The Straits Budget, 12 January 1939
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section28 1939-01-12 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY./ 11S1. SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, JANUARY 12. 1939. Price 25 cts., (S.S. Currency) or 7d.28 words
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Article, Illustration1035 1939-01-12 1 NE’.V garrison will be established at p,> na ng this year. That statement IS made by the General Officer Comanding. Malaya, Major-General W. S Dobbie. when he declared offlpUy open the new garrison school at exandra He said that a new school was to be immenced—Straits Tunes picture. - 1,035 words
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Article, Illustration42 1939-01-12 1 Ungku Aziz, Prime Minister of Johore (right), icho made a striking Arab chief, chatting with Mrs. G. L. Wilsoii at the Johore dvii Service Club’s “Twelfth Night" fancy dress ball last Saturday.—Straits Times ‘picture. —Straits Times picture.—Straits Times picture. - 42 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article794 1939-01-12 2 -Straits Times, Jan. 5. It was significant that the end ot 1938 should have been marked in Singapore by the issue of official communiques explaining the duties of two new appointments, those ci Secretary for Defence, Malaya, and Director of Air Raid Precautions, Straits Settlements. There is still-Straits Times, Jan. 5. - 794 words
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Article389 1939-01-12 2 ways escape with a fine?—Straits Times. Jan. 5. Last Friday an officer of the Royal Artillery was fined $500 by the Criminal District Judge, Singapore, for causing the death of two boys on the East Coast Road by negligent driving. This penalty has caused an enormous amountways escape with a fine?—Straits Times. Jan. 5. - 389 words
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Article994 1939-01-12 2 Straits Times, Jan. 6. Since the European business mar. ii» Singapore has not been slow to criticise the boy from the local 1 English school, or to criticise the school rather than the boy, it is to be hoped that the business man has read the straightforward replyStraits Times, Jan. 6. - 994 words
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Article896 1939-01-12 3 the years which lie ahead.”—Straits Times, Jan. 7. One ot the strongest advocates of m Anglo-German alliance is the Marquess of Londonderry, who was Secretary of State for Air until 1935. ie is the leader of a small but uglily influential band of British nen and womenthe years which lie ahead.”—Straits Times, Jan. 7. - 896 words
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Article806 1939-01-12 3 portant aims.—Straits Times, Jan. 9. In a communique published in the Straits Times on Friday, the Controller of Rubber gave information on certain points regarding cver-export of rubber from Malaya which were raised in our leading article of Dec. 30. We maintained in that article that at oneportant aims.—Straits Times, Jan. 9. - 806 words
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Article799 1939-01-12 3 -Straits Times, Jan. 10. Appeals to the charitable instincts of the people are becoming increasingly frequent in Malaya as elsewhere. Unhappily, suffering and distress continue to spread throughout the world, and there is little likelihood that the number or needs of those seeking help will show any pronounced-Straits Times, Jan. 10. - 799 words
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Article390 1939-01-12 4 support such a contention —Straits Times. Jan 10. No doubt the time will come sooner or later when the Malayan National Park will be properly and Anally constituted and will no longer be in danger from political wirepulling, but at the moment certain questions are still undecidedsupport such a contention —Straits Times. Jan 10. - 390 words
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Article904 1939-01-12 4 -Straits Times, Jan. 11 Mr. Chamberlain and Lord Halifax will hold their first conversa* tion with Signor Mussolini at the Piazza Venezia in Rome tomorrow morning. Any official communique s which are issued regarding that and subsequent talks are likely to be oi a very general character,-Straits Times, Jan. 11 - 904 words
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NOTES Of The DAY
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Article263 1939-01-12 5 VKS alter years of not Incurious i in Singapore one goes on covering r w view.* and corners of lt y On Monday, for example. I myself lor the first time at Rhu OSSp s hus a pleasantly Cornish sound t it is not that kind of cross.263 words
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Article241 1939-01-12 5 discovery which I made on Monday was the unusual and autifnl view of Singapore which one *ts from the Kallang basin From ut angle one does not see the munercial buildings of Collyer Quay r. only a line of fine public buildings retching along the shore from Fuiiern241 words
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Article225 1939-01-12 5 THE same may be said of the picture presented by Singapore harbour on Monday morning, when the New Year sea sports were in progress. I had never before seen these sports from the sea. and it really was a glorious sight. Sea and sky were full of colour225 words
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Article277 1939-01-12 5 *J*HE mysterious way in which even the most modest European household in Singapore can suddenly develop into a miniature kampong has been discussed in this column more than once, and now it has become a burning question again, following receipt of my last monthly bill from the Municipality.277 words
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Article220 1939-01-12 5 AN unexpected difficulty in popularising unpolished rice, and thereby eliminating berl beri and a great deal of other sickness, came to light in my own household the other day. Having bought some unpolished rice for our own use from the Cold Storage, we asked the cook why he220 words
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Article220 1939-01-12 5 the New Year sea sports in Singapore this year, as in every previous year, the programme included classes for large and small Bugis boats. But are these really Bugis boats The home of the Bugis race Is the great island of Celebes, and anyone who has read Mr.220 words
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Article338 1939-01-12 5 listening to Mr. H. R. Cheeseman’s talk on English schools in Malaya on Wednesday my mind went back to the time when I was a junior reporter in an English provincial town and I used to report the prize givings of the two local secondary schools for338 words
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Article339 1939-01-12 5 j NOW know the history of the jacarandas at Bidadari, my recent reference to these flowering avenues having brought me a letter which states that they were planted by the late Mr. Frank Aroozoo, superintendent of the cemetery from 1919 to 1928 This letter is from Mr. Aroozoo’s339 words
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Article112 1939-01-12 5 “The Thinker THOSE who know Rodin’s famous statue “The Thinker” will be interested in an Indian view of it which shows how surprisingly different Eastern and Western canons of art are. In an article on “Artists of the New India” in United Empire Mr. J. Vijaya-Tunga writes: Rodin’s sculpture of112 words
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Article206 1939-01-12 6 a range of hills on the farther side of the Gulf of Slam, separated from the Malay Peninsula by 300 miles of open sea. species of butterflies have been found in the last five years which exist nowhere else except in the Malay Peninsula. Apparently it is206 words
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Article186 1939-01-12 6 *pHE query in this column as to whether anything is done for prisoners in Singapore at Christmas has brought me a letter from someone who actually has spent a Chri ;tmas in the Outram Road gaol This letter needs no comment from me, and I quote it below186 words
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Article177 1939-01-12 6 CO far, in discussing the chichak in this column, we have only heard European observations and experiences, but today, thanks to a Malay reader, I am able to describe a game which the Imdak Melayu play with these elusive little creatures. Take two midribs of coconut fronds At177 words
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Article217 1939-01-12 6 RAVING written or early days at Kam pong Glam in this column lately. I may add th t this was a favourite objective for an evening cirive in w mgapore z century ago, when Kampong Glam was entirely separate from the town. I hav. r lear it his217 words
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Article277 1939-01-12 6 pvEPRESSION is never very far away lrom thinking people nowadays, and I suppose it must have seized upon many a Singaporean yesterday morning when he opened his Sunday newspaper and saw on the front page “New Crisis In Europe Soon” and beneath it the statement that Hitler has277 words
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Article249 1939-01-12 6 JT has been pointed out recently that although the Malays are claiming special privileges as the indigenous race of the Peninsula, a very large proportion of the present-day Malay population—in fact, a majority in Johore and Selangor—is the result of immigration within the last half century. This has249 words
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Article168 1939-01-12 6 AN Irreverent but delightful story is told about His Majesty King Ananda Mahidol of Siam, aged 13, in the latest number of Time to reach Singapore. Two years ago, when His Majesty was approached by a camera man at his private school in Switzerland, he requested a franc168 words
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Article393 1939-01-12 6 WHEN I was invited to hear the Wuhan Songsters in the Capitol theatre last night I expected that it would be a purely patriotic occasion and one having very little musical interest, at any rate for a European. I suppose that what I had in mind was something393 words
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Article204 1939-01-12 6 THE first place in Asia in which ma--1 laria was conquered was the coastal plain of Selangor. Present-day inhabitants of Malaya, who have little or no idea of the toll of sickness and death exacted by malaria on the pioneer rubber estates, will be enlightened by the204 words
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Article218 1939-01-12 6 EXPECT readers have had enough oi the Aiigin Besar in this column by now. but I must insist on quoting a letter I have received from a Malay resident of Kota Bahru because it clears up doubts as to the exact date once and for all. This correspondent218 words
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Article209 1939-01-12 7 B )a Ayoub, Magistrate, Klang. is ior l 1y onjor* leave. t litl l J Edwards, R.N.R., retired and O. service on Dec. 21. r M. Smart, General Manager, s Railways, is on a Holiday m iva. nr and Mrs. C. T. Miles, of Kuaia u m209 words
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DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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Article81 1939-01-12 7 ALL —On Dec. 28. at Singapore, to Anne, wife of D G. Hall, of the Customs, Seremban, a daughter. OOIJ—At the Maternity Hospital Singapore. Sunday, January 8. to Miep, wife of D T Nooij, a son. Gerrit Dirk. TEED On Dec. 24. 1938 at Marina Nursing Home, St. Leonards81 words
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Article104 1939-01-12 7 OH—CHEONG.— The engagement is announced of Mr. Koh Kong Hai, 6th son ot Mr. and Mrs. Koh Sek Lim of Gulega Bedoh Estate. Singapore, to Miss Cheong Keong Tuan, 3rd daughter of the late Mr. Cheong Koon Seng Mrs. Cheong Koon Seng. engagement is announced between Betty, widest daughter104 words
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Article88 1939-01-12 7 H^8 PI N t D w LE 7 CHATLEY 0n Dec 17 Chinninri andsworth London, John Alfred ChaUev f Singapore, to Theodora '-natity. formerly of Shanghai. Keen S a r N H 5 NDERSON -A marriage between Guv Hu? nd wlU shortly take P iace Tenang uWhlnson of Voules88 words
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Article102 1939-01-12 7 pOR the second year, Bertram Clarke, son of Dr. Noel L. Clarke of Singapore, has been appointed Captain of Boxing at Eton College and President of the Etonian Boxing and Fencing Club. In a recent contest in which he took part a press report stated:102 words
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Article71 1939-01-12 7 QIR PHILIP SASSOON. First Commissioner of Works and a former Under-Secretary for Air. who passed through Singapore recently on his way to Java by Empire flying-boat, is on a holiday visit to the Netherlands India. It is not known in Singapore yet when he71 words
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221 1939-01-12 7 THE first Indian woman to be appointed to the staff of a Y.W.C.A. in Malaya, Miss Flora Alexine Knight, 8.A., formerly of Kuala Lumpur, is the new activity secretary of the Y.W.C.A., Singapore Miss Knight, who left college two years ago, takes the place221 words
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777 1939-01-12 7 A PROCESSION a mile long followed the funeral at Bidadari Cemetery on Sunday of Mrs. Helen Jane Band, wife of Rev. Stephen Band, minister of the Singapore Presbyterian Church, who died suddenly at the General Hospital on Saturday after a long illness.777 words
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Article342 1939-01-12 7 Leaders— Two Directors 2 Our Clerks 2 Ourselves And Germany 2 Rubber Over-Export 3 FY>r Charity 4 In Rome Tomorrow 4 Telegrams— Covering past week’s news 25—28 Pictorial Section 17—20 Financial Supplement— Financial and Commercial News to date, following page 32 Malayan General News— Remotest Part Of Colony Annexed342 words
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Obituary92 1939-01-12 7 deaths 1STON T~)r tv*,. January > at u sp er Liston died suddenly at B °urton-on-The- Water, Glos. I\l “«urion-on-The-Water, Glos. away peacef!Iii!? he B Swee a e 76 > passed January 8 iq-<o y at 10 P- m on Sunday, E so,,;. 1939 at 141 -D Devonshire Road. E92 words
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362 1939-01-12 8 Revolver By Side Of Segamat Officer (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Jan. 10. 1UST before noon yesterday, Mr. J. M. Billing, Executive J Engineers, Public Works Department, Segamat, was found dead at the Batu Anam Rifle Range with a gunshot wound in the362 words
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Article77 1939-01-12 8 fpHE Royai Air Force Short Sunder- land flying-boat which alighted at Nancowry, one of the Nicobar Islands, with engine trouble on a flight from Ceylon to Singapore, will fly to Seletar within a few days. Spare parts were taken to the aircraft from Singapore and repairs77 words
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Article82 1939-01-12 8 QLD boys of (he Anglo-Chinese School, Klang, who are in Singapore, met at a reunion party at the Airport Hotel on Monday, at which the Rev. Abel Eklund, present principal of that school presided. Mr. Eklund stated that it was proposed to build a new82 words
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Article65 1939-01-12 8 THE great strategic importance of the British Air Mission to Australia is emphasised by Reuters’ Air Correspondent, who states that Australian aircraft production is designed to meet Australia’s own defence needs and, in case of emergency, the needs of New Zealand and part of Singapore’s requirements.65 words
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301 1939-01-12 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 24. MANY people well-known in Malaya were among the guests this week at the wedding at Richmond, Surrey, of Mr. John Glover Davies, son of the late Mr. J. Davies and of Mrs. Davies, of Woodside. Wimbledon, with Miss Nancy301 words
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Article413 1939-01-12 8 Denominations Are Not Wanted METHODISTS DISCUSS MISSION WORK I “TTHE Church in the East does not cure about and does not want the denominational differences of the West,” declared Mr. P. W. Tam by ah. in a report on the Madras Missionary Conference which he submitted413 words
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70 1939-01-12 8 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Jan. 9. TO discuss with the Army Air Service 1 of the Netherlands Indies the prospect of supplying Fokker aircraft for the service. Mr. J. E. van Tijen. a director of the Fokker concern, is due here by70 words
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74 1939-01-12 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Jan. 9. T*HE operation of tea restriction and measures adopted to stimulate the copra trade in Ceylon will be studied by Dr. E. de Vries, head of the department of Economic Affairs at Batavia, who is on leave, on74 words
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170 1939-01-12 8 PENANG WIFE'S CHANGED VIEW (From Our Own Correspondent! London, Jan. 2 MRS. Martha Rona Southern. V k refused 18 months ago to j„ her husband in Malaya, where he superintendent of the leper settl ment on Pulau Jerejak, p enajl has found170 words
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Article98 1939-01-12 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Jan. 9. CTATING he could see accused had no intention of killing the child, Sheikh Abu Bakar, Johort Second Magistrate, today acquitted Gohleh, a female attendant at the Johore Bahru Maternity Hospital. Gohleh was tried on a charge 098 words
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80 1939-01-12 8 DLEADING guilty to two charges being a stowaway, a middle-age Australian, G. Adamson, was on Moi day, fined $5O, or, in default, thn weeks’ simple imprisonment, in ti Singapore Marine Court by Comma* der C. A. Robinson. Adamson, was first charged with be ing a stowaway80 words
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Article110 1939-01-12 8 ‘From Our Own Correspondent' Kuala Lumpur. Jan. 10 Lee Moy, a middle aged Chinese. sentenced to six months’ rigorous i 1 prisonment for the theft of cash, a P ring and clothes from Chinese in kongsi house off Cheras. b> A Grattan-Bellew. First Magistrate, day. Lee Moy110 words
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869 1939-01-12 9 Christmas Island Anniversary Took Place On Sunday r1CH in PHOSPHATES: SMALL EUROPEAN COMMUNITY 'HRKTMAS Island, remotest part of the Straits Settlements nH <.ne of the loneliest islands in the world, was annexed ago on Jan. 8, according to the date given in869 words
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Article229 1939-01-12 9 CEREMONY IN HIGH COURT pONGRATULATipNS by the Attor-ney-General, S.S., members of the Legal Department and the Bar were offered to Sir Percy McElwaine, Chief Justice, S.S., in the Singapore High Court on Dec. 4 on his knighthood. "We feel we can share in this honour so fittingly229 words
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81 1939-01-12 9 OVER 200 attended the fancy dress ball given by Singapore members of the European Inspectorate of the S.S. Police Force at the Adelphi Hotel on Saturday night. Among official guests were the Chief Justice. S.S.. Sir Percy McElwaine, the Inspector-General of Police, S.S.,81 words
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Article85 1939-01-12 9 < From Our Own Correspondent London. Dec. 29. iy|AJOR-GEN. L. V. Bond. C. 8., who is to succeed Major-Gen. W G S Dobbie. C. 8., C.M.G., D S 0.. as General Officer Commanding. Malaya, will leave Chatham, where he is Commandant of the School of Military Engineering,85 words
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228 1939-01-12 9 A WOMAN speaker at the Methodist Conference in Singapore said that alcohol ‘‘is getting a bad hold on the people of Malaya.” The speaker was Mrs. Moflatt Clow, an American from lowa, who is a member of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union world228 words
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Article189 1939-01-12 9 Fancy Dress Ball A GAILY-DECORATED Johore Civil Service Club was encircled by hundreds of Minays, Chinese and Indians, who watched more than 300 people in iancy dress at the Club’s annual “Twelfth Night” celebration on Saturday niftht. In the riot of colourful and original costumes,189 words
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Article47 1939-01-12 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. Jan. 4. The Tungku Mahkota, Regent of Johore. who was attacked by a panther while on a visit to his private zoo on Tuesday, is much better. He visited hi* future home at Bukit Stulang yesterday.47 words
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Article234 1939-01-12 9 The following donations have been received or promised for the Singapore Boy Scouts Headquarters Building Fund A. Robinson s2sj, Ghulam Khan $25. Wasslamull AssoomuD $5. E. C. Hicks $lO, Singapore Japanese Boy Scouts $lOO. Dr. Loh Poon Lip $25. M. Sabapathy $5. K. M. Oli Mohamed $5,234 words
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Article49 1939-01-12 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Jan. 5. TTHERE is provision for the erection of a Government Tamil school this year in Johore Bahru at a cost of $4,000. This will replace the present Gov-ernment-aided institution under the management of the India-Ceylon Association.49 words
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Article58 1939-01-12 9 A EUROPEAN, G. R. Percy, who was charged in the Singapore Fourth Police Court recently with negligent driving along Mount Pleasant Road on April 4. last year at 8.35 a.m and also with driving with an expired licence at the same time, was acquitted bv Mr. K.58 words
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Correspondence
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Article672 1939-01-12 10 Sir A. Young The Endowment Fund TERMS OF GIFT To the Editor of the Straits Times. 81r—When I was on Home leave, my attention was drawn to the statement made by the Ven Archdeacon Graham White at the last general meeting of the Children’s Aid Society to the672 words
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Article312 1939-01-12 10 Living On Women’s i Earnings To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—In reply to “R” in your Issue of Dec. 29, I must say that I disagree with his assertion that girls are driven to prostitution. Allow me to inform him that the girls on the312 words
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217 1939-01-12 10 To the Editor of the "Straits Times" Sir.—You are to be thanked for your two leaders on the over-export of rubber. The letter from the Controller which you published makes matters worse, for it snows that the highly paid Assessment Committee has erred. This committee, appointed217 words
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Article409 1939-01-12 10 Singapore V ouths’ Experience A PARENT’S PROTEST To the Editor of the “Straits Times” Sir.—Your London Correspondent j remarks on the poor results shown in recent recruiting returns for the Bri- tish Army The experience of two lads who tried recently to join up may be409 words
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Article153 1939-01-12 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, Jan. 4. DESIDES large block votes for quarters and buildings in the major districts in Johore, Government has planned to erect a new market at Batu Pahat and $50,000 has been set aside for the purpose. Improvement of rural centres is153 words
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Article555 1939-01-12 10 Real and Growing Minority RISING GENERATION To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,—I am glad to see that at the younger generation of Malays have found their voice to say what they think of inter-racial questions Malaya. I agree with “Atamelayu” when he says that the555 words
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Article644 1939-01-12 11 Malays And Their Neighbours )ESK or RADI FIELD? T o lhe Editor of the Straits Times. sir It grieves me very much to otice the rather hostile attitude of om(> the Malay correspondents to our paper when referring to the non a y. These references have al30St'■invariably been644 words
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Article402 1939-01-12 11 More Speedboats Aircraft ASIATIC MANPOWER To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.—Malaya seeing to be drifting and Inert in a world that is furiously arming This country seems content to depend for protection on Urea; Britain, who may be completely occupied and unable to protect Malaya.402 words
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Article104 1939-01-12 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —I notice in the Straits Times of today news to the effect that the Netherlands Indian Government is sending an officer to reside in Singapore to promote export trade from the N.I. to Malaya, that this officer will104 words
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Article223 1939-01-12 11 Malayan Dredging Dividends MR. STEPHENS’ VIEW To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Mr. C. V. Stephens, in his speech at the annual general meeting of Malayan Tin Dredging Ltd reproduced in the Straits Times on Dec. 29. stated that reference to past records shows that the dividends223 words
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Article95 1939-01-12 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—With reference to the article in the Straits Times of Dec. 27 on Mr. John Thomson, grandfather of Mrs. Alfred Holt. I would point out that the Horsburgh Lighthouse was designed only by Mr. Thomson, the detail work being supervised by95 words
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130 1939-01-12 11 «From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru. Jan. 8. CINDING that there was no proof of negligence, the Second Magistrate. Sheikh Abu Bakar, today acquitted and discharged Seah Kim Seh. driver of a motor van, charged with causing hurt to Inche Mariam, wife of Inche Hashim bin130 words
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Article92 1939-01-12 11 (From Our Own Correspondent). Seremban, Jan. 3. lt/IR. B. H G. Estrop. of the F.M.S. Railways. Seremban. and Mrs. Estrop celebrated their silver wedding at Railway Quarters at Seremban. Inche Abu Bakar, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Seremban, has proceeded on three months leave. Chief Inspector Inche Samsudin bin92 words
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Article346 1939-01-12 11 The Shareholders Cannot Wait! MINERS DISMISSED To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir—Your Kuala Lumpur correspondent, used the word “perturbed” in his article in the Straits Times of Dec. 30 describing the reaction of the man-in-the-street (not directors, mind you!) to the reports of large-scale retrenchments which346 words
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132 1939-01-12 11 < From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 9. I AST night Kuala Lumpur detectives arrested a Tamil who is alleged to be implicated in the theft of $5,000 worth of jewellery from Rcbinson and Company, in Java Street, on Christmas Eve. The man is132 words
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Article34 1939-01-12 11 Batavia, Monday. CONSUMPTION of opium in the Netherlands Indies increased In 1938. According to statistics from the Government Opium Monopoly. 22 200 kg. were sold, compared with 20.550 In 1937.34 words
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375 1939-01-12 12 Local Lingua Franca Heard In Offices And On Padangs By The Straits Times Chinese Correspondent THE widespread use among Malayan Chinese of the Malay language both in their intimate conversation and business dealings has raised the question as to whether or no the Chinese375 words
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Article85 1939-01-12 12 MR. E. Littleton Hay is to Join the firm of Park and Francis, Limited, of Kuala Lumpur, as a director this month. Mr. Hay has spent several years mining in Siam, Burma, West Africa, South Africa and is now on his way to Malaya from Southern85 words
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Article41 1939-01-12 12 From Our Own Correspondent). Malacca, Jan. 6. Madam Chan Kiok Neo, sister of Mr. Chan Kank Swl, died at Malacca on Monday at the age of 71. The funeral took place at Bukit China cemetery.41 words
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Article144 1939-01-12 12 Raja Musa Going To Europe GOING on five months leave to Europe. Mr. Justice Raja Musa and his wife, sailed from Singapore in the Rotterdam Lloyd line Baloe- ran. 1 Raja Musa bln Raja Haji Bot is the first Malay Judge of the F.M.S. Supreme Court144 words
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Article69 1939-01-12 12 From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Jan. 9. MR and Mrs. Lee Wung Joh, of Seremban, have issued invitations for the marriage of their sixth son, Mr. Lee Hon San, to Miss Koh Yuet Moon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Koh Loy Kum. The wedding will take place at69 words
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203 1939-01-12 12 Mr. Tay Lian Teek Appointed ANE of the two additional mem* hers of the Singapore Improvement Trust under the plan announced last year of increasing the composition of the Trust from nine to 11 members is Mr. Tay Lian 'lock, a member of the Legislative203 words
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359 1939-01-12 12 “THE supreme test of sincerity of purpose that has given us. the Christian cross, makes us almost shudder as we realise that bending each bar. the base and the top portion at right-angles, changes a cross into the symbol known as the swastika,”359 words
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274 1939-01-12 12 Creeks And Drains Full All Over Island POUR Chinese, including a woman, were drowned in r p or e yesterday during the very high tide which Hooded districts not only here hut also at Johore Bahru. Two Chinese were found in a274 words
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123 1939-01-12 12 THE wedding took place at The Church of Visitation, Serembaa on Saturday, of Miss Augusta Agnes Dias, of Ipoh, and Mr. Cyril Robert Sta Maria, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs J. R. Sta Maria, of Seremban The bride is the daughter of the late123 words
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Article68 1939-01-12 12 < From Our Own Correspondent. > Batavia, Jan 9 A DUTCH boring-engineer of the N.K.P.M. (Nederlandsche Koloniale Petroleum MaatschappijL MrH. A. van Eck, was murdered near Loeboek Linggau, in the district 0i Palembang. Sumatra. The murder is alleged to have been committed by a native employee.68 words
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Article42 1939-01-12 12 A TOTAL membership of 390 was r ported at the last committee mee ing of the Singapore Ratepayers’ A sociation. Mr. B. M. B. O’Connell. Chief PoU£ Officer, Penang, has been appointed be a Justice of the Peace for Permn,42 words
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Article, Illustration1554 1939-01-12 13 lanchester Textile Expert’s Plea For Action Now >|{KDICTS japan will dominate MARKET AFTER WAR VNDONMENT of the policy of free trade by the Straits settlements is advocated by Sir John Barlow, a director of low and Co., a director of the Manchester Chamber1,554 words
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Article290 1939-01-12 13 Two Months’ Pay Gratuity EUROPEANS WHO WERE RETRENCHED (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Jan. 6. yWO months’ salary, in addition to other payments already notified, is to be paid to men recently retrenched by one mining company in the Kinta district. This information has been given by290 words
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161 1939-01-12 13 (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Muar, Jan. 4. £»REAT improvement has been made to the triangular plot of ground bordering Jalan Abdullah, Jalan Bakri, Jalan Yahya. and Jalan Maharani, since the Coronation tree was planted here by Towkay Lee Thian Soo. Formerly a bare plot161 words
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Article53 1939-01-12 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Jan. 3. THE nickel ore potentialities of the 1 Celebes are being explored by a geologist, Mr L C. Craton, from Cambridge. Massachusetts, on behalf of a big Canadian nickel concern. It is hoped that mining of nickel ore at Celebes will be53 words
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749 1939-01-12 14 Possibility Of Sabotage Not Entirely Ruled Out (From Our Own Correspondent) Slim River, Jan. 7. U/ORKING at high pressure, F.M.S. Railway Kangs cleared the line of the derailed south-bound mail train by nine o’clock last night and the Kuala Lumpur-Pcnang night mail train crawled through749 words
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518 1939-01-12 14 Provision Of New Army Schools In Malaya Anew garrison will be established at Penang this year. That statement was made by the General Officer Commanding Malava, Major-General W. G. S. Dobbie, when he declared officially open on Dec. 5 the new garrison school518 words
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Article174 1939-01-12 14 To Be Consulted Over Emigration Issue From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. Jan 5. ■"FO be on hand during the visit to India of the Malayan delegation on the suspension of Indian emigration to Malaya, for consultation by the Government, of India. Mr.174 words
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Article72 1939-01-12 14 From Our Own Correspondents Penang, Jan. 3. A DIAMOND bracelet valued at was lost in the E. and O. darce hall on New Year’s Eve by Mrs. Yeoh. wif* of Dr. Yeoh Cheang Hoi. Mrs. Yeoh discovered her loss aft» r midnight and a search72 words
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355 1939-01-12 14 (I rom Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 4. MORE than $750,000 has been voted this year for relief work in the Federated Malay States. Much of this sum will go to the improvement of roads, on which gangs of discharged tin355 words
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Article, Illustration2381 1939-01-12 15 Results Of Experiments Justify Use On Commercial Scale STIMULATION OF ROOT GROWTH ON BUDDED STUMPS By Our Planting Correspondent v he use of Hortomone A “'when applied to rubber stumps a {,d increase root formastimula his quest i on had2,381 words
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Article974 1939-01-12 16 Present-Day Politics And Racial Claims To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —As juch a lot has been said and written on behalf of the ngnus. claims, preference etc. for the Malays, I hope you will grant me space in your columns to974 words
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Article, Illustration18 1939-01-12 16 A glimpse of the Singapore junk anchorage. A Malay is in the bows of the sampan.18 words
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128 1939-01-12 16 Ii the spacious n >' I lagstaff House. the G.0.C.. Malaya. Major-General W G. S Dobble, had a busy time directing a treasure hunt and musical bumps, when he and Mrs. Dobble entertained 100 children at a party for children of officers of the128 words
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46 1939-01-12 16 T*HE marriage of Miss Leela Mukun--1 dan daughter of Rao Sahib K A. Mukundan. formerly Agent of the Government of India in Malaya, and Mrs. Mukundan. with Mr. E K Sremivasan took place at Cannanore South India on Dec. 29, 193846 words
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Article98 1939-01-12 16 <From Our Own CorrespondentJ Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 5. 'THE Raja Bendahara of Selangor 1 will place the crown upon the head of Sultan Alam Shah of Selangor at the Coronation at Klang on Thursday, Jan. 26. This, it is understood, will be performed at the98 words
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310 1939-01-12 16 TRACTION WORKERS STRIKE SETTLEMENT TRIBUTES to all who played a part in the settlement of the strike of Singapore transport workers last year were paid at the annual general meeting of the Singapore Traction Company Employees’ Association. It was resolved to place on record the Association’s and its members’ deep310 words
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Article53 1939-01-12 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.> Johore Bahru, Jan. 5. THE vacant plot of land between the Sultan Abu Bakar Mosque and the newly-erected $50,000 banqueting hall is to be turned into a flower garden with a fountain In the centre. Over $4,000 is to be expended53 words
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Article55 1939-01-12 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) A Batavia, Jan. 4. MEMBER of the People’s Council asked that the Government take steps to prevent the stealing of valuble objects d’art from the temples of Bali. He alleged that there are people in Bali buying stolen temple articles cheaply and55 words
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Advertisement25 1939-01-12 16 By Appointment to H.H. THE SULTAN OF BRUNEI H.H. THE RAJAH OF SARAWAK ELLISON S. EZEKIEL OPTICIANS AND WATCHMAKER ONLY ADDRESS:— 3, CAPITOL BUILDING. Singapore.25 words
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Article, Illustration462 1939-01-12 17 IBOl'E Some of the dee rated kolehs their louthUi! Malay crews in 'ancy dress. which added to he pictorial interest of the vniual event. JfELOW Some of the **A’ Class yachts which competed Fullerton Build- no is in the background. EFT: The start of a race462 words
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Article, Illustration697 1939-01-12 21 C. C. L - -By C. C.L. “Plate Of Rare Design And Jewels Of Rich And Exquisite Form KWELLERY is the life of Chinese women, both ounjr and old. Though the Id days of heavy oldashioned jewellery are gone, nodern women still yearn or those shining things to697 words
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Article84 1939-01-12 21 (From Our Own Correspondent.) New York, Jan. 5. |ti|RS. Gregory, wife of wrestler Bob Gregory, announced today that there had been a complete reconciliation with her father, the Rajah of Sarawak, over the question of her proposed film career. “He is letting bygones be bygones and84 words
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Article70 1939-01-12 21 A FERRY service is now in operation day and night at Tongkang Pechah across the Sungei Simpang Kanan at the 4th mile on the Batu Pahat-Parit Bilal-Tongkang Pechah Road. Information to this effect has been received by the Singapore central office of the Automobile Association70 words
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347 1939-01-12 21 THE Singapore appeal for vol unteers to form a corps of air raid wardens, issued two days ago, has met with a gratifying response. Apart from many applicat ions to enrol, a body of Straitsborn Chinese women motorists have offered their services to drive ambulances347 words
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247 1939-01-12 22 Tapper Taken Half-A-Mile From Coolie Lines A MAN-EATING tiger which killed a Chinese tapper at Bukit Fulai estate, Masai, South Johore, was shot this week. The tapper was working at 6.30 o’clock in the morning at the edge of the jungle about half-a-mile from the247 words
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Article115 1939-01-12 22 Mr. H. B Langworthy, Johore Commissioner of Police, is on a week’s local leave and Mr. L. A. Pearce. Chief Police Officer. Johore Bahru, is acting for him. Mr. C. S. Subramania Iyer, chief clerk to the State Engineer, Johore, is shortly retiring. He has served115 words
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Article224 1939-01-12 22 JOHORE FIGHTS DISEASE <From Our Own Correspondent! Segamat, Jan. 4. JOHORE is making additional efforts to fight malaria and a large vote has been made to combat the disease in the various districts of the State. Government, spent nearly $100,000 last year on anti-malarial work, but224 words
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844 1939-01-12 22 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 3. *JpHK ommissioner has, it is understood, approved the retirement this year of Mr. C. D. Ahearne, first Federal Secretary in the Federated Malay States. Mr. Ahearne will lead the delegation to India this844 words
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Article411 1939-01-12 22 Due To No Relief In Selangor MR. JOHN HANDS ON SITUATION (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. l. HOW lack of unemployed relief in the F.M.S. causes workless people to drift to Singapore is indicated by Mr. John Hands in his latest monthly report,411 words
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Article90 1939-01-12 22 (From Our Own Correspondent) Lumut. Jan. 5. ’HE Lumut court house was packed when M. V. Nathan. Deputy Harbour Master, Dindings. and a Public Works Department contractor named Chia Ah Kee. of Lumut, were prosecuted before Inche Mustapha Albakri. Sitiawan, First Magistrate, for behaving in90 words
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489 1939-01-12 23 Mew Director Issues Appeal For Volunteers A N appeal f° r volunteers to form a corps of air raid warA dens in Singapore is issued today by Mr. Edwin Tongue, the new Director of Air Raid Precautions, in a communique to tht* Press*489 words
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83 1939-01-12 23 QROUP-Capt. Bernard McEntegart, who was with No. 205 (Flyingai' I uadPOn R -A.F., in Singapore r to 1934, has been appointed the Aeroplane and ArmaExperimental Establishment at Martlesham Heath. SufTolk. F», t r leavin Singapore, Oroup-Capt. ♦hi, ni egart served lor three years83 words
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116 1939-01-12 23 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 19. IN the House of Commons tonight Capt. L. F. Plugge (Cons., Chatham), asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether overseas credits were available for trade with the Colonies; and, if so. to what extent such credits116 words
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Article110 1939-01-12 23 Dec, Arrests Exceed Previous Months <Froin Our Own Correspondent* Johore Bahru. Jan 4 RUBBER smuggling from Johore continues to increase despite preventive measures by the Customs Department. Arrests in December have for exceeded those of previous months. Yesterday a total fine of $13,800 was imposed by Sheikh110 words
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322 1939-01-12 23 Assembly’s Confidence Vote (From Our Own Correspondent) T r Bangkok, Jan. 4. COLLOWING the formation of the new Cabinet of Ministers with Colonel Luang Bipul Songgram as Premier, a meeting of the National Assembly was convened last Monday afternoon to pass a vote of322 words
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Article, Illustration393 1939-01-12 23 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 21. MAJOR-GENERAL, L. V. Bond, C. 8., who, as was announc--I*l ed on Dec. 15, is to succeed Major-Genei al W. G. S. Dobbie, C. 8., C.M.G., D. 5.0., as General Officer Commanding, Malaya, in393 words
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173 1939-01-12 23 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 2 T,O ensure that motor vehicles throughout the F.M.S. will come up to modern standards safety rules regarding the construction and equipment published in the Gazette in December 1937 became law yesterday. New vehicles first registered on173 words
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412 1939-01-12 24 Danish Planters Of UIu Bernam Fly To Town (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 3. I rfAVE just flown over swamps and jungle for a distance of 60 miles as the crow flies, and landed on an oil palm planta tion. Far412 words
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Article91 1939-01-12 24 From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Jan. 2. HPHE marriage will take place on 1 Saturday, at the Church of the Visitation, Seremban. of Mr. Cyril Robert Sta Maria, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Sta Maria, of Seremban. with Miss Augusta Agnes Dias. of Malacca.91 words
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56 1939-01-12 24 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Jan. 2. HERE was a large gathering at the Seremban Railway Station to bid farewell to Mr lan W. Blelloch. Secretary to Resident. Negri Sembilan and State cricket captain, who went on Home leave. Mr. H. O Hammett has succeeded56 words
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Article, Illustration186 1939-01-12 24 Special Officer j Here On Visit JO promote the export of products of minor industries of the Netherlands Indies to Malaya, Mr. J. J. Ochse, head officer of General Economic Affairs for the Netherlands Indies Government has been in Singapore. He proposes to establish a186 words
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Article58 1939-01-12 24 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 3 AN Indian labourer was gored to death yesterday at the dairy farm at Fraser’s Hill by one of the stud bulls there The farm lies about 3y 2 miles from the post office at Fraser’s Hill58 words
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533 1939-01-12 24 REVELATIONS ABOUT POISONS OF MALAYA “Retired Planter 9 On Drugging Of Court Witnesses (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 21. PICTURES of Malayan life painted in the columns of home newspapers are less alarming and fantastic than they used to be, but some pretty highly coloured accounts of “life"’ in533 words
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Article42 1939-01-12 24 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Jan. 4. Nadarajah, of Pantai. bagged a large cobra in a ravine near the estate he manages. The reptile had bitten a dog belonging to a kepala on the estate and killed it.42 words
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Article316 1939-01-12 24 Theft Of Cash At Raffles Hotel PXPERT evidence on fingerprints was given before Mr. Conrad Oldham, in the Singapore Second Police Court during the trial of a Javanese motor car driver, who, it was alleged, stole $130 belonging to a European woman, Mrs. J. F. Costers, staying316 words
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89 1939-01-12 24 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. Jan. 5. JOHORE Bahru is to have an up to date P.W.D. workshop in place of the old one near the hospital. The new building has been completed at Jalan Kebun Teh about a couple of miles from town.89 words
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404 1939-01-12 25 JAPANESE PLANNING ATTACK ON COAST NEAR PAKHOI? Chungking, Jan. 4. IMPORTANT changes in the Chinese Government 1 mav be expected to follow the dismissal of r Wang Ching-wei, whose successor as vicechairman of the Kuomintang is reported as likely to be an official of known Leftist sympathies.404 words
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112 1939-01-12 25 Jerusalem, Jan. 3. T is officially stated that 2045 Arabs are at present detained in concentration camps and lock-ups emergency regulations *be five members of the Palestine r ab High Committee who were rej used from e. ’n .1* Seychelles in of the forthcomin112 words
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Article68 1939-01-12 25 —Reuter. Tokio. Jan. 4. MR. SE1SAKU SHIOM1, Chancellor of the Japanese ConsulateGeneral at Hanoi, is alleged to have been kidnapped last Thursday along with his Annamite chauffeur, by Chinese troops near the Indo-China border. The chauffeur has been released as a result of intervention by the French—Reuter. - 68 words
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Article221 1939-01-12 25 Royal Tour Of Canada U.S. .—Reuter. King And Queen Sailing Tor Quebec On May 8 London, Jan. 4. AN extensive coast to coast tour will be made by the King and Queen during their visit to Canada, the itinerary of which was officially announced in the United Kingdom and Canada.—Reuter. - 221 words
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528 1939-01-12 25 -Reuter. Washington, Jan. 6. ANOTHER heavy United States deficit is budgetted for in 1940 owing to the huge increase in defence expenditure. Receipts are estimated at $5,669,000,000 and expenditure at $8,995,000,000, giving a deficit of $3,326,000,000. The United States has had deficits lor-Reuter. - 528 words
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Advertisement29 1939-01-12 25 Whats in a Name o° v* Guaranteed Quality! I7isist 071 Biscuits made by PEEK FREAN CO.. LTD. LONDON, ENGLAND. Obtainable irom all dealers. vHB Agent*: JOSEPH TRAVERS SONS LTD29 words
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742 1939-01-12 26 Reuter. President Roosevelt’s Address lo New Session Of Congress Washington, Jan. 4. PRESIDENT Roosevelt addressed the new session of Congress today on the position oi the nation. He referred to previous occasions when he advised the Congress of disturbance abroad and theReuter. - 742 words
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Article115 1939-01-12 26 -Reuter. London, Jan. 4. THE Chinese Ambassador, Mr. Quo Tai-chi, speaking today at the National Trade Union Club, London, said the determination of the C' inesr people to fight to the bitter end until an equitable and lasting peace could be obtained had-Reuter. - 115 words
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Article123 1939-01-12 26 R "liter London, Jan. 3. THE Manchester Guardian, comment--1 ing on the present battle in Spain, declares that more hangs on it than the future of Spain and the lives of men deserted or deceived by those who should share their democratic beliefs. “A fewR "liter - 123 words
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Article176 1939-01-12 26 -Reuter. Call To Greal Britain For Action London, Jan. 6. rHE Financial News, in a leader today, states that lor the Western Powers to intervene directly in China now is obviously impracticable. “The defence of Great Britain’s economic interests, however, is another matter.” says the newspaper,-Reuter. - 176 words
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70 1939-01-12 26 -Trans-Ocean. Cairo, Jan. 6. IT is announced here that the Egyptian War Office had decided to send to Britain another military mission, whose members are to undergo training in tl%3 British Military Academy and afterwards at British Army Headquarters. This will be the thu d-Trans-Ocean. - 70 words
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Article151 1939-01-12 26 —Reuter. Cuttack (Orissa), Jan. 6. 1V/IAJOR Reginald Bazalgette. the Political Agent of the Orissa States, was killed by a mob outside the palace of the Raja of Ranpur. Major Bazalgette arrived at Ranpur yesterday following reports of a threatening situation as a result of the—Reuter. - 151 words
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189 1939-01-12 26 Reiterates Determination Not To Surrender Any French Soil Algiers, Jan. 6. “tUHEN I said I would main* tain the integrity of the French Empire I not only said I would not yield an a£re of territory but I meant I would not be led189 words
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Article71 1939-01-12 26 Reuter. Berlin Jan. 6 A SUGGESTION that Belgiun neut- rality is endangered by the ship ment of her gold to Britain is made in the newspaper Voelkischer Beobachter. Quoting reports from Brussels to the effect that by March last year £62,000,000 worth of gold had been exported tromReuter. - 71 words
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58 1939-01-12 26 -Reuter London. Jan. 7. jyiOST interested parties have now i¥1 submitted names of delegates to the Palestine Conference and it is hoped possible conversations will begin toward the end of the month. All Arab states will be represented and Jewish organisations have appointed delegates.-Reuter - 58 words
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Advertisement70 1939-01-12 26 “MUSIC IN A HOME IS A HAPPY HOME”. Get a T.M.A. MANDOLIN and start your 1939 with a musical year. C401. Well known throughout the East, thi> mandolin is a very fine instrument perfect in every detail. Complete with an extra set of Strings. Pick and a New Rapio Instructor70 words
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538 1939-01-12 27 Special Consideration To Services Requests —Reuter. W AK minister on aims of POLICY IN CHINA Tokio, Jan. 6. I \PAN’S new Cabinet formed yesterday with J Baron Hiranuma as Prime Minister, and Prince Konoye (ex-Premier) as Minister without Portfolio will give special consideration to the wishes of the fighting Services—Reuter. - 538 words
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Article78 1939-01-12 27 -Reuter. London, Jan. 6. IT would be rash to rely on 1 time to accomplish Japan’s defeat for she is now managing the war with remarkable economy and may soon benefit from her control of China’s natural resources, states the Manchester Guardian. On the other hand,-Reuter. - 78 words
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Article100 1939-01-12 27 -Reuter Shanghai. Jan. 3. VELLOW Riv flooi. v/aters. which burst tlu dykos during December, ;\re inundating an area oi 3.000 square miles and are now threatening another 9.000 square miles of low-lying country according to the International Famine Relief Committee. A'ter join ng th° T *wai Fiver,-Reuter - 100 words
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88 1939-01-12 27 .—Reuter London, Jan. 6. 'T'HE Unemployed Workers' Move- ment staged another publicity demonstration today when TOG unemployed chained themselves to railings outside the north London residence of the Minister of Labour, Mr. E. Broun. The chains were padlocked and the keys removed by other.—Reuter - 88 words
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Article127 1939-01-12 27 —Reuter. Berlin Warns Against French ‘Interference’ Berlin, Jan. 7. A WARNING that neither Germany nor Italy would remain inactive if an attempt were made by another country to displace the balance of strength of the two sides in Spain, is contained in Diplomatische Korrespondenz. Referring—Reuter. - 127 words
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Article63 1939-01-12 27 —Reuter Istanbul, Jan. 8. CMYRNA and the whole surrounding region was shaken by a violent earthquake during the night. Eleven houses collapsed and the panicstricken population fled from their homes. No casualties have yet been reported. but there is great alarm among the inhabitants, as 84 houses—Reuter - 63 words
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69 1939-01-12 27 Reuter. London. Jan 3 •T’HE report on the Czech Refugees Fund shows that so far £360.000 hj's born used for the relief of refugees. Grants totalling €260.000 have been put at the disposal of the Prague Committee for the Relief of Destitutes arid HomelessReuter. - 69 words
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217 1939-01-12 27 Reuter. Admission By Baron Hiranuma: Need For Unity Emphasised Tokio, Jan. 6. JAPAN faces a critical situation unprecedented in her an- nals, declared the new Prime Minister, Baron Hiranuma, after his first Cabinet meeting. It was not impossible, he vaid, to overcome the difficultyReuter. - 217 words
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Article141 1939-01-12 27 —Reuter. i Cairo, Jan. 3. “IT is the sacred duty of Egyptians and Moslems all over the world to oppose the Fascist policy of exterminating Islam in Tripoli and turning the land into Italian hands,” declares a manifesto issued today by Abdel Hamid Said Bey,—Reuter. - 141 words
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Article88 1939-01-12 27 Rome, Jan. 6. AS a sequel to the Italian flag incident at Tunis on Jan. 3, members of Italian institutions have voiced a solemn protest to the consulate, says a Tunis message. The protest speaks of the treacherous insult to our glorious national flag,” and expresses indignation88 words
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Article557 1939-01-12 28 New 4-Power Parley MAY FOLLOW THE ROME TALKS Rome, Jan. 8. MR. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, and Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary, are assured of a warm welcome from the Italian people when they arrive here from London for their vLsit. Streets are being hung with Union Jacks. Although theRouter - 557 words
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Article98 1939-01-12 28 —Reuter. Berlin, Jan. 5. A REMARKABLE attack on Britain for her possession of Cyprus is made by Boersen Zcitung which compares the position of Cyprus with that of Austria before the anschluss and Sudetenland before German occupation and dwells on the Greek ancestry of Cypriotes.—Reuter. - 98 words
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Article146 1939-01-12 28 Reuter Stricter Control Of The Borders Jerusalem, Jan. 9. THE human toll from the distur- bances in Palestine in 1933 totalled 2,000 killed and more than 1,700 wounded, according to a compilation by the Palestine Post. Deaths included 486 Arab civilians, 1,138 Arab bandits and 292Reuter - 146 words
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Article55 1939-01-12 28 -Reuter. Rome, Jan. 9. Dr. W Funk, German Minister of Economics, arrived in Rome yesterday after taking a holiday in Sicily He will discuss Italo- German trade relations with Signer Lantini, Minister of Corporations, who recently visited Germany. It is possible that the Jewish question-Reuter. - 55 words
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Article149 1939-01-12 28 Czech Attack Is Alleged Budapest, Jan. 8. pZKCH troops and a band of Ukrainians attacked Hungarian frontier guards at Nagygejoec, according to a report received here from Ungvar. Troops have been sent to strengthen the frontier guards. An official Hungarian news agency account of the incident says149 words
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81 1939-01-12 28 Rome, Jan. 9. IT is understood that President Roosevelt has requested Signor Mussolini to mediate with various European countries for the purpose of facilitating Jewish emigration. It is believed that this request was contained in the President’s memorandum handed to II Duce by the United81 words
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79 1939-01-12 28 -Reuter. Shanghai. Jan. 3. IT is authoritatively learned that General Hata. Commander-In-Chief cf the Japanese armies in Central China, has been replaced by 57-year-cld Lieut.-General Otczo Yamada. who is two classes junior tc General Hata and junior in rank to Vice-Admiral Oikawa. Japanese Naval Commander-in-Chief.-Reuter. - 79 words
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Article92 1939-01-12 28 -Reuter. Rome, Jan. 9. rE announcement that Mr. Neville Chamberlain and Lord Halifax will stop in Paris on their way to Rome tomorrow has aroused fresh hopes of British mediation in the Fran-co-Italian dispute. Popolo di Roma says it knocks on the head the French theory-Reuter. - 92 words
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Article256 1939-01-12 28 —Reuter. London, Jan. 6. AS a far step in formulating plans for evacuating 2,000,000 to 8,000,000 children from big cities in the event of an emergency, the Minister of Health, Mr. Walter Elliot, has circularised local authorities, requesting them to co-operate with Government in taking an—Reuter. - 256 words
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480 1939-01-12 28 TOM MOONEY RELEASED PARDONED AFTER 23 YEARS IN GAOL .—Reuter. Sacramento. Jan. 9. A FTER 23 years in gaol. Tom Mooney was released from prison and pardoned by Governor Olson, newlyelected Democratic Governor of California during the week-end. Tom Mooney was brought from Sanquentin in a fast car tor the.—Reuter. - 480 words
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581 1939-01-12 29 SINGAPORE NEGRI PLAY ONE-ALL DRAW Late Goal Averts Defeat In State Hockey Match (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Jan. 8. aN Singapore forwards, over score a goal from a penalty corner? C'pui wis the question spectators asked themselves watching the Singapore hockey XI play Negri Sembilan today. Thanks to an581 words
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Article80 1939-01-12 29 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Jan. 7. THE Selangor team for the H.M.S. Malaya Cup Rugby final at Kuala Lumpur on Jan. 14 was chosen tonight as follows: D. R. Harper (captain); G. F. Brown, E. A. Hunter, T. Hatfield. J. 11. Abbott; I. M.80 words
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Article236 1939-01-12 29 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Jan. 7. WHAT was practically a Selangor fifteen beat Singapore by 11 points (a goal, two tries) to 5 points (a goal), in today’s Trophy Rugby match between the S.C.C. and “The Dog.” Jones was outstanding on the Singapore side.236 words
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Article73 1939-01-12 29 During the match between Crystal Palace Reserves and West Ham Reserves at Selhurst Park one of the linesmen slipped and fell backwards into a pile of snow. The referee. Mr. S. J. Dunning, or Surbiton, stopped the game to give him time to struggle out.73 words
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Article34 1939-01-12 29 —Reuter. The leading amateur football clubs, the Corinthians and Casuals, which are now controlled by a joint committee, have agreed in principle to merge at the end of the present season.—Reuter.—Reuter. - 34 words
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Article, Illustration415 1939-01-12 29 Rest Outplayed In Closing Stages Of Saturday's Rugby THOUGH in the early stages of the match it looked as if the Rest 1 would beat the Army, the latter proved their superiority in the closing stages and won the rugby game on the padang—Straits Times picture. - 415 words
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62 1939-01-12 29 From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Jan. 2. A former Malayan golf champion, Mr. W. J Gibb, yesterday established a new course record for the Royal Bangkok Sports Club links, when in the monthly medal competition ne returned a score of 65. The previous record62 words
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Article65 1939-01-12 29 Melbourne, Jan. 3. IN a Sheffield Shield cricket match between Queensland and Victoria today D. Tallon, wicketkeeper in the Queensland eleven, dismissed twelve batsmen in two innings, catching six men out and stumping six. Tallon thus equalled the world record of E. Pooley, of Surrey, who in65 words
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Article184 1939-01-12 29 Malayan Roll Results For Last Year Final position of competitors in the “Malayan Roll” rifle shooting is: S.R. (a) Scores. Total. J. L Tetley 78 81 85 81 83 408x Mewa Singh 74 77 86 84 80 401* Bishan Singh 81 81 76 82 79 399* S.R.184 words
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Article18 1939-01-12 29 Reuter In the Scottish second division. Dundee United beat Edinburg by four goals to one Reuter.Reuter - 18 words
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618 1939-01-12 30 Century For Nourse: Rowan 89 Not Out QOUTH Attica had little difficulty in staving off defeat on Jan. 4 the final day of the second Test match played at (’ape Town. The home side followed on after compiling 286 in the first innings618 words
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Article81 1939-01-12 30 —Reuter. Changes In South African Side (JOL’TII Africa’s team for the third Test to start at Durban on Jan. 20 is Melville, Mitchell, Nourse, Vanderbyl, Dalton, Viljoen, Gordon, Langton, Wade, Davies. The last place probably will be filled by Rowan or Harry Sparks of the Orange Free—Reuter. - 81 words
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Article116 1939-01-12 30 -Reuter. London. Jan. 3. /"\NE of ihe greatest soccer sensations in years was caused by the announcement of the findings of a joint committee of the Football Association and the Football League, appointed to investigate an alleged breach of the rules of the Association and of the-Reuter. - 116 words
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558 1939-01-12 30 II7ITII stakes amounting to $10,700, Mr. A. van Tooren, the Port Swettenham multi-millionaire, easily heads the list of winning owners at the Penang Turf Club’s Christmas-New Year Meeting, which concluded last Saturday. Duval, who trains Mr. van Tooren’s entire string, was the558 words
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Article55 1939-01-12 30 —Reuter. England’s rugby team to play Wales at Twickenham on Jan. 22 is: Freakes (Oxford University); Guest (Liverpool University), Heaton (Waterloo), Hancock Birkenhead Park), Carr (Old Cranleighans), Cooke (Richmond). Walker (R.A.F.); Prescott (Harlequins), Toft (Waterloo), Teden Richmond), Huskisson (Old Merchant Taylors), Wheatley (Coventry), Berry (Leicester),—Reuter. - 55 words
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Article108 1939-01-12 30 —Reuter. London, Jan. 9. '|*HE draw for the fourth round of the F.A. cup, to be played on Jan. 21, is: Notts County vs. Walsall. Portsmouth vs. West Bromwich or Manchester U. Sheffield Wednesday or Yeovil vs Chester. Middlesbrough or Bolton vs. Sunderland. Liverpool vs.—Reuter. - 108 words
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82 1939-01-12 30 'fHE M.C.C. beat Eastern Province by an innings and 235 runs. Scores were: Eastern Province 172 and 111 (Wright four for 39, Fames two for 14). M.C.C. 518 for six declared (Hutton 202, Paynter 99, Hammond 52). Hutton hit two sixes and 23 fours,82 words
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1058 1939-01-12 31 Final Day Of New Year Race Meeting ri)r 5e win by Abbot's TemptaA aid the completion of a douhvGroimo featured Saturdays bl( he final day of the Penang 1 rlt'b's New Year meeting. The 1 l r neeting at Penang will be in1,058 words
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Article106 1939-01-12 31 London. Jan. 7. Home rugby union results on Saturday were: England 3; The Rest 17. Blackheath 8; Rosslyn 6. Bristol 11; R.A.F. 6. Devonport Serv. 5; Exeter 6. Gloucester 3; London Scot. 13. Plymouth A. 11; Redruth 0. Richmond 3; Bath 3. St. Bart’s 6; Harlequins 14. Torquay106 words
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162 1939-01-12 31 Audax - (By Audax) Seremban. Jan. 8. OALLOONING the shuttle to the base line in the second set and thereby upsetting the superior placing tactics of his opponent. Lim Ewe Law. Negri Sembilan badminton champion, retained his singles title today, when he beat Wong162 words
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Article112 1939-01-12 31 ERNEST COLLETT. Arsenal wing half, and a recruit of the late Herbert Chapman, has asked George Allison to place him on the transfer list. Mr. Allison has not committed himself, but, if Collett insists, and a fair fee is oirered, then the player may move. The position is112 words
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221 1939-01-12 31 Poor Hockey In Match At Balestier IN a hockey match played on Balestier Plain, on Sunday, an R.A.F. (Changi) side defeated a weak Dutch side by a single goal scored early in the second half. The Gunners had most of the play221 words
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Article86 1939-01-12 31 Calcutta. Jan. l. In an International Match at South Club between India and America in men’s singles Don McNeil (America? beat S. L. R. Sawhney (India) 62, 68. 63. Ghaus Mahomed (India) bettv O. Anderson (America) 6;3. 3|6, 615. In Men’s Doubles Y. Savoor and86 words
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Article22 1939-01-12 31 Reuter. London. Jan. 4. In a Rugby match played between Hampshire and Sussex at Portsmouth today Hampshire won. 14—0—Reuter.) — Reuter. - 22 words
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Article, Illustration19 1939-01-12 31 Forwards dispute possession in the Trophy rugby match at Kuala Lumpur which the “Dog” won 11 —5 against Singapore.19 words
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1141 1939-01-12 32 Home Soccer Results And Tables Up-To-Date 'THIRD round (’up ties were the centre of interest in Home* tool hall on Saturday and many prominent teams failed to survive. It was hard luck on Derby that the draw jrave them Kvorton as opponents and1,141 words
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Article, Illustration21 1939-01-12 32 Picture taken at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, when the Selangor Club beat the S.C.C. 11 —5 in the Trophy rugby match.21 words
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Article117 1939-01-12 32 From 0*:i Own Corv ipondent > Johore Bahru, Jan. 7. The Royal Air Force beat South Johore by 19 points (two goals, two penalties and a try) to ten points (two goals) after being ten points down at the interval. South Johore opened the117 words
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Article34 1939-01-12 32 Twenty cards were taken out lor the Keppcl Golf Club’s January spoon which resulted as under P Mrs. W. Gunstone 46—i7-9o Mrs. E A Ford 53—18=35 Mrs. A M Williamson 48-12=3634 words
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Article, Illustration77 1939-01-12 32 --Reuter. pX-WORLD amateur champion made his debut in the professional tennis world at Madison Square Garden when he defeated Ellsworth Vines 6 3, 6—4. 6—2 before a crowd of 17.000. Budge played with greater dash throughout; Vines was netting and over-driving. Both were nervous at tile beginning.--Reuter. - 77 words
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Article21 1939-01-12 32 —Reuter. DUDGE beat Vines 6—3, B—6, 6—4 at Boston in the second exhibition tennis match of their tour.—Reuter. - 21 words
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Article321 1939-01-12 32 Surprises In Third Round Of Competition (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 7. CROWDS totalling 641,000 watched 26 Cup matches today. Walsall Ipswich and Yeovil Petters caused the chief upsets, Walsall beat* ing Newport 2—0, Ipswich holding Aston Villa to a one-all draw, and Yeovil321 words
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Article68 1939-01-12 32 .—Reuter. Port Elizabeth, Jan. 7. In the three day match against the Eastern Provinces, the M.C.C. succeeded in dismissing the home side for 172 runs. Fames took five for 58 and Wright four for 45. Coy made 54 not out. M.C.C. replied with 237 for one..—Reuter. - 68 words
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The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT
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254 1939-01-12 1 Lower Receipts From Tin And Rubber Export Duties (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 10. |N October general revenue in the F.M.S. fell short of ex- penditure by $381,441, the figures being $4,797,320 and $5 IS 1.761 respectively. Comparable figures for September254 words
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Article113 1939-01-12 1 meetings of the Bah Lias Rubber Estates. Bila ‘Sumatra! Rubber Lands, and Wampoe lobacco Rubber Estates, held on Dec. l‘>. passer! resolutions giving effect to tlu amalgamation of these concerns. Mr H. Eric Miller, speaking at the B <h Lias meeting, said the application governing company taxa'l,lll113 words
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Article113 1939-01-12 1 yHE following crops ol rubber were harvested by the respective companies in December: Lb. Broome 121,700 Kempas 190.500 Malaka Pinda 43,000 New Scudai 21.600 United Malacca 42.000 Henrietta 131.200 Sungei Matang 24.500 Benta 53,500 Sandycrolt 19.000 Kuala Kangsar 118.200 Penang 165.000 Sabrang 69.200 Straits 196.083 Rubana 76.800113 words
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48 1939-01-12 1 ,:T, e Spot Jan. Feb.-Mar. Apr.-June July-Sept. London 28% 28% 28% 28% 29% 8 3/16 28% 28% 28% 28V 4 29 8 3/16 28 28 28% 28% 28% 8 1/16 27% 27% 28 28% 28% 8 1/16 28 28 28% 28% 28% 8 1/1648 words
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714 1939-01-12 1 Fraser And Company’s Weekly Review |N a weekly report on the share market, issued at the close of business on Tuesday, Fraser and Company write:— The first ten days of the New Year have passed very quietly in all sections of the local market.714 words
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Article54 1939-01-12 1 Amsterdam. Jan 10. IT is learned that the Dutch Banks have declared that they are prepared to co-operate with tiie Netherlands Bank n checking speculation against sterling, says Reuter. The Banks are consequently abstainiiiQ from participation in gold transactions of such a character as constitute a54 words
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60 1939-01-12 1 —Straits Times cable (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 5. THE directors of the Borneo Company Ltd. have decided to pay a half-year’s dividend of 3 3 4 per cent, on the preference shares >n Feb. 4. This will bring the dividend up to—Straits Times cable - 60 words
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Article, Illustration901 1939-01-12 2 Asam Kumbang, Ulu Yam And Puchong Tin ECONOMIES WILL BE EFFECTED IN ADMINISTRATION OPERATION THREE tin-dredging companies operating in the F.M.S. under the general management of Austral Malay Tin Ltd. will he amalgamated in a new company, to be named Austral Amalgamated901 words
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744 1939-01-12 2 Statistical Position Improves Greatly IN a weekly report on the rubber market, issued on Dec. 5, Stanton Nelson and Co., Ltd. write:— The New Year opens with the usual How of optimistic forecasts based, in the case of the rubber industry, not only on wishful744 words
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Article70 1939-01-12 2 December Returns •"PHE following particulars of tin- dredging of companies in the Austral Malay group refer to December Hours Yardage Piculs or< K. Kamunting Closed down Asain Kumbang 61 18.000 87 Ulu Yam Closed down Thabawlcik Tin 621 155,000 903 Puchong Tin Closed down Pungnh Tin70 words
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Article145 1939-01-12 2 THE following statistics relating to tin-dredging operations refer to December Hours. Yardage. Piculs ore. Kamra Tin 650 130.000 721 Pattani Tin 638 203.000 411 Hydraulicing 126 Renong Consolidated. 438 158.000 317 Takuapa Valley Dredge 3 634 110.000 268 Ampat Tin l.ooi 214,000 869 Southern Kinta 2.364 705.000145 words
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762 1939-01-12 3 Proposals Approved By Both Classes Of Shareholders rHE ,<-hnne of capital reconstruc1 „f Robinson and Co., Ltd., ried by a majority at the Extraordinary general meeting held Singapore on featurdaj. Tw0 shareholders expressed iheir disapproval of the scheme, one describing it as bad and762 words
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Article148 1939-01-12 3 Only 135 Tons Sold THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1.415th auction on Dec. 5 when of 379 928 lb. <169.61 tons! catalogued. 317.161 lb <141.59 tons) were offered and 303,165 lb (135.34 tons) were sold. London spot 8 316d. a pound. New York148 words
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Article123 1939-01-12 3 Reuter FOREIGN shipments of tin in December totalled 3.697 tons compared with 2.860 tons in November and 7.811 tons in December 1937. Total shipments for 1938 are 61.187 tons compared with 93,106 tons in 1937. Of the December shipments. 1.651 tons were consigned to the United States;– Reuter - 123 words
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Article161 1939-01-12 3 29,000 TONS AT END DECEMBER (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 4. 1170RLD visible tin stocks at the end of December, including smelters’ carry-overs, show an increase of six tons on the figure at the end of November, according to estimates compiled by A. Strauss and Co.,161 words
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Article46 1939-01-12 3 T*HE following outputs of tin-ore are reported from the respective companies in December: Piculs ore Malayan Tin 904 Southern Malayan 1.621 Malaysiam Tin 203 Rahman Hydraulic 700 Satupulo 303 The Satupulo dredge worked for 584 hours and treated 111.000 cubic yards of material.46 words
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Article74 1939-01-12 3 *T»IIE estimated export of dry rubber from Malaya, B.unei and Labuan >ecember is 21,000 tons, stat:s the Controller of Rubber This compare with a proportionate monthly quota of 22.575 tons At the end of Nove nber laya had ev ceded her ;rmL> <ole export allou "«.nce74 words
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Article42 1939-01-12 3 —British Wireless. London, Jan. 7. PIE total amount applied for in tenders for £25,000.000 Treasury Bills was £60,285.000. The average rate per cent, for Bills at three months was 11s. 0.08d. against 13s 8 88d. a week ago. —British Wireless.—British Wireless. - 42 words
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272 1939-01-12 3 exportable amount —Straits Times cable. November Absorption Rises 1,433 Tons (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 4. WORLD rubber stocks declined 31,512 tons in November, stocks at the end of that month totalling 487,332 tons compared with 518,844 tons at the end of October,exportable amount —Straits Times cable. - 272 words
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Article80 1939-01-12 3 r\URING the week ending Dec. 31. 1938. exports of canned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 21,955 cases, of which: 17,925 (82 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom, 650 (3 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, nil per cent.) cases to Canada,80 words
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Article82 1939-01-12 3 FOREIGN imports of tin-ore into the Straits Settlements in December, totalled 1.561 tons compared with 1 689 tons in November. The total imports for the year 1938 are 27,765 tons compared with 31,169 tons in 1937. Of the December imports. 863 tons came from Siam; 368 ton*82 words
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Article76 1939-01-12 3 FOREIGN imports of rubber into Ma- laya in December totalled 7 607 tons compared with 10.21 y mns November This brings th* 5 total imports in 1938 to 156.101 tons compared with 213,446 tons in 1937. Of the December imports 2,519 tons came from Netherlands Indies; 2,63776 words
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249 1939-01-12 4 Expensive Elaborate Schemes For Flood Prevention THE policy of the F.M.S. Drainage and Irrigation Department in demanding th«t tin-tjreflging companies incul la rtf e expenditure on what is considered by many to be unnecessarily elaborate schemes tor flood prevention, \\a> attacked by Mr.249 words
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Article166 1939-01-12 4 EXCEED QUOTA BY 675 TONS *1*HE domestic production, ns repre- sen ted by expoits from the Federated Malay States, U.M.S. and Malacca, of tin and tin-in-ore at 75.5 per cent, tin content, during December totalled 2,127 tons The F.M.S. exported 2,005 tons; Johore 30 tons; Kedah166 words
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Article119 1939-01-12 4 THE directors ol the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation say that subject to audit, the final dividend for the year 1938 will probably be .£3, less income-tax. A sum of $1,000,000, Hong Kong currency. has been written-off bank premises and about $3,400,000 will remain to be119 words
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Article91 1939-01-12 4 "PHE estimated total exports, from Malaya, of tin. and tin-in-ore at a tin content of 75.5 per cent., in December Is 2.100 tons, states the Controller under the Tin and Tin-ore (Restriction) Enactment. This compares with a monthly quota, including the special buffer pool allowance,91 words
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Article61 1939-01-12 4 *pHE directors of Taiping Rubber Plantations Ltd. recommend payment of a dividend of 5 per cent, for tlie year ended Sept. 30. The profit for the year was €10,491. The directors also recommend translerring €l.lOO to income tax reserve. The amount to be carried forward to 1939 wil!61 words
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Article21 1939-01-12 4 THE total capital sums assured under new’ policies Issued by the Prudential Assurance Co. Ltd. in 1938 is €28.250.00021 words
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847 1939-01-12 4 Cannot Function Properly I n Political Tension NEW PLANTING TO BE UNDERTAKEN THIS YEAR IT is clear that no matter how perfect machinely may be for the regulation of supply and demand it cannot, and cannot be expected to, function properly in an atmosphere of847 words
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Article1149 1939-01-12 5 Issued By Fraser And Co., exchange and stock brokers. Singapore, Jan. 11,10 a.m. I mining. I Buyers Sellers ■issue Ti 3/10% 4/*% I 4 -V ‘t llbanjf 26/0 27/0 I Malay 43/- 47/-n. 1“ I 1 Hitam 21/6 mj I s 'V C L wen? 0.89 0.M1,149 words
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Article49 1939-01-12 5 THE official price of tin in Singapore on Jan. 5 was $lll. per picul on 133 l/3rd lb.; on Jan. 6 $111; on Jan. 7 SUO 67 1 2 on Jan. 9 $llO 67 1 /2; on Jan. 10 $llO 25; on Jan. 11 $110.87V 249 words
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76 1939-01-12 5 —Reuter. Shanghai, Jan. 10. IT is learned that a number of local authorities in the lower Yangtse delta have issued orders that no foreign vessels will be allowed to carry on freight or passenger trade at their ports unless they fly the Japanese flag—Reuter. - 76 words
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Article198 1939-01-12 5 Singapore, Jan. 10, 12 noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler 7.50 Hamburg Cube $13.50 Java Cube $12.00 Pepper White Muntok $12.75 White $12.25 Black 9.00 Copra Mixed $3.10 Sun Dried $3.40 Sago Flour No. 1 Lingga $2.20 $2.20 Fair $2,171/2 $2.17V 2 8arawak $2.15 Jelotong Palembang $7.50 Banja $8.00198 words
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Article70 1939-01-12 5 NO dividend is being paid by Ipoh Rubber Estates for the year ended Sept. 30. For the preceding 12 months the total distribution was 15 per cent., less tax, of which 5 per cent, was paid as an interim. Issued capital of the company is70 words
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Article388 1939-01-12 5 —Reuter. London. Jan. 10. 'J'HE Stock Exchange today had a better tone and more active trading developed in the late dealings. Earlier iosses were largely recovered in most groups. Among industrials Woolworths were of outstanding interest, the price finishing Is. 3d. higher at 59s. 6d. after the—Reuter. - 388 words
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Article58 1939-01-12 5 PEARL RIVER BEING RE-OPENED Reuter. Hong Kong, Jan. 10. ANXIETY caused to foreign residents by the delay in the reopening of the Pearl River has been partially allayed by the announcement that the British steamer Kinshan is going to Canton tomorrow, carrying foreign passengers only. It is is a preludeReuter. - 58 words
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91 1939-01-12 5 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Singapore, Jan. 10. 5 p.m. Books Total for Company Dividend Close Date Ex. Div. financial year TIN. Payable Date to date Southern Klnta 2%% int. less tax Dec 28 Jan. 20 Dec. 29 7%% Sungei Wav 2%% Jan. 3 Jan. 12 Jan 4 2%%91 words
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