The Straits Budget, 21 July 1938

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    30 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES I ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY./ N#. (197. SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1938. Price 25 cts., (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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    THE WEEK IN MALAYA.
    1107 1 IUIALAYA’S rapidly rising prosperity was indirectly responsible for a number 01 labour strikes in 1937. This statement is made by Mr. A. B. Jordan. Secretary for Chinese AlTairs. in his annual report. Mr. Jordan says that the rapid in•rease that occurred in the general prosperity of
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    MR. T. H. STONE, J.P.
    13 1 Rr °ker, Sportsman, Rotarian, and now Municipal Commissioner.
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Strike Lessons.
      962 2 Straits Times, July 14. In considering the proper policy to be followed in dealing with the Singapore transport strike it may lx? useful to recall the bus strike which took place in London in the Coronation month last year. Not only the local Government but the strikers and
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      Captain Ritchie.
      794 2 —Straits Times, July 15 For the first time in the history ol the F.M.S. the annual report of the Game Department, issued this week, is signed by an expert from another country. Captain Ritchie spent the whole of last year in Malaya as Chief Game Warden, and this
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      Sandys, M. P.
      758 2 remedy that shortage.—Straits Times. July 16. Repercussions of what has come to be known as the Sandys case threaten to be serious. The peremptory order to a Member of Parliament to appear in uniform before a military court of inquiry, in his capacity as a second lieutenant
      remedy that shortage.—Straits Times. July 16.  -  758 words
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      The Flying Boats.
      257 3 —Straits Times. July 16. Speaking with a robust* confidence which could not but communicate itself to his readers, the managing director of Qantas Airways made a timely statement on the Empire flyingboat service in the Straits Times this week. Coming as it did from the head of
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      European A.R.P.
      768 3 —Straits Times, July 18. At a time when the whole of Europe is organising and drilling its civilian population to meet the air menace, it is startling to find the European Association of Singapore giving publicity to a contrary view. Singapore is unfortunately not in one of the
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      Chinese Partners.
      223 3 -Straits Times, July 18. An important explanation of the Chinese attitude towards registration of partnerships, with special reference to the bill now before the Federal Council, is given In a letter published today. Hitherto, criticisms of this bill have been irritatingly vague and generalised. At mass meetings the
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      R.R.I. Publicity.
      830 3 the R.R.I. is about to begin.—Straits Times, July 19 The new policy of publicity announced by the Rubber Research Institute is welcome to the general public as well as to the planter, for the greatest asset of this country is its area of one and a half million
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      A Malayan B.B.C.
      705 4 the not distant future.—Strait; Times. July 20. A speech of historic interest was made last night, when the voice of the Governor and High Commissioner was heard throughout the length and breadth of the Peninsula. The audience was a relatively small one, numbering perhaps nine thousand owners
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      Afraid Of The Dole?
      436 4 -Straits Times. July 20. Does anyone really feel satistko with the manner in which destitution is being dealt with In Kuul Lumpur? A letter published on thi page .today shows that there are people in the Federal capital who believt that officialdom, instead of going tc
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  • NOTES Of The DAY.
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      “Babaland.”
      268 5 “B abaland. rpHE craziest ol press agents in his wildest dreams could hardly have (•quailed the stream of fantastic puberty which Sarawak and its ruler have lud to endure ir: recent years. When I went to Miss Riboet’s show the ,mcr night the first thing I saw was tne chorus
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      Kampong Echoes.
      265 5 Kampong Echoes pEJRHAPS that explains why two out of the three girls have made unconventional marriages. That would not have mattered if only there had oeen no publicity at the time and afterwards. There is nothing wrong *ith band leaders and all-in wrestlers ;l s such, but unfortunately in the
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      The P.W.D. Settee.
      190 5 P.W.D. settee has been a sore point with so many people for so many years that Government officers undoubtedly could cite many more uses for it than were enumerated in the Malayan Police Magazine recently. However, I doubt whether the P.W.D. in its most hilarious visions of
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      Marco Polo.
      251 5 Marco Polo *jpHAT famous traveller, Marco Polo, is now appearing on the screen at the Capitol cinema, and it is therefore timely to consider whether he ever came to Singapore in the flesh. That is a possibility, and we are indebted to Sir Richard Winstedt for pointing it out. When
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      Kublai Khan’s Junks.
      242 5 Kublai Khan’s Junks THE Polj brothers sailed in 1292 from a port near Amoy which was probably the modern Changchow, being the first Europeans to attempt to travel by the sea route around southeast Asia. Changchow was a great centre of Chinese foreign trade in those days, and some notion
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      Bird-Nesting.
      223 5 who would like to learn something about the pleasures of amateur birdwatching in Malayan suburbs will find a delightful talk cn this subject by Mr. T. P. Coe which is published in the “Malayan Bungalow” supplement today. It has been suggested that hobbles and home interests should be given
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      Marco Returns.
      197 5 reference to yesterday’s notes on Marco Polo’s connection with Singapore, it seems that his ghost has been revisiting our city, for this morning’s post brought the following extract from his journal: “In A.D. 1938 my travels took me to the faraway city of Singa Pura. There I found
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      Sakai Fishing.
      220 5 Sakai Fishing JJOW to fish for the pot in Malayan Jungle stream*, using a palmlea* for a rod and a wild ruit for bait, is described by Mr. H. J. Kitchener In an article on freshwater fishing printed as an appendix to the report of the Game Department. The bait
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      Flower Pots.
      152 5 Flower Pots pEOPLE who like to keep rows of pot plants around their houses (and nearly all of us do) ought to know that that is one of the best ways to encourage the entry of white ants. This was one point that I meant to mention the other day
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      F.M.S.R. Purdah.
      116 5 F.M.S.R. Purdah IIfHICHEVER department of the F.M.S. Railways is concerned with public morals on trains is becoming slack. A shocking revelation is made by a correspondent in an up-country paper. Allow me to quote it: “It is a well-known fact that every passenger train has separate compartments for men and
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      Dr. Foxworthy.
      37 5 JUST a line to correct my statement that the 0.8. E. was conferred on Dr. Foxworthy, an American who served 14 years with the Forest Department, Dr. Foxworthy never appeared in a Malayan Honours List.
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      Malacca Sawahs.
      183 6 DURIED in the pages ot a highly technical report issued in Kuala Lumpur some weeks ago is a chapter of the history of the oldest European colony in the Far East The story begins with the Malay .sultans who ruled Malacca in the fourteenth century and claimed one
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      Malay Tithe.
      178 6 WHEN the Dutch captured Malacca they granted large blocks ol land to persons who rarely visited the lands themselves but sold their rights annually to Chinese contractors, who ♦squeezed the peasants on these lands lor all thev were worth With the coming of the British, an attempt was
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      H.E. Gives It Up!
      173 6 blow was a ruling by the i Recorder <as the leading legal luminary was then called) that the code of land laws drawn up for Malacca oy the East India Company was illegal No wonder that Governor Fullerton wrote an exasperated minute on Malacca at that
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      Solved At Last.
      174 6 r*ROM this point onwards Malacca continued to be a thorn In the side i o! every official concerned with land revenue until It was decided In 1923 to make a complete re-survey ol the whole territory. This has now been completed, and Major Bridges claims that the
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      After Tiffin.
      240 6 AT last I am able to report progress in the research which I have long been conducting into the problem ol j after-tiffin coma. I have suffered from j this complaint ever since I first can;" to Singapore, and have no hesitation in making this confession, for the,
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      Office Siesta.
      247 6 Office Siesta JN order to do this. I have gone back to what is virtually the old idea of an office tiffin-room T have imported a long chair bringing it secretly to Cecil Street on a Saturday afternoon) and row. while my colleagues are dispersed in various restaurants between one
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      Tuans’ Baskets.
      281 6 Tuans Baskets. IT is curious that th office tiffin-room should have vanishec so completely from Singapore when it was still in use fifteen years ago. I believe it survives in a few of the older offices, but I know’ of none where it is actually used; and in the new
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      Tropical Tiffin.
      338 6 Tropical Tiffin COME sound advice on the tiffin pro blem. discussed in this column yesterday, is given in the letter published below. I honestly don’t feel that I can be tempted away from my long chair in the office by the bait of a fruit salad At the same time.
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      More Salad.
      217 6 VTET another contribution to this dis cussion has come from an unexpected quarter. Curiously enough. this also takes the fruitarian point of view It gives me much pleasure to print the following letter: Dear Anak Singapura, Scanning the columns of the Straits Timeron our return to office “After
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      Economania.
      265 6 I remarked on that pecu liar form of governmental economy in Malaya which consists in using envelopes over and over again That note was inspired by an envelope sent out by a Government department in Johore Bahru which must have taken at least five minutes of a tambyv valuable
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    290 7 Dr j h. Bowyer. Malayan Medical StTVice> has been seconded for service -nder the Government of Sarawak. Mr Pen rice has also been appointed be an Unofficial Member of the Singapore Sailors’ Institute, vice Mr. Gib>on. e H. Beck, Senior Deputy commissioner of Police, Federated :..uy States,
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    BRIGADIER LORD.
    90 7 COLLOWING the celebration of the golden wedding of their parents m London last month. Brigadier and Mrs. Herbert A. Lord celebrated their silver wedding at the Salvation Army Headquarters. Tank Hoad. Singapore, on July 14. Among those present were the Bishop of Singapore and Mrs. B. C. Roberts.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      BIRTHS
      58 7 At the Maternity Hospital. Singapore on .luly 17. to Peggy wife of K. F’’der a son. 'k N EN At Malacca Hospital on July t° j ean wife of w D pattenden. of a son. i^ EIS °N.-At Bungsar Hospital, Kua’a on Ju] y 14 to Doris, wife of
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      MARRIAGE.
      22 7 S L n SON BEHR In London Mar. 23, VirhUi Lt Co mmander Christopher Hugh 4 Colson to Patricin Gillian Behr.
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    R. R. I. Chemists’ New Posts.
    241 7 TWO LEAVING MALAYA. •TWO members of the staff of the 1 Rubber Research Institute will be leaving shortly to take up appointments at Home. They are Dr. E. Rhodes, senior chemist, and Mr. R. A. Hamilton, soils chemist. Rumours of resignation of these j
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    EASTERN SMELTING MAN RETIRES.
    60 7 Mr. C. M. McDonald. Agent of the Eastern Smelting Co.. Ltd., Ipoh, who was for many years with the same company in Kuala Lumpur, was given a farewell dinner by a number of his friends at the Selangor Club Chambers. on Thursday, prior to his leaving
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    RECENT JOHORE RUMOURS.
    230 7 Legal Adviser’s Statement. MR. R. BRADDELL IN LONDON. U THE Sultan of Johore does not intend to marry Miss Lydia Cicely Hill; they will remain just good friends,” said Mr. Roland Braddell, the Sultan’s legal adviser, in an interview with the Daily Mail, London, on Monday, according
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    JOHORE APPOINTMENTS.
    123 7 The following appointments are announced in the Johore Government Gazette The Hon’ble Dato’ Awang bin Omar. D.P.M.J., Deputy Commissioner of Trade and Customs, Johore Bahru, to act as State Commissioner, Muar. Lieutenant H. D. Oclee, The Royal Regiment, to be Adjutant Instructor to the Johore Military Forces. Mr.
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    Contents.
    355 7 Leaders— Strike Lessons 2 Captain Ritchie 2 Sandys, M.P 3 European A.R.P 3 R. Publicity 4 A Malayan E.B.C 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— Migration Not Deflected To Indies 9
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    Further Gut In Estate Wages Feared.
    333 7 RUMOURS are current in planting circles that the Labour Committee of the United Planting Association has recommended a further reduction in the wages of Indian estate labourers. The committee has also recommended a fixed daily wage of 55 cents a day for Chinese tappers
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  • Obituary
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    83 7 UiT^cP^‘ JC>nes -—At the General HospiOswoih BEE® a t 7 P-m. on Friday, cut d Phillips Griflith-Jones, aged 56. on Hood Theam passed away Killing i 0, i 938 at his residence No. 148 ?AN i£L Road at the age of 77. TanTmL koad at the age of 77. Mr
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    AIRLINE PILOT HURT IN CRASH OF TINY PLANE.
    414 8 In Hospital After Sunset Mishap At Kallang. PRAGA MATCHWOOD AFTER SOMERSAULTING. A PILOT who last week flew an airliner to Singapore from Britain was seriously injured on Monday at the Airport when he crashed in a Hillson Pragra aircraft, one of the
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    Whippings For Knife Attacks.
    136 8 JOHORE JUDGE S WARNING. From Our Own Correspondent.* Muar, July 18. MY experience lor the last four years is that kampong Malays in Johore are well behaved and I am very anxious not to order a whipping for Johore Malays If I find there is an
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    Big Planters’ Conference.
    242 8 PAPERS CIRCULATED BEFOREHAND. Co\er Crop Problems In Malaya. From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, July 18. THE I.S.P. journal, The Planter, today published a 5:; page supplement containing papers to be presented at the Rubber Research Institute’s Planters conference. On July 29 on “The Role of Cover
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    LABOUR AND PROSPERITY.
    143 8 Mr. A. B. Jordan’s Comments. SUPPORT for the contention that labourers in Malaya should share in the benefits of returning prosperity with the same rapidity that they sutler in times of slump comes from Mr. A. B. Jordan, Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Malaya, in his annual report,
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    NOTICES OUTSIDE ISTANA BESAR.
    67 8 unauthorised persons are allowed within the Istana Besar Domain,” state notices which have Just been erected at every entrance to the Sultan of Johore’s Istana Besar at Johore Bahru. The notices are in English only. Last week the golf course at the rear of the Istana
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    Oxford Man To Fight For China Under Chinese Name.
    567 8 A MAN who proposes to discard his European name and fight for China under a Chinese name arrived in Singapore on Monday on his way to join General Chiang Kai-Shek’s army at Hankow. He is tall, broad-shouldered Mr. Henry Peterson. Youngish
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    Migration Not Deflected To Indies.
    130 9 \<> SEQUEL TO CUTS IN QUOTA. (I rom Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, July 12. FEARS expressed two months a «o that the drastic cuts in the Straits Settlements Chinese immigration quota would deflect the migration stream towards Java were not justified, statidics show. According to
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    VETERAN BOER IN SINGAPORE.
    116 9 Saw Rnd Of Famous Jameson Raid. AMONG the number of South Africans, who arrived at Singaport last week-end by the new K PM. liner Tegelberg, is a 75- ear-old veteran Boer, who fought the British during the Boer Wars. He is Mr. H. Schock. who as
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    SINGAPORE NEEDS SPECIAL JUVENILE COURT.
    341 9 Salvation Army’s Remand Home The First Step. A P ECIAL court to try juvenile offenders is advocated by Brigadier H. A. Lord, Singapore head of the Salvation Army, whose remand home for boys Has made it possible for juveniles arrested by the police to be
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    BAIL INCREASED TO $12,000.
    58 9 1IARRY GOLDENBERG and Oswald- Edwards appeared for the first time on Friday in the Singapore Criminal District Court, before Mr. H. A. Forrer, when charges of criminal breach of trust were preferred against them. Both accused claimed trial and the case was postponed to July 22
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    China’s “Mermaid” To Live Here.
    130 9 champion woman swimmer, Miss Yang Hsiu Keng, known throughout her country as “The Mermaid,” (“May Yan Yu”) is going to make her home in Malaya. Miss Yang and her sister, also a prominent swimmer, are Joining the staff of an Insurance branch to be opened
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    MR. W. J. DOUGHTY.
    152 9 I'uneral Of Veteran Negri Planter. From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. July 17. There was a large attendance at the funeral of Mr W. J. Doughty. leading member of the Negri Sem°ihm planting community, at St Mark'* Church Cemetery yesterday. Mr Doughty was equally popular "Hh his
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    STRAITS CHINESE APPEAL FOR GOOD ORDER.
    47 9 ST RAITS CHINESE APPEAL FOR GOOD ORDER. ‘Appeal to all Straits Chinese to y- -operate with the Straits SettleGovernment by refraining from r J inK disturbances and from perti- ui m in gatherings is being made Straits Chinese British AssoeiaJi following consideration of the a committe° meeting.
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    Leading European Resident Dies In Hospital.
    433 9 MR. O. P. GRIFFITH-JONES. THE death occurred at the General Hospital on Friday of Mr. 0. P. Griffith-Jones, aged one of the best-known members of the European community of Singapore. Mr. Griffith-Jones had lived here for about 30 years and had always taken a
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    JOHORE GOLF GREEN TREES.
    112 9 Officers Plan New Course. lOHORE Civil Service golfers are keeping in form with practice on the padang on the waterfront at Johore Bahru. This follows the closing of the Johore Civil Service Club’s golf course in the grounds of the Sultan’s Istana Besar. Last week members
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    N.I. BROKERS TO OPEN LOCAL OFFICE.
    46 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, July 14. THE broking firm of Monod et Cle. which has Netherlands Indies offices in Batavia and Semarang. will open a Singapore branch on Aug. 1 The Singapore office will be managed by M.J.L. l’Espagnol.
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    GEOGRAPHER TO TOUR MALAYA.
    46 9 •From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia. July 14. TO ex.end his knowledge of the 1 Malayan Archipelago. Dr. William Gould. Professor of Geography at the University of New York, is touring the Netherlands Indies. He will shortly start a similar tour of Malaya.
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    Urgent Overcrowding Problem Faces Ipoh.
    1203 10 DEALING WITH LACK OF HOUSES. To The Editor of the Straits times. Sir. -B.v iar the greatest problem that faces the Kinta Sanitary Beard today is “How is Ipoh’s rapidly growing population to be solved? This brings us to the question “Are there enough houses
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    HOOLIGANS.
    559 10 A Straits Chinese Viewpoint. INTERFERING WITH OTHER RACES. I'(i the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— Tne warning issued by the Colonial Secretary is certainly timely and welcome to all peaceloving citizens oi this Colony be they Chinese or I otherwise. for some time it has been felt that
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    COMMENT ON THE STRIKE.
    297 10 Plea For City’s Taxi-Drivers. To the Editor of the Straits Times, Sir.—It may not be inappropriate I to recall that some three years ago a petition was presented to the Governor by the residents ol the Serangoon district, requesting that the taxis plying between Tampenn Road
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    STRIKE INQUIRY.
    204 10 Company s Statf rohcy And Finances. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. —Please allow us to congratulate you on your leader in the Straits Times of July 12 headed The Strike.” Might we be allowed respectfully to submit the following suggestions for the consideration of the
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    BOVINE LORE.
    524 11 Wild Life —Very Wild Indeed. providing a little light relief. die Editor of the Straits Times qir-I have read with considerable interest some recent contributions in Jour columns from the pen ol Mr Theodore Hubback on the subject o! Although*” a trifle diffident about challenging so great an
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    TEMBUSU AVENUES.
    90 11 t the Editor of the Straits Tifnes VVith reference to recent notes F r Straits Times on tembusus P i, when Electrical i‘ Lrj,l, '‘T f Kuala Pilah. Negri Sembii‘, 1( at( r State Engineer. Johore) in W iiit un te(i l, P the road reserves with I(
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    Selangor Mine Strikes Recalled.
    783 11 A FEAT OF STRENGTH THAT OVERAWED RIOTERS. To the Editor of the'Straits Times. Sir, —Vour account of the strike of 4.000 coolies in Hong Fatt Mine and i editorial comment on strikes in general in your issue of July 4 recall to my; mind similar strikes
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    City’s Bus Monopoly: Did Commissioners Blunder?
    315 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—I have lived on this island for about a decade and never had occasion to make any complaint against the transport system except within the Inst two or three years Gone are the days when the mosquito
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    RADIO TO AID POLICE?
    353 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—In reading my Straits Budget this morning I was struck by the two concluding paragraphs of the article referring to the police nunt for the murderers of the unfortunate Mr. Dunsford. These paragraphs read as follows:— “The force is
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    HUGHES RECORD.
    261 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—Whilst I have no wish to decry the fine flight .vhich nas just been completed by Mr. Howard Hughes and which was so vividly described in the Straits Times of July 15. I should like to remind you that nearly four
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    BROADCASTS TO PLANTERS.
    233 12 New Short-W ave Unit May Be Used. RESEARCH CHIEF’S SUGGESTION. THK possibility of the B.M.B.C.’s new short-wave station and the Penanjr and Kuala Lumpur short-wave plants being used for broadcasts for planters is suggested by remarks on the subject in the annual report of the Rubber Research
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    FISHING FOR HARBOUR SHARK.
    144 12 Sequel To Aged Diver’s Death. I IN an attempt to catch the giant shark which on Friday killed old Mingg;u bin Silat, the Malay waterfront diver, a well-known Singapore medical man on Sunday cruised round the harbour between nine o’clock and three. Using a sheep’s head
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    Perak Airedale Best Dog In Central Show.
    368 12 Prom Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, July 17. DRUAS CIRCE, two-year-old Airedale terrier, owned by Mrs. S. B. Palmer, of Perak, and wife of the Federal Councillor, was judged the best dog in the show and awarded the Malayan Kennel Association’s silver cup
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    Responsible Y.M.C.A. Posts For Local Men.
    257 12 TRAINING FOR PHYSICAL DIRECTOR IN LONDON. THE SmraiH.ro Y.M.C.A., favours the policy of recruiting 1 local men ami training them for responsible posts, stated Mr. It. Lyne, genera! secretary ot the association, to a Straits Times reporter. The statement was made in connection with
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    MALARIA EPIDEMIC AT PRIOK.
    72 12 <Erom Our Own Correspondent.! Batavia. July 15. COINCIDENT with Singapore s typhoid epidemic, the malaria epidemic continues at Tandjong Priok, port of Batavia. Deaths in April. Mav and June, respectively, were 64. 125 and 137. The Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad urges stronger measures by the Government and Municipality.
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    ATLANTIC AIRBOATS ON SINGAPORE ROUTE.
    86 12 DOTH Cambria and Caledonia, the u Imperial Airways flying boats which made aviation history by their clockwork regularity on last year’s trans-Atlantic test flights, are now' in regular service on the Southampton Singapore-Sydney run. The special long range tanks used on the Atlantic flights have
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    COMMITTEE TO NAME 33 KAMPONGS
    80 12 T° CONS IDER the question or nam ing 33 villages in the Rural Board area. Singapore, a sub-committee consisting of Mr. C. W. A. Sennett (chairman), Mr. J. A. Ellas and Mr. Lim Chong Pang, was appointed at the Rural Board meeting. A list of
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    S. S. DIVORCE.
    394 12 MISERY UNDER AN ARCHAIC LAW. An A. P. Herbert Wanted In The Colony. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.-- Our legislators have always either introduced new ordinances or amended existing ones in order to bring our laws up to date to suit cir cumstances requiring
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    HIGHER FARES.
    162 12 I Spending More To Get To The Office. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, —Ever since the employees of the Traction Company went on strike, tht general public have been greatly inconvenienced in the matter of transoort facilities and expenses The Registrar of Veh.eles is to
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    MALAYA’S NATIONAL PARK FOR TOURISTS.
    633 13 Kenya Game Expert’s First Report. WILD LIFE ABOUNDS. THK results of the study of Malayan wild life made bv Captain A. T. A. Ritchie, the Kenya game conservation expert, are contained in the annual report of the Game Department, I 1 .MS. i i A
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    Signed Portrait Of King In Yacht Club.
    82 13 pROUD possessions of the Royal Singapore Yacht Club are signed portraits of the King, patron of the club, and of the Queen. The portraits arrived from England recently. Members are understandably proud of them, as few sports bodies in this part of the
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    New Air Chief For Far Fast Command.
    209 13 AIR VICE-MARSHAL j J. T. BABINGTON. j THE new Air Officer Commanding, Royal Air Force, Far East, is, the Straits Times understands, to be Air ViceMarshal John Tremayne Babington, but it is not yet known when he will leave Britain to take up
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    F. M. S. Hospital Figures Do Not Mean Malaria Is Worse.
    220 13 From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, July 14. hospitalised malaria eases in the Federated Malay States last year reached a total of 35,000, compared with 27,200 in 1936, Dr. A. Neave Kingsbury, chairman of the F.M.S. Malaria Advisory Board,
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    DELAYS IN KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPALITY PLAN.
    397 13 Admission That Officials Have Been Too Busy. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 13. THOUGH the municipalisation of Kuala Lumpur had the backing of the High Commissioner and the British Resident, Selangor, it was being held up through pressure of work, it was
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    FIRE GUTS NEGRI VILLAGE.
    123 13 24 Families Are Homeless. <From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, July 14. r\URIAN Tipus, a village 58 miles from Jelebu, on the Negri SembilanPahang border, was razed to the ground by fire, last night, according to reports received in Seremban. Twenty-four families are reported co i ha
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    ELEPHANT HERD WORRIES BIG PADI SETTLEMENT.
    556 14 Game Chief Praises Pius Valley Control. TWO KILLED BY SELADANL IN FEDERATION LAST YEAR.. AN elephant herd which has been in perpetual conflict with settlers in the big Sungei Manik, Cower Perak, padi development area, has been greatly reduced and must be exterminated, says
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    National Day Function At French Consulate.
    351 14 “L A Rationale Fran-; caise,’ the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, V'as celebrated in Singapore coi Thursday at a function at the French Consulate-General, which was attended by the Consular corps and leading members of tin* various comvnunit ies. Tin* function was
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    PLANTERS AS A BODY ARE NOT EXTRAVAGANT.
    678 14 Now Know Value Of Every Dollar, Savs I. S. P. Luneh Speaker. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 8. A denial that planters as a body are extravagant was made by Mr. E. M. Allen, presiding at the annual luncheon in London of
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    PENANG CLERGYMAN’S BROTHER DROWNED.
    64 14 THE Rev. Fred David of the Methodist Mission. Penang, has received news from India of the death of his youns- est brother Samuel Agustine Davie who was drowned while bathing in a swimming pool in Calicut. Malabar j Mr. Samuel David, who was 24 yean ot
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    Tragic Story At Inquest. On Malayan In Britain.
    210 14 IIOW tragedy came to a former Malayan family in England was revealed at the inquest in Worthing last Tuesday into three JhildTen S Phipps Lemon his wif e anH The coroner returned a verdict, according to Reuter, that Mrs Lemon and her
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    I.S.P. APPREHENSIVE LEST SALARIES BE REDUCED.
    880 15 Planting Topics The Search For Lower Production Costs. FAIR REMUNERATION IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES. EVIDENCE of the anxiety felt by t t) ie Incorporated Society of pl huts lest salaries of members mieiit be reduced following a period ntlier low prices and quotas for lh
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    PILOT BOARD.
    41 15 It is announced Mr. W. Penrice has been appointed to be a member of the Committee ro administer the Singapore Mercantile Marine Fund, vice Mr. F. S. Gibson, and a member of the Pilot Board. Singapore vice Mr Gibson.
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    SHARK KILLS DIVER IN HARBOUR.
    280 15 Passengers See Old Man Die. SMOKED CIGAR AS WENT FOR COINS. U7ITH both thighs and an arm bitten off by a shark, one of the oldest Malay coin divers in Singapore, 60 year-old Minggu bin Silat, known by tourists all over the world as “the
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    Magistrate On Disrespect Of Some Counsel For Court.
    369 15 Horn Our Own Correspondent. Kuala Lumpur. July 11. JJECLARING that he was tired of the way in which >ome counsel treated the court nitli disrespect, the Kuala hiunpur First Magistrate, Mr. J. Grattan-Bellew, today ai, l that he would report the unexplained
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    FINES FOR ANTI-JAPANESE DEMONSTRATORS.
    298 15 No Licence For Holding Processions In City. r J HIHTY Chinese concerned in anti-Japanese demonstrations in Singapore a fortnight ago, who were charged with attending a procession prohibited by law, were all convicted and tined in the Third Magistrate’s Court on Monday by Mr. G. S.
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    Tin Restriction A “Very Poor Joke” For Miners.
    675 16 PERLIS ADVISER ON RISKS RETURNS. “TO the men engaged in this heroic struggle, a 1 scheme for the artificial restriction of tin production must seem a very poor joke" says the British Adviser, Perils, commenting upon tin mining, in his annual report.
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    GOVERNOR NOT TO TOUR JAVA.
    152 16 Back Here From Up-Country. pi IF Governor sr Shenton i Thomas, will not be visiting Java this year according to an official statement from Government House on Friday. It was stated in usually well-in formt d circles etrlier in the week that Sir Shenton was
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    New Secretary For Governor.
    90 16 THF Private Secretary to the Governor, Mr. A. H. P. Humphrey, will not be returning to Government House after his Home leave. Mr. Humphrey, who leaves on the P. and O. liner Corfu on July HO, will return to a routine M.C.S, post. His successor will
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    SIR SHENTON IN THE HIGHLANDS.
    68 16 Ipoh. July 12. p HE High Commissioner. Sir Shenton Thomas, who is visiting the Cameron Highlands, spent today in Blue Valley and later, he paid a call at the Green Cow Tavern. Sir Shenton. who Is discussing with settlers the possibilities of future development In
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    OVER MILLION FOR RELIEF.
    84 16 Malayan Gifts This Year. MALAYAN Chinese have sent tor the six months of this year $1,380,000 in Chinese currency to China tor war relief work. In June Singapore’s collection totalled $200,000 (Chinese >. The figures for this month are expected to be as high as $300,000
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    BIG CROWD OUTSIDE JAPANESE SHOP.
    117 16 Unknown Man’s Call To Police. DUT for the public-spirited action of an unknown mar an incident might have occurred in Victoria Street. Singapore, on Thursday. Shortly after 8 o’clock a Chinese entered a Japanese bicycle shop on a business errand. He was seen by some
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    EUROPEAN WHO FORGOT SUMMONS.
    110 16 A RRESTEP on a warrant after failing to appear in the Singapore Fourth Police Court on June 30 in answer to a charge against him for permitting his dog to be out of doors in an affected area without a muzzle, a European. F K. Valker.
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    Rotarians And Singapore Housing.
    297 16 SCOPE FOR STUDY OF PROBLEMS. CINGAPORE Rotarians should m terest themselves in the housing problems of the city and devote part of their time to an inquiry and the submission of a report to the proper authorities, said M r Richard Sidney, secretary for Asia of
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    $10,000 GIFT TO CHINA RELIEF.
    65 16 IMR Tan <ah Kee. chairman of th< 1TI Singapore China Relief Fund Com* 5 mittee. who was recently appointed by the Chinese Government as member and adviser of tht People’s Politica. i Assembly held in Hankow on July 6 has donated $10 0CC (Chinese currency
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    Day-Time Ban On Motor Hooting Criticised
    213 16 W H .L l -E business people in the streets concerned welcome the Traffic Conditions Commititees scheme for a horn-sound-ing ban during working hours, I motorists think the proposed iban unwise owing to the large number of Asiatic pedestrians i abroad during the day.
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    Straits Budget Pictorial Section
    794 17 Rounding o buoy during the Royal S.ngaporc Yacht Club's race for B class yachts on Sa'urday. —Straits Times picture. tak< n when th listing Bait via boots were being launched into Singi-'-rrs. Shows the build of Piet Hein. o/ Friday's open race— Straits Times in. r.tnr
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      “SINGAPORE SNOW.”
      1038 21 How Little HomeStaying Britons Know Of Malaya. \I\Y uncle, a retired schooliVl master, doesn't approve of modern educational methods. He loves to tell me. looking o\ei the top of his spectacles, that they didn’t do things like that in his daw inferring that thev did everything very much
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    JURY RETIRES TWICE AT TRIAL OF STOREKEEPER.
    309 21 Gaol For Forgery. THE jury at the Singapore Assizes last Tuesday disagreed in the hearing of charges against Soon Lee Seong, former storekeeper of the Master Attendant’s Office, who stood trial before Mr. Justice Horne on three allegations of falsification of accounts, and
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    Raffles School Master Weds.
    247 21 REEVE-JOLLIFFE. Honeymoon Trip To Britain. TTHE wedding took place last week at St. Andrew’s Cathedral of Mr. Eric Wilfred Reeve, of the Malayan Education Department and Miss Kathleen Jolliffe, a sister at the Singapore General Hospital. The bridegroom, who is a master at Raffles Institution, is
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    COURT SEQUEL TO PENANG RIOTS.
    91 21 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, July 13. CIXTEEN out ol the 48 accused before the Penang police court this morning, in connection with last week’s riots, were discharged. The hearing of the charges against the others was postponed for a week. Mr. Lim Cheng Ean
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    ALMOST $500,000 PROFIT ON MUNICIPAL ELECTRICITY.
    427 22 ALMOST 500,000 PROFIT ON MUNICIPAL ELECTRICITY. “Very Successful Year,” Comments Report. A PROFIT of nearly $500,000 was made by the Singapore Municipal Electrical Department, it is revealed in the report for 1937, issued on July 12, and the total number ol units sold showed an increase of ten per cent
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    MR. THEODORE HUBBACK
    149 22 Striking Tribute In Report By ('apt. Ritchie. A noteworthy tribute to Mr. Theodore Hubback, lormer Honorary Chief Game Warden lor Malaya, is paid by Capt. A T A Ritchie, in his report on the Game Department, F.M.S., for the year ***** Capt Ritchie writes “The retirement of
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    Municipal Gas Profit Down Last Year.
    293 22 half output for STREET LIGHTS. THE profit made by the Muni- eipal Gas Department during J937 was lower bv $6,932 than in the previous year, according I to the department's annual report, which was issued on July 12. The profit last year was $96,i47.
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    PENANG OBJECTION TO HAWKERS.
    115 22 Better Control Is Planned. From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, July 11. ABJECTIONS to hawkers were stressed by the Chairman at the Penang Rural Board meeting today. He said that the main objections to them were unfair competition, street litter, drain obstruction, traffic and noise nuisance and
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    Business Men Charged In Penang.
    222 22 S15.000 BAIL FOR EACH GRANTED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, July 14. IN the Penang Supreme Court this afternoon Mr. C. D. D. Hogan applied on behalf of Messrs. Lim Eng Kok and Lim Eng Kooi for bail which had been refused to them in
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    PINEAPPLE PACKERS SEEK FORM OF CONTROL.
    263 22 Approach Being Made To Government. COME form of regulation of production is sought by a section of Malayan pineapple packers, who are approaching Government. The move is being made, it is undei stood, in an effort to eliminate the cut-throat competition which has proved
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    JOHORE CAR CENSUS NEXT MONTH.
    75 22 lOHORE, which claims to have the best motoring roads ir. the Malav States, is to have a traffic census All vehicles passing along selected points in Johore will be counted Separate records will be kept of lorries and private cars. The census will be held
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    Property Owners Blamed For K.L. Plans Delay.
    313 22 From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, July 13. JHE deliberate submission of plans not in accordance with the building by-laws was attacked by Mr. E. D. Butler at today’s meeting of the Sanitary Board, replying to criticism of delay on the part of
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    NO WOMEN MEMBERS FOR CHINESE ASSOCIATION.
    674 23 All Points Of View In Long Debate. WOULD BRING REFINEMENT. SAYS DR. LIM BOON KENG. A DECISION against the admission of women was reached by the Chinese Association, to which many leading Singapore professional men and merchants belong, following a long debate at a
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    INDO-CHINA’S BIG DEFENCE LOAN.
    102 23 $16,000,000 Raised In Three Weeks. WITHIN three weeks French indo- China had ra j ‘d a defence loan of 33,000,000 piastres, or $16,500,000. said General Gravellat, Director of Medical Services. French Colonial iloops Indo-Chira when he passed through Singapore on Friday on his way to France
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    MEDAN AIRPORT CRITICISED.
    72 23 < From Our Own Correspondent Belawan Deli. July 14 THE reconstructed Medan Airport, at which the Royal Dutch Airlines call between Singapore and Penang, is lar from satisfactory, according to th° Deli Ccurant. There are no night landing facilities, while hangar and customs accommodation are inadequate. The
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    NEW EUROPEAN MEMBER FOR COMMISSION.
    202 23 Mr. T. H. Stone Appointed. Anew appointment to the Singapore Municipal Commission announced in the Government Gazette is that of Mr. T. H. Stone, who Is to succeed the late Mr. Charles Dunman. Mr. Stone, who has been a partner in Fraser and Co. since
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    JAPAN’S 10,000-TON SALT CONTRACT.
    69 23 From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia. July 14. ALTHOUGH the Netherlands Indies Salt Monopoly late last year contracted to supply Japan with 10.000 tons of salt a month over 15 successive mon.hs from the island of Madura, near Sourabaya. Japan has been lagging in taking delivery. No
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    WAR PROPAGANDA FILM BANNED.
    101 23 I\l RING the second quarter of this year, ten films were banned by tht Deputy Consor. Mr. W. W. Dean They included a picture made in China entitled “Nanking News” which was banned because of its war propaganda Seven pictures mostly American. were banned because of
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    GOOD BUSINESS IN SALE OF REPLANTING RIGHTS.
    163 23 Confidence In Future Of Rubber From Our Financial Correspondent. EVIDENCE of the confidence that is felt in the future of rubber is furnished by the eagerness to obtain new planting rights to extend rubber areas next year. Under the new International Rubber Regulation
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    CRITICISM OF A.R.P. PREPARATIONS.
    118 23 Risk Of Unnecessary Spending Suggested. I THE risk of the Government I 1 “spending a great deal of money unnecessarily” on air raids precaution work in Singapore was commented on at the last committee meeting of the European Association of Malaya. The opinion was expressed that
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    JAPANESE ON HIS BANKRUPTCY.
    165 23 Judge Remarks On Good English. DEMITTANCES of money to Japan, gambling at races and payment of high interest on loans, were given as the causes for his bankruptcy by Masaki Shibu Kawa. a Japanese photographer, in the Singapore High Court He made his statement in English
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    ATTACKS ON WAR MINISTER.
    419 24 Charge Of Shirking Respon sibility. HORE-BELISHAS SILENCE Breach Of Privilege Motion Passed. London, July 12. WITHOUT a division the Commons yesterday adopted a motion of the Prime Minister, Mr Neville Chamberlain, agreeing with the recent report of the Committee of Privileges that a breach of privilege
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    U.K.-COLOMBIA TRADE.
    32 24 British Wireless TPHE British and Colombian Governments have agreed to hold negotiations at Bogota, capital of Colombia, at an early date for the conclusion of a and navigation British Wireless
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    Refugee Parley Decisions.
    174 24 > Reuter Governments To Give Secret Details. Evian-les-Bains, July 14. THE Refugee Conference today adopted a resolution regarding the number and types of emigrants which each country is prepared to receive dividing them into various categories. The emigrants will be divided into two main categories, as follows:—
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    BRITON ARRESTED AT HANKOW.
    72 24 Reuter. Alleged Spy Activities. Hankow. July 11. JJtR PETER PREVOT. a Hong Kong born Briton, was detained by the Chinese military authorities at Hankow on June 28 last wrhile he was boarding a plane for Hong Kong, it is disclosed today. The Chinese allege that Prevot
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    SUEZ STRIKERS BACK AT WORK.
    72 24 Cairo July 12 THE strike of Suez Can:. 1 workers has been settled and the men are returning to work, reports Reuter. Serious dislocation of traffic in the canal was threatened last week when on Tuesday, all workshop employees in the Suez Canal Ccmnany went
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    LABOUR INQUIRY TO BE HELD IN HONG KONG.
    210 24 —Reuter. London, July 13. 'JpilF. Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Geoflfry Northcote,' has decided to appoint a full-time Labour officer to the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, said the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, replying in the Commons to
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    Terrorism On Increase.
    300 24 —Reuter. REPULSE MARINES CHARGE CROWD. Further Bombing (hitrages. Haifa, July 11. A WAVE of unprecedented Arab-Jewish terrorism is sweeping throughout the whole of northern Palestine, according to reports received at Haifa today. More than 10 peisou* have been killed and more than a dozen wounded. Lome seriously,
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    BLOW TO BRITISH TRADE.
    127 24 —Reuter. Japan's Currency Move In North China. London, July 13. A TTENTION of the House of Commons was called by Mr. I.C. Hannah (Un., WOiVerhampton) to the embarrassment to British trade in North China arising from the imposition of a new paper currency by the Federated
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    MANY JAPANESE UNITS ISOLATED.
    367 25 Launching Of Third Drive In Shansi. BRITISH LOAN FOR CHINA BEING CONSIDERED. Shanghai, July 13. MANY Japanese garrisons in Shansi Province have been isolated for several weeks by powerful Chinese forces, estimated to total 40 divisions, massed in that province. This has necessitated the launching of
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    JAPAN’S REPLY TO U.S. PROTEST.
    92 25 —Reuter. "Points Still Needing Classification.” Washington, July 12. THE United States Government has received from Japan a comprehensive reply to me Note sent on May 31 protesting against Japanese treatment of American property and citizens in China. :s believed that Note embodies f recommendations of
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    NEW AIR MISSION TO CANADA.
    60 25 -Reuter. London, July 13. THE British Government has decided immediately to send a special mission to Canada to negotiate for the manufacture of large bomber aircraft there. The mission, which is headed by Sir Hardman Lever, will include Air Marshal Sir Edward Ellington, Inspector-General of
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    WARSHIPS OFF PARACELS.
    50 25 Parjt llllv 1? JAPANESE reports from Hong Kong regarding the presence of French warships off the Paracel Islands are authoritatively and emphatically denied, reports Renter. Chinese sources persistently report the concentration of Japanese and French warships in the Gulf of Tongking, off the Hainan and Paracel islands.
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    TRADE TALKS HITCH.
    107 25 Reuter. Anglo-IL S. Pact. EARLY AGREEMENT UNLIKELY. London, July 12. IT is learned that an AngloAmerican trade agreement is not likely to be signed before Parliament’s adjournment at the end of this month. In the event of agreement not being reached by this date, the negotiations will
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    ‘Allow Japanese Into N.Z.’
    109 25 —Renter. Bishop On “Bloodless Means Of Defence.*' Wellington. July 11. 'THE admission of Japanese to New Zealand and North Australia as a fresh, bloodless and altogether satisfactory means of defence was suggested by the Bishop of Waikato, the Rt. Rev. Cecil A. Cherrington. In his charge
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    120 ITALIAN AIRMEN KILLED IN SPAIN.
    58 25 Reuter. Rome Claim Of 580 Planes Shot Down. Rome, July 12. A CCORDING to an official commun- ique, 120 Italian airmen, including 38 officers, have been killed In Spain since the beginning of civil war. It is claimed that Italian airmen brought down 580
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    MUCH BETTER THAN 1931.
    238 25 make us shudder.” Reuter and British Wireless. Trade Position. SIR JOHN SIMON’S CONFIDENCE. London, July 15. “WHILE the course of world trade has not been too favourable since I presented the Budget, the present situation bears no resemblance to the situation existing before the depression in
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    Cholera Scourge In India.
    91 25 Reuter. OVER 20,000 DEAD. Lucknow, July 13. THE cholera epidemic in the United Provinces is driving the inhabitants of North Gahrwal to seek refuge in the neighbouring forests, notwithstanding the fact that they are infested with wild animals. Cremation of the cholera victims’ bodies is in
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    ATLANTIC FLIGHT PLANNED.
    92 25 -Reuter. Mercury To Carry Paris Visit Pictures To U.S. London, July 15. WEATHER permitting, Mercury, the upper section f the Short Mayo composite aircraft, will fly the Atlantic from Foynes (Eire) to Canada and the United States. She will carry half a ton of freight, consisting of
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    STIFFENING OF BRITISH ATTITUDE.
    298 26 Burgos Reply Considered Unsatisfactory. “BRITAIN NOT TO ACQUIESCE” IN FUTURE BOMBINGS. London, July 14. STIFFENING of the British Government’s attitude towards the Franco regime in Spain over the bombing of .British ships is indicated l).y a statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain. Referring: to
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    BIG FALL IN U. K. TRADE.
    140 26 —Reuter --Reuter £25.000.000 Decrease In Half Year. London, July 13. A BIG decrease in United Kingdom trade lor the six months ended June 30. 1938. compared with the corresponding period in 1937, is shown by preliminary figures in the Board of Trade Journal. Exports
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    $4 Billions Deficit.
    226 26 —Reuter. British Wireless IJ.8. FACES HEAVY BORROWING. Record Spending On Defence. Washington, July 12. A DEFICIT of $3,984,000,00U is forecast for the fiscal year that began on July 1 in revised Budget estimates just issued. President Roosevelt explains that the estimates issued in January were based on
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    Premier On Rome Pact.
    157 26 Hiitish Win-levs Luminous !\lav Be Called During llecess. London, July 14. THt Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, told the Commons today that he did not exclude the possibility ol calling the House together during the summer recess to discuss the Anglo-Indian Agreement. Questions were addressed to
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    ALLEGED ITALIAN RUSE IN SPAIN.
    116 26 -Reuter. London, July II. AN Italian scheme to circum- vent the British plan for the withdrawal of volunteers is alleged by the Spanish Republican authorities. The Spanish Ambassador in London today handed the Foreign Office a Note (reports Reuter) alleging that, following conversations between Italy
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    Withdrawal Of Spain Volunteers.
    434 26 eluded on the 104th day- Reuter am British Wire 1 ess. British Plan Details. London, July 11. .7 Both parties to the Spanish t conflict now have under consideration the British plan Tor the withdrawal from Spain of non-Spanish combatants. In accordance with an announcement already
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    WORLD CIRCLED IN 4 DAYS.
    565 27 Pouter \CCOMPLISHMENT OF U.S. AIRMEN. 200 Such Wonder Planes For The R.A.F. i FLEET of 200 super-warplanes capable of cir- cling the globe in under four days is being built for the Royal Air Force by the Ijockheed \ireraft Corporation in the United States. One
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    GERMAN PLANE LANDS IN CZECH TERRITORY.
    44 27 Aneta-Havas. Prague. July 14. A GERMAN military plane landed in Czech territory in north Bohemia, the pilot declaring that he had lost w r ay in a storm rear Dresden. His papers were found to be in order.
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    ITALIAN AIR DISASTER.
    158 27 I.—Reuter. 20 In Plane. WRECKAGE FOUND OFF COAST. Rome, July 14. AFTER an intensive search by 50 planes and many ships, the wreckage of an Italian airliner, which was carrying 20 persons, has been found off the coast of Tuscany. The plane which belongs to the Italian
    I.—Reuter.  -  158 words
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    £23,000,000 MORE FOR R.A.F.
    76 27 —Reuter. Personnel Increased To 96,000. London, July 13. Another £22,901.000 is to be spent to strengthen Britain’s Air Force bringing the total for the year to £134,403,000. A supplementary estimate' issued today provides for increasing R.A.F. personnel to 96.000 which is 30,000 over the number provided
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    NO BRITISH GOVERNMENT LOAN TO CHINA.
    287 27 British Wireless. -Reuter. London, July 14. THE Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Simon, stated in the Commons today that various proposals had been made by the Chinese Government for obtaining a loan in Britain. If in certain circumstances the Chinese Government found it
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    War Effect On Japan.
    288 27 .—Reuter. FEAR IT WILL LAST UNTIL 1940. World Olympiad Cancelled. Tokio, July 15. DESIDES cancelling the Olympiad which was to have been held in Tokio in 1940, the Ministry of Public Welfare, which controls sports activities in Japan, is expected to ban the attendance of Japanese
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    President’s Arms Appeal.
    125 27 Reuter. WARNING TO POWERS San Francisco, July 14. 44 AMERICA is ready to encourage other great Powers in any effort towards a definite reduction in world armaments,” said President Roosevelt prior to reviewing the American fleet. Declaring that every one in the United States wishes it were
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    FRESH GERMAN-CZECH TENSION.
    402 28 Berlin Allegations 01 Troop Movements. PRAGUE DENIALS DRAW NEW CHARGES. London, July IS. TENSION between Czechoslovakia and Germany has been revived by official German reports of mobilisation of troops in Czechoslovakia and movement of troops to the border. A communique* issued last night at Prague repeats the
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    NEW MEDIATION HUMOURS.
    42 28 Reuter. Stockholm, July 15. RUMOURS connecting Sweden with mediation efforts in the Sino-Japanese conflict are authoritatively denied. It is stated that the Swedish Minister’s visit to Hankow is due to the necessity lor contact with the Chinese authorities there.—Reuter.
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    $8,500,000 FOR FOOD RESERVES.
    43 28 8,500,000 FOR FOOD RESERVES. Rent er London .Inly 1 A GRANT o, C8.500.000 »oi the Essential Co ivmodities Reserves Fund is c largest item in a .Supplementarv Civil E tim it< l h d toda r totallti x V0 ff r ».210 penter
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    ANTI-GERMAN THREAT.
    71 28 -Reuter. Peking, July 18. OIIINKSE guerillas are today blocking the Peking-Tient-sin highway. A foreign truek flying the American flag was allowed to return unmolested, but the American driver saw two Japanese army trucks which had been destroyed with handgrenades. By the side of the trucks were the bodies
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    Anglo-French Friendship.
    161 28 Reuter. CORDIAL NOTES. London. July 17. ALMOST on the eve of the King’s visit to Paris, Mr. Neville Chamberlain and M. Daladiei, the British and French Prime Ministers, today exchanged cordial letters believed to reaffirm the close and friendly relations of the two countries and the close association
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    CONSCRIPTION IN AUSTRIA.
    94 28 Reuter. Vienna. July 17. All Austrians of the 1917 class and the majority of those of the 1915 and 1916 classes have been ordered to register tor military service. This means that they arc conscripted for two years’ training. Those of the 1915 and 1916 classes, who
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    SPAIN ENTERING THIRD YEAR OF CIVIL WAR.
    212 28 Reuter Salamanca, July 17. £JI<» victories are claimed by the Nationalist forces today, on the second anniversary id' th outbreak of the Spanish war. Communiques from General Franco’s headquarters state that substantial advances have been made to the south-east of Teruel. Republican lines
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    ‘lnvasion’ By Soviet.
    237 28 —Reuter. !MANCHUKUO AREA OCCUPIED? Action Threat By Tokio. Tokio, July 16. SOVIET Russian force has crossed the frontier into Manchukuo and occupied ■Shanfeng, about 25 miles south of the Manchukuo border town of Hunchun, according to Japanese reports, says Aneta- Trans-Ocean. The Soviet troops, it is stated,
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    British Aid For China.
    173 28 LOAN POSSIBLE. London, July 15. DEUTER learns from a trustx worthy source that the impression derived from yesterday’s reports that the British Cabinet had finally turned down the projects for a loan to China is incorrect. Actually, the Cabinet postponed the scheme but not in such
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    SINGAPORE FINISH 12 SHORT OF VICTORY.
    885 29 Exciting Climax To State Cricket. FULLER SAVES SELANGOR WITH FINE INNINGS. SINGAPORE’S inter-State match with Selangor over the o week-end had an exciting finish. Singapore, left with 93 o win in just under 45 minutes, made 81 and thus were 12 short of an
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    JANSEN BACK IN COLONY TEAM.
    83 29 A FTER his excellent display in the match with Selangor during the weekend, A. S. A. Jansen has return ed to the Colony side to meet the F.M.S. at Ipoh over the August Bank holiday weekend. Singapore has seven players in the team, which is
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    CLARKE RANGERS BEATEN.
    65 29 In a cricket match played at Seletar on Sunday an R.A. (Changi) team beat Mr. Clarke’s XI by 110 runs. The R.A. (Changi) batted first and scored 158 runs for eight wickets when they declared, Wilton scoring 59 and Wiliiams 48. In reply Mr. Clarke’s team scored
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    FARNES BACK IN TEST THIRTEEN.
    134 29 London, July 18. test team to meet Aus tralia In the fourth test at Leeds on Friday will be chosen from the following 13 players:— Hammond (capt.), Fames, Yardley, Gibb, Verity. Bowes, Hardstaff, Paynter. Goddard, Barnett, Compton, Edrich. Wright. The selection committee have announced that
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    Malacca Recover Well To Beat Skins.
    396 29 DEFICIT OF 93 OVERCOME. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, July 17. WLNETY-THKEE runs behind on the first innings, Malacca recovered well against the Inniskillings here to win the match by four wickets. The home team in the second innings showed well distributed batting strength.
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    ST. ANDREW’S O.B. vs. POLICE.
    148 29 S.A.O.B. J. Duclos b Raja 0 J Moss b Sullivan 9 H. Moss b Raja 1 M. KohlofT run out 0 M. Hartley c Sullivan b Raja 17 T. Sullivan b Sullivan 13 L. Le Doux c Sullivan b Foley 3 W Moss b Sullivan
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    Seedings For Malayan Tourney.
    106 30 Tennis. SEEDED players in the Malayan lawn tennis championships to start <n the SCC courts on July 29 are us follows MEN’S SIM,EES jrf' ehln K»<- Onn. Yadi. Goon Kok Lem. Goo Kok Yintf MEN’S DOIBEES Goon Kok Ying and Goon Kok L» m Muangroeng and
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    BUDGE WINS ANOTHER TITLE.
    100 30 Prague, July 11. DONALD BUDGE added another crown to his record on Sunday, when he won the Czechoslovak championship, defeating Hecht in the final, 6—l, 6—4, 6- 4. With Gene Mako Budge also won the doubles championship, defeating Hecht and Drobny, 6—3. 7—5, 9—7. If Budge
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    BUDGE BEATEN IN EXHIBITION SETS.
    30 30 Reuter Belgrade. July 12. The Yugoslav Davis Cup player Kukuljevic beat Donald Budge 'U.S.A.* 15 13, 7- 5 in an exhibition match here today. Reuter
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    FINAL HAT TRICK TO GEORGE HIRST.
    146 30 London, July 7. IN his last game with the boys and masters at Eton George Hirst, did the hat trick and scored 25 not out. When he came into the pavilion he remarked. “I have had a good innings. I shall spend most of
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    Where Marksmen Foregather.
    17 30 SCHOOLBOYS shoot at Bislcy. A general view of the shoot for the Ashburton Shield.
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    ONE GOAL VICTORY AFTER EXTRA TIME.
    501 30 S.R.C. Beat S.C.C. In Padang Shield Game. DRILL!ANT goalkeeping by Cherrington was the outstanding feature of the inter-club shield soccer match between the S.C.C. and the S.R.C. on the padang. The S.R.C. won by a solitary goal scored during extra time. The match was
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    JOHORE BEAT NEGRI 6-0.
    90 30 'From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, July 15. A POOR crowd watched the Malava Cup match at Seremban today. Johore beat Negri Sembilan by six goals to nil. Johore exhibited fine team work, their defence and forwards combining perfectly, while Negri Sembilan displayed signs of staleness. Johore
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    NOT A BALE BOWLED AT MANCHESTER.
    62 30 Manchester. July 12. A BRIEF inspection of the wicket today showed play in the Test match would be impossible. Not only was the wicket far too soft but the light was poor. Working people in factories just outside the ground were working by electric
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    County Cricket Results.
    169 30 At Nelson. Lancs and Somerset drew (rain) Lancs 79 -Andrews five tor 23. i Somerset five for none. At Leicester. Leicester led Notts on the first innings. Notts 167 (8. Perry five lor 46) and 167 lor four. Leicester i 175 (Voce four for 66) At Stourbridge.
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    SINFIELD 14 FOR 110, O’CONNOR 96 AND 152.
    230 30 London, July 12. DOWLERS secured good figures in the series of county matches Just concluded. One batsman However triumphed over the conditions— O’Connor, who made 96 and 152 for Essex against Sussex. In spite of his effort, his team lost Details are.—
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    POLLARD FIRST TO TAKE 100 WICKETS.
    67 30 London. July 7. OOLLARD. the Lancashire fast medium bowler, whose claim to a place in the England Test team has lrequently been advocated, has the distinction of being the first bowler to secure 100 wickets this season. He completed his century against Northamptonshire, when
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    F. M. S. Fifth In MacKinnon Cup.
    56 30 —Reuter London, July 15 'jPHE MacKinnon Cup competition at Bisley was won by the Sudan with 347 points. Other placings were: Burma, 340 Jamaica. 338; Hong Kong. 333: F.M.S.. 331, Gold Coast, 326; Nigeria. Ceylon 309. For the F.M.S. Gripper scored 89 Grant
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    JAPAN GIVES UP HER CLAIM TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES.
    251 31 Long-Awaited Decision Has Been Made. WARFARE AND SPORT CANNOT GO TOGETHER. Tokio, July 14. THE Cabinet today approved a recommendation from the 1 Ministry of Public Welfare, who control all sport in Japan, that Tokio relinquish her right to hold the
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    N.I. TEAM RETURNS ON THURSDAY.
    89 31 From Our Own Correspondent >. Batavia. July 16 THE Netherlands Indies soller team which visited Europe will arrive i-ok in Batavia by the Nederlands mer Christiaan Huygens on Thursday nd on tiie same afternoon will play st r ong Batavia team. For some time there
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    PASCH WINS THE ECLIPSE STAKES.
    65 31 Pouter Sandown Park. July 15. Pasch won the £10,000 Eclipse j s the richest prize of the Engs[*tur{. at Sandown Park today. bt*at Lord Derby’s. Fair Copy by rt v lengths. Lord Astor’s Cave Man Dei ng third Rl P^ ch was ridden by Gordon
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    SWIMMERS IN JAVA.
    34 31 Our Own Correspondent > Batavia, July 16. Chinese girl swimmer Yang San ov tb atld her younger sister arrived nir Hibadak. They will give deiuno Fimons in aid of the China relief
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    FIFTH PLAYER IN INDIES TEAM.
    128 31 From Our Own Correspondent.* Batavia. July 16. A FIFTH lawn tennis player. Tjan Thwan TJay. will be included in the N.l team to play against Malaya on July 26. 27 and 28. It is now intended that Samboedjo Hoerip will play the first singles match
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    DUTCH TITLES.
    80 31 London. July 11. l\ifRS. HEINE MILLER, of South Africa. beat Miss Nancy Wynne, Australia’s j No. 1 player. 6 —0, 6—2. in the women’s I singles final of the Dutch champion- ships, at Noordwyk Mrs. H. C. Hopman 'Australia) and T Hughan (Holland) beat Mrs. Miller and L.
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    DUFFERS’ CUP AT BUKIT TIMAH.
    117 31 The qualifying round of the Duffers Cup was played at Bukit Timah on Saturday and Sunday and resulted as follows: V. G. Stokes 90 —24—66* R. W. Wallace 83—16—67* R. G. Atkins 85—18—67* J. S. Ramsay 88—20 —68* A. J. Wilton 94—24—70* S. L. Vellenga
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    GARRISON CLUB.
    100 31 The Oldfield Cup competition at the Garirson Golf Club resulted in a win for Mr. and Mrs Woodslde with a net score of 63. The following were the best returns: Mr. and Mrs. J. C. R. Woodside 80—17 —63 Mrs. M. H. Duguid and E. Laidman 89— 24—85.
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    KEPPEL CLUB.
    66 31 -C VE cards were taken out for the Keppel Club’s July mixed foursome. The following scores were returned: Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Carr 46—11— 34 1 1-. Mr. and Mrs. E. Hitcham 47—10^—36^. Mrs. E. OSullivan and C». V. Andrews 45 T-’h —37 1 Mrs. A. Williamson
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    PRINCE BIRA WINS AGAIN.
    80 31 London. July 11. DRINCE Blrabongse of Siam won 200 miles motor race for the Nuffield Trophy at Donington. Leicestershire. and established a commanding lead for the British racing drivers’ championship. He has won practically every important motor race in England this year Earl Howe was forced
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    Women Cricketers On The S.C.C. Padang.
    196 31 WOMEN playing cricket on the (’.C. partang will he the rare spra-t- acle visible next Friday. To celebrate the completion of the recomstruction of the club and the extension of certain privileges to women, a team of women members will be matched with eleven
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    F.M.S. ELEVEN TO PLAY THE COLONY.
    84 31 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 19. M. HART (Perak) will captain the F.M.S. cricket team to play the Colony at Ipoh during the August Bank Holidays. The team will be: T. M. Hart Perak G. Dcnison-Smith (Selangor'. B. S. GUI (Selangor'. J.
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    MIDDLESEX BEAT YORKSHIRE.
    81 31 Reuter. London. July 18. ■RETAILS of county cricxet matches U concluded today arc:— Glamorgan beat Somerset by six wickets. Somerset. 150 tWoolcr five for 38 > and 164 < Wooler five for 48 Mercer four for 53 >. Glamorgan 156 < Wellard six f_*r 62, Andrews four
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    STEWARDS CUP CALLOVER.
    76 31 Reuter. London. July 18. PHE call over for the Stewards Cup is as follows: 100/9 Gunboat, taken and offered 100 '8 Old Reliance, offeree' 100 '1 Watersmeet. offered, 15/1 taken. 100/7 Carnival offered. 18/1 taken i00/7 Bold Ben offered. 100/6 Mixture taken and offered 100/6 Ipsden. Armagnac.
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    TOURNEY AT SEGAMAT.
    91 31 From Our Own Correspondent.* Segamat, July 10. 'T'HE open lawn tennis tournament for the Segamat district will be held this month and should be completed before August. This is the first year that a District Association has been formed and the competition should prove a success. A
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    POTENTIAL CHAMPION.
    51 31 London, July 11. Helen Jacobs, this year’s Wimbledon finalist. agrees with Kay Stammers about the possibilities of Jean Nicoil. the young Harrow player. In an interview on board the liner on which she was embarking for America. Helen Jacobs said she thought Jean Nicoil was a potential world
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    FINLAND INVITED TO HOLD OLYMPICS.
    26 31 Reuter Helsinki, July 18. r I HE Finnish Olympic Committee have received an official invitation to organise the 1940 Olympic games
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    VISITING YACHTSMEN WIN BATAVIA CUP.
    222 32 Closest Margin On Record. PIET HEIN WINNER IN TWO RACES. BY the closest margin in the history of the contest half a point—Batavia beat Singapore in the interport Batavia Cup races for 6-metre boats held in Singapore during the week-end. Batavia won the first race
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    FINLAY’S SEVENTH SUCCESSIVE WIN.
    68 32 Reuter. London, July 18. /\UTSTANDING feature of the A AA. championships at the White City was the seventh successive victory in the 120 yds hurdles of Flying-Officer D Finlay. This was Finlay’s seventh successive win in this event. He covered the distance in 144 seconds, (‘quailing
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    Mithras Wins Main Event At Alor Star.
    469 32 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star, July 16. ALTHOUGH ilie fields were small, a very large crowd attended the annual Gymkhana Meeting of the Kedah Gymkhana Club held at the Alor Star racecourse today. The general arrangements were splendid, reflecting credit on the
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    DEMPSTER 124 NOT OUT.
    38 32 -Reuter London, July 14. Sir Jullen Culm's eleven drew with Glamorgan, the latter scoring 217 and 07 for one and Sir Jullen’s team 384. Dempster, playing for Sir Jullen, was unbeaten with 124 Reuter
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    WOOLLEY IN THE NEWS.
    178 32 London, July 7. FRANK WOOLLEY, the Kent and England cricketer, and most graceful and punishing left-hand batsman of his generation has been very much in the news, firstly because he is likely to be the coach at Eton next season in succession to George Hirst, and
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    F.M.S. SEVENTH IN KOLAPORE CUP.
    77 32 —Reuter London, July 14. CANADA won the Kolapore Cup competition at Bisley with 1110 points. The remaining positions were filled as follows: —Great Britain. 1105; India, 1100; Southern Rhodesia, 1098; Guernsey. 1096; Jersey. 1094. Jamaica won the Junior Kolapore Cup with 551 points. Next In
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    STEWARDS’ CUP CALLOVER.
    53 32 Reuter London, July 14. The Callover for the Stewards’ Cup is as follows: 100/9 Ambrose Light, taken and offered. 100/9 Gunboat. 100/7 Bold Ben, offered. 100/6 Old Reliance, offered, 18/1 taken. 100/6 Ipsden, Harmachls, Davy Doolittle, Mixture. Firozepore, Lohengrin, offered. 20/1 The Drummer. Carnival Boy, Moody, Lapel.
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    AUSTRALIANS WIN BY AN INNINGS.
    72 32 —Reuter. London, July 14. THE Australians beat Warwickshire by an innings and 93 runs. Th. tourists declared their innings closea at 390 for eight and dismissed War wick, who had made 179 in their firs* innings, for 118. Bradman and Brown added 206 Iu: the
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    RUNYAN BEATS SNEAD.
    44 32 Shawnee-on-Delaware, July 17 HTHE American professional golf championship was won by Pan! Runyan, who previously held the title in 1934. Runyan beat Sam Snead in the fina: by the large margin of 8 and 7. Snead on the day was outclassed
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    KEDAH CLUB.
    52 32 Mixed foursomes held by the Keda): Club resulted.— Mrs. Tulloch O. F. J. Watkins 39 7*4 31 Mrs. Leville LH. Pearson.. 48 —10*4 =37' Dr. (Mrs. Brodie) L. V. J. Laville 45 5*4 =39 3 Mrs. German W. L. Davison 52—10 s~4i\ Mrs. Davison R. L. German 56—11
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    FINLAND WILL HOLD 1940 OLYMPICS.
    57 32 .—Reuter. Helsingfors, July 15. WHEN Japan officially withdraw.' her right to stage the 1940 Olympic Games they will immediately be oiTered to Finland runs a cabl< received from Count Baillet Latour president of the International Olympi Committee. Newspapers say Finland will accept the Games. July
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    FORMAL NOTICE DRAFTED.
    63 32 -Reuter. Tokio. July 15 FOLLOWING the Cabinet’s approve of Tokio’s relinquishing the righ* to hold the Olympics in 1940. tht Olympic organising committee nv and drafted a formal notice to tin international committee. For fear of the effect, the decisioi. has not yet been communicated to the
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    Singapore And County Athletics Compared.
    254 32 following comparison of performances at last weekend’s Singapore A.A. meeting with those at county championship meetings in England has been supplied by Mr. j.a.G. Milne. The Home performances quoted are for this year’s meetings, U will be seen that the Singapore pole vault and hop,
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      QUIETER PERIOD WITH FEW CHANGES IN PRICES.
      597 1 Sharp Market Review. Mining Issues Encounter Some Profit-Taking. FRASER AND COMPANY’S WEEKLY CIRCULAR. IX a weekly report on the share market issued at the close of business on Tuesday, Fraser and Co. write: Markets during the past week iave undergone little alteration, nul
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      RAUB GOLD OUTPUT RISES.
      85 1 THE output of 'old from Raub Australian Gold Mining Co. Ltd. for the four weeks ended July 16 was 2.082.03 ounces fine, state the local secretaries. This compares with 2,019 ounces fine in the preceding period. The secretaries say that the crushing No 535 battery treated
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      240 1 Singapore, July 20, 12 noon. Buyers Sellers Gamhier 7.50 Hamburg Cube $13.50 Java Cube $11.00 Pepper White Muntok $14.25 White $13.75 Black $8 25 Copra Mixed $3.40 Sun Dried $3.70 Taptoca Small Flake $3 60 Fair Flake $3.5u Medium Pearl $3.30 Small Pearl $3.70 Je'otong Palembang $7.75
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      19 1 July 14 Tin, S’pore Price $96 per picul 15 95.75 18 96.25 19 96.75 20 98
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER PRICES (Sellers).
      54 1 D'ltp Snot July AUff.-Sept. Oct.-Dec. Jan.-Mar. Apr.-June London July 14 24-. 24% 2J% 25% 26 26% 7% ic 24% 24% 24% 25% 25% 26 7% 18 25% 25% 25% 25% 25% 27 q 25% 25% 26 26% 27 27% 7 7/16 20 25% 25% 25% 26%
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      LOWER IRON & STEEL OUTPUT IN JUNE.
      110 1 LOWER IRON STEEL OUTPUT IN JUNE. Fall Of 488,100 Ions. of iron and steel during June totalled 1,317,600 tons, a fall of 488,100 tons compared with June. 1937, and a decline of 273,300 tons on the previous month of May. Pig-iron output was 541,500 tons and steel ingots and castings
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      RUBBER CONSUMPTION
      159 1 Long Trend Continues Upward. IN discussing the latest cut in rubber export quotas, the National City Bank of New York states, in its current monthly review, that if the 45 per cent, export rate should be continued through the fourth quarter stocks might be reduced during the second
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      JAPANESE BUY TIN MINE IN SIAM.
      81 1 *T*HE Mitsubishi Mining Company, a Japanese mining company with a capital of Yen 87.500,000, all of which is fully-paid, has purchased a tin mine in the southern part of Siam, says a report in the Mining Journal The ore is reported to contain 73
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      MORE PUBLICITY FOR WORK ON RUBBER RESEARCH.
      649 2 R. R. I. Director Plans "News Letter” For Planters. CONFERENCES ON PRACTICAL TOPICS ALSO SCHEDULED. CiREAT publicity for the work of the Rubber Research f Institute to keep planters better informed of the progress of research is planned in the near future it
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      EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES.
      99 2 INURING the week ending July 9. exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 51,875 cases, of which: 47,322 (91 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom. 575 il per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe. 2.375 (5 per cent.) cases to Canada.
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      JUNE TEA. RUBBER AND COFFEE CROPS.
      113 2 •pHE following crops of. tea, rubber and coffee were harvested by the respective estates in June:— o>. Ayer Molek 16.582 Juru Estates 20.000 Perak River Valley 23.926 Kuala Reman iBi 300 Luk Kawi 30 000 Bruseh Rubber 37.300 Ayer Kuning ooiooo Badek Rubber ig
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      Quota System For Canning.
      192 2 BEING CONSIDERED BY GOVERNMENT. JHE plan for the regulation of the pineapple industry which is at present under consideration by the Government is understood to include first a proposal for a quota system for canning and eventually restriction of plantations and canning licences. This follows a
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      JUNE TIN-ORE PRODUCTION.
      94 2 r k A HE following .statistics regarding production of tin-ore refer to June: a Piculs Ayer Went' Brisers Con 609 75,000 *>00 Hitam Tin 55 Iix>h Tin (Lahat) 169 28,100 230 Ipoh Tin (A. Etani) 610 170.800 858 j Kanira Tin 578 142,000 177 atl Tin 830
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      SHARP RISE IN AMERICAN RUBBER CONSUMPTION.
      332 2 --Straits Times cable. 2,000 Tons In June: Stocks Decline 5,000 Tons. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 15. CONSUMPTION of rubber in America in June was approxit mately 2,000 tons more than in May, but some disappointment is expressed that the rise was not
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      Rubber Export Rights Cancelled.
      63 2 DUBBER export rights covering 41.040 lb. of rubber were unused during the second quarter and therefore cancelled. states the Controller of Rubber Of these cancelled rights, 331 lb applied to Straits Settlements mainland; 351 lb. to Straits Settlements islands; 40.169 lb. to the Federated Malay States;
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      JUNE RUBBER CROPS.
      39 2 THE following were the crops of rubber harvested by the respective estates in June:— lb. Brunei 40,101 Bukit Timah 9,170 Changkat 22,781 Hay tor u,618 Indragirl 67,588 Lunas 32,250 Nyalas 32,000 Tapah 63,821 Pin Pandan 3.334
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      LAMBAK RUBBER.
      65 2 'J'HE directors of Lambak Rubber Ltd. have recommended payment ot a dividend of per cent, for the year ended Mar. 31. The directors have transferred €1,000 to national defence con*ribu tion reserve: £1.500 to reserve for taxation; £1 350 to reserve for depro ciat on and £3.500 to
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      GOVERNMENT TO BUY TIN FROM SMALL PRODUCERS.
      1264 3 Advances To Be Made To Larger Concerns If Desired. "pUK domestic regulations governing contributions of tin to the inter- national buffer stock scheme were issued on Thursday. They proide for: Government advances to producers through smelters of an amount up to $50 a
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      Rubber Market Review.
      379 3 Sharp Fluctuations In Price. Stanton Nelson’s Report. IN a weekly report on the rubber mar- ket issued at noon on Thursday, Stanton Nelson and Co., Ltd., write The past week has witnessed somewhat sharp fluctuations and the upward movement appears to have been arrested, but in the
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      Rubber Research Institute.
      116 3 OPEN TO PUBLIC DURING MALAYAN EXHIBITION. 'T'HE director of the Rubber Research Institute wishes it to be made known that the Institute will be open to the public from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m and from 4.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. daily during the period of the
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      Rubber Position Healthy.
      153 3 Further Advance Anticipated. IN a weekly report on the rubber market issued on Friday, Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Ltd. write: After the somewhat pronounced rise that has recently taken place, the slight reaction that has occurred this week is not altogether unexpected, and the market may be
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      Singapore Rubber Auction.
      144 3 362 Tons Sold THE Singapore Chamber of Com1 merce Rubber Association held its 1.390th aucti on on July 14 when of 1,377,497 lb. <614.95 tons) catalogued, 1,034,303 lb. (461.74 tons) were offered and 810,73* lb. (361.93 tons) were sold. London spot 7%d., New York spot 15 cents.
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      AUSTRAL MALAY TIN.
      125 3 "THE secretary of Austral Malay Tin Limited reports that the directors of Austral Malay Tin Ltd. and associated companies have declared the following dividends, which are payable during the current half year. AUSTRAL MALAY TIN LIMITED—dividend of 9d., and bonus of 3d. per share: KAMPONG KAMI' NT
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      LONDON TIN MARKET EASES ON AMERICAN ADVICES.
      689 4 Buying Interest Disappoints Despite Start Of Pool. i Kn>m Our Own (orrc-spoiKient.) liondon, July K. AM I I: ill playing further firm- u* alii< h carried ihe price ol at -and £l!t1. an easier ij 'Twim 'I on 1 h«* 'tandk« t in
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      FIXED TRUST QUOTATIONS.
      125 4 From Oui own Correspondent. London. July 18 IL* follow mg ar» today "bid quotations t<-r Fixed Trust s. d. British Empire "A" 20 l 1 2 Hri ish Empire *‘B” 0 9 British Empire Cumulative 15 l l 2 British Empire C’prehensiv# 15 10M British General “A”
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      HIGHER RUBBER PRICES ANTICIPATED.
      249 4 Kill Hurl \la> Ilf K\|mt!hI. IN a weekly n port on the London rub- her market dated .lulv 5 Lewis and Peat Ltd write: We have had a busy week with an netive market and .steadily advancing prices A large business has been done up to
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      RUBBER PRICE MAINTAINED.
      574 4 PROSPECTS HRIOHTEN: STATISTICS IMPROVE. HBCHT, LEVIS AND KAHN’S REPORT. i\ ;i weekly report on the London rubber ninrket (luted Julj t. Hecht. Levis nnd Kalin Ltd. 1 write: Baron Munchausen. The first propaganda minister in history, persuaded lie reeeotive people oi tlie Fatherland that by his unaided
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      Base Metals Meet Profit-Taking.
      539 4 at Mis 4Md ner Mnn ounce.- BritM’ Wireless Liquidation Well Absorbed. IN a weekly report on the London 1 market dated July 8. Malcoln Bowley and Son write: The markets, both here and in America, have shown resistance to waves of liquidation. The hesitation shown at
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      1175 5 Issued By Fraser And Co., EXCHANGE AND STOCK BROKERS. Singapore, July 20, 10 a.m. mining. Buyers Sellers \muat Tin 4/-V-am Kumbang 4*/ l n’ci astral Malay 44 48/ n cd \yer Hitam 25 9 \ver Weng 6 Hangrln Tin 21 3 22,6 Hatu Selangor 1-35 j Ber|untai
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
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