The Straits Budget, 15 August 1940

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    31 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES I ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] No. 4305. SINGAPORE, THURSDAYS AUGUST 15, 1940. Price 25 cts., (S.S. Currency i or 7d
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    THE WEEK IN MALAYA
    1025 1 Singapore, Wednesday. •J*HE War Fund has to-day reached a total of $3,330,887. Substantial contributions to The War Fund are coming from individual residents in the State of Johore. Following the recent gift of $l,OOO by His Highness the Regent, and another $l,OOO given by the Indian
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    O.A.G & Sergeant
    52 1 O.A.G Sergeant Mr. S. W. Jones, the Officer Administering the Government, who inspected four Volunteer units at Changi on Monday as W2ll as the Armoured Car Company and the Intelligence Platoon, at Beach Road is seen here talking to Sgt. C E. Edlin, of the Intelligence Platoon, before going on
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    Dictators
    1103 1 not very much. —Straits Times, Aug. 8. Dictatorships come into being as consequence of excesses at oppocxtremes —excessive weakness unnecessary ruthlessness on the (i rulers. Dictators arise |’ili u r when a belief is spread that the common people are un,,ble to make wise use of such powers as
    not very much.—Straits Times, Aug. 8.  -  1,103 words
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    His Master’s Voice
    1026 1 almost to the starvation level.— Straits Times, Aug. 9. Hitler has given the word ol command and Mussolini is on thi move—into what must be about the weakest spot in the whole of the British Empire. The Somaliland Protectorate is probably less worth defending than any other
    almost to the starvation level.— Straits Times, Aug. 9.  -  1,026 words
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    MOSLEMS AND THE WAR
    975 2 —Straits Times, Aug. 10. One of the most striking and gratifying features of this war has been the complete unanimity with which Moslem opinion has ranged itself on the side of Great Britain. This has happened notwithstanding intensive efforts by Germany and Italy to magnify local
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    Praise & Protest
    1226 2 Praise Protest do nK 1S nctning you can 12 U Times, Aug. It was inevitable that there should be a certain number of complaints regarding the activities of Malaya’s wartime emergency departments. Most of the control systems, however, are being carried out with considerable success. Conspicuous among them is that
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    THE MODESTY OF THE M.C.S.
    1141 3 —Straits Times, Aug. 13. Il critics of the Malayan adminis- trations have done less than justice i in their charges regarding this country’s war effort, the administrations have only themselves to blame. The i public cannot be expected to give credit for something of which
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    “IF THINE ENEMY HUNGER”
    1123 3 of Germany and Italy.—Straits Times, Aug. 14. Considerable indignation was aroused at Home in January of this year when a member of the Lower House of Convocation moved the following resolution in reference to the blockade of Germany: “That this House requests the Archbishop of Canterbury
    of Germany and Italy.—Straits Times, Aug. 14.  -  1,123 words
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    K.L. TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
    208 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 12. FOR the first time since the auComa- tic telephone system was introduced in Kuala Lumpur, five-figure numbers appear in the latest supplement to the directory. It is learned that these numbers refer to telephones on trunk lines in the
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    43 4 r\ONATIONS amounting to $35 were rey reived by the Malaya Patriotic Fund for Tokens of Remembrance in memory of tin late Mrs. Bruce Petrie from Mr and Mrs. F s Gibson. Mr. G. A. Potts and the Bishop of Singapore and Mrs. Roberts
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    LABIS WATER SUPPLY New Scheme For North Johore
    242 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, Aug. 12. |X spite of the general suspension of major works by the P.W.D. owing to the war, the Johore Government has decided to push through the Labis water supply scheme. The work lias now begun. Alter
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    NORTH MALAYAN WAR FUND NOW OVER $1,000,000
    77 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. Aug. 13. THE North Malayan War s'und total passed the $1,000,000 mark to-uay when two generous donations of $BB2 were received from Messrs. Cheah Leong Keali and H. E. Nixon The sum of $BB2 was required to make
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      BIRTHS
      197 4 de BLANK.—At General Hospital, Singapor on August 7th to Helen, wife of M. de Blank, a son. BELTON.—On 31st July. 1940. at St. Georges Hospital. Bombay, to Lily Richmond, wile of W. O. Belton. Malayan Public Wor ks Service, a daughter. MR. MRS. J. McCONIGLEY announce the birth of
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      88 4 STEVEN NAMENWIRTH.—The engagement is announced between P. W. Steven only son of Erik and Paula Steven of Copenhagen. Denmark, and Flory Namenwirtli. only daughter of the late Sam and Elsa Namenwirth of Antwerp. Belgium. The engagement is announced and the marriage will shorty take place at St. Mary’s Church.
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    Contents
    296 4 Leaders— Dictators His Master’s Voice 1 Moslems And The War 1 Praise And Protest 2 The Modesty Of The Mc s 2 “If Thine Enemy Hunger" 3 Financial Supplement— 3 Financial and Commercial New* to date, following page Ws Malayan General News— 28 Primary Education For Chinese And Indians
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    WOMEN DO WORK OF K.L. VOLUNTEERS
    150 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 13. THE women’s voluntary registration bureau in Kuala Lumpur has now nearly 200 names. On account of the continuous training of volunteers. 12 women registered with the bureau are already working in place of men called up
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    NEW CHURCHES FOR ST. ANDREW’S MISSION
    110 4 A final decision on the plans and cost o. (he two new '’hutches for St. Andrew s Mission is being pushed on as rapidly 1 possible, it is understood. land has been acquired in Dorset Road an Horne Rear} for the two churches. one
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    69 4 DEATHS RAJAH.—Mrs. A. Rajah, wife of Mr S r Rajah, proprietor of the Cirv Press. Midd!-’> Ro>ui, at her residence in Middle Road SANTHOU,— On Aug. fi. Josephine, beioved wife of A. Sar.thou at her residence. No. ft 1 Buflalo Road. T IM.— Mrs. John Lim (Madam Ho Gaik Imm
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    PRIMARY EDUCATION FOR CHINESE & INDIANS Left To Private Agencies Says Times’ Correspondent
    386 5 PRIMARY EDUCATION FOR CHINESE INDIANS Left To Private Agencies Says Times’ Correspondent (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 10. rp|| \T the management of primary education for the Chinese I an( Indian communities of Malaya is left entirely to pri(o agencies, and that State supervision is inadequate, is s orted
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    JOHORE APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED
    143 5 'From Our Own Correspondent.) D_ Johore Bahru, Aug. 12. R R. D. Gross, Health Officer, Malayan Medical Service, has been seconded for service in Johore as Health Officer. Johore Bahru, and Dr. u J. Boyd has been appointed Health Officer. Batu Pahat. Wan Hamzah bin Mohamed, class
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    BRIGADIER’S SON TO WED
    72 5 Hans' ffi e r nt is announced of Mr. A. G a PS r, of Signals on ly son of Tyersaii Paris an <* Mrs. Paris, cf Louttit Vfumn t s j n 8 a P°re, and Miss Maisi? W l,o U H?f E f est
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    INCREASES IN RICE PRICES Rise Of 37 To 69 Cents Per Bag
    185 5 CLIGHT increases in the maximum prices for southern Malaya’s most popular rice, Thailand white rice, are made applicable in Singapore, according to a Gazette notification issued on Monday. Increases for the various grades range from *4 to 2
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    29 5 At a committee meeting of the Tamils Reform Association, Singapore, it was decided to celebrate the 62nd. birthday of Mr. E. V. Ramasamy. leader of the Justice Party, Madras.
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    Making Munitions In Malaya
    115 5 TUG report of the committee which investigated the possibilities of manufacturing locally articles required for the defence forces, will be sent to the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. S. W. Jones, this week, the Straits Times understands. The committee was given the widest terms of reference
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    CHINESE DAVIS CUP PLAYER ENGAGED
    53 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 10. MR. Jin-Hean (Tally) Ho, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ho Kim-Teik, ot Penang, is to marry Miss Aileen (Susie) Hingking, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hingking, ol* Trinidad. Mr. Ho has represented China in
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    There Is Gold In The River Valleys Of Pahang
    469 5 THE preponderance of lode mining in Pahang and the opening up of new tin and gold mines, are outlined by Mr. C. C. Brown, British Resident of Pahang, in his annual report. The greatest part cf the tin and gold produced
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    S.S.V.F. CAMPS INSPECTED BY MR. S. W. JONES Sees Royal Artillery Do Gun And Searchlight Drill
    299 5 ALTHOUGH most of the Volunteers were out of camp engaged in field training, the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. S. W. Jones, was very impressed with what he saw when he inspected the camps
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    Funeral Of Young Gauder
    253 5 MANY mourners attended the AW funeral of Leonard George Gauder (Young Gauder), the 24-year-old Eurasian boxer, who died early on Monday, following a contest with Clever Paco at the New World on Sunday night. Gauder, who was knocked out In the seventh round, collapsed and was
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    MUAR GIRL’S B.A.
    67 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Aug. 11. NEWS has been received that Miss Ajit Kaur, daughter of Sardar Klshan Singh, and younger sister of Mrs. Arjan Singh of Bentong and Mr. Ajlt Singh of the Muar Magistrates Court, passed her B.A. examination of the Punjab University held
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    SINGAPORE SUPPLIES FOR BORNEO TERRITORIES Labuan Conference Results In Working Agreement
    364 6 pLOSE co-operation between Malaya and Labuan, British North Borneo, Brunei and Sarawak in the distribution of food supplies is to be established, following the recent conference held in Labuan where the five countries were repre- sented. Malaya was represented
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    INFANTILE PARALYSIS IN PAHANG
    142 6 INURING 1939 for the first time in Pahang, as far as the records show there was a case in which a definite clinical diagnosis proved the affliction as Infantile paralysis. The source of Infection could not, however, be determined, records the British Resident of Pahang, Mr.
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    MR. KAO LING-PAI AT BUILDERS’ DINNER
    80 6 UR- Kao Ling-pal, Chinese Consul-General In Singapore, was among leading members of the Chinese community, who were present at a dinner given by Messrs. S. H. Yang and Y. L. Chow, proprietor and manager respectively of the Nanyang Structural Co., —at the Wing Choon
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    Thailand & Indo-China’s Future
    96 6 Thailand Indo-China’s Future (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Aug. 12. IT is suggested in Bangkok that if Japan should be given bases in Indo-China, any reaction by Thailand is unlikely. One Thai newspaper, however, says that the people of the northeastern provinces of the country have sent letters to their
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    DUTCH CLUB CONCERT
    215 6 ANNOUNCED as a “musical evening” the concert, arranged last week by G. G. van Hien at the Hollandsche Club to benefit the fund for distressed in Holland, was attended by a distinguished audience and most enthusiastically received. This club has a small concert hall with fair acoustic
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    Trio And Chorus
    291 6 H.B.A. Betty Hammaker played a group of three violincello selections including the wellknown La Clnquantaine by Marie. She :s a newcomer to the concert stage and much deserves to be heard In future concerts. Her playing is characterized by a very pure tone by a beautiful and
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    22 6 Tlic confirmation of Acting Sub-Lieutenant Denis Brian Donnelly. Straits Settlements Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, in the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, has been approved.
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    WAR EFFORT OF B.N.B Governor On The Spitfire Fund
    707 6 “TTHERE is an evident eagerness for North Borneo to take a more active part in the support of the great cause for which the British nation is fighting says the Governor, Mr. N. L. Smith, in a broadcast from Sandakan. “Among
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    PAHANG FOOD PROPOSAL Subsidies To Help Local Production
    252 6 yHE only way to increase local production of foodstuffs as a war measure, beyond local needs in Pahang at the moment, is by subsidies, writes Mr. C. C. Brown, the British Resident, in his annual report. There is at present a lack
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    VOLUNTEER OFFICERS
    75 6 THE following notifications regarding officers of the S.S. Volunteer Force are gazetted: Lieut. E. G. Hcbditch appointed Acting Captain whilst commanding the Singapore Fortress Company Royal Engineers (Volunteers); 2nd Lieut. (War Substantive Lieutenant) J.F. Mudie appointed Acting Captain whilst Second-in-Command of the Singapore Fortress Signal Company (Volunteers); promotion
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    EFFICIENCY MEDALS TO JOHORE VOLUNTEERS
    42 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. Aug. H WITH the concurrence of the Sultan Efficiency Medals have been awarded to the following Johore Volunteer Engineers Sergt. Gleeson. L'Sgt. R. Meldrum, LCplA S. Mackenzie, Spr. J. M. Herries.
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    War Loans Proposals
    90 8 rK report* of the committees appointed by the Governments of the Straits Settlements and the F.M.S. to consider war loan proposals are ready for printing and will be published at an early date. These reports make recommendations for war loans and for the methods of servicing these
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    SILVER JUBILEE FUND REPORT Increased Relief For Distressed
    300 8 JN accordance with the policy of the general committee, cases ot relief of distress and destitution are being re-investigated at leasi once every six months, says the half-yearly report and statement of accounts of the Penang and Province Wellesley Silver Jubilee Fund.
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    H.M.S EXETER CAPTAIN IN SINGAPORE
    94 8 £OMMANDER of the famous British warship the H.M.S. Exeter when she was one of three cruisers which took part In a battle with the German pocket battleship. Graf Spee, at the River Plate on Dec. 13 was in Singapore last week. He is Captain P
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    ENGINEERING SOCIETY HOLD ANNIVERSARY
    69 8 THE Singapore Engineering Merchan4 ics’ Association held a tea-party at the Southern Hotel last week to commemorate their twelfth anniversary. Among the large crowd who attended were Messrs. J. A. P. Strachan. H B Freeman, R M. Duff, D. Crowley A Bond, W. Dawson, J. N.
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    UNEXPECTED INCREASES IN WAR WORKS REQUIRED Arrest Of Chinese Led To Further Investigations
    1268 8 IINEXPECTED increases in the amount of works re<mir*< amounting from £500,000 to £1,000,000 in three years were referred to by Brigadier Pennycuick, Chief Engineer Malaya Command, in his evidence at the court martial of Capt. Robert Charles
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    CAPT. ARTHUR SLEEP
    61 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Aug. Capt. Arthur Sleep, Financial Con)* missioner, Johore, expects to go leave at the end of October. He wii be relieved by Mr. J D. M. Smith is at present on leave and who wa formerly Legal Adviser, Kedah t Capt.
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    LEGAL SERVICE SCHEME FOR F.M.S. SUGGESTED “Sheer Waste Of Money” Says Malay Newspaper
    745 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 8. THE Majlis, a Malay newspaper, replies to certain remarks I made by “a leading European member of the legal profession” in Kuala Lumpur in connection with the new Straits
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    GOVERNMENT PAMPHLET ON HOME-GROWN FOOD Many Kinds Of Root & Green Vegetables Practical
    466 12 GOVERNMENT PAMPHLET ON HOME-GROWN FOOD Many Kinds Of Root Green Vegetables Practical A LUSCIOUS pile of Malayan vegetables and the tin Grow Your Own Food,” Practical Hints For Time Gardens in Malaya,” appear on the cover of a Government pamphlet. Hitherto anyone wanting inform, tion on vegetable growing in has
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    SOLDIER BOUND OVER Result Of Stupid Impulse
    214 12 A 22-YEAR-OLD private in the Loyal Regiment, George Alfred McGovern, was bound over in the sum of $100 to be of good behaviour for six months, in the Singapore fifth court last week when he pleaded guilty to a charge of insulting the
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    SIR MALCOLM WATSON ON MALARIA CONTROL
    107 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 8. DRESIDING at the Ross Institute’s annual general meeting, Mr. G. H. Masefield claimed that the Malaria control work done by the Institute was valuable in assisting the Empire’s war effort as it maintained the health of the
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    53 12 1JOYS of St. Andrew’s School, Singapore, mJ have started an orchestra and Mr. Wee Kheng Hon? and his son, Mr. Wee Hian Chai have made a donation of $300 towards the C °TTK« f P ur chasing some of the instruments. The orchestra has been formed by the boys on
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    MALACCA MALAY IN STABBING ATTEMPT Incident Outside House Of A Penghulu
    162 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Aug. 7 /CONVICTED on his own plea on a charge of attempting to cause hurt with a dangerous weapon, Khamis bin Aman, a 35-year-old Malay, was ordered by Mr. J. W. D. Ambrose In
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    PINEAPPLES FOR FOOD RESERVES
    120 12 GOVERNMENT considers the reserve of pineapples for food supply satisfactory. This has been intimated to the committee of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association, which has been discussing a proposal that Governmnt should take steps to save the pineapple crop which might be wasted because of the
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    Alleged Cheating By Young Chinese
    201 12 (From Our Own Correspondent; Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 8. A LLEGED to have cheated Messrs. Guthrie and Co., Ltd., who are agents of an insurance company, by dishonestly inducing them to deliver to him cheques for $162.25 and $166.25 on Oct. 26, 1939 and Jan. 24
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    KEDAH TUNGKU DEAD
    61 12 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) TAlor Star, Aug. 3, HE death occurred to-day at Kota Tengah, Kampong Bahru, of Tungxu Jura, a daughter of the Sultan of Kedah. Tungku Jura, who was reputed for her great beauty In her young days, was born on November 16 1891 and
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    43 12 The death occurred last week of Mrs. J Santhou. wife of Mr. A. Santhou, of tne Singapore Harbour Board. She belonged to a prominent Indian Catholic family. Her elde> son. Mr. G. V. Santhou, is on the tutorial staff of St. Joseph’s Institution.
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    BREACH OF TRUST BY EX-ASSISTANT BAILIFF More Than $950 In Rents Put To Own Use
    478 14 DEMARKING that he was taking into consideration that I' the accused had a good character and had been serving the Colony by undergoing training as a Volunteer, Mr. Conrad Oldham sentenced Chan Khek Beng, former
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    American Oilmen’s Experiences
    218 14 A GROUP of 13 Americans who left Haifa “of their own accord,” after the bombing of the pert by Italian bombers nearly a fortnight ago, arrived in Singapore by a special chartered plane last week. The group consists of oilmen and their wives who were among 300
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    ANOTHER BORNEO GIFT TO RED CROSS
    72 14 A further ,€l,OOO has been remitted by the North Borneo State War Relief Fund to the Lord Mayor’s Fund for Red Cross and St. John Appeal, and also a further £lOO to St. Dunstans. A telegram in acknowledgment from the Lord Mayor of London
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    Negri Donations To Patriotic Fund
    343 14 T'HE following are the latest donaA tions to the Malaya Patriotic Fund (Negri Sembilan branch) Previously acknowledged, $66,157.93; Indian labourers. Hillside Estate, Seremban, $10; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Edmonds, $5 (9th); “Talupah Tanah Melayu” per Mrs. H. G Evans (Spring meeting) $100.25; football match per
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    PERAK DONATIONS
    249 14 THE following further contribuA tions have been received by the Perak section of the Fund Amount previously acknowledged $306,943.83* European staff of United Engineers $36; Miss E. M. L. Bryant $25; W. H. B. Monerasinghe $7; D. Caleb $5.60; Lo Yew Telk $4.60* T G Venkatesan $4.40; R.
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    BLOOD TRANSFUSION
    37 14 A LEAFLET has been published to give details of the emergency blood transfusion service in Singapore. Copies of this leaflet can be obtained without charge on application to the Department of Information, Fullertcn Building, Singapore.
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    STABBING SEEN BY CHILDREN Double Murder By Chinese Alleged
    527 14 'From Our Own Correspondent, A DOUBLE murder ga tn U 5 eldsrly Chinese and his «i X v J n old grandson, lost their lives the subject of an inquiry before K G A Dohoo, the assistant BritUh Adviser, who sat
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    SINGAPORE IN NO IMMEDIATE DANGER
    103 14 (From Our Own Correspondent* London, Aug. *THE defences of of a scale sufficient to repel an attack: o any magnitude, states the naval cor spondent of The Times, reviews Singapore's preparedness. n0 He adds that recen*t preparations not indicate that Singapore is immediate danger of
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    DR. GARLICK TO RETIRE 23 Years’ Work In Johore
    476 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Aug. 7. A MEMBER < f the .Johore Council of State, I)r. (I. H. Garlick. Principal Medical Olficer, Johore. retires at the end of next month after being a member of the Malayan Medical Service
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    RELAXATION OF FOOD EXPORTS QUOTA PLAN
    79 16 THE Pood Controller, Malaya, has decide'! that the following commodities will not be subject to export quotas:—coconut oil canned pineapples, sago and tapioca flour and products, groundnut oil, and all kinds of pepper. TTie lifting of the control over the export of these foodstuffs
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    HANK OF CHINA IN IPOH
    55 16 «From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 6. A BRANCH office of the Bank of China will, it is understood, be opened In Ipoh towards the latter part of the year. This decision was taken following a visit to Ipoh by Mr. Parkcane C. Hwang, agent
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    MRS. A. RAJAH DEAD
    55 16 The death occurred last week, after :i prolonged illness, of Mrs. A. Rajah, wife o' Mr 8. T. Rajah, proprietor of the City Press and formerly of the Municipality. Mrs. Rajan is survived by her husband and her only daughter who Is on the tutorial staff
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    Naval Officer’s Wedding
    175 16 SUB-LIEUT. JOHN E. T O D M A N R.N.R was married to Miss Elizabeth Lilian Kelly at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd last week. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Kelly, of Liberton, Edinburgh, and the bridegroom is the son of
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    MEN IN ESSENTIAL SERVICES
    214 16 BECAUSE they found thru both men were of essential service, the Local Tribunal, consisting of Mr. J. C. Cobbctt, Mr. P A. 8.. McKerron and Mr. R. K. Prentis. last week granted Sapper Mohamed bin H. Abdul Rahim and Sgt D F. Klyne exemption from all
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    MR. S. W. JONES IN ALOR STAR
    63 16 <From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, Aug. 8. |V/|R S. W. Jones, the High Commissioner, has been on a private visit to Alor Star. After courtesy calls had been exchanged between Mr. Jones and The Regent of Kedah, a party was held at
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    TOLL OF THE ROAD
    40 16 Sixteen people were injured in road accident in Singapore week before last comDai ed with 11 the previous week, states a report f r t ,n ilti thC Trafl k Branch There wer e P no
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    MURDERER NOT IN COLONY Sequel To Hotel Room Killing
    293 16 the conclusion of an inquiry into the death of a Chinese woman, Chua Ah See, who was found dead in the Empress Hotel on the night of June 17 with a knife between her shoulder blades, the acting Singapore coroner, Mr.
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    JOCKEY’S CLAIM IN KUALA LUMPUR
    216 16 A CLAIM for $12,500 made by J. P. Donnelly, a jockey, against the Malay Mail and Mr. F. L. Jones for damages in respect of an article in the Malay Mail in January last, concerning the finding of the Straits Racing Association Committee was settled
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    BIG RADIO SCHEME Powerful Station For Singapore
    299 16 —Straits Times cable. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, AuIMPORTANT developments in '-adic broadcasting, affecting the whop ot the Par East region are likelv very shortly. Singapore will be site of a new and powerful station Mr. Eric Davis who i s to be
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    F.M.S. War Relief Fund Report
    294 16 i'J'HE following are extracts from the report on the administration of the Federated Malay States War Relief Fund for 1939: The General Committee met In London on Apr. 26 when the repert and accounts for 1938 were adopted The accounts of the fund at the
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    BRITAIN EXPECTS LARGE-SCALE NAZI OFFENSIVE An Invasion By Sea Or Air Blitzkrieg? SPECULATION ABOUT THE FORM OF ATTACK
    726 17 —Reuter and British Wireless. London, Aug. 6. THE possibility of a German invasion continues to be the subject of discussion in Britain. It is learned in authoritative circles in London, in connection
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    SABOTAGE AGAINST U.S. ARMS PROGRAMME DISCOVERED All Cities Warned To Safeguard Their Public Utilities
    136 17 —Reuter. Washington, Aug. 5. MR. J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Federal Bureau of 7 Investigation, stated yesterday that the Bureau had discovered acts of sabotage against the United States national defence programme. Saboteurs had put
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    Penalties For Wasting Food
    165 17 London, Aug. 6 THE Ministry of Food has made an order f>u* preventing the waste of food and carrying with it penalties against offenders. Under this order it will be an offence to waste food, which is described as “everything used by man for food or
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    No Space In Cold Storage Depots
    120 17 —Reuter. Sydney. Aug. 6 COLD STORAGE depots in England are so packed with fond that a limit has to be placed on imports of Australian meat for the next few months. This information was given yesterday in the House of Representatives at Canberra by
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    INTERNMENT CAMPS NOW UNDER HOME OFFICE
    64 17 —Reuter. London. Auk. 5. INTERNMENT camps in Britain came under the official control of the Ilomc Office yesterday A special census is being conducted of the internees with the object of finding out who’s who in the camps. The release of certain internees who
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    Jewish Army To Fight Germans
    51 17 .—Reuter. New York, Aug. 4. THE death has occurred of Mr. Vladmiri Jabotinsky, president of the new Zionist organization who has been in the United States in connection with the raising of a new Jewish aj-my to fight with the Allies, announces the Jewish telegraphic
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    CASUALTIES IN THE BOREAS
    68 17 .—Reuter. London, Aug. 6. THE Admiralty has issued a list of the casualties in the sinking of the Boreas, one of two destroyers damaged by German dive-bombers after an air attack on July 25. The casualties are three officers and 42 ratings. One officer died of
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    Belgium’s Food Position Is Now Growing Desperate
    197 17 —Reuter. London. Aug. 6. lUIR. John Cudahy, former American ambassador in Belgium, painted a. gloomy picture of the economic conditions in Belgium to a meeting of newspaper representatives in London to-day. He suggested that supplies of foodstufTs, which had already been severely rationed,
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    Enemy Oil Plant Destroyed 14 Tons Of Bombs Fell On Ruhr Target
    131 17 .—Reuter. London, Aug. 6. rpHE Air Ministry announces that on Sunday night R.A.F. bombers attacked an oil plant at Sterkrade, in the Ruhr. Considerable damage was done to the target, which was left in flames. An attack was
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    PRICE OF AXIS AID TO SPAIN Heavy Debt To Italy Is Announced
    135 17 .—Reuter. Madrid, Aug. 6. SPAINS debt to Italy as a result of the civil war has been consolidated at 5 GOO,000.000 lira under an agreement dated yesterday, says an official bulletin. The debt will be paid over a
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    BRITAIN IS PREPARED FOR EVERY FORM OF ATTACK “Position Revolutionized," Says The First Lord
    408 18 BRITAIN IS PREPARED FOR EVERY FORM OF ATTACK Position Revolutionized," Says The First Lord —Reuter. London, Aug. 7. THE First I>ord of the Admiralty, Mr. A. V. Alexander, 1 speaking at a London luncheon to-day, said that our defence plans provide a counter to each and every possible method of
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    WOMAN CAPTURES NAZI AIRMAN
    123 18 .—Reuter. London, Aug. 7. A GERMAN airman who landed by n parachute and has been at large for nine days was raptured in the Bristol area to-day. The German airman surrendered to Lady Buckland, widow of Lord Buckland, who was out motoring at the time. The
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    Port Of London Is Busy As Ever
    57 18 .—Reuter. Tuiu London, Aug. 7. HIS morning some of the London newspapers published an effect'vc fep 1 to the German (aims that their bombing had closed the port of London. Ihis claim i«$ utter nonsense. Pictures are published which he <lo<*s «lied with
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    Freighter’s Dash To Germany
    65 18 .—Reuter. Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 7. to advices received by local exporters. the German freighter Koenigsberg, which left the Brazilian port of Belem on May 25. has arrived safely at a German port. The Koenigsberg (6,466 tons) was one of several German ships which skipped out
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    New Powder To Put Out Incendiary Bombs
    108 18 ining less than 6d. a pound.—British Wireless. London, Aug. 7. A NEWLY-INVENTED powder, which f* will extinguish incendiary bombs in two minutes and which is produced from materials available in Britain in large quantities and can be manufactured in bulk, was tested yesterday
    ining less than 6d. a pound.—British Wireless.  -  108 words
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    Latest Nazi Lie Exposed Effectiveness Of Raids On Hamburg
    124 18 —Reuter. London, Aug. 5. AST Saturday American corres- pondents were rushed through a two and a half hour tour of Hamburg by German authorities to prove to them that no damage had been done by British air raids. Though they saw
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    2 Trawlers Sunk By Enemy Mines
    99 18 .—Reuter. London. Aug. 7. AN Admiralty communique announces that the trawlers Drummer (297 tons) and Oswaldian (260 tons have been sunk by enemy mines. It is further announced that one officer and ten ratings were killed and three ratings wounded in the trawler Campina,
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    29 18 docoriitions on Army men.—British Wireless. London, Aug. 7. THE King held another investiture at Buckingham Palace to-day, at which he conferred more than 300 decorations on Army men.—British Wireless.
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    BRITAIN’S PREPARATIONS FOR LONG STRUGGLE
    64 18 —Reuter. THEI British purchasing mission has in formed* 1 Mr” H Morgen-r&uszs&sistssrz-A 'fcsrajgV a.UnllrvfeVr e Te le tldL Mr H P o UrV -A ad of ‘j 16 British mission, in dreds of millions of dollars would it^for°materi 'h v a considerable time in the
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    PACT WITH DE GAULLE Disposition Of French Forces
    429 18 advance and be specially recorded Reuter. London, Aug. 8 THE memorandum of an ment between the British ernment and Gen. de L,,n' commander of the free p.„ forces in Britain, issued last nil*? states that the French force a «iu ing Britain
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    865 JAPANESE LIVE IN BRITAIN
    50 18 .—Reuter. London, Aug. 8 THE number of Japanese registered with the police in Britain is 865, of whom 762 are males, stated Mr. O. Peake, Under-Secretary of the Home Office, in a written reply to Lieut.-Col. Sir Thomas Moore (Conservative) in the House of Commons.—Reuter.
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    Large Number Of Ships Requisitioned
    52 18 belonging to established lines.— Reuter. London, Aug. THE Shipping Minister, Mr. R. H Cross, interviewed last night said that apart from ships being used as armed merchantmen, hospital ships or transport, the Ministry had already requisitioned ninctenths of the total number of liners belonging to
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    ITALIANS TAKE 3 TOWNS IN BRITISH SOMALILAND Defence To Begin In Hilly Region Beyond Occupied Positions
    333 19 .mu-axis except two British sergeants dead Reuter. London, Aug. 8. rrUE three Italian columns advancing into British Somali- land have occupied Zeila, Hargeisa and Odweina, it is offi- nv admitted in a Cairo communique.
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    R.A.F.’s Splendid Work In Africa
    251 19 London, Aug. 8. *pHE problem of the Mediterranean has undeniably been increased by the loss of French correlation and French bases,” said A v Alexander, First Lord of tne Admiralty, speaking at a lunfheon in London yesterday. Nevertheless we are pursuing, and «iv»»?i lcce S
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    Submarine Base Bombed Twice Hits Scored By R.A.F. In Italian E. Africa
    148 19 —Reuter. Cairo, Aug. 8 AN R.A.F. communique issued here to-day says there was considerable air activity on all fronts yesterday and many valuable reconnaissance flights were undertaken. Shipping in Bardia harbour (on the Libyan frontier) and store buildings
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    CRIPPLED TANKER FIGHTS BACK
    136 19 London, Aug. 11. ANOTHER example was provided yesterday of the determination and skill of the British merchant marine. It was the story of a tanker which arrived at an English port under her own steam after being torpedoed. The torpedo struck her just before dawn, and
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    UNIFYING COMMAND IN FRENCH AFRICA
    142 19 —Reuter. Vichy, Aug. 8. REORGANIZATION of the administration of French African possessions is brought about by a new decree just issued, according to the Havas agency. French Equatorial Africa (originally divided into three colonies but a single administrative unit since 1934) becomes a federated colony.
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    CHINESE FORCES MOVING TO INDO-CHINA BORDER Military Action To Be Taken If The Japanese Establish Bases There
    182 19 —Reuter. r Shanghai, Aug. 7. is reported that the Chinese have warned the French authorities that they will take military measures if the Japanese are permitted to establish bases in Indo-China. Ihe Chinese
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    “U.S. May Be Embroiled In War With Japan”
    61 19 —Reuter. London, Aug. 8. “\A/E cannot rely too much on T the United States, who might be embroiled in a war with Japan. It is better to assume that we must rely on ourselves and organize accordingly.” Thus said Mr. E. Shin
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    Three Japanese Arrested Action By Burma Authorities
    175 19 Singapore, Aufl. 6. THREE Japanese have been ar1 rested by the Burma authorities in Rangoon, according to the information reaching the Japanese Consulate-General in Singapore yesterday. The .Singapore Herald, mentioning their arrest, gives their names as follows: Mr. Oba, of the Japanese Industrial
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    R.A.F. HERO DIES IN FLYING ACCIDENT
    90 19 London, Aug. 7. THE Air Ministry news service announces that Flying Officer Anthony Gray Worcester, hero of the aerial battle of July 4 when his flight of five Gladiators shot down nine Italian Fiats in the Western Desert, has been killed in a flying
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    NAZI BAN ON PETROL COUPONS IN HOLLAND
    57 19 ther fresh coupons would be issued.— Reuter. London. Aug. 8 Germans have placed a ban on the use of petrol coupons in Holland and all coupons already issued arc to be returned to the authorities, states the German-controlled Dutch radio. No indication was
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    LINER SUNK BY U-BOAT 450 Survivors In England
    342 19 —Reuter. London, Aug. 8. THE Elder Dempster liner Accra (9,337 tons) was sunk in a submarine attack on a convoy on Apr. 26 off the west coast of Eire, it was disclosed last night. Nineteen persons are missing. More than 450 survivors
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    26 19 —Reuter. London, Aug. 9. LORD Beaverbrook, Minister for Aircraft Production, announces that contributions from the public in Britain for the purchase of aircraft now exceed £2,400,000.—Reuter.
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    VAST INCREASE IN BRITAIN’S SHIPPING STRENGTH 10,000,000 Tons Extra Since The Outbreak Of The Conflict
    299 20 Reuter. London, Aug. 8. AS a result of the German invasion of Poland, Norway, A Denmark and the Low Countries and the collapse of France, the shipping strength of Great Britain and the Dominions has
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    SOVIET FLEET IN THE PACIFIC
    43 20 —Reuter. London, Aug. 7. ACCORDING to a broadcast from Mohcow, the Russian fleet has begun what is described as largescale manoeuvres in the Pacific. The announcer said that submarines, light and heavy unite, and aircraft were taking part
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    N. I. To Have Naval Institute
    50 20 —Reuter. London, Aug. 7. A ROYAL Naval Institute is to be opened in the Netherlands Indies to-day. The institute is opened for the first time to train cadets for service for the Netherlands Royal Navy. A military academy is to be founded at Bandoeng—Reuter.
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    Yugoslav Action Against Masons
    44 20 -Router. Belgrade, Aug. 6. THE Yugoslav Minister of the Inte- ric r has ordered that the Masonic Grand Lodge of Yugoslavia of the 18th district, with all its branches, be dissolved The pr jperty of the organization has been sequestrated.—Reuter.
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    125 NARVIK BRITONS BACK HOME
    54 20 —Reuter. London, Aug. 3. A SCOTTISH steamer arrived at a Scottish port Irom Petsamo. Finland, with 125 Britons who had been interned in Sweden after being cut off between Trondheim and Narvik, when the British army was evacuated. The party consisted mostly of troops, a
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    WAR ON LIBYA FRONTIER Second Phase Of Fight Begun
    354 20 ’—Reuter. London, Aug. 7. HTIIE war on the Egyptian-Libyan frontier is referred to in an official communique issued at Cairo last evening, which says that the first stage of the operations in the Western Desert is now finished. “During this phase,”
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    First Canadian Air Squadron
    85 20 .—Reuter. London, Aug. 9. MR. Vincent Massey, High Commissioner for Canada, to-day inspected the first Royal Canadian Air Force fighter squadron to reach Britain. The squadron has hitherto been on coastal duties oil Newfoundland and eastern Canada. It has now come to Britain to complete its
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    S. RHODESIAN AIRMEN ARRIVE IN BRITAIN
    25 20 Reuter. THE Dominion and Colonial Offices announce that a contingent of Sjuthern Rhodesian airmen have arrived in Great Britain.—Reuter.
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    Premier Says Invasion Danger Has Not Passed
    95 20 .—Reuter. London, Aug. 4. jV MESSAGE issued from 10 Downing Street says: “The Prime Minister wishes to oe known that the possibility of a German attempt at invasion has. by no means, passed away. The fact that the Germans are now putting about
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    Malaya Invited To New Delhi War Production Parley
    103 20 —Reuter. IT is reported in London that the Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow. has invited representatives from Malaya, Ceylon, Aust- a lia. New Zealand, East Africa and South Africa to take part in a conference which may be convened in New Delhi
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    37,000 BOMBS DROPPED ON NAZIS IN ONE MONTH
    240 20 •.—Reuter. London, Aug. 6. COR every German bomb dropped in Britain during four recent weeks, the R.A.F. has dropped more than five bombs on Germany and German-occupied territory, it was announced in London yesterday. Actual figures were less than 7,000 bombs were
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    Warplane Funds Everywhere
    176 20 —Reuter London, Aug. 11ALL Britons appear to be buying aeroplanes for presentation to the Government. Following the £100,000 gift from Mr. Garfield Western, M.P. for Masslesfieia for the purchase of 16 Hurricanes ano Spitfires, an appeal has been made to mothers of airmen to contribute to a
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    RUMANIAN WHEAT FOR GERMANY
    24 20 —Reuter. rIE Bremen wireless states tha agreement has been signed Bucharest for the export of Human wheat to Germany.— Reuter.
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    BRITISH FORCES IN CHINA BEING WITHDRAWN Strategic Position In Far East Improved By New Decision
    585 21 Wireless matter -—Reuter and British London, Aug. 9. TIIE War Office announced to-day that British troops I present stationed in Shanghai and North China are r withdrawn for service elsewhere. Dein full and careful review
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    M.P.’s £l00,000 Gift for 16 Planes
    62 21 t «II '^Heuter. Mr r London, Aug. 9. «arfield Western, M.P. for the >iin'^ sfie l d has presented to a (hem. *r r Aircra ft Production Hurrkin* f<>r to build 16 the total S n a !l? Spitfires to replace day’s Ju K
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    “Economic Fifth Column” U.S. And Nazi Control Of Vital Patents
    139 21 .—Reuter. New York, Aug. 9. THE special Federal Grand Jury, empannelled to receive testimony lrom Government experts in ten vital fields, has uncovered considerable evidence tending to show that patents vital to American war industries are controlled bv Germany. This
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    BRITISH BOMBERS ATTACK SARDINIAN AERODROME
    397 21 London, Aug. 5. A SUCCESSFUL attack on an Italian aerodrome in Sardinia has been carried out by aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm. An Admiralty communique says that a raid was made by aircraft during operations in the western Mediterranean on Thursday and Friday. The
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    INDO-CHINA SITUATION IS SAID TO BE GRAVE Japanese Naval Concentrations Ready For Thrust Southward?
    261 21 —Reuter. Shanghai, Aug. 9. THE situation in Indo-China is hourly becoming more 1 tense. Increased activity by Japanese naval units and troopships in South China waters gives rise to the belief that Japanese forces are geared
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    CZECH DESTINY WITH BRITAIN Dr. Benes Optimistic For The Future
    211 21 at Bordeaux when France capitulated.— Reuter and British Wireless. London, Aug. 10. SPEAKING to Czecho-Slovak airmen when he visited an R.A.F. technical training station in the Midlands yesterday, Dr. Benes, President of Czecho-Slovakia, stated that the recognition of his country’s
    at Bordeaux when France capitulated.— Reuter and British Wireless.  -  211 words
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    ROME CABINET DECIDES ON WAR MEASURES
    56 21 —Router. London, Aug. 11. THE Rome wireless says that the cabinet dealt with war measures including a proposal to increase penalties for offences arising from war conditions in Libya and East Africa. The German news agency states that the Italian cabinet also decided upon
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    RAIDER WAS OFF NEW ZEALAND
    38 21 t —Reuter. London, Aug. 10. VT is now known in London that the mines, which were laid off the Cape and New Zealand early in the year, were deposited by a disguised raider.—Reuter.
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    Hitler’s Vain “Victory By Aug. 1” Promise
    79 21 —Reuter. London, Aug. 9. k'HE Eclaireur de Nice’s Berne correspondent reports that the delay in the German offensive is upsetting German morale and the prospect of continued British bombing is causing anxiety inside Germany. The correspondent says that it will apparently be the
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    FRANCE’S U.S. PLANES NOW IN ENGLAND
    70 21 —Reuter. London, Aug. 11. American-built fighter planes, flown from France when the Petain Government capitulated, will soon be in action again against the Germans. They belong to the No. 1 Ughtei Squadron oi Gen. de Gaulle’s army, and Gen. de Gaulle this week at
    —Reuter.  -  70 words
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    Shot Down 60 Nazi Planes In One Day DETERMINED ATTACKS ON CONVOYS REPULSED
    527 22 Router. Aug. 9. THE biggest German air losses round the coasts of Britain l since the air battles began were inllicted by the Koval Air Force yesterday, when they shot down at till Berman machines. Sixteen British
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    19 22 .—Reuter, Hyde Park <New York), Aug. 8. PRESIDENT Roosevelt has accepted the resignation of Mr. James Farley as Postmaster-General.—Reuter
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    Mr.LloydGeorge’s Fighting Speech “Britain Will Survive The Hurricane”
    210 22 Mr.LloydGeorge’s Fighting Speech Britain Will Survive The Hurricane” ’—British Wireless London, Aug. 8 U MR. LLOYD GEORGE, in a broadcast message to the Welsh people last evening, said. “The storm clouds which have been gathering over our country and her Empire ne w assuming a marked and m ire threatening
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    Mixed Reception In India For Viceroy’s Statement
    328 22 London, Aug. 9. TTHE statement on British policy in India as outlined by the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, yesterday has had a mixed reception in India. It is welcomed by non-Congressmen, but many of the Nationalist newspapers do not think it goes far enough.
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    INDIANS TO FRAME THEIR OWN CONSTITUTION Far-Reaching Statement Made By Lord Linlithgow
    713 22 —Reuter. London, Aug. 9. A STATEMENT of far-reaching constitutional importance was made by the Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, in Simla yesterday. The Viceroy stated that the British Government is in sympathy with the desire that the framing
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    SOVIET-U.S. TALKS PROGRESSING
    68 22 .—Reuter. Washington. Aug. MR. Sumner Welles, acting Se n of State, indicated to-day th a e United States and Soviet Russia cf seeking a general imprevenv 1 their relations. Commenting on the conversat had yesterday with M. Ouman. v Soviet Ambassador in Wasi. Mr. Welles said that
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    Initial Air Attacks Easily Beaten Off French Offer To Bear Arms For Britain
    437 23 .—Reuter. Gibraltar, Aug. 10. 4S the war in the Mediterranean gathers moA nientum, the fortress of Gibraltar stands ready for any eventuality from land, sea or air. Italian raiders have already tested Gibraltar’s mettle. So far they
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    DEFEATING THE NAZI MAGNETIC MINES
    179 23 —British Wireless. Yhf ,r London, Aug. 10. i 1 v a PCJ of l he method of dealing Known p German magnetic mine I' t, t( ..f degaussing” can only ordinarily Ir n 'f atlve results. As explained Kiy a slil IJ passing safely over
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    Italian Munitions Works Explosion
    42 23 ,—Reuter. Berlin, Aug. 9. 'THE Berlin news agency states that according to latest reports from Rome 39 persons were killed and 500 injured in an explosion in a munitions factory at Placenzo. The factory building was completely destroyed.—Reuter.
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    Italians Accuse Greek Agents
    109 23 —Reuter. Rome, Aug. i2. THE Italian news agency reports from Tirana (Albania) the assassination of a great Albanian patriot” named Daut Hoggia, near the Greek-Albanlan frontier, allegedly by Greek agents. It adds that the Greek authorities placed a price on his head several years ago as
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    49 23 guarantee their complete support.— Reuter. New York, Aug. 12. THE United States committee for the care of European children announces that 1.000 more children will be brought from Britain to the United States on behalf of relatives and friends in America who are unable to guarantee their complete support.—
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    MR. AMERY ON BRITAIN’S LATEST OFFER TO INDIA
    389 23 —Reuter. London, Aug. 11. THE Secretary ot State for India. Mr. L. S Amery, spoke to-day about the invitation of the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, to the Indian leaders to loin his Executive Council and help in the Indian war effort. He pointed
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    British Buying 4,000 Tanks In America
    47 23 —Ifeuter. New York, Aug. 11. A CCOKD1NG to a Washington dispat< h to the New York Times, the British Government is arranging to spend $200,000,000 in tne United States for the purchase of 4,000 tanks of between 25 and 30 tons.—Reuter.
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    MINE WARFARE INTENSIFIED Troop Planes Are Being Used
    337 23 London, Aug. 10. /GERMAN activity in mine-laying may be described as intense, and occupation by the Nazis of the coastline from Norway to the Spanish frontier makes their task easier and that of the British minesweepers more difficult. It is expected that
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    DESTRUCTION OF ITALIANS British Strategy In African War
    249 23 .—Reuter. Cairo, Aug. 12. AN official statement on the recent developments in British Somaliland issued by the G.H.Q. states, “It is not our object to defend every inch of soil in Somaliland, but rather make the enemy use up his precious supplies
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    HIGHLANDER’S CREW HONOURED
    98 23 -Reuter. London, Aug. 7. A WARDS are announced to the master and crew of the small British vessel, the Highlander, which steamed into a Scottish harbour last week with the wreckage of a German plane she had shot down in the North Sea. The steamer was attacked
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    ALLIED TROOPS’ NEW EQUIPMENT
    71 23 London. Aug. 11. STAFF officers and equipment experts of the Polish, Czech, Norwegian, Belgian and Netherlands forces now in Britain today inspected the equipment which has been issued to their units. The Czech soldiers were glad to be given the Bren-gun, which is their invention. The
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    FRENCH REFUGEES ON “VERGE OF STARVATION”
    67 23 —Reuter Istanbul, Aug. 10. ACCORDING to an Ankara dispatch to the newspaper Yenisabah, the Turkish Red Crescent has received a moving appeal from the International Red Cross requesting foodstuffs for large numbers of PYench refugees “already < n the verge of starvation with the
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    NEW PROTECTED AREAS ANNOUNCED
    53 23 .—Reuter. London, Aug. 11. THE Home Secretary, Sir John Anderson, has made a further aliens (protected areas) order naming the counties of Cornwall, Devon and most of Somerset as protected areas. Tt also extends the protected areas in Bucks and Northants. The order comes into effect
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    Belgian Girl As Nazi Fifth Columnist
    58 24 A Belgian girl, convicted of fifth column activities, is here seen with a firing squad of French marines. Part of her disguise as a panicstricken Belgian refugee is the bundle of clothes she is carrying. She is standing before the door to a Dunkerque
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    Anti-Italian Uprisings Reported In Albania
    111 24 .—Reuter. London, Auff. 11. gERIOIJS disorders are reported to have broken out in Albania and are spreading throughout the country. According to one account a clash occurred on Friday evening between Albanian rebels and Italian troops. The Italians wanted to mobilize them for military service,
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    TRANSPORT is TORPEDOED 700 Men Saved & 120 Missing
    195 24 TRANSPORT is TORPEDOED 700 Men Saved 120 Missing London, Aug h I yHE Admiralty and War (wi i regret to announce that Egyptian steamer Mohamed \ii r, Kebir (7,290 tons) has been 1, pedoed and sunk, says an officii! statement. Klal A total ol 740 survivors hav* landed out of
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    Big Anti-British Meeting
    165 24 —Reuter. Tokio. Aug. 12. ABOUT 100,000 people assembled iu Tokio’s Hyde Park to attend a “monster anti-British meeting” to-day at which three anti-British resolutions were passed. The park was beflagged and festooned with banners bearing anti-British slogans. German and Italian dags waved on either side of the
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    CHINA NOT AFFECTED BY U.S. OIL BAN
    74 24 ment is erecting two more oil plants.Reuter. Chungking. Aug 11IT is officially stated that the American ban on the export of petrol is not affecting China since tn. motor-cars and buses in free China are running on alcohol fuel. Diesel ou and coal
    ment is erecting two more oil plants.- Reuter.  -  74 words
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    NAZI COMMISSIONER FOR BANK OF FRANCE
    55 24 —Reuter. Berlin. Aug. I nR. Karl Schefer has been aPP° u commissioner of the Bank of a and “manager” of the bank s boa directors, states the German oniciai agency. Schefer. who is a retir'd president, will operate from the heaa of the Bank
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    New India Gift Of Two Spitfire Squadrons
    49 24 Renter. Calcutta, Aiijf. A FURTHER sum of C 176,000 been cabled to the Air j in London by the East India for British war services. It is hoped here that the m" will be sufficient to buy two tin squadrons of Spitfires.—Reiner.
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    DIAMOND DISAPPOINTS AGAINST SIMA Rush Milling Outpoints Luis Yeo Blanco In Close Battle
    295 26 PI.KNTY of brisk boxing was seen al the New World arena on Sunday night. In the eiuht-round semi-final event oihik (iaucler, the Eurasian lightweight, collapsed and dtett in hospital after being knocked out by Clever Paco in
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    O.B.A. Champions In Segamat League
    193 26 «From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Aug. 12. THL di trict soccer league has ended. the OB A winning the competition with th P lice ranking second Of th' v< n team that joined up at the stnrt ol th' 1 1? ague two withdrew at
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    SCOTTISH FOOTBALL STARTS
    86 26 Reuter. London, Aug. 11. CCOTTISH lootball began to-day. Only one senior league, called the Southern Scottish Football League, is being run. Results were Alrdrieonians 1 Clyde 4 Celtic 2 Hamilton 2 Falkirk 1 Rangers 3 Hibernian 3 Queen’s Park 2 Motherwell 2 Hearts 3 Patrick 5 Dumbarton
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    RACE RESULTS ON SATURDAY
    107 26 SATURDAY’S race results in Penang in brief arc: Race 1: UTRECHT $2O, $8 King's Gambit $7 Race 2: SHAMROCK $163, $25 Pay Out $7 ('armtop $8 Race 3: SONNY $2(l. SlO Drift On $7 Race 4: CONSTANT LIGHT $lB. $7 Salmon Par $l2 Westenra S 7
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    AUGUST MEDAL AT KEPPEL GOLF CLUB
    75 26 r T* WENTY-T .VO cards were taken out lor ihe Kepnel Golf Club’s August Medal and the following were the scores returned E. Boiton 85—18 67: R. Ofiord 88 20 63: A. C. Good 85—15—70; M. G. Harvey 83—12 71; W. J. Holohan 89—18
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    LT. THOMSON WINS MEN’S MEDAL GOLF
    109 26 TIIE August men’s medal competition was held over the week-end at the Garrison Golf Club and resulted in a tie between Lieut. H. B. Thomson and Capt. T. K. Murphy with a return of one up. In accordance with the conditions Lieut. Thomson was
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    SELANGOR WOMEN’S HOCKEY MEETING
    106 26 fFrom Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 8. AT the annual general meeting of the Selangor Women’s Hockey Association yesterday it was revealed that the State team had a very successful season last year, winning four out of the flve intcr-State games played. Miss Audrey McCrea
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    SAPPERS REACH FINAL Signals Beaten In Army Cricket
    436 26 THE Fortress R E. beat the Malaya Eignals by 125 runs in the cm:-final round 01 the Army Big units cricket competition at Changi on Monday, when the match was continued after the first day’s play iast Wednesday. In the game between
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    AMERICAN DERBY
    46 26 —Reuter. Chicago, Aug. 11. 'PHE American Derby run over one-and-a-quarter miles resulted in a win for Mioland, with Sirocco second and Weight Anchor third. Mioland won by three lengths in 2 min. 5 3 5 sec. There were five runners The track was sloopy.—Reuter.
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    “Ginger” McIver’s Latest Success
    87 26 has been received in Singapore that 16-year-old Ginger” Mclver won the British springboard diving championship in Middlesex last Saturday. This news is of particular interest to Malayans as “Ginger” is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Mclver of 15 Caldecott Ilill, Singapore. Mr! Mclver is
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    HUGHES BEATS KHO SIN KIE
    147 26 (From Our Own Correspond Kuala Lumpur, An® DI.AYING rather below his 1 2 form. Kho Sin Kie, the M, Ual singles champion, was be .t,. n Pat Hughes in one set of shilX by -«"«ay. Hughes aitfgfiV were appearing in matches n Kle ol the
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    N. R. A. POSTAL SHOOT
    376 26 Ill A J OR R. L. Nunns team, which re iTI presented Singapore in the National Rifle Association’s Overseas 303 range Postal Match in 1939. came third in the competition for the ‘-Duke o' Gloucester’s” Challenge Cup and Moni Wakefield” silver medals. Jamaica (captained by
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    S.A.F.A. LEAGUES
    113 26 Positions in the first divisions of S.A.F.A. League, corrected up to TUf sCa FIRST DIVISION P. W. L. D. F. A FR.A.F 17 13 0 4 6a w R.A. (9th Reg.) 20 9 4 7 3u -j Fortress R E 20 10 7 3 4o Argylls 16 10
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      60 26 DOUBLE TOTES The first doubl( tote paid 3150 on each ol 20 tickets on the winning combination. and f he second paid $89 on each ol 33 winning tickets. THE BIO SWEEP The draw on the big sweep, value $01,146, resulted as follows: FIRST: ***** SECOND: ***** THIRD: ***** Starters:
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  • The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT
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      AROUND THE MARKETS Quotations Are Maintained On Small Turnover
      476 1 ,BV Our Financial Correspondent) (ti Singapore, Aug. 14. rHE price of rubber rose one1 sixteenth in London to 13y 8 d., and me-pishth in New York to 19% cents, he Spot tm quotation was down 20s £.063 md the three months
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      EXCHANGES
      158 1 B The following are the exchange rates this K° r ?v, ng acrordin g to the tally circular issued ■*w he Hon 8 kon g and Shanghai Banking ■corporation:— H SELLING Kr£ I' T 2/4 1/16 Ennc )n demand 2/4 1/16 ■•Jons demand '•ltzerland demand 2C6 ■jamburg demand l&L
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      123 1 Singapore. Aug. 14, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambier 7.75 Hamburg Cube $13.00 Java Cube $12.50 Pepper White Muntok $12.25 White $11.75 Black 6.75 uopra Mixed $2.05 Sun Dried $2.30 s nni Fltttti No 1 Lingga $3.95 Fair $3.15 Sarawak $3.25 ‘■lotovo Palembang $19.50 Banja $18.50 Sarawak $l9 50
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      COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
      152 1 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES (From Ou* Owd Correspondent) London, Aug. 13. COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed as follows with previous quotations in paran thesis RUBBER: Firmer. Spot 13Vi»d 13V*d (13 l|16d 13 3|16d) Sept. 13‘id 13‘4 d (13d 13‘4d) Oct.-Dec 13d 13‘id <1276d 12 15|16d) Jan.-Mar 12%d 12‘4d (12 5!16d 12 7|16d)
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      TIN OUTPUTS FOR JULY
      217 1 Tin outputs for July are reported as follows Hours Yardage Piculs Ore Pattani Tin 586 228,000 461 Ka»ora Tii 669 148.000 4;*.0c:(i Sione Tin 627 130,500 513 Ulu Klang 645 133,400 346 Renong No. 2 368.94 No. 3 171.11 Gombak 773.61 Ayer Weng 43 Kinta Kellas
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      London Stock Exchange
      282 1 -Exchange Telegraph. London, Aug. 13. COU Loan 5% 1944-64. 99 '4 Funding Loan 4% 1960-90 u Wai Loan 3*% 100 +7116 Com Union Asset (Units) 6 Prudential Assce A' 18 Royal Assce 6% Great Western Riy Ord 28 V4 +i>4 Chartered Bank (£5) £6^ H.K. S’hal Bk.
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      DUNLOP WORKERS’ WAR SAVINGS
      127 1 'From Our Own Correspondent) London. July 11 MALAYAN members of the Dunlop Rubber organization, as well as other reader of the Straits Times, may like to hear how Dunlop workers at home are helping Britain’s war effort by purchasing National Savings Certificates. As in the case
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER PRICES (Sellers)
      60 1 Date Spot Aug.-Sept. Oct.-Dec. Jan.-Mar. London Aug 8 36% 37% 35% 33»:. 13% 9 37 37 35% 33». 13 10 37 37 35% 33», 13 Spot Aug. Sept. Oct.-Dec. Jan.-Mar. London 12 37 »/h 37% 37 35% 33 13 37 37% 37 '4 36*4 33% 13
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      Rubber Over Six Months
      273 2 On a rubber statistical report covering the period Jan June, Guthrie and Co. Ltd. write as 1 Hows: The permissible exportable allowance tor both the first and second quarters was 80 per cent, ol basic quota. The Malayan permissible exportable amount ior the period under review
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      LEWIS AND PEAT’S RUBBER REVIEW
      227 2 In a weekly review of the rubber market Lewis and Peat Ltd., write as folic ws: Once again a v**ry quiet week has passed with little business to report There has been a certain amount ol squaring up positions and covering against near commitments but
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      SUNGEI KRIAN DIRECTORS
      120 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. July 10. AN extra-ordinary general meeting of the shareholders in tin* Sungel Krian Rubber Estate, Ltd. has been called lor July 31, to consider the adoption ol a revised article regarding the holding o! other offices by directors. According to a statement
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      SMELTERS’ RATES NOT JUSTIFIED Rawang Chairman & £l00,000 Reduction
      883 2 SMELTERS’ RATES NOT JUSTIFIED Rawang Chairman £l00,000 Reduction Th general meeting of shareholders of Rawang Tin Fields Limited was held in Kuala Lumpur, on Aug. 8. Mr. A. A Henggeler presided and, in moving the adoption of the Directors report and accounts for the vear endled Mar. 31, said:— Since
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      KAMPONG LANJUT TIN DREDGING LIMITED
      252 2 The general meeting of Kampong Lanjut Tin Dredging Limited was held at Kuala Lumpur, on Aug. 8. Mr. A A Hcnggeler who presided, said: At the last meeting you were informed of the arrangements your Company had made lor the working of part of Wardieburn
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      STANTON NELSON’S RUBBER REVIEW
      288 2 IN a weekly review of the rubber market Stanton Nelson and Co.. Ltd write:The absence oi improvement in the Far Eastern situation and the intervention of the holidays are mainlv responsible for the slack trading conditions prevailing during the past week, but there can be little
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      GUTHRIE’S RUBBER REVIEW
      130 2 In a werkly review of the rubber market Guthrie and Co. Ltd., write as follows: The Singapore market continues to be quiet but steady. London has been steady on a little short covering. In New York there has been a fair factory demand, which has resulted in
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      LANDSLIP CAUSED BY CLOUDBURST Six Weeks’ Hold-Up At Rawang
      339 2 LANDSLIP CAUSED BY CLOUDBURST Six Weeks’ Hold- Up At Rawang The general meeting of Rawan* rv cessions Limited was held at k l Lumpur, on Aug. 8 said I*' 1 A A Henggeler presided m During the whole period under view the Company’s dredge wor£L re low grade and difficult
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
      142 2 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1.498 th auction last week and there were catalogued 2,086.131 1b.—931.31 tons: offered 1.947.930 1b.—869.61 tons: sold 1.371.318 1b.—612.19 tons. London Spot 13’vd. New York Spot 19* > t ents PRICES REALIZED Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per Lb
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      STRAITS TRADING REPORT
      105 2 The report of the directors ot the Straits Trading Company for the hah year ended June 30 shows a balance o* $677,736 “after allowing for depreciation, making provision for bad ana doubtful debts and including a transit from internal reserve.” M An amount of $619,876 is brougni
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      NO DIVIDEND FOR MOUNT AUSTIN RUBBER
      55 2 From Our London Correspondent Although the profit of Mount Rubber Estates Ltd., to March £50,579 compared with the pn 1 7 year’s £33,858 when a five per j dividend was paid, no dividend ">■ iV paid this year as the Compan\ trolled from Copenhagen
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      Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
      1085 3 Singapore, August 14, 10 a.m. MINING I Euyeis Sellers F nn s/8 4/I* Tmal In Vl l mam y 19/- *O/|n v,! r ‘n? 0.66 0.60 II 1 AyiT v f fl" 177- lft/|£l J-t.i■ i > ;!1 nil 421 A 1 47V4rri I i
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      76 3 Wednesday, Aug. 14, noon. Buyers Sellers Prices ”rlcr« No. IX tf.S.S (Spot loose) 37v < No IX R.S.S f.o.J. In cases August G.F.A.Q R.S.S r o.b. In bales August 3 ®k^« F.A.Q. R.S.S f.o.b. In hales August 35% 35 FUTURE QUOTATIONS No. IX R.S.S. on
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      DUFF DEVELOPMENT PROFIT DOUBLED
      138 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 10. AS your Correspondent telegraphed to you to-day. both the Anal dividend declared by the Dull Development Company and the total profit earned during the year ended Mar. 31 were doubled, as compared with the previous twelvemonths’ results. The final
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      RUBBER HARVESTS FOR JULY
      55 3 Rubber harvests for July are reported as follows: lb. Bruseh 44,600 Brunei 36.140 Bukit Timah 5,547 Changkat Serdang 27,402 Haytor 13,070 Indragirl 123,938 Kuala Reman 171,000 Lunas 50,490 Nyalas 35,000 Tapah 78.185 Ulu Pandan 1,804 Bukit Katil 29,315 New Scudai 32,960 Perak River Valley 43,725 Ayer
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      FIXED TRUSTS
      107 3 (From Our Own l Correspondent) London, July 29. The following are to-day’s “bid” quotations for Fixed Trusts:— British Empire *‘A” not available British Empire ”B” Do. British Empire Cumulative Do. British Empire C’prehensive Do. British General “A” 13 7% British General “B” 11 4% British General “C” 8
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      AUCTION SALE RESULT
      73 3 THE following are the results at the auction sale held at Khoo Chee Guan Si Sons’ sale-room, Malacca, on Saturday:— Freehold land and house No. 39, Heeren Street, Malacca, sold to Mr. Goh Soo Hong for $4,200. Leasehold land at Tanjong Kling, Malacca, sold to Messrs. Tay
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      BUKIT KATIL’S GOOD YEAR Chairman & Very Satisfactory Profit
      467 3 BUKIT KATIL’S GOOD YEAR Chairman Very Satisfactory Profit THE general meeting of the Buklt Katil Rubber Estates Limited was held at Malacca on Saturday, Aug. 10. There were present Dr. Tan Seng Tee, Mr. Ong Chin Yam, Mr. Ee Yew Kim, Mr. Chee Ouan Chiang, Mr. Ong Kian Sena and
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICE
      41 3 THE official price of tin in Singapore on Aug. 8 was $133 per picul of 133 l/3rd lb. on Aug. 9 $132.50; on Aug. 10 $132.75; on Aug. 12 $123.50; on Aug. 13 $132.50; on Aug. 14 $132.50.
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      48 3 The monthly traffic returns of the Singapore Traction Co. Ltd. show the income for the month of July to have been $241 000 an increase of $31,000 over last year. The aggregate for the ten months Just ended is $2,323,000. an increase of $264 000 over last year
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      List Of Current Dividends
      290 3 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. Singapore, Aug. 13, 4 p m Books rota) fot Corn nan v Divtdenc Close Date t£>. Ulv financial vea» HN Payable Dote u 1au Austral Amal 3d 10'«Austral Malay 3d. L 1|3 bonus 0<V Batu Selangor 74% Aug. 19 Aug.
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