The Straits Times, 13 February 1939

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    41 1 The Straits Times The Straits Times (ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY) THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA ■2 i PAGES SINGAPORE. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1939 PRICE ."> CENTS. The Straits Times •20 I»A(;KS SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1939 PRICE 5 (EMS
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      524 2 CHIA WONG. The engagement Is an' nounced of Mr. Chia Wai Yin, the younges son of Mr. Mrs. Chia Peng Kuan to Ida Wong Choon Hoe of Singapore. Outstatioi papers please copy. SITUATIONS VACANT When applrtat rot <n» pasilion advertise<i IB theie columns <end -onlr« ol i»«limonl.il» Oo not sefld
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      433 2 \/VANTED WANTED furnisln d fiat or bungalow Tanj- lln, two to three bedrooms. Mod. San. For six or eight months from March. Bo* 735, Straits Times. WANTED TO PURCHASE, a set of the latest plain, pwd, modern second-hand dlninc room furniture Give full particulars to Box No. 754, Straits Times.
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      742 2 HOUSES FLATS, TO LET TWO DESIRABLE unfurnished flats, nlgb iltuatlou, large garden. Apply 20 Mt. ElteaKELF CONTAINED FLAT 3 rooms partly furnished. Mod. San. Frige, Central. Rent $80/'Box 751, Straits Times. TO LET: 19, Poole Read, Kutoog, modern bungalow, 4 Bed-rooms, baths attached. Apply within after 5.30 p.m. IN RESIDENTIAL
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      680 2 EDUCATIONAL LESSONS, French, German, English, Dutch Conversation and for beginners. Abo shorthand writing. Low charges. Box No 758 Straits Times. PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. The Ecchar.<je Banks will be clos:<I on Monday, Feb. 20, Chinese New Year Tuesday, Feb. 21, Chinese New Year (Bank Holidays). C SENG LAND CO., LTD. SINGAPORE.
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      661 2 AUCTION NOTICE MORTGAGEES' SALE of Freehold Singapore Properties At the saleroom of Mesjsrs. Cheong Koon Sen' Co., Ltd. Ko. 10, Chulla Street, on tVedncrday. February 15. 1933 at 2.M p.m. Lot 1. Valuable freehold land and bow No. 1000 Highlant Road (formerly Hlllsldi Drive). Singapore, area 3 roods and 36
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      528 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. iit corporate^ in England OUTWARD irvOM LONDON SOB CHINA •BURDWAN l<*-\\\ CANiON m,, 10 SOMALI °.BUU Mar 10 SSSSSin »wg *gj- 787 8 a sir ™J;; B 17.000 May J9 MARSEILLES AND^IONDON I rFH 6,000 P.b. 16 SLS L Sjß CARTHAGE 15.000 May
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      1007 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. .?neoroor«t«J tn Jtomni ENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS •OR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD TO LONDON Fenanf Colombo. Aden, Sues. Port S»M Maples. Mawtl'es. Gibraltar, London. Antwerp. Holternam and Hamburg Vessel* ronnage Due Sail CATORI MARU ....9,800 Feb. 16 16 iASUKUNI MARU 11.900 Feb. 28 Mar. 1 CASIMA MARU 9.900 Mar.
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      626 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Bulldini. CoUyei «a»J Sln«jM>r. Tel MM. Chartered Bank Buildim Penan* Tf -> BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES. LONDON N CONTINENT AND GLASGOW (In exjunction «itb the Glen Line) Due Sail* BARPEDON Mars. L'don. R dam tigow In port Ftb. 15 MENKLAUS L'don. Rdam. HDurg. Hua
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    IDOLS MISSING FROM FAMOUS TEMPLE
    122 4 Japanese Troops Accused By Chinese H0.4; Kong. /CHINESE reports say that the Japane.se forces have confiscated all the idols from the famous Cantonese temple of the 500 Genii. These ido's are of wood, plated with gold to a total value of 5.000.000 Chinese dollars <
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    JOHAN DE WITT
    30 4 Ttu J.jhin d<> Witt on her way from Europe to Juv;;. U Mpeeted to arrive at Singapore on Thursday. She w:l sail the same day for Java.
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    PUPPET OFFICIALS TERRORISED
    100 4 Three Killings Follow Death Threats Shanghai, Feb. 11. A SECRET Chinese anti-Japanese organisation l s terrorising officials of the pro-Japanese city administration, having killed three officials and kidnapped a fourth during the past few days because they refused to heed warnings to resign from the city service
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    Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
    40 4 The Johan van Oldcnbarnevelt is expccLed to berth in the Eastern Roads tonight at 9 p.m. She will come alongside the wtulnrea torn irrow at 7 a.m and will sail at X 0 a.m. sharp for Europe.
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      FROM MALACCA
      114 4 Correspondence for transmission by air via "Netherlands" must be fully prepaid and clearly superscribed "By K.L.M." Malls will close from Malacca as follows Today. Slam, Burma, India, Iraq, Palestine, Egypt. Mauritius, Europe, Great Britain, Ireland, N. li S. America. E. S. Africa, Nigeria and Gold Coast by air
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      THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
      149 4 Monday, February 13. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive. KKPPEL HARBOUR Main Wharf Lch Molck. Lch. Hilda. Gorgon, Van Heutaz, Sliverbeech. JU Whari NU Coal Whan Nil VESSELS IN OKV UUC&9 lanjonjt rar»r Albert Dock Dukat. Victoria Dock Krian. Krppel Harbour King's Dock NU
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      MORE SETTLERS FOR KENYA URGED
      108 4 Government Committee's Proposals Nairobi, Feb. 12. PROPOSALS for increasing white settlement in Kenya are outlined in a report by a Government committee, which recommends that the Government fhould raise a loan of £250,000 for financing various schemes. Assistance should be in the form of advances,
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      CONTE BIANCAMANO
      36 4 The Conte Blancamano is due at 10 a.m. tomorrow from Europe, Bombay and Colombo. She will berth at the wharf and is expected to sail at 6.30 p.m. for Manila, Hong Kong and Shanghai.
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      17 4 The 12th century church of Lagord, three miles from La Rochelle, was completely destroyed by fire recently.
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      14 4 rr-r 1 «r_ Lord Baldwin's fund for refugees now a is £394,699— British Wireless.
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      259 4 INWAB1) Wearies: From Penanc, Ipob. and Koala Lampur. Arrives everv evening Qantas: From Australia: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. Imperial: From Europe: Expected Wednesday morning. K.L..M.: Irom Netherlands Indies: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. K.L.M.: from turope: Arrives tomorrow evening. K.N.LL.M.: From Netherlands Indie*: Arrives Tuesday afltrr.oon. K.N.I.L.M.: From
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      214 4 Tooay Ponti»nak (R«ub) a pjn. Bagan Selat Pandjang (Hong Thong) 3pm Java. South-West Sumatra. S.-East Borneo. Celebes. Moluccas Timor Dilly i Kota Inten) 3 30 pjn Pamar.gkat. Sambas and 8ir\g*awane (Boelonwn) 4 pjn Tomorrow Holland and Italy (Parcels only) (Johan van Oldenbarnevelt) 8 ajn. Medan (Johan van
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      SOVIET RAILWAY TO MONGOL CAPITAL
      80 4 190-Mile Branch From Siberian Road Shanghai, Feb. 11. A RAILWAY 190 miles long, between Urga, the capital of Sovietised Outer Mongolia, and Verkne-Udinsk, on the trans-Siberian Railway near the southern shore of Lake Baikal, has been completed, according to Chinese reports. The new railway line,
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      NO SIGNS OF FORTS ON SPANISH SIDE
      66 4 Paris, Feb. 12. COUR Fiench generals, who have been investigating reports about Nat' nalist fortification of the Spanish side of the Franco-Spanish frontier, have Issued a statement declaring "Having traversed all roads in Nationalist territory leading to France, we can state that neither
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      SURFACE MAILS EXPECTED
      14 4 Mails from Holland etc. expected today, Feb. 13, by Kota Inten.
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      SPHINX
      24 4 The Sphinx from Salmon arrived this morning and will sail about 2 p.m. for Madras, Pondicherry, Colombo, Djibouti. Port-Said, Marseilles. Berth: SH.B. wharves.
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      30 4 Chungking, Feb. 11. THE Chinese League of Nations Society has sent a telegram to the Vatican expressing the Chinese people's sympathy over the death 0/ the Pope.Nanyang Slang Pau. I
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    Wall Street Quotations
    619 4 New York, Feb. 11. 'THE following quotations were those ruling when the S f oe< Exchange closed today: DOW-JONES AVERAGES STOCKS Last Sale RUBBER. BROKERS' COMMENT SWAN. CULBERTSON AND FRITZ report on Saturday's New York markets Stock prices advanced exceeding a point In a dull pre-hollday session.
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    Building A.R.P. Shelters
    209 4 Building A.R.P. Shelters rvOMESTIC air raid shelters rescrl- ed by Sir John Anderson, Lord Privy Seal, In the House of Commons 1 recently, will be similar to the "ele1 phant" shelter of the Great War. The shelter was described in an an1 nouncement from the Home Office. It will comprise
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    NEW LINER FOR SHAW SAVILL
    265 4 FOR LONDON-CAPE-NEW ZEALAND RUN 8.0. T. PRESIDENT ON MERCANTILE MARINE London, Feb. 11. T"HE President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Oliver Stanley, emphasised tha need for a powerful British Mercantile Marine In a speech, after an Inspection of the liner Dominion Monarch, yesterday. This
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    LONDON VIEWS ON RUBBER OUOTA
    417 4 RISE OF 5 PER CENT. LIKELY IN a weekly report on the London rubber market dated Feb. 1. SymingEand Wilson write: le next meeting of the I.R B.C. ue on Feb. 14 and as the tune aptches the belief seems to be gainIng ground on
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    WARNING AGAINST ARAB STRIKES
    76 4 Jerusalem, Fc'j. 12. j^HE military commander of Jerusa1 lem announces that in the evert of i:rther Arab shop strikes he intends ■!r>sing those shops for the same period 19 their s'.oppage at the conclusion of very strike. Terrorist outrages during the past 24 .ours resulted in
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      567 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in F.MS.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433 Passage 5431 CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED. (Incorporated in England) FARES SINGAPORE/EUROPE First and Cabin class from £106.7.9 Second class from £74.14.3 AROUND THE WORLD FARES BY C.P.R. First and Cabin Class Tourist Class From £181.13.4 From £125.19.8 Direct connection with Canadian
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      309 4 TIDE TABLE SINGAPORE Today H. W. 4.39 a.m. 8.1 ft.; 6.56 p.m. 6.6ft. L. W. 12 05 p.m. 3 ft.; 11.40 p.m. 5.4 ft. Tuesday H. W. 5.56 a.m. 7.9 ft.; 8.31 p.m. 6.9 ft. L. W. 1.48 p.m. 2.7 ft. Wednesday H. W. 7.22a.m. 7.9ft.; 9.31 p.m. 7.3 ft.
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    31 5 Charlie Kuni, the well-known syncopated pianist, was seen by viewers of the BBC's television progiu;n;ues recently. Malayan listeners wIU hear him sh >rtlv. broa^eaUin? a ten-minute recital from Daventrr.— B.B.C. picture.
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    34 5 Mr. H. V. Hodson. editor of the Round Table, who has recent'v returned Home from a six-month trip through the Empire. He discusses "World Affairs" in a series of broadcasts irom Daventry. 8.8.C. picture.
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    'EUROPEAN WAR IS UNLIKELY FOR NEXT FEW YEARS'
    358 5 Mr. Chamberlain Foresaw The Reasons, Says Mr. Hearst MR. William Randolph Hearst, the United States newspaper magnate and financier, in an interview with the Melbourne Herald said I do not think there is the slightest likelihood of a general European war for
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    SCOTLAND YARD & TELEVISION
    266 5 SCOTLAND YARD TELEVISION Actual Pictures Of Wanted Persons yHE police messages familiar to broadcast listeners may take a visual form if the investigations now being undertaken by Scotland Yard give useful results. There is a possibility that the 8.8.C. may be asked, very soon, to collaborate in s'jme practical tests,
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    GUERILLA RAID NEAR SHANGHAI
    97 5 Shanghai, Feb. 11. A NUMBER of guerillas made a bold attack on the Japanese gendarmerie j headquarters at Jessfleld Village, near the western border of the Shanghai International Settlement. The same building also houses the headquarters of the police of the so- called Tatao Government the
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    25 5 Shanghai. Feb. 11. NEW regulations compelling foreigners to produce passes Issued by the Japanese authorities when passing Japanese sentries are being enforced In Canton —Trans-Ocean
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      294 5 C.G GERMICIDE. GERMS OF INFECTION QUICKLY KILLED. let C. G. Germicide is non-poison- ous and will not irritate even the most delicate tissues. Not only that, it has a pleasant and refreshing smell and does not injure or stain linen. It is deodorising, too. Ise C. G. GERMICIDE for cuts,
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      182 5 EXpameT BRITISH EXPANDED METAL FOR REINFORCED CONCRETE WORK. With a proper combination of Expamet Expanded Steel and Concrete, light thin slabbing is obtainable of great strength and fire-resistant efficiency it effects a considerable reduction in dead-weight of superstructure and in vertical building height, and it is used extensively in any
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      404 5 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TODAY 7.HL 225 metre*. ZHF 30.96 metre*. p.m. 5.00 Malay music, t 5.15 Lagu Gambos. t 5.30 Cantonese dramas, t/ 6.10 Cantonese children's programme. 6.30 Cantonese drama, t 7.00 Pianoforte recital. 7.30 Time, weather and news announcements. 7.45 Brass band music, t 8.00 "The Motor Show."t 8.30 Sydney
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      514 5 EMPIRE STATION TODAY TRANSMISSIONS 2 AND 3. GSH MM me/i <1W> O8O 11. r me (18.8* m.)s GSF 1514 me/i (19.M m.r OSJ 11.63 me/i UJ.9I G8D tSMI m.1 6.05 Big Ben. New Hippodrome orchestra. 6.35 Music Hall.' 7.35 "Books"— 3.* Weekly series of talks by the Earl of Lytton.
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      109 5 NUtOM TODAY m\ 6 04 nil (49.6 m.). VUB 8.6S mo'l (Jl.tt ml, YDB 11.86 me i (25.3 ml. PMN 11.26 me (29.J m.)p.m. 12.20 Luncheon music. 1.10 News announcements. 1.22 Luncheon music icontd.). 2.10 News announcements. 2.20 Clofe down. 4.50 Programme preview. 4.55 Music. 5.50 Children's half hour. 6.20
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES-LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      MINING
      593 6 AD snare* quoted abore are fully paid. us ie vaL rruM oo. LyaiJ Evaw Buv is Sellers Buyers Sellers Ampat nn 3/3 4/- 3/6 4/. II Asam KuniSana 26/- 27/- 25/- 27/8 tl Austral Ma.ay 40/- 45/-cd 40/- 60/5/- *yer nuan 21/9 22/9 21/6 22/6 1 Ay« Kzz.% 0.55
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      GENERAL
      462 6 2 2 AJex Brick Ord 130 1.40 13-"i 140 10 10 AUas Ice 4.75 5.25 5 00 5 50 1 1 B M Broadcasting 0 50 0.60 i) 50 1 60 10 5 B M. Trustee S75 7.50 S75 750 a U Con T. S Prel 20 21 3
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS
      265 6 Maynaro Co Lta $30.1)00 tat Apr. 30 Oct. 31 90 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 5% 1'jOI rea 1940 $400,000 LDt Mar 31 Sept. 30 1U2', 2 *Vt% J90? red 1U41 $1,600,000 Int Mar 31 Sept. 30 1081,. 4V 2 7« 1WS red 1955 $1,000,000 Int Mar. 31 Sept. 30
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      RUBBER SHARES
      396 6 'Sftares are «l unJnas otherwise stated) nxu-i u \jq Lyail «t tv AJlenby AJor Uajah Amal Malay Ayer Hitam Ayer Moielt Ayc-r Pana« Bassett Batu LJntang Bedford Benta BorellJ Brogas Brunei Un Buklt Kati] Biiklt K B Bukit Kepong Buklt Timan <J1O) Jhangkat SerUaxig Oonnemara ttlenealy PlanUfloai Hamilton
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      484 6 RUBBER RECOVERS AND SELLERS RESERVED SHARES STEADY BUT VERY QUIET By Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Feb. 13. THE feature of this mornings markets is the sharp recovery In the price of rubber, local prices having advanced one-quarter cent on Saturday's close, with sellers asking one-quarter cent more.
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
    113 6 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Books ""Whdj Dividend Close Austral Malay 9d. No. 48 3d. bonus Peb 24 Kuala Lumpur Tin 1/ Raub 5d. final 2d. bonus Mar 8 Thabawlcik j 6 f4 n RUBBER Ayer Moleic 6% fln»l Feb 15 Perak River Feb] is GENERAL. n <ft on
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    WEIGHTS FOR SPRING RACES
    110 6 weights ior the second ciay ol the Singapore Turf Club's Spring meeting on Feb. 21 are as follows:— Ionics, Class 1, Div. 1, s'/i furs. hew Moon 9.04 Prestige (06 TrediJto 8.11 Pymble 805 Mallaiiuit 8.11 Applewood 803 On :all< J For 8.09 Empress 7 12
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    FACTORS INFLUENCING WALL STREET
    530 6 Swan, Culbertson's Weekly Review JN a weekly report 011 the New York Stock market, issued this morning, Swan, Culbertson and Fritz, write: Stock prices fluctuated narrowly and indecisively during the past week and at the close of trading on .'Saturday the net loss for the period
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN
    78 6 Manday, Feb. 13, noon. No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) 26'/i 26*» No. IX R.S.S. f.o.b. in cases February 2613/16 271/16 G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales February 26^ Z6% F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales February 25% U% FUTURE QUOTATIONS tlii Tone of Market:—Quiet '.atest Cable London,
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    EXCHANGES
    179 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 j/3 25/32 Lyons demand 2045 Switzerland demand 238>i Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 541^ Montreal demand 543^ Batavla demand
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    MANILA GOLD SHARE MARKET
    101 6 Manila, Feb. 13. THE following were yesterday's quotations and this morning's quotations for gold shares on the Manila Stock Exchange. All the shares have a par value of 10 centavos. and the quotations are in pesos. xesieraay Today Antamor: 0.45 0.44>.; 0.47 0 46'i Coco Grove
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    DR. SCHACHT COMING TO FAR EAST?
    69 6 *THE former Reichsbank president Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, it i s rumoured in Berlin, will shortly make a trip round the world, reports Trans-Ocean It is understood Dr. Schacht wili first visit India, from where he \a likely to proceed to the Far East Informed
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    LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE
    70 6 London. Feb. 11 The following were today's closing mean rates Geneva 20.67' i Bucharest 660 Amsterdam Mlk Bjeaos Aires 20.37"'. M"an 89 1-IG Montevideo Madrid nominal Bombay I/j i&/i6d. M-aeue 137 Yokohama i/2d Conenhagen 22.40 H. Kong 1/2 15 IGd' C*I 19.90 Shanghai 8 'ii venna Nor.ilnal
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      40 6 j§f BRITISH (Tljl EXTINGUISHERS l^^^M As a unit of first-aid protection, the i/;Sj^^l FOAMITE Extinguisher |k^Sd is tne best available Ni^i^ for every type of s^_^*|f' industrial property. *LL TYPES AND SPARE CHARGES IN STOCK. SOLE AGENTS: McALISTER CO., LTD.
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    OUTLOOK FOR RUBBER IS A GOOD DEAL BRIGHTER
    2567 7 OUTLOOK FOR RUBBER IS A GOOD DEAL BRIGHTER Year-End Statistical Position More Encouraging TIN POSITION NOT SO CLEAR: NEEDS CAREFUL HANDLING "THE outlook for rubber is a good deal brighter than it appeared a few months ago; consumption, particularly in the United States, is steadily improving while stocks are just
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    EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES
    100 7 DURING the week ending Feb. 4, 1939, exports of canned, pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 75,555 cases, of which: 70,653 (94 per cent) cases were to the United Kingdom, 1,600 (2 per cent) cases to the Continent of Europe. 1,800 (2 per cent) cases to
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    LONDON MONEY SUPPLIES PLENTIFUL
    106 7 London, Feb. 11. IN spite of withdrawals for taxation purposes the clearing banks are finding difficulty in employing their large resources. The recent scarcity of Treasury Bills has been off-set by the increased circulation of Bank bills. Although this Is a step in the right direction
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    RUBBER EXPORT DUTY
    38 7 nPHE price of rubber for purpose of as- sessment to export duty In the F.M.S. from Feb. 10 to Feb. 16, inclusive, has been determined at 26 cents a pound, states a Government Gazette notification.
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      357 7 TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. TENDERS arc Invited for the supply of Coal for the St. James Power Station for nine months from April to Dec. 31, 1939. Copies of Specification may be obtained at the Tender Room. Tenders close at 12 noon on Mar 6, 1939. O. H. GOLDEN Municipal Secretary.
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      308 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated In Chin* bj Special Charu-n. 12, Cecil Street, Singapore. Telephone*: Manafer'i Office M 44 As*. Manager* OBtce Exehanie Depi. General Offlc* Cable Address: "CIWNGKUO." Paid Op Capital Cbl 40.000.000 M Reserve Fund* In excess of Cb I fcZ00,«00.»« "approximated Ch M.020.000.0W.* Tse-Vung Soong, Chairman of Board.
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      95 8 IOWAY ONLY Xl 5, 6.16 Jb 9.15 P.M. vnttt t*,vt r H& v HP'VTTTnnHfe ill 3|l fl Ib^^^m MJG LAfßff "SftiTiiSM movii.'TOMi: hkwr OPENING TO MO It ROW ALHAMBRA V...M r. ii c runto i\ >■ y ofoli in a Mimu.nl C.Mio.ly Ki'.l! "ROMANCE and RHYTHM" MIDNKiMI JMxM MIKRK s\rriu>\v
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      239 8 PAVILION *a TORIGHT GOWNS BY PATOU JEWELRY BY LEBRUN CV** BY SATAN MEN NEVER LEARN. WOMCNUKE THIS CAN TAKE THEM EVERY TIME! > r |p CHEAT" V. .IMI/IM, MH.ilillMM* «M V. AMIf'IIHI.I.H MHO I .1 9 MHVm A /lll!llllN«, Ml HUH: I liA/i^J f WHEN BORN H.i,»r ••>><•' A.I .J..
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    "OCCUPATION OF HAINAN IS THREAT TO SINGAPORE"
    575 9 Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek's Warning JAPAN'S ACTION AS REPLY TO U.S. PRESENCE AT BASE OPENING Chungking, Feb. 12. "THE present Japanese movement at Hainan is really a reply to the presence of three United States cruisers at the opening of the graving dock at
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    AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE GROWING
    76 9 First-Line Strength Of 132 Planes Melbourne, Feb. 12. TTOE Royal Australian Air Force's ex- pansion is ahead of schedule the Prime Minister. Mr. J. A. Lyons, announced today. The first-line strength now was 132 aircraft and was to be increased to 212, while personnel would be
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    AMERICA'S NEW SECRET FIGHTING PLANE
    74 9 New York, Feb. 12. After averaging 320 miles an hour for 2,500 miles, a new secret flshter plane crashed when terminating the t^ft at Mitchell Field today. The pi! it was uninjured. The machine had flown across the continent in 7 hours and 43 minutes.
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    A CHALLENGE TO THE POWERS
    200 9 Chinese View Of Hainan Landing Kweilin, Feb. 12. k COMMUNIQUE received by pro- visional headquarters here says heavy firing again was audible in north-west Hainan Island yesterday morning, when many Japanese naval bombers resumed activities. A military spokesman admitted to Central News the possibility of
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    TOKIO EVASIVE ON HAINAN'S FUTURE
    175 9 "Complete Occupation Would Be Unwise" Tokio. Feb. 11. T"HE Japanese Navy has no aggressive i 1 designs on Indo-China, which Is French territory said Rear-Adm. Kanazawa, spokesman of the Admiralty, commenting on the Japanese landing j on Hainan. "Japan will fully respect French sovereignty in
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    GERMAN ESPIONAGE IN POLAND
    53 9 Warsaw, Feb. 12. WIDESPREAD espionage on be- half of Germany is alleged in north-western Poland. Following the arrest of two German women at Gmiezno, the police made house-to-house searches over a wide area and arrested seven more Germans, including Herr Gebaner, leader of the German Association
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    NEW FOREIGN LOAN?
    44 9 Hong Kong, Feb. 11. COUR Chinese and three foreign bank- ers arrived at Hong Kong this morning from Shanghai. They will go to Chungking Immediately by plane. It is believed their visit Is In connection with foreign loan negotiations.—Nanyang Slang Pau.
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    48 9 EMPEROR Kang Teh of Manchukuo has presented decorations to Slgnor Mussolini; Signor Auriti, the Italian Ambassador to Japan; and 17 other Kalian officials, Including Vice-Foreign Minister and the Minister to Manchukuo In 'recognition of their serving |Oward the inauguration of diplomatic elatio is between Manchukuo tnd Imiy Domel.
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    Pope Knew His End Was Approaching
    84 9 Vatican City, Feb. 11. POPE PIUS XI has been prepared lor death since his Illness in November. Whenever he received cardinals and statesmen he always spoke of his approaching death. Thus he recently said to the British Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, "You see in
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    Laying The Pope To Rest
    322 9 Laying The Pope To Rest Solemn Rite To Be Held In The Vatican Rome, Feb. 12. THE solemn rite of laying the Pope to rest in the Vatican will take place on Tuesday. In accordance T .vith the Pop»:"s wish, his tomb will be placed next to that of Pope
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    GREATER SHANGHAI
    121 9 Japanese To Direct Its Reconstruction Tokio. Feb. 11. A PARTY of 40 Japanese civil engineers engaged by the Shanghai Real Estate: Company, a Slno-Japan-ese concern, wai leave Nagasaki on Feb. 20 for Shanghai, where they will build a new "Greater Shanghai" along the left bank of the Whangpoo
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    NANKING ENVOY FOR MANCHUKUO
    105 9 De Facto Recognition Shanghai. Feb. 11. THE Foreign Minister of the pro- Japanese Nanking Government. Mr. Chen Lv, announces that the Government has decided to appoint a permanent trade commissioner tn Manchukuo with headquarters at Hslnklng. This is the first instance of one of the Chinese
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEB. 13, 1939. The Eurasian
    1031 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEB. 13, 1939. The Eurasian Some days ago a letter signec Eurasian Woman was publishec in this page and attracted widespread attention by its sincerity and force. Today we publish an other and longer letter from the same writer which Is equally worthj of attention.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    167 10 SINGAPORE BAFFLES ROTtL Cocktail Dance 6.30 to 8.3.) p.m. Dinner ft Dance (Informal) 9.30 to Midnight. GARBICK THEATRE, GETLANG The Tyrant. A Hindustani Talkie •t 6.15 ft 9.15 p.m. GREAT WOULD Cabaret: 9 p.m. to Midnight. Olobe Theatre: You Me. Sky Talkie: Adventures of Marco Polo. HAPPY WORLD Wayang
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    M.C.S. Promotions
    68 10 Mr. H. J. Cockman haa been promoted from Class HI to Class 11, M.C.S., and Mr. L. C. Simpson-Gray from Class IV to Class 111. Mr. E. H. Beck's appointment as director. Special Branch, Straits Settlements Police, has been gazetted. Mr. A. Campbell, M.C.S.. has been gazetted private
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    Singapore Malay Union
    37 10 The Malay Union of Singapore will hold a reception at the Kota Raja Malay School next Sunday in honour of Inche Ishak bin Ahmad, a vice-presi-dent of the Union who recently received the M.B.E.
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    FIRST AID OR DRILL?
    339 10 St. John Ambulance Parades WOMEN WASTE TIME To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— Congratulations on your leading article entitled "The Call" in the Straits Times of Feb. 9. Whilst it has stressed the need for people to 1 volunteer for duty now, it has
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    THE WRONG APPEAL
    195 10 Two Evenings A Week, And Hard Work! To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— Recently various great men have made speeches asking, almost begging, young Europeans to Join ths Volunteers. They point out that there are many concessions to be obtained, that the work is not
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    TWO SUGGESTIONS
    150 10 Imperial Airways Our London Letter To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, May I make a couple of suegestlons? First, that it is time for you to publish once more a comparative list of Imperial Airways and X.L.M. arrivals during the last three month 3 together with
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    LETTERS IN PAGE 15
    54 10 "EURASIAN WOMAN." This correspondent discusses the past, present and future of the Eurasian community in a long and unusually outspoken letter. SASTRI REPORT. The Indian view of this well-known document contrasted with that of planters and newspapers In Malaya PAYA LEBAR ROAD. A complaint about mosquito-breeding
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    BATTLE FLEET OF HAWAII
    824 10 AMERICA VERSUS JAPAN The American naval position In the Pacific is discussed by Major George Fielding Eliot in his book "The Ramparis We Watch." A condensation of this book was published by the Reader's Digest recently and a portion of that article is reproduced below. QUR
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    746 10 Saturday Night THESE new dances, which 'are more like oldfashloned barn dances or folk dances than ball-room rhythms and steps, have given quite a new atmosphere to Singapore's dance-halls, or "cabarets" as we call them. At one of these resorts on Saturday night I watched the
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    ROME'S 'NATURAL ASPIRATIONS' IN MEDITERRANEAN
    352 11 "Settlement By Arms If No Satisfaction SEMI-OFFICIAL ROME VIEW OF FASCIST DEMANDS Defence Plans Discussed With Signor Mussolini "ITALY asks for only what is hers by historical 1 right— Tunis, Suez, Djibuti, Corsica. The question of Corsica must be solved because it is an essential
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    600,000 MEN TO BE MOBILISED
    646 11 Germany's Plans To Train Soldiers Paris. Feb. 12. K/EOUK than 600.000 men will be IT1 mobilised in Germany within the next two re >nths in addition to thy normal number now under the Colours. Men born in 1906 and 19(17 wii be called up. it
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    GREAT BRITAIN AND HAINAN
    114 11 London, Feb. 12. Tin: British Government is main- tainipp: close contact with the French Government in regard to th« Japanese occupation of Hainan Island It is learned here that representations will be made in Tokio similar to those made yesterday by the French Ambassador, reports Reuter.
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    NEXT MOVE BY MADRID
    371 11 New Franco Drive Possible Burgos, Feb. 12. MATIONALIST Spain is now waiting for Madrid to make the next move. It Is declared here that if Dr. Negrin, the Republican Prime Minister, or Oen. Mia] a, supreme commander, succeed in their purpose of holding the remaining Republican
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    WORLD TEMPERATURE IS NOT HIGH
    167 11 Reassuring Speech By British Minister London, Feb. 12. THE Mini.st.ir of Health, Mr. Walter Elliot, in a speech at Halifax, said that certain simple facts in the international situation were becoming strikingly clear. The economic strain on all arming nations today was severe and Increasing.
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    GERMAN MESSAGE TO PARIS
    69 11 |T is understood Herr von Rlbbentrop, German Foreign Minister, took advantage of a private visit by the French Ambassador Dfcfore the envoy's departure for Paris yesterda to send a message the French Government. It is believed the message U to the effect that Germany does not
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    25 11 London, Feb. 12. Up to ths present, collections made in connection with the 1938 Poppy Day. celebrated on Armistice Day, have yielded £531,C0G.- British Wireless.
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    POLICE OPEN FIRE ON RIOTERS
    133 11 Hindu-Moslem Clash: 220 Casualties Bombay, Feb. 12. CASUALTIES in the Hindu-Mus-lim riot at Cawnpore last c /ening now total 20 killed and 200 injured. Five hundred persons have been arrested and extra police have been drafted into Cawnpore from surrounding districts. The riot was the
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    ADEQUATE NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE
    119 11 "A Sacred Duty/ Says Mr. Cordell Hull Washington. Feb. 12. IN a world-wide broadcast by Mr. Cordell Hull, U. S. Secretary of State, said that in present world conditions the maintenance of adequate defence forces was the sacred duty of any government worthy of its name.
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    29 11 Jerusalem, Feb. 12. GENERAL Viscount Gort, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, left by air today tor Egypt, alter a strenuous three day tour of the whole of Palestine.
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    FUNERAL OF POPE PIUS XI TOMORROW EVENING
    138 11 Vatican City, Feb. 13. HUGE crowds of all classes, many of whom waited all night for the gate* of St. Peter's to open, were filing pott the Pope's coffin yesterday. The bier of the Pope is lying in state in the Chapel of
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    NO REPRISALS IN SPAIN
    237 11 Britain's Terms To Gen. Franco London, Feb. 13. THE British Government is at present paying attention to the juridical problems which would arise out a formal recognition that Gen. Franco is de facto in control of most of Spain. It is understood that circumstances will largely
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    Netherlands And Britain
    134 11 Anglo-Dutch Talks This Week London, Feb. 13. IMPORTANT conversations are to take place this week in London between Lord Halifax and Dr. J. A. N. Vatijn, the Dutch Foreign Minister, who is arriving in London tomorrow. It is understood that British and Dutch circles are preoccupied with
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    34 11 London, Feb. 13. KAR 3. 8. MacPherson. chief Assistant Secretary of Nigeria, has been appointed Chief Secretary of Palestine in succession to Mr. W. D. Battershlll, who has been appointed Governor of Cyprus.— Reuter.
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    JEWS' CASE PRESENTED
    289 11 National Home In Palestine London, Feb. 12. %MR. MALCOLM Mac Donald, the ITI Colonial Secretary, accompanied by Lord Halifax, Lord Dufferin and Mr. R. A. Butler met the Arab Higher Committee delegates to the Palestine conference yesterday and commented on the Arab case. It is also understood
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    MAN-POWER REGISTRAR OPENS BUREAU TODAY
    461 12 Women Arrive Early To Volunteer For Work QUALIFICATIONS OF 5,000 TO BE LISTED IN TWO MONTHS AVER 60 persons had registered at the Voluntary Service v Enrolment (Man-Power) Bureau at Raffles Museum by noon today. The bureau was opened for the first time at 8.30
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    SCHOOL HOURS CRITICISED
    133 12 Re consideration By Authorities *i*H£i Later closing of schools de- boichin; on Stamford and Orchard Roads, introduced at the beginning of the year "to reduce -hour traffic congestion," is to to reconsidered by Government. against the altering of the Uhcol hours from the former hours v 8
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    WIY-DOCK MAN VISITS NAVAL BASE
    84 12 LIEUT.-Colonel Sir Henry Mulleneux CTrayson, Director of Ship Repairs lor the Admiralty during the Great War and chairman of one of the largest dry-docking companies in Britain, returned to Singapore from Java this morning in the Plancius to inspect the Naval Base. Sir Henry, whoso
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    R.A.F. SQUADRON'S GIFT TO SARAWAK CLUB
    69 12 THE Commanding officer and officers of No 205 (G.R.) Squadron, RAF. Station. Seletar, have presented to the Sarawak Club a Squadron shield "as a token of our gratitude for the hospitality which you have extended to our Squadron during our frequent visits to Kuching
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    HOUSE BURGLED
    43 12 THE fact that his house at 820 East Coast Road had been broken into and a table clock valued at $50 and a pair of shoes valued at $15 stolen was disc;vered by a European, Mr. W Bwithin, at the week-end.
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    BISHOP TO VISIT NEGRI SEMBILAN
    43 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Feb. 13. THE Bishop of Singapore will pay visit to Seremban next month. He will conduct a confirmation service and will preach at the Tamil, Chinese and evening English services on March 25.
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    Jawi Warning For Syces
    57 12 "Horn-blowing Regu la t i ons T% PI ease, hand^this^to^y our. Driver.^ This is the heading of a notice in j a wi which has been circulated to members of the Automobile Association. It is intended for Singapore syces ns them about the new "no hootinp"
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    Malayan Hainanese Discuss Invasion Of Their Home
    142 12 rji:i.Al anxiety continues among members of the Hainanese community in Singapore at the news of the Japanese occupa' on of Hainan bland. An emergency meeting of representatives of all Hainanese associations, guilds and clubs was held at the premises of the Halnanese Community
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    Japan & Governor's Visit To Siam
    98 12 Japan Governor's Visit To Siam Tokio, Feb. 13. CPECULATION is rife in Tokio •■'regarding the object of the official visit paid by the Governor of the Straits Settlements. Sir Shenton Thomas .to Bangkok. Well in. formed people believe that his visit is precursory to other steps. Vigorous policies are contemplated
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    GUIDES' FLAG FROM INDIES
    125 12 Goodwill Token Arrives Here A GOODWILL flag, made by Dutch Girl Guides and presented to Lady Baden Powell during the 1937 World Jamboree, arrived in Singapore this morning by the X.P.M. vessel Valentijn from the Netherlands Indies. The flag was brought ashore by 16 Brownies and
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    R.A.F. PLANES AT AKYAB.
    36 12 AFTER a flight from Seletar, with night-stops en route, aircraft of No. 100 (Torpedo Bomber) Squardon arrived at Akyab, Burma, yesterday. They will remain there until Thursday before beginning the return flight.
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    "BELOVED BRAT" AT ALHAMBRA
    248 12 At The Cinema "DELOVED BRAT" (Bonita Gran- ville, Dolores Costello, Donald r.sp, Natalie Moor head). Warner Brothers. At the Alhambra. Bonita Granvllle, a brilliant little actress, as numerous performances testify, makes the most of her part as a problem child, but the story and direction lack
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    BLACK VEILED WOMEN AT HIGH MASS FOR POPE
    252 12 A large mixed congregation of Chinese and Eurasians attended the first Singapore solemn Requiem High Mass held in the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul early this morning during the mourning for Pope Pius XI. Some women in the congregation wore
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    Stamford Road Collision
    27 12 A large bus and a motor-car were in- o:lvcd0 :lvcd in a collision in Stamford Road This morning. Nobody was injured Straits Times picture
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    DELHI TALKS CONCLUDED
    165 12 Immigration Ban To Continue NEW DEMANDS MADE BY INDIA (From Our Special Correspondent.) New Delhi. Feb. 11. yHE Government of India's ban on assisted immigration of Indian labour to Malaya, which was imposed about the middle of last year, will continue, pending a fresh agreement in regard
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    ARMED ROBBERY
    35 12 A RMED with knives, two Chinese n robbed a Hokchia of $7 in cash and three silver watches vaued at $10 at a house at 369 Beach Road at 2.45 o'clock yesterday morning.
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    MALAYA SHARES IN WELTER OF SPENDING ON ARMS
    425 13 Sharebroking Firm's Review Of Conditions Last Year CHINESE HAVE SENT $40,000,000 RELIEF FUNDS TO HOMELAND "iV/|\L\YA shares in this welter of spending (on munitions)," M' declare Fraser and Co., in their review of Malayan trade for the last twelve months published today.
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    Historian Visitor
    57 13 Professor F. K. Adcock, Professor Andenet History, King's College, I'ambrdige, who passed through Singapore last tceek-end m the P. and O. liner Rawalpindi on his way to give lectures at American universities. He has been invited to aive the Martin lectures at Oberlin, Ohio, and he mil then
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    New Chinese Member For Commission
    138 13 New Chinese Member For Commission (NOMINATIONS OF S. C. B. A. APPRECIATION of the valuable; services to the Straits Chinese British Association by the late Mr. 1 Chua Keh Kai was expressed at the last meeting of the committee of the association. Mr. Chua wa* vice-president of the lon :uid
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    37 13 Our Sermemban correspondent wrUes that the annual meeting of St. Mark's Church, Seremban. will be held on Feb. 26 at «.3O p m. after osong. Churdi officials and commltte:; for 1939 will b. 1 <?lei:ted at thr
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    QANTAS CHIEF ON AIR TIMES FROM EUROPE
    94 13 "THE time taken for a passenger from London to Singapore is very nearly the same on Imperial Airways as on (the X.L.M. So commented Mr. W. Hudson Fysh, managing director of Qantas Empire Airways, in Singapore 'on Saturday referring to a report of
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    Raffles College Dance A Great Success
    67 13 77" Raffles College Union committee responsible for arranging the Union dance at the fT£. Drtß Saturday left to right are: Messrs. Abdul Wahab, Oh Smee Kia, S. V J. Ponniah, CyJJansc^Abdvlßakar, R R suvramaniam (president), Miss Grace Tan, Messrs. V. S. Manxam {chairman) Chvnj
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    Sir Shenton On Siam's "Generous Hospitality"
    196 13 Sir Shenton On Siam's "Generous Hospitality" COUNCILOFREGENO THANKED (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok Feb. 11. ON his arrival at Aranya Pradesa en Saturday afternoon, the Governor >f the Straits Settlements, Sir Shenton rhoma.s, sent the following telegram to the President of the Council of Regency: ■On lraviiiß Siam I offer
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    FELL INTO STREAM WHEN CARRYING LOGS
    149 13 Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Feb. 11. A VERDICT of accidental death was returned by Che Ismail, Second j i Magistrate. Ipoh. as Coroner at an in- quiry into the death of a Chinese mining cooiie. Chin Choy, who met his death when he fell
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    F.M.S. BAR COMMITTEE
    56 13 t AT a meeting of the F M.S. Bar I Messrs. H. Huntsman. T. Rajendra, J. L. Woods, Chin Swee Onn and V, G. Charlcsworth were elected I members of the F.M.S. Bar Commiitee lor the year 1939, and Mr. Morris Diamond was elected hon secretary cl
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    CHINESE NEW YEAR FOODS COMING THROUGH MACAO
    590 13 Sekngor Celehraiions On Very Modest Scele This Year (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 12. ALTHOUGH Kuala Lumpur Chinese will this year spend only a fraction of what they used to, they are proceeding with their plans for celebrating Chinese N"ew Year.
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    SUCCESSFUL CONCERT AT FORT CANNING
    70 13 ABOUT 300 people attended a smoKing concert at the sergeants' mass at Fort Canning last night. It was a great success. The dance band of the Ist Batmlion. The Manchester Regiment, played items and performances were also given by Sgt. Thomas, at the p.aiio; Sgt.
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    22 13 Mr. H. S. Paterson, Johore Commissioner of Lands and Mines, has betn appointed to serve also as Deputy Controller of Rubb?r, Johrc.
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    FAREWELL TO MR. ONRAET
    298 13 Praise From Asiatic Inspectors REFERENCE!- TO NEK SCHEME SINGAPORE Asiati. poUo hispectors who v ere recently transferred to outstations were among those who attended the Asiatic inspectorate's farewell i" the retiring [nspector-General of Police, Mr. R, li. de s. Onraet, ai a tea party ;it Kee
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    SHOPKEEPER HELD WITH KNIVES
    65 13 Producing la Iwu hro proprietor tf c coffee ih-» Junction of Beach Rjad anj J Sultan at about l 30 a.m. yesterday morning and made ofl wiih $7 cash and two watehej viry found :i 1 drawer. i The two men rere a '.erred t;> bar*
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    FUNERAL OF MRS. H. W. KEYS
    391 13 (From Our Own Cone ponden- Penan g, Feb. 12. ■THE funeral took place yesterday evening, at the Western Road Cemetery, of Mrs. Gladys Esther Myrtle Keys, wife of Mr. H. W. Keys, Editor, Times of Malaya, whose death occurred yesterday morning I at the
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    INDIES SQUADRON COMING
    74 14 Fortnight's Visit Next Month 'From Our Own Correspondent" London. Feb. 3. THE Admiralty announces that the East Indies Squadron, in the course of its spring cruise, will visit Singapore on Mar. 13 and will remain there until Mar. 27. The squadron will be under the command of
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    22 14 Mr. A. H. Dickinson, icho will act as Inspector-General of Police, S.S., when Mr. R. H. Onraet retires fhortly.— Straits Times picture.
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    MENTAL PATIENTS DISCOVERED
    77 14 'From O'ir Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Feb. 11. TWO mental patients who were reported to have escaped on Monday have been re-interned at the Tanjong Rambutan Central Mental Hospital. When it was discovered that two patients were missing during a meal hour, warders made an extensive search of
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    34 14 A sum of $10,000 'Chinese) has been paid to the China Relief Fund by the Penang Chinese Chin Woo Athletic Association, the proceeds of a charity show at Wembley P?.rk, Penang, on .Ton C
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    SHORTAGE OF HOUSING IN JOHORE
    276 14 New Quarters For Government Servants Planned LAPSE BEFORE DEMAND FILLED (From Our Own Correspondent) 'TWERE is a shortage of houses for Government employees in Johore in some centres of the State and the authorities are making special efforts to provide quarters, but it will be
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    PROTEST AGAINST RURAL RATES
    185 14 Ratepayers Approach Government DROTEST against the aggregate rate assessed by the Singapore Rural Board has been made to Government by the Singapore Ratepayers' Association. It is expected that the position will be keenly discussed at the next meeting of the Rural Board. The Ratepayers' Association pointed
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    NAZI MINISTER EXPLAINS BUTTER SHORTAGE
    125 14 WE arc in danger of going England's way, which today can only feed 25 per cent, of its people out of its own strength," writes Herr Darre, German Minister of Agriculture in the "The Four Year Plan." He refers to the flight from the land
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    MALAY REGIMENT ADMINISTRATION
    90 14 i From Our Own Correspondent* Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 10. JV BILL amending the Malay Regi■r» ment Enactment by extending the scope of the regulations which the High Commissioner Is empowered to make in respect of conditions of service is being Introduced in the Federal Council on a
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    THE "EXECUTIONER" OF GANGLAND
    83 14 ALBERT ("Plug") Schuman who rt was notorious as the "executioner" of New York's gangland, has Just met the death that he had often handed out to other men. Police have found him shot dead in the seat of a stolen car with two bullets in the
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    AMERICANS DRINK MORE JAPANESE BEER
    92 14 AMERICANS are drinking more Japanese beer. The Japanese have surpassed the United Kingdom and are now second to Germany as suppliers of beer and malt liquors to the United States. In the first nine months of 1938 Japan shipped 282,866 gallons of beeri to America,
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    16 14 Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Courtenay, of Singapore, an; staying at Sloane Avenu? Mansions, London, S.W.B.
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    SIX MORE MINES CLOSE IN KINTA VALLEY
    166 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) vv Ipoh, Feb. 11. yX more mines closed in Kinta daring the first week of this month, swelling the ranks of the "unemployed by more han 300. At one mine in Kampar over 200 coolies were disnissed. The situation
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    74 14 One of Ine .ests at the motor gymkhana to be held by the Automobile Association of Malaya at the Singapore Airport at Chinese New Year includes reversing round a barrier into a garage. Above is a member of the rally committee, Mr. J. F. Barraclough, demonstrating the test in his
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    NINE YEARS' WALK
    134 14 Party From China In Malaya Frjni Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Feb. 11. j IEAVING their native town in China some nine years ago. three mem- I bers of the Chong Wah Globe Trotters group have arrived in Ipoh. They are Chin Fook Nyean. Thong Soon Wha and
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    PENANG MECHANICAL UNIT FOR CHINA
    71 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Feb. 11. A MECHANICAL unit, comprising 32 Penang Chinese, Is leaving shortly ror service in China. The party includes a girl member, Miss Lee Guat Bee. aged 20, who is a fully-qualified mechanic. The rest of the party also have
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    CHARITY FOOTBALL MATCH PROCEEDS
    53 14 A sum of $509.85 has been received by the China Relief Fund Committee, of Singapore, from the Straits Chinese Football Association, .as half the proceeds of two charity matches played in Singapore on Dec. 25 and Dec. 27. A similar sum has been sent to the
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    49 14 Mr. G. T. Champ, of the A.P.C., Mrs. Champ and daughter, leave London on the Orient liner Otranto on Mar. 11. Mr. Champ will tranship at Colombo and will arrive in Kuala Lumpur on Apr. 7. Mrs. Champ and her daughter are to visit Australia before returning to Malaya.
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    VOLUNTEER DRILLS
    103 14 Following Is the programme of Singapore Volunteer Corps Drills for the week ending Today— s.ls p.m., Headquarters. Cadr« Classes M.G.; Cadre Classes LA.; s.R A (v) gun drill: 1 S.B.V.P. Officers, lecture- BVFA o SS'l' revUlon: 5 P-™- College of Medicine', 0.V.F.A.. anti gas. Tomorrow— 5.15 p.m.. Headquarters.
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    STORAGE OF TIN STOCKS
    232 14 Chinese Advance Production NO ENTHUSIASM SHOWN (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Feb. U. £HINESE mining circles are not enthusiastic about the schemt for storage facilities for a portion of the stocks permitted under their Certificate of Production. It U pointed out that a scheme of that
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    POLICE BAND
    53 14 The band of the Straits Settlements Police will perform at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at Telok Ayer. The programme will be:— March. "Victoria" (Von Blon); Overture. '-Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna 1 iSuppo; Selection, "The Mikado" < Sullivan >: Patrol. "The Wee Macgregor" fAmers); Valse "Triste" Sibelius
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      A EURASIAN WOMAN'S INDICTMENT
      2175 15 Past, Present And Future In Malaya To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— My humble apologies to "Ancient Briton"' for not being more specific in my historical allusions. I understand that peoples are parts of races, and when peoples move parts 01 races move to
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      PAYA LEBAR ROAD
      107 15 To the Editor of the Strait I Sir May I again draw the attention of the authorities regarding thr present condition of tho drain at Paya JLebar Road, which Is choked with rubbish and mud, especially both sides of the drain brtween Kirn Chuan R and Lorong
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      MORE SASTRI ECHOES
      354 15 An Indian Answers A Planter A MALAYAN TOUR To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— Mr. R. J. Morton, of Telok Anson, in his letter published in your Issue of Feb. 7 says that he is surprised and disappointed with Mr. S. Satyamurtl. I can find
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    58 15 Members of the Eurasian company af the Singapore Volunteer Corps, a unit which na< produced some or thr best shots with rifle mnd revolver in the history of the Corps. In his last annual report thr Commandant stated that "D (Eurasian) Company has maintained a hl«h standard of attendances on
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    10 15 lum division football players of theS.R.C in Singapore last season.
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      TO WORK FOR ANDHRA SEPARATION
      207 16 Mr. Sambamurthy To Go To England Soon Madras. Feb. 4•THE Indian Express understands that Mr. B. Sambamurthy. Speaker, Madras Legislative Assembly, will proceed to England on a short visit after the clcse of the budget session in Madras. He proposes to tour en his own
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      NON-OFFICIAL AS AGENT IN BURMA
      144 16 Indian Chambers' Request To Government New Delhi. Feb. 8. A DISTINGUISHED Indian non- official as the Government of India's Agent in Burma is recommended by the committee of Federation of the Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry in a communication to the Government of India.
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      RECRUDESCENCE OF BURMA RIOTS
      125 16 Assembly Passes Motion Of Adjournment New Delhi, Feb. 4. THE Central Assembly passed without division Sir A. H. Ghuznavl's adjournment motion to discuss the recrudescence of the anti-Indian riots in Burma, the looting of Indian shops and the burning of an Indian cotton mill in Monywa
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      BIHAR FIRING
      53 16 Patna, Feb. 7. THE Biiur Assembly talked out the adjournment motion to discuss police firing in the village of Barasiia, Darbhanga district, in which one was killed on the spot and another died of injuries while four others were Injured. The Premier made a strong plea justifying firing
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      WHAT "LEFTISTS" DECIDED
      68 16 Calcutta. Feb. 8. T*HE meeting convened by Mr. Subhas Bose of his supporters in the Congress is understood to have drafted two resolutions and recommended them for adoption by the Indian National Congress at the Tripuri session. One urges support in every possible way to the States
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    Indianisation Policy
    333 16 Eovernment's Reply To Questions New Delhi, Feb. C. ERE are eighteen Indian ofli cers in the Indian Air Force stated the Defence Secretary in reply to Sardar Sant Singh in th Central Assembly. "Of these 12 have Joined the uni and three are under training in th United
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    MAYORAL ELECTION IN COLOMBO
    174 16  -  Narrow Margin Dr. Schokman Elected By Colombo. T\R. V. R. SCHOKMAN. was elected g^ Mayor of the City of Colombo for the second time by 12 votes to 11, at a special meeting of the Municipal Council recently. Mr. A. E. Goonesinghe proposed the name of
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    TRIPURI CONGRESS SESSION
    39 16 Egyptian Leaders To Attend? Calcutta, Feb. 7. MR. Subhas Chandra Bose has cabled ITI to Mustafa El Nahas Pasha, Egyptian leader at Cairo, inviting him and his colleagues to attend the coming Congress session at Tripuri.
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    MAHATMA TURNS DOWN STATUE PROPOSAL
    45 16 Jubbulpore, Feb. 7. A project for erecting a 70-feet statue to Mahatma Gandhi at Tripuri session of the Congress has been abandoned on Mr. Gandhi's instructions. Mr. Gandhi has disapproved the spending of a vast amount of money for nothing.
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    BENGAL COUNCIL
    37 16 Calcutta, Feb. 8. TPHE Bengal Council commenced its budget session today. It adopted a condolence resolution touching on the deaths of Kemal Ataturk. Maulana Shaukat AH, Sir Brojendra Nath Seal and Principal O. C. Bose.
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    23 16 Bombay, Feb. 7. A BOUT 850 Jewish refugees arrived by the Oonta F anramano from Europe, 20 of «rti mi landing in Bombay.
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    INDIAN PROBLEM IS NOT A PURELY LABOUR MATTER
    1464 16 Central Indian Association's Proposals To New Delhi "While the Indian community in Malaya is highly gratified at the temporary suspension of immigration to Malaya and the stand taken by the Government of ijidia to check the methods by which Malayan employers managed
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      312 16 RHEUMATISM Sciatica, Lumbago, Gout, etc. Men ana women wbuse limb* bay* to yean been locked in tba vice-like grip at rheumatism find It hard to believe tbat uiere could be really quick cure for such pain. Yet Fynnon Salt is bringing tbat blessed relief in thousand* of cases every day.
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    Chinese Guerillas' 59 Clashes In January
    140 17 Chungking, Feb. 11. rHINESE guerillas launched 59 attacks on Wuchang, Hankow and Hanyang during the past month. The China Press, an English j language daily in Shanghai, reports! that 30,000 guerillas crossed on the Chientang River last week anri have recaptured Halning, a town
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    22 17 Hang Kong, Feb. 11. FE Japanese are organising a fisheries company to monopolise th< North and Central China flsherie: trade. —Central News.
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    GOLD FOR CHINA'S WAR CHEST
    228 17 Coins And Ornaments From Interior Shanghai. ALTHOUGH the Chinese Government collected all her tangible reserves of gold and silver before the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese hostilities and shipped these abroad, gold and silver still continues to flow into the coffers of the Treasury. The main
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    Flag Day In Chungking
    25 17 ■itae animtisary 01 tLe «MH»tlll WW in 1932 was made the occasion •I one of the numerous flag days in Chungking.
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    Cooked For Empress Dowager
    139 17 Chungking. A MAN known throughout China as the "Uncrowned king of all cooks"' has just died here. He was Huang Ching-lin, a scholar who once cooked for the Empress Dowager. Huang, who was 64 years old. died from the effects of a shock he received when
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    BATTLE HONOURS OF THE 60th DIVISION
    882 17 Proud Record Of 'Chiang's Own' Cantonese Shock Troops rHE Cantonese 60th Division of the Chinese standing army, one of the crack units of "Chiang's Own" regulars, has >een in the line of fire since the first exchange shots in Shanghai in August, 1937. Its
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    1,220 Casualties In Kweiyang Raid
    83 17 Kweiyang, Feb. 11. nOLICE tieures reveal that in the Japanese air raid on Kweiyang, the capital of Kwcichow, last Saturday, 1,326 houses were destroyed. Material losses are estimated at $25,040,M9 (Chinese currency). A total of 735 civilians were seriously wounded, 33 of whom later succumbed.
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    Szechuan's 2,000,000 Troops For The Fronts
    518 17 ABOUT 1,000,000 men have already marched from Szechuan to engage the invading Japanese army on different battlefields. Ready to reinforce them is another 1,000,000 now under training. Coming from farming families, these new army recruits represent the best of the Chinese nation.} young manhood.
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    Shanghai War Anniversary
    39 17 i Vci Chunr-hsi. Dcput,- Chief of Urn G*BCI 'j Kfc i meeting In Chungking on the seventh anniversary of the shan-.ii.i. \.ir of 1932, when the 19th Route Army made a raP.-nt <t! aur.H-.t the Japanese.
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    FRENCH REACTION TO THE HAINAN LANDING
    354 17 Paris, Feb. 11. THE fact that the Japanese lanil- ing in Hainan greatly complicates the Far Eastern question is emphasised by the evening newspapers, reports Reuter. Le Temps says the whole question is whether Japan intends that the occupation should be temporary or permanent.
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    FOUR MATCHES DRAWN IN F.A. CUP MATCHES
    184 18 /J^ty £ir&t Mi vision 'Teams Into Jwext Round into (yexi, Roana Urn m MH lay wen j i r mil fa m U tan!ayp*iw»i j -l i.. y\>:<; ..HtMi. upilc 1 K l< •-<■ Mk I U 1 1 1 fjs I l
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    Irish XV To Play Scotland
    418 18 Irish XV To Play Scotland J'HE Irish Rugby XV to p\v tnfetiid it» »V!A»r, -fa play >t«twUj „.iiJ(Wk(li6» Morn Miirotv JtaMMM (bflfMMk) ■.(tmttem MuMubtstv I.tctir iis^i iw*); Cotemi MO.rtrUteira**" titi d/(fl Mi.MKreli >..M«iri«-i ,K*W»- I lit VIHIKiI WltlT-). JM»IM <»rth .'M'WAtaMi'O.'tMivtilaiiMnHdi^ #«r»i. Alatin I <&I>iiii«lliUit )M*r *h:tii>. :«M5 'ftloiriiltr ri«viOmk
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    35 18 1 In I ;<:« Room a rrt s/ilj.;. am g <it. :i; m h tl <>na 0 i ;i ..n r. iim«.(-.-Eta .:.<•■. cs r.M. -vorlo md i i Hi <■ n, t, Mill! I
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    MALAYA BEATEN 18-11 AT HONG KONG
    43 18 to fmal Me&k T*#r r I < lli!,iul s i Mi U-, ii i l t V'.-\,\- Ik* lit- il I>.» I h\. t <■. :il i .l». iii >iiil ....< .> i'.:.i,i i ol i. Ci, ||1 f,}UL r.,r >.. ■< v
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    PARIS BEATS LONDON 12 MATCHES TO 9
    31 18 PARIS BEATS LONDON 12 MATCHES TO 9 •"■>• i" m •j;--.» .Jl.i., v j. a r V '!lTl \n.\. V Pl:r p^f t 1 ~\r f» X .1. ,fi V "jj I—l
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    FIRST LOCAL CRICKET MATCH
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    IRELAND BEAT ENGLAND 50
    66 18 MtiTWlAftWiiii!-. I" 1 s J.:.. I I M IU 111 I i-'..-./l< i r.i'i,] ,in r,u|;,MII i I-• i ut t i I- r i .we I v ../.Ili.i.i-.-i r ;i^h ni.ivi ..i,...k. «i .•..,•< •->' .-w >J i > i n- < .i.. ..i '.iWtit
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    R.S.C.C. WOMEN'S TITLE
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    CRICKET CLUB SOCCER PROSPECTS BRIGHTER
    309 19 Several Newcomers Impress In Saturday's Trial THERE is material in the Cricket Club to form a strong soccer XI this season. Most of last year's players are j still available and there are a few promising newcomers in addition. i The Club had its first
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    RUGBY UNION
    110 19 Home Rugby Union games played on Saturday resulted: Bedford 3: Bath 0. Birkenhead 21: Halifax 3. Bridgend 16; London Welsh 0. Cardiff 13; Gloucester 5. Coventry 7; St. Marys Hos. 13. Leicester 9: Newport 23. Llanelly 8; Northampton 3. Manchester 11: Liverpool 6. Oxford Univ. 8: Bristol 10.
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    RUGBY LEAGUE
    77 19 HJme Rugby League games played OH Saturday resulted: Bramiey 5: Hudderslield 5. Broochton R. 13; York 21. C&sUeford 27; Batley 9. Dewsbury 2; St. Helens R. 6 Halifax 22: Hull K. R. 2. Hull 14: Wakefleld T. 0. Hunsiet 23: Bradford N. 8. Keighley 6; Featherstone R. 8.
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    GREAT BRITAIN BEAT SOUTH AFRICA
    106 19 Johannesburg, Feb. 11. In the second lawn tennis test against South Africa Great Britain won by seven matches to one. Shayes beat Max Bertram 7—9.7 9. 6; Mrs. McKelvie beat Miss Morpher 6—l. 6—2; Butler and Scot beat Farquharson and Piorccy 3—6,3 6, tt 3.
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    MEDAL PLAY AT R. S. G. C.
    600 19 F.A.H. Mitchell Wins In "A" Division fHE Royal Singapore Golf Club's February Medal competition •layed at Bukit Timah on Saturday md yesterday resulted in a win for r, A. H. Mitchell in "A" division with i net 66, for G. A. L. Plummer
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    THIS MORNING'S TRACK WORK AT BUKIT TIMAH
    509 19 THIS MORNING'S TRACK WORK AT B UKIT TIM AH Van Breukelen's String Arrive For Meeting SLOW and medium pace gallops were seen at this morning's workouts of horses entered for the forthcoming Singapore races. The second track of the Bukit Timah race course and the Bukit Tinggi valley were used.
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    HOCKEY TOURNAMENT AT NEGRI
    138 19 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Feb. 12. For the first time. Pahang will be taking part In the third annual Malay Inter-state hocfee7 tournament to be held at Seremban during the Chinese New Year holidays. Negri Sembtlai: Malays will hold a trial on Wednesday, Feb. 15,
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    S.C.R.C. BILLIARDS
    150 19 The following are S.C.R.C. billiards doubles first round ties:— John Lim and C. K. Pang <— 70) vs.! L H. Teo and Freddie Tan 20. Ng Chens Koon and Chua Choon S c ng I —80 1 vs. K. T. Gan and Low Huck Leng (-40. Cheong Chre
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    MEGAN TAYLOR RETAINS SKATING TITLE
    46 19 Megan Taylor, Great Britain, retained the women's world figure- skating championship. Hedistenuf, united States, was second and Daphne Walker, Great Britain, was third. The British and European champion Cecilia Colled^e, Great Britain, was unable to participate owing to an injured heel.
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    SAPPERS WIN GARRISON HOCKEY FINAL
    42 19 A snap goal by Plummer In tl.e first fifteen minutes of the game was sufficient to give the Royal Engineers victory over the R.A.F. in the final of the Garrison inter-unit hockey kncelr-out competition at Tanglin yesterday.
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    HAT-TRICK FOR GODDARD
    69 19 Salisbury, fr'eb. 11. AFTER being dismissed for 180 In their first innings, the M.C.C. got Rhodesia out for 96 in the three-day match in play here. Charsley took six M.C.C. wickets for 58 and for the M.C.C. Goddard took six for 38. including a hat-tric'.t. In the
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    REFEREE STOPS SEGAMAT HOCKEY
    310 19 Coils Lead Police One Goal To Nil (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, Feb.. 12. IN a friendly hockey match on the town padang today, the Segamat Colts scored a hard earned one nil win over the Police. The game was keenly contested but did not reach
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    CANADA RETAINS ICE HOCKEY TITLE
    25 19 Basle, Fsb 11. Canada retained the world lchockey championship, beating United States by 4—o4 0 In th«> final pool Renter.
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    Champion Beaten In Non-Title Fight
    77 19 New York, Feb. IS. AT Madison Square Garden, in a 15-round non-title midiHewUht boxine bout, Billy Conn (Pittsburgh outpointed Fred Apostoli, who is rated world champion by the New York State Athletic Commission. Conn's victory was decisive. He displayed a most effective left jab and
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    R.S. SAILING REGATTA
    155 19 R.S. SAILING REGATTA TWO boats capsized and retired in the Royal Singapore Yacht Club bi-annual sailing regatta held on Saturday. There was a strong wind and a choppy sea. Results were: International six-metre class <Lnndon Cupt: 1, Tarbet (L. R. Blake and P. D. Cork); 2. Ann <E. W. Bight):
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    SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS
    51 19 In the world's ski championships for men over a downhill course of 3 808 metres, the winner was Helrr.ut Lntodmer, of Germany In the time 3 mln. 26 8 sec. The women's downhill event over 3.000 metres was won oy ChrisM Crnnz. CKrmany, in 3 mm. 25 sec.—
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    THE SPORTS DIARY
    19 19 TODAY Herker: S.C.R.C. rra rled vs. sinrlfSoreer: 8.H.L.. M.P.H. vs. Joseph Tri' tcts at Anson Road.
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    SINGAPORE ROMAN CATHOLICS MOURN FOR POPE PIUS XI
    140 20 "We pray for him though he is dead, his spirit dwells v.itn us," read these Chinese characters on the black velvetdraped entrance to the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul. Singapore, where a Requiem Mass for (he repose of the soul
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