The Straits Budget, 21 May 1936
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Title Section29 1936-05-21 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] No. 4084. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1936. Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d.29 words
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Article, Illustration848 1936-05-21 1 J-JEAVY rain which commenced on May 13 resulted in the river overiiowing its banks near Tanjong Malim, a village, on the borders of Selangor and Perak. Floods covered the countryside for miles around and shops lr* Tanjong Malim were invaded by the water to a depth848 words
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Article26 1936-05-21 1 —Reuter London, May 19. The wedding of Miss Bridget Thomas to Capt. Lotinga has been fixed for June 9, at St. Margaret’s, Westminster.—Reuter - 26 words
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99 1936-05-21 1 The Straits Times understands that H.H. the Sultan of Johore is leaving Singapore by the North German Lloyd liner Gneisenau on Thursday week. He will be accompanied by his private secretary. The Sultan has booked as far as Colombo and it is understood that99 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article800 1936-05-21 2 —Straits Times, May 14. Elsewhere in this issue we reproduce in full a trenchantly worded memorandum, which has been prepared by the Singapore Bar Committee, on the subject of the qualifications for the appointment of His Majesty’s judges in this Colony. The views of the Bar Committee—Straits Times, May 14. - 800 words
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Article828 1936-05-21 2 -Straits Times, May 15. Many legends have grown around the name of Allenby, but this great soldier’s fame rested securely on his smashing defeat of the Turks—on that and nothing more. The skill and resolution which he displayed on that occasion were not exceeded by any leader on-Straits Times, May 15. - 828 words
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Article877 1936-05-21 2 —Straits Times, May 16. Reduced salaries, an extra allowance possibly balancing the reduction, and lower pensions—that is the prospect facing the Malayan Civil Service, as a result of the Colonial Office scheme mentioned in a recent news dispatch. The purpose of this scheme is “to secure uniformity—Straits Times, May 16. - 877 words
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Article961 1936-05-21 3 -Straits Times. May 18. “We think indeed that there is no objection to the Trust building houses, and, if necessary, acting as a landlord, just as the County Councils do at Home. House owners may complain but this would be unreasonable, seeing that the object of the-Straits Times. May 18. - 961 words
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Article892 1936-05-21 3 SHALL WE SEEK VENGEANCE -Straits Times, May 19. Several supporters of the Government in the House of Commons, including Sir Austen Chamberlain, have demanded that, as Mussolini’s campaign of aggression in Abyssinia has succeeded, sanctions against Italy should be ended at once instead of being continued for the sinister provocation-Straits Times, May 19. - 892 words
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Article818 1936-05-21 4 now settled within it.—Straits Times, May 20. QR. TEMPANY said nothing new in his address in Kuala Lumpur the other day, but he assembled a lew things that he and others have said from time to time to complete a pleasing picture of the potential future development ofnow settled within it.—Straits Times, May 20. - 818 words
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Article91 1936-05-21 4 A Proclamation in the Sarawak Government Gazette by H.H. the Rajah, Sir Charles Brooke, notifies that he will be away from the State for about five months from May 17. and appoints H.H. the Tuan Muda to administer the Government. Mr. R. B. Willmot, H.91 words
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Article290 1936-05-21 4 MIRI OIL WELLS DRY IN A DECADE. The Rajah of Sarawak. Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, accompanied by his daughter, the Dayang Valerie, arrived at Singapore on Tuesday on his way to England for three months’ Hom a leave. The Rajah arrived from Kuching bv the Vyner Brooke290 words
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Article367 1936-05-21 4 The following are passengers for Colombo and Europe, in the Aeneas, which sailed from Singapore on May 13, Mr. and Mrs. John Dyce and inft.. Mrs. R. P. Kelly and infant., Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Daveney. Mr. W. Lowson. Mrs. F. W. Saunders. Mr. aind Mrs. J367 words
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NOTES Of The DAY.
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Article214 1936-05-21 5 Are krisses still made in the Malay States? This question, which must have occurred to many people at one time of another, becomes topical with the appearance of Mr. G. B. Gardner’s book, “Keris and Other Malay Weapons,” in which no reference is made to present-day manufacture. Now214 words
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Article245 1936-05-21 5 gOME time ago Mr. Theodore Hubback travelled from Singapore bv the night mail train, and at Gemas he was awakened In the wee, small hours by that ubiquitous nuisance, the F.M.S. Customs. Not unnaturally Mr. Hubback was annoyed and vented his wrath in a letter to245 words
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Article279 1936-05-21 5 AS an example or the lurid, pennydreadful, juvenile stuff which Popular newspapers at Home print tbout Malaya, a story published in the Daily Sketch of March 21 would take s °me beating. Under the captions “Dured Into a Snake River “Actresses F ight For Life in a Swamp.”279 words
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Article216 1936-05-21 5 J DON’T like harping on one subject. unless it be agar agar or something really important like that, but today 1 reaLy must mention the Cameron Highlands wheat again, for the Straits Times barley now turns out to have been wheat after all. A most unfortunate muddle. But216 words
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Article257 1936-05-21 5 liy|ANY peopie who travei along the main Singapore arteries every morning and evening must have wondered whether the air which they breathe at those times, reeking as it is with exhaust fumes, is capable* of doing harm if breathed in daily doses over a period of years257 words
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Article230 1936-05-21 5 *J*HERE is no reason why people should collect books about Malaya unless they have some special reason for doing so, but it is surprising how many homes there are which possess no sort of reference book about the country. Questions are continually cropping up which cannot be answered230 words
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Article184 1936-05-21 5 IN his article on Wednesday Mr. J. J. 1 Sheehan told the story of the rhinoceros which solemnly walked through a hospital ward in Taiping many years ago. There is no reason to doubt the truth of this yarn, having regard to the position of Taiping at the184 words
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Article214 1936-05-21 5 gOME time ago, apropos of Mr. Frank Buck’s book Fang and Claw, and the film based on it, I asked whether any forest officer had ever seen a fight in the Jungle. Here Is the Malayan Forester’s reply: “Many comments might be offered, but most could214 words
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Article378 1936-05-21 5 FIREWALKING takes place in the Hindu temple in South Bridge Road once a year, in several other temples lr Malaya, and occasionally on estates too. There are never any hospital sequels, and most people explain i t simply by pointing to the calloused condition of Indian labourers’ feet.378 words
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Article250 1936-05-21 6 IIAVING had an inquiry about Wild Life in an Odd Corner, since I mentioned this little book yesterday. 1 should like to write a note or two about it, in the hope that it may become better Known. It costs only (>0 cents, from the Malaya Publishing j250 words
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Article244 1936-05-21 6 A ND not only In that locality. All around Batu Pahat in those days wild life was much closer to the town, and more varied and numerous, than it is today. Wild pig could be seen any afternoon in a nipah swamp 30 yards from the Batu Pahat244 words
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Article286 1936-05-21 6 “CROC” STORIES is a host ct good yarns In Wild Life in an Odd Corner (which was vritten as a school reader but is equally interesting to adults), but I personally like Mr. Jermyn most when he is talking about crocodiles. Mr. Jermyn knows as much about crocodiles as anyone286 words
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Article243 1936-05-21 6 WARIOUS reminiscences of the Emden’s raid on Penang have been published, but I have never come across a better description of this nerve-shattering episode than that which has been written by B.W.A.’ for the latest number of the Malayan Police Magazine. Penang seems to have been unduly243 words
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Article261 1936-05-21 6 r J HE Emden then made off. and there followed one of the most gallant episodes in the naval history of the War. The French destroyer Mousquet. which had been frantically trying to raise steam while all this was going on, set off in pursuit, although every man261 words
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Article131 1936-05-21 6 nr*HE amateur collector of krisses and other Malay weapons will find some useful hints and warnings in Mr. Gardner’s book. Here are twoexamples: “Many sheaths are encased in silver very beautifully worked These are often made for sale to Europeans, and there is quite a trade In fitting131 words
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Article94 1936-05-21 6 pHARLES Chaplin’s latest story is that during his recent Eastern tour he visited an old friend in Bali, in the Dutch East Indies. But the old friend was snoring on his bed when Charlie called. And there were no mosquito nets around the bed. So Charlie asked the94 words
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Article130 1936-05-21 6 AT a dinner party the other night I heard a discussion as to whether commercial bee-keeping would be possible in this country. No one seemed to know, and all 1 was able to contribute was a recollection of having read an article several years ago by a man130 words
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Article129 1936-05-21 6 MALAY honey examined by Mr. R’. Macgregor, Veterinary Surgeon. Selangor, was brown, not very sweet, and contaminated with powdered wood, possibly owing to the proximity of the hive to coconut palms. On the other hand, experimental hives set up in a compound in Kuala Lumpur in a locality129 words
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Article103 1936-05-21 6 r\EAR Anak Singapura—You say you gasped when you realized how the Stevenson Rubber Restriction scheme caused the Dutch native rubber production to jumrt from 8.000 tons to a million tons per year—the only tangible result of Malaya’s unilateral ellorts and sacrifices at that time. Well, that is nothing103 words
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Article127 1936-05-21 6 JY|Y note on the newspaper yarn about the actresses struggling in the Malayan “snake river” has inspired the following note from Mr. L A. S. Jermyn, of the High School, Malacca: “With reference to the ridiculous story which you quote from the Dailv Sketch in The Straits Times127 words
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Article173 1936-05-21 6 there any readers of the Straits Times, in the outports of the Malay Archipelago, who remember meeting that extraordinary character, Andrew Swan, whose death in New Zealand was reported in The Sunday Times last 6unday Swan was knocking about Borneo and the Celebes many years ago. and an173 words
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Article44 1936-05-21 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) London. May 18 The late Hon. F. E. Feilding. a director of many Malayan rubber estates left $28,833. Mr. A. H. Flowerdew wiio has been in Burma for some months, is expected back in Kuala Lumpur shortly.44 words
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Article794 1936-05-21 7 Mr. S. G. Taylor, of Petaling estate, has returned from Home leave. Mr. Lim Hee Jee has taken over the management of the Grand Hotel, Ipoh. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. W. Bryning, of Kinta. have sailed tor Home on holiday. Mr. H. J. Gregory Telegraph Englmer.794 words
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Article250 1936-05-21 7 Honorary A.D.C.’s To His Excellency. The following appointments are notified in the S.S. Government Gazette: Mr. A. H. P. Humphrey M.C.S.. to be Private Secretary to His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government. Mr. C. Wilson, M.C.S., to act as Controller of Labour, Malaya. Lieut. R. A. Gwyn.250 words
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Article15 1936-05-21 7 Wednesday. May 13. Sir Hugh and Lady Stephenson have arrived at Government House.15 words
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Article377 1936-05-21 7 Mr. C. Wilson As Acting Controller Of Labour. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 16. The following F.M.S. appointments have been gazetted: Mr. D. N. Livingstone to be an Assistant Commissioner of Police, F.M.S. Mr. J. A. Henderson to be an Assistant Engineer, Malayan Public Works Service.377 words
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DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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Article21 1936-05-21 7 CHALMERS —On Monday. May 11, 1936, at the General Hospital. Singapore, to Mr. and Mrs. J. Mcßae Chalmers, a son.21 words
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Article36 1936-05-21 7 GELDER—WHITEMAN —On March 25, at Sourabaja the marriage took place of Barend Machiel van Gelder. son of Mrs. Eva van Gelder of Hilversum. Holland, to Eugenie Carlile-Whiteman, eldest daughter of Mr, James Cariile-Whiteman, Surrey. England.36 words
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Article141 1936-05-21 7 CARCOSA.” Sir F. Swettenham Explains. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 17. Controversy about the origin of the name “Carcosa,” given by Sir Frank Swettenham to the residence of the Chief Secretary, F.M.S., in Kuala Lumpulr, is now ended by Sir Frank himself. In a letter to British Malaya, the141 words
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Article56 1936-05-21 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) London. May 18. In the Divorce Court this morning, Mr. Justice Langton granted a decree nisi to Dorothy Mary Tillyer. of Dawlish, Devon, on the ground of the adultery of her husband, Harold William Tillyer. of the F.M.S. Prisons Department. The parties were56 words
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Article229 1936-05-21 7 Leaden. Qualifications of Judges 2 Viscount Allenby 2 Pay and Pensions 2 Rehousing Slum Tenants 3 Shall We Seek Vengeance? 3 Malaya’s Future 4 Telegrams— Covering past week’s news 25—28 Picture Supplement 17 —20 Financial Supplement— Financial and Commercial News to date, following page 32 Malayan General News— Week229 words
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Obituary62 1936-05-21 7 DEATHS TAN.—Madam Lim Kim Tay age 62. wife of the late Mr. Tan Tiang Hock passed away peacefully at her residence No. 225 Joo Chiat Road on Sunday, 17th instant at 2.10 p.m. PEARCE—At Bunburv. Western Australia, on Apr. 19, 1936, Edward John Thomas, beloved husband of Caroline Pearce, late62 words
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1050 1936-05-21 8 No Provocation. LABOURERS SENTENCED: DAILY TASK GRIEVANCE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 18. COOLIE was sentenced at Telok Datoh today for a A murderous attack with a changkol on a European planter. The planter, Mr. Charles Grant, assistant manager ot the Broc klands1,050 words
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Article158 1936-05-21 8 Removal To Stimulate Trade.” Following protests from F.M.S. traders the surcharge of 5s. a ton on outward cargo for Port Swettenham has been abolished by the Straits Homeward Conference. Traders claimed that this surcharge placed Port Swettenham at a disadvantage compared. with Straits ports. The decision to158 words
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Article397 1936-05-21 8 The following passengers for Europe left Singapore In the Hakusan Maru on Thursday. Mr. F. A. Bickerdlke, Mrs. Brummer. Miss C. Christian. Mr. H. Demol, Mrs. B. Et. Girard. Mr. S. M. S. Gubbay, Mr. D. Hagemeyer, Mr. Otto Hahn, Mrs. L. Hahn. Master O. E. Hahn,397 words
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438 1936-05-21 8 Forfeited To The State. (From Our Own Correspondent). Johore Bahru, May 17. The State of Johore were the plaintiffs in a civil suit heard before Mr. Justice J. V. G. Mills todavir .the Supreme Court. Cheung p oo; Beng, agent of Sin Kiah Tiew!438 words
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Article146 1936-05-21 8 From Gur Own Correspondent' Johore Bahru. May IT A Japanese dentist nr,mea Ohtsu was lound hanging in the surgery o: Dr. K. Homma in Jalan Ibrahim yesterday. He was employed by Dr. Homma. On Saturday morning he sent a letter to Dr. Homma through the “boyD Homma was146 words
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693 1936-05-21 9 Mr. J. W. Harries’ Views On The Resolutions. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, —Without wishing to enter into the controversy which has prompted the committee of the S.S.(S.)A. to pass the resolutions of Mar. 30, I beg space693 words
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Article243 1936-05-21 9 An Anthology To Be Compiled. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, —I write to request the cooperation of your readers in the preparation of a representative anthology of Eurasian verse, for which l have accepted the partial responsibility of collecting material. The scope of the work243 words
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Article192 1936-05-21 9 Position Of Locally Recruited Employees. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Apparently the Straits Settlements P.W.D. is simply intended for the select few Europeans sent out from London office, who are given eight months’ leave after three years and free passages etc. Local men employed192 words
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Correspondence.
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Article741 1936-05-21 9 The Outlook For The Rubber Industry. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —It was comfortably reassuring to read Mr. Hay’s explanation of the I.R.R.C.’s decision to release another five per cent, on the rubber export quota for the second six months of 1936, but741 words
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Article590 1936-05-21 9 Racing, Hunting, Shooting And Betting Attacked. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Racing In Malaya seem to have grown out of all proportion to the population and wealth of the country. What Is causing anxiety is not racing as a sport, but the alarming Increase of590 words
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761 1936-05-21 10 S.S.(S.) A. MUNICIPAL NOMINEES. MR. LAYCOCK’S MOTIONS FOR ANNUAL MEETING. 'PHE wnole que.s'!ion of the responsibilities of S.S. (i?.) A. nomi1 n ees on the Municipal Commission towards the committee of the Association will be raised by motions to be moved by Mr. John Laycock at the annual meeting in761 words
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Article55 1936-05-21 10 IJ E- the Officer administering the M Government has appointed Mr. A. H. P. Humphrey to be Private Secretary, with effect from May 6. Mr. G. A. G. Walker, who has hitherto been Private Secretary has been granted eight months and two days leave on full pay55 words
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Article93 1936-05-21 10 Mrs. Felsinger Married In Singapore At the Registrar’s office in Singapore on May 14 Mr. J.H. Coninck Liefsting was married to Mrs. S. Felsinger, youngest daughter of Francis Light, of Ayer Running. Mrs. Liefsting is a member of the fifth generation of the family founded by93 words
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Article282 1936-05-21 10 Mr. Mrs. W. E. Wallis Make Good Recovery. (From Our Own Correspondent). London, May 5. Friends of Mr. Tony Melrose, late of Johore and Kedah, will be interested to hear that he was married, at Le Havre on May 1, to Miss Georgiana Annie, eldest282 words
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Article133 1936-05-21 10 ‘Clean-Up* In Dock To Save Fuel. H.M.S. Cornwall, the 10,000-ton “County” cruiser of the China Squadron, arrived at Singapore on May 14, from Hong Kong, on her way to England. H.M.S. Cornwall, the 10.000.-ton “County” cruiser of the China Squadron, arrived at Singapore yesterday from Hong Kong,133 words
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Article138 1936-05-21 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —It appears that the Immigration Department is conducting an overhaul of its records of alien residents in Singapore, and many members of the Continental communities are calling at the Passport Office in consequence. I would ask the officer138 words
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Article422 1936-05-21 10 Correspondence. Responsibility For The Protection Of Land. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir-The planting section of the United Planting Association of Malaya has decided to ask H.E. the High Commissioner to appoint an advisory committee as suggested by the association. I would ask, what422 words
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Article337 1936-05-21 11 F. M. S. Statistics For Last Year. From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 14. THE F.M.S. last year exported 684,569 pikuls of tin, compared with 611,263 pikuls in 1934. This increase was due entirely to the increased quota, which domestically averaged 42.35 per cent, during the337 words
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161 1936-05-21 11 Well-Known Landmark To Disappear. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. May 12. The Government intend to acquire Mr Lim Eow Thoon’s large house and property in Penang Road for the erection of police buildings and oarracks. When this happens a famous old landmark of this161 words
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Article257 1936-05-21 11 MUST GO TO WARDEN, NOT TO POLICE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 11. “I hope this will act as a warning to other people that all game licences must be returned to the Game Warden and not to the Police.” declared Mr. .1. Calder. in257 words
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Article189 1936-05-21 11 Recovered From Her Illness. (From Our Own Correspondent). London, May 8. Malayan friends of Lady Caldecott, wife of H.E. Sir Andrew Caldecott, Governor of Hong Kong, will be pleased to hear that she is now fully recovered from her illness, and will shortly be passing through Singapore189 words
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Article405 1936-05-21 11 Its Great Debt To Dr. Tempany. In honour of the Hon. Dr. H. A. Tempany, C.B.E., Director of Agriculture, S.S., and Adviser on Agriculture, Malay States, who is leaving Malaya this week for England to take up his new appointment as Assistant Adviser on Agriculture at the405 words
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Article135 1936-05-21 11 Mr. J. Farrington And Miss G. E. Miles. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. May 14. The wedding took place today St. George’s Church of Mr. John Farrington, manager of the Siamese Tin Syndicate. Takuapa. West Siam, and Miss Gwendoline Ethel Miles. eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie135 words
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Article338 1936-05-21 11 Children Throw Acid: Fewer “Reds. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, May 13. The number of reported accidents involving motor vehicles in the F.M.S. last year was 574, compared with 762 in 1934, and the number of fatalities was 53 compared with 44. A car driver338 words
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Article138 1936-05-21 11 Heavy Penalty For Chinese. Ylt Ah Kee, who was employed as a rigger at the Naval Base. Seletar. was on Thursday sentenced to three months’ rigorous Imprisonment and a fine of $6,000 or a further eleven months In default, by Mr. L. B. Gibson, the criminal138 words
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1273 1936-05-21 12 Mystery Of Mr. J.S. Hill’s Death Cleared FEEL TIRED AND SEEDY TONIGHT «I FEEL tired and rather seedy tonight, so I won’t write much. I may have a touch of the sun, so early to bed and goodnight.” This was the last paragraph in a1,273 words
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Article48 1936-05-21 12 Notice is given in the S.S. Government Gazette that at the expiration of three months from May 12 the Petrol Importers Co. 9 Ltd trill, unless cause is shown to the contrary be struck off the Register of Companies and will be dissolved48 words
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Article227 1936-05-21 12 Malayan Production Of Minerals. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, May 14. The output of gold in the F.M.S last year was 29,771 oz., which was slightly less than in the previous year but maintained the average over the last five years. Of this total the Raub-Australian227 words
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Article297 1936-05-21 12 Thrills and Tragedy At Anson Road. A middle-aged Chinese, one of the huge crowd at the football match between Singapore and the China Olympic tourists at Anson Road stadium on May 14, suddenly swayed a few minutes before the end and toppled backwards off his chair.297 words
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249 1936-05-21 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 13. The Malayan Agri-Horticultural Association decided at its annual meeting last night to alter the subscription of branches from 25 per cent, of the annual subscription of members to a round figure of $l5. It was also decided to249 words
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955 1936-05-21 13 federal diary. Seladang And Sambhur ‘‘Shots” By Mr. Hubback Lesson Of Dr. Tempany’s Career —Story Of A Big Toe. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 14. Much has been heard lately about the proposed King George V National Park; 20 or 30955 words
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Article97 1936-05-21 13 Car Runs Off Road At Bend. Mr. and Mrs. J. Burrell, of Sungei Way, were both injured early last Sunday morning in an accident to their car when they were returning home from the Circus Ball at the Selangor Club, and were taken to the97 words
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Article337 1936-05-21 13 “Most Serious Offence. IF an advocate and solicitor is convicted of a criminal offence in his capacity as advocate and solicitor he will be struck off the rolls and not merely suspended. This was the rule—important in the eyes of the profession—laid down by a337 words
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73 1936-05-21 13 HE. the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas who flew from Singapore to England early this month, has expressed his appreciation of the speedy and comfortable Imperial Airways service. On disembarking from the Imperial plane In London Sir Shenton said that the trip had been delightful73 words
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Article730 1936-05-21 13 Singapore Husband Given Decree. How he and a friend tracked his wife and a Dutchman from the New World cabaret, where she was a professiDnal dancer, to her house and how he waited outside for close on three hours while the house was in darkness, was related730 words
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Article, Illustration1399 1936-05-21 14 A STANDARD WORK WRITTEN AT KOTA TINGGI. Keris and Other Malay Weapons. By G. B. Gardner. Edited by B. Lumsden Milne. (Progressive Publishing Company, Singapore. S 2. Limited Edition S 10.) This is the whole story of the kris: In rombat. in ceremonial, in etiquette.! in1,399 words
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Article140 1936-05-21 14 Japanese To Open Two More Mines. Two new Japanese iron mines are be ng opened in Malaya—one at Kota Bahru and the other in the Endau district of Johore. Mr. S. Iizuka Is the head of the companies operating the new mines There are now five140 words
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Article282 1936-05-21 14 FIRES WHEN CHASE!) BY MOB. SERIOUS AFFAIR NEAR KUALA LUMPUR. (From Our Own Correspondent.: Kuala Lumpur May 13. APEXING fire on an infuriates! mob of Tamils, a Malay PoIi< lance-corporal fatally iniurcd coolie and seriously injured another in the Bentong district near Kuali I.umpur yesterday. The282 words
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53 1936-05-21 14 A session of the Johore State Council was held on May 14 in the Dewan, Johore Bahru It was a private session. A Straits Times reporter was in attendance but was not admitted to the meeting. No information is available for publication concerning the business53 words
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Article78 1936-05-21 14 Many Arrests Have Been Made. (Prom Our Own Correspondent! Kuala Lumpur, May 14. The Tamil labourer who was wounded in the affray in the Bentong district on Tuesday, when a Malay police lance-corporal opened fire on a hostile mob, la making satisfactory progress in the General Hospital. Kuala78 words
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Article627 1936-05-21 15 Singapore’s Services. SIXTEEN PLANES HERE EVERY WEEK. IUij'H the opening of the duplicated Qantas Empire Airways service to Australia last Friday, Singapore may now claim to have better air mail facilities than any other city in the world. There are now four services a week to627 words
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45 1936-05-21 15 It is hoped to re-start the local branch of the Overseas League in Kuala Lumpur and to organise another dinner later on in the year. Mrs. E. D. Butler is the hon. corresponding secretary in Kuala Lumpur45 words
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Article312 1936-05-21 15 Prominent Residents Honoured. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, May 12. On the occasion of the Sultan of Perak’s birthday, the Resident (the Hon. Mr. Marcus Rex) today, announces the appointment of the following Justices of the Peace: Dr. Chong Tak Nam. Mr. D. F. Grierson. Mr. C.312 words
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433 1936-05-21 15 Mr. Cecil Forster Walsh, the European journalist who was arrested while he was shooting rats from a ricksha in Bugis Street, Singapore, has sailed fo* Italy to have an audience and interview with Signor Mussolini, the new master of Abyssinia. Mr. Walsh, who has433 words
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Article475 1936-05-21 15 Army Service Nearly Finished. A verdict of suicide by hanging was returned by Mr. W. G. Porter, the Singapore Coroner, on May 11, at the inquest on Private A. M. Coles, of the Middlesex Regiment, who was found dead in a latrine at Gillman barracks on475 words
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Article124 1936-05-21 15 ('From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, May 10. The first wedding of a member of the Indian “depressed classes” In the Sungel UJong Indian settlement took place when the daughter of Ganapathy. chairman of the settlement, was married. A Tamil drama was staged at the conclusion of124 words
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Article, Illustration793 1936-05-21 16 MR. CHANTLER’S GUAGE. Density Of Foliage —No More Vague Estimates —Standard Tests —For Record Comparison. By Our Planting Correspondent. CEVERAL methods of cheeking density of contents, thickness of bark, bark renewal and so on have been devised since the plantation rubber industry began, but no oneany visiting agent a decade ago but are quite orthodox today. (Photo by Mr. E. St. Clay-Morford, Do venby Estate, Sungei Siput.) - 793 words
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Article161 1936-05-21 16 Monsoon Season Changes. Because of monsoon conditions in Lower Burma and Northern Siam slight seasonal modifications to the present Imperial Air Mail schedules will be made at the end of May and will continue until further notice. The plane due In Singapore on May 31 will161 words
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Article357 1936-05-21 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 14. TRAFFIC on the main trunk road between Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur was held up today when a bridge, 48 miles from Kuala Lumpur, subsided after heavy rain all night. Floods covered the countryside for miles round. The357 words
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Article76 1936-05-21 16 Government Acquires 400 Acres Of Land. It is revealed in the annual report of the Bukit Sembawang Rubber Co., Ltd., that the Colony Government has expropriated some 400 acres belonging to the company, most of It planted with rubber, near the Naval Base. The ful! amount of76 words
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Article, Illustration507 1936-05-21 17 *B and “C class yachts out at flic Royal Singapore Yacht Club on Friday. The “B” class yachts sailed the usual Friday race and the “C class the first of a series of races for a Club trophy. .Miss Mary Michael who is one of507 words
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A SINGAPORE MERCHANT’S NOTE BOOK.
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2484 1936-05-21 21 Synthetic Rubber —Alternative Crops Co-operation Between Planters And Merchants Netherlands And Research —Costs And Experiments —BurkilVs New Economic Dictionary. BY OUR COMMERCIAL CORRESPONDENT. OATHER sooner than I expected my remarks concerning the threat of synthetic rubber have been confirmed. I would recall the annual leport2,484 words
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Article, Illustration1365 1936-05-21 22 A VIGOROUS MEMORANDUM Judges Without Adequate Legal Training. BELOW is reproduced a memorandum by the Singapore Bar Con mittee on the subject of the amendments of the Courts Ordinance in so far as it affects the provisions relating to the '.ua.ificatiors for appointment as one of1,365 words
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Article47 1936-05-21 22 A SWIMMING pool for the labour force on Labu Estate Negri Sembilan was constructed last year with an overflow for use as a washing place. This innovation was mentioned by Brigadier the Hon. Charles Lambton at the annual meeting of the Labu company.47 words
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Article109 1936-05-21 22 New Member Of The Federal Council. H.E. the High Commissioner, with the approval of His Majesty the King, has been pleased to appoint Mr. Walter George Cunnew Blunn to be an Unofficial Member of the Federal Council for a period of three years, with109 words
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Article363 1936-05-21 23 Coolie’s Story Of An Offer. “Guan Leong offered ma $200 to barn the godown with carbide and water. He told me that he would lock me up. and that I should, after setting the building alight go upstairs ar.d clamber down from a window by r.ii arts363 words
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Article203 1936-05-21 23 EXPORTS DECLINE BY £1,200,000. (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. May 10. The trade depression has been felt li re for half a dozen years, and the ru r:i for the better, which began in 1934. was not maintained in 1935 Bangkok’s exports being reduced by about203 words
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Article892 1936-05-21 23 The Worlds Best Dressed Women The Chinese —Always Trim And Charming—Shanghai Dress Need Design Daintily Worn. 0 NE reads so often about women being beautifully dressed, one sees so many descriptions of gowns, costly and intricate, the adjectives used in embellishment being both extravagant and monotonous, that892 words
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Article337 1936-05-21 23 JAPANESE GIRL WHO ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Still bearing traces of the Injuries she received when she Jumped irom a window of a house In Malay Street on Feb. 5, Natsu Chlnen, an 18-year-old Japanese girl, stood before Mr J. D. Hughes in the second magistrate’s court. Singapore, on337 words
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Article210 1936-05-21 23 Car Runs Into Deep Drain. When a car driven by Miss Anna Paton. of Singapore, overturned at Mount Elizabeth at about 5 p.m. on May 13 Mrs A Paton. her mother, was severely injured Mrs. Paton. who was sitting next to Miss Anna Paton in210 words
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Article, Illustration541 1936-05-21 24 evidence later.—Reuter and British Wireless. COLONIAL SECRETARY TO GIVE EVIDENCE. Stock Broker Son Tells Of Insurances. London, May 11. In his opening speech at the Judicial Tribunal inquiries into the alleged Budget leakages, the AttorneyGeneral. Sir Donald Somervell called attention to theevidence later.—Reuter and British Wireless. - 541 words
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Article237 1936-05-21 24 Reuter. QUESTIONS ABOUT £15,000 HOUSE PURCHASE. London, May 14. Mr. J. H. Thomas, the Colonial Secretary, today testified at the judicial tribunal inquiring into the alleged leakage of Budget secrets, and denied emphatically that he gave away any information relating to the Budget. “I haveReuter. - 237 words
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Article75 1936-05-21 24 —Reuter London, May 12. Dr. Buck Ruxton, who was sentenced to death on Mar. 13 for the murder of his wife was executed at Manchester this morning.—Reuter Dr. Ruxton was the central figure in the recent ‘‘Ravine Murder Mystery.” He was found guilty of murdering his.—Reuter - 75 words
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203 1936-05-21 24 —Reuter. Tokio, May 12. Reporting in camera to the Diet on the tense Soviet-Japanese relations, the War-Minister, Count Gen. Terauchi, is reported to have declared that conditions had eu tirely changed since the Soviet first proposed a non-aggression pact with Japan. Gen. Terauchi declared—Reuter. - 203 words
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Article163 1936-05-21 24 ITALIAN THE ONLY ETHIOPIAN POWER. Geneva, May 11. Baron Aloisi, the Italian delegate, dramatically walked out soon after the opening of the League Council meeting as a protest at the presence of the Ethiopian delegate. He contended that Ethiopia is now an Italian State. He withdrew163 words
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Article78 1936-05-21 24 tion of th e East Hopei regime.—Sin Chew Jit Poh. Reported Order By Gen. Sung Che-yuan. Tientsin, May 12. Gen. Sung Che-yuan, chairman of the Hopei-Chahar Political Council, has ordered the enforcement of the Sino-Japanese anti-Red pact, according to well-informed Chinese in the city. It istion of the East Hopei regime.—Sin Chew Jit Poh. - 78 words
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Article169 1936-05-21 24 —Reuter. Full Story Of Looting. Addis Ababa, May 12. Details of the sacking of Harar show that the city was reduced to a smouldering ash heap by the demoralised remnants of the Abyssinian southern army and peasants in five days of glorious looting. The first stragglers Ras—Reuter. - 169 words
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Article, Illustration105 1936-05-21 24 —Reuter. WHAT THE CHANGES MEAN. Vienna, I Tay 14. The reconstruction of the Austrian Cabinet marks the victory of Dr. Schuschnigg’s Democratic Catholic Party over Prince Starhemberg. the Fascist Heimwehr leader, and means the first great defeat of the idea of Fascism. A communique says that—Reuter. - 105 words
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Article29 1936-05-21 24 —Reuter. London, May 12. The War Office announces that Colonel A. P. D Telfers Mollett has been appointed Commander of the Shanghai area from July.—Reuter.—Reuter. - 29 words
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Article, Illustration117 1936-05-21 25 —British Wireless. MR. DUFF COOPER IN FRANCE. London, May 11. The Secretary for War and chairman of the Imperial War Graves Commission, Mr. Duff Cooper, yesterday unveiled a tablet in Arras Cathedral to the memory of “One Million dead of the British Empire who fell in—British Wireless. - 117 words
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Article78 1936-05-21 25 Aneta-Trans Ocean. Jerusalem, May 12. A battalion of infantry and detachments of light tanks and armoured cars have arrived in Palestine from Egypt to maintain order. The troops were sent at the request of the British High Commissioner and will be distributed among various cities. TheAneta-Trans Ocean. - 78 words
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Article85 1936-05-21 25 —Reuter. 42 DEAD AFTER SPORTS MEETING. Tokio, May 13. An extraordinary case of mass poisoning has followed the gift distribution of Japanese cakes composed of rice paste and soya bean paste to Hamamatsu Middle School pupils after an athletic meeting on May 9. Twenty-seven pupils and—Reuter. - 85 words
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Article41 1936-05-21 25 —British Wireless. London, May 13. The London County Council last night approved the estimates of Housing Committee, totalling more than €3.500,000, for the development of housing sites, including one of 32 acres at Tulse Hill.—British Wireless.—British Wireless. - 41 words
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Article99 1936-05-21 25 Italy’s “Warning” To The League Council. London, May 13. BARON ALOISI and the members of the Italian delegation to the League Council meeting left for Milan yesterday afternoon. A message from Rome, however, states that the withdrawal of the Italian delegation does not mean Italy's withdrawal99 words
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192 1936-05-21 25 —Reuter. JAPAN will do well to reJ consider her instinctive policy of defiance in the light, not of 1904 but of 1940, says The Times in a leading article dealing with Count Terauchi’s references to the Japanese fleet and the Japanese Army’s rejection—Reuter. - 192 words
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Article205 1936-05-21 25 —Reuter. COUNT TERAUCHI’S SPEECH TO DIET. Reporting in camera to the Diet on the tense Soviet-Japanese relations, the War-Minister, Count Terauchi. is reported to have declared that condi tions had entirely changed since the Soviet first proposed a non-aggression pact with Japan. Gen. Terauchi declared that the—Reuter. - 205 words
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Article60 1936-05-21 25 —Reuter. The Foreign Office has instructed the Chinese Ambassador in Toklo to make vigorous representations to the Japanese Government against the increase of the Japanese garrison in North China. This action follows a protest lodged on May 7 with the Japanese Embassy here, declaring that the—Reuter. - 60 words
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Article118 1936-05-21 25 ,—Sin Chew Jit Poh. Dominating Important Passes. Shanghai, May 12. Under the pretext of measures against the Communists in North China, the Japanese North China Command has commenced building a network of fortresses along the Great Wall. The most formidable are being built at the,—Sin Chew Jit Poh. - 118 words
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Article82 1936-05-21 25 the Fascist fatherland.”—Aneta Trans Ocean. Rome, May 12. The King of Italy received Mussolini and invested him with the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Savoy. The decree of investiture states that II duce as minister of the armed forces of the realm prepared,the Fascist fatherland.”—Aneta Trans Ocean. - 82 words
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Article158 1936-05-21 25 Holland Buys 13 U.S. Bombers. Baltimore, (Maryland), Apr. 12. JT is authoritatively learned that construction for the Netherlands Government of 13 bombing planes costing $1,500,000 will be begun in the Glenn Lamartin factory.— Reuter. It is likely that these planes will be sent out to the158 words
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Article86 1936-05-21 25 —Reuter. LEAGUE POSTPONES DISCUSSION. Geneva. May 12. The League Council adopted a resolution submitted by Mr. Eden adjourning discussion of the Abyssinian dispute until June 15. In the meantime there will be no relaxation of sanctions. Chile abstained from voting on the grounds that there Is—Reuter. - 86 words
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Article, Illustration128 1936-05-21 25 To Be Bigger Than Singapore’s. i It is announced in Washington that the United States is ready to' construct immediately a big $10,000,000 floating dock at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, the American naval base in the Pacific. Admiral Standley, acting Secretary for the Navy, stated128 words
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Article, Illustration405 1936-05-21 26 Mr. Hu Han-Min’s Death-Bed Message To China. t Canton, May 13. TI/IR. Hu Han-min, veteran statesman and “political i*' soul” of the Kuomintang, who died in Canton last night, dictated his will to Mr. Hsiao Fu-cheng on his deathbed, states a circular telegram issued jointly405 words
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104 1936-05-21 26 with 2,000 more en route.—Sin Chew Jit Poh. Tientsin, May 16. The total strength of the Japanese garrison forces in North China will be increased to 16,000 troops, according to Japanese reports. Of this number, 11,000 troops will be stationed In Tientsin and in thewith 2,000 more en route.—Sin Chew Jit Poh. - 104 words
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Article123 1936-05-21 26 —British Wireless. EASING CONGESTION AT WATERLOO. London, May 16. Tomorrow the Southern Railway brings into service the new line between Wimbledon and Earlsfleld constructed as a 2,200 feet long “fly-over” to obviate the necessity of local trains crossing the path of fast expresses in and—British Wireless. - 123 words
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66 1936-05-21 26 —Aneta-Domei. Tokio, May 12. Admiral Nagano, the Japanese Navy Minister, today presented to Captain Bruce of the steamship Hunan, of the China Navigation Company, through the British Ambassador, the Japanese Government’s thanks and a souvenier for rescuring the two occupants of a naval plane belonging.—Aneta-Domei. - 66 words
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Article180 1936-05-21 26 —Reuter and British Radio SEPARATE FLEET IN THE FAR EAST. London, May 17. Russia will sign 10 treaty does not give her the right to have in the Baltic a fleet capable of resisting the German navy and in the Far East one able to defend her—Reuter and British Radio - 180 words
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Article155 1936-05-21 26 —Reuter. Vienna, May 14. Chancellor Schuschnigg will become the sole dictator of Austria by an important reconstruction of the Cabinet according to a semi-official communique issued at 12.45 am. after ten hour sitting of the Cabinet. All the most important home, foreign and political offices will—Reuter. - 155 words
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Article147 1936-05-21 26 for public welfare.—Aneta-Trans-Ocean. MYSTERY OF SEALED ENVELOPE. Cairo, May 12. The new Egyptian Parliament has officially proclaimed King Farouk, King of Egypt and appointed a Regency Council until the new King, who is now 16 comes of age. It is declared here that none of the threefor public welfare.—Aneta-Trans- Ocean. - 147 words
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281 1936-05-21 26 —Reuter. Aneta Domei. JAPANESE “LAND GRABBERS.” TOKIO PROTEST OVER FILIPINO ACTION. Toklo, May 13. Commenting on the land dispute at Davao Island, Philippines, the Asahi, the largest and most liberal newspaper in Tokio, declares that the Japanese nation, for the sake of their prestige, positively cannot—Reuter.; Aneta Domei. - 281 words
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126 1936-05-21 27 League Reform Likely To Be Considered. IHR. Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, in a speech in London on May 14, said that probably at the autumn meeting league members will have to consider what changes if any are necessary in the League. He hoped126 words
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116 1936-05-21 27 —Reuter. VUE desire to strengthen the Covenant and the League and to build up collective security for every part of Europe,” declared the Soviet Ambassador, M. Maisky, at the dinner of the Anglo-Russian parliamentary committee in London on May 15. He said the U.S.S.R. had—Reuter. - 116 words
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63 1936-05-21 27 London, May 15. Miss Jean Batten, the New Zealand aii woman, has been awarded the Britannia Trophy for 1935, in recognition of her flight across the Southern Atlantic last year in her Percival Gull aeroplane. This trophy is awarded by the Hoyal Aero Club of63 words
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Article, Illustration24 1936-05-21 27 (Picture By Air Mail).(Picture; By Air Mail). - 24 words
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Article202 1936-05-21 27 Jerusalem, May 17. THE general unrest among the Arab, as well as the Jewish population here now—on the eve of the expiry of the Arab ultimatum demanding the prohibition of further Jewish immigration into Palestine by the British authorities —is greater than ever before. Assassinations committed202 words
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Article169 1936-05-21 27 London, May 11. Commenting on the rapid and enormous increase in Malayan exports of ilmenlte to Japan, the Evening Standard declares: “To citizens of London it may seem incongruous that the country adjoining the Singapore naval base is supplying the Japanese Fleet with a potential means169 words
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Article, Illustration243 1936-05-21 27 Java Plot Recalled. MYSTERY VISIT TO MALAYA. P I E L D MARSHAL, Lord Allcnby, whose death in Lodon has been announced by Reuter, came to Malaya and the January, 1934, but hurriedly returned when a plot against his life by non-Dutch 99 was discovered in Java.243 words
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Article219 1936-05-21 27 GOLD AND SILVER IN JERUSALEM. Jerusalem, May 14. The Emperor of Abyssinia's visit to England has been postponed for an indefinite period, according to reliable information. It Is assumed that the British Government Informed the Negus that his visit would not be opportune for the time being.219 words
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Article90 1936-05-21 27 —Reuter. Gen. Terauchi, the Japanese War Minister, speaking in the Diet on May 14 said that the restrictions on fortifications in the Pacific area became a deadletter with the termination of the Washington Treaty. He declared that unless a new treaty were concluded, Japan’s pretreaty plans—Reuter. - 90 words
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Article79 1936-05-21 27 —Reuter. Nanking Note Sent To Tokio. Nanking, May 15. China has strongly protested to Japan concerning smuggling. The note states first, that Japanese interference has virtually deprived the Hopei customs of their preventive powers; second, the Japarese authorises in North China have connived in the smuggling—Reuter. - 79 words
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Article115 1936-05-21 28 “Will Affect Friendship.” TROWING friction between U Australia and Japan is revealed in messages received in Singapore. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Tokio has cabled to the Australian Prime Minister warning him that trade quotas will adversely a (f e c t JapaneseAustralian friendship.115 words
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Article356 1936-05-21 28 “LIVE LET LIVE.” JAPANESE QUOTES A BRITISH SLOGAN. Tokio, May 17. The Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry has cabled to the Australian Premier, the Minister for External Affairs, and the chairmen of the cham bers of commerce In Sydney, and Melbourne, expressing their opposition to a quota system and356 words
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Article35 1936-05-21 28 —Ret* ter. Tokio, May 18. The Foreign Minister, Mr. Arita, has informed the House of Representatives that Japar has firmly decided never to relinquish her mandatory rights in the South Pacific Islands.—Reuter.—Ret* ter. - 35 words
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Article, Illustration98 1936-05-21 28 Her Double Victory TO THE CAPE AND BACK HP? Amy Mollison arrived at Croydon on her epic flight from the Cape at 1.36 p.m. yesterday, states a Reuter message. She thus accomplished her Journey in the remarkable time of 112 hours, and 17 minutes, beating98 words
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Article78 1936-05-21 28 1930—Amy Johnson flew from England to Australia from May 6-24. It toas the first solo flight to Australia "by a woman aviator. 1932—Amy Mollison (she married Mr. J. A. Mollison a few weeks earlier) flew from London to the Cape in record time of 4 days 678 words
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Article214 1936-05-21 28 ,—British Wireless. London, May 16. When Amy Mollison landed at Croydon yesterday she was enthusiastically cheered by large crowds. They broke through police cordons and surrounded the Perceval Mew Gull aeroplane and mobbed the pilot herself when she landed and was greeted bj her husband and,—British Wireless. - 214 words
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Article91 1936-05-21 28 ’—British Wireless. “ADDED TRIUMPH TO TRIUMPH.” London, May 16. The newspapers, without exception, pay glowing editorial tributes to the great achievement of Mrs. Amy Mollison in setting up new records for the London-Cape and Cape-London flights and for the double Journey. The Daily Telegraphs comment is typical’—British Wireless. - 91 words
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Article76 1936-05-21 28 —Reuter. JAPANESE M.P. AND HARA-KIRI. Tokio, May 11. The Diet was today confronted with an unexpected motion submitted by an Independent Member, Mr. Mayeda, demanding to know why the former Prime Minister, Adm. Okada, had not committed hara-kiri, taking responsibility for the militarist coup of Feb. 26.—Reuter. - 76 words
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Article186 1936-05-21 28 M. TSALDARIS FOURTH IN THREE MONTHS. Athens, May 17. The death has taken place here of M. Panayoti Tsaldarls. the ex-Premler. —Reuter. M. Tsaldarls is the fourth Greek Premier or ex-Premler to die since February of this year. General Kondylis, the Premier who fell from power186 words
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47 1936-05-21 28 today in their honour.—Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai, May 18. A “fatherland observation” commission, composed of 65 Chinese in the Netherlands Indies, arrived in Shanghai yesterday. A reception will be given by the Overseas Commission today in their honour.—Sin Chew Jittoday in their honour.—Sin Chew Jit Poh. - 47 words
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Article56 1936-05-21 28 —Reuter. Guatemala’s Action. Geneva, May 17. QUATEMALA has given notice of her intention to withdraw from the League. The Guatemalan Foreign Ministry has informed the League Secretariat that the reason for Guatemala’s withdrawal from the League is economy.” Sanctions are not mentioned. She promises to pay her—Reuter. - 56 words
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Article77 1936-05-21 28 DR. KUNG ON SINISTER RUMOURS.’ Nanking Not To Declare Debt Moratorium. Shanghai, Mar. 18. “Regardless of all difficulties, the Central Government does not intend to suspend payments of principal and interest on domestic and foreign loans.” This statement was made by Dr. H. H. Kung, the Finance Minister, yesterday, categorically77 words
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Article65 1936-05-21 29 From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 14. The Anal of the Selangor women's doubles championship was played yesterday and resulted in Mrs. R. B. Wyatt-Smith and Mrs. H. J. Sinclair defeating Mrs. O. O. Hovil and Mrs. A. C. Bucknell 4—ft, ft—2, 7—5. It was a65 words
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Article44 1936-05-21 29 —Reuter. London, May 18. France beat Great Britain In the annual International lawn tennis match at Auteull by 16 matches to 11 today. Britain’s Davis Cup pair. C. R. D. Tuckey and G. P. Hughes beat Boussus and Brugnon 9—7. 4--6. 7—5.—Reuter. - 44 words
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Article, Illustration1348 1936-05-21 29 Leighton - By Leighton. SCENES reminiscent of the first cup final at Wembley in 1923 when Bolton Wanderers and West Ham were the finalists and the crowd swarmed all over the playing pitch were enacted at Anson Road Stadium—Straits Times Photograph. - 1,348 words
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Article, Illustration1785 1936-05-21 30 Leighton - By Leighton. 11/EDNESDAY was a day of close finishes at Bukit Timah no fewer than four races being won by a short head. All the winners were well supported and there were no dividends over $5O, the highest—Straits Times Photograph; —Straits Times Photograph. - 1,785 words
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345 1936-05-21 30 English Cricket. Tate In A Merrv Mood And Hits Six Sixes. London, May 15. r. R. T. Holmes of Surrey advanced his claim to the captaincy of the English side in Test matches by making a glorious 171 not out for Surrey against345 words
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Article, Illustration1435 1936-05-21 31 Leighton - By Leighton. IJAD it not been for the heavy rain during the morning there would probably have been a record attendance at Bukit Timah on Saturday for the third day of the Singapore Turf Club Summer (Governor’s Cup) meeting. There was—Straits Times Photograph. - 1,435 words
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Article, Illustration46 1936-05-21 31 Trainer Phil Logue who saddled two winners on Saturday. Mr. G. W. R. Redfearn, the official starter to the Straits Racing Association, who has just returned from home leave. Trainer H. Sleigh who has Just established his headquarters at Singapore. —Straits Times Photographs.—Straits Times Photographs. - 46 words
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155 1936-05-21 31 Cherrington And Warden Lose In Straight Sets. W. S. Wise and Roy 8mith annexed the S.C.C. doubles championship last week by defeating E C, Cherrington and W J. M. Warden 6—4. 6—2. Wise and Smith were the better balanced pair, but the losen fought155 words
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Article, Illustration833 1936-05-21 32 Brilliant Batting By Hewan And Pearse On Padang. Ww. DEAN, one of the eight cricketers who has played for both sides in Malaya’s annual classic, the Colony vs. F.M.S., was in great form on Sunday for the Non-Benders at Tanglin and took833 words
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Article, Illustration253 1936-05-21 32 Scores Another Century For Genuang C.C. R. A. M. Stradling, who heads the batting average in North Johore. scored another century on Sunday for Genuang C.C. He retired after making 100 against Jasin at Genuang, Stradling was complete master of the bowling and hit 12—Straits Times Photograph. - 253 words
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Article191 1936-05-21 32 golfers visited the Garrison Golf Club on Sunday and beat the home team by three points to two. The results, Garrison players mentioned first, were as follows:— Lt. Col. A. Macpherson and R E Pack 0, M. M. Paterson and H Irving Jones 1. Captain T.191 words
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Article282 1936-05-21 32 GREAT INNINGS BY V. MERCHANT. Wyatt’s Bowling Helps Warwick To Win. London, May 12. A LL-INDIA suffered their second defeat in succession today Somerset beating them by nine wickets at Taunton in spite of a magnificent innings of 151 by V. Merchant. The former, England skipper, R.282 words
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Article42 1936-05-21 32 London, May 11. Two days was sufficient to finish the Derbyshire-Oxford University match at Oxford the county winning by an innings and 130 runs. Derbyshire made 456 (Worthington 174 and Smith 77). Oxford replied with 153 and 173.42 words
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Article33 1936-05-21 32 An S.C.C. side visited Changi* on Sunday and lost to the Gunners by seven wickets. The Club put together a total of 133 P. O’Neill Dunne making 49 and N.33 words
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Article60 1936-05-21 32 .—Reuter. London, May 14. YORKSHIRE beat Oxford to- day by an innings and 40 runs. Verity taking 15 wickets for 129 runs. OXFORD: 150 (Verity 8—56) and 166 (Verity 7—73). YORKS: 356 (Leyland 141). Kent beat Derbyshire at Gravesend by ten wickets. DERBY: 119 (Freeman 7—29) and.—Reuter. - 60 words
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Article973 1936-05-21 1 Messrs. Fraser and Co., Sharebrokers. Singapore, in their weekly report, dated i May 19. The prospect of an immediate devaluation of the Franc and Guilder living been shelved for the tine being, ■ocal markets, at one period of the week, developed quite a bright tone* j and973 words
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Article175 1936-05-21 1 Singapore, May 20, 12 noon. Buyer. Seller Gambler 5.50 Java Cube 8.50 Hamburg 10 50 White Muntok Pepper 16.50 Black Pepper 8.25 White Pepper 16.00 Sundried Copra 4.95 Mixed Copra 4.70 Sarawak Jelotong 7.25 Mlxea Black Pepper Saigon A 1 $152 Rice. Saigon No. 1 $145 Rice, Saigon No.175 words
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Article104 1936-05-21 1 The rubber crops of the following companies for the month of April was:— Lb. Alor Gajah 1 4.500 Australasia 12.000 Ayer Panas 56,000 Glenealy 30.000 Jalan Kebun 6,000 Kluang 26,000 Pajam 107,000 Polt Swettenham 5,500 Tambalak 12.001 Tcluk Anson 34,887 Ulu Benut 23,800 The following are the output104 words
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Article30 1936-05-21 1 During April the dredge o.’ Kucha) Tin worked 539 hours, treated 135.000 cubic yards and produced 852 piculs of tin ore. The average digging depth was 49.34 feet.30 words
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Article358 1936-05-21 1 London, May 19 The following are today'* ciosina middle prices on the London stock Exchange: Shares oi tl denomination unless otherwise stated Yester* Rise oav or Pan Conversion Loan. 5 p.c. 1944-64 118 Vi Punduui Loan 4 o.c 1960-90 117% War Loan 3Vi p.c 106 Straits 6 p.c.358 words
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Article28 1936-05-21 1 The rubber crop cf Ayer Molek Rubber Co. I.td. for the month of March 1936 was 12.E94 lbs. Total for 5 months equals 58.626 lbs.28 words
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54 1936-05-21 1 Date Spot June Juiy-Sept Oct.-Dec. Jan.-Mar. Apr -June Lcndon 14 25'Hi 25% 25% 26% 26% 7 5/16 15 25% 26% 26% 26% 27 7% 18 26% 26% 26% 27 27V* 7 7/16 19 26 26% 26% 26% 27 27% 7% 29 25 13/16 26 26% 26%54 words
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Article294 1936-05-21 2 DISTRIBUTION OF V/* PER CENT. The report of the directors of Mentakab Rubber Company Ltd. for the year ended Jan. 31, 1936, states that the net profit for the year amounted to $26,361 to which is added the balance of $36,729 brought forward from last year, making a294 words
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Article92 1936-05-21 2 Foreign Imports of rubber during tne month of April were 14.698 tons Of this amount 5,289 tons were received from Sumatra; 3,718 tons from Dutch Borneo; 384 tons from Java and other Dutch Islands, a total of 9.381 from Netherlands Indies. Brunei sent 75 tons; Burmah 49192 words
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Article44 1936-05-21 2 The following crop returns for April are reported:— Ayer Kunlng 65,000 lb. Badek Rubber (Staffleld Estate) 22,293 Bradwall 38,000 Chersonese 76,575 Dennlstown (Dennlstown Estate) 35,000 Highlands Sc Lowlands 105,500 Klabang Rubber 83,000 Krlan Rubber 52,000 Sungel Krlan Rubber 90,079 Sungel Wav 48,00044 words
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Article47 1936-05-21 2 The output of tin ore from Renong Tin Dredging Co. Ltd. for the month of April was 496.51 piculs from dredge No. 2 and 630.17 piculs from Dredge No. 3. For the corresponding month In 1935 the output was 90.37 and 468.91 piculs, respectively.47 words
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Article42 1936-05-21 2 PATTANI KAMRA TIN. The output of Pattani Tin for the month of April was 753 piculs of ore. The dredge worked for 654 hours and treated 245,000 cubic yards. There was no hydraullclng. Kamra Tin dredge did not operate owing tc restriction.42 words
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Article15 1936-05-21 2 Malayan Tin Dredging Ltd. 2,240 piculs. Southern Malayan Tin Dredging Ltd 3,600 piculs.15 words
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Article151 1936-05-21 2 Results For First Quarter Of 1936. The quarterly operating results of Tin producing Companies under the management of Anglo-Oriental Mining Corporation Ltd. for the quarter ended Mar. 31, 1936 are as follows:— Output Net including Working operatcarryover costs ing prostocks for fit for (tonscone.) quarter quarter. Rawang Tin151 words
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Article104 1936-05-21 2 Shares To Be Converted Into Stock. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 11. At a special general meeting of shareholders of Batu Tiga (Selangor) Rubber Company Ltd., to be held on May 29 a resolution will be proposed for converting the Issued and subscribed 230,591 £1 shares104 words
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Article65 1936-05-21 2 The output of rubber for the month of April from the following estates was:— United Patani 172.271 lb. Malakoff Rubber Estates 133,500 Talplng Rubber Plantations 69,148 Sungel Batu Rubber 43,000 Windsor (F.M.S.) Rubber 20,003 Foothills Rubber Estate 20,800 Bertam Consolidated 178,057 Kuala Mudu Rubber 168,000 Val d’ Or65 words
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Article42 1936-05-21 2 The directors of Idris Hydraulic Tin Ltd. have declared an Interim dividend of two-and-a-half per cent, and a bonus of two-and-a-half per cent.. >oth less income tax, payable in England on June 2 to shareholders registered on May 13.42 words
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Article43 1936-05-21 2 The local agents of Sungel Purun Rubber Co. Ltd. state that the profit for the year ending Dec. 31, 1935, was £3,251. A dividend of six per cent, is recommended, which, if approved will leave £13,610 to be carried forward.43 words
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Article39 1936-05-21 2 The directors of Emerald Rubber and Coconut Co. Ltd., recommend a dividend of five per cent, for the year ended Jan. 31, 1936. A sum of £2,000 has been reserved for depreciation of buildings, plant and machinery.39 words
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Article30 1936-05-21 2 The output of Malaka Pinda for the month of April is 31,600 lb. making a total of 300,200 lb. for the eight months of the current financial year.30 words
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Article24 1936-05-21 2 Kuala Lumpur Tin’s No. 2 Dredg eran 614 hours, and dug 121,943 cubic yards, producing 510 piculs of ore during April.24 words
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Article179 1936-05-21 2 Dividend Of Three Per Cent. The report of the directors of Malaya Publishing House Ltd. for the year ended Feb. 29. states that the profit for the year was $10,473. The balance brought forward from 1935 was $6,951 making an available balance of $17,424. After deducting $1,000179 words
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Article67 1936-05-21 2 Issue Of Shares To Develop New Property. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 11. Broome (Selangor) Rubber Plantations Ltd. are offering 468,750 two shilling shares at a premium of sevenpence halfpenny to shareholders and to optioners in the proportion of three new shares for every eight shares and67 words
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Article88 1936-05-21 2 The following particulars of operations refer to the month of April. Hours Cu. Yards Piculs Ampat Tin 1839 429.000 1.043 Anglo-Siamese Tin 538 59.000 406 Jelapang Tin 469 83,000 1.030 Kampong Lanjut 1251 571,000 1,755 Kamunting Tin 2466 637,000 2.337 Kramat Tin 612 260,000 1 900 Kuala Kampar88 words
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Article51 1936-05-21 2 The estimated crops of rubber for the month of April of the following companies are:— April April 1935. 1936. n>. ib. Benta Rubber Estates 57,000 43,000 Sandy croft Rubber 19,500 17,200 Kuala Kangsar Plantations 135,800 100,000 A lor Pongsu Estates 49.221 Bedong (Malaya) Rubber 39,203 Temerloh Rubber Estates51 words
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Article42 1936-05-21 2 The following outputs for the month of April are notified by the secretaries. O. Piculs. Hours Yards. North Taiping Tin 211 638 130,000 Klang River 510 588 94,000 Rantau Tin 778 829 164,000 Batu 3eIangor Tin 770 623 167.00042 words
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Article42 1936-05-21 2 The local agents of Cheras Rubber Estates Ltd. state that the profit for the ear ended Dec. 31, 1935 was £2,943. A dividend of five per cent, is recommended, which, if approved, will leave 12,957 to be carried forward.42 words
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Article33 1936-05-21 2 The directors of Bernam-Perak Rubber Plantations Ltd. have declared an Interim dividend of one-and-a-quarter per cent, in respect of the year ended June 30, 1936. which was paid on May 8.33 words
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Article17 1936-05-21 2 The rubber crop of Bukit Katil for the month of April was 9,671 lb.17 words
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Article88 1936-05-21 2 April Exports Equal Monthly Average. The exports of rubber irom tu Netherlands Indies during the month of April, converted into long tons ot 2.240 lb dry weight, were 25.055 tons Of this amount 12.701 tons were trom estates and 12.354 from native hold ings. The cumulative totals88 words
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Article95 1936-05-21 2 During che week ending May 9 exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 82.285 ca*es. of which 69.413 (84 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom. 1.910 (2 per cent cases to the Continent of Europe. 7,766 (10 per cent > cases to Canada. and95 words
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Article52 1936-05-21 2 Shareholders in Bukit Gajah Rubber Company Ltd., have passed resolutions placing the company in voluntary liquidation. Mr. C. R. Thurstan of Cumberbatch and Co Ltd., Kuala Lumpur, the company’s agents and secretaries, has been appointed liquidator. The company owned about 500 acres of land in Selangor planted52 words
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Article56 1936-05-21 2 For the first half of May dredge No 1 worked 321 hours, treated 83.000 cubicyards and produced 218 piculs of ore: Dredge No. 2 worked 329 hours treated 81,000 cubic yards and produced 302 piculs of ore: Dredge No. 3 worked 265 hours, treated 57,000 cubic yards56 words
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Article47 1936-05-21 2 The production of Kuala Reman Rubber for the month of April was 62.200 lb. for Lok Kawi Rubber 25,000 lb. and for Bruseh Rubber Estates 28.000 lb For April last year the production from these estates was 126.000 lb. 23.000 lb. and 33,000 lb. respectively.47 words
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Article29 1936-05-21 2 A dividend of three-and-half per cent., less tax, for the year ended Dec. 31, 1935, has been recommended. The report and accounts will be issued shortly.29 words
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Article28 1936-05-21 2 The directors of Killinghall Tin Ltd. have declared an interim dividend of 12 y 2 per cent., less tax, payable in England on June 8.28 words
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Article37 1936-05-21 2 During April the dredge ran 598 hours: treated 140,000 cubic yards and recovered 470 piculs of tin ore at an estimated cost of $12,700 equivalent to a cost per cubic yard of 9.07 cents.37 words
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Article24 1936-05-21 2 The crop of rubber harvested durin? April by Henrietta Rubber Estate was 88,200 lb., and by Sungei Matang Rubber Estate 28,500 lb.24 words
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Article24 1936-05-21 2 The output of Sion*? Tin for the month of April, was 740 piculs. The yardage worked was 117.000 and hours run 436.24 words
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Article134 1936-05-21 3 STOCKS DECREASE OVER 3,000 TONS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 15. Consumption of rubber In the United States of America during the month of April increased by 9,194 tons compared with the previous month whilst the consumption of reclaimed rubber increased by 1.565 tons Stocks134 words
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158 1936-05-21 3 Batavia May 19. The export duty on native rubber will be 34 guilders per 100 kilograms effective from May 20. Keuter. The export duty on native rubber at the introduction of the regulation scheme was 10 cents per kilogram. Owing to the inability to158 words
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Article140 1936-05-21 3 THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,277th. auction on May 13 when there were cataogued 320.56 tons; offered 296.98 tons, sold 273.16 tons. Spot London 7%Q New York 15.5116 cts. PRICES REALISED hibbed smoked sheet cents per lb. Standard quality 25 (1 lot 251/8 >140 words
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Article26 1936-05-21 3 The rubber crop of the United Malacca Rubber Estates Ltd. for the month of April "-'as 34.084 lb. Total for 12 months 544.34926 words
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Article650 1936-05-21 3 Distribution In Excess Of Years’ Profit. The annual general meeting of the Mentakab Rubber Co. Ltd. was held In Singapore on May 18. Mr. H. B. Egmont Hake, the chairman of the company, presided, and in proposing the adoption of the report and accounts said: There are650 words
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Article540 1936-05-21 3 PROFITS FALL BY $35,000. The report of the directors of Renong Consolidated Tin Dredging Co. Ltd. for the year ended Dec. 31, 1935, states that the profit for the year after making the usual provisions for depreciation on buildings machinery rolling stock etc., was ''170,743 as540 words
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Article497 1936-05-21 3 MORE INTEREST BEING SHOWN. STANTON NELSON CO. LTD in their report of Friday write: The market was Inclined to sag at the beginning of the week due to lower prices in London and New York and manufacturers holding off. Later outside operators began to show more Interest497 words
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Article50 1936-05-21 3 The Deputy Controller of Rubber states that the exports of dry rubber, uncorrected figures, from Malaya. Brunei and Labuan for the month of April was 26.904 tons. Of this total the mainland exported 26.616 tons Straits Settlements Islands 156 tons Brunei 118 tons and Labuan 14 tons.50 words
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Article17 1936-05-21 3 The output from Jelcbu Tin for the month of April was 280 piculs of ore.17 words
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Article635 1936-05-21 4 London Exchange Prices On May 7. Allagaf (2/) 1/6%; Alor Pongsu (2/) 2 2; Anglo-Malay (£1) 13/9; Ayer Kuning (£1) 31/10*1*; Bagan Serai (£1) 16 6; Bahru (Sel.) (2 2/11; Banteng (£1) 20 3; Batang (2D 1/0%; Batu Caves (£1) 21 3; Batu Tiga <£'1> 28 9; Bekoh635 words
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Article173 1936-05-21 4 London Exchange Prices On May 7. Ampat (4/) 5/7%; Anglo-Burma (5/) 15/; Ayer Hitam (5/) 14/6; Bangrln (£1) 17/; Gopeng Cons (£1) 1 31/32; Hongkong (5/) 15/6; Idris (5/) 6/9; Ipoh (16/) 31/6; Kampong Lanjut (£1) 16/9; Kamunting (5/) 12 9; Kepong (£1) 14/; Kinta (5/) 11/; Kinta173 words
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Article19 1936-05-21 4 May 14 Tin, 8’pore Price $100 per picul 15 100% 18 100% 19 99% K° 98%19 words
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Article1551 1936-05-21 4 vy v Issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt Exchange and Stock Brokers. Singapore, May 20, 10 a.m. MINING issue Vai Fraser Co Lyali Evatt issue Vai Eraser Co. Lyali fcvau Buyers Seilers Buyers Seilers Buyers Sellers Buyers Seiler?. b- Ampat Iln 5/3 5/9 5/61,551 words
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