The Straits Budget, 10 March 1938

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    Masthead
    29 1 The Straits Budget being the weekly issue of the straits times (ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] No. 4178. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1938. Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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    THE WEEK IN MALAYA.
    1346 1 yHE F.M.S. Government is planning a huge programme of public works in every part of the country, to be started immediately, to combat unemployment which is likely to result by the drastic cut in the tin production Quota for the second Quarter. It is anticipated that
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  • The Straits Budget
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      PROVISION FOR RETIREMENT.
      948 2 Straits Times, Mar. 3. A great deal of space in the current issue of The Planter is, devoted to a subject which is the cause of considerable concern among a large number of Europeans working in the tropics. The question is the lack of adequate provision for
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      HOW NOW, CROAKER?
      947 2 when others are strong.— Straits Times, Mar. 4. Exactly three years ago, the British Government announced its intention to re-arm. Huge increases in Navy, Army or Air Force estimates were sanctioned. Socialists in the House of Commons moved a vote of censure on the Government for this
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      THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE.
      1045 3 process of events in time. —Straits Times, Mar. 5. In 1922 the Archbishops of Canterbury and York appointed a Commission on Christian doctrine. There has now been published, as the fruits of 15 years’ intensive study by that body, a unanimous leport which is regarded in ecclesiastical
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      A Malayan Pool.
      895 3 .—Straits Times, Mar. 7. Those engaged in the Malayan tin-mining industry should find cause for much relief in the announcement of Government’s intention to allow stocks of tin metal to accumulate in bond in the hands of smelters in Singapore and Penang. Details of the scheme are
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      The Silly Season.
      953 4 —Straits Times, Mar. 8. Singapore has no seasons in the ordinarily accepted sense of the term. We may tell our visitors that it is not usually quite so hot or quite so wet as during their stay among us, but in point of fact climatic conditions vary
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      New Uses.
      954 4 believe will be the case.—Straits Times, Mar. 9. When the Devil was sick, the devil a monk would be; When the Devil got well the devil a monk was he. The old quotation sprang to mind after examination in the Straits Times library of a file labelled j
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  • NOTES Of The DAY.
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      Vamps Verboten.
      153 5 ikTAZI-ISM’S Berliner Tageblatt draws a comparison between vamps and women in a leading article attacking Hollywood films and extolling the virtues of such German favourites of 1938 as the beautiful Paula Wessely, portrayer of “nice girl” roles for Ufa. The Tageblatt says: There was a time when the
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      Rabble.
      155 5 THEN the Tageblatt becomes more political. Note the apparent indifference to world markets for German films. The rebrth 01 German thojrr.t and feeling very <oon made a good durance In 'his field. A country in will ft service ic* all nad become the highest principle lost its taste foi
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      Applicant.
      233 5 AS a writer of letters of application tor jobs, the Asiatic must stand supreme. Here are some extracts from an Indian reply to an advertisement published by the Straits Times a few days ago for an advertisement copy clerk. In reply to your advertisement, let me make it known
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      Dotted Line.
      111 5 the star application that has come in is that from a Chinese It s ft carbon copy of a typewritten r, “ular letter, the applicant apparently ing a mass-production expert. It r >rts off:— “it has come to my knowledge that you wish to engage tl( services of
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      Progressive Dominion.
      123 5 P*VIDENCE of the high-pressure publicity campaign being carried on by South Africa in Eastern Asia is provided by the arrival in Malaya of supplies of handsome pictorial desk calendars issued by the Publicity and Travel Department, South African Railways. Airways and Harbours. Printed in both rotogravure and colour
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      Snakes And Tigers.
      57 5 |N a Boston paper, the Herald, columnist George Ryan keeps the old tiger spirit going. Ryan says One of the more populous Malay States reports that only five persons were killed by tigers in a year. It might be because the tigers don’t go 70 miles an
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      English Roads?
      189 5 'jpHE Malay Mail, Kuala Lumpur, thinks Malayan roads are becoming more English “We’re getting more like London every day,” used to be, and still may be. the proud boast of many an English village. With our red “L's” decorating learners’ motor cars, there is a distinctly English flavour
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      New Degree.
      109 5 IN a report of an interview with on< j Harold Butler machine tool mag nate. who >s travelling in the Empress of Britain, a contemporary came out yesterday afternoon with this journalistic gem. And how did you receive your degree —M.B.E.” asked our representative. Mr. Butler unhesitatingly replied
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      Narrowing Scope.
      81 5 r pHE trouble with modern exploring says Alan Villiers. is that landhunters can’t find new places to go —and if they do. there’s the pants problem. Speaking before the Rochester Ad Club, the explorer said: “There are bus routes all over Borneo, five and ten cent stores in
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      Land of Mystery.
      145 5 jyjALAYA seems fated to have more rubbish written about? it than any other country. Every day. some newspaper or magazine often a journal of some standing, prints screeds of material about Jungle dangers and Eastern giamour In this orderly territory. Here is today’s example from the Melbourne
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      Hiss Needed.
      223 5 Hiss Needed r J O gain the full effect from the next passage, it should be read aloud in a gentle hissing ring-song Th** “passions and vires” line sounds T eli if it ends on -<t really pro onged n.ss Apart from a few big centres of population on the
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      Americana.
      138 5 gUE ROCHESTER, of Logan. Ohio, is working her way through the University by catching worms for fishermen. She keeps them in rich dirt, covered with coffee grounds. •This,” she says, “makes them livelier, and more desirable.” For every good-night kiss Syracuse University co-eds give their escorts, the escorts must
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      Golden Lips.
      47 5 *J*HE gold lipstick produced by a wellknown Paris cosmetics house should create a new problem for the dry-cleaning industry. A tropical mem was saying last night that before bothering about golden lipsticks, cosmetic makers should develop a red lipstick that behaved Itself in equatorial climates.
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      London, England.
      69 5 PILLOWING the note of several days ago about the American habit of addressing letters to “London Eigland. a well-known Singapore lawyer writes to say that this is not as silly as it might seem. He recalls that an important letter addressed to him at his London club from
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      Ladies.
      81 5 the secretary of a leading Singapore sports club sent in some fixtures lists to the Straits Times sports editor yesterday he added this postscript: Could you please ensure that the word ladies in the fourth line above is not altered to women." This has been done the last two
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      Propaganda.
      123 5 A LTHOUGH Singapore has become hardened to receiving Chinese and Japanese war propaganda through the post, it is a refreshing novelty to receive somethin* in the same line from faraway Spain. In the last week or two several local firms have had delivered with their mail postcards bearing a
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      Bright Boys.
      106 5 pROM the Tokio newspaper Kokumtn comes this surprising piece of information: If the American Fleet should advance across the Pacific Ocean, the officers and men of the Japanese Navy will be more than delighted to encounter their longawaited adversary. And this is from r. recent issue of Hochi,
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      “R.M.A.”
      172 5 yHE prefly “R.M.A.” (Royal Mall Aircraft), used as a prefix to the :.u.mes of British airliners In the same way as R M S. is with ships. Is credited by the Melbourne Herald with being invented by Mr. A. E. Rudder. Sydney agent for Imperial Airways and Qantas. He
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      Paulette.
      101 6 COLLIER. English actress. will coach Paulette Goddard in elocution for her role of Scarlett O’Hara in David Selznick’s film version of “Gone With the Wind Those who met Miss Goddard during her fortnight’s stay in Singapore with Charlie Chaplin two or three years ago, say she already had then
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      Screen History.
      46 6 Screen History MISS Goddard’s only previous ap- pearance in a film, other than in Charlie Chaplin’s “Modern Times.’’ which was a silent, was as a chorus girl In Eddie Cantor’s memorable “Kid from Spain. Chaplin always has said Paulette has a brilliant career ahead of her
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      Dynamite Needed.
      92 6 INDICATIVE of the apparent inablii- ty of some English export firms to keep pace with modern business methods was the receipt by the Straits Times in the English mail yesterday of press publicity for a stunt carried out by a leading radio manufacturer at the Radio Olympia in
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      Amateur Actress.
      45 6 *J*HE S A D.C.’s recruiting department should be glad to hear that the wife of Colonel E. G. Miles, newlyappointed G S. O. 1., Malaya, is a distinguished amateur actress. She was formerly Lady Marcia Black, youngest daughter of the Earl of Roden.
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      Labour Leader.
      81 6 P* ARL de la Warr. whose hurried trip from Singapore to London has not been followed by anything worldshattering. is likely to be succeeded as leader of the National Labour Party by Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, following this month’s annual party conference. Retaining his post as chairman of the
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      Green Cow.
      91 6 'J’HIS month’s Malayan Police Magazine tells how on a recent morning three cars arrived at the Green Cow Hotel, Cameron Highlands. A party of chettiars stepped out. But they had not come to stay, they told the manager. They had come to worship the Green Cow\ They were
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      Monologue.
      189 6 JN a chat about train travel in various parts of the world. Rouseabout, of the Melbourne Herald, heard the story of an American monologue from a tra- veller who has recently been touring the United States. He was making a night Journey in one of those Pullman cars which
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      Publicity.
      85 6 THE February issue of Asia is of double interest to Malaya. Ernest O. Hauser, former Far Eastern correspondent of the Swiss Neue Zurcher Zeitung, contributes an article on “Imperial Singapore,” while Paul Scheffer, former editor-in-chief of the Berliner Tageblatt. writes on The No Man’s Land of Asia, “where, between
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      Expensive Gravestone.
      114 6 Expensive Gravestone AFTER recalling Lieut-Commander Fletcher’s Commons utterance that “If Singapore goes, Hong Kong goes, and then. I venture to think, everything goes,’ Ernest Hauser says: Britain has invested a cool £10.000.000 in the fortification of Singapore, and it is much less likely now than it was 13 years ago
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      “Colonial” Egotism.
      228 6 “Colonial Egotism. MAGAZINE writer Hauser winds up a review of the history of Singapore defensive schemes by commenting on the apparently un-Imperial attitude of Singapore in resisting antiJapanese trade restrictions and declining to assist various limping English trades. It is surprising to find a foreigner speaking of “colonial egotism” in
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      “ Malaysians ”
      156 6 Malaysians DAUL SCHEFFER, who spent a week at Raffles about nine months ago, has much to sav of the people of Malaya, the Netherlands Indies, French Indo-China. Siam and the Philippines. Speaking of them collectively, he says: These people are not insensible to the pressure of present-day conditions, of which
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      Asia’s Landsturm.
      153 6 SPEAKING further of the “Malaysians,” Herr Scheffer says: Dragged into the maelstrom of disturbing events, they must face a future controlled by forces far superior to themselves. Of course, it is possible time may bring some change They are the reserve of Asia’s people; they are the Landsturm
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      Britain and the Indies.
      168 6 /COMMENTING on the relationship between the British and the Dutch in the East Scheffer says There may exist that much talked-of understanding between England and the Netherlands in regard to their respective situation in the East. If it exists, and there are many reasons to doubt
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      Volunteer Memories.
      189 6 AMUSING reminiscences of early volunteering days in Singapore are recounted by Autolycus in his “Round the Town” column in the Siam Chronicle The S.V.C. in my time was rathei queer. When I first joined it I became a member of the machine-gun section. And when I went to
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      Fort Canning Captured.
      312 6 reveals how Volunteers once captured Fort Canning and were stood drinks by the officers. Singapore’s defences, of which we have of late heard a good deal, were a bit different then from now, he writes. Of course there was Blakan Mati, and Pasif Panjang and all that,
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      Ladysmith Guns.
      186 6 gQUALLY interesting is Autolycuss note about Ladysmith guns. Incidentally, to celebrate the Ladysmith anniversary, the sergeant’s mess of the 2nd. Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. are holding a Ladysmith Ball tomorrow. Singapore seems doomed to be handed second-hand guns First Ladysmith, and now the celebrated 18-inchers. which first saw service
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      Royal Visit.
      106 6 £ROWN Princess Juliana and Prince Bernard possibly will visit Java at the end of this year, according to the Evening Standard. The newspaper savs member of Holland’s ruling house has set foot in the Indies for more than 70 years. Local records contain no reference to any visit
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      More Americana.
      81 6 JINGLES Donahue, traffic policeman of Waterbury. Connecticut, believes in kindness to dumb motorists. When cars are parked wrongly, he sm?’ poems on the windscreens, thus: Too close to tbe crosswalk. Right next the kerb. Next time—a ticket, Instead of a blurb. And thus: Parking here is out of
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    ENGAGEMENT.
    32 6 Miss Louisa Margaret (Margot 1 Band, younger daughter of the Rev Stephen and Mrs. Band, of Singapore has announced her engagement t<> Mr. Kenneth Anthony Blacker «>t the Malayan Civil Service.
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    281 7 Mr. C. A. Mathews. Secretary of the Incorporated Society of Planters Kuala Lumpur, and Mrs. Mathews have gone on leave by the Jutlandia. Mr. A. T. Tatham, a director of Parit-Bruas (Malay) Rubber Co.. Ltd., who died at Kensington recently, left 4:70.377, net £69,766. Major R. J.
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    S.S. APPOINTMENTS.
    135 7 New Instructor For Volunteer Forces. The Secretary of State for the Colonies has approved the following appointments: Messrs. N. Stewart T. F. Porter. h T. B. Ryves and M. C. Manby to be police probationers, S.S. and F.M.S. Mr. K. H. Cantrell to be a Probationer. Customs and
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    27 YEARS’ VOLUNTEER SERVICE.
    99 7 'From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 7. •TWENTY-SEVEN years’ Volunteering are to the credit of Lieut. V. V. Oleeson. who was recently transferred to the F.M.S. Volunteer Force Reserve Officers on attaining the age limit He joined the Malay States Volunt°er Rifles in 1911, and
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    Government House.
    90 7 Thursday, Mar. 3. \7ICE Admiral Sir Percy Noble and v the Chief Justice of the F.M.S., Sir Roger Hall, arrived to stay at Government House. Mr. and Mrs. J. Huggins and Major R. H. Quill dined at Government House. Friday, Mar. 4. Sir Frank Stockdale, Mr. H. G.
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    F.M.S. APPOINTMENTS.
    231 7 The following B’.M.S. appointments are gazetted:— Lieut. M. C. ff Sheppard, M.C.S., to be an Honorary Aide-de-Camp to His Excellency. Mr. J. T. Tamby Dorai to be Financial Assistant, P.W.D. Negri Sembilan. Mr. E. A. Gardiner to act as Senior Executive Engineer. Waterworks, Perak and Pahang. Mr. W.
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    Preventive Officer Attacked With Parang.
    132 7 Singapore, Mar. 8. EUROPEAN Superintendent of the Johore Customs Preventive Branch, Mr. John Tolmie, was attacked with a parang on Saturday night while he was inspecting a Government chandu shop at Mawai, Kota Tinggi. Although unarmed, Mr. Tolmie defended himself and called for help, but
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    Plane Wreck For Singapore.
    64 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Mar. 8. wreckage of the aircraft in which Flight-Lieut. Alan D. Grace was injured when he crashed at the Penang Flying Club rally on Sunday is being shipped to Singapore today. Flight-Lieut. Grace, who was admitted to hospital with injuries to
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    Valuable Work Done For Ex-Prisoners.
    423 7 17ALUABLE work done by the Salvation Army in conjunction with the Singapore AfterCare Association is revealed in the annual report of the association. Probably the most difficult man to deal with is ttm one who feels he has been harshly or unjustly treated and who
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    Contents.
    286 7 Leaders— Provision For Retirement 2 How Now, Croaker 2 The Chrisian Doctrine 3 A Malayan Pool 3 The Silly Season 4 New Uses 4 Telegrams— Covering past week’3 news 25— 28 Picture Supplement 17—20 Financial Supplement— Financial and Commercial News to date, following page 32 Malayan General News— Valerie
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      BIRTHS
      56 7 BERGQUIST. —At the General Hospital, Singapore, Wednesday, March 2. to Lillian, wife of Laurence C. Bergquist, a daughter. Karen. PATERSON.—At Singapore on 7th Inst, to Freda wife of W. W. Paterson, a son. Both well. BIRKLE.—To Marjorie wife of Major W. J. Birkle, R.A.0.C., a son on Mar. 5.
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      121 7 The engagement is announced betueen Richard Cumberland Laughton, Royal Artillery, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. liaughton. of “Bombard”, Bombay, and Alison, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Williams, Singapore. The engagement is announced of Kenneth Anthony Blacker, Malayan Civil Service, younger son of the
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  • Obituary
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    12 7 DEATH. BRATH. —At the General Hospital, Thursday, Mar. 3. Jens Svendsen Brath.
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    GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE FOR SMALLER MINERS.
    298 8 Prepared To Finance Pool Scheme Up To $50 A Pikul. GOVERNMENT assistance for the smaller tin producers is provided for in the Malayan tin pool scheme published on Monday. It is understood that (Jovernment is prepared to take part in the financing of the scheme
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    What Local Tin Scheme Involves.
    171 8 “IN view of the effect of the re- duced quota for April-June upon the labour situation in the mining industry, the Government Is considering a scheme—liable to adjustment according to the total stock on the mines at the end of March, and to changes in
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    FIRST LABUAN TROOP AT CAMP.
    191 8 Ex-Klang Troop Leader Takes Tests. From a Correspondent.) Labuan, Mar. 4. SCOUTS of the 1st Labuan Troop Government English School) held their camp at the bungalow of Towkay Yeo Gim Chit, situated at the Coal Point Road near the sea. The programme included instructions by
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    JOHORE ALLOWANCE.
    36 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Mar. ti. Johore Government servants staying iri their own houses are to get six per cent, maintenance allowance. It is understood that a family allowance Is under consideration.
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    Rubber Industry Will Be Asiatic In 20 Years—
    455 8 MINCING LANE CHIEFS OPINION. ‘•IN 20 years time I do not think that there will be much of *the Malayan rubber plantation industry in the hands of Europeans—it will be almost entirely in the hands of Asiatics/’ declared Mr. W. Fletcher, chairman
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    SUMMONS CHARGES AGAINST CAPT. HASHIM.
    90 8 TPHROUGH his counsel. Captain, h M. Hashlm. member of the Legis lative Council, claimed to be tried on Tuesday on charges issued in a summons against him by Abu Bakar bln Captain Mohamed Som. The charges allege insult on Feu 20. or alternatively, using abusive
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    UNDANG’S FATHER TO BE RELEASED FROM PRISON.
    215 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 7. H A Dahan bin Ibrahim, the father of the Undang of Rembau (a Negri Sembilan major chief) is to be released from the civil prison, to which he was committed for contempt of court, following
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    Sailor’s Body Found On Malacca Beach.
    124 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Mar. 8. A HIGHLY decomposed body, believed to be that of Stoker A. Moffatt, of the submarine Proteus, was found on the beach at Tranquerah, close to the market, early this morning. A pair of sailor’s boots and belt
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    Committed To Assizes.
    130 8 1} A. P. KOENING, a Dutch subject was, on Monday, committed to the Assizes by the Singapore Fourth Magistrate, Mr. E. C. G. Barrett, on a charge of causing the death of an elderly Chinese, Cheong Tho Gee, by negligent driving. The case arose out of an
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    VALERIE RENOUNCES ALL FAMILY TIES.
    401 9 Says She Has Not Heard From Father Since Marriage. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 4. MRS. Bob Gregory, former Dayang Valerie of Sarawak and now wife of the all-in wrestler, announces from Hartford (Connecticut) that she has renounced all family ties and has not
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    Mr. F. J. Morten Unlikely To Return To Malaya.
    144 9 |T is unlikely that Mr. F. J. Morten, Director of Education. Straits Settlements, and Adviser on Education, Malay States, who left for England on leave last week, will return to Malaya, his retirement being announced in the Government Gazette. During the
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    PROBATE ENACTMENT MAY BE AMENDED.
    67 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Mar. 4. TO enable the Official Administrator in suitable cases to administer estates not exceeding $3,000 in total value which comes within the jurisdiction a Collector under Chapter XIX of the Probate and Administration Enactment. the F.MS. Legal Adviser
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    MERCHANT GETS BANKRUPTCY DISCHARGE.
    126 9 Firm Liabilities Were Over $360,000. K. NAGUTHA Mohamed Naina Maricar, a former partner in the firm of K. Sultan Maricar was discharged from bankruptcy on Mar. 4. subject to a year’s suspension, by the Chief Justice. Mr. Justice McElwaine. in the Bankruptcy Court. Mr. J W.
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    Pilot Crashes After Penang Aerobatic Display.
    362 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar. 6. AFTER an exhibition of aerobatics. Flight-Lieut. Alan D. Grace had a narrow escape from death when his plane crashed at today’s Penang Flying Club rally. He escaped with a dislocated arm and bruises. Flight-Lieut. Grace, who is
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    DUTCH PATROLS HALT CHINESE FISHING JUNKS.
    252 9 Local Fleet Goes Further Afield For Catches. A FLEET of Chinese fishing junks operating from Singapore was held up by Dutch naval patrols off the Sumatran Coast a few nights ago. according to reports in the Chinese vernacular press. piSHERMEN told Chinese repor- ters
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    Singapore Had Most Rain In January.
    162 9 Singapore Had Most Rain In January JUIORE rain fell at Singapore than anywhere else in Malaya in January, according to statistics compiled by the Meteorological Branch, Survey Department. The Singapore total in inches for January was 12.25. compared with 9.32, the next heaviest total, at Kuantan. Pahang. Next in order
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    EUROPEAN CHARGED.
    43 9 LI L. CARTER, a European, residing in Scotts Road, Singapore, appeared in the Singapore Third Police Court on Friday on a charge of fraudulently using electricity from the Municipal supply. Carter claimed trial and the case was fixed for Mar 26.
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    SEREMBAN PASTOR GOES ON LEAVE.
    84 9 -From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Mar. 4. •pHERE was a large gathering of friends at the railway station to wish bon voyage to the Rev. Mr. Kadlrgamar, pastor of the Tamil Methodist Church who left for Singapore on his way to Ceylon on holiday. Dr.
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    DRASTIC TIN QUOTA CUTS HARM LABOUR POSITION.
    574 10 Chinese Miner Suggests Only Half-Yearly Changes. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 4. ANV drastic alterations in the tin production quotas should be half-yearly and not quarterly and every possible information should first be obtained in this country regarding the labour position
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    Tiger Kills Johore Tapper.
    46 10 IV'HILE a tapper uas working near the Johcre Bahru-Scudai Road, about six miles from Johore Bahru, a few days ago. a large tiger pounced on him from behind and killed him. A number of tigers have been seen in the vicinity lately.
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    Governor’s West Coast Cruise.
    136 10 Accompanied by Lady Thomas, the private secretary (Mr. A H. P Humphrey and A.D.C. (Capt. R. A. GwynhSir Shenton will leave Singapore tomorrow at 10 p.m. Mar. 12 and 13 will be spent at Malacca, the yacht leaving for Port Dickson the following day. A day
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    Australian Fatally Stabbed
    119 10 Bangkok, Mar. 4. AN Australian, named McKenzie, was stabbed to death by a Siamese coolie in a coffee shop in Huey Prik. a mining village not far from the mining centre of Haad Yai. News of the tragedy, which is said of have occurred on Feb. 24.
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    NEW SIAM-GERMAN TREATY.
    100 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.* Bangkok. Mar. 3. FOLLOWING the exchange of ratifi--1 cations of the Siamese-German Treaty of Friendship. Commerce and Navigation, telegrams were exchangeed between Luang Pradit Manudharm. the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Herr von Ribbentrop, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, at Berlin. Herr von
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    Malaya Has Given $25,000,000 To China Relief.
    196 10 A SUM of $25,000,000 in Chinese currency is revealed as the total amount subscribed by Malayan Chinese for China since an active campaign for funds began six months ago. Of this money, S 10,500,000 (Chinese) has been sent up to December 1936, thus
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    $3,000,000 Radio Station For Singapore.
    138 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, JVlar. 4. •SINGAPORE is to have a new radio station, estimated to cost £370,000 (Straits $3,145,000). it is revealed in the Navy Estimates published today. Of this sum £150,000 (Straits $1,275,000) will be voted this year. The estimate for the
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    Tennis Player Marries Planter.
    206 10 Williams Toby. Alma Beatrice Toby, wellknown Singapore tennis player and daughter of Mrs. Toby and the late Mr. T. R. Toby, of Medan. Sumatra, was married on Friday at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. H. R L. Dyne. Grange Road. Singapore, to Mr. P. J.
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    Malayan Shoes For China’s Troops.
    106 10 than 25,000 pairs of rubber 1 shoes for Chinese troops fighting on the muddy battlefields of Kwangsi left Singapore for Hong Kong on Mar. 4 in the steamers Muinam and Hai Lee. Several Singapore factories have worked day and night to complete the order in
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    R.A.F. EGYPT TO DARWIN NON-STOP FLIGHT.
    416 11 Will Pass Over Penang On Great Circle Route Bid. IN a spectacular effort to regain for Great Britain the world’s 1 long-distance flight record, three Vickers Wellesley bombers will attempt early next month a non-stop flight from Ismailia, Egypt, to Darwin, Northern Territory of
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    1,000 Pounds Of Air Mail
    105 11 Singapore, Mar. 7. A FTER taking over the Centurion’s first “official” batch of outward bound “allup” air-mail at Calcutta, the Empire flying-boat Canopus, which left England on Feb. 27, with the second batch of “allup” mail, arrived in Singapore yesterday with over 1,000 pounds of
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    F.M.S. VOLUNTEER COMMISSION.
    67 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Mar. 5. A COMMISSION as second lieuten- ant in the F.M.S. Volunteer Force has been granted to Mr. John Edmund Theophilus. the Negri Sembilan planter and rugby forward. Lieut. Aman Shah bin Raja Harun has been transferred to the active list from
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    Singapore-Sydney In Three Days: New Dutch Service.
    276 11 QOINCIDING with the inauguration of the SingaporeSydney Empire flying-boat service in July, the Dutch will launch a new service to Sydney that will clip three days off the new British London-Sydney schedule. Whereas the Empire flying-boat service will work on a 12 days
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    Governor Suggests Malay Fair Improvements.
    198 11 AFTER a 25-minute tour of the Malay fair to which Lady Thomas and he paid a surprise visit on Sunday, the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, congratulated the Malays of Singapore on the innovation and, it is understood, suggested improvements which will be carried out by
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    MRS. J. C. G. SPOONER DIES IN LONDON.
    120 11 OEVEN months after her husband, Major J. C. G Spooner, former Chief Engineer, Way and Works, F.M.S. Railways, had died while on his way to England on retirement, Mrs. Spooner died in London on Mar. 6. daughter of Mr. E. V. Carey,
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    Singapore Company To Make N. I. Gas Masks.
    238 11 TO BUILD FACTORY IN JAVA. IN the near future a Singapore company will he manufac1 turing gas masks for the N ctherlands Indian Army and civilian population of the Netherlands Indies in a branch factory in Java. WEWS that an agreement tor
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    SIAM LEGAL ADVISER TO RETIRE.
    120 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Mar. 3 JM|R. Samuel Brlghouse, son of Sir Samuel Brlghouse, the octogenarian Coroner In Lancashire, is retiring from the post of Legal Adviser to the Privy Purse at the end of this Siamese year. Mar. 31. Mr. Brighouse is a
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    MRS. M. ARUMUGAM.
    72 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Mar. 6 THE death occurred at the local hos- pital last night from typhoid of Mrs. M Arumugam, wife of Mr. M Arumugam Chief Clerk, of the local brunch of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. The funeral this evening was largely
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    SPECIAL STOCK SCHEME FOR MALAYAN MINES.
    590 12 To Be Held In Bond By Smelters During Second Quarter. RESIGNED to minimise disorganisation of labour on tin mines, owing to the reduced production quota for the second quartet, the F.M.S. Government on Monday announced a scheme whereby the cut imposed by the International
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    No Street Music Without Permission.
    221 12 A PROCLAMATION issued by the Chief Police Officer, Singapore, after recent anti-Japanese rioting is implemented in a Government Gazette notification. The object of the notification is to tighten up the provisions of the regulation. and to give power to any gazetted police officer or inspector
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    Kra Canal Rumour Denied In Burma.
    80 12 Reuter. Rangoon Mar. 4. 4 denial of further rumours that Japan had taken preliminary steps for the construction of a canal through the Isthmus of Kra, Siamese territory, was made in the Burma House of Representatives, today. The Chief Secretary to Government. Mr. \V.
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    Presentation To Malayan Y.W.C.A. Secretary.
    175 12 Singapore. Mar. 3. MISS GERTRUDE OWEN, who has been a Y.W.C.A. official in Malaya for the past 13 years, is leaving on Saturday. Miss Owen was for nine years general secretary of the Y.W.C.A. in Singapore, and later began special work as all-Malayan Secretary, to
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    MEDICAL COUNCIL.
    46 12 The following have been nominated by the Malaya Branch of the British Medical Association as members of the Medical Council of the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States: Dr. E. A. Elder, Dr. S. W. Eveson. Dr. W. R. Duff and Dr. B. Barrowman.
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    SHIP DOCKERS REFUSED TO LOAD IS HERE.
    197 12 VJ ITH only 60 tons of cargo in her holds, the Haruna Maru, which was boycotted by dockers in Britain, arrived in Singapore, on Monday, on her way back to Japan. IV3CKERS at Middlesbrough and London refused to load nearly 2,000 tons of
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    Malayan Publicity Film Pleases In London.
    264 12 Malayan Publicity Film Pleases In London (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 4. “FIVE FACES,” the Malayan publicity film, describing the history and life of the Peninsula in terms of the five main races who have influenced it, has been warmly received by former Malayans, several of whom attended a
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    RUBBER FIRM’S BIG CLAIM AGAINST CHINESE.
    129 12 $136,000 Mentioned At Public Examination. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar. 4. I AM YENG KEE, a well-known Penang Chinese, stated during his public examination before Mr Justice Gordon Smith, that he started business with a capital of $15,000 on Mar. 1, 193(3. and
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    F.M.S. TRAFFIC SIGNS STANDARDISED.
    101 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 4. ALL traffic signs in the Federated Malay States are to be standard in size, colour and type from today. This ruling, announced in the Government Gazette, is in conformity with the new Road Traffic Enactment which is co-ordinating
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    Child Welfare Society Salaries: Appeal To Restore Cuts.
    1195 13 Economies Needed To Secure Support Of Public, Says Chairman. APPEALING for the restoration of recent reductions in the salaries of the matron and nurses employed by the Child Welfare Society, Mr. A. W. W. Ker, speaking at Thursday’s annual meeting at Government
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    Offered Job To Throw Bomb, Says Chinese.
    104 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar. 3. THAT he was offered employment at $3O to $4O a month and a reward of $5OO on condition that he kept secret the nature of his work, which he was later told was to throw a
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    Doctor Weds Hospital Sister.
    197 13 Divine Speirs. I\R. Thomas A. Divine, of the Malayan Medical Service and now attached to the General Hospital, Singapore was married on Mar. 3, to Miss F. E. R. (Jane) Speirs, a nursing sister of the hospital, at St. Andrew’s Cathedral. Daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
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    MALAYAN INTERNAL AIRWAYS.
    74 13 HPHE refusal of the Straits Settlements Government to grant any rebate on petrol duty to the internal Malayan airways service was discussed at the last meeting of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association. The question arose on a resolqtion received from the European Association of Malaya. It was
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    No Change In Air Mail Scheme To Suit Merchants.
    416 13 REPLY TO S.S. (S.) A. REQUEST. N° amendment has been made in Malayan postal arrangements connected with the allup air mail scheme to permit certain types of commercial documents in the first class mail category to be sent by the alternative
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    R.A.F. TO SPEND £600,000 IN MALAYA THIS YEAR.
    260 14 account for only £BOO.—Straits Times Social Cablegram. New H.Q. For Volunteer Air Force At Civil Airport. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 4. A TOTAL expenditure in 1938 of £612,800 on Royal Air Force extensions in Malaya is provided for in the
    account for only £BOO.—Straits Times Social Cablegram.  -  260 words
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    NO GOVERNMENT PLAN FOR EMPRESS PLACE DEVELOPMENT.
    292 14 “Most Unsatisfactory,* Thinks 5.5. Association THERE is ao Government plan for the further development of Empress Place, site of the Government offices and the Victoria Memorial Hall, it is announced by the Colonial Secretary in a letter read at the last committee meeting
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    Public Wants To Know About Air Raid Precautions.
    110 14 £RITICISM of the delay in telling the public about air raids precautions was made at the last meeting of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association committee. A letter was read from Major Spark, secretary of the Air Raids Precautions Committee, stating that the
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    “ DISGRACEFUL ACT,” SAYS MAGISTRATE.
    168 14 DISGRACEFUL ACT,” SAYS MAGISTRATE. Indian Who Kissed Chinese Woman Bather. (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Mar. 2. 1JOW a young Chinese woman bath- ing in a river was embraced and kissed by a stranger was told to Sheikh Abu Bakar. the Second Magistrate, when Jacob, an Indian Christian. was
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    Eight Years’ For Japanese On Counterfeit Notes Charge.
    464 14 APPEAL DISMISSED. U O L D I N G that the case against Kichiyoshi Ohki, a Japanese, was not prejudiced by the alleged inefficient interpretation, and that the case against 800 Bun Chin was fairly put to the jury by the trial
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    £400,000 For Singapore’s Great Guns.
    74 14 defences.—Straits Times Special Cablegram. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 4. jy|ALAYAN extensions expenditure provided for in the Army Estimates total £521,000. This sum includes £100,000 for barracks and equipment at Penang, £400,000 for completion of all types of batteries at Singapore, £9,000 for a
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    F.M.S. Labour Problem
    168 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 4. QONTRARY to expectations the labour situation, particularly in Perak and Selangor, is causing some concern, following the announcement of reduced quotas for tin and rubber. Unfortunately, the view that surplus labour would be absorbed by other works, particularly public
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    R.N.V.R. PROMOTIONS.
    28 14 The promotions of Warrant Officers W. J Herbert and H. H. Belderson. Straits Settlements Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, to the rank of sublieutenant have been approved
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    WHAT TO PLANT-SEEDS, SEEDLINGS OR STUMPS?
    2150 15 Planting T opics Rats And Squirrels Eat Seed Planted At Stake. NOVEL METHOD OF PROTECTING PLANTS FROM SUN AND RAIN. Stagmoss Can Be Used With Advantage. By Our Planting Correspondent. is the best material to plant seeds, seedlings or stumps? This question is still
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    PROPRIETARY PLANTER OPPOSES REGULATION.
    782 16 Corres/tondence Suggestion That Terms Of Land Grants Are Broken. (To the Editor of the Straits Times) gIR, —It would be interesting to know how the Press, both in London and Malaya, in a matter ot a few hours, before most of the rubber producers had read
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    32 16 Mrs. Emma St. Barbe French, widow oi the late Mr. Julian Stephen Hay French, formerly of the Malayan Civil Service, died at Bexhill-on-Sea on Feb. 19. writes the Straits Times London Correspondent.
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    Maintenance Application Sent Back To District Court.
    454 16 “PROPRIETY OF ENGLISH ORDER CANNOT BE QUESTIONED.” AN application by Edith Lilian Woosey for enforcement of an order she had obtained from the English High Court against her husband, Sydney Arthur Joseph Woosey, Inspector of Police, ordering him to pay 1*20 a month
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    European To Face Assizes Following Fatal Car Crash.
    291 16 DB. OSLER, a European, was last week committed to the Assizes on a charge of causing the death of ricksha puller by negligent driving in Grove Road, on the night of Feb. 4. Among those who gave evidence before Mr. E. C.
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    China Does Not Want Untrained Volunteers.
    213 16 \I7HILE certain sections still urge that China stands in need of Malayan recruits for her armies news has been received from the Singapore Chinese Consulate-General that the latest offer of service in the war zone by local Chinese drivers of motor vehicles has been
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    SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRAITS BUDGET
    563 17 A gioup photograph taken at .lie annual dinner of the St. David's Society, which was held at l(ail(:*s llote*.—Nakajima picture. Mr. 1*. J. A. Williams and his bride, the former Miss Alma Beatrice Toby.—S raits Ti.nts tm r Miss Alma Beatrice Toby.—Sraits Ti.nts picture. Group
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    Do Singapore Women Overdress?
    824 21 ASK 3 A FASHION CRITIC. pvO Singapore women overdress? They follow London fashions as closely as they can, either by buying imported model frocks, or by having fashions from Home papers faithfully copied. A few years ago at a garden party or a race meeting women
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    Don’t Try To Beat The Woman Next Door.
    225 21 A poet’s reply to last week’s Woman’s Notebook article. The problems of humanity are many and diverse, They affect our souls and bodies, our countries, and our purse. And a multitude of people is ivorking day and night, To solve these cursed
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    Should Councillors Be Nominees Of Governor?
    88 21 '"THE method of appointing Unofficial members of the Legislative Council is to be discussed at the next meeting of the Straits Settlements Singapore Association committee. At the last meeting it teas resolved that the question be approached from the point of view that representatives
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    Whitehall Expert To See N.I. Agriculture.
    173 21 UIK FranH Stockdale, Agricultural Adviser to the Colonial Office, who has been touring Malaya, does not expect his report on the agricultural situation and pioblems of the country which he has been investigating, to be ready before August or September. LIE left on Mar.
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    JUDGMENT FOR AGENCY FIRM.
    60 21 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. Mar 3. IN the Supreme Court today. Mr Justice Gordon Smith entered Judgment with costs for A. A. Anthony and Company for the sum of $5,895 being agency fees against Kamra Tir. Dredging. Co., Ltd., a tin company registered in Great
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    AUTHORITY TO INTERCEPT “CERTAIN” TELEGRAMS.
    70 21 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 4. A BILL which will go before the Federal Council at its next meeting will seek to emphasise that either the person in charge of the telegraph or an officer authorised by the High Commissioner may intercept certain
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    World’s Most Modern Aircraft For Seletar Command Squadrons.
    364 22 TWO NEW AERODROMES IN JOHORE KEDAH. COINCIDING with the completion of new aerodromes at t* t e.ngah and Sembauang, on Singapore Island, at Hintulu and Kuching, Sarawak, and at Jesselton, British North Borneo, the strength of the Royal Air Force, Far East
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    “TEAR OUT RUBBER TREES.”
    116 22 Madras Banker Advises Malaya. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Mar. 2. “rjlEAR out the rubber trees,” said 1 Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar, of Chettlnad. Madras, at Ipoh, today, when he was asked what he thought would be the best method of dealing with frequent periods of
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    Growing British Air Power In Asia.
    112 22 'I 1 HE reinforcing of the Royal Air Force, Far East will mean that both numerically and on the basis of quality, British air power in Asia will be able tc meet any demands, the Straits Times u Jiderstands. Although present equipment is stated
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    TIMES PUBLISHES SINGAPORE NUMBER.
    84 22 Reuter. London, Mar. 3. TTHE TIMES Weekly Edition today publishes a special Singapore Naval Base Number, enlarged to 60 pages, containing many articles and illustrations relating to the base and recent opening of the doc’:. Comments on the importance of the latter event are published from
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    Hainanese Fishermen For Singapore.
    67 22 FOLLOWING the boycotting of 1 Japanese fishmongers by Chinese, Singapore Chinese are establishing their own fishing company. As the nucleus of a new Chinese fishing fleet, seven junks, several motor-boats and a large amount of equipment have been bought, Chinese sources report. To operate these, expert
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    Coroner Criticises Sulphur Cargo Storage.
    296 22 THE Singapore Coroner, Mr. 1 W. G. Porter, last week criticised conditions under which rock sulphur was stored in a ship and commented on the lack of precautions to guard against the danger to human life. He was inquiring into the death of three Tamils
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    “Holding Public To Ransom,” Says Transport Board Chief.
    278 22 COMMENT ON DOUBLE FARES FOR INDIAN PILGRIMS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 1. pHARGING double fares for Indian pilgrims to Batu Caves shrines for celebration of the Thaipusam festival, last month was characterised by Mr. S. W. Nelson, presiding in
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    Gaol For “Boy” With Seditious Literature.
    125 22 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 3. A HAINANESE boy,” Lam Yu Chik, was sentenced at the Assizes today, to two years’ rigorous imprisonment on each of three charges of possession of seditious literature and newspapers proscribed last year, the sentences to run
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    MR. J. S. BRATH.
    77 22 Death Of Danish Resident. death occurred last Thursday of a well-known member of the Singapore Danish community, Mr. Jans Svendsen Brath, of the East Asiatic Company Ltd. He was 33 years of age and unmarried. Mr. Brath died In the General Hospital after a short illness.
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    BRITAIN’S ARMS PLAN IS RUSHED AHEAD.
    700 23 Good Progress Made Despite Difficulties. 1939 “PEACE YEAR” MAY COST MORE THAN PLANNED. WHILE delays and difficulties have been ex- perienced, and deliveries in some cases not fulfilled, progress in British defence has been satisfactory, states a White Paper just issued, the fourth of
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    POLICEMEN SHOT, TWO SOLDIERS CHARGED.
    108 23 London, Mar. 2. TWO soldiers. Andrew van der Burgh, 37, and Reginald Eddie Kaye, 16, were charged in the Stratford. Essex, police court with shooting with intent to murder and with possessing revolvers and ammunition with intent to end life. Thev were further charged in
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    Ishbel’s Groom Pounds Drum In Village Band.
    328 23 THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD ISHBEL MacDONALD, eldest daughter of Ramsay MacDonald, was married on Feb, 28 to thirty-three-year-old Norman Ridgley, who, between odd jobs at house painting and decorating, taught her to play darts and dominoes in the bar parlour of her village inn. To avoid
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    Sabotage Of R.A.F. Bombers.
    112 23 British Wireless. London, Mar. 3. Questioned in the House of Commons about the alleged sabotage on bombing planes at Ringway aerodrome, the Undersecretary for Air, Sir Philip Sassoon, said that on Feb. 14, when two aircraft were about to be tested, it was discovered that the
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    NEWSPAPER CHIEF DIES.
    31 23 San Francisco, Mar. 4 ROBERT PAINE SCRIPPS, director of the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain throughout America. died aooard his yacht Novia Del Mar off Santa Marguerita, southern California, today.
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    Japanese Chase Imperial Plane Near Hong Kong.
    165 23 —Reuter London, Mar. 1. JAPANESE aeroplanes pursued an Imperial Airways air-liner which was flying from Bangkok to Hong Korg, according to reports received in London. The planes mistook the airliner for a Chinese machine, but the majority of them abandoned pursuit without firing
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    AMERICA STANDS BY DEMOCRACY.
    65 23 —Reuter. Washington, Mar. 4. THE determination of the United States Government to safeguard democracy in respect of treaties and to foster foreign trade was expressed by President Roosevelt when receiving the credentials of the new French Ambassador, the Comte de St. Quentin. In reply, the Ambassador
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    New R.A.F. Planes Excel Expectations.
    356 24 LATEST ESTIMATES £73,000,000, ANNOUNCES LORD SWINTON. London, Mar. 3. THE Air Minister, Lord Swinton, in the course of a Memo- randum accompanying the Air Estimates for 1938, says that rearming will be substantially completed during the coming financial year and the full operational effect will
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    NO NAZIS FOR UNITED STATES.
    66 24 —Reuter Hitler Keeps Germans From Politics. Washington, Mar. 1. /GERMANY has ordered its citizens in America to refrain from joining American Nazi organisations, according to the German Embassy. This is described semi-offlcially as a move to keep Germans from participating in American politics. Official German
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    BRITISH ARMY’S OFFICERS.
    38 24 British Wireless. London, Mar 2. Seventeen per cent, of the total commissioned officer strength of the British Armv has risen from the ranks, the War Minister, Mr. L. Hore-Belisha. told the House of Commons today.—
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    Adolfs Autograph For Sacked Generals.
    56 24 Reuter. Berlin Mar. 1. I ilTLER has addressed letters to H the genera s who left the army following his order last month thanking them for their services and directing that they be presented with his autographed portrait. Field-Marshal Goering, the War Minister, was today
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    “We Will Be Frightful. ” —Goering.
    185 24 “We Will Be Frightful. Goering. —Reuter Berlin, Mar 1. u ()U R air force will be frightful when the command comes; we shall be the terror of our enemies,” declared the War Minister, Field-Marshal Coering, addressing the Academy for Aviation tonight• “If we Germans as human beings are passionately devoted
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    D’Annunzio, Poet and Patriot, Dies.
    717 24 QNE of the most romantic figures of our times, Gabriel d'Annunzio, Italy’s eccentric soldier-aviator-poet hero, died on Mar. 1 at his home at Lake Garda, where he had lived in retirement since 1930. His last public pronouncement, states Reuter, was a letter to the Minister
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    Japanese Victorious In Shansi.
    203 24 —Reuter. Peking, Mar. 1. pOUNDED mercilessly by Japanese planes and artillery, the Chinese front at Lingshih—centre of a defence line 20 miles long and from six to 12 miles deep, guarding an important pass into southern Shansi—has collapsed. Lingshih is about 80 miles south of Taiyuan,
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    Army Vote Is Increased In Italy.
    123 24 —Reuter. Rome, Mar. 1. AN increase of 100,000,000 lire (roughly £1.000,000) is shown in the Army estimates for the 1938-39 financial year, compared with the tigure for the current year. The estimated expenditure totals 2 612.000.000 lire < £26.000.000 >. A report accompanying the
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    ARMY TRIES NEW UNIFORMS.
    106 24 London. Mar. 1 WEW types of clothing will be tried by the Army for active service. A display of the new uniform In the Central London Recruiting Depot includes a deerstalker cap and the attendant clothing evolved a few years ago, but now made of a
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    Italy Spends More On Her Naval Strength.
    158 25 Reuter ‘RACE IS ON; WE MUST NOT SLOW DOWN” Rome, Mar. 5. THE Italian Naval Estimates for 1938-39 total 2,013,000,000 lire (roughly £20,000,000), an increase ot 155,000,000 lire (£1,500,000) compared with the figure for the current year. The ships in course of construction
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    Chinese Launch Big Counter-Offensive.
    139 25 —Reuter. Hankow, Mar. 4. TAKING advantage of the transfer of the main body of Japanese troops from Honan to Shansi, Chinese forces at Chengchow crossed the Yellow River and launched a counteroffensive along the PekingHankow Railway. At the same time, according to official Chinese dispatches, a
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    20,000 Are Homeless In U.S. Floods.
    80 25 —Reuter. Los Angeles, Mar. 5. J7IGHTY-FIVE people have perished and 117 are reported missing joliowing the flood disaster which iias swept Southern California. die havoc extends along a 170-nule front. The waters are receding rapidly, having a panorama of wrecked houses j 0v ered
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    Dangerous To Invade Indies.
    116 25 —Reuter. The Hague, Mar. 5. JN view of the increase in the Netherlands Air Force in the Indies and the presence of an army of 60,000 soldiers in Java, it would be most dangerous for any foreign power to invade the Netherlands Indies. This warning was
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    Japan May Reveal Her Naval Plan.
    68 25 —Reuter. AN outcome of the London con- sultations between English, French and United States naval experts is that there is now reasonable hope of avoiding escalation of battleship dimensions, states Mr. Hector Bywater, Daily Telegraph naval correspondent, who adds that there is growing hope
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    Britain Sends Strong Note To Franco.
    152 25 —Reuter. London, Mar. 1. fEN. FRANCO’S Administration having afforded an explanation of the sinking of the British ship Alcira which the Government considers unsatisfactory, the British Agent at Salamanca has been instructed to express the opinion that the attack was entirely unjustifiable. The Salamanca
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    Britain Makes Progress In Naval Building.
    518 25 —British Wireless. London, Mar. 4. AN increase of £15,642,000 to £93,707,000 is shown in the Navy Estimates for 1938, presented tonight. This figure is exclusive of any amount provided from the Consolidated Fund. The amount which will be provided under the Defence Loans Act
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    German Claim Over Minorities Abroad.
    291 25 ’—Reuter Berlin, Mar. 5. 4<r pHE German nation cer- tainly respects every nation which stands up for its rights and liberties,” says the semi-official journal Diplomatische Korrespondenz, replying to the Czechoslovak Prime Minister, Dr. M. Hodza, who stated yesterday that protection of the 3,000,000 Germans
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    What Austrian Nazis May Not Do.
    143 25 —Reuter. Vienna, Mar. 5. AN important general ruling on what the Nazis may and may not do has been issued to the police and other authorities by Dr. A. Seyss-Inquart, Minister of Police and Hitler’s nominee on the Austrian Cabinet. According to this ruling,
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    AFRICAN NAVAL BASE.
    24 25 .—Reuter. I>ua’a, West Africa. Mar. 3. A French submarine base is being established here, and two submarines have already arrived —Reuter.
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    HUGE FLOODS DROWN 124 IN CALIFORNIA.
    337 26 -Reuter. Crowd Swept To Sea On Wrecked Bridge. Los Angeles, Mar. 4. A LTOGETHER 124 people have have been drown- ed in floods which have swept Southern California after a four-day downpour. The is the worst disaster to strike the Pacific Coafct since the
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    R.A.F. FLIERS MUST BE PRESUMED DEAD.
    79 26 —Reuter Oil Drums From Lost Bomber Washed Up. London. Mar. 2. The Air Ministry today stated that the three occupants ol the long distance bomber which disappeared on Feb. 26 must now be presumed to have died the day the machine wis lost, extensive
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    MANCHU TROOPS MUTINY IN SUIYUAN.
    37 26 —Reuter. Hankow, Mar. 3. MANCHUKUO troops, forming part of five divisions of mixed Japa-nese-Mongol and Manchukuo troops, mutinied near Paotow. Suiyuan Province, today, and joined the Chinese, according to official Chinese reports.
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    “Fastest Mile Ever ” By Cunningham.
    96 26 “Fastest Mile Ever By Cunningham. Glenn cunningham, famous American athlete, ran the fastest mile ever,” returning 4 min. 4.4 sec. on a wooden track at Hanover, New Hampshire, on Mar. 4, cables Reuter. The world record on grass, recently given international recognition, is 4 min. 4.6 sec. by S. C.
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    Britain Increases Army Spending By One-Third.
    336 26 inaugurated in December, 1936.—British Wireless. THE Army Estimates for 1938, at £85,357,000, show an increase of £22,237,000 over 1937, and provide for increased mechanisation, and reorganisation of the anti-aircraft and coastal defences of Britain. IT is proposed to meet Army expendi- ture for equipment
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    Neimoeller Put Into Prison Again.
    74 26 Berlin, Mar. 3. DEARRESTED as soon as he left the court, Pastor Neimoeller, Confessional Church leader, has been taken into protective custody because he stated he intended to continue to preach against the law. according to a high Nazi official. The official added that if
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    U.S. PLANS NEW DIRIGIBLE.
    53 26 —Reuter. Part Of £6,000,000 Experiment. Washington. Mar 2. ■'HE House of Representatives naval A committee, considering the Navy Expansion Bill, has recommended a $30,000,000 (£6.000.000) experimental fund for the Navy. Of this $3,000,000 would be earmarked for the construction of a dirigible similar to the decommissioned
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    GUERILLAS CRIPPLE RAIL TRAFFIC IN N. CHINA.
    91 26 Peking, Mar. 3. THE activities of the guerillas continue to cause the Japanese serious concern all along the Peking-Hankow Railway, where traffic is frequently interrupted. A Japanese supply train was derailed south ol Shanchiachwan on Monday. Several Japanese troops were killed and many
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    TURKEY AND GREECE TO ENTER 10-YEAR PACT.
    53 26 —Reuter. Ankara. Mar. 1. The Greek Prime Minister. M Metaxas, and the Turkish Foreign Minister, Dr. Rushdi Aras, have initialled a ten-year Turco-Greek cordial entente here. The pact, which provides for co-ordination and common action in the foreign policy ol both countries, will
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    Britain & Austria’s Future.
    182 26 Britain Austria’s Future. —Reuter. London, Mar. 3. The Government will continue to watch what goes on in Austria with the greatest possible attention and interest, the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, told the House of Commons last night when the question of the Austro-German agreement was raised on the motion
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    No Torpedoes In Capital Ships.
    164 26 —Reuter. London, Mar. 1. TORPEDOES are to be abolished as item of armament in British capital ships, according to the Daily Telegraph naval correspondent. The correspondent adds that this reform has long been urged by the majority of naval officers, who regard the torpedo as
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    CHINESE ATTACK IN SUIYUAN.
    79 26 —Reuter. Hankow, Mar. 6. troops stationed in western Suiyuan Province, have been ordered to advance on Paotow, in central Suiyuan, to test the strength of the Japanese there. A clash has occurred at Anpai. The result is not yet known This offensive follows reports that Japanese
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    Britain Grants De Facto Recognition To Italy’s Conquest Of Abyssinia.
    180 27 —Reuter. BRITAIN recognises Italy as the de facto Government of the whole of Ethiopia. This important ruling was given by the Foreign Office on Mar. 2 when the thorny problem of the degree of British recognition of the Italian Government
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    British Secret Service And Russian Trial.
    191 27 —Reuter. Moscow, Mar. 6. A LLEGED work on behalf of the British Intelligence Service and the mention of prominent British personages were dealt with when dignified M. Christian Eakovsky, formerly Soviet Ambassador in London, resumed his evidence at the fourth day of the Soviet
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    Public Property Worth £10,000,000 Lost In California.
    66 27 —Reuter. Los Angeles, Mar. 6. pUBLIC losses in the Southern Californian floods are estimated at 10,000,000, while damage to private property will probably never be known Aeroplanes dropped food to -arooned residents in mountain 1 >orts where, according to the latest ports, people
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    CAROL FOR LONDON
    34 27 ne will leave on Mar. 25.—British ireless. London, Mar. 4. King Carol of Rumania will arrive 1 London on Mar. 22 on a State visit. He will leave on Mar. 25.—British
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    “Peace With Honour,” Is British Motto.
    146 27 —British Wireless. London, Mar. 6. A FEELING of widespread relief that the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, had embarked on a definite and active policy of reconciliation in Europe had been observed, declared the Home Secretary, Sir John Simon, speaking at Chelsea last night.
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    FRANCE TO RAISE BIG DEFENCE LOAN.
    167 27 ’—Reuter Chautemps Makes Vibrant Appeal To Country. Paris, Mar. 6. Within a few days the government will launch a mighty effort to procure, mostly by loans, 15.000.000.000 francs '€100.000.000) needed for defence this year, it was announced, alter the passing ol the National Defence
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    SWEDEN-MANCHUKUO TRADE TALKS.
    67 27 Barter Agreement Under Discussion. Negotiations fer a trade agreement between Sweden ana Manchukuo have been instituted in Hsinking. capital of Manchukuo. by the Swedish Emoassy in Tokio, according to the semi-official Japanese news agency Domei. A barter arrangement is being discussed whereby Swedish steel would be exchanged
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    America Lays Claim To British Pacific Isles.
    248 27 “THIS ISLAND BELONGS TO KING EDWARD VIII." Washington, Mar. 7. THE United States Government has formally asserted its 1 claim to Canton and Enderbury Islands, in the Phoenix group, South Pacific. America claims the islands were discovered by American whalers, says Reuter, but
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    More Hopeful Outlook For Business.
    87 27 London. Mar. 1. “IT seems doubtful, to say the least, whether we have entered upon a heavy cumulative slump in business,” concludes the Midland Bank monthly review, after a lengthy survey of business prospects. “If we were to form an opinion hopefully instead of with
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    56 27 London. Mar. b. THE Archbishop of Canterbury has appointed Archdeacon Francis Septimus Hollis Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak in succession to the Rt Rev Noel Hudson, who was appointed Secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel last October The Archdeacon has been in Sarawak since 1916 and
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    Mr. Richard Austen Butler, 36-year-old Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour, who has been appointed Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs in place of Lord Cranborne, who resigned with Mr. Eden. Mr. Butler is Conservative Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden, Essex, and is one of the best speakers in the House.
    52 27 Mr. Richard Austen Butler, 36-year-old Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour, who has been appointed Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs in place of Lord Cranborne, who resigned with Mr. Eden. Mr. Butler is Conservative Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden, Essex and is one of the best speakers in
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    ROOSEVELT COMPLETES FIVE YEARS’ RULE.
    87 27 —Reuter. Washington, Mar. 4. THE old ship of state is still on the same course/' declared President Roosevelt at his press conference when discussing the five years of his Administration which ended today. The objectives of the New Deal were unchanged, he said. He hoped
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    CHIEF OF “MOUNTIES” DIES IN CANADA.
    22 27 Toronto, Mar. 7. The death has occurred of MajorGeneral Sir James Howden Macßrlen. s ys Reuter.
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    Rebel Cruiser Sunk By Torpedo From Destroyer.
    405 28 DRAMATIC BATTLE FOLLOWS NIGHT RAID. AN INSURGENT cruiser, either Canarias or Baleares, was sunk by a torpedo from the loyalist destroyer Lepanto in a naval engagement off the east coast of Spain early on Sunday morning. u?panto slipped out of harbour under cover
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    OLD ART FIRM CLOSES.
    110 28 .—Reuter. Burlacher Brothers, Of Bond Street. London, Mar. ti. r\NE of Londons oldest art dealing firms, Durlacher Brothers, of Bond Street, will cease business at the end of the month and the stocks will be sold at a famous London auction rooms during the spring. The
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    Eden’s Going Was Purely Domestic.
    131 28 —Reuter. Canberra, Mar. 7. AUSTRALIA was consulted by the United Kingdom on Jan. 27, while Mr. Eden was still Foreign Secretary, on the proposal for reopening negotiations with Italy, the Prime Minister, Mr. J. A. Lyons, told a press conference today. The Commonwealth agreed that
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    No More Troubles For Austrian Nazis.
    199 28 —Rteuer. Linz (Austria), Mar. 6. ALL the disabilities from which the Nazi movement suffers in Austria are to be removed. Dr. Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Minister of Police and Hitler's nominee in the Austrian Cabinet, promised a Nazi gathering here today. On Saturday at Vienna he
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    No Naval Equality For Japan.
    163 28 —Reuter. London, Mar. 7. “THE abolition of capital ships and aircraft-carri-ers would merely consolidate Japan's strategic control of areas in the Pacific.” Thus writes the Daily Telegraph naval correspondent referring to statements by Mr. Koki Hirota. Japanese Foreign Minister, that if would be gratifying if
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    “Japan’s Naval Policy Is Unchanged.”
    128 28 —Aneta-Domei. Tokio, Mar. 7 QUESTIONED by foreign corresponent regarding reports that the Japanese Navy was relaxing its opposition to the exchange oi information on naval building programmes, the spokesman of the Japanese Admiralty said- “There is no change in Japan’s naval policy.” The spokesman also
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    ROOSEVELT VOTES £50,000,000 RELIEF.
    22 28 —Reuter. Washington, Mar. 2 President Roosevelt has signed a bill providing $250,000,000 (£50,000,000 for relief for four months.—Reuter.
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    Record Postings For New Air Mail.
    60 28 —Reuter. London, Mar. 7. T*HE record figure of 19 tons of Empire air mail, representing about 1,250,000 letters, was handled by Imperial Airways during the week ended yesterday, following the introduction of the l 17 2 d. air mail to India and the Far
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    BRIGHT BATTING IN S.C.C. CRICKET PRACTICES.
    576 29 O’Dwyer And Walsh Hit Up Half-Centuries. THE S.C.C. had two very useful and enjoyable cricket practices, marked 1 by enterprising batting, during the week-end. On Saturday, Willmott’s XI beat Griffith Jones’ XI by 21 runs, the scores being: Griffith Jones’ XI: 121 (Growder 33.
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    MALAYS BEAT ST. JOSEPH’S.
    192 29 Good Knock For 61 By Mahmood. The Malays beat St. Joseph’s Institution by 88 runs on the school ground Scores M.F.A. Ibrahim b Pennefather 29 Ali Huat hit wicket b Pennefather 6 Leman b Pennefather 3 Aman b Pennefather 0 Ismail Jabbar b Pennefather 21 S.
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    ST. ANDREW’S LOSE TO CHANGI SAPPERS.
    197 29 Good Bowling By Rose And Simpson. The Royal Engineers (Changi) beat St. Andrew’s at Changi by 85 runs. R.E. (Changi): Templeton b Sullivan 9. Simpson lbw. P. Singh 6, Nobrega c Lewis b Sullivan 4, Muston lbw. Sul1 van 0 Dowling c Capel b
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    CHINESE BEAT S.C.C. BY TWO GOALS.
    429 29 They Miss Chances But James Goh Gets On The Mark. COCCER of not very inspiring standard was seen in a friendly match on the padang, in which the Chinese beat the S.C.C. by tw o goals to nil. Had the league champions and cup-holders
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    Date Of Tokio Olympics.
    124 29 FIXED FOR HOTTEST TIME OF THE YEAR. DISAGREEMENT over the date of the 1940 Olympic Games at Tokio arose at the meeting of the International Amateur Athletic Federation in Paris yesterday, cables Reuter. The Japanese delegate pointed out that Japan did not accept responsibility for the
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    JAPAN HAS IMPAIRED THE OLYMPIC IDEAL.
    132 29 Stockholm, Feb. 28. Finland has made all preparations for holding the 1940 Olympic Games in case Japan should renounce the privilege owing to the Sino-Japanese war, declared a member of the Finnish Olympic Committee, Mr. Eric von Frenkell, in an interview with a representative
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    PRINGLE’S 42 AT KEPPEL.
    112 29 Golf Thirty-four cards were taken out for the March medal competition of the Keppel Golf Club, played on the Stapleford system. The best returns were: R. M. Pringle 304-12 =42 J G. M. Millar 5T2-1-13*/ 2 =35 1 /2 H. N. Croft 224- 13 V2 351/2
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    WALTER LINDRUM MAKES A BREAK OF 4,000.
    32 29 Practising for his world billiards title match against Clark McConachy, of New Zealand, Walter Lindrum, world champion, made a 4.000 break, says a Reuter cable.
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    WOMEN’S EVENTS AT KEPPEL.
    143 29 Tie In March Spoon Competition. Twenty-nine cards were taken out for the Keppel Golf Club’s March spoon competition and the following were returned: Miss I. Farnell 45—13 32 Miss D. Hirst 48—16 32 Mrs. F. Starr 48—15—33 Mrs. W. Dawson 51—18 33 Mrs. W. P. Douglas
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    TILDEN BEATS RAMILLON IN A THRILLING BATTLE.
    355 30 Two Sets Which Ran To Thirty-Two Games. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 1. AFTER yesterday’s wash-out, the rain held off today and the Tilden professional quartette gave a splendid exhibition of lawn tennis on the pndang, including a tremendous singles match
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    CALLOVERS ON CLASSICS.
    116 30 Lincolnshire And Grand National. The latest callovers lor the Lincolnshire and Grand National are cabled by Reuter as follows < all prices taken and offered except where otherwise stated): LINCOLNSHIRE. 100-7 Squadron Castle. 100-6 Galsonia, Thankcrton olTered 18-1 Scarlet Princess. 18-1 Peter Kane 20-1 Discord and Gunboat
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    Welsh Rugger XV To Meet Ireland.
    48 30 'pHE Welsh team to meet Ireland in the rugger international at Swansea on March 12 has been selected as follows, cables Reuter: Jenkins; Clement, Wooller, Davey, Idwal Rees; Tanner, Cliff Jones; Travers, E. Morgan, H. Rees, F. Morgan, Watkins, Vickery, McCarley, Taylor.
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    Fleetwood Smith And Ward.
    64 30 ,—Reuter. TASMANIA TWICE CHEAPLY DISMISSED. Launceston. Mar. 1. r piIE Australian Test team for England beat Tasmania by 386 runs. Scores: Australia —477 (Bradman 79, McCabe 83, Hassett 75) and 172 for four wickets, declared (Barnes 89). Tasmania 112 < Fleetwood Smith 4 for 22, Ward
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    MR. EU TONG SEN WINS H.K. GOVERNOR’S CUP.
    70 30 Mr. Eu Tong Sen, who owns th*‘ Malayan racehorses, Newbridge and First Bid. was the most successful owner at the Hong Kong races on Feb. 22, with four wins and two thirds. His successes included the Governor’s Cup and at the conclusion
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    BADMINTON TITLE HOLDER BEATS H.S.ONG.
    32 30 Reuter. London. Mar. 2. In the fourth round of the All England badminton championship R. Nichols, the holder, beat H. S. Ong. the Malayan Chinese, 15—11, 15—5.
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    HOME RUGBY.
    173 30 Navy Beat Army By Odd Point. Results of Rugby Union matches played at Home on Saturday resulted as follows, cables Reuter: Royal Navy 10, The Army 9. Bath 8, Bristol 0 Bedford 8. Royal Air Force 13 Coventry 21, O.M.T. 8. Leicester 6, Harlequins 11. Llanelly 11, Gloucester
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    HOEDEN WINS ISLAND CLUB’S GOLD MEDAL.
    167 30 One Up In The Final. The men's February bogey competition at the Island Club resulted in a win for B. H. Chua in the A division with a score of 2 ud. The B division was won by J. C. Dickinson with 5 up.
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    MUNICIPALS LOSE TO JAPANESE.
    106 30 The social match between a Municipal team and the Japanese Golf Cluo. played in the form of scratch four- some over the Japanese course at Tanglin on Sunday morning, was a win for the Japanese team by 4 against l particulars being as follows < Municipal
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    WOMEN’S TITLE EVENT AT BUKIT TIMAH.
    86 30 Results Of Ties In Second Round. The second round ties in the women’s championship of the Singapore Golf Club resulted as follows: Mrs. Hill beat Mrs. Stuart Clark w. o. Mrs. del Tufo beat Mrs.. Nunn 3 2 Mrs. Cowen beat Mrs. Adams 6
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    RAMONA WINS JEAN II CUP.
    395 30 Home First In The Final Race. The Royal Singapore Yacht Club's third and last race for the Jean II Challenge Cup was held last Sunday. Kathleen and Ramona were equal on points, each having a win to her credit, and as far as the Cup
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    OXFORD’S CREW CHOSEN.
    51 30 {NXFORD’S crew for the BoatRace on Mar. 3, barring accidents. will be, cables Reuter GARTON (Eton) bow. YOUNG (Westminster). STEWARD (Eton). FORBES (St. Paul’s). BURROW (St. Edward’s). WALDRON (Shrewsbury). CHERRY (Westminster). HODGSON (Eton), stroke. MERIFIELD (King Edward’s School), coxswain. Garton. Young, Forbes and Waldron are all new
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    CHARLTON BEAT STOKE.
    26 30 English League matches played on Wednesday last week resulted a;* follows, cables Reuter FIRST DIVISION Charlton 3, Stoke SECOND DIVISION Stockport 1. Newcastle
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    S. G. C. Beat Island Club For Wei-Hai- Wei Cup.
    433 31 replayed final won by SEVEN MATCHES TO NIL. WHEN the Singapore Golf Club and the Island Club met on the latter’s course on Feb. 20 in the final of the Wei-Hai-Wei up inter club competition they tied at 3i/> points
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    ENGLAND’S XV TO MEET SCOTLAND.
    119 31 T*HE team to represent England in the rugger international at Twickenham on Mar. 19 has been selected as follows, cables Reuter G. W. Parker (Blackheath); E. J. Unwin (Rosslyn Park), B. E. P. Nicholson (Harlequins), P. Candler (St. Barts’ Hosp.), H. S. Sever (Sale); F.
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    SEGAMAT CHINESE WIN.
    49 31 Association Football. iFrom Our Own Correspondent) Segamat. Mar 6. Playing a man short, the Chinese Recreation Club scored a hard earned 1 0 victory over the Government Services, last year’s league champions, on the town padang yesterday. Lim scored the winning goal in the first half.
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    THE GRAND NATIONAL.
    281 31 Still No Clearcut Favourite. London, Mar. 7. Although the race is only eighteen days away there is still no clearly defined favourite for the Grand National (Aintree, March 25). Much depends on who will ride last year’s winner, Royal Mail. With the death of Lloyd Thomas it
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    S.G.C. Stapleford Winners.
    549 31 SCORE OF 40£ 3Y McCONIGLEY. The Singapore Golf Club’s March bogey competition, on the Stapleford handicapping system, was played at Bukit Tlmah on Saturday and Sunday and resulted in wins for J. McConigley in “A” division with a score of 40*4, K. D. Mathewson in “B division
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    SCOTLAND’S XV TO MEET ENGLAND.
    133 31 SCOTLAND’S team to meet Eng« land in the rugger International at Twickenham on March 19 has been selected as follows, cables Reuter: G. Roberts (Watsonians); W. Ren wick (London Scottish), R. C. S. Dick (Guy’s Hospital), D. j. Macrae (St. Andrew’s University), and J. G.
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    S.R.A. SPOON SHOOT.
    303 31 R.I.F. Marksman Heads The Returns. The Singapore Rifle Association held a handicap spoon shoot on Seletar Range on Saturday and on Bukit Timah range on Sunday. L.-Sgt. An aerson, of the R.I.F., came out on top with a gross score of 1Q2.33. Best scores over the two
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    ATHLETIC RECORDS.
    69 31 ATHLETIC RECORDS Wooderson 9 8 Mile Run Recognised TTHE International Amateur Athletic Federation has approved, says a Reuter telegram from Paris, a list of 46 world records, including: Sidney Wooderson’s mile in 4 min. 6.4 sec. The American Jesse Owen’s 10.2 sec. for 100 metres, established at Chicago in 1936,
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    York Again Defy Defeat.
    1570 32 TWO LONDON TEAMS FAIL ON OWN GROUNDS. I ON DON lost direct interest in the F.A. Cup on Saturday, Tottenham being beaten on their own ground by Sunderland, an' 1 Brentford also at home, being trounced by Preston. Aston Villa reached the semi-finals, just mastering Manchester
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    GLIMPSES AT THE GAMES.
    368 32 Average Crowd Of Over 50,000 At English Cup-Ties (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 6. DECORD attendances and gate receipts marked all four F.A. Cup matches yesterday. Spectators, totalling 216,250, paid £16,925 to see the games. The Villa played fast and open football and there was
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    F.A. CUP—6th ROUND.
    34 32 F.A. CUP 6th ROUND. Biggest Defeat For Favourites! Tottenham 0 Sunderland i Aston Villa 3 Manchester City 2 Brentford 0 Preston 3 York 0 Huddersfield 0 The semi-finals will be played on March 26.
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    SCOTTISH CUP -3rd ROUND.
    49 32 Four For Falkirk Against Albion. Celtic 1 Kilmarnock 2 Morton 1 Ayr 1 East Fife 1 Aberdeen 1 Partick 1 Raith 2 Falkirk 4 Albion 0 Motherwell 2 Hamilton 0 Rangers and St. Bernards byes. The fourth round ties will be played on March 19.
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    FOUR TEST PLAYERS MAKE CENTURIES.
    73 32 Cricket. Hobart. March 5. The Australian tourists beat Tasmania by 485 runs. They scored 520 (Badcock 159. Brad man 144) and 240 for three wickets, declared (Brown 108 and Fingleton 109). Tasmania scored 194 (O’Reilly five for 34' and 81 (O’Reilly six for 16). Reuter.
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  • SECOND EDITION.
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      KINGSFORD SMITH WRECK FOUND IN BURMA?
      288 33 Aye Island Discoveries WRECKAGE, believed to be that of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s Lockheed monoplane Lady Southern Cross, lost without trace somewhere between India and Singapore on a record attempting flight in 1935, has been found on Aye Island, Burma, by Mr. J. D.
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      Pigs Root Up Shanghai Corpses.
      74 33 Pigs Root Up Shanghai Corpses d'RL'ESOMS photograph* show- inp pigs rooting up corpses from the shallow graves on the outskirts of Chapei were shown to a Straits Times representative on a passenger in the P and O. liner Comorin on her arrival from China yesterday. “Shanghai is a city of
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      61 33 Among passengers leaving tor Colombo and Europe by the P. and O. Comorin tomorrow morning are Mr. and Mrs. E Bagot. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ebden, Dr R. D. Fitzgerald. Capt. T. M. Hussey. Mrs. J. W. de Piro. Mr. Justice Gordon Smith. H. H. the Rajah of Sarawak
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      Two Years’ Gaol For Having “Red” Documents.
      158 33 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ku ala Lumpur, Mar. 8. A Chinese, Lim Keng Sio ng, who admitted a previous conviction for me mbership of an unlawful society, was today sentenc ed at the Selangor Assizes to two years’ rigorous imp risonment for possession
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      ANGULLIA ESTATE APPEAL ALLOWED.
      153 33 Privy Council’s Ruling. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 8. Judicial Committee of the Privy Council today allowed the appeal in the Anguilla estate case, after reserving judgment on Feb. 4. The case concerned the estate of the late Kavena Hadje Mohamed YusofT and the parties
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      DUTCH PLANES TO CARRY INDIA MAILS.
      67 33 ALTHOUGH no advice has been received yet by the local agents, the Straits Times understands that permission has been given to the Royal Dutch Airlines (K.L.M.) to carry mails to India from other parts of the British Empire. Mails from Malaya to India carried
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      MORE LABOURERS FROM TRENGGANU.
      61 33 A FURTHER batch of the 3.000 Chinese labourers reported to have left the Japanese-owned iron mine at Dun gun arrived in Singapore on Tuesday and were given free accommodation ov Mo«'apcre Chinese clubs pssociaMons md gurds Loc* Chinese mpioy* rs are reported to 53 making special
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      COMMANDS OF TWO MALAYAN FORCES RAISED.
      246 33 Lieut. Colonels For S.S. Volunteer Force And Malay Regiment. RECOGNITION of the growing importance of the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force and the Malay Regiment in the defence organisation of Malaya is reflected in the promotions to substantive rank of lieutenant colonel of their commanding
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      Former M.C.S. Officers Daughter Weds.
      328 33 Former M.C.S. Officers Daughter Weds Stirling Boulting. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Feb. 28 MANY Malayans were present at the wedding, which took plac today at St. Paul’s, of Miss Mary Stirling, only daughter of Mr. William Stirling, formerly of the Malayan Civil Service, and Mr Stirling, of Rodney Court,
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      Singapore Couple Dead In French Air Crash.
      143 33 TWO people well-known in A Singapore’s French community—M. and Mme. Robert Boudon—were among the three passengers who lost their lives when a large Air France aircraft crashed in flames west of Allahabad, India, on Monday. M. Boudon was managing director ol the Malayan
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  • The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT.
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      MARKETS HAVE CHANGED FOR THE WORSE.
      1027 1 Fraser And Company’s Weekly Review. IN a weekly report on the share market issued at the close of business on Mar. 8, Fraser and Company write:— Little of interest has occurred in our market during the past week and it has unfortunately to be
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      165 1 Singapore. March 9, 12 noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler *7.50 Hamburg Cube $15 50 Java Cube $11.00 I Pepper White Muntok $15.75 White $15.25 Black 9.50 Copra. Mixed $3.25 Sun Dried $3.65 Tapioca. Small Flake $3 75 Fair Flake $3.60 Medium Pearl $4.50 Small Pearl $4.20 Sago Flour.
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      LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.
      344 1 Londoiv Mar. a i’he following are today's closing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange Shares of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: Taster. rim ass cm Pat Conversion Loan 5 p.c V. 113* Funding Loan 4 p.c. 1960-90 H 4% War Loan. 3% p.c 102% Com. Union
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      21 1 Mar. 3 Tin, S’pore Price $91.8 per picul 4 91.25 5 91.50 7 91.37'.. 8 91.50 9 91.87*j
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER PRICES (Sellers).
      62 1 Date Spot March Apr.-June Juiv-Sept Oct.-Dec. London Mar. 3 23 »,4 23% 24% 24 s 24% 7% 4 23% 23% 24% 24'. 24% 7 1 16 5 23% 23% 24% 24% 24% 7 M 6 7 22% 23% 23% 24 24% 7 8 23% 23% 23%
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      AMERICAN TAX DECISION PREVENTS COLLAPSE.
      468 2 Rubber Market Review But Wall Street’s Response Is Disappointing. |N a weekly report, on the rubber market issued on Mar. 3 Stanton Nelson and Co. Ltd., write:— The London and New York markets showed signs of fatigue at the weekend. and this market might have
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      FOREIGN RUBBER IMPORTS.
      62 2 FOREIGN imports of rubber in February were 11,874 tons and show a sharp decline on the January figure of 17,078 tons. Of the February imports, 6,996 tons were received from Netherlands Indies; 2,871 tons from Siam; 839 tons from French Indochina; 367 tons from Burma; 354 tons
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      FEBRUARY RUBBER EXPORTS BELOW QUOTA.
      36 2 TPIIE Controller of Rubber states that the estimated export of dry rubber from Malaya, Brunei and Labuan in February was ***** tons. This compares with a monthly quota of 35,117 tons.
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      GUTHRIE & CO.’S REPORT.
      169 2 GUTHRIE CO.’S REPORT. SELLERS RELUCTANT TO MEET MARKET. IN a weekly report on the rubber market issued on Mar. 3, Guthrie and Co. Ltd. write:— Since our last report, outside markets have been dull and featureless and prices have sagged three-six-teenths of a penny in London and three-eighths of a
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION.
      157 2 411 Tons Sold THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Associalton held its 1,371st auction on Mar. 2, when 594 tons were catalogued of which 458 tons were offered and 411 tons sold. The price of London spot was 7%d. and New York spot was 14 11/16 cents.
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      CHAMANG RUBBER ESTATE.
      468 2 dividend of 2'/, per CENT. FOR NINE MONTHS assessment reduced FOR 1938. i ADDRESSING shareholders at A the first annual meeting ot Chamang Rubber Estate LtdJ Kuala Lumpur, Mr. A. P. Cranna, the chairman, said:— th reDort The period covered by the repor and accounts Is from
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      February Rubber Shipments.
      57 2 OF the 48,899 tons of rubber shipped from Malayan ports in February, 20,422 tons were consigned to the United States of America: 13,392 tons to the Continent of Europe: 9,221 tons to United Kingdom; 4,337 tons to Japan; 1,141 tons to British Possessions and 386 tons to
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      FEBRUARY TIN EXPORTS.
      101 2 A CCORDING to an estimate furnished by the Controller, under the Tin and Tin-ore (Restriction) Enactment, the exports of tin and tin-in-ore based on an assay value of 75.5 per cent, during February totalled 4.300 tons. The monthly proportion of the quarter’s quota at 80 per cent,
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      WORLD RUBBER STOCKS.
      133 2 the quota by 8,636 tons.—Straits Times cable. DECLINE OF 600 TONS IN JANUARY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 3. THE International Rubber Regulation Committee in its statistical bulletin for February estimates that world absorption of rubber in January was 66,267 tons compared with 70,900 tons in
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      RAUB GOLD OUTPUT RISES.
      43 2 THE local secretaries of Raub Australian Gold Mining Company Ltd. state that the output of gold for the four weeks ended Feb. 26 wa? 1,605.86 ounces. This compares with 1,163 ounces and 1.220 ounces in the two fourweekly periods
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      FEBRUARY TIN ORE PRODUCTION.
      44 2 The following outputs of tin-ore for the month of February are reported:— Hours. Yardage. Piculs ore Rahman Hydraulic 900 New Kopah 545 117,000 212 Satupulo 545 116,000 506 Tongkah Compound 519 127,000 353 Tongkah Com. No. 2. 1,061 205,000 818
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      FEBRUARY TIN SHIPMENTS.
      88 2 C"OREIGN exporta of tin being final, shipments on ocean steamers at all Malayan ports in February totalled 5,909 tons compared with 6,256 tons in January. Of the February shipments, 3,774 tons were consigned to United States of America; 840 tons to the Continent of Europe; 521 tons
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      ENCOURAGING MALAYAN INDUSTRIES.
      416 3 Correspondence Government’s Attitude To Nipah Distilleries. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Si r _While your admirable leading article of Mar. 1, sums up gener„Uv the treatment which has been m eted out t0 N1 P ah Distilleries by Government, there are one or two joints
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      BEHN MEYER DISSOLVED.
      38 3 A f’TER 24 years, the Governor has ordered the dissolution of Behn Meyer and Co. Ltd., a company formed German capital, which was wound U P under the Alien Enemies Winding--11 b ordinance of 1914.
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      RUBBER EXPORT DUTY.
      28 3 The price of rubber .or assessment export duty in the F.M.S. from Mar. 4 to Mar. 10 inclusive is fixed at 11/16 cents a pound.
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      KAMASAN RUBBER COMPANY.
      194 3 PROFIT NEARLY DOUBLED AT $48,000. DIVIDEND OF 15 PER CENT. •THE report of the directors of 1 Kamasan Rubber Company Ltd. states that the profit for the year ended Dec. 31 was $48,153 which compares with $25,909 in the preceding year. Interim dividends totalling 10 per cent,
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      FEBRUARY RUBBER CROPS.
      115 3 rE following rubber crops were harvested by the respective estates in February:— lb. Alor Pongsu 82.083 Bedong Rubber 38.638 Temerloh Rubber 18.152 Penang Rubber 176,500 Sabrang Rubber 74.000 Straits Rubber 184.000 Rubana Rubber 88.200 Bagan Serai Rubber 67.500 Tali Ayer Rubber 86,000 Bata Rablt Rubber 24,065 Merchiston
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      TIN EXPORT DUTY.
      31 3 THE total amount collected by the Malayan Governments from the export duty on tin in January was $1,069,329 compared with $1,420,227 in December and $1,612,492 in January 1937.
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      RUBBER MARKET DULL AND IDLE.
      175 3 LEWIS AND PEAT’S WEEKLY REPORT. I EWIS AND PEAT (SINGAPORE) LTD. in a weekly report on the rubber market issued on Mar. 4. write:— We are placed in the difficult position this week of having practically nothing to report. The market has been dull and
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      FEBRUARY TIN ORE PRODUCTION.
      256 3 THE following particulars refer to dredging operations of the respective companies in February: Piculs Hours Yardage ore K. Kamunting 597 103,000 292 Asam Kumbang 368 128,000 153 Ulu Yam 208 60,000 283 Thabawleik 546 180,000 722 Puchong 560 235,000 617 Pur.gah (2 dredges) 1,109 421,000 2,329
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      BROOME RUBBER PLANTATIONS.
      15 3 The crop harvested in February by Broome Rubber Plantations was 163,700 lb.
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      TIN SCHEME WELCOMED.
      339 3 Will Assist Adjustment Of Labour Situation. “'pHE scheme is a good one” declared Sir John Bagnall to a Straits Times representative on Monday. “It is evidently designed to keep labourers employed on the mines from being discharged at too rapid a rate. In the near future other
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      FOREIGN TIN ORE IMPORTS.
      64 3 COREIGN imports of tin-ore dur- ing February totalled 2,047 tons compared with 2,336 tons in January. Of the February imports, 1,480 tons were received from Siam; 269 tons from Burma; 199 tons from French Indo-China; 67 tons from Japan; 17 tons from Union of South Africa;
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      EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES.
      101 3 INURING the week ending Feb. 26, 1938. exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 23,473 cases, of which: 14,760 (63 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom. 1.735 (7 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, 4,825 (21 per cent.) cases to
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      TAPAH RUBBER ESTATE’S SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
      1185 4 Good Forward Contracts Result In 20 Per Cent. Dividend. AN expression of disappointment that the Assessment Committee had A reduced the standard production of Tapah estate from lb. in 1937 to 968,100 for 1938, was voiced by the chairman, Mr. M. H. Macgregor when addressing
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      BONDED TIN SCHEME IS CLUMSY, SAYS ONE LONDON JOURNAL.
      279 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 7. WHILE the Financial Times does not give much attention to the Malayan Government’s bonded stock tin scheme and merely reports the London market’s reaction as negligi. ble, the Financial News considers the scheme unnecessarily
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      CHINA SEEKS LONDON CREDIT.
      113 4 London, Mar. 7. ■pHE Chinese Central Government 1 has approached a group of London banks for 12 or 24 months' credits, security for which is to be part of the silver recently shipped to London, with interest at 4 per cent, Reuter understands. The silver is
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      FIXED TRUST QUOTATIONS.
      115 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 7. The following are today’s ‘‘bid quotations for Fixed Trusts: s. d. British Empire “A” 19 6 British Empire “B” 9 6 British Empire Cumulative 15 4*2 British Empire Comprehensive 16 3 British General “A” 19 0 British General “B” 17
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      Chinese Seek Ban On Sale Of Quotas.
      311 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Mar. 8. CHINESE miners in Perak yesterday presented a petition to the Protector of Chinese asking that Government should prohibit the transfer or sale of quota rights for the production and export of tin. Mr. C. H. Dakers,
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      1166 5 Issued, By Fraser And Co., EXCHANGE AND STOCK BROKERS. Singapore, March 9, 10 a.m. BONING. RBJ1FS MUn Arapat Tin 1/10% 4/4% 1 Asam Kumbang 2*/- 30/- Austral Malay 4*/- 51/6xd n. Ayer Hltam 23/- 24/6 1 Aye* Weng 0.62% 0.70 f Bangrin Tin 21/6 22/« Batu Selangor
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      FEBRUARY TIN-ORE PRODUCTION.
      39 5 'THE output of tin-ore rrom Ayer Weng mine in February was 70 piculs. The dredge of Sione Tin worked for 544 hours, treated 111,700 cubic yards of material and produced 618 piculs of ore in Februaw.
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      AMERICAN STOCK AND COMMODITY PRICES.
      301 5 Singapore, Mar 9. T'HE following quotations are pub* Ushed by courtesy of Messrs. 8.E. Levy and Co.. Singapore. Messrs. White Weld and Company, New York report b> cable regarding yesterday’s markets: DOW-JONES AVERAGES Yesterday's Today’s Close Clow Changes 30 Industrials 125.38 125.33 off .05 20
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      TIN SHARES.
      154 5 London Exchange Prices On Mar. 1. Ampat <4/> 4/; Anglo-Burma (5/) 11/; Ayer Hltam (5/) 1 3/32; Bangrin 1 1/16; Gopeng Cons. (5/) 8/; Hongkong (5/) 1 1/32; Idris (5/) 5/; Ipoh (16/) 1 7/32; Kampong Lanjut 19/7%; Kamunting (5/) 8/9; Kepong Killinghall (5/) 17/3; Kinta (5/) 15/3;
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      589 5 London Exchange Prices On Mar. 1. Allagar (2/) 1/2; Alor POngsii (2/> 1/10*4; Anglo-Malay 9/10%; Ayer Kunlng 26/3; Badenoch 19/; Bagan Serai 48/9; Bahru (Bel.) (2/) 1/9%; Banteng 1J/9; Batang 2/> /II Batu Caves 14/4%; Batu Tlga 25/; Bekoh (2/) 1/1%; BerUm Cod. (2/) 2/10; Bldor 27/0; Blkam
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
      274 5 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Singapore, Mar. 8, 5 p.m. rotai lot financial Books Date Fv Div year Company Dividend Close °avable Date to date TIN. 9d Mar 4 Mar 11 Mar 5 5% Austral Malay 3d Bonus Burma Malay 6d. Div. Mar 24 Mar 31 Mar 25 12%%
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