The Straits Budget, 10 October 1935
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section31 1935-10-10 1 The Straits Budget being the weekly issue of the s traits times f ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] No. 1052. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1935. Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7u.31 words
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Article, Illustration535 1935-10-10 1 QREAT Britain will be able to bring her fleet east of Suez in an emergency as soon as the gate of the great dry clock at the Naval Base at Seleur is placed in position. 4 'i',HE test of the dock, into which 70.000.000 gallons of—Straits Times Photograph. - 535 words
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Article, Illustration706 1935-10-10 1 What Money, Brains And Determination Have Done. GOVERNOR TELLS VISITING DOCTORS. THE astonishing progress in public health work in the towns of Malaya" was referred to by H.E. the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, during his speech of welcome to the visiting B.M.A. delegates at—Straits Times Photograph. - 706 words
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Article724 1935-10-10 2 WHAT IS A FAIR SALARY fair salary levels.—Straits Times, Oct. 3. Attention has been directed repeatedly to the question of a living j wage for planters. The problem is one which also arises acutely in the towns, and opinions as to what constitutes a reasonable minimum wage vary sharply. Hencefair salary levels.—Straits Times, Oct. 3. - 724 words
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Article976 1935-10-10 2 —Straits Times, Oct. 4. Within a very short time now the League must face what is certainly the most critical issue in its 15 years’ history. Mussolini has made it clear beyond all doubt that for him, there is no going back and as soon as the.—Straits Times, Oct. 4. - 976 words
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Article943 1935-10-10 2 —Straits Times, Oct. 5. Nearly 18 months ago, The Sunday Times commented editorially on dissatisfaction which was finding expression in Singapore at certain methods adopted by the Traffic Department. The practice which was then criticised has not been discontinued. We are not certain whether it has been changed—Straits Times, Oct. 5. - 943 words
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Article976 1935-10-10 3 .—Straits Times, Oct. 7. In an earlier leading article we reviewed some of the features in the report of the United States Government committee which investigated the tin situation. Two points which we could not deal with in the first article refer to the extent and.—Straits Times, Oct. 7. - 976 words
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Article884 1935-10-10 3 freedom of the Press Straits Times, Oct. 8. Today our morning contemporary, the Singapore Free Press, reached its centenary and to commemorate the occasion published a special issue consisting of 132 pages. We wish to offer congratulations to the Singapore Free Press, first of all on itsfreedom of the Press !— Straits Times, Oct. 8. - 884 words
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Article799 1935-10-10 4 tion wide open.—Straits Times Oct. 9. An announcement which appeared in the Straits Times on Saturday last has caused considerable uneasiness among traders throughout Malaya. According to our Kuala Lumpur Correspondent. Residents in the F.M.S. have received instructions that all motor lorries bought for the F.M.S. Governmenttion wide open.—Straits Times Oct. 9. - 799 words
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Article102 1935-10-10 4 Widow Of Straits Judge Leaves £43,856. Lady Hyndman-Jones. of West Clilf Road. Bournemouth, widow of Sir William Henry Hyndman-Jones. Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court. Straits Settlements. 1896—1906. and Chief Justice 1906-14. left £43.856 me* £43.737). She directed that she should be burled with her late husband, that102 words
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Article69 1935-10-10 4 ANDERSON.—On October 1. at Miss Riordan s Nursing Home. Calcutta. tc» nth '1 wife of D K Anderson of the Mercantile Bank, a daughter. Jean. CHARL ESWORTH.—On October 6 at Bungsar Hospital. Kuala Lumpur to Kathleen Vivian (nee Pearce) wife of F. H. Charlesworth. a son. TAYLOUR.—At the Maternity69 words
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Article98 1935-10-10 4 LAMBERT—PATON.—The engagement is announced today of Walter Denis Lambert, Manager of the Pavilion Theatre son if Mrs. M. Lambert of South Kensington, to Anna Therese Cecelia, youngest daughter o f Mrs. Andrew Paton, of 6, Mount Elizabetn. Singapore and County Carlow. Ireland BARCOCK— WINTER.—The engagement w announced between Mr.98 words
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Article47 1935-10-10 4 McELFRISH—HUNTER—The wedding will take place at the Presbyterian Church. Singapore on Saturday, October 12 at 430 p.m. between, James T. McElfrish of Benin tong Estate N.S. and E. Dorothy Hunter of Milngavie, Scotland. No invitations are being sent but friends will be welcome at the Church.47 words
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Advertisement87 1935-10-10 4 NOTICE. All communications for both the Straus 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 of87 words
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Obituary89 1935-10-10 4 DEATHS PECK—Mrs. Peck Chin Kiat— (Madam Yap Woo Neo) beloved mother of Messrs. PecK Teck Chye Teck Kian, passed away peacefully on Oct. 1, at 7.40 p.m. at her residence No. 167. Nell Rd.. at the age or 72. MRS. SNG KWEE TECK.—(Madam Stah Lay) passed away peacefully at her89 words
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Article180 1935-10-10 5 ON the journey which occasioned yesterday’s ruminations on cus t ms barriers I passed through Sega 1!Ul for the first time lor some years. il;a was struck b> the thriving appe.,ranee of that little town. Segamat is one of the three Johor* towns in which are180 words
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Article152 1935-10-10 5 f |’HESE Segamat valleys were settled centuries ago. but civil strife depopulated them, and the traveller Newbold lound many abandoned parti fields and orchards when he visited tlu* district in the early part of the last century Nowhere else in the country, so fat a> I know, can152 words
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Article143 1935-10-10 5 *po exiled English anglers who think there is na good freshwater Ashing in Malaya, 1 would commend the lollowing extract from the diary of the late Mr. Howard H Banks, published In British, Malaya: “We came to a long, slow glide, not unlike what one sees in Devonshire,143 words
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Article162 1935-10-10 5 QNE of the most interesting suggestions put forward by Dr. H. A. Tempany in his report on agriculture in Johore was the appointment ol a j marketing officer. Since this idea seems to have been pigeon-holed. 1 will lesurrect Dr. Tempany’s comments. He said The selection of a162 words
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Article153 1935-10-10 5 account of the early History of the Malacca Police has been written by Mr. A. H. Dickinson, and the first instalment has been published in the Malayan Police Magazine. Mr. Dickinson, who has obtained his information trom records in the Stadt House archives, says that during the Dutch153 words
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Article128 1935-10-10 5 AAR. Lewis discovered a Dutch docu ment entitled “Orders To Penghulus” which had never been put into force by the Dutch but which appealed to Governor Fullerton so much that he promptl> adopted it. ••The order,” says Mr. Dickinson, “clearly detines the function of penghulus 104 years ago128 words
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Article160 1935-10-10 5 AAR. Dickinson mentions that during the British military occupation of Malacca, which began in 1796. the Dutch system of justice continued io function but death sentences we:v subject tj confirmation by the King of England. That leads me to recall the dreadful practice oi sending condemn *n ciiminals160 words
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Article118 1935-10-10 5 MORE SELADANG Negri Sembllan has no wild life sanctuary. Pahang has twothe Gunong-Tahan reservation with an area of 354.000 acres and the Krau reservation with 131.000 acres. A large proportion of the Gunong Tahan reservation has not vet been explored, states the Pahang adminis trative report, as it is situated118 words
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Article70 1935-10-10 5 other day 1 solemnly repeated a story told in The Planter to the effect that the manager of Devon Estate. Malacca met a tiger lying in the road when returning from th< Jasin Club at night and tha* his cai struck the animal and killed it. Alas 170 words
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Article121 1935-10-10 5 nr*HE Malayan cartoonist is oassing through a rather barren time Sir Frederick James’s battleship iuv and Sir Laurence Gulllemard’s grandmotherly spectacles were heave nsent opportunities. r nd Denis Santry made the most of them. But today our local big-wigs, lor the most part, present no outstanding facial eharaeU ristics121 words
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Article108 1935-10-10 5 ON the other hand, the caricatures ol Bishop Roberts, Mr. H. D. Mundell, Mr. E. A. Brown. Mr. C. E. H. Jacobs and Mr J. D. Hall are very gooc indeed. Bv tar the best of the whole sixteen is that of Dr. Tempany. who is portrayed108 words
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Article155 1935-10-10 5 GIRL ATHLETES YESTERDAY the Straits imes published photographs o; the Chinese girls’ swimming team wnleh has gone from Malaya to Shanghai to represent this country in a na'unal sports meeting. On the same day I happened to dip into the 19J5 Annual published Jointly by the Methodist girls’ school.< u155 words
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Article188 1935-10-10 5 IN the same magazine Miss b* phia Blackmore writes in a similar strain. Miss Blackmore. who first saw' Singapore more than hull a century ago. returned from her retirement In Australia to revisit the city this year, and was both pleased and disturb'd by tin* changes she observed.188 words
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Article188 1935-10-10 5 CEVERAL references were made by Captain Freyberg *n his Rotary talk on Wednesday to the Horsburgh lighthouse. “guarding those windswept rocks some 33 miles eastward at the entrance to the China Sea." This lighthouse stands on a 450 ieet long by 200 feet wide, and the name of188 words
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Article134 1935-10-10 5 FIRE-WALKING IN SURREY •TmoSE who hav e seen the annual fire-walking ceremony at the temple in South Bridge Road will be interested to know that a demonstration of this rite was given in a Surrey garden last month. A Malay Mall correspondent who was present says that the demonstration was134 words
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Article121 1935-10-10 6 SAKAI GRILL IN the Saturday Evening Post, the most widely circulated magazine in America, there is a full-page advertisement depicting Mr. Frank Buck gazing fondly on a luscious smoked ham. and beneath it is this legend: “Frank Buck, the hero of a thousand Jungle exploits, cables via Singapore: ‘After months121 words
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Article135 1935-10-10 6 IN view of the country-wide controversy that occurred when the experiments of Mr. Blrkemose on Shanghai Pahang Estate became known, the following statement at the annual meeting of this company last month is intriguing: “During the year under review further progress was made with the clearing of rough135 words
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Article103 1935-10-10 6 Philip Manson-Bahr has done well to explode the popular notion that malaria will linger in a person’s blood long after he has retired from the tropics to Great Britain. Most retired. Malayans believe that theory and consequently attribute almost any feverish condition, particularly influenza, to a recrudescence103 words
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Article219 1935-10-10 6 MR. ZIRO TUZI FEW days ago I quoted a Japanese impression of American passport ritual. This has had an unexpected sequel, in the shape of the following letter: Dear Anak Singapura,—Well. well, to think that you take out Insurance policies without knowing what they contain—that is too bad, but the219 words
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Article170 1935-10-10 6 MOTORING A NYONE motoring up-country todaV cannot but notice the more careful and helpful manner in which signs are now placed along Malayan roads. The main north-and-south route through the Peninsula is very clearly marked t all points where the motorist might go astray, and especially is this true in170 words
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Article145 1935-10-10 6 uryjß Sundays are not our own. By '‘night and by day we are at work, writing for the mail.” Thus a Singapore merchant of the seventies, in an extract from a book published on this page last Wednesday. Mail day is still an ordeal in local offices, as145 words
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Article121 1935-10-10 6 /"\NE point in Mr. E. B. Williams v address to the Co-operative and Clerical Unions last Thursday was reassuring to those who had always sup posed that there was no means of pre venting Shylock from demanding his full pound of flesh in this Colony The Official121 words
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Article126 1935-10-10 6 IN view of the gratification of the London rubber market at the I. R. R. C.’s decision to cut output to sixty per cent., it is just as well to remember that snags in the path of rubber control still exist. A frank statement that an increase of126 words
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Article144 1935-10-10 6 Qn the whole, there are many signs that the people in the kampongs are beginning to think over their problems and to do things for themselves/* That striking sentence occurs in the 1934 report of Mr. W. D. Barron. M.C.S., acting British Resident ot Selangor. Mr. Barron proceeds:144 words
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Article201 1935-10-10 6 J RATHER think that my sporting colleague and perhaps the Straits Tin es too. can claim a share ot the credit for bringing about the inaugural meet of the Singapore A.A.A which was &o successfully held on Sunday afternoon. Constant pegging away at the sub ject in the201 words
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Article192 1935-10-10 6 FIGHTING FIT TTHAT the Wiltshires should have carried off three out of the first four places in the Johore-Singapore walk on Sunday morning is evidence of the fitness and stamina which soldier- ing imparts, even in this sweltering climate. Four miles an hour is reckoned a brisk walking speed; yet192 words
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Article194 1935-10-10 6 out the gin pahit before lunch and make lunch a meal which is suitably light,” said a Singapore doctor last week, 44 and then one should be able, even in this climate, to work as easily in the afternoon as in the morning.” Experience does not bear this194 words
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Article154 1935-10-10 6 pROM the programme of the R.S.F.C. At Home last Saturday, I learnt something I never knew before: how the club acquired its motto. To quote the book of words, “In the beginning we had nothing, knew nothing. we borrowed from everyone, more particularly the Royal Air Force.. We154 words
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Advertisement4 1935-10-10 6 PO GARDENSJPOH FOR PLANTS,SEEDS,BULBS4 words
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Article1036 1935-10-10 7 Mr. N. F. H. Mather and Mr. M. L. Capt. and Mrs. J. A. Taylor, of Alor Webber have returned from Home Star, have left for England on leave leave. Mi D. H. Hampshire is due to arrive bu k in Malaya about the first week in1,036 words
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Article98 1935-10-10 7 The following are booked by the Jutlandia which left Singapore for Europe on Tuesday: Mr. G. E. Cath, Mrs G. E. Cath, Master E. G. Cath, Master J D. Cath, Master Ph. W. Cath. Misa H Cath. Mrs.. W. H. P. Hall. Master VTall, Mr. C. van Konljnenburg. Mrs.98 words
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Article305 1935-10-10 7 Wednesday. Sept. 2b. Hon. Mr. G. E. Cator and Mrs. Cator had luncheon at King’s Pavilion. In the afternoon His Excellency and Lady Thomas were present at the Iskander Polo Club At Home. H.H. The Sultan of Perak. H.H. The Sultan of Pahang, Mr. and Mrs.305 words
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Article154 1935-10-10 7 Tuesday, Oct. 1. Major and Mrs. C. T. Lawrence arrived to stay at Government House. His Excellency was present at the Childrens’ Concert at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Wednesday, Oct. 2. His Excellency presided at a meeting of the Executive Council held at Government House this morning Air154 words
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Article51 1935-10-10 7 The engagement is announced of Miss Barbara Phyllis Winter, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Winter Singapore Harbour Board, and Mr. A Barcock. Prison Department son of Mr. V. F. A. Barcock, formerly of F.M.S. Railways. The wedding will take place about the middle of next51 words
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68 1935-10-10 7 300 Guests At Government House Party. In honour of the twenty-first birthday of their daughter. Bridget, a ball and bridge party were given at Government House, last Wednesday night by His Excellency the Oovernor. Sir Shenton Thomas, and Lady Thomas. About three hundred guests were68 words
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Article86 1935-10-10 7 Obelisk Made For Pahang In Perak. The Ipoh Marble and Lime Works Ltd., have completed the marble obelisk ordered by the public of Temerloh, Pahang, in commemoration of th* King’s Silver Jubilee. The Memorial is now being erected on the site and when completed the tablet containing the86 words
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Article81 1935-10-10 7 TATHAM— MURISON WEDDING. The marriage of Miss Diana Murlson, daughter of Sir William and Lady Murison, to Mr. George E. Tatham, of the A.P C.. Singapore, will take place in Singapore early next year. Mr. Tatham returns to Malaya next month after long leave in England. The Straits Times understand81 words
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Article99 1935-10-10 7 <From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 7. The Hon. Mr. W. D. Barron and Mrs. Barron leave for Singapore by tomorrow night’s mail train, and will board the Marella for Australia, where they are to spend a holiday. The following left by the99 words
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Article130 1935-10-10 7 Leaders— What Is A Fair Salary? 2 The Last Chance 2 Take Warning 2 Tin: Control and Substitutes.... 3 A Free Press 3 Closing The D00r!..... 4 Telegrams— Covering past week’s new5..., 24 28 Picture Supplement 17 20 Financial Supplement— Financial and Commercial news to date, following page 32130 words
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Article177 1935-10-10 8 Driver's Consternation. From Our Oini Correspondent./ Kuu a Kangsar. Oct. 7 On Saturday at about midnight a Chinese woman travelling in a hired ear gave birth to a child. The driver, alarmed, drove to the Kuala Kangsar Police station where he was advised to take the177 words
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583 1935-10-10 8 Harbour Log Trier Lives Up To Its Name. (Bv Our Shippuv Correspondent.) When tin* Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer Tri* r called at Singapore honn ward bound al the end oj May his year Straits residents gave 1 1 a lousing larewell. Sh« had ru twelve years583 words
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Article193 1935-10-10 8 News has been received of the ceath of Mr. Joey (J.G.) Howell, at Torrington Road. Portsmouth, on Sunday last. The late Mr. Howell, who was on U'tirement, had served for 31 years in the prison service of Singapore. He came here in 1903 as193 words
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Article106 1935-10-10 8 The death took place at the General Hospital. Singapore, on Sunday o! Mr. Wennie <Nick* Wilson, second son of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Wilson. of Singapore. Mr. Wilson was shift engineer with Messrs. Sir John Jackson (S’pore) Ltd, and was 38 years of age.106 words
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Article600 1935-10-10 8 PASSENGER SHIPS KEEP TO SUEZ: SOME AVOID ITALIAN PORI'S. Hecausi* of the war in East Africa, cargo vessels hound from Singapore for the American Atlantic sea hoard have practically all received orders to >ail by the Cape of Good Hope. Europe-bound siiiDs are still using600 words
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Article225 1935-10-10 8 Story Of Fallen Tree Across Road. ‘From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Kangsar. Oct. 7. It is stated that the manager of the Chendenor Dam Works. Mr. Gray, has reported that an attempt was made last week to hold up his car on the Grik Road about three225 words
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Article59 1935-10-10 8 Prosecution Withdraws Indictment. After being under a charge for six months. Mr. Lee Wee Nam. managing director of the Sze Hai Tong Bank, was acquitted by the Third Magistrate Singapore on Monday, the prosecution withdrawing the indictment. The charge was one of allowing loans totalling59 words
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139 1935-10-10 8 <From Our Own Correspondent.' Ipoh, Oct. 4 Mr. Justice Howes today allowed tie 1 appeal by Manecksha brothers again. o <i conviction on a charge of managin'' or assisting in managing a common betting house, and a sentence of a $250 fine. His lordship held139 words
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293 1935-10-10 9 Australia Should Encourage Immigrants. More than 100 of the doctors who attended the British Medical Association annual congress in Melbourne arrived in Singapore in the Manila from Australia on Monday. The remainder of the party arrived the next day, and a293 words
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Article131 1935-10-10 9 Chinese Cook With Duplicate Keys. •From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Oct. 4. A Chinese cook who decamped with $-.500 in cash and jewellery, the property of Mr. Ho Kok Yew, was produced in court today. The prosecution stated that accused had obtained duplicate keys to131 words
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Article50 1935-10-10 9 Hong Kong. Oct. 4. Vilas Salamda. Siamese trade commissioner to China, arrived in the Colony yesterday. He will first visit Canton before proceeding to Shanghai. Interviewed, he denied that the Siamese Government had forbidden Chinese resident in the country to their own language.—Sin Kuo Min.50 words
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Article125 1935-10-10 9 Purchases Restricted To Two Types. <From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 4. It has become known that the Residents in the federated Malay States have received instructions that all motor lorries bought for Government must be either of the Morris or the Albiom type. I125 words
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Article75 1935-10-10 9 A cable was received in Singapore on Monday reporting the death in England of Mrs. George Parbury. The cable was sent by Mr. Parbury, who had reached Port Said on his way back to Singapore to rejoin Bruce Petrie Co. Ltd. Mr. Parbury is now75 words
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Article300 1935-10-10 9 Correspondence. Another Appeal To The Business Community. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—When I recently urged on employers the necessity of safeguarding the luture of their Asiatic employees by doing something more than merely encouraging co-operative thrift and loan societies I did not expect employers to300 words
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Article220 1935-10-10 9 GATE TO BE P UT IN POSITION. the test of the great dry dock at the Naval Base at Seletar, into 1 which 68,750,000 gallons of water were pumped last month fiom the Straits of Johore, has been successful. This terrific pressure oi water220 words
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Article121 1935-10-10 9 A.A. IN CONSULTATION WITH POLICE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Oct. 3. An instance of the work done by the Automobile Association of Malaya for motorists was referred to at a meeting of the Negri Sembila n branch held at the Sungei UJong Club. It is now121 words
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Article264 1935-10-10 9 War Reaction In Singapore AN top of the increases in rice and other food prices in Singapore reported during last month, there has been another sharp rise in the first week of this month. Both wholesale and retail markets are affected. The trend of rice prices U264 words
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Article88 1935-10-10 9 FOOD PRICES UNSTABLE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Oct. 7. Prices of foodstuffs have been unstable in Penang during the past few days with an upward tendency, due to the war scare. Following the announcement from Rangoon that quotations on the rice market had risen, the local reaction88 words
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Article148 1935-10-10 9 WHAT IS A FAIR SALARY To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—l am a regular reader of your paper, and was most interested in your leader on the subject of Europ an salaries in this country. I am o.» of those who is expected to survive < a a148 words
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912 1935-10-10 10 INVESTIGATIONS ON OIL PALMS COCONUTS. Replacement Manuring Not Needed. A lecture Recent Investigations on Oil Palms and Coconuts” given by Mr. W. N. C. Belgrave, Chief Research Officer, Department of Agriculture, at the recent I.S.P. conference at Malacca is summarised below: “The investigations on oil palms to be considered today912 words
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Article201 1935-10-10 10 Crowds of people attended the AllChinese Trade Fair which was opened at Great World on Saturday afternoon by the acting Consul-General for China, Mr, Zau Tsung Sze. A well-attended tea party was held during the afternoon at which Government officials and prominent local residents were201 words
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Article437 1935-10-10 10 ALTERATION MADE IN COMMITTEE’S MINUTES. 'From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Oct. 2. Mr. John Hands. M.C.H., raised an objection to the minutes of the Traffic Advisory Committee when they were presented for confirmation at today’s meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board. The437 words
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Article71 1935-10-10 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. Oct. 7. The “Mac Kongsi’s’’ chestnut English gelding Gahen, who ran third in the race for the Gold Cup at Singapore last month, had to be destroyed last night. Gahen went sick on Thursday and fell in his box on Saturday. He71 words
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Article332 1935-10-10 10 PORTRAITS OF F.M.S RULERS. FRESH COLONY ISSUE ALSO. Details of the new stamps to be issued by the individual Federated Malay States, as published in Gibbon’s Stamp Monthly, are give* below. It is understood that in three States the new issue will bear portraits of the332 words
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204 1935-10-10 10 (From A Special Correspondent.) Cameron Highlands, Oct. 5. A TIMELY and welcome effort to popularise the products of this hill station is being made by Mr. J. Cornwell, proprietor of the Kilat Gardens, in the lower Highlands. Mr. Cornwell has just leased two stalls in the204 words
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1518 1935-10-10 11 Government Cancels Vote For Investigation. SANITARY BOARD UNOFFICIALS’ HEALTH PROTEST. “REALLY SCANDALOUS.’’— Mr. Talalla. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 2. “This Board regrets the decision of the Government to delete from the 1936 Estimates the item for the preliminary investigation for a1,518 words
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Article336 1935-10-10 11 REGISTERMARKS ANI) GERMAN SHIPS. “POOL” OF EASTERNPASSENGER LINES. (From Our Shipping Correspondent). There is speculation in Singapore as to the exact position of German Registerrnarks in steamship hookings between Far Eastern and European ports. Various charges of “unfair competition” have been made against lin.-s dealing336 words
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Article149 1935-10-10 11 H.H. Tunku Kassim As State Treasurer. The following appointments are announced in the Kedah Government Gazette: Mr. F. E. Ivery to be Financial Commissioner. Kedah. H.H. Tunku Kassim bln Sultan Abdul Hamid to be State Treasurer, Kedah. Syed Idrus bln Syed Mashor. Cadet, to act as Private Secretary149 words
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Article783 1935-10-10 12 Announcements In Britain. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London Sept. 18. An unusually huge number of engagements ol great interest to Malayans have been announced In Jiondon recently. Mr. Richaru Cuuibert Barnard. Cc onlal Forest Service (Malaya) only son of the late Henry Cuthbert Barnard. J P., F.M S.783 words
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Article148 1935-10-10 12 l THOUSANDS OF ACRES BENEFIT. SCHEME COSTS $50,000. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Oct. 3. The second stage of the Pulau Tiga irrigation scheme in the district of Kuala Kangsar, which will supply water to riverine bendangs, is nearing completion. The immediate elTect of this scheme'148 words
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170 1935-10-10 12 In the Singapore bankruptcy court on Friday. C. W. Gamell was given his discharge from bankruptcy subject to a judgment for $250 being entered against him. His liabilities totalled $1,500 due to seven creditors. His assets realised $205.46 and no dividend has been170 words
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Article639 1935-10-10 12 Appeal Shortly To i Be Heard. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Oct. 3. An appeal against a conviction for shooting a cow seladang by the Magistrate, Tapah, will shortly be argued in the Supreme Court, Ipoh, by Mr. Kit S. Khong, of Ipoh. on 1 behalf of639 words
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Article222 1935-10-10 12 BOUGHT TOO MUCH LAND. SUPPORTED BY HIS WIFE. old Haji Samsudin, H a Malay, was at one time worth $1,000,000 but today he is a bankrupt, and he told Mr. Justice a’Beckett Terrell in the Bankruptcy Court on Friday, in the course of his public examination, that222 words
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Article244 1935-10-10 12 European Engineer Bankrupt. David W. Ginsberg was taken through his public examination on Friday in the Bankruptcy Court, Singapore. He said that he was an engineer by profession and was attached to Boon Seng and Co., on a salary of $100 plus 50 per cent, of outside244 words
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Article291 1935-10-10 13 rll VNCE TO SURRENDER IGNORED. left jungle in quest of food. (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Oct. 1. Pandak Ibrahim, the “amok” who terrorised the peaceful riverine “kampongs” in the vicinity of Parit for several days, is dead. It is understood that between 3 and 4 p.m.291 words
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Article63 1935-10-10 13 Three Flight-Lieutenants Made Squadron Leaders. Air-Commodore Sidney Smith, in command of the R.A.F. Far East, has been notified by cable from London that three Flight-Lieutenants stationed in Singapore had been made Squadron-Leaders. The promoted officers are FlightLieut. Graham C. Bladon, R.A.F. Far East Headquarters; Flight-Lieut. Adrian H.63 words
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Article106 1935-10-10 13 Ashamed 99 Of Failure To Collect Rents. <From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Oct. 1. A Chinese woman who was taken to hospital a few days ago, having, it w as stated, drunk caustic soda, was produced in court today on a charge °t attempted suicide. She told106 words
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697 1935-10-10 13 High Commissioner Gives Decorations. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Kangsar, Sept. 30. An interesting ceremony took place at King’s Pavilion, Kuala Kangsar, on Saturday when two Chiefs ot the State were decorated by H.E. the High Commissioner, Sir Shenton 1 homas, for loyal and697 words
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Article132 1935-10-10 13 Indian Government Lets Matter Drop. An echo of the Malayan Indians’ Jubilee protest was heard in the Indian Legislative Assembly at Simla when Mr. Satyamurthy asked whether the Government had given attention to the publication of a souvenir programme in Malaya at the time of the132 words
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Article131 1935-10-10 13 CHINESE TO GO ON TO BATAVIA. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia. Sept. 29. A great exhibition of Chinese industrial products will probably be held In Batavia in October or a little later. It will be on the lines of the exhibition which is being organised In Singapore. The131 words
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48 1935-10-10 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Sept. 30. The Tuan Muda of Sarawak arrived at Kuala Kangsar and left yesterday morning on a visit to Cameron Highlands. At the Highlands Hotel last night the Sultan of Pahang was entertained by leading residents of Tana Rata.48 words
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Article299 1935-10-10 13 RATEPAYERS’ BODY TO T NVESTIGATE. CAUSES HARDSHIPS FOR CLERKS. At the annual meeting of the Singapore Ratepayers’ Association last week, Mr. J. P. Tham raised the question of the practice among some Chinese owners to charge rent on the lunar month instead of the solar299 words
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Article249 1935-10-10 13 USED FORCE ON CONSTABLE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Sept. 30. Mr. S. C. Goho appealed unsuccessfully on behalf of Mr. Philip Hoalim, the Singapore solicitor, before Mr. Justice R. C. Cussen, in the Seremban Supreme Court today. Mr. Hoalim was tried on Juh' 17. by Mr.249 words
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622 1935-10-10 14 Penang Exports And Imports Well Maintained. d’rom Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Oct. 1. Interesting information and comments on trade conditions in Malaya and in Penang were given by Mr. F. H. Grummit, chairman of the Penang Chamber of Commerce, at the halfyearly meeting of the Chamber622 words
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Article207 1935-10-10 14 First Contingent Leave On Oct. 13. The first Muslims to leave on the annual pilgrimage to Mecca this year will sail from Singapore in the Telresias on Oct. 13. So far only about 50 pilgrims have booked their passages but it is expected that that number207 words
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Article100 1935-10-10 14 —Aneta Trans-Ocean. Motor Accident In Italy. Milan, Sept. 29. The Queen Mother of Siam, who is residing at Lausanne where her son, King Ananda is studying, was involved in a motor accident while travelling from Lausanne to Trieste to attend the launching of a Siamese—Aneta Trans-Ocean. - 100 words
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Article129 1935-10-10 14 Want Supplied In Raffles Place. A new public clock has made its appearance in Raffles Place. Singapore. It is placed outside the premises of Messrs. Rene Ullman. jewellers Some weeks ago there was corre spondence in the Straits Times on the insufficiency of public clocks in Singapore.129 words
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Article298 1935-10-10 14 Engineer-Inventor Leaves. A young engineer-inventor whose discovery of an improved asphalt road surface reconditioning process will save the Municipality of Singapore over $1,250,000 in the fifteen years following its introduction in 1932, sailed for Europe last week. He is Mr Norman H. Taylor. M.Sc. iEng.), A.M.I.L.E., A.M.I.M.298 words
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479 1935-10-10 14 “More Acute Because Of Their Education. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kualn Lumpur, Oct. 1. The middle classes as the real sufferers in the distress arising from the depression and unemploy. ment is the contention made by Mr John Hands, M.C.H. hon. secretary and treasurer479 words
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67 1935-10-10 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.> Ipoh, Oct. 1 The ricksha-puller, who claimed to be an artist when arrested on a charge of possession of counterfeit currency notes, was produced before the magistrate today, when it was stated thu r the accused always spoke of living in67 words
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Article3344 1935-10-10 15 K.L. Not The Best Venue —Malacca Rose To The Occasion Mr. Maefadyen On Technical Education —Research On Rubber Problems—Much Learned And Much Still To Learn. (By Our Planting Correspondent.) ST week I gave hiy early impress L sions of what I considered to been the most successful3,344 words
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Article191 1935-10-10 16 IN SINGAPORE. One of the new Douglas DC2 twin-engined liners purchased.by K.N.I.L.M. for the Singapore-East Indies service made two demonstration flights over Singapore last week, carrying' 14 local residents on each trip. All passengers were impressed by the comfort of the flight, the ease with191 words
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181 1935-10-10 16 Syce Uses Forged Document. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 1. Haji Samat. a syce employed by Mr. C. Hall, Assistant Commissioner, F.M.S. Railways Police, pleaded guilty this morning before Mr. F. K. Wilson, In the Kuala Lumpur Police Court, to181 words
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Article387 1935-10-10 16 Visit By Car To The Dindings. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Sept. 29. Besides Upper Perak, the Dindings was the only other place visited by Lady Thomas and Miss Thomas accompanied by their guest, Mrs. Jarcine, and attended by Mr. Walker travelled by car from Kuala387 words
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Article128 1935-10-10 16 Left For Decision By Mr. Adams. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 2. At the meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board today the Chairman. Mr. J. V. Oowgill, on presenting the minutes of the last meeting for confirmation, referred to the proposed rates of assessment128 words
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302 1935-10-10 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Oct. 2. It is understood that the new Malay States postage stamps have arrived by air from England and will be on sale throughout the F. M. S. from November 1. Each State will have its separate set of stamps302 words
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46 1935-10-10 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Oct. 2. A Chinese passenger en route by train from Taiping to Malim Nawar gave birth to a daughter at the Ipoh railway station. An ambulance arrived later and took mother and daughter to hospital.46 words
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Article, Illustration110 1935-10-10 17 On (he lawn at the Royal Singapore Flying Club At Home on Saturday. Seated, left to right: Miss Frquhart. Mrs. Misselhrook, Mrs. Whiteley and Mrs. Misselbrook. Mr. ting Pi ah Teng, who has been appointed managing director of the Tnited Chinese Bank. Some fashions seen at110 words
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Article, Illustration51 1935-10-10 18 The team of girls who will represent Che Malayan Chinese Athletic Association at the Olympiad have sailed for Shanghai. After a reception which will he held in their honour at the Y.M.C.A. at Shanghai, they will be taken on sight-seeing tours in that51 words
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Article, Illustration33 1935-10-10 19 The Acting Chief Secretary of the F.M.S., the Hon. Mr. Marcus Rex, chatting with Mr. P. W. (ileeson, secretary of the Selangor Turf Club, at the Selangor races.33 words
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Article, Illustration100 1935-10-10 20 CHANGING —AND UNCHANGED—SINGAPORE. Reconstruction work is in progress at Sheers Wharf between East Wharf and Main Wharf. An aspect of the changes continually taking place in Singapore. Not a hit shy of the cameraman. A charming snapshot taken at the children's party. Here is ail aspect of Singapore which has100 words
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2393 1935-10-10 21 Steps By Local Authorities In Malaya— Censorship Suggested—Textile Quotas —Needless Difficulties For Importers. BY OUR COMMERCIAL CORRESPONDENT. •rr is with considerable interest that the mercantile communities here and in Kuala Lumpur are following the efforts made by the Singapore Municipality and the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary2,393 words
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Article1234 1935-10-10 22 The Resident’s Return—Ban On Sewage SystemEven Mr. Talalla Is A Rebel Now Children At “The Dog” (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 1UEXT week the Hon. Mr. T. S. Adams, British Resident of Selangor, will arrive hack from leave,, and the moment seems fitting to pay tribute1,234 words
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Article81 1935-10-10 22 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. Sept. 29. The dance arranged by the City Cabaret on Saturday in aid of the Jubilee Boys’ Club under the patronage of the Hon. Mr. G. W. Bryant, Resident Councillor, and Mr. E. H. Beck, Chairman of the Jubilee Boys’81 words
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Article295 1935-10-10 22 PUPILS OVERCROWDED AND OVERAGE. IMPROVEMENT IN SINGAPORE. The private English schools may be divided into two main classes;—. (a) those controlled by the religious bodies that conduct the aided English schools and which are accommodated in proper school buildings; (b) those carried on by individuals (usually295 words
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135 1935-10-10 22 —Sin Chew Jit Poh Echo Of Fatal Accident In Shanghai. Shanghai, Oct 4 The appeal of Mr. Khoo Hooi-hye. former Malayan lawn tennis champion, against his conviction before a Chinese court on a charge of rash driving which resulted in the killing of a young Chinese—Sin Chew Jit Poh - 135 words
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Article32 1935-10-10 22 The British submarines Pandora and Osiris arrived in Singapore from China on Friday. They are at the Naval Base. The British cruiser, Berwick, ha? arrived at Aden from Singapore.32 words
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667 1935-10-10 23 jie[>t “Dangling On Strings” By Taxi Dancer.' Delivering judgment last Friday in favour of Mr. F. G. Scharenpaivel, financial assistant, League of Nations Singapore Bureau, u>Ao sue*/ Mrs. V' Perie8 > a professional dancing partner, for the return of a gramophone and records, Mr.667 words
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Article121 1935-10-10 23 Arrangements By Malayan Association. For the third year in succession the Malayan Agri-Horticultural Associahon is arranging for the supply of Christmas hampers of Malayan Produce. Ip 1933, when the scheme was •naugurated, 108 hampers were shipped r England; last year this number increased to 236. It121 words
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Article209 1935-10-10 23 Retirement Of Pahang State Engineer. Mr. E. D. Kibble, State Engineer. Pahang, was presented with an address by the P.W.D. subordinate Stair at Kuala Lipis on the eve t/ his retirement. The address recalled that his name would long be associated with the high engineering skill209 words
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Article334 1935-10-10 23 Remarkable Soloists. An audience largely adult, and which included the Colonial Secretary. Sir Andrew Caldecott, greatly appreciated the first public concert given by th*» Singapore Children s Orchestra at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore. last Thursday night. So successful was the concert, which was in aid of334 words
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196 1935-10-10 23 Merchant Resists Successfully. «.From Our Own Correspondent Malacca. Oct. 2. P. R. M. Krishnasamy Nair. an Indian merchant of First Cross Street Malacca, was the victim of an attempt a* daylight robbery in Malacca. It is stated that he cashed a cheque for $1,000 at196 words
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Article204 1935-10-10 23 No Fixed Period Of Recurrence. MALAYA FREE SINCE 1911. “Though it is common knowledge that outbreaks of malaria for some unknown reason come in waves, no definite periods of recurrence have been established” said the Municipal Health Officer. Singapore, Dr. P. S. Hunter. Dr. Hunter was commenting204 words
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86 1935-10-10 23 (From Our Own (Correspondent, t Batavia, Sept. 30. The Institute for combating tuberculosis in the Netherlands Indies states that 24 per cent of a!l deaths are caused by tuberculosis. In December 1934, a consultation bureau was opened in Soerabaya where at first patients86 words
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Article159 1935-10-10 23 Police Precautions In Kuala Lumpur. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 4. The police are looking for an Asiatic, following experiences of two European women living in the neighbourhood of Kia Peng Road. On Thursday, about midnight, one of these women woke to find a man159 words
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Article, Illustration340 1935-10-10 24 BRITAIN GOLD. beyond all imagination.—British Wireless. “Ultimate Aim Of Our Policy.” —The Chancellor. KING’S MESSAGE TO CONFERENCE. MR. Neville C hamberlain, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, declared last week that the restoration of the international j'old standard is the ultimate aim of British financial policy. He did not thinkbeyond all imagination.—British Wireless. - 340 words
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62 1935-10-10 24 —Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai, Oct. 2. No substantial plan has emerged so far from the long negotiations for Sino-Japanese economic co-operation, according to latest information in Nanking. A Toklo message states that, disappointed with the result of these talks, it is probable that the Japanese—Sin Chew Jit Poh. - 62 words
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Article77 1935-10-10 24 SCOTTISH MARRIAGE LAWS INQUIRY. Edinburgh. Oct. 1. Change in Scottish marriage laws to decide, once and for all. the validity of Gretna Green ceremonies, are foreshadowed by an Edinburgh announcement today. The Secretary of State lor Scotland. Sir Godtrey Collins, announced (says British Wireless* that he will set77 words
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97 1935-10-10 24 —Reuter. Mussolini’s Latest View Of Abyssinia. “I have reflected well and calculated all and weighed everything” declares Mussolini in an interview with the correspondent of Le Petit Journal and adds: ‘‘2,000,000 sons of our soil have sought the honour of going out there to—Reuter. - 97 words
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Article113 1935-10-10 24 Sin Chew Jit Poh. Not A Member Of The Soviet Union.” Peiping, Sept. 30. Mr. Chang Yuan-fu, Peiping representative of the Sinkiang Government, has received a message from Gen. Sheng Shih-tsai, Governor of Sinkiang, emphatically denying a Japanese report that the province had joined the Soviet Union.– Sin Chew Jit Poh. - 113 words
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Article70 1935-10-10 24 Aneta-Havas. Amsterdam Sept. 27. “The earth is only flattened at the po.es and not at the Equator" is the opinion or Professor Veiling Meinesz on his return from a cruise of 82,000 miles round the icorld in a Dutch submarine. The professor adds that theAneta-Havas. - 70 words
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Article208 1935-10-10 24 winter.—Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh. Red Armies Cornered In Desolate Region. Shanghai, Sept. 30. Gen. Chiang Kai-shek’s strategy in driving the Red armies into the desolate mountains on the Szechuan-Kan-su frontier, just at the onset of winter, appears to be meeting with success. Awinter.—Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh. - 208 words
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Article54 1935-10-10 24 —Sin Kuo Min. Shanghai, Sept. 30. The China Aviation Company has ordered an additional six large passenger planes from abroad with a view to opening new services in the country. The Shensi-Szechuan air service was begun yesterday, when a plane left Sian on the inaugural flight to—Sin Kuo Min. - 54 words
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Article163 1935-10-10 24 .—British Wireless. 2 British Officers Killed. London, Oct. 1. TWO British officers were killed and three wounded, as well as casualties in other ranks in fighting 0 n the Mohniand front, North-West Frontier. The enemy suffered very heavy casualties. The trouble occurred when the British soldiers were.—British Wireless. - 163 words
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133 1935-10-10 24 .—Reuter. Explanation Of Frontier Trouble. Simla, Oct. 1. The casualties to British officers in the 5th and 12th Frontier Force Regiment in the Mohmand operations include Lt. A. P. S. Kendall and Captain G. Meynell (killed) and Major S. B. Good and Lt. G..—Reuter. - 133 words
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Article102 1935-10-10 24 the time of peace or war. —Reuter Wireless. “Will Always Be Open In Peace War.” The Suez Canal Company formally denies that the question of the possible closing of the Suez Canal will appear in the agenda at the usual monthly meeting of directors this week. This followsthe time of peace or war.—Reuter Wireless. - 102 words
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Article54 1935-10-10 24 Indies, Australia and America. —Sin Chew Jit Poh. Four Russians sailed from Shanghai on Monday aboard a four-ton yacht what they intend to be a round-the-world trip. They intend first to touen at Hong Kong and from there continue their voyage to the Netherlands Indies,Indies, Australia and America.—Sin Chew Jit Poh. - 54 words
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Article, Illustration591 1935-10-10 25 Rome Admits Aerial Bombing Of Adowa. Statesmen Hurry Back To League Council. f j o lw London, Oct. 4. TEN. E. do Bono, Italian Hijrh Commissioner in East Africa, today formally proclaimed the opening of hostilities against Abyssinia. He announced that his troops had been ordered to cross591 words
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Article577 1935-10-10 25 Geneva, Oct. 4. allowing the outbreak of hostilities the borders of Abyssinia, the ague Council has been summoned T eet on Saturday morning. British member, Mr. Eden, U it i y on his way to Geneva, and s expected that the French Pre- mier, M. Laval, will577 words
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Article307 1935-10-10 25 Why Italy Is Advancing. The following telegrams, one from Abyssinia and the other from Italy, addressed to the SecretaryGeneral of the League of Nations yesterday announced the outbreak of hostilities. ITALY’S COMPLAINT. J HAVE the honour to comrtiunicate the following :—The warlike and aggressive spirit developed in307 words
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Article, Illustration625 1935-10-10 26 “—Reuter. Speech To Conservatives THE LEAGUE. London, Oct. 4. The British Premier, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, devoted the bulk of his eagerly awaited speech at Bournemouth today to Abyssinia and he appealed dramatically to Italy, even now, to refrain from action calculated to make the task“—Reuter. - 625 words
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Article56 1935-10-10 26 —Reuter. Dismissed His Ship In Hong Kong. Hong Kong. Oct. 4. Paymaster Lieutenant H. E. C. Wright, of H.M.S. Tamar, was today acquitted by a court-martial on charges of forgery and fraudulent conversion. He was cor vlcted on three surplus charges Including neglect of duty. Wright was—Reuter. - 56 words
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81 1935-10-10 26 -Sin Chew Jit Poll. Floods Overwhelm One More District. Shanghai. Oct. 3. More than 12.000 people were drowned in the sudden flooding of the Shuyung district, Kiangsu, yesterday, following the collapse of dykes on the left bank of the Luktang River, a tributary of the-Sin Chew Jit Poll. - 81 words
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Article56 1935-10-10 26 —Reuter. The New York Times reports from San Jose (Costa Rica» that taking advantage of the recent law exempting the rubber industry from customs and other taxes lor 20 years, representatives of the Goodyear Co. have contracted with the Government to plant 2,500 acres of—Reuter. - 56 words
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Article26 1935-10-10 26 Reuter Piraeus. Oct. 3. Insurance brokers are asking for increased premiums tor certain Mediterranean "danger zones.” especially in the neighbourhood of Italian and Egyptian waters. ReuterReuter - 26 words
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Article297 1935-10-10 26 (Straits Times Special.) CONSIDERED AN ACT OF AGGRESSION. (Straits Times Special.) Rome. Oct. 3. The fact that it is no longer a question of whether sanctions will be applied but of what sanctions will be applied against Italy which is now being discussed between Great Britain(Straits Times Special.) - 297 words
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Article93 1935-10-10 26 —Reuter. Italian Aeroplane Shot Down. Addis Ababa, Oct. 4. A remarkable claim of an Abyssinian advance into Eritera is made here. It is declared that while Rasse Youina’s troops were resisting the Italians at Adowa. Essa Yenu with 12,000 men advanced north and west of Adowa..—Reuter. - 93 words
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Article50 1935-10-10 26 Italy's l J lti mat a m. Addis Ababa, Oct. 4. “Accept Italian friendship or die,” was the slogan dropped from Italian planes today in Tigre province in proclamations written in the Tigrani dialect urging Tigrans to separate from Abyssinia and choose their own king50 words
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Article48 1935-10-10 26 British Wireless. London. Oct. 4. The Italian ambassador in London, Signor Grandi. called at he British Foreign Olliee yesterday he was seen by the Permanent Under Secretary, Sir Robert Vansittart, and communicated the reasons of his government for making the advance in Abyssinia.British Wireless. - 48 words
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Article297 1935-10-10 26 TROOPS 12 MILES OVER THE FRONTIER. Rome, Oct. 4. An official communique issued ir. Rome this morning by the Italian Ministry of Defence says: “An Italian division of regular army blackshirts and native troops, crossed the rivei Mareb yesterday between Barrachit and Mevhey. The rear guard297 words
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Article46 1935-10-10 26 .—Reuter Addis Ababa. Oct. 4. It is officially reported that the Abyssinian forces have suffered a reverse near Adowa. A message from Ilarar reports that heavy fighting broke out this morning in Ogaden province, in which 2,000 Abyssinians were killed and many wounded.—Reuter..—Reuter - 46 words
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Article80 1935-10-10 26 Straits Times copyright cable. Advance In Spot Price Anticipated, (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 1. The London Metal Market estimates world tin visible supplies at Sept. 30 at 11,635 tons, a decline of 2,483 tons compared with Aug. 31 and supplies en routeStraits Times copyright cable. - 80 words
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Article20 1935-10-10 26 .-Reuter.- Aden, Sept. 30. Refugees of all nationalities art arriving from Djibuti whence they flea from Abyssinia.—Reuter.-.-Reuter.- - 20 words
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Article448 1935-10-10 27 ’—Reuter. “We Must Fill Up The Gaps.” MINISTER’S SPEECH TO CONSERVATIVES. London, Oct. 4. WE must fill up the gaps in our defences, in order to make this country safe, to preserve the Empire and in order (o fulfil our obligations to other nations.” Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the’—Reuter. - 448 words
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Article43 1935-10-10 27 Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai. Oct. 5. purchases of foodstuffs are uig made in Shanghai by the Italian authorities. The first shipment of ''•veral hundred tons was shipped by he Conte Rosso which sailed yester:‘Uy.—Sin Chew Jit Poh.Sin Chew Jit Poh. - 43 words
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Article35 1935-10-10 27 —British Wireless. 1 b<* King and Queen have consented to pieces from their own collection for j international exhibition ot Chinese art ,v 11L ‘h opens at the Royal Academy in London m month.—British Wireless.• —British Wireless. - 35 words
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Article87 1935-10-10 27 —Reuter. Two Princesses Chosen. London, Oct. 1. Seven of the eight bridesmaids who will attend Lady Alice Scott at her wedding with the Duke of Gloucester on Nov. 6 will be under 17. The bridesmaids will be Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret Rose, Lady Mary Cambridge, the bride’s—Reuter. - 87 words
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Article69 1935-10-10 27 .—Reuter. TRADE PACT WITH ITALY. Rome, Oct. 5. A trade agreement was signed last night between Italy and Spain to regulate the system of reciprocal imports on the basis of concessions and facilities. It is believed the agreement will go beyond the ordinary facilities of the most-favoured.—Reuter. - 69 words
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Article91 1935-10-10 27 British Wireless. Lon Ion. Oct. 4. In connection with the British Governments’ plans for dealing with the evils of overcrowding, a great nation-wide house-to-’ ouse survey is to be undertaken by local authorities. The Health Minister Sir Kingsley Wood, speaking at Southampton last night, said theBritish Wireless. - 91 words
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Article166 1935-10-10 27 —Reuter. TAKE ARMAMENTS TO ABYSSINIA. Addis Ababa, Sept. 30. The Emperor’s word ordering general mobilisation is eagerly awaited throughout the country. Reports reaching here tell of preparation being hurriedly pushed forward. It is reported that 50 Eritrean levies deserted and crossed into Tiger in north Abyssinia with—Reuter. - 166 words
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Article87 1935-10-10 27 —Reuter. Shanghai, Oct. 2. The report that Japanese officers have arrived in British Somaliland supports a Shanghai rumour that a Japanese military mission was being secretly dispatched to Abyssinia. Keuter is informed that 16 officers, headed by a member of the Japanese general stafT, passed through Shanghai—Reuter. - 87 words
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Article28 1935-10-10 27 —Sin Chew Jit Poh. Mr. Hu Han-min is planning shortly to leave Europe “owing to the imminence of war.” says a message received in Canton.—Sin Chew Jit Poh.—Sin Chew Jit Poh. - 28 words
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Article317 1935-10-10 27 —Reuter and British Wireless. Rome, Oct. 3. A great test mobilisation of the whole Italian nation, in which 20 million persons are said to be taking part, took place last night amid scenes of great enthusiasm. A crowd estimated it 300,000 collected before the Palazzo Venezia—Reuter and British Wireless. - 317 words
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214 1935-10-10 27 Reuter. Reported Offer Of Pact Vienna, Oct. 2. It is understood that Herr von Papon, the Herman envoy, has been instructed by Herr Hitler to offer Austria a non-aggression pact for live years under the following conditions from the (Jerimin side: First, cessation of allReuter. - 214 words
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Article197 1935-10-10 27 —Reuter. Asmara. Oct. 4. Hen. de Bono’s proclamation, announcing the opening of hostilities is issued in Italian, Amharic and Arabic, and addressed to the local population. It declares that Italy has for 40 years assured peace and tranquillity in the Mareb region, enriching the country by—Reuter. - 197 words
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Article28 1935-10-10 27 Reuter. Great shipowners have instructed their captains not to take any cargoes to or from Italy, and have also instructed Greek shipping In the Far Suez Canal —Reuter.Reuter. - 28 words
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Article298 1935-10-10 28 Reuter. COMMITTEE’S DECISION. Geneva, Oct. 7. The League Committee of Six establish that Italy has violated the Covenant. on the basis of Gen. de Bono’s order to the troops in East Airica to advance across the frontier, the invasion of Abyssinian territory and bombing ofReuter. - 298 words
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Article89 1935-10-10 28 Before adjourning until today the I/eague Council on Saturday appointed a Committee of Six to examine the situation in the light of the disputants' statements. The British member. Mr. Anthony Eden, urged strongly that the committee should lose no time, and it was agreed *t should89 words
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405 1935-10-10 28 —Reuter. Washington. Oct. 6. President Roosevelt today issued a proclamation, announcing the existence of a state of war between Italy and Abyssinia, thereby automatically bringing into force an embargo on the export of munitions to both belligerents under the Neutrality Act. which was passed—Reuter. - 405 words
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Article165 1935-10-10 28 —Reuter. HOW WATER PROBLEM IS SOLVED. Rome, Oct. 7. The scope of Italian operations is now becoming clearer. While troops from the north are drawn up along the 60-mile front in close contact with the enemy, another force composed mostly of native troops in south Eritrea is.—Reuter. - 165 words
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Article46 1935-10-10 28 —Reuter. London, Oct. 7. According to a correspondent of the Daily Mirror, Signor Mussolini will shortly fly to Adowa to unveil, in memory of the Italian soldiers killed in 1896, a stone monument carried into Adowa yesterday by the Italian forces.—Reuter.—Reuter. - 46 words
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Article79 1935-10-10 28 —Reuter. Addis Ababa, Oct. 7. A lull in the fighting is reported on the Adowa front. It is stated that both sides are bringing up reinforcements. With the arrival of fine weather Abyssinian columns desti for three fronts, namely Tigr~. Dctsye and Orraden, are able to move—Reuter. - 79 words
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Article28 1935-10-10 28 on Saturday bombarded Dessie, a town about three hundred miles south of Asmara the Italian base of operations in Eritrea, and 150 miles from Addis Ababa.28 words
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Article178 1935-10-10 28 Delirious Crowds In Rome. IL DUCE CABLES GEN. DE BONO. Rome, Oct. 7. ADOWA, the first object of the Italian invasion of Abyssinia was captured yesterday. Italy has thus revenged her memorable defeat at the Battle of Adowa in 1896, and by gaining the capital ol178 words
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Article56 1935-10-10 28 ITALY’S FLAG HOISTED. A communique states that the Italian flag was hoisted on Saturday on the ruins of the old fort at Adigrat by the first amy corps under the command of General Santini. The population and the clergy have rendered submission. Troops in the north-eastern sector,56 words
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Article60 1935-10-10 28 —Reuter. 2,000 REPORTED DEAD. Addis. Ababa. Oct. 5. Very severe hand-to-hand fighting took place all through the night in Danakil country especially near Astab. Both sides have sustained very heavy losses unofficially estimated at 1,300 Abyssinians and 700 Italians killed.— Danakil is a province in the NorthEast and—Reuter. - 60 words
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233 1935-10-10 28 Remove The Navy! Mussolini’s Plan Reuter. London, Oct. 5. According to The Times Signor Grandi yesterday communicated to Sir Samuel Hoare a cordial message from Signor Mussolihi making it clear that Italy’s action in Abyssinia in no wise altered Signor Mussolini’s determination, if possible in agreement with Great Britain andReuter. - 233 words
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Article37 1935-10-10 28 guarding the British Legation in Addis Abiba are living in huts camouflaged with eucalyptus branches in view of the possibility of air raids. All Britons have been ordered to register at the Consulate immediately.— Reuter.37 words
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Article54 1935-10-10 28 —British Wireless. To Lead Troops At The Front. An Addis Ababa message reports that the Emperor of Abyssinia is preparing to depart for the northern front where hostilities are still raging Other reports refer to engagements between Italian and Abyssinian troops and Italian aerial activity—British Wireless. - 54 words
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Article35 1935-10-10 28 Reuter. of an Itali an .air .bombardment .of .inhabited regions causing the dea.h of and the bombing of a F ed Cross hospital in Adowa are foundationless, says a telegram from Signor Suvich.—Reuter. - 35 words
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Article, Illustration972 1935-10-10 29 Leighton - By Leighton (>B\ men came into their own on Saturday. On the S.C'.C. padung the Newcomers defeated the Rest b> 9 points to five,972 words
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Article75 1935-10-10 29 The Public Services Rugby Football Club won their first match on Saturday the “A" team defeating the 9th Heavy Battery by a goal and a try <8 points* to two tries <6 points) At half-time the R A side led 3 0 Rigby ha Ing scored. Alter the75 words
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Article387 1935-10-10 29 Knight And Castell Too Fast For Johore. I Services 29: Johore nil. and Castell revealed ex cellent form for (he Cnited Services against Johore at Johore Bahru on Saturday. Knight had already proved his worth in the match against the Navy, which the Services387 words
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Article613 1935-10-10 29 NEGRI-MALACCA SELANGOR DRAW. Pinto Plays The Best Game Of His Life. (IVv Our Seremban Correspnclent.) Seremban. Oct. f>. A GRAND sot of forwards by brilliant dribbling and following up in the loose enabled Negri Setnbi-lan-.Malacea to draw with Selangor yesterday on the Selangor Chiu padang. each side scoring a penalty613 words
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Article361 1935-10-10 30 Kemp And Holloway Draw But Hartley Loses. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 5. A GOOD crowd witnessed the Selangor amateur boxing competition held at Bukit Bintang Amusement Park Stadium last night in aid of the Selangor Jubilee Fund. Some excellent bouts were seen361 words
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646 1935-10-10 30 MARRIOTT'S LOW SCORE IN “A” DIV. •THE October medal competition of 1 the Singapore Golf Club was played at Bukit Timah on Saturday and Sunday and resulted in a win for M. 3. Marriott in “A” division with a net score646 words
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893 1935-10-10 30 HANDICAPPING WAS WELL DONE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 5. •THE last day of the Selangor Turf Club meeting was very successful the going being excellent and the weather fine. The finishes were exciting and the horses ran up to form. Punters893 words
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Article247 1935-10-10 30 Mrs. J. M. Sime Presents Prizes At S.C.C. TTIE S.C.C autumn lawn tennis tour- nament concluded last week with the playing off of the profession pairs final which resulted in A. K. Buchanan and A. A. A. Paterson beating W. J. M. Warden and E.247 words
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Miscellaneous47 1935-10-10 30 THE BIG SWEEF The big sweep, value $73,479. was held on the eighth race and resulted as follows: First ***** Second ***** Third ***** Starters: *****. *****. *****. *****, *****, *****, *****. *****, ***** and *****. The second double tote paid $79 on each of 15 tickets.47 words
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Article, Illustration1236 1935-10-10 31 Ramona Wins First Race For The Milner Cup. 'INHERE was plenty of activity at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club over the week-end. Two team races were sailed in the B class yachts the club defeating H.M.S. Cornwall and a team from H.M.1,236 words
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Article181 1935-10-10 31 Fine Recovery By South Johore Near End. The Royal Air Force 1st XV played South Johore on Saturday at Seletar and after a fast and enjoyable game defeated the visitors by two goals and three tries (19 points) to one goal and two tries (11 points).181 words
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Article585 1935-10-10 31 Thrilling Finish To The Quarter Mile. CONSIDERABLE talent was revealed at the finals of the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association’s first open championship meeting on Sunday. The event were held in the Anson Road Stadium, the pavilion being packed with enthusiastic spectators. The programme was carried out585 words
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Article523 1935-10-10 32 Arsenal Move Up —Celtic Held By Kilmarnock. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. ALL the Sunday newspapers praise the plucky display of Wales against Scotland. Wales had the greatest difficult.' in raising a moderately representative side. Duncan netted first for Scotland and Phillips equalised before523 words
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Article372 1935-10-10 32 Walking. Adlam Leads All The Way In Walking Race. DTK. Adlam, of the Wiltshire Regi- j ment, won the first Johore- Singapore walking competition or- 1 ganised by the “Sportsman” on Sun-! day morning. He was cheered by a small crowd at the Jalan Resar Stadium372 words
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Article, Illustration49 1935-10-10 32 No two men have done more for sport on the padang for some years past than the two veteran S.C.C. groundsmen “Panjang” and “Haji.” They are known to all who play cricket, Itugby. soccer, lawn tennis, hockey and howls on the padang. ‘PANJANG.’’ “HAJI.”49 words
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782 1935-10-10 32 Leighton - By Leighton. JOE MENDIOLA gained i points victory over Frankie Weber over twelve three-minute rounds at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday, though he appeared to be a very tired man at the finish and another round or two782 words
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Article1681 1935-10-10 1 SCRIP BONUS APPROVED. Improved Trade Conditions Necessitate Expansion. The annual meeting of the Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. was held at the offices of Boustead and Co.. Ltd.. Collyer Quay, on Friday This was followed by the extraordinary general meeting at which four resolutions were passed.1,681 words
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Article132 1935-10-10 1 Higher Profit: Dividend 10 Per Cent. Profit of Lukut Tin Dredging Limited for the year ended Aug. 31, amounted to $58,665 and $28,844 was brought in. The 1933-34 final dividend and directors’ fees absorbed $14,100, and the interim dividend of 4 per cent. $18,200 leaving $55,209 to132 words
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Article99 1935-10-10 1 Now Srudai.—32,ooo lb., making a *cta) of 204,200 lb. for the six months u current firancial year. Alor Pong.su.—Bs,oo2 ib 8ed0ng.—46,393 lb. Temerloh.—2l,ooo !b Penang.—37B,6oo lb. .Subrang.—79.ooo lb. Straits.—l77.ooo lb. Rubana.—73.ooo lb. Bagan Serai.—61,400 lb Tali Ayer.—3B.loo lb. Butak Habit.—3o,Boo lb. Mcr-hkiton.—39,2oo lb. Mount j0y.—55.000 lb. Malaka Pinda99 words
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Article542 1935-10-10 2 COMMODITY RISES ON WAR NEWS. Lewis and Peat (S) Ltd., in their report dated Oct. 4 state: Being nearer to le seat of the trouble, the London market has been depressed by the war news 1 hroughout the week and has led u downward movement542 words
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Article46 1935-10-10 2 Kluang Rubber Co., Ltd., records a profit for the year ended June 30 of $6,234 and $10,186 was brought In. •Payment of arrears on the 15 per cent, cumulative participating preference shares for the year ended June 30, IW3, Is recommended, carrying forward ■MPI.46 words
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Article198 1935-10-10 2 POSSIBLE OUTLET FOR MALAYAN METAL. That Malayan tin producers may eventually find a large market in a tin-plate industry in China is suggested by an exhibit at the Chinese Trade Fair which opened at the Great World on Saturday. The China Can Company, which plans to build198 words
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Article269 1935-10-10 2 Foreign exports oi tin, being final shipments on ocean-steamers at all Malayan ports during the month of Sept., 1935. Destination Tons United Kingdom „30 United States of America 2,980 Continent of Europe "12 British Possessions 455 Japan 335 The Netherlands Indies 2 Other Foreign Countries 14 Total269 words
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Article274 1935-10-10 2 —Reuter. WHAT 5 PER CENT. INCREASE MEANS. London, Oct. 3. At an an extraordinary meeting of the International Tin Committee in London today it was decided to raise the production quota five per cent, to 70 per cent, of standard tonnages. This change will be retrospective from July—Reuter. - 274 words
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Article222 1935-10-10 2 Ocean Shipments of rubber, including latex, revertex and concentrated latex during the month of September, 1935. Name of Port Grand Total Singapore 33,038 Penang 12.202 Malacca 528 Port Swettenham 5,479 Total 51,247 SUMMARY. Gross Exports Monthly Cumulative Total 1935. 1935. 1934. January 56,720 56,720 55,055 February 50.390222 words
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Article162 1935-10-10 2 e. —Reuter. PURCHASE OF ESTATE COUPONS. Sourabaya, Oct. 8. The Netherland Indies Government has authorised the Department of Economic Affairs to buy rubber export coupons to the amount of 20,000 tons in order to counteract the excess of native exports over the quota which at present ise.—Reuter. - 162 words
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Article84 1935-10-10 2 to native growers.”—Straits Times copyright cable. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Oct. 8. The Amsterdam De Teletraaf reports that preliminary discussions are being carried on for a readjustment of standard rubber quotas between Malaya and the N.I. from Jan. 1. 1936 and suggests that “such alteration in favourto native growers.”—Straits Times copyright cable. - 84 words
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Article146 1935-10-10 2 1246th Auction held on Oct. 2, 1935. lb. tons. Catalogued 1,193,766 532 93 Offered 1,102,548 492.21 Sold 928,769 414.63 Spot London 5 11/16d. New York 11 13/16 cts. PRICES REALISED. Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Cents per lb. Standard Quality 18 7 to !9 Good Average Quality146 words
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Article97 1935-10-10 2 During the week ending Sept. 28. 1935, exports from Malayan ports amounted to 27,904 cases, of which 3,425 (12 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom, 735 (3 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, 22,55! (81 per cent.) cases to Canada, and 1,19397 words
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Article960 1935-10-10 3 FRASER CO.’s SHARE REPORT. London A Keen Buyer Of Tin Shares. K, alisation rarely warrants the ago- I it s of anticipation, and now that the I trumpet has sounded and the legions ir actually on the march, a general tiding of relief seems to have come {)V r Doth960 words
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Article180 1935-10-10 3 Singapore, October 9, 12 noon. Bu.vet. Seller. Gambler 5.50 Java Cube 9.50 Hamburg Cube 9.75 White Montok Pepper 20.00 Black Pepper n. 50 Mixed Black Pepper Copra, sundried 4.90 Copra, mixer 4.40 Fair Flake Tapioca 4.55 Small Flake 4.65 Med. Pearl Tapioca 5.40 Small Pearl Tapioca 5.40 Lingga Sago180 words
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Article94 1935-10-10 3 —Straits Times copyright cable. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Oct. 3. The I.R.R.C. September bulletin declares that net export® under restriction from Jan. 1. 1935 to Aug. 31, 1935, were 520,808 tons, or 13,013 over the quota. After allowing for last year’s deficiency of 12,262 tons, the net—Straits Times copyright cable. - 94 words
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Article312 1935-10-10 3 The seventh annual meeting of the Renong Valley Mining Co., Ltd., was held at Penang. The chairman, Mr. E. H. Bulford. presided. Mr. T. S. Anthony, representing the Secretaries, Messrs. A. A. Anthony and Co., having read the notice of the meeting, the chairman said:— No doubt312 words
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Article207 1935-10-10 3 Rahman Hydraulic Tin output for the month of Sept.. 1935 was 882 pels. Nawang Pet Tin output for the month of Sept, was 222 pels. Katu Tin Dredging statistics for the month of Sept., 1935. nrs run 324, cu. yds. treated 107,000. iin ore won pels 305. estimated207 words
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Article110 1935-10-10 3 The Secretary of Austral Malay Tin, Ltdreports the following outputs of Its associated companies for the month of September Kampong Kamunting Tin Dredging, Ltd. (Karangan).— Hrs. run 320. cu. yds. treated 62,000. total pels. 91, net value $6,300. Dredge closed down for half month lor alterations to110 words
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Article295 1935-10-10 3 Closing Prices In London: (From Our Own Correspondent). London. Oct. 3. Closing quotations today ot the principal British stocks are given below. The rise or fall Is in relation to the price of Oct. 2. GOVERNMENT STOCKS. BRITISH. Rise or Pall Conversion Loan 5% 115ft —ft295 words
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Article68 1935-10-10 3 OSBORNE CHAPPEL GROUP. Returns for the quarter to SeDt. 30. Goncng Consolidated. —2.866 dcim. Tekka. —1,223 Dels. Tekka Talplng.—2,o66 pels. Pengkalen.—Dredge 3.307. trlbatvs 1% 3JIT pels. Rambutan. —(Closed.). Klnta. —1,774 Dels. Idris Hydraulic.—944 pels. Lahat Mines.—Trlbuters 1,025 pels. Telok Kruln.—Trlbuters 1,441 pels. Petaling.—7.o66 pels. Pusing.—Trlbuters 1,257 pc»a. Tan Jong.—(Closed). Hong68 words
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Article42 1935-10-10 3 London, Oct. 8. Exchequer returns show total that ordinary revenue excluding self-bul anclng Items amounts to £301,379.899 compared with £288,125,095 at the corresponding date of 1934. Total ordinary expenditure exclusive of self-balancing Items Is £372,443,234 against £356.262,822 at the corret-42 words
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52 1935-10-10 3 Date Spot Oct. Oct.-Dec. Jan.-Mar Apr -June London Oct 3 19 1/16 19% 19 :i 20'* 5% 4 19% 19% 19% 20 20\ H/16 7 19% 19% 20 20% 21% 5 13/16 8 19% 20 20% 20% 21% 5 13/16 9 20 20% 20% 20\ 21%52 words
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Article643 1935-10-10 4 London Exchange Prices On Sept. 30. Allaj;ar (2J 1/3V4, Alor Pongsu (2 > 1/7: Analo-Malay (£1) 10/6; Ayer Kunlnp f£1 > T y/ 6: BnRan Serai (£1) 12 6. Bahru (Sel., 2D 2/1'*: Bantenp; (lit 17 6; Batang (2/t Batu Caves (£1 > 18 Batu Tlga <£1* -4643 words
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Article164 1935-10-10 4 London Exchange Prices On Sept. 30. 'Kinpat <4/) 4 6; Anglo-Burma <5 17 3; V/*;r Hitam (5/) 13'; Bangrin < £1» 18 3; Chipeng Cons. (£1) 1 13/16; Hongkong <5 13/; Idris <5 <>/W Tpoh <16 0 t!3,9; •Cam pong Lanjut (£1) 15 9; Kamuntlng <5 11/6; Kcpong164 words
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Article17 1935-10-10 4 Oct. 3 Tin, S’pore Price $108% per picul. 107 Vi 110 fl 110% *****V417 words
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Article1563 1935-10-10 4 Issued b.v Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt Exchange and Stock Brokers. Singapore, Oct. 9, 10 a.m. MINING. issue* Val Fraser Co Lyall Lvatt Issue Val. Fraser Co. Lyall Evait Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Ampat Tin 5/- 5/6 5/3 5/9 5/- Pangnga1,563 words
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