The Straits Budget, 7 July 1938

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    30 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES L ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY./ No. 4195. SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, JULY 7. 1938. Price 25 cts., (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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    THE WEEK IN MALAYA.
    1102 1 STRIKES. rumours of strikes, riots and demonstrations have been proniijian: in the headlines this week. Xjoly scenes were witnessed at the Hang Fatt mine after more than 4,000 rTkmen—the biggest force on any single tin mine in Malaya—went on strike. Trouble started when the management posted
    PoHce Officer, Straits Settlements.—Straits Times picture.  -  1,102 words
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    Back From Leave.
    34 1 K Rodgers, assistant }t r cd manager of the Singapore fn '"nir Board, who returned from <0, e on Friday by the P. and O. Ranpura -Straits Times ura.—Straits Times picture.
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Who’s Who.
      761 2 lecord?" Precisely! —Straits Times. June 30. A Malayan -jntroversy which is at least half a century old will come to a head in the Federal Council today, when a bill for the registration of businesses is to be introduced. This bill was published for public information last October,
      lecord?" Precisely!—Straits Times. June 30.  -  761 words
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      Everest.
      798 2 and progress impossible.”—Straits Times. July 1. Onct* again Mount Everest has defied the skill and physical endurance ot some of the world’s finest mountaineers. Yesterday came the news, breaking a long and anxious ulence, that the climbers led by Mr. H. W. Tilman had abandoned their attempt on the
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      The Jungle Manhunt.
      291 2 fiie history of Malaya.’’—Straits Time? July 1. As parties of the F.M.S. Police plunge deeper and deeper into the remote and mountainous jungles of the region where Pahang meets Perak and Kelantan. in their search for the Cninese <*?ng which murdered Mi F G. W Duns ford,
      fiie history of Malaya.’’—Straits Time? July 1.  -  291 words
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      Islam Today.
      1037 2 i Straits Times. July 2. Since the unity of Islam in Singapore, underlying its various racial divisions, has been stressed in our correspondence columns this week, and the Mohamedan Offence? Bill has just become law in Selangor, this is a good opportunity to reviewcurrent trends in the world
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      Hong Fatt.
      908 3 and the Dominions. —Straits Times, July 4. The first event of the new quota period, in which the Malayan tin industry drops down from 43 to 33 per cent, production, has been a sensational and violent strike on the largest mine of its type in the country, the
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      Straits Freedom.
      995 3 lather than democracy. Straits Times, July 5. As so often happens when local criticism of a Malayan government is taken up in the House of Commons. the real point was missed in the exchanges between Mr. Creech Jones and Mr. Malcolm MacDrnald last week. It is not sedition
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      About Turn!
      951 4 not come when it did. —Straits Times, July 0. The advent of July was awaited in Malaya with no small misgivings, for the decisions reducing the production quotas for the third quarter of the year, taken by the international committees controlling tin and rubber output, caused general anxiety.
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    HARBOUR BOARD ENGINEER RETIRES.
    82 4 A PrER 19 years of service with the Singapore Harbour Board Mr. Fred T Jervis, assistant superintendent engineer, is going home on retirement yesterday. Wi.h his w’l'e and s:n he intends to live in the Wye valley. One of Mr. Jervis’s most exciting experiences was in
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    Volunteer Force.
    94 4 Acceptance is announced of the resignation of h's commission in the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force Reserve of Officers by Major F. H. Robinson, with eifect from June 3. The resignation of his eemmission in the SS. Volunteer Force oi Second Lieutenant F. Grainger-Brown has also been accepted Promotion
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    R.N.V.R. Commissions.
    23 4 Commissions as Acting Sub-Lieuten-ants Straits Settlements Royal Navai Volunteer Reserve, have granted to Alexander Noel Ross and David Eustace Martindale Twisleton-Wyke-ham-Fiennos
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  • NOTES Of The DAY.
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      Flying Foxes.
      306 5 COMEONE Who read the notes in this 5 0llumn last week on flying foxes tiant fruit-bats) seen at the y R lH iP reservoir has brought to my jr, a book published several months Flying Foxes and Drifting Sand.” Francis RatclifTe. a <vt' read somewhere that very swarms
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      Unwritten Books.
      264 5 j book like this could be lit ton about Malaya When I to lind out something about Malayan flying foxes the ether day I n to turn to a book written in Sarah is n curious thing that the only bu :s on natural history which are of
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      Flying Fish.
      209 5 having begun this column with flying foxes, we may fittingly end it with flying fish, whose flight has been watched with lazy curiosity by many a Malayan on a calm day in the Indian Ocean. Apparently these fish both fly and glide, and the height which they can
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      Patient Patients.
      283 5 J DON’T know whether hospital doctors or nurses ever stop to wonder what is in the mina ot any Individual patient. I don’t suppose thru they have time, for they are rushed oil their feet, and anyhow a case is just a case to them, just as a
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      In The Annual.
      215 5 In The Annual n> EVERTING to the lack of popular books about nature in Malaya, discussed in this column yesterday, it may be remarked that that phenomenally successful publication, the Straits Times Annual, is doing its bit in this direction. Last year Mr. R. K. Holttum described the wild flowers
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      Our Milk Bar.
      154 5 OINGAPORE’S pioneer milk bar. a natty little affair in Robinson Road is becoming world-famous. Apparently it is visualised as one tiny little spot of sweetness and light in a notorious seaport largely made up of opium dens and yoshiwaras. We ought to be grateful to Nestle’s. not
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      We Live And Learn.
      88 5 We Live And Learn OTRAITS legislation is scrutinised pretty closely nowadays, to find out the latest signs of imitation oi Mussolini and Co., but one important innovation has been overlooked. lam indebted to Everybody’s Weekly for the following: “In Singapore, under a new law platinum blondes are likely to be
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      Winged Swarms.
      212 5 who is not interested in white ants is advised to skip this column today, because he will find nothing else in it. but who is not interested in these pests? Are we not all engaged in a constant war against them (those of us who live in old
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      Adam And Eve.
      176 5 Adam And Eve the termites mate, and each pair at once enters a crack or crevice and begins to make a new home. The married pair soon finds Itself looking after a batch of eggs, which require constant care to keep them free of mould or fungus and take from
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      King And Queen.
      172 5 King And Queen CO far we have been talking about subterranean termites—those which must maintain covered runways connecting them with the ground—but Mr. Taylor’s description of the drywood termites is equally interesting. Indeed, what he says about their nuptial ceremonies sounds as though it had been taken from “Alice In
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      Chewing Steel.
      151 5 Chewing Steel IUIOST people have heard extraordinary stories about white ants appearing in all sorts of unexpected places in the great ferro-concrete buildings which have been built in Singapore in the last ten years, and Mr. Taylor confirms the belief that they can go through substances very much harder than
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      The Achin Wars.
      302 6 \T is so long since there lias been an v real fighting in the Malay Peninsula that it is startling to read Johan Woller’s book “Zest For Life' 1 and ltarn how savage was the guerilla warfare which tr>ok place on the other side of the Malacca
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      Nerves On Edge.
      357 6 THIS art cannot be condemned. however, until one has read Dr. Woller’s comments not only on the circumstances of the Achin war but ot the state ol mind which it induced in Europeans and others. If nerves are frayed oy the ordinary stresses ol civilian life in
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      Tailpiece.
      100 6 |UST on r more reference to Dr. Waugh Scott’s article on retirement, from which I quoted lust Monday Looking back at his life in Malaya. Dr. Waugh Scott has something U) .say about each of the various communities among whom he worked, and the following passage is particularly worth
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      Posterior Motives.
      257 6 IN the latest government quarters in Singapore there are marvellous bathrooms tiled in pastel shades and all kinds oi other refinements unknown to the P.W.D. in the ruder and more primitive phase of Malayan civilisation. In tin.* older quarters, however, one may still see an extraordinary piece of
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      Latest In Eggs.
      119 6 THE latest novelty in America is a bright green egg for breakfast. The shell is the normal colour but when you cut oil the top you are con--1 routed with a bright green yolk. Some genius has discovered a substance which, if mixed with the hen’s lood.
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      “Contacting.”
      107 6 lIAVING protested some time age against the appearance of the Americanesc verb to contact in th' Straits Times. I have been delighted to hear of a much more robust protest uttered in New York The following is taken lrom one of the latest numbers oi Time At a meeting
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      Lower Orders.
      119 6 QINCE the Resident Councillor of Malacca gave a garden party on the King's Birthday there has been an animated correspondence in th> Malacca Guardian over the question of whether people who ought to have been invited were left out. and the yet more intriguing question of whether people
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      Sergeants’ Seats.
      74 6 QUR barracks in Malaya arc very isolated, and the nearest picturi house is three miles away. We nave an open-air cinema for which w have to pay 2s lOd. admission. It t s run bv »he regiment. If wr go there we nave to carry a chair, not
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      Golden Raub.
      237 6 Mr. Arthur Bibby, son of the founder of Raub Gold, died in Pahang last month at the age of 66 I was reminded of a series of articles which I cnce found in the Straits Times hies describing a visit made ov a member of our staff to
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      Mr. Bibby’s Arrival.
      250 6 Saltan sent a force of 200 men against Rajah Impi he resisted stoutly and drove them off too. was the position when Sefton first heard about gold at Raub in a conversation in British North Borneo. He was so impressed that he hurried over to Singapore, c?
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      First Impressions.
      274 6 r J*HOSE who know the Raub Gold mine as it is today will be interested in the first impressions of Mr. William Bibby. as told to a Straits Times reporter in the nineties. “There was nothing but jungle and swamp. swamp and jungle, and the of gold was
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    Deputy Public Prosecutor.
    35 6 Mr. Charles Harris Butterfield ha.been appointed to be a Deputy Public Prosecutor. Mr Butterfield has also been appointed to officiate as a Crown Coun scl. Straits Settlements, with effect lrorn June 18.
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    4,000 STRIKE ON F. M. S. MINE.
    580 7 Wage Cut Opposed At Hong Fatt. PUMPMEN INTIMIDATED BY STRIKERS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 5. i DANGEROUS situation arose at the Hong Fatt .1 Mine this morning when the coolie strikers are alleged to have intimidated the 25 Chinese pumpmen
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      BIRTHS
      63 7 Hos > pit'u°sin JUly 4 1938 at the General Phili. rw nga P° re to Winifred wife of GREFn C T pvr Sands a son. and J M rs Hospital on July 2, to Mr. a son. F Green of Ban Heng Estate. 3? Ba tu Gajah Hospital on
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    AIR. W.W. BOYD.
    325 7 I fcaCii ()i Well-known kaluian Resident. THE death took place on June 25 of 1 Mr. Wil’ia:r. Walter Boyd at the of 62 at his residence. Coal Point Head. Labuan. Mr Boyd identified himself with public life in l abuan and served lor a considerable number of
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    70 TYPHOID DEATHS IN SINGAPORE.
    239 7 Almost 400 Cases Notified. THERE have been 71 deaths during the present outbreak of typhoid fever in Singapore and nearly 400 cases have been notified, but none among Europeans. From June 1 until Monday, 394 cases had been reported. There are signs that the main
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    176 7 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Miss M. E. Dean, of Perak, has been elected to membership of the Royal Empire Society. Mr and Mrs. John C. Walker, tormerly ot Singapore, are now living at 30 Cambrian Road. Richmond Hill Surrey. Mr. O. E. H. Cut’er, a director of Lew'is and Peat (Singapore) Ltd.,
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    Contents.
    324 7 Leaders— Who’s Who 2 Everest 2 Islam Today 3 Hong Fatt 3 Straits Freedom 4 About Turn 4 Telegrams— Covering past week’s news 25—28 Pictorial Section 17 2$ Financial Supplement— Financial and Commercial News to date, following page 32 Malayan General News— Father Conducts Wedding Service Of Daughter 9
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    SECOND SUNDERLAND ARRIVES HERE.
    64 7 A FTER an uneventful and comparatively leisurely flight from England. the second of the Short Sunderland flying boats for No. 230 Squadron. Royal Air F:rce, Far East, landed at Seletar a few minutes before three o’clock on Monday afternoon. The flying boat made an 1.160-mile non-stop
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    59 7 HOFFMANN T™ 8 Mr r p ai Johanna Hoffman, wife of Hosuital noHman. at the General agedsc Sin C a Pore, at 1.45 a.rn. Julv 1. 250 TnnrMnn 6 2 n’ 1938, at hi,s ,esl(Jei ice No Um Tipi 5ri PaRar Road Singapore. Mr. Messrs m Mana R‘ng Director ot
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    BEANS LITTER PENANG AFTER DISTURBANCES.
    483 8 Several Hurt In Anti-Japanese Demonstrations. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, July 5. DENANG’S streets are today littered with beans, alleged to be of Japanese origin, which were yesterday responsible for sporadic anti-Japanese disturbances in which several police and civilians were injured and business was practically
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    SAKAI & MALAYS IN JUNGLE MANHUNT.
    197 8 SAKAI MALAYS IN JUNGLE MANHUNT. Police In Remote Region. I'rom Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, July 5. THE flight noithwarJ of the Chinese gang alleged to be responsible for the murder of Mr. P. (J. W. Dunsford, 57-year-old New Zealand gold miner, at Tersang, Pahang, over ten days ago, has
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    JUDGMENT FOR ENGINEER.
    115 8 Salary Claim Against Singapore Company. JUDGMENT for $189.69 and costs was given by Mr. Justice a’Beckett Terrell, in the Singapore High Court on Monday, in favour of F. E. Somerecker, a civil engineer, in the action brought by him against Engineers and Contractors Ltd., Singapore, for wrongful
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    Commons Question On S.S. Sedition Law.
    108 8 —Reuter. ANOTHER Question on the proposed amendment of the sedition law in the Colony was asked in the House of Commons on Monday. Mr. John Parker (Lab. Romford, Essex) asked whether the Secretary of State for the Colonies was aware that public opinion in
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    PENANG MOB BURNS SOAP WITH PETROL.
    260 8 Amazing Scenes (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, July 5. 'P'HK great tact of the Chief Police Officer, Penang, Mr. 11. W. Allen, this morning prevented a recrudescence of antiJapanese disturbances which yesterday resulted in several injuries md the suspension of business in many parts
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    CITY TRANSPORT STRIKE UNLIKELY FOR TWO DAYS.
    328 8 800 Men Decide To Consider Company's Ofler. COLLOWINC a meeting of 800 employees of the Singapore Traction Company on Monday, it was indicated that there will be no transport strike for at least two days—if at all, After a long discussion the men
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    Anti-Japanese Processions.
    186 8 had taken u sencon vi v of the recent anti-Japa-nese demonstrations, said Mr. v Paik.%, A.S.P. in the Third Pol it Court on Monday, wb n the 30 Ch inese. who were irrested during an anti-Japanese demonstration laMweek and charged with attending a. proccoSion prohibited by the Chief
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    Father Conducts Wedding Service Of Daughter.
    489 9 m A. A. BLACKER MISS L. M. BAND. DRECEDED by a bridal retinue i dressed entirely in pale hydran- 1 eea blue, Miss Louisa Margaret Band, daughter of the Rev. Stephen Band and Mrs. Band, of Singapore, became the bride of Mr. Kenneth, A.
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    Chinese Bishop Here.
    103 9 HUNDREDS of Si Tig a pore and Johore Chinese Catholic men and women welcomed Dr. Yu Pin, Bishop of Nanking, at the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Singapore. on his arrival here on Saturday. Two Chinese women seized his hand ami kissed the ring on
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    Archway Of Swords At Military Wedding.
    298 9 IJEUT. COL. TOSH MISS R. SILLEM. AT the wedding on Wednesday at St. Andrew’s Cathedral of Lieut. Colonel J. c. P. Tosh, of the Royal Lngineers, Changi, and Miss RosaLionel Sillem. brother officers of the bridegroom formed a guard of honour the couple leaving
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    FLYING BOAT BOUND FOR AUSTRALIA.
    282 9 First Of Through Service. NINE JOURNALISTS I SEE EMPIRE. j WITH one of Australia's most j famous flyers, Capt. G. U.! (“Scotty”) Allen on the 4 bridge," Challenger, first Empire flying boat to enter the regular service to Australia, took off from Singapore Airport at
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    PASSPORTS FEE CHANGES.
    43 9 THE endorsement fee for British passports has been increased from 50 cents to $1 for aach additional country, according to a Gazette notification. The fee for a passport is unchanged at $6 and the renewal fee at $1 a year
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    FEWER LOCAL JAPANESE FISHERMEN.
    187 9 Licences Not Renewed. A number of lishing licences for Japanese operating from Singapore are not being renewed by the Fisheries Department, the Straits Times understands. There are approximately 100 licensed Japanese fishing boats here These licences are valid for 12 months. The 100 Japanese fishing boats
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    DOMINION DAY CELEBRATED.
    100 9 Singapore Canadian Dinner. MEMBERS of the Canadian community in Singapore celebrated Dominion Day. on Friday, which is the anniversary of the signing of the Confederation of the Dominion of Canada, by holding a dinner in the i private dining room of the Adelphi Hotel. The decorations of
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    Refugees Would Bring Money, Says Petition.
    242 9 MOST of the refugees from China, who come to Malaya, bring money to spend in this country and thus contribute to its prosperity. This is contended in the petition, released for publication, which Mr. Tan Kah Kee, chairman of the Singapore China Relief Fund,
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  • Correspondence.
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      SINGAPORE’S SLUMS.
      553 10 Loop-Holes In Laws. To the Editor of the Straits 'l imes. 8ir, —You say. but everbody knows how overwhelming Is the inertia and apathy ol civic life in Singapore,’ etc., in your leading article, and 1 agree with you to such an extent that I am beginning to
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      SEDITION BILL.
      50 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—‘7 think Mr. Creech Jones should be satisfied that liberty is not. dead in this country.'*—Kl. Hon. Malcolm Macdonald. And the doctors said: "The operation v,a.s successful, but the patient subsequently died of shock Yours, etc., DOUBTING THOMAS Singajxne, June 20
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      TYPHOID.
      341 10 SELLING GERMS TO CHILDREN. Sentimentality About Food Hawkers. To the Editor of the Straits 'limes. Sir. I notice that in the leading articles on Dr. Hunter’s report, although great capital is being made ol the housing shortage, the far nio’C important part of the report is being largely ignored.
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      THE BLIND WARD.
      223 10 Some Suggestions For Singapore. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. Your leaderette headed Singapore’s Blind.” appearing in your issue (if the Straits Times of June 28. coincides with an opinion I have held lor some time. I have watched parties of blind men during exercise
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      CHINATOWN RENTS AND WAGES.
      361 10 Landlords Or Employers To Blame? To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— II 1 may encroach on your time and space, I would like to oiler a few comments on your leading article entitled A Civic Fight.” It seems to me that you have assumed
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      SECRET PARTNERS.
      84 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. —What's behind all this opposition to the F.M.S. Business Registration Bill One reason is stated to be interference with old Chinese customs I know one custom this bill will certainly interfere with, i.e. the old custom of disclaiming partnership in
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      ROYALTY IN F.M.S.
      56 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—The names of successive High Commissioners and British Residents are given in official publications bur a list of Sultans is not given, nor is a tree published. After all the F.M.S. are Malay States and not British ones !—Yours, etc..
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      “CIVIC CRISIS.”
      593 10 Singapore’s Filthy Housing. LANDLORDS’ LEGAL LOOPHOLES. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—Congratulations on the amount of punch which you have injected into your editorial under the title of A Civic Crisis" on June 24 Ii only those in authority can be induced to put a corresponding
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      SOCIAL GULF.
      342 11 between fortress and city. Military And Civilians In Singapore. r the Editor of the Straits Times. c ir __\iy compliments to Madame of Army responsible for the article nortrin- in the Woman’s Supplement vour issue of June 23. Madame has de out a good case; yet I fear
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      HUMAN FRUIT-BATS.
      253 11 Municipal Phenomenon In Albert Street. Jo the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—I was in Albert Street on Saturday. June 11, when I became aware of some excitement among the people near me, and looking round I saw a huge Municipal refuse lorry draw up. l iom it
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      “FIRST-LINE.”
      432 11 ANNO DOMINI AND THE S.V.C. Veterans On the Beach Or On the Shelf? To the Editor of the Stratts Times. Sir,—I enjoyed the letter of “Senile Decay,” particularly his verse, in the Straits Times of June 21. But why is he so sarcastic? I expect that he is one
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      TIN BETRAYAL.
      131 11 Less For Malaya: More For Bolivia. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir—As the following figures show, j whilst Malayan permitted tin production in the third quarter of 1938 has been cut by the International Tin Crmmittee by about 20 per cent, compared with tile second quarter.
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      CHINESE INFLUX?
      328 11 i Opposition To Refugee Petition. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —It appears that the majority of the Chinese in Malaya want the 1 Government to lift the restriction on 1 immigrants and absorb a part oi the war refugees from China. Some correspondence about this
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      SEDITION.
      868 11 Colony Bill In The Commons. LOCAL REPLY TO MR. MACDONALD. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—The answers of the Secretary of State for the Colonies on Wednesday in the Commons to the questions raised by Mr. Creech Jones anent the local Sedition Bill call for the attention
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      EX-SOLDIERS.
      505 12 Local Employers Prejudiced ECHO OF KIPLING’S ARMY. 'lo the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. Having been a regular reader ol your esteemed paper lor over three years, and having read with profound interest the many problems solved in the column devoted to readers’ letters I venture in great
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      CLERKS’ DAYLIGHT.
      171 12 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.- What is the idea of the Government putting tiie time on 20 mlnutei? It is very misleading a”d do s not benefit anyone, so far as 1 can see. except perhaps the Governmen* or Municipal stuffs by enabling them to
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      SINGAPORE SLUMS.
      140 12 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—With reference to the anti- slum campaign in Singapore, may offer yen the enclosed cutting headed “Shotgun Houses” from Collier’s of May 21, which stresses—rightly methinks the point that actual slum dwellers will not profit by any slum clearance scheme, if
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    Tin Up To $100 A Picul Again.
    65 12 COK the first time since Nov. r 1 > last year the local price of tin in Singapore on Monday reach SIOO a picul. This rise probably follows strong buying on unofficial advices stating that the price for three months delivery in London
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    MALACCA A.C.S. BOYS’ CONCERT.
    118 12 In Aid Of Building Fund. Our Own Correspondent Malacca. June 2. A CONCERT was given by boy. ot the Anglo-Chine.se School, Malacca, in aid of the building i lund Tin concert was under the Ipair.nige ol the Resident Councillor Mr G W Bryant p H S
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    CROWD SPILLS BEANS AT PENANG.
    101 12 Lorry-Load Alleged To He Japanese. •I tmu Our Own Correspondent! Penang. July 3. 200 Chinese held an antiJapan"' -a* demonstration in Beach Sir< at Penang. ;his morning when a < on; nnier.' oi beans, alleged to bJ Japanese, were being unloaded irom a lorry ii
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    Clerical Union On Housing.
    107 12 Suggestion At Annual Dinner. A SCHEME to form a building society by which members oi the Clerical Union would have decent houses at a rental of $15 a month was outlined oy the president, Mr. Tay Lian Teck at the eighteenth anniversary dinner of the union
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    Wages Disputes Law Drafted.
    62 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 1. •pIK draft of the proposed In- Austria I Wages Disputes I’ill shortly will be dispatched in the Secretary of State for lhi Colonies, it is understood. The Bill may be returned in •ime for its introduction in lh~
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    LABUAN RECREATION CLUB.
    98 12 AT the annual general meeting of the Labuan Recreation Club the following olficers were elected for the ensuing year:— President. Mr R. VV. Jakeman. M.C.S.; hon. secretary, Mr. J. A Stanslaus: hon. triM-urrr, Mr. C de Silva: committees. Mr. D J. Davies, Dr. P. E. P. Routlcy.
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    Crocodile Bagged At Katong.
    133 12 Commissioner l’o Mount Skin. i ON'E of Katong's crocodiles was bagged on Sunday, a 6 ft. 5 in. brute being shot, from the garden of Mr. E. A. Brown’s bungalow on Giove Estate. The crocodile was shot on an “island” in Katong Lake by a |K)liceman.
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    HOSPITAL FEES FOR CHILDREN.
    99 12 Should They Be Cut For Big Families CHOULD tile Ccneral Hospital charges for treatment to children fluctuate according to the number of children a man might have? This question, raised by a member oi the European Association of Malaya, was discussed at a committee meeting recently.
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    Fine Rifle Drill Display At Police Sports.
    435 12 CEVERAL hundred guests of all nationalities, including many leading residents, were entertained by the Straits Settlements Police at the Depot in Thomson Road on Saturday afternoon, when the annual i inter-contingent athletic sports 'of the Force were held. Marquees were erected along on~
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    TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADVISER FOR MALAYA.
    538 13 Director Announces Sequel To Cheeseman Report. advisory committee suggested for TRAINING COLLEGE. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 30. adviser on technical education is shortly to be. A appointed by the Government, said the Director of Education. Mr. A. Keir, speaking at today’s meeting
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    R.A.F. OFFICERS FOR STAFF COLLEGE.
    93 13 Four To Go From Singapore. pOUR officers from the Royal Air Force, Far East, have been selected for a special staff officers’ course at the Royal Air Force Staff College. Andover, England, according to an Air Ministry announcement. They are Squadron-Leader G. B. Beardsworth, Commanding
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    Consideration For Business Registration Bill Petition.
    399 13 From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, June 30. DETITIONS to the Govern- ment on the Business Registration Bill will receive careful consideration, declared the acting Legal Adviser, Mr. E. J. Davies, in the Federal Council today when he introduced the Bill, which has been
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    LONDON DANCER SAILS.
    150 13 Miss Lydia Hill, j MISS LYDIA CICELY HILL,; the beautiful young London dancer, who has been visiting Johore Bahru and Singapore, left for Southampton on Friday in the Rotterdam Lloyd liner Indrapoera. She was accompanied by her mother. Among the large party saying goodbye to Miss Hill
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    MORE JOBS FOR MALAYS AS GOVERNMENT CLERKS.
    313 13 Federal Secretary’s Praise In Response To Appeal. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lunipur, June 30. |N appealing' for more places for Malays in the Government clerical 1 services, Tuan Sheik Ahmad, speaking at today’s meeting of the Federal Council, said that it was
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    Malayans At Home.
    219 13 From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 16. Mr. P. J. Sproule and Miss Olga Sprenger will speak at the annual meeting of the Singapore Auxiliary Diocesan Association at S.P.G. House, London, on July 4. The Bishop of Chester, President of the Association, will be in the chair.
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    MALAYA NEEDS REPRESENTATIVE IN U.S.
    497 14 COUNCIL APPEAL FOR APPOINTMENT. Ignorance Of Conditions In Best Market. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 30. THE appointment of a Malayan Government representative in the United States to keep this country informed of conditions there was advocated by Col. Cecil Rae in the
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    Malayan Department Heads Spend Little Time In F.M.S.
    350 14 COUNCIL REVELATIONS. From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, June 30. ILLUMINATING information on the respective time spent in the F.M.S. and in the Straits Settlements by various officials shared by the F.M.S. and the Colony was supplied in the Federal Council this
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    DAYANG VALERIE EXPECTS BABY.
    59 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 30. jy|KS. Bob Gregory, formerly the Dayang Valerie, youngest daughter of the Rajah of Sarawak and wife of the all-in wrestler, announced in San Francisco today that she is expecting a baby. She declared that if it is a boy
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    PAINT FACTORY FOR COLONY.
    248 14 British Malayan Concern. ’T'HE Straits Times has been in- formed that a paint factory now being erected at Singapore wjII oe owned by a new company which will be entirely a British Malayan company, with a British board of directors. and will be incorporated in Singapore.
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    COMMONS QUESTIONS ON S.S. SEDITION BILL.
    247 14 Reuter. Restricts Liberty, Declares Labour Member. London, Jupe 29. QUESTION'S were asked in the House of Commons today about the Sedition Bill which is at present before the Straits Settlements Legislative Council. The Bill has been strongly criticised in the Colony. The questioner was
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    GERMAN ENGINEER’S CLAIM.
    249 14 Suit Against Singapore Company. JUDGMENT was reserved oy Mr. Justice a’Beckett Terrell in *he Singapore High Court on Wednesday, in an action brought by a German engineer. F. E. Somerecker, for alleged breach of contract against Engineers and Contractors, Ltd., Singapore, for the recovery of $947.41, being
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    NEED FOR MACHINERY TO SETTLE LABOUR DISPUTES.
    1137 15 minting Topics. Difficulties In Ending Strikes Last Year Recalled. negotiations hampered through lack of labour LEADERS. Trade Union Organisation Should Be Established. (By A Special Correspondent.) *T js now IS months since strikes 1 among Chinese labourers in tbi I'.Al.S. brought home to
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    NEW AIR POST FOR MALAYAN R.A.F. CHIEF.
    444 16 To Direct Research And Development. AIR VICE MARSHAL TEDDER. tendon, June 28. REORGANISATION in the Air Ministry, announced in the House of Commons last night by the Air Minister, Sir Kingsley Wood, involves the promotion of the Air Officer Commanding, Royal Air Force,
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    CRACK BOMBERS FOR SELETAR?
    173 16 !\ew Planes May Be in.p.li. Blenheims. FAST Bristol Blenheim bombers may be among the new aircraft supplied to Singapore squadrons of the Royal Air Force, it is understood, although Royal Air Force officials how the greatest reluctance to reveal details of the new planes which Die
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    JOHORE ROYALTY’S ALLOWANCES.
    96 16 BEGINNING trom July 1 next, allow* l anccs X or six members of the rut- i ing house ol Johore will be Increased. A motion passed at the State Council meeting at Johore Bahru yesterday raised the monthly allowance ol Tungku Ampuan Besar from $500 to $1,000.
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    THOUSANDS FLOCK TO SEE REMBAU’S NEW UNDANG.
    400 16 Former Surveyor Becomes Major Negri Sembilan Chief. (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, June 27. rpHOUSANDS of Malays flocked into the little Negri J Sembilan town of Rembau today to hear the proclamation of the new Undang of Rembau, Haji Ipap bin Abdullah, who
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    CRUISER MURDER TRIAL.
    110 16 Acquitted Man In Singapore. AN his way home to England after being acaui.ted on a charge of murder ot a shipmate aboard H.M.S. Dorsetshire, 19-year-old Able Seaman Edwin Moreland Dwyer, arrived at Singapore on June 29 in the P. and O. liner Rajputana. from Hong Kong. “I
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    Clearer Johore Law Of Succession Sought.
    324 16 THAT the line of succession to the throne of Johore should be laid down to the ninth or tenth person, as was done in England, was the suggestion made by Inche Onn bin Ja'afar, speaking at last Tuesday's meeting of the Johore Council of
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    Straits Budget Pictorial Section
    723 17 KATONG CROCODILE HUNT From the garden of Municipa' Commissioner E. .4. Brown's bungalow at Grove Estate. Katong, this 4 ft. 5 in. crocodile was shot on Sunday. The crocodile was shot on an island” in Katong Lake by a policeman, who had been hunting it with
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    AN ARMY WIFE SPEAKS HER MIND FRANKLY.
    1062 21 Is The Service Exclusive -pvo women were recently 1 having morning coffee in a Singapore cafe and, ■matches of their conversation drifted across to where wa5 sitting, along. I was thinking of other things when suddenly a name I recognised caught my ear.
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    An Open Letter To Singapore Fathers.
    412 21 F\EAR Father, Have you ever heard what visitors think of Singapore children? That they are quite the most undisciplined, badly brought up, and badly behaved children out East. When you and I were their age, father, we were seen and not heard and all
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    TIN STANDARD TONNAGES APPEAL.
    101 21 Revision Essential, Says Mr. Green. From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, June 30. AN appeal to the F.M.S. to continue to press for the revision of the standard tonnages under the International Tin Control Agreement was made by Mr. C. L. Green, speaking in the Federal
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    NOT A SECRET RESERVE.
    129 21 Federation’s New P. T. Fund. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 30. Tt/IOVING the resolution to create 1™ a $4 500 000 renewals fund tor *he renlacement of wasting assets belonging to the Posts and Telegraphs Department the Finarcial Secretary. Mr. Marcus Rex, told the
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    MALAYA SEEKS RIGHT TO 20,000 ACRES OF TEA.
    892 22 Adviser Reviews Position In Federal Council. NEGOTIATIONS PROCEEDING WITH INTERNATION A L COMMITTEE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 30. THE total area in Malaya which is now planted or permitted to he planted with tea before the end of this
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    Engagement.
    59 22 The engagement of Mr. Robert Donald Stewart, of Singapore, younger soil of ihe late Mr. Robert Barton Stewart and Mrs. Stewart, of Ramsgate, Kent, to marry Miss Trissie Madeline Weston, only daughter of the late Mr. Arthur Weston, and Mrs Weston, of Margate, Kent, is announc’d in The Times.
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    POSITION OF BRITISH CHILDREN BORN IN F.M.S.
    283 22 Definition By Governments. CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH REQUIRE REGISTRATION. rpHE legal position of the nationality of children of 1 British subjects born in the Federated or Unfederated Malay States has been defined in statements issued by the Governments concerned. These statements clear up any misapprehension
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    Governor Arrives In Penang.
    122 22 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, July 1. Governor. Sir Shenton Thomas, arrived in Penang this morning, accompanied by his aidei de-camp. Capt. R. A. Gwynn. and his secretary, Mr. A. H. P. Humphrey. He left Kuala Lumpur las, night after attending the Federal Council and was
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    P.W.S. Appointment.
    25 22 It is officially announced that the appointment has been approved of Mr. Philip Shelley to be an Assistant Engineer. Malayan Public Works Service.
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    GIANT FLYING-BOATS TO BEAR STATE NAMES.
    304 22 (From, Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 30. THE four new R.A.F. Short Sunderland flying-boats. I to be purchased with part of the gift of $2\A million from the Sultans and peoples of the Malay States, will be named after the States—Perak, Selangor, N'egri
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    EMPIRE COUNTRIES HAVE “CLASS ENMITY” CLAUSE.
    419 23 Singapore’s New Status Requires Stronger Sedition Law. fhee speech not hampered by SIMILAR SECTION IN BRITAIN. ni'BIJC uneasiness over the new Colony Sedition Bill—reI ference to which was made in the House of Commons last week—is discounted in official circles in Singapore, where it
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    SLUMP IN N.I., SAYS K.P.M. DIRECTOR.
    144 23 !>ut Prices Not Down To Past Depression. l UMP in the Netherlands Indies 5 lias already started.” said Mr. D it m nkt hoad director of the K P M Qi„ ,nia w den he passed through n‘ ire on Friday in the Rotterdam
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    “BOOLOO” CASE APPEAL.
    112 23 THE S.S. Court of Appeal, by a majority, has varied the order made by Mr. Justice a’Beckett Terrell in the action brought by Wong Chew Sin. a carpenter and cabinet maker, against John Eugene Burch, a codirector and business manager of Paramount Pictures for the recovery of
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    TWO “BIRDIES” WITH ONE BALL.
    67 23 iFrom Our Own Correspondent. > Ipoh. July 1. AN unusual incident occurred on the golf course of the Perak Turf Club yesterday morning. Jockey E. H Dawson, who was having a game, was approaching the fourth hole on his second nine when his ball struck
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    “TRAITORS REMOVING CORPS” MENTIONED IN COURT.
    300 23 Two Fined For Membership Of Unlawful Society. REFERENCES to a “Singapore Overseas Chinese Shop-As-sistants National Traitors Removing Volunteer Corps,” were made in the Singapore Second Police Court on Friday when two Chinese, Yang Sze Yong and Wong Fook, were convicted on a charge of
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    THREE CROCODILES ON GROVE ESTATE.
    224 23 Disturbed By Work On Reclamation? CROCODILES are in our midst again. Apparently disturbed through the work on the Geylang reclamation, three of the creatures were seen last Tuesday in the small lake in the centre of the Grove housing estate. The first “croc” seen was
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    K.L. Ratepayers To Petition Whitehall.
    223 23 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 28. RATEPAYERS of Kuala Lumpur are to petition the Secretary of State lor the Colonies for consideration of a change of the basis of assessment from unimproved value to annual value. This is revealed in the annual report
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    IMMIGRATION FROM INDIA.
    172 23 Success Of Control For Three Years. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 1. THAT migration statistics showed a return flow of Indian labour up to the end of May this year in I excess of the inflow by 9,000 is reI vealed in the minutes of
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    JAVANESE WHO COME TO MALAYA.
    79 23 Plenty Of Room In N.I., Say Dutch Officials. (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, June 28. IN regard to recent comment on Javanese immigration to Johore, the Civil Service Department considers there is ample scope in the Netherlands Indies for natives who wish to colonise. This
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    INVASION OF S. CHINA BEGINS.
    512 24 BLUEJACKETS LAND ON KWANGTUNG COAST. Yangtse Situation Becomes Critical. Hong Kong, June 28. 'THE long-heralded Japanese invasion of South China has begun. Chinese sources confirm the landing of 2,000 bluejackets from 12 Japanese warships on the Kwangtung coast, opposite Namoa Island, which was occupied last
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    CRUDE OIL FIND IN SCOTLAND.
    56 24 .—Reuter. London, June 27. SEVERAL barrels of crude oil were produced today at the experimental well at Dalkeith, Scotland. This is the first discovery of oil in Great Britain since drilling invitations were extended to oil companies last year. It is believed the discovery will
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    DUKE AND DUCHESS OF FOR POLAND.
    47 24 Warsaw. June 28 THE Duke and Duchess of Kent will 1 visit Poland again this year as enests of Count Jerzy Potocki Polish diplomat, It Is announced here The end of July Is mentioned as the probable date of the visit.
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    “HANDS OFF” HAINAN.
    209 24 Reuter. Aneta-Havas. jBritain France Warn Japan. London, June 27. THE British and French Governments have made it dear to Japan that they regard any occupation of Hainan Island by Japanese forces as calculated to give rise to undesirable complications.” Thus stated Mr. R. A. Butler, the Under-Secretary
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    DEVIL’S ISLAND ABOLISHED.
    110 24 Reuter. “Did Nol Inspire Enough Fear.” Paris, June 29. rvEVIL’S Island and other penal establishments of the French Government have been abolished by a stroke of the pen. A decree, published in the official Journal, enforces provisions of a Government Bill of December 1936 dealing with the
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    SINO-GERMAN SPLIT?
    106 24 Reuter. Envoy In Berlin To Leave. Berlin, June 30. f)R. Cheng Tien-fong, the Chinese Ambassador in Berlin, is shortly returning to China to enter politics. The decision for the return of Dr. Cheng coincides with the recall of the German Ambassador to China, Dr. Oskar Trautmann. Dr. Trautmann’s
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    BURMA RAIL LINK WITH CHINA.
    120 24 -Reuter. Work To Begin Soon On Railroad. Chungking. June 20. CONSTRUCTION of a railway joining Yunnan, in south-western China and Burma is to begin shortly, according to travellers arriving here from Kunming, the provincial capital of Yunnanfu, which will be the terminus of the new
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    PLIGHT OF AUSTRIA’S JEWISH LAWYERS.
    33 24 -Reuter Vienna. June 29. A TOTAL of 726 Jewish lawyers, ineluding many well-known in Austria, have been deprived of the right to practice, according to an official notice.--Reuter
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    YELLOW RIVER BRIDGE REPAIRED.
    27 24 —Reuter Peking. July 2. DEPAIR of the Yellow River bridgt near Tsinanfu. Shantung, has been completed, enabling resumption of the Peking-Tsinanfu rail service.—Reuter
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    EVEREST WINS AGAIN.
    80 24 Reuter. Kalimpong, June 29. A FTER the climbers had reached camp 6, a height of 27,000 ft., the Mount Everest Expedition under Mr. H. W. Tilman has abandoned the attempt on the mountain. This news has been received from the party after a long silence, which aroused
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    BRITISH AIR DEFENCES REORGANISED.
    423 25 > <>• the State.—Reuter and Hri tisli Wireless. Leakage Of Vital Secret. IVOUIRIES ORDERED BY WAR OFFICE PREMIER. London, June 28. fOMTLKTE reorganisation of v \;reat Britain’s anti-air-rlft defences was announced the War Office today. v p,, present strength of Terri- i \rniv anti-aircraft units 4:5.000
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    Priority In Factories.
    100 25 r v !1 supplies of antl-aircraf-.:'!,,he deficiencies of which Lon1 i drew attention more than l r have now’ improved enor situation at one time was so t that Mr. Hore-Beiisha. the muster, gave orders tor the new 3.7-inch guns to have priority in the laetorics concerned.
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    DUTCH BISHOP’S MURDER.
    102 25 —Reuter. Peking, June 29. TT is now admitted, according to authoritative sources, that Japanese soldiers were responsible for the deaths of the Dutch Bishop, Mgr. Schraven, and eight Catholic priests who were killed at Chengtingfu, in Hopei Province, last October. The admission, it is stated, Yvas made
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    SERIOUS RIOTING IN MEMEL.
    118 25 -Reuter. Hoses Turned On Nazis: Street Fighting. Kaunas. (Kovnoh June 29. SERIOUS rioting occurred in Memel last night. It began when the crew of a Lithuanian steamer turned firehoses on 7.0G0 Germans, who had assembled on the wharf to greet the arrival of a German steamer
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    UNEMPLOYMENT IN UNITED STATES.
    61 25 E niter Washington. June 28. TNEMPLOYED in the United States last month showed an increase of more than 4.000,000 compared with May. 1937, according to statistics published by the National Industrial Confiat ncc Board today. Comparative figures are 10,310.000 last month. 10,110,000 in April this year
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    Will Achieve Aim In China.
    166 25 Tokio War Chief Warns •‘Third Powers.” Tokio, June 28. “JAPAN will achieve her aims in China even if Gen. Chjar.g Kai-shek enters into strong alliances with third powers,” declared Gen. Itagaki, the War Minister, in a speech at Kyoto. “Rumours being circulated abroad about an
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    “NO WARNING YET ON HAINAN.”
    48 25 Tokio, June 29. JAPAN has rot yet received such a joint warning.” states the Asahi Shimbun. referring to the statement in the House of Commons that Britain and France had informed Japan of their opposition to any Japanese attempt to occupy Hainan Island.
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    TURKEY AMNESTY.
    87 25 .—Reuter. “150 Undesirables” Pardoned. Ankara, June 29. ALL political ofTenders. including the famous “150 Undesirables” mentioned in the Treaty of Lausanne of 1923, have been pardoned by an amnesty bill passed by the National Assembly. The bill becomes etlective Immediately. The “Undesirables” fled the country on the eve
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    Firm British Attitude.
    257 25 Reuter. AUSTRIAN LOANS SETTLEMENT. Good Reception In London. London, July 1. yiR JOHN SIMON, Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated in the House of Commons today that the British and German delegations had negotiated a settlement for revision of the Anglo-German payments agreement to take into account the
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    AGREEMENT ON TONNAGE OF BATTLESHIPS SIGNED.
    262 25 -ttcuter and Biitish Wireless. London, June 30. BRITAIN, France and the United State? have signed a new agreement providing for limitation of battleships to 45,000 tons to replace the existing limit of 35.000 tons. The gun calibre of 16 inches remains unchanged. This announcement
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    COMMONS COMMITTEE OPPOSES MILITARY COURT.
    975 26 Alleges Breach Of M.P.’s Privileges. MR. IIORE-BELISHA DEFENDS WAR OFFICE ACTION. London, July 1. IN a tense and crowded Mouse of Commons yesterday, the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, reported that the Committee of Privileges had found that a breach of the privileges of the
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    Nazi Dissension In Austria.
    156 26 Reuter. Admissions Bv Reich 9 Commissioner. Vienna, June 30. up|lFFICULTIES confronting the Reich authorities in Austria are mainly psychological and economic.” declared Herr Buerckel. Reich commissioner for Austria, addressing foreign journalists specially invited to Vienna from Berlin as a result of recent reports oi unrest at
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    MR. DE VALERA AGAIN PREMIER.
    62 26 Rent, or No Change In His New Government. Dublin, June 30. t&gt;Y 75 voies to -15 Hie Dail today elected Mr. de Valera to be Prime Minister of Eire. Labour and Independent members abstained from voting. Mr. Frank Fahy was re-elected Speaker cf the Dail.
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    PANAMA INCIDENT.
    66 26 —Reuter. Mystery Men Near Gun Battery. Panama, July 3. A SENTRY at Fort Koooe the strategie position near the Panama Canal, fired shots early yesterday at men attempting to evade his challenge 'A/hen he discovered them acting suspiciously near a United States army 16-inch gun coastal battery. One
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    Future Of Hankow.
    201 26 Reuter. Reuter GOVERNMENT READY TO EVACUATE. Hankow, July 1. JT has been definitely established that the Chinese Government is planning to remove its offices to Chungking, in Szechuan Province, in the event of evacuation of Hankow. All Embassies are also arranging i'or housing at, and transportation to.
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    Peace Rumours Denied.
    79 26 -Reuter. British Envoy Not To Mediate. Hong Kong, July 1. REFUTING rumours of mediation which are alleged to have originated from Japanese sources, Mr. Archibald Clark Kerr, the British Ambassador told Reuter here this morning:— ‘My journey to Hankow is not connected in any way with mediation.
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    WILLESDEN M.P.’s DEATH
    40 26 London, July 1. THE death occurred today of Mr Danie 1 Gerald Somcrvi’le, 58. the Conservative member of Parliament for Willesden since 1929. At he last election the figures were Mr Somerville 25.613, Labour 15.523. Liberal 3,217.
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    R.A.F. SCHOOLS OPPOSED BY CANADA.
    170 27 ‘•liefusing Britain A Means To Defend Self.” Ottawa, July 2. /'.\NADA’S attitude towards Britain’s defence (‘"policy was the subject of a sharp verbal pas0f arms between the Prime Minister, Mr. \V L. Mackenzie King, and the opposition leader. Mr. R. B. Bennett in the Dominion
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    FOOD SHORTAGE IN SPAIN.
    102 27 —Reuter. lt( &gt; |)iihlicans Confer Al Barcelona. Barcelona. July 3. J7XCEPT for the capture of a couple of villages by the Nationalist forces, there has been very little change in the Spanish war situation during the past week. Alter receiving a vote of confidence :rom the
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    JUMPED THROUGH FIRE FOR DUCE.
    99 27 .—Reuter. Test For Fascist Leaders. Rome, July 1. J7ASCIST Federal secretaries from every province today took a flying jump through a blazing hoop to prove his qualifications for attending the Fascist Party conference at Rome. The jump was one out of a series of seven
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    120,000 Homes Damaged.
    112 27 .—Aneta-Domei. JAPAN FLOODS. Tokio, July 1. gERIOUS floods are reported in many parts of Japan following days of continuous, heavy downpours. Most of the rivers have overflowed their banks, and extensive sections of rice-fields have been inundated and the crops ruined. Some 120.000 houses have been damaged,
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    GERMANO-POLISH ECONOMIC AGREEMENT.
    34 27 —Reuter. Berlin, July 1. IT is officially announced that a 4 Germano-Polish economic treaty was signed today. It is hoped the pact will increase considerably the trade between the two countries.—Reuter.
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    NEW FRANCO ADVANCE.
    29 27 —Reuter. Barcelona, July 1. A COMMUNIQUE admits that the Nationalists have captured Bechi. ten miles south-west of Castellon and guarding the highway to Valencia and Sagunta.—Reuter.
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    ‘Woolworth Heiress’ Charges Her Husband.
    401 27 Woolworth Heiress Charges Her Husband. London, July 1. C° t l 1 Haugwitz-Reventlow, the hu «band of Barbara Hutton, the oohvnrth heiress appeared at uiM k L/et Court today charged wh.vi usin 1 threats to his wife v h J,‘ b would put her in b-d 1v four f n
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    100 BOMBS ON SWATOW.
    314 27 —Reuter. Japanese Raid. CASUALTIES FILL HOSPITALS. Swatow, July 1. Japanese bombers today dropped 100 bombs of a large type on Swatow, causing widespread havoc and heavy casualties. The attack lasted an hour and a half, throwing the population into intense confusion and terror. Scores of houses
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    Yangtse Battle.
    60 27 —Reuter. Hankow, July 2. Fierce fighting is continuing on the north and south banks of the Yangtse River, especially in the Matang area, whither heavy Chinese reiniorcements are being rushed to stem the Japanese advance on Hankow. Japanese motorboats have appeared west of the Matang boom, but the
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    DEATH OF REAR-ADM. CALVERT.
    79 27 British Wireless THE death has occurred of Rear1 Admiral T. F. P. Calvert, who held the command of the Second Cruiser Squadron in the Home Fleet until a sudden breakdown in health compelled him to relinquish it a few weeks ago. In a long life of
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    Navy Bigger Than Britain’s.
    91 28 SOVIET OBJECTIVE. Big Naval Building Launched. Moscow, July 3. THAT the Soviet must build a navy to surpass the British Navy was the keynote of a speech at Leningrad by M. I. Kalinin, chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the U.S.S.R. He exhorted
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    KING’S CUP AIR RACE.
    97 28 —Reuter. inner's Average Speed Was 236.25 M.P.H. London. July 3. Alexand* r Henshaw. who is only 24. Diluting .i Percival Mewgull. won the King’s Cup air race after a thrilling duel in which he conceded two hours and 38 minutes to the biggest handicap man. Henshaw
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    NAZI OFFICIALS ATTACKED.
    113 28 —Reuter. No Difference Between “Yours” “Mine.” Vienna. July 3. “PERTAIN administrators do not know the difference between ‘your’s and “mine’.” declared Herr Buercke! Reich Commissioner lor Austi'ia. in speech at Graz. Commenting scathingly on the arrests of &gt;2 Nazi administrators. Herr Buercke declared that the system of
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    TURCO-FRENCH AGREEMENT ON ALEXANDRETTA.
    142 28 Ankara, July 3. A TORCO-FRENCH pact of friendship and a declaration concerning collaboration among urkey, France and Syria regarding tlie Sanjak of Alexandretta have been signed, reports Reuter. The Sanjak of Alexandretta tne new autonomous territory between the frontiers of Turkey and Syria will hold its
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    JAPANESE EXCESSES IN MAROONED CITY.
    411 28 “iiiv hi Reuter. Allegations By Foreign Missionaries. EFFORTS TO HALT HU AM,HO FLOODS ABANDONED. Shanghai, July 4. ALLEGATIONS of excesses by Japanese troops stationed at Kaifeng, the capital of Honan which is now marooned by the Yellow River floods, are made by foreign missionaries, reports
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    RED CHIEFS OF UZBEK DENOUNCED.
    45 28 Renter Moscow, July 3. GUI. I AN SEGI/.BAYEV, the chairman of the Council of Commissars for Uzbekistan and Sltmetov, Commissar for A-rirulturc. were today denounced as of the Uzbek and Soviet poop es, according to a message from Tashkent. Renter
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    STORM HAVOC IN CEYLON.
    53 28 Router. Colombo, July 3. jpiCKCE monsoon storms have left a trail of death and destruction throughout Ceylon. Swollen rivers have carried away many houses. A schooner with 30 persons on board was swept into the sea at Colombo, but all were saved by Customs launches after
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    “MALLARD’S” 125 M.P.H.
    65 28 .—Reuter. New British Railway Speed Reeord. London, July 3. Al :\L\V British railway speed record aehic\(d by the London North *iustein Rahway streamlined express •Mallard.” when it reached 125 miles an hour between Grantham and Peterborough lor 306 yards. Tin* previous record was 114 m.p.h Lirlicr in
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    Pope’s Plea To Japan.
    180 28 HALT ON BOMBING OF TOWNS. Favourable Reply Reported. Rome, July THE Pope has appealed to the Japanese Government to halt all unnecessary bombing of open towns in China. Osservatore Romano, the Vatican organ, states:— “Pope Pius XI has been impelled by reason of the destruction wrought
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    Priest Hurt In Raid.
    37 28 —Reuter Hong Kong, July 3. The Maryknoll Catholic Mission here confirms that Fa.her William Downs, of Erie, Pennsylvania, was slightly injured and his home was partly demolished during the recen* bombing of Swatow.—Reuter
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    ARRESTED BRITON LEAVES JAPAN.
    133 28 Mr. O'Hara Refuses To Speak Of Incident. Shanghai. July 4. jyiR F. P O’HARA, well-known British resident in Tokio, who was recently fined 50 yen for trespass in a prohibited area, has arrived in Shanghai. H declines to discuss the incident. Mr. O'Hara was arrested on
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    DEATH OF LIEUT. COL. SIR G. STANLEY.
    80 28 a soldier and politician, reports British Wireless. —Reuter. THE death occurred in London in the week-end of Lieut -Col. Sir George Stanley, governor of Madras from 1929 to 1934. Before going to India, Sir George had a distinguished career as a soldier and
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    ANOTHER TEST MATCH WHICH NOBODY WON.
    1103 29 Australians Left A Too Difficult Task. BRADMAN’S 14th CENTURY AGAINST ENGLAND. London, June 28. THK -second test also ended in a draw, but it was a much more interesting and exciting draw than that in the first test. Sc-di-es were: —England, 494 and 242
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    MORE SUPPORT FOR UNLIMITED TESTS.
    115 29 —Reuter London, June 29 pRESS opinions on the Test are that perhaps a half-hour earlier declaration by England might have given them victory. The risk, though was too great. Hobbs does not think that Australia can be beaten over four days, unless a great advantage
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    Unsatisfactory Result, Says C. B. Fry.
    156 29 London, June 28. on the fourth day'll play are as follows:— C. B. Fry— This was an unsatisfactory match which wandered on to its inevitable result. “Braaman’s light-hearted innings at 102 not out with four of his famoun hook shots, was the brightest interlude.
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    BULLETIN ON THE TEST CASUALTIES.
    139 29 LJAMMOND will not play in the ijuiact 11 two county fixtures at least, hut hopes to be fit for the next test. 30k* has an injured elbow which had to bo strapped up after being struck by a ball from McCormick and he ceased to
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    ONE INNINGS TESTS
    89 29 lWIFSSAurs irom Sydney sa&gt; ttm i clraitUitic ups and clowns of thtt itesi match kept Australia on tenterhook.- but now that the game hast been drawn there is renewed clamour lor unlimited tests. Alan Kippax suggests Bradman must, lievi missed Grimmett badly. M.A. Nobl&lt; pays tribute to
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    HAMMOND CAPTAIN IN THIRD TEST.
    46 29 -Reuter. London, June JS I1AMMOND has been invited to ran- tain England in the third test to start at Manchester on July 8. Hammond is standing down 4 'tom county matches and expects to t** quite fit again by that time.—Router.
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    TEST MATCH DATES.
    21 29 Starting dates of the next three matches are Third—Manchester, July 8. Fourth—Leeds, July 22. Fifth Oval, August 20.
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    ALL FIVE TITLES WON BY AMERICANS.
    451 30 Budge’s Triple Victory. MRS. WILLS MOODY CHAMPION FOR EIGHTH TIME. London, July 3. BUDGE proved the outstanding player at Wimbledon, dominating the tournament just as he did last year. For the second time he won all three major titles, a feat which has been
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    DAVIS CUP TO REMAIN AN ANNUAL EVENT.
    60 30 Paris, July 3 THE organising committee of the 1 Davis Cup competition met yesterday to examine the proposal of certain countries to hold the competition only every second year instead of annuallv as at present France, backed by many European countries, opposed the
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    TWO WORLD SWIMMING RECORDS.
    34 30 Reuter Copenhagen. July 3. Ragnh'ld Hveger establ'slvd world records 1 r the women’s freestyle mile, ol m 11 '5 10.s and for 1 500 metres 21 m’n 45/7/10 s Reuter
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    “Critics Could Not Hide Their Pity.”
    166 30 Soccer. •From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, July 3. /CABLES from The Hague, announce that the N.I. soccer team has embarked on the Netherland-liner Christiaan Huygens. Captain Nawir declared that the voyage and the stay In Europe have been a ’reat to the boys. The*
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    SINGAPORE’S WIN OVER MALACCA.
    211 30 •From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. July 3. CINGAPORE went a stage further in th&lt; Malaya Cup soccer competition when they gained a clear cut victory over Malacca in a game packed with thrills. The final score was 3-nil. Singapore played the right type oi game; the
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    Farnes Dropped From Test Eleven.
    248 30 -Reuter London, July 3. COUR changes are announced in the I 13 players from whom England’s eleven for the third test at Manchester from July 8 to 12 will be chosen. Anus. Fames. Wellard and Sinfleld have been dropped and Gibb. Goddard. Smailes and Nichols
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    COUNTY SERIES RESULTS.
    139 30 London. July 3 /■'LOSE oi play scores in Home county cricket matches begun yesterday. are At Portsmouth. Hampshire 195 Essex 127 (Heath 6 for 45» At Manchester. Lancashire 441 tor 'Paynter 177. Nutter 98&gt; vs. Nottingham shire. At The Oval: Surrey 336 for 6 (Squires 137 &gt;
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    RECORDS BROKEN AT HENLEY.
    105 30 —Reuter London. July 3. DURK beat Habbitts by more than 100 yards in the Diamond Sculls final at Henley Burk took 8m. 2s.. this time being 8 seconds below the record. Kent School beat London for the Thames Cup. the time being 7m. 3s Kent wen
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    AUSTRALIANS WIN BY AN INNINGS.
    108 30 Brown 265 Not Out. London, July THE Australians beat Derbyshire, i n two days, by an innings and 234 runs. The Australians declared their innings closed at 441 lor lour and dismissed Derbyshire for 56. Their first innings had realised 151. Brown made 265 not
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    RESULTS IN COUNTY SERIES.
    140 30 -Reuter. London. July 1. RESULTS ot English county cricket, matches finishing yesterday areSurrey 395 &lt;Fishlock 185 &gt;. Oxford 377 (Walford 114. Watts 6 for 60b Match drawn. Essex beat Gloucester by an innings and 40 runs. Gloucester 96 (Nichols 6 lor 24) and 173 1 Nichols
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    Standard Medals At Coming A. A. Meeting.
    137 30 11/ITH the idea of encouraging local athletes, the Singapore A A.A. w.Il inst’t ite at i:s forthcoming meeting i system whereby unplaced competitors whose performance comes up to a certain standard will be awardee medals. The first three men will not be eligible
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    LYNCH AWARDED AN OFFICIAL K.O.
    31 30 —Reuter. Glasgow, June 13. 1 YNCH has officially oeen awarded a knockout against Jurich in their l'ghtweight bout here. The American failed to beat the count.—Reuter.
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    LOUIS TO VISIT ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
    43 30 London, June 25 Joe Louis is to spend part of his fi64.250 winnings from his fight with Schmeling on a holiday in England and France. Louis will sail from New York with his wife on July 6
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    Good Performances In The Test Matches.
    518 31 Cricket. ALTHOUGH fancy figures are always to be expected in only three or four innings, averages of several players in the two test matches played to date are rather formidable. Faynter’s figures are outstanding, his scores in three innings being 216 not out. 09
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    LYNCH FORFEITS HIS TITLE.
    167 31 t. -Reuter. But Won His Fight With Jurich. Glasgow, Jne 2$. BENNY LYNCH beat Jack Jurich of America in a bout fought at catchweights, the referee stopping the fight in the twelfth round of the scheduled fifteen. Because he was 6 2 lb. overweight, Lynch forfeited
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    Centuries To Paynter And Hardstaff.
    88 31 London. July 2. JgNGLISH county cricket matches ending yesterday resulted as follows: Lancashire bea: Hampshire by ten wickets. Lancs 295 (Paynter 122) and 22 for none. Hants 129 &lt; Pollard 7 for 55) following on. 186. Yorkshire won by an innings and 18 runs. Yorks
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    COUNTY CRICKET RESULTS.
    219 31 DESULTS of Home cricket fixtures completed yesterday are us follows. Lancashire beat Surrey on the first innings. Lancashire 219 (Washbrook 107). Surrey 125 (Pollard four for 39) and 102 for six (Pollard four for 37). Kent beat Sussex on the first Innings. Kent 446 (Woolley 162. Valen:ine
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    COSMOPOLITAN WINS PRODUCE STAKES.
    88 31 Racing. Reuter. London, June 29. THE King’s stable had its first win of 1 the season when Cosmopolitan won the Stud Produce Stakes for two-year-olds over five furlongs, starting favourite at 7 to 4. Another of His Majesty's norses. Licence, finished third in the Stetchworth Stakes,
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    BATAVIA YACHTS AND CREWS
    113 31 Yachting. Inter-Port Race In Singapore In July. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia. June 27. and crews of the Royal Batavian Yacht Club to sail the inter-port-races at Singapore on July 10 and 17 have been selected as follows:— De Ruyter. (Piet Kok, helmsman. W. P J.
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    PROFESSIONALISM LIKELY IN N.I.
    189 31 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, June 29. INURING the annual meeting of the Football Board of Ba.avia suggestions were made to introduce professional soccer in the N. 1., on the understanding however that the players do not make their living out of playing football only. The
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    ENGLAND BEATS SCOTLAND.
    41 31 —Reuter. London, July 3. IN the Anglo-Seottish professional golf match at Royal St. George’s England beat Scotland by ten games to six. two being halved. England won four foursomes to Scotland’s one and six singles to five.— Reuter.
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    HOME PLAYERS IN FORM IN BRITISH OPEN.
    194 32 QUALIFYING ROUNDS STARTED AT SANDWICH. London, duh 4. (JffJALIKYING round.' for the British open championship h wort* started Today at Sandwich. There was a steady drizzle all day. American who had intended to compete, Lawson Little and Victor" Ghezzi. have not yet arrived
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    KEPPEL CLUB.
    162 32 Tvrtnty-two cards were taken out t&lt;&gt;r Uk* Women's July spoor ut tin. Kepi/! Oolt Club and the inllovdni/ scoresj, wfitn returned:— nett Mr A. M. Williamson 48—18—30, Mr C. Q {Starkly 44—11—33 Mrs. F. Starr 47—14 —33 Mr... H. fc. Hall 51—18—33 Mr. P. Crawley 43 —9—34 Mn
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    KUCHING BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.
    172 32 r IjJOH the lirsi time in :ia- History or sports ii' Kuchin? a basketball cup championship was organised by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Ku&lt;h Init. t Four well- r .n. n backetball teams In Kuchin?. M\c Hokum School. Aw Fwc. b)Ju Sen? at' i St ’comas
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    PASSING OF A WIMBLEDON QUEEN.
    194 32 Suzanne Lenglen Is Dead. ILJLLE SUZANNE LENGLEN, .six times 4’* queen ot Wimbledon and a former opponent on the centre court of the present champion, Mrs. Wills Moody, has died ot i&gt;ernicious anaemia. From her girlhood Mile Lenglen was taken in hand by her father
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    NEARCO BOUGHT FOR £60,000.
    49 32 London. June 29. MH. MARTIN BFNSON has announced that he lias bought Ncareo. the winner ol the Grand Prix at Longchamps on Saturday for S: 60.000. Nearcn was sired by Lord Derby’s Pharos and his win in the Grand Prix was his 14th in succession.
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    County Cricket Table.
    212 32 County Cricket Table Match Ist Innings Lead P .W. L. D. L. D. Pts. Aver Points awarded 12 4 4 Yorkshire M &gt; .12 8 0 4 0 3 103 900 Lancashire &lt;9. ..13 9 2 2 0 2 113 892 Middlesex &lt;2&gt; 10 7 3 0 0 0 84
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    Favourites Oblige At Ipoh Races.
    869 32 Favourites Oblige At Ipoh Races PAVOrKITES obliged at the opening day of tie Perak Turf Club’a Mimmer m&lt; .‘tinir at Ipoh on Saturday. Best price was £(&gt;l by Kastern Knight, who won the big race ot the day. The seventh race provided an exciting tinisn, lonroe and Gilded y nth
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    PRINCE OF WALES STAKES
    55 32 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 30 TN iTnre oi Wales Stakes run over at Newmarket today resulted: POUND FOOLISH 8 5 g Richards) i. CAVEMAN 8.8 (Jones) 2. RADIANT 8.2 (Smith) 3. Won uy short head: three lengt/* Nine ran. Betting 3 to 1; 10
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      52 32 Doiiblo Totes Ilu* lir.st 'double tote paid $398 or* each of three winning tickets. The second double paid S76 on each ol u winning tickets. The Big Sweep The draw on the big sweep, vaiuf $10.82/’. resulted as follows: FIRST: ***** SECOND: ***** THIRD: ***** Starters: *****. *****. *****, *****,
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      SHARE VALUES ADVANCE AND INTEREST EXPANDS.
      1311 1 Improvement Follows Better Political Conditions. heavy speculation in rubber AND TIN. Fraser And Company’s Weekly Share Market Review. IN a weekly i\ port on the share market, issued at the close of l.usim ss on 1 uesday, b raser and o. &gt;harebrokt rs, write:—
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      169 1 Singapore, July 6, 12 noon. Buyers Sellers. Gambier 7.50 Hamburg Cube $13 50 Java Cube $1100 Pepper White Muntok $14.25 White $13.75 Black 8.50 Copra Mixed $3.25 Sun Dried $3.60 apjoca Small Flake $3.50 Fair Flake $3.40 Medium Pearl $3.90 Small Pearl $3.60 ip of OHO Palembang
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      20 1 June 30 Tin, S’porc Price $94.25 per picul July 1 96 4 100 5 97 6 97.62*6
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER PRICES (Sellers).
      76 1 Date Snot J”lv Julv-Sep'. Oet-n «c. Jan-Mar. Apr Tone I "ndon June 3D 23 24 24*4 24 7 25*4 254 67k Julv 1 C 2&lt; 2 4 25\ 25 q 7 3/16 4 °V 2‘ &lt; ?6 26'. 27 27 1 1 S ot ,V Ail'’
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      RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD ANNUAL MEETING.
      1095 2 Development Work Distinctly Disappointing. OPERATIONS OF RETREATMENT PLANT NOW SATISFACTORY. Prospects Of Tin Area Not Very Promising. ADDRESSING shareholders at the annual general meeting of Rauo Australian Gold Mining Co. Ltd., in Brisbane, on Wednesday. Mr De Burgh B. B. Pc rsee, the chairman, said
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      RUBBER MARKET REVIEW.
      392 2 FI KTHER SPECTAIOJLAR ADVANCE IN PRICES. IN a weekly report on the rubber morkct issued on Thursday, Stanton Nelson and Co. Ltd., write: Nothing has happened during the past week to reverse the general upward trend of the world stock and commodity markets, and although a small
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      GUTHRIE AND COMPANY’S REPORT.
      122 2 UTHRIE and Co. Ltd. in their report issued on Thursday write Following improved American advices rubber in all centres has enjoyed a further steady and sustained improvement. A good demand has been forthcoming from all sections of the market :md a noteworthy factor has been the
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      RUBBER DEALERS TAKE AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW.
      269 2 “Sevenpence A Pound Is Still Relatively Cheap.” IN a weekly report on the rubber mar- ket issued on Friday, Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Ltd. write: A wave of optimism has spread over the market during the past week wit., the general revival of confidence
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      HUME PIPE EARNS £15,873.
      167 2 Dividend At Rate Of 10 Per Cent. A NET trading profit of £15,87.’). Australian currency, is reporttd by Hume Pipe (Far East) Ltd. for the year ended Mar. 31, las according to information receive! h y the local manager of the company on Friday. From this
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      JUNE RUBBER SHIPMENTS RISE SHARPLY.
      68 2 shipments of rubber during June W,ailed 42.258 tons, compared with 38 245 tons in May. Total shinrrents for the first half of this ve ,r were 280,449 tons compared wifi' 303.876 tons in the corrcspond'ng period of 1937. Of the June shipments, 27.959 ton* were
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      FEDERAL COUNCILLOR WANTS FURTHER REVISION OF STANDARD TIN TONNAGES.
      576 3 ■High Commissioner Promises I Matter Will Je Considered. Iir GREEN SAYS INCREASE GIVEN IS TRIVIAL. I 1937 Production Should Be Basis I Of Assessment. ■•VOU won’t expect me to discuss tin restriction now” said Sir Shenton Thomas, High Commissioner, replying to
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      DUTY COLLECTED ON TIN-ORE.
      60 3 J7XPORT duty collected by Government on the export of tin-ore in May was only $514,381 compared with $839,519 in April, $1,069,329 in January and $1,540,150 in May last year. The total duty on tin-ore collect rd in the first five months of this year was only
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      EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES.
      103 3 DURING the week ending June 25. exports of tinned pineapples from j Malayan ports amounted to 46,691 cases of which: 35,970 (77 per cent.) I cases were to the United Kingdom. 3.490 &lt;8 per cent.) cases to the Con- tinent cf Europe. 1.125 (2 per cent.)
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      RAILWAY REVENUE SHOWS SMALL DECLINE.
      80 3 ~r*HE revenue of the F.M.S. Railways jl &gt; n totaled 51,207.200 compared With ***** 499 in April and $1,418,928 n Mav 1937. TM Mav revenue was derived from nrnrs arid parcels 5119 291; goods TP*? rp, and miscellaneous $180,327 '-vvmarnb l figures lor April were:
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      IRON ORE FOR JAPAN.
      156 3 178,621 TONS SHIPPED IN MAY. N °w that Japan’s supply of iron ore from Australia is to be discontinued, efforts are being made to increase the output of Japaneseowned mines in Malaya. In May no less than 178,621 tons of iron ore were shipped to Japan,
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      JUNE TIN EXPORTS AND SHIPMENTS.
      144 3 ipOREICrN exports of tin, being final 1 shipments in ocean steamers at all 1 Malayan ports during June, totalled 4.416 tons, compared with 5.417 tons in May. This brings the shipments lor the first half 01 1938 to 35.562 tons which compares with 45.395 tons
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      SINGAPORE HUMBER AUCTION.
      142 3 'THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1 388th I auction on June 29 when of 1.681.868 i lb. &lt;750.61 tons) catalogued. 1.330,629 lb. &lt;607.42 tons): was oiTered and 1.044.768 lb. &lt;466.41 tons) was sold. Spot PRICES REALISED Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per Lb. Standard
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      JUNE RUBBER CROPS.
      27 3 The following were the crops of rubber harvested by the respective estates n June lb. Broomo 119.000 Alor Pongsu 60,903 B'dong 36.521 Tcmcrloh 19,001
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      World Stocks Of Tin.
      139 3 -Straits Time cable. SMELTERS’ SUPPLIES RISE SHARPLY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 2. visible supplies of tin T showed a small decline at the end of June, according to estimates compiled by A. Strauss and Co. Ltd., the figures being 17, 795 tons on June
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      LONDON RUBBER MARKET.
      193 3 LEWIS AND PEAT’S WEEKLY REPORT. IN a weekly report on the London rub- ber market dated June 21. Lewis and Peat Ltd. write:— The better feeling in the market wo reported last week has continued and there has been a complete change m sentiment. The outstanding features
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      ANGLO-ORIENTAL GROUP’S JUNE OUTPUT.
      137 3 T'HP] following particulars of tin- dredging operations of companies under the technical management of Anglo-Oriental (Malaya) Ltd. refer to June: Hours. Cubic Piculs yards, ore. Ampat Tin 1,215 305.000 1,413 Southern Kinta 4.099 1.333,000 7,418 Kamunting Tin 1,517 367,000 1.796 Pangnga River 1,329 357.000 1.676 Tongkah
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      MUST CO-OPERATE WITH TIN MINERS.
      2166 4 Search For New Areas Should Be Assisted, Not Hindered. ULU KLANG CHAIRMAN ON NEED FOR REPLACING ORE RESERVES. Economical Production More Important Than Control Scheme Or Pool. “PO-OI'KRATION is essentia'. It the Government cannot or will not co-operate w i h the miner th&lt;n the
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      JUNE TIN-ORE PRODUCTION.
      79 4 'J'HE lollowing statistics regardin-tin-dredging operations refer to June Pi«. *ii Hours Yardage or*' Malayslam Tin 353 Nawang Pet 353 Rahman Hydraulic j.oiiu T;&gt;' ♦'o Valley Dredge 1. 368 75,000 I7C HvJ 12j.joO 71M Dredge 3. ftl 7 Oe-J 13 The estimated value of the total output, ol
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      1082 5 Issued By FraSer And Co., exchange and stock brokers. '‘Singapore, July 6, 10 a.m. I mining. I Buyers Sellers n 4/ttt 4 7H I 4 ibang 28' 30/Milay 42/6 47/6n il V 24/9 25/9 5 0.57Mi 0.62Ms ,l f n 21/- 22/t: or 1.40 1.45 w0 9
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      ANGLO-DUTCH PLANTATIONS.
      51 5 Pays Nine Per Cent. Anglo-dutch plantations of JAVA is paying a final dividend ot 5 per cent, on the .€3.000 000 capital making 9 per cent, for 1937 compared with 7 per cent for the previous year. For 1935. 4 per cent, was paid on a capital of
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      590 5 London Exchange Prices On June 28. Allagar (2/) 1/04; Alor Pongsu (2/) 1/114; Anglo-Malay 9/3; Ayer Kuning 23/9; Badenoch 18/9; Bagan Serai 16/3; Bahru (Sel.) (2/) 1/11; Banteng 12/6; Batang (2/) /9; Batu Caves 13/9; Batu Tiga 23/9; Bekon (2/) 1/; Bertam Con (2/) 2/1 IY&lt;\ Bidor 22/6,
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      TIN SHARES.
      162 5 London Exchange Prices On June 28. Ampat (4/) 4/; Anglo-Burma (5/) 11/6; Ayer Hitam (5/) 14; Bangrin 1 1/32; Gopeng Cons. (5/) 10/6; Hongkong (5/) 1 3/32; Idris (5/) 7/9; Ipoh (16/) 1 4; Jelapang 30/; Kampong Lanjut 18/9; Kamunting (5/) 10/6; Kepong 9/16; Killlnghall (5/) 19/; Kinta
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      London Stock Exchange.
      345 5 FURTHER RISES IN MOST CASES. London, July 5. THE following are todays closing middle prices on Uie London Stock Exchanee; Shares ol £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: Yesterday Rise or PaU Conversion L-oan o p.c 1944-64 114% -f Funding Loan 4 d.c 1960-90 113% War Loan 3%
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
      173 5 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Singapore, July 5, 5 p.m. Total toi flnancla Rook* Date Px Dlv eeai Company Dividend Close “avable Date to dare tin Kamunting Tin 8% less tax June 28 July 28 July 4 8% Kuala Lumpur Tin Is No 34 Aug. 19 \b'Zr Kuchai Tin
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