The Straits Budget, 30 September 1937

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    29 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] No. 4155. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1937. Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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    THE WEEK IN MALAYA.
    1171 1 jyjORE sparkling wine, beer and brandy was drunk in Malaya during the first half of this year than last year! This striking improyement in the liquor business generally "has probably been due, remarked Mr. J. W. de Piro, the chairman, speaking at Tuesday’s half yearly meeting
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    NEW CAVENAGH BRIDGE.
    90 1 'J'HE final stage in the reconstruction of Cavenagh Bridge has been reached and it is likely that the bridge will be re-opened to traffic in two months. New web plates have replaced old ones, and the four ends of the bridge, worn out from corrosion, have also
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Fatal Bluff.
      1135 2 came impossible. Straits Times, Sept. 23. Early this year there was every indication that relations between China and Japan had undergone a considerable change for the better and danger of a renewal of hostilities appeared to be very remote. By early July that position had worsened to some
      came impossible. — Straits Times, Sept. 23.  -  1,135 words
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      Planters’ Salaries.
      952 2 second category. Straits Tijnes, Sept. 24. In a leading article published on Monday, the day of issue of the special Planting Supplement of the Straits Times, we commented in general terms on the proceedings at the I.S.P. Conference held at Kuala Lumpur over the week-end. Today we wish
      second category. — Straits Tijnes, Sept. 24.  -  952 words
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      In Manchukuo.
      912 3 fighting services. Straits Times, Sept. 25. Newspapers in neutral countries continue to hint darkly at the threatened overthrow of Japanese rule in Manchukuo. True, they show a certain reluctance to commit themselves definitely in view ot the difficulty of obtaining confirmatory messages through the usual channels, which appear
      fighting services. — Straits Times, Sept. 25.  -  912 words
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      Toddy Shops.
      955 3 Straits Times, Sept. 27. In his report for 1936, Rao Sahib K. A. Mukundan, former Agent of the Government of India in Malaya, returns to the subject of toddy shops and expresses himself in favour of an extension of “dry” areas. It is curious to find one who
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      HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE CHINA WAR.
      941 4 -Straits Times, Sept. 28. From the historical point of view, the present hostilities between China and Japan may be regarded as the culmination of a period of increasing tension between the two countries lasting over the past half-century and appreciation of the outstanding events
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      “LEFT IN THE LURCH.”
      1026 4 —Straits Times, Sept. 29. In yesterday’s leading article we reviewed the historical background of the present China war as the first step in an attempt to explain the failure of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek to secure concerted action against Japan under the Nine-Power Pact. In an interview
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  • NOTES Of The DAY.
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      Bounty Memories.
      107 5 OTAR exhibit in the main saloon of the American schooner-yacht Yankee which is lying off “Johnston’s” Pier is a model of a full-rigged ship, made by Parkin Christian., a descendant of Fletcher Christian, of Bounty Mutiny fame. Christian, who is about 55. gave the model, which is a
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      Captains Commercial.
      115 5 STERLING Hayden, young American from the yacht Yankee, whose article appeared in the Straits Times yesterday, hails from Gloucester, Massachusetts, scene of part of the plot of the film “Captains Courageous*’, shown in Singapore a few weeks ago. The arrival of the film outfit brought new life and
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      Bad Streets.
      106 5 OINGAPORE’S Malay Street, said at one time to be the most infamous thoroughfare in Asia, was rivalled in notoriety by Penang’s Campbell Street, which was mentioned by Mr. Ong Joo Sun in his Penang Rotary Club talk last week. Even the ricksha pullers of 25 years ago took
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      Silent Watchers.
      140 5 IN spite of last week’s adjustments, the automatic traffic light at the Stamford Road-North Bridge Road junction still causes plenty of impatience among drivers. Such devices are intended for cities where traffic policemen cannot be afforded, not lor places like Singapore where a large proportion of the population
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      The Bard Again.
      78 5 is told somebody said he was a bit of a bounder for digging up last week that information about Shakespeare’s past. Perhaps he was. But to make up for his sins he tells today something good about the Old Man. Theatrical folk in New York have calculated
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      Aryan William.
      111 5 Aryan William JN all parts of the world Shakespeare is still played. The remarkable silence of audiences during the screening of “Romeo and Juliet’’ was widely commented on in England. America and Australia. People were spellbound by a twentieth century presentation of a school classic. Every night now on the
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      Dead Language.
      94 5 CORRESPONDENT signing himself “Jupiter” thinks that the Latin used by the young Singapore Englishman who was asking the Italian girl to accompany him to lunch (Notes nt the Day, Tuesday) was rather peremptory. It was “nonne apud me prandebis”—“will you have lunch with me?” If the man had
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      Going German.
      83 5 •T*HE German mercantile marine will be well represented in Singapore Harbour tomorrow week, when both the Potsdam and the Scharnhorst, of the North German Lloyd Line, will be in port together. The Potsdam will be on the outward run from Bremen to Hong Kong and Manila, while the
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      Voices on the Lines.
      74 5 OINGAPORE telephone lines must carry more languages than any other wires in the world. Over any one office phone in this city, English, Malay and Chinese are almost certain to be spoken in a day. Dutch is heard a lot on the telephone, while tambies often
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      Baseball in Singapore.
      108 5 OINGAPORE’S reputation as a baseball city ranks high with American sailors. “For a British place, the baseball here is darn good,” one of them condescendingly told Crux yesterday. Most of the visiting American ships, both freighters and passenger liners, can muster a team. When Singapore Cubs and
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      Rah-Rah.
      85 5 Dean Inge was a guest at Yale, they took him to see a big baseball game. Full of admiration for the players, he told the press that baseball was “a good second class game magnificently played.” Another Englishman, the late Lord Queensberry, when he was in Chicago on a
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      British Music.
      92 5 the British have at no time prided themselves on being a particularly musical nation, B.’itish music and British musicians are finding their place in the sun. Some evenings, nearly half the items In the programmes from the radio stations in the Netherlands Indies are from English phonograph records.
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      Gone Abroad.
      82 5 Gone Abroad DROADCASTING has done much to give British music its much-needed boost. Following the recent European tours of the 8.8. C. Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, both of which have achieved overseas fame through radio and record, Boyd Neel’s Orchestra has just returned to England after a series
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      Long Long Trail.
      87 5 JUDGING from radio descriptions. President Mazaryk’s funeral must have been one of the most impressive in Europe since the War. But no pre-sent-day statesman’s funeral could vie in either pomp or casualness with that of America’s Abraham Lincoln. The 14 cities in which Lincoln’s body lay in
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      Precautions.
      98 5 A STRANGER arriving at Singapore from any spot where no world news had been received in the last two months would think that local shipping people were becoming nationalistic. Several Dutch freighters lying in the roads yesterday were distinguish able by large Dutch flags painted on the sides for
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      Spotlight.
      66 5 gUT full marks for ingenuity and showmanship must go to. the Dollar Line for its idea of playing a spotlight on the Btars and Stripes while falling through the Mediterranean piracy zones at night. What a Zlegfeld touch. Old Ziegfeld probably would have staged a stewardesses’ ballet on the
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      Miles Of Wire.
      72 5 Miles Of Wire gTORED in a massive water tank in one of the forward holds of the Olenshlel, the ship on whose sides the Union Jack was being painted yesterday, are 50 miles of submarine cable lor Shanghai. There is talk of storing 25 miles of it in Singapore and
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      Tall Tales.
      74 5 Tall Tales T'HE story-tellers who operate in 1 Singapore’s Chinatown after sun set should try augmenting their incomes by following the methods oi Japan’s itinerant story-tellers. These fellows are accepting from manufac turers, or, more frequently from local shopkeepers, “sponsored stories”, similar to sponsored radio programmes, in which the merits
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      Smart Ship.
      93 5 Smart Ship /OBJECT of much admiration on the water-front yesterday, the Italian liner Conte Biancamano is the largest ship regularly calling at Singapore She has a gross tonnage of 24,000 and is 650 feet long. Built at a time when Mussolini’s Industrial reorganisation ot Italy was in full swing and
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      Hot Air, Cold Air.
      126 5 Hot Air Cold Air AS dwellers in the largest town within 70 miles of the Equator. Singapore people might be Interested to know that according to speakers at the recent Nottingham meeting of the British Association the coldest air is to be found not above the Poles but above the
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      Car Knocks.
      100 6 Car Knocks THE special place that motor accid- eats have found In modem medical work is dealt with In the current issue of The Practitioner. Doctor* now recognise a particularly complicated fracture of both bones of the leg below the knee as a “bumper fracture." It is even commoner than
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      Same Fate.
      93 6 SHANGHAI Is short of pure milk, the Japanese having killed 300 of a herd of 400 cows on the Americanowned Popular Grove Farm near Tasiang. Refugees arriving in Singapore are delighted when they find fresh milk can be obtained In various cafes here. One of them showed Crux
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      Bottle Work.
      143 6 WHEN explaining to reporters the other day their reasons for cooking their own meals, the sailors on the President van Buren took care to point out that they did not delay the ship’s sailing because they wished to maintain the prestige of the American mercantile marine. That was
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      Bags, Pills, Music.
      107 6 Bags, Pills, Music THERE is still plenty of humour to be found in the advertisement columns of Shanghai’s abbreviated war-time newspapers. One enterprising insurance agent, C. E. Sparke, is taking top-of-column space in which he urges Shanghai residents and business people to take out insurance against personal accident and plate
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      Air Sense.
      77 6 A SINGAPORE man has received from his brother in Shanghai a letter mentioning how Chinese civilians always dive for cover when they see one of their own warplanes the air. There is general scepticism about the marksmanship of Chlang Kai Shek’s aviators. The usually-dignified North China Daily News
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      Rabies.
      71 6 Rabies MOST brilliant rubber market review of the week is that handed in at the Straits Time* office last i.ight by x well-known Singapore firm of brokers. “The market still conti aes to be swayed directly or indirectly by political events." the reoort says. “The outlook in Lurope is perhaps
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      Fame.
      68 6 Fame UALF a page of the latest Straits Settlements Government Gazette is devoted to the publication of the names of people appointed by the Governor to shoot dogs during the rabies epidemic. Among the gentlemen upon whom fame has thus been thrust are Munlandy, son of Karuppan; Karupiah, son of
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      Rescuers.
      122 6 Rescuers pROUDLY displayed on the walls of the main stairway in the Messageries Mari times liner Andre Lebon, which arrived at Singapore from Marseilles yesterday, are a gold medal and a bronze plaque. The plaque is from the Soclete Centrale de Sauvetage des Naufrages Inscribed on it In French is:
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      Poor Indian.
      127 6 Poor Indian AFTER reading an article by a Mrs. Manoramabai R. Modak in the Indian, Kuala Lumpur, Crux is able to appreciate the difficulties of an Indian courting couple. In her article, the writer deals with the measure of freedom that should be allowed to educated boys and girls when
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      Progeny.
      82 6 Progeny Australian tells this story about Americans. “Back in the States,” said the American, “we have ranches so big that it takes an express train travelling at 00 miles an hour three days and three nights to run through from boundary to boundary.” The Australian “cocky” scratched his head but
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      Ears & Eyes Of World.
      152 6 Ears Eyes Of World CO that fllmgoers may know what to expect in the way ol China wai newsreels, here is the lowdown on what happened a fortnight ago when the Nanking Government, after much delay, granted permission to three American newsreel companies, Pox Movietone, Paramount and Universal, to operate
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      Small Town.
      105 6 Small Town AN UPCOUNTRY standard V schoolboy, Khoo Teng Hool, records in the new issue of the Klang (Selangor) High School Annual his impressions on his first visit to Singapore. The first day we went to the biggest amusement park,” he writes. “It is called the Great World. It is
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      That Java Habit.
      81 6 JAVA business people who complain of extraordinary delays in receiving mail posted in various rural centres in the United States have found the explanation. In the States is a crop of hamlets called Java. There is one with a population of 300 in Neshoba County, Missouri, another
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      Squeezed.
      134 6 Squeezed A LTHOUOH Singapore people save. or imagine they save, a little money because of the absence of customs duties and taxes in their city, they pay much more than they should for overseas telegraphic communication. According to the Malayan Year Book, the lowest rate for deferred cables to Great
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      Stolen Thunder.
      80 6 j£ALLANG is stealing Singapore’s thunder. An item in the Montreal Gazette, one of Canada’s leading newspapers. says that “the new civil airdrome at Kallang, Malaya, is declared to be the most modern in the world.” While it was kind of Montreal to mak* the airport the most modern
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      Sailor’s Knot.
      91 6 Sailor’ s Knot. IN popular romantic fiction, marriage l at sea is a time-worn institution But any youthful Singapore people contemplating such action should 4tve down to the docks and ask some captain if they may glance at the book-of-rules section of his log. There they will find, under the
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      Luminous Girls.
      149 6 Luminous Girls TN case anybody thinks the last word 1 in night clubs is to be found in England. France or America, he should listen to tales from people who have stopped over in Budapest on their way home from leave. The dancing girls in Budapest's Number One Night spot
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      Publicity Technique.
      139 6 Publicity Technique MALAYA’S new film company will have to bear in mind the experience of Indian film companies over “star” publicity. Whereas Amtrican and English film companies try to build up a star by high-pressure publicity. Indian companies soft-pedal on honey-ed-phrases about feminine performers because the actress can say, “If
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    S.S. APPOINTMENTS.
    49 6 The following appointments are notified in the S.S. Government Gazette: Mr. W. R. Dowse to act as Director of Telegraphs and Telephones and Engineer-in-Chief, Posts and Telegraphs Department, S.S. and F.M.S. Mr. G. F. Morice to act as Assistant Engineer-in-Chief, Posts and Telegraphs Department, S.S. and F.M.S.
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    546 7 Mr. G. H. Garllck, Principal Medical Officer, Johore, Is due back from Home leave next month. Miss Roma Sum, of Singapore, who is visiting Bangkok, will return early next month. Mr. J. H. Payne is at Home on long leave and his address, Until further notice, is:
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
    150 7 Sept. 17. The Sultan of Brunei and Mr. R. Irvine had luncheon at Government House. Sept. 20. Sir Shenton and Lady Thomas were present at a private view of “Flying Over The Empire" exhibited by the Imperial Airways Limited at Raffles Hotel. Friday, Sept. 24 Captain R. A.
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    LAKE CLUB ELECTS NEW PRESIDENT.
    102 7 Mr. Marcus Rex. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 22. AT the Lake Club annual general meeting yesterday Major L. Vaughan retired from the presidency, and the Hon. Mr. Marcus Rex, M.C.S., was elected to the office for the ensuing year. Major Vaughan paid
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      BIRTHS
      98 7 GREEN.—On Sept. 21, 1937, at the General Hospital, Singapore, to Mickle, wife of T. J. A. Green, a daughter. MOORE.—On Sept. 19. 1937, at Maternity Hospital, Singapore, to Dorothy wife of C. H. Moore a daughter (Marjorie Gordon). CHIA—At Jupiter Lodge, 147, Haig Road on Tuesday night 21-9-37 to
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      102 7 SCOULAR—FISHER.—The engagement is announced between James Murray Scoular, son of the late Robert 8coular and of Mrs T. Frreman of Tunbridge Wells, to Judith Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Noel Fisher of Harpenden Estate. Kapar Selangor. GOWAN—GARRIGAN—The engagement Is announced between Mr A. F. Gowan, Assistant Commissioner
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      MARRIAGES
      106 7 DAWSON—FALCONER—At Garmouth. Scotland on Aug. 26, 1937, by the Rev. Walter Wlshart, M.A., and the Rev. George Bimie, 8.D., Ronald Maurice Dawson, (Penang Rubber Estates) only son of the late James Dawson, of Bulawayo. Rhodesia, and of Mrs. Dawson, Garmoutl, to Dolina Barbara, daughter of the late Donald Falconer
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    30 YEARS AT MALAYAN BAR.
    102 7 Mr. J. Dunford-Wood Dies In Kuala Lumpur (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 23. PRACTISING at the Malayan Bar for 30 years, Mr. Joseph Dun-ford-Wood, Ipoh, who died at the Bungsar Hospital tonight, was one of the best known men in the F.M.S. and
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    Contents.
    309 7 Leaders— Fatal Bluff 2 Planters’ Salaries 2 In Manchukuo 3 Toddy Shops 3 Historical Background of The China War 4 Left In The Lurch Telegrams— Covering past week’s news 21—28 Picture Supplement 17—Jl Financial SupplementFinancial and Commercial News to date, following page 82 Malayan General News—--700 Tons of Earth
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  • Obituary
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    43 7 DEATH The beloved father of S. Thuriarajah. Segamat. Johore. passed away quietly in Ceylon cn Sept. 20 at the age of 55. Hillsborough, Cal., Sept. 27. The death has occurred of Mr. William Henry Crocker, banker and leader in the Republican Party.— Reuter.
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    Another “Bad Boy” General Going Home.
    166 8 ANOTHER “bad boy” Chinese V general is returning to his homeland to aid her in her time of need. He is General Yang Yu Chen, leader of the Sian revolt and the man who held the Generalissimo, General Chiang Kai-shek, prisoner. He was formerly
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    RUBBER ROADS
    53 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 27. I OMBARD Street, City home of the great banks and insurance companies, is to be paved with rubber and if the experiment is a success it is probable that all city roads will be paved with rubber on the expiry of
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    HOW SINGAPORE WAS FOUNDED.
    135 8 Old Diary Unearthed In Australia. f\NE of the most notable additions of recent years to the historical records of the founding of Singapore has been unearthed In Australia In the form of a diary kept by Capt. J. G. F. Crawford, master of the Investigator. one
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    NEW VESSELS FOR SIAM’S NAVY.
    120 8 Warm Welcome At Bangkok. (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Sept. 26. CIVE new vessels for the Siam navy built in Japan were welcomed home today after a long and tedious voyage which Included riding out and anchoring at Hong Kong during the typhoon Huge crowds
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    Not Kindness To Remove Your Dog’s Muzzle.
    416 8 FIRST WARNING BROADCAST. the muzzling order is in force, any uncontrolled dog may be shot. It isn’t kindness to your dog to take off its muzzle or undo its lead, or let it run loose out of doors. It may get shot. And,
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    Two Killed On Way Back From Wedding.
    259 8 CORONER'S WARRANT FOR DRIVER. TWO were killed when a large touring car, carrying a party from a wedding, crashed into a lamp standard' in Upper Serangoon Road, near the Muslim Cemetery, on the afternoon of Sept. 15. At the conclusion of Monday’s inquest,
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    Malays Needed For Johore P.W.D.
    183 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Sept. 28. 'J'HE Johore Government is finding it difficult to get sufficient Malay recruits for the Public Works Department. This position was described as a 44 very disturbing state of affairs ”by the Hon. Inche Onn bin Jaafar at
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    CHINESE GUNMEN ROB SHOP.
    84 8 Proprietor Bound; Thieves Get $80. Singapore, Sept. 28. ENTERING a small shop in Lloyd Road, in the Institution Hill area, at 1 o’clock this morning, four Chinese gunmen, trussed up the Chinese proprietor and ransacked the premises. They stole money and articles to a total value
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    ZHL IMPRESSES RADIO CHIEF.
    115 8 Appeals For Malayan Listeners' Aid. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. “*I"HE best way to combat propaganda on the radio is to build up a reputation for accurate news broadcasts,” said Mr. J. B Clark, director of the B.B.C. Empire short-wave radio service, who is
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    FATAL STABBING DELAYS S.S. KEDAH.
    73 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Sept. 28. |P PHERE was a tragedy on the 1 Straits Steamship vessel Kedah last night. After sailing from Penang a deck passenger was fatally stabbed by a compatriot, who. allegedly, ran amok. The ship returned to Penang at 10
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    RICKSHA PULLER KILLED BY CAR.
    117 8 European In Keppel Road Crash. CTRUCK by a motor-car allegedly driven by Mr. W. D. Lambert, of 137 Bukit Timah Road, a ricksha puller who suffered serious Injuries near the entrance to the Singapore railway station in Keppel Road, died on Sept. 28. Two Chinese
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    700 Tons Of Earth Bury Miners.
    132 9 3 DEAD IN SELANGOR. I (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. THREE tin-mine coolies have been killed in falls of earth at Kepong, a rich tin area seven miles from Kuala Lumpur. Wet weather has caused land slides on two neighbouring mines. Two
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    GUNNER ON MISCHIEF CHARGE.
    114 9 Alleged To Have Damaged Car. pHARGED with having caused mischief by breaking the windscreens and two headlights of a car belonging to a Chinese, Chang Ah Hin, a Gunner H. Jackson, of the Royal Artillery, Blakang Mati, appeared before Mr. F. V. Duckworth, Singapore Second Magistrate,
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    MUNICIPAL DEPTS. TO AMALGAMATE.
    186 9 Engineering Sewerage Reorganisation. PROPOSALS foi the amalgamation and reorganisation of the Singapore Municipal Engineer’s and Sewerage Departments are being made, it is understood. They involve. (a) provision in 1938 for a full time financial and office assistant, at $400 per month (Class IV) plus $40 transport
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    Would Aquarium Be Able To Pay Its Way ?
    424 9 Would Aquarium Be Able To Pay Its Way MUNICIPAL DOUBTS: DISCUSSION IN COMMITTEE. THE fear that the Singapore 1 aquarium when built would not bring in enough revenue to cover running expenses, was expressed by the President, Mr. W. Bartley, at Friday’s Municopal Commissioners meeting. The continuation of discussion on
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    Coroner Frames Charge Against Changi Gunner.
    390 9 FATAL KATONG CRASH SEQUEL. AF the opinion that sufficient grounds had been disclosed for charging Gunner G. W. A. Stone, of the 11th Anti-Aircraft Battery, C hangi, with causing the death of Frnest William Adams —killed in a Kalong motor accident —by a rash
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    NEW WILLS LAW FOR FEDERATION.
    259 9 No Written Measures Hitherto. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 24. “•THERE has never existed in the F.M.S. any written law dealing with the making and construction of wills nor is there any common law applicable in this connection explains Hon. Mr. Adrian Clark,
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    TIN MINING OUTPUTS AND COSTS.
    234 9 Correspondence To the Editor of the Straits Times. SIR, —Shareholders of companies who study the monthly mine returns published for their information in the local newspapers might be Interested to know that some of the returns published locally and those published in Australia vary considerably.
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    MALACCA INDIAN ASSN.
    33 9 It is notified in the SS 3ovemment Gazette that the Ma’aeca Indian Club” has been permitted by the Registrar oi Societies to change its name to “The Ma’acca Indian Association
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    KLUANG RUBBER CO’S. ASSESSMEN REDUCED.
    1082 10 Crop Harveste 130,000 Lb. Below Allowance. REVERTEX LTD. PURCHASES OUTPUT IN ATEX FORM. A DDRESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of Kluang Rubber Co. Ltd., in Singapore on Sept. 22, Mr. S. Q. Wong, the chairman, said:— The profit for the year amounted to $69,008.51
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    MALAYA CAN PRODUCE 90 PER CENT. RUBBER QUOTA.
    697 10 Committee Unlikely To Reduce Export Allowance Next Quarter. LEWIS AND PEAT (SINGAPORE) LTD. in their weekly report on the rubber market issued on Sept. 24 write Any doubts of Malaya’s capacity to produce her full exportable amount have now been removed by
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    Tin Export And Quota Position.
    165 10 AjETHERLANDs INDIA and Ni- '*geria were the only two countries participating in the Tin Control Scheme which exported the permitted quota in August. A feature of the returns is the jump in exports from Nigeria which, at 1,349 tons are 351 tons more than the
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    PINEAPPLES AT GROCERS’ SHOW.
    103 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 21. A CCORDING to experts at the Grocers Exhibition at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington, housewives of Great Britain will buy 1.60C,000.000 tins of 350 different kinds of food this year. Importers of Malayan pineapples are sparing no effort to
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    KUCHAI TIN DREDGE STOPS FOR REPAIRS
    48 10 During recent operations the Kuchai Tin Ltd. dredge encountered some obstacle which bent the ladder. Dredging has been stopped and repairs are being proceeded with immediately. The dredge should begin operations again about the middle of next month, state the company’s secretaries.
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    WIFE SAYS “NO” TO LIFE ON S.S. LEPER ISLE.
    463 11 Would Have Followed Her Husband Anywhere Else (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 26. UOW far should a wife obey her husband’s wishes Should 11 she follow him to the ends of the earth even if she thinks »t may endanger
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    Wide Study Of Traffic Problem Advocated.
    73 11 A LL aspects of the traffic problem in Singapore should be surveyed by the committee which the Municipal Commissioners have asked the Governor-in-Council to appoint. That is the view of the relevant Municipal Committee which has been considering the terms of reference. The traffic
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    Daventry Is Mouthpiece Of The Empire.
    314 11 RADIO CHIEF ON SERVICE’S AIMS. u THE Empire service is not just 1 a mouthpiece for England. We do not want to ram our ideas down the throats of overseas British people. We want the people from the Dominions and Colonies to express their
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    Seconded To Sarawak.
    27 11 Dr. V. Thambipillai Assistant Medi cal Officer. S.S Medical Service, has been seconded for service under the Government of Sarawak, with claim to pension.
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    Has “Covered” Wars For 25 Years.
    162 11 French Correspondent 1 Bound For Shanghai. <*THE world is making it difficult for, A us war correspondents to keep' up with her wars, especially when i they switch from the West to the i Far East,” said M. Edouard Helsey, of Le Journal, passing
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    FIRST-AID VOLUNTEERS LEAVE FOR CHINA.
    176 11 yHERE were moving scenes at the Singapore wharves when 11 Chinese, including one young woman, left for China to offer their services for first-aid work for war wounded. The 11 volunteers comprise eight Cantonese, two Hokkiens and a Kheh. The eldest is only 28 years
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    SPIES WITHIN CANTON GUIDE JAPANESE BOMBERS.
    309 11 Says Selangor Chinese: Many Arrests In Kwangtung. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 24. CONFIRMING reports that Japanese raiding planes have been directed to Canton objectives by signals f rom people within the city, a Chinese who has just arrived in the Federal
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    COMMISSIONERS & CONTRACTS.
    148 11 COMMISSIONERS CONTRACTS. Position To Be Cleared Up. THERE is a section in the Muni1 cipal Ordinance which declares that no Commissioner must enter into any contract with the Commission without the sanction of the Government. A Commissioner desiring to have water, gas or electricity, fitted on to his house, has,
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    PERAK GIFTS TO CHINA RED CROSS.
    44 11 'From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 25. DERAK Chinese have responded gen- erously to the apDeal for Red Cross Funds for China. Four remittances have already been made by the Perak committee, totalling over $2OOOOO in Chinese currency.
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    Python Attacks “Booloo” Sound Expert.
    364 12 STRIKES THROUGH “RAILWAY” WINDOW. STRIKING swiftly through the window of a make-believe railway carriage, a huge python attacked Mr. Zoltan Kegl, sound expert with the Paramount “‘Booloo film unit, during the filming of a scene. The reptile clamped its jaws on to its victim’s forearm
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    THREATS TO GAIN CHINA RELIEF FUNDS.
    191 12 Government Issues Fresh Caution. WITH efforts to collect relief funds for China being intensified throughout Malaya, the Straits Settlements Government once again defines its attitude toward these collections in a communique. The Government says that it knows that threats and boycotts have been used
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    Blind Hawker Pleads For China.
    72 12 I WEARING battered clothes to illustrate the plight of those in China’s war areas, a blind Chinese hawker, who was devoting his earnings for the night to the Red Cross Fund, attracted a curious crowd at the People’s Park on Saturday night. He explained with
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    Birds’ Nest And Turtle Eggs.
    120 12 Big Business In British Borneo. THE value of birds’ nests exports 1 from British North Borneo decreased last year, it is reported with regret in the customs department annual report issued at Sandakan. Although the value is down, the quantity of nests exported is greater
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    “THE DOG” HAS NO OVERDRAFT.
    200 12 First Time For Years, Says President. Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 26. THE Hon. Mr. S. W. Jones, British A Resident of Selangor, who is exofficio president of the ngor Club, told club members at last night’s half-yearly meeting that it was the first time in years
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    TINSMITHS DECIDE WHERE TO BUY SUPPLIES
    58 12 ONE hundred tinsmiths met at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce on Saturday afternoon and decided that they should in future use only tin-sheet supplies from China. Europe, and America. Tin-sheets from the western countries are slightly higher in price but the quality is
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    NEW LAW TO CHECK STRIKES NEARLY READY.
    174 12 May Demand Seven Days’ Notice. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Monday. A DRAFT of the new industrial legislation in Malaya is nearing completion, the Straits Times understands. One of the most important sections, that dealing with trade unionism, is still under p
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    BRIDAL PAIR’S SACRIFICE.
    72 12 Wedding Money For Red Cross. China relief funds will benefit by about $500 (China currency) by the decision of a Singapore Chinese bridal pair to bd married without an elaborate ceremony and lavish wedding breakfast. They are Miss Chang Llan Fung, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chang
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    Seconded To Johore.
    26 12 Mr. C. P. Constable, European Warder, Prisons. Straits Settlements, has been seconded for service under the Government cf Johore, with claim to pension.
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    MOTOR-RACING PRINCE GOING BACK TO SIAM.
    175 12 (From Our London Correspondent.) London, Sept. 26. ONE of Siam’s motor-racing princes, Prince Chula-Chakrabongse, who has been living in England for the last 12 years, and who represented Siam at the Coronation, is to visit his native country during the winter. The prince and
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    REWARDS FOR DEAD TIGERS.
    103 12 Should Be More General Says Unofficial. THE payment of rewards for the killing of tigers in the coast districts has been agreed upon by the Pahang State Council on certain conditions. Mr G. M. .Harding, at a recent meeting, was of the opinion that the rewards
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    Huge Signs Blare Identity Of Far East Ships.
    239 13 TWO WAR ZONES TO WORRY ABOUT. VEW steps to minimise the danger of unprovoked attack by marauding warcraft are being taken by merchant ships traversing the China Coast and the Mediterranean Sea. Holland is taking the precaution to convoy Hutch liners through
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    RED CROSS FUNDS MAY AMALGAMATE.
    58 13 TN view of the widespread cam*paign among Chinese in Malaya to collect Red Cross funds for China, all Malayan funds may be amalgamated into one Fund. A meeting of Chinese from all over the Peninsula is to be held on Oct. 10 at Kuala Lumpur
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    MALAYAN MISSION TO CHINA FRONTS ?
    46 13 MALAYAN MISSION TO CHINA FRONTS SINGAPORE Chinese leaders propose sending a Malayan mission to the Shanghai and North China fronts to console wounded soldiers and tell the fighting* units that Malayan Chinese are doing their best to raise funds to assist war sufferers and wounded men.
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    Shipping Clerk To Go To Gaol.
    184 13 Appeal Against Extortion Conviction Fails. 'J'AN KIM YAN, clerk in charge of inward cargoes of the Messageries Maritimes, and Tan Eng Hin, superintending clerk of Singapore Harbour Board godowns one to five inclusive, are each to serve four months’ rigorous imprisonment and pay a
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    BARON MAY MINE BAUXITE ON STRAITS ISLE
    128 13 Back To Complete Negotiations. w Singapore, Sept. 23. Belgian financier Baron Empain flew back from Bangkok yesterday by K.L.M. plane in order to complete negotiations for the purchase of 27,000-acre Pulau Bulang, just south of Singapore, on which, it is believed, he plans
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    HARBOUR CHASE COURT SEQUEL.
    102 13 Three Men Face Chandu Charges. Singapore, Sept. 22. THREE Chinese, one of whom was captured after an exciting harbour chase yesterday, appeared before Mr. H. A. Forrer in the Singapore Criminal District Court this morning on chandu charges. Bail of $10,000 each for the first two
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    Singlets From Japan.
    185 13 Chinese Fined For False Description. A DMITTING that he had imported goods from Japan and had applied false trade descriptions to them, to lead his customers to believe that they had come from Hong Kong, a young Chinese, Oh Han Jin. manager of a Chinese firm, was
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    YORKSHIREMEN’S DINNER.
    49 13 SINGAPORE Yorkshiremen will unite at the tenth annual dinner of the Society of Yorkshiremen in Malaya to be held at Raffles Hotel at 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 15. The president of the society is the Hon. Mr A. B. Jordan, Secretary for Chinese Affa.rs in Malaya.
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    Rawalpindi Captain Tells Of Encounter With Destroyer.
    516 13 PASSENGERS FORBIDDEN TO BRING CAMERAS ON DECK. Singapore, Sept. 24. UOW the P. O. liner Rawalpindi, which left Singapore for London this morning, was held up by a Japanese destroyer in the China Sea on Wednesday week was told by the commander, Capt.
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    SHOT AMBASSADOR’S SON IN SINGAPORE.
    197 13 Going Back For Oxford Course. “|M Y father is still convalescing from 1¥1 his wound and is not yet well enough to walk. As soon as he can. he will sail on a health cruise trip on a passenger freighter calling at Singapore and Java
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    MORE THAN 250 DOGS SHOT IN RABIES AREA.
    570 14 Efforts To Inoculate 8,000 In Three Weeks Singapore, Sept. 23. MORF than 250 dogs have been shot within the last few days A in what may be described as the rabies centre of Singapore. This is the River Valley Road, Institution Hill,
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    NO RECEPTION FOR EX-WARLORD.
    161 14 Gen. Chan Chai Tong Is “Unwell.”: Singapore. Sept. 24. pANTON’S former warlord. General Chan Chai Tong, in Singapore on his way back from exile to aid Nanking, is not to be entertained by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. The reception fixed for today, to which 13
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    ON CHEATING AMERICAN CHARGES.
    123 14 Connected With Cheques. A RRESTED on Sept. 22 by Detec-tive-Inspector D. E. Nickels, John Richard Collins, an American, appeared in the Singapore Third Court before Mr. W. O. Reeves, the next morning, on two charge of cheating in respect of two cheques for $300 (gold) each.
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    SHIP TO SHORE ON PNEUMATIC MATTRESS.
    74 14 Singapore, Sept. 22. I JNTIL found last night grave fears were felt for the safety of a 18-year-old British steward’s hoy, F. leather stone, who made an exciting voyage ashore on a pneumatic mattress from his ship the Tudor Star on Monday night when
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    COURT TRIBUTES TO PERAK LAWYER.
    215 14 Mr. Dunford-Wood’s Death. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 24. TTtIBUTES to one of the most senior members of the Malayan Bar, Mr. J. Dunford-Wood, of Ipoh, were paid in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court today before the acting Chief Justice of the F.M.S.
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    Empire Radio Chief Asks Listeners To Co-operate.
    363 14 B.B.C.*s INTEREST IN MALAYA. <‘VDE want to know how our broadcasts are being received in the various parts of the Empire and how you like our programmes.'* said Mr. J. B. Clark, B.B.C. Director of Empire Broadcasting, speaking from ZHL Singapore on Friday
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    REFLECTIONS & REACTIONS TOPLANTERS’ CONFERENCE.
    1354 15 REFLECTIONS REACTIONS TOPLANTERS’ CONFERENCE. Planting Topics i. s. p. Criticism And Suggestions— Papers Too Long—Discussion Restricted —Kuala Lumpur As The Venue. (By Our Planting Correspondent) QF what value are the annual conferences of the Incorporated Society of Planters and how could their usefulness be extended? This question suggests itself after
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    WOMAN PUTS INK ON CHILD’S BURNS.
    152 15 WOMAN PUTS INK ON CHILD ’S BURNS. Native Treatment Ends Fatally. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, Sept. 20. A FTER a pot of scalding water had fallen on the back of her three-year-old daughter, a Malay woman, giving evidence in the Coroner’s Court, today, said that she applied ink to
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    Wages Board—Indian Official’s Support.
    87 15 Wages Board Indian Official’s Support. A WAGES Board is advocated in **the annual report of the Agent of the Government of India in Malaya (Rao Sahib K. A. Mukundan). “Such a board is desirable in the absence of trade unions or other organisations to safeguard the interests of the labourers,”
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    CHINA MUST FIGHT TO LAST DITCH.
    172 15 S.S. Ex-Councillor On Far East Crisis. “'pHE brutality of Japanese aggression in China should be revealed to the world,” declared Dr. Lim Boon Keng, a former member of the Straits Settlements Legislative Council and until recently head of Amoy University, who has just arrived
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    Yacht So Fong Has Left Again.
    111 15 Yankee’s Crew Tour Malaya. THE trim American yacht So Pong, which recently put back to Singapore owing to engine trouble after continuing a voyage westward, has set out again for Sumatra. She is on a world cruise which began from Hong Kong, where the
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    FUNERAL HOAX ON SELETAR NAVAL OFFICER.
    262 16 Phone Instructions To Undertaker. OFFICER RETURNS TO FIND FRIENDS MOURNING HIM. Singapore, Sept. 22. A NAVAL officer at Seletar has been the victim of what is described as a shabby hoax in which an undertaker was instructed to arrange a funeral following “a fatal
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    “Boy-King” Postpones Return To Siam.
    107 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Sept. 20. QWINO to the Boy King’s prev sent state of health and also because his education has not been completed, King Ananda Mahidol has postponed his proposed return to Siam for the present. Prinoess Bejra-ratna, the only daughter of
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    COMMISSIONERS PAY $200 DAMAGES.
    49 16 the suggestion of their legal advis«*rs. the Singapore Municipal Commissioners are paying $2OO damages to a man who claimed compensation. His car came into collision with a Coronation pylon erected by the Commissioners in Stamford Road, and was damaged, and he himself sustained minor injuries.
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    100,000 Pieces Of Clothing For China.
    77 16 than 100,000 articles of old clothing have been sent from Singapore for the use of. China war refugees and other victims of the maelstrom. Packed into 44 large cases and 145 bundles, the clothes have just been despatched to China. War relief funds sent*
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    New Military Hospital For Alexandra.
    236 16 A NEW military hospital is to go up on a site in Alexandra Road. In view of this, the Commissioners disapproved an application for a licence to manufacture bricks at an adjoining site. This is one of many decisions made by Municipal committees and only
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    WOMAN FINED FOR FORGERY.
    302 16 To Pay Costs Of Prosecution. AN elderly Chinese woman, Ho Ah Foon, who pleaded guilty at the Singapore Assizes held on Apr. 28 last, to a charge of abetment of forgery and two further charges of forgery, appeared before Mr. Justice Horne on Sept. 23 when
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    NEW DUTCH INDIES AIR SERVICE.
    78 16 A NEW air service between Batavia. Sourabaya and Macassar, in the Celebes Islands, will be inaugurated on Monday by the Royal Netherlands Indies Airways (K.N.1.L.M.) An air liner will leave Batavia every Monday returning from Macassar the same day. The distance of 500 miles between
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    WATER & ELECTRIC RATES TO BE CUT NEXT YEAR.
    276 16 WATER ELECTRIC RATES TO BE CUT NEXT YEAR. Approval At Municipal Meeting. DEDUCTIONS in water and electric charges, to be effective 11 from January 1938, were approved at Friday’s meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners, which lasted only 20 minutes and only five subjects provided brief discussion. The Commissioners went
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    PERAK TIGER CHASES CAR.
    73 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Sept. 21. A HUGE tiger which carried away a cow several days ago, yesterday chased a small car at Kroh, Upper Perak. The Chinese driver of a lorry which was following the car determined to try and knock dow r n
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    TRIBUTE TO WORK OF MR. W. A. SIMS.
    155 16 DEFERENCE to the death of Mr. W. A. Sims was made at the meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners on Friday, when a vote of condolence was passed. Mr. W. Bartley, the President, said that Mr. Sims was Municipal Commissioner from June,
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    SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRAITS BUDGET
    819 17 Afr. Jacfc Russell and Miss Elizabeth Johnson, after their wedding at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd last week. The firing range was popular at the "At Home" of the United Engineers Recreation Club on Saturday. Trying their luck arc Mr. and Mrs. C. Tatton,
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      They’re “Fine Ladies” —East Of Suez— And So Helpless.
      1043 21 They’re “Fine Ladies” —East Of S uez— And So Helpless. WOMEN WHO WON’T HOLD THE BABY. U7E have heard a great deal about the bachelors and the bright young things, but what about the married women of the East? How do they compare with their harder worked sisters in Europe?
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    CREW QUITS JAPAN-BOUND VESSEL.
    112 21 Three Races To Replace Chinese. Singapore, Sept. 24. A CHINESE complement of 22 who refused to take a former British ship bound for ship-breakers in Japan beyond Singapore have been replaced by Malays, Indians and Goanese. The ship is the 3,528-ton St. Quentin, which arrived here
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    SINO-SOVIET FRIENDSHIP.
    112 21 Grows From New Pact, Says Chinese Diplomat. “/'HINA and Russia are coming Into closer contact than ever before owing to the recent Sino-Soviet nonaggre.ssion pact, 1 said Mr. Liu ShiaK Chang, secretary of the Chinese Embassy in Moscow, who is at present :n Singapore. “Russia is now devoted
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    JUNK OWNER WINS DAMAGES CLAIM.
    206 21 Collision With Steamer Scheer. GERMAN COMPANY TO PAY COSTS. THE Hamburg-Amerikanische Paketfahrt Aktien Gesselschaft, owners of the steamer Scheer which was involved in a collision with a 100-ton Chinese Junk off St. John’s Island on Apr. 15, 1936, were held liable in a Judgment delivered
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    EUROPEAN’S CAR SOMERSAULTS.
    195 21 Chinese Driver Finest FOLLOWING an accident in which 1 two Europeans, P. E. Smith and J. P. Burley, were involved, a young Chinese Ho Choon Kiat, was on Sept. 23 fined $20, in default one weeks’ simple imprisonment, by the Singapore Fourth Magistrate (Mr. L. C. Ooh).
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    25 FT. FALL: ONLY DISLOCATED ANKLES.
    56 21 A VISIT to a relative, a policeman. living In Hill Street police barracks. nearly ended in tragedy for a Malay. Leaning out of the window on the second floor. 25 feet up, he lost his balance and fell out. He landed on soft earth
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    Ex-Malayan Governor’s Book Withdrawn.
    215 22 TRIVIAL FOND RECORDS SURPRISE IN LONDON. Sir L. Guillemard Looks Back On Peninsula Days. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 21. A SENSATION has been caused in London literary and publishing circles by the withdrawal from circulation of a book of personal reminiscences by Sir Laurence
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    Lloyd George Objected To Guillemard Book.
    55 22 -Reuter. London, Sept. 22. THE postponement of the pub* lication of Sir Laurence Guillemard’s book, “Trivial Fond Records,” dealing with Malayan and Whitehall experiences, followed Mr. David Lloyd George’s objection to certain passages. Mr. Lloyd George’s secretary stated that the matter had been placed
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    Deer Caught In Mud Beaten To Death.
    108 22 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, Sept. 21. When a deer was caught in the mud of a padl-fleld after an exciting chase, six P.W.D. Tamil coolies at Jementah beat it to death with sticks. Pleading guilty before Ungku Ismail to a charge of
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    DISTRICT FOREST OFFICER’S DEATH.
    190 22 Mr. P. E. Carcenac’s Short Illness. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, 8ept. 21. THE funeral took place here today of Mr. Pierre E. Carcenac, District Forest Officer, who died at Bungsar Hospital yesterday morning after short illness. Mr. Carcenac was bom In Mauritius and was
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    $7,000 JEWELS MISSING FROM SAFE.
    139 22 Mysterious Kuala Lumpur Case. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 20. ABOUT $7,000 worth of jeweliry belonging to the Misses Lok Soh Siew and Lok Chow Kit has been stolen from their residence in Ampang Road and the theft is engaging the attention of
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    INDIANS WANT ESTATE TODDY SHOPS CLOSED.
    285 22 Says Government Agent Pointing To “Dry” Areas’ Success. “THE general opinion among Indians in this country is that the supply of toddy to labourers should be stopped altogether, or that at least the estate toddy shops should be closed down,” says Rao Sahib K.
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    GOVT. WORKERS BETTER THAN LABOURERS.
    301 22 Indian Agent’s Plea For Higher Wages. THAT unskilled labourers em- ployed in Government departments and municipalities require more favourable treatment than estate labourers in regard to wages is the view expressed by Rao Sahib K. A. Mukundan, until recently Agent of the Government of India
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    GOLD TEETH IDENTIFY DEAD MAN.
    221 22 Singapore, Sept. 21. TWO gold teeth in the upper jaw established the identity of the Chinese who was found dead on a bridle path off Dunearn Road yesterday morning—the victim of a brutal knife attack, involving 20 wounds. He was a Hokkien letter-writer and sinseh
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    JAPANESE PLANES RAIN DEATH ON CANTON.
    496 23 —Reuter Many Machines Make Early-Morning Raid. CHINESE ENGAGE THEM IN DESPERATE BATTLE. Hong Kong, Sept 21. 4 N intensive air raid on Canton was carried out by Japanese bombers. For two hours they rained death on the city, and it is believed that the
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    CHINA PREPARES TO BOMB JAPAN.
    50 23 M|FFECTIVE retaliatory measures were threatened by the Nanking Government spokesman on Sept. 20 following fresh Japanese air raids on the national capital, (says Sin Chew Jit Poh). Chinese reports assert that heavy, long-range bombers are being fitted out for attack on air ba&es in Japan.
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    CHINESE RESENT U.S. WITHDRAWAL.
    643 23 Reuter Americans Quit Capital, But Britons Stay. Shanghai, Sept. 21. THAT Sino-American friendship has been betrayed by the action of the United States in evacuating Nanking and in taking every opportunity to meet Japanese wishes is the charge made by Chinese authorities, following the decision of
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    EMBASSY EVACUATION ANNOYS AMERICANS.
    476 24 -Reuter. ‘‘Ungraceful, Unpalatable, Abject Humiliation.” I)EEP bitterness at the decision to evacuate the American Embassy at Nanking exists among United States naval, military and civilian circles, both in the United States and in China. “The blame for the ungraceful retreat belongs exclusively to Washington,” says the
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    JAPAN APOLOGISES FOR HUGESSEN INCIDENT. Matter Now Closed.
    396 24 —Reuter. BRITAIN CONSIDERS ENDING SATISFACTORY. JAPAN admits that two of her planes machine-gun-ned and bombed two motor-cars which were believed to be military buses or trucks carrying officers or soldiers of the Chinese Army, in her reply to the British Note on
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    Britons Scream ‘Murderers’ At Ambassador.
    90 24 -Reuter. London, Sept. 23. pOLiCE reserves were drafted to the home of the Japanese Ambassador to Britain, Mr. Shigeru Yoshida, at midnight, when two hundred men and women paraded around the square and then gathered before the house. “Take away the Japanese murderers from China—withdraw
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    Ambulance Workers Leave Hong Kong.
    102 24 —Reuter. A MIXED volunteer nursing unit of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, including doctors, dressers and nurses, left Hong Kong on Sept. 24 for Nanking to assist in caring for the wounded on the North China battlefronts and in the hospitals. Mr. Alfred Morris, director
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    NO MORE ITALIAN TROOPS FOR SPAIN.
    102 24 —British Wireless. Conversations May Improve Situation. London, Sept. 23. |TALY has assured Britain that she will send no more “volunteers” to Spain. Discussions are being held between Signor Bovascoppa, Italian permanent delegate at Geneva, and the French Foreign Minister, M. Delbos. It is hoped
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    CHOLERA GROWS WORSE IN SHANGHAI.
    85 24 Reuter. Shanghai, Sept. 21. THE cholera epidemic at Shanghai is becoming more serious 1 and there are now more than a thousand established cases in the Settlement and French Concession. Nearly > all are Chinese. Twenty cases were picked up yesterday from the* streets of
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    EMBASSY EMPLOYEES ASSAULTED,
    37 24 -Reuter. Moscow, Sept. 20. The Soviet Ambassador to Japan today protested to the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. K. Hirota, against the alleged frequent cases of assault by unknown Japanese on Embassy employees at Tokio.—Reuter.
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    FIRST EUROPEAN DEATH IN HONG KONG.
    94 24 -Reuter. Hong Kong, Sept. 21. The death occurred yesterday of Mr. Alfred Hicks, the first European victim of cholera in Hong Kong. He was editor of the Hong Kong Telegraph and correspondent for United Press and the Daily Mail. Aged 54, he was a
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    FURTHER ATTACK ON CANTON.
    288 25 Bombs In Houses Slay Sleeping Citizens. Canton, Sept 22. THE longest air-raid yet made an absolute bedlam of Canton early this morning. An unknown number of Japanese planes dropped bombs intermittently between two o’clock and six o’clock, when they withdrew, but they returned again soon after
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    FIVE YEARS TO REBUILD SHANGHAI.
    72 25 rish insurance -Aneta-Tvans-Ocean. SHANGHAI will need five years to rebuild, according to the secretary of the International Municipal Administration. Property worth at least £110,000,000 has been destroyed so far. During the last few nights alone, damage worth millions of dollars has been done in air
    rish insurance.—-Aneta-Tvans-Ocean.  -  72 words
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    ITALY ACCEPTS PLAN IN MEDITERRANEAN.
    139 25 —Reuter. Will Confer On Piracy. Rome, Sept. 22. JTALY has accepted the proposal of the British and French Charges d*Affaires that a conference of naval experts of the three Powers be held at Paris at an early date to discuss possible modifications to the Nyon
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    BRITISH TRADERS SEEK COMPENSATION.
    213 25 —Reuter. London, Sept. 22. IMMEDIATE compensation for property occupied by belligerents in China is to be sought by British mercantile interests, and the Far East section of the London Chamber of Commerce yesterday decided to ask the Foreign Office to take steps at once. The compensation
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    Britain & U.S. Denounce Ruthless Bombing.
    197 25 Britain U.S. Denounce Ruthless Bombing. Reuter. OFFICIAL PROTESTS MADE. INDEPENDENT protests against the bombing of the non- combatant population of Nanking have been made to Tokio by Britain and the United States. Each power was unaware that the other contemplated action. Sir Robert Craigie, British Ambassador in Tokio. is making
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    REPEATED ATTACKS THREATENED.
    49 25 R liter. Warning Remains For Whole War. Shanghai, Sept. 22. Admiral Hasegawa’s warning to foreign warships and nationals to move from Nanking remains for the duration of the war, said the Japanese spokesman in Shanghai today. He added that Nanking would be subjected to repeated attacks.—
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    CHINESE REDS RECANT.
    130 25 —Reuter. THROW IN LOT WITH NANKING. Shanghai. Sept. 22. CHINESE Communist leaders in Shensi today issued a manifesto dissolving the Government of the Soviet Republic in China," abolishing the Red Army in China and reorganising it as a nationalist revolutionary army. The new forces will be placed
    —Reuter.  -  130 words
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    How League May Assist China.
    114 25 gerous precedent will be created.—Reuter. Geneva, Sept. 22. *J*HE Chinese Government has suggested to the League that in the present circumstances it will not be possible to carry out a formal programme of technical collaboration with the League, but China hopes for assistance in the
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    SIR H. WILKINS SAFE.
    38 25 —Reuter. New York, Sept. 21. Sir Hubert Wilkins, who is searching for the lost Soviet flyers, reports he is in no trouble. It was earlier reported that he was lost in NorthWestern Canada.— Reuter.
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    AIR RAIDS SWEEP CHINA FROM END TO END.
    310 26 Bombs Dropped On Jesuit Hospital. CONFUCIUS’ BIRTHPLACE ATTACKED. Shanghai, Sept. 24. 4 IR RAIDS which extended from one end of China to the other were carried out by Japanese planes yesterday. The Kiangyin forts, most powerful in the country, between Nanking and
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    Canton Streets Choked With Dead.
    358 26 Canton, Sept. 24. T'HE most terrible aerial attack in history occurred 1 yesterday when Japanese planes rained death on Canton. Thousands were killed in the terror-stricken city, casualties far exceeding those in Shanghai’s “Bloody Saturday a month ago. Foreign observers are puzzled by the nature
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    “WORST EXAMPLES OF MASS CRUELTY.”
    405 26 London, Sept. 23. ynh worst examples of indiscriminate cruelty on a mass scale in modern history,” is the New s-Chronicle’s comment on the Japanese bombings of Canton and Nanking. The paper asks readers to turn to a half-page photograph of a wounded Chinese baby lying
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    JAPANESE MAKE TWO RAIDS ON CAPITAL.
    361 26 Shanghai, Sept. 23. MORE than 100 refugees were killed by Japanese bombs which fell on a waterfront camp when Japanese planes raided Nanking yesterday. Two raids occurred, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon, and more than 30 places were bombed,
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    $7,000,000 ARMOURY DESTROYED.
    42 26 Chinese Airman’s Success Over Hongkew. THE Japanese military spokesman at Shanghai on Sept. 20 admitted that, th? Japanese armoury in Hongkew was destroyed by Chinese bombs on Saturday night. The loss is estimated at. S7.000 000 —Nanyang Siang Pau.
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    BIG FLEET WILL MAKE N.I. STRONG.
    441 27 —Reuter. Three New Cruisers, 12 Destroyers, 18 Submarines 72 PLANES FOR NAVY. WITH the Far East conflict assuming an even more grim aspect, particular significance attaches to details cabled by tfeuter from The Hague of Holland’s plans for a much stronger Netherlands Indies Navy.
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    Bombings Quite Satisfactory, Japan Says.
    75 27 Bombings Quite Satisfactory, Japan Says THE Japanese Navy is quite 1 satisfied with the results of the bombing of Nanking, the Japanese spokesman announced in Shanghai on Sept. 24. The bombings were motivated by only one thought—“ to end hostilities as soon as possible." Complaints had been made from abroad
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    ITALIAN PILOTS IN JAPANESE PLANES ?
    72 27 ITALIAN PILOTS IN JAPANESE PLANES ALLEGATION BY CHINESE IN CANTON. Canton, Sept. 22. CHINESE unofficial sources claim that two pilots in one of the Japanese machines brought down in the course of the five air raids on Canton today were Europeans, and that papers found on the bodies prove that
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    BRITAIN PROTESTS TO TOKIO.
    60 27 .—Reuter. “Deplorable Loss Of Civilian Life.” London, dept. 24. CIR R. CRAIGIE, British Ambassador in Tokio, has been instructed to make strong representations to Japan regarding the Japanese bombing of non-military objectives and to express the horror felt In Britain at the deplorable loss of life
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    BRITISH AMBASSADOR FOR INDIES.
    139 27 Shanghai, Sept. 23. Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen told Reuter tonight that he is leaving hospital on Saturday, and will sail with his family on Oct. 4 for a tour of the Netherlands Indies, returning to Shanghai at the end of November. Propped up with pillows and his
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    40,000 JAPANESE TROOPS IN SHANGHAI AREA.
    51 27 —Reuter Shanghai, Sept. 24. A tacit admission that 40,000 Japanese troops have been landed in the Shanghai area was made by the Japanese Army spokesman today. “More will come,” he declared when further questioned, and added that the Chinese were also increasing their forces
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    Terrible Slaughter At Hankow.
    596 27 BODIES PILED IN HEAPS AFTER RAID Hankow, Sept. 25. SLAUGHTER which may parallel the frightfulness of Nanking and Canton occurred last night at Hankow when Japanese planes bombed the city. Most of the deaths occurred in Wuchingmiao, the slum M>c f ion of the city, where
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    SOVIET MILITARY ALLIANCE WITH CHINA.
    786 28 —Reuter. Extensive Aid To Be Given, Japan Claims. A SECRET military alliance between the Soviet Union and China has been confirmed by Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, claims Domei, official Japanese news agency. The pact was signed, it is stated, by Maj.-Gen. Levin, Soviet military attac he,
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    Japanese Will Bomb Civilians If Necessary.
    96 28 —Reuter. THE Japanese will bomb non-combatants near military objectives if it becomes necessary, Rear.-Adm. Honda, Japanese naval attache at Shanghai, announced on Sunday. Bombing under these conditions was accepted by the Hague Air Convention in 1923, he claimed. He also stated that the bombs
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    SHOT AS THEY WALKED FROM CHURCH.
    98 28 Reuter. British Commissioner And Constable. Jerusalem, Sept. 27. AS they walked from the Anglican Church at Nazareth, Mr. Lewis Yellend Andrews, District Commissioner for Galilee, and Constable McEwan were killed by gunmen. Their assailants are described as two Arabs dressed in European clothes and
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    42 28 —Reuter. Hong Kong, Sept. 24 The second European victim of cholera in Hong Kong is Mr. James Holden, aged 47. of Preston. Lancs. He was formerly in the Royal Engineers and latterly was in the chief engineer’s office of the China Command.—Reuter.
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    WEEK OF TERROR FOR CANTON.
    608 28 Series Of Japanese Air Raids. Canton, Sept. 27. CANTON city was again raided by Japanese planes this morning, it is feared severely, judging by the drone of a seemingly large number of planes and the booming of anti-aircraft guns. At 9.20 o’clock six Japanese planes
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    Favourites Fail At Kuala Lumpur Races. SURPRISES BY JONATHAN AND SANTA ANITA. Pay Out Proves Too Good For Present Company.
    1052 29  -  By “Captain Dash.” EXCEPT for the disappointment occasioned owners of Class 2 L horses —omitted at the last moment from the card—the opening day of the Selangor Turf Club’s Autumn
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    SINGAPORE DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP.
    222 29 Badminton. Mayflower Pairs In Semi-Finals. (By Our Badminton Correspondent) Play in the Singapore men’s open doubles badminton tournament was continued on Saturday when three further ties were played. The only match worthy of description was the one between Wee Boon Hal and Wong Chong Teck of the
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    MORE POINTS FOR NOTTS.
    32 29 -Reuter. London, Sept. 22. In a match at Nottingham today in the Southern Section of Division III of the English League, Notts County beat Bristol City 2—0. —Reuter.
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    MISS L. FERNANDEZ THE G.S.C. SPORTS CHAMPION.
    259 29 Wins Hurdles, Furlong And Both Jumps W ITH f ur flr8ts Mi#s L Fernandes won the individual championship second annual athletic sports meeting of the Girls' Sports Club, Singapore, held on the McNair Road ground on Saturday. The shower of rain early In
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    SPRINGBOKS WIN TEST SERIES.
    85 29 —Reuter. New Zealand Beaten In Rubber Game. Auckland, Sept. 25. Dominating the scrums and showing speed in threequarter play, South Africa today beat New Zealand 17—6 in the Anal test, thus winning the rubber. Fifty thousand spectators saw the All Blacks beaten on a soft ground,
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    CHERRINGTON WINS S.C.C. “A” SINGLES HANDICAP.
    146 29 '’THREE finals and a semi-final in the S.C.C. lawn tennis tournament 1 were played last week—those in the 44 A and 44 B" class singles handicaps and the 44 B" class doubles handicap; and a semi-final in the 44 A class doubles. The two
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    ARTHUR LACEY WINS AT WENTWORTH.
    73 29 -Reuter London. Sept. 22 The Dunlop Metropolitan event, decided at Wentworth, was won by Arthur Lacey (Berkshire) with rounds of 72. 68. 70 and 67 (277). He played the last round witn a swollen wrist, due to a torn ligament. Pat Mahon (Royal Dublin) returned
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    Draw In Warren Shield Soccer Final.
    581 30 MIDDS. AND R.A.F. GET A GOAL EACH. HAVING already won the Garrison League, the Middlesex H Regiment soccer team made a great bid to add to their laurels when they met the Royal Air Force in the final of the Warren Shield competition at
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    SOME GOOD SHOOTING.
    275 30 Revolver Match 'Won By S.R.A. A revolver match was fired on the 30 yards range at the S.V.C. Headquarters on Thursday between the Royal Innlskilllng Fusiliers, the 8.8. Police and the 8.R.A. The conditions were deliberate throughout the four ranges—25 yds., 20 yds., 15 yds., and 10
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    BRENTFORD DRAW AT BLACKPOOL.
    39 30 Reuter cables results of English League matches played yesterday as follows: DIVISION I. Blackpool 1 Brentford 1 DIVISION 11. Blackburn 2 Fulham 2 Sheffield U 2 Burnley 1 DIVISION 111 (SOUTH) Millwall 4 Walsall 0
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    BRISTOL BEAT CLIFTON.
    25 30 Rugby Football —Reuter. London. Sept. 22. Rugby Union matches played today resulted as follows: Clifton 3 Bristol 18 Rugby 5 Northampton 11
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    Scottish Coy.’s Wapinschaw.
    262 30 ATKINSON WINS ST. ANDREW’S GUAICH. The annual Waplnschaw of the Scottish Company of the S.V.C. was held at the Bukit Tlmah Range on Sunday. Although some rain fell during the morning the proceedings were not interfered with to any extent. The weather cleared in the afternoon and
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    MIXED DOUBLES FINAL AT JOHORE BAHRU.
    65 30 Lawn Tennis From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Sept. 22. Some good tennis was seen in the southern section of the Johore tournament, at the International Club today. The match was very closely contested and the winners, Mr. and Mrs. C. A Scott, had
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    TWO WORLD CHAMPIONS LOSE TITLES.
    290 30 mm m mm -Reuter. ROSS AND LOU AMBERS RETAIN THEIRS. New York, Sept. 24. MIKE JACOBS held his first Carnival of Champions at the Polo Grounds today when he staged four world title fights, each over fifteen rounds. FRED APOSTOLI WON THE MIDDLE-WEIGHT TITLE WHEN
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    MRS. JACKMAN WINS L.G.U. MEDAL.
    210 30 Golf. —Reuter. Net Score Of 71 For Eighteen Holes. The Singapore Golf Club’s September L.G.U. medal competition was played at Bdkit Timah on Monday and resulted in c. win for Mrs. K. A. Jackman with a score of 71. The following were the returns Mrs.
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    Keen Rugger Game At Rengam.
    378 31 NEW ZEALA NDER PLAYS BRILLIANTLY. (Fro» Our Special Correspondent.) Rengam, Sept. 25. IN a closely contested Rugby match here today the Royal Nary and Royal Air Force heat Johore by 9 points (three tries) to eight points (a goal and a try). The ground conditions
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    SELANGOR’S XV TO MEET NEGRI.
    93 31 Match At Kuala Lumpur On Saturday. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Sept. 27. The following team has been selected to represent Selangor in their Arst inter-State match of the season, against Negri Sembilan at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday: D. R. Harper; O. F. Brown,
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    PENANG BEAT KEDAH.
    61 31 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Sept. 25. Penang beat a Kedah and Province Wellesley combined team by 15 points (five tries) to 3 points (one try) on the padang here today. Territorially the visitors had as much of the play but the Penang forwards and backs were
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    PATERSON & BEETON IN S.G.C. TITLE FINAL.
    687 31 PATERSON BEETON IN S.G.C. TITLE FINAL. Kelly Beats Thomson But Loses To Malayan Champion. UOLDER of the title, and also Malayan champion, M. M. Paterson 11 will again figure In the final of the Singapore Golf Club championship, two week-ends henee. His opponent will be J. H. Poston, who unexpectedly
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    HOLE IN ONE.
    31 31 Playing at tbe Inland Club on Saturday, S. Q. Wong holed bin tee-shot at the short third —151 yards. There was the customary celebration at the 44 19th."
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    HUGHES AND HARE BEAT BUDGE AND MAKO.
    126 31 THE British pair, Hughes and Hare, performed brilliantly in the 1 Pacific South-West lawn tennis championships at Los Angeles. In the semi-final round of the men’s doubles they defeated the Wimbledon and American champions, Budge and Mako, 4—6, 6 —4, 6—l, 7—5. Then
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    NEW RECORD FOR 10,000 METRES WALK.
    43 31 -Reuter. Oslo. Sept. 25. Edgar Bruun, of Norway, broke the world s record for the 10 000 metres walk, covering the distance in 43 min. 25.2 sec. The previous best time was Mikaelsson’s 44 min. 9.6 sec.—Reuter.
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    LANCASHIRE DEFEAT SOMERSET.
    105 31 Rugby Football. Guy’s Overwhelmed By Coventry. Results of matches played at home on Saturday are cabled by Reuter as follows: Blackheath 6, Plymouth Albion 5. Harlequins 13, Rosslyn Park 0. O. Mer. Taylors t>. Lond. Scottish 6. Richmond 0, Bedford 11. Bath 6, London Welsh 21. Coventry
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    FINALISTS FOR THE ANDREW CURRIE CUP.
    193 31 THE semi-final ties in the Singapore women’s golf champion- ship, the trophy for which is the Andrew Currie Cup, were played over the Garrison Golf Club’s course on Sunday. The results of the semi-final matches, over 18 holes, were: Mrs. A. M. Cantrell beat
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    Notts County Beaten By Palace.
    1627 32 MOTHERWELL GAIN POINTS AT KILMARNOCK. UIITH Notts County unexpectedly losing on their own ground on Saturday, unbeaten teams in the Home soccer leagues are now Charlton, Coventry, Gateshead, Chester, Rangers, and Raith. In all divisions of both English and Scottish Leagues there is a keen
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    SOME GLIMPSES AT THE GAMES.
    580 32 Charlton’s Fine Defence Again Wins The Day. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 25. ARSENAL lost Drake before the interval in their match with Derby in the first division of the English League. The score sheet was blank at the interval. In the second half
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    QUEEN’S BEAT SAINTS.
    31 32 Two matches in Division I of the Scottish League were played on Monday. Renter cables the results as follows: Aberdeen 3 Arbroath o Queen's Park 4 St.'Mirren 0
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      FRASER & COMPANY’S SHARE REPORT.
      871 1 FRASER COMPANY’S SHARE REPORT. Time Almost Ripe For Staging Market Recovery. MESSRS. FRASER AND CO., in their weekly share report issued at the close of business on Sept. 28 write: In a world as far as one can see wholly given over to the contemplation of war either in being
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      LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.
      373 1 London, Sept. 28. The following are today's closing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange: Shares oi £1 denomination unless otherwise stated:— Y ester- Rise <Uy. or Pall Conversion Loan 5 p c. 1944-64 Hl% xi Funding Loan 4 p.c. 1960-90 109% xi. War Loan, 3% p.c
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      PRODUCE.
      239 1 Singapore September 29, 12 noon. Buyer Seller Gammer $8 00 Hamburg Cube $15.50 Java June $11.00 hepper White Muntok $16.75 White $16.25 Black $10.50 Copra Mixed $5.25 Sun Dried $5.50 l apioca 8mail Flake $4.60 Fair Make $4 30 Medium Pearl $5 20 8mali Pearl $5 00 lego Flour
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      20 1 Sept. 23 Tin, S’pc)e Price $130.25 per picul 24 129.25 27 I 126 28 127.50 29 126.25
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER PRICES (Sellers).
      48 1 Date Spot Oct. Oct -Dec Jan.-Mar. Apr.-June I^ndon Sept. 23 30% 30% 30% 30% 31% J% 24 29% 30 30% 30% 30% 8% ?7 29% 30 30% 30% 30% 28 29% 30 30% 30% 30% JJ 13/18 29 29% 29% 29% 30% 30% 8%
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      BURMA-MALAY WINDFALL FOR SHAREHOLDERS.
      721 2 Return Of Capital Or Bonus From Property Sale Profit. SIAM DREDGING AREA SOLD FOR £101,500. CHAREHOLDERS in Burma Malay Tin Ltd., are to receive a windfall, either in the shape of a return of capital or as a capital bonus. The comp°ny \ws recently sold its
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      TANAH BIJI TO LIQUIDATE.
      219 2 ASSETS TO BE DISTRIBUTED. ADDRESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of Tanah Blji Ltd In Kuala Lumpur on Sept. 23, Mr. H. A. Coates, who presldec in the absence cl the chairman Mr. A. A. Henggeler, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts lor
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      STRAITS PLANTATIONS TO INCREASE CAPITAL.
      89 2 and oil palm properties.—Straits Times cable. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 21. CTRAITS Plantations Co., Ltd., one of the biggest coconut and oil palm producers in Malaya, at a meeting on Oct. 1, will consider the creation of an additional 170,000 £1 shares. Part
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      MALAYA’S FOREIGN TRADE STILL EXPANDING.
      115 2 Total Value For Past Eight Months $1,095,733,000. THE restrictions on trade with Japan which started last month, had a 1 marked effect on the total trade with that country in August. Exports dropped by nearly $2,000,000 and imports by $600,000. Most of the drop in
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      Effect Of Higher Quotas And Prices For Tin And Rubber.
      184 2 Exports in August were valued at $80,722,000 and imports at $63,683,000. a total value for the month of $144,405,000 This compares with the July total of $152,892,000. Exports to America in August were valued at $37,673,000 compared with $41,799,000 in
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      CONSUMPTION OF TIN EXPANDING.
      206 2 16.772 tons a year earlier. —Straits Times cable. RECORD FIGURES FOR UNITED KINGDOM. VISIBLE STOCKS ALSO HIGHER (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept 22. DIG increases in world tin consump- tion are revealed today in the new issue of the International Tin Research and Development Council’s
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      CHEAP TIN-ORE.
      32 2 A Kuala Lumpur mining engineer is reported to have purchased 1,000 piculs of tin-ore oij Sept. 23 at, what is believed to be a record price, of $1 per picul.
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION.
      133 2 •yHE Singapore Chamber of Com- merce Rubber Association held its 1,348th auction on Sept. 22 when there was catalogued 1,744,408 lbs.; 778.75 tons. Offered 1.586,724 lbs.; 708.35 tons. Sold 1.404.106 lbs.: 626.83 tons. Spot London 8%d. New York 18% cents PRICES REALISED Ribbed smoked sheet cents per
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      FIXED TRUST QUOTATIONS.
      113 2 London, Sept. 27. The following .are today’s ‘bid’ quotations for Fixed Trusts:— s. d. British Empire “A” 21 9 British Empire “B” 10 0 British Empire Cumulative 17 4% British Empire Comprehensive 18 4Vi British General “A” 21 4V2 British General “B” 19 0 British General “C”
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      SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE BUSINESS EXPANDS.
      1707 3 Keen Competition Causes Decline In Profit. SUBSIDIARY COMPANY TO MARKET MILK i AND ICE CREAM. ADDRESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of the Singapore Cold Storage Co. Ltd., in Singapore on Sept. 24, Mr. F. A. Pledger, the chairman, said:— You will see from the
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      PUTEH TIN DREDGING.
      588 3 PROFITS SINCE APRIL JUSTIFY 5 PER CENT INTERIM. DREDGE NOW EQUAL TO NEW PLANT. ADDRESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of Puteh Tin Dredging Co. Ltd. in Kuala Lumpur on on Sept. 24, Mr. H. A. Coates, the chairman, said As will be seen from the directors’
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      1171 4 Issued By Fraser And Co., EXCHANGE AND STOCK BROKERS. Singapore, Sept. 29, 1S$7, 10 a.m. MINING. Bayers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 5/6 6/J cd £1 Asam Kurabang 34/5 36/5 £1 Austral Malay SJ/“ J7/6 5/- Ayer Hltam 33/- 34/6 1 Ayer Wen* 0.88 0.95 £1 Bangrln Tin
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      EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES.
      97 4 During the week ending Sept. 18 exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 48.300 cases, of which: 15,891 (33 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom, 407 (1 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, 25,007 (52 percent.) cases to Canada, and
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      629 4 London Exchange 'Prices On Sept. 20. Allagar (2/) 1/0%; Alor Pongsu (2/) 3/; Anglo-Malay 14/3; Ayer Kuning 33/9. Badenoch 25/9; Bagan Serai 22/6; Bahru <Sel.) (2/) 2/9%; Banteng 22/6; Batang (2/) 1/2%; Batu Caves 19/4%; Batu Tiga 40/; Bekoh (2/) 1/11%; Bertam Con. (2/1 4/2%; Bidor 36/3; Bikam
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      AMERICAN STOCK AND COMMODITY PRICES.
      274 4 *J*HE following quotations are published by courtesy of Messrs. 8 E Levy ».;id Co., Singapore. Messrs White. Weld and Company. New York report by cable on Sept. 28. OOW-JONES AVERAGES Yesterday’s Today’s Close close 30 Industrials 152.03 153 2C Rails 40.40 40 83 20 Utilities
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      TIN SHARES.
      141 4 London Exchange Prices On Sept. 20. Ampat (4/) 5/6; Anglo-Burma (5/) 16/; Ayer Hitam (5/) 33/; Bagrin 25/; Gopeng Con* 2 13/32; Hongkong (5/) 34/6; Idris (5/) 11/6; Ipoh (16/) 27/9; Kampong Lanjut 25/6; Kamunting (5/) 12/3; Kepong 1 9/32; Killinghall (5/) 26/; Kinta (5/) 19/3; Kinta Kellas
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
      212 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, Sept. 29, 10 a.m. Company Dividend rotaj to* Books Close Onancia’ Date ex. Dlf ve T Payable Date to date TIN TO Ampat Tin 3% Int. Sept 29 Oct. 21 Oct. 4 3 Burma Malay 2%% Bept 23 Sept 30 Bept 24 5%
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