The Straits Budget, 13 April 1939
1939-04-13
1
6
https://www.nlb.gov.sg
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/browse/straitsbudget
The Straits Budget
-
Title Section30 1939-04-13 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMRS 'ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY J No. 1235. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. APRIL 13, 1939. i*rice 25 cts., (S.S. Currency) or 7d.30 words
-
Article, Illustration1188 1939-04-13 1 Singapore. Wednesday. a FTER their four-day break for Easter. Singapore clerks, typists and tuan besars returned to work yesterd.u morning. Except for those who went up-country, the holidays have not been altogether successful, beginning as they did with drenching rain on Good Friday and then intermittent—Straits Times picture. - 1,188 words
-
The Straits Budget
-
Article964 1939-04-13 2 —Straits Times, Apr. 6. The difficulties of broadcasting in a city as cosmopolitan as Singapore have been illustrated during the last few days by the correspondence in the Straits Times on the refusal of the 8.M.8.C. to allocate time for the Indian section of its public. There are—Straits Times, Apr. 6. - 964 words
-
Article974 1939-04-13 2 the carriage of mails. Straits Times, Apr. 8. After a great deal of propaganda on behalf of the British mecantile marine, it was announced in the House of Commons last week thru the Government will subsidise tramp shipping to the extent of £2,750,000 annually for five years; askthe carriage of mails. Straits Times, Apr. 8. - 974 words
-
Article897 1939-04-13 3 down to her knees.”—Straits Times, Apr. 10. A few days ago a bulky package posted in Macao, was received at the Straits Times office. It was addressed to the Editor by name, but there was no indication of the identity of the sender. The contents were seven issuesdown to her knees.”—Straits Times, Apr. 10. - 897 words
-
Article1003 1939-04-13 3 -Straits Times, Apr. 11. If the small countries of Europe needed yet another lesson to teach them what they must expect from the Berlin-Rome axis, at either encl. they have had it in the invasion of Albania. The causes of that event are still obscure, but evidently matters-Straits Times, Apr. 11. - 1,003 words
-
Article719 1939-04-13 3 Britain and to the Empire.—Straits Times, Apr. 12. Today the international spotlight shifts from the Balkans to the eastern Mediterranean, with reports that the British Government has offered to Greece and Turkey the same guarantee of support in the event of aggression that has been given to Poland.Britain and to the Empire.—Straits Times, Apr. 12. - 719 words
-
432 1939-04-13 4 -Straits Times. Apr 12. The comments of the Straits Times on the announcement that a new daily newspaper is to be published In Singapore in the English language and under Japanese auspices have evoked the reply published in this page today. Neither as-Straits Times. Apr 12. - 432 words
-
-
Article, Illustration165 1939-04-13 4 Was Three Years In Palestine A WELCOME to Mr. Justice Manning, who arrived in Singapore irom Palestine by air last week, was extended in the High Court this week. Mr. Justice Manning was Senior Puisne Judge in Palestine for three years and is 56 years of165 words
-
Article102 1939-04-13 4 THE wedding took place at the Singapore Registry on Tuesday of Mr. C. J. Charske, jnr., son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Charske, of Dallas, Texas, and Miss O’Ret.e Tomlin, daughter of Mrs. D. Tomlin, also of Dallas, Texas. The bridegroom is employed in the102 words
-
Article323 1939-04-13 4 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.- With reference to your leading articles of Mar. 29 and Apr. 5 regarding the projected Singapore Herald, may I draw your attention to the following points. < 1 > The Singapore Herald will not be a propaganda organ and323 words
-
134 1939-04-13 4 “CIAM has now attained the same progress as other countries, and has stepped out of absolute monarchy into a democratic regime, having rulers in accordance with the wishes of the public, hence the time has arrived for her to stop the policy of turning134 words
-
Article98 1939-04-13 4 A HEALTH survey of every Malay State is to be carried out by the Malayan Governments in connection with rural hygiene investigations. This is revealed in the annual report of the Eastern bureau of the League of Nations Health Organisation, just issued by it s98 words
-
NOTES Of The DAY
-
Article192 1939-04-13 5 COME extraordinary remarks on Sed an eor. taken from a description ot UK coronation in News Review (London', were quoted in the Straits Times recently. The same journal’s report of the Perak enthronement is now available and is little less imaginative. Sultan Abdul’s longtime friend and golfing192 words
-
Article239 1939-04-13 5 a NOTEWORTHY purchase which has just been made for Raffles Museum is a set of the chairs known in Java as Raffles Chairs.” This docs not mean that all the chairs of that type once belonged to Sir Stamford Rattles: in fact, it is not unlikely that they239 words
-
Article266 1939-04-13 5 voice of an ex-Malayan, Mr. J. Winter, has been heard in the Glasgow Bulletin, protesting against a ,n i*slake made in a lecture on “The Malayan Forests,” given in that city. My object in writing this letter,” >Vil(i Mr. Winter, ‘‘is to warn anyone proceeding to Malaya in266 words
-
Article281 1939-04-13 5 note on a Chinese flute heard at night in Singapore harbour has reminded a reader of an experience he had when travelling Home in a Blue Funnel cargo steamer some years ago. He writes: "One sunny afternoon I was lazing in a deck-chair when I heard the281 words
-
Article206 1939-04-13 5 A JOHORE correspondent remarks that the term “middle class” has come into fashion in Malaya nowadays, in relation to the Englisheducated element of the population, and he asks if I can explain what it means. It is natural that he should be uncertain, because the use of this206 words
-
Article144 1939-04-13 5 J ALWAYS thought that in Sarawak they had no film censorship at all, being so accustomed to nudity and headhunting in the native population that Hollywood chorus girls and gunmen appear tame by comparison, but it seems that I was wrong, for there is a vigorous reply144 words
-
Article53 1939-04-13 5 QOMEONE advertised in the Straits Times the other day for a Chinese shorthand-typist "capable of working out English dictation flawlessly.” Judging by some of the letters written by stenographers about their employers during the recent controversy in our correspondence columns, some dictation takes a lot of "working out.”53 words
-
Article265 1939-04-13 5 IT is probably not generally known In Malaya that scientists have at last made up their minds about the alleged secret of flre-walking. as seen in Singapore and elsewhere in this country once a year. I am indebted to a Pahang reader for sending the following extract from the265 words
-
Article279 1939-04-13 5 REFERENCE was made in this column recently to the number ot women and children seen in military barracks in Java and to the dlsorderllness and squabbling that are thus associated with barrack life. That this is a very old state of affairs is shown by a passage in279 words
-
Article216 1939-04-13 5 'T’HE formation of a Medico-Legal Society for Singapore U suggested in a letter published in this page today. A society of this kind was founded In Colombo quite recently—yet another indication of how far ahead of Singapore the Ceylon capital is in some ways. The members of216 words
-
Article203 1939-04-13 6 MVY picturesque yarn about a line-of-battleship seen under full sail in the nineties turns out to have been a little too picturesque. Mr. Laurence Henderson was quite right in saying that he had seen the flagship of the African station under full sail in that period, but203 words
-
Article197 1939-04-13 6 PILES of a newspaper published in Singapore over a century ago are being offered by a London secondhand bookseller. This is the Singapore Chronicle and Commercial Register, and the series ofTered runs from 1831 to 1833. Anyone who could afford to spend £BO. the price asked by the197 words
-
Article199 1939-04-13 6 common knowledge that in the years when the roffee beans were thickest, black Jaundice was moot common. No one guessed, howe/e: that the rain wfekh nourished the bushes also provided extra fine breeding holes lor the striped prey mosquitoes which distributed malaria impartially between ulack and white alike,199 words
-
Article118 1939-04-13 6 LIKE a quotation written by a correspondent in a covering letter sent with a letter intended for puoiication: For the good that needs assistance And the wroiuj that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the goed that I can do. A trifle moralistic, perhaps,118 words
-
Article258 1939-04-13 6 interesting discovery has been made in the Armenian church, the oldest church in Singapore and believed to be the oldest building now standing in the city, with the possible exceptions of one of the Chinese temples in Telok Ayer Street, the Hindu temple In Orchard Road and258 words
-
Article253 1939-04-13 6 J SUPPOSE that very few Singapore people have ever been inside the Armenian church. No doubt many of them, on seeing the arresting date 1835 —arresting in a city founded in 1819— on the steeple in the pleasant compound set back from Hill Street, have made a mental253 words
-
Article209 1939-04-13 6 EVERYTHING in this church is old, old by Singapore standards. One picks up a prayerbook and finds that it was printed in Constantinople in 1846. TlTe hymnbooks still in regular use are more than eighty years old. The gold and silver vessels are probably as old as the209 words
-
-
Article, Illustration384 1939-04-13 6 A MAN who was with Captain Scott on his last voyage to the South Pole in 1910-12 and who also spent a year in the 4rctic Circle about 35 years ago has been in Singapore. He is Sir George Simpson, meteorological expert, who arrived384 words
-
140 1939-04-13 6 *"PHE death is announced at Durban South Africa, of Mr. Swinford Leslie Thornton, who was Senior Puisne Judge, Straits Settlements, in 1906 Mr. Thornton was 86. After being called to the Bar in 1877. he came to Malaya nine years later and was Reg's140 words
-
Article66 1939-04-13 6 A FTER being for three years French Consul-General at Batavia. Monsieur R. Delage, accompanied by h s wife, arrived from Java by the K P vessel Nleuw Zeeland this week They are on their way to Europe on leave. It is likely that M. Delage will66 words
-
286 1939-04-13 7 Great Interest In Work Among Hill Tribes (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Apr. 2. A PAPER read by Mr. H. D. Noone, Field Ethnographer of ft the F.M.S. Museums—who has made a special study of the Malayan hill tribes—before the Royal Anthropological Institute has aroused286 words
-
257 1939-04-13 7 THE death took place on Good Friday of Mr. Archibald Aloysious Bodestyne, a member of a well-known Singapore Eurasian family. He was 50 years of age. He was formerly a keen Volunteer. He retired from the Singapore Municipality as Senior Inspector257 words
-
Article93 1939-04-13 7 THE death took place at her residence in East Coast Road, Singapore, on Saturday morning, of Mary Ann Schelkis, wife of Mr. J. A. Schelkis. Mrs. Schelkis had been ill for some time. She was 52 years of age. Besides her husband, she is survived by93 words
-
Article77 1939-04-13 7 AT the Church of St. Paul’s on Easter 1 Monday, Apr. 10, Miss Maisie Rowera Oehlers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Oehlers, of Singapore. *was married to Mr. Laurence Salmon, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. Salmon, of Southbank, Yorkshire, England. Archdeacon Graham77 words
-
DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
-
Article88 1939-04-13 7 harland.— In London, To Kay wife of L. S. Harland, Manager—Kelemak Estate, Alor Gajah— A son. Harris.— At Maternity Hospital on Apr. 5, 1939 to Doris (nee Mullins) wife of William G. Harris —a son. Penang and Ipoh papers please copy. FENTON. —At the General Hospital, Johore Bahru on88 words
-
Article168 1939-04-13 7 The engagement is announced and the marnage will shortly take place between Bertram Allan. Medical Superintendent St. Alleges Hospital, London, only son of the late W. c. Young and Mrs. Young of Pembrokeshire and Betty Mostyn, youngest daughter of Dr. A. L. Hoops C.B.E. late >> Singapore and Malacca168 words
-
Article42 1939-04-13 7 G^J-LUPPRIAN. —On April 10, at St. onlv im C f h M Ch Penan 8 Arthur Charles. Suttnn e f Mr and Mrs c H. Buckle of d!iSS*r 8l 7S to Edrys Da Pbne. only of Penang f and E v42 words
-
-
Article, Illustration151 1939-04-13 7 Inspection Tour Of Garrisons I can t talk about my work in Hong Kong.” said Brigadier G. B. O Tayloi. who is on the War Office staff, on his arrival in Singapore from Hong Kong in the Blue Funnel liner Antenor this week. Brigadier Taylor, a specialist on151 words
-
Article230 1939-04-13 7 100 Australian Tourists Here SINGAPORE hotels have been booked out early this week. The demand on accommodation caused by the influx of Easter holiday visitors from upcountry centres was accentuated by the arrival from Australia of 104 people aboard the K.P.M. vessel Nieuw Zeeland. They included230 words
-
Article389 1939-04-13 7 Contents Leaders— Polyglot Radio 2 Shipping Subsidies 2 More Kultur 3 Where Next 3 More Guarantees 3 Telecrams— Covering past week’s news 27—30 Financial Supplement Financial and Commercial News to date, following page 32 Malayan General News— School Of Agriculture Becomes Popular 9 Magic Circle FOr Selangor 9 Twelve New389 words
-
Article32 1939-04-13 7 Malayan Civil Service Mr N. R. Jarrett. M.C.8., has been appointed Controller of Customs. 8.8. and F M S. Mr. E. N Taylor. Magistrate, F.M.S. has been promoted Official Assignee. 8 S32 words
-
Obituary43 1939-04-13 7 April 1 1939. at No. 45ft Mny Ann WPP it' yearsKeng, aged 80. one of the to,,, Sze Hal Tong Banking and at hi c ance^ Co Ltd passed away peacefully No 513 J ooChlat Road on March 18, 1939 at 10.05 p.m.43 words
-
663 1939-04-13 8 Empire Allows “Middle Class To Lead Upper-Class Lives*’ MODERN OFFICIAL “REMARKABLY FREE FROM JINGO SENTIMENT” A SOCIALIST view of Malaya and other colonies as a field of employment for people from (treat Britain is discussed in a hook just published in London. “One663 words
-
733 1939-04-13 8 (From Our Own Correspondent. Ipoh, Apr. 9. THE Singapore team won the team event at the Gopeng Hill Climb organised by the Perak branch of the Automobile Association of Malaya. Rain on the previous day made Malaya’s most spectacular motoring competition more difficult733 words
-
Article154 1939-04-13 8 Eight Malayans Have Good Time E enjoyed ourselves very much at Kuching, as we were very well looked alter by our hosts.” said a member of the party of eight Malayans who returned from their Easter holiday flight to Sarawak from Singapore. Having been the154 words
-
395 1939-04-13 8 Chinese Comment On European Association Suggestion THAT the time is not yet ripe for the introduction of a cre1 matorium for the Chinese community, in place of the present method of burial, was the general opinion expressed l»v responsible Chinese leaders to a lepoitei395 words
-
147 1939-04-13 8 Visit To Rubber Estate And Regent’s Zoo CORTY American sailor* from t! e U.S. cruiser Augusta which arrived in Singapore on Saturday were taken on a picnic to Gunong Pula 1 on Monday by Mr. A. C. Willis, steward of the Missions to Seamen,147 words
-
Article287 1939-04-13 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr, 10. THE two-years’ course at the School of Agriculture, 1 Serdang, has become so attractive that it has been found necessary to open a waiting list. The number of applications287 words
-
Article93 1939-04-13 9 New Club To Organise Charity Show 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 6. T’HE Selangor Magic Circle was formed at a meeting in Kuala Lumpur. First president elected was Mr. K. R. Blackwell. The hon. secretary is Mr. H. Miller, and committee members are Messrs.93 words
-
Article166 1939-04-13 9 Territory ‘Waiting To Be Picked’ Guinea hangs like an overripe peach over the fence of the Australian orchard, waiting to be picked by some passing marauder.” Sir Walter McNicoll. Administrator of New Guinea, made that statement in his presidential address to the Legislative Council. “It is166 words
-
122 1939-04-13 9 C lub’s Progress Report 'pHE Perak Flying Club report for March says that flying times show I* 11 average total. Dual instruction ours were very good as the club has now 12 ab-initio pupils learning to fly. Instruction in instrument and night yin 8122 words
-
92 1939-04-13 9 AT the last meeting of the Singapore Ratepayers’ Association, a discussion took place regarding the decision of Government to move Raffles Institution from its present site to a site near the new aerodrome. The committee were unanimously of opinion that the new site was most unsuitable92 words
-
Article148 1939-04-13 9 Founded By The Late Mr. Chin Sem Lin <From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Apr. 10. of the three scholarships donated by Mr. Chin Sem Lin to St. Michael’s Institution, Ipoh, has been awarded to Yuen Sze Tuen, who came first in the order of merit among candidates148 words
-
304 1939-04-13 9 “Greatly Affected Bv Condition Of A Man’s Liver” (From Our Own Correspondent) Sydney, Apr. 4. gense humour is greatly affected by the condition of his liver,” said Mr. H. M. Bateman, the caricaturist who has arrived in Sydney after visiting Singapore. Mr Bateman304 words
-
Article59 1939-04-13 9 <From Our Own Correspondent.) Talping Apr. 10. ’T'HE carcase of a full-grown tiger measuring over eight feet was brought down from Batu Kurau by a Malay The Uger had been terrorising the district for some time, and after a long wait, the Malay managed to59 words
-
Article, Illustration40 1939-04-13 9 Pupils and teachers of the H:va Nan Girls’ School and the Chung Hua Boys' School at Muar, Johore, photographed when they came to visit the Straits Times offices. —Straits Times picture. --Straits Times picture.--Straits Times picture. - 40 words
-
202 1939-04-13 9 THHE health bulletin of the League of Nations Eastern Bureau. Singapore, for the week ended Apr. 1, states that a satisfactory feature is the absence of plague notifications from anv of the eastern ports. Cholera was reported from Calcutta and Chittagong in202 words
-
Correspondence
-
622 1939-04-13 10 No Lack Of Precedents In Human History To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir It was not my intention to be drawn into this distasteful controversy on birfh control, but your correspondent, James F. Augustin, in a recent issue of the Straits Times, lays622 words
-
Article273 1939-04-13 10 Chinese Indian Music-Lovers j To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.—Your correspondent A Radio Listener waxes sarcastic in his highly helpful suggestions to the B.M.B.C.—or perhaps he considers himself a delender o! the B.M.B.C. Please allow me to point out some of his glaring tallaeies. Leaving aside273 words
-
Article318 1939-04-13 10 Amazement At Critics Of Local Relays To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. —I am simply amazed at the majority of views expressed on the subject of relays of the London programmes—in particular, the 8.50 p.m. news bulletin. I am convinced that none of318 words
-
Article675 1939-04-13 10 Only Linked By Language and Religion To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—With reference to the letter pub ished on Mar. *11 under the heading “In Headlines”. I am another one ol your many readers who has often wondered why invidious distinctions such as those pointed675 words
-
Article218 1939-04-13 10 Housing And Allowances For Children? To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.—Through the medium of your paper I should like to thank Municipal Commissioner Mr. S. B. Tan for his very commendable iftention ol the need of houses for the intermediate staff in the Municipality. Many218 words
-
941 1939-04-13 11 From Confucius To Cinemas and Cabarets To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— In an article which Sir Ong gj a ng Song contributed to the Straits Times Annual of 1936. he expressed this view, in reference to the Straits Chinese: When one looks941 words
-
Article180 1939-04-13 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—As a Straits-born Chinese and an ex-gunner in the Ist Battery (L section) of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, I should like to know whether a unit of this kind has been formed in Singapore. In Hong Kong180 words
-
364 1939-04-13 11 REFORM NEEDED IN THE REFORMATORY Training In A Singapore Institution To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir—l shall be grateful if you will grant me space in your paper so that the problem outlined below may be given the publicity it deserves. Some parents and guardians of truant and364 words
-
Article111 1939-04-13 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. —I have been wondering why the doctors and lawyers of Malaya, especially in Singapore, cannot combine to form an association to be called the Medico-Legal Society? What we require is a society of doctors and lawyers, where suitable and111 words
-
Article554 1939-04-13 11 Japanese Press In The Colony CHINESE VIEWPOINT To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—I am sure that all your readers will greet with appreciation and approval your leading article of Mar. 29 dealing with the subject of the Japanese-sponsored “Herald. We all know that the launching554 words
-
-
Article268 1939-04-13 12 Misadventure Verdict In Johore ALCOHOL IN DRIVER’S STOMACH (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Apr. 5. RETURNING a misadventure verdict at the inquest on the death of four Malays—Mohamed Yassim bin Bodot, Mohamed bin Umar, Adon bin Mohamed /atim and Syed Abdullah —who died a268 words
-
Article190 1939-04-13 12 'T'HE annual Headquarters Council meeting of the Girl Guides Association of Malaya was held at Govern ment House. Singapore, by invitation of Lady Thomas, the president. Those present were:—The Tungku Ampuan Besar. Mrs. W. Bartley. Mrs. N. F B. Begg, Mrs. H. H. Brown, Mrs J.190 words
-
62 1939-04-13 12 From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia Apr. 4 EFFORTS to re-establish the sultanate ol Atjeh have been made in native circles. There was a “pretender” to the sultanate but he died recently and there has been a consequent lull in activities to restore the sultanate. The62 words
-
Article, Illustration641 1939-04-13 12 “Japan Will Suffer From World Trade Breakdown” BRITISH EXPERT’S VIEWS ON POLICY OF BORROWING “THE nations of the world are this year spending collectively £2,500,000,000 of borrowed money and unless a solution to the world’s various problems can he found, there is likely to641 words
-
Article128 1939-04-13 12 THOUGH in five out of 13 centres in Malaya the number of Girl Guides has shown a decrease in 1938. the total membership in Malaya, of 1,717, is an increase of 201. year than in the previous year. Singapore had 28 more Guides last “In128 words
-
Article275 1939-04-13 12 Own Industry To Supply Demand pRACTICALLY no foreign motor cars are allowed into Japan new, as the Japanese are attempting to make their national motor industry supply the demand. Mr Everett Welles Frazar, American president of a chain of engineering and motor companies in North275 words
-
Article202 1939-04-13 12 SAYS SUEZ FILM ANNOYED THEM TTHE FYench Count de Vogue, nephew of the chairman of the Suez Canal Company, the Marquis de Vogue, passed through Singapore on his way to French Indo-China “At the present time, with so much political trouble in the Mediterranean. I202 words
-
1299 1939-04-13 13 JOHORE HEADMASTER EDUCATION PROBLEMS Mr. C. E. H. Jacobs’ View Of Teaching In English background factors that ARE OVERLOOKED QOME of the problems confronting educationists in Malaya were discussed by Mr. C.E.H. Jacobs, headmaster of the Johore English College, in his address at the college prizegiving last week. “The laws1,299 words
-
Article111 1939-04-13 13 A DAILY menu was now exhibited in the tuckshop at the Johore English College, said the principal, Mr. C E. H. Jacobs, at the prizegiving, and the results of careful supervision are apparent. Many of the boys took their tiffins at home, their parents being111 words
-
Article72 1939-04-13 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.> Batavia. Apr. 4 FOLLOWING the decision of the r Netherlands Indies Government to introduce various reforms in the sul tanate of Solo, after the recent death of the ruler of that Middle Java principality, the privata personnel at the palace is72 words
-
Article222 1939-04-13 13 Johore Malay Who Ignored Police MAGISTRATE ON A “SERIOUS OFFENCE” (P rom Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Apr. 4. "THIS is a very serious offence. It is a matter in which we all should willingly co-operate. The maximum fine for the offence is But I shall222 words
-
Article114 1939-04-13 13 ■yHE hope that Mr. Tan Ong Seng, reI tiring chief clerk of the Singapore High Court, would use his “sound judgment and common sense” to advantage on one of Singapore’s public bodies or institutions was expressed by Mr. Murray M. Jack, Registrar of the Court,114 words
-
Article195 1939-04-13 13 Mar. 37. Commodore and Mrs. R.R. McGrigor lift Government House. Mar. 28. Vice-Admiral Sir Percy Noble left Government House. Prince and Princess Chulachakrabongse, Ftince and Princess Birabongse and Prince Abhas arrived to stay at Government House. March 29. His Excellency presided at a meeting of the Executive Council195 words
-
Article114 1939-04-13 13 'THERE is no unemployment problem for such of our boys as are qualified, provided they are Johore-boro and of Malay race,” said Mr. 0. E. H. Jacobs, headmaster of the Johore English College, in an address at the annual prizegiving. This is a circumstance that114 words
-
Article, Illustration277 1939-04-13 14 TRIBUTES TO K.P.M. ENGINEER A CELEBRATION was held last week aboard the K.P.M. vessel Cremer in the Outer Roads, in honour of Mr. J. L. van der Meerendonk, the K.P.M. superintending engineer at Singapore, who has completed 25 years’ service with the company. Nearly—Straits Times picture. - 277 words
-
Article92 1939-04-13 14 Two New Wing Commanders SIX Singapore officers are included in Royal Air Force promotions recently' announced. Promoted from Wing Commander is Group Captain H. J. Roach, of the R A F. Station. Seletar. Promoted from Squadron Leader are Wing Commander F. Woolley, of R.A.F. headquarters, and Wing92 words
-
Article128 1939-04-13 14 r\R. H. O. POTTER, Canadian representative of the general secretary of Rotary International, arrived at Singapore in the North German Lloyd liner Potsdam in the course of a Far Eastern tour to confer with Rotary district governors and visit Rotary Clubs in Japan, China, the128 words
-
168 1939-04-13 14 As Residential Areas Expand Limitations Are Necessary ALTHOUGH every sympathy is felt for pig owners, who, as stated in a letter published in the Straits Times, are being severely restricted by new regulations, it is felt officially that as Singapore Island is becoming more168 words
-
Article171 1939-04-13 14 TURNED DOWN BUT WON QUEEN S (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 4. R/IOHAMED Ismail bin Ali, young 1T1 Malay student in the Victoria Institution, failed, early in 1937, to convince the board of selectors that he was a suitable candidate for admission to171 words
-
Article69 1939-04-13 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Apr. 4. CEVEN deaths occurred aboard the vessel Tjinegara, which arrived at Macassar from China with 800 deck passengers. After the ship left Manila, 20 cases of meningitis developed, seven proving fatal on the voyage to Macassar. All the69 words
-
Article109 1939-04-13 14 London Lecture On Recent Finds (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Apr. 2. [)R. Quaritch Wales lectured before the Greater-India Research Committee London last week on “An Ancient Indian Colony in British Malaya: Some Results of the Recent Excavations.” The lecture was concerned solely with the result of109 words
-
Article100 1939-04-13 14 Association To Investigate THE high cost of school books in Singapore was pointed out by two members at the last meeting of the committee of the European Association of Malaya. They claimed that the cost of school books which had to be purchased by pupils100 words
-
Article114 1939-04-13 14 TO PERSUADE two compatriots to buy $lOO,OOO worth of Chinese liberty bonds, a Chinese youth was alleged to have used threats When charged on two counts of threatening Tay Hay Neo and Seah Teow Yee, Tan Kai was convicted and sentenced to concurrent sentences oi114 words
-
Article115 1939-04-13 14 nisi with costs.—Straits Times cablegram. Singapore Husband Granted Decree From Our Own Correspondent. London, Apr. 3. A SINGAPORE case was heard in the Divorce Court in London today. The petitioner was Herbert Lawrence King, who was described as now on leave from Singapore. He asked fornisi with costs.—Straits Times cablegram. - 115 words
-
Article, Illustration404 1939-04-13 15 P. O. PASSENGERS TELL OF CANTON COLLISION Thrown On To Floor Of Saloon After Crash PERFECT DISCIPLINE: LINER WAS EXTENSIVELY HOLED TIIK collision between the new P. and 0. liner Canton and the A .YIessageries Maritime* liner Marechal Joffre, off Hong Kong, was graphically described by some of Canton’s passengers404 words
-
Article190 1939-04-13 15 Views Of Hong Kong Professor (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 5. •STRESSING the importance of Hong Kong University, where he has been a professor for 27 years, Professor C. B. Middleton-Smith, speaking at the Rotary Club today declared it would be “little short 01 a tragedy190 words
-
112 1939-04-13 15 “T HAD driven all the way from Malacca and fell asleep at L ,he wheel,” said a young Chinese, Chua Yan Buck, in the Singapore Traffic Court Chua pleaded guilty to a charge of negligent driving ofi Victoria Str».*fiat 5 a.m. on112 words
-
Article265 1939-04-13 15 Association To Seek Views Of Chinese Community THE views of the Chinese community on the question of a crematorium are to be sought by the European Association of Malaya. At the last meeting of the committee of the association a member drew attention to the fact265 words
-
Article80 1939-04-13 15 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. 5. AGREEMENT has been reached between Malaya and the International Tea Committee, whereby Malaya undertakes, as an act of grace, to limit the planted area to such an acreage as is likely to produce an annual yield not exceeding the80 words
-
Article164 1939-04-13 15 Sons At Eton Harrow LADY HOMI MODY IN SINGAPORE I ADY Homi Mody heads a party of prominent Bombay Parsees who arrived at Singapore in the P. and O. Carthage on a tour of the world. Lady Mody’s husband is the industrialist, Sir Hormasji Peroshaw Mody, president of the Employers’164 words
-
Article111 1939-04-13 15 (From Our Own Correspondent.; Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 4. trials of a headmaster were referred to by Mr. C. E. Gates, the Principal, when he spoke at Victoria Institution’s annual prize giving today. “The seniors were a rather weak lot compared with their predecessors of 1937,” he111 words
-
893 1939-04-13 16 C. C. L - By— C. C. L. Chinese Father’s Plans For His Baby Girl J SUPPOSE it is the wish of every Chinese father for his first-born to be a son. as a male child carries on the tradition and the surname of the893 words
-
Article461 1939-04-13 16 MY original article on An Emergency Food Store for a Malayan Home” was compiled more with a view to the gradual collecting of a useful household food reserve for use in time of emergency than with the idea of giving an accurate account of the exact461 words
-
224 1939-04-13 16 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Apr. 4. “MAINTENANCE of the Singapore base, thus cutting 1 Japanese communications with the west, would be sufficient to win any war with Japan.” This is the opinion of Commander Hilken, expressed dur ing a naval debate at224 words
-
Page 16 Advertisements
-
Advertisement42 1939-04-13 16 By Appointment to H.H. THE SULTAN OF BRUNEI H.H. THE RAJAH OF SARAWAK r> k j j <v BmMMIi 1 mil ll' i 1 m'li j ii'ili? l i'll|g ELLISON S. EZEKIEL CO. OPTICIANS AND WATCHMAKERS ONLY ADDRESS:— 3, CAPITOL BUILDING, Singapore.42 words
-
-
Article, Illustration499 1939-04-13 17 JV/E s/agr is srf /or Mr 'K'llntiam;’ a popular dance for Tamil children THIS littl Chinese girl uai adopted by an Indian Note the Hindu cast mark on her forehead. pic I URES on this page ivere taken at the Saradamani Girls’ School conducted by the499 words
-
Planting Topics
-
Article, Illustration2211 1939-04-13 21 An Old Belief Revived By Doctor Steiner BIGGER YIELDS IF PLANTING DATE WELL CHOSEN By Our Planting Correspondent ‘•[T has been revealed that tests 1 ia rried out in Southern England j <t Spring went far to prove the famous Dr. Rudolfs Steiner’s2,211 words
-
-
Article, Illustration1239 1939-04-13 22 Chinese Miners And Labourers Suffer The Most (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 5. THE plight of Chinese miners and labourers was stressed by Mr. Choo Kia Peng, the chairman, when speaking at the annual meeting of the Selangor Miners’ Association1,239 words
-
643 1939-04-13 23 Judgment In Case Connected With Estate Duty THE value of a block of shares in a Singapore company was I fixed at $150 a share for the purposes of estate duty by ui(laments by the Court of Appeal at Singapore The shares643 words
-
Article282 1939-04-13 23 Noted American Author’s View “X HE Umted States will support Great Britain and France in any war with Hitler and Mussolini. 1 am convinced that the American nation as a whole has made up its mind on this,” said Mr. W. E. Woodward, well-known American282 words
-
237 1939-04-13 23 Cable And Wireless Staff Now Have Garden THERE is such a complete lack of earth on Cocos Island, the coral atoll in the Indian Ocean which is part of the Straits Settlements, that soil had to be transferred from Christmas Island so that a237 words
-
238 1939-04-13 23 <From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Apr. 1. the Bangkok International Chamber of Commerce this week completed the 25th year of its existence. the chairman said it was satisfactory that as the prosperity of the country to a large degree pivoted on good rice crops238 words
-
279 1939-04-13 23 THE Malayan Agricultural Journal publishes an account of the customary methods of planting padi in different parts of Malaya. “One cannot but be impressed” says the Journal, “by the ingenuity of the planters in evolving implements and methods of cultivation suited to the conditions279 words
-
229 1939-04-13 23 18 Cases In One Area In Same Day (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Apr. 5. r rHE majority of the accidents in 4 the Scudal, Senal and Kulai areas are the result of speeding,” said Mr. L. H. Pearce, the Chief Police Officer, today,229 words
-
Article67 1939-04-13 23 AT the Singapore Registry on Thursday Mr Wilhelm Paul Tanck, son of Mr and Mrs. W Tanck. of Hamburg. Germany, was married to Miss Eleanor Elizabeth Habekost, daughter of Mr. and the late Mrs. C M. Habekost. of Eutin. Germany The bride wore a black and white two67 words
-
1177 1939-04-13 24 Appeal Against Conviction Dismissed By Judge MR. JUSTICE GORDON SMITH ON SANITARY BOARD POWERS (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 2. “I INLESS you are going to prohibit advertising altogether, U how can you regulate or restrict it without licence or permission?” asked Mr.1,177 words
-
495 1939-04-13 24 But The Draughts Of The Outer World Blow It Out (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 4. MALAYAN schools tried hard to light a torch for their boys but he was afraid it went out in the draughts of the outer world495 words
-
62 1939-04-13 24 *T*HE following students have satis--1 fled the Raffles College Examiners in the theory and practice of education, following a postgraduate course Miss M. I. Boswell. Miss E. PSilva. Miss H. A. de Souza. Colin k Deans. Miss Emma Ferroa, Lee Ten Seng. Peter Lim. Monie Sundram.62 words
-
201 1939-04-13 24 A PLEA that he was innocent of a charge of robbery on which he was convicted and sentenced at the Singapore Assizes to four years’ rigorous imprisonment, was not accepted by the Court of Appeal at Singapore when Chan Yeow made an appeal. The201 words
-
Article, Illustration349 1939-04-13 25 American People Opposed To Pistol-At-Head Tactics uTHE AMERICAN PEOPLE are demanding that the 1 United States Neutrality Act be amended in order to enable the country to assist non-aggressor nations in the event ot war, said Mr. Boies C. Hart, vice-president of the National City349 words
-
Article69 1939-04-13 25 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Apr. 10. WORK has started on the Coronation Swimming Pool sponsored by th* Taiping Rotary Club. The site, given for the purpose by the late Sultan, Sir Iskander Shah, is an excellent one. being situated at the foot of the hills69 words
-
125 1939-04-13 25 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 8. /"VNLY by embracing every Asiatic employee in its fold can the AllMalayan Estate Asiatic Staffs’ Association improve its status, states the annual report of the Association, which will be presented at the third annual meeting on Apr. 23125 words
-
Article86 1939-04-13 25 LIVING letters to his parents brothers and sisters that he was un!l up PJ. and was going to end his life. u Kim Tho, a 20-year-old Chinese, drank poison. his inquiry, the Singapore Coro--1 ]o r; Mr. W. G. Porter, returned a verof suicide. It was revealed86 words
-
428 1939-04-13 25 TTHE need to evacuate Singapore’s 22.000 schoolchildren if the island were attacked, is discused by Mr. Leow Kim Fatt, of Outram School, in an article in the school annual. Hp states that although early this year an A.R.P. officer visited the school and428 words
-
312 1939-04-13 25 Uncertain Weather Fails To Deter Pilgrims To Mount Sophia DETWEEN 500 and 700 people gathered at dawn in an U Easter sunrise pilgrimage service on Mount Sophia. The service was held by the Methodist churches of Singapore. Worshippers came on foot, in rickshas312 words
-
Article410 1939-04-13 25 What Malaya’s Imports Cost MALAYA last year produced only 33 per cent, of her domestic rice requirements, it is revealed in the Malayan Agricultural Journal. Imports of rice from foreign countries were higher by 50,000 tons last year while domestic production fell by 20,000 tons. The410 words
-
Article25 1939-04-13 25 Mr W E. Pepys, Johores General Adviser, is to retire in September. He was appointed General Adviser in 193525 words
-
1918 1939-04-13 26 MR. CHURCHILL SAYS PLEDGE TO POLAND NOT ENOUGH Two Opposition Parties Welcome Guarantee AFTER Mr. Chamberlain's speech in the House of Commons on Apr. 3 on the international situation, speakers of all parties supported the new foreign policy of the National Government. The Prime1,918 words
-
Article73 1939-04-13 26 —Reuter. Tientsin, Apr. 3 MR. H. F. Dyott, chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce. whJ was kidnapped on Mar 17 last. was released today uninjured and wel! A party of British and Japanese went this morning to a spot about seven miles inland from Tientsin and—Reuter. - 73 words
-
Article, Illustration385 1939-04-13 27 Reuter. Large-Scale Battle Now Rages In Hunan Province Chungking, Apr. 3. THE first of the large-scale counter-offensives which the hinese High Command has been predicting is now in ful! wwing, according to Chinese dispatches from the Hupeh front. It is claimed Chinese forces launched a counteroffensiveReuter. - 385 words
-
Article87 1939-04-13 27 JAPAN MUST WATCH EUROPE, TOO” —Reuter. Tokio, Apr. 3. must completely anu immediately change her policy toward v declares the newspaper j f *1 Nirhi Shimbun, which is recarrir ns the array’s mouthpiece. newspaper adds: “Japan must >v vVatc h Europe too, and events may '>mpei h er t 0—Reuter. - 87 words
-
Article177 1939-04-13 27 ‘Our Wait May Be Short’ —Gayda Rome, Apr. 4. ILLUSION and intrigue continue to be the inspired policy of the great democracies,” declares Signor Gayda. often regarded as the mouthpiece of Signor Mussolini, writing in the Giomale d’ltalia with regard to Col. Beck’s visit to London. The177 words
-
Article, Illustration26 1939-04-13 2726 words
-
189 1939-04-13 27 —Reuter. Shanghai, Apr. 4. A BOUT 100,000 Chinese troops are being concentrated in the neighbourhood of Hangchow in preparation for a big counter-offensive, according to Chinese reports. This, they say, would be the second of the big counter-offensives which the Chinese High—Reuter. - 189 words
-
Article122 1939-04-13 27 —Reuter. Berlin, Apr. 5. JHE Swiss Federal Council today decided to raise the age limit for compulsory military service from 48 to 60 as a step towards reinforcing the army in the event of war. Men of ages unsuited to active service will be drafted to—Reuter. - 122 words
-
Article102 1939-04-13 27 -Reuter. Matter For Rejoicing In Europe London, Apr. 4. pUROPE is more interested in Great Britain’s rearmament programme than trade,” according to Mr. R. S. Hudson, Secretary to the Department of Overseas Trade, on his return today from his European trade tour. “Everyone in every country-Reuter. - 102 words
-
Article50 1939-04-13 27 —Reuter. Athens, Apr. 5 r pHE Greek police claim to have unearthed in Salonika a large Communist organisation with ramifications all over the country. Police arrests include 37 Jews and 20 Armenians. Two secret printing machines end thousands of antl-Government leaflets have been seized —Reuter.—Reuter. - 50 words
-
212 1939-04-13 27 London, Apr. 4. TTIE Air Minister, Sir Kingsley Wood, speaking at Liverpool on aircraft production, said that the Government had taken many step.s to add to the strength of the nation’s defences and he was glad to see the aircraft industry, which212 words
-
477 1939-04-13 28 —Reuter MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED AFTER KILLING OF BRITISH CONSUL Baghdad, Apr. 4. I/ING GHAZI, the 27-year-old ruler of Iraq, was killed “in a motor crash early today. He was driving his own car to his palace and hit an electric pylon while—Reuter - 477 words
-
45 1939-04-13 28 —Reuter. Tokio, Apr. 5. V T*HE Manchukuo Government has decided to build its own navy, according to the Manchu Premier, Mr. Chang Chang-hui, in an interview. “We intend to build battleships and cruisers as well as smaller vessels,” he said.—Reuter.—Reuter. - 45 words
-
Article62 1939-04-13 28 —Reuter Lisbon, Apr ilUNDREDs of Portuguese flags were hoisted in Madrid and crowds cheered Portugal when 125 lorries arrived today, carrying foodstuffs from Portugal for the relief of the population. The Mayor of Madrid said that the Spaniards would never forget how much they owed—Reuter - 62 words
-
Article201 1939-04-13 28 —Reuter. Rome, Apr. 7. CIGNOR GAYDA. writing in Glornale d’ltalia. declares a new and important event is being accomplished in the East Europe “at the call of patriotic Albanians, who were unable to suffer further the misgovernment of their King.” “Obliged by necessity to defend the life—Reuter. - 201 words
-
Article107 1939-04-13 28 —Reuter. M. ALBERT LEBRUN RE-ELECTED Versailles, Apr. 5. M ALBERT Lebrun, at the age ot 68 years, has been re-elected President of France. He thus shares with M. Jules Grevy, the distinction of being President for two consecutive terms. Official figures of the election were M. Lebrun—Reuter. - 107 words
-
Article54 1939-04-13 28 —Reuter. Shanghai, Apr. 5. SIR Robert Craigie, British Ambassador to Japan, arrived here from Tokio today. He is staying as the guest of Sir Archibald ClarkKerr, the Ambassador to China. The two envoys will confer on the general Far Eastern situation. Sir Robert is returning—Reuter. - 54 words
-
Article75 1939-04-13 28 -Reuter. ‘The Surrounding Dangers’ Burgos. Apr. 7. T*HE Franco Government has joined the Anti-Comintern Agreement, the protocol of adhesion being signed at Burgos by the Foreign Minister, the Italian and German ambassadors, and the Japanese minister. An official announcement states that the step was taken “in-Reuter. - 75 words
-
Article130 1939-04-13 28 -Reuter. Closer Anglo-French Co-operation London, Apr. 4 CLOSER co-operation between the British and French air forces were the subject of conversations today by the French Air Minister, M. La Chambre, with Sir Kingsley Wood. Secretary for Air, and a number of high officials of the-Reuter. - 130 words
-
Article129 1939-04-13 28 —Reuter. Question To Mr. Neville Chamberlain London, Apr. 7. MR. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, will be asiked by Mr. Arthur Henderson in the House of Commons on Apr. 19 whether the Government will bear in mind the desirability of including China and other—Reuter. - 129 words
-
Article535 1939-04-13 28 FIRST LORD A. A. GUNS —Reuter. Speech Withheld In London PREMIER EXPLAINS London, Apr. 5. AFTER Earl Stanhope. First Lord of the Admiralty, declined to discuss with the Press reports about the alleged suppression by the A<b rniralty of publication of a speech he delivered aboard the aircraft carrier Ark—Reuter. - 535 words
-
Article, Illustration1133 1939-04-13 29 —Reuter /og Government Reported To Have Left The Capital London, Apr. 8. ITALY’S invasion of Albania yesterday by land, sea and air, met with strong resistance from Albania’s army of 12,000 men. Fighting continued throughout the day. Albania asked for the assistance of Yugoslavia, but—Reuter - 1,133 words
-
Article147 1939-04-13 29 FROM the 15th century, Albania formed part of the Ottoman Empire. In 1914, she became a kingdom under Prince William of Wied as a result of the Balkan wars. When the Great War broke out, Prince William left the country. The armies of the belligerents occupied various147 words
-
Article94 1939-04-13 29 Irreproachable Avers Berlin —Reuter. Berlin. Apr. 8. A F FI C I A L circles in Berlin V state (Germany would not understand, or be able to approve, if the democratic western Powers, which have no interests in the Albanian sphere, should want to intervene in the juridically irreproachable position—Reuter. - 94 words
-
165 1939-04-13 29 U.S. “INDEFENSIBLE AGGRESSION -Reuter. Should End Illusions About Aims Of Axis Washington Apr. 7. It is expected the United States will refuse to recognise the occupation of Albania. Well-informe'* circles declare this “indefensible aggression” by Italy should end illusions that one end of the axis could be bought off with-Reuter. - 165 words
-
Article85 1939-04-13 29 Reuter. Berlin. Apr. 8. IT is understood Herr Hitler and Signor-Mussolini had a long conversation before 'the Italian troops moved and that Herr Hitler fully approved the invasion of Albania Deutsche Allgemeine Zeltung writes. With the same solidarity with which Italy recognised and furthered Germany’s claimsReuter. - 85 words
-
Article60 1939-04-13 29 -Reuter. Bucharest. Apr. 8. The Rumanian Foreign Minister. M. Gafencu, who had a three-hour conversation last night with the Prime Minister, is leaving for Istanbul. It is regarded as certain he will meet the Turkish Foreign Miniter and it is believed the bearing of the fighting-Reuter. - 60 words
-
Article, Illustration598 1939-04-13 30 -Reuter. MANDATED TERRITORY OR PART OF ROMAN EMPIRE? London, Apr. 10. REPORTS that Albania is to be proclaimed an integral part of the Italian empire, following the occupation of the country by Italian forces during the week-end, are described by official circles in Rome-Reuter. - 598 words
-
Article108 1939-04-13 30 -Reuter. Berlin, Apr. 10. the Nazi Church leaders have severed all relations with ihe Archbishop of Canterbury, accusing him of anti-Nazi agitation and bolshevik tendencies.” announces a statement published in the official Church Gazette and signed by Dr. Werner, president of the supreme council of-Reuter. - 108 words
-
Article171 1939-04-13 30 -Reuter. ‘Pledged Word Has Lost Its Value* Vatican City, Apr. 9. THE POPE in a short broad- cast peace speech today said there was discontent in the souls of men. 44 In truth, there cannot exist that tranquillity and order which constitute peace when even in the-Reuter. - 171 words
-
Article117 1939-04-13 30 FRENCH STAND ON GREECE CORFU Reuter. M. Daladier Summons Cabinet Meeting Paris, Apr. 10. IT is stated in authoritative circles here that the French Government is not satisfied with the Italian explanations in regard to the occupation of Albania. It is felt that any attempt on Greece or Corfu would— Reuter. - 117 words
-
Article106 1939-04-13 30 TURKEY RUMANIA DRAW CLOSER —Reuter. Istanbul, Apr. 10. A COMMUNIQUE issued last night at the conclusion of discussions here between the Rumanian and Turkish foreign ministers state* Turkey and Rumania. have agreed to pursue the policy of the Balkan Entente, aiming at strengthening the security and independence of friendly and—Reuter. - 106 words
-
Article158 1939-04-13 30 -Reuter. Coups Feared By Rumanians Bucharest, Apr. lo. THERE is speculation in many circles here on the possibility of swift moves by Germany and Italy following the invasion of Albania. It is even suggested in quarters friendly to the Axis Powers that on Herr Hitler’s birthday,-Reuter. - 158 words
-
Article154 1939-04-13 30 —Reuter. London, Apr. 9. ITALY’S occupation of Albania is being treated in London as a most serious alteration in the European situation, says the diplomatic correspondent of the Sunday Times. One of the most serious consequences is the blow dealt at Italian good faith. The—Reuter. - 154 words
-
Article137 1939-04-13 30 OEUTER announces the death after "two heart attacks ij rapid succession of the Australia Premier, Mr. J. A. Lyons. The official bulletin issued on Tnun day said that Mr Lyons’ conditio* was “very desperate.” m Dame Lyons, who arrived r Tasmania by air and members137 words
-
Article1042 1939-04-13 31 Evergreen And Penzance Dead Heat In Third Race OVER’S Idol completed a double on Monday, following a L> win in the last race on Saturday with another first in the event the final day of the Ipoh Skye meeting. Dividends were good and Gayloo1,042 words
-
Article44 1939-04-13 31 Scotland’s football team to play England on April 27 is: Dawson (Glasgow Rangers); Carabine (Third Lanark); Cummings (Aston Villa); Shankly (Preston); Baxter (Middlesbrough); McNab (West Bromwich); McSpadyen (Partick), Walker (Hearts); Dougal (Preston) Venters Glasgow Rangers); and Milne (Middlesbrough).— Reuter.44 words
-
1066 1939-04-13 31 Good Dividends At First Day Of Skye Races P*OUR winners, including a hat trick by L. H. Whitaker, featured the 1 opening day of the Perak Turf Club’s Skye meeting at Ipoh on Saturday Whitaker rode the winners of races four, six, seven and1,066 words
-
Article90 1939-04-13 31 Home rugby union matches played on Monday resulted: Aberavon 18 Devonport Services 6 Bath 3 O.M.T. 7. Bridgend 7 Coventry 11. Bristol 9 Northampton 0. Cardiff 9 Harlequins 8 Gloucester 6 Sale 0. Manchester 13 North of Ireland 0 Neath 25 Nuneaton 11. Newport 11 London Welsh 8.90 words
-
Article41 1939-04-13 31 Durban, Apr. 10 Finishing with a record round of 67 A D. Locke won the South African open golf championship witn a record aggregate of 279 for 72 holes His rounds were 69. 69, 74. 67.41 words
-
1037 1939-04-13 32 Cheow Chye Plays Well For 53 In Second Innings (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 9. THK Singapore cricket team scored a good win over Selangor during the week-end, forcing victory by 131 runs shortly before the end of the second day.1,037 words
-
Article34 1939-04-13 32 According to advice received from Hong Kong the S.C.F.A. soccer team lost the first two games played there. They lost 3-0 to South China and 3-1 to Hong Kong.34 words
-
1406 1939-04-13 32 HOME SOCCER RESULTS LEAGUE TABLES Results of Home soccer matches played on A Monday and league tables up-to-date are as below: FIRST DIVISION Arsenal 2; Blackpool 1. Birmingham 0: Liverpool 0. Chelsea 1: Charlton 3. Derby 0; Portsmouth 1. Everton 6; Sunderland 2. Leeds 3; Manchester U 1. Middlesbro 3;1,406 words
-
Article106 1939-04-13 32 San Juan. Apr. 3. OIXTO ESCOBAR retained his worlds bantamweight title, outpointing K O Morgan, of Detroit, in a round contest. A crowd of 12.000 saw Morgan sn ,r; in the early rounds with lefts to tnj face and by infighting until Escuba retaliated in the106 words
-
The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT
-
404 1939-04-13 1 BVnnual Report On How Ban Was Placed On Emigration piK subject of Indian labour in Malaya engaged the serious 1 and constant attention of your Council during the year unn review." says the annua! report of the Centra! Indian ssoeiation ot Malaya for last404 words
-
Article72 1939-04-13 1 IPHF; Kmu, Amsterdam Mar. 24. fit rlands Indies Budget defit Fls r.n rmn nnn is offlciall y estimated l lll !iV i0 r, 0 °OO £6.667.000), which is 'he OovnrM t 0 defence expenditure. Hitch Min f lent as app hed to the u u ™\T te72 words
-
Article119 1939-04-13 1 'From Our Own Correspondent) London, Apr. 11. The following are today’s “bid” quotations for Fixed Trusts: s. d. British Empire “A” 18 3 British Empire “B” 8 10y 2 British Empire Cumulative 13 9 British Empire C’prehensive 14 3 British General “A” 17 6 British General "B”119 words
-
80 1939-04-13 1 'T'HE following statistics relating to tin-ore production of companies in the Austral Malay group of companies, refer to March:— Hours. Yardage Piculs ore K. Kamunting 663 110,000 207 Austral Amalgamated Asam Kumbang 441 143,000 593 Ulu Yam closed down. Puchong 233 90,000 318 Thabawleik Tin80 words
-
Article404 1939-04-13 1 Prices Generally Marked Down London, Apr. 11. QN the Stock Exchange today, the week-end international developments caused an initial marking-down in prices in all groups, though selling j was smaller than was expe cted. Later in the day an attempted rally was not successful owing to the404 words
-
Article432 1939-04-13 1 —Reuter. New York. Apr. 11. 'J'HE loJiowing quotations were those ruling when the Stock Exchange closed today: DOW-JOXES AVERAGES. Saturday’s Today’s Clase. Close. Changes. 30 Industrials 124.03 123.75 off .28 20 Rails 24.74 24 73 off .01 15 Utilities 20.95 21.20 up .25 40 Bonds 87.38 87.06—Reuter. - 432 words
-
39 1939-04-13 1 Spot Apr. May-June July-Scpt. Oct.-Dec. I/melon A Pr. 6 27% 27% 27"; 28 28 7 15/16 11 27'; 27 >i 27 27 n 27% 12 27>; 27% 27>, 27 1 i 27% 7 15 1639 words
-
Article48 1939-04-13 1 /’OLD exports to the United States registered by the Customs for the three days ended middav. Mar 30. amounted to C 22.471.212. This brings total shipments for seven days to C 34.260.273 Cl 1.789.061 having been exported in the four davs to Mar 27.48 words
-
Article923 1939-04-13 2 Cheerful Close To Very Quiet Period BY THE SUNDAY TIMES FINANCIAL CORRESPONDENT Singapore, Apr 9. MARKETS on the whole, have had a quiet and comparatively steady week and. tor once, it is pleasant to be able to report that the close on Thursday was better in923 words
-
Article102 1939-04-13 2 I\URINO the week ending Apr. 1. 1933. exports of canned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 42.231 cases, of which: 32.918 (78 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom. 1.510 (4 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, 6.335 (15 per cent.* cases to102 words
-
Article41 1939-04-13 2 New York Mar 27. sales of manufactured rubber products in the fourth quarter of 1938 were worth $146,000,000. against 5140.000 000 in the third quarter and $142,000,000 in the fourth quarter of 1937. the Rubber Manufacturers’ Association reports.41 words
-
Article, Illustration636 1939-04-13 2 Condition Of Estate Considered Very Satisfactory Proposing the adoption of the report and accounts at the annual meeting of Jeram Kuantan Rubber Estate Ltd. at the annual meeting in Singapore on Mar. 30, Mr. H. C. Atkin-Berrv, the chairman, said:— The orofit lor636 words
-
Article131 1939-04-13 2 Only 95 Tons Sold THE Singapore Chamber of Cob merce Rubber Association held il 1.428th auction on Apr. 7 when i 449,861 1b. <200.83 tons) catalog^ 365.303 lb <163.08 tons) were offers and 211.9711b. <94.63 tons) were sow London spot 7 15/16d. per lbNew York spot 15131 words
-
Article39 1939-04-13 2 London AP* THE total amount applied for ders for the £35,000.000 bills was £57.995 000 r i '.,,,'.nont* rate per cent, for bills at to- 1 0( j was 26s. 2.83d. against 25s week ago —British Wireless39 words
-
853 1939-04-13 3 Russell Plantations To Have ■1,000 Acres Planted This Year XEW company, Russell Plantations Ltd., named after Mr. H. S. Russell, a director of Sime, Darby and Co., Ltd., who ■cently retired from Malaya, was formed in February for ■e purpose of cultivating rubber. The853 words
-
Article139 1939-04-13 3 r E following crops of rubber were harvested by the respective estates in March: lb. Ayer Molek 13,927 Broome 127,900 Kempas 145.700 Alor Pongsu 48.313 Bedong Rubber 58,530 Temerloh Rubber 18,643 Henrietta Rubber 68,200 Sungei Matang 22,500 Melaka Pinda 39,500 New Scudai 20.870 United Malacca 30,100 Penang139 words
-
Article634 1939-04-13 3 Market Prices And I World Stocks To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—One of the most convincingly reasoned articles yet written on the question of rubber export quotas appeared in Truth recently. Referring to the decision of the International Regulation Committee not to raise the export634 words
-
Article548 1939-04-13 3 FINANCIAL POSITION STILL SOUND FORWARD CONTRACT AT 26% CENTS PROPOSING the adoption of the report and accounts at the annual meeting of Sungei Ramal Syndicate Ltd. in Kuala Lumpur on Monday, Mr. D. H. Hampshire, the chairman, said:— The past year has been one of low prices548 words
-
53 1939-04-13 3 •T'HE directors of MalakolT have recommended payment of a dividend of 4 per cent for 1938 The accounts will be issued on Apr. 21 showing a profit of £11,338. A sum ol <22,100 is to be placed to reserve and the carry-forward to 193953 words
-
360 1939-04-13 4 Dividend Reduced To 2\ From 10 Per Cent. Last Year A NET profit of $16,525, subject to directors’ fees, was earned by Changkat Serdang Estates Ltd. in the year ended December last. This compares with $54,848 in the preceding year. The directors propose360 words
-
Article461 1939-04-13 4 Swan Culbertson’s Weekly Market Review IN a weekly report on the New York Stock market, issued on Apr. 10, Swan, Culbertson and Frit/., write:— A further deterioration in sentiment concerning the European political outlook and domestic business prospects is evidenced by the sweeping declines which have461 words
-
Article39 1939-04-13 4 Budapest Mar. 29. THE Slovak Government decided today upon the issue of a national currency. The unit will be one orel. corresponding in value to one reichsmark Czech bank notes will be withdrawn from circulation forthwith.39 words
-
Article762 1939-04-13 4 SPECULATORS TAKE NO INTEREST IN a weekly report on the rubber mar- ket. issued at noon on Apr. 5. Stanton Nelson and Co. Ltd write: The linal warning of Great Britain j and France, with the moral support of the rest of the civilised world, has now762 words
-
283 1939-04-13 4 Profit Falls To $60,881 Frou $230,866 In 1937 A NET profit of $60,881 was earned by Kuala Sidim Co., Ltd. in the year ended December last. This comua with $230,866 in the preceding year. An interim dividend of 5 per cent, was283 words
-
Article1111 1939-04-13 5 Issued By Fraser And Co., exchange and stock brokers. Singapore, April 11, 10 a.m. MINING. Buyers Seilers Issue vai. a/3 g/g !rSV m 8 rr»sr Z: Z5/- 0.«5 0.10 ua,:irm Tin jW^ O Chendemng 50 0.82 0.85 l Hong Kong Tin l«/» W- jgrf. V Si *51,111 words
-
Article28 1939-04-13 5 rE official price of tin in, Singapore on Apr. 6 was $108.50 per picul on IS3 l/3rd. Apr. 11 $108.12V 2 on Apr. 12 $108.50.28 words
-
Article195 1939-04-13 5 Singapore, Apr. 11, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler 7.50 Hamburg Cube $13.00 Java Cube $12.00 Pepper White Muntok $12.75 White $12.25 Black $B.OO Copra Mixed $3 20 Sun Dried $3.50 Sago Flour No. 1 Lingga $2.47 V 2 Fair $2.45 Sarawak $2.37 x 2 Jelotong Palembang $6.50 Banja195 words
-
Article205 1939-04-13 5 London Exchange Prices On April 3. Ampat (4/) 3/; Anglo-Burma (5/) 11/; Ayer Hitam (5/) 29/32; Bangrin 29/32; Oopeng Cons. (5/) 7/; Hongkong (5/) 16/9; Idris (5/) 5/; Ipoh (16/) 19/6; Jelapang 26/6; Kampong Lanjut 15/; Kamuntlng (5/) 7/9; Kepong 6/16; KUllnghall (5/) 13/; Klnta (5/) 9/- Kinta205 words
-
Article600 1939-04-13 5 London Exchange Prices On April 3. Allagar (2/> /9; Alor Pongsu (2/) 1/4; Anglo-Malay 7/9: Ayer Kunlng 20/7%; Badenoch 16/; Began 8erai 15/; Bahru (Sel.) (2/) 1/1%; Banteng 11/2; Batang (2/) /5%; Batu Caves 12/1%; Batu Tlga 21/6; Bekoh (2/) /9%; Bertam Con. (2/) 2/5%; Bldor 23/1%; Blkam600 words
-
Article60 1939-04-13 5 New York. Mar. 27. *|*HE Securities and Exchange Commission has suspended for 10 days Mr. J. A. Richards, a partner of Smith Barney and Co., on a charge of manipulating shares of Simplicity Pattern Co. It was stated by the S.E.C. that no responsibility attached to Smith60 words
-
121 1939-04-13 5 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, Apr. 11. 5 p.m. Total foi rMvtrtpnd C)c** Dotf EX DIV* financial vyar Company Dividend p vab Dat* to <lar* riN on.* ADr 12 Apr. 18 Apr 13 2%% Batu Belangor Apr. v Apr 9 10% Johan 5% A pr. 26 Apr. 20121 words
-
-
Page 6 Advertisements
-
Advertisement64 1939-04-13 6 MALAYA’S GREATEST ADVERTISING MEDIA II I STRAITS TIMES THE SUNDAY TIMES THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS THE STRAITS TIMES ANNUAL > *r HMd Office MO. CECIL STREET. SINGAPORE. PHONES 5471 FIVE LINES Kuala Lumpur Office: 25. JAVA STREET. KUALA LUMPUR Ipoh Office: BREWSTER ROAD. IPOH Penang Office: WITH EXTENSIONS TO ALL64 words
-