The Straits Times, 23 February 1939

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    37 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA 8 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23,' 1939. I-RICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1939 S PAGES PRICE CENTS.
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      152 1 Singapore: iao. Cecil st (PHONE 6471 See MIEN CHONG for > SMART TAILORING *}A Coieman St. Singapore. Ptione 4816 FOWLER CONCRETE MIXERS CONTRACTORS PLANT. ffvr"*-^! 7/5 TILTING DRUM MIXERS WITH ffciSliSßß' p0 WER LOADER WA TER copper: tsa! I -W^*-1\ DIESEL ENGINE DRIVEN. WE ALSO MlO\\jsy\ STOCK 7/5 5/3 i
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      230 1 KUALA LUMPUR 2S. .lAVA ST. i "PHONE 3683» FINAL EDITION Prior to Stocktaking. CLEARANCE y BJ^^^L CARPETS RUGS j^^^^@ MATTINGS TWISTED SEA GRASS MATS 't^S«^3k^ v^, of superior quality \wWC^* -^^^^S. $1 95 nft S5 75 nett Slt 50 nttt ROBINSON'S THE HOUSE OF QUALITY. CARPETS KEEP your I 'ff{l{i}l
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      20 1 Madame Page, DRESSMAKER and DESIGNER Tailornades— oowu for All Occasion in Stock $5 $30 13. Battory Road.. Singapore. Tel: 6327.
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    The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH
    25 2 The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH WHAI.E —On February 8, 1939, at the Cottage Hospital. Ewanage. Dorset, Stanley MoncricfT. beloved husband of Annie Florence Whale,
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      450 2 Mr. and Mrs. R. ONRAET p.p.c. s.s. Ranchl. S VACANT Whto applying roi \nj pmtttoo •*rertto«4 m tlirse columns tend copies of testimonial*Do not wnd oriztnalt. WANTED, GOOD COOK-AMAH. Tel. *****. CHINESE YOUTH with Rood knowledge of mud m Book-keeping Immediately required by Singapore European Company. Write stating full particulars
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      395 2 SmJATTONS WANTED YOL'NG CANTONESE LADY, able to look after infant. Good needlewoman and knitting. Speaks English and Malay. Apply SSF, Tank Road. COOK-BOY, Cantonese, speaks English, good cook, and wife excellent washtr and needlewoman, want poit. 5785 after Spin or write 13, Joo Seng Road. EUROPEAN, age 37, single, seeks
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      930 2 BOARD RESIDENCE ttHU VMiLIA 3. Oxley Rls« Tele I?* NO VACANCY-Walting list only. 2 Lloyd Road WHITEHALL, 32, Cairahill Rd Vacancy Doable rr Single. English. M.S. Tel. 4747 THK MANSION, t>~l-»t« Hotel Ox:c> Rise lele 8009 b Owns avaUibM AT SUNNY SIDE 7 Oxley Rd. Tel. 6575 small nicely furnished
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      590 2 _MOTO?_ VEHICLES FIAT BALILLA 1935/38 4-Staier in good running order recently overhauled, new battery. $600 or near offer. Apply H.Q S.V.C. Brach Road Tel. 5»71. FORD 8 UP. 1»37 2 DOOR SALOON, 15.500 miles, excellent condition. Insured comprehensively Jan. 1940. Owner leavlnf colony Price $708. Box No. 827, Btralts Times.
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      167 2 EDUCATIONAL HOME SCHOOL, DEVON. Preparatoiy Boy.? and Girls. 4—9: Entire charge; Terms modern house, town or Katong, long tenancy Sarawak), Woodlands School, Exmouth. NANYANG CHINESE MANDARIN SCHOOL Evening Classes for beginners and advance. Fee $2 p.m. English and Mandarin Explanation. Eton High School Building, Singapore. ENGLISH SCHOOL. Boys and Girls
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      235 2 BARGAMS 2389 AUSTIN SEVEN TOURER 1937. Blu« dueo and upholstery, in first class condition. Good weather proof hood and side curtains. Excellent mechanical order. $750.— 2455 MORRIS 10 Series 2 Deluxe model, a smart car which has been thoroir lily overhauled and fitted with five now tyres. This car might
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      646 3 P 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. iii.conxirated in Eneiar.dj PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N Co MAIL PASSKKHER AND CARGO BJWVtCM UL'TWARL Ir,OM LONDON tOR CHINA AND JAPAN Tonnage Due Spore. r ANTON 15.500 Feb 24 SOMALI 6.800 Mar. 10 CORFU 15.000 Mar. 1U ohithal 15.000 Mar 24 CARTHACE >*g Jg
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      531 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. i DirorDorawfl to lapant GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS I FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR 4 LTD. SHORT TRIPS TO JAPAN VIA HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI. S.S HAKOZAKI MARO Mar. 5 SJ. StTWA MARU Mar. 20 tnij. TEROKUNI MARD Mar. 31 s.s. HAKUSAN MARU Apr. 16 s.s. HARUNA MARU Apr. 30 Round
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      711 3 BANGKOK [JMB < CHINA/ JAPlu* LINB Luxurious One Class Motorshlps. Host Big Carirc Vessels «rtu> umitea but comCabln.» Have Adjolnlna Private Bath. fnrtablr "jwrorer Arcnmniodatinr To: MARSEILLES LONDON, KOTTEK- To: PORT SAID. PALESTINE. ROTDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. TERDAM. HAMBURG COPENHAGEN M.S. Prom Spore Malncca P Sham P™*** mj. SIAM from
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      723 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Bnildini. Collyet Qoaj Slnfapor* Tn »151. Chartered Bank Bulldlnj Penang Tel I3«C BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES. LONDON, ft CONTINENT AND GLASGOW (In conjunction with the Glen Llnr) Doe Salb DEUCALION Mars. L'don. Rdam. H burg. G'liow Feb 26 Mar 1 OLENEARN Mars, L'don. R'dam.
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      285 4 ToOay Europe ft Great Britain iK.L.M.) 3 Dm Iran <X.L M.) S p.m. Mcdan (X.L M.) 3 pm Hong Kong, China and Japan (Parcels only) (Mentor) 2.30 p.m. Burma (Khandalla) 3 p.m. East, North West India (Khandalla) 3 p.m. Bouth India <Rohna> 3 •> m France (Parcels
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      SON OF PRINCE KONOYE FOR SHANGHAI
      69 4 Tokio, Feb. 22. STILL in his twenties, Mr. Fumitaka Konoye, eldest son of Prince Ayamaro Konoye, President of the Privy Council and Minister without Portfolio will become dean of Tungwen College. Japanese high educational institution in Shanghai. Mr. Konoye, who will sail from Kobe
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      SCIENTIST BROWNED AT BERMUDA
      64 4 Bermuda, Feb. 21. DR. A. G. Jacques, of the Rockefeller Institute, was drowned here lasc evening, and Dr. Marie Lebour, aged GO of the British Marine Biological Laboratory of Plymouth, was rescued by a bridge-keeper. The two scientists started out in a small dinghy to dredge
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      KING AND QUEEN VISIT TYNESIDE
      80 4 London. Feb. 22. THE King and Queen are devoting the greater part of this morning to I a tour of special areas in Tynesidel and the north-eastern district. They paid an extended visit to the Team Valley Trading Estate, outside Newcastle, where encouragement has been
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      38 4 Pasadena, Feb. 22. pAPTAIN Patrick Roark, well-known player, who was injured in a match here two days ago, died without regaining consciousness. His wife, who gave birth to a son five weaks ago, was at the bedside. neuter.
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      280 4 INWARD Wearnes: From Penans, Ipoh. and Bomla Lumpur Arrives every evening. X.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives THIS evening. X.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives THIS afternoon. Qant.is: From Australia: Arrives tomorrow afternoon Imperial: From Europe: Expected tomorrow morning. K.N.1.1.M.: From Netherlands Indie*: Arrives Tuesday afternoon. K.N.1.1.M.: From
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      FROM MALACCA
      143 4 Correspondence for transmission by air via "Netherlands" must be fully prepaid and clearly superscribed "By X.L.M." Mails will close from Malacca as follows: Today. Australia. New Zealand, Java and Timor Dilly by air (Qantas) 6 p.m. Siam, Burma, India, Iraq, Palestine, Egypt. Mauritius. Europe, Great Britain. Irrland, N.
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      SURFACE MAILS EXPECTED Mails from Japan expected today.
      41 4 SURFACE MAILS EXPECTED Mails from Japan expected today. Feb. 23, by Lima Maru. Malls from Europe (London mails) expected tomorrow, Feb. 24. by P. O. (Canton) will be delivered to boxholders at 9 a.m. General delivery of letters at 9 a.m.
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      ATHOS II
      33 4 The Athos II from Shanghai, Hong Kong and Saigon is expected to arrive about noon and sail tomorrow about 5 p.m. for Colombo, Djibouti, Port Said and Marseilles. Berth: S.H.B. wharves.
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      17 4 The Fir-ich Ministry of the Interior has cooled a 20.000,000 franc credit for assisting Spanish refugees. K'euter.
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    ONLY GUARANTEE FOR PEACE
    175 4 Mr. Eden And Strong Britain London, Feb. 22. AAR. Anthony Eden, former v Foreign Minister, speaking at a National Service rally in Birmingham, said "In the present circumstances our own strength, and! the strength of those who are like-minded with us is the only certain guarantee
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    JEWISH PLAN FOR PALESTINE
    154 4 j Ready For Settlement With The Arabs London. Feb. 22. i THE Jewish Agency stated today that it understood the Jewish delegation to the Paiestine Conference had expressed its willingness to negotiate a settlement with the Arabs, either separately or through the Government. The Jews urged
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    ARABS ARE OPPOSED TO TERRORISM
    175 4 Villagers Restless At Rebel Activities London, Feb. 22. EVIDENCE accumulates to show that, with the dispersal of armed gangs by military action, the general population in Palestine is gathering courage to show its dislike of terrorism. Citizens of towns like Ramie are declining to pay
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    BRITISH SUBMARINES ON SANDBANK
    60 4 London, Feb. 22. "TWO British submarines of the 1 Swordflsh class, weighing 670 tons each, grounded on a sandbank ?ast night during a southerly gale while exercising. Both have since been refloated. They are of a type capable of makir,; j a straight dive in 30
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    CABINET MEETING
    47 4 London, Feb. 22. THE usual weekly meeting of th 2 Cabinet was held this morning. It Is assumed the matters under consideration included a survey of the j progress of the Palestine conference I the preliminary stages of their proceedings having been almost completed.—British Wireless.
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    34 4 Berlin. Feb. 21. A representative of the Ministry of Economics has gone to London to clear up certain questions connected with the visit of the British tradeministers to Germany in March.— I I Reuter.
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      812 4 AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE Of modern Dutch polUhcd Teal: Household Furniture or every description, English centre carpet. curios, rattan chicks crockery, glassware, 1 RCA Radio set 6 1 Gas Stove. Etc. (The property of Mr. C. Verdonk. Chief Engineer. X P.M.) To be hrld at No. 17. Mount F!:-i-beth. (off
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    38 5 The new ten-storey building seven above ground, three below of the Bank of England. What the bank is and does will be explained by its Governor, the .Rt. Hon. Montagu Collet Norman, in a forthcoming talk from Daventry.
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      85 5 THE UNIVERSAL FIXER. MENDS ANYTHING. A necessity in every home. 50 cents per tube. Obtainable at Chemists. Stores, Grocers. Dispensaries, etc. Sole Distributors: GRAFTON LABORATORIES., LTD. Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. ARRIVED 1939 STEWART -WARNER RADIOS WORLD-WIDE RADIO CO. 98. Robinson Road, Singapore. BRITISH CEMENTS "RED HAND" PORTLAND "FERROCRETE" "3NOWCRETE" "COLORCRETE"
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      119 5 Coming to England? STAY IN THE HEART OF LONDON In the midst of theatreland and shops. Special rates for Overseas visitors. Restaurant open 8 a.m. —12 p.m. Send tor full details. MAPLETON HOTEL Coventry Street, Piccadilly Circus. Cables: Bach flat, Lesqumre, London. >(j j[~) y l J Mf M°ST 1
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      213 5 AFTER BABY CAME Mother Put On Weight "Before having my baby," writes a young motlier. "I weighed 10 stone. Afterwards to my great dismay— l weighed 12 st. 7 lbs., and gradually increased to 13 st. 1 lb Then I read of Kruschen Salts (six woks a^o>. and I decided
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      486 5 SINGAPORE TODAY ziil K5 metre*. ZHP 30.96 metre*. p.m. 5.00 Cantonese request programme, t 6.00 Cantonese orchestral recital. T 6.15 Cantonese children's programme. 6 30 Popular Singers I—Miss1 Miss Tsia Pei Chzen." Mandarin I t 7.00 Hawaiian music played by the Coral Islanders, t 1.15 "Magic and it's professors." Talk
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      245 5 EMPIRE STATION TODAY TRANSMISSIONS 2 AND 3. GSU 21 47 mo/i (13.91 m-li GSQ 11.1* ran (16.K8 m.); GSF 15 14 mc/( (1942 m.) OSJ 21.63 me/i (1341 m»: GBU 11.75 me IMH m.l p.m. 6.05 Big Ben Central Band of His Majesty's Royal Air Force. 6.50 "Manon" (Part Hi.*
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      87 5 CHUNGKING TODAY The Voice of China XRVO. 11.41 mc/t (26.27 m). p.m. 12.20 National inUv rn 12.25 Chinese music: reports In Cantonese 12.35 Western music: reports Id Japanese 12.45 Chinese music. 12.50 Interval. 8.20 National anthem. 8.25 Reports In English, 8.35 Reports In French. 8.45 Western music 8.50 Reports In
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      93 5 KWEIYANG TODAY XPSA 6.98 me/* (42.98 m p.m. 1.20 M'isic: talk. Fufcien, Kwangtung and Peiping tongs Western music. *.2O Intervs' 8.10 Chorus songs. 8.20 Speeches, Chinese music, comments on current events. Relay from the Chinese Central Radio Station 8. 45 War news In Chinese, Amoy and Cantonese dialects, and Mala;
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      503 6 MORE ACTIVITY AMONG INDUSTRIALS TINS DULL AND NEGLECTED By Onr Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Feb. 23. THE market, opens quietly this morning and little interest is being shown either in the share sections or in the rubber section. This is partly attributable to the fact that all New
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      LEAD AND ZINC OUTPUT UP
      56 6 New York, Feb. 12. WOFIX> output of refined lead in aectmbtr m 154.000 tons, against 15. (U$ tons ia November, according to 'tie All' ricau Bureau of Metal Statistics. Domestic pi lion »us 30.988 oi:.--. ■fltfHt 35,968 tons. ■?/or:d sine output mas 152,000 vua&, t
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      MINING
      597 6 Issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers Singapore, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 5 ■m. issue VaL man ft vo. LyaD. ft Krast Borers S^MersBuyen Seller* Am pat Tin 3 6 4 3/6 4/ri Asam Kumaang 26/- 27/- 25/- 27/6 Cl Austral tfjuay 40/- 45/-cd
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      GENERAL
      422 6 3 2 Afca BricK Ord. 1.30 1.40 1.32"/ 2 140 2 2 do "V 2 Prels. 2.20 2.30 2 22>/2 2.30xd 10 10 AUas Ice 4.75 5.25 5.00 5.50 1 1 a M Broadrastjng 0.50 0.60 0.50 1 60 10 S B M. Trustee 6.75 7.50 6 75 7.50
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS
      265 6 »9c Maynard &Co Ltd. $30*00 Int. Apr. 30 Oct. 31 90 100 norn SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 1901 red. 1940 5400.000 int. Mar 31 Sept 30 102 V, 103^ norn i 907 red 1947 $1,600,000 Int Mar 31 Sept 30 108 V, 110 norn *V 2%V 2 l9Cfc red.
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      RUBBER SHARES
      370 6 (Ulenby (Uor Qajab Mnal Malay i\yfr Hitam ftyer llolek Pmnas Bassett Batu Untang Bedford Benta Borelll Brogaa Brunei On Buklt Katll Bukit K B Bukit Kepong Bukit Timah (J10) Jhangkat S<?rdaiiR 3onnemara iJlencalv Plajra'lOiis Hamilton Paytor (ndragirl Terani Kuantan (50 cts 71xr.ah Kamasan Kedah Kempas (Tluaiw 1^2Vi 1.30
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN
    76 6 Thursday, Feb. 23, noon. No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) 28 -R'No. IX K.S.S. f.o.b. in cases February 28V4 28*^ G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. fob. in bates February 27 Ik 28 FAQ. R.S.S. f.o.b. In bales February 27 1/16 27 3/16 FUTURE QUOTATIONS No. IX R.S.S. on Registered
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    EXCHANGES
    180 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 2045 Swi tzerland demand 2S7 3,*3 Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54*4 Montreal demand 54?
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    London Stock Exchange Quieter Market But Undertone Good
    376 6 London Stock Exchange Quieter Market But Undertone Good London, Feb. 22 THE Stock Exchange today was quiet bnt the undertone was not impaired. Gilt-edged opened easier but showed flgng of rallying in the later stages. Industrials met further small buying Interest but net changes were confined to fractions.— Reuter. The
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    LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE
    119 6 London, Feb. 22. i •THE Foreign Exchange market today i i|is quiet but the guilder continued weak on the switching of refugee funds into dollars. Renter. The following were today's closing mean rate* Paris 176 63 64 Albens S47>> New York 4 13 1C Rio 3 1/16
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    MANILA GOLD SHARE MARKET
    111 6 Manila, Feb. 2J. TTHE following were yesterday's quotations and this moniing s quotations for gold snares on the Manila Stock Exchange. All the shares have a par value of 10 centavos, and the quotations are in pesos. xeueraay loaay •abed bad asked bid Antamok 0.47 0.45
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    INDIA GOLD smPMENT
    41 6 Bombay, Feb. 11. r pHE p. and O. liner Comortn left Bombay today with gold to thr value of 597,000 rupees (£44,775) for London, of which 296.000 rupees (£22,220) are on option for Paris. New York and Amsterdam.
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    BRITISH TRADE DRIVE
    178 6 MR. R. S. HUDSON TO TOUR EUROPE London, Feb. 21. JL|R. R. S. HUDSON, Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department, will visit Poland and Finland, be plans to go to Warsaw from Berlin and then to Moscow, returning home via Helsin;fors. The chief aim will be to
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    SALES OF CANADIAN SECURITIES Big Fall In 1938
    59 6 SALES OF CANADIAN SECURITIES Big Fall In 1938 Ottawa, Feb. 12 sales of securities n and other countries during 1938 totalled $369,000,000 < £73.800 000) compared with $506,000,000 < €101, 200.-' 000) in 1937. Purchases amount d to $340,000,000 £68,000,000> nrainst $51 1,000.000 1 '..200.000 Sales in the United State.;
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    REJECTION OF PLANE LIMIT PLEA
    126 6 Washington, Feb. 23 MR. H. H. WOODRING, assistant ITI Secretary of War, urged the Btnata Military Affairs Committee to remove the 6.000 plane limit at present contained in the administration.; defence bill. In a letter to the chairman o; the Committee, Mr. Woodring pointed out
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    8,930,100 RADIO LICENSES
    61 6 THE Pest Office, United Kingdor... 1 issued 1,483,030 wireless receiving licenses during January, 1931. Thio figure represents a net increas? or 21,658 in the number of license bo'derb during the month. The approximate total numctr of licenses in force at the end of January. 1939, was 8.930.100,
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    COPPER QUOTA CUT IX 95 PER CENT.
    63 6 London, Feb. 22. I*HE production euota of copper fkon Mar. 1 will be reduced to 95 per cent, of the agreed basic tonnages, from 100 per cent, now current. This agreement was arrived at todry by all producing companies operatir.-; under the restriction
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    REICH BALLOON BARRAGE
    36 6 REICH BALLOON BAR RAGE Bsr'in, Feb. 23 HPHE newspaper Nachtausgabe states m that 'he Ccrman air force hes secretly erect ?d balloon bar r the air arm which will shortly be shown to the people. Router.
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    CREDITS FOR CHINA
    33 6 Mr. R. A. Butler, Under -Secrc.ary for Foreign Affairs, stated in a Parliamentary answer yesterday that certain proposals for guarantees in relation to exports to China were under consideration.—Br.'tish Wireless.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      BUSINESS PROSPECTS IN THE CURRENT YEAR
      1563 7 Influence Of Developments In America [T is frankly impossible, in the pre- j I Bent state of world affairs, to I J redid with confidence the course >f business during 19;10. Uncer- c lainty. however, does not relieve,, business, men from the responsibi- <
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      ANGLO-GERMAN TRADE B.O.T. PRESIDENT TAKES HOPEFUL VIEW
      270 7 ANGLO-GERMAN TRADE B.O.T. PRESIDENT TAKES HOPEFUL VIEW London, Feb. 22. A HOPEFUL view of Anglo-Ger-man trade talks was expressed by Mr. Oliver Stanley, President of the Boa-d of Trade, at a banquet given by the Mining Association in London to celebrate the conclusion of the negotiations between the British and
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      TRADE MISSION TO RUMANIA
      318 7 London, Feb. 21. THE President of the Board of Trade was asked in the House of Commons today If he could state the nature of the agreement arrived at between Lord Sempiirs trade mission to Rumania and the Rumanian Industrialists. Mr Oliver Stanley replied that this
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      HELP FOR VICTIMS OF CHINA WAR
      61 7 Stockholm, Feb. 22. DR. HOLM is going to Hong Kong on Feb. 25 on behalf of the Swedish National Chinese Relief Committee to join the International Red Cross as surgeon and bacteriologist. He will take a valuable consignment of instruments, medicines, serums and vaccines.
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      ANGLO-RUSSIAN TRADE TALKS OF AN EXPLORATORY NATURE ONLY
      191 7 ANGLO-RUSSIAN TRADE TALKS OF AN EXPLORATORY NATURE ONLY London, Feb. 21. ANY discussions during a visit to Moscow which the Secretary to the Department of Overseas Trade is making, as one of a series of visits to various capitals In furtherance of the Government's policy of increasing trade, will be
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      208 7 Singapore. Feb. 22, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambier 7 5° Hamburg Cube $13.50 Java Cube $12 00 0 t i: I i S 'eppcr White Muntok $13.25 White $1375 Black 875 I :opra Mixed $3-25 Sun Dried $355 'ago Flour No. 1 Lingsa $230 Fa» $225 Sarawak $2.20
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      INCOME-TAX RECEIPTS I EXCEED £2,000,000,000
      52 7 INCOME-TAX RECEIPTS I EXCEED £2,000,000,000 London, Feb. 21MORE than £2,000.000,000 was collected Ih income-tax last week. The Exchequer returns show total ordinary revenue amounts to £77,006,400,977 against £73,601,470,145 a year ago. The total expenditure, less selfbalancing items, and sinking funds, Is £83,709,820.872 against £75.801,640,860 at the corresponding date last year—
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      CABLE TRAFFIC INDEX LOWER
      43 7 (THE following Index numbers repre1 sent the estimated traffic receipts of Cable and Wireless Ltd. as related to comparable traffic In the year 1929 based at 100: January 1939 69 0 Average for 1937 789 Average for 1938 69.3
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
      82 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Singapore. Feb. 22, 5 p.m. Boobs Total fot Company Dividend Close TIN. Austral Malay 9d. No. 48 3d. bonus Feb. 24 Raub 5d final 2d. bonus Mar. 8 Thabawlcik l'« Feb 17 RUBBEB Pfrai Rlv?r 2< r^ final Feb. 18 OKNKKAU Hongkong Bk 13.
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    IF BRITAIN WERE INVOLVED IN CONTINENTAL WAR
    493 9 The Commons Defence Debate: Amendment Rejected London, Feb. 22. THE Opposition amendment in the defence debate was rejected in the House of Commons by 310 votes to 137, the Government's £800,000,000 motion bein carried. Opposition spokesmen explained they did not oppose the Government
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    Two 40,000-Ton Battleships
    56 9 London. Feb. 22. T r HE Lion and Temeraire, two battleships provide for in the 1938 programme, will be 40,000 tons each and will carry 16-inch guns, the Daily Express naval correspondent understands. It is learned the contracts for the two battleships have just been awarded, subject
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    Split 111 Congress High Command
    144 9 Bose Given Free Hand To Run The Parly Madras, Feb. 22. TWELVE of the 15 supporters ol Mr. Gandhi in the Congress High Command have resigned. Mr. Nehru, the former Congress president, is amonj the resignations, which have come on the eve of the 'congress
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    CONTINUED CLOSURE OF YANGTSE
    110 9 Protest By Hankow Merchants Hankow. Feb. 22. A MEETING of the International Chamber of Commerce today carried a resolution protesting against the continued closure of the Yangtse River to British and other foreign shipping. The resolution spacially draws attention to a case in which 16 British
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    CRUISE YACHT HITS ROCK OFF U.S.
    166 9 Duke Of Sutherland's Party Safe San Diego, Feb. 22. A SALVAGE tug is going to the rescue of the Duke of Sutherland's yacht Sans Peur, which has struck a rock in the Gulf of California. The Duke ana Duchess and a party of friends
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    JAPAN SEEKS A MORE SOLID FRIENDSHIP Envoy's Speech In Rome
    95 9 JAPAN SEEKS A MORE SOLID FRIENDSHIP Envoy's Speech In Rome Rome, Feb. 21. THE Japanese Ambassador, Mr. Shlratori, addressing the Friends of Japan Association, stated, "In the face of the international political situation, more particularly taking into account the position of Italy and Japan in regard to it, our two
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    U.S. TO COLLABORATE WITH GENEVA
    71 9 Wr.shington, Feo. 22. "THE United States today accepted an Invitation to collaborate as a nonmember in the League cf Nations' technical and non-political activities. The note of acceptance issued by the State Department says the United i States regards each sound step in the promotion
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    Shanghai Round-Up JAPANESE DEMAND TO SETTLEMENT
    384 9 Shanghai Round-Up JAPANESE DEMAND TO SETTLEMENT Shanghai, Feb. 22. -THE commanders of the local Japanese military and naval forces today called on the chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council and requested him to assent to the adoption of more effective measures to cope with the situation arising from the recurrent
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    LONDON CONCERN OVER SHANGHAI
    158 9 LONDON CONCERN OVER SHANGHAI Opposition To Change In Status London, Feb. 22. THE situation in Shanghai is bsingi watched anxiously by all interested.; in the Far East. Official circles are unable to makJ any statement regarding the Government's attitude toward the new Japanese demands until these are precisely known. It
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    JAPANESE PROTEST TO BRITISH CONSUL
    77 9 Rice Shipments To "NonOccupied" Regions Shanghai. Feb. 22. THE Japanese naval authorities today made representations to the British and Norwegian consuls against the alleged carriage of rice aboard British and Norwegian ships from Japanese-occupied to non-occupied territory. The Japanese have reserved the right to take
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    HOW TO PUT ON POUNDS OF FLESH IN A FEW WEEKS!
    239 9 HOW TO PUT ON POUNDS OF FLESH IN A FEW WEEKS! Take Tasteless Vitamin Tablets. Men and women who are losing weight, who live under the shadow of i namelrss dread, can take fre.-h :ourage. During the last two year.-, a wonderful new flesh-f jrming, .weightincreasing tonic has come to
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    < fife Straits IBmez;! SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEB. 23, 1939. 1 1 REGISTRATION OF \ PARTNERSHIPS ,
    922 10 The Straits Times SINGAPOR, THURSDAY, FEB. 23, 1939. REGISTRATION OF PARTNERSHIPS How many times the subject Of I. this article has been discussed in i the editorial columns of the Straits Times we are "unable to say without examining files going back for nearly 100 years. It was certainly!, reviewed
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    DR. J. S. WEBSTER Singapore Ex-Service Men Say Goodbye
    122 10 DR. J. S. WEBSTER Singapore Ex-Service Men Say Goodbye A farewell lunch was given by the committee of the Singapore branch of the Ex-Services' Association of Malaya, at the Singapore Club yesterday, in honour of its past chairman, Dr. J. S. Webster, retiring lecturer In radiology at the King Edward
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    HORN-BLOWER HOOTS
    493 10 Can the New Rule Be Enforced? SAFETY Vs. SILENCE To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— Can any of your readers tell &gt;.'s when a tide-walk is not a side-walk? Recently a motorist was fined, as far as I remember, for driving his car on the side-walk
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    ANOTHER EUROPEAN EXECUTIVE
    200 10 Business Men Themselves To Blame? To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— l was very pleased indeed to see "Pahang" in your issue of Feb. 17 coming forward with a good word for local clerical staffs. I have been in Malaya for over 20 years and
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    LETTERS IN PAGE 15
    58 10 INDIAN LABOUR. A European estate manager replies to the memorandum of the Centra! Indian Association of Malaya. SCHOOL HOURS. "Parent" repeats that he can see no reason why certain Catholic schools should not dOM at 1 p.m. SINGAPORE DRIVERS. A Chinese motorist on "cruising"' around Rallies
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    PTE. THOMAS ATKINS
    823 10 Wellington On A Battlefield Comments on the nickname Thomas Atkins, as applied to private soldiers in the British Army, were made in the "Notes of the Day' column recently. Since then an up-country reader has sent a full account of the origin of this nickname, written by
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    729 10 NOTES' Of The DAY \De Sauza Street AFTER writing in this column about Rosle de Souza, the pretty Eurasian girl of the nineties who gave her name to Mount Rosle, it occurred to me that the same family might be commemorated in De Souza Street, that short and narrow street
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    NO PROGRESS IN JAPANO-SOVIET FISHING TALKS
    143 11 Serious Consequences If Navy Employed TWO-HOUR CONVERSATION HELD IN MOSCOW Tokio Determined To Protect Shipping Moscow, Feb. 23. A TWO-HOUR conversation between M. Litvinoff, the Soviet Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. S. Togo, the Japanese Ambassador in Moscow, on the Japano- Soviet fishing
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    PROTEST AND AN APOLOGY
    321 11 Bombs That Fell Near Border Tokio. Feb. 23. •"P:iE Japanese Army authorities last night apologised to the British authorities In Hong Kong, following iae British protest against the bombing en Tuesday within British-leased territory. Ths apology was delivered through tne Japanese Consul-General in Hong Kong. A
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    GERMANS IN FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION
    82 11 Berlin. Feb. 22. ANEW decree orders any German Joining the French Foreign Legion or lengthening his present term of service lucre to be deprived of his German nationality. 1 ha result of the German decree Is expected to be that Germans who i-omprise nearly half
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    55 11 TIE British Government understands the official establishment of m Italian East Africa is 69,654 men, said U.e Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. n. A. Butler, at Question ilmr in tiie Commons. Th" actual numbers stationed there naturally varied periodically but there seemed to have been .some increase in na
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    Ambassador On China's Strength
    486 11 MR. QUO TAI CHI FUTURE OUTLOOK "pIIINA touched bottom in 1938, yet even now that tale can be tokl in a tone of hope and confidence," declared the Chinese Ambassador speaking at the China Society dinner at Oxford last night. He added that already 1939 found
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    CHINESE PUSH FORECAST
    217 11 CHINESE PUSH FORECAST Mechanisation Of Army Chungking, Feb. 23. rjHINESE circles here forecast that the world will shortly be shown another side of China's military strength a side which hitherto has not- taken a prominent part in the war." This, it is presumed, is the mechanised side of the Chinese
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    TORPEDOED SHIP MYSTERY
    221 11 Unknown Submarine In Atlantic London, Feb. 22. A VESSEL described as P.E-CC. has sent a radio message that she has been torpedoed by an unknown submarine 200 miles south of the Azores, according to a report from I Chatham, Massachusetts. I It is stated here the letters
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    INFORMAL MEETING TO STUDY WHOLE PALESTINE PROBLEM
    419 11 London. Feb. 23. YESTERDAY'S Palestine talks consisted of a two-hour session in the afternoon between the British and Arab delegates, at the conclusion of which it was announced that the talks would be resumed with the Arabs on Saturday morning. It is understood
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    France Will Never Yield To Blackmailing Tactics
    120 11 Paris, Feb. 23. SPEAKING at the dinner of the American Club's celebration of Washington's birthday, the Premier, M. Daladier, declared it was necessary for him to repeat that France would never yield to the threat of force or to blackmailing tactics. She will
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    SPAIN PEACE PROSPECTS
    240 11 Dramatic Move By President? Paiis, Feb. 22. DR. Azana is likely to resign tlie Spanish presidency within 48 hours, it is reported. Le Matin says Dr. Azana will resign to force Dr. Negrin, the Premier, to put an end to his hopeless resistance." Senator Leon Berard, special
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    U.S. PUBLIC AND ISOLATION
    78 11 New York, Feb. 23. THE possibility of an important trend in American public opinion away from the traditional isolationist policy is indicated by the results of their latest poll, according to the American Institute of Public Opinion. Asked whether they thought America "should do everything possible
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    BERLIN'S GROWING ANXIETY
    176 11 Press Criticism Of Mr. Chamberlain Berlin, Feb. 22. •"THE antithesis between Great Britain's pacific words and her rearmament programme Is criticised in Berlin with increasing dissatisfaction. Even Mr. Chamberlain, who has been represented since Munich as a welcome element in British policy, is regarded with suspicion by
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    DEMOCRATIC UNION Suggestion By U. S. Writer
    291 11 DEMOCRATIC UNION Suggestion By U. S. Writer New York, Feb. 23. TREAT interest has been aroused in the United States by a new book by one of America's best known foreign correspondents, Clarence Streit, stating the case for a union of the world democracies. In the book, Union Now," which
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    HOW PUBLIC CAN HELP TONIGHT'S BLACK-OUT
    605 12 Many Shops Closing As Dusk Falls OTHERS TO SELL GOODS BY LIGHT OF CANDLES EARNEST co-operation by civilians will be forthcoming for tonight's voluntary black-out trial, inquiries by the Straits Times reveal. Some shopkeepers in High Street and other shopping areas will close their
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    D.M.S. IN SEA RESCUE Revives Chinese At Katong
    116 12 D.M.S. IN SEA RESCUE Revives Chinese At Katong OESCUED from the sea in an exhausted condition off Katong last light, a Teochiu, Chua Cheng Scan, iged 36, was revived by Dr. R. D. Fltz;erald. Director of Medical Services. The cries of the Chinese, who was in ;hallcw water some distance
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    ICEBREAKER IN TROPICS Russian Ship At Singapore
    150 12 ICEBREAKER IN TROPICS Russian Ship At Singapore »in iiei maiaeu voyage uum uuessa South Russia, where she was built, j the Russian ice-breaker Kaganovitch arrived at Singapore yesterday. She is bound for Vladivostok and will pro- bably be used to assist Russia's ship- I i ping in the North-East Passage.
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    DELHI DEADLOCK AND MALAYA
    128 12 Central Indian Council Meeting Called (From Our OVU Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 23. A MEETING of the Council of the Central Indian Association of Malaya Is being called prior to Mar. 15 :o receive the reports of Messrs. L. R. Dhandran and S. M. Sharma, the
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    ARGUS MYSTIFIES THEATRE AUDIENCE
    155 12 A RGUS" is as much an enigma as his name. Last night's audience at the Victoria Theatre did discover that his surname was Copeland, but It could not see how he performed his feats of telepathy. His card-reading and description ol articles handed to his father,
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    U.S. COMMUNITY CELEBRATES Annual Washington Day Ball
    97 12 U.S. COMMUNITY CELEBRATES Annual Washington Day Ball IN celebration of the birthday of. George Washington, first President of the United States, the American Association of Malaya held a successful ball at Sea View Hotel last night. Among those present were the Commander of the visiting oiler U.S.S. Pecos, Commander C.
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    POLICE OFFICER'S DEATH
    96 12 Mr. C. G. E. Baughan (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Feb. 23. i TPHE death occurred yesterday of Mr. C. G. E. Baughan, Chief Police j Officer, Provinc3 We'.lesley, following ;an operation for appendicitis in the I General Hospital, Penang. The funeral was held this morning. Deceased
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    Manchesters Celebrate End Of Ladysmith Siege
    171 12 IN commemoration of the raising of siege of Ladysmith during the 1 Boer War, the annual ball given by the Warrant Officers and Sergeants' Mess of the Ist Battalion, The Manchester Regiment, was held in the gymnasium at Tanglin Barr.-cks, last night. Officer Commanding,
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    GOVERNOR GOES TO KUALA LUMPUR
    57 12 THE Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, accompanied by the aide-de-camp. Captain R. A. Gwyn, left Singapore for Kuala Lumpur by last night's mail train. His Excellency will attend a meeting of the Federal Council tomorrow and while in Kuala Lumpur will stay at King's House. He
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    HOW WILL YOU SPEND THE BLACKOUT?
    227 12 |_|OW will you spend the hour of darkness from 7 o'clock to 8 o'clock during tonight's two-hour black-out? The Straits Times asked six people this question this morning. Here are the answers: A CHINESE CLERK: I shall be at home. I have already instructed
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    SCOUTS NEED LEADERS
    290 12 Appeal For More Men Women pMPHASIS on the pressing need for Scout officers in Singapore is made by Mr. A. Cullen, District Scout Commissioner, in his annual report on the work of the Singapore Boy scouts Association for 1938. The association holds its annual meeting at headquarters
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    Assembly Statement On End Of Immigration Talks
    347 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) New Delhi, Feb. 16. AN official indication of the trend of the Indo-Malayan talks was given in the Central Assembly today at question-time by Sir G. S. Bajpai, Secretary, Education, Health and Lands Department, who, in reply to Mr.
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    MR. CHAMBERLAIN ON PEACE BY STRENGTH Progress Of Rearmament Outlined In Speech
    1340 12 MR. CHAMBERLAIN ON PEACE BY STRENGTH Progress Of Rearmament Outlined In Speech LANCASHIRE UNEMPLOYMENT BRITISH EXPORT TRADE London, Feb. 22. AN eloquent appeal to the country to support th« "Government's policy of "peace through strength" was made by Mr. Chamberlain, speaking tonight at Blackburn. He said it was natural in
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    SINGAPORE'S TROLLEY-BUS SYSTEM IS "STRANGE"
    379 13 "Would Not Be Countenanced In Western Australia" PERTH TRAMWAY MANAGER'S VIEWS MR. William H. Taylor, general manager of the Western Australian Government ebctrical supplies and tramways, has been observing Singapore's trolley-bus system for tv/o days and thinks it is "strange.'' Perth, Western Australia's principal city,
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    FIREMAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
    410 13 Attempt To Outrage Modesty Alleged THAT the accused pushed open her door at 11 o'clock one ni?;ht, embraced her, kissing her twice and then made a suggestion to her, while her husband was at work, was the story told by the wife of a Singapore Harbour
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    THEFT CHARGE
    58 13 A. Paiur Mohamed, a 21-year-old anicdan, appeared before Mr K. A. Blaekrr, in ths Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, on a •narge of theit of 43 nipees. valued at :25.80. belonging to Mohamed Sally, in Tanjong Pagar Road, on Feb. 18. Tht accused claimed trial. The cr.se was
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    MASTER AND PUPIL NOW RIVALS
    90 13 Municipal Commission Candidates jUIR. T. \V. Ons. a Singapore lav/ycr. and Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, secretary of the Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation, who have been nominated for election by the Straits Chinese British Association as candidates for the Singapore Municipal Cammission. to fill the vacancy
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    EX-RAILWAYMAN IN COURT
    201 13 Three Breaking And Entering Charges (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 22. lAMES H. NELSON, the young Eurasian ex-railway fitter who was arrested in connection with the burglary at the premises of Robinson and Company, was produced in Court today for the second time since his
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    MALAYAN PICTURES FOR WORLD'S FAIR
    177 13 ■From Our Own Correspondents Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 22. MALAYA'S position in the British Empire, her trades and her activities will be "covered" in the small Empire stand at New York's World Fair, by enlarged photographs. Automatic machines will click into view 14 by 11-inch, sets
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    CHEATING CHARGES
    79 13 C* RODRIGO and V. H. Williams were before Mr. Conrad Oldham, in the Singapore Second Police Court, yesterday when three charges of cheating were mentioned by Mr. G. L. Howe. Crown Counsel, who asked that the matter be transferred to the Criminal District Court. The charges arc also
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    FOUR CHINESE ON MURDER CHARGE
    139 13 DAIL was opposed and four dayy police custody was granted in the Singapore Second Police Court j yesterday, when four Chinese, Tan Tai j San. Chee Bah. On&lt;? Ah Bah and Lim Ah What, aged 35. 28. 26 and 60 years respectively, appeared in answer
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    DISCHARGED ON ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE
    69 13 DISCHARGED ON ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE U/ONG CHHUEN, a 35-year-old Can- tonese. who appeared before Mr. j K. A. Blacker, In the Singapore Fourth Poiice Court yesterday, on a prelimin- ary charge of attempted murder by shooting in Waterloo Street, nn Jan. U, was discharged by th 2 magistrate after Mr.
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    FALSE INFORMATION ALLEGED
    69 13 From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Feb. 22. I Alleged to have given false in- formation to Detective Sub. In- spector Lye Que.i Chong that he saw i two Chinese place sleepers on the ralway track between Kempas and Senal. N. Krishnan, a Tamil, was charged before
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    62 13 The new Ficnc'i Ambassador to Chi -:c M Henri Cosme (left) icasreadini Singapore newspaper* tetth the Frcnc'i Cotisul-Gcneral at Singapore, M. Pingaud, token he passed through Sirrapore on his nay to China in the Hessageries Marilimcz liner Aram's yes'crday. M. Cosmc tras formerly French "iinlster to Athens. One side r
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    ABANDON FREE TRADE, SAYS SIR JOHN BARLOW
    746 13 ABANDON FREE TRADE, SAYS SIR JOHN BARLOW "Japan Will Quickly Dominate Malayan Market" AHANDONMENT of Sin^aiiore's traditional policy of free trade, so as to control foreign competition, particularly "the Japanese menace," was again advocated by Sir John Barlow, in an interview with the Straits Times last night, before his departure
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    Spelling Bee For Soldiers
    108 13 '•LIEUTENANT 11 TOO HARD FOR THEM ''Haggis' 1 Slumps Man From Ruuichesters OINGAPORE radio listeners laugh eel last night when they heard a soldier of the Manchester R* -impnt misspell the word hi while competing in a broadcast spelling b(c against n team from the Gordon
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    ACCOUNTS NOT KEPI PROPERLY
    138 13 ACCOUNTS NOT KEPI PROPERLY t m Our Own Corrr Johore Bahiu. V&lt; /CHARGED with falling to keep pro prr account bonks, Pow t'hoh Chuan. n rubber property owner ol Masai, pleaded uuiiiy ttaroni counsel. Mr. M. V. Fi'llii. brf. First Magistrate, Mr. J. B. W( i«, I day. Projecutlng. Mr.
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    FOURTH VICTIM OF CAR CRASH
    61 13 (F m Our Ow.i Cor;- spondenl Johore Bahru, Ft/b. MOHAMET) DOMAR. wh3 1 to bcsptUl at Ko'a Tlnffgl folk Ing a motor arrldent on Friday n Kota TinK-ri. dir:] th:^ mornitr: fourth vi( t m "f the a H was rPturnin? frr&gt;m Poiitian Mtr^iriK with
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    251 14 Probate Suit Continues WITNESS TOLD WIFE COULD LOOK AFTER HER BROTHER THAT she had protested at allowing her brother, an insane man, to be married was disclosed by Rahimaboo binte Mohamed Salleh Angullia during her evidence at the continued hearing of the probate
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    177 14 Nazi Claims Supported CIR Oswald Mosley is the latest con- tributor to the campaign of the newspaper 12 Uhr Blatt for the return Of former German colonies, and against the Jews. Sir Oswald, leader of ths British Union of Fascists, writes; "From the early
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    218 14 Australian Arms Output SHELL PRODUCTION DOUBLED Local Manufacture Of Anli-Aircraft Guns 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Sydney, Feb. 17. TROUBLED since last September, Aus- tralia's production of shells and bullets is to be doubled again. This was the highlight of an important statement on defence made by the Prime Minister, Mr.
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    DRIVER FINED
    44 14 A Chinese. Yeo Knoon Heok, was yeslerday fined $30 in t'ae Singapore Traffic District Court when he pleaded guilty to a charge of driving his car along North Bridge Road on Nov. 18 while not covered by a third party Insurance policy.
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    European Tried In Camera
    144 14 "SOLELY IN RESPECT OF KISSING GIRL" Sentence Reduced To Fine (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kula Lumpur, Fb. 22. THE case in which a European, E. S. Dunn, was recently convicted in camera by the first magistrate, was called up for revision today before Mr. Justice Gordon-Smith
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    188 14 THE question of whether payment made by a defendant firm to one of its partners, who was also an attorney for the plaintiff, was a good discharge was decided by Mr. Justice Home in the Singapore High Court. In the case Kee Ban Kiat
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    138 14 A DMITTING stealing a car belonging i\ to Mr. P. G. Curry, an officer in the Royal Engineers, on Monday night, two soldiers. R. Nowell and W. Hamblet, jaged 20 and 21 years, asked Mr. Conrad Oldham for leniency in the Singapore Second
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    285 14 Private Thomas Atkins (Continued from Page 10.) j which the other regiment had been forced to retire. The three volleys had done their work, the ranks of the French had I crumbled away before them, and the cavalry had drawn off like a trail of mist. The day was won.
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    188 14 pEARS that London's 300 miles ot i wood-paved roads could be made impassable by an enemy raider setting them ablaze with incendiary bombs have been dispelled by A.R.P. experts. 1 Few of London's main exits, which would carry the bulk of those people 3 taking
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    48 14 too Singapore Salvation Army officers, Captain Rose. Brewer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Montague Brewer, of Winchester, Hants, and Captain William A. Price, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Price, of West Croydov, Surrey, tcerc married at the Salvation Army Headquarters, Tank Road, yesterday --Sti aits Times picture.
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    INDIAN DELEGATES RETURNING
    79 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 21. I THE Malayan Governments' delegai tlon to New Delhi for the discussion of emigration problems with the I Government oi India is expected to return from New Delhi on Sunday The delegation consists of Mr. C. D. Ahearne, t"ie
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    HOUSEBREAKING CHARGE
    80 14 irDWARD BRUMPY, an 18-year-old I Ceylonese, was produced before Mr. K. A. Blacker, In the Singapore Police Court yesterday, on a charge of housebreaking by night by climbing over the partition into the room occupied by a wcman in order to outrage her modesty. The offence was alleged
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    CHINESE BOY'S DEATH
    271 14 HIT BY LORRY AI SERANGOON Conflicting Evidem-e At Inquest pONFLICTING evidence was recorded by the Singapore Coroner. Mr. G. W. Porter, at an inquest yesterday into the death of a ton-year-old Chinese boy, Ong Wee Leong, wlio died in the General Hospital on Dec. 18 as the
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    SEAM OF COAL FOUND UNDER LONDON
    88 14 /**OAL has been disccv:red under East London. A seam was unearthed by workmen constructing a sewer 40ft. under Wanstead Park recently and the coal was so well formed that it is bolieved that further down good quality coal may b? found. "At first we
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    UNCONVINCED PARENT
    529 15 Enough Play For Children? SINGAPORE SCHOOLS' To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— l must thank "Another Parent" for his letter In your paper. It Is eood to hear the views of the opposite j party. I will not quarrel over the j domestic time-table submitted hr
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    CRUISING CARS
    238 15 Chinese Motorists Comments To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— l read with great interest the letter by your correspondent, "Motorm For 30 Years With A Clean Licence." I quite agree with him that the police should do something about the cruising of cars round Raffles Place.
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    WHEN THE BOSS ib IN A HURRY
    155 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— l have sympathy for "Long-Suf-fering" although he has exaggerated the position. Many business men do not talk and think at the same rate, and consequently many a letter has to be retyped. A stenographer must
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      2260 15 Planter's Reply To Central Indian Association To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— l have read wlti great Interest! 1 the extracts from the memorandum of j !the Central Indian Association of Malaya which were published in yourj paper on Monday and Tuesday of
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    463 15 SAFE SPEEDY WAY TO FLUSH KIDNEYS OF HARMFUL ACIDS AND POISONS Keep Bladder Free From Irritation and Stop Getting Up Nights Look, Act and Fe«l Younger— Physically Attractive Actively Alive 60 CENTS PROVES IT WHY PAY MORE? When you flush out the poisonous waste and acids' that are clogging the
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      337 16 Minister's Tribute To Late Pope Madras. IN connection with the dea.i oi His Holiness Pope Pius XI, Mr. C. J. Varkey, Minister for Education Madras, stated: The news just received of the death d:' His Holiness the Pope has come to me as a shock,
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      WHAT TOOK PLACE AT CALCUTTA
      509 16 Madras Delegate's Impressions Madras, (By Mail.) "THE spirit and the upshot of the conversations, held at Calcutta, early last wtek were that all reasonable efforts should be made to prevent a breach," said Mr. S. Srinivasa Iyengar, interviewed by The Hindu on his return from
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    LATE KING'S STATUE FOR MADRAS
    63 16 Lord Erskine, Governor of Madras, (second from left) photographed after unveiling the statue of the late King George Vat the Victory Memorial in Madras recently. On the extreme left is the Indian sculptor Mr. Nagappa who executed the work and on the extreme right is
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    300 Harijans Re-Converted
    374 16 Messages From Madras Ministers Devakottai. THANKS to the efforts made by Mrs. Kamala Sivasubramanian, Secretary of the Devakottai Gandhi Harijan Sevak Sangh. one hundred i Protestant Christian families, who I were converted to Christianity about six years ago in the village of Kallangudi in Devakottai taluk, embraced
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    CENTRAL ASSEMBLY IN SESSION
    79 16 New Delhi. Feb. 15. THE Central Assembly passed by 60 votes to 42 Mr. Sri Prakasa's resolution urging the encouragement of manufacture of matches as cottage Industry. Replying to a question in the Assembly, Sir Thomas Stewart said that the only flying clubs the Government subsidised
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    SETH BAJAJ ARRESTED AGAIN
    32 16 Jaipur. Feb. 13. QETH Jamnalal Bajaj was arrested in Jaipur State territory yesterday for the third time and is in detention at Moransagar, 74 miles east of Jaipur
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    REDUCTION IN GOVERNMENT SALARIES DEMANDED
    326 16 Did Secretary Of State Oppose Finance Member's Proposal New Delhi (By Mail). THREE different demands were put forward by the Central Assembly recently which, though controversial, did not seem to evoke any combativeness from Government benches. The most important of them was the last resolution
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    INDIAN SECRETARIES AT NEW DELHI Gradual Reduction Is Causing Concern
    194 16 INDIAN SECRETARIES AT NEW DELHI Gradual Reduction Is Causing Concern New Delhi. THERE is some concern about the gradual reduction in the number of Indians holding posts in the Secretariat of the Government of India during the last two years. Since Sir Reginald Maxwell, as Home Secretary, gave the figures
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    WEARNES WIN 3-NIL IN B.H.L. MATCH
    178 18 Scoring three goals in the second half after a scoreless first session, Wearnes football team beat the Straits Times side, in a Business Houses League fixture played on the Frascr and Neave ground, yesterday. The winners fielded a better combination and a strong defence.
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    ISLAM) (;OLF CLUB
    114 18 ISLAND GOLF CLUB The Second bi-monthly mixed rour-&lt;-ome for February, played at ths Island Golf Club on Monday resulted In a win for Mrs. M. Marshall and C. A. K. Bateman with a net 32 V 2 The following were some cf the best cards returned. Mrs. M. Marshall ana
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    K.S.G.C. WOMEN'S COMPETITION
    59 18 ■ilowin? are t'.ie starting times for the secend round of the women's club competition to be played tomorrow at B;:kH Timah: 3.30 Mrs. J. S. English v.s Mrs E A Elder. 2.33 Mrs. H. H. Stun, vs Mr.i, J. MODCUT. 2.40 Mrs G. F. Simond vs. Lady
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    EUROPEAN ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS
    43 18 Amsterdam. The International R=wlng Association ha.s informed the Netherianas j Rowing Federation that the date for! the European championships has now been finally fixed from Sept. 1 to 3. The contest.", will take place in Amsterdam on the Bosch course.
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    West Indies Test Team
    160 18 THE West Indian Cricket Board of Control have selected 15 cricketers to tour England In the summer under the captaincy of Rolph S. Grant. Grant. v;ho Is 30. is a Cambridge double B'ue, like h's brother. G. C. Grant, wtM also captained the West ilndicj. Tha
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    VOLLEYBALL
    128 18 By three games to nil the V.M.C.A. [Juniors defeated the Nanyang Girls' High School in a volley ball match played en the Association's ground in Bras Basah Road yesterday. The Juniors showed all round superiority; the school girls did well to put up a gocti fight in spite of
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    S.L.R.A. SHOOTS
    111 18 Mrs. Hutchings wen the Women's Rifle Association January Spoon, and Mrs. Garden was second. The following are the 4 best scores: 300 200 100 total with yds. yds. yds. handicap Mrs. Hutchings 32 33 31 103.59 Mrs. Garden 28 23 34 103.40 Mrs. Crosley 31 30 32 102.92
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    MANCHESTERS BEAT S. C. C. FOUR GOALS TO TWO
    309 18 jDLAYING good soccer the Manchefters beat the Cricket Club by four I goals to two in a match played on the padang yesterday evening. iCunliiTe was mainly rercoasible for the Regiment's victory, srorinj three goals for his aide. The winners showW
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    WOLVES BEAT EVERTON 7-0
    54 18 P"VERTON, Home first division league leaders, received a shock yesterday when they went down 7—o7 0 to Wolves. Matches played yesterday resulted. FIRST DIVISION Brentford 2 Portsmouth 0 Bolton 3 Birmingham 0 Wolves 7 Everton 0 Scottish Cup Replays. Celtic 2 Hearts 1 (after extra time)
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    WEI-HAI-WEI CUP FINAL
    111 18 Following are the teams and starting times in the final round fcr the Wei-Hai-We! Cup between the Royal Singapore and the Island Goll Clubs, to be played en the Island course on Sunday (R.S.G.C. p ayers mentioned first" 8.45 a.m. W. Eldrei vs. Y. Nji:ayama. 8.50 H.
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    RUGBY LEAGUE
    17 18 Hcme rugby league matches played yesterday resulted: Salford 17, Leigh 5 Leeds 10, Dewsbury 3.
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    ROUND THE ISLAND CYCLING RACE
    103 18 The first bicycle road race round the island will be run off at 7 a.m. from the Happy World car park on Sunday Entries received total 59. The route Is as follows:— Happy World Car Park. Grovs Road, Kallang Road. Crawford Street, Beach Road. Empress
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    MALAYS HOCKEY
    88 18 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Feb. 21. The F.M.S. Malays hockey tournament ended this morning and Perak were winners with Selangor and Negri Eembilan level in second place. Matches were played in Seremban and results were: Perak beat Pahang 4—o, Selangor 6—o, Negrl 3—o. Negri drew with Selangor
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    BASKETBALL
    61 18 (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Feb. 22. In a fast and keen game of basketball, the Tong Kang team from Singapore who are touring Johore, met the Segamat Chinese and won by 43 points to 37. A feature of the match was the good combination shown by the Singapore
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    THE SPORTS DIARY
    28 18 TODAY Soccer: 8.H.L.. Overseas Chinese Bank vs. Unitcers. Stadium; a.X.C vs Coid Storage. 8. 8.C.; V.M.C.A. vs. 7th Hvv Battery, V.M.C.A.; S.R.C. gix-a-slde ttnal, S.R.C.
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    THIRTEEN-NIL WIN IN B.H.L. MATCH
    336 18 Joseph Travers No Match For Cold Storage JOSEPH Travers were no match for the Cold Storage when the learns met at Anson Road yesterday in the Business Houses League competition. Having all the play, Cold Storage won by 13— nil Joseph Travers never had a
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    NYAMOK WINS CHANGI CUP
    498 18 FRESH north-east wind and a quiet sea made conditions ideal for sailing in the race for the monthly Cup at Changi. The boats crossed the line to make a beat against the tide to Sekudu Pagar, and the determination of all the helmsmen to go over
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    CAN ROYAL HAMPTON WIN AGAIN ON SATURDAY?
    363 19 CAN ROYAL HAMPTON WIN AGAIN ON SATURDAY? To Carry 9-7 In Division One Of Class One ROYAL HAMPTON has been awar sprint event on Saturday and the division two, there is little doubt that off the honours. It has been a long time since 9.7 has been carried to victory
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    Final Day's Weights
    302 19 Weights are as below: Horses, Class 1, V/t -miles. 31ue Peter 9.07 Mepsure 7.13 ack Druce 9.03 Rostrum 7.09 &gt;ure Gold 8.13 Herbc Folle 7.09 ?oldcn Glimpse 8.13 Nutcracker 7.05 loyal Worlincton 8.02 Stuart Tartan 7.04 erennah 8.03 Horses, Class 1, Div. 1, 6 furs. loyal Hampton
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    This Morning's Gallops At Bukit Timah
    830 19 OEVERAL interesting gallops were seen at this morning's fast work D on the Bukit Timah course, in preparation for Saturday's races, the concluding day of the Singapore Turf Club Spring meeting. Nutcracker (McLachlan) went round the course twice, first going at a steady canter
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    21 19 An mc dent tn yesterday's volley ball match in which the Y.iA.CA. Junior', beat Naming Girls' High School.— Straiis Times picture.
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    Boon And Danahar To Fight Tonight
    152 19 London, Feb. 23. TWO of the hardest English lightweight punchers In years, Eric Boon, the Chatteris blacksmith, and Arthur Danahar, of London, will meet in a British lightweight championship bout at Barringay Arena tomorrow. The clash has been long awaited and all the tickets
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    FOURTH TEST MATCH ENDS IN DRAWN GAME
    607 19 South Africa Declare With Eight Wickets Down r\ECLARING with their total at 3-19 for eight in reply to England's first innings scor2 of 215, South Africa had to be content with a draw in the fourth Test match at Johannesburg yesterday, when England
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    WOMEN'S MEDAL AT TANGLIN
    85 19 WOMEN'S MEDAL AT TANGLIN The women's monthly medal com petition of the Garrison Golf Club played at Tanglin on Tuesday ant Wednesday resulted In a tie be tween Mrs. Brittorous and Mrs Woodside with a return of 2 up. Th; following were the best returns:— Mrs. F. G. Brittorous 2
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    FRIENDLY SOCCER
    26 19 y In a soccer match, the Hindu Asso elation XI beat the V.M.C.A. XI b 5 goals to 2 played on the latter" ground
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    SOUTH AFRICA'S FINAL TEST XI
    194 19 Johannesburg, Feb. ZZ. COUTH AFRICA'S eleven for the next Test, to start at Durban on Mar. 3, \s the same as for the fourth Tert. This wM be the fifth and final Test match. The first, second and fourth of the series have been drawn
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    NEW HOSPITAL READY FOR OPENING
    235 20 "THE new St. Andrew's Orthopaedic Hospital in Kee Sun Road, in the East Coaat district of Singapore, where children suffering from tuberculosis of the bones and deformities will be treated, will be opened by the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, on Tuesday. The new structure, which
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      17 1 in A Malayan Bungalow STRAITS TIMES WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1939. No. 160.
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      Short-Wearing Women
      1086 1 Defended By Local COME weeks ago the Wo- men's Supplement published a letter by "Another Observer," which appeared in the Sarawak Gazette, in which he said that European women in the East who wore shorts were doing much to destroy white prestige. Now "Indoor Sportsman," obviously a keen
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      Cosmetics For Blondes
      158 1 [JO you pity the blonde because she cannot wear white? it is, however, such a fashionable evening mode—Queen Elizabeth's choice of while lor the evening ensuring its continued success— :hnt blondes should endeavour to collect cosmetics whose colours will not make them lock insipid when icearing white.
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      669 2  -  Alyse Allynghame By i THE MO-KAN-OKLA'S ARE OFF TO LONDON They Are The Hardest Worked Women In The World (•&gt; frillS graceful while satin i evening gown with long &gt; &lt;| sleeves, high neck and the corselet waist style in coloured I stones sets off the
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      Many Happy Returns
      25 2 AT the twenty- first birthday party of Miss Roslinda Amarasuriya (front, right), eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Amarasuriya, of Singapore.
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      Evening Dress For Expectant Mothers
      549 3  - Evening Dress For Expectant Mothers Georgina And Thea By- A Double-Duty Dress Spells Economy EVENING dress provides another problem for the expectant mother, for dining at home she can wear a house coat or tea gown, which are so deservedly fashionable these days, but unless she wishes to become a
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      26 3 piNK, red and white striped spun silk Jashion this de- lightful afternoon drett most suited for Malaya. It U trimmed with red button*.
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      617 4  -  Diana Dane By DESIGNERS WANT MORE COLOUR IN FASHIONS AV 1 are&gt; sa^ a amous British dress designer, "going to fry this season to introduce mere colour into clothes;." But he shrugged rather hoplenessly. "Whether we shall succeed in perbuading women to adopt our suggestions r.main* to
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      29 4 .pOR that pahit party why not try something like this short skirled cocktail frock in brown silk net striped with gold. Bunches of gold berries decorate the V-shaped neckline.
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      OUTH MEETS THE DAY AT SEVEN IN THE MORNING
      140 5 YOUTH MEETS THE DAY AT SEVEN IN THE MORNING ABOVE: The gun goes and these athletic pupils of the Chong I Hica Girls' School, Niven Rocd, I get off to a flying start. Every morning about 7 a.m. they exerH rise on the padang between Bras Basah Road and Stamford
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      735 6 Inspiration To Their— Sisters Here "IT is no exaggera- tion to say that without the* help of i Eurasian women, the nursing profession would not have attained its present standard and status in India," says Miss Diana Hartley. Not only were they pioneers but
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      174 6 Scraps And Pieces fW/HILE the vast majority of women KM make-up norvadays, it is still a crime cainst good taste to allow our cosmetics in be. in themselves, apparent. Often the artificial effect of a woman's make-up is due to the fact that her powder is ioo coarse for hei
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      Screts of Hair Beauty
      498 6 Screts of Hair Beauty THE secrets of hair beauty are simple. All that i 3 necessary is a good permanent wave, attention to the hair, cleanliness, and a suitable coiffure. Even though you may not have a lot of money to spend on your hair, you can at least make
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      350 6  -  Elizabeth Kyle I By THE women of Norway have simple tastes in most directions, but they join w mmmmmmmmmmmmm with women of everywhere else in their love of fine jewels, finely set. Any visitor to Oslo, passing down the great shopping street, the Carl Johann Gate, will
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      57 6 "BRITTLE nails are partly due to a run-down condition and generally most common with highlystrung people. These may be improved by holding the finger-tips in a mixture which should be as hot as can be borne. Mix 1 oz. of lanoline, 1 on. oil Of almonds,
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        223 6 I SAY. SUNFLOWER GIVE ME A BOOT OR J I I SOMETHING TO BITT-IVF fIOT A TfVTTH I B I THAT REFUSES TO COME THROUGH ANO WHAT- /OU DAREN'T'!! I IF IT'S MUCH LONGER COMING THERfLL BE C^h t^i^ MUM PUT YOU IN I br^SMSSSrvS FOR SAFfTY jIN THIS HOUSE
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      Centre Of Interest In A Modern Room
      526 7 Centre Of Interest In A Modern Room Louise Stables Discusses The IF you were an artist, you would not dream of beginning a picture without having made up your mind what you would make the central point of interest in it. Having made the decision, you would plan your lines
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      Designer's Family At Home
      518 7  -  Kay Carson By- AV.'O-*IAN vrlio is almost as airmlndsci as her famous aircraftI designer husbc'id is Mrs. R. H. Mayo, wife of Major Mayo, Tech- JENNIFER MAYO haj v fascinating: collection of rabbits &lt;vhich have been given to her by people from many parts of the
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        203 7 Dread pyorrhea" strikes 4 people out of 5. Don't you become its victim. Start toda/ to guard your gums while you brush your teeth with FORHAN'S. Forhan's is different from ordinary toothpastes. It does BOTH jobs cleans teeth t saves gums, because it contains a special ingredient for the gums.
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        157 7 Just arrived a large and exquisite shipment of Ladies' silk underwear. These are cut in special style and designs to befit the ideas of 1939. Also handkerchiefs, table cloths, luncheon mats, counterpanes, hand-bags, cloisonne wares, porcelain wares, jade trees, teak and camphorwood chests, etc. ALL SUPERIOR QUALITY and LOW COST.
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      A MARKETING GUIDE
      807 8 Special To The Straits Times IRU ITS Descriptions. ApproxurjUe Prices Notes. Apples green) 5/6 cts. each Excellent. Apples &lt;red&gt; 06 each Sweet. Good Bananas (green) 01 each Good size. Bananas (red) 1% each Scarce. Bananas (yellow) 08 for ten Good. Chlcoes Hi each Very scarce. Grapes (red)
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      Twice On The Menu
      348 8 IRISHES which have been made from food prepared for a pre.i3us meal can be rather dreary afi ;&gt;ji 2 On the other hand, they give yc 1 an oppsv.uiiit? of showing; your culinary skill, and, when they are planned intelligently, they can be as delightful as
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      Cold Tomatoes
      117 8 Cold Tomatoes JAVA tomatoes look very at- J i tractive at present and here is an appetising way of serving them as a cold, luncheon dish. Slice the tops off six large tomatoes and scoop out the pulp with a spoon. Sprinkle the J shells with salt and pepper and
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      American And Australian Grapes
      204 8 American And Australian Grapes THE markets are remarkably busy at present due to Chinese New Year and most of the dealers have added extra stalls to accommodate large quantities of fruits and vegetables. Swatow oranges are very prominently displayed and are good value at ten cents a kati. A fresh
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      Strawberry Whit
      134 8 Strawberry Whip mt C TRAIN off the juice from a large tin of strawberries. Put the fruit into a bowl, with the whites of two eggs and a tablespoonful of castor sugar, and whisk the mixture hard until it is firm enough to be piled up on a glass dish.
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        230 8 C. K. T A N G I 231. River Valley Road, Phone 2181 SINGAPORE. \\r h.nr heaps of lovely and attractive OKU for all occasions that are sore to nleasc Always available. Always on display. Bedspreads Baby's Dresses. Handkerchiefs, Hand -bags. DressLig-table-sets. Lunch-sets, Indies' Lingerie, Pyjamas, Scarves, Tea-sets, Tablecloths, .lade-trees,
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        276 8 ffcteSjl^^l cc c new Shelvador THE VERY LAST WORD IN Wl BEAUTY IN A REFRIGERATOR 5 Years Guarantee!! Full particulars on Request LEE Fletcher 102-106 ORCHARD RO TELEPHONE 3333) SINGAPORE "HAZELINE* SNOW" y^ Banishes "Sh iny Sk in Use it frequently during the day, it leaves Stzfpl no trace of
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