The Straits Times, 23 July 1937

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    37 1 The Straits Times TESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY. I THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA, PAGES SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, JULY 23. 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times PAGES. SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, JULY 23. 1937 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      313 1 SINGAPORE: 140. CECIL ST. f'PHONE 5471) BRIHKmfINitiCO CNQNCE ROOD 77"^™! I REMEMBER! /o those who Value their Health Gordons robinson»s o^h ls b Y f ar the most A! \o^ expensive gin to produce y^^^V^^^^Wm^^^^^^ Bit 3HB All Colouring Matter— AM /^BPSr > D^F^tf B^\ W^^SSm^X^^^M Injurious Ingredients are most
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      99 1 Harmless to Humans Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S.S.) Ltd. 7A /t is a fact that— l L S I i-terine Tooth Paste removes 1 )-*T^ w2| libn and stains with surprising £a speed. Yet it is absolutely sate VC^fcflA i I to use. 1 t AND IT MAKES THE BREATH SWEETER
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      70 1 KUALA LUMPUR: 25. JAVA ST. f'PHONE 36a.1» I (TrviUußt- DjDbsD^D^dS D^Dt^dS D^Dr D^Dv W^jS -yf^9 'M. ""^1 D^^ DHt, >>■ and there is a lot in the old saying "Variety is the spice of life" FISH hot or cold is equally nourishing and digestible. Exceltent dishes ca n be made
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      25 2 Mrs. D. A. Hamilton wishes to thank all her frit-nds who kindly sent letters of condolence and wnatkl in her sad b> I at.
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      347 2 FAUi-S.-To Olive, w.fe of Dr. D. W. G. Faris. Malayan Medical Service on July 2'J. at the Goner Singapore, daughter. GOVERNMENT OF TRENGGANU NOTICE Applications are invited for thr appolnt-rr.-nt of Chinese Interpreter in the District I Dungun. C Applicants should be proficient in Hokki .1 and Can: The post
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      313 2 SITUATIONS WANTED ii. 808, Exper. banking and lr.eiIS flats. Able to handle full set of and draw up annual documents and balance sheet. Avail lmme. Reasonable salary accepted. 574, Straits Times. MM HANK AL AM' ELECTRICAL ENGINKEB 'Enpli.'-in at present holding responsible position up-country desires change. Would like to become
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      294 2 g OR SALE FOR SALE, well established dreismak.og business with en' ire -took is offered at reasonable price. Apply Box No. 565, Btraits Times. I FEW first-class second-hand Westinghouse Refrigerators with un-expi:ed guarantees from $150 and upwards. On view at Magnet House 12 Battery Road. BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO
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      601 2 HOUSES. FLATS TO LET TO LET. 2 storey d mprund luuse No. 134. Cairnhill Read. 5 bed rooms with Oaths, etc. attached to 3. large vertmdah, garage, servants' quarters and tennis court. ElecU'c and water laid. Rent SllO per month. Apply to V. Pakirisamy c ""n X: Olccihill Singapore. TO
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      529 2 AUCTION NOT.CES AUCTION SALE of exeeUem black stained cross BatD ci=s was polished te; k houieiiold furnituie crockery. glMcrare, including 1 PoKuoi gramophone a iot of German Italian Opera records. Singer hand sewing machine inboard outboard motors, petrol lighting plants, a collection of valuable rare stamps Chinese porcelain curios, plants,
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      267 2 A BETTER WAVE \A FIGARO £2P\ WA YE fcSfipfc V is the ngh; s"^3fe*fr wave for you > '^viJjp FIGARO Zi> Ladles Hair Dressers. 93 Bras Basab Rd. A. lt.u]lr* Hold. Phone 3868. BUSINESS CARDS ETC. {massage hall MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs HARU and Miss HANA 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone
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      637 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in Enslandi MAIL. PASSBINGER AND CARGO I SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S 11. OOUNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY s GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EASi MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN du{ Tonnage S r.ore 1931 n^NPURA 17 f. BURDWAN
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      545 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) (Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT 3 IOK CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO LONDON NMBM ManaMaa, London Antwerp and Rotterdam M Tonnage Due Sau HARUNA MAIL 1 JJl> 21 *2 5 KATORI MARU Aug 4 5 S KASHIMA MARU 10.000 Aug 18 13 t YASUKUNI
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      675 3 v^uie^^^\^sSii^M I i BANGKOK LINE. Luxurious One Class. Motorships. Most Cabin* have adjoining private bath. Excellent Cuisine TOR (GENOA) MARSEILLES. LONDON ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From From Prom From Spore Malacca Port Penang Sham ALSIA 10/8 10/8 11/8 13/8 BORINGIA 318 318 1/9 3/9 •FIONIA 21/9 31/9 22/9 24/9 LALANDIA
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      275 3 TRANS-PACIFIC SAILINGS VIA HONOLULU F;om Arrive U'Vonp S.F Pres Taft Aug 11 Aus »i Pres. Hoover Aug 21 Sept 8 Pres Lincoln Sept tt Sept 28 Pres Coolidg* Sept. 18 Oct 8 Pres Wilson Oct. 6 Oct. 26 Pres. Hoovei Oct. 16 Nov. 3 Prct. Cleveland Nov. 3 Nov. 23
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      1101 3 SHIPPINC 111 l BLUE I I'XVU LINI (Ocean Tb« Hua Khiow Steamsblo Co (1931J LtdL Steam Ship Co.. Ltd and China Mutual lh< Cunard Whitt Mai l.id Steam Navigation Co Ltd. I Aberdeen A Commnnofalth Line I lit- StraiU Steamship Co Ltd. Shaa Savill A Albion c. I tn The
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES.
    169 4 Singapore, July 33. 12 noon. Buyer Seller Gambler $8.00 Hamburg Cub. 1 $15.00 Java Cube $11.00 Pepper. White Muntok $17.25 White $16.75 Black $10.00 Copra. Mixed $5.30 Sun Dried $6.20 Tapioca. Small Flake $4.40 Pair Flake $3.60 Medium Pearl $5.15 Small Pear) $5.20 Sago Flour. No. 1
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    IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SING APORE—LONDON.
    25 4 Imperial Air Mail Singapore—London. The air mail despatched from Singapore on July 14 was delivered in London on July 21.
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      361 4 Taday. Bengkalis, P. de Kxk. Padang, Pakan Baroe. Siak A S. Pandjang (Ampang) 3 p.m. Medan i(j. van der Heydem 3 P an. Strlkei Slbu (Katong) 4 p.m Saturday. Joly 24. Kuala Lumpur and Penang oy an (Internal Air Service) 8 a.m Paman£kat Sambas and Singkawang (Boelongan)
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      AIR MAILS.
      93 4 INWARD Imperial: From Europe: Due Sunday evening. Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives Saturday afternoon. Qantas: From Australia: Arrive* Saturday afternoon. Wearnes: Prom Penan*, and Kuala Lumpur: Arrives Saturdaj evening. X.L.M.: From Europe: Due Sunday evening. OCTWARD. Qantas: To Australia: Mails close 10 p.m. Sunday. Wearnes: To Kuala Lumpur
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      124 4 Mails from Australia. Netherlands Indies etc. expected tomorrow, July 24. by air (Qantas) will be delivered to boxholders at 3 p.m. General delivery of letters at 4.05 p.m. Mails from Netherlands Indies expected tomorrow. Ju'y 24, by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxholders at 3.30 p.m. General
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    PASSENGER BY AIR
    267 4 The following were passengers by Dutch planes: Arrived from N.I. by KNILM plane PK-AFK on Tuesday: Mr. J. M. Lindeyer, Mr. J. G. Schlmmelpenninck, Mr. W. L. v.d. Vegt, Mr. G. H. Doorman, Mrs. H. Moonen, Mr. Tan Wing Chin, Mr. Yap Kheng Hoe. Left for N.I.
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    WIFE'S WAIT FOR DIVORCE.
    132 4 "Overlooked" When Firm Dissolves. A WIFE waiting in China to marry while her husband's divorce proceedlrgs in England had been "overlookc 1" c wing to a dissolution of partnership in a firm of solicitors such was the unusual situation described in the Divorce Court recently. It
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    STOCK EXCHANGE
    360 4 London. July 22. The following are today's closing middle Dncet on the London Stock I Exchange: Shares >l 91 denxninaclon unless otherwise stated: New York prices iiioted lti 0.8 currency The above are dealers middle prices; )ol»bers" marylns, brokerage and (temp duty arc no* Included. YMterQay or Pali
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    SARAWAK STEAMSHIP
    68 4 COMPANY LIMITED. 'Incorporate lr Sarawak) SINGAPORE TO Klihim: VYNER BROOK noon July 28 CIRCE 5 pm. Aug. 2 SINGAPORE TO KUCHING AND BINTULU I Fortnightly j AUBY 6 a.m. Juiy 30 t Does not carry oassengers SIXGA.OII* TO REJANC RIVKR (Weekly) KATONG 8 a.m. July 24 ANOBY 8
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    CLEARANCES
    54 4 July 21: Hong Thong, Rasa Hin Cheong. Sin Aik Lee, Alipore, AJfcion Star (Brit); Mulnam (Dan): Arabia Mam (Jap); Both, Sibigo. Paula. Kepan (Dut.) July 22: Merkus, Van Ileutsb. Reynst, Tidore, VI der Does de Bye (Dut): Larut. Kedah, Karoa, Circe. Klias. Tandjong Balei. Sin Kheng Seng (Brit.); Tarifa
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      500 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (lnuorpora^n in p M 8.) LLOYDS AGENTS: BOO* NO AGtNTS PM 8 RLVB AND SLAM STATIC KAILWAVB rt-LEPHONB: Kretrhi S433— Passacc S4» CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED. (InccrDorated in England) FARES SINGAPORE EUROPE First and Cabin Class from £102-18-5 Second Class From £70-14-9 AROUND THE WORLD FARES BY
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      274 4 (Incorporated In Straits Settlement*) tfS^P^^^lW ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. (Incoroorateo in o s A (Incorporated it> England) UOaTON NKW YORK BALIIMORI 'ELLERMAN- LINE VIA SUEZ CssßsM TOK HMU LONDON STEEL MARINTR Auc^' 3 .Vr""" 7 ROTTERDAM A UAMBLRfi STEFT NAVIGATOR Aug 24 Aug 28 VU P-t.
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      563 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Stations Yesterday Last night -tux rain- bright min .crap, fall s'shine temp "F ins hrs. °P West Oist. Alor Star 89 Nil 8.9 76 Bay an be pas iPenang) 87 0.08 9.5 77 Sitiawan 89 Nil 10.9 74 Bukit Jeram 91 Nil 8.1 73
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    THIN WOMAN GAINS 1116 IN WEIGHT
    192 5 Took Tasteless, Flesh-Forming Tablets. Here's good news for men and women who are getting too thin and run-down! Par now you can put flesh on scraggy bones, fill out hollow cheeks and thin limbs. Now you can build up your system to resist disease
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    AMUSEMENT PARKS. DANCE HALLS. ETC.
    56 5 Singapore GREAT WORLD CNMBi Dane* 6 p.m. to midnight NEW WORLD CABARET Dane* 9 p.m. to midnight. HAPPY WORLD CABXRF.T: Dane« 6 p.m. to midnight. Seremban N.S. DANCE HALL: Ruicing 9-15 Dance hostesses first claso band. SPORT. BOXING New World. Mortell vt. Uttle Nene. For
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      496 5 l ITTLE SINGING STAR I V COMES BACK IN |k 1L Jf A l ft_^| HIS GREATEST ROLE EBSBHBEB BOBBY~ BREEN SINGS FOUR GLORIOUS SONG HITS IN "RAINBOW o. m RIVER" R.KO -Radio Picture with MAY ROBSON. CHARLES BUTTERWORTH Week-end Matinees S p.m. WHITE FANG' also 'SANTA FE BOUND 1
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      160 5 ISETTING ENTIRELY NEW STANDARDS IN] I $conom, Bmidy. and Gmvenkna,\ VERY GOOD L REASONS why you should f buy H.M.V. to ensure dependable, year in, year out UNFAILING COLD! 3|3 Y/ A\W/I The only Refrigerators with I the "Silent Circulator 1 ■D k i ■A\ /fl rold inakinp mechanism. Br^jir4M^/JiWl^»M
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      320 5 THE FUNNIEST OF THIS YEAR'S FUNNIES! STORM T TEACUP' El with VIVIEN LEIGH REX HARRISON •'Grand Entertainment" SETON MARGRAVE in "DAILY MAIL" PAVILION tomorrow I 1 <£>fc^— BBBa GOLD 0j HAPPY WORLD STADIUM THURSDAY, JULY 29th ->'5l Presents Ivu Ten KmuU CmtesU la one Ni«hl r.very kMI a main Ernltr
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      153 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY. THE Straits Times is publishing this daily feature to ffive readers a comprehensive summary of entertainments, meetings, sports events, social functions and other outstanding happenings. Organisers of meetings etc. are" invited to submit diary dates. HOTELS. RAFFLES HOTEL: Cocktail dance. 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. Dinner and
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      73 5 all exceedingly well recorded are features of tht« Mm GLOBE THEATRE: Romeo and Juliet. 7.30 and 9.30 p.m. RITZ: Suzy and China Clipper. 7.45—11 p.m. MARLBOROUGH: Lobl Pita 6 15 9 15 p.m. ROXY: Head Over Heels. 6 15 and 9.15 p.m. GARRICK THEATRE: Lay Fan Loke and Brave Girl
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      686 6 REACTION TO RAUB GOLD REDUCED OUTPUT TIN POOL AGAIN SUGGESTED. London, July 2 3... Tin is down 40s. for three months and 355. for spot in London yesterday and down three-eighths of a cent in New York. Cables frcrn London are again of an uninteresting nature there
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      MINING.
      580 6 Issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers. Singapore, July 23, 10 a.m All shares quoted above are fully paid. issue Val. Fiaser Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 6,6 7/- 6/6 7/fl Asam Kumbang 39/. 41/-cd 39/- 41/£1 Austral
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      GENERAL.
      405 6 2 2 AliX Brick Ord. 1.55 1.65 1.55 1.65 2 2 do V/ 2 PrefS. 2.30 2.40 2.30 2.40 10 10 Auas ice u.oo lo.oon. 8.00 looon. 1 l B M. Broadcasting 0.60 0.70n. 0.85 0.90 10 5 B. M. Trustee IS25 7.00 4.25 Lib £1 £1 Con. T.
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
      236 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 5Ci 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int Mar. 31 Sept. 30 IOS^ IOS'/i norn 4>2C'« 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 107 110 norn 4! i.;. 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 115 117 norn 4% 1913 red. 1963 $2
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      RUBBER SHARES'.
      364 6 'Shares are $1 unlpss othrnwtse stated.) ri.i-rr Of i.u. i_.yau Allenby 1.82'i 190 1.85 Alor Oajah 1.30 1.40 1.30 Amai Malay 2.00 2.10 2.00 Ayer Hltam 1.40 1.50 1.40 Ayer M:>lek 1.15 1.30 1.15 Ayer Panas 1.65 1.75cd 1.70 Bassett 0.72' a 0.77 Ms 0.77 Batu Lintang 1.35
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    EXCHANGES
    191 6 The following are the exchange rates this morning according tD the daily 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 4 months sight 2/4 1/8 Lyons demand 1540 Hamburg demand 142 New York demand 58 Vs Montreal
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    MALAYA OVER-PRODUCES RUBBER QUOTA.
    140 6 5,000 Tons Excess For First Half-Year. ILIALAYA has made good the deficiency in rubber production at May 31 by producing 51,569 tons in June, km ing (he net quota position at June 30, an over-production of 5.201 tons. The total production for the half-year is given
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
    302 6 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Company Dividend To'ai far Boob Close financial Date Ex Dlv. sear TIN To PMtWe D W tOi tO Asam Kumbang 5% Jnt. July 23 July 30 JulT 24 15% Bonus Batu Sclancor 15% Int. Aug. 13 Aug ;6 27V. Hong Fatt 4% Int. July
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    PENANG RACES.
    130 6 Scratching And Order Of Running For Tomorrow. The following are the scratchings I and the order of running for tomorrow the first day of the Penang Turf Club meeting. Race I.—Horses. Class 4, Div. 3. 6 furs. Heart's Content, Parchesi. Race 2.—Horses. Class 3. Div. 5. G furs.
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    76 6 Friday, July 23, Noon. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) July 30 30% Good F. A. Q. in bales (F. 0.8.) July 291-. 295/ i, No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 293/ 8 297'j August-September 2934 29%
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    "ELEPHANT LEG" ON PERAK RIVER.
    87 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Teluk Anson, July 21. |\R. Poynton of the Kuala Lumpur Medical Research Institute, is spending a few weeks in Lower Perak working in connection with the incidence of fllaria. This disease, which is said to be caused by the bite of
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      RAWANG TIN,
      637 7 LONDON RUBBER PRICE DECLINES. CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF AMERICAN BUYING. MALAYA 'ALL-OUT' TAPPING. IN their weekly report on the London rubber market dated July 14. Messrs. Symington and Wilson write: After being considerably steadier on Thursday with prices ruling generally Vad. higher than those quoted on V'ednesday. the market
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      July Shipments.
      218 7 These very large clearances may be taken M being a somewhat special effort made with the object of using up export rights which would otherwise have expired. Very much the same thing happened in March to be followed by reduced clearances In April and May. In March there
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      RAWANG CONCESSIONS AND KAMPONG LANJUT RESULTS
      183 7 All Show Substantial Rises In Profits. NEW AREA ACQUIRED BY RAWANG CONCESSIONS. DEPORTS of I further three tin-producing companies under the general management of Anglo-Oriental (Malaya) Ltd. were issued yesterday. /These companies, Rawang Tin Fields, Rawang Concessions and Kampong Laiijiit show greatly improved result
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      £55,500 Paid In Government Royalty.
      932 7 THE report of the directors of Rawang 1 Tin Fields Ltd. states that the profit for the year ended Mar. 31, last, was €106.936 which compares with £119 847 in the preceding year. To this has been added £77.179 brought forward, making £184,115. Dividends and
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      RAWANG CONCESSIONS LIMITED.
      515 7 Application To Deviate Trunk Road. THE report of the directors of Rawang Concessions Ltd. states that tho profit for the year ended Mar. 31. last, was £59,807, compared with £35.809 in the preceding year. To this Is added the balance of £44,994 making a total of £104.801.
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      EXCHANGES.
      94 7 London, July 22. Tbe following were mean rales rullne at noon uxtay: Paris 133% Athens M 7-.4 New York 4.98 3/16 Bucharest «70 Montreal 4.98 seiifBrussels 29.60 M, Ric 4>, Geneva 21.70<4 sellers oflina Amsterdam 9.01 Belgrade 216' i Milan 94 11/16 Buenos Aires -.nau-iuo Berlin v.37 Mortevideo 39*
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      626 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated to the Oclont ot Hong Kong) The ltab'llty 01 .aeauxr* is limited to the extent and in meaner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 ot 1S-9 c! UK Colon; Authorised Capita I50.0OO.0C0 Lssuea and rullv Fald-Uo S20.000.00C Be.serve Fund*:- r n Sterling 6.500.00U Hong
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      187 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated :n China oy Special Charter.) 12. Cecil Street Sinjupcrr Telephones: Manatfr s Office 64*4 Exchange bepl (Ml General Office S188-S Cable Address: IHNCiKl <• Paid Up Capital Ch. f Reserve Funds in excess *t Ch. t ••0.00 Total Assets approximately Cb. fl,8M.MV.0«(.«3 HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI Tse-Vung
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      529 7 BANKING. i CHARTERED BANK OF. INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. 9 (Incorporated .n England Dy RoyaJ Charter 1853) Paid Op Capital id 600,001' shares ol ft each £3.000.000 Reserve Pund E3,000.ooo Reserve Liability ot Proprietors £3.000.00t BEAU OFFICE: 38. B(<hops t »i* Inndor. EC t. Amrttsar Hong Kong Rangoon Ator 8ta;
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      233 8 For light houses It must be a CROMPTON COILED-COIL LAMP Crompton lamps stand (or brilliance and reliable service. The special coiled-coil filament gives up to 1 /sth more light without using extra current. ME LAMP OF LASTING BRILLIANCE SOLE AGENTS: UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED SINGAPORE BRANCHES. Renew your ENERGY with A
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      532 8 BRONCHITIS You Can Feel Relief Beginning In 5 10 SECONDS ATTACK ENDS IN 10 20 MINUTES. Attacks of Bronchitis and 1i.Ixtcu1g.ms Coughing ran be ENDED in 10 20 MINUTES: Rrstful .sleep and days ino from pain! ONE TABLET of Ephazone 'an di this for YOU, just as it has done
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      223 8 SINGAPORE TODAY ZUL 1 33 Me/i (225 n p.m. 6.00 Malay music. Gramophone records. 7.00 Symphony Concert. Gramophone records Symphony No. 8 in B. Minor. Schabert. Played by the Philadelphia Symphony Orel 'estra. Symphony No. 4 in E. Flat Major. Brucknei Played by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 7 30 Time,
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      727 8 8.20 8.8.C. Military Band vrcdiffnsed from 8.8.C.) 8 50 What's On In Penanc. 8.55 News bulletin. 9.00 Close down. KUALA LUMPUR TODAY ZGE 48.92 m and 110 a 7 p.m. Gramophone recital Massed bands: Grand March "Le Prophete"; Sing a Song Conducted by J Henry lies. Orchestral: "Swing lime" Selection
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      439 8 9.30 Events on the Moment. 9.40 Gramophone records. 9.50 The Cottage. Comic-Opera in One Act. Lyrics by Scribe and Melesville. music oy A. Adam. Orchestra conducted by H. Tomasi. 11.15 Rates of exchance and French stocks (rentes) 11 20 Close down. TOMORROW TPA-4, 11 72 rui s (25.60 m.) a.m.
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    350 NANKING PLANES NORTH CHINA.
    416 9 Selection Of Anti- Japan Leaders Reported. MORE than 350 Nanking warplanes are now concentrated in the northern provinces, particularly Honan, according to the Japanese press, which warns the Japanese military to maintam the utmest vigilance. It is claimed that the Chinese air force comprises 1,000
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    NIGERIAN QUOTAS.
    64 9 London, July 22 The Colonial Office announces it has been decided that cotton and artificial silk plushes of types at present subject tj quota restriction, provided they contain no more than 60 per cent, and not less than 20 per cent, by weight of artificial silk, shall be
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    38 9 A young pilot. Roland Falk, showed remarkable skill in an emergency yesterday by bringing a twin-engined air liner safely to earth at Croydon aerodrome when its retractable wheels Jammed in the up position.— British Wireless. London, July 22
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    MRS. ROOSEVELT AND INCOME-TAX.
    127 9 Accused Of Dodging The Law. MRS. Roosevelt, the President's wife. was accused of "availing herself of a loophole in the tax laws by a smart little scheme" when the Senate and Congress joint commute on taxation met the other day. Mr. Hamilton Fish, Republican Congressman, astonished
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    'CHRISTIAN GENERAL' WRITES A BOOK.
    52 9 Gen. Peng Yu-hsiang. Vice-chair-man of the Military Affairs Commission, has recently published a book entitled "Impressions of One-Years Stay in Nanking." The book, it is reported, touches on such varied subjects as the reconstructive projectj of th.-» Government and the customs and habits of the
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    21 9 London, July 22. The London Naval Treaty Bill was read a third time and sent to the House of Lords yesterday.—Reuter.
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    MASSED IN
    276 9 CHINAS BIG ARMY IN NORTH. CAUSE OF JAPAN'S HESITANCY. CERTAIN ELASTICITY IN DEMANDS. IN spite of the apparent truculence of the Japanese authorities, a certain elasticity in their demands Is detectable, says the Manchester Guardian. This slight hesitation is undoubtedly due to the Nanking Government's firm stand and
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    HAD TO SLEEP PROPPED UP IN BED.
    219 9 i Too Fat To Breathe Properly. A year ago she was so tat she could not get her breath properly, and h:id to be propped up in bed. Tod.iy she runs a house and busin?ss. What is the secret of this amazing change
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    AMUSEMENTS
    139 10 SINGAPORE. GARMCK THEATRE. GEYLANG Lay Fah L/>ke— A Super Cantonese Talkie and Brave Girl Silent at 7.45 p.m. GLOBE THEATRE Romeo Ju'.ipt GREAT WORLD— TIIE SKY TALKIE The Man Wr.o Broke The Bank of Monte Carlo. HAPPY WORLD Cabaret. Dancing, Talkies. Cinemas Theatres and Side Shows. NEW WORLD Side
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    SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1937. REVISING RUBBER QUOTAS.
    1020 10 SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1937. REVISING RUBBER QUOTAS. In his usual weekly article, which vill be found in Page Eighteen of .his issue, the Straits Times Planting Correspondent has a great deal to say with a direct bearing on the controversy which has developed as to whether the Malayan rubber
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    KHYBER RAILWAY.
    1046 10  -  H. HARVEY DAY. Twenty-Eight Miles Of Track In Five Years. By ■THE Khyber Railway, completed last year, is one of the greatest engineering feats of all time. No one who has not lived in the Khyber throughout the four seasons can have any idea what a monumental work
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    THE MEDITERRANEAN CORRIDOR.
    451 10 IN September work will begin upon the enlargement of the Prince of Wales's Dock, Gibraltar, and this is estimated to cost anything up to half a million. While this U but a detail in the general plans for strengthening and modernising our naval defences in the Mediterranean,
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    NOTES Of The DA Y.
    733 10 BIRD BATHERS. 'THE average newshawk lacks r of soul, I regret to say. and since I Joined the tyro class of suburban bird-watchers I have had to endOK a great deal of raillery in Cecil Street, where I am generally believed to spend my Sunday
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    M.P. DENOUNCES 'SHAMEFUL' NAVY ACTION.
    391 11 M.P. DENOUNCES 'SHAMEFUL' NAVY ACTION. Allows Refugee Ships To Be Taken By Insurgents. "DIFFICULT TO DRAW LINE; NOT WORTH FIGHTING FOR." Duff Cooper. "I T is shameful that ships engaged purely in humanitarian work should be captured while British warships look on without taking action," declared the Rt. Hon. Wedgwood
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    "NEW TIN PLAN IS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT."
    95 11 "NEW TIN PLAN IS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT." I.T.C. Scheme For Reserve Stocks. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 22. ♦<COMETHING very different from the old buffer pool" is being contemplated by the International Tin Committee. according to a well-informed London tin authority. Details of a reserve stock organisation which he
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    Committee 's Task.
    397 11 London, July 22. "THE International Tin Committee has (harped the standing subcommittee with the task of investigating whether it is possible to frame a scheme acceptable to ail which would succeed in preventing extreme fluctuations in the price of tin. The sub-committee is engaged in exploratory work.
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    Princess Elizabeth Falls Off Bicycle.
    44 11 London, July 22. pRINCESS ELIZABETH did not attend the Royal garden party this afternoon as she sprained her knee when she fell from her bicycle in the Buckingham Palace grounds on Monday. The injury is not serious. British Wireless.
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    SINGAPORE YOUTH GASSES HIMSELF.
    104 11 SEQUEL TO UNHAPPY LOVE AFFAIR. London. July 22. A VERDICT of suicide while of unsound mind was recorded at the i inquest on a 21-year-old salesman, Wilhelm Albert Arnold, who arrived from Singapore last month who had gassed himself in a Paddington boarding house. He left
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    SOVIET APPEAL TO BRITAIN.
    107 11 Moscow, July 22. AN appeal to Britain to save North China from being turned Into a "second Manchuria" is made today by Izvestia, which says that Japan is adopting the same tactics today in the North as she did in 1931 when she carried out her
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    FIVE MORE FLIGHTS OVER ATLANTIC.
    289 11 Valuable Data Acquired London, July 22. Five more experimental double crossings of the North Atlantic in connection with the air-mail scheme are scheduled for completion before ice at the Botwood seaplane base, Newfoundland, closes the route to flying-boats for the winter. These flights will probably
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    28 11 EGYPT MODERNISES HER ARMY. Members of the Royal Tank Corpi, instructing Egyptian troops m the use of tanks which they have recently received m large numbers from Eng'and.
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    NORTH CHINA PACT TERMS KEPT SECRET.
    214 11 Japan's Occupation Plans To Be Carried Out IN spiie of the new Sino-Japanese settlement in North China, terms of which have not been published, the Japanese are expected to continue sending reinforcements to China (reports Reuter) and maintain an army of occupation there. Whether
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    HITCH IN CERTAIN AREAS.
    154 11 Heavy Troop Movements. ALTHOUGH the 37th division of the 29th Army, which was involved in the initial clash, has accepted the arrangement to withdraw to the west of the Yungting River, Reuter from Peiping reports that a hitch has occurred in certain areas but it is
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    NO INSURANCE ON WAR RISKS.
    94 11 Hamburg Underwriters Take Action. Bsrlin, July 22. THE Association of Hamburg Insura nce Agents announces that member companies have suspend;*! the war risk clause on all cargoes for the Far East. This means that the offices concerned will not accept policies involving war risks. Shipments
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    SENATE REJECTS SUPREME COURT BILL.
    225 11 SENATE REJECTS SUPREME COURT BILL. Vice-President Pleads I With Tears In Eyes. j BLOW TO ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION. Washington, July 23. The Supreme Court reform plan has been virtually abandoned as the result of the Senate Judiciary Committee asking the Senate for instructions to draft a substitute plan within ten days
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    Malaya Produces More Rubber.
    52 11 |I>l.\l-.\YA produced 51.569 tons of rubber in June, converting the deficiency in productior at May H of about 6,000 tons into an overproduction of 5,000 tons, statistics published this morning show. As a result the Singapore rubber market declined H cc.it.' for all positions. Details on
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    STOP PRESS
    151 11 Tokio, July 23. The Foreign Office spokesman, interviewed by Reuter, declared that he had heard nothing official regarding Mr. Eden's communication to Mr. Yoshida that Britain did not at present desire to start Anglo Japanese rapprochement negotiations. He added: "It is early to make any comment.* 1 The
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    MALAYANS TO STUDY PROBLEMS OF 1,000 MILLION ASIATICS.
    126 12 Far East Nations Gather At Bandoeng. RURAL HYGIENE TALKS. 75 Per Cent. Of Continent's Diet Below Standard. VITAL problems of health, affecting the daily lives of over 1,000 million people in Asia, will be discussed by a strong Malayan delegation with representatives
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    Labour Problems Exploited.
    128 12 Labour Problems Exploited. Police Commissioner On The Strikes. TTHE strikes in Selangor at the end of last year are referred to by Mr. C. H. Sansom, Commissioner of Police. Federated Malay States, 1 In his 1936 report. The sudden recovery from slump conditions brought in its train labour difficulties which
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    PERAK FREE OF GANG ROBBERY.
    45 12 DERAK was free of gang-robbery last year for the first time in the history of the police in that State. There were only 83 reports of serious crime, leas than in any year for the past 39 years except 1934.
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    GENEVA HEALTH EXPERT IN SINGAPORE
    110 12 Author Of Famous Report On China. /VN his way to the Inter-Government- al Conference on Far East Rural Hygiene, which will open in Bandoeng, Java, on August 3. Dr. Ludwlk Rajchman. Director of the Health Section of the League of Nations, in Geneva, arrived In
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      SOME WINCHMEN GET WEEK-ENDS.
      164 12 "Dredgemaster" Replies. To MM Editor of the Straits Times. CIR. With all respect to your corre- spondent. my wlnchmen do get two long week-ends of 32 hours each In three weeks. This has been the custom on all dredges on which I have worked in Malaya
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    Strong Local Delegation.
    697 12 The Conference will be opened by H.E. the Governor General of the Netherlands East Indies who, later, will entertain the delegates. Concurrently with the conference the Health Department of the Netherlands East Indies will hold a Health Exhibition. A preparatory commission consisting ol Mr. A. S. Haynes,
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    Sanitary Fittings For Certain Premises.
    255 12 Sanitary Fittings For Certain Premises. "The Little The Public May Know. THIRTEEN days after a secret meeting of Committee No. 2 of I the Municipal Commissioners, a sketchy and totally inadequate summary of what the members (or per- haps only the president) thinks, ratepayers should know was issued to the
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    RAMASAMY AIRMAILS HIS LETTERS.
    1133 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 21. *"T*HE air mail services continued to grow in popularity and there was a considerable increase in the volume of air mail correspondence," writes the Hon. Mr. G. E. Cator, C.M.G., British Resident, in his 1936 report on the
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    Holder Laughs At Prize-Giving.
    323 12 Holder Laughs At Prize-Giving. R. A. F. School Concert. A MAZING information sometimes leaks out of the Royal Air Force school, Singapore. For instance, one youth wrote in his examination paper I do not know very much aboui the Spanish Armada as I was over at the sick: bay having
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    23 12 DR. R. D. FITZGERALD Director of Medical Services, S.S., is m the strong Malayan delegation attending the League Rural Health Conference at Bandoeng.
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    1,000 COOLIES STILL FREE FROM CHOLERA.
    114 12 1,000 COOLIES STILL FREE FROM CHOLERA. No Cases Develop In Quarantine. cases of cholera have developed among the 1,000 Chinese coolies' who are in quarantine at St. John's Island following the death from cholera of a Chinese passenger Just before the steamer Kiangsu reached Singapore yesterday from Hoihow. Hainan Island.
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    39 12 The engagement is announced and the marriage will take place towards the end of this month of Mrs. Morgan, widow of the lat; Sydney Morgan, of Kuala Lumpur, and Mr. C. R. Rennle. C.8.E.. late Provincial Commissioner, Northern Rhodesia.
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    Singapore's Quarter-Million Aquarium Scheme.
    192 12 Singapore's Quarter-Million Aquarium Scheme. TO enable the Municipal Commissioners to contribute toward the cost of maintaining the van Kleef Bequest Aquarium, which is proposed to erect at the base of Fort Cannin I Hill, at the junction of Tank and River Valley Roads. Committee No. 6 has recommended that application
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    DANE'S DEATH IN PENANG.
    98 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.* Penang. July 2j f*HE death occurred at the General Hospital this morning o. Hjalmar Melchlor. of the East Asiatic Co.. Ltd i mining departmrnt. aged 43. I He came to he East 20 years ago and was connected with the East Asiatic
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    JOCKEY ACQUITTED ON CAUSING HURT CHARGE.
    735 13 Sequel To Injury Of Wife In Car Crash. MAGISTRATE NOT SATISFIED REGARDING NEGLIGENCE. A E CAKRARD, the Malayan jockey, was acquitted rtt this morning by Mr. L. C. Goh, the Singapore Fourth Magistrate, on the charge of causing grievous hurt to his wife by
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    WRONGFUL ENTRY OF SHOP ALLEGED.
    278 13 Indian's $12,000 Claim From European Firm. DECLARES GOODS WERE REMOVED. AN allegation that a European wrongfully entered his shop and removed goods to the value of $2,000 la made in a claim for $12,000 damages by Mr. A. Abdul LatifT, a Singapore piecegoods merchant against
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    EUROPEAN FINED FOR PUNCHING "BOY."
    233 13 Court Story Of Argument Over Salad. i^ONVICTED on a charge of having voluntarily caused hurt to Hassan bin Sinan. by punching him on the ear with his fist, on June 3, a European Louis Lambunt Emile Leppe, was fined $10 by Mr. W. G. Reeves
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    93 13 CONCERT GROUP: This photograph teas taken at the concert oy UU Royal Air Force School pupils, at Seletar last night. Seated from left to right are Mrs. M. Smallmau, headmistress, Mrs. Tedder, wife of the Air Officer Commanding, Vice-Marshal A. W. Tedder, and Mrs. Cox, wife of Group Captain C.
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    K. L.'s $180,000 PARK NEEDS SWIMMING POOL.
    208 13 Indian Councillor's Plea* (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 22. j^UALA Lumpur's $180,000 King George VI Recreation Park, construction of which has just begun at Birch and Davidson Roads, should have a swimming pool, said Mr. J. R. Vethavanam, 1.5.M., speaking at
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    24 13 Herr H. Keithahn arrived by the Duisburg from Hamburg yesterday to take up the position of secretary at the German Consulate General .it Singapore.
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    European's $57,280 Claim Against Chinese Fails.
    490 13 Ml!. A. E. Beavis's claim for iTI 557.280 from Mr. Foo Chee Chong was dismissed in a judgment delivered by Mr. Justice Harne in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Mr. Foo Chee Chong's coun-ter-claim for one-third of certain profits made by Mr. Beavis was'
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    ALL FOOD TAXES SHOULD BE REMOVED.
    227 13 Selangor Unofficial Says Cost Of Living High. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 22. «W()W that the financial position of this country has improved so considerably since the imposition of food taxes may I ask that representations be made to the Government of
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    GOVERNOR'S FRASER'S HILL HOLIDAY.
    73 13 HE. The Governor and Lady Thomas. 1 attended by the private secretary and nide-de-camp. will leave Singapore for Kuala Lumpur by the ni^ht mail-train next Friday. His Excellency will be at King's House. Kuala Lumpur, until the morni ing of Aug. 3. and then proceed to
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    26 13 A concert in aid of the orphans of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus will be held at the Convent. Victoria Street. I tomorrow afternoon.
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    Malaya vs. Netherlands Indies: Lawn Tennis Match Next Year.
    961 14  -  "Echo." INCREASED RIVALRY FOP MALAYAN TITLES. SINGAPORE WILL BECOME THE EASTERN WIMBLEDON By JHE Wimbledon of the East. That is Singapore, within very' «.«r f yearS: n k *f Ug conee P tion > but one step towards its realisation will
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    7 14 T. Yokota. Straits Times Phot inratth Boxir.?.
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    i PONG vs. FLOWERS.
    214 14 Next Week's Fights At Happy World. F ;\ir contesti ovjr ten "threes" conits Ui- exceptionally good bill approred by the Boxing Board of Control for Urn Happy World arena on ThursIti the main event Som Pong meets T.sor Flowers. The two newly arrived J.r> ir.-s boxers
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    MALACCA XI FOR CUP TIE WITH N.S.
    131 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, July 22. TWE Malacca team to meet Negri Sembilan on Saturday at Seremban, in their last Malaya Cup fixture, is announced as follows Goalkeeper Low Ah Sang 'IX Bacits I.im Chwee Seng (C.F. A). Puteh Kassim (Sinomites). Halves
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    25 14 l*ft ta n-ni: i. Ynkota. Y. Yasukawa, Woon Chow Tat and Ton* Loon Chon*. before their doubles set on the pad&nc yesterday. —Strait* Time* Photograph.
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    5 14 V. YASUKAWA Straits Times Photograph
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    s1 V.M.C.A. TOURNAMENT.
    71 14 s 1 V.M.C.A. TOURNAMENT. Lawn Tennis. Ties In the Y.M.CA. tournament c played yesterday resulted as follows: Mixed Doubles Final: Mrs M G l;Eber and T. Kobayashi beat Mrs. M. I Oliver and M. I. Reshty, 7—5, 6—3. Men's Singles Kamls beat See Gim t Hock, 6—l. 6—2 On Monday
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    VICTORIA CLUB CALL-OVERS.
    94 14 VICTORIA CLUB CALL-OVERS. The Turf.' London, July 22 The following are the latest Victoria Club call-overs: STEWARDS' CUP (Goodwood. July, 27): 100—8 The Drummer; 20-1 I George Here and Couvert taken and oirered; 20—1 Pherozshah offered 22—1 taken. ST. LEGER (Doncaster. Sept. 8): 3—l Midday Sun offered. 100—30 > taken;
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    MIDDS. II TROUNCED BY POST OFFICE.
    349 14 Two Players Sent Off In Second Division Soccer Match. PJONOURS In Division II of the S.A.F.A. League finally rest between the Post Office and Publishers. The Midds second team were eliminated yesterday, being: beaten 6—o6 —0 by the Postal men. The same was marred
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    ~~ "~ —' " THE LEAGUE TABLE
    104 14 THE LEAGUE TABLE Coals. P. W. L. D. F. A. P Post Office 9 7 0 2 46 9 16 Middlesex II 10 7 3 0 23 15 14 Publishers 6 5 0 119 4 1 1 H.M.S. Terro/ .10 4 3 3 16 15 U SRC 9 4 3
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    NON-BENDERS' REUNION.
    146 14 Cricket. Teams For Week- End Match. The match on the padang tomorrow I and on Sunday In connection with the I reunion celebrations of the Non-Bend-ers C.C of Malaya will be: Singapore Non-Benders: H R Bartels W. H. Stuart Clark. J. A. Dean. W. W. Dean, A. Gilmour.
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    MALAYAN A.A.A. MEETING.
    632 15 Full Entries For Championships. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 22. The following are the entries for the Malayan A.A.A. Championship Meeting at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow and on Saturday: FIRST DAY. 220 YARDS LOW HURDLES. Ist Heat.—Lieut, A. T. Hlngston <Mil>. Mohd. Idrls <Sel.), C. R.
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    105 15 The F.M.S. team which took ninth place in the shoot for the Junior Kolapore Cup at Bisley on July 15, with a score of 496 against the 550 points obtained by the winners, British Guiana. The Malayan marksmen, all of whom can be clearly recognised in this photograph, were J.
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    FINAL TRAINING GALLOPS AT PENANG.
    160 15 Onlookers Not Allowed To Learn Much (From Our Own Correspondents) Penang, July 22. THERE was a record crowd at the Penang racecourse this morning to watch the final gallops in preparation for the first day of the Penang Turf Club's meeting on Saturday. On the
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    BROADCAST FROM RACECOURSE.
    370 15 TTHE Penang Turf Club will, in co-operation with the Penang Wireless Society, carry out broadcasts from the racecourse on each day of the meeting which begins tomorrow, as follows: 2.15 p.m.. Opening announcement, weather conditions, conditions of course, etc. 4 p.m Results of Races 1 to 4
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    SCRATCHINGS.
    22 15 The scratching and order of running for tomorrow, if received before we go to press, will be found on Page 6.
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    FIRST RUNS IN MALAYA.
    788 15 Records Of Horses Entered At Penang. Below are given details of past performances of a number of horses which will run for the first time in Malaya at the Penang Meeting which begins tomorrow. BEN GHABRIT, 4 yrs., b.f.g. by Blenheim Poor Relation— This French gelding
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH.
    426 15  -  'ECHO.* Tonight 's Fights— Mortell vs. Nene—Sauda And Sanada Here Good Programmes Pay Ballington's New Record. Conducted By INHERE are the makings of a great little scrap at the New World arena tonight between Mortell and his latest challenger, Nene. The newcomer is said to be marvellously
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    THE SPORTS DIARY.
    111 15 TODAY. Lawn Tennis: Yokoia and Y&tul.aw a il exhibition matches. V.1.1.C.A. Athletics: A.C.S. Continuation School .-ports. Jaian Besar. 2.30: Malayau A.A.A. Championships, Kuala Lumpur. Soccer: V.M.C.A. vs. R.A.F. I'uwn Office), friendly, Anson Road. Boxing: Mortell vs. Naif, etc.. Ntw World. TOMORKOW. Soccct: Malaya Cvp Sin, apo.t vs.
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      THE PENANG BORIA.
      317 16 Collection Published By "Haji" Hamilton. T» the Editor of the Straits Times. CIR.— With reference to Dr. K. Mohamed Ariffs interesting paper about the Penang Boria which was delivered at the Penang Rotary Club and reproduced In the Straits Times from the June issue of The Roda.
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    PROPAGANDA IN ITALY.
    665 16 SOME BEWILDERING CONTRASTS. "ALWAYS IN THE RIGHT." INCONSISTENCY between what one hears on official and diplomatic levels and what one reads and sees on the level of the man in the street makes it difficult to know what Italy is really getting at in the Spanish affair
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    THE BOGEY THAT JUST WON'T DIE!
    91 16 THE Kra Canal project is in the news again. Insistent reports that the scheme of outline through the Kra Isthmus which connects Siam and Malaya, is being seriously contemplated were denied by Mr. Chime Pinthanon. secretary to Siam's Minister of Foreign Affairs. He asserted
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    REASSESSMENT OF MALAYAN RÜBBER ESTATES OF OVER 100 ACRES.
    2035 18 REASSESSMENT OF MALA YAN R ÜBBER ESTATES OF OVER 100 ACRES. Planting Topics Assessments a GOOD m;tiiv i\;Uites in Malaya in June received pleasant surprises. Many of them earlier in the year had lodged appeals agains the assessment of their standard production all appeals were heard but very few were
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    RUBBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE.
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    988 19  -  Malayan Output." Netherlands Indian June Shipments Surprise. "Price Trend Will Be Governed By (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 12. THK Netherlands Indies rubber export figures for June, showing ;hipments equivalent to 110 per vent, of standard production, came jus a Wf and unpleasant surprise
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    1380 19 A London Letter For Planters. Sua Betong. 755.; and Straits Rubber, at approximately 205., while "floriners" tipped include Broome (Selangor), at 45.: London Asiatic. 55.; United Temlang, 2s. 9d.; and Patani Para, which are available for about 3s. 60. each. Fortunate hunters who are inclined to accept this and similar
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