The Straits Times, 30 November 1937

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    52 1 CJMGAPORE 140. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471). KUALA LUMPUrt: 23. JAVA ST. C'PHONE 3683) The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY 1 THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE,. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 30, 1937 PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1937 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      156 1 BRIKKmRNNiCO t 0 m C I NOflO Johnson O]DIBQSKDJO[ORS \*J /pi dependability Johnson Sea Horses continue to lead in public acceptance. This is due to their proven Dependability, Models 100, 200, their Style, their Balanced-Construction, and many KA 37 &P 80 other fine mechanical features. Lower in price than ever
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      175 1 HATS Charming and Individual The newest of hats the liveliest of hats JM the smartest of hats to go with your B^'l^^^^^* CHRISTMAS clothes. These hats are truly *J$ smart and exclusive, with their new colours \"L J& and shapes and we are certain that you will rslirw f^> find
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    45 2 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTHS TRUMBLE.— To Sheelah, nee Noone, at the General Hospital. Malacca, on November 28. a son Terence Hugh. WEBBER.— At Singapore General Hospital on 28th November to Joan wife of W. R. Webber of Jorak Estate, Muar, Johore a daughter.
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      709 2 SITUATIONS VACANT HAIRDRESSING. Wanted assistant for Indies Hairdrrssing Salon, setting experience essential. Apply Box No. 180, Straits Times. NURSE required to take charge of child and Infant will have amah to assist, everything found. Must be of good disposition. Write experience, age, nationality and salary required to Box 174, Straits
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      510 2 HOUSES. FLATS TO LET TO LET: Compound House 3 Amber Road Apply Meyer Bros. TO LET FURNISHED LL\NDUDNO. 321 Marine Parade facing -ea s'* r^ilestone tennu> elec. Apply E. J. Nathan. cs ">u»FI'RN. BOUSE to let from January until November lounge, dining room, 2 bedrooms with bathroom, mod. san. tennis
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      735 2 NOTICE. The Exchange Banks will be closed on: 6th December, Monday, Hari Raya Puasa. (Bank Holiday). THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD. SHANGHAI CARGO It is notified, for the information of all concerned, that, until further notice, no cargo destined for Shanghai which has been discharged at another port and reshipped to
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      822 2 AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE of handsome design wax polished and mahogany stained teak household furniture inI eluding H.M.V. double spring motor table I grand gramophone with record cabinet and records. Indian carpets and rugs, stair carpeting etc.. etc. To be held at No. 86. Stevens Road, off Bukit Timah Road
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      221 2 4 IN ANAEMIA AND DEBILITY. I nave mucn pleasure in informing you that your "Serravallo's Tonic' has been used by n> w'th very good results n cases of anaemia and tebllity resulting from different .Notts of fevei mc specially Malarial Dr. Paraskevopodlos. Delegate Sanitary in Kirmanshaah (Persia) I LIKE .GITCvJ-
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      245 2 Lovely hair spraka f£lsß BJ^ 'or itself and say*— W&ttmltJ 1 FIGARO today. jnCMsDt V. Ex P fTt > >" attenda<ioa UvH7 > to ffive complete "^pT^v satis/action. V FIGARO European Ladict" Hair Dresfert. •3. Bras Basah Rd and Raffles Hotel Phone 2868. BUSINESS CARDS ETC. I MASSAGE HALL MANICURE
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      718 3 P. &0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated to England) MAIL PASSENGER AND CAROO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SN. Co UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT 1 ONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Due Tonnage. Spore 1937 RAWALPINDI 17.000 Dec. 4 CORFU 15.000
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      392 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON VUSEN KAISHA) rlncorporatedr Incorporated r Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. SHORT TRIPS TO JAPAN VIA HONGKONG ML HAKONE MARU Dec. 12 s.s. FUSHIMI MARU Dec. 27 s.s. HAKOZAKI MARU Jan. ft mi. TERUKUNI MARU Feb. 4 sjs. HAKUSAN MARU Feb. 20 Round trip
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      549 3 SPECIAL CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY CRUISE DECEMBER 11th 31st, 1937. BANGKOK SAIGON ANGKOR PNOM PENH by the LUXURIOUS ONE-CLASS MOTORSHIP "BORINGIA" (12.500 tons displacement) ALL CABINS HAVE ADJOINING PRIVATE BATH ENJOY 20 DAYS VACATION AT SEA AND TOURING SIAM and INDO-CHINA ROUND TRIP FARE $140.(excluding stay ashore in Bangkok) Independent OverlaPd Tours
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      282 3 B. I. S N. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) APCAR LINE FOR HONG KONG, MOJI, KOBE AND OSAKA TALMA IMM 2nd Dec. at 3 p.m. Excellent modern accommodation or iirst and second class passengers. Special nonday return tickets interchangeable P. O. S. N. CO. issued at cheao rates. HARPER. GILFILLAN
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      1044 3 REPRESENTING. itIIPPINI THE BLUE FI'SNEL LIN-: (Ocean The Hua Khiow Stramshlo Co 1!)3!) Ltd Steam Ship Co., Lid. and China 'tutual Cunard White Star ltd St-.am Naviga*.on Co Ltd.) Aberdeen A Commonwealth Line The Straits tteamship Co Ltd. Shaw Savill A Albion Co Ltd The China Nairi;a'<on Co Ltd. The
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      FROM MALACCA.
      95 4 Correspondence ror transmission oy air "via Netherlands" must be specially and clearly superscribed "By X.L.M." Mails will close at Malacca as follows: Today. Penang (Internal Service) P.m. Tomorrow. Medan by air (Netherlands) ..1.15p.m. Friday, Dec. 3. Australasia, Java li Timor by air (Qantas) 9.« Ceylon, S. b W.
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      MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
      142 4 Daily Weather Report. Stations X ester day Last night max rain- ought mm temn fall s'shine temp •F inches ors. *F jupenntenoent, M-ateorologicaJ Branch (Malaya) Meteorological Ofllce. Singapore, Nov. 30, 1937. Vest Coast Alor Star 83 Bayan Lepas (Penangi 82 Sitiawan 86 Bukit Jeram 87 Malacca 85
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      THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      167 4 KEPPEL HAKROCR Main Wharf Lch. Moonstone, Lch. Lady Clifford. Oil Whart Kedah. Coal Wnarl Nil VESSELS IN DBS OOCBB Tanjoat Pacar Albert Dock Nil. Victoria Dock Nil. Kennel H:irbour Kings' Dock Buitenzorg. No. 1 Dock Mllo. No. 2 Dock, Gen. Verapyck. Tuesday, Nov. 30. Ships atoafsMe
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      168 4 Today Bagan and Selat Pandjang (Hongr Thong) 3 p.m. Bengkalis Ac L. Bulk (Rofcan) 3 p.m. Fort de Kock, Padang. Pakan Baroe i Siak (Hong Kwong) ..3 P™ Java, South-West Sumatra, S.-Ea*t Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas AJtaor Dll'.y (Johan van Oldenbamevttt) 3.30 p.m. Sarawak (generally) Bintulu (Vyner Brooke)
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      AIR MAILS.
      247 4 INWARD. W rarnes: From Penang Kuala Lumpur: Arrives every evening other than Sundays. X.L.M.: From Netherlands India: Arrives THIS evening. X.L.M.: -rom Europe: Arrives THIS evening. Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives THIS afternoon. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives THIS afternoon. Imperial: From Europe: Due Friday evening. OUTWARD. Wean s:
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      FRANCE TO REPAY BIG BRITISH LOAN.
      77 4 Parts, Nov. 29. With view to assisting repayment of a £40,000.000 British loan it is believed the French Government will issue within a week of a two milliard franc internal loan which is expected to be taken up mostly by the banks. The Government
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      LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.
      335 4 London Nov. 29. The following are todays closing middle price* on the London Stocis Exchange: Shares ot £1 aenominatjon unless otherwise stated:— yester- Rue say or Fall Oonversion 'jjw S p.c. 1944-64 lM'-i Fi;ndlnß Loan D.c. 1960-90 I" 7 War Loan, 3% p.c 101 M. Com. Union
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      180 4 Mails from Netherlands Indies ex- 1 pected today. -Nov. 30, by air (K.N.1.L.M.) will be delivered to box- 1 holders at 1.30 p.m. General delivery of letters and parcels at 1 40 p.m. Mails from Netherlands Indies expected today, Nov. 30, by air (XL.M.) will be de'lvered to
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      HOLLAND-EAST ASIA LINE
      90 4 Kegnlai rre.f oi ScttMc M MIMI.A HONG HONG *N»» JAPANESE rORTS OUTWARD. Due 9'Dore s.s. GAASTERKERK Dec. 1 ss. MEERKERK Jan. 1 HOMEWARD. TO ADEN. PORT <= tl»» f ROTTERDAM. AMSTERDAM. HAMBURG beavt 3 uure s.s. GROOTEKERK Dec 19 Via Penana Sieamer.« nave Umitet oawengers aconr.iodatlon FARES
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      RED FUNNEL LINE
      146 4 HEAP tNG MOH S.S. CO. cTD. ilncoiDoratco .r> *»hiu Settlement*! 1 KfcIiLLAK »'*SSKN<;EII and Cargo Sei vicea i from Slnraoor* «o lava Romeo B?nlr. md BilllMit tut BAIAVIA I'HbHIHUN and SKMAKANQ IKvcr? Tneadat »od KrMa*' s-s. NAM YONG Tues. Nov 30 s^. GIANG SENG Fri. D»-c. 3
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      TIDE TABLE.
      252 4 SIN O MORE r«d«> H. W. 8.38 a m. 8.8 fl.: 9.50 p.m. 8.4 ft. L. W. 2.47 a.m. 4.1 ft.: 3.25 p.m. 2 ft. Wednesday. December 1. H W. 9.16 a.m. 9.1 ft.! 10.34 p.m. 8.6 ft. L. W. 3.32 a.m. 4.3 ft.: 4.03 p.m. 1.5 ft.
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      CLEARANCES
      47 4 Nov. 28— Lisbon Maru, Muko Maru, (Japan); Scott Harley, Ben wy vis, (Britj; Poelau Bras, Kepah, Kulit, (Dut). Nov. 29— Brastagi, Juno, J ..senna, Op ten Noort, Both. Mandar, Rantau, Pandjang. Siaoe, (Dut.); Klang. Patroclua. Sin Kheng Seng, Klias, Tand)ong Balei. Tandjong Plnang, (Brit.); Hindentourg. (Ger).
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      480 4 V^BhSTD wSwffl^ Europe F.u>t trrcugD train; direct "i^^ Bfl^i» Canada's Evergreen Playground aKaglMKElOia^ See the majestic CanadlaD RocMe« TJ^—^BmJJKar LAte Louise BanH Connect I^QffiEMl W<U> Canadian Pacific trans-Atlantic WKtr linen at Montrea or Quebec. No W^MJ '&t* »xtra rail !air to Canada for dxnwtnn J^^JaP—'^ri^fl r^^^ room or comDortment occupied
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      114 4 HAPPY CABARET THE CABARET WITH THE SPACIOUS SPRINC FLOOR TONIGHT Night Dance from 9 pjn. to Midnight. MISS EUUS (CHAMPION IRONCHONG SINGER) AND PARTY OF FEMALE ARTISTES AND TALENTED KRONCHONG MUSICIANS (The Pick of Bandoeng) WILL PERFORM NIGHTLY STARTING WEDNESDAY, Ist DECEMBER 1937 From 8. 30 p. m. to 11
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      154 4 fincorporfttcd Bi Strftfts ftett le men W) s— ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. COMPANY. (moarooNMd id n«lan<» (toconx>rmte<j u> 0.8A.) FOR HAVRE, LONDON bobton nkw tore bahtmom ROTTERDAM HAMBURG v BDM CAN^ Via r«rts *nd Saa CtMt STEEL TRAVELER In pert IX-c. 9 Out Sallf STEEL MARINER Dec.
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    STOMACH PAINS GONE IN 5 MINUTES
    264 5 The first tiling you want when you suffer from stomach pain is quick relief. Then. when the pain has gone, you want to keep it away. That is just how Mrs. D. felt. She suffered agony with her stomach. Now she has found the
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      234 5 lIOXY RAH OPFN Till MIDNIGHT TONIGH' 6.15-9.15 W^^P^^SP^W! THREE MEN AND GIRI I «Tk 4b^bV .a^al IN THE YEAR'S GRANDEST <^S^bl3 ROMANTIC FROLIC t B BHHB«SHii^B B^ CLAUDETTE COLBERT never more glamorous, more amorous In 'I MET r PARIS' A Paramount Picture with MELVYN DOUGLAS. ROBERT YOUNG SPECIAL WEEK-END Sc
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      98 5 "IF MY REPUTATION HAD TO REST ON ONE PICTURE. I'D WANT IT TO BE "STELLA DALLAS" Samuel Goldwyn 60L0WYN Preset STEIAA DAIjIiAS WITH I BARBARA STANWYCK JOHN BOLES ANNE SHIRLEY Alan Hate O'Neil Directed by KING VIDOR 96UASEO THRU UNITCO ARTISTS OPENING TOMORROW I PAVILION 1 The Screen's First MaUy
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      124 5 |=GHANI=^ PERSIAN CARPET HOUSE 248. Orchard Road. Singapore. The Oldest Reliable Carpet Dealers wish to notify that ALL CARPETS are now on sale at MARKED PRICES. These prices have been reduced to the lowest level tot the convenience ot the buying public. We urge you to pay us a v
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      176 5 WIRE ROPES /sffig^ Latch Batchelor Kv3|ptx^ Patentees and Originators PLOUGH and EXTRA PLOUGH mAj\ STEEL WIRES \sjy LOCKED COIL flattened strand r|P|) concentric strand k£w£7 ROPES Supplies of general purpose ropes in stock. Sole Ascents and Stockists: ROBINSON PIANO CO., S. S. LTD. Winchester House, Collyer Quay. SINGAPORE THE ECONOMY
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  • AROUND THE MARKETS.
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      Stocks And Commodities Continue Upward Swing.
      850 6 (By Our Fimmcial Correspondent.) Singapore, Nov. 30. There is an all round improvettk nt in markets this morning and it is quite pleasant to read the London Stock Exchange list and the number of plus signs. Commodities were also better and at one time
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      FIXED TRUST QUOTATIONS.
      125 6 From Our Own Correspondent. 1 London, Nov. 29. The following are today's "bid' quotations for Fixed Trusts: s. d. British Empire -A" 19 10' 2 Eritish Empire "B" 9 9 Brit sh Et pire Cumulative 16 0 British Empire Comprehensive 17 0 British Oeneral 'A'' 19 3
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      EXCHANGES.
      90 6 London N'.v 2J. Paiis 147 04 Athens 547 I New Yorli 4.59 5 16 sellers Montreal 4.99 7*7 Rio 2 45 64 Brussels 29.37 market iates Gchrva 21.60 Belgrade 216 Amsterdam 8.98't Buenos Aires rnquoted Milan 94"s Montevideo US 13/16 Berlin 12.38. sellers official Mad.'M nominal Bucharest 677',s Prague
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      83 6 Tuesday, Nov. 30, Noon. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) Nov. 28% 24 Good F. A. in bales I F. 0.8.) Nov. 23 234 No. 1 X. R. S. 3. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 23": v. 23y 8 December 23" 24
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
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      MINING.
      602 6 ssue Val. Frasers Co Lyali fc'vatt Buyers SltMn Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 4/- 4/6 4 1> 2 4, 7'< 2 £1 Asam Kumban? 31/- 33/- 31/- 33/£1 austral Malay 48/- 51/-n. 48/- 50/5/- Ayer Hitam 25/6 27/-xd 26- 27/6 1 Ayer Weng O.« 0.90 0.85 0.95 £1 Sangrin
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      GENERAL.
      422 6 2 2 Alex Br.;K Ord 1 50 1.60 1.5d 1.60 2 2 do 7»j<« Prefs 2.27' 2 2.35 2.25 2.35 10 10 Atlas Ice 8.00n 8.00n l 1 P M. Broadcasting J.45 0.55 0.50 0.60nom 10 5 B. M. Trustee «.0C 6.75 5 00 6.75 fl £1 Con. T.
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
      231 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 5% 1901 red 1940 i400',00 Int Mar 31 Sept. 30 102 104 nom V,U 1907 red 1947 V 600.000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 20 108 •!4% 1909 red 1955 i:,000.000 int. Mar 31 Sept iC 113 VU 1913 red. 1963 «.000.000 Mar 31 Sept 30
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      367 6 Praser Co Lyall It Evatt Ulenby 1.40 1.50 1.40 1.50 Uor Gajah imal Malay Vyer Hitam \yeT Molek \yer Panas 3assett 3atu Lintang ?edford 3enta 3orelli 3rogas 3runei Un 3ukit Katil 3ukit KB 3ukit Kepong 3ukit Timah ($10) "hangkat Serdang ">nnemara ?ienealy Plantations ■iamilton P.aytor indragirl Jeram Kuantan
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    EXCHANGES.
    203 6 The following are -the exchange rates this morning according to the dally circular issued oy the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation: SELLING. London TT 2/4 1/32 London demand 2/4 1/32 London 4 months sight 24 1/16 Lyons demand 1715 Switzerland demand 251 Hamburg demand 142 New York demand
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    NEW YORK STOCKS & COMMODITIES.
    361 6 NEW YORK STOCKS COMMODITIES. THE following quotations are pub-, lished by courtesy of Messrs S E Levy and Co. Singapore Messrs. White We'd and Company, New York, report by cable regarding ypsterday's markets:--STOCKS The recent ten points advance in averages in two days plus the fact that President Roosevelt's housing
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      87 6 TXTERMITE" THE WHITE ANT KILLER This Extermite outfit nas oeen designed to enable the most unskilled person to exterminate completely whole colonies of Termites or White Ants as they are more commonly called. The Extermite metnod is sure an.-J simple, it Is not necessary to look, for the Queen or
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    HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
    199 7 HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated In the Colony of Hong Kong> The nubility of members ia limited to th •xtent and In manner prescribed by Ordlnuice No. 6 of 1*29 of the Colony. Huthorlsed CopiUl »50,000,000 issued and Fully Patd-Uii $10,000,000 Reserve Funds: Sterling; I 5.500.000 Hong Kong Currency
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    NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK N. V.
    204 7 NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK N. V. Established 1863 at Amsterdam HEAD OFFICE: AMSTERDAM SKVNCH OFFICF.S: THK HtGUE. ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BRANCHES. I *{cad Office for Dutch East Indies BRANCH OFFICES: DUTCH EAST INDIES: Ampenau, Banrtjernmsui. Bandoeng. C'.ierlbon, DJanibi, Oorontalo, Makassar Medan, Menado. Palembane Pakaloson. Pontlanak, Proboltnggo, Semarang. Sourabaya, Tegal. Teloh. Betoug, TJila:!»u
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      LONDON RUBBER MARKET.
      229 7 DULL AND LISTLESS CONDITIONS. LEWIS AND PEATS WEEKLY REPORT. IN their weekly report on the London rubber market dated Nov. 16. Lewis and Peat, Ltd., write: The market owing to a stronger tone on Wall Street engendered uy hopes of constructive legislation by congress had a sharp
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      Another Chairman Opposes Tin Quota Cut.
      627 7 Mr. F.E. MAIR WARNS RAMBUTAN SHAREHOLDERS. Buffer Pool Proposal Also Condemned. CPEAKING at the thirty-3econd ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of Rambutan. Ltd., held in Redruth on Nov. 17. Mr. Frank E. Mair (the chairman) first reviewed the accounts, balancesheet and report. Tin
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    WAR INSURANCE RATES
    157 7 Reductions For China And Spain. London, Nov. 20. ■THE Joint War Risk Rating Commit- tee have issued a further schedule (No. 28 >. in which substantial reductions in the rating of Chinese and Spanish voyages are a noticeable feature. The most drastic reduction is to be found
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    TIN COSTS AND SALES.
    282 7 A STUDY OF WIDE VARIATIONS. MR. Lionel J. Mitchell of Hayling Island writes to the Financial Times as follows: In the Financial Times of Nov. 11 you publish the September quarter's returns of those tin companies associated with the London Tin Corporation. It is rather an
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    RUBBER AND TIN FIRMER.
    91 7 Stocks Rise But Market Quiet. London, Nov. 29. THE StocJc Exchange today opened firm and was lairly active but subsequently it quietened, the earlier enthus'asm being rath«r damped by the disappointing opening of Wall Street. Nevertheless, many appreciable advances were held. Chins.3? customs loans were marked
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    THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. THE EASTERN BANK LIMITED.
    388 7 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. THE EASTERN BANK LIMITED. (Incorporated in England). Capital Authorised £3,000.000 Capital Subscribed £1 .800,000 Reserve Fund and Rest £1,247,829 Capital Paid up £1,050,000 BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. Lord Catto of Cairncattc. Sir Charles Alexander Innes, X. C.S.I. C.l.'Sir Thomas Smith. Kt P.
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    PRIVATE SAFES
    37 7 For the custody of your shares, deeds and other valuables are available at a yearly rental of $5 and upwards. For particulars apply to> THE P. O. BANKING CORPORATION LTD. (Incorporated in KnKlmid UNION BUILDING.
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    OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION, LTD.
    155 7 C lncorporated in the Straits Settlements CAPITAL: Authorised $40,000,000.00 Issued Paid Up 510.000.000.00 Head Ofllce: Cliina Building, Chulla Street, Singapore. LONDON BANKERS Midland Bank. Ltd. Lloyds Bank, Ltd NEW YORK BANKERS: Irving Trust Co.. Chase National Bank. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chee Swee Cheng, Esq Chairman. Lee
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    What Rubber Quota Will Be Determine d Today ?
    506 7 What Rubber Quota Will Be Determine d Today fODAY the International Rubber Regulation Committee meets in London to decide the production and export quota for the first quarter or first half of next year. For easy reference the following table shows the basic quotas of each country for 1937 and
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
    172 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Singapore, Nov. 29, 5 pm. Total for Company Dividend TIN. Ayer Hltam Tic 20% Int. No». 10 Batu Selangor 5% Int. Dec. 9 nurma Malay 6d. Int. Dec. 11 Hong Kong Tin 40% Final Katu Tin 6d. Int. Nov. 27 Is Bon';s Killinghall 20%
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    CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.
    148 7 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated In Eninara an Royal Charter 1853 1 Paid Up Capital in 800.000 shares of ft each £3.000.00* Reserve Fund £3.000.00* Reserve Uabl.lty of Proprietors £3.000,00* HEAD OFFICE: St. !ttofaop««»t» IIM.. EC Alor BUr Hong Kon» Rangoon An.rltsar Iloilo Saixon Bangkok Ipoh maracg
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      93 7 FOURNIER'S HYGENIQUE MIXTURE TONIC ELIXIR World Wide Reputation Refuse Substitutes Sold by all Chemists and Stores and FEDERAL HISPfNSART. Raffle* Square. Singapore. DUNLOP FOR LONGEST SERVICE S.E. Levy Co, Shanghai, Hongkong. Manila, Singapore Investment Bankeri and Brokers in Securttici and Commodtae*. Dal'.u Foreign Market Cablfl and Quotation Service. MEMBERS. NEW
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      11 7 fora^ractive presents I ALWAYS APPRECIATED. IaiiatREMEULLMANN'SI I SPECIAL CHRISTMAS DISPLAY. I
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  • Broadcasting.
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      SINGAPORE
      104 8 TODAY ZHL 1.33 me s (225 m.) p.m. 6.00 Indian music. Gramophone reconis. 6.20 Chinese music. Selections from .Peiplni? Dramas. Gramophone records. 6.45 Children's programme, i English). 7.00 Dance music played by D'Sylva's Band. Relay from the New World Cabaret. 7.30 Time, weather, news and announcements. 7.45 Talk: "St.
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      EMPIRE STATION.
      746 8 TODAY TRANSMISSION 2. GSJ 21.53 me/i (13.93 m.) GSII 21.41 me/i (13.97 m.); GSG 17.79 me s (16.8< m); GSO 15.18 me s (19.76 m.). p.m. 6.05 Big Ben. "Swift Serenade."* The Swift Serenade Concert Orchestra. The singer Bell Walker; the speaker: David Porter. Concert arrangements by Ray
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      BERLIN.
      85 8 TODAY DJB 15.20 nc/i (19.74 m.) DJN 9.54 me/* (31.45 m.l; DJTE 17.76 nc/i (16.89 mi; and DJQ 15.28 me s (19.(3 m.) p.m. 6.20 Concert of light music. 7. J0 News in English. 7.35 Concert of light music (continued) 8.10 Greetings. 8.20 News and economic review in German.
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      PHOHI-HOLLAND.
      232 8 TODAY PHI 17 17 mc/t (1C 88 n.) p.m. 8.45 Announcement. 8. 50 Stock report. 0.00 Actualities. 9.20 "Spiritual Trends." 3.40 "A Song Goes Round the World." 10.10 News bulletin. PARIS. TODAY TPA-2. 15. 24 me (19 68 m.l p.m. 6.20 Gramophone records. 7 05 Talk on French events
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      ROME
      25 8 TODAY 2-RO 11.81 Me/s (M.I m.) >v Announcement. News In English. News in Chinese. Orchestral and vocal concert. News in Italian. 10.50 Close down.
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      NIROM.
      207 8 TODAY IDC 15 IS Me /i (ISS ■> PMN 10.26 me s (29.2 m.) p m. 5.50 Time signal. Opening announcement. U 5.54 English lor beginners. 6.20 Cabaret programme. 6.50 News bulletin. 7.10 Classical music. Modern composition*. I 8.00 Evening service. I 8.20 Recorded music. 8.35 Amstel Fleet. 9.00
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      MELBOURNE.
      37 8 TODAY VK 2ME 9 59 Me/I (31.2 m.) p.m. 4.20 Opening announcement. 5.20 With the world's famous orchestra. 6.20 News bulletin and sporting results. 6.30 Tour of the world. 6.50 Leading Dance Band. 7.20 Close down.
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      CALCUTTA.
      52 8 TODAY VIC 61* Me (M.I ml o m. 6 56 Time signal. For the Children. 7.56 Indian music. 5.41 Talk: "Books of the Month." 1.56 News bulletin in Bengali. 13.11 Indian music. > 10.51 News bulletin in English. 111. 11 Annual St. Andrews Day Dinner. 1121 12 26 Time
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      HONG KONG
      43 8 TODAY ZBW 9.52 Me s. p.m 6.30 European programme. ti.so Stock quotations and Exchange Market report. 6 55 continuation of European programme. 7.20 Time signal, weather report and announcements. 7.23 Continuation it European programme. 3.50 Daventry news bulletin. 1C.20 Close down.
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      TOKIO TODAY
      46 8 JZJ 11» Mc/« (254 m £.20 News in Jipanese. !8 35 Guide to Famous Places Series, A Guide to the Old Battlefields at Moun 1 Komaki am Sel-.igaheja." E 55 News in English. i 9 05 News in Chinese. I S 20 Close down.
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    He Saw Statesmen Birched.
    212 8 He Saw Statesmen Birched. THE man who saw Cabinet Ministers and statesmen birched as youths, Benjamin John Rawllngs, aged 70, of Datchet Road, Slough— for nearly 40 years messenger at Eton College— died in Windsor Hospital recently following a fall. Among 'Ben's" duties was to see that boys billed to
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  • POWERS PROTEST TO TOKIO OVER SHANGHAI CUSTOMS.
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      "PROVISIONAL REGIME" MAY BE ESTABLISHED.
      483 9 DEI I ER learns from a British official source that an exchange of views took place yesterday in Tokio between the three principally interested Powers and the Japanese Government regarding a suggested "provisional regime for the administration of the Shanghai Customs during the present emergency."
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      BRITISH INTERESTS IN SHANGHAI.
      144 9 Estimate Of Losses Not Yet Possible. London, Nov. 29. IT is 100 early to form an estimate *of the Jamage to British property in Shanghai, Lord Cranbome, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, informed Sir Percy Harris in the House of Commons today. Sir Percy then asked If
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    Britain Will Not Recognise Franco Blockade
    162 9 London, Nov. 29. /'ire less messages from Sala11 inane* and Cadiz report that General Franco intends to blockade the whole Spanish Government coast and abolish the neutral zones in certain Spanish Government ports. This announcement has not been communicated to the British Government, but
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    MANY DIE IN REBEL AIR RAID IN SPAIN.
    47 9 Madrid. Nov 29. Fifty people were killed and 112 wounded in an Insurgent air raid on Menarviejo, 20 miles north of the capital today, and 18 were killed and 70 wounded in another raid on Okana village. Toledo —Reuter.
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    CHINA WAR LOAN STORY DENIED.
    124 9 Financial "Ha Ha" For Nichi Nichi Tale. London. Nov. 29. •THE report of the Toklo Nichi-Nlchi 1 that Dr. Wellington Koo, Chinese Ambassador to France, has been negotiating for a £100.000,000 war loan for munitions, has been denied in authoritative circles in London. In the
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    Powers Will Not Tolerate Any Settlement Meddling.
    296 9 Powers Will Not Tolerate Any Settlement Meddling. 44 ANY attempt by the Japanese to exceed their constitutional scope and meddle with matters and institutions in the International Settlement will not be tolerated by either Great Britain or any other interested Power," says The Times in a leading article, a London
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    FRENCH ATTACKED BY JAPANESE.
    143 9 Shanghai "Al Capone Leaves For Hong" Kong. Shanghai. Nov. 29. J /\N tho ground that they have not complied with the Japanese requests that anti-Japanese activities should be supprassed. the authorities or the French Concession are attacked by the Japanese paper which is regarded ss the
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    BRITAIN SENDS MILITARY MISSION TO PORTUGAL.
    46 9 London, Nov. 29. Lord Cranborne, Under-secretary for Foreign Affairs, announced in the Commons that a British military mission would visit Portugal in February next to establish personal contact with the appropriate authorities and to review matters o£ common interest —Reuter.
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    "Safety Zone" Hopes For Nanking Fade.
    262 9 [WITH the announcement by the Japanese Embassy spokesman that the statement of the Garison Commander at Nanking, Gen. Tang Sheng-chl, was rather discouraging." hopes of creating a safety zone at Nanking are fading. Gen. Tang requested foreigners, who are able, to leave Nanking, at
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    AMUSEMENTS
    139 10 SINGAPORE. iARRK X THEATRE. GEYLANG Modern Bride and Bombardment of Canton— Double Feature Cantonese Talkies at 7.45 p.m. .I.OBK THEATRE Its Great to be In College. ;ri at world— the sky talkie Big Broadcast of 1937. lAPPY WORLD Caoaret. Dancing. Talkies Clneo.ax Theatres and Bide Shows. »EW WORLD Sloe
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, NOV. 30, 1937. 70 Or 75?
    955 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, NOV. 30, 1937. 70 Or 75? According to Reuter, Mr. A. L. Viles, president of the Rubber Manufacturers' Association of America, surprised the London rubber market yesterday by forecasting a more i or less immediate increase in. United States rubber consumption, adding I am actually
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    Government bouse. Nov. 33.
    204 10 Government bouse. Nov. 33. MB. P. J. Morton, Hon. Mr. C. O. Howell and Miss Howell and Major B. H. Quill dined at Government House. Nov. 24. Sir John Salmond left Government House. Sir Shenton Thomas presided at a meeting of the Executive Council held at Govern- 1 ment House
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    where earth meets The heavens.
    1077 10 Life On Mountain Tops. [N the Rocky Mountains the tree1 less acres above the timber-lines ire bleak and desolate. It is here it the foot of sliding shell-rock dopes that grizzly bears on late lutumn afternoons come to seek nit their hibernating caves, dens of
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    December In The Tropics.
    82 10 BY JAMES NORMAN HALL. fHE palm-trees slope against the sky As still as they were painted so. Very strange it is that I Stand under them, knee-deep in snow. In other lands as green as this Are other men, perhaps, like me. Listening to the seething
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    In Praise Of France.
    415 10 PVERYWHERE through this country Is found the same easy courteous charm. The little phrase "a votre service becomes much more than a phrase where everybody is willing to go out of his way to direct you. Also, that first day at Tou!on there was the sun:
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    715 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. Siamese Taxis. A LTHOUGH visitors to Bangkok are invariably greeted by the warning "you will find the nights terribly dull." the Siamese capital, with its magnificent air-conditioned cinema built by ex-King Prajadhipok and its rooftop hotel cabaret, where the Kirls really are hostesses, is a
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  • ANGLO-FRENCH TALKS SUCCESSFUL.
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      NEED FOR VIGILANCE IN FAR EAST SEEN.
      395 11 PRESCRIBED as .one of the most successful con- ferences ever held, the talks in London yesterday between French and British statesmen have caused optimism in Britain. We came out only when unanimity was reached," smilingly remarked the French Prime Minister, M. Chautemps, denoting
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      I Japanese Extend Control At Shanghai.
      41 11 rE Japanese military will take over control of Shanghai and Woosung harbours tomorrow, reports Sin Chew Jit Poh. One Japanese cruiser, four gunboats and 20 armed launches have been assigned for patrol duties at Woosung.
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    Italy Recognises Manchukuo.
    264 11 Expects Big Trade Benefits. Rome, Nov. 30. ITALY will accord diplomatic recognition of Manchukuo from tomorrow. This brings to three the number of Powers which have recognised the new regime in Manchukuo. the others boing Japan and Salvador. Italy's reasons for recognising Manchukuo are given in an
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    Big Rise In U. S. Rubber Purchases Soon.
    335 11 London, Nov. 29. A BIG increase in United States consumption of rubber is forecast by Mr. A. L. Viles, president of the Rubber Trade Association of America and American consumers' representative, in an advisory capacity, to the International Rubber Regulation Committee. "I
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    Millions Of New Homes For Americans.
    91 11 Washington, Nov. 30. THE building of 3.000.000 or 4.000,000 homes in America during Mie next five years will cost $12,000,000,000 to $15.000.0Ci,000 (£2.400.000.000 to L 3.000.000.000) was proposed by President Roosevelt in his housing message to Congress toda He suggested that private capita! should
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    Prince Bernhard Satisfactory.
    134 11 Juliana's Night Vigil By Husband's Side. Amsterdam, Nov. 30. ""PHI", condition of Prince Bernhard von Lippe, who was injured in a motor accident yesterday, is very satisfactory. His wife. Princess Juliana of Holland, who Is expecting a child within the next month, stayed last night at the
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    FRANCE TESTS GERMAN FRONTIER DEFENCES
    43 11 Metz, Nov. 28. Lar?e scale anti-aircraft exercises, the first to b 2 held en the FrancoGerman frontier, are occurring tonight and tomorrow along the Maginot Line from Forback to Strasbourg. The whole area is being "blacked out."— Reuter.
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    JAPAN CLAIMS DUTY ON OVER-CARRIED GOODS.
    131 11 JAPAN CLAIMS DUTY ON OVER-CARRIED GOODS. British Shippers Complain To Foreign Office. London, Nov. 30. •"■"•HE London Chamber of Commerce has drawn the attention of the Government to the fact that the Japanese authorities are insisting on the payment of Japanese import duty on cargoes intended for Shanghai but carried
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    Japanese Army Advancing "Straight To Nanking."
    218 11 Japanese Army Advancing "Straight To Nanking. KIANGYIN FORTS EVACUATED. Shanghai, Nov. 29. JAPANESE troops have occupied the Kiangyin forts, a little above the boom stretching across the Yangtse River, and are advancing straight to Nanking," according to Japanese Army communique. The defenders of the forts, who had been subjected to
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    Japan To Declare War On China ?
    136 11 Japan To Declare War On China ANGERED BY ALLEGED AID BY BRITAIN. QPINION favouring a formal declaration of war by Japan against China in order effectively to blockade the Chinese coast is gaining strength in Japan, reports the Asahi Shimbun. Recurrent reports of large arms shipments to China by the
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    Chinese Railroads Shipped To Japan.
    63 11 "I OST, stolen or strayed two railroads is how one Shanghai newspaper describes the removal by the Japanese military authorities of rails from the Shanghai-Woosunf; Railway and the section of the Shanghai-Nanking Railway under their control. Confirming reports of arute shortage of iron in Japan,
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    China War Hits P. and O.
    94 11 More Co-operation With Foreign Lines. London, Nov. 30. rviSTURBED conditions in China have adversely afTected the earnings of the P. and O. Line's Far Eastern service, states the company's an nual report. it also announces that arrange ments have been concluded for closer co-operation
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  • ENSURING YOUTH'S LOYALTY BETTER THAN PLANES GIFT.
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      John Hands Flays F.M.S. Relief Policy.
      447 12 NO VOICE RAISED ON BEHALF OF THE POOR. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 30. WITH rich satire, Mr. John Hands, hon. secretary and treasur- er of the Selangor Asiatic Unemployment Committee, again flays Government policy in regard to Selangor's out-of-work in his
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      Ship's Cook Drowned In Crocodile Infested River.
      96 12 Ship's Cook Drowned In Crocodile Infested River. DISAPPEARING after slipping into the crocodile infested river from the wharf at Pangkalan Soesoe, Sumatra, the Chinese cook of the motor vessel Arinia, of Asiatic Petroleum Company, which arrived in Singapore yesterday, was. drowned while many of the officers and crew of his
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      S.S.V.F. Promotion.
      22 12 E. A. Clark nt-s Volunte-sr Force, U proto the rank of Major, according itincation in the Government Gazet'.e last week.
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      12 Ft. Python Killed With Hockey Stick.
      35 12 A. M. VALBERG. S.R.C. and Singapore hockey player, killed this python with his hockey sticl: in Bmleslirr Road, after it had sur- lAm when returning from a jame.
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    SIAM HAPPY OVER NEW TREATIES WITH POWERS.
    398 12 Britain's i; Gene i.v A Slralta Times Special Correspondent. Bangkok, Nov. 30. ••Till: principle of reciprocity and mutual benefit has been adopted in the new treaties between Siam and other countries," declared the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luang Pradit, in an exclusive interview.
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    Immigration Quota To Be Cut By Half.
    66 12 'THE Chinese monthly Unmigration quota is to be reduced from 6,000 to 3,000 from Jan. 1, 1938, it is announced in a proclamation in an S.S. Gazette Extraordinary, issued today. The necessity for this reduction, says a Government communique, is principally attributable to
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    GUNNERS ON ROBBERY CHARGE AT ASSIZES.
    91 12 GUNNERS ON ROBBERY CHARGE AT ASSIZES. A LLEGATIONS that they robbed a Chinese taxi driver of $6 after hitting him on the head with a stone were made this morning when Alfred Budd and Harry Whitehead. of the Royal Artillery (Blakan Mati) appeared before Mr. Justice Home at the Singapore
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    DHOBY WITH 67 PAWNTICKETS.
    98 12 Customers Complained Clothing Was Missing. WHEN a young Chinese dhoby's assistant pleaded guilty in the Criminal District Court yesterday, to criminal breach of trust of a quantity ot clothing, Chief Inspector Dyas revealed that 67 pawntlckets were found in the accused's room. The value of the
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    "PIRATES OF PENZANCE" ON THURSDAY.
    72 12 PIRATES OF PENZANCE ON THURSDAY. •TWENTY-EIGHT years ago, the Victoria Theatre was ceremoniously opened with Singapore amateurs staging successfully Gilbert and Sullivan's opera, "The Pirates of Penzance." On Thursday, Singapore will have an opportunity of seeing amateur Prates present this opera again. The producers have gone to extensive pains to
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    CHINESE AIR DIRECTOR TO VISIT MALAYA.
    50 12 R/JK Chung Tse-slu, a director of a Chinese civil aviation company, will be visiting Malaya shorty to study aviation methods. Mr. Chung is now in Bangkok, where he Is reported to be discussing the question of a Canton -Slam Air service with the authorities.
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    What's He Going To Do Next?
    27 12 Small btys interested in the antics of elephants of a Chinese circus which opens in Singapore this week. Straits Times Picture.
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    Siam Festivities To Celebrate Progress.
    203 12 is preparing her biggest festivities in recent years for the fifth anniversary of the Constitution, which occurs on Dec. 10. The attractions will comprise a grand fair, a beauty contest and visits to such magnificent relics of the past as the Grand Palace and Temple
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    COUNSEL COMPLAINS ABOUT ACCUSED.
    111 12 Complete Ignorance Of Charge/* A SSIGNED by the State to the de- fence of an alleged murderer, a j Singapore advocate complained to the Vssizes Judge yesterday, when making in application, that on three occa- ilons when he had tried to Interview ilm. the accused had
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    France Now Has 18 Battalions In Indo-China.
    109 12 France Now Has 18 Battalions In Indo-China. EIIANCE, with two divisions of troops (about 20.000 men), consisting of nine battaj tions each, stationed in Indoi China, has a formidable force from which to supplement troops at present protecting her Concession and interests in Shanghai. This was made clear by Major
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    RELLER'S BAND RELAY TONIGHT
    154 12 On The Radio Howard Marshall From London. THHE West Java transmitters in tli? Nlrom system will broadcast at 7.20 o'clock tonight 50 minutes of twentieth century serious music. Included on the programme are compositions by Sibelius, Stravinsky and Koichi-Kishi. Recordings are by the London and Berlin
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    SIX MONTHS' FOR EUROPEAN DRIVER.
    54 13 SIX MONTHS' FOR EUROPEAN DRIVER. Chinese Killed By Car At One Of City's Busiest Junctions. LIEVT.-COL. W. A. GUTSELL, Officer Commanding 3rd Negri Sembil'in Battalion, F.M.S. Vo'unteer Force, photographed on arrival back from leave in the Dollar Line vessel President Harrison, yesterday. He commanded the Malayan Volunteer Contingent at the
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    ROSS DISQUALIFIED FROM DRIVING FOR THREE YEARS.
    135 13 CHARLES ARTHUR ROSS, Penang European mercantile assistant, was yesterday sentenced at the Singapore Assizes to six months' simple imprisonment for causing death by negligent driving. Ross was also disqualified from holding a driving licence for three years. The fatal accident occurred at one
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    Ratepayers Consider War Risks.
    101 13 Ratepayers Consider War Risks. |7URTHER details connected with r London correspondence on war risks is sought by the Singapore Ratopayers' Association, following a letter from the Selangor Property Owners and Ratepayers Association. Mr. lay Lian Teck stated that the matter of registration of titles was still under the consideration of
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    Jury's Two Retirements.
    499 13 '■"THE jury took a total of one and a half hours in reaching their verdict, after two retirements. They had deliberated for 46 minutes when they returned to court, having sent a note to his lordship. "I do not want you," said Mr. Justice Home, "to disclose
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    R.A.F. MAN FINED FOR NEGLIGENT DRIVING.
    115 13 Three Cars In Line In Grove Road. A FINE of $70 was Imposed by Mr. n E. C. G. Barrett in the fourth police court, yesterday, on R. M. Longmore, of the RAF.. Station, Seletar. who was convicted on a charge of having driven
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    FIRST CLASS LICENCE FOR MARINE HOSTEL.
    88 13 AT a meeting of the Board of Licenc- ing Justices held in the Criminal District Court yesterday and presided 1 jver by Mr. H. A. Forrer, a long list of l applications- for renewals of liquor I icences for hotels, restaurants and 1 sublic
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    Gordon Pipers At Negri Scots9 Dance.
    234 13 Gordon Pipers At Negri Scots 9 Dance. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Nov. 29. A RECORD attendance was present at Negri Sembilan Scots' celebration of St. Andrew's night in traditional manner. The entrance to the Sungei UJong Club was done in baronial style as a castle entrance. The official guests
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    JOHORE ESTATE LABOUR ADEQUATE FOR PRESENT.
    258 13 But Questionnaire Shows Shortage In Some Areas. IN view of the impending reduction in the rubber export quota, the Johore Planters' Association consider that the labour position in the State is not unsatisfactory, although a questionnaire issued to members had- shown shortage in some
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    Factory Girl Scalped By Machinery.
    263 13 THAT her hair became entangled with the revolving shaft while she lent over to close a window, was the opinion expressed by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, at an inquiry held yesterday into the death of a 18-year-old Chinese girl. Lim Ah Ng
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    Rejected Suitor Wounds Woman
    196 13 22 Times. Eight Years' Gaol And Flogging. (From Our O*n Correspondent.) Johore Bahru. Nov. 29. gENTENCE of eight years rigoroug imprisonment and 15 strokes of the ro'.an was passed by Mr. Justice Mills, at the Assizes today, en a railway coolie. Periasajnv, who was found guilty
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  • SELANGOR'S TEAM FOR RUGGER CUP TIE.
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      AMR BEY RETAINS SQUASH TITLE.
      288 14 London. Nov. 29. At the Bath Club. Amr Bey retained the squash rackets open title, beating Dear in the second half of their match for the championship 9—7, B—lo. «»_s. 9— s,— Renter. Golf KANRAI FOR MANILA. Siamese Pro's Bid For Philippines Title. (rrom Our
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      CHANGES MADE FOR MATCH WITH PERAK.
      610 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. St. T"IIE first Malaya Cur rugger match of the season to be played here will .be on Saturday, when Perak will be the visitors. When the States met in a friendly at Ipoh on Oct. 30, Selangor
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    Strickland Earns Fight With Farr.
    52 14 London, Nov. 30. At Harringay, in a ten rounds eliminator for the British heavyweight, title. Maurice Strickland, of New Zealand, outpointed Al Delaney, of Canada, thus earning the right to challenge Tommy Far. The fight was a very poor one. neither boxer displaying the least
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    ISLINGTONIANS' FINE RECORD.
    387 14 Association Football. Only One Defeat In Ten Matches. The following ara the complete results of the Islington Corinthians' matches in Egypt: Oct. 22 vs. Selected team, Cairo Clubs, drew I—l Oct. 24 vs. Selected team, Alexandria Clubs, won 2—l. Oct. 29 vs. Selected team. Cairo Clubs, won
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    Boon Mah And Hemchit In "Rubber" Bout On Friday.
    257 14 /~\VVING to an injury sustained in training Samee Hussain, the Egyptian bantamweight champion, will be unable to meet Little Bernal at the Happy World Stadium on F.iday. The fight has therefore been cancelled. Hussain will probably make his debut in Singapore
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    PORT DICKSON YACHTS IN GOOD RACE.
    517 14 R.S.Y.C.'s Visit This Week-end For Inter-Club Match. (From A Correspondent.) Ii^LAYA is a country of rapid change. The Port Dickson Yacht Club was founded only ten years a^c yet in 1937 on'y three of the original members remain Mr. H. J. Topliss, who has
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      397 14 Billiards. S.B.A. CHALLENGE SHIELD TOURNAMENT. Local Club Will Win Trophy Outright. Entries close on Saturday for tne Singapore Billiards Association's challenge shield competition, open to members of all Malayan clubs, wltn a limit of four from any one clur>. This Is the last tournament for the shield, whlrti will become
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      FIRST DAY'S RACES ON THURSDAY.
      242 15 UN TRIES for the Per»k Turf Club's Skye Meeting on Thursday and Saturday were issued yesterday. Only one run is provided for class four horses. The complete entries are given below. HORSES CLASS 4. One run, 5Vi furs.: Brown Fox, Fan can. First Bid, Gallant
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      "STEVE" HAS RIDDEN HIS LAST RACE.
      150 15 London, Nov. 28. The world famous cry, "Come on, Steve!" will no longer be heard on the Eng. lish turf, for with the closing of the 1937 season Steve Donoghue, Britain's wizard of the turf, said goodbye as jockey, becoming Trainer Donoghue. Donoghue six
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      COUNTY RUGGER TITLE.
      348 15 Prospects For The i Semi-Finals. NEARLY half the 56 matches necessary in the County Championship to decide the semi-finalists !;avc now been played, and there :r< this season fewer possibilities tif late replays. East Midlands are almost assured of Tiiaining group leadership: they have enly to beat
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      SEGAMAT LEAGUE COMPETITION.
      237 15 Teams Which May Compete For Wills Trophy. From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Nov 28. A meeting to consider the running of the hockey league for the Wills trophy in Segamat district, will be held at the India-Ceylon Association on j Tuesday afternoon. The meeting was to have
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    MIZLER BEATS ROTH.
    543 15 Tough American Well Outpointed. LJARRY MIZLER, the former 11 British light-weight champion, r won an exciting flght on points against Al Roth, the experienced American, in the National Sporting Club weekly tournament at Earl's Court, on Nov. 15 There were rounds in the middle of the flght
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    FOUR DAYS' TIES IN S.C.R.C LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT
    323 15 TTHERE was no play yesterday in the S.C.R.C. lawn tennis tournament owing to rain and the amended ties for this week are TODAY. Singies Handicap Dr. Loh Poon Lip <— 6) vs. Yah Ah Chuan (—3); Cheong Chee Lim (—l2) vs. Seah
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH.
    590 15 Soccer Tourists— A Strenuous Programme In Malaya— India's Quest For Tennis Champions— F. A. 's Problem— N.S.C. Brings Provincials To London. Conducted By "ECHO." AS revealed in that splendid special "page in The Sunday Times— replete with recognisable photographs the Islington Corinthians, touring amateur soccer team, will
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    THE SPORTS DIARY.
    62 15 rODAY Ku«t>>: nmthnil W, Rci fit C.C Vnci cal Collect w. Folice 2nti; St School Past vi Present Hockey: Trial niftUh at S.C.C R.I. v Old Boyr: P.W.n \< RAF Y.w.C.A. European Women TOMORROW. Ru«bj: Polict H M E llerkry: S.R.C. Ist V». S.C.C. Ist; S C
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  • LIFE STA GNA TES ON THE MINES
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      881 16 'DEPRESSING CONDITIONS." To the Editor of the Straits Times. SIR, Let me paint you a picture of an ordinary middle-class Briton's life on in isolatM upcountry tin mine His salary is $300 a month and for this he works harder and longer than he
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      UNIVERSITY FOR MALAYA.
      220 16 Would Reduce Number Of Divided Families. To the Editor of the Straits Times. SIR, Ar-ropos the Malayan university question. I am much interested because I have two sons in England v/ho are ne»ring the end of their public school education. I shou'd, of course, lilre them to
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    MacGregor Report & Child's Social Status Criticised.
    274 16 MacGregor Report Child's Social Status Criticised. To the Editor of the Straits Times. CIR, In ail the correspondence regarding the MacGregor report which has appeared in the columns i of the Press, one envious result of the recommendations appears to have been overlooked. It is this In the event of
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    WEIGHING THE MAYOR.
    32 16 According to ancient custom, the new Mayor and Mayoress of High Wycoir.be. Councillor A. U. Gibbs and Mrs. Gibbs. were weighed in the -market place, during the installation ceremony.
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    PENSIONED OFF A FIT MAN.
    208 17 Rigours Of Police Life Did Not Harm Him. At 50 years of age he was presumed I to be beyond the arduous demands of police duties. But was he? Read what he says now— five years after he was pensioned: "I am a man of
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    Predicted Murder In The Press.
    189 17 Predicted Murder In The Press. EXACTLY as predicted by a writer in the "Minneapolis Star" recently, Patrick Corcoran, an American labour leader, has been murdered near his Minneapolis home, says the Daily Herald. He had been shot behind the right ear. apparently while trying to nee to safety. Ten days
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    JAPANESE ATTACKS IN SOUTH.
    73 17 Islands Used As Bases. Hong Kong, Nov. 26. JAPANESE detachments from warships have carried >ut feint attacks on Amgshan and Taumun on the Kwangung coast. It is feared that it is the mention of the Japanese to attack he coast in earnest in the vicinity of
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    "Stones Are Flying Already" At The Divorce Bill.
    733 17 "Stones Are Flying Already" At The Divorce Bill. —MR. A. P. HERBERT. UR. A. P. HERBERT in his book "The Ayes Have It" uMethuen, 65.) reveals the whole story of the Matrimonial Caulsu -ls Act, 1937, from the day he decided to stand for Parliament lo the moment when a
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    BLOOD TEST USED IN PATERNITY CASE.
    178 17 First Time In France. P«OR the first time in France a court of law has ordered blood tests to be made to reach a decision in a paternity case. Mile. Rivoire, of Nancy, brought a suit in the Nice Civil Court against M. Tresserre,
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    All Britain Must Buy Pump, Shovel And Bucket.
    2837 18 Grim Details Of New Anti-Air Raid PlansGermans Tied Bird Cage To Tail Of Imperial Airways Liner G. B. S. Rewrites Shakespeare Queen Dances. London. Nov. 18. •THE consideration of most guys i about this town, as Damon Runyon would say, is that
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    OUR LONDON LETTER.
    637 18 hose who say that we should be inert, iespondent and despairing." The three secrets of successful clviian defiance of enemy airmen. Sir Samuel suggested, were respirators to Drotect the population against poison ;as. shelters to ward off bomb splinters md blasts, and the provision of means for
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    Ride On Three-quarters Of A Ton Of Beef.
    134 20 WEARING British uniform, KING LEOPOLD of the Belgians inspects the sth Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, of which he is colonel-in-chier. at Ctlchester. The regiment has 250 years of service to its credit. TOM PALMER, the King's Chief Herdsman, received HIS MAJESTY this
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