The Straits Budget, 10 January 1935

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    29 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] No. 4013. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. JANUARY 10, 1935. Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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    THE WEEK IN MALAYA
    929 1 qir Shenton Thomas, the Governor and High Commissioner, left Singa- last week for his first official upntrv tour. He and Lady Thomas veiled to Penang by the Kedah. his arrival in Penang the Gover:mr was greeted by addresses of wel>r.' trom all communities and replysaid: “I
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    TWO JUDGES
    21 1 r Walter Huggard (left) and Mr. Justice d Beckett Terrell at the opening of the Singapore Assizes on Tuesday.
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    SINGAPORE ASSIZES OPEN
    12 1 At the opening of the Singapore Assizes this week.
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      THE GOVERNOR’S TOUR
      840 2 and social history—straits Times. January 3. Today Sir Shenton Thomas embarks upon bis first official tour of Malaya Ills Itinerary will take him through the western half of the Peninsula, with the exception of Johore and no doubt he will pay a formal visit to that State
      and social history—straits Times. January 3.  -  840 words
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      THE “SANITARY BOARD ” SYSTEM.
      690 2 THE “SANITARY BOARD SYSTEM. Straits Times, January 4. Sir Shenton Thomas, to his redounding credit, is bent on fostering co-operation and cordiality between the official and unofficial communities in Malaya. To this end he might uselully devote a little attention to the dissatisfaction which certainly exists in the Federated Malay
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      The King’s Jubilee.
      263 2 —Straits Times. January 4 This year will be celebrated throughout the British Empire as the twentytilth anniversary of the reign of His Majesty King George V. At the King’s request the Imperial commemoration In London will be supplemented by local rejoicings, and so far as tln> Colony
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      FIVE GOVERNORS.
      860 2 Commissioners.--Straits Times. January 5. Comparisons may be definitely odious where Governors are concerned And they may also be tremendously unfair, because of the widely differing conditions confronting the administrations of those Governors. One whose Colony memories go back some twentytwo years, however, cannot but recall the contrasts between
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      SIR SHENTON THOMAS UP-COUNTRY.
      688 3 —Straits Times, January 7. Although some general observations on Sir Shenton Thomas’s inaugural tour up-country have already been made in this column, it is proposed to return to the subject today, and our excuse for so doing is that this 13 a useful opportunity to put
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      Bigger Padi Yields.
      287 3 Straits Times, January 7. When the padi fields of Malaya begin to yield twice or three times their present crop, as the Java sugar estates have already done and the budded rubber plantations will shortly do. this country will be nearer the point, so often stressed by
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      CONTROL AS THE NATIVE SEES IT.
      837 3 hold’s article Straits Times. January O An insinuation that the rubber control scheme is not in the best interests of the native grower, and an assertion that the European planter must eventually be eliminated under free competition. are made by Mr. O. H. Seybold
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      WESLEY’S CHURCH.
      697 4 necessary part.—Straits Times. January 9 This week the Methodist mission is celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of its foundation In Singapore. In the ordinary course the Catholic and Protestant missions in this country carry on their work with but little attention Irom the general public, but on an occasion
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    AUTOCRATIC POWERS OF RESIDENTS.
    203 4 F.M.S. Sanitary Board Law May Be Changed. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 8. Tomorrow’s meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board should be unusually interesting. Mr. John Hands is to submit a motion: That steps be taken immediately towards converting the Kuala Lum- i
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    BIRTHS
    56 4 YVINDEATT. On Dec. 30. at Batu Gagah Hospital, to Lilian Mary (Anne, wife of T. R. A. Windeatt) a daughter. EZEKIEL—To Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Ezekiel at the Maternity Hospital, Spore, the gilt of a son. BARTLETT—At Cheam, Surrey, on Dec 31 1934. to Queenie. wife of J.
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    MARRIAGES
    80 4 CASE— HALL —A marriage has been arranged and will shortly take place in England between Henzell Case of Klang, Selangor and The Deanery. Eampton. Oxon. son of the late Rev. F. and Mrs. Case, and Mary S-* 13 1 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hall of 3 Cleveland
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    117 4 VTOT since the days before retrench ment has there been such a Christmas and New Year in Singapore as that which we have just seen. There were 500 people at one ot our hotels on New Year’s Eve. 400 at the S.V.C. ball and 450 at
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    CRACKERS.
    104 4 rpHESE sirens punctuated one of the most extensive outbursts ot cracker-firing in Chinatown that has been heard on New Year’s Eve for many a year. The staccato noises which impinged so painfully upon gubernatorial eardrums a year or two ago are growing louder and louder at the European New
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    POPULOUS HILLS.
    113 4 fpHE hill stations report a record season. There were something (like a hundred visitors at Cameron Highlands and six hundred at Fraser s Hill. One wonders where Fraser’s Hill hostesses put them all. Settees and camp-beds must have been in grei.t demand. Still, there are sixty houses at
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    AN AFTERTHOUGHT.
    99 4 IT WAS a pity, I think, that the European unemployment fund was not revived in Singapore for the purpose of giving a special Christmas treat to the families of unemployed men. While we may feel that the closing of this fund, as a source of regular find periodic
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    TEMPLE HOUSE.
    129 4 gINCE commenting on a dramatic pertormance in Temple House several weeks ago, I have come across an article by Archdeacon Graham White which relates the story of this building. He says This year the old Chinese property in Tank Road, now known as Temple House, became the property
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    78 4 DEATHS at K,lala Lumpur on iJiumoir 22, 1934. John, aged 17 vears ann Mn,° n nit' nly son 01 A N Dumaresq n.id Pah»n“ CSq 0t Ga Estat<; R aub, B( ?nn- ER—At Newcastle-on-Tyne on Jan 9 amf m VSS le t, 0nly daURhtcr of Mr p'. J wit lv
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    $20 RENT A YEAR.
    143 5 IN 1930.” the Archdeacon continues. it became impossible to keep the place going as a paying concern any longer. It was closed down and the girls who were left were suitably placed. The only alternative now was to let the place, and this was done. To
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    BUKIT TIMAH.
    158 5 BY way of a reaction against too much eating and drinking. Jazz music, wearing of paper hats and what-not. I joined two friends in a tramp up Bukit Timah on New Year’s Day. The path was muddy, the woods were dark and silent, and the steady drip of
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    SEA VISTAS.
    129 5 SEA VISTAS it was better still on the higher slopes, where our feet struck firm on the old carriage-way and our eyes rested gratefully on jungle undergrowth. gloriously fresh and green after the rain, and on the mighty columns of ancient trees. At the top we came to the site
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    DUNEARN FLUKE.
    107 5 back, we saw something which we shall long remember, because it lifted us for a moment light out of Singapore and bac<t into thp old World, where the hand of nne has mellowed and harmonised ihe careful artistry of man. This experience was the more startl\rh' U -I
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    GUARDIAN TREES.
    92 5 ALL AROUND it rose tall slender pine-trees, outlined against a sunset sky barred with mauve and rose. The proportions of the house, the spacing and height of the trees, the simplicity and economy of the setting—all w r ere exactly as they should have been. The house ought
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    NEXT TIME?
    95 5 I>UT since he may never be able to arrange a sunset like that again, and also to arrange for a party of Singaporeans suffering from a N_ s w Year’s Eve hang-over to pass along Dunearn Road at the precise moment w-hen the Italian effect is attained. I
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    OLD JAVA STREET.
    122 5 OLD JAVA STREET MOST of the existing photographs of Kuala Lumpur in its miningcamp stage are well known, but one which appeared in the last issue of the Sunday Times was new’ to me. This picture shows the present Java Street, the principal business thoroughfare, as a path running through
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    PET MYNAH BIRD.
    151 5 Happening to can at a house in Monks Hill Terrace last week, i I encountered on the verandah a pet mynah bird. It was living in a state of complete freedom and was so tame and friendly that it had to be shooed away from the wheels
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    A SNAKE VICTIM.
    158 5 TT is remarkable how rarely Malayan newspapers have the painful duty of recording cases of death from snake-bite, such as that in which a little Chinese girl was the victim at Seremban last week. I only remember two such fatalities in Singapore. In one case a Chinese
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    MALAYAN KRAIT.
    137 5 T NOTICE that our Kuala Lumpur contemporary, in commenting on the fact that only 32 cases of snake- bite were treated in F.M.S. hospitals in 1933, attributes this happy state of affairs in part to the absence of the tiny but deadly Indian krait. Actually there is a
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    “THE EAST INDYS.”
    196 5 T>EPYS has been my favourite sleep- inducer for years, but I had never come across a reference to our part of| the world in his diary until the other night. As some other readers may i not have seen it, I quote it here "So home with
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    ST. ANDREW’S, K.L.
    156 5 rriHOSE who worship at the beautiful--1 ly situated Presbyterian church in Kuala Lumpur, overlooking the Weld’s i Hill forest reserve, will wish to preserve the December number of St. Andrew’s Outlook.” The latest number of this quarterly, [which is published on behalf of the Presbyterian churches in
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    EUROPE HOTEL.
    111 5 ¥T is a relief to know that the Gov- ernment has reached an agreement with the Portuguese Mission and can now go ahead with the plans for the Europe Hotel site. The centre of official Singapore has been looking distinctly dingy for some time past, with that ghastly
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    FOUR BUILDINGS.
    86 5 11IHAT wonderful changes in that waterfront we have seen since the war! Only ten years ago Union Building and the present Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank building did not exist* while Ocean Building had only been opened in the previous year. The Fullerton Building area was occupied by
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    A CIVIC CENTRE.
    112 5 OHORTLY after the war, when Malaya suddenly became conscious of the new science of town-planning, there was a proposal to create a true civic centre in and around Empress Place. The scheme was financially impracticable, as nine out of fen townplanning schemes are. but step by step
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    THE ARCHITECT?
    100 5 IlfHO will be the architect ol the new Supreme Court Major Keys, who was retained as i Government architect to design the jiiew General Hospital, Fullerton Building and several other large buildings .and institutions, is now in private > practice. Whether any architects in the Straits P.W.D. have
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    IN MEMORIAM.
    119 5 rpHE success of the Municipal BuildA ing on the Singapore waterfront has always seemed to me an architectural miracle. The commissioners, greatly daring, entrusted that work to a completely unknown man. one who had never designed anything more than small structures and had been promoted to the post
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    NIGHT NOISES.
    133 5 T AST year our Colony solons solemn*J ly interdicted the making ol practically every known kind ot noise between 11 pm and 6 a.in The died has been nil. as .1 poem in tin* current number ol the Hallies College Magazine shows. The poet is Mr. Llm Wall
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    A SAUSAGE TREE.
    110 6 BEING something of a tree lover my.sell. I was startled to hear yesterday that a monstrosity known as the African Sausage Tree is now flowering in the Botanic Gardens. On closer acquaintance, however, it proved to be peculiar rather than ugly; its name indeed is the worst
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    BAT-HAUNTED.
    83 6 mHIS tree is .1 curiosity ol the botani- cal world because it is believed to be pollinated oy bats. The large flowers, deep purple in colour and rank-smelling, open only at night and ar** attractive to bats, whose tiny flaw-marks can b» seen on the petals \vh**n fallen blossoms
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    STRAITS TIN.
    65 6 UOW many people could guess with even approximate accuracy the number oi countries from which tin ore is received by the Straits smelting companies There are actually eleven, ranging from Alaska in the north to Australia In the south, and trom Japan in the east to South Africa
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    CHIEFLY SIAM.
    77 6 JJNFOHTUNATELY this array is not as impressive as it looks, as the total amount of ore received from all eleven countries in December was under 2.000 tons. Oi that amount more than half tame irom Siam, and the only other paicol.s oi any st/> were irom Burma and
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    ORANGE GROVE MESS.
    118 6 JT Is nuisance enough to be mess president in a Singapore bachelor menage today, but thirty years ago. when there were tew boarding-houses and messes were larger, it was very much worse. Hantu wlio recaptures the utmo sphere oi bygone Singapore so well in the reminiscences now
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    THE LAST GHARRIES.
    122 6 IT is saddening to be told that there are now only ten gharries left in Singapore. I remember one morning at Labrador a l<*w years ago. while staying in the convalescent bungalow. I went down to the beach and got into conversation with an elderly Boyanese who
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    JAVA CHINESE.
    134 6 A STORY of the Chinese in Java is told by Sir Reginald F. Johnston in his new book Confucianism and Modern China. .These colonists, about the year 1908. had become seriously concerned about the educational welfare of their children. who. they feared, were in grave danger, owing to
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    MIRI’S FEAT.
    126 6 TO produce a magazine continuously lor six years in one of the remotest little towns in Asia is the feat which has been accomplished in Miri. Tin* November number of The Mirage.” which arrived in our office a lew days ago. completes the sixth volume ol this magazine,
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    RICHMOND POOL.
    160 6 all. there still are people in Malaya who could find their way to Richmond Pool, where Joanna Scott picnicked on Penang Hill in 1866 and which she described in her diary. I asked, il you remember, whether this pleasant spot had been forgotten. Certainly its existence is not
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    SILTED NOW.
    130 6 stream there <this corres--1 pendent continues* a lull of large boulders, like the other streams Jon Penang Hill, but there was an open place among the boulders, big enough for bathing, and it was called Richmond Pool. When I saw it a few years ago it was much
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    2,000-LB. BOMBS.
    149 6 ¥N VIEW of the presence ot two squadrons of torpedo bomoers at Seletar, we in Singapore are particularly interested in this method ot attack, but expert comment on its effectiveness is difficult to find. Air bombing, on the other hand, is treely discussed by naval writers, and they
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    PENANG’S FORT.
    174 6 AS Sir Shenton Thomas is about to decide whether Fort Cornwallis shall be partially or totally demolished. the comments of Colonel James Welsh, ol the Madras Armv, who visited Penang in 1818. are oi topical interest. He writes The fort on examination proves to b( a small square,
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    SINGAPORE ASSIZES OPENED.
    503 6 Lawyer At Cathedral Organ. Tile first Singapore assizes were ceremonially opened on Tuesday, the sitting being preceded by a religious service at St. Andrew's Cathedral, conducted by the Rev. B. C. Roberts, Bishop of Singapore, who was assisted by the Ven. Archdeacon Graham White and the Rev.
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    927 7 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mrs. F. Bede Cox leaves Perak for Home on March 1. Mrs. C. C. Brown, wife of the British Adviser. Trengganu, has sailed for Home. Mr. K. P. V. Menon, sewage Inspector. Sanitary Board, Kuala Lumpur left Singapore on five months’ medical leave by the Rohna. Mr. Van
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    Dr. J. Moncur.
    25 7 Dr. J. Moncur, of the European staff of the Penang Free School, has sailed for Home on leave, accompanied by Mrs. Moncur.
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    Volunteer Commissions.
    60 7 His Excellency the High Commis sioner has approved the promotion of Second Lieut. J. J. Sheehan. Malayan Volunteer Infantry, to the rank ot Lieut; has granted a temporary Commission as Second Lieut, in the M.S.V.R. to Mr. James Mackie: and has accepted the resignation of his Commission in
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    Police And M.C.S. Officers.
    46 7 The appointment of Mr. Lancelot Chief Finch to be a police probationer. S.S. and F.M.S.. has been approved. The promotion of Mr. M. C. if Sheppard, an officer of Class V. M.C.S., to be an officer of Class IV. has been approved
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    LEAVING FOR EUROPE.
    521 7 Passengers By The Corfu. The following passengers are proceeding home by the P. and O. Corfu. Mr. H. S. Lloyd, Miss A. V. Jackson, Dr. M. C. Bain, Mr. C. E. R. M. Brooke, Mr. A. H. L. Wheeler, Mr. Milton, Dr. and Mrs. Tomlinson. Miss Ft.
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    LICENSING BOARDS.
    124 7 For Kuala Lumpur And Klang Districts. The Licensing Board ror the Kuala Lumpur sub-district for 1935 comprises the District Officer. Kuala Lumpur and Ulu Langat (chairman), the Protector of Chinese, Selangor and Pahang, and the Assistant District Officer. Kuala Lumpur, with Mr. George C. Blunn. Mr. Wee Hap
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    P. AND O. PASSENGERS.
    742 7 Arrivals By Rawalpindi From Europe. The following were passengers for Malaya by the P. and O. Rawalpindi which reached Singapore on Friday from Europe: Penang: Mr. S. Donnan, Mr. Wm. P. Forman. Mr. C. F. Fyfe, Mr. C. Henly, Mrs. L. M. Lewis. Miss E. M.
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      29 7 NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisements will only be accepted j en that part of the copy which Is in reverse style does not exceed one Quarter of the space used.
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    EUROPE SITE AWARD SETTLED.
    216 8 Negotiations Concluded. NKW SITREMK COCItT TO UK BCII.T. After nearly twelve months of negotiations a settlement has at labeen reached between the Portuguese Mission and the Government in the matter of the “Kurope” siet. Government have accepted tie terms asked bv two owners, hut th* price
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    NEW MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS.
    53 8 His Excellency the (iovernor has appointed the billowing to be Municipal Commissioners for Singapore, from Jan. 1, 19*15 Mr. W. Hartley, M.H.K. (President Mr. S. 11. Moss; Mr. I). Miller; Mr. S. H. Tan; Mr. S. I)e Souza; Mr. A. K. Thornley-Jones; l)r. Cheong Chee llai. Mr.
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    CATHEDRAL WEDDING
    416 8 Mr. W. I). Pattenden And Miss Jean Gordon. Tile marriage took place at S: Andrew's Cathedral on Monday of Mr. William Donald Pattenden. lately of Pulau Bukom. son of Mr. and Mrs A Pattenden. ol Essex. England, and Miss an Gordon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs F Strickland,
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    MAJOR W. M. SIME.
    82 8 Major W. Middleton Sime QB E has arrived in Singapore on a visit to Malaya. India and Ceylon. He is founder and senior director of Sime Darby and Co. Ltd. He is also a director of Shaw Darby and Co. Ltd.. London, and of several plantation
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    Mr. H. G. Atkin-Berry.
    41 8 Mr H. G. Atkin-Berry. M.C.. A.R I B A., of the firm of Bird and Atkin-Berry. London, and a Lecturer at the Architectural Association. London. has arrived in Singapore to join the firm of Swan and Maclaren.
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    Mr. J. T. Chappel.
    21 8 Mr. J. T. Chappel has been admitted to partnership iii the firm of Osborn? and Chappel. Ipoh.
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    Mr. S. E. Travis.
    19 8 Mr. Samuel Eric Travis has been provisionally recognised as Consular Agent of Brazil at Singapore.
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    “THE MORNING LIGHT”
    675 8 HISTORICAL PAGEANT. I The Founding Of Methodism. The Morning Light," an historical pageant of the founding ot Methodism in Malaya, was presentI ed to a crowded house on Monday w the Victoria Theatre under the direction of Mrs. Celeste B. Am>tutz. It was written by Mrs. Edna
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    ESTATE PRODUCTION COSTS
    203 8 A COMPILATION, covering 79 Malayan sterling companies from 1920 to 1929 inclusive, 85 in 1930 and 1931, 83 in 1932, and 79 in 1933 published in a special circular issued by the Department of Commerce Washington, indicates that the average annual total expenditure per pound of rubber
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    TALKIES REACH THE COUNTRYSIDE !
    70 8 TALKIES REACH THE COUNTRYSIDE (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Jan. 8. Thanks to the enterprise of a well-known Chinese of Nilai, Mr. Fell Joo Seng, the residents of this little village in the Negri are to have a talkie hall. Invitations have been issued for an At Home tomorrow for
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    ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN MALAY SCHOOLS.
    1056 9 DR. LIM BOON KENG’S PLEA. Students’ Handicap In Technical Study. THE question of teaching English to Malay boys and girls earlier in their scholastic careers than it is taught at present has been raised in the Legislative Council on numerous occasions by Unofficial Members. Notwithstanding
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    DATO ABDUL HAMID.
    467 9 AN APPRECIA TION. A tribute to Dato Abdul Hamid bin Yusof is paid by a correspondent in the following terms: The death of Dato Abdul Hamid bin Yusof has deprived Johore of one of her greatest sons. The Dato, who was Mentri Besar at the time of
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    WEDDING IN INDIA.
    86 9 Daughter Of Former F.M.S. Doctor. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Jan. 6. News have been received from India, that Miss Kamala Joanna, the eldest daughter of Dr. G. Abraham, retired Senior District Medical Officer. F MS. Government, and of Mrs. R. Abraham, formerly of Taiping. is to
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    ‘Wantchee Buy She-e-rlk’.
    481 9 Wantchee Buy She-e-rlk’. ROMANTIC TALE. Of The Shantung Silk-Seller. Many a stirring tale of flight from bandits, privation and suffering and touching stories of families left behind in their beloved Shantung can be told by the roving silk-sellers of that Chinese province, tamous throughout the world for its silk. They
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    Medical And Health Services.
    26 9 The title Director of Medical Services. Straits Settlements has been substituted for the title director of Medical and Health Services, Straits Settlements.”
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  • Letters To The Straits Times.
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      A BUS PROBLEM.
      551 10 For St. Patrick’s School Pupils. Sir, With rderence tcj the Tanjong I*agar Katong omnibus service an extension to St Patrick’s School during the rush hours ol the morning <7 a m. to 1) a in.) will prove a great relief to parents when the school reopens in
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      ON MORIB BEACH.
      181 10 Motorists Who Race Along The Sands. Sir.—I am wondering ii It is possible. through the medium of the Press, to put a stop to people using Morib beach as a speed-track on 'Sundays and public holidays. They not only race up and down the sand in cars
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      CEYLON EPIDEMIC.
      152 10 Appeal For Help From Malaya. Sir.—May I be permitted to appeal through the medium of your paper to all citizens of Malaya to subscribe freely towards the relief of those thousands stricken by the malaria scourge in Ceylon. Those oi us in Malaya are in a position to
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      ASSESSMENTS.
      220 10 New Type Of Committee Suggested. Sir. —From time to time letters have appeared in your valued paper criticising the assessments made by. and the dilatory proceedings of, assessment committees throughout Malaya. Recently “Planter” suggested that new committees should be appointed for 1935. I agree with him. and if my
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      RICHMOND POOL.
      263 10 A Forgotten Place On Penang Hill. Sir.—I see in “Notes of the Day” :n your paper of Dec. 26 an article on Richmond Pool The correspondent who suggests that this pool wafc probably outside the Botanical Gardens is quite wrong. Richmond Pool was a deep pool on your
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      MR. A. S. JELF.
      202 10 Echoes Of A Singapore Exhibition. Sir. —It is amazing how memory is sometimes so short and misleading. C.B.F., in an article appearing on Dec. 26. referred to Mr. A. S. Jelf as chairman of the Malaya-Borneo Exhibition of 1922. As one who was closely connected with
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      OIL PALM PEST.
      384 10 Fern Which May Drive Away Rats. Having made some observations which may prove to be of the greatest importance to oil palm plantations, and to health on these plantations, I beg leave to publish the following notes. It is known that farmers in olden days in certain
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      COMET OR METEOR?
      121 10 What A Kuantan Observer Saw. Sir. —With reference to the note A Singapore Meteor which appeared in your paper on Jan. 3, I also saw this meteor (or comet) from Kuantan on Wednesday, Jan. 2, at 8.30 p.m. The time was particularly noticed. The angle at which
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      “A STRAITS PIRACY.”
      115 10 How Mr. Craigie Hid Under The Boilers. Sir, —With regard to your article about J. Craigie (not Craig), of toe Seremban Engineering Company, Mr. Craigie hid under the boilers and not in the funnel in the ship in which he was serving as engineer and which wis
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    JUBILEE MUSIC.
    790 11 PATRIOTIC CONCERT FOR SINGAPORE. A GREAT patriotic concert of British music is to be given in Singapore on the occasion of the King's Jubilee. A chorus of not less one hundred and twenty members, and all the qualified players of string instruments that Singapore can produce, are required.
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    MR. WILLIAM SCOBIE SUCCUMBS.
    77 11 Fatal Sequel To Hotel Mishap. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Jan. 2. Mr. William Scobie, an assistant fit Pritchard and Co., who sustained an injury to the head as the result d a fall at the Grand Hotel on Dec. 21, died this evening. Mr. Scobie
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    AMBULANCE.
    95 11 2,300 Calls Answered In 1934. During 1934. the Singapore Fire Brigade Ambulance answered 2,300 calls. The cases were classified as follows: —Motor car accidents 288. motor lorry accidents 138. motor bus accidents 89. Trolley Car accidents 57. collapse cases 188. attempted suicide 51, shooting or stabbing 91. other causes
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    Mr. Wee Swee Teow, O. B. E.
    305 11 It is perhaps not generally known that Mr. Wee Swee Teow\ J.P. barris-ter-at-law. who was honoured by His Majesty the King by the award ot the 0.8. E. in the New Year honours list, started life as a school master in Singapore. Educated
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    KAMPAR ACCIDENT.
    94 11 Ipoh Man In Critical Condition. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Jan. 1. The funeral of Mrs. Ooi Cheng Hoe, the victim of the motor crash near Kampar last Saturday, was held today. Many friends and relatives were present. the deceased having been a popular member of the local
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    MR. E. S. MUTHU.
    115 11 The Asiatic stall of the Deputy Commissioner and Senior Superintendent, Trade and Customs Department. Ipoh. entertained their colleague Mr. E. S. Muthu to a tea party on the eve of his departure on transfer to Taiping Customs Office. Mr. Muthu has taken a great deal of
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    A SINGAPORE METEOR ?
    58 11 A SINGAPORE METEOR A correspondent writes: At aboul 8.30 last night, in the direction of Bukit Timah, I saw an intense and brilliant lirht of a greenish hue descending in the sky. It fell rather slowly and on a line about 30 degrees from the vertical. Have I been deceived
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    JOCKEY MAYO WEDS.
    166 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Pepang, Jan. 2. There was a large gathering at the ceremony in the church and at the reception which followed for the wedding today of Mr. Frank Cleveland Mayo, one of the leading and popular jockeys of the Malayan turf, and Miss Edna
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    PIGS THAT CLIMB TREES.
    306 11 Big Game Menace To Agriculture. (From A Johore Correspondent.) In Johore all shooting of animals and birds was prohibited in 1934. While the principal is to be commended in the interest of preserving some sadly depleted species, it’s indiscriminate application has had unexpected results. In the
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    HOCKEY PLAYERS DINE TOGETHER.
    907 12 How Game Came To Be Started In Macao. XHK Macao hockey team's \i-it to Malax a was uound “JJ 1 last week with an enjoyable dinner party at the Adelph. Motel, at which a la rtfe numbe of hockey enthusiasts were present. The visitors, xvho won
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    METEOR OVER MALAYA.
    108 12 r l'he brilliant peon light seen ih tiie nijrlit skv above Singapore on Wednesda> nijrht was also noticed in other parts of Malaya. Ihe doubts ol tlie local resident who first called attention to this phenomenon in tin* Straits Times, and who that it may have been
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    PILGRIMS TO MECCA.
    115 12 Messrs. V Ahamed Pillay. serang of St James power station, and Ismail ’Lebba. two of the Patrons of this Association sailed lor Madras by s.s. Rohna on their way to Mecca on pilgrimage. They were entertained at an “at Home’’ under the auspices of the Travancore Muslim
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    A.B.M. ANNUAL AT HOME.
    518 12 Malayans Ex-Malayans Foregather. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 21. The Association of British Malaya held its annual Christmas At Home a t the Whitehall Rooms. Hotel Metropole, W hitehall Place S.W., on Friday Dec. 21. Proceedings opened at p.ni. with tea which was served in
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    RASH DRIVING.
    137 12 European Planter’s Complaint. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Jan. 2. When Mohamed bin Noor, appeared before the Seremban magistrate, Mr. R. J. F. Curtis, today, to answer a charge of careless driving. Mr. A S WoodrolTe of Sungei Salak Estate, said! that he was travelling from the estate
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    MOSQUE VISITOR WHO SLEPT.
    134 12 And Awoke To Find His Purse Missing. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Jan. 6 Abdul Kadir, Penang visitor to Port Weld, stopped at the mos<|ii. there for a rest. Soon Abdul fell into a nap. Two men who were watching Abdul took the opportunity to see
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    SHIPPING CONFERENCE AT KOBE.
    35 12 —Aneta Copyright. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Jan. 2. A director of the Royal Packet Navigation Co. is leaving for Kobe on Jan. 3 to attend the shipping conference there.—Aneta Copyright.
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    HELP FOR STRICKEN CEYLON.
    161 12 Committee Formed In Selangor. Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 4 There is a large Ceylonese com munity in Malaya, and they are ever ready to respond to calls for assistance from their native island. The present terrible outbreak of malaria there has aroused their keen and practical sympathy
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    FOOTBALLER ENGAGED.
    52 12 From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Jan. 2. The engagement is announced of Mr. Henry Sta Maria of the Seremban Chartered Bank, the Malaya Cup footballer. who has represented Negri Sembilan on many occasions, ara Miss Maud Especkerman. eldest daughter of Mr. James D. Especkerman and of the lats
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    R.A.F FLIGHT.
    42 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Jan. 7. Twelve Hawker Hart aircraft oi No. 11 Squadron which left Risalpm aerodrome of the North-West Frontier on Jan. 2 are due at Alor Star today They are on an inter-command flight to Singapore.
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    “PENANG-THE GARDEN OF THE EAST.”
    553 13 GOVERNOR’S SPEECH. Racial Harmony: Island's Priceless Heritage. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Jan. 4. HIS EXCELLENCY the Governor, replying to an address of welcome, said I cannot imagine any more beautiful introduction to a country than that which is afforded by Penang and never shall
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    S.V.C. CHILDREN’S PARTY.
    213 13 Annual Entertainment. MAJOR LEE AS FATHER CHRISTMAS. The S.V.C. held their annual party to the children of the Regular Garrison on Thursday last. Some 280 children with 150 mothers and a few fathers were entertained at Volunteer Headquarters from 4.30 to about 7 by means of slides,
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    TELOK BLANGAH ROAD.
    70 13 More Land To Be Acquired For Widening. According to the Government Gazette, the piece of land situate In the Settlement of Singapore and Mukim of Telok Blangah and containing about 2.788 square feet, is needed for widening of Telok Blangah Road. A plan of the land may
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    FOREIGN WARSHIPS AT SINGAPORE.
    259 13 No Going Ashore Without Permission. The Governor in Council has amended, subject to approval by a re- solution of the Legislative Council, the Singapore, Penang and Malacca; Port Rules, 1929, by deleting Rule No. 36 and substituting therefor the following. No soldier, sailor or airman, in
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    CINEMA BILL.
    183 13 Alterations In Rules Of Censorship. An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relating to the exhibition of cinematograph films is about to be introduced into the Legislative Council. The purpose of this Bill is to consolidate Ordinances No. 5 of 1928, 23 of 1929. and 13 of
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    SCALDED TO DEATH
    76 13 Tamil Child Puts Hand Into Boiling Water (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping. Jan. 5. A Tamil child aged one. was scalded to death a few days ago. The child, the son of a Tamil cook in the employ of a Regimental Officer, put his hand into a
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    MR. WILLIAM SCOBIE SUCCUMBS.
    394 13 Fatal Fall Down Steps At Hotel. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Jan. 3. As reported in the Straits Times yesterday, Mr. William Scobie, an. assistant with Pritchard and Co. Ltd., Ipoh, died in Batu Gajah Hospital yesterday evening. Mr. Scobie attended a Christmas carnival at the
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    SELANGOR PRINCE TO MARRY.
    136 13 Ceremony This Month At Kuala Kangsar. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, Jan. 7. The marriage between Tengku Zainon Karib Shah and the daughter of Tungku Panglima Besar, Perak, brother of the Sultan of Perak, will take place on Jan. 22 at Kuala Kangsar. Tengku Zainon. the
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    NEW AIRCRAFT FOR FLYING CLUB.
    708 14 Continued Progress At Kuala Lumpur. A n» w AIil«*s Hawk aircraft purchased from home, was put into service i>v the Kuala Lunipui IKinj? club during December. One 1 of tie* three machines previously owned by the club has been sold to the K jyal Singapore
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    PENANG WEDDING.
    147 14 Mr. C. Delmar-Morgan And Miss S. H. Brown. ‘From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. Jan. 4. The wedding took place yesterday evening at St. George’s Church of Mr. Curt is Delmar-Morgan, second son of Mr. and Mrs. Delmar-Morgan of Chelsea. London, and Miss Susan Henrietta Hargreaves Brown, eldest daughter
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    CINEMA COMMITTEE IN SINGAPORE.
    92 14 Members Of Appeal Body For This Year. Th(* iollowing have been appointed to be members of the Committee of Appeal under section 15 (2) of the Cinematograph Films Ordinance for 1035 The Inspector-General of Police 1 Chairman > The Hon. the Commissioner of Lands 'Vice-Chairman); The
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    BIRTH OF THE U.P.A.M.
    41 14 Formal notification is issued that tiom Jan 1 the name of the Planters’ Association ot Malaya has oeen changed to “The United Planting Association ot Malaya.” The telegraphic address of the Association is now “Eupam Kuala Lumpur.”
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    DEATH OF MRS. M. G. ARMSTRONG.
    242 14 Member Of Old BurgherFamily. The death occurred at the Genera I Hospital, Singapore, of Mrs. Mary Gertrude Armstrong, a senior member of one of the largest and best known families in Malaya. She was 83 years of age and leaves 34 grandchildren and 23
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    MR. T. S. ADAMS GOES ON LEAVE.
    266 14 Large Crowd See Him Off At Station. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 2. The Hon. Mr. T. S. Adams, Resident of Selangor, left by the nightmail to Penang to join the P. and 0. Rawalpindi. He will be away till October,
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    OFFICE BEARERS.
    68 14 The following constitute the committee of the Cantonese Cemetery Kuala Lumpur, for President. Mr! Chan Chim Moi; Vice-President. Mr. Liew Tan San; secretary. Mr. Wong Chow Yew; treasurer. Mr. Wong Chew Yee; auditors, Messrs. Leong Chee Wan and Sun How Chee: cemetery Inspectors. Messrs. Chou Yew Fai and
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    STATUS OF R.A.F. COMMAND IN FAR EAST.
    433 14 During short stay in Singapore. Sir Philip Sassoon, Under Secretary for Air, paid a fitting tribute to the officers of the R.A.F, He also referred in genercus terms to Group Captain Sydney Smith and confirmed the rumour which was then aflloat that in
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    TAIPING REVELS.
    72 14 Merry-Making At The New Club. ‘From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Jan. 1. The churches ushered in the New Year with special Watchnight services. Local Europeans celebrated New Year’s Eve with a Fancy Dress Ball and Hogmanay celebration at the New Club, where dancing was carried on "ntil the
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    PLANTERS’ MESSAGE OF LOYALTY
    1934 15 Decision At Johore Meeting AT last week’s half-yearly meeting of the Johore Planters Association, held in the Kluang Club, Mr. C. T. Edwards moved a resolution that a message of devotion and loyalty be sent to His Majesty the King on May o from the British
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    WHAT IS A “FOOD FACTORY”?
    354 15 Conviction In Kuala Lumpur Case. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 3. Ong Siew Tek appeared today, before Mr. F. K. Wilson, in the Kuala Lumpur police court, on a summons issued at the instance of the Sanitary Board for allowing his premises at
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    MALAYAN PLANTING TOPICS.
    2126 16 Root Disease Control—Mr. tapper’s Lecture—An Omission —PI anti ng Inder Forestry Conditions —Lessons From Small Holdings. (By Our Planting Correspondent.) I HAVE )*»n r ;.dlng Mr. R. P. N. Napper s a cture on “Modern Methods of Kuot Disease Control and their Applications.” given at the last
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    KUALA DEPANG CRASH
    76 16 Second Victim Succumbs To Injuries. •From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. Jan. 1. Mr. Poh Teik Huah. a young Chinese clerk, employed by the Kinta Sanitiiiy Board, w’ho received serious injuries in a motor-car accident near uaIa De Pang on Saturday—when Mrs Cheng Hoe, of Taiping, received fatal
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    VITAL STATISTICS.
    47 16 Two hundred and two deaths were recorded in Singapore during the week ended Dec. 29. Pneumonia (27) was the chief cause of mortality, followed oy phthisis (19), convulsions (17), enteritis (15) and beri-beri (11). Seventeen cases of chicken-pox were leported, but there were no deaths.
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    SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRAITS BUDGET
    568 17 Above Mr. (iee leek Liau of Singapore and his bride. Miss Tan llec Cher, a daughter of the late towkay Tan See Kcc. who was once one of the wealthiest Chinese in Serein ban. Below The wedding took place at St. Mary’s Church. Kuala I
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS. Contained in Reuter, British Imperial Radio and Special Telegrams.
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      BRITISH COAL FOR IRISH CATTLE.
      419 21 -Reuter. IMPORTANT SIGNIFICANCE. Outstanding Political Questions May Be Settled. LAND ANNUITIES DISPUTE. RECIPROCAL trade agreement —exchanging British coal for Irish cattle —has been reached between Great Britain and the Irish Free State. The agreement is of great significance as the first sign that the Anglo-Irish
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      From Trade To Political Agreement.
      144 21 A recent declaration by Mr. de vaiera was that the Anglo-Irish ade fl sht must be a fight to a finish. As to annuities, he believed the Free State would win. and they were “determined not to pay.” “We say to the British.” he said.
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      ANGLO-IRISH PACT HITCH.
      106 21 Reuter. Dublin Surprised At Duty Free Coal. London, Jan. 4. Despite the fact that the information that British coal will be admitted duty free to the Irish Free State emanated from the office of the Free State High Commissioner in London, the position is now very confused.
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      INDEPENDENCE PLOT IN NORTH CHINA.
      78 21 —Sin Kuo Min. Alleged Support From Japanese. Tientsin, Jan. 5. A raid was carried out yesterday on the headquarters of a reactionary organisation at Shihchiachuang, North Hopei, nine men being arrested. According to confessions extracted from the men, they were the leaders of the illegal
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      CENTRAL EUROPEAN PACT IN VIEW.
      120 21 -Reuter. France And Italy Reach Agreement. Paris, Jan. 3. A Franco-1 talian agreement has, in effect, been reached covering purely Franco-Italian problems, such as the status of Italians resident in Tunis and certain colonial frontier demarcations. The agreement the guarantees the independence of Austria and
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      NEW GOVERNOR FOR BANK OF FRANCE.
      162 21 —Reuter. Monetary Policy To Continue j Unchanged. Paris, Jan. 2. The nomination of M. Jean Tannery as the Governor of the Bank of France in place of M. Moret confirms French financial opinion that M. Moret has been opposed to tlxj Government’s new policy,
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      MR. YU CONCLUDES HIS MISSION.
      268 21 Reuter. British Transport Studied From All Angles. London. Jan. 2. Mr. Yu-fei Peng has left by the Majestic for America where he will remain for four weeks before going home to China. In a farewell message he expressed his warm thanks to the British people
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      CONSCRIPTION FOR AUSTRALIA.
      379 21 —Reuter. Sir. M. Hankey’s Report. TEN-YEAR PLAN. Melbourne, Jan. 2. DESUMPTION of compulsory military training is advocated in the report by Sir Maurice Hankey on Australian defences. The report proposes a tenyear period of reorganisation and strongly attacks the railway gauge confusion as an obstacle to mobilisation
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      PUBLIC SCHEMES TO REPLACE RELIEF.
      463 22 —Reuter. SPECULATORS WARNED. Danger Of Excessive Profits In Business. FOREIGN AFFAIRS HOPE. PRESIDENT Roosevelt delivered an important message to Cong ress yesterday. He outlined plans for A huge scheme of public work to absorb more than three million unemployed, and a National insurance scheme to
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      Art For Rate’s Sake.
      60 22 The Municipality of Szckszard near Budapest has found a new way of collecting rates, (cables Reuter.) An impoverished artist heavily in arrears was still without cash so the Council ordered him to paint the Mayor and leading members of tiie Council, the materials to be supplied
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      NEW YORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE.
      56 22 -Reuter. To Ik* Known As Commodities Market. New York, Jan. 4. The New York Produce Exchange will be known solely as the Commodities Market not later than Feb. 28. as the Board of Managers has decided to terminate trading in securities, with a view to saving
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      ESTABLISHING SILVER MARKET IN LONDON.
      101 22 merchants were most friendly -Reu*er. Discussions With Bullion Merchants Friendly. London, Jan. 2. The efforts to establish a silver market in London made further progress today, when a sub-com-mittee of the Metal Exchange visited the bullion merchants to discuss contract technicalities. It is understood that
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      INDIAN POLICY DEFENDED.
      462 22 me ueoi me —British Wireless. Sir S. Hoare. FUTURE WELFARE OF THE MASSES. The Secretary of State for India, Sir Samuel Hoare, defended the .British Government's Indian policy against all attacks in a broadcast speech from London. Sir Samuel Hoare maintained that the Government’s Indian policy was
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      MANCHUKUO MAILS.
      54 22 (7UIU (Jt till —Sin Kuo Min. Terms Of Sino-Japanese Agreement Published. Peiping. Jan. 4. Tlie Japanese Legation here has issued for publication particulars of the agreement for restoring postal communications between China and Manchukuo. This agreement was recently concluded and signed at Peiping tollownu? protracted negotiations between Ja
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      LEAGUE DELEGATES ASK JAPAN.
      441 22 Reuter. Mandate Islands. BIG PLANS FOR SMALL HARBOURS. An invitation to Japan to give further details of the reasons for equipping ports in certain of the islands under mandate is contained in the Mandates Commisij sion report issued yesterday in 'j Geneva. The expenditure, the report
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      CHINESE STATE LOTTERY.
      61 22 -Sin Kuo Min. Shanghai. Jan. 4. The drawing of the ninth State aviation lottery was held in Shanghai yesterday. The first prize valued at $500,000 was drawn by No. *****9, two second prizes of $100,000 being drawn by Nos. *****5 and *****8. and four third prizes of
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      ABYSSINIA APPEALS TO LEAGUE.
      364 23 —Ueuler. Border Fight Sequel. ITALY’S VIEW. Geneva, Jan. 3. ABYSSINIA today appealed to the League of Nations under article 11 of the covenant in connection with the lighting on the borders of Abyssinia and Italian Somaliland. Abyssinia’s action comes as a great surprise, and it is
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      LONDON VISIT POSTPONED.
      43 23 January 11.—Reuter Wireless. In view of M. Laval 9 s coming visits to Rome and Geneva, M. Laval 9 s visit to London has been postponed till as soon as possible after the League Council meeting on January 11.—Reuter Wire-
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      OLDEST CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP DEAD.
      29 23 Reuter Wireless. T Wellington, Jan. 3. i ea th ls announced of Archr Redwood ninety-five, the oldest Fmni° 1C Archbishop in the British nipireReuter Wireless
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      AMERICAN BUDGET ANXIETY.
      406 23 -Reuter. Roosevelt To Address New Congress Session. Washington, Jan. 3. Hie 4 4th Congress, the greatest in the history of the Democratic I ally, met today lor a session which 1 will have to deal with 2,400 measures, many of which are of great national importance. Mr.
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      MANY JAPANESE CASUALTIES.
      76 23 on point duty is blamed —Sin Kuo Min. Explosion In A Troop Train. Tientsin, Jan. 1. Twelve Japanese sodiers were killed and 34 injured when a Japanese troop train overturned near Suichung station (outside the Great Wall to the east of Shanhaikwan>. The gunpowder and explosives stores
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      Shakespeare In Many Tongues.
      100 23 The universality of Shakespeare is lurther evidenced by two Tass messages received this week. "Othello” by Shakespeare is produced in the Kumyk language by tlie National Theatre of Daguestan in the Caucasus. The Armenian State publishing house is publishing an extensive worn on Shakespeare, comprising 25
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      TENSION GROWING IN SAAR.
      240 23 New Year Brawls And Free Fights. The atmosphere of tension in the Saar, which is increasing with the approach of the plebiscite has been increased by minor brawls and free fights in the past few days, states a Reuter message from Saarbrucken. There have been clashes
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      THRONE OF SIAM.
      70 23 —Reuter. Delegation Leaves London For The Continent. London, Jan. 7. It is learned that the visit to the Continent of some of the Siamese delegation does not mean that there is any real development in connection witn the King’s abdication. The delegation merely still awaiting instructions from
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      KWEICHOW VICTORY.
      45 23 Kweichow military headquarters.-Sin Kuo Min. Red Army Driven Out Of Seibing Area. Kweiyang (Kweichow). Jan. 4. The First Red Army has been dispersed with heavy losses from the Seibing sector by the provincial forces, states a communique issued by the Kweichow military headquarters.-Sin
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      CANTON-KOWLOON LINE.
      23 23 -Sin Kuo Min. Hong Kong. Jan. 4 The Kwang-Chiu < Canton-Kowloon» Railway announce a profit of $1,300,000 for 1934 —Sin Kuo Min.
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      CHINESE NATIONAL ART EXHIBITION.
      272 23 Big Scale Effort. BURLINGTON HOUSE SHOW NEXT WINTER. I An exhibition of Chinese art—- the biggest ever staged in London --will be held at Burlington House next winter. The exhibition (says Reuter) will he on a similar scale to the other big national ait shows held
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      STEAMERS COLLIDE IN NEW YORK.
      208 23 -Reuter. 200 Passengers In DangerLexington Sunk. New York. Jan. 3. The Colonial Navigation Company’s coastal steamer “Lexington” was rammed and sunk in East River. The Lexington, which is a vessel of 1.240 tons. 246 feet long was en route from Providence to Rhode Island with
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      FRENCH AGREEMENT WITH ITALY.
      1129 24 -Reuter. -Aneta-Trans-Ocean. AUSTRIA’S IN DEPENDENCE. M. Laval And II Duce In Midnight Talks. GERMANY TOLD OF PACT. ROME, JAN. 7. COMPLETE AGREEMENT ON ALL QUESTIONS DISCUSSED, INCLUDING THE PROBLEMS OF THE COLONIES WAS REACHED LATE LAST NIGHT BY SIGNOR MUSSOLINI AND M. LAVAL. “WE SHALL SIGN
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      FIRST FRENCH VISIT FOR TWENTY YEARS.
      60 24 —Reuter Wireless. M. Laval's visit to Rome is the first visit from a French Minister since 1916 except for M. Briand's attendance at the League Council in Rome. It is also the first visit of a French Minister to the Vatican since the separation
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      34 24 —Sin Kuo Min. Peiping, Jan. 7. Mr. Chu Tsi-ching has arrived in Peiping to handle the removal of the Manchurian refugees from the Hopei cities for settlement in the northwestern provinces -Sin Kuo Min
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      CHINESE HERO’S SON ARRESTED.
      141 24 turn to China via Europe.—Sin Kuo Min. Detained By Japanese Military. Tientsin, Jah. 5. Mr. Ma Kwui, the son of the famous Chinese Volunteer hero. Gen. Ma Chan-shan, has been arrested by the Japanese police in the Japanese Concession at Tientsin. Mr. Ma Kwui is being
      turn to China via Europe.—Sin Kuo Min.  -  141 words
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      EMPLOYMENT FOR 5,000 MINERS.
      236 24 —Reuter Wireless. Effect Of Anglo-Irish Agreement. London. Jan. 3. It is anticipated that all imports of coal into the Irish Free State henceforth will be purchased in the United Kngdom. This will mean an increase of United Kingdom expor:,.. of coal to the Irish Free State
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      SIR MAURICE HANKEY’S DENIALS.
      72 24 —Reuter. Conscription Not Mentioned In Australia. London. Jan. 6. A denial that he suggested the reintroduction of compulsory military training in Australia was made by Sir Maurice Hankey on arrival in Glasgow from Canada at the conclusion of his Empire visits, when his attention was drawn
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      20 24 Tass. Ninety million persons belonging to 185 nationalitiec inhabiting the U.SS. R. are taking part in the election of Soviets.—Tass.
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      FIRST MEETING WITH ALLEGED MURDERER.
      483 25 Leu ter. HAUPTMANN ON TRIAL. Night Of Kidnapping Recalled In Court. HOW LADDER WAS USED. IVHEN Mrs. Lindbergh went into the court at Flomington H (New Jersey) she saw for the first time the man who i > charged with murdering her 20-month-old son, Charles
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      FOUR MISSING IN LEXINGTON DISASTER.
      180 25 Panic Reports Denied By Captain. New York. Jan. 3. Although the police and coastguards first announced that there were no fatalities in the Lexington disaster, a later check was made by the owners who report that four of the crew are missing and twenty people
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      PERRY TURNS PRO.
      109 25 —Reuter. Blow For British Davis Cup Hopes. New York. Jan. 3. Fred Perry, the holder of the Wimbledon American and Australian tennis titles, has turned professional. According to a statement made to Reuter by Bill Tilden’s manager. Bill O’Brien, Perry is due In San Francisco on March
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      Roosevelt’s “Tonic Appeal.”
      385 25 Roosevelt’s “Tonic Appeal. Reuter. $4,000,000,000, Scheme. Washington, Jan. 5. DRESIDENT Roosevelt in- tends to ask Congress to provide $4,000,000,000 for big public works schemes to provide employment for 3,500.000 men, according to an authoritative source. President Roosevelt's message to Congress is hailed by the New York Times as a message
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      GERMANY AND LEAGUE MEMBERSHIP.
      448 25 ’—Reuter. AN INVITATION? Franco Italian I Pact Outcome. Rome, Jan. 7. i Although the brief official communique issued tonight gives no details of the terms of the FrancoItalian agreement completed during the week-end, and does not refer to the subject of limitation of armaments, there is
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      44 25 -Reuter Tin* Cross of Honour which the late President Hindenburg created shortly before he died for all Germans wlio served in the Great War will be served to flags and standards ot the old army i and navy on Mar 17 at Hitler’s order.
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      NO RETRENCHMENT IN NEW BUDGET.
      485 26 ROOSEVELT S LATEST PLAN. More Foreign Trade Will Bring Prosperity. SOME ANXIETY BEING FELT. PRFSIDBNT Roosevelt’s recovery policy is causing some •nixietv in the United States. His budget message to Congress 'reveals a programme of expenditure which v> ill increase (he public debt to a
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      “MURDEROUS” ROADS IN ENGLAND.
      316 26 Reuter. Grim Side Of Belisha Beacon Campaign. If you have been in England late- ly or have read the Home papers you will realise that there is a lot of fun being made of “Belisha Beacons,” the aids to safer pedestrianism, erected by Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha.
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      JAPAN OPPOSITION TO NAVAL TALKS PLAN.
      171 26 —Reuter. French Scheme To Include Germany. Tokio, Jan. 8. It is learned that the French Ambassador yesterday was informed by the Foreign Ministry that France finds her London Treaty auxiliary tonnage ratio agreement distasteful. She supports in principle Japan's abrogation of the Washington pact
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      NOT A FAILURE.
      91 26 —Reuter Mr. Norman Davis Hopes For An Agreement. New York, Jan. 7. The arrival of Mr. Norman Davis accompanied by Admiral Standley from the London naval conversations was marked by an interview given by Mr. Davis. Mr. Davis said the conversations had paved the way for a
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      CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ARTISTS’ WORK.
      172 26 Exhibition Next Month In London. London, Jan. 7. An exhibition of pictures by contemporary Chinese artists will be held in London next month. It will in some ways act as a preparation for the big Chinese art exhibition at Burlington House next winter. Mr. Quo Tai-chi,
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      PEIPING PROFESSOR IN LONDON.
      46 26 —Reuter. To Lecture To British Universities. Professor J. Sli. of the Geological Department of Peiping University has arrived in London with his family at the invitation of the Universities China Committee. He will give a series of lectures in British Universities.— Reuter.
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      HE DECODED ENEMY SECRET CODES.
      384 26 Death Of Sir Alfred Ewing. The deaths are announced (says Reuter) of four well-known people Tnev are: Sir Alfred Ewing, the scientist; Mr. Cecil Aldin, the artist; Sir Walter I)e Frece, husband of Vesta Tilley; and Lady Lavery, wife of Sir John La very, the
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      SWATOW FORGERS.
      41 26 -Sin Kuo Min. Two Men Sentenced To Death. Swatow, Jan. 4. Under an order of the headquarters of the Eastern Route Army, two men, who were convicted of forging Swatow commercial bonds, have been sentenced to death.—Sin Kuo Min.
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      DR. SUN FO IN PEIPING.
      47 26 -Sin Kuo Min. Peiping. Jan. 5. Dr. Sun Fo. president of the Legislative Yuan, and his wife who are now on a holiday in Peiping, yesterday visited the Summer Palace, where were the guests of Mr. Yuan Liang, the Mayor.—Sin Kuo Min.
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      OUR LONDON LETTER.
      2172 27 The “Modem” Christmas And A Diehard’s Diatribe Against The Bad New Times Crazy Winter Weather Jessie Matthews Bereaved —Th e Bishop And Stage Nake dness Gas Drill” In 1935? Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Straits Times Office, 40 43. Fleet Street. Dec. 25. I BEGIN this letter to
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      PRIVATE VESSELS IN WAR TIME.
      56 27 -Reuter. Washington, Jan. 6. The Navy Secretary, Mr. Swanson In a letter to the chairman of the Navy Committee of the House of Representatives, urging conscription of all private vessels for naval use in time of war, says the Navy Department believes such legislation most
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      A Political Diary Of The Week.
      1839 28 The Christmas Spirit—An Overwhelming Majority For India Reform Is The Cabinet Too Big?—A New Public Enemy No. I—The Government Gets Ready For The General Election And “Gloomy Neville Grows Optimistic. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Straits Times Office, Fleet Street, Dec. 24 WHILE the vast
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      MALARIA EXPERT DIES IN CEYLON.
      61 28 Reuter Wireless. Colombo, Jan. 3. THOUSANDS of malaria sufferers continue to besiege the already choked hospitals. Destitution steadily is increasing in the NorthWestern Province in consequence of the epidemic and the failure of crops. Doctor Mendis of Padukka, who for a long time has carried
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      SIR JAMES LOCKHART SERIOUSLY ILL.
      116 28 —Reuter. Former Commissioner At Wei-hai-wei. London, Jan. 7. Sir James Lockhart is seriously ill. —Reuter.' Sir James Haldane Stewart Lockhart was H.M. Commissioner at Weill li-wei from 1902 until his retirement in 1921. Born in 1858, he joined the Hong Kong civil service as a
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      DUKE AND DUCHESS OF KENT.
      58 28 Reuter Wireless. Leave London On Visit To Munich. London, Jan. 3. The Duke and Duchess of Kent will depart to Munich on Jan. 5 where they will stay a few days with Count and Countess Toerringen Ettenbach. the Duchess’ sister. The Duke and Duchess will
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    DARLING SCORES A SUPERB TRY. “Tiny” Lewis And Morrell Have A Great Duel.
    1545 29  -  (By “LEIGHTON”) United Services 5 pts. Perak 3 pts. Although the Malaya Cup final at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday may not have produced the most brilliant rugger it was an intensely interesting gime to watch and just
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    LORDLOGY SCORES HIS THIRD VICTORY.
    844 29 Bestlot Fails To Catch T. H. Menzies’ Horse. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Jan. 5. pOLD Cup day of the Penang Turf Club Christmas and New’ Year meeting, yesterday, proved a brilliant finale to a most successful meeting, the crow'd probably being the largest of
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH. A Tendency Which Wants Checking. — Malayan Rugger Player’s Record. – Volunteer Shooting Successes.
    1848 30  - THE CLUB VERANDAH. A Tendency Which Wants Checking. Malayan Rugger Player’s Record. Volunteer Shooting Successes. (Conducted by 'LEIGHTON THE past year saw tremendous strides made in all forms of sport throughout the Malay Peninsular and there is little doubt that, in a lew years time, a lull strength Malayan side
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    POLICE FAIL ON PADANG.
    378 30 S.C.C. SUCCESSFUL BY ONE POINT. Typical Solo Effort By F.G. Minns. S.C.C. 6 pis.; Police 5. A mere handful of spectators turned out to watch the rugger on Saturday between an S.C.C. XV and a scratch Police side. The game was played from half time onwards
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    KEPPEL G.C.
    103 30 The ball sweeps in connection with the January medal competition were won on Saturday for the first nine holes by C. W. Watson with a score of 2 up and for the second nine holes bv E. Kent with a score of 1 up. On Sunday the sweep
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    SUNDERLAND STILL LEAD THE FIRST DIVISION.
    1859 31 Unme Football. Bolton And West Ham Drop More Valuable Points. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 5. 4 FTER Saturday’s results in the home league soccer match- es. the league championship is considered to be a very open affair with the betting slightly favouring
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    SCHOOL XI’s SHARE SIX GOALS.
    342 31 Local Soccer. Conditions All Against Good Football. Hallies Inst. 3: M.B.S. 3. A Drizzling rain which started just beiore the kick-off in the Raffles Institution and Methodist Boys School (of Kuala Lumpur) football match develop into a heavy downpour. Soon the ground was flooded and
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    NEGRI HOCKEY.
    176 31 Paulians Lose To The Tamil Union. < From Our Own Correspondent > Seremban. The Tamil Union Hockey XI met and defeated the Negri Sembilan Paulians by two goals to one. on the Negri Sembilan Club padang. S. Ponnlah played well for the winners, at centre-half, and frustrated numerous
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    SINGAPORE DOMINANT AFTER INTERVAL.
    613 32 Thrilling Game Witnessed By A Large Crowd. Singapore 1. Macao 0. IN one of the fastest and mos| interesting hockey Karnes seen locally Macao were beaten on Friday afternoon on the padang in the last match of their tour by a combined Singapore eleven by a
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    TWO MEN SHORT TOO GREAT A HANDICAP.
    340 32 Etceteras And Insurance Complete The Double. Etceteras and Ins 12 pts. Merchants and Bankers 3 pts. Ity defeating the Merchants and Bankers bv 12 points (four tries) to 3 points (a goal) the Etceteras finished up third in the S.t'.C. Rugby tournament and
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    SEASON SHOWS PROFIT OF $1,750.
    366 32 Loan From Government Reduced By $2,000. Notice is given that the annual general meeting of the Singapore Amateur Football Association will be held at the Stadium, Anson Road, on Thursday. Jan. 10 at 5.15 p.m. The agenda lor the meeting on Jan. 10 is as
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    COMMAND CHANGE THEIR NAME.
    146 32 Malayan Soccer. Burma Rifles Admitted To Cup Competition. •From Our Own Correspondent.' Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. At the annual meeting of the Football Association of Malaya at eth Selangor Club this morning Dr. Webster was voted to the chair in the absence of the Hon. Mr. M.
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    PENANG SWIMMING.
    90 32 Goh Boon Kum Wins 50 Metres Race. Goh Boon Kum, the 1934 holder of the Khoo Sian Ewe Cup for the 100 Metres Free Style Open Championship of Penang, won the 50 Metres Free Style event yesterday at the Chinese Swimming Club. He swum the distance in 35
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    IPOH CRICKET.
    140 32 ‘From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Jan. 3 A meeting of members of the Ipoh Club interested in Cricket has been convened for Jan. 9 to consider arrangements for fixtures for the current season. At this meeting a discussion will take place regarding a suggestion, which seems to meet
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    STRAITS JUVENILE UNION.
    118 32 At the annual general meeting of the Straits Juvenile Union (Boon Wah Kok) held on Jan. 1 at the Club House. No. 199-B. Jalan Besar, the following were elected office-bearers for the year 1935: Patron, Mr Choo Lye Huat. President. Mr. We Hock Lai. Vice-Presidents. Messrs. Lim
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      CRISIS PENDING IN TIN MARKET ?
      987 1 CRISIS PENDING IN TIN MARKET Unfavourable Tendencies Create Unease. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 21. THE Christmas holidays are now upon us and industrial demand for tin has inevitably fallen away. Furthermore, in a few days’ time many concerns will commence their stocktaking activities, as is usual at the
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      HEAVY SHIPMENTS OF RUBBER.
      135 1 December Exports Third Highest For Year. Rubber exports during December were the third highest in 1934, being 59,575 tons. The only occasions upon which this level was exceeded were in September and May. Comparative figures, which include re-exports are as follows Monthly Cumulative Tons Total January
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      MAJEDIE MAKE SMALL PROFIT.
      131 1 (Straits Times Copyright.) Escot Pays A Final Dividend. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Majedie (Johore) Rubber Estates, Ltd., report a profit for the year ending Sept. 30, 1934, of £477, as compared with a loss of £121 in the previous year. The sum of £2,086 is
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      WORLD USING MORE TIN.
      413 1 Figures Show Increase Of 3.2 Per Cent. According to the December issue of the Bulletin from The Hague Statistical Office of the International Tin Research and Development Council world consumption of tin in manufacture for the year ended October, 1934, was 132,900 tons, against 128,800 tons
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      RUBBER SITUATION.
      61 1 Singapore Official Quotations. Quotations Forward Contract* Spot Seller Prices d. Fob- Apr.Datc L'don S pore Jan. Mar. June Jan. :J 21 21% 22% 23 s 4 r. 9 16 22 22 V, 23 1 24 5 (5 9 1G 22 22% 23% 24% 8 6% 22 22% 22%
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      RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING
      1057 2 The following is tli«* report of opcr ltl()ns of the Raub AustraJIan Gold Mining C«».. Ltd tor the period ending Dec. 4 1934. MINIM, DEVELOPMENT Sinking lr Crosscutting 117 11 Driving 342 It 547 ft SECTION Bukit Koman 228 ft. Derrick 234 ft Lilburne 64 Raub
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      FRASER & CO.’S SHARE REPORT.
      510 2 FRASER CO.’S SHARE REPORT. Shortage Of Rubbers Restricts Business. Fraser and Co.’s share report, dateo Jan. 8, states: The mining market opened steady but closed on the easy side owing to lack of interest. Kuchais were dealt in round 96 cents with buying inquiry slightly under, while Jelebus after dealings
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      SHARP RISE IN RUBBER.
      242 2 Shares And Commodity. DUE TO POLITICAL MOVES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 5. Rubber shares are rising steadily following the improvement in the commodity registered on Thursday and the shortage of shares which developed as a result of strong provincial and Continental demand. But many
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      World Tin Stocks Down Again.
      46 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Jan. 1 W H. Gartsen and Co. estima'e world visible supplies of tin on Dec 31. 1934. at 17.110 tons, compared with 18.600 tons on Nov. 30. 1934. a no 20.140 tons on Dec. 31, 1933.
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      22 2 Jan. 3 Tin. Spore Price $ll3 87'* per picul. 4 113.874 5 113.874 7 113.874 8 114.00 9 114.25
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      PROFIT OF EIGHT PER CENT.
      1021 3 Malaka Pinda Pay Three p.c; Dividend. profit of $37,000 representing ht per cent, of capital, was re...i at the annual meeting of Malaka Pinda rubber held in Singapore. Mr. Tan Cheng Lock was in the chair. Happier Conditions. In moving adoption of the report UU
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      RUBBER RETURNS.
      185 3 The following are rubber returns lor December and figures in brackets denote those for the corresponding period of lasi year: Narborough.—109.005 lb. Fusing.—27.150 lb. Pelepah Valley.-<46.000 lb.). *9.000 lb. Kota Tinggi. (55.000 lb.). 55.000 lb. Sleinting.—(30.700 lb.), 24.000 lb. Clovelly. (22.100 lb.). 21.500 lb. Kuala Kepis. (29.700 lb
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      KUNDONG IN STRONG POSITION.
      659 3 Average Price Doubled Last Year. The thirteenth ordinary general meeting of the Kundong Rubber Estate. Limited, was held at the offices Df the company. 9/11 Old Market Square. Kuala Lumpur. Mr. F. G. Souter was in the chair, and present were Mr. G. Shelton Agar and
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      CHINA ENGINEERING CO. PAYS NO DIVIDEND.
      195 3 —Reuter. Frequent Strikes A Dangerous Threat. ■> London, Dec. 31. At the annual meeting of the China Engineering and Mining Co., Mr. W. F. Turner, the chairman, said it wa& the first time In the history of the company that there was no dividend.
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      TIN RETURNS.
      281 3 The following are the tin returns for December:— Rahman Hydraulic.—507 pels. Sione. —450 pels. Malayan.—1,505 pels. Southern Perak. —1,021 pels. Southern Malayan.—1,216 pels. Taiping.—Pels. 157, hrs. 586, cu. yds. 95,000. Klang River.—Pels. 200, hrs. 503, cu. yds. 61.000. North Taiping.—Quota completed. Rantau. —Quota completed. Batu Selangor —Pels. 252,
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      953 4 [.'raser An<l Co’s Quotations. Singapore, Jan. 9 MINING. Issue i• vai Pd 4/-4/-Ampal I’iii 4 4 7 11 £1 Asam Kiunbang 33 •154fl £1 Aitstral Malay 61 62 Ayer HHam 1 1 Ayer Wc»g 3 20 2.25 £1 £1 Bangrln Tin 24/3 25/fl £1 Cham-kat Tin 4»i
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      Trade And Finance.
      433 4 EXCHANGE RATES. Singapore. Jan 9 SELLING. London I months' sight J 4 7/32 London. 3 months’ sight 2/4 3/lb London. 60 days’ sight 4 J London. 30 days’ sight London, demand 2/4 3, 33 London. TT 2 4 3/32 Lyons and Paris, demand 8 u Hamb irg.
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      HOME AND AMERICAN STOCKS.
      306 4 (Straits Times Copyright.) Last Night’s London Quotations. 'From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 8 Closing quotations today oi the principal British stocks are given below. The rise or fall is in relation T o the price of Jan. 3. GOVERNMENT STOCKS BRITISH. Rise or Fall Conversion
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    • RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
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        LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES DEC. 24.
        699 4 Allayar (2 1 8; Alor Pongsu (2/) 2 1; Anglo-Malay (£l> 12 9; Ayer Kuning 28 6; Bagan Serai (£1) 12 3; Bahru (Sel.) (2 3 6; Banteng (£D 20 Batang (2 > 1 j Batu Caves (£1) 20 6; Batu Tiga (£1) 28 6;
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        SINGAPORE DOLLAR SHARE PRICES JAN. 9.
        710 4 Capital Issue Closing Prices Pa*d Up Value Dividend* Fraser Lyall fir v Company Co. Evatt. 454.175 1 3 p.c. lnt. a'c year 28-2-35 Allenby ($1) 1.90 200 195 2.05 216 779 1 5p c. for vear 30-9-34 .-Alor Gajah ($1) 1.55 1.65 1.55 1.65
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