale price 3.32 d. per lb. Profit was £033 against last year’s loss of £2.218 >. plus tax adjustment r >2 and £509 brot. In, making **.195 forward.
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      CAUSE OF RUBBER DEPRESSION.
      351 2 Rumours About Dutch Policy. London. Nov 23. During the past wee 1 the condition rf the market aroused eonsiderab'p nervous tension and anxiety and prices moved erratically within a range of l/4d. to 3/8d. write Lane Mitchell. Hymans and Kraay Ltd. Slight rallies took place from
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      Hermetic Rubber.
      28 2 Report for year ended September 30, 1934, shows profit £2.473 before tax, to reserve account £2,500, dividend of 10 per cent., less tax, forward £1.120 (£1,333).
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      WEEKLY SHARE REPORT.
      900 2 Fraser And Company’s Market Comments. Fraser Co., share report issued yeserday states: in a somewhat quiet i atmosphere than that prevailing last week, there has been a very satisfactory turnover of shares in every secth .1 of the local market during the past few ays. As far
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      TIN COMPANIES’ BIGGER DIVIDENDS
      278 2 Kamunting Profits IT. £28,000. P (From Our Own Correspondent! London, Dec t Kamunting Tin Dredging i,j report for the year ending j un p!h shows a profit of £105,651 c j? pared with £77,418 last year i final dividend of 12 per cent is commended, making
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      CROP FIGURES.
      39 2 The following crop figures arc lor the month of October: Rubber. Ankola.—l.B66 lb. Djasinga.—lBs.s2l lb. Tjikesintoe.—6o.2lB lb. Langen.—67.74B lb. Donowarie.—4s.6B2 lb. Balomblssle.—2o,4oo lb. Tea. Ankola. —23,000 hks. Pasir Madang. —39,293 hks. Coffee. Bajoe Kidoel.—69o pels. Balangiri.—23o pels.
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      The Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ltd.
      1160 3 IoNCORPORATED w QUEENSLAND.) RAUB. I Pahang, November 22, 1934. |m,NING REPORT NO. 487. ft Chairman A Director*. ft g a ub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ltd. I SINGAPORE. S.S. 1 omen.—'The following is the Operation K? t for the period ending Nov. 6.
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      RUBBER STATISTICS.
      139 3 The foPov.-irT information has been received from the Rubber Growers’ Association. through the Malayan Information Agency, London. 1933 1934 Jan.-Dec. Sept. Oct. tons. tons. tons. A. Net Exports. 1. Ceylon 63.808 6.278 7.214 2. Other countries than Ceylon. Malaya and the Netherlands 61.707 7.344 6.969 VSTsT"' 405 87
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      TIN COMPANIES RESULTS.
      105 3 Tongkah Harbour Declare Interim. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 4. Kepong Dredging Co., Ltd., report to June 30 last shows a profit of £4,921. The debit balance brought from the last accounts totals £4,156, making the carry forward £765. No dividend has been declared since 1929-30.
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      COMPANY RESULTS.
      32 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 29. MERU TIN report a profit of £6 144. KUALA SELANGOR RUBBER are declaring an interim dividend of 6*4 per cent, payable Dec. 12.
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      ANGLO EASTERN TIN.
      149 3 At the annual meeting In London recently of Anglo Eastern Tin, Ltd., Lt.Comdr. E. W Billyard-Leake, D.S.O. (the chairman), said that additional moneys would have *o be found to complete the mechanisation of the mine. On Nov. 3 last the directors had created Debentures totalling £lO,OOO. The
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      JELEBU TIN DREDGING LIMITED.
      93 3 The report of the directors of Jelubu Tin Dredging Ltd. states: The profit for the year amounted to $67,355, the amount brought in from the previous year was $66,297, from which has to be deducted: dividend 1932-33 $18,358.50, transferred to reserve $10,000, and directors fees *****933
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      PERMAS RUBBER REPORT
      86 3 The report of the directors of Permas Rubber Co., Ltd., states The year’s working has resulted in a loss of £B6l which deducted from the net amount brought in leaves a balance of £293 to carry forward. The estate is in satisfactory condition and plants of a
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      LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE REPORT.
      133 3 Confident Feeling Prevails. London, Dec. 3. On the Stock Exchange, although business on the new account failed to expand to any material extent, a fairly confident feeling prevailed and most sections ruled firm. Among foreigners, German loans rallied sharply on the Franco-German agreement concerning the price
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      MALAYA TIN STATISTICS.
      149 3 Foreign exports of tin, being final shipments on ocean-steamers at all Malayan ports during the month of November, 1934. Destination Torn United Kingdom 57S United States of America 1,973 Continent of Europe 1,141 British Possessions 446 Japan 212 The Netherlands Indies 3 Other Foreign Countries 35 Total
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      TIN OUTPUTS.
      157 3 The following outputs are for November: Takuapa Dredge No. 1 —545 hrs., 160,000 cu. yds., 302 pels, Takuapa Dredge No. 2—520 hrs., 121,000 cu. yds., 361 pels. Estimated value of output $43,000. Mine working costs $27,000. Ratrut Dredge No. 1. —77 hrs., 9,000 cu. yds., 16 pels. Ratrut
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      STANDARD PRODUCTION.
      41 3 Jeram Kuantan Rubber Estate, Limited, have accepted a standard of production for 11)34 of 5P5.541 lb. The Sungel Bogan Rubber Company. Limited, hav-' accepted a standard of production for 1934 of 745.705 lb for the properties under their control.
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      872 4 Fraser And Co’s Quotations. Singapore, Dec. 5. MtalHf. iMue Val. Pd. Buyers, bellers. 4/-4/-Ampat Tin 4/3 4/7 Vis £1 £1 Asam Kumbang 34/6 35'9 cd £1 £1 Austral Malay 60 62/- cd. 5/- 5/- Ayer Hitam 13 9 14^6 1 1 Ayer W?ng 2.12 2.17 4 £1
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      Trade And Finance.
      440 4 EXCHANGE RATES. i Singapore. Dec 5 SELLING. London. 4 months' sight 2 4 7 32 London. 3 months’ sight 2 4 3 16 London. 60 days’ sight 2 4 5 32 London. 30 days’ sight 2 44 London, demand 2/4 3 32 London. T.T. 2 4 3
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      HOME AND AMERICAN STOCKS.
      302 4 Last Night’s London Quotations. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Dec. 4 Closing quotations today of the principal British stocks are given below. The rise or fall is in relation r o the price of Nov. ?9 GOVERNMENT STOCKS. BRITISH. Rise or Fall Conversion loan 123Mr Funding
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        LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES NOV. 24.
        652 4 Allagar (2 > 18; Alor Pongsu (2 2 1; Anglc-Malay (£1) 12 3; Ayer Kuning <£l> 28 Bagan Serai (£1) 12/7 4; Bahru (Sel.) (2)3 5; Banteng (£1) 20 14; Batang (2 1 Batu Caves (£1) 20 Batu Tiga (£1) 27 Bekoh (2 I 1/1;
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        SINGAPORE DOLLAR SHARE PRICES DEC. 5.
        709 4 Capital lasue Closing Prices Paid Up Value Dividend* Phaser Lyall Company Co. Evatt. 454 175 1 3 p.c. int. a c year 28-2-35 Alienby (sl* 1.90 1.95 183 191 216.779 1 spc for year 30-9-34 .-Alor Gajah (sl* 160 1.65cd. 1.55 1.65< 439.125 1
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