The Straits Budget, 19 May 1938
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section32 1938-05-19 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES I ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY. J No. 4188. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. MAY Ut. ms. Price 25 cts M (S.S. Currency) or l<i32 words
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Article1234 1938-05-19 1 yHERE is considerable confusion in Kinta regarding the second question on the bufTer pool referendum voting paper—that which asks whether producers are in favour of surrender of the right to withdraw lrom the control scheme if the pool is not accepted. The pool proposals, on w'hieh1,234 words
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Article, Illustration20 1938-05-19 1 Principal of Amoy University for some years, has been on a visit to Sin ya m>re.20 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article936 1938-05-19 2 -Straits Times May 12. There was a time, many years ago, when the Singapore newspapers gave great prominence to strained relations between Siam and France. It is to be hoped tha* that phase of history is not going to repeat itself. Such a possibility probably has not-Straits Times May 12. - 936 words
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Article906 1938-05-19 2 Straits Times, May 13. It is alarming to see how a spirit of fatalism about war is spreading among British people. More and more often the opinion is heard that the dynamic force of German expansion must clash with Britain and France sooner or later. True, thereStraits Times, May 13. - 906 words
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Article907 1938-05-19 2 -Straits Times, May 14. Hundreds of thousands of British people will gaze into a great imperial shop-window this summer, when they visit the Empire Exhibition at Glasgow, and it is certain that many of them will come away with a new vision of the Empire overseas. For us-Straits Times, May 14. - 907 words
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Article857 1938-05-19 3 Straits Times, May lfi. It would be impossible to ask for a more convincing answer to those who take a pessimistic view of the fu Mil c* of Singapore than the response to the new loan. The Singapore Municipality asked for four million dollars and offered interestStraits Times, May lfi. - 857 words
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Article1009 1938-05-19 3 —Straits Times May 17. With Germany far superior to Britain in the air, both in actual numbers and in rate of production, there can be no peace of mind until parity has been established. Next Thursday there will be another debate on this subject in the House—Straits Times May 17. - 1,009 words
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Article879 1938-05-19 4 road is constructed.—Straits Times. May 18. On Monday a petition was presented to Sir Shenton Thomas which marks the first attempt to organise public opinion in Malaya in the interests of Cameron Highlands. Although the petition was drafted by a committee representative of landholders at the Highlands itroad is constructed.—Straits Times. May 18. - 879 words
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Article, Illustration163 1938-05-19 4 Tribute To Singapore. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 17. “gINGAPORE is the finest airport on the Empire air routes/' said Capt. Laurence Egglesfield, of Imperial Airways, to a Straits Times representative. He added that Basra was the only port at which the arrangements could163 words
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65 1938-05-19 4 TTHE Chinese labour force of a Japan- ese owned iron mine in Kelantan are reported to have stopped work and left Kota Bahru, the capital, lor Singapore. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce at Kota Bahru is stated to have given the men financial assistance. It65 words
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Article44 1938-05-19 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, May 17 AT a meeting held last night it was unanimously agreed to form the Chinese Salesmen’s Association, Penang, its membership extending to Chinese salesmen of the bazaar trade in Penang and other settlements and states.44 words
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NOTES Of The DAY.
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Article196 1938-05-19 5 OINCE writing about the flowering of the tembusus this month I have had plenty of evidence of the widespread interest in this tree and appreciation of its scent and graceful foliage that are found among Singapore people. Perhaps this is because the tembusu is one of the few196 words
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Article176 1938-05-19 5 DIRD watchers have a special reason for looking forward to the tembusu flowering, if they have any of these trees in their gardens. In my own garden we are lucky enough to have a tembusu just outside the verandah, and this is the only time of the year when176 words
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Article192 1938-05-19 5 I DON’T offer any excuse for the subject of today’s notes because I am certain that much more interest is being taken In flowering trees in Singapore ttoan formerly. The reason is that trees for roadside planting are being selected properly now. One never knows when one will192 words
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Article180 1938-05-19 5 SHOULD like to end these notes with a delightful passage from Mrs. Kathleen Gough's book on gardening in Malaya. If this does not make converts. nothing will: I myself have a great liking for flowering trees which lose their flowers before they fade, and carpet the ground with180 words
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Article394 1938-05-19 5 Kota Tinggi Guns.” INHERE has been much talk in this A column lately about “Barisal guns’’ heard over the Malacca Straits and bores rushing up rivers and so on, but there has been nothing more curious than the authentic facts I am about to relate about a little river in394 words
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Article180 1938-05-19 5 U7HERE those midget steamboats puff up-river today to the modern rubber town of Kota Tinggi, very strange ships have been seen in times gone by. Everybody knows that Kota Tinggi, as its name implies, was a Malay stronghold In the past and that the rulers of the180 words
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Article173 1938-05-19 5 OEVERAL years ago Mr. Gardner found what appeared to be ancient beads and pottery near Kota Tinggi and at several other sites along the Johore River.' Nobody could be persuaded to take any interest in these finds, and indeed so little value was attached to them by173 words
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Article208 1938-05-19 5 COME days ago I placed in my private Malayan museum a printed sheet showing the dividends paid by the Cicely Ruober Company during the first twenty years after its flotation in 1906, during the first rubber boom. My intention was to keep this sheet for the edification of208 words
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Article174 1938-05-19 5 Malaysian Oil PEW people In this country know how rapidly the oil fields of the Malay Archipelago are running out. Yet this is a fact of strategic as well a& economic importance. Raja Brooke stated in an interview some time ago that the Miri field would be dry in ten174 words
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Article141 1938-05-19 5 Saving The Cents A LTHOUGH the Johore Government is spending more lavishly on public works than any other in Malaya, it is also addicted to cheeseparing economies which are not really economies at all. For example. I have before me an envelope sent out by the Medical Department, Johore Bahru.141 words
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Article150 1938-05-19 5 old resident of Ipoh tells me that he has never heard the mysterious rumbling or explosive sounds In the Kinta hills which were mentioned in this column recently. He adds, however, that he has little aoubt that this phenomenon occurs, for it is known in many mountain regions.150 words
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Article273 1938-05-19 6 I AST Saturday I commented on a tirade against journalese which appeared in the last number of The Rafflesian. the magazine of Raffles Institution. Since then I have received a letter from a Singapore Chinese who backs me up. but I am afraid that 1 cannot regard him273 words
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Article181 1938-05-19 6 I AST year the Malayan branch of the Royal Asiatic Society took the unprecedented step of holding a public dinner. It is regrettable but true that many people had never heard of the branch until it came into the limelight with this function in Singapore. Would it not181 words
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Article299 1938-05-19 6 Malaya’s Lepers CAN never forget seeing in Malaya young children in the Incipient stages of leprosy’* said Sir William Peel, late Chief Secretary at Kuala Lumpur, at a meeting In London recently. On the other hand, children may not suffer the mental distress which oppresses the adult leper. In whom299 words
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Article178 1938-05-19 6 WICOMTE De Bondy, who went back to France last November after many years in Malaya as a planter, would have to endure a great deal of leg-pulling if he were out here now. In a story which he has contributed i to the Crown Colonist, and which has since178 words
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Article176 1938-05-19 6 MUST also mention a specially thrilling phase of Vicomte De Bondy’s experience because it shows that the local anthropologists are all wrong. When the Vicomte first arrived at the Sakai encampment he casually noticed, as it were, that the women had nothing on. Here again he should be176 words
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Article198 1938-05-19 6 Travellers’ Tales truth is that although various travellers have said that they saw completely naked savages in Malayan jungles, every scientist who has studied these folk holds the contrary view. The standard work by Skeat and Blagden sums this up as follows “Although it has been more than once asserted198 words
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Article187 1938-05-19 6 Skirts And Girdles jungle folk wear the sarong, if not the baju as well, wherever they are in contact with Malay kamt and e en where they still wear only the traditional girdle this is often made of cloth bought from a Chinese pedlar, -nstead of the cloth made from187 words
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Article259 1938-05-19 6 At Kampong Glam LONG-DESIRED opportunity to see the home of the old Singapore sultans, one of the most historic spots in this Settlement, came last week when I was invited to a reception held by the Muslim Missionary Society in commemoration of the Prophet’s birthday at the Istana, Kampong Glam.259 words
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Article226 1938-05-19 6 Royalty On Pension QINCE then, however, there has been another move, and the greatgrandson of that Tumongong who ceded Singapore to the East India Company now bears the title of sultan and has his own palace and mosque on the other side of the Johore Straits while the Singapore sultans226 words
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Article271 1938-05-19 6 'JpHE Istana is not easy to find, and many European residents have never seen it (as I myself had not until last week), but the historically minded will find it worth while to muse awhile on that little padang. approached by a lane with the reminiscent271 words
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Article223 1938-05-19 7 Capt. Oliver Lyttelton, chairman of the London Tin Corporation, Ltd., has arrived in London from Malaya. The appointment has been approved of Mr. J. E. Moule to be a Surveyor-on-Agreement, Survey Department, F.MJS. and S.S. Appointment, has also been approved of Mr. S. W. Foster, to be223 words
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DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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Article46 1938-05-19 7 WHITE LEY. —On May 14. 1938 at the Maternity Hospital. Singapore, to Mr. Mrs. E/C Whiteley, a daughter. Wendy Fcay Christine. McELFRISH —On May 11 at the General Hospital. Malacca, to Dorothy, wife of Mr. J. T. McElfrish. Beruntong Estate, Ayer Kilning South, a daughter.46 words
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Article200 1938-05-19 7 YEE— CHAN.—Engagement is hereby announced between Mr. Yee Hong Cheng, son of Mr. and Mrs. Yee Kai Wan and Miss Chan Kam Yong. daughter of Mr. and Mrs Chan Kee Choon. MAISEY—NICHOL.—The engagement is announced between Cyril Wallace, youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maisey, Randfontcin,200 words
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Article103 1938-05-19 7 SYMES-GRAY—At the Church of St. George the Martyr, Penang on Wednesday, May 11, 1938. by the Rev. H. J. Paine, Bertram Harold Symes. third son of John Symes (deceased) and Mrs. Symes of Bedong, Kedah, to Margaret Beatrice, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Gray of Orrell103 words
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Article23 1938-05-19 7 HENNING—LOCOCK.—On May 14, 1913 at St. Mark’s Church, Brighton. George Edmund Henning to Mary Locock. Present address Hobb Park. Duloe. Cornwall.23 words
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Article100 1938-05-19 7 Monday, May 9. Captain A. S. Lawrence arrived to stay at Government House. In the evening His Excellency and Lady Thomas gave a Pahit Party at Government House. Wednesday, May 11. Captain A. S Lawrence left Government House. His Excellency presided at a meeting of the Executive Council100 words
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Article221 1938-05-19 7 Two Changes In Mines Department. The following F.M.S. appointments have been gazetted:— Mr. S. B. Palmer to be an unofficial member of the Federal Council for a further period of three years. Mr. A. G. Macdonald to act as chief inspector of mines, F.M.S. Mr. A. H. Fetherstonhaugh221 words
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Article114 1938-05-19 7 Twenty Officers Move Up In Classes V And III. Promotion ot the following officers of class V, Malayan Civil Service, to be officers of class IV. has been approved:—W. A. C. Goode; E. C. G. Barrett; A. Glencross; G. E. Turner; R. W. Jakeman; J. T.114 words
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Article69 1938-05-19 7 Among passengers leaving for Europe by the P. and O. Corfu sailing from Singapore on Friday morning are Mr Justice and Mrs. Aitken. Mrs. W Bartley, Mr C. Alma Baker. C.B.E Mrs. J. R. Bennett. Mrs. H. Dane. Mr. and Mrs. H. B Egmont Hake. Mr.69 words
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Article183 1938-05-19 7 Best In Colonial Pavilion. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 16. 'f'HE Malayan Court at the Glas- gow Empire Exhibition is the outstanding exhibit in the Colonial Pavilion and since the King and Queen admired it on the first day, many visitors have praised it. The Court183 words
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Article107 1938-05-19 7 Mr. H. M. J. Fein Arrives. MR. H. M. J. Fein, newly-appointed Consul-General for the Netherlands at Singapore, arrived from Holland on Tuesday in the Nederland liner Johan van Oldenbarnevelt. Mr. Fein, who was accompanied by his wife, formerly a British girl, was met at the107 words
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118 1938-05-19 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, May 14. General Officer Commanding, Malaya, Major-General Dobbie. visited Seremban on Thursday. At the Headquarters of the Third (N.S.) Battalion F.M S V.F. he inspected units and ordinary training parades. The G.O.C. was accompanied by the Commandant. F.M S.V.F., Lieut.-Coi.118 words
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Article49 1938-05-19 7 new vice-consul for Japan at Singapore. Mr. T. Asahlna, who has been attached to the Japanese Embassy In London, arrived by the N.Y.K vessel Fushimi Maru, on Sunday. Mr. Asahina. who was accompanied by his wife, is a graduate of Tung Wen College, the Shanghai Japanese College.49 words
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Article336 1938-05-19 7 Leaders— Warning To Siam 2 Must We Fight 2 Imperial Glasgow 2 The Local Loan 3 Two To One 3 Highlands Petition 4 Telegrams— Covering past week’s news 25—28 Pictorial Section 17—20 Financial Supplement— Financial and Commercial News to date, following page 32 Malayan General News— Island Flying Club336 words
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53 1938-05-19 7 AN amendment to the Rubber R'egu- lation Enactment published in the Johore Government Gazette on Monday provides for power to order the eradication and destruction of rubber plants which are self-grown. An exception Is made in certain cases where such plants have been allowed to grow53 words
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Obituary36 1938-05-19 7 DEATHS HODGE.—On May 11, 1938, at Lincoln, the Rev. Canon W. F. Hodge, J.P. in his 70tli vear COOPER —On Mav 11, at Malacca. Jess dearly loved wife of Edward James Cooper. Dunlop Plantations Ltd., Malacca.36 words
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460 1938-05-19 8 Change In Rubber Should Be Eor Better. *piiAT any change in the rubber sit- u&tion would almost certainly be for the better and should see rising prices was the opinion of Mr. S. Harper Ball, presiding at the annual general meeting of the Johore Planters'460 words
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90 1938-05-19 8 TTHANKS to Mr. Baldwyn Lowick and to the secretaries, Rennie, Lowick and Co., of the Johore Planters’ Association were expressed by M!r. S. Harper Ball, chairman, at the annual general meeting of the association at Johore Bahru on Saturday. Mr. Harper Ball especially thanked90 words
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244 1938-05-19 8 Results Of This Month’s Examinations. piFTY-FIVE persons obtained certificates in the Air Raid Precautions examination on anti-gas measures held earlier this month in Singapore. Altogether 94 candidates entered. Of the number that passed 40 obtained instructor certificates, bringing the total number ot air raid244 words
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152 1938-05-19 8 npuE Johore Government should defray the expense of keeping off wild animals from damaging estate property, said Mr. S. Harper Ball at the annual general meeting of the Johore Planters’ Association at Johore Bahru on Saturday He pointed out that the Government obtained substantial revenues from152 words
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Article144 1938-05-19 8 THE following is an extract of a letter from Mr. C. E. Jayewardene, the manager of Dr. C. H. Gunasekera’s team of Ceylon cricketers, to Mr. Francis F. Cooray. chairman of the local Entertainment Committee This is both an official and a semi-offi-cial letter. I want144 words
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453 1938-05-19 8 Inter-State Spelling Bees Over Radio SEQUEL TO ZHL SUCCESS. CO successful was Monday’s spelling bee at station ZHL —the first radio bee in Malaya —that the 8.M.8.C. now is contemplating the arranging of inter-State contests. Monday’s event was designed to set the ball rolling and was not taken very seriously.453 words
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162 1938-05-19 8 From China To Rhio In A Junk. having sailed from China in a junk to Rhio and then crossed to Singapore, landing on the coast at the 7th mile East Coast Road, 52 Cantonese on Monday pleaded guilty to having landed in the Colony without162 words
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Article145 1938-05-19 8 Chinese Fined $100 In District Court. A FINE of $100 in default four months’ rigorous imprisonment was imposed on a Chinese, Tan Bit Song, who was convicted on a charge of using a forged certificate of admission into the Colony, by the Singapore Criminal District Judge.145 words
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Article78 1938-05-19 8 Farewell Dinner By Singapore Consular Corps. Mr. W. A. A. M. Daniels. ConsulGeneral for the Netherlands at Singapore for ten years, was entertained at a farewell dinner by members of the Consular Corps at the Adelphi Hotel last Wednesday. Mr. Daniels will leave Singapore78 words
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Article62 1938-05-19 8 /CHARGED with the theft of a car. Private C. Orme told the Singapore Third Magistrate, Mr. G. S. Rawlings, that he was fed up with the Army" where, he declared, there was no justice at all. He admitted taking the car, having a ride and62 words
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379 1938-05-19 9 Successful Inaugural Rally. MANY ASIATICS GO UP FOR THEIR FIRST FLIGHTS AT AIRPORT. A SPECIAL appeal tor women members w T as made by Mr. Ng Seng Choy, the president, speaking on Sunday at the Island Flying Club’s inaugural rally at the Singapore Airport,379 words
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Article83 1938-05-19 9 CINGAPORE Chinese, carrying on 114 different trades, own 6,765 shops, according to a census which has recently been taken for the purposes of the China Relief Fund Committee. Piece-goods and provision merchants head the list with 583 shops, while rated second are coffee shops, of which83 words
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Article17 1938-05-19 9 MR C K. Koh. Assistant Official Assignee, assumed duties as Singapore Sixth Magistrate on Monday.17 words
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Article, Illustration410 1938-05-19 9 Mrs. Phil. Logue. ANE of the best known women owners on the Malayan Turf, Mrs. Elizabeth Mildred Mary Logue, wife of Mr. Phil Logue, the trainer, died suddenly on Sunday. Owner of Sunshine Sue, winner of the Coronation Cup last year, and other first410 words
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200 1938-05-19 9 Landing On Island Off Siam Coast. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, May 16. HEARS that a Penang Flying Club plane had been lost be- tween here and Burma were relieved this morning when it was learned that the plane w ith its two occupants200 words
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Article255 1938-05-19 9 Under Influence Of Drink Charge. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 16. MRS. MARIAN GATES, a European woman, until recently employed in a local insurance company, was fined $200 or two months* simple imprisonment and her driving licence suspended for a year by Mr. A.255 words
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Article112 1938-05-19 9 'T'HERE was a large attendance at the annual dinner of the Cosmo Club (Malaya), held on the lawn at Sea View Hotel on Saturday night. The Cosmo Club Is an organisation of men associated with the tourist and travel industries. The vice-president, Mr. L. L. Lawler112 words
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Article196 1938-05-19 9 Dating Of Licence Renewals. DELIVERING judgment on Monday the Singapore Fourth Magistrate (Mr. R. A. Ward) acquitted Mrs. Aga Mundell on a charge of driving without a licence at Irwell Bank Road on Jan. 27. The magistrate agreed with the submission of Mr. Kenneth Seth, counsel for196 words
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Article115 1938-05-19 9 Armoured Figures And Glittering Swords. <From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. May 16 •THREE hundred and forty English- men and their guests participated in the annual ball of the Selangor branch of the Royal Society of St. George, held at the Hotel Majestic on115 words
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462 1938-05-19 10 FLANNELS, TIES, GOWNS. Things That Simply Aren’t Done! To the Editor of the Straits Times, SIR,— The film at the Capitol “A Yank at Oxford” deserves every- thing that has been said for it. Judged from the humorous side, it Ls ohe of the462 words
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Article224 1938-05-19 10 DRIVERS PUZZLED AT JUNCTIONS. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —May 1 request once more the hospitality of your columns to address you on the question of Singapore traffic, which is one of recurring interest to me? On Wednesday evening I was waiting for a lady224 words
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Article288 1938-05-19 10 NO NEED FOR ALARM. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—May I have the courtesy of your columns to try and remove a misunderstanding which appears to be prevalent concerning the nature of the orthopaedic branch of St. Andrew’s Hospital which is going to be288 words
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Article450 1938-05-19 10 MUZZLES FOR MEN IN THE STRAITS. Why This British Indian Importation To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—What sinister power has come upon this country? One thing after another has happened here to disturb cur peace and harmony, so much praised even by men in official positions.450 words
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Article168 1938-05-19 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —I read with amusement a letter by your correspondent “Reader” in your issue of May 10. His seeming anxiety to tell us all in what respect the film “A Yank At Oxford” fell short of the true picture of life168 words
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Article444 1938-05-19 10 SERVANTS NOT WHAT THEY WERE. Singapore Housewives’ Irritations. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—It is with great relief I read the timely exposure of house-boys and their bogus "surats” in your correspondence column. May I too be allowed to add my protest and ventilate my consuming444 words
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Article111 1938-05-19 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,--We are often told that American colleges are little more than glorified high schools, and certainly the American films do their best to make us think so, but after readme the letter by “Cuckoo” in your paper today one cannot help111 words
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Article500 1938-05-19 11 CLERK AND COOLIE IN MALAYA. Organised Propaganda By Employees. To the Editor of the Straits Times. olr -The Malayan Press ha* oi ;a.e published extracts from the speecnes at meetings of various workers’ associations. The speeches are not quoted In full; nor are the reasons given for the500 words
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Article115 1938-05-19 11 Commencing with the flight leaving Amsterdam on May 17, the Eastbound K. L. M. planes are scheduled to arrive at Singapore at 5.45 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays and the air mails for Java etc. will be closed at 9 p.m. on those days for115 words
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Article325 1938-05-19 11 Lawyer’s View Of Penal Code Changes. To the Editor of the Straits Times, Sir, —May I add, as a member of one of the learned professions, my support to the eloquent and timely plea made by “Doubting Thomas” on the proposed amendment of the Penal Code headed “Outrages325 words
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Article229 1938-05-19 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. —I heariily endorse the letter oi ‘Doubting Thomos” in your issue of May 9. Surely there can be no adequate reason for introducing such a piece of retrograde legislation. Are we to unoerstand that the police of Malaya are229 words
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Article48 1938-05-19 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, May 16. A large, completely equipped chilaren’s playground in an open air lung of Bangkok given by Mr. Aw Boon Haw was opened with considerable ceremony this afternoon. The new playground will serve a crowded area of the capital.48 words
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Article445 1938-05-19 11 Revelry Under The Moon. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. —Let me write and tell you of the disgusting state of affairs which exists at Katong Park. I am a resident oi that area and I ought to know. This is what happens on a445 words
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Article133 1938-05-19 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,—May I be permitted a little space in your valuable paper to suggest the formation of an a’l-Malayan Health or Sanitary Inspectors’ Association. if one is not existent at present. Such an association would be of immense help to the133 words
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Article398 1938-05-19 11 MALAYAN ILLUSION ALLEGED. To the Editor of the 8traite Times. Sir,—It is surprising that someone does not come forward and publish the true facts about the Malayan tin output for the restriction period ending Dec. 31, 1937. It is claimed that Malaya was the only country In the398 words
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Article258 1938-05-19 11 Dynamite Destruction In Pahang. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. —The letter In your Issue of May 5 over the signature of Mr. J. M. P Landon regarding the destruction of fish in certain rivers in Perak voices the sentiments of many peop’e who deplore the258 words
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411 1938-05-19 12 Dr. Lim Boon Keng On Basis Of Far East Civilisation. ’’THE Japanese owe their preservation and civilisation to the 1 adoption of Chinese culture and religion/’ said Dr. Lim Boon Keng, in the course of a talk on Friday to the Chinese Association411 words
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94 1938-05-19 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, May 14. THE Government of the Netherlands Indies is understood to be contemplating drastic cuts in immigration quota figures following a recent diversion of the tide of South China migration from Malaya to Java. Coolies who would have94 words
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239 1938-05-19 12 Surrender Of Withdrawal Right. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, May 13. THERE is considerable confu- sion in Kinta regarding th second question on the buffer pool referendum voting paper —that which asks whether producers are in favour of surrender of the right to withdraw from the239 words
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Article119 1938-05-19 12 5600 Allegedly Taken By Four Men. RAGGING and tying an old woman up and herding the rest of the occupants of a house in Tanjong Pagar Road into a room, locking the door, four Chinese armed with pistols and daggers robbed the inmates of cash119 words
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Article40 1938-05-19 12 f It Is announced the following have been elected to be the Bar Committee for the Settlement of Malacca P. Zehnder, Mr. F R Massey, Mr. C. Carver. Mr. D. N. Banr.erjea, Mr. Ooh Tiow Wan, fsecretary).40 words
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420 1938-05-19 12 Hitch During Hitler Visit. j A WELL-KNOWN Penang Chinese, Mr. Chew Boon Hean, who left Penang for Southampton in the Empire flying boat Caledonia on Apr. 30, was unable to travel across Italy in the flying boat because his passport was not properly endorsed.420 words
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Article, Illustration238 1938-05-19 12 ITTMOST secrecy is being maintained about the purpose of the Soviet floating dock—the second to reach Singapore bound for Soviet Far Eastern ports—which arrived on Sunday. Japanese claim that the two docks are part of the scheme for the naval development of Vladivostok and Petropavlovsk.238 words
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Article71 1938-05-19 12 Local Hokkiens Form Committee. pOLLOWING news of the bombing by Japanese of Amoy, Singapore Hokkien Chinese are reported to have donated several thousands of dollars yesterday for relief measures in the affected area. At a meeting of Hokkiens held on Friday at which Mr. Tan Ean71 words
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296 1938-05-19 13 VON BLOMBERG HERE. Repudiates “Interviews” In N. I. Newspapers. “CVERY man must end his career sometime. Remember u I will be 60 in August,” said tall Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg, explaining his retirement from the office of German War Minister, shortly after296 words
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464 1938-05-19 13 Story Of Drinks At Cabaret. INQUIRY INTO DEATH OF THREE IN SERANGOON ROAD ACCIDENT. (JIVING evidence on May 12 before the Singapore Coroner in. connection with a serious motor accident in Serangoon Road in which three were killed and four seriously injured,464 words
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168 1938-05-19 13 Discussion In Java. (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, May 12. THE likelihood of fusion be- tween Banka and Billiton, the two great tin companies of the Netherlands Indies, is being widely discussed following the arrival in Holland today of den Hecr Cornelissen, chief engineer168 words
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71 1938-05-19 13 fFrom Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, May 13. FUR days after returning from Home leave, Mrs. J. C. Cooper, wife of a well-known planter In the Jasln district, Mr. J. C. Cooper, died In the Malacca Hospital on Wednesday. Mrs. Cooper was admitted to hospital71 words
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Article125 1938-05-19 13 “First Apes In Govt. Service. QFFICIAL congratulations to the “first apes to enter Government service” are conveyed in the annual report of the Director of Gardens, Straits Settlements, just released. The apes are two young broks, Jambul and Puteh, bought for specimen-collecting work at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. They are125 words
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360 1938-05-19 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 12. INSTEAD of those forbidding erections known in Malaya as P.W.D. coolie lines or police barracks, there are in Uganda neat rows of spotlessly clean "beehive” huts whose shining white walls and tidy hatch housed360 words
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134 1938-05-19 13 A NEW military appointment, that of a deputy assistant provost marshal, has been made in Singapore. Lieut. F. K. Beattie, of the Loyal Regiment, has been chosen to fill the post. The deputy assistant provost marshal. or D.A.P.M., as he is better known, is in134 words
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223 1938-05-19 14 Charged With Theft Of Car. AIRCRAFTMAN Edward Briscoe, of the R.A.F., Seletar, was convicted of having committed theft of a car by the Singapore Criminal District Judge, Mr. H. A. Forrer, on Friday, and released on probation to be of good behaviour for two years. Briscoe223 words
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Article169 1938-05-19 14 To Be Built In Serangoon. CINGAPORE is to have a new cinema, which is to be built by Indians at a cost of $200,000, in the Serangoon district. Plans for two new up-country theatres have been completed, one for Ipoh and the other for Penang. They will169 words
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Article95 1938-05-19 14 A MOTION for the review of the order made in the bankruptcy of W. T. Cherry, of the Printing Department, was brought before Mr. Justice Horne in the Singapore Bankruptcy Court yesterday. It was stated by Mr. T. L. Tan, the Asst. Official Assignee, that the95 words
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324 1938-05-19 14 FREMANTLE SUBMARINE FLOTILLA SUGGESTED. F( Australia relying too strongly on the Singapore Base? asks a writer in the Sydney Morning Herald, who goes on to advocate the provision of a submarine flotilla at Fremantle to give some protection to Western Australia. “We324 words
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Article54 1938-05-19 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, May 13 CUMULATING the example of several of her countrywomen in Malaya. China and elsewhere, a young Chinese girl at Macassar, chief port of Celebes, has offered her hand in marriage to whoever wins a China Relief Fund lottery that is being54 words
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279 1938-05-19 14 One Of Worst Cases, Says Inspector. WHEN a Chinese woman, Khoh Ah Pang, was charged in the Second Magistrate’s Court on May 11 with obtaining possession of two Chinese girls with the intention of employing them or using them for the purposes of prostitution.279 words
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254 1938-05-19 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, May 13. AN astonishing attack on re- cent British policy in China is made in a leading article in the Java Bode, leading European daily newspaper in the Netherlands Indies. Headed “Business as Usual,” the article, in referring254 words
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325 1938-05-19 14 Speech At Astana Tea Party. f ISLAM is the simplest of all revealed religions, and it is, therefore a religion compatible with the highest as well as the lowest grade of civilization. Its simplicity is attractive and appealing alike to the man in the street325 words
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90 1938-05-19 14 Should Be Powerful Enough To Ensure Neutrality. (From Our Own Correspondent.' Bangkok, May 12 A LLEGATIONS that the sailors in the Siamese Navy are inefficient and that the navy itself is obsolete are made by Senior Lieut. Damri Palakawongse. writing in the current issue of90 words
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Article55 1938-05-19 14 THE Government Dental School and Clinic erected at a cost of about $lOO,OOO just opposite the General Hospital is nearing completion and will be occupied at the end of the month. It is understood that there will be an official opening by the Governor Sir55 words
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Article, Illustration1834 1938-05-19 15 Planting Topics Modern Equipment In Use On Jasin Estate. HUTTENBACH SHEETER: SIMIT TANKS AND PACKING PRESS. 249 Lb. Of Rubber Packed In Five-Cubic-Feet Cases. By Our Planting Correspondent. JT was suggested to me, since writing in these notes on a factory layout on1,834 words
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278 1938-05-19 16 Contrary To Her Martial Spirit. Says General. SINGAPORE VISITOR DECLARES REPORTS “CLEVER PROPAGANDA." ALLEGATIONS made by Dr. Wellington Koo, China’s de- legate to the League Council, that Japan was on the point of using poison gas against the Chinese were denied by General278 words
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Article47 1938-05-19 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 11. RiVR. Percival Lloyd Williams, a direc- tor of Mansfield and Co, who, as reported, left €67.000, bequeathed five per cent, of the residue, after bequests and life interests, to the Straits Settlements and F.M.S. Benevolent Fund.47 words
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157 1938-05-19 16 Muslim Editor’s ZHL Broadcast. fpHE “modern scientific thought of the West” was attacked by Mr. Hafiz Muhammad Fazlur Rehman Ansari, a prominent Malayan Muslim and editor of Geninue Islam, in a talk broadcast from Singapore on May 11 in connection with the birthday of the Prophet,157 words
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206 1938-05-19 16 APPLICATIONS FOR $21,000,000. THE first transactions in the Singapore Municipal1 ity’s new $4,000,000 sewerage" loan occurred in the Singapore market on May 11 at 100’/>. This represents a $1.50 advance on the price of issue. /"\WINO largely to an acute lack of v gilt-edged206 words
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315 1938-05-19 16 Also To Tackle Problem 01 Insanitary Housing. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 11. T'HE Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Hoard took one more step in 1 the direction of a water-borne sewerage system at today’s meeting, when Mr. J. R. Vethavanam pressed for the315 words
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Article141 1938-05-19 16 Mr. Bertram Symes And Miss Margaret Gray. (From Our Own Correspondent.* Penang, May 11. The wedding took place today at St. George’s Church. Penang, of Mr. Bertram Harold Symes. one of the best known planters in Kedah, and Miss Margaret Beatrice Gray, who arrived from Home a few141 words
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99 1938-05-19 16 Thomson Road Junction Collision. THE Rev. D. E. J. Hodge, of St. Andrew’s Cathedral, appeared before the Singapore Fourth Magistrate, Mr. R A Ward, on May 11, in answer to a summons charging him with negligen* driving at the junction of Thomson Road and Balestier99 words
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Article89 1938-05-19 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 11. lti|R. A. H. Fetherstonhaugh, Perak's Deputy Game Warden, has been appointed acting Chief Game Warden. F.M.S. The office of the Chief Game Warden was carried out in an honorary capacity by Mr. Theodore Hubback before Capt. A.89 words
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Article, Illustration865 1938-05-19 17 Nazi Field Marshal’s Visit SOME of the 3.000 tons of Australian flour being unloaded at Singapore from the K P M vessel Nieuiv Holland. The vessel left Australia with 8.500 tons of flour for the Netherlands Indies and Malaya.—Straits Times picture. —Straits Times picture. FIELD-MARSHAL WERNER—Straits Times picture.; oe after their Java honeymoon.—Straits Times picture.; Straits; Times picture.; – Straits Times pictures.; -Straits Tiines picture.; —Straits Tirnes picture.; — Straits Times picture.; Straits Times picture.; —Straits Tiincs picture.; lation Park at Kuala Lumpur—-Straits Times picture.; a palm-fringed Malayan sky.—Straits Times picture. - 865 words
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748 1938-05-19 21 “ DEBORAH. ” - DEBORAH.” "‘WHAT does he do with the minute ne saves?” is a slogan used ai Home by the Safety First Association, but it is a question which might well be asked, and which un doubtedly will eventually748 words
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Article, Illustration445 1938-05-19 21 Hollandsche (dub Presentation. MEMBERS of the Netherlands community last Wednesday made a presentation to Mr. W. A. A. M. Daniels, Consul-General for the Netherlands in Singapore for ten years, who is leaving this week to take up, after leave, his new post as Netherlands Minister to445 words
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Article31 1938-05-19 21 Brigadier A. T. Shakespear, who was formerly of the Malaya Command, has been appointed Air Raids Precautions Officer at Richmond (Surrey), according to the Singapore Cathedral Courier.31 words
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153 1938-05-19 21 Prophet’s Birthday Celebrations. SENIOR Government officers attended the Singapore Muslim function in celebration on May 12 of the birthday of the Prophet, among those present at the Al-Junied Islamic School in the afternoon being the Colonial Secretary, Mr. A. S. Small, the Financial Secretary, Mr.153 words
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Article160 1938-05-19 21 McKendrick-Smith. T*HE wedding took place at the Pres- byterlan Church, Singapore, on May 11, of Mr. John Lanels McKendrick, manager of Revertex Ltd., Kluang, Johore, to Miss Phoebe Denziel Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, of Beckenham, England. The bridegroom is the son ot the late160 words
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Article131 1938-05-19 21 Senior Customs Officer leaving Malaya. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 12. MR. R. M. (“Pat”) Levlnge, Senior Superintendent of Customs and Excise, F.M.S., sails for Home on retirement by the Blue Funnel vessel Sarpedon, tomorrow, after 28 years in Malaya. He came to Malaya131 words
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205 1938-05-19 22 Malaya Shares In Heavy First Quarter Traffic. DAILY AIRCRAFT DELIVERIES MAY START IN AUGUST. MORE than 200 tons of letter mail were carried to and from Southampton in Empire flying boats in the first quarter of this year. In that period, nearly205 words
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Article92 1938-05-19 22 To Play In Next Year’s Championships. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. May 11. A SAMUEL, ex-badminton champion ***of Malaya, is sailing for England toe first week in October to participate in the all England championships and county matches. The championships begin in February. but92 words
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Article79 1938-05-19 22 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. May 12. CELANGOR has begun two days’ holiday. Today is the Prophet’s Birthday and most of the shops and offices are closed and tomorrow is the first birthday of Sultan Hisa Muddin Alam Shah since he ascended the Selangor79 words
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Article71 1938-05-19 22 JUIORE than 500 caged birds bought in the last few days from Singapore bird shops were released from the leper colony by members of the Singapore Buddhist Association on Friday. Buying the birds has cost the association between $4OO and $5OO. The Buddhists released a similai71 words
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71 1938-05-19 22 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia. May 12. AIK raids precautions lessons shortly will become an important part of the curriculum in all schools in the Netherlands Indies. An Education Department teacher at present is attached to the headquarters of the Air Raids Precautions Department.71 words
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106 1938-05-19 22 TO COMMEMORATE CORONATION. IN commemoration of the Coronation of the King and Queen, the King has approved that copies of State portraits of himself and the Queen should be placed in the Government Houses throughout the Empire, it is announced by the Secretary oi State106 words
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295 1938-05-19 22 Another Perak Club May Be Formed. REPLY TO CRITICISM OF MOVEMENT. F T11E possibility of forming Rotary Clubs in Johore and Teluk Anson is being considered said, Mr. Richard Sidney, Secretary of the Rotary International Office for Asia, speaking at a meeting of the Singapore Rotary295 words
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194 1938-05-19 22 Nature Reserve 20 Minutes From Raffles Place WILD LIFE AND FINE FERNS. CTRESS on the value to Singapore of the Bukit Timah Forest Reserve, which was taken over as a nature reserve by the Gardens Department last year, is laid in the annual report of the Director of Gardens, Straits194 words
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366 1938-05-19 22 QUESTION FOR PRODUCERS IN POOL REFERENDUM. MOT only are Malayan tin miners to vote on the buffer pool scheme, but they are also to be asked whether they want Malaya to surrender her right to withdraw from the international control scheme, if the366 words
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74 1938-05-19 22 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 11. 11/ORK may be started next year on Kuala Lumpur’s new fire brigade station, by the riverside in Malacca Street. A new station has long been considered necessary and at various times designs have been inspected, but74 words
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Article75 1938-05-19 22 (From Our Own correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 12. Bishop of Singapore Rt. Rev. B. C. Roberts, dedicated the new font in St. Mary’s Church, Kuala Lumpur, last night. It was designed, built and presented by Mr. A. O. Coltman, the architect, in memory of his75 words
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Article604 1938-05-19 23 —Reuter. Chinese Allegation At Geneva. FRESH APPEAL TO LEAGUE. A FORMAL accusation that Japan was on the usin? poison gas on a large scale in order to break Chinese resistance on the Shantung front was made today by Dr. Wellington Koo, chiei Chinese—Reuter. - 604 words
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244 1938-05-19 23 “ARM STAND BY THE LEAGUE COVENANT.” -Reuter. London, May 9 UR. Winston Churchill. Conservative M.P. and a former member of the Cabinet in a speech at Manchester. outlined proposals to make the League of Nations all-powerful against aggressors. He said that his plan to ward off a devastating war lay-Reuter. - 244 words
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Article104 1938-05-19 23 .—Reuter. INFLUX OF EXILES. Number Of Fugitives Causes Concern. Hague, May 11. OWING to the recent heavy influx of foreign fugitives into Holland it has been decided to close the Dutch frontier. Two thousand Austrian Jews entered Holland during the past two months. In the course of.—Reuter. - 104 words
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Article170 1938-05-19 23 Reuter Different Procedures Adopted. London, May 9. Answering a question m the House of Commons today regarding claims by Britons lor compensation for damage to their property in Shanghai, and how long they would have to wait before receiving compensation. Mr R. A Butler, UndersecretaryReuter - 170 words
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Article110 1938-05-19 23 Reuter. Seaplane Bases Being Developed. Now York, May 9. THE Navy Department is developing five islands as part of the United States naval frontier stretching 5.000 miles into the Pacific, according to the Washington correspondent of the New York Herald-Tribune. The programme includes seaplane basesReuter. - 110 words
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Article120 1938-05-19 23 —Reuter. Subscribed In Full. Paris, May 11. A STRIKING restoration of confidence in Government finance is proved by the announcement that the maximum amount of 25,000,000,000 francs has been subscribed in treasury bonds and national defence bonds. The national defence loan will be issued early next week..—Reuter. - 120 words
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Article115 1938-05-19 23 Reuter. Determined Not To Grant Recognition. Washington, May 12. 'THE United States Government’s at- titude toward the Abyssinian question remained unchanged, stated Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, in reply to questions as to whether there would be any revision of national policy as a resultReuter. - 115 words
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Article78 1938-05-19 23 —Sin Chew Jit Poh. Plan For Million Armed Japanese Settlers. Shanghai May 8. 11/ IT 11 the object of replenishing military food supplies and to assist in operations against Chinese guerilla forces, it is planned to settle 1.000,000 armed Japanese farmers in the rich fields of—Sin Chew Jit Poh. - 78 words
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Article72 1938-05-19 23 London, May 11. EIGHT airmen were killed in four R A F. crashes in Britain today. Two bombers, one fighter and one training machine were wrecked, reports Reuter. Toll of lives lest in R AF. clashes this year is thus brought up to 63. The72 words
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Article1305 1938-05-19 24 —Reuter. War As Alternative To Recognition. BRITAIN FACES FACTS. “We Expect No Aid,” Declares Ethiopian Delegate. Geaeva, May 12. THE league of Nations Council this morning debated Mie Abyssinian situation in the light of the fact that the Italian conquest has already been recognised by 20.—Reuter. - 1,305 words
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Article83 1938-05-19 24 —Reuter. London, May 11. I have received no report which wonld confirm the view that the Japanese Government have used, or intend to use, poison gas in China,” said Mr. R. A. Butler. Cnder-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in the House of Commons, today. He was replying—Reuter. - 83 words
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Article117 1938-05-19 24 Reuter. Good Prospects Of Recovery. INTERNATIONAL BANKER’S VIEW. Basle, May 9. economic analysis presented to the meeting of the administrative council of the Bank of International Settlements today by the vice-presi-dent, Heer Beyen (Holland) examines the reasons for the economic and business revival during the first halfReuter. - 117 words
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Article105 1938-05-19 24 Reuter. Rome, May 10. A REPLY to the Pope’s recent attack on the Swastika is made today by Signor Mussolini’s newspaper Popolo d’ltalia. The journal says:—“We should like to say to the father of all us Catholics that it is very dangerous to speak ofReuter. - 105 words
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69 1938-05-19 24 —Reuter. Pursuing Trawlers Are Cheated Of Prize. Gibraltar, May 8. British destroyer Grafton went to the assistance of the British steamer Refast, which was pursued by two Nationalist armed trawlers off Gibraltar. The trawlers thereupon altered their course and headed for Ceuta. The—Reuter. - 69 words
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Article299 1938-05-19 25 Chinese Forces Retreat To Mainland. Hong Kong, May 12. THh Japanese have captured the whole of Amoy Island, off Fukien,. and the Chinese forces are retreating to the mainland, according to foreign reports from Amoy, says Reuter. Meanwhile sailors from U.S.S. Ashville have been landed at299 words
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Article94 1938-05-19 25 Sympathy For Relatives Of Mine Victims. UERR HITLER has telegraphed to the King expressing his most sincere sympathy for the relatives and victims of the explosion in the Markham Colliery, at Duckmanton, Derbyshire, reports Reuter. The. death-roll now totals 79. Work on recovering the bodies is94 words
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Article120 1938-05-19 25 London, May 11. THE British Government would be glad to offer its services, either alone or in conjunction with other Powers, to bring about an equitable peace between China and Japan, stated Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, in the House of Commons, today. However, Mr.120 words
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Article170 1938-05-19 25 -Reuter. —Reuter. Empire Supplies Are Now Adequate. London, May 12. AN official order is issued today re-lmposing the duty on pig-iron which was suspended at the beginning of last year when the demand exceeded supplies available from Britain and other parts of the Empire. It is now'-Reuter.; —Reuter. - 170 words
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Article, Illustration436 1938-05-19 25 London, May 12. stories continue to arrive from Rio de Janeiro, revolution-wracked capital of Brazil, telling how a well-or-ganised uprising by Greenshirts, a Fascist organisation, has been frustrated by the Government. But uneasiness still reigns. Stringent measures are being imposed in an effort to Anally436 words
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Article122 1938-05-19 25 Announced By Lisbon Government. Lisbon, May 12. IT is officially announced that 1 Portugal has recognised the Franco regime in Spain, reports Reuter. Meanwhile a Butkos message reports that the Nationalist advance has been resumed. Troops are moving southwards to cut Republican communications between Tcruel and Albocacer,122 words
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Article331 1938-05-19 25 .—Reuter. Attacks On Malaya's Position. MR. C. V. THOMAS ASKS FOR ACTION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 11. P*ROM 11)31 onwards Malayan tin 1 producers had had to submit to a flood of misleading and dangerous propaganda from the sponsors of various pools, whose interests.—Reuter. - 331 words
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Article265 1938-05-19 26 Loyalists’ Hopes Of Aid Dashed. U.S. NOT TO LIFT ARMS EMBARGO. REPUBLICAN Spain’s last hopes of successfully prolonging her resistance against the Nationalists have faded. The League Council on Friday rejected a proposal by the Spanish delegate to end non-inter-vention, which would allow unrestricted Russian assistance265 words
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Article144 1938-05-19 26 -Reuter. Question In House Of Commons. London, May 11. POSSIBILITY of Malaya supplying oil to Britain for war emergency purposes was suggested in the House of Commons. Sir Robert Rankin, Conservative member for Kirkdale, asked a question on the Government purchase of whale oil for-Reuter. - 144 words
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Article199 1938-05-19 26 -Reuter Cabinet Resigns: ProNazis As Ministers. Budapest, May 14. DISE of Fascism in Hungary is believed to have been the cause of the resignation of the Hungarian Cabinet yesterday. Steps are being taken today to form a new Cabinet, with M. Belaim-redy as Prime Minister,.- -Reuter - 199 words
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40 1938-05-19 26 Havas Washington. May 13. British Government is reported to have opened negotiations with the United States Government tor permission to use Hawaii as a base for the projected air-line between Canada and New Zealand —Havas— Havas - 40 words
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Article199 1938-05-19 26 unlikely to act as mediator.—Reuter and British Wireless. RELATIONS CUT. British Minister To Leave Country. Mexico, May 16. pOLLOWING the Mexican Government’s action in severing diplomatic relations with Britain, yesterday, Mr. O’Malley, the British Minister, today handed a Note to the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs stating that,unlikely to act as mediator.—Reuter and British Wireless. - 199 words
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30 1938-05-19 26 Reuter. Oslo. Ma.v 13. Folowing the ••‘xample of Sweden and Finland. Norway has decided to recognise the de facto Italian domination of Ethiopia, says Reuter.Reuter. - 30 words
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593 1938-05-19 26 and taken to hospital.—Reuter and British Wireless. KING QUEEN SEND SYMPATHY. London, May 11. yOLUNTEER rescuers are still working desperately at Markham Colliery, Duckmanton, Derbyshire, where as the result of the worst colliery disaster in Britain since 1934, the death'and taken to hospital.—Reuter and British Wireless. - 593 words
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971 1938-05-19 27 Reuter. Searching Inquiry Is Demanded. DETAILS OF BIG R. A. F. EXPANSION. London, May 13. |REASSURING statements concerning progress being made with the British air armament programme, and the announcement of a great R.A.F. expansion, have failed to satisfy Opposition parties and a GovernmentReuter. - 971 words
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Article61 1938-05-19 27 .—Reuter. Manila, May 10. 'piIE Secretary of Labour has ordered the arrest and possible deportation of 7,000 Chinese and 4,000 other aliens who have overstayed their permit to reside in the Philippines. It is also indicated that action may be taken to stamp out irregularities resulting.—Reuter. - 61 words
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Article181 1938-05-19 27 —Reuter. New Air Force’s Debut. Canton, May 11. f’HINESE here are highly elated over the spectacular debut in Kwangtung Province today of the reorganised Chinese air force. Some 30 new fighting and bombing planes flew over Canton this morning, and thousands of people thronged the streets to.—Reuter. - 181 words
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Article251 1938-05-19 27 -Reuter. Shanghai. May 13. AFTER being detained for several hours by the Japanese military, a prominent Englishman of Shanghai, Mr. E. S. Wilkinson, was released this evening, suffering from a bayonet wound in the back inflicted by a Japanese soldier. Besides the wound Mr Wilkinson, who is-Reuter. - 251 words
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595 1938-05-19 28 —Reuter. Dr. Koo On Facilities For Arms Supplies. WHILE contending that the resolution on China adopted by the League Council left a great deal to be desired to meet the situation, Dr. Wellington Koo, the chief Chinese delegate, said he was prepared to accept—Reuter. - 595 words
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Article219 1938-05-19 28 —Reuter. Soldiers Defend Forts To Last Man. Amoy. Ma> 15. 117ITH smoke from burning villages darkening the sky the Japanese continue to consolidate positions on Amoy Island. The Japanese naval landing party officially announces the occupation of Taipanchiao opposite Amoy, on the mainland. The Amoy forts.—Reuter. - 219 words
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Article38 1938-05-19 28 -Reuter. Berlin. May 12. RECOGNITION of Manchukuo was sealed here today by the signature of documents establishing diplomatic and consular relations. Negotiations will open shortly for the conclusion of a trade and shipping treaty.—Reuter.-Reuter. - 38 words
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Article91 1938-05-19 28 -Reuter. Pekin*, May 16. rE British authorities made representations to the Japanese authorities last night following the exercise of military control in the Legation Quarter by the Japanese forces, including the placing outside the British Embassy entrance of a Japanese soldier with a fixed bayonet. Traffic-Reuter. - 91 words
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Article144 1938-05-19 28 Japanese Story Of Red Outrage. Peking. May 15. TWO British missionaries—Dr. H. G. Wyatt and Miss Glasby—were shot and seriously injured while on their way from Taiyuanfu to Taichow, ir. North Shansi, according to a brief telegram received here from the English Baptist Mission at144 words
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92 1938-05-19 28 Shanghai. May 15. A White Russian was shot dead and another seriously wounded by a Japanese naval sentry. Th* shooting. which took place at midnight occurred between the Japanese occupied area and the International Settlemnt. This is the first time a foreigner has been92 words
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Article52 1938-05-19 28 Reuter. The Council passed a resolution releasing Switzerland from all obligates under the Covenant but maintaining her position as a member of the League in all other respects.— Gen. Yang Chieh, former Director of the Central Military College, has been appointed Chinese Ambassador to Moscow, says Sin ChewReuter. - 52 words
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Article287 1938-05-19 28 Reuter. To Respect Pact With Britain. “MARCH TOGETHER WITH GERMANY. Genoa, May 15. “U/E have not yet forgotten T the sanctions,” declared Signor Mussolini yesterday making his first speech since Herr Hitler’s visit to Rome. The anti-Fascists exploded with impotent fury, II Duce decla oil, whenReuter. - 287 words
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Article68 1938-05-19 28 .—Reuter. Bayonet Charges Roul Rebels. Jerusalem. May 15. A PRIVATE was killed and another wounded when troops of the West Kents fought a hand-to-hand encounter in which they made bayonet charges near the village of Tamba following an ambush on the AcreSafed road. When the rebels dispersed,.—Reuter. - 68 words
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Article43 1938-05-19 28 Reuter. Berlin, May 15. THE famous German tennis star, Von Cramm, after a trial in camera on a charge under the law dealing with sexual offences was sentenced to year’s imprisonment, minus two months already spent in gaol, stateReuter. - 43 words
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383 1938-05-19 29 Two-Day Match With S. R. C. SIMPSON’S 67 TOP SCORE. IJNITED SERVICES had no difficulty in passing the S.R.C.’s first innings total of 110 when their two day game was resumed on the padang on Sunday but had to be content with a first383 words
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Article79 1938-05-19 29 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. May 17. The Negri Sembilan Medical and Health Services Club beat the Negri Sembilan Police by three goals to one yesterday in the N.S. Football League The Police played well up to a stage. They were unfortunate to miss a penalty Sheikh79 words
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Article77 1938-05-19 29 Reuter. London, May 15. MRS. HELEN WILLS MOODY beat Mrs. E. S. Law in the final of the North London Lawn Tennis Club’s tourney, 6—2, 7—5. Mrs. Wills Moody previous to this match had dropped only eight games in the tourney. Mrs. Law led 5—2Reuter. - 77 words
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Article236 1938-05-19 29 Jeans Takes Wickets And Makes Runs. THE S.C.C. beat the A.P.C. by nine wickets at cricket on the padang Although they scored 125 runs for eight wickets, they passed the A.P.C. total of 83 with nine wickets in hand. A.P.C. Valberg b Holt 6 Pillai c and236 words
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Article20 1938-05-19 29 Mr C Bateman. Malayan Golf Champion, was on Saturday night guest of honour at the Island Goir Club20 words
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Article273 1938-05-19 29 Exciting Finish In Tournament Game. AFTER a late start, owing to the state of the wicket, the P.S. and Laws and the Etceteras tournament cricket match on the padang yesterday ended in an exciting tie, both sides scoring 132 and the Anal run coming from the last273 words
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Article232 1938-05-19 29 R.E. Beal St. Andrew’s O.B. At Changi. IN an all day cricket match at Changi on Sunday the Royal Engineers beat the St. Andrew’s Old Boys’ by two wickets and 36 runs. Templeman’s century, was the bright spot in the play. Scores: S.A.O.B. M. Kohloff c Bolton232 words
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Article212 1938-05-19 29 Junior Fours To B. Crew. IN the second Royal Singapore Yacht Club rowing regatta, over the breakwater course on Saturday evening, the Rodesse Championship sculls race was won by A. J. Rycroft. with N G. Hill runner-up. Rycroft led all the way, with Hill212 words
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Article164 1938-05-19 29 Czechs Challenge Umpire’s Decis on. Prague, May 12. •TPHE Czechoslovakian Lawn Tenon Association has protested co Mie Davis Cup committee in London against a decision of th; chief umpire of the matches between Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia. The umpire declared the Yugoslavian player Mitic winner of the164 words
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Article131 1938-05-19 29 TTME Singapore Island Amateur Golf Championship. 1938. will be played at the Singapore Golf Club course from June 11 and subsequent Saturdays and Sundays It will be open to all members ot any golf club in Singapore having a handicap of eight or under Entries should reach131 words
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Article, Illustration1576 1938-05-19 30 “Capt. Dash” - By Capt. Dash” f OVERNOR’S CUP day at Bukit Timali on SaturU day lived fully up to expectations. An attendance bigger than ever before, congregated at the race course to witness the biggest turf classic of the1,576 words
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Article222 1938-05-19 30 Latest Results In County Cricket. London, May 13. OOWLERS returned good figures in most matches of the county cricket series just completed. Details are:— At Liverpool. Derby beat Lancashire by 216 Derby 316 (Nutter five for 72• and 161 lor three declared. Lancs 171 tCopson five for222 words
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Article125 1938-05-19 30 Moderate Scores In County Cricket. London May 15. DLAYING against Gloucester yes- terday, Herbert Sutcliffe showed he is still a fine batsman by scoring 110 out of Yorkshire’s total of 266. Details of yesterday’s county cricket, matches are as follows: At Chesterfield Derbyshire (195 for seven) vs.125 words
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Miscellaneous33 1938-05-19 30 DOUBLE TOTE. The double tote, total pool.. $8,910, paid $1,782, on each of five winning tickets. THE BIG SWEEP. Total Pool: $178,840. First prize: $67,959. Second prize: $33,979. Third prize: $16,989. Starters: $1,887.33 words
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1139 1938-05-19 31 Cant. Dash - By ""Cant. Dash." T5^Fn^ aS t a soo< a^en d ance for a week day at Bu kit Timah on May 11, when the fourth card of the Singapore Turf Club’s Summer (Governors C up) race1,139 words
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51 1938-05-19 31 Newmarket, May 11. The Newmarket Stakes for three-year-olds run today over one mile and one quarter resulted: GOLDEN SOVEREIGN 1 GREENWICH 2 MALABAR 3 Six ran. Won by one and a half lengths; a short head Betting 100 to SC; 11 to 8; 7 to51 words
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Article158 1938-05-19 31 Women’s Match At Tanglin. The women’s match between the Garrison and Keppel Golf Clubs, played at Tanglin resulted In a win for Keppel by 5 l 2 points to 3 3 4. The scores were as follows, Keppel names first:— Mrs. A. M. Low I*4158 words
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Article61 1938-05-19 31 London, May 9. C. F. WALTERS, the Worcestershire cricketer, has announced that he is retiring from first-class cricket. He gives as his reason that further participation would prejudice his business career. Walters was captain of both Worcestershire and England and made a success of both. He is61 words
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Article185 1938-05-19 31 Home Cricket Series. BIG score by Paynter helped 1 Lancashire to win very easily from Hampshire in the county cricket series just completed. Details are:— At Southampton. Lancs beat Hants by an innings and 160. Hants 277 (Nutter six for 66) and 141. Lancs 578 for185 words
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Article77 1938-05-19 31 London, May 10. THE Australians won their match with Leicestershire by an innings and 163 runs. Leicester in the first innings made 212 and in their second 215. Dempster scored 105 and Ward took four wickets for 73. The visitors have won each of their three matches77 words
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Article45 1938-05-19 31 Match With Jurich In June. London, May 11. THE promoter George Dlngley has an- nounced that Benny Lynch will meet the American boxer, Jackie Jurich, in a world flyweight title bout at St. Mirren football ground, Paisley, on June 15—Reuter.45 words
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Article50 1938-05-19 31 .—Reuter. Jones Loses, Shayes Wins. London, May 10. GREAT BRITAIN eliminated Rumania in the Davis Cup competition, winning at Harrogate by three matches to two. Schmidt (Rumania), beat Jones (Britain), 6—3, 6—1. 0—6. 2 -6. 8 6. Shayes (Britain) beat Carolulis (Rumania), 6—3, 6—0, 6- 3.- Reuter..—Reuter. - 50 words
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Article53 1938-05-19 31 'THE women’s Robinson Cup competition held by the Garrison Golf Club resulted in a win for Mrs. J. D. Newman with a score of 2 down. The following were the best scores: Mrs J. D Newman. 2 down: Mrs T. H. Duguid. 3 down: Mrs. J. C. R.53 words
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Miscellaneous62 1938-05-19 31 Double Tote. The double tote pool of $5,148 paid $1,029 to each of its five holders. Big Sweep, The total pool in the big sweep was $41,780, Toyman (*****) paid $15,876, Waltz (*****) paid $7,938 and Argoutat (*****) paid $3,969. The starters were paid $496 each. The following are the62 words
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Article381 1938-05-19 32 S. C. C. Beaten 2-0 In Dull And Scrappy Game ENCOURAGING progress is being made by the Loyals in Div. I of the league. After a bad start the team provided two of the biggest surprises of the season when they beat the Malays and381 words
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Article79 1938-05-19 32 For Singapore Championships. pNTRIES for the Singapore lawn tennis championships to start on May 23 on the Y.M.C.A. and S.C.C courts are not only a record in number, but the fields are representative and strong. The Malayan champion, Chin Kee Onn, wil be in Singapore at the79 words
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Article60 1938-05-19 32 Reuter Middlesex beat Warwick by nine wickets. Middlesex 283 (Paine 5 for 53 and 56 for one).'Warwick 87 (Smith 5 for 41) and 251 (Smith 4 for 50). Notts beat Northants by 8 wickets: Northants 154 and 142 (Butler 4 for 22 and Staples 4 for 38) Notts– Reuter - 60 words
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Article293 1938-05-19 32 Singapore Yacht Club’s Second Race. The result o! the Royal Singapore Yacht Club’s second race for the Macdona’d Challenge Cup was as follows: Pts. Corrib 11.51.02 12 Punai 11.53.27 14 Betsy 11.55.08 15 Awang Terbang 11.57.45 15 Merlin 12.02.24 10 Columbine 12.05.43 11 Prima Donna 12.07.50 5293 words
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Article57 1938-05-19 32 —Reuter. Holland Eliminated By France. London, May 9. DLAYING at Harrogate in the Davis Cup tie Wilde and Butler (Britain) beat Carol Ulis and Schmidt (Rumania). 8—6, 7—5, 6—2. Britain having won one singles leads by two matches to one. Playing at Scheveningen France—Reuter. - 57 words
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Article367 1938-05-19 32 Three Goals To One In Second Half. THE Police have yet to win a match in Div. I of the league. On May 12 at the Anson Road Stadium they met the Gordon Highlanders and were beaten 3—1. Superior in all departments of the game,367 words
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328 1938-05-19 32 Beat The Gunners But Threw Away Chances PXCITEMENT was intense in the last few minutes of the first division soccer match between the R. E. and the R.A. at Changi on May 10 R.E. won, 3—1. The Gunners did not really get going until328 words
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Article56 1938-05-19 32 London, May 13. THE Australians won their fourth match, against Cambridge, by an innings margin, as in their previous three games. Australia declared with 708 for five wickets, Cambridge scored 120 in their first innings and in their second were out for 163. Gibb scored 80 and56 words
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Article66 1938-05-19 32 Sydney, May 7. The James Barnes Plate run over one mile and three furlongs at Rand wick today resulted: SILENUS, 7.5 (A. Knox) 1 GAY KNIGHT, 7.8 (A. Harvey) 2 BILLY BOY, 7.8 (F. Hickey) 3 Won by half a length with a length and three-quarters between secono66 words
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Article213 1938-05-19 33 Against Driving Fine. •yHE appeal of Mr. F. V. Duck- worth. Singapore Second Magistrate, opened on Wednesday beiore Mr. Justice Horne in the Singapore High Court. Mr. Duckworth, who is represented by Mr. S. C. Goho. i.s appealing against the sentence of Mr. H. R. Bull, Civil213 words
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Article127 1938-05-19 33 Ex-Malayan Educationalist's Death At Oxford. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 9 Mr. Ralph H. Pinhorn. O.B.E., a former headmaster of the Penang Free School, who died at Oxford on May 1, had been living in that city since his retirement in 1025 and, in addition127 words
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Article, Illustration427 1938-05-19 33 Fine Work, Says Hankow Consul-General. rPH grave fears of epidemics of cholera, typhus and malaria in Central China, a Chinese, I)r. Robert Lim, a former Edinburgh University man is doing wonderful work re-organising the Chinese Red Cross, said the British Consul-General at Hankow. Mr. G.427 words
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Article, Illustration333 1938-05-19 33 r T HE main reason why British colonies are so dull in comparison with French is that we colonise with a smile, while with the British it is a grim, serious business, indicated by the strict closing of hotels and places of333 words
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Article117 1938-05-19 33 Signatures Over 300. WEARING the. signatures of 40 1. holders and 275 interested par > the petition urging the developn a of the Cameron Highlands on an Malayan basis and their separation certain purposes from Pahang presented to the High Commissio: Sir Shenton Thomas, on Monday Improved117 words
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Article112 1938-05-19 33 Penang Hokkiens To Raise $50,000. < From Our Own Correspondent Penang. May 17 AT a meeting of Penang Hokkiens yesterday it w r as decided to rais< $50,000 from local Hokkiens and Hok kien associations to help Amoy retimes now in Kulangsu. This was in response to112 words
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Article180 1938-05-19 33 Four Chinese Convicted In District Court. piNES totalling $49,000 were m.- posed upon four Chinese who were found guilty of being in possession of 1,497 tahiis of non-Gov-ernment chandu by the Criminal District Judge, Mr. H. A. Form, on Tuesday. Ths is believed to180 words
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Article38 1938-05-19 33 lli|R Lee Kong Chian, of the Lee I ber Company will fly to Euroj a Royal Dutch Airlines plane on day. He will be accompanied b\ young son and by Mr. Yap Twee his son.38 words
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The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT.
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1214 1938-05-19 1 Markets Remarkably Steady Although Statistics Disappoint. FRASER AND COMPANY’S SHARE MARKET REVIEW. IN a weekly report on the share market issued at the close of business on Tuesday, Fraser and Co., write:— Practically no fresh news of political importance has occurred during the1,214 words
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Article19 1938-05-19 1 May 12 Tin. S’pore Price $85 per picul 13 84.75 16 83.75 17 82.25 18 81.5019 words
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400 1938-05-19 1 New York, May 18. White, Weld and Co cable to 8. E. Levy and Co DOW-JONES AVERAGES. Yesterday’s Today’s Close Close Changes 30 Industrials 115.38 116.36 up .98 20 Ralls 22.57 22.54 off .03 20 Utilities 19.30 19.50 up .20 40 Bonds 87.84 87.55 off400 words
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62 1938-05-19 1 Dale Spot May June July-Scpt. Oct.-Dec. Jan -Mar. London May 12 20% 20*4 20*4 21 21*. 21«, J 7 13 20% 20% 20% 21 21% 21V, 5 13/lb 16 19% 19% 19% 20% 20% 20% 5 13/16 17 19% 19% 19% 20 1 h 20% 2062 words
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1321 1938-05-19 2 Tin Market Review. Malaya’s Tonnage Position Indefensible. SMALL TURNOVER ON METAL EXCHANGE. IN a monthly review of the tin 1 market, A. Strauss Co., Ltd., state that at the end of last month figures show a rise of 718 tons in the visible stocks. There1,321 words
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Article75 1938-05-19 2 'ONSUMPTION of rubber in America in April was only 28,000 tons compared with 30.500 tons in March. Imports in April were 30,800 tons compared with 36,000 in March and consumption of reclaimed rubber in April was 7.500 tons compared with 8,600 tons in March. Stocks75 words
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Article99 1938-05-19 2 INURING the week ending May 7. exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 91.738 cases, of which 79.077 <B6 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom. 800 <1 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, 5.125 <6 per cent.) cases to Canada,99 words
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Article67 1938-05-19 2 IW|R. T J. CUMMING has been elected to the Board of Kepong (Malay) Rubber Estates and of Gordon (Malaya) Rubber Estates. He is chairman of Batu Caves Rubber Company and of the Seafield Rubber Company, and is also on the Board ol seven other plantation companies. Mr. Gumming67 words
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Article337 1938-05-19 2 MAI.AYA RAPIDLY LOSING BARGAINING POSITION. TO OBTAIN REVISION OF TONNAGES. (From Our Own (’orrespondent.) London, May 0. U is rapidly losing flu best chance she ever had, and probably ever will have, of in. (reusing ber standard tonnage under tlu* International Tin Control Agreement” says337 words
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79 1938-05-19 2 are higher than in April 1936.—British Wireless. London, May 14 THE Board of Trade returns for April show imports for the month totalled €73,679.570. exports £37,266.307 and re-exports £5,010.521. In April 1937 comparable figures wen imports £83.004.322. exports £43.027.031 re-exports £7,284,487. All the totals forare higher than in April 1936.—British Wireless. - 79 words
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Article57 1938-05-19 2 THE following crops of rubber were harvested by the respective companies in April lb. Alor Gajah 12.800 Australasia 15.500 Ayer Panas 62.000 Bukit Kubu 11.000 Glenealy 28,000 Jalan Kebun 9.700 Kluang 34.285 Pa jam 138.000 Port Swettenham 7.600 Tambalak 10.500 Teluk Anson 40.599 Ulu Benut 26.000 Jimah57 words
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1313 1938-05-19 3 Parent Company Receives £3,831 More Than In 1936. THE report of the directors of Austral Malay Tin Ltd. lor the year ended December states that the revenue from dividend on the company's holdings in associated comoanies amounted to €?U035. an increase ol €8.831 on the1,313 words
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Article160 1938-05-19 3 378 I on* Sold fjpHE Singapore Chamber c-f Commerce Rubber Association held its 1.381st auction on May 11 when there wer* catalogued 1.214.973 lb. <542.40 tons); offered 983.107 lb. <438 89 tons); sold 847,113 lb. <378.18 tons). Spot London 5 7 «d New York 11 7 /h160 words
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Article148 1938-05-19 3 Quarterly Operating Results. THE following are the operating results ol tin-producing companies under Hie technical management oi Anglo-Oriental < Malaya) Ltd., and London Tin Corporation Ltd. Output in- Net opercluding Working ating carryover costs profits stocks for for < tons cone.) quarter, quarter. Rawang Tin 219.35 13.432 10.928148 words
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Article206 1938-05-19 3 Straits Times cable LETTER TO MINERS CRITICISED. (From Our Own (’oiTespondent.) London. Mav 11. glK JOHN BAGN ALL’S open letter to the miners <»t Malaya n commending that they oppose the establishment of a buffer pool in the referendum issued this week, a summaryStraits Times cable - 206 words
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Article115 1938-05-19 3 From Our Own Correspondent. > London. May 16. The following are today’s “bid” quotations for Fixed Trusts s. d. British Empire “A” 19 3 British Empire “B” 9 4Vz British Empire Cumulative 14 lO'/z British Empire Comprehensive 15 I\ 2 British General "A" 18 6 British General115 words
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62 1938-05-19 3 •THE following rubber, tea and coffee crops were harvested by the respective estates under the Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd. agency in Java, in April Kuhber. Kg. Ankola 5,490 Estates Bajoe Kidoel Co. 66.421 DJasinga 85.678 Tjlkasintoe 28.620 Lar.gen 38.411 Donowarie 13.000 Tea. Hk. Ankola62 words
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Article53 1938-05-19 3 From Our Own Corr-sp«»ndent Kuala Lumpur. May 11 A BRITISH planter or. Bukit Ijok Estate. Jerair. Selling >r Mr Nicholas Fish, has sent specifications to the FM S Government of an invention lor improving furnaces for smoking and curing plantation rubber and other commodities, with an application53 words
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551 1938-05-19 4 $250,594 For Last Year Against $111,565 In Preceding Year. DIVIDEND RAISED FROM 10 PER CENT. TO 25 PER CENT. •pHE report of the directors of Gammon (Malaya) Ltd. states that the profit for the year ended Jan. 31, 1938, was $250,594 compared with $111,565 for551 words
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Article215 1938-05-19 4 Singapore, May 18, 12 noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler 7.50 Hamburg Cube $14.50 Java Cube $ll.OO Pepper. White Muntok $14.50 White $l4 00 Black 8.50 Copra Mixed $3.40 Sun Dried $3.80 Tapioca Small Flake $3.90 Fair Flake $370 Medium Pearl $4.25 Small Pearl $4.00 Sago Flour No 1215 words
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Article690 1938-05-19 4 HALT IN GROWTH OF U.K. STOCKS. TEN PER CENT. QUOTA CUT NEXT QUARTER. IN a weekly report on the rubber market, issued at the close of business on May 12, Stanton Nelson and Co. Ltd., write:— It is a welcome change to be able to record some690 words
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Article101 1938-05-19 4 Colonial Office Is Satisfied. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 15. (XN the whole, the International Rubber Regulation Agreement is working well. That is the view of the Colonial Office, as expressed by a spokesman in the House of Commons. The statement was made in reply101 words
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Article60 1938-05-19 4 (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, May 11.* Two companies incorporated in th< F.M.S., Pembridge Trust Ltd., anc. Financiers Ltd. have been given notic< of intended dissolution if they do no! show cause to the contrary within three months by the Registrar o! Companies. Investments Limited60 words
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Article33 1938-05-19 4 The following rubber crops were harvested during April Brunei No Tapping lb. Bukit Timah 8.718 Changkat 19,714 Haytor 9,169 Indragiri 91.586 Lunas 45,920 Nyalas 32,600 Tapah 67.030 Ulu Pandan 3.61233 words
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Article37 1938-05-19 4 TTHE directors of Nordanal <Johore> Rubber Estates, Ltd., are recommending payment of a dividend of 5 per cent, for the year ended December last. If approved, the dividend will be paid on June 18.37 words
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Article31 1938-05-19 4 THE price of rubber, for purpose o: assessment to export duty, in tht F.M.S. from lay 13 to May inclusive has been determined at 18-\ cents a pound.31 words
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Article1235 1938-05-19 5 Issued By Fraser And Co., EXCHANGE AND STOCK BROKERS. Singapore, May 18, 10 a.m. BONING. sue Val. Buyers Sellers 4 Arapat Tin s/1014 4/4^ fl Ajsam Kumbang 28/- 30/Cl Austral Malay 42/6 47/6n. 5/« Ayer HI tain 22/- 23/l Ayer Weng 0.80 0.65 £1 Bangrln Tin 21/-1,235 words
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Article37 1938-05-19 5 —Reuter. Philadelphia. May 17. Mr. Edward Stotesbury. a well-known Philadelphia banker, died today Mr. Stotesbury was among those who assisted in financing a big international loan to China in 1907 —Reuter.—Reuter. - 37 words
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Article590 1938-05-19 5 London Exchange Prices On May 10. Allagar (2/) /104; Alor Pongsu (2/) 1/6%; Anglo-Malay 8/3; Ayer Kunlng 22/8; Badenoch 15/74; Bagan Serai 16/3; Bahru (8el.) (2/) 1/8; Banteng 12/8; Batang (2/) /84; Batu Caves 11/104; Batu Tigs 21/104; l/; BerUm Con (2/) 2/84; Bldor 23/9; Blkam (2/) 1/84;590 words
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Article160 1938-05-19 5 London Exchange Prices On May 10. Ampat (4/) 3/6; Anglo-Burma (5/) 9/8; Ayer Hitam (5/) 1 3/32; Bangrln 1; Gopeng Cons. (5/) 9/3; Hongkong (5/) 31/32; Idris (5/) 7/3; Ipoh (16/) 14; Jelapang 30/9; Kampong Lanjut 19/; Kamunting (5/) 9/; Kepong Killinghall (5/) 18/; Klnta (5/) 13/; Klnta160 words
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Article353 1938-05-19 5 SMALL MOVEMENTS BOTH WAYS. London, May 17. TTHE following are today's closing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange: 8hares of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated:— fMki* rim 3a* or Pal) Conversion <joan 0 o.e. 1M4-64 113 Vi Funding Loan 4 p.c. 1960-90 H3 War Loan 3353 words
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30 1938-05-19 5 .—Reuter. London, May 17 The Anglo-Eire Agreement Bill passed Its final stages in the House of Lords today. This evening it will receive Royal Assent.—Reuter..—Reuter. - 30 words
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93 1938-05-19 5 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Singapore, May 17. 5 p.m. rotai toi Qntneia Rooks Date Cx Olv rear Company Dividend Close °avabu Date to flat* TIN Pahang Consol 10% Int. less tax Apr. 26 June 1 May 9 10% Rawang Con 2s No. 22 May 18 May 25 May93 words
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