The Straits Times, 6 March 1937

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] 77/£ LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1937, PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1937, PRICE 10 CENTS
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      61 1 SINC«PORE: 140. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 6471); ■^1937 DIESEL 5 to 3008. H.P. ENGINES For any work- anywhere. Many thousands are in use and repeat orders testify users satisfaction. The characteristics of Engines are SIMPLICITY ECONOMY DURABILITY THE BORNEO CO. LTD. SINGAPORE PENANG IPOH KUALA LUMPUR. 3he Joe&t ftef/ueAheh oftetu 2ennid
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      78 1 INSURE AT LLOYD'S The Oldest Innnnm Institution fa The World. Premiums are lower. Claims Settled Immediately. AU Classes ol Insurance BENNIE S. COHEN SON (MaUja) LIMITED. Kelly Walan BaOdlnt, Slnrapore P.O. Box No. 11l- TeL No. SJC«. Stereotyping ShortKand Machine /0/\ Full particulars from the AGENTS^ DUNCAN ROBERTS LTD SINGAPORE
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      111 1 KUALA LUMPUR £6. JAVA ST fPHONE it FINDLATER'S FINE SHERRIES Par Bottle OLD MORENO BROWN. FULL OF FLAVOUR. A DELIGHTFUL APPETISER- $2.00 PALE MEDIUM DRY. VERY SUITABLE FOR CLUB SHERRY AND BITTERS. $2.05 FiNO. POSSESSES THE BOUQUET OF A TRUE FINO. $2.30 DRY CLUB. AN EXCEEDINGLY PLEAS AN i WINE,
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      616 2 ©Ie Straits Siimes SITUATIONS VACaTTt WANTED a competent shorthand typist, Good knowledge of English essential: Only experienced need apply Box No. 868. Straits Times WANTED reliable Chuvse cook boy also kechll for English family. Must be good, cook and good workers. Apply Box 871, 1 Straits Times^ WANTED IMMEDIATELY, Javan?se,
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      801 2 BOARD RESIDENCE EAST ANGLIA, 6. Oxley Rise. Tele. 4390. ftUYICk rLATS at 'LLOYD HOUSJT Board optional Phone $460. ROGERVILLE 308 Orchard Rd.. Single rooms vacant. Good table. Tel. Mrs. Platt 4461 WHITEHALL, 32 CairnhlU Rd. Suite or Room. English. Garage. Phone 4747. 3 TANGLIN HILL, Country Guest House, situate in
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      856 2 WANTED WANTED a medium sized, second-hand oil burning ice chest in good order. Please give particulars as regards make, condition, price etc. to 857. Straits Times. WANTED— ApriI 1, furnished flat, small house or bungalow near town modern sanitation reasonable rental suitable married couple no children. Reply Box 838, 8.
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      920 2 TENDERS TENDERS TENDERS will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office up to noon of Mar. 10. 1937, for the supply of black boots and shoes to the Police Department, Singapore, for the year 1937. Forms of tenders may be obtained at the Chief Police Office. Singapore. Tenders to be
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      857 2 PUBLIC NOTICES FOR SALE PRIVATELY. No. 1. No. 30, Magazine Road, areas 2.861 and 4,861 square feet. Statutory Land Grant. No. 20, Magazine Road Is used as a storage godown. No. 3. Land situate at Henderson Road, suitable for the erection of frodowns or factor;, areas 11 acres, 3 roods
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      674 2 "SCHIFFNER'S" MILLINERY, DRESSES NOVELTIES have removed to No. 3, Anderson Road. Phone 4768. BUSINESS CARDS tTil MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Irs. HARU and Miss HANA 60, WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. THE MASTER KEY. By Charles F. Uaam 1 The Greatest work ever written on Psychology It imparts a Practical.
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      706 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated In England) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S N^Ca UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY S GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM fXJNDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due Tonnage Bpore CATHAY 15.000 Mar 13 BURDWAN 6.070 Max
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      400 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) (Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. SHORT TRIPS TO JAPAN. VIA HONGKONG SHANGHAI. ss HAKONE MARU Mar. 7 ss. SUWA MARU Mar 22 s.s. FUSHIMI MARU Apr. 5 Sii HAKOZAKI MARU Apr. 18 ss. TERUKUNI MARU Apr 30 Round trip
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      636 3 BANGKOK LINE Luxurious One Class Motorships Most Cabins have adjoining private bath. Excellent Cuisine FOR MAR EILI.ES, LONDON. ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG ft COPENHAGEN From Pron Prom Prom Spore Malacca Port Penang Sham MEONIA 16/3 16/3 17/3 T9/3 ERRIA 303 30,3 31/3 2/4 ALSIA 6/4 6/4 7/4 9/4 BORINGIA 27/4 27/4 28/4
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      184 3 B. I. S. N. CO., LTD. (Incorporated Is England) APCAR LINE. FOR HONG KONG. SHANGHAI. MOJL KOBE AND OSAKA. ss. SIRDHANA MM 11 Mar. 3 pm. Excellent modern accommodation for first ano secona class oassengers. Special noil day return tickets intercnrngeable wltb P.-& O. 8. N. CO. ls.«ued at cheap
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      1026 3 SHIPPING THE BICE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Hua Khlow Steamship Co (19M) Lta. Steam Ship Co Ltd. and China Mutual The Cunard whIU star Ltd Steam Navigation Co, Ltd.) The Sarawak Steamship Co Ltd The Strait* Steamship Co Ltd. The Australian Oriental l.mr Ltd. The China Navigation Co. Ltd. The
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
      136 4 Daily Weather Report. station* Yesterday Last night m*x. rain- bright mm temp fan s'shlne tetrp Meteorological Office, Singspore, Mar. 6, 1937. West Coast. Alor Star Bayan Lepas (Penang) Sitiawan Bukit Jeram Malacca 94 0.08 8.6 74 91 Nil 6.0 76 90 Nil 5.8 76 90 Nil 9.9
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      ME SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      122 4 Saturday, March 6. Shin* alnntiMc the Wbarvea or expected arrtv* K.H I I t (MRBOtTB Main Wharf Heron, N. Base Lighter "X" 180. Chantek, Rcngat, Ban Ho Liong, Dilwara. Oil Wharf Nil. Coai Whart nu v kssi.i.s IN ukv DoC&s /•'•inn" rr»ji Sheers Wharf N'l. Albert
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      130 4 Mails from Europe etc. (London) expected tomorrow, Mar 7, by air (Imperial) will be delivered to boxholders at 6 p.m. General delivery of letters on Mar. 8. at 8.25 a.m. Mails from Europe London parcel malls) expected today Mar. 6. by j Memnon will be delivere at 9
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      IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SINGAPORE—LONDON.
      21 4 IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SINGAPORE— LONDON. The air mail dispatched from Singapore on Feb. 24. was delivered in London on Mar. 4.
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      FROM MALACCA.
      76 4 Correspondence for tnnsmission ty air "via Netherlands" must be special. v and clearly superscribed "By X L.M Mails will close at Malacca as follows: Today. Medan by air (Netherlands) 6 p.m Hong Kong and China by air Australia, Java and Timor by air (Imperial) 6 pm. (Qantas) 6
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      141 4 Today. Burma (Tllawa) 3 p.m East, North. South and West India (TUawa) 3 pm Djambl (Toba) 3 n.m South America (Arizona Maru) 4 p.m Ceylon (Arizona Maru) ..4 p.m Bagan. Bengkails it Selat Pandjang (Tobelo) 4 p.m Laboean Bulk (Rantau) ..4 pm Muntok Palembang (Senang) 4 p.m
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      CLEARANCES
      40 4 Mar. 4: Andalusia (Ital.); Pacific (Dan); Haruna Maru (Jap.); Norseman (Panama); Gewang, Van Heutsz, Camphuys, DJambi (Dut.); Kum Sang, Karoa, Bhutan, Silver Gull (Brit.). Apr. 5: Ampang, Jerantut, Esmeralda. Tandjong Pinang, Rusa, Merkur (Brit.); Tidore, Siberg, Aldegonda, Sibajak (Dut.).
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      ORIENTAL TELEPHONE & ELECTRIC CO.. LTD.
      1218 4 ORIENTAL TELEPHONE ELECTRIC CO.. LTD. (Incorporated In the United Kingdom.) List Of Additions And Alterations To The January 1937 Telephone Directory. Telephone Subscribers arc Kindly requested to make the following additions and alter ations to their copy of the above Telephone Directory recently issued. A 2161 Allen, van Ingen Co.
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      AIR MAILS.
      74 4 INWARD. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives this afternoon. Dutch From Netherlands India: Arrives this afternoon. Imperial: From Eur:pr: Due Sunday Bight. X.L.M.: From Europe: Due Monday r.ipht. OITWARD. X.L.M.: To Europe Mails r.'ose 12.45 p.m. today. Imperial: To Eurupc. Mails close 7 p.m. today. Imperial: To llong Kon s
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      SHIPPING NOTICE
      155 4 Owners and Masters of Ship requested to keep their Vessak as clear of the range as possible dur:;v; the heavy and machine gun practice, which will take place lrom Tekong. (heavy) on Mar. 8 and 9 at 10 a.m. (spare day Mar. 12 at 10 a.m.i; (machine gun)
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      518 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorpt rated in P. M.S. LLOYDS AGENTS:— BOOKING AGENTS, F.M.S. KLTS. AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS. TELEPHONE: Frelcbt 5133— Passage 5431 J^l^L CORONATION Jjjjj/0T j(| KING tilß^ri GEORGE VI |r^M^ MAY, 1937 Jjjj^ EARLY EOOKING nß^ AUVIbLL/. fffP jMw»4l^^^ and ticket* '^^s from your own agent,' v\ irW
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      461 4 incorporated to straits OettismeDis) ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO. LTD. COMPANY. (incoroorated In England) Jn OS A.) BOSTON. NEW TORK A BALTIMORE VIA SUEZ CANAI -ELLERMAN- UNE Dv( saUf FOR HAVRE LONDON f^f^ S N *X. IGATOR Mar 22 M:xr ROTTERDAM HAMBUEO. SS 3£BS V* S Via P»rt» and
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      184 4 TIDE TABLE. SINGAPORE Today H. W. 3 23 a.m. 7.9 ft.; 5.19 p.m. 5.9 ft. L. W. ID. 25 a.m. 2.8 ft.; 9. 47 p.m. 5 ft. Sunday. March 7. H. W. 4.22 a.m. 7.5 ft.; 7.41 p.m. 6 ft. L. W. 11.55 a.m. 3 ft.; 11.12 p.m. 5.5 ft.
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      352 5 LAST NIGHT fi&*"tfAplH^fi9 LORETTA ~l*Y^mi young rffIAV.4IJUH in the most romantic and beautiful picture ever made t D A f\ fef A plctßre Century M\ J\ I*l \J M!% with DON AMECHE, KENT TAYLOR Tomorrow— WAßNEß BROS. STARTUNG MYSTERY THRILLER By MuiMin G. Eberhart Whose Books Have Baffled A Million
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      49 5 EVERYBODY LOVES A GOOD MURDER MYSTERY— HERE'S ONE of THE BEST! With a LAUGri In every Foot! TOMORROW at the CAPITOL A SHOT OF "STRAIGHT"TERROR WITH LAUGHS FOR A"CHASER" 4pjK; Ol i n °'^l See if YOU can trace the Mysterious Murderer! MARLBOROUGH 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 TEARS OF LOVE
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      273 5 STOCK-TAKING SALE \J T J I t ry ™C *^^k^^^^^_2? ■T a: II wl OPPOSITE CLIFFORD PIER QUICK RELIEF Yeait-Vite not only /^£*^sl Donl suffer days <fCs\ relieve* pain and diacom- °J P a n an^ *^'}/A Jt *»J fort, but tonei the whoi. (jf/ -T-'^/X health get relief »<A
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      496 5 AUCTION NOTICE PRELIMINARY NOTICE. Estate ol Shaik Abdulrahm.-.n bin Mohamed Baswedan, Deceased and KstiU of Shaik Sallim. Shaik Ahmad and Shaik Abdullah bin Abdulrahman Baswedan Deceased and Shaik Awath bin Abdulrahman Baswedan. IMPORTANT TWO DAYS' AUCTION SALE oi Valuable Freehold and Leasehold Singapore properties. At Messrs. Cheong Kocn Seng Co..
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      289 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY, THE Straits Times is publishing has characterised Warner Bros. Mf musical pictures. this daily feature to give readers PAVILION: 'Men are Not Gods. < a comprehensive summary of enter- with Miriam Hopkins. London Film. tainments, meetings, sports events. Last day, 315. 6.15. 9 15, p.m. Btmltt
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  • LATEST LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      612 6 TIN SPURTS AGAIN ON QUOTA DECISION. BUT NO GREAT DEMAND FOR SHARES. From Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Mar. 5. The I.T.C. decision to leave the production quota for the second quarter of this year at 100 per cent, has caused some little surprise locally, where it was
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        MINING.
        561 6 All shares quoted above are fully paid ssue Vai. i 4/- Ampat Tin Fraser Co Lyall Buyers SeilersBuyers 5/6 5 9 5/6 t Evat Seller: 5/9 £1 Asam Kumbang 33/9 34/6 33/9 34/9 £1 Aust.-a' Malay 54/- 56/- 56/6/- Ayei Hitam 1 Ayer Weng £1 Bangriu Tin 1 Batu
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        GENERAL.
        446 6 Z 2 Alex BricK Ord. 1.45 1.55 1.45 1.55 2 2 do V/ 2 '/e Prefs. 2.50 2.60 2.50 2.60 10 10 Atlas Ice 8.00 lO.OOn 8.00 lO.OOn. 1 1 B M Broadcasting 0.89 0.95 0.90 0.95 10 5 B M Trustee 8 25 7.00 8.25 J.25 100 £100
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        211 6 SINGAPORE MUNICU'AL 5" c 1901 red. 1940 $400.<.()0 Int Mar. 31 SepL 30 104 110 norn •}'>■ 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int Mar. 31 Sept 30 11l 114 n^m i\ 2 '/c 1909 red 1955 *1..-Oo.noo Int. Mar 31 Sept 40 119 121 norn 4'i 1913 red.
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        367 6 Mlenby 1.95 2.05 1.90 2.05 fcior Gaiali 1.50 1.60 1.50 1.65 ftmal. Malay 2.15 2.25 2.10 2.25 Ayer Hitam Ayer Molek Aver Panas Baf sett Ba'.u Mntang Bedford Benta Borelli Brog'-.s Brunei Un. ($5) Bukjt Kali Bukit Kcv>ng Bukit Timah (S10) BukJt KB Chan^kar Scrdtng Connemara Glenealy Ficr.tations
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    EXCHANGES
    197 6 The following are the exchange rates r hi; morning according to the iailv circular Issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. SELLING London T. T 2/4 1/16 London demand 2/4 1/16 London months sight 2/4Vfe Lyons demand 1230 Hamburg demand 141 New York demand 56 15/I*s Montreal
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    80 6 Closing Prices, March 5. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) 37 37J/ 8 Good F. A. Q. in cases (F. 0.8.) 36'/ 2 36% No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 36% 363/ i March 36% 36% April-June
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    STOCK EXCHANGE.
    363 6 London, Msr. 5 The following are todays closing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange: Shares of U denomination unless otherwise stated: Yeste/- But day M Fal' Conversion Loan f 0.0. 1944-64 :i5 Funding Loan 4 1960-93 ***** 'i War Loan, IU p.c 102 tt Cor/i. Union Assce.
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    KOMBOK INTERIM.
    33 6 Tho directors of Kombok (F.M.S.; Ruber Co., Ltd. propose a dividend al 4 per rent, for the financial year enced December last, which, if approv:d will be payable on Apr. 10
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    PRODUCE.
    239 6 Singapore, March 6, 13 noon. Buyer Seller Gambler 87 50 Hamburg Cube 15 00 Java Cube 10.50 Pepper White Muntok $19.00 White $18.50 Black $11.25 Copra Mixed $7.80 $7.80 Sun Dried $8 10 Tapioca Small Flake S5 50 Fair Flake $5 JO Medium Peari $5 55 Small Pearl $5
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    EXCHANGES
    101 6 Loi.don, Mar. 5. The following were mean rates ruling at noon today Paris 103 5 32 "Unens 547 4 i New Yorl: 4.80 Bucharest C6Tj Montreal 4.88 sellers Bru-seb 28.92. Rio 4"4 Geneva 21.39 sellers official Amsterdam 8.91 vi Belgrade 213 Milan 92% Buenos Airer, unauoKd EcrUn 12.14':: Montevideo
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    FRASER & COMPANY. LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Total for
    117 6 FRASER COMPANY. LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Total for oofcs Close nnanciai Company. Dividend Date Payable Ex. Div. Date year to date TIN. Katu Tin 6d. (13th) Mar. 10 Mtimbaus 5% Int. Mar. 12 Raub 10% Int. Mar. 5 remoh 6cl Int Mar. 2 Mar. 17 Mar 19 Mar. 11 Mar.
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      146 6 THE IMPROVED FOAMITE DUAL-SEAL EXTINGUISHER ■AS in the former model, the valve seals both f^ g^y- t^ e inner chamber and the nozzle port, J^JBL with the result that each compartment is iso- a e( rom tne °t ner an d also from the atn^j&^| mosphere. The mechanism for raising
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      MORE TIN USED LAST YEAR.
      602 7 ANALYSIS OF 1936 CONSUMPTION. LITTLE CHANGE IN STOCK POSITION. THE February issue of the Interna- tional Tin Research and Development Council's Bulletin, published by the Hague Statistical Office, contains detailed statistics of the production and consumption of tin for the year 1936. World production. It
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      SUEZ CANAL TRAFFIC
      82 7 Further Substantial Rise In Receipts. The Increase in transits which was a feature of the Suez Canal results tor December became more marked In January. Transits for the latter month numbered 575 vessels, compared *':th 533 vessels ir. January. 1936. In consequence of this tTi ntf in
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      RUBBER QUOTA EXCEEDED IN JANUARY.
      706 7 Freight Position Likely To Ease In March. LEWIS AND PEAT (SINGAPORE) LTD. in their weekly report on the rubber market. Issued yesterday, write: The past week has been extraordinarily dull but minor fluctuations in prices have taken place. The only item of real interest has
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      BANKA-BILLITON TIN MERGER.
      134 7 BiU Rejected By PeonVs Council. Amsterdam, Feb. 19 The Netherlands East Indies People's Council has rejected the BankaBllliton Tin Merger Bill by 43 votes to 7. The bill seeks to merge the in interests of the two tin-producing islands, Banca and Billiton. The interests in Billiton are
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      605 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHA' BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in the Colon; ot Hong X.wig) The uabUity ot members is limited to the extent and in manner Drescnbeo oy Ordiiiknee No Bot 1929 of the Ci-lony. Authorised Capital tW.OOO.TOC Issued and Fully Paia-Uo t2o.ooo.r<K) Reserve Pund*:— Sterling 6.500.000 Hona Kong Currency $10,000.0)0
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      809 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated In China by Special Charter./ 12. Owii Street. Sm»»^r«. Telephone*: Mana«er« Office »41« BxchaBfe DepC 6441 General Office 51S8-9 Cable AMran: -CHl'NCKrOI'aM Dp Capital Cb.f40.Mt.SOO.OI Reserve Faml» tn axeeaa of Ch. J3.500.000 ou Total AjftCta approximate!; Ch. Sl.4O0.0t9.000.0C BKA0 OFFICE: SHANGHAI Tse-VunR Soong Chairman of Board
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      498 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BAf\h Ob; INDIA, AUSTkALU AND CHINA. (Incoiporaiea id gug;ui*u o> KoyaJ Snartei isa3> Paid Op Capital v. tiou.uuj snaxw ol £5 each £3.000,00« Rtserve Puna i3.U00.0d0 Reserve L.abllltT nt Pri-—i.»t or» £3.000.004 BEAD OmCI: 38. Btebtpscaie. London X.C I Aior suu Houk (toug Saigon Amritear iloUo Sfmiranß Bangkok
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      419 8 THE BRITISH MALAYA TRUSTEE AND EXECUTOR COMPANY LIMITED. The Company was formed In the year IK4 and was registered subsequently under Urn Trust Companies Ordinance 1928. In view of tne progress It nas made and ot the experience tt has gained, tt Is oot likely to oe wound-up or to
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      334 8 SHERLEY'S LACTOL AND Too much meat means too much neat for your dog's blood. And especially in a hotclimate this causes him "torture through continual scratching, lack of appetite, moodincss, irritability and loss of energy. You can remedy the trouble by cutting down his meat supply and substituting LACTOL. A
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      213 8 Children are all too prone to contract contagious diseases in this trying climate. Wright's Coal Tar Soap it the best safeguard you can give them, for Wright's is correctly antiseptic Remember, too, Wright's is now obtainable in a bigger tablet, packed in a more convenient carton. But no change in
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      216 8 Week -end Broadcasting. PENANG. ZHJ 6.08 me s (49.3 m). TODAY p.m. 7. Time signal and day's programme. 7.05 Indian music. 8. Malay music. 8.55 News bulletin. 9. Close down. SINGAPORE -ZHL. 1,933 kc/s (225 m) TODAY p.m. 2 00 Close down. 6 00 Cantonese music (Gramophone records): Orchestral Recitals:
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      885 8 Toreador's Song. Carmen (BU«t) Carlo Oaleffl. Then shone forth the Stars. La Tone a. (Fucclnt) 1! Sizo de Muro Lomanto. The Prize Song, from the Mastcrsingers. (Wagner) Georges Thill. Strange Harnonies. La Tosca. (Puccini) Enzo de Muro Lomanto. Easter Hymn. CR/alleria Rusticana. (Mascagnl) o. Arangl-Lomhardl and Chorua. n Trovatore. Verdi.
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      673 8 10.40 p. ni —A religions aerrke (Church of England),' from Croydon Parbh Chorch. 11 30 p.m The B B.C. Sinters IB): Sybllla Marshall, Winifred Downer, Peter Pe*rs. Victor LtUnj. Margaret Bee*. Anne Wood, Emlyn Bebb, Victor Bardlac; conducted by Trevor Harvey. 11. M p.m —Weekly newsletter sporta nnmary, and anMoneements.
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      122 8 12.50 Cinema organ concert, 1.10 News bulletin. 1.15 Variety programme. 2 10 News uulletin. 2.20 dote down. 5.50 Time signal. Opening announcement. 5.54 Bible stories for children. 6.05 What Everybody Likes. By Nirom Or.h. 6.50 Chamber music. 7.20 Variety programme. 7 48 Carillon. 7.50 News and sports bulletin. 8 05
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    INTENSIVE FLIGHT FROM THE FRANC.
    568 9 Difficult Situation. DRASTIC ACTION NECESSARY. Paris, Mar. 5 A communique issued at the conclusion of a Cabinet meeting today reaffirms that the tripartite agreement, between France, Britain and America, i remains the basis of France's monetary policy. Control of the exchanges is there- J fore
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    DEFENCE LOAN IN CHINA?
    316 9 PARTY CONFERENCE APPROVES. SUPPORT SAID TO BE ASSURED. Shanghai, Mar. 5. THE Central Government is reported to be drawing up a scheme for the issue of a huge loan for the purpose of meeting the defence measures for the »vh»le of China and for industrial and
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    NOMINATIONS FOR BY-ELECTION
    48 9 London, Mar. 5. Sir Francis Llndley has been nominated as the National Conservative candidate at the by-election at the Combined Universities, caused by the death of Sir Reginald Craddock. The other candidates are Sir Henry Bracken bury (Independent) and Mr. Edmund Harvey (Independent progressive .—Reuter
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    Egypt's New Ambassador To Britain.
    27 9 London, Mar. 3. Dr. Hafez Ann Pasha, Egyptian Am-bassador-designate to the Court of St. James, arrived in London last evening. —British Wireless
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    SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAR. 6, 1937. Fears For Germany.
    870 10 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAR. 6, 1937. Fears For Germany. Observers in Europe show signs cf increasing perturbation at the possibility of a financial collapse in Germany. In discussing the basis of these fears, we wish to leave aside as far as possible current political questions. We are not concerned here with
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    Social and personal.
    117 10 Mr. D. Nicolson, of Harpenden (Sel.) Rubber Co., Ltd., has sailed for Scotland on leave. Mr. E. Shadgett, Chief Draftsman, Survey Department, iT.M.S. and S.S.. has been granted eight months and nine days leave with effect from Feb. 13, before retirement. The golden wedding of Mr. and
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    New Dental Board Member.
    34 10 Dr. W. Young has been appointed to be a member of the Dental Board, under the Registration of Dentists Ordinance for a period of three years vice Dr. J.I Baeza.
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    32 10 His Majesty the King has approved the re-appointment of Dr. Llm Han Hoe as a Nominated Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council, S.S., for a •urther period of three years.
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    New J.P. For Singapore.
    27 10 His Excellency the Governor has appointed Captain A. V. Cockle, Assistant Superintendent of Police, to be a Justice of the Peace for Singapore.
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    KLEBER AND HIS MEN EN MADRID.
    1599 10 Anti-Fascist Crusaders And Soldiers of Fortune. WHY is it that Madrid has become a second Verdun? Why should General Franco, with his 25,000 Moorish troops who swept so successfully through Spain, be halted at the walls of Madrid? The real reason is the International
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    714 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. RAFFLES' BONES IS there any truth In the story that when Sir Stamford Raffles' grave in Hendon churchyard, the position of which had been forgotten for a long time, was discovered some years ago, the rector of the parish church received an offer from Singapore
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    HEAVY R.A.F. PROGRAMME ON SINGAPORE ISLAND IN 1937
    158 11 $7,000,000 ALLOCATED FOR THIS YEAR. Big Extensions Planned At Seletar. HEADQUARTERS AND OFFICES TO BE IN CITY. PROVISION for a new headquarters building for the Royal Air Force in Singapore, which will he in the city instead of fifteen miles away at
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    58 11 A remarkable study of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek snapped as he stood weeping over the bier of Gen. Chu Pei-teh, one of his most trusted lieutenants, who died in Nanking during the Kuomintang Executive Conference. Gen. Chu was a veteran of the Revolution and was director of the Military Council at
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    ANOTHER SQUADRON.
    204 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 5. THE total effective expenditure for Malaya for the year ending Mar. 31, 1938, provided in the Air Estimates, is £817.000 $7,002,500 >. The main items are as follows: Singapore Headquarters: Offices and barracks, £30.000 this year and £45,000 in future years.
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    MOORISH METHODS OF WARFARE.
    143 11 Loyalists Advance In Enemy's Sleep. Valencia. Mar. 1. The methods of warfare pursued by the Moors in Spain are described by Captain Wltringham, (nephew of the ex-Liberal member of the House of Commons. Mrs. Wltringham). who is convalescing from .1 bullet wound. He said the enemy
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    DIESEL-ENGINED PLANE VISITS SIAM.
    69 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. Mar. 5. The first Junker Diesel-engined aeroplane ever flown in Siam using heavy oil fuel arrived on its way to Melbourne. This morning it loaded with fuel for a non-stop flight to Singapore, startIng tomorrow morning. This afternoon It gave demonstrations
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    Colonial Appointments.
    34 11 London, Mar. 6 Mr. W. D. Battcrshill, Colonial Secretary of Cyprus, has been appointed Chief Secretary to the Government of Palestine, succeeding Mr. J. H. Hall, recently appointed British Resident bar Protectorate.
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    INCREASED AIR ESTIMATES.
    289 11 FRONT-LINE DEFENCE OF LONDON. London, Mar. 5. The air estimates total £88,588,600 gross and £56.500,000 net. Allowance has been made for a special appropriation in aid of £26,000,000 in connection with defence loans, otherwise the total would have been £82,500,000 compared with £50,700,000 in 1936, an Increase
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    L.C.C. ELECTIONS RESULT.
    167 11 LABOUR MAJORITY RAISED TO 26. FASCIST CANDIDATES UNSUCCSSFUL. London, Mar. 5. The final results of the London County Council election is: Labour 75. Municipal Reform 49. The Labour majority, which was 14 in the last Council, is thus increased to 26. By capturing two seats in North
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    STALIN'S "PURGE" CONTINUES.
    74 11 More Expulsions From Communist Party. Moscow, Mar. 5. The Central Communist Committee has decided to expel Messrs Bukharln and Rykoft from the Party M. Bukharin, till recently editor of Izvestia. and M. Rykoff, a former president of the Council of Peoples Commissars, came under a cloud at
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    LABOUR IN AMERICA.
    98 11 Leaders At Variance. WIDENING SPLIT. Pittsburgh, Mar. 5. The committee of employees' representatives from 18 mills of the Carnegie (111.) Steel Corporation had asked Mr. William Green, the President of the Federation of Labour, for assistance in opposing Mr. John Lewis's committee for industrial organisation. Mr. Green
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    AMERICAN APOLOGY TO HITLER.
    52 11 Washington, Mar. 6. The United States Government has apologised to Germany for a speech of Mr. La Guardia, the Mayor of New York, referring to Her Hitler as a brown-shirted fanatic menacing the peace of the world." Germany had protested to the State Department in this
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    TRAFFIC IN OUTWORN HORSES.
    109 11 Almost Ended. London, Mar. 6. A Private Member's BUI to end the export of work-worn horses for slaught er or further work abroad— to such extent as it continues after the restrictive legislation tf two years ago passed its second reading in the House ol Commons
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    FLYING BOATS FOR ATLANTIC SERVICE.
    108 11 Fine Performance By Caledonia. London, Mar. 5. Caledonia, the Imperial Airways long-range flying boat which Is to be used with her sister Cambria for the Atlantic service, flew non-stop from Alexandria at an average speed of 153 m ph. On the outward .li^ht her average
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    39 11 Dr. Hugo Eckencr. the famous airship navigator, who wil' visit London this month to receive the gold mrdal of the Royal British Aeronautical Society which was recently conferred on him "for noteworthy achievements m the field of airship navigation."
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    SOVIET FORESTRY POLICY CHANGED.
    157 11 RIVERS SILTING UP. Moscow, Mar. 1. Many rivers throughout the Soviet Union are in danger of silting up following the predatory deforestation policy pursued by the Toviet Government during the last few years. According to the annual report of the Soviet timber industry which announces complete
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    NON-INTERVENTION COMMITTEE' PLAN OF ACTION.
    440 11 NON-INTERVENTION COMMITTEE' PLAN OF ACTION. Last-Minute Hitch. London, Mar. 5. It is learned that a hitch occurred at the five-hour meeting of the non-intervention sub-committee this afternoon to discuss the final details of the scheme of supervision of the Spanish coasts and frontiers. It is understood that Portugal Is disinclined
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    TIN QUOTA: NO CHANGE.
    184 11 Second Quarter Allowance. 100 PER CENT. Paris, Mar. 5. THE International Tin Com- mittee today fixed the production quota for the second quarter of 1937 at 100 per cent, of standard tonnages. The committee desire to point out that the reduction in the viaibte supply for
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    U.S. NAVY BILL PASSED.
    30 11 Washington Mar. 5. The House of Representatives pas;ed the Naval Appropriations Bill Dy 257 votes to 83 without amendments and forwarded it to the Senate.— Reuter.
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    26 11 Japanese firms have virtually captured the North China coal market by the dumping of the Ma->chukuo product, states a Sin Chew Jit Poh message from Tientsin.
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    MALAYA'S JANUARY TRADE BEST FOR SEVEN YEARS.
    302 12 FIVE MILLION INCREASE ON PREVIOUS MONTH. Favourable Balance Of $10,151,000. BIG DROP IN EXPORTS TO JAPAN THIS YEAR. THE increased prices ruling for tin and rubber are reflected ina sharp rise in the value of Malaya's trade for the month of January, which
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    Admiral Visits Naval Volunteers.
    148 12 \fICE-ADMIRAL Sir Charles Little, Commander-in-Chief of the China Fleet, made another visit to the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve headquarters at Telok Ayer Basin yesterday afternoon. There was no guard and no undue formality. Sir Charles mad-a an official inspecticn a few weeks ago. Yesterday ho wanted
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    MENTORS BUSY
    118 12 MENTORS BU SY Rubber Compositions And InspctiriHf**. (Fnm Our Own Cormp re'ent.) Kuala Lumpur. Mar 5. A United Kingdom patent entitled "Improvements in or relating to rubber compositions and articles composed thereof" has been registered in the i FMS by The Liverpool E'.ectrlc Cable Co. Ltd.. of Queen Anne's Gate
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    Selangor Chinese Benevolent Association.
    77 12 At the third annual meet.'ng of the Selanßor Chinese Benevolent Association, the following were elected officebearers for this year: President. Mr. Khoo Telk Ec: vice-presid-ent. Mr. Khoo Cheng Keat: hon. secretary. Mr. lye Y?n Fat: directors Mr. Wong Foofc Y<-w. Mr. H. Joo IW, Dr. Chua
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    BORNEO COMPANY CAPITAL SCHEME.
    80 12 Petition Dismissed With Costs. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Mar. 5. In the Chancery division today the scheme for the proposed reduction of the capital of Borneo Company Ltd. from £1 million to £639.640 was withdrawn and the petition was dismissed with costs. The scheme was
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    42 12 A literary meeting of the Singapore Malayalee Association will be held at the Rama Krishna Mission Hall at 5.30 p.m. on Sunday under the presidentship of Mr. K. P. Kesav?. Menon. Mr. C. R. Menon will speak on "The Kingdom of Youth.
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    Singapore Flocks To Italian Opera.
    430 12 "IL TROVATORE" PLEASES. IN music the saying that familiarity breeds contempt is true only of compositions of a low order. In compositions of the highest order, familiarity breeds evergrowing delight. People like best songs they know best, and one has noticed each night of our
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    SINGAPORE SWELTERS.
    183 12 Mercury Climbs Over 90. CITY-DWELLERS' SLEEPLESS NIGHTS. CINGAPORE sweltered yesterday, when the thermometer touched the highest point this year 91 deg. The minimum temperature on the previous night, 78 deg., also was the highest for the year. With this high night temperature, followed by a hot day, Singapore
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    DIESEL PLANE DUE HERE TODAY.
    96 12 ON a flight to Australia, the first Diescl-engined aeroplane ever to make a trip to the Far East is expected to reach Seletar this afternoon from Germany. The plane was due to leave Bangkok this morning and. after stopping at Alor Star, is expected to
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    AMBULANCE CHIEF IN SINGAPORE.
    80 12 Talk To Rotary Club Next Week. The Chief Overseas Commissioner of the St John Ambulance Brigade, Col. J. L. Sleeman, will be the speaker at the next meeting of the Rotary Club of Singapore, which will be held next Wednesday. The directors have appointed Dr. K
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    18 12 Mr. W. E. Lancaster, the Veterinary Surgeon, Kedah, and his wife are spending their honeymoon at Cameron Highlands.
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    32 12 i LAY naval reservists doing training at Tanjong Pagar yesterday, when Vice- Admiral Sir Charles Little, Commander-in-Chief of the China Fleet, paid an informal visit to the K.N.V.K. headquarters. Straits Times Photograph
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    Britain's Far East Defence Chiefs To Confer.
    232 12 AIR COMMODORE FLYING TO HONG KONG "WAR." (Special to the Straits Times.) f^EFENCE chiefs of the Far East strategic zone will confer in Hong Kong this month during the combined manoeuvres. With huge expansion programmes both at Singapore and Hong Kong, there are
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    25 12 Mr. F. T. Ephraums has been appointed to be a member of the Visiting Committee to the Mental Hospital, Singapore, vice Mr. R. Tessensohn resigned.
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    Case Against Major Gould Struck Out.
    280 12 Case Against Major Gould Struck Out. DEMARKING that a contingency such as had arisen had never been foreseen by the framers of the Procedure Code, Mr. E. M. Tampoe-Philips appealed to Mr. W. G. Reeves, the Singapore Third Magistrate this morning, that the summons case against Major G. D. Gould
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    "BEN HUR" RETURNS WITH SOUND.
    74 12 it The Cinema. Ben Hur. With Ramon Novarro. M.G M. At the Alhambr*. One of the spectacles of the silen> days returns to Singapore with synchronised sound in parts. The thrills of the chariot race are two-fold now with the addition of sound. "Ben Hur'
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    300 KLANG STRIKERS BACK AT WORK.
    362 12 300 KLANG STRIKERS BACK AT WORK. Settlement In Small Hours. ROUSING SEND OFF FOR CHINESE CONSUL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Mar. .">. AT a conference lasting into the early hours of this morning, a peaceful settlement was reached with workers in the Malayan Rubber Works, of Klang, who
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    ELECTRIC CURRENT FAILURE IN PENANG.
    86 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ponanf. Today. One of the l3n?est current failures affecting the whole of Penang Island occurred early this morning and at ten o'clock was s ill unrepaired. It is understood that the trouble is at the main power station at Prai. The
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    32 12 Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Mummery, of Kuala Lumpur, who arrived Home on leave last September, are returning to Malaya In June. Their present address is: Walvera, Crockfcrd Park Road. Addlestcne, Surrey.
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    WILL LUMUT BECOME BASE FOR PATROL CRAFT?
    330 13 R. N. V. R. Launches' Visit Chi Straits Cruise. TRAINING FOR 'LIST TWO" OFFICERS IN PENANG. THAT increasing importance is being placed on the potential value of the Straits Settlements Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in patrolling the vital Malacca Straits in the event
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    25 MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.
    250 13 Chinese With Big Stock Of Illicit Chandu, Sentence of 25 months' rigorous imprisonment was passed by Mr. H. A. Forrer. in th-i Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday, on a Chinese named Sng Chwee Choc. who pleaded guilty to a charge of having had in his possession 297
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    SINGAPORE'S CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH.
    204 13 Plague At Colombo And Bassein. No cases of plague, cholera or smallpox were reported in Singapore for the week ended Feb. 27. Bassein and Colombo were theory ports in the Eastern arena to report the presence of human plague during the week, rodent plague was
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    MANOEUVRES' AT MUAR
    70 13 Boy Scouts Rout "Enemy" With Crackers (From Our Own Correspondent). Muar, Mar. 3. The First and Seventh Government English School Troops at Muar, each numbering 26 boy scouts, have just been engaged In "manoeuvres." The Seventh Troop represented the "enemy." After a "sharp engagement," in the course
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    REUNION OF HONG KONG 'VARSITY GRADUATES.
    243 13 Mrs. Lim Boon Keng As Guest Of Honour. Under the auspices of the Singapore branch of the Hong Kong University Alumni Association, the graduates of the Hong Kong University held their annual reunion in the form of a whole day's picnic and dinner at
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    "THE LITTLE VAGABOND."
    35 13 "THE LITTLE VAGABOND Net proceeds from the sale of the song 'The Little Vagabond," composed by Mr. and Mrs. A. J. C Towers, of Ipoh. were $263. This sum has been distributed to various charities.
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    BASIC ENGLISH MAKING PROGRESS.
    269 13 But Lack Of Text Books Hampers Work. MR. F. THOMAS NEW DIRECTOR OF STUDIES A CLASS of Malay boys at the Kota Raja School, Singapore last year made good progress, in Basic English though they were hampered by the lack of suitable text-books. Graded school-books from
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    GUTHRIE'S "GOLDEN VALLEY" DINNER.
    222 13 Over 100 Present Last Night. MESSRS. Guthrie and Co. celebrated the successful conclusion of their $1,000 Golden Valley Brandy competition with a dinner, served in Chinese style at the Southern Hotel last night. Covers were laid for more than one hundred. After dinner, Mr. V. I.
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    JUNCTION NEEDS IMPROVING.
    147 13 K.L. Coroner's Suggestion At Inquest. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur Mar. 5. A suggestion that Improvements should be made at the Junction of Java and Pudu Streets In order to prevent further accidents was made by Che Maroof in the Kuala Lumpur Coroner's Court yesterday when
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    AIR COUNCIL CASE
    91 13 An application was made in tne High Court, Singapore yesterday, before Mr. Justice McElwalne, the Chief Justice, to take the evidence of Sgt. George Taylor de bene esse in connection with the case In whicn His Majesty's Air Council are plaintiffs and J. W. C. Oueth is
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    27 13 Looklnr down the Singapore River from Boat Quay towards Anderson Bridre, with sampans clustered in th« forerround and the Fullerton Building on the rifht. Straits Times Photograph.
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    Shortage Of Officers Handicaps Malacca Scouts.
    287 13 MOVEMENT POPULAR AMONG MALAYS. Scouting in Malacca is being hampered by a shortage of officers, and in some English school troops the scoutmasters have been carrying on single-handed. "This is very unsatisfactory, as the standard of the troop is inevitably lowered," slates the annual
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    F.M.S. APPOINTMENTS.
    271 13 Mr. F. G. Coales In Grade I P.W.S. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala _iumpur, Mar. 5. The following appointments are announced in the F.M.S. Government Gazette: Messrs. T. G. Husband md P. A. Molloy to be State Engineers. Grade 11, Malayan Public Works Service (Mr Husband assumed duty
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    ECHO OF FATAL ACCIDENT.
    155 13 Malay Acquitted Of Rash Driving. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 4. An echo of a fatal accident in Princes Road, in which a young Malay cyclist was knocked down by a car on Jan. 24, was heard in the Kuala Lumpur police court today
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    SAFEGUARDING MALAYA'S REPUTATION.
    324 13 SAFEGUARDING MALAYA'S REPUTATION. Rubber Packers To Be Licensed. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 5. IUIALAYA is to guard her reputation as rubber exporter with a new law which will place the packing of rubber for export to any other country under close control by making it necessary for
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    FERNANDEZ BEATS JOHNSON: MORTELL K. O.'s PERALTA.
    583 14  -  "Corinthian." By LAST NIGHT'S LIVELY FIGHTS. HARD HITTING IN THE SIX-ROUNDERS. BOXING of a fair standard was seen at the New World arena last night, and there were exciting moments in the principal bout, in which Ignacio Fernandez beat Young Johnson on points.
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    PROBABLES FOR THE LINCOLNSHIRE.
    237 14 Favourite Impresses In A Fast Gallop. Mews from Newmarket on Feb. 23 1 was that the Lincolnshire Handicap; favourite, Laureat 11. went well in a fast seven-furlongs gallop with Snooker. Riders for two brightly-Uncled candidates were announced. P. Maher will have the mount on Straight Deal.
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    27 14 lortell (left) and Peraita vfcon -\U!e last night ended in a K.O. victory for the former when lie w as in arrears on points. Straits Times Photograph
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    CHINESE JUNIORS WIN WELL
    360 14 AGAINST S.C.C. Two Goals Without Any Reply. The S.R.C. ground was the venue of the third division league match yesterday between the S.C.F.A. 111 and the S.C.C. 11. The Chinese won 2—o2 0 and fully deserved their victory, though the club side were real triers. The
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    "V.'s" vs. R.A.M.C. ON MONDAY
    49 14 The following will represent the V.M.C.A. against the RJV.M.C. at Tangling on Monday: Tan Kwan Seng, K. Leembruggen, N. Jackson, Kwee Thiam Tech, O. Day, A. Zezula, P. Swyny, A Noden, Lim Kirn Wee, G. Bleha, and Lim Bak Song. Reserve: Chan Goo Tiar.g.
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    34 14 Tottenham Hotspur footballers have been playing squash rackets as part of tl.eir Cup-training, Manager Jack Tresadern thinks that lor gocd, hard exercise in a short space of time there is nothing to beat squash
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    POINTS FOR P.S
    124 14 Hooper's Double Against Newspapermen. Paterson Simons defeated the Straits Times Press by two clear goals on the V.MC.A. ground in a Business Houses League match yesterday A few minutes from the kick-off Paterson SimoiV left back received a kick on one knee and was out of the
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    INDIAN LEAGUE
    122 14 List Of First Round Fixtures. The following are the fixtures for the first round of the I. A. Football League: March B— HA. vs. J.A.U. 9— C.V.M.A. vs. I. A. 11. 12— T.8.P. vs. M.A. 15— 1. A. II vs. H.A. 16— J.A.U. vs. T.B.P. 18— MA. vs.
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    NEW ZEALAND TEAM FOR ENGLAND.
    97 14 Before leaving for their tour of England this year, the New Zealand cricket team probably will play a match against the M C.C iide at present in Australia. The match would be played at Wellington Fourteen players wil- make the trip to England Eight so
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    S. R. C. LOSE LEAGUE MATCH TO POSTAL SIDE.
    304 14 Two Goals Margin It Might Have Been More. "THERE was no doubt about the superiority of the Post Office team In 1 their S.A.F.A. League second division match against the S.R.C. at Anson Road Stadium yesterday. They won 2—o,2 0, and
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    BOLD BATTING BY "V.'s" AND MIDDS.
    127 14 Stumps had to oe drawn owing no fading light when the match on the V.M.C A. ground yesterday between the V.M.C. A. and 'A 1 Coy of the Middlesex Regiment iad reached a very Interesting stage. The soldiers were then 19 runs behind and
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    AMATEUR CUP-TIES TODAY.
    50 14 In addition to the F.A. Cup elxth round ties today there is the fourth round of the Amateur Cup competition, the draw for which Is as follows Walthamstow Avenue V. Wealdstone or Dulwich Hamlet. Sutton United v. 1.C.1. Alkali (Northwich). Bromley v. Stockton. Leyton v. Bishop Auckland.
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    WOMAN'S RECORD SWIM
    43 14 Copenhagen. Mar. 5. Ragnhlld Hveger beat the women's world record for the 300 metres fr»e style swim, covering the distance in 3 mins 50 1-10 sees. The previous record by Denouden. of Holland, was 3 mlns. 50 4-10 sees— Reuter.
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    SIX-ASIDE GAMES. F.A. To Allow Them On Coronation Day.
    156 14 SIX-ASIDE GAMES. F.A. To Allow Them On Coronation Day. There will be slx-a siat football matches on Coronation Duy May 12. 11 clubs avail themselves ot the permission given them cy the Football Association council at a recent meetIng in London. Tne FA. Is Informing the county associations, whose consent
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    FISHLOCK'S HUNDRED
    168 14 Voce Has A Merry Knock At Benalla. Benalla. Mar 5. In their two-day twclve-a-side mate.*! against a Victorian Country team, started here today, the M.C.C. knocked up 344 and in reply the Country team had lost two wickets for 29 runs at close of play. The M.C.C. fared
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    THE SPORTS DIARY.
    108 14 Soccer: S.C.P.A. 2nd vs. Excise. Stadium (Dlv. II): Terror vs. Indians (Div. II). Police ground. Cricket: S.C.C. vs. R.1.; H M.S. Terror vs. S.C.C. at Tanglui; C.S.C. vs. S.C.R.C.; St. Andrew's vs. A.C.S.; S.J.I. vs. V.S.; V.M.C.A. vs. H.M.S. Terror. Golf: S.O.C. bogey Staple ford TOMORROW. Cricket:
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    CHINESE BEAT POLICE AT KUALA LUMPUR.
    420 15 Association Football. Score Twice In The Second Half. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Mar. 3. Aft r holding tbetc own against the r Selans^r Chinese in the first half of the t» nc, the Police Depot were beaten 2- 0 on the Pudu
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    WARDEN GIVES AIZAWA A HARD GAME.
    449 15 Keen Matches In The Handicap Doubles, IN the V.M.C.A. open tournament yesterday W. J. M. Warden and his wife were engaged in singles matches. He put up a capital show against Aizawa, former champion of Formosa, but was beaten. Mrs. Warden proved too food
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    FORTY-ONE STILL IN THE GRAND NATIONAL.
    316 15 FORTY-ONE STILL IN THE GRAND NATIONAL. Of ths 60 nominations made for the Grand National, 42 remained in the race on Feb. 24. Since then another scratching— Blue Prince— has been announced. The cost to enter is 10 soys. and those left in at the first acceptance on Feb. 2
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    21 15 Ferguson, the S.C.C. II full-back, effecting a clearance in the IMv. 11l gatte against the Chinese third team. —Straits Times Photograph.
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    R.A.F.Y.C. REGATTA. Attractive Programme For Tomorrow.
    184 15 R.A.F.Y.C. REGATTA. Attractive Programme For Tomorrow. The third annual regatta of the Royal Air Torce Yacht Cluto li to be leld at Seletar tomorrow An Interesting programme includes a Visitors' Race and an open race for Burling Prams. A large entry i« expected for the latter event as thla particular
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH
    688 15 First Division Midds. vs. R. A. on Monday Business Houses League How The Teams Stand— Golf Ball That Will Go Farther TUvis Cup Players Must Be Grass Widowers. Conducted By "ECHO." HTHE opening match in the First Division of the S.AFA. League for this season will be
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    NEW HOSPITAL AT IPOH PROJECTED.
    335 16 Accommodation For 600 Patients. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, March 4. IMMEDIATE improvements are to be carried out at the Ipoh Hospital 1 pending the preparation of a scheme for a new building with accommodation for 600 patients, which is now in the hands of
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    H.M.S EAGLE.
    82 16 Correspondence. Foreign Aircraft Carriers Are Much Bigger. To the Editor of the Straits Times, Sir,— ln your issue of Feb. 25 you state that the Hermes is the largest aircraft carrier in the world. The appended statement will show that sucn is not the case.— Yours etc., AD.
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    CHINA AIDS IN U.S. FLOOD RELIEF.
    304 16 Drive For Funds Begins. Shanghai The launching of a financial drive to raise funds for the relief of floods refugees in the United States was decided upon at a Joint meeting of four organisations sponsoring the drive. The four organisations are the United Charitable
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY: NEW BOOKS.
    255 16 The undenoted newly-added nanfiction and flexion works are ready for issue today at the Raffles Library: Ships and Women. BUI Adams; Episodes of the Great War, Illustrated. John Buchan: The Great Wall Crumbles, Grover Clark: Chase of the Wild Goose, Illustrated, Mary Gordon; Theatre of Life:
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    BURNT THE TAIL OF A CALF.
    128 16 Tamil Gets Gaol For Cruelty. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar. 4. A revolting tale of cruelty to an anim-.l was told to Mr. H. A. L. Luckham in the Penang Police Court, yesterday when a Tamil nilk-seller, Vadlvalu, was sentenced to one month's
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    QUARTERMASTER FINED $1,600.
    139 16 Dressed In his sailor's suit Koh Lode. quartermaster of the s.s. Kum Sang, was produced before Mr. H. A. Forrer in the Singapore Criminal District Court on Thursday and charged with having had in his possession 20 tahils of non-Government chandu, valued at $160. He was convicted
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    CAMBRIDGE RESULTS
    101 16 (From Our Own Correspondent). Batu Pahat, Mar. 4 The results of the senior local examination show that the Government English School of Batu Pahat obtained nine passes out of a total of 14 candidates. Of the successful students seven have obtained the Malayan as well as the Cambridge
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    1736 17 Fourth Sunday In Lent Against Thee Only." Psalm 514. rvAVID had murdered a faithful ser-l vant, deg»aded a weak woman, forfeited the love and loyalty of his •übjects, and prepared the way 'or 1 subsequent revolt amongst his people But in the midst of the turmoil and anguish
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    TRAGIC ENDING TO DOMESTIC TROUBLE.
    132 17 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, Mar. 4. ""THE body of a young Chinese found hanging on a rubber tree near Batu Anam, with a bicycle and a bag lying nearby, resulted In the Segamat Police unearthing a tragic domestic trouble. It is stated that the
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    CHILDREN'S CORONATION COMMITTEE.
    155 17 The Children's Coronation Committee will be grateful for any help in making the Coronation a memorable occasion to the 48,000 children in Singapore for whom provision has to be made. At the Jubilee celebrations there was generous response from firms in the city. Soap, biscuits, umbrellas, sweets,
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    B. B. C's BRASS BAND DESCRIBED AS "A JOKE."
    718 18 B. B. C's BRASS BAND DESCRIBED AS "A JOKE." Major's Acid Comments. That the Northern Ireland 8.8.C. brass band was a "travesty and a Joke" was the opinion expressed by Major Atkins in the High Court in Belfast. Major Atkins, who is director of Kneller Hall School of Music, gave
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    BIGGER GUNS FOR NEW BATTLESHIPS.
    492 18 CALIBRE DEPENDS ON JAPAN. TREATY LIMIT OF 14in. NOT YET ACCEPTED. In spite of an official statement that the new British Battleships will mount 14 in. guns, it is far from certain that this will be the armament of all the five vessels now building
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    36 18 London, Mar. 5. The Polish steamship company, the Gdyraa-Amerika Line, has ordered from Swan Hunter and Wlgham Richardson, the famous Tyneside shipbuilding firm, a motor vessel of 11,000 tons for its South American servic-2.— British Wireless.
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    85 18 Relief in 2 minutes. Every day thousands of stomach sufferers are getting the same marvellous relief as Mr. T. Gris:. Worsborough, who writes: "I was nearly mad with stomach pain. I look a dose of 'Bisurated' Magnesia, and it was wonderful how quickly the pain
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    CANADIAN PREMIER AS ROOSEVELT'S GUEST.
    44 18 Ottawa, Mar. 4. Mr. Mackenzie King, the Prime Minister, has announced he Is spending the next week-end at Washington p.s the guest of President Roosevelt. It is stated that he will probably discuss trade matters with the President. Reutei.
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    Pope To Appear On Easter Sunday. Vatican City. Mar.1.
    45 18 Pope To Appear On Easter Sunday. Vatican City. Mar. 1. The Pope's first public appearance following his severe illness is likely to take place on Easter Sunday when, weather permitting, he will impart the Pontifical Blessing from the central loggia cf St. Peter's.— Reuter Wireless.
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    UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT.
    214 18 WAITING PERIOD REDUCED. SURPLUS IN HAND AT END OF YEAR. London, Mar. 4. In moving the adoption of the resolution approving of the draft order dealing with the reduction from six to three days of the waiting period before unemployment benefit is paid and an additional day's lengthening
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    AIR DEFENCE CHANGES.
    176 18 PLANES WITH 1,000 MILES RADIUS. Changes In air defence were referred to by Air Chief Marshal S!r Robert Brooke-Popham, Governor-Designate of Kenya Colony, at a luncheon given In his honour In London by the Royal Empire Society. Today, said Sir Robert, we had reached a remarkabe stage
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    HOW GIRL DETECTIVE FINDS PILFERERS.
    142 18 Betrayed By Facial Expression. Miss Barbara O'Rourke, who was stated to have had two years and a half experience in detecting pilfering at a London store, was a witness in the King's Bench Division in damages for false imprisonment. She said she was 20 and
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    RETAIL TRADE RISE IN BRITAIN.
    65 18 London, Mar. 3. The money value of Britain's retail trade sales in January was 2.4 per cent, higher than in January 1936, when, howevng the rise from the year earlier amounted to 10.8 per cent. For the 12 months of the trade year ended with
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    CRYPTIC MESSAGE
    35 18 Paris, Mar. 5 The Spanish Government has agreed with the idea of the repatriation of volunteers from Spain, providing it is reciprocal (sic), according to a Spanish press agency message from Valencia. Reuter.
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    NOTED JURIST AS CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTER.
    76 18 Nanking. Mar. 3. Dr. Wang Chung-hr'., former Judge of the Court of International Justice at The Hague and ex-President of the Judicial Ynan, has been appointed Foreign Minister in succession to Gen. Chang Chun, who resigned on Feb. 22. Reuter. Gen. Chang Chun has
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    Woman's Huge Fortune.
    46 18 The Exchequer wi.l benefit to the extent of £352,745 by death duties on the estate just proved, totalling £1,004,366, left by a Miss Watson who died last December and who was a permanent director of Suttons, the well-known firm of carriers.— British Wireless.
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    ROYAL ACADEMY ELECTIONS.
    78 18 HUSBAND AND WIFE SHARE HONOUR. London, Mar. S. For the first time In history husband and wife share the distinction of being Royal Academicians. Mr. Harold Knight was yesterday elected a Rcyal Academician, while hij wife, Dame Laura Knight, who wai elected last year, is one of
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    BURMA ELECTIONS END IN STALEMATE.
    756 19 BURMA ELECTIONS END IN STALEMATE. Seven Parties At Loggerheads. CABINET WRECKERS ACTIVE. Trouble seems to lie before the Burmese House of Representatives, whose first session has just begun (writes the Rangoon correspondent of the Statesman). Its chief business will be to elect members to the Senate that is to come
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    31 19 Lord Baden-Powell, the Chief Scout, attended the first All-India Scout Jamboree in Delhi last month. He is seen here being; shown an exhibit at the Central Provinces stall at the Jamboree.
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    AUTHORITY "MR. GANDHI'S FADING.
    154 19 London. "MR GANDHI'S anthority is tend- ing to fade away with the failure of his prophecies in India, together with the intensified economic pressure of the peasant," said Mr. BasU Mathews, Professor of Christian World Relations Boston University. USA, speaking on the subject of New India
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    U. P. Congressmen's "Paper" Ministry.
    129 19 Calcutta, Feb. 19. ACCEPTANCE of office by V.P. Congressmen now being con- sidered practical'.y a certainty, a tentative "paper" ministry has been evolved, according to the Allahabad correspondent of the Statesman. Pandit Govind Bailabh Pant is regarded as the most likely choice for the premiership.
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    Quota For Indian Jute Proposed.
    79 19 London. A deputation representing 32.000 Scottish Jute workers, at a meeting with Dr. E. Leslie Burgln (L. Nat., Luton) urged that a quota should be flxec! for all Jute goods entering Britain and also that import duties on Indian goods should be Introduced. The workers
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    154 20 Dr. S. H. Tan (left) and Yadi, who defeated him in the open singles in the V.M.C.A. tournament. Roy Smith (left) and ChartikavaniJ taken before their open singles tie at the V.M.C.A. on Thursday. The Siamese won in three sets. Mrs. Namazie and Miss M. Clark, opponents in a women's
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