The Straits Budget, 18 November 1937

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    29 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] No. 4162. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1937. Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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    THE WEEK IN MALAYA.
    834 1 gINGAPORE is more able to resist any trouble now than it was before, hut. said the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, speaking at the annual dinner of the Singapore branch of the Ex Services Association of Malaya, at the Acelphi Hotel, “we must go on preparing until
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    THREE NEW COLONELS AT SINGAPORE:
    43 1 From left. Lt.Col. P. L. SpafTord, Royal Army Service Corps, Lt.-Col. R. B. Leslie, new Officer Commanding: of the Royal Inniskiiling; Fusiliers and Lt.-Col. A. W. G. Wildey, new Officer Commanding, 3rd Anti-Aircraft Brigrade, Changi. —Straits Times Picture.
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    NO FRESH INQUIRY INTO ASIATIC GOVERNMENT SALARIES.
    374 1 SALARIES of European and non-European Government servants will not be re-examined. This announcement was made by the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, at yesterday’s meeting of the Legislative Council. The MacGregor Committee on Temporary Allowances found that Government salaries generally are adequate,” said His
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      Autre Temps....
      937 2 or suicidal maniacs.—Straits Times, Nov. 11. Nineteen years since the “Cease Fire in the war to end all wars, the struggle to preserve civilisation, to make the world safe for democracy, to crush barbarism for all times—and all the other cliches of the politicians and the propagandists In
      or suicidal maniacs.—Straits Times, Nov. 11.  -  937 words
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      THE FALL OF SHANGHAI.
      693 2 —Straits Times, Nov. 12. Exactly three months after the heavy concentration in the vicinity of Shanghai of Japanese troops and naval units to baqk up a number of demands to which China could give but one reply, the city has fallen. There is little cause for
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      “VIOLENT FLUCTUATIONS.”
      444 2 —Straits Times, Nov. 12. On Oct. 28, the I.T.C. announced that it had reached the conclusion on all the information then available that the tin quota for the first quarter of 1938 should be 85 per cent, as against 110 per cent, ruling at present, but that a
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      HELPING THE COLONIES.
      1036 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 13. When it was announced in 1933 that the Empire Marketing Board was to be abolished, there was a leeling that the Colonies were being deprived of something which had already served them well and shown itself to be of great potential value. The
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      RATIONING THE “EVER-HUNGRY DREDGES.”
      884 3 Straits Times, Nov. 15. Raja Kamaralzaman, Raja Kechil Bongsu of Perak, appears to have caused a considerable amount of surprise at the last meeting of the Federal Council when he asked the Government to undertake the conservation of tin resources. It was, as he suggested, unusual
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      After Brussels.
      1099 4 father to a thought.—Straits Times, Nov. 16. News of the Far Eastern war falls into three main categories—that emanating from the Japanese propaganda machine, the Chinese counterpart of it and the service distributed by the British controlled but internationally supported Reuter agency. We have already expressed confidence in
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      More Jitters.
      852 4 which cannot last.—Straits Times Nov. 17. President Roosevelt has waved his magic wand —and nothing very much has happened. Nobody seems to have been particularly impressed by what he had to say on the subject that is now being labelled industrial recession,” and markets have refused to stage
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  • NOTES Of The DAY.
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      Sarazen Coming.
      59 5 r*ENE SARAZAN is likely to reach J Singapore on Christmas Eve, Crux jearns. Although he expects to stay l ore three days it is unlikely he will t ive any exhibition matches as the tour purely a vacation. Travelling with him is nis old friend, A. D. Lasker,
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      First A Caddie.
      84 5 DORN in 1902, Sarazen began his golfing career as a caddie at the Apawamis Club when eight years old. After being an assistant at various clubs, he obtained his first full protesslonal appointment in 1921 when he won the Southern Open championship at New Orleans. He has
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      Transpacific Phone.
      112 5 Transpacific Phone Malaya still waits patiently for a radiophone service, Hong Kong is having a service provided for It by combined American and Chinese enterprise. From tomorrow the British Colony will be able to speak to Canada and the United States through the Chinese exchange at Canton, the service being
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      Acquisition.
      89 5 A NAK Singapura a rew montns ago told how a Straits Times reporter (who has since taken the name of Crux) was given a Java ricebird by the radio operator of a Dutch freighter visiting Singapore. The waterfront reporter went one better yesterday. When a young American couple arrived
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      Docile Mammal.
      94 5 the lid was lifted, Mike showed little interest in the world. He Just stayed curled up kittenwise. When his somewhat overcome new owner gingerly withdrew him from his whisky box. Mike displayed a fierce glint in the left eye. While Webster’s Dictionary was consulted to see if anything
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      Prop Bites Man.
      63 5 IJNDER the caption “Prop Bites Man,” the latest issue of Variety, organ of the entertainment world, tells how a week or two ago a fire broke out on one of the sets at Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer s studios. Firemen connected hoses with so many dud hydrants that by
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      Pullman Hater.
      198 5 American resident who signs himself “Formerly Lower 6, Car 52“ writes that “in your column of Nov. 5 you state that the new Douglas DC-4 sleeper planes of the K.L.M. will ‘land as smoothly as a Pullman Car stopping at a station.’ One of the principal reasons for
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      “Preposterous Error.”
      58 5 pOR his famous claim that he is the Protector of Islam, Mussolini is taken to task in “The Voice of Islam,’ monthly Singapore publication. “We hope he will rectify his preposterous error,” the paper says, “and submit himself to the will of his Creator, who alone has been,
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      Singapore Lucky.
      96 5 Singapore Lucky IIIGH Street tourist shopkeepers *have had good luck. Although most of the New Year round-the-world luxury liner cruises have had their schedules altered to avoid China and Japan, Singapore is being retained on the list in each case as it is on the way to Bali, a powerful
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      Luxury Ships.
      106 5 ■"pHE Cunarder Franconia has two alternative routes, one to be followed if the war has finished, the other if it has not. The second alternative involves a re-routing from Singapore to Australia. Skipping China, Japan and the Philippines, the Reliance (Hamburg-Amerika) and Bremen (North German Lloyd) will cruise
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      Terrible Mongoose.
      141 5 myilKE the Mongoose, whose acquisltion by the Straits Times water lront reporter was mentioned yesterday, has not settled down yet. Before being taken home, he bit a resting court reporter Chained to a tret* outside a well-known block of flats, he provided an evening’s entertainment for tenants until
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      Riot Risk.
      127 5 Riot Risk A LTHOUGH the Government of the Straits Settlements goes to plenty of trouble to see that no films are shown likely to cause anti-Japanese riots, or anything like that, in Singapore, it does not say “boo” to the producers of “Fresh Fields.” Presented by Mrs. P. H. Battishill
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      “Say When.”
      41 5 'T'HOSE who attended a mannequin 1 parade rehearsal in Singapore last evening saw rather more than the management bargained for—a displav oi 1937 lingerie. One mannequin was to’d to lift her skirt slightly. Unfortunately, someone forgot to say “When
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      Boy Meets Girls.
      74 5 chastened of the Singapore bachelors who attended the Poppy Day Ball at Raffles is the one who acquired a partner in the Paul Jones whose first words were, "Well, let’s get the first question over.” “What’s the first question?” he asked hopefully. “First question —ormy, navy or
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      Scoffers.
      57 5 IIONG KONG is scoffing about the R action of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners in preferring an aquarium to a civic centre. “Singapore has decided to buy an aquarium instead of an art gallery,” says the South China Morning Post. “Well, with an aquarium, if the worst comes to the
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      Paradoxurus.
      146 5 T'HIS is the third day the shipping reporter’s mongoose has been mentioned in this column, but it will be the last. The curtain can be regarded as drawn at the end of the paragraph. But Crux feels under an obligation to reveal that the animal is not a mongoose.
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      One Minute’s Silence.
      113 5 One Minute’s Silence AS the sound of the first gun in the two minutes’ silence went int-o the relay microphone at St. Andrew’s Cathedral and whistled along the .vires to radio station ZHL yesterday morning, the added load caused by the carrying of the unexpected volume of sound blew the
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      Ulu Music.
      152 5 Ulu Music AN Englishman returning Horne through Singapore after many years work for tin companies in remote parts of Trengganu and Borneo was saying last night that a man. no matter how limited his musical educa tlon. developed new ‘musical tastes when living in the Jungle, often away from other
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      And Books.
      100 5 •"pHE same man said a novel, read by kerosene light in out-of-the-way places, was completely unsatisfying. The petty affairs of apartment house Europeans, spending their lives worrying over trivial matters, however well presented, seemed unreal when the only worry oi the people about the reader was the obtaining
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      P. & O. Commodore.
      88 5 P. O. Commodore pAPTAIN R. Harrison, commodore of the P. and O. fleet, who has been appointed commander of the Stratheden, a magnificent new ship which will enter the Australia service next year, used to be one of the best-known shipping personalities on the Europe-Singapore-China run. He was last in
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      Double-Barrelled.
      46 5 CYMBOLISING Norway’s neutrality in the Far East squabble is the appointment of one F. Koren as Norwegian Minister to both China and Japan. His headquarters are Tokio and Nanking. If Mr F Koren knows what is good for him he will probably stay in Tokio.
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      Ancient Man.
      67 6 I IKELY to be in Singapore within the next feu weeks is Dr. Hellmut de Terra, associate curator of geology and paleontology at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. On a 25,000 miles hunt for further evidences of the origin of prehistoric man, Dr. de Terra will accompany
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      Fossil Quest.
      92 6 AFTER a search for fossils along the gravel banks of the Irrawaddy, near Mandalay, where stone-age tools already have been discovered, the investigators will Join Dr. Teilhard de Chardin, co-discoverer of the Pekin Man, and make two field expeditions into the country lying at the foot of the
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      Land Link.
      70 6 vague forecasts of the work of the expedition appear in overseas newspapers. However, the Christian Science Monitor, of Boston, says Dr. de Terra is particularly interested In finding data on the ancient lard bridge that probably existed at one time between the Malay Archipelago the mainland of Asia.
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      Visiting Cards.
      120 6 /COMMENTING on the item in Notes of the Day” a week or two about members of families formerly holding noble rank in Central Europe who had their visiting cards printed with the title Count or Prince ruled out by a minute black line, J.T-L.. from Klang. Selangor, asks
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      Californian Midget.
      107 6 Californian Midget pERHAPS the most unusual card seen in Singapore this year was that of Edward Keane, editor of the Daily Midway Driller, Taft, California. Mr. Keane’s card measured one inch by half an Inch and was printed on thick card to minimise the risk of loss. Mr. Keane was
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      Shoddy Stationery.
      97 6 Shoddy Stationery the private visiting cards of Singapore people are generally of as high quality as cards anywhere else, many examples of cheap and shoddy printing may be seen in the business cards handed out by even leading executives in local offices. Firms of wealth and standing seem content to
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      “G.B.”
      84 6 “IN your ‘Notes of the Day’ of Thurs- day you make reference to the gawky “G.B plates displayed on certain motor cars in Singapore.” writes L.R. “It is not so much a question of the owners of the cars not wishing to be mistaken for Colonials, as you suggest,
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      Musang vs. Monkey.
      140 6 IT was more or less promised in Friday’s notes that the shipping reporter’s mongoose, or musang, would not be brought into this column again. But there have been developments. The man in question has achieved in a ew days such a reputation as an animal lover that
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      Ultimatum.
      86 6 IN the night, the musang decided there 1 was not room for a musang and a wild monkey in the same flat. Bighearted, the musang silently crept out through the bathroom skylight before dawn. He has not been seen again. After dawn, the manager of the flats announced that
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      Man With Harp.
      62 6 Man With Harp T’HIS month’s Wide World magazine tells how a man a few months ago stayed at the Adelphi with only five Australian shillings (they are worth even less than sterling shillings) in his pocket. He was J. Prosper Ralston, a man with two objectives in life, the completion
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      Nerve.
      124 6 Nerve o N arrival at Singapore I put up at one of the best hotels, the Adelphi.” he writes, “although I had only five shillings in my pocket. It takes nerve to go to an expensive hotel without money, but I usually And that if one faces Fate bravely one
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      Drawing Crowds.
      120 6 l/ISITING theatrical companies who V complain about the poor houses they receive in Singapore should oe able to profit from the experience or a Hungarian company. Headed by the beautiful actress Marie Soerensen, this troupe was having a poor season in Budapest several weeks ago when, according to
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      Clothing Storage.
      135 6 on a recent item in this column drawing attention to the facilities provided for Manila residents who wished to store their cold climate clothing, Mrs. R. Neilson, a Manila visitor at the Adelphi, writes that the minimum late quoted by Crux—lo pesos a month—was incorrect. ‘‘For the past
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      Wartime Dinner.
      78 6 «£jOME shot and shell and cannons’ roar, we dine tonight as in years befftre,” was the defiant message sent to the headquarters of the Artists Rifles, London, by ex-members of the famous regiment in Shanghai on the occasion of their recent annual dinner, *ays the North China Daily
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      Burnt Out Soup.
      76 6 Burnt Out Soup The dinner menu well reflected the special circumstances under which the dinner was held this year. "Burnt out soup from Yangtszepoo” was one of the first items, and it was followed by a tasty dish, "looted fish with Point Island dressing.” Ex-members of the Artists Rifles found
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      Chicken Doctoring.
      120 6 a three days’ old chicken between Sourabaya and Singapore was a task recently undertaken by a member of the crew of a Qantas airliner according to the company’s information bulletin. A poultry breeder at Singapore decided to import day-old chicks from Australia. Many thousands of day-old chicks have
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      Big Kind Man.
      78 6 |XURING the process, one fell into a drinking trough and was trampled on by his ompanions. That night the fluffy casualty was segregated in a special box, and while this treatment had beneficial results the low tempeiuture of the lollowing morning caused a relapse. Here the first
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      Forgetters.
      51 6 THE swimming club’s current list of unclaimed articles indicates that 'feminine members are more forgetful than their husbands. Included on the list are a ring, three silver cigarette cases (they could belong to men, as could two cameras), four bracelets, two necklaces, a silver kris brooch and a star
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      Kreta Jagas.
      106 6 T° Singapore motorists the kreta Jaga is more of a nuisance than punctures or fuel shortage. More often than not, a repulsive type of human, greasy and cringing, he collects tribute from hundreds of drivers. They know he will not look after their cars; but they also know
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      Young Captain.
      88 6 THE French cruiser Primaguet, which reaches Singapore today, will be followed in a few weeks by a training cruiser, Jeanne d’Arc. The Jeanne d’Arc’s chief claim to fame is that she has on her bridge the youngest captain in the French Nav£ Capt. Auphan. He is only 42.
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      Nothing So Common.
      76 6 DT T bother turning the page to look for the photograph of one officer who came East by the Dilwara yesterday A reporter (yes. you guessed correctly, the musang owner) went on board and asked him if he would mind being photographed. Replied the new arrival: "If
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    345 7 Mr. G. M. Notley, of Klang. has returned from leave. Mrs. J. R. Neave, wife of the District Officer. Klang. has arrived fr m home. Dr Shields. Medical Officer. Ipoh. has gone on transfer as Medical Officer. Taiping. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Clarke, of Malacca, ire
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      BIRTHS.
      100 7 BRETT.—Dorothy Victoria, wife of H. C. Brett, on the 6th inst. at the Maternity Hospital. Sepoy Lines, a daughter. HEDGECOE.—At Sinxapore, on Nov. 10, to Kitty, wife of Captain S. F. Iledgecoe, The Middlesex Regiment of a son. McNAMEE.—Singapore on Nov. 9, to Muriel wife of a McNamee. Kuantan,
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      120 7 The engagement is announced, and the wedding will take place shortly in Singapore, between Forbes Guy, Hong Kong Bank, Muar, and Nancy (Nicky) elder daughter of the late Mr. James Keene and of Mrs. Keene, "Weir End” Herefordshire. Capt. Mrs. J. A. Butler, 66 Grange Rd., Singapore, announce the
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      MARRIAGES
      139 7 SILVA— RAPPA.—At St. Andrew’s Cathedral on November 6, 1937, John George da Silva eldest son of Mrs. B. da Silva of Singapore and the late Mr. J. C. L. da Silva, to Constance Nina Rappa youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. St. C. Rai.pa of Singapore. MacINTOSH—JONES.—On October
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    King’s House.
    749 7 Monday, Nov. 1. In the morning His Excellency presided at a Durbar held at the Astana, Klang. The following were the guests at a dinner given by His Excellency and Lady Thomas at King’s House this evening Hon. Chief Justice N. H. P. Whitley, Hon. Mr. O. E.
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    MR. G. A. BEST.
    85 7 MR. G. A. Best, formerly Assistant Curator ol Gardens, Straits Sett’emenls. died In England last month following a street accident In which he was gravely Injured by a motor cycle. Mr. Best, who was only 42 received his horticultural training at the Royal Botanic Gardens. Kew.
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    Contents.
    319 7 Leaders— Autre Temps 2 The Fall of Shanghai 2 Helping the Colones 3 Raticning the Ever-Hungry Dredges 3 After Brussels 4 More Jitters 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— Singapore’s
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    Ranee Begs Valerie To Join Her In America.
    191 7 Dayang Goes To Paris W ith W restler (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov. 15. u A LL J can do is to beg of her “to pack her bags and join me in America,*’ said the Ranee of Sarawak, discussing the
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    F.M.S. APPOINTMENTS.
    204 7 State Treasurer Of Perak. The following F.M.S. appointments are gazetted:— Mr. A. B. Lucy to be an Agricultural Officer. Agricultural Department, 8.S. and T.M.S. Mr. C. F. Sutton to be an Assistant Engineer, Malayan Public Works Service. Sergeant E. Lenthal: to be an Instructor, Drums and Music, Malay
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    RETURNED FROM LEAVE.
    88 7 The following Government officers have returned from leave: Messrs. J. E Pepper. A. Graham, M. B. C Frend, G. Edwards B. W Allen. D. R Ccwie, J. K. Creer. E. D. Fleming. R. P'tfkwell, F. Stanley, T. E Emmett. M Mr Dlarmid, A C. Prook.s J. J.
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  • Obituary
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    74 7 DEATHS HUMBLE—On Nov. 4. at a Nursing Home. Bradford, Mary, the beloved wife of Alfred Proom Humble, (by cable). TAN.—Mr. Tan Eng Seng passed away peacefully at his residence 312 Joo Chiat Road, at the age of 55, on Wednesday, November 10, 1937. The death has occurred of Cary Aaron
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    Police Stop “Chinatown” Procession.
    187 8 Anti-Japanese Slogans Shouted. QARRYING hundreds of Kuomintang banners about 1.000 Chinese, men. youths, women and schoolgirls were stopped by the police when they marched through the streets of Singapore*s “Chinatown” on Friday afternoon. They were commemorating the anniversary of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, “Father of the
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    ALWAYS WILLING TO SERVE.
    159 8 Rotary Tribute To Mr. V. D. Knowles. “I KNEW Mr. V. D. Knowles for 20 1 years.” said Mr. T. H. Stone Singapore Rotary Club President, at last week’s meeting, “and he was always willing to be of service. His help was always given anonymously. “It
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    Indians Fined For Trespass And Mischief.
    273 8 “Took Law Into. Their Own Hands.” Singapore, Nov. 16. A CASE in which it is alleged that 15 Indians armed with sticks began to wreck furniture in the Vienna Cafe, Macpherson Road, on the night of Aug. 6 was continued in the Singapore Police
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    Another Chinese On Local Bench.
    88 8 Another Chinese On Local Bench TTEMPORARY changes among the 1 Singapore Police Court magistrates will be necessary owing to the departure of the fifth magistrate, Mr. Ivor Lewis, who leaves soon to take up an appointment as Registrar of the Supreme Court at Zanzibar, the British Colony oft the east
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    Malaya Begins Training Anti-Gas Instructors.
    372 8 WITH the object of training 500 civilian anti-gas instruc- tors, the St. John Ambulance Association's first public course began at the King Edward VII Medical College on Nov. 15 and was attended by 50 men and women, whose occupations ranged from fire superintendent to doctors
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    Siam Has Friendship For China.
    90 8 “QIAM has close friendship for China,” said Dr. Ling Ping, when he arrived at Singapore from Bangkok on Nov. 15 on his way back to China after an official visit to Slam. Chinese in Siam are very patriotic, added Dr. Ling Ping, and they have
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    R.G.A. GOLD MEDALS FOR MALAYANS.
    59 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London; Nov. 15. IT was announced today that the Rubber Growers’ Association has decided to award gold medals to Sir Frank Swettenham and Mr. J. G. Hay. head of Guthrie and Co. These medals will be presented to them “in recognition
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    NEW BASIS FOR AWARDING QUEEN’S SCHOLARSHIPS.
    345 8 Sending Univer sity Graduates To British Seats Of Learning. MALAYAN students who go to British universities on 1 Queen’s Scholarships after 1941 will be the equivalent of University graduates of B.A. and B.Sc. standard, instead of merely students who have passed the matriculation examination.
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  • Correspondence.
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      THE EURASIAN’S FUTURE.
      1200 9 “Hampered And Harassed; Squeezed And Thrust Aside.’* To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—We have no country to call our own. Perhaps at some distant stage of the world’s existence we may people a continent to be called Eurasia. At present we belong to the country
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      “Plaintiff Gives The Evidence, Defendant Gives Judgment.”
      623 9 MacGregor Commission. To the Editor of the Straits Times. gIR, —The case of Asiatic subordinates was considered by the MacGregor Commission to have been badly presented. Witnesses unanimously agreed that there was deficiency between income and expenditure. Was this considered to be so
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      “Great Blow” To Eurasians And Asiatics.
      306 9 To the Editor of the Strait Times. OIR, —The report and recommendations of the MacGregor Committee were a great blow to Eurasian and Asiatic government servants. When it is common knowledge that the majority of government, municipal and commercial clerks are in debt, so
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    Strong Case For Asiatic Salary Revision.
    112 9 "ALTHOUGH there may be no case for temporary allowances, there is a case, and a very strong one, for a general increase in salary levels,” says the Singapore Free Press commenting on criticism of the MacGregor Commission report by Asiatics and Eurasians throughout Malaya.
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    NEW MEMBERS OF A.B.M.
    99 9 'From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 30. MEW members elected to the Association of British Malaya at a Committee meeting held this wee’: include Mrs. H. W. Duff, Mrs. H. F. Dupuis. Mrs. A. R. Linton, Mrs. J. McCabe Reay, Mrs. W H Shelford, Mr David
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    SINGAPORE’S GIANT NAVAL GRAVING DOCK.
    498 10 Could Accommodate The Queen Mary. COMPLETION BY END OF THIS MONTH. THE graving dock at Singapore’s Naval Base—large enough to accommodate the biggest capital ship afloat—will be ready f or use at the end of this month. The dock is 1,000 ft. Ion g and
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    Kedah’s New Regent.
    44 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Nov. 10. TUNKU BADLISHAH. the Raja 1 Muda, will be proclaimed Regent of Kedah at a religious ceremony tomorrow night, according to an official announcement in Alor Star. The official installation ceremony will be on Saturday.
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    New Army Officers
    208 10 Some Accompanied Byj Wi\es Children. TTIE following new officers for the Singapore garrison disembarked from the troopship Dilwara on Monday Royal Artillery.—Lt.-Col. A. W. G Wildcy, M.C., Major A. Nevill, Major L. G. Hartman, accompanied by his wife and young daughter, Captain K. R. H. Tailyour, accompanied
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    BOY KING OF SIAM BUYS £50 POPPY.
    36 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Nov. 12. The Boy King of Siam, through the Council of Regency has bought a Flanders Poppy for £5O to help Earl Haig’s Fund
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    “BABY” CROC. CAUGHT IN SINGAPORE RIVER.
    317 10 Singapore, Nov. 12. CINGAPORE’S crocs are in the news again. Second brute to be caught in the city within about a fortnight is a “baby” one, measuring just under five feet and captured after a hectic two hour battle in the Singapore River, near
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    FINED FOR USING CROWN AS “CHOP.”
    73 10 A FINE of $5O was imposed by Mr. H A. Forrer. In the Criminal District Court, on Nov. 9 on Krishna Nair. managing director of the London Express Policy. Winchester House. Singapore, who pleaded guilty, to having used a trade mark which was prohibited
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    Higher Steamer Fares From Malaya.
    248 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov. 8. J-JIGHER steamship fares, between Malaya and Europe, amounting to an increase of about five per cent., will come into operation at the end of this month as the result of a decision by the Far East Passenger (Conference,
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    DELAYED PROMOTION.
    214 10 Position Of Men In General Clerical Service. To the Editor of the Straits Times, SIR, —During the recent sitting of the MacGregor Commission, it was shown that promotion from Grade ill to Grade II in the General Clerical Service had been unduly delayed and that discrimination was shown
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    MALAYA IS WONDERFULLY. HEALTHY.
    651 11 Sir Malcolm Watson Even More Impressed After 3 Weeks 9 Tour MALAYA is easily the most healthy and prosperous tropical country, said Sir Malcolm Watson, noted tropical disease expert, confirmed in his first impressions after a three weeks *our through the Peninsula, studying progress made in
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    Malaya Must Watch Yellow Fever Danger, —Sir Malcolm Watson.
    165 11 y BELLOW fever, dread Africa r. disease. may spread to Asia unless a constant icatch is kept on mosquito carriers, which may be borne eastward by plane, said Sir Malcolm Watson world famous tropical disease expert, recalling the warning he had
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    F.M.S. VOLUNTEER COMMISSIONS.
    96 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Nov. 12. T'HE High Commissioner has granted commissions as Lieutenants (Medical Officers) in the FM S Volunteer Force to Dr. George Harold Lowe and Dr. John Ernest McMahon. Mr Gurbax Singh has been granted a commission as Honorary Cadet (Under Officer)
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    POLICE LONG SERVICE MEDALS.
    75 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 12. ris announced today that Colonial Police and Fire Brigade long-ser-vice medals have been awarded to the following subordinate officers and constables F.M.S. Police Sergeant-Major Ma had! bin Kulop. First Class Sergeant Kamit bln Haji Mustapar, First Class Sergeant
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    Asiatic Salaries Commission Wanted.
    220 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Nov. 12. the Malayan Governments should set up a commission to study the question of Asiatic and Eurasian salaries was the view expressed by a prominent European, asked to give his views on the MacGregor report on temporary allowances. “In a
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    RAFFLES COURSE FOR F.M.S. MALAY OFFICERS.
    240 11 Colony Practice To Be Followed. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 15. Interest has been evoked by the decision of the F.M.S. Government to send officers selected for the Malay Administrative Service for a three-year course of training at Raffles College. Announcement of
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    MRS. T. M. BROWNRIGG,
    18 12 who teas in charge of the Navy section of the Poppy Day Fund collection.
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    MALAYA’S HOMAGE TO GLORIOUS DEAD.
    409 12 Cenotaph Ceremony Was Impressive. Singapore, Nov. 11. UIITH gratitude for the sacrifices of a nation’s manhood—and womanhood —intensified rather than diminished by the passing of the years, Malaya with the rest of the Empire paid homage in solemn remembrance of those four tragic years this
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    MILITARY DOCTOR LEAVES TAIPING.
    90 12 OAPTAIN Patrick Lawrence O’NeLll, lndian Medical Service, who was attached to the Burma Rifles, and then took over the post of officer commanding the Military Hospital, Talping, has gone to Burma by air. Prom there he will go to Bombay where he will board the Somersetshire
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    Raffles College To Have A Principal.
    125 12 T>AFFLES College is to have a principal next year. Who he will be has not yet been announced but the Straits Times understands the appointment ivill be made from among the senior professors. This new appointment ivas referred to by the Governor, Sir Shenton
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    CONVICTS PLANT PADI IN SIAM.
    153 12 And Their Fish May Be Sold In Penang. (From Our Own Correspondent* Bangkok. Nov. 13. 'J'HE convict settlement for incorrigib'.es at the Turatao island. Setul. is I reported to be doing very well, says i the Bangkok Chronicle, and the inI mates have already commenced
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    GOLD ENAMEL PENS SIGNED U.S.-SIAM TREATY.
    289 12 Terms Of Agreement With Britain Settled. (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Nov. 14. WITH pens bearing the royal monogram in gold enamel presented by the Council of Regency on behalf of the King, representatives of Siam and United Slates signed the first of a
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    Enligtened, S.S. Attitude On Mui Tsai Praised.
    156 12 Anti-Slavery Society Approval. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov. 8. WARM approval is expressed by the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Society—which lead the campaign for an inquiry into mui tsai in Malaya and Hong Kong—at Sir Shenton Thomas’s recommendation of the acceptance of the
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    TIN RESEARCH DEPT. FOR K.L.
    146 12 IN order further to investigate the most economical method of recovering tin ore. Anglo-Oriental (Malayan Ltd. propose to establish central research department in Kuala Lumpur. This announcement was made by Sir Archibald Mitchelson cairman of Kamunting Tin Dredging Ltd., one of the companies which is
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    JOHORE POSTAL OFFICER’S DEATH.
    62 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. Nov. 15. THE death occured yesterday from typhoid of Inche Abdul Rahman bin Ja’afar, of the Posts and Telegraphs Department and the funeral was largely attended. Mr. E. W. Hide. Posmaster-General and Mr. D. Smith. Superintendent, were among those present.
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    OFFICERS ON LEAVE.
    61 12 The following Government officers have been granted leave: Major C. E Bone. M.C., Miss E. M. L. Bryant, and Messrs. G. S. Rawlings A. E. Rambaut. A C Jomaron, K.*H. Bancroft, W. W M. Lennox, M. P. Murphy, D. B. J. Ambler. D. S. Ferguson, R. Macgregor.
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    INCREASE TAXES IN GOOD TIMES, SUGGESTS JOHORE FINANCIAL ADVISER.
    675 13 $27,000,000 Surplus: But Working Deficit In 1938. THAT taxation should even be increased in good times in order 1 U collect as much revenue as possible when no one would really feel it was the view expressed by Mr. C. A.
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    JOHORE PLANS AERODROMES.
    167 13 PROVISION of aeroplane landing grounds in Johore is under consideration by Government. In the near future investigation of suitable sites will be proceeded with but until such investigations have been carried out, it is not proposed to enter any provision in the estimates for the construction of
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    Chinese Wooden Clogs Led To Child’s Death.
    341 13 INQUEST ON PAMELA DIAMOND. TTHE amah was exonerated from all blame at the inquest on Nov. 9 on little Pamela Diamond, who was fatally scalded, on Nov. 1, at her home in the compound of the Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Evidence revealed that
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    HIGH POSTS SHOULD NOT BE EUROPEAN MONOPOLY.
    260 13 Malay Councillor Criticises Johore Policy. “£*H1EF appointments should not be made a preserve and monopoly of European officers only,” said Inche Onn bin Ja’afar, speaking at last week’s meeting of the Johore Council of State, when he strongly urged the appointment of an
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    FOOTBALLER NOT KILLED IN CHINA.
    68 13 'Ff/E well-known Singapore footballer, Chee Ah Hui, who was reported as having been killed in the Sino-Japanese war follciving an announcement that he had joined the Chinese air force, is still alive. A telegram has been received from him by his people in Singapore in
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    European Houses Burgled.
    188 13 Official Loses Kris Shirt. (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru Nov. 9. gURGLARIES at night at two European bungalows are engaging the attention of the Police. After Mr. H. S. Paterson, the Commissioner of Lands and Mines, and Mrs. Paterson had retired for the night at their
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    ASIATIC OFFICERS SEEK INQUIRY INTO THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS.
    663 14 Claim MacGregor Committee Did Not See Their Viewpoint Singapore, Nov. 9. STRONG criticism of the inability of the MacGregor Committee to see the point of view of the subordinate civil services was expressed yesterday in Singapore, Penang and Kuala Lumpur, following publication
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    MacGregor Report Views Endorsed.
    99 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 9. JIEARTY endorsement for the Straits Times editorial cornmen. on the report of the MacGregor Committee on temporary allowances is given in the Federal Capital this morning. The Straits Times yesterday cri- ticised the system of awarding allowances for
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    JOHORE BUDGETS FOR $2,500,000 DEFICIT.
    160 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore, Bahru, Nov. 9. A DEFICIT of $2,583,837 for 1938 is being budgeted for by Johore. Draft Estimates presented by the Financial Commissioner, Mr. C. A. Vlieland, at this morning's meeting of the J-uhor Council of State showed estimated revenue at
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    CHARGES AGAINST RENNIE LOWICK & CO. WITHDRAWN.
    551 14 CHARGES AGAINST RENNIE LOWICK CO. WITHDRAWN. Australian Fined For Breach Of Companies Law. THREE summons charges under the Companies Ordinance against Rennie, Lowick and Co., and Baldwyn Lowick were on Nov. 8 withdrawn by the Registrar of Companies (Mr. Edwin Tongue) on the advice of the Deputy Public Prosecutor. This
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    Selangor Prince Salutes Fallen At K.L. Cenotaph.
    311 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 11. THJE Raja Muda of Selangor saluted the Empire’s Fallen this morning. Deputising for his aged father, Sultan Sulaiman, who on medical was absent from the ceremony, the Raja Muda slowly mounted the four steps and
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    CENTRAL PROVIDENT FUND FOR ASIATIC STAFFS.
    3019 15 Planting Topics. Employers Approval Being Sought On Similar Lines To European Fund. By Our Planting Correspondent. COR several years now a provident 1 fund, common to all European planters, and governed by legislation, has been in existence in Malaya. The scheme has worked with
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    Passing Of Mr. Vincent D. Knowles.
    658 16 FIGURED IN MANY BIG MURDER TRIALS. MALAYA’S most brilliant criminal lawyer, Mr. Vincent Devereux Knowles, was found dead in his bath early on Nov. 9 at the flat he occupied at Katong. Mi. Knowles was in charge of the defence in practically every important
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    Bench And Bar Pay Tribute To Mr. Knowles.
    284 16 *pHE Bench and the Bar of Singapore and Malacca, gathered at the High Court, on Nov. 10, paid warm tributes to Mr. V. D. Knowles, “a distinguishes member of the profession.” T*HE Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice a’Beckett Terrell, directed that a
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    39 16 Mr. Chong Thutt Pitt, advocate and si Heitor, former partner of the lcsafirm of Shelly Thompson and Demutli Hsu ceased to be a partner of the said firm and joins the firm of Battenber and Talma from Nov 1.
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    HOUSE SIR MALCOLM BUILT.
    40 16 SIR MALCOLM WATSON, during his stay in Malaya, has returned to the house in Meru Road, Klang, which he erected many years ago when stationed there as medical officer. The present occupier is Dr. Barclay Barrowman.
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    SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRAITS BUDGET
    748 17 T//E SULTAN AH of JOHORE, looking very well, snapped, by a Straits Times cameraman on arrival in Singapore on Friday. BELOW: A feature of the Machine Gun Company 1S.V.C.1 dinner on Guy Fawkes Day teas the burning of an effigy seen in rear —Nakajiina picture.
    —Nakajiina picture.; China by the K PM. vesse Van Heutsz last week.—Straits Times picture.; ■ Straits Times picture.; -Straits Times picture.; .—Straits Times picture.; —Straits Times picture.; Slovakia).—Straits Times picture.; Costume Ball.—Straits Times picture.; )])])y Day Fund Hull.—Straits Times picture.; Straits Times picture.; ition ZHL— Straits Times ;picture.  -  748 words
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      Are Singapore Husbands Henpecked ?
      793 21 Are Singapore Husbands Henpecked A LITTLE while ago it was suggested by a correspondent that it was the husbands’ duty to keep their wives in better order. The truth is, perhaps, that the husbands are too scared to do it. Are Singapore’s husbands henpecked The title makes one think more
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    Governor Attends Successful Poppy Day Dance.
    376 21 QREAT success attended the Poppy Day dance at Raffles Hotel on Nov. 9. In spite of the crush of dancers a thoroughly enjoyable time was spent by more than 600 guests, including the Governor. Sir Shenton Thomas, and Lady Thomas, heads of Government departments
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    $1,550 FROM POPPY DAY DANCE.
    61 21 About $1,550 was realised by the Poppy Day dance at Raffles Hotel. The sale of flowers and buttonholes realised $lB3 and two ash-trays presented by Malayan Arts and Crafts were auctioned for just over $5O each. A gratifying feature of the dance was that the
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    SINGAPORE WOMAN DIES IN ENGLAND.
    87 21 MRS. MARY HUMBLE, wife of m Mr. A. P. Humble, Resident Engineer of the West Wharf extension scheme at Keppel Harbour, has died in Bradford, England, according to a cablegram received in Singapore Mrs. Humble, who had been in Singapore for some time, went Home
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    Empire Troops’ “Wonderful Conduct” At Coronation.
    264 21 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 3. WARM tribute to the wonderful conduct and soldierly bearing of the Empire Contingents of th* Forces which came to England for the Coronation” was paid by Field-Marshal Lord Milne, today at a luncheon which followed the final
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    POPPY DAY FUND RECORDS BROKEN.
    131 21 Tribute To Chinese Generosity. at the Singapore ExServices Association dinner on Nov. 11 of the results of this year’s Poppy Day Fund collections. Mr. H. Amon. chairman, paid tribute to the “generosity of our Chinese friends, who in spite of additional calls on their pockets,
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    MR. A. H. DOHERTY’S SEVEN DIRECTORSHIPS.
    106 21 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 30. on Mr A. H. Doherty's appointment to the Board of Insulinde (Sumatra) Rubber Estates, the Financial Times remarks that this brings Mr. Doherty’s directorships up to seven, a traditionally luck number. He is already chairman of Gopeng
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    MALAYA WILL BEAR WHOLE BURDEN OF TIN QUOTA CUT.
    896 22 No Semblance Of Fairness About Control Scheme. Mr. C. V. Thomas. DEMANDS REVISION OF TONNAGES VOTING. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 10. ABUNDANT proof is now available that not since A th c inception of tin control has there been
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    Singapore Gives Very Generously To Poppy Day Fund.
    416 22 Singapore, Nov. 11. gINGAPORE gave very generously, yesterday, for poppies for Earl Haig’s Fund, which aids war wounded throughout the Empire. Upcountry reports are similarly encouraging. Collections, according to figures available last night, totalled $6,875 j against last year’s $6,200, so that
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    Year’s Gaol For Shooting In Crowded Market.
    254 22 CHINESE who used a revolver during a fight in crowded Telok Ayer market was on Nov. 10 sentenced, at Singapore Assizes, to 12 months’ rigorous imprisonment on a charge of attempted murder. As far as is known, you had no right to possess
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    Malaya’s First Red Cross Unit For China.
    147 22 PRESENTING a smart appearance in navy blue shirts, khaki shorts, tropical helmets and white arm bands each bearing a red cross, Penang’s ambulance unit of 41 to serve in China arrived in Singapore on Nov. 10 on its way to the war zone.
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    SINGAPORE’S DEFENCE WORKS MUST GO ON.
    745 23 “Rearm For Peace” Keynote Of Governor’s E.S.A.M. Dinner Speech. SINGAPORE is more able to resist any trouble now than it was before, but, said the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, speaking at Thursday night’s dinner of the Singapore branch of the Ex-Services Association of Malaya,
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    Sultan Anxious To See New Astana.
    241 23 Sultan Anxious To See New Astana WEARING a silver swastika badge in the lapel of his coat, the Sultan of Johore, accompanied by the Sultanah and her niece, arrived back in Singapore after a prolonged tour in Europe by the North German Lloyd liner Gneisenau, on Nov. 12. A large
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    ST. ANDREW’S HOSPITAL APPEAL.
    69 23 •"pHE Board of Management of St Andrew’s Hospital announce that (he total nett proceeds of the Hospital Appeal Week for 1937 held in July amounted to $9,730.02. They express their very grateful thanks to all friends and supporters ol the Hospital who have contributed to such
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    MISS TURBERVILL “FEELS LIKE WEEPING FOR JOY.”
    293 23 Mui Tsai Report. (From Our Own Correspondent). London, Nov. 2. /CONFIDENT that her minority report on the mui tsai problem in Malaya and Hong Kong would be accepted sooner or later, Miss Edith Picton-Turbervill said she “felt like weeping for joy” when she
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    E. S. A. M. Finds Jobs For Members.
    135 23 the past year, 48 appeals for assistance by Ex-Servicemen had been considered in Singapore and employment found for six applicants, three of which were really lucrative billets,” said Mr. H. Amon, reviewing the benevolent work of the Singapore branch of the Ex-Services
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    FRUIT LAND FOR MALAY RAYATS.
    140 23 Aid Suggested For Padi Planters. EACH rayat should be allotted an area on high land sufficiently large for fruit farming and livestock breeding alongside his allotment for padi planting, said Dr. N. Mootatamby, referring to the need tor a contented peasantry in making the State
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    ANOTHER COBRA AT ZHL.
    103 23 Singapore, Nov. W. TEMPORARILY eclipsed as a U'ild animal preserve by Katong, where a crocodile was caught a week or two ago, radio station ZHL is in the limelight again today ivith the trapping at the station this morning of a fivefoot cobra. A grasscutter working
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    BANGKOK POPPY SALES
    45 23 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. Nov. 10. BRITISH women toured Bangkok today selling Flanders popples and it is believed that the results exceed the total collected in previous years. Armistice Day will be observed in Bangkok but there is no public holiday.
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    CHINESE WITHDRAW FROM SHANGHAI AREA.
    307 24 Quiet Move Inland NOT END OF WAR YET, DEFENDERS DECLARE. Shanghai, Nov. 9. AFTER three months of desperate fighting, in which casualties on both sides are estimated to have exceeded 300,000 men, the Japanese have won the battle for Shanghai. The climax to the gallant
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    China’s Leader.
    17 24 GEN. CHIANG KAI-SHEK and his wife photographed together on the Generalissimo’s 51st birthday last month.
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    DUKE SENDS REGRETS TO ROOSEVELT.
    39 24 -Reuter. Washington, Nov. 8. THE DUKE of Windsor has sent a message to President Roosevelt expressing regret at "he postponement of his visit to the United States. The President has telegraphed his acknowledgement. -Reuter.
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    ‘Warlike Countries Combine For Gain. ’
    235 24 ‘Warlike Countries Combine For Gain. —Reuter. London, Nov. 8. THE title of the anti-Comin- tern pact is but a cover for the dish, declares the Manchester Guardian in a leading article on Italy’s adherence to the pact. “Though Japan genuinely, and Germany in a lesser degree, fear Communism.” the newspaper
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    New Pact Rouses Soviet Wrath.
    45 24 Rome, Nov. 9. DUSSIA considers Italian adhesion to the anti-Comintern pact as an unfriendly act, the Soviet Ambassador informed the Foreign Minister, Count Ciano, yesterday. Russia also accuses the Italian Government of violating the Italo-Russian pact of friendship of 1933.
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    Russia Resents Move At Brussels.
    155 24 Brussels. Nov. 9. AM leaving for Moscow tonight, but I may return later if neces--1 sary,” said the Soviet delegate to the Nine-Power Conference, M. Litvinoff, in a dramatic gesture intended to mark Russia’s resentment at recent developments. Russia resents the attempt to squeeze the
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    Italian Cruiser Hit By Chinese Bullets.
    44 24 .—Reuter. Shanghai, Nov. 10. Chinese machine-guns sprayed the stern of an Italian cruiser which was anchored between the machine-gun nests and Japanese naval launches which had approached to examine the river boom at Nantao. There were no casualties.—Reuter.
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    Duke Does Not Go To Armistice Service.
    266 24 R ‘Uter. Paris. Nov. 11. *T HE Duke of Windsor was invited to witness the Armistice Day parade in the Champs Elysees with President Lebrun, but expressed a desire to keep the two minutes silence at the English Church. t He did not
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    ‘Fascist Powers Want Peace In Far East.’
    182 24 ’’—Reuter. iiTHE enlistment of Italy in the anti-Comintern crusade is only a restatement of the fact that Italy hates and fears Communism/’ says The Times. “It would be wise at present to accept the agreement at its face value, though some commentators are
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    RAMSAY MacDONALD DIES AT SEA.
    716 25 Heart Fails On Health Trip. London, Nov. 10. 11/JR. RAMSAY MacDONALD, former Prime Minister of Britain, has died, aged 71 years. He died at sea, while on a health trip to Soutn America. The news reached England in a radio message addressed to his son-in-law,
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    JAPANESE KILL BRITISH WAR CORRESPONDENT.
    429 25 —Reuter. Mistook Him For Spy. JAPANESE machine-gun bullets killed a British war corres- pondent, Mr. Pembroke Stephens, of the Daily Telegraph, while watching the shelling of Nantao from a tower in the French Concession. The Japanese, who admit responsibility, say that the machine-gun crew mistook
    —Reuter.  -  429 words
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    New Lord Mayor Installed In London.
    185 25 quaintly-styled officers.—Reuter and British Wireless London, Nov. 9. £IR’ Harry Twyford, who once worked in the Singapore and Penang offices of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, became Lord Mayor of London today. Having been formally installed yesterday in office. Sir Harry left Guildhall Just
    quaintly-styled officers.—Reuter and British Wireless  -  185 words
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    Many Die In Blue Express Bombing.
    55 25 —Reuter. Nanking, Nov. 8. JLIORE than 200 people were killed and wounded when six Japanese planes bombed the famous Blue Express today near Hsuchowfu, on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway, according to a report received by the Ministry of Railways. Seven out of the ten coaches
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    Japanese Crush China’s Stand In Nantao City.
    440 26 Invading Army May March On Nanking. Shanghai, Nov. 12. 1WANTAO, crowded Chinese city bordering on the 1 French Concession at Shanghai, fell to the Japanese early this morning. The Japanese also claim (hat Pootung, opposite Shanghai, has been entirely cleared of Chinese armed
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    FRANCO WILL HEAD GREAT OFFENSIVE.
    37 26 Reuter. Burgos, Nov. 11. A NEW insurgent offensive, headed by Gen. Franco himself, is expected to begin at any moment. It is estimated that 700,000 insurgent and Government troops will be involved.—Reuter.
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    ‘I Am Master Of Shanghai.’
    135 26 Matsui Replies To British Leaders. “I AM master of Shanghai and I shall do what I like. If the British, French or American authorities interfere, serious consequences are likely.” Gen. Matsui, Japanese commandant in Shanghai, is reported by Nanyang Siang Pau to have made this
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    THREEPENNY PIECES KEPT AS SOUVENIRS.
    61 26 per week are continuing.—British Wireless. London, Nov. 10. Some 33,000,000 new threepenny pieces have so far have been issued by the Mint. The number, however has proved insufficient to ensure their free circulation in large numbers, as thev appear to have been retained as souvenirs.
    per week are continuing.—British Wireless.  -  61 words
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    Hitler Warns Chiang.
    124 26 ‘Useless To Dream Of Victory. IIERR HITLER, with cordial Italian approval, is bringing pressure to bear on both Chiang Kai-shek and Tokio to accept his mediation and warns Chiang that it is useless to dream of victory or expect help from the Brussels Conference asserts the Daily
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    CHINESE AIR ACE.
    26 26 Squadron-Leader Liu Chui-kang, crack Nanking combat pilot, icho has brought down six Japanese p'anes.—Sin Chew Jit Poh picture. .—Sin Cheic Jit Poh picture.
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    Brazil Becomes Fascist
    108 26 New Constitution Planned. Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 11. NEW Brazilian constitution has been promulgated in consequence of which all public bodies are automatically dissolved. An official communique says the new constitution is aimed to assure peace for the nation. The new constitution will be submitted to a
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    Tokio War Clique’s Peace Terms To Nanking.
    205 26 .—Reuter. THE extreme Japanese militarists 1 in Tokio, interviewed by Reuter, announce their peace terms as follows Firstly, recognition of Manchukuo and the formation of Sino-Japanese Manchukuo economic bloc; Secondly, an autonomous anti-Com-munist North China and Inner Mongolia. both under Japanese protection but
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    Shouts Break Cenotaph Silence.
    199 26 —Reuter and British Wireless. London,* Nov. 11. 4t nOWN with war; stop all this hypocrisy,” shouted a man who broke the two minutes’ silence at the Cenotaph in Whitehall today. The man dashed from the crowd, broke through the ranks of naval ratings and ran toward
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    CHINESE SHOOT DOWN JAPANESE BOMBER.
    48 26 —Reuter. Nanking, Nov. 11 A giant Japanese bomber was shot down in flames and four out of its five occupants killed during an air raid in which 15 machines participated. There was wild cheering and clapping among the crowd as the plane crashed.—Reuter.
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    POWERS WILL HELP CHINA WITH MONEY.
    325 27 .—Reuter. AMERICAN INTERVENTION DENIED. t t x London, Nov. .13. FINANCIAL aid for China will be the next step 1 of the nineteen Powers at Brussels, according to the Brussels correspondent of the Daily Herald who asserts this is the feeling of even pessimists
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    CENOTAPH DISTURBER INSANE.
    19 27 —Reuter. London, Nov. 12. Stanley Storey, who disturbed yesterday’s Cenotaph, was today recertified as a lunatic.—Reuter.
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    50,000 Lose Homes In Typhoon.
    106 27 50,000 Lose Homes In Typhoon —Reuter. Philippines Swept, Many Die. Manila, Nov. 12. THIRTY-EIGHT people are known to be dead and more than 50,000 homeless as a result of a typhoon which swept Luson, the main Island in the Philippines, last night. The casualties are thought to be much higher,
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    Japanese Outburst Against Britain.
    130 27 Reuter. Tokio, Nov. 11. **|7VERY ONE of our people feels that the ultimate enemy of the Chinese incident is not China herself. Nothing decisive is achievable unless this ultimate enemy is disposed of. Several years hence this ultimate enemy might cause a more troublesome incident than
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    Chinese Heroism At Shanghai Has Welded The Nation.
    262 27 Shanghai, Nov. 10. THE Shanghai War has been responsible for welding the country in a nationalism hitherto unknown, says Reuter. It has also seen the transition of the Chinese soldier into a gallant man fighting to the death for his cause. The
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    Britain Buys Coal Royalties
    83 27 -Reuter. London, Nov. 12. UOW it is proposed to purchase coal royalties for Britain at a cost of £66,450,000 to be raised by a loan, is shown in the text of the Coal Mines Bill. It provides for the establishment of a coal commission to take
    -Reuter.  -  83 words
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    MacDONALD’S FAMILY DECLINE ABBEY BURIAL.
    92 27 Reuter. London, Nov. 11. MR. RAMSAY MACDONALD will be buried in his native town of Lossiemouth. It was proposed that he should be buried in Westminster Abbey, but his family, while deeply appreciating the honour, have expressed a wish that he should lie in Lossiemouth.
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    Chamberlain Takes Bright View.
    255 27 Reuter. No Sign Of Any Industrial Setback. yHE general principles of the Bri* tish Government, said the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, speaking at Edinburgh on Nov. 12, were:— Promotion of British interests, protection of the lives of British nationals. maintenance of peace, promotion of friendly
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    Japanese Planning Coup At Shanghai?
    83 27 —Reuter. Shanghai, Nov. 13. the Japanese in occupation of Nantao, all non-Japanese are now confined within the foreign administered area# encircled by the Japanese troops. Japanese civilians, including women dressed In bright kimonos, are now freely entering parts of the Settlement south of Soochow Creek
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    Nanking Is Clearly Aim Of Japanese In Shanghai.
    257 28 “WILL BE IN CAPITAL BY CHRISTMAS.” Foreigners Fear For China’s Future. Shanghai, Nov. 15. WANKING, national capital of China, is now clearly 1 the objective of the Japanese forces in the Shanghai region, says Reuter. Many foreign observers are frankly pessimistic in
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    CHINA APPEAL GETS GOOD RESPONSE.
    63 28 Reuter. Paris, Nov 12. *THE appeal of the Chinese Red Cross for urgent assistance is meeting with a ready response. The American Red Cross has given $130,000 (£26,000), of which $100,000 (£20,000) will be expended on medical relief and $30,000 for evacuation of American and
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    Shantung To Sue For Peace ?
    175 28 Shantung To Sue For Peace Japanese Resume Southward Drive. Peiping. Nov. 15. advance towards Tsinan. capital of Shantung, is claimed in a Japanese communique. Troops in the Tlentsin-Pukow Railway zone have reached a poin* 15 miles north of Tsinan, while other forces captured Kaotang, west of the railway, and Tsiyang,
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    TAIYUAN DEFENDERS FIGHT TO LAST MAN.
    97 28 Shanghai, Nov. 10. rOINCiDENT with their success at Shanghai, Japanese forces in North China yesterday captured Taiyuan, capital of Shansi. This makes it the fourth provincial capital to fall, the others being those of Hopei, Chahar and Suiyuan. The Chinese garrison at Taiyuan, consisting
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    Japanese “Lawrence” In North China.
    25 28 Chinese reports say that the Japanese “Lawrence of Manchuria,” Lieut.-Gen. Doihara is now directing operations on the Tlentsin-Pukow railroad sector.
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    Britain Has Far Eastern Pact With Dutch ?
    90 28 Britain Has Far Eastern Pact With Dutch —Reuter. London, Nov. 14. arrangements for co-operation in the defence of Eastern possessions have been concluded between Britain and Holland since the outbreak of hostilities in China, the diplomatic correspondent of The Sunday Times understands. The arrangements are believed to be the result
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    BRUNO MUSSOLINI SAFE, ROME SAYS. Was Not Shot Down
    55 28  -  By Loyalists. Government troops—Aneta-Trans-Ocean Rome, Nov. 14. REPORTS that Bruno Mussolini, son of II Duce. has been shot down in Spain are categorically denied. It was earlier reported in London that Bruno had been shot down and either killed or made
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    Japanese Demands At Shanghai.
    244 28 Authorities Under Fire. Todo Shimbun, the only Japanese newspaper now published in Shanghai, warns the municipalities of the Internationa] Settlement and the French Concession that the Japanese military authorities will take the most drastic measures for securing complete neutrality of the Settlement and Concession if the
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    Will Powers Take Joint Action ?
    321 28 Will Powers Take Joint Action Strong Declaration Against Japan. Brussels, Nov. 15. |F Japan still refuses to join the Brussels talks, the Powers 1 must consider what is to be t heir common attitude, says the strongly-worded draft declaration denouncing Japan's lack of co-operation. Delegates have decided to refer the
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    SELETAR SERVICES WIN RUGGER CUP-TIE.
    535 29 Johore Though Beaten Give A Gallant Display. A (.THOUGH the combined R.N. and R.A.F. XV defeated a s de f in he first Malaya Cup tie of the season, *t the An f on Koad stadium on Saturday, by 16 points (two jroals and two
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    SELANGOR JUST BEAT N.S.-MALACCA.
    464 29 —Reuter IN a great friendly battle at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, Selangor just beat the N.S.-Malacca combined side, scoring 6 points (a penalty goal and a try) to 3 points (a try). The Negri began strongly and Selangor soon got a shock. In the sixth minute
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    S.G.C. MIXED FOURSOMES.
    233 29 Tie Decided On First Six Holes. The first bi-monthly mixed foursomes competition for November was played at Bukit Timah on Sunday afternoon and resulted in a tie between Mrs. R. W. Cowen and J. A. Chippindale and Miss S. Lucas and S. R. Urquhart. Mrs. Cowan and
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    TODD WINS DUKE’S BOWL AT G.G.C.
    98 29 The Duke’s Bowl competition was played over 36 holes at the Garrison Golf Club from Friday to Sunday, and resulted in a win for R. A. V. Todd with a net score of 128. The following cards were returned R. A. V. Todd 91—85=176—48
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    KEPPEL BOGEY EVENT WON BY PRINGLE.
    86 29 Twenty-six cards were taken out for the Keppel Golf Club’s November medal (bogey) competition, which resulted in a win for R. M. Pringle, all square. Ball sweeps were won as follows: Saturday: Ist 9 holes, divided between J. B. Devitt. H. N. Croft and
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    MERCHANTS BEAT THE ETCETERAS.
    437 29 Superiority Of Backs The Deciding Factor. ONE man short, and playing only seven in the pack, the Etceteras found themselves at a disadvantage in their match on Sunday in the S.C.C. rugger tournament with the Merchants, who won by 14 points (one goal and three tries)
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    SINGAPORE “A” LOSE TO GUNNERS.
    124 29 —Reuter. On the padang on Saturday the Royil Artillery beat the Singapore “A” team by 11 points (one try one penalty, one goal) to 6 (one penalty, one try). Early on Evans got over. Darling failed to add the extra points. Singapore pressed, and were
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    TWO SURPRISES AT SINGAPORE RACES. Merry Widow & Dark Look “Beat The Odds.”
    1262 30  - TWO SURPRISES AT SINGAPORE RACES. Merry Widow Dark Look “Beat The Odds.” By “Captain Dash.” ALTHOUGH it was a week-day it was a public holiday, and there was a good gathering for the second day of the Singapore Turf Club’s Winter Meeting at Bukit Timah on Thursday. The going was
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    EUROPEAN WOMEN’S BIG WIN AT HOCKEY.
    542 30 Rest Beaten 6 —0 In Game For Poppy Day Fund. MINTH of the series, the women’s hockey match on the padang- on Thursday in aid of the Poppy Day Fund saw the Europeans beat the Rest easily by six goals to nil. They have
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    EIGHT GOALS FOR S.C.C. AGAINST GUNNERS.
    160 30 THAT the S.C.C. have some goal-scoring forwards was seen in last week’s hockey match on the padang, when the 41 A team netted eight times against the 22nd Heavy Battery, preserving their own defence intact. The Club attack gave a fine exhibition of passing
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    SURREY DEFEAT KENT AT BLACKHEATH.
    37 30 Rugger matches played at Home yesterday resulted as follows, cable Reuter: At Blackheath—Kent 5, Surrey 11. At Chelmsford—Eastern Counties 14. Suss ex 5. At Oxford: Oxford University 6, Trinity College (Dublin) 3.
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    WALLY HAMMOND AN AMATEUR.
    102 30 The famous Gloucester and England cricketer, W. R. Hammond, will play as an amateur for Gloucestershire next season, cables Reuter. Hammond, who has been made a director of a London tyre company, announces: “1 am relinquishing professional cricket because I am 34 and must consider the
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    WARWICKSHIRE BEATEN.
    17 30 At Northampton yesterday, cables Reuter, the East Midlands defeated Warwickshire by 10 points to 3.
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    Meriden Surprises At Singapore Races.
    1399 31 A LI HOUGH rain threatened to mar the last day of the Singapore Turf Club’s Winter Meeting at Bukit Timah on luckily it heid off, and the day proved to be the most successful of the meeting. The going was not affected by the shower
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    BROWN AND MARKHAM WIN ROBINSON CUP.
    269 31 And Murray Annexes The Vade Cup. The Sir Arnold Robinson Cup competition of the Singapore Golf Club was played at Bukit Timah on Sunday morning and resulted in a win for E. G. Brown and J. Markham with a net score of 71 l
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    HOLE IN ONE AT 5th.
    29 31 rVV Saturday A. Dobson holed his tee shot at the fifth hole on the old course at Bukit Timah, a distance of 160 yards.
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    S.G.C. AUTUMN CUP FINALISTS.
    50 31 The following are the results of the semi-final matches in the women s Autumn Cup competition at the Singapore Golf Club: Mrs. R. W. Cowen beat Mrs. C. M. Wise 5 and 4 Mrs. M. M. Paterson beat Mrs. E. M. F. Fergusson 4 and 3
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    Grist’s ‘Possible’ At 500 Yards.
    233 31 R i fie-Shooting. K.L. CHAMPIONSHIPSECOND STAGE. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Nov. 8. Scoring 138 points out of a highest possible of 150. D. H. Grist headed the list of twelve members of the Kuala Lumpur branch of the F.M.8. Volunteer Force Rifle Association
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    LIGHT BLUES BEATEN.
    29 31 Therm woe a surprise in yesterday’s rugger game between Cambridge University and Edinburgh Academy, at Cambridge, the visitors winning by 25 points to 9, cables Reuter.
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    TEAM MATCH AT DRILL HALL.
    179 31 Revolver Shooting A revolver match between R.S.M. Hardman’s team and R.S.M. Martin’s team took place at the 8.8.V.F. Headquarters on Nov. 10. Blsley targets were used and the practices as for the forthcoming Blsley Mettlng were gone through, as follows: 20 yards deliberate H.P.S. 36.
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    SEVERE DEFEAT FOR NEW ZEALANDERS.
    43 31 Reuter. Adelaide. Nov. 8. South Australia heat the New Zealanders by ten wickets. New Zealanders 151 (Ward four for 59 and 186 (Ward seven for 62). South Australia 331 (Badcock 114. Bradman 11) and 7 for no wicket
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    MANCHESTER UNITED’S SENSATIONAL AWAY VICTORY.
    1632 32 ARBROATH HOLD THE RANGERS. ANE feature of Saturday’s games in the Home soccer leagues was the fact of various divisional leaders being held to a division of points. Both Merseyside teams, Everton and Liverpool, gained victories yielding valuable points—the latter on the ground of the
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    GLIMPSES AT THE GAMES.
    389 32 GLIMPSES AT THE GAMES Corinthians Wi n F. A. Cup Tie With Ilford. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov. 14. JT is obvious, after their lucky draw of 1—1 with West Bromwich, that the Arsenal need to reconstruct their attack. Their only goal came seven minutes from the end when
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    OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES.
    65 32 as in Germany in 1936.—Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Nov. 10. The organisation committee for the fifth Olympic Winter Games have fixed the dates for the Games at Sapporo, on Hokkaido island, for Feb. 3 to 14. 1940. These dates will be submitted for approval to the international Olympic Congress in
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    LIVERPOOL CUP.
    76 32 King’s Gap Wins In A Close Finish. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 12. The Liverpool Autumn Cup race, run today over 1 mile 2 furlongs 17a yards, resulted as follows Maj. D. McCalmont’s KING’S GAP 8.03 (Weston) 1 Sir Alfred Butt’s NOBLE KING 7.12 (D. Smith) 2
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      FRASER AND COMPANY’S WEEKLY REPORT.
      1042 1 Shares Again On Downward Path. MESSRS. Fraser and Co., in their weekly share report issued at the close of business on Nov. 16, write As far as the international situation at Home is concerned there is very little change in the general outlook to comment
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      PRODUCE.
      158 1 Singapore, November 17, 12 noon. Buy~r Seller Gammer $8.00 Hamburg Cube $15.50 Java Cube $11.00 bepper White Muntok $14.50 White $14.00 Black $9.25 Jopra Mixed $4.60 Sun Dried $4.85 aptoco Small Flake $4.30 Fair Flake $4.00 Medium Pearl $4.90 Small Pearl $4.50 Sago Flour No 1 Lingga $2.95 Fair
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      LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.
      342 1 London, Nov. 16. The following are today* closing middle prices pn the Londur Stock Exchange* Shares £1 unless otherwise *;ated: Veater- Rise aay or Pah Conversion '-oan s p.c 1944-64 114% Funding e o c 1960-90 112% War Loan 3% p.c 101 Vb Com. Union Assce (Units*
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      22 1 Nov. 12 Tin. S pore Price flOl 50 per picul 13 98.75 15 98 18 90 I 17 92.75
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER PRICES (Sellers).
      54 1 Date Spot Nov. Dec. Jan. -Mar Apr -June July-Sept. Oct.-Dec. London Nov. 12 25 25% 25% 25% 25% 26 26% 7 S/16 15 23% 23% 23% 24 24% 24% 24% 7% 16 23% 23% 23% 24 24% 24% 24% 7 1/3 17 22% 22% 22% 23%
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      STRAITS TRADING COMPANY’S FIFTY YEARS OF PROGRESS.
      3634 2 Part Played In Development Of Malayan Tin Industry. flFTY years of progress of the Straits Trading Company Ltd were reviewed by the chairman, Sir John Bagnail, at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders on Nov. 8. SIR JOHN BAGN ALL’S REVIEW. SIR John
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      Sharp Fall In Colony Rubber Stocks
      98 3 Sharp Fall In Colony Rubber St ocks AS was to be expected, following the heavy shipments and the sharp drop in imports and domestic exports. Colony rubber stocks at the end of October show a sharp fall of 7,146 tons compared with stocks at the end of September. Official figures
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      HEAVY PRICE DECLINE NOT JUSTIFIED.
      1121 3 Rubber Market Review. Drastic Cut In Quota Fairly Certain. LEWIS AND PEAT (SINGAPORE) LTD. in their weekly report on the rubber market issued on Nov. 12, write:— There is one comfort, if it may be described as such, about slumps and depressions, and that is
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      1177 4 lamed By Fraser And Ok, EXCHANGE AND STOCK BROKERS. Singapore, Nov. 17, IM7, 10 *.m. MINING. 4/- Ampat Tin 4/* 16 £1 Asam Kumbang 31/- 33 £1 Austral Malay 4t/> 51 /-n. 5/- Ayer Hi tarn 25/3 *7/~rd 1 Ayer Weng 0.35 0.30 £1 Bangrln Tin 22/6
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      TIN SHARES.
      156 4 London Exchange Prices On Nov. 9. Ampat (4/) 3/9; Anglo-Burma (5/) 12/9; Ayer Hitam (5/) 1%; Bangrln 1 1/16; Oopeng Cons. (5/-) ll/; Hongkong (5/) 1H; Idris (5/) 7/6; Ipoh (16/) 1%; Kampong Lanjut 21/1 Kamuntlng (6/) 10/; Kepong 15/16; Killinghall (5/) 27/32; Kinta (5/) 17/; Kinta Kellaa
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      581 4 London Exchange Prices 'On Nov. 9. Allagar (2/) 1/04; Alor Pongsu (2/) 2/3%; Anglo-Malay 12/; Ayer Kuning 28/3; Baoenoch 20/8; Bagan Serai 20/; Bahru (Sel.) (2/) 2/34; Banteng 17/fl; Batang (2/) /114; Batu Caves 15/74; Batu Tiga 81/3; Bekoh (2/) 1/3%; Bertam Con. (2/) 3/C; Bidor 32/6; Bikam
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      F.M.S. RUBBER EXPORT DUTY
      37 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 12. The price of rubber for assessment export duty in the F.MS. from Nov. 12 to Nov. 18 has been fixed at 21% cents per lb.
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      October Rubber Crops.
      29 4 lb. Ayer Molek 29,273 Amalgamated Bruas 108,700 Broome 201,700 Kempas 242,000 New Scudal 24,000 United Malacca 51,000 Jimah Rubber 37,500 Punggor Rubber 15,644 Alor Gajah 17,250
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      Big Drop In U. S. A.
      131 4 Rubber 0 Consumption CONSUMPTION of rubber in America fell heavily in October, compared with the figures for September. The official figures place October consumption at 38,700 tons compared with 43,900 tons in September and are about about 8,000 tons below the estimated figure. American
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION.
      152 4 AT the weekly auction of the Singa**pore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held on Nov. 10 1,508,855 lb. (673.60 tons) were catalogued, 1,179,494 lb. (526.56 tons) were offered and 996,369 lb. (444.81 tons) were sold With the London spot price at 6%d. and the New York spot
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      EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES.
      99 4 During the week ending Nov. 6 exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 20,969 cases, of which: 12,360 (59 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom. 2,387 (12 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, -3,478 (16 per cent.) cases to Canada,
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
      183 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, Nov. 16, 5 p.m. Company Dividend rotaJ f0T Books Close financial Date Kx. Dlv vear vm* Payable Date to date TIN TO v > S«? itam Tte J2 Dec 3 Nov. 15 50% K L Tin 1 5 I E!?“' NOV. 19 Nov.
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