The Straits Times, 25 February 1939

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    40 1 The Straits Times FINAL EDITION [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.! THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25. 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 21 i»ac;ks SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1939 PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      145 1 KUALA LUMPUR 25. 'AVA ST. (PHONE 3683>. Madame Page. DRESSMAKER and DESIGNER Tailenaades Cowki for All Occasions in Stock $5 $30 13. Battery Road.. Slnsapora. Tal: 6327. it's *m fl n v C^" J V ll >J v w I I***^-^^^^^^-^^1 tfa^H f*'-a<«t('aß»«ai^«^« I J^^^^'''''^^*'^feN. Nowlicn- will yon purchase I
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      727 2 B Ha Epufr^,a Fpobre.^Kali Ccn cfauS <acorgej wife 5 o, P. T. Bowers, a daughte,. a 1,, The rn^cment Is announced *tw«»lM Beymour Graham The ff^;'hl.r.Hl«h^"v'-' > (attached th= Malay Rest.) only son of MajjrGeneral Sir James and Lady Graham ol v Ed. Mommorencv Paris XVI and Jean, third daughter
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      717 2 FOR SALE^ "iMELVADQiTRrt^tor Phone 3333 FOR SALS, one new 16 inch General Electric fan. Very cheap. G.P.O. Box 226 Singapore. ALSATIAN PUPPIES. Healthy 10 week oIJ bitches $40 each. Apply Box 828 Straits Times ">E MIX, nico bu^iow <tenM»d.or -^"^^r^f^^to Enquiries to Box No. 838 Straits Times. BLACKSTONE DIESEL GENERATING
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      624 2 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET BORSUMIJ BUILDING, office space to let from Mar. 1. Apply Box No. 811, Straits Times. 01-ncts at 1 and 4-A Prince St. Ann 22 Raffle; Place. Apply Koh Chew Koe 12$ Ki'Jincv Road GODOWN, Read Street oft" Rivei Valley Road 4/,oi to 9.000 square feet United
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      127 2 AUCTION NOTICE MORTGAGEE'S SALE of freehold Singapore properties. At the saleroom o Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng tc Co., Ltd., No. 10. Chulla Street, Singapore ou Wednesday. March 1, 1939, at 2.30 p.m. Valuable freehold land and house No. Us and 451, Sims Avenue, Singapore, areas 7,340 sq ft. and 3.278
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      300 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc. BUSINESS CARDS Etc Homuunwrwunu— wi IMPORTANT BKITISII «.'OMMKKCIAL PRINCE EDWARD CLINIC vm is orn to 14 Capitol Fhits culars ot inventions, lstates Phone 7.«4 (Stamf.-rd Kd. Come.) AN TO 44S STRAITS TIMfcS. EDUCATIONAL MASSAGE HALI I NANYANG CHINESE MANDARIN SCHOOL "■'««'«»Wt' I i.f\ljl-. Evening Classes for beßinn'rs
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      372 3 S H I.PPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. and apcar line. .n.corporaied m Engiar.g > PENINSULAK ANU ORIENIAL S.N Ca MAIL I'ASSKNHEH AND CARGO SERVICES OUTWAHC 1..0M> LONDON tOR CHINA ANU JA^*" v s pore. canton TonS &rt> iS'SSS Mar io £2v?pai ***** MM 24 c^th A aoe imj» Jg J 'Sa^tS? ap; •SSStS
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      384 3 "™™J!f GENERAL PASSENGER ACiENTS FQR CUNARD WHITE tTAR to Europe via slez Rpp-ni-r fortniirhtlv sailines. KegUiar lOnniglUiy SJimiiß London via Penang, Colombo, !»ort Said, Naples, Marscillea and Gibraltar. tM.s. yasukuni maru M 1 Mar# L CC KASI\I\ MARU P" 0 «-A^l^l-'* "lrl Mal>- 16 S5. HAKONE MARU Mar. 30. S.S.
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      587 3 .iii Tl W^A fil IWf jjm //^-^^^MrfT^B^^B oH I X EW J\M WW- t- >|^ l^-w^^^ -*-<}«,* I«l^^^^ CTOIA/MP^ UNI Uixurlous One Class Motorsblr*. Most Big Cargc vessels witr ilmitea out conS^" sK^^; 1 j^ltttlS£: '^%o*t°7^ *^™T™l Sam HAsrauko and Copenhagen tebdam. hambubg a Copenhagen M 9 FY,^ score Mamcc«
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      635 3 mANSFIELD CO., LTD. OOMIII Bo"dlne> Volljn Qo"' Sln«apore rel Slil Chartered Bank Ouddmt Penan, -TeI.JSS. D*f 1 r E 1 II UN TI F¥NIT BLUE FUNNEL LINK.. rABT SEKVicts Marseilles lonimin n continent and Glasgow <| B conj.netlon ««h the Glen Line) deucauon lm h» e-xn in. Feb m»i OLENEARN
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      281 4 Air Mail Arrivals And Departures ■few Wearoct: from Penant, Ipob. and Ksala Lumpur Arrrvei rver* evening X.L.M.: From Lurope: Arrives tomorrow even in«. X.L.M.: from NetherUndf Indies: Armes THIS afternoon. QanUk: From Australia: Arrive* tomorrow afternoon Imperial: From Europe: Do* Wednesday morning. K.N.1.1..M.: From Netherlands lndle>: Arrins Tuesday afternoon K.N.1.L.M.:
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      293 4 Mm Europe Great Britain (8.L.M.) 2 Dm Iran iELH 1 .3pm Medan <X I M 1 oin Ponlianak (Tomori) ..2 pm I North Borneo, Brunei and Labuan 1 (Darvel) 2JO p.m. Sarawak (generally) Miri, Sarikei Sibu (Darvel) 2.30 p.m. Indo-China (Kumsangi ..3 p.m. Djambl <Togian> ..3 pm
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      SURFACE MAILS EXPECTED
      35 4 Malls from Europe (London parcel malls) expected yesterday evening by P. O (Canton) will be delivered today, Feb. 25, at 9 a.m. Mails from Japan expected on Feb. 27, by Hague Maru.
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    FROM MALACCA
    118 4 Correspondence tor transmission by air via Netherlands" must be fully prepaid and clearly superscribed "By XX.M." Malls will close from Malacca as follows: Today. Java and Southern Sumatra by air (Netherlands) 6 p.m. Siar\ Burma. India, Iraq, Palestine, Egypt. Mauritius, Europe, Great Britain. Ireland, N. li S. America,
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    CONSERVATIVE MOTION ON DEFENCE
    73 4 London, Feb. 25. A GROUP of Conservative members have placed a motion on tne order paper in the Commons urging the .Tovernment to Increase greatly the strength of the army, to enlarge deterrents against aggression and demonstrate its ability and Intention to bring Immediate aid to
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    CONTE ROSSO
    41 4 The Conte Rosso Is due here at 7 a.m. on Monday from Trieste, Venice, Brindisl, Port Said, Bombay and Colombo. She will berth at the wharf and Is expected to sail at 5.30 p.m. for Hong Kong and Shanghai.
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    Wall Street Quotations
    677 4 New York, Feb. 24. I*HE following quoiauom were tnose ruling when the Stocic Exchange closed today: DOW-JONES AVERAGES Yesterday's Today's Cluse Close Changes 30 Industrials 142.93 145.44 up 2.51 20 Rails 29.83 30. M up 1.07 15 Utilities 24.76 25.45 up .69 40 Bonds 90.24 90.42 unch'ed
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    KING FAROUK'S SISTER TO WED ON MARCH 15
    56 4 Teheran, Feb. 24. *THE Crown Prince of Iran who is to wed Princess Fawzlah. 17-year-old sister of King Farouk. on March 15. left for Cairo this morning. He is trayelling via Baghdad, where he will stay two days. Hia party will arrive
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    SECOND CHINESE AIR SUCCESS IN WEEK
    45 4 CBwnglrtng. Feb. 24. OTX out of 20 Japanese planes were shot down yesterday in an air fight east of Lanchow. capital of Kansu. Chinese planes jn Feb. 20 shot down nine Japanese planes near Lanchow.— Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    HOLY PLACES DESECRATED
    514 4 Used As Terrorist Headquarters LIES AGAINST THE BRITISH DENIED London, Feb. 24. "THERE is still frequent misrepresentation abroad of action taken n i British military authorities m Palestine for restoration of order as it affects the security of holy places. Misleading statements, for example, have been made
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      562 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in FM.S TELEPHONE: Freight 5"t3 Passage 5431 CANADIAN :^H=PAciric i uiL.u aora'-ta lo £ngiar;d> IB£ -KMFIttSS' KOLTt üßers TKAJHS-PiCIFIC BKBVICEB Tta HOM'i. LU or dlreel BMPKKSM w> VANCOUVEB— ACKOSS CAHAIIA bt I K ANSI ONTINKNTAL TRAIN w. b•ol cbnnei— thrnce 0» CANAHIAN PAtrirll ATLANTIC BEKVICKS TO
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      158 4 LEGAL NOTICE ■■KdVAI OAK" BAR No. 1327, Upper Srrangoon Roxd, Singapore. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the above business, hitherto carried on by Mr. Tan Lye has been sold and transferred to Mr. 1 John Jafli ay, and that all persons having any claims or demands upon the said Mr.
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      95 4 EXTENDED LEAVE htm I fly KLMf^ MTU 0-JTCM MR lines t/u m/nnth ulent air line Don spcr.a oiecious .caw time travelling (Jot on a K. Diane ana love luxurious, nteresling fliqhf In one oi th« tamoui Douglas OL.t air inerj Meward torvica on ooarti incidents expenses •re ess since ti-rte
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      387 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Daily Weather Report Station* Yeeteraaj Lasr QlK;.t max nun bright ralt< temp fall s'shine teinc Inches nrt *F West Coast. Alor Star 92 Nil 8.7 66 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 89 Nil 10.3 71 Sitiawan 89 Nil 10.4 67 Bukit Jeram 91 Nil ll.n 69 Malacca 88 Nil
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    Overthrow Of The Cities Of The Plain
    1740 5 SERMON FOR TODAY WHEN John Bunyan pictured Christian deciding to leave the City of Destruction at the bidding of the Evangelist, he probably had in mind the story of Lot and his removal from Sodom at the bidding of the heavenly messenger. All
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    NERVOUS EXHAUSTION made her an INVALID FOR YEARS.
    256 5 NERVOUS EXHAUSTION made her an INVALID FOR YEARS. Too often the sufferers Ivor" exhaustion get little or no sympathy. Weighed down by a burden of fatigue, they drag their way through the heat and fever of the day, half-dead with lassitude. i«t there is a way oovat a diet rich
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      224 5 rflBH ftjj FOR j COUGHS W CHEST >=i^ Jf TROUBLES Distributors MEDICAL OFFICE, SPORE and GRAFION LABORATORIES LTD. SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPUR. TO FAMILY MEN! You toil all your lives io bequeath n sound estate to your heirs. How often are these intentions destroyed by weak or dishonest executors, nnd
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      216 5 <3 O years of progressive typewiiter construction— and" now-the REMINGTON STANDARD No. 16 is far ahead of otkei typewriters today as REMINGTONS have been for over 60 years. Remington STANDARD TYPEWRITER Model No. I* REMINGTON, RAND INC. Battery Road Singapore Tel. MML Branches at Kuala Lumpur Ipoh. Penang, Agents Joseph
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      214 5 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TODAY /.lIL 225 metre* ZHP 30.96 metre*. p.m. 12.45 Light orchestra] concert. Relayed from the Adelphi Hotel. 1.30 Mid -day tin and rubber prices. 1.32 Light orchestral concert (contd.) 2.00 Close down. 4.50 Running commentary on the third day of the Singapore races. 5.15 Kronchong hits.t 5.45 Peiping
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      365 5 EMPIRE STATION TODAY TRANSMISSIONS 2 AND 3 USU 21 4 J me/t (11.91 m-); O9Q 17.7' met lltUt* DL); GSF 15.14 met (19.82 m.) GSJ t1 .63 me/* (13.93 ml: GS'i UTS me* pjn. 6.05 Big Ben. Lucky Dip." 6.50 Snooker: Commentary* by Willie Smi'h on final match In world's
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      150 5 NIROM TODAY »l)A CM me ft».« at.). YDS 965 BH'I (SIM m>. VDB 11.86 me (25.3 m PMN 11.26 me I (29.2 <n). pju. 1.10 Aneta news. 1.22 Studio orchestra. 2.10 News. 2.20 Close down. 4.50 Programme preview. 4.55 Selection of recorded music. 5.50 Hammond organists. C.05 Modem chamber music.
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      464 6 MORE ACTIVE AND GOOD UNDERTONE RUBBER STEADILY CLIMBING lly Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Feb. 25. THE week closes with rubber maintaining its improvement .sinca the quota announcement Jast week. Both Home markets recorded further small rises yesterday and the local market opened this morning with values about
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      LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      114 6 London, Feb. 24. THE Fbreign Exchange market today was more active with sterling firmer In terms of the majority of the leading currencies. -Renter. The tollowlng were today's closing mean rates Paris 177 1 64 Athens 547' i N. York 4.C9 116 Rl 0 3 X/1 j
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      20 6 Prague, Feb. 24. It is reliably learned that Germans In Caecbo-SlovakU will be exempted from compulsory military service. Reut r.
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      MINING
      589 6 Issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers Singapore, Friday, Feb. 24, 5 p.m. issue Vax tva&et u Co. lyall Evatt Buvcis Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- AoiDat nn 3/6 4/- 3/6 4/5/- Austral Amal 4/6 5/U Auiirai •\la 1 ay 40/- 45/-cd 40/- 50/5/-
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      GENERAL
      437 6 3 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.30 1.40 l.32'/ 2 140 2 2 do f Vfe <r PrelS. 2.20 2.30 2 22'/ 2 2.30xd 10 10 Atlas Ice 4.75 5.25 5.00 5 50 l l B M Broadcasting 0 50 0.60 0.50 1 60 10 5 B M. Trustee 6.75
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS
      271 6 Br* Maynard Co. Ltd $30,000 int. Apr. 30 Oct. 31 00 100 norn SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. T« l'JOl red 1940 $400,000 Int Mar 31 Sept 30 102'/ 3 103^ norn «ft% 1907 red 1947 51.800.000 Int Mar 31 Sept 30 108'/^ 110 norn 4V 2 9i 190 i
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      RUBBER SHARES
      384 6 Prasez ft Co Lyali Evatt Allenby 1.22', 2 130 1.25 1.35 Alor Oajato 0.90 1.00 0 90 1.00 Amai Malay 1.35 1.40 145 1.55 Ayer HJtam 0.85 1.00 090 0.95 Ayer Molek 0.84 0.94 090 1.00 Ayer Panas 1.15 1.30 1 22> 2 130 9assett 0.45 0.50 046
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN
    84 6 Friday, Feb. 24, noon No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) 28! i 28?» No. IX R.S.S. f.o.b. in cases February 28?& 28% G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. In bales February 28 28!4 F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales February 27 3/16 27 5.1« FUTURE QUOTATIONS No. IX R.S.S. on
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    EXCHANGES
    194 6 Friday, Feb.. 24. The following are Me exchange rates this morning according to the dally circular Issued by the Horg Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation:— SELLING London T.T 2/3 25/32 London demand 2/3 25/32 Lyons demand 2045 Switzerland demand 237% Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54 'a Montreal
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    London Stock Exchange
    414 6 Firmer Undertone Maintained London, Feb. 24. QN the Stock Exchange today. In spito v of week-end, realising, many final gains were shown as a result of a good buying movement early in the session. Home rails and industrials were active but gold-mining issues were quietly firm. Gilt-edged
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    F.B.I. FAIR GETS GOOD HARDWARE ORDERS
    60 6 London, Feo. 24. MORE orders have been booked by many exhibitors In the hardware section of the British Industries Fair at Birmingham in the first week than In two weeks in 1938. The chairman of the Fair Management Committee has expressed himself as delighted
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    "WARSHIPS OF ALIJ CLASSES"
    188 6 "WARSHIPS OF ALIJ CLASSES" Red Naval Commfesai On Soviet Advance Moscow, tea. 24. ■THE Soviet Fleet today celebrated its coming of si^e. All the newspapers eulogise Its growing power. Izvestia announces the forthcoming launching of a "new powerful ship" as a proof of the efficiency of the Soviet dockyards. M.
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    RUBBER MARKET HAS SOUND TONE
    130 6 Guthrie And Company s Weekly Report IN a weekly report on the rubber market, issued at noon yest -rday, Guthrie and Co. Ltd., write: There was improved trade demand during the period under review and this, together with further stock reduction and the absence of
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    GOVERNMENT RETAINS RIPON SEAT London, Feb. 24.
    42 6 GOVERNMENT RETAINS RIPON SEAT London, Feb. 24. •"PHE Government today retained the 1 Ripon .seat at the by-tleclion ouueJ by the death of Major Hills. Voting was: C. York 1 Conservative) 23,257. R. J. Kail (Labour) who contested last election, 10,213— Reuter.
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    MORE SABOTAGE BY IRISH SUSPECTED
    50 6 London, Feb. 2b. WORKING on a theory that UM damage may have been caused by Irish Republican Army sympathisers. Metropolitan Police officers an keeping a special watch on telepliono kiosks. Telephone wires in 25 kiosks in iw<> underground stations have been maliI ciously cut. Reatw.
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      BENEFITS OF TIN CONTROL TO OUTSIDE PRODUCERS
      265 7 Signatories' Production Falls Heavily Last Year (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Feb. 24. THE benefits that the International Tin Control scheme has conferred on countries which are not parties to the scheme is demonstrated by the statistics of production and consumption issued by
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      SUN LIFE OF CANADA PROGRESS
      162 7 Total Assets £179,978,000 MR. Arthur B. Wood, president and managing director of the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, at the j annual meeting in Montreal, on Feb. j 14. stated that total net assurances in j force increased to £590,724.000. New assurances for the
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      195 7 Singapore, Feb. 24, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambier 7.50 Hamburg Cube $13.50 Java Cube $1200 Pepper White Muntok $13.25 White $13.75 Black S 8.75 Copra Mixed $3.40 Sun Dried $3.70 Sago Flour No. 1 Lingga $230 Fair $2.30 $2.30 Sarawak $2.27»i $2.27y 2 Jelotong Palembang $6.75 Banja $7
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      BIG ORDER FOR LANCASHIRE
      108 7 CLOTH FOR CHINESE MILITARY NEEDS London, Feb. 23. pLOTII contracts totalling 20,000,000 yards and valued beween £500,000 and £750,000 are the subject of negotiations between Lancashire cotton interests and a leading Manchester firm of Far Eastern shippers and merchants which is acting on behalf of the
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
      168 7 343 Tons Sold Yesterday THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held Its 1,422 nd auction yesterday when of 1.132.082 lb. (505.39 tons) catalogued, 1,017,178 lb (454.10 tons) was offered and 769,106 lb. '343.35 tons) was sold. London spot 8 3 16d a pound. New York spot
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      MANILA GOLD SHARE MARKET
      107 7 Manila, Feb. 24. r:E 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. Yesterday Today asked bid asked bid Antamok 0.45 0.44' i
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      NEW POWER STATION FOR GLASGOW £2,000,000 Scheme
      90 7 Glasgow. fTHE construction of a large electric power station to serve the southwestern area of Scotland is planned. It would be erected in Glasgow at an (estimated cost of about £2.000,000, i and would be in commission by 1946. j Glasgow Corporation Electricity
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      HITLER'S GIFT OF VASES TO JAPANESE EMPEROR
      42 7 Toklo, Feb. 24. TTHE Emperor was presented with two porcelain vases from Herr Hitler through Major-General Eugen Ott, the German Ambassador, yesterday when the German envoy was received in audience by the Emperor.— Eastern News.
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      SETTLEMENTS BANK
      31 7 Basle, Feb. 12. COR the first time In many years there was no German representative at the meeting here today of the Board of the Bank for International Settlements.
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      U. K. HAS ADVERSE TRADE BALANCE
      113 7 £55,000.000 LAST YEAR London, Feb. 23. THE Board of Trade's estimate of balance of payments in 1938 shows a debit balance of £55,000,000 compaved with £56,000,000 in 1937 and £18,000,000 in 1936. There were all round reductions in the estimated net receipts from Invisible
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      EFFICIENCY EXPERT AND A CLAIM
      211 7 Wants Court Order To Be Set Aside Johannesburg, Feb. 24. ITHE Supreme Court rejected a petition brought by Mr. Charles j Bedaux, well-known American efflcijency expert, asking that a court order I attaching his person be set aside and also asking that the sheriff be
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      SUEZ CANAL BOARD
      71 7 Major A. H. Bibby Appointed MAJOR Arthur Harold Bibby has been appointed a director of the Suez Canal Co. to nil the vacancy by the death of Sir Edmund Wyldbore-Smith. Major Blbby is chairman of the Bibby Line and the Sea Insurance Co.. and is a director
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      B.0. T. INDUSTRIAL INDEX FALLS
      50 7 London, Feb. 24. THE Board of Trade index of industrial production in 1938 was 6.4 per cent, lower than in 1937. This decline follows five years of continuous expansion. Most important groups showing a fall were iron and steel, textiles and non-ferrous metals. —British Wireless.
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      BARON AND WIFE DIE IN PLANE CRASH
      63 7 Algiers, Feb. 24. A WIRELESS message from Fort Lamy, French Equatorial Africa, ■says that Baron de Foucaucourt, Inspector-General of Finance in Paris, and his wife, were killed when their plane crashed near Ounianga, 300 miles from the border of AngloEgyptian Sudan. They were
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      MAIDENS FLIGHT OF GIANT CLIPPER
      53 7 Honolulu, Feb. 23. TPHE new $1,000,000 giant Pan- American seaplane Boeing Clipper, arrived here today on its maiden test flight from San Francisco to Hons Kong 1 The seaplane, which -Is luxuriously equipped and includes a honeymoon suite, maintained a steady speed of 150 miles
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
      74 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Books Company Dividend Close TIN. Austral Malay 9d. No. 48 3d. bonu* Feb. 24 Raub 5d final 2d. bonus Mar. 8 RUBBER Teluk Anton 5% final Mar. 24 GENEBAI. Hongkong Bk f». Feb. IS Singapore. Feb. 24, S p.m. Total for Date Kx. DIt.
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      39 7 Roundtrip from Singapore to Hongkong/Shanghai and back via Manila, Saigon and Bangkok per Luxury Liner Boissevain," Ruys or Tegelberg." Roundtrip fare $25 0 .0 0/ S 3 20 .0 O Full particulars from Pats. Dept., X.P.M. Line. (Phone 5451)
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      775 7 PUBLIC NOTICES J NOTICE. Mr. Tan Tong Hal has ceased to work with me from date and he has no authority to carry out any transaction r.hatsoever on my behalf. I NEO BAH. NOTICE. It is notified for general Information that the Government proposes to select two Probationers for the
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      221 7 BANK OF CHINA Uncoroorateo in cmna o.v Special Charter*. 12. Ortt Street. Storaame. Telephones: Manacer't Office Aast Manager's OBlce «M» Cxchaoce v, pt RIM fteneral Office 5181-* Cable Address: "CHUNGKUO." Paid O» Capital Chi t9.000.000M Reserve Funds In ezeess at Cb I 5.2 M.000 Total Assets approxianateU Cb. $2.K*.OO<MlOa.H Tse-Vuriß
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    1096 9 TIMR. George F. Noble, chief cameraman of tlie Spectator Shorts Films Ltd., London, who is making a colour film of the KLM route from Europe to Australia, below writes an article giving some of his impressions gathered during his present trip. Fwas a bad start
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEB. 25, 1939. UNWEFr, UNHONOURED & UNSUNG
    830 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEB. 25, 1939. UNWEFr, UNHONOURED UNSUNG In all the political upheaval of tr«e past year, one major happening has passed almost without notice. The League of Nations has failed utterly as a political body and has fallen, j unwept, unhonoured and \msung, to j a
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    PUPPET OFFICIALS IN SHANGHAI
    121 10 Prefer To Live In Foreign Controlled Areas Hong Kong, Feb. 24. /COMMENTING on the Japanese protests to the Shanghai Municipal Council over the recent assassination In the Settlement, foreign observers here declare that since the outbreak of the war the Shanghai Municipal Police have been performing
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    LETTERS IN PAGE 15
    50 10 WHAT IS A EURASIAN? An appeal for a statutory definition. NURSES AND NUNS. Nursing before the advent of Florence Nightingale. RIFLE SHOOTING. Need for more rifle clubs in Malaya. CHINESE EMPLOYEES. More criticism of Mr. Tan Kah Kee. MADRAS AND MALAYA. Comments by an educated immigrant.
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    15 10 Mrs. H. D. Mundcll, of Singapore, is staving in Cameron Highlands until early next month
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    THE EURASIAN CLUB
    414 10 Night Contrast On the Padang YOUNG MEN'S GAMES To the Editor of the Straits limes. Sir, Two ot your correspondents want to know why the S.R.C. Is al ways a dark sp"t after 7.30 p.m. whilst the S.C.C. is. still well lit up ai that time. If
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    MUNICIPAL POSTS
    207 10 Why Leave Applicants In Uncertainty To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— Referring to the letter by "Argos" which appeared in your Usue of Feb. 18, please permit me to ventilate another piece of Municipal lethargy. Last November the Water Engineer's Department advertised for several foremen, surveyors
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    "NO RIGHT TURN"
    124 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— One sees a considerable number of cases reported in the Press of motorists who are fined for choosing the wrong moment to turn right in Stamford Road. May I suggest that all traffic going into town from Orchard Road,
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    An Eastern Bookshelf PRINCES AND POLITICS
    481 10 An Eastern Bookshelf PRINCES AND POLITICS Various Aspects Of Modern India By Professor L. R. Williams nrHERE are several important books recently published which will appeal to those interested in India. At the head of the list I would put William Roy Smith's ''Nationali&m and Reform in India" Yale University
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    Seventy Years Ago Garrison Amateurs In Town Hall
    222 10 Seventy Years Ago Garrison Amateurs In Town Hall (From the Straits Times files of 1869) WHE Band Amateurs of H.M.s 73rd Regiment gave their second performance In the Town Hall before about as large an audience as ever assembled before in a Singapore Theatre. The first play was Mr. Byron's
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    736 10 NOTES Of The DAY Less Tippling COME comments on estate life In general and toddy in particular, made in the last annual report of the Controller of Labour, are worth recalling today, when so much is being written about the "helots and slaves" who dwell in Malaya's rubber forests. "The
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    BRITAIN & FRANCE TO RECOGNISE GEN. FRANCO?
    642 11 BRITAIN FRANCE TO RECOGNISE GEN. FRANCO? Announcement Likely Early Next Week COUNCIL OF MINISTERS TO DECIDE IN PARIS M. Daladier On Spain's Future Importance BRITISH and French recognition of General Franco's government in Spain is expected early next week, say Reuter messages from London and Paris. If tho French Council
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    NAZI HINT TO FRANCO
    302 11 To Enter AntiCominterii Pact Berlin, Feb. 24. DERLIN newspapers publish strong hints about General Franco joining the Anti-Com-intern Pact and declare the efforts of Western Powers to get Franco to promise not to I join have been foiled. This follows the joining of the j pact
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    ITALIAN LEGIONARY CHIEF ON VISIT TO ROME
    28 11 Rome, Feb. 24. GEN. Gambara, commander of tho Italian legloni.ry troops in Spain. lias arrived here to consult the authorities.— Reuter.
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    ANTI-GERMAN OUTBREAKS
    178 11 Polish Students Demonstrate Warsaw, Feb. 25. ANTI-GERMAN demonstra- j tions kept the police busy in various parts of the country, notably in Warsaw, Danzife and Posen. German shops were wrecked m pospn where students passed a resolution to expel German students from the university. An official communique states
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    Delivery Of Air Raid Shelters Begins
    91 11 London, Feb. 24. f«HK first I 3 000 steel air rald s!ielt ers are now on the railways and they will be delivered at homes In six London borou-hs and seven English and Scottish centres this week-end. By the end of next week, a
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    JAPAN'S ARMS PURCHASES FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA
    34 11 Prague, Feb. 24. Heavy pureh^s.-s of armaments were made from Czecho-Slovakia by Japan In January, totalling 43.000,000 crowns, compared with only 3.000,000 in the last three tr.o-.iMrs of 1938.-Reuter.
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    PALESTINE TALKS: CHIEF DELEGATES MEET
    286 11 London, Feb. 24. A FURTHER meeting among Arab, Jewish and British delegates to the Palestine Conference, lasting half an hour, was held today. For the time being it has been decided to revert to the normal bilateral system of talks until the Arab and Jewish
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    SYNTHETIC RUBBER PRODUCTION
    71 11 Berlin, Feb. 21. IT is stated here that the construction of "Buna" works near Mersebure is so far advanced that the production of synthetic rubber on a large scale will begin shortly. The company recently increased its share capital from 30,000,600 marks to 50,000,000 marks. Other factories
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    40 FOUND DEAD NEAR FRONTIER Bishop & Colonel Among Republicans' Victims
    123 11 40 FOUND DEAD NEAR FRONTIER Bishop Colonel Among Republicans' Victims Burgos, i"eo. THE bodies oi- the Bishop of Urgel, Colonel Rey, who commanded the Nationalist garriso:. at Teruel. and 40 ethers are reported to have been found near the French frontier according to a telegram from Barcelona. The Nationalists allege
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    32 11 O-ViaN of the Vatican surrounded by Guards and clerjry In procession through St. Peters Church, with the body of the Pops to be laid in state. (Pictures of Pope's funeral— pape 20).
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    Six-Point Programme Of New U.S. Commerce Chief
    151 11 Six-Point Programme Of New U. S. Commerce Chief Des Moines (Iowa), Feb. Zi. A FEDERAL programme for business based on a A create an environment in which private capital encouraged to invent" wo* advanced by Mr. H. L. h °P« in In a speech at the D<* Moines Economic Club.
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    BELGIAN CABINET CRISIS THREATENED
    96 11 Brussels, Feb. 25. AFRESH Cabinet crisis Is threatened In Belgium. The Socialist Party In the Chamber decided to vote against the motion of confidence In the new Government as a protest against what they regard as its policy of deflation. The Liberals have already announced their
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    LORD BRABOURNE'S BURIAL Calcutta. Feb. 24.
    53 11 LORD BRABOURNE'S BURIAL Calcutta. Feb. 24. uaicuiia, r cd. t*. Lord Brabourne, Governor of Bengal, who died yesterday was buried today. A salute of 17 guns was fired as the body was taken Jn the procession on a guncarriage to the place of interment. The route was thickly lined with
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    MAYOR BOYCOTTS NAZI CADETS
    170 11 Reply To Insult To Holy Father Cork, Feb. 2b. THE Lord Mayor of Cork, Alderman James Hi key, yesterday refused to participate in a welcome to the German naval training ship, Schlesten, due In Cork today, owing to the "insult to the Roman Catholic world on
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    BATTLESHIPS FOR N.1.?
    130 11 BATTLESHIPS FOR N.1.? General's Pica In Dutch Chamber JAPANS MENACE TO EAST INDIES Hague, l<eb. 24. AN appeal to the Netherlands Government to build four new battleships, each of :>O,OOO tons, to defend the Netherlands Indies was made in the Second Chamber by Lieut-Gen-eral Bajette in the course of a
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    TWO SAFETY ZONKS ON KULING
    88 11 iiiianghai, F 24. Fis officially announced Uttt Uia Japanese military authorities have designated two places on Kuling Mountain as "safety concenlrations** for the 47 foreigners who an ing there. These zones, it ll ■tated. will be immune from attack provided t hey are not used
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    New Health Officer
    43 12 Deputy Municipal Health ogicer, who joas appointed Municipal Health Officer, at a salary of $1,200 a month, by the Municipal Commission yesterday. His appointment takes effect from the retirement of Dr. P. S. Hunter early next month. Straits Times picture.
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    Authorities' Protection CHANGE IN LAW PROPOSED
    155 12 Authorities' Protection CHANGE IN LAW PROPOSED ■WITH the purpose of varying the restrictions imposed upon actions brought against public authorities, an Ordinance to amend the PubHc Authorities' Protection Ordinance will be submitted to Executive Council for consideration and for leave to introduce it into Legislative Council. Under the present law
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    ROBBERY CHARGE AGAINST CHINESE
    124 12 W\VO young Chinese, Yang Kang Woon and Ng Kun Chok, were on trial i boiore Mr. L. B. Gibson In the Singa- pore Criminal District Court, yesterday. on a charge of robbery. Chief Court Inspector Tunn said the case arose as a result of an Incident
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    PARTNERSHIP SUIT SETTLED
    119 12 A SETTLEMENT was announced ba- fare the Chief Justice, S.S., Sir Percy McElwainc. in the Singapore High Court in a suit between Sim Chye r.d Shaul Hamid or Hameed. Action was brought by Sim Chye 1 to ask the- court to decide whether Shaul Hamid was a
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    TEA PARTY GIVEN TO MR. R. JUMABHOY
    123 12 T H:; h< P that he would receive the co Deration or hlj fellow-country-men in carrying out the duties of Municipal Commissioner was expressed by Mr. R. Jumabhoy at a tea party, attended by the acting Colonial •y. Mr. H. Weisberg, at the
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    EUROPEANS ON CHARGES OF ILLEGAL PLANTING
    148 12 P 'From Our Own Correspondent) I Seremban, Feb. 24. s CURTHER hearing was continued i r yesterday, before Mr. J. P. Biddulph, -|the Seremban Magistrate, in the case in which three Europeans, A. J. Bos- !tock Hill, R. IV. Cook and C. Shirley 1
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    COMMISSION AND BOY SCOUT GRANT
    107 12 QN the proposal of Mr. N. A. Mallal, j v at a meeting of Singapore Munlj cipal Commissioners yesterday, the question of a grant from the Municipal Fund to the Boy Scouts' Association was referred back for reconsideration. A previous decision, tabled yesterday, was that
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    MUI-TSAI LEGISLATION TO BE INTRODUCED
    473 12 New Bill Before Council IMPLEMENTING COMMISSION'S MINORITY REPORT DROTECTION of "transfers 1 living apart from their nai whom a bond has been execute* Bill to be introduced at the Lej I Monday. Entitled the Children's Or< peal and re-enact with amendi jing Children's Ordinance. It
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    WATER SUPPLY WAS DANGEROUS
    63 12 (From Our Own Correspondent 1 Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 24. A BACTERIOLOGICAL analysis Of j, Kuala Kubu Bahru's water reveal- ed that the supply was unsatisfactory and even dangerous to health, it Is i stated in the Selangor Finance Com- '1 mlttee report, which adds that a
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    NEW ADOPTION LAW
    131 12 Colony To Be Same As England A DOITED children are given statutory recognition in the Adoption of Children Ordinance, 1939, to be introduced in Legislative Council. This recognition will be to the same extent as the position of adopted children is now recognised by the statute law
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    PILOT DIES AFTER CRASH
    98 12 Capt. Rodney Beresford (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Feb. 24. £APT. RODNEY BERESFORD, who was seriously injured when a Hillson Praga aircraft which he was piloting crashed at the Singapore Airport en July 19, died on Wednesday at Romsey, Hants. Capt. Beresford's accident occurred a week
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    TERRACE HOUSES AT SIGLAP
    94 12 OINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners are to discuss again the question of the Siglap bungalow area. Mr. E. A. Brown successfully moved reference back at a meeting yesterday of a decision of the Commissicners in committee, recom in ending approval in principle of an amendment to the Siglap
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    CZECH CONSUL LEAVING
    23 12 Mr. J. v. Polodna, acting Consul for Czechoslovakia at Singapore, leaves for Europe by the Conte Biancamano on March 2.
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    MUNICIPAL TRIBUTES PAID TO DR. P.S. HUNTER
    423 12 CINGAPORE will lose early next month a man who has done valuable work in the city in the field of health— Dr. P. S. Hunter Singapore Municipal Health Officer, who will be proceeding on leave prior to retirement. Mention of Dr. Hunter's impending
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    Perak Prepares To Instal Sultan
    66 12 A .mucha versuda piatform, on which cucient r.tes connected icitn. the installation of a Perak sultan will take place, is being prepared in the grounds of the Astana Iskandarlah at Kuala Kangsar. The Sultan of Perak will be installed on March 4 and festivities will
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    HOW YOU CAN SERVE IN EMERGENCIES Voluntary Civilian Services
    843 12 HOW YOU CAN SERVE IN EMERGENCIES Voluntary Civilian Services F v?* c voluntar y services in which civilians may be enrelied for service in an emergency are given in a circular, "What You Can Do, issued last night by the Air Raids Precautions Department. The duties are mainly for what
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    Tribute To CD. Ahearne IMPRESSION IN NEW DELHI
    371 12 Tribute To CD. Ahearne IMPRESSION IN NEW DELHI "Remarkable Spirit Of Compromise" A REMARKABLE tribute to the impression created both in official and unofficial circles in India by Mr. C. D. Ahearne, Federal Secretary, F.M.S., who led the official Malayan delegation to India in connection with the recent Immigration talks
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    IMPORTS OF POULTRY
    283 12 Commissioner Seeks Regulation THE unchecked importation and the marketing of poultry in Singapore should be controlled by regulations on the lines of those in force for cattle and pigs, suggested Mr. R. E. Prentis at the Singapore Municipal Commissioners' meeting yesterday. He was commenting on replies tabled
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    BANK MANAGER CRITICALLY ILL
    40 12 MR. WILLIAM HAY, manager of th« Singapore branch of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, is critically ill in the General Hospital. However, It Is reported that slight Improvement In his condition took place last nighr
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    SENT SEVERAL LETTERS IN ONE ENVELOPE
    366 13 Company Manager Fined $25 POSTAL REGULATIONS EXPLAINED IN SINGAPORE COURT PLKADING guilty to a charge of sending a letter which contained six letters addressed to persons other than the addressee, the managing director of Watts and Co., Ltd., Robinson Road, Singapore, Mr. Hugh Vernon
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    POLICE CHIEF SAILS ON RETIREMENT
    100 13 200 Officers And Men AFTER a farewell at the wharf by 200 officers and representatives 'of the Singapore Police divisions and a guard of honour from the Sikh contingent, the retiring Inspector-General of Police, Mr. R. H. Onraet, sailed lln the P. and O. liner
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    31 13 Shanghai. Feb. 23. 'THE arrival of 841 Jewish refugees i on board an Italian liner yesterday has brought the total of Jewish 1 refugees In Shanghai to 3,500.- Chinese Central News.
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    Soldiers Fined For Theft
    291 13 TAXI STOLEN FROM MALAY Allege Driver Drew Knife pONVICTED on a charge of stealIns taxi worth $1,000, two Gordon Highlanders, Frederick Black and George Mitchell, were fined S2O each and ordered to pay S5 compensation each, by Mr. K. A. Blacker. Singapore Fourth Po!ice Magistrate, yesterday.
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    BIGGER COURTS FOR K. L.
    266 13 More Room Badly |]j Required From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 24. \t TO relieve congestion in the Kuala J Lumpur Police courts, extensive alterations are being made to the existing buildings. There are at present three Police Courts in Kuala Lumpur and these
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    NEW REFERENCE BOOKS ON MALAYA
    173 13 EASTERN Advertising Agency has just published the 1939 issue of its classified guide of manufacturers, traders and professions in Malaya. There are several additional features, and a complete alphabetical index of Malayan residents engaged in professional and commercial activities. Nanyang Slant Pau, the Singapore Chinese
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    MAGAZINE SALE AT LIBRARY
    71 13 A rale of magazines and periodicals purchased lor Raffles Library between January to June this year will be held at the library at 5 p.m. on Monday. Purchasers will receive back numbers of magazines and periodicals regularly as current numbers arrive. For the con- venience of
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    SALVATION ARMY OFFICER ACQUITTED
    31 13 On a charge of negligent driving on Dec. 22, a European Brigadier H. Lord, of the Salvation Army, was yesterdry acquitted in. the Singapore Traffic District Court.
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    CONTRACTOR'S SUIT AGAINST MISSION FAILS
    493 13 Judge's Comment On Accounts REMARKING that he did not have much faith in the statement of accounts of the plaintiff, and that it seemed to depend largely on plaintiff's imagination and he had to reject it, Mr. Justice Home dismissed a claim for $3,132.80, brought
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    65 13 Wing Commander A F. Lang M.BE., A.F.C. (left), who arrived this week to relieve Croup Captain P. E. Maitland as Officer Commanding No. 20ii (General Reconnaissance) Squadron, R.A.F., chatting with the latter before he sailed yesterday to England in the P. and O. liner Ranchi. Wing Commander Lang commanded the
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    Drowning At Haw-Par Pool
    203 13 Lifeguard's Evidence At Inquest U7HILE a Chinese life-guard. Yeo Tong Leong, employed by the HawPar Swimming Pool in Pasir Pan J ant, was strolling round the pool on the morning of Feb. 12, when many people were bathing, he was approached by a bather who told
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    TRIBUTES TO COMMISSIONER
    189 13 Mr. hua Keh Hai A FORMER commanding officer of the Chinese Company of the Straits Settlements Volunteer F.:r<xpaid a tribute to an old member oi his company at the Singapore Municipal Commissioners' meeting yesterday Referring to the late Mr. Cbm Hal, former Municipal Commissioner. jMr E. A
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    VOLUNTEER INSTRUCTOR LEAVES
    60 13 The Singapore Volunii I Regimental Sergeant Major v*nd Instructor, Frank Hardman, sailed on leave to England in the P. and O I liner Ranchl yesterday. j After being attached to Urn Singapore Volunteer Corps since 19H5, C. S. If. Hardman is going on leave prior to joining
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    LORD HALIFAX'S SPEECH PLEASES BRITAIN
    376 14 4 Anglo-French Solidarity Is No Menace To Any Country' London, Feb. 24. THE reaflirmation last night by the Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, of the Prime Minister's recent statement that "the solidarity of interests by which France and this country arc united is such that any
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    28 14 Shanghai, Feb. 24. /^EN. LIU CHI, former chairman of the Honan Provincial Government, is reported to have been appointed garrison commander of Chungking.— E?stern News.
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    66 14 The wedding of Miss Elizabeth Knatchbull-llugessen and Mr. G. P. Young took place recently at St. Peter's, London. The bride's father is Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, who was seriously wounded by a machine-gun bullet from a Japanese plane when he was Ambassador to China in 1937, Sir
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    GOERiNG TO SEE BALBO
    59 14 Berlin, Feb. 24. 17IELU-MAKSHAL Goering, the Krirh Air Minister, will leave for Rome in the second week in March and will be away several weeks. It is understood he is expected to see Air Marshal Balbo, GovernorGeneral of Libya. When Marshal Balbo visited Germany some months
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    POLITICAL MOVES BY ITALY
    148 14 Count Ciano Leaves For Warsaw Parleys Rome, Feb. 24. •"/•HE Italian Foreign Minister, Count Ciano, accompanied by the Polish Ambassador and a number of officials of the Italian Foreign Office, left for Warsaw yesterday. Nothing is reported in the Italian press as to the object of
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    NAZI TRADE ATTEMPT FAILS IN BUCHAREST
    92 14 Bid For Oil And Mining Concessions Bucharest, Feb 24. UERR WOHJLTHAT, of the German; Ministry of Economics, has left j for Berlin after a week's negotiations i on trade questions. He failed, according to a highly placed Rumanian source of infor- j mation, in
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    56 14 SIR R. REID AS ACTING GOVERNOR OF BENGAL London. Feb. 24. pOLLOWING the death of Lord Bra- bourne, the King has approved the appointment of Sir Robert Neil Reid to act as Governor of Bengal, and of Mr. Henry Joseph Twynam to act as Governor of Assam In the absence
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    266 14 'Sole Aim To Keep Stale At Present Size 1 Prague, Feb. 24. *I*HE sole aim of Czecho-Slovak foreign policy today is to maintain the territory of the State at its present size. Thus stated the Foreign Minister, Dr. Chvalkovsky, addressing a meeting of press representatives and
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    PUPPET POLICE FOR SHANGHAI
    74 14 Nan King. Feb. 24. THE pro-Japanese Reformed Govern- ment of the Republic of China has decided to send Chinese police under their control to Shanghai to post them around the International Settlement as a precautionary measure against further outbreak of terroristic Incidents. This followed an emergency
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    NEW GOVERNMENT IN DAMASCUS
    40 14 Damascus, Feb. 24. I OUFTI HAFFAR, Finance Minister in the outgoing Cabinet, has formed a new Government one of whose first tasks will be to deal with the confused state of Syria's relations with France.— Reuter.
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    CHINESE RETAKE SEVERAL TOWNS ON THREE FRONTS
    188 14 Chungking, Feb. 24. /CHINESE forces recaptured a number of cities and towns in the South, North and Central fronts during the past few days, stated the Chinese military spokesman reviewing the war situation. He added the situation along the south section of the
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    174 14 Franco Assures Britain Burgos, Feb. 24. IT is understood the British Govern- ment recently approached the Franco Government in regard to political offenders in the Republican zone and expressed a wish for an assurance that there will be full restraint and moderation in their treatment, but this
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    FIRE PREVENTION IN CHUNGKING
    42 14 Chungking, Feb. 24. AS a measure to prevent fires in the event of large-scale air raids with incendiary bombs the Government has decided to demolish almost one- fourth of the city's buildings within the next four weeks. Reuter.
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    PALESTINE AGAIN UNDER CONTROL
    193 14 Go\ ernnient Authority Being Restored London, Feb. '£'6. fHE position in Palestine ha; improved slowly but surely in recent months, staled Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. Secretary of State foi the Colonies, in ti>.e I7oi se of Common? today. The authority of the Government i has gradually
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    DEFINITION OF EURASIAN
    455 15 India's Example To Malaya "ANGLO-MALAYANS" To the Kilitor of the Straits Times. I o me r.iiuur vi me o.i--*o si.-. All these years I have refrained from introducing the question of a v.v -iir in the designation "Eurasian" in Malaya and In the public Press, but this
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      NURSES AND NUNS
      619 15 Catholic Traditions In The Profession To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir— ln "Notes of tfe Day' recently fi there appeared v. statement which si to me seems untrue. "Florence h Nightingale, ichen she founded iftejei nursing profession Surely this ,s: noble profession is older than
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      FROM VILLAGES TO COOLIE LINES
      338 15 An Educated South Indinn On Labourers To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— The correspondent who signs himself as "A Lover Of All The Indians" In your issue of Feb. 14, Is not nearer the truth than Mr. Satyamurthl on the treatment of Indians
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      ST. ANTHONY SCHOOL
      125 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— l heartily agree with your correspondents who have suggested that the Catholic schools should dismiss their* pupils at one o'clock. It Is high time that these schools should consider this matter. There have been a number of complaints in
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      A BANKING GUILD?
      118 15 To the Editor of the Straits Timev Sir,— Recently Mr Booth advised bank clerks to form a bank employees' 1 guild 'Bank Clerk," in his letter to the Straits Times dated Feb. 11, says it is up to bank clerks to give their unanimous support and that
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      TWENTY YEARS ON ESTATES
      148 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.-I congratulate Mr. J. M. Sathupathy on his twenty years' unbroken luck as a clerk on coconut and rubber estates In Malaya under amiable bosses Unfortunately, iiocp he has served under only a limited number of managers, his knowledge
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    MALAYAN MARKSMEN
    556 15 More Rifle Clubs Needed In These Times To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l saw In a recent Issue of your newspaper an inquiry regarding rifle i clubs, with an editorial reply that there were no rifle clubs in Singapore excepting those controlled by the Volunteers.
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    CHINESE EMPLOYEES
    215 15 I Sunday Trading Law For The Colony? To the Editor nf the Straits Time* Sir,— Mr. Tan Kan Kec s opposition 1 to Sunday closing, coming as it does from a business man and the chairman of the China Relief Fund, will make him most unpopular amongst Chinese
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      240 16 Mahatina Gandhi's Advice To Rulers Bombay, Feb. 18. THE need for rulers of Indian States to move with the times in the matter of constitutional advancement is emphasised by Mahatma Gandhi in an article in today's Harijan. under the caption Travancore." Mr. Gandhi concludes that
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      RAJKOT'S WARNING TO OUTSIDERS
      25 16 Rajkot, Feb. 17. The State authorities have warned outside volunteers from coming here to offer "satyagraha" on the pain of imprisonment.
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      BOMBAY LIGHTS WORLD FAIR!
      93 16 Bombay, Feb. 18. illumi7iations of the World Fair at Treasure Island, San Francisco, were sicitched.on from here today at noon by Mr. Sultan Chinoy. When the sun was at its zenith a ray was directed on to a photoelectric relay and this actuated an electrical impulse
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      INDIAN INTERESTS IN BURMA
      160 16 Chettiar Community's Appeal Madras, FeD. 17. AN earnest appeal to the Government of Burma and leaders of public opinion in Burma to take adequate steps to safeguard the lives and property of Indians was made in the annual report of the Nattu Kottai Chettiars" Association which
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    MADRAS AND NEW DELHI TALKS SUMMED UP
    1959 16 Fine Tribute To Mr. Ahearne's Spirit Of Compromise MALAYAN DELEGATION'S CONTACT WITH CONGRESS LEADERS (From Our Special Correspondent.) New Delhi, Feb. 15. A FTER a stay of slightly over three weeks in India, during the course of which they visited Madras and New
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    SIND BUDGETS FOR A SURPLUS
    54 16 Karachi. *'tt>. 18. T^HE budget estimates for 1939-40 1 presented by Khan Bahadur Allah Buksh in the Sind Assembly revealed a surplus of Rs. 688,000 in total revenue, including Central Government's subvention of Rs. 105 lakhs estimated at Rs. 38.323,000 while expenditure I debitable to
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      231 16 r^^i ARE HERE H BUTTHERE WAS A TIME WHENgSSjiSEgHi I To'thF P^'r N G |?I f*l I t^kmrl YOuSe BECOMING A IU iHt HICNIC II J y MORE NERVOUS AND ML THE FUSS I IRRITARLF EVFRY PUTS ME ON r r%M"jL Y yX V s5nn°Y ST < ANNOY ME J^^/t/)gg\-3
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      68 16 HOW WOULD/ /HELEN, IF YOU yOU LIKE WANT TO PROVE TO HEAR I THEY-Rf WRONG. nJ^TH^T YOUD BETTER ON YOUR SEE THE DENTIST WEDDING ABOUT YOUR DAY J \y MOST BAD BREATH IS CAUSED^ BY IMPROPERLY CLEANED TEETH. I SUGGEST COLGATE'S DENTAL CREAM BECAUSE IT CLEANS TEETH THOROUGHLY. BEAUTIFIES THEM,
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    SOIL REJUVENATION BY MEDIUM OF NATURAL COVERS
    1893 17 SOIL REJUVENATION BY MEDIUM OF NATURAL COVERS I£IRBY ESTATE in Negri Sem- bilan, is one of the original homes in this country where the practice of natural growth conditions in old rubber (as opposed to either clean-weeding or introduced creeping covers) has attracted more attention for some years than anywhere
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    Planting Topics
    350 17 Planting Topics less and the final results that could be expected would be equally good. If not better t::an adopting the policy of slashing. While still holding similar views today, more particularly as this policy eliminates root competition at an earlier stage. I am prepared to modify them to the
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    GOEBBELS TO HAND OVER FILM CONTROL
    115 17 TTHE name cf a new chief for the German film industry is expectrd to be announced in the near future, says the Daily Mail. Candidates consist of a small group of leadin? German film directors. This eliminates the possibility of a politician being appointed
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    AUSTRALIA'S GOLD 31 1/2 Oz. Nugget Dug Up In Northern Territory
    90 17 AUSTRALIA'S GOLD 31 1/2 Oz. Nugget Dug Up In Northern Territory THE largest gold nugget ever found in Australia's empty Northern Territory has Just been dug up 40 miles west of Tennant's Creek. It welshed 31>' 2 ounces, and was found by two prospectors who have won 190 ounces in
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    SUEZ CANAL RECEIPTS FALL
    50 17 Paris. Feb. 14. SUEZ CANAL receipts for the first 10 days in February were 1 254,900. against £238,800 lor the corresponding period last year. Total receipts for the current year up to and InetacHng feb. 10 were £597.700. against £1.129,700 for the corresponding period of 1938.
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    Goodyear Discovered Vulcanisation By An Accident
    372 17 CINCE the end of the fifteenth century rubber has assumed progressively increasing importance in the lives of civilised people. Christopher Columbus is popularly supposed to have seen some West Indian boys playing with a ball that bounced. He took some of this material back
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    IMPROVING CONDITIONS ON ST. HELENA ISLAND
    70 17 London, Feb. 23. SIR Frank Stockdale, agricultural adviser, and Mr. J. B. Sldebotham. a member of the administrative stall of the Colonial Office, are proceeding shortly to St. Helena to confer witli the Governor on further measures for improving conditions on the island.--British Wireless.
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    17 18 .:ay during yesterday's Padang soccer in which the Airmen beat the Cricket Club four-nil.— Straits Times picture.
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    SAMUEL IS AMONG FIRST SIX IN ENGLAND
    357 18 A. S. SAMUEL, the first Malayan singles champion, who followed up his victory in the Leicester tournament by winning the Nottinghamshire County championship and also the Irish singles championship, is ranked among the best half-dozen players in England, according to the Straits Times
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    TAIPING BADMINTON
    107 18 1 r-'rom Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Feb. 22. The n.-wly-formed Taiping Police badminton party made their first appearance yesterday, when they met the Indian Association in a series of friendly matches. Although they lost five matches out' o! six. the Police put up a good display. Results as
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    Selangor Turf Club Meeting
    302 18 (From Our Own Correspond) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 24. The successful financial year of the Selangor Turf Club which showed a profit of oper $40,000 at the end of 1938, was commented on by the retiring Chairman of the Club Mr. E. G. Leyne in his address
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    TONIGHT'S BOXING
    127 18 Fresh from a series of victories in Java, Joe Eagle will attempt to enhance his reputation tonight when he meets Neil Hemchit at the covered stadium in the principal event of an attractive programme. Eagle has been among the top night of light-weights for a long time. Batavla
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    AIR FORCE TEAM BEAT S. C. C. FOUR-NIL
    398 18 Taylor's Goalkeeping Saves Clijb From Worse Defeat A FINE goalkeeping display by Taylor (S.C.C.) was one of the out- standing features of the friendly football game on the Padang, yesterday, in which an R.A.F. side beat an S.C.C. team by four clear
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    GALENTO BEATS FELDMAN
    81 18 Miami, Florida. Feb. 24. ■TONY GALENTO beat Abe Feldman on a technical knockout after 3V4 seconds in the third round. Feldman, a former points winner against John Henry Lewis, was heavily hammered and bore a bruise the size of a large lemon on his face. He was
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    STRAITS TIMES WIN 4-0
    363 18 Joseph Travers Lose B. b L. Match IN a. Bus ncj.j Houses League fixture played on the S.H.B. ground yesterday the Straits Times Press registered their first win of the season when they defeated Joseph Travers by four goals to nil. The winners displayed better combination
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    Y.M.C.A. TENNIS TOURNAMENT
    99 18 TIES in the open Y.M.CA. tennis tournament for Monday, are as follows •O CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP A. Nathaniels vs. Harry L. Wee. M. Takagakl vs. Ng Wing Choon. Wong Cheong Wong vs. A. Jafar bin Paklr. C. J. Moxon vs. Ivan van Gayzel. ■IV CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP Lauw Eek
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    S.R.A. EVENTS THIS WEEK END
    112 18 The Singapore Rifle Association Prize meeting will be held today and tomorrow at the Bukit Timah range. The first stage of the meeting will be held this afternoon from 2.30. There will be seven shots and one slghter at 200. 500 and 600 yards. Tomorrow
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    26 18 An RJLT. player in the act of passing the ball while about to be tackled by two S.C.C. men in yesterday's padang soccer mutch. Straits Times
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    V.M.C.A. OPEN LAWN TENNIS
    53 18 V.M.C.A. OPEN LAWN TENNIS An open lawn tennis tournament will be held on the V.M.C.A. tennis courts, Bras Basah Road, on Apr. 15. Entries close on Saturday, Apr. 1. The tournament committee Is: T. T. N. Handy. Dr. a. Harldas. G. H. Po, Llm Hee Chin, and the hon. referee,
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    BALANCE IS VITAL IN ALL SPORT
    522 18 DALANCE plays a vital part in cv Balance is that natural adjustm man to obtain the maximum of achi The batsman with his stance: the bowler with his follow through; the golfer with his swing; the billiards player with his cueing and the swimmer
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    25 18 Keng Hock about to take the ball forward. An incident in yesterday* stadium soccer in which the Airmen beat the Chinese 3—l.— Straits Times •picture.
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    THE SPORT DIARY
    90 18 TODAt Races: Lasc day of S.T.C. spil; 1 Boxing: Happy World. 8.43 p.m. Cricket: M.F.A. vs. I. A., Ealcot.er; R.A.F. vs. Khal.-a, Kbt a Soccer: Sioni; Boa A.A. Hntal Be pital, Mental Hospital; 8.H.L., Nestangio vs. Jacks S.C.. Stadium; 5.1!.3. Heal Office vs. Electrical Combne. Shoot: S.R.A..
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    Danahar Wants Return Bout
    76 19 London, Feb. 24. THE National Sporting Club, who are Danahar's sponsors, announce he will not fight as a lightweight a»ain and have issued a challenge to Boon, requesting a return fight at welterweight of 10 st. for £1,000 aside. The contest is to be held in
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    19 19 This seasons rlf. team. rhe Airmzncmve a convincing display against the Chinese to icin 3—l yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    "Dog" Tennis Tournament
    185 19 'Fri'in Our Own .Correspondent! Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 24. H. J. Sinclair overcame the first obstacle in the men's open singles of the Selangor Club tennis tournament today when he beat G. W. Whitchurch fairly easily in straight sets, the score being 6-1: 6-2. R. West, the Selangor
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    K.L. FIGHT RESULTS
    100 19 (Ftom Our Own Cor respondent.) Kuala ..umpur, Feb. 25. i Krcovering well in later rounds, Baby Low (7.1334>34> held Kid Cabanel'.a (8.2) to a draw in the main event of last night's boxini. It was a trood fi?ht. with plenty of aciion. Cabanella forced tht pace early
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    GARRISON G.C.
    98 19 The Garrison Golf Club's monthly mixed foursomes competition fox February was played at Tan?lin (over 12 holes t and resulted in a win for Mrs. MacFarlane and Major Milling with a net score of 47 1/3. The following were the best returns: Major H. G. B. Milling and
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    Home Soccer League Tables Up-To-Date
    1235 19 HOME football league taoles up-to-date, including matches played through the week, are as follows: ENGLISH LEAGUE DIVISION I P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts Everton (14) 29 19 8 2 57 36 40 Whampton (2> 29 15 6 8 59 22 38 Derby (13)
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    VON CRAMM TO PLAY IN CAIRO
    32 19 Cairo. Von Cramm, famous German tennis player, who was recently released from prison has been given permission to compete In the Egyptian championships next month.— Reuter.
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    21 19 T/ie Chir-sc sceccr team M&fcfc i«»s beaten by M<"ee poo? 5 *o o «uI.F. at Prison flood yesterday. -Straits Times picture
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    AIR FORCE PLAY WELL TO BEAT CHINESE
    455 19 Peters Score Three Goals In Anson Road Match BEST bets this soccer season are the Royal Air Force. Meeting the Chinese at the Stadium yesterday in a friendly match, the Airmen gave a fine display to win by three goals to onje. There
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    TEAMS FOR S.A.F.A. LEAGUE
    164 19 PRTY-ONE teams wiil play in the SAF.A. League this season. There will be no third division, but I there will be two sections in the second, and a reserve division has been created. Each team in a division will meet the others twice. Teams and their
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    TODAY'S RACES
    280 19 Selections and review for today's races at Bukit Timah will be found in page 1 of the Sports Supplement in this issue. Garrett and Hay, but Pak Tong was in fine form. The Chinese were the first to score, however, Keng Hock doing the trick with a neat
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    HOLY FATHER LAID TO REST IN ST. PETER'S"
    120 20 62mm, left and right: Cardinals anj other high dignitaries of the Church praying round the bier on which lies the body of the Pope in the Sistine Chapel in Rome. In the foreground of the picture on the left are members of
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      15 1 The Straits Times MALAYAN SPORTS SUPPLEMENT FOUR PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1939 No. 20.
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      PROGRAMME FOR FINAL DAY OF SPRING RACES
      566 1 fOMPLETE programme for today's races, the final day of the S.T.C. Spring meeting, is as below: Horses, Class 2, Div. 1, 6 furs. a i n nRATOR c 9.03 Hon. Mr. Tay Uan Teclc iu^« 1 1 0 FAIR KING 9.00 Oontong Kongsi
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      ROYAL HAMPTON BEST BET FOR TODAY
      819 1 No Limit Likely Winner Of Spring Cup ROYAL Hampton should be the best bet of the afternoon, today the final day of the Singapore Turf Club's Spring race meeting. Royal Hampton has won three races in succession now and is at the top of
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      Selections Free Press
      342 1 PEE PRESS selections for today's races are as follows Race I.— LITTLE JOHN. Ming. Race 2.— HARVEST FESTIVAL. Brawny Lad. Race 3.— SILVER LACE, Inventory. Race 4.— LAST CRUSADER, Abbot's Temptation. Race S.— EMPRESS, No Limit. Race 6.— GOLDEN GLIMPSE. Jeremiah. Race 7.— WAETEKE. Celestial. Race B.—
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      24 2 Othman bin Abas Uzjt> whz lost to Syed Sheh, C—2, 3—6,3 6, 6—3 in the Malay rennis tournament vien's handicap single* event last week-end.
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      Cricket Season Opens In Perak
      935 2 HART SHOWS GOOD FORM WITH BAT AND BALL A LTHOUGH there have been a few skirmishes in outstations including Taiping, Teluk Anson, Tapah and Sitiawan and Batu Gajah the first serious start of cricket season opened on the Ipoh Club padang on Monday last when
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      Services Sports Notes By Audio
      981 2 \yiTH several ships of the China Fleet and East Indies Squadron in harbour during the next few weeks a scheme is afoot whereby all Units in the Command are asked to adopt a vessel or vessels and to arrange games during their stay. The naval
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      Chinese Cricket Prospects For Coming Season
      513 2 C C.R.C. cricket has been |J handicapped greatly in the last few seasons due to the fact that many of their regular players who are still in College either the Raffles or the Medical have to give first preference to the college. The Club
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      Segamat Sports Review By Rover
      318 2 J^OCKEY Is almost nearing its end and another week will see It over. A match of the week that created interest was the meeting of the Muar teachers and the Segamat teachers in a friendly game. The game was keen though the standard of play
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        263 2 A BUSINESS MAN I I A FATHER IN KUALA LUMPUR INIPQH JOHN, HOW MUCH P% SON, YOUR SCHOOL MARKS BETTER YOU ACT p"7 ARE MUCH BETTER. LATELY. NO MORE 7- J&Ph QUAKER OATS HAS IMPROVED JUMPY NERVES. I /T^la/ you MENTALLY AS WELL AS I WHAT'S THE SECRET? J>ta\ M
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      Singapore Have Strong Hand In Malayan Badminton Championships
      1286 3 WITH slightly over a month to go, Singapore contenders to the Malayan Badminton Championships are already undergoing serious training at the Clerical Union's Haw Par Gymnasium Hall with the hope of carrying off as many honours as possible from Penang during the
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      38 3 ct the Empress Stad.um where he fought Danny Paul of Cmada. McCorkv.dale had not fought in public stnee he was beater, by Obie Walker in November, 1935. Don McCorkindale (right) shaking hands icith Danny Paul at the weigh-in.
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      Over Ditches And Dales: Malaya Ideal For Cross-Country Races
      837 3 (By Rodmin.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 24. It happened about a week before the first cross-country contest in Malaya between runners from the Selangor Harriers and the F.M.S. Police Depot. Sitting rool under the whirling elecinc fan. we were discussing ♦he rac3.
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      Malayan Colis Hockey Tournament
      662 3 GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH EVERY YEAR THE annual all-Malayan Colts hockey tournament goes from strength to strenfc h and this is a good sign for the hockey world of Malaya, for these tourneys are the nurseries for many who will represent the States in future
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      PERAK RUGBY VETERAN STILL CLEVER
      2028 4 Weekly Review Of Home Sport By Our London Correspondent London, Feb. 15. A ROUND of lfs and buts Is the description applied to the draws for the sixth round of the F.A. cup to be played on Mar. 4. The reason for this, of course,
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