The Straits Times, 28 January 1939

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    52 1 GAPORE: 140. CECIL ST. CPHONE 5471). KUALA LUMPUR: 23. JAVA CT. fPHOiNZ 3333) The Straits Times I ESTABLISHED NEARLX A CENTURY.I THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA :l PAGES. SIN(iAPORE, SATURDAY. JANUARY 28, 1939. PRICK 5 CENI The Straits Times -I PAGES, SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1939. PRICE
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      285 1 To MIEN CHONG TAILORING We only ask for a trial order, i> a Coleman St. Singapof*. l»honc 4816 BELL HOWELL A^^V FILMOSOUND X) Hi MM SOUND PROJECTOR FOR ji^i:*^^ THE HOME I>'Sht. Portable and onocaso sound-on-film projector. With 750 watt lamp. Demonstration on request. SINGAPORE PHOTO CO. HIGH STREET. SINGAPORE.
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      21 1 Madame P*ge, DRESSMAKER •JtW DESIGNER Taiiormadea -Gowm for Ail Oceasioiis (1 Stosh $5 -!I 530 13. Battery Hoad Sin^apora. Tel: 6327
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      642 2 6TEELE— At the General Hospital, Singapore on January 25, to Iris, wife of W. N. C. Steele, F.M.S. Railways, Gemas, the gilt of a son. Penang papers please copy. HENRY— PIGOTT.— The engagement Is announced between James Edward, second son of Mr ni-.d Mrs. Malcolm Henry. r Sidcup. Kmt, Englßr.d.
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      592 2 PROFESSIONAL j DOCTOR ENGLISH, shortly available requires permanent cr temporary post. 612. Straits TimßS. EUROPEAN DOCTOR, just completed estate 1 locum, now free to accept city or estate work Box No. 613, Straits Times. AGENTS WANTEIS WANTED AGENTS for silk and woollen cloths Terms liberal Security m advance unnecessary. Custom
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      894 2 LOST BROWN TERRIER DOG. Licence 3939. Strayed from Rhu Lodge. Next Swimming Club. Any Information please Tel. 3269. Mrs. Law. FOR HIRE HEFKinEKATOir- -Ni»w If 11v>O Phonf »333 BOARD HAS! vnc.i.m 9. Oxte* Rue Tele 4'9t THE MANSION. P-ivate Hotel Oxle' Rise lele ***** Room* available. ~SMALL ROOM vac. $35
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      707 2 MOTOR VEHICLES USED CARS: Citroen. Austins. Ford. Moirls. etc Eastern Auto Co.. Ltd. Singapore FOR SALE Ford "10" saloon In good condition. Apply 157 Lavender Street, Singapore. BRAND NEW SALOON and TOURING CARS for Hire. Phone 4591 Royal Motor Hiring. 155, Middle Road. CITROEN (British) Saloon 11.4 H.P. dOOC 24,000
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      549 2 AUCTION NOTICES ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE of charir.ingly-madp. very modern in design luxurious Dutch Teak Household Furniture, beautiful Dutch oil paintings, also children's bedroom suite, one "PHILIPP'S table model radio-recclv?r, SINGER treadle stwlng machine, crystal glassware, crockery, fancy wall electric lamps, carved caunphorwood trunk, cooking utensils, etc.. etc. (The prop.rty of
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      226 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc. PRINCE EOWAftO CLINIC Medical Massage 6 Electricity .14 Capitol Plata PbMM 7394 (Stamford Rd. Comer) IMPORTANT BRITISH COMMERCIAL HOUSE IN MALAYA IS OPEN TO RECEIVE AND CONSIDER, WITH A VIEW TO DEVELOPMENT, PARTIj CULARS OF INVENTIONS, ESTATES I AND INDUSTRIES. REPLIES TO 448 j_STRA!TS TIMES. MASSAGE HALL
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      991 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. P 0. BRITISH INDIA I HKVTVinTI AND APCAR LINE. ""r.™?,! iiccot»anM ir t-ngiand.^ GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS antT^rtental s.n co^ FOR CUNARD WHITE iTAR MAli PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICKS LTD. 1, UOU LONDON FOP. CHINA AN JA T^nar- DueS-pon SHORT TRIPS TO JAPAN pikpitj 17 90f; In port RAWALPINDi
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      681 3 f^^^aß lav I i BANGKOK lUfl niTNA'IAP.S.^ tIMS Luxtiriotu One Class Motorshlpe. Most Big Csrirc vessels with ilmitea out comCsbln!> Have Adjolnlns Private Bath. fnrtable °»s«<-nt»er Acronmindatior To: MAKSKILLES LONDON, aOTTKK- To: PORT SAID. PALESTINE. ROTDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. TERDAM, HAMBURG COPENHAGEN .B>W. 8>W S c Mal C P I'?*
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      686 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Bultdlnit, Collyer Quay Singapore Tel NIL Chartered Bank Building Penang Tel I3CS. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES. LONDON. N. CONTINENT AM> (.1 \^f;(HT (in ron Junction with the Glen I.inei Due Sa»» AGAMEMNON Mars, L'don. R'dam. H burg, G'gow Jan 29 Fi:b 1 NELETJS L'don,
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      BRITISH NAVAL EXPANSION
      240 4 Unprecedented In Peacetime History London, Jan. 27. INCLUDING many smaller craft now 'icinjf built, ships for the British Navy will come along this year at a rate faster than at any previous time, declares Earl Stanhope, First Lord of the Admiralty, writing in Home and Empire. He
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      263 4 INWAKII Wearnet: From Penane, lp*h. and Koala Lumpur. Arrives every evening. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. Imperial: From Europe: Arrives THIS afternoon. X.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrive? THIS afternoon. X.L.M.: From Europe: Expected tomorrow evening. K.N.1.1.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives Tuesday af terr.oon. K.N.1.L.M.:
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      233 4 Today Europe Great Britain (X.L.M.) 2 Dm Iran (X.L.M.) 2 p.m. Medan (X.L.M.) 7 Dm Whole India (Kumsang) ..3 pin Djambi &K. Toenglcal (Togian) 3 p.tn North Borneo, Brunei and Labuan (Marudu) 3.30 p.m. Sarawak (generally) Mlri. Sarlkei Sibu (Marudu) 3.30 p.m. Western Canada (Ranpura) 4 pjn
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      SURFACE MAILS EXPECTED
      36 4 Mails from Europe (London parcel mails) expected yesterday evening by P. O. (Ranpura) delivered today, Jan. 28, at 9 a.m. Mails from Holland etc. expected on Jan. 31, by J. V. Oldenbarnevelt Dempo.
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      SIR PERCY NOBLE IN MANILA
      42 4 Manila, Jan. 27. VICE-ADMIRAL Sir Percy Noble, Commander-in-Chlef of the China Station, and Lady Noble, arrived from Saigon yesterday aboard the flagship Kent on a courtesy visit." He was officially welcomed by a gun salute today. —Reuter.
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      THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
      135 4 Saturday, January 28. Shipi alongside the Wharrea or expected (o arrive. KEPI-EL HARBOUR Main Whart Uh. Molek. Lch. Hilda. Anastasia, J.T. it R. hoppers Nos. 8 11, Lch. Slput, Trocas, Rantau Pandjang, Lch. Pansy. Oil Whart NU Coal Whart NU VESSELS IN lIKV DOCKS I'anjong ragai
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      Wall Street Quotations
      660 4 New York. Jan. 27. FE following quotations were those ruling wher the Stock Exchange closed today:— BROKERS' COMMENT lOWAN, CULBERTSON AND FRIT 2 report on yesterday's New Yorl markets The belief held in some quarters thai the stiffening attitude of the democracies towards the totalitarian states maj
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      French Support For "Hands Off" Speech
      109 4 Paris, Jan. 27. 1^ BONNET'S "hands off the Frencl Empire" speech in the Chambe yesterday is generally applauded. I the press, likewise, there is unanim ous approval of the Government' attitude. General comment is epitomised i: Le Matin, when it says M. Daladie and
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      528 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in F.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433 Passage 5431 CANADIAN :^K=PAciric i incorporated lv Bngianai fill -tMI'KiSS KOUTfc üßer» TKANS-PiCUIC SEHVICKS vta BONOI LU direct IMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA b» TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAIN with•at chance—thence bj CANADIAN PACIHI ATLANTIC SERVICES TO ENGLAND Ik* CONTINVNT- «n under ONT MANAGEMENT
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      492 4 TENDERS m LAUNCH FOR SALE. Tenders will be received at the ofllec of the Harbour Master. Selangor. at Port Swctteuham, up to noon on Bth February. 1939, for the purchai-e of the ?team inrn.-H "Hilda." as she nov lies at Bukit Ctiormia Slipway. Singapore Harbour Board. Singapore. Built at Singapore,
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      397 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Daily Weather Report Station* Yesterday Last nlgwt max. rain- bright mln temp, fall s'stalne temp I inches tat *F iVM( COOJt. Alor Star 89 Nil 9.5 72 i Bayan Lepas (Penang) 90 0.12 7.7 72 Sitlawan 88 1.57 7.7 72 i Buklt Jeram 87 1.06 5.1 71
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      150 5 ♦tsssr for external application in obstinate coughBronchial Catarrh. Whooping Cough, and Asthmatic Conditions. Gives a feeling of welcome relief and comfort. Obtainable at all Chemists and Dispensaries. Distributors: GRAFTON LABORATORIES and MEDICAL OFFICE. Sineaporr and Kuala Lumpur. ARRIVED 1939 STEWART -WARNER RADIOS WORLD-WIDE RADIO CO. 98, Robinson Road, Singapore. Look
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      367 5 the HAPPY WORLD ltd. WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF DAENG MEKKAH BIN PELAMAI AND NOONMIM-AINMIM AND SEVERAL MALAY SCHOLARS, PROUDLY PRESENT FOR THE HARI RAYA HADJI SEASON TUES. 31st JAN WED. Ist FEB. SAT. 4th FEB. AT 8.30 EACH NIGHT A JAVA-MALAY PAGEANT ENACTING: THE BATTLE OF OLD SINGAPORE AND MAJAPAHIT-JAVA
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      231 5 Spend your Easter holiday in Brastagi and Prapat. Special Excursion to Sumatra from departure Singapore April sth. till back Singapore April 14th. for $165.00, including Ist. class passage and hotel and car arrangements in Sumatra. For particulars apply to Pass. Dept., X.P.M. Line. (Incorp. in Holland) (Phone 5451) Rear Your
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      654 5 Broadcasting, SINGAPORE TODAY 7.I1L 225 metres. ZHP 3d 9« metro. pjn 12.45 Light orchestral concert. Relay from the Adelphl Hotel. 1.30 Mid-day rubber prices. 1.32 Light orchestral concert (contd.). 2. (jo Interval. 4.50 A running commentary on the North vs. South rugby match by John Dumeresque. Relay from the Anson
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      526 6 COMMODITIES STAGE SHARP RECOVERY SHARE SELLING PRESSURE CEASES By Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Jan. 28. npHERE is a marked improvement in the atmosphere of all stock mm ts this morning and In the commodity markets the improvement has been carried to prices. Tin and rubber made sharp
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      DUCE HONOURS GAMBARA
      17 6 r Mussolini has personally tele- i. to Gen. Oambara, commanding :rir^ m Spain, apaeral.—
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      15 6 Berlin. Jan 27. r and two passengers e liner from Paris killed t-Klay when the
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN
      81 6 Friday, Jan. 27, Noon. No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loosei 25!£ 25% No. IX R.S.S. f.o.b. in cases January 25! i 25% G.F.A Q R.S.S. fob. in bales January 25' 25' i FAQ. R.S.S. r.o.b. in bales January 24% 24'; I I II XL QUOTATIONS No.
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      EXCHANGES
      178 6 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the daily circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation:— SELLING London T.T 2/3 25/32 London demand 2/3 25/32 Lyons demand 2043 Switzerland demand 239 Hamburg demand 133MNew York demand 54 Montreal demand 54 5/16 Batavia demand
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      MINING
      600 6 Issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Hvatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers Singapore, Friday, Jan. 27, 5 p.m. issue Vai. nasei Co. Lyall Bvatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 3/3 4/- 3/3 3/9 ri Asam KumDana 26/- 27/- 25/- 27/6 El Austral \laiay 40/- 45/n 40/-
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      GENERAL
      441 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.30 1.40 1.32' j 1.40 2 2 do "Vfe<" PrefS. 2.20 2.30 2 22!/ 2 2.30xd 10 10 Atlas Ice 4.75 5.25 5.00 5.50 1 1 B. M Broadcasting 0.50 0.60 0.50 > 60 10 6 B M. Trustee S75 7.50 6 75 7
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS
      265 6 SC« Maynaro Co Ltd $30,000 Int. Apr. 30 Oct. 31 80 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 5% 11*01 red 1940 $400,000 Int Mar 31 Sept 30 102V4 iVi 1 1907 red 1947 $1,600,000 Int Mar 31 Sept 30 IO8V2 ty 2 lyes- red 1955 fl.000.fl00 Int Mar. 31 Sept 30
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      RUBBER SHARES
      377 6 (Sharpy ar<> 31 unless otherwise stated) Frasei t Co LyaU ft Ev Mlenby 1.20 1.30 1.25 1.35 (Uor Qajab 0.85 0.95 0.85 0.95 tonal Malay 1.40 1.50 145 1.55 *yer Hltam 0.85 1.00 0.90 0.95 Hyer Molek 090 1.00 0.90 1.00 \yer Punas 1.15 1.30 120 1.30 Bassett
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      London Stock Exchange
      415 6 Sentiment Improves: Prices Higher London, Jan. 27. AFTEK the report of the speech by Sir Samuel Hoare at Swansea, emphasising the "invincibility" of the British Empire, together with > the French Chamber's vote of confidence for M. Daladier's government, sentiment improved on the Stock Exchange although the
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      LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      90 6 London, Jan. 27. The following were today's closing mean rates Paris 176 63. 6* Athens 542 '4 New York 4.67'i Rio 3 1/16 Montreal 4.71H sellers oHlBrussels 27.65 >* Belgrade 209 Geneva 20.7i'i Bucharest 660 Amsterdam 8.70 Buenos Aires 20.27 'i Milan 8874 Montevideo 18% Madrid nominal
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      27 6 London, Jan. 27. IN the commodity markets today rub- ber was firmer on beax-covering together with improved Continental and domestic Trade demand. Tin also rallied on bear-covering.—Reuter.
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      TIN PRICE FALL
      285 6 Pool May Be Forced To Revise Limits QUOTA PROSPECTS NEXT QUARTER (From On i- Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 27. YESTERDAY'S break in ihe tin price, when prices fell by 85s. far the three months position to £209 10s., and 80s. for spot to £209, is the biggest
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      CHINA'S FINANCE PROBLEM
      120 6 CHINA'S FINANCE PROBLEM LOAN SERVICE M.-U BE RESUMED London, Jan. 27. Kliß- C. ROGERS, cf the Bank 1" England arrived in London from China today. A' though unable to make any statement, it is understood he is preparing a full report on China's finances and also consulting Sir Frederick LeithRoss
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      TREASURY BILLS
      41 6 London. Jan. 27 THE total amount applied for in tenders for £20,000,000 Treasury Bills was £63,420,000. The average rate per cent, for Bills at three months was 10s. 5.04 d. against. 10s. 3.54 d. a week aso.— British Wireless.
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      37 6 KBjfc^^feiiiiiiijp^aMi 'I love everything that* old old fritnds, «ld limts, old mannert, eld books" And need one s&y, the magnificent Whisky called 'Old Rarity GUARANTUD 15 YtARS OLD McALISTER CO., LTD. Sol* Apvit for 5.5. F.MS. _f
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      DEFENDANT ACQUITTED IN SHARE DEAL CHARGES
      1114 7 Judge Holds That No Credit Was Obtained STOCKBROKERS' LOSS AFTER BUYING WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS A CASE of great imp:rtance to stockbrokers was decided on Jan. 17 at the Old Bailey and is reported below The facts were that Mr. Teakle walked into the office of
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      ANGLO-REICH TRADE TALKS
      40 7 London, Jan. 26. REPRESENTATIVES of a Reich group of industries are coming to London to prepare for preliminary trade conversations which are to start at the beginning of February with the Federation of British Industries— British Wireless.
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      BRITISH AUTUMN MANOEUVRES
      68 7 London, Jan. 25. QRITISH Army manoeuvres this autD umn will be based on the hypothesis of an invasion of Yorkshire by a modern steel army of from 50,000 to 60.000 men. The manoeuvres will be conducted as closely as possible to war conditions. The Air Force will
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      MOVE TO REVISE U.S SILVER ACT
      139 7 New Ycrk, Jan. 16. A MOVEMENT is under way in Congress for a major revision of the Silver Purchase Act. Specific proposals include a ban on further acquisition by the Treasury of foreign -produced metal The movement is backed by the strong bloc of
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      BRITISH TIN INVESTMENT
      700 7 ACQUIRES INTERESTS IN PROPE^^Y IN SIAM LARGE HOLDINGS IN MALAYAN MINES k DDRESSING shareholders at xl the annual meeting of British Tin Investment Corporation Ltd. in I^ondon on Jan. 17, Capt. Oliver Lyttelton, chairman and managing director, said:— On the asset side of the balancesheet, cash of
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      N.Z. IMPORT REGULATIONS
      96 7 IMPORTERS SAY THEY ARE UNJUST Wellington, Jan. 26. A CONFERENCE of importers today condemned the Government's new import regulations as "impractical, unnecessary and unjust" after hearinp answers to a list of questions given by Mr. Niven Nash, Minister for Finance. The conference recommended the adoption of an
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      602 7 Singapore. Jan. 27. noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler 7.50 Hamburg Cube $13.50 Java Cube $12.00 Pepper White Muntok $13.00 White $12.50 Black 9.00 Copra Mixed $3.00 Sun Dried $3.30 Sago Flour No. 1 Lingga $2.30 Fair $2.22>A Sarawak $2.17>/ 2 Jelotor.g Palembang $7.00 Banja $7.50 Sarawak $7.50 Tapioca
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      TIN AND RUBBER EASE
      27 7 London. Jan. 26. IN the commodity markets today tin j and rubber were easier on nervous liquidation induced by ihe international siutstion.— Reuter.
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
      77 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore. Jan. 27, 5 p.m. Books Total lor Company Dividend Close Date Ex. Dir financial year TV* Payable Date to date K. Kamusung 3d. Jan. 27 Feb. 3 Jan. 28 5% Pecalint 5" final i% int. Jan. 2-4 Feb. 6 Jan. 25 40% lafcuapa
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      717 7 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. The Exchange Bank* will be closed on: 3 1st January, Tuesday. Hart Raym Haji (Public Holiday)." NOTICE. The Exchange Banks will be closed on Friday, Feb 3. TUaipusam (Bank Holiday). FEDERATED MALAY STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Copies ot 'The Geology of the Neighbourhood of Tapah and Telok Anson.
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      142 7 BANK OF CHINA (lncofuoraled in Ctiuia oj Special Charter). 12. Ceril Street. SlBfamre T«*»»Ji«mms: Managers Ollee 6444 A»t Mmairr'i Office 6442 Exchange Drpt. 8411 Geaeral Office SISX-f Cable Adtfren: (HI \(,M <> Paid CJ» Capital ft I 4t.O0O.0M 0* Reserve Funds in execs* at Ck i 12MJM.DI Tatol AsieU •ppraxlaately
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      756 8 8 THE STRAITS TIMES, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1C39. Acclaimed by All! The Most Authentic Spy story ever Screened! j^WE URGE YOU TO C0ME=T GIRLS! Come and Learn how to marry a millionaire..... TODAY TOMORROW 4 SHOWS DAILY IN SIX EASY LESSONS! 11 A.M. 3.15, 6.15 9.15 P.M. AND SEE US
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    Where You Find The Holly wood Blonde And Brunette
    571 9 Where You Find The Holly wood Blonde And Brunette "INCONSISTENT" STREET 4LO\ii the most inconsisteat street in the world. Hollywood Boulevard, you And the Hollywood Blonde and Brunette, an exotic creation peculiar to Starland. Thov walk the sidewalks BVWTJ day, ttteac imitation* of iho car* v.nt frtvourilo KtTCm, oyos niascanurtd,
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    CABARET QUEEN COMES TO SINGAPORE
    70 9 CABARET QUEEN COMES TO SINGAPORE CHANGHAIB "Dancing Queen" —the President of dance hostesses of China— Miss Wong Shiaw Mei. has come to Singapore and is now a cabaret cancer at the Great World. Miss Wong has been in Singapore only a week; she joined the Great World cabaret last night
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    TWO MIDNIGHT SHOWS TONIGHT
    283 9 TWO MIDNIGHT SHOWS TONIGHT IT U not often that Singapore in thrwered pcod flfm< n* are at present tn the past feir ireek* we ha* teen tome fine productions On Tuesday three more »W" screened. Here they are "Th» Citadel," at ">* Pavilion "If I were a King," at the
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      233 9 HOTELS XOMICHT j MALAYAN RUGBY UNION DINNER BALL fr«i ■ran m cabamr THE DAREDEVIL PRESTONS jnd under the dirrrlion .i| MISS C.RKFN MEMBtRS OF THE CAPITOL SOLLIES TROUPE EXTENSION TO 1 A.M. DINNKK vrOO BOOK YOIK ttUMJS NON-IUXKRS St.OO. RUST T~A F E I. RAFH.KS ORCHESTRA I Served today from
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      321 9 SANATORIUM PATH CHRCKs LOSS <>' vr«, h Took Hosh-foi !«i»v Ifthkt? If von are I |O88 Of M read this letter fttm t man put. i n (tec course of tiny, i although 13 torium had tailed to help him "1 W;iaftev 12 months' vnsHce My weight i aboai rf
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  • The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JAN. 28, 1939.
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      Conscription
      761 10 I Arguments as to whether changed conditions in Europe demano that Great Britain should breal with tradition and establish conscription, or universal and compulsory military training on Continental lines, are many and strong. Most of them nave been set forth and commented upon l:i this newspaper at various time;.
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      Clerks In Singapore
      343 10 Although we cannot deny to business men the use of our correspondence columns to criticise the local English school and the product of that school, as represented by the clerk, we are bound to say that these criticisms are in our view unreasonable and exaggerated. If all
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      Kuala Pilah A.D.O,
      26 10 Che' Abdul Aziz bin Hajl Abdul Majid. an officer of the Malay Administrative Service, has been appointed Assistant District Officer a Kuala Pilah
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      24 10 Mr. and Mrs. O. R. S. Bateman and their daughter Elizabeth returned from leave In England by the P. and O. liner Eanpura yesterday.
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    BRITISH FIRST
    230 10 Foreign Musicians Employed MEN SEEKING WORK AT HOME To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— In expressing precisely similar sentiments to my own, your correspondent "Fair Play" prompts me to point out one or two facts to the persons clamouring for the appointment of Mr. Werner Baer
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    RAJA LUMU'S BOAT
    180 10 Imagination Running Riot At Klang? To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— Recent articles in the Straits Times on the coronation celebrations in Klang have been extremely interesting, but I cannot help thinking that your Kuala Lumpur correspondent was unduly credulous in his article on the
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    ENGLISH IN OFFICES
    168 10 Another Business Man On Local Schools To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— I most heartily agree with every word of your correspondent '"LongSuffering." It is ridiculous to think of having a university here when the standard of secondary education is so extremely low. It is
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    CHINESE CRACKERS
    107 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— The Chinese New Year la approaching, and this reminds me that last year I wrote to your paper appealIng to the Chinese public not to spend so much of their money In firing crackers In celebration of the New Year,
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    TIBETANS AT HOME
    608 10 An Eastern Bookshelf An Englishman Lives In Lhasa Lhasa: The Holy City. By F. Spencer Chapman. (Chatto and Windus. 21s.) The first Impulse of anyone who reads this charming book will be to pack his grip and to head straight for Lhasa, for the picture which Mr.
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    Rajah Taken To Task
    187 10 Ninety Years Ago (From the Straits Times files of 1849) AT present the Sakarran affair pre- sents more than the appearance of a war between Rajah Brooke and his unfriendly Dyak neighbours, than the expedition of a British force against pirates. We have, on one hand,
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    739 10 Glasses ■THOSE of us who have to wear spectacles, or "glasses" as thev used to be called at school, will be amused by an experience related to me by a planter wMch shows how fashions have changed In eye-wear in the la a ten years or
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    FRANCE OPPOSES NEW JAPANESE ENVOY
    85 11 Made Hostile Declaration, It Is Alleged. Paris, Jan. 27. T"HE French Government has so far refused to agree to the appointment of Mr. Masayuki Tani, former Japanese Envoy-at-Large in China, as Ambassador to Paiis in succession to Mr. Sugimura, owing to the declaration Mr. Tani
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    HITLER'S MESSAGE TO FRANCO
    69 11 Berlin, Jan. 28. HEM IliUer has telegraphed to (len. Franco as follows Hearty congratulations on the slorioas success which the i Nationalist Spanish army has von imritr your leadership v.ith Rtc liberation of Barcelona. I confidently 'iope a rapid. \itorious end of the war will brin?
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    HAS RIBBENTROP FAILED?
    185 11 <;«Minan-Polish Talks At Warsaw End Warsr.w, Jan. 28. FOLLOWIKG the return to Berlin la t night of Hcrr von Ribbentrop, the German Foreign Minister, a communique was issued stating tnat the int rn&t'ona] situation generally was dls.-ussed r.^d that the tonversations "pursued in sincerity and frankiid it
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    SEVERE FLOODS IN BRITAIN
    125 11 i miiics Marooned In Their Homes London, Jan. 27. pLOODING is very severe in many parts of Britain as a result of heavy rain and snow. Polieo, firemen and A.R.P. volunteers worked throughout last night at Ipswich, rescuing families by boat from their flooded houses. Many
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    PALESTINE PARLEY
    181 11 Jewish Leaders Meet In London London, Jan. 28. fHE date of the opening of the London Conference on the future of Palestine has not yet been fixed but it is expected to begin early in February, with Mr. Neville Chamberlain probably presiding at opening session. In preparation for
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    Thirty Thousand Die In 'Quake
    142 11 Stricken Areas Like Inferno Santiago, Jan. 27. ALTOGETHER, 30,000 people were killed and 50,000 injured in the Chilian earthquake according: to an unofficial estimate published in a Santiago newspaper. Graphic accounts of the appaiin^ havee caused in the Chile earthquake were given by an eyewitness
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    FLEET RESERVE CLASS REVIVED
    86 11 London, Jan. 28. IT is announced the Immediate 1 Class of the Royal Fleet Reserve, originally formed in 1912 but allowed to lapse after the Great War, is to be revived. The purpose of this class is to enable certain categories of ratings, including signalmen and
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    PLANE PRODUCTION TREBLED
    87 11 London, Jan. 27. CIR Kingsley Wcod, the Air Minist?r, opening a new aircraft factory at Reading today, said he had good reason for believing that the monthly rate of production of aircraft, which was doubled last year, would be trebled in 1939. The Air Minister said he
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    MR. SUBHAS BOSE ADAMANT
    198 11 Bardoli, Jan. 25. IN a statement to the press certain members of the Congress Working Committee, including Sardar Patel, Babu Rajendra Prasad and Mr. Bhulabhai Desai, commend the name of Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya to Congress delegates for election as president of the coming session and ask
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    HERR HITLER WILL OFFER "PEACE TO WORLD"
    183 11 London, Jan. 28. [N his Reichstag speech on Monday, Herr Hitler is likely to "offer peace to the world" through the summoning of an international conference with a programme for the stabilisation of Europe after Franco's victory in Spain, the redistribution of colonies
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    Chaos In New Republican Capital At Figueras
    357 11 MADRID LEADER IS DEFIANT "THE war will la?,t as long as it id n?cc?sary to make Spain sale for Spaniards," declares Gen. Casado. Second-in-Command of the Republican forces on the Madrid front, in a d finite statement issued yesterday The statement adds Wru;e
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    FRANCO AGAINST REFUGEE ZONE
    44 11 Paris. Jan. 28. Gen. Franco has declared himself to be opposed to the idea of creating a neutral zone in Spanish territory for the reception of refu sees fleeing before the Nationalists, according to the Havas correspondent at Burgos..— Renter.
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    MORE LIGHT ON WORLD PROBLEMS
    115 11 Berlin Forecast Of The Fuehrer's Speech Beriin, Jan. 28. A HINT that Herr Hitler's speech in the Reichstag on Monday will throw more light on the international situation in Europe is given by Lokalan Zelger which says he will comment on French foreign policy "after
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    JAPAN PLANNING TO ANNEX PARACELS?
    74 11 London, Jan. 27. DEPORTS that Japan is planning x to annex the Paracel Islands and that the decision to do so was ratified by the Emperor on Dec. 28 so far are unconfirmed In London and are regarded in diplomatic circles as Improbable. According to
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    U.S. PLANES FOR FRANCE
    32 11 Washington. Jan. 27 DRESIDENT Roosevelt announced today that United States aircraft manufacturers with the Governments concurrence have agreed to supply France with an undesignated numb-r of aeroplanes.— Reuter.
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    1,000 MORE JEWISH REFUGEES
    31 11 Naples, Jan. 28. QNE thousand Jews, mostly from w Germany, sailed on board the Conte Blancamano today for Shanghai to make a new home in China.— Reuter
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    Reshuffle In Cabinet
    222 11 NEW AGRICULTURE MINISTER? London, Jan. 28. IT is understood the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, has finally decided upon changes in his Cabinet. It is learned Sir Thomas Inski,j will become Dominions Secretary, and will be succeeded as Minister for Co-ordination of Defence ay Admiral Lord Chatfleld,
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    MUSLIMS IN RIOT
    58 11 Jaipur. Jaii. 2. CEVEN Muslims were killed ar.d 33 police injured today in a riot w'llch broke out after Frid.'v prayers in i jewellery bazaar. It is .stated a mo 1 attempted t^ i ar down the walls at the entrance of tha mosque and defied an
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    21 11 The Biitish steamer Foynea was sunlc during a Nationalist air raid on Valencia yesterday, sr.;? Router. Th" 11 were no casualties.
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    MUNICIPALITY BACKS BUY BRITISH POLICY
    515 12 Original Motion Opposed By The President AMENDMENT TO COVER GOODS OF VALUE EXCEEDING $5,000 D V 17 votes to six, one member not voting, the Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesterday approved of the principle, embodied in an amended motion by Mr. S. B. Tan, of buying
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    AMUSEMENTS
    185 12 umn hotel Malayan Ru«b> Union Dinner Ball (Forma! I CARKICK THEATRE, GEYLANG From Broadway to Chenneyne. Dugan o' The Badlands Son of Tarzan 7.45—11 p.m. OKI II WORLD Cabaret: 9 p.m. to Midnight. Globe Theatre: The Perfect Specimen. Sky Talkie: Boulder Dam. men WORLD Acrobatics and Magic Shows. Happy
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    MR. S.B. TAN ON TRADE WAR
    467 12 On Whose Side Is Municipality? I AM no plaster saint. 1 do not 1 believe in offering my other cheek when my one cheek is being continually slapped," said Mr. S. B. Tan at the meeting of Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesterday when he spoke
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    MR. BARTLEY ON DIFFICULTIES OF BUYING BRITISH GOODS
    390 12 rjPPOSING the motion by Mr. S. yj B. Tan that the Singapore Municipal Commissioners should approve of the general principle of buying British wherever possible, Mr. W. Bartley, the president, said: We cannot pretend to be judges of the extent to which
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    "DISGRACE" TO SINGAPORE
    137 12 Conditions In Animal Trade COMMISSIONER'S CRITICISM PRESCRIBING as a disgrace to Singapore the conditions in which wild birds and animals were kept for sale, Mr R. E. Prentis suggested at a meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesterday that either Government be asked to take action or
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    MUNICIPAL SCHEME FOR SIGLAP
    114 12 A scheme lor the development oi Siglap. East Coast Road, incorporating the erection of terrace houses, will be considered by Singapore Municipal Commissioners a second time as a result of a decision made at a meeting yesterday. The Commissioners in committee had disapproved of the scheme
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    TRIBUTES TO RETIRING COMMISSIONERS
    134 12 REFERENCE to two Singapore Municipal Commissioners who were responsible for the introduction of modern ambulances in Singapore was made by Mr. W. Bartley, the president, at a meeting of Municipal Commissioners yesterday. Both the Commissioners, Dr. H. T. Wee and Dr. K. K. Pathy, had retired
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    ADVERTISE RECITALS, SAYS MR. BROWN
    69 12 SINGAPORE could hear regular organ recitals if only funds were forthcoming to pay for an annual advertising space in the local papers, said Mr. E. A. Brown at a mseting of Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesterday. The provision of newspaper space would make possible reinstatement of
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    H. G. WELLS WRITES FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES
    53 12 G. WELLS, famous writer. philosopher and prophet, and probably the most prolific author of the past 40 years, is to write for The Sunday Times. Mr. Wells will comment weekly on world affairs. His first article will appear in tomorrow's issue of
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    Seiangor European Datos
    58 12 Seiangor Eu ropean Datos Dato P. W. Dji.glas personal friend of the Seiangor royal fami y; the Tungku Klana Petra. former Crown Prince of Seiangor; and Dato Barclay Barrowman, medical adviser to the Sultan of Seiangor, at the State Banquet at the Astana Mahkota, Klang. The Tungku Klana was master
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    FIVE MONTHS' GAOL FOR EUROPEAN SOLDIER
    518 12 Produced Pistol In Cafe On Boxing Night JAMES EDWARD BURNETT, 20-year-old private of the Manchester Regiment, was sentenced to a total term of five months' rigorous imprisonment when he was convicted by Mr. L. B. Gibson, Singapore Criminal District Judge, yesterday, on three charges
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    INDIANS IN AVIATION PICTURE
    62 12 CHOWING now at the Royal Theatre, v Singapore, for the Harl Raya season is a good Hindustani picture, Asha. which opened last night. This is the first production of the Film Corporation of India, Ltd., and Incidentally is the first aviation picture produced In India. Featuring
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    MR. J.MITCHELL DIES AT HOME
    204 12 Former Colony Councillor WELL-KNOWN IN BUSINESS CIRCLES •"THE death has occurred in England of Mr. John Mitchell, for many years with Harrisons, Barker and Co., Ltd., and for several years the Company's managing director. Mr. Mitchell, who *as 65. was born at Berwlck-on-Tweed and first
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    ASIATIC DRIVER COMPLIMENTED
    151 12 European Motorist Reported A FTER giving evidcic^ against a European, John G'udavatz, whom lie reported for negligent drivingfSnu j November last year, a young Chlno.se motorist, Soong Mm Thau, was comj plimented on his public-spiritedness by Mr. C. H. Whitton. Singapore Traffic Court Magistrate, yesterday. Gludavatz wcis
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    30 12 KOH JIM QUEE passed away peacefully today at the age of 23 years. Deeply regretted. Funeral Service at 4 p.m. today at the Paya Lebar Methodist Church, thence to Bidadar!
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    8 13 MR. IH NEDICT PONMAH
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    Queen's Scholar Who Will Serve In Ceylon
    183 13 Queen's Scholar Who Will Serve In Ceylon m IT ta my hope that the Malayan Governments will open their higher services to Queen's Scholars said Mr. Benedict Ponniah, ihe F.M.S. Queens Scholar of 1934. who returned on a visit to Malaya alter three years at Cambridge, in the P. and
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    NO REPLY TO SINGAPORE JAPANESE PROTEST
    313 13 Consul-General's Comment On Special Branch Raids LOCAL COMMUNITY LAW-ABIDING, DECLARES MR. OKAMOTO NO REPLY has yet been received by the Japanese Consul General in Singapore, Mr. I. Okamoto, to the protest of the Japanese Government against "frequent unjustifiable arrests of Japanese residents and travellers
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    PAID MORE THAN 100 PER CENT?
    80 13 CHUA GCAN SIONC, a Government schroff. who. the Chief Justice, S.S., Sir Percy McElwaine. remarked, had perhaps paid more than 100 per cent, to his creditors, was granted his discharge from bankruptcy yesterday, in the Singapore Bankruptcy Court. Mr. J. W. D. Ambrose, Assistant
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    Rubber Firm's $1,000,000 Crash Recalled
    238 13 Rubber Firm's $1,000,000 Crash Recalled THE failure 01 a Chinese firm of rubber dealers in 1929. Involving over $1,000,000, had an echo in the Singapore Bankruptcy Court, before the Chief Justice. S.S.. Sir Percy McElwaine, yesterday, when a junior partner of the firm, Chins? I Pee Lam, made an application
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    MAINTENANCE CLAIM BY MOTHER OF SIX
    140 13 IUELSON Joseph Garnell, a Eurasian. appeared before Mr. Conrad Old- ham. in the Singapore Second Police j court yesterday, in answer to a sum- mons charging him with failing to maintain his wife and six children. Garnell told the court that he was employed
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    EAR CUTTING CASE: MAN CHARGED
    74 13 COO CHEE CHEN, a 28 year-old Chinese, appeared before Mr. Conrad O'.dham in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday, on a charge o! voluntarily causing grievous hurt to Pak Eng Teng, in Sumbawa Road on Thursday night. Inspector T. E. Wray, prosecuting, said that the
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    NO LICENCE FOR GUN AND REVOLVER
    79 13 A FINE of $15 was imposed on a Chinese. Sect Ghin Siew, in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday by Mr. L. C. Goh, when he pleaded guilty to possessing a double barrellel j shotgun and a revolver without a firearms' licence, between Sept.
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    Commodore's Wife Arrives
    44 13 The Commodore, Malaya, Commodore T. B. Drew, R N., photographed with his wife, who arrived from England by the P. and O- liner Ranpura yesterday. The Commodore met the liner at Penang and accompanied his wife to Singapore. Straits Times picture.
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    EUROPEAN BANKRUPT WHO HAD CHINA WORTH $70,000
    280 13 Hobby Which Later Became Of Commerc ial Value THE business affairs of a 57-year-old European, George Dickenson, who at one time had a collection of china worth abcut $70,000 were disclosed during his public examination before the Chief Justice, S.S. Sir Percy McElwaine,
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    Warrant For Arrest Of Chettiar
    124 13 Warrant For Arrest Of Chettiar A WARRANT for the arrest of an Indian, M. K. Kasusvisvanathan Chettiar, within the jurisdiction of the court, was orderad by the Chic! Justice, S.S., Sir Percy McElwaine, in the Singapore Bankruptcy Court, yesterday. The order was made on the application of Mr. J. W.
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    MR. J. W. HUNT
    49 13 A DIRECTOR of R. Young and Co. Ltd. and a well-known resident of I Penang for many years, Mr. J W Hunt died at Singapore yesterday at the age of 67 years. I He was a keen Volunteer and Freemason. The funeral took place yester>day.
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    FATAL CRASH ON CHANGI RD.
    419 13 European Driver Acquitted CYCLISTS WHO separ vn;n WITHOUT calling upon the dsfence, Mr. I.. B, Gibson, pore Criminal Distrid yesterday acquitted J. A. S. Taylor, European warder, on a charge arising ma of a fatal accident at Changi Road mi Nov. 30, last year. Taylor
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    'ONLY AN INSTRUMENT FOR PRACTICE OF GANDHISM"
    874 14 Leftist Attack On Present Day Congress Leadership *S VTYAGRAHA A DISCREDITED WEAPON" Lucknow, Jan. 20. "THE sole purpose of these recommendations (for changing the constitution of the Indian National Congress) seems to be to transform the Congress into an instrument for the practice
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    FOLLOW PRINCIPLES OF MAHATMA GANDHI
    106 14 Dr. Kagawa's Appeal To Civilised World Calcutta, Jan. 21. M4.HATMA GANDHI has adopted the path of truth and non-violence' for the emancipation of the world. If we want real civilisation and culture there is no room or other way except "ahimsa" and "satyagraha." ideas which
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    RAID ON VERNACULAR NEWSPAPERS
    90 14 Calcutta Police Seize Manuscript Copies Calcutta. Jan. 18. THE office of the Dainik Basumati, a Bengali daily, was searched yesterday and copies of the issue containing a signed article entitled "Kail Puja and Ram j an," its manuscript and other documents connected with It were seized.
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    NO VICTIMISATION IN JUTE MILL STRIKE
    59 14 Calcutta, Jan. 20. IN a statement to the press the Chair- man of the Jute Mills Association denies the recent statement made by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, at Bardoli to the effect that one of the results of termination of the Jute Mill strike In
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    CONGRESS ELECTIONS IN BOMBAY
    39 14 Bombay. Jan. 18. TPHE successful candiates in the elec- itjn of delegates frcm Bombay to tbe Tripuri Congress Include Mr. Bhulabhai Desal and Mr. K. F. Narlman. •The latter secured the largest number of votes
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      COMING TO TAKE THE SALUTE
      28 14 Another picture of the proclamation parade In Calcutta recently. showing the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, arriving to take the salut* at the march past.
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      OFFICE OF CONGRESS PRESIDENT
      260 14 Mr. Subhas Chandra Bose On Its Significance Calcutta, Jan. 21. MR. Subhas Chandra Bose in the course of his statement announcing his intention to contest the presidential election (a gist of which was exclusively published in the Straits Times yesterday) explains in detail his reasons for
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      SUBURBAN TRAFFIC DISLOCATED
      93 14 Novel Method Of Protest Against Overcrowding Bombay, Jan. 19PR the third time In the month, the suburban train traffic on the G.I.P. Railway was considerably dislocated and brought to a standstill for five hours by passengers at Matunga. who repeatedly pulled the communication chord to demonstrate their
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      ADJOURNMENT MOTIONS FOR CENTRAL ASSEMBLY
      67 14 New Delhi. TWO adjournment motions have been tabled by Mr. Asaf All for the next Assembly session, one on the appointment of the Sandhurst Committee "in contravention cf the resolution adopted by the Assembly on Sept. 2. 1938." and the other on the enforcement of
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      A TRAGEDY ON RAILWAY TRACK
      65 14 Jubbulpore, Jan. 20. A BODY found on the railway track is reported to have been identified as that of K. W. Bhatt, manager of the Rajagokuldas Mills, president of the Mahakoshal Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the Tripuri Congress Water Works Sub-Committee. Mr. Bhatt
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      MYSORE CHIEF JUSTICE HIT BY STONE
      48 14 Bangalore, Jan. 20. CIR Darcy Reilly. Chief Justice of Mysore High Court, while proceeding in a car through Tumkur Road, was stoned by an unknown person last evening. A glass-pane of the car was broken *hich hit Sir Dairy in the face.
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      INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
      192 14 Appointment Of Director Being Considered Madras, Jan. 20. 'T'HE Viceroy, in his capacity as Visitor, Indian Institute of Science, has approved the appointment of Dr. H. K. Sen now Director of the Lac Research Institute, Ranchi, as Professor of Chemistry in the department of Pure and
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      ANIMAL DOMESTICATION IN PREHISTORIC DAYS
      885 14 What Mohenjodaro And Harappa Discoveries Reveal Lahore, (By Mail.) M For the advancement of human culture and civilisation, domestication of animals was as important in the earlier stages as the discovery of steam power and electricity at a later date," declared Dr. Baini Prasad, Director,
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    FURTHER STRUGGLE HELD TO BE HOPELESSLY UNEQUAL
    386 15 Right Wing Army Isolated In Snowbound Mountains Perpignan, Jan. 27. COREKJN military observers state the Republican with- Jrav. al from Barcelona is not yet a rout and that discipline is unbroken, but without guns and supplies or time to reorganise it is considered
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    Britain Would Win Long War
    252 15 Britain Would Win Long War Economic Weakness Of Totalitarian States London, Jan. 25. T*HK importance of Spain in regard to British sea power is stressed by Capt. Liddell Hart, noted militarycorrespondent, writing: in the Evening Standard. The writer says it is high time that the British Government and the nation
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    BRITISH FLEET AT GIBRALTAR
    127 15 BRITISH FLEET AT GIBRALTAR "So Significance." Says Official Statement London, Jan. 27 "THE British North Sea Fleet under i the leadership of the flagship j Nelson has arrived at Gibraltar. I According to official statements the I fleet is only there to take part in the usual spring manoeuvres, and
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    Still A Firm Anchorage
    458 15 GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE London. Jan. 27. A DISTINCTLY tonic character was imparted by heavy newspap:r headlines in the morning newspapers by the nature of the ?pe:ches yesterday of M. Bonnet, French Foreign Minister, and Sir Samuel Hoare, Home Secretary. The Daily Telegraph leading article says
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    ITALY TELLS BRITAIN
    115 15 London, Jan. 27. TiIK British Embassy in Rome has inquired into the meaning of the calling up of 60,000 men of the 1901 class, according to The Times diplomatic correspondent, who says that in London the measure is considered abnormal, coming after the massing of Fascist militia
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    New Pro-Japanese Leader?
    61 15 New Pro-Japanese Leader? i I. a iw-iu, Chinese waiiord, wlio is reported by Eastern News t3 have agreed to emerge from retirement and "take over the helm of state" in Peiplnr. It has been persistently rumoured that he will he appointed President of the new Central Government of China following
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    Japan And New China Central Regime
    45 15 Tokio, Jan. 27. DEPLYING to a question in the House of Peers, Mr. Hachiro Arita, the Foreign Minister, said the Japanese Government would extend de jure recognition to a now Chinese central government at an opportune time. Eastern News.
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    HANDS OFF THE FRENCH EMPIRE
    290 15 Premier Appeals For National Unity Paris, Jan. 27. "TKE Government motion on the maintenance and integrity of the French Fmpiro and the safety of her imperial routss was voted for unanimously by a'.l 609 Depuiies in the Chamber. The Premier. II Daiadier earlier declared: '"Francs
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    FRENCH NAVAL CHIEF FOR NORTH AFRICA
    49 15 Palis. Jan 25 QEN. GameUn, Chief of Staff of the French Army, has cancelled his tour of North Africa in view of the international situation. Vice-Adm. F. Darlan. Chief of the Naval Staff, left here today in a cruiser fcr North Africa Reutcr.
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    Gen. Chiang's Son Training A New Army In Kiangsi
    130 15 Shanghai, Jan. 27. J^IAJOn-CEN. Chiang Ching-kuo, elder son of Gen. Chiang Kaishek is now training a new army in Kiangsi Province. All the soldiers recruited are from 18 totts years old and are said to have received modern military education. It
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    MR. WANG AGAIN CALLS FOR OPENING OF PEACE TALKS
    313 15 Gen. Chiang's Plan To Prolong War For Ten More Years Hong Kong, Jan. 27. A FRESH appeal to Gen. Chiang Kai-shek to open peace talks with Japan is reported to have been made in a telegram from Mr. Wang Ching-wei, former
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    905 16 Our Services Letter (From Our Services Correspondent) London, Jan. J5. THE time has arviv«d for something to be done about the campaign o f lying and slander which has been directed again&t the conduct of British tr*-j*H in P.\tes- The War Office has
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    Need For Moral Rearmament: Crisis Warning Recalled
    750 16 Need For Moral Rearmament: Crisis Warning Recalled OUR SERMON FOR TODAY SHORTLY after last year's great political crisis, Sir William Bragg, the famous scientific chemist, gave an address over the radio on what he called moral rearmament." Pointing out that to love God with all the heart and to love
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    SERVICES FOR TOMORROW
    1071 16 CHURCH OF ENGLAND ST ANDREWS CATHEDRAL Foul th Sunday after Epiphany, Jan. 29, 77th Dedication Festival. 6.50 am; Holy Communion and Matins; 8 a.m.. Choral Eucharist; 9.15 am.. Holy Communion; 5.30 p.m., Evensong and Sermon. Preacher: The Lord Bishop; Thursday, the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
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    Mass Education Schools Carry On In Kwangsi
    327 16 Kweilin (Kwangsi). IN spite of frequent Japanese bombing raids, the mass education schools in Kwangsi carry on their task of educating many hundred thousands of illiterate adults throughout the province, uninterrupted and undaunted. With the Japanese air raids increasing in frequency and ferocity,
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    ESTATES NOW PROVIDE FREE MEALS FOR CHILDREN
    1598 17 ESTATES NOW PROVIDE FREE MEALS FOR CHILDREN Efforts To Provide More Balanced Diet "MONEY WELL SPENT" DOCTORS AND MANAGERS SAY Increased Resistance To Disease: Fewer Hospital Admissions By Our Planting Correspondent Planting Topics "WI'TKITION is taking an important place in the literature and history of all countries. It iv;ih a
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    ANGLO-FRENCH LOAN TO CZECHO-SLOVAKIA
    96 17 London. Jan. 27. A GREEMENT has at last been reached, Reuter learns, on the amount and conditions of the AngloFrench loan to Czecho-Slovakia. Besides £4 000.000 given from the British Government, it Is understood that £8.000.000 will be loaned under the joint guarantee of the British
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    RHODESIA CALLS FOR VOLUNTEERS
    64 17 RHODESIA CALLS FOR VOLUNTEERS Salisbury. Jan. 27. A CALL for volunteers who are wlll- ing to serve on the borders of Southern Rhodesia, either in the Rhodesian Battalion or as leaders with imperial units, was issued by the Minister of Defence, Mr. Tredgold. The appeal was made during an announcement
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    U.S. ARMY TO BUY PURSUIT PLANES
    50 17 Dayton (Ohio), Jan. 27. •THE U. S. Army has received bids from three aircraft manufacturers on a large order for single-seater pursuit planes. The manufacturers were asked to .submit prices for single-seater planes for quantities up to 500 and for lots of 2.Coo.— Reuter.
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    AYER TAWAH RUBBER
    483 17 Negotiating For New Land ESTATE IN GOOD CONDITION A DDRESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of Ayer Tawah Rubber Plantations Co. Ltd. recently In Shanghai, Mr. L. E. Canning the chairman said: We are still faced with considerable further expenditure on replanting and the upkeep of the
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    U.S. AGREES TO RERUN PROPOSAL
    116 17 Berlin, Jan. 2C |IT is announced that the United States has accepted the Oerman proposa l to negotiate with American j creditors of Austria loans with CDs object or reacnmg agreement. I The proposal corresponds to tne I attitude of Germany towards Brltisn creditors with
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    MORE RUBBER AREAS IN DUTCH INDIES
    82 17 N.I. Government Drops Plan Amsterdam, Jan. 17. ACCORDING to the "Deli Courant," the Netherlands Indies Government has abandoned Its plan for an extension of the native rubber area in the districts Dell, Langkat and Ser. dang, in Sumatra, by 500 hectares, apart from the
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    TUBERCULOSIS SPECIALIST DIES
    15 17 London, Jan. 26. Sir Robert Philip, world-famous tuberculosis specialist, died today. —Reutfr
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    HARD GOING & BENEDICT BEST BETS TODAY
    1426 18 HARD GOING BENEDICT BEST BETS TODAY Big Fields For First Day Of Ipoh Meeting VyiTH the re-arrangement of weights, heavy imposts at today's races at Ipch should not be rated as too much of a handicap. Only six horses will carry less than eight stone during the afternoon and in
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    NORTH vs SOUTH
    50 18 Players in today's Nori.i and Soutn rugby match are asked to be at Anson Road ground at 4.20 p.m. this afternoon in order to change and have a group photograph taken. Jerseys and stockings for the South and jerseys for the NcHh vtll be the drc.isin- rx>m.
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    THE SPORTS DIARY
    35 18 TODAY Rugby: North vs. South, Anson Road Stadium. Hockey: I. A. vs. Royal Navx Seletar. TOMORROW Hockey: C.S.C. vs. 32nd Hvy. Battery. C.S.C.; I. A. va. 7th Hvy. Battery Blakan Matl, B.M.
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    S. R. C. BEAT AIRMEN
    328 18 Four-Goal Margin In Hockey DLAYING good hockey, the S.R.C. yesterday defeated the R.A.F. by four goals to one in a game played on the padang. The ground was on the slow side but it did not in any way hamper play. The winners who fielded
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    M.C.C CRICKET
    54 18 Johannesburg. Jan. 27. In a three-day match against the M.C.C., Combined Transvaal batted first and at close of play were 230 lor six. Mitchell made 83 and batted lor 208 minutes. Feature of his play was forceful driving and cutting. Viljoen played a solid innings for 7(1 scored
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    LOYALS BEATEN
    28 18 After being aown one goal at half time the Manchesters beat the Loyala by two goals to nil in the hockey match played ;l Gillman yesterday.
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    SAPPERS BEAT CRICKET CLUB FOUR-NIL
    338 18 One Sided Hockey In Padang Match Yesterday DISPLAYING all round superiority the Royal Engineers gained a four-nil victory over the S.C.C. in a hockey match played on the padang yesterday. The Sappers played with ten men for the greater part of the game for Lainton
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    Selections By "Tic Tac"
    91 18 RACE I.— MISS ROD, DANSE DU VENTRE RACE 2.— KERRENA, MAID OF CASHEL RACE 3— UDICON, POOR BILL RACE 4.— EAGLE'S EVE, PHARIOL RACE 5.— STAR LOCK, BENEDICT RACE 6— QUEEN'S STAR. REGIMENT RACE 7 PAT OCT. A.D.C. RACE B.— GROFMO. BATTALION Trespasser RACE 1 DANSE
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    RESIGNATION OF MR. A.H. TODD ANNOUNCED
    389 18 Tribute By Chairman At 5. T. C. Annual Meeting THE retirement of Mr. A. H. Tod the Singapore Turf Club held al ing tribute to Mr. Todd's ability Mi Club said that his connection with td was announced at the meeting of Fullerton Building
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    SINGAPORE BEAT JOHORE FIVE GOALS TO NIL
    436 19 Poor Hockey In State Match Yesterday IX i game which was full of missed chances and infringe- mentis Singapore beat Johore by five goals to nil on the V.M.C.A. ground, Anson Road, yesterday. If o:is had not been told, it would have been
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    HAMMOND NOT IDEAL CAPTAIN
    304 19 TxiOSE of us who felt that Test matches between England ar.a Australia were the only fixtures that caused trouble had a shock when loud murmurs of discontent began to seep ou: of South Africa, writes Trevor Wignall *n the Sunday Referee. Hammonds actioii in continujig r,o
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    P. B. A. MEETING Report For Last Year
    408 19 P. B. A. MEETING Report For Last Year THE thirteenth annual general meeting of the Penang Badminton Association will be held at the An^lo-Chinf se School Union premises, 497, Penang Road. According to the report for the year ended Nov. 30, 1938, which will be presented at the meeting, there
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    AUSTRALIAN TENNIS
    25 19 Melbourne, Jan. 27. In the Australian tennis championships, John Bromwich beat Vivian McGraih 6—o, 6—3, In the serr.i-finals of the men s singles.
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    Secret Yacht To Be Built For T.O.M. Sopwith
    383 19 ILIR. T. O. M. Sopwith, millionaire day for a new 12-metre yacht, It is to meet a race challenge ;Mr. Harold Vanderbilf. The new yacht will be built by Camper and Nicholson, of Gosport. An official said, "details of the design are
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      Small Marg ins Feature North & South Games
      505 19 Small Marg ins Feature North South Games OTIOULD tha North win the annua they will lead in the series by < Tn the last five games played the > South winning by the narrow mai grand game. The largest number of points compiled In the match was the 23 scored
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      TESTIMONIAL GAME FOR EX-TEST STARS
      61 19 Sydney, Jan. 18. The New South Wnles Crickl ciation has fixed Dec. 1 to 5 n.s th* date for the Testimonial M Australia's ex-test cricketers. W A. Oldfield and A. F. Klppax. The match will be played at the Sydney. Cricket Ground and will ha
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      HOCKEY ASSOCIATION DINNER AND DANCE
      46 19 HOCKEY ASSOCIATION DINNER AND DANCE On Thursday next tin- Bli Hockey Association will have n danca and tanner at the New World cabaret;. Tickets which are on sale at t'2, for the dance and dinner, and 50 dinner on!y, are obtainable r sreretaries of all affiliated
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    League Tables Up-To-Date
    1233 19 IJu-.IL soccer league tables compit week are as follows: ENGLISH LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION P W. L. D F. A. Pts Derby < 13) 25 15 5 ■> 46 28 35 Everton (141 24 15 7 2 48 26 32 Whampton <2> 24 11 6 7 43 20
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    MORE PICTURES OF SELANGOR COURT CEREMONIES
    184 20 (Abcvo A striking picture of Sultan Alain Shah and his Consort the Tungku Anipuan leaving the throne room after their Coronation at Klang. The Sultan and the Tungku Ainpuan later drove in procession through the streets oi the town. —Strait.'- Times picture (tight) The
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      15 1 The Straits Times MALAYAN SPORTS SUPPLEMENT FOUR PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28. 1939 No. 16.
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      NORTH SHOULD WIN TODAY'S RUGBY AT ANSON ROAD
      1586 1 Large Crowd Will See Annual Match North D. R. Harper (Selangor). Fullback. Aberdeen University and London Scottish. Has captained Penang. Selangor and Singapore XV's and North Malaya four times and South Malaya twice, a unique record. He is probably the best fullback
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      Proctor Replaces Brown In Malayan Side
      366 1 LT. Proctor of the Loyals has been chosen to replace G. F. Brown the Selangor player, in the Malayan rugby team to tour Hong Kong. The team will leave tonight after the North vs. South matin Strong In every department the touring side should
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      Plan For Today's Broadcast
      33 1 *i Commentator' S BOX* North vs. South ru«bv game will be aadea»< frmn Alison Koad Stadium this afternoon tkraagh tin 1 Singapore station. The plan J will be used.
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        118 1 Fussy about their training— fussy about who rides them. Personally I find it's the only way. For instance, I don't much care to lead in a lucky winner but it gives me the rarest pleasure to watch any thoroughbred ridden to a faultless victory. In the same way I appreciate
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      12 2 The Muar Chinese who lost o—3 to the Muar Hornets this week.
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      Manchesters Have Strong Boxing Team
      888 2 Sei*vices Sports Review By Audio THE meagre entry for the Command individual boxing championships served to prove that the Loyals, weakened as they have been by casualties and sickness, will have to go all out next year to retain their title of Command champions. The
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      32 2 Larry Gains (left) photographed at he watched Len Harvey, the British heavyweight champion, signing the contract for their fight at Harringay on Mar. IS Standing beticeen is Johnny Best, the fight promoter.
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      Will Malaya Send Badminton Team To England ?
      656 2 Will Malaya Send Badminton Team To England WILL Malaya ever send a team to England or any country overseas This question is once again the general topic in Malayan badminton circles today as the result of Mr. J. L. Wood's remarks at the recent third annual general meeting of the
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      Penang Hockey Notes By Forward
      500 2 Penang Hockey Notes By Forward WITH the playing of the match with Selangor today, Penang's inter-State hockey programme for this season comes to an end. And as far as Penang is concerned the hockey season is practically over, for with the exception of this match and the weekly practice held
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      11 2 The Muar Hornets who beat the Muar Chinese 3—o this week
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      Segamat Sports Review By Rover
      629 2 THE Segamat District hockey league is drawing great attention and speculation is rife as to who will top the tables, the Europeans or the Indians? This year's competition should be an improvement upon previous ones for better competition is expected with three of the teams
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      NEW HORSES TO RUN AT IPOH MEETING
      1398 3 Heroic Star And Scarlet Tiger Likely To Be Good (By Epsom Jeep OF the eleven new importations making their debut on the Malayan Turf at the Perak Turf Club JanuaryFebruary Meeting which begins today, only three are classified in a high class. Of
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      Negri Sports Notes By Audax
      496 3 MEGRI Sembilan sport is in the doldrums at the moment. With the hockey season fast drawing to a close we are approaching the period of lull in sports activities a period which precedes the cricket season. At Singapore today Negri Sembllan will play Singapore In
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      Muar Weekly Hockey Review By Authentic
      805 3 f AST week saw four hockey matches i layi <1 at Muar and keen 1-1 competition was seen in all t' c pames though iho standard of play cannot be considered high. The best match of the week waa the meeting of the Mv
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        172 3 Imonthe fl\\ Yes, with a cargo of Four Square tobacco in my p.pc I'll always bowl along, fair weather or foul. Four Square is so carefully •elected from the purest leaf, so slow-smoking and free from harshness there's not I bite in a boatload. And the special Tacuum tins keep
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      WOLVES MAY WIN LEAGUE & CUP HONOURS
      1617 4 WOLVES MAY WIN LEAGUE CUP HONOURS Weekly Review Of Home Sport By Our London Correspondent London, Jan. 17. THERE were goals everywhere last Saturday except from the attacks of the leaders of the four Divisions of the English League. None of these won, and they scraped together only two goals
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      Perak Sports Review By Our Own Correspondent
      834 4 Perak Sports Review By Our Own Co rrespondent DERAK will play her first inter-state badminton match 1 of the new season tomorrow when she meets Negri Sembilan in a series of friendly matches. This is the first time in the history of the game in Malaya that these two States
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      Selangor Women Surprise Their Supporters
      836 4 highly rated Singapore women's hockey team which was expected to walk over Selangor women in their fixture on the Padang on Saturday, had their colours lowered, suffering a one nil defeat at the hands of a side which even their most sanguine of supporters expected
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