The Straits Times, 28 February 1939

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    57 1 The Straits Times The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1939 PRICE 5 CENT* LESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTUR7.]' THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA SINGAPORE. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28. 1939. 20 FV\(iES ,.,i;:gapore: 140. Cecil st. (PHONE 5471 >. FILM A I tIMTIAkI '^UALA LUMPUH 25. »AVA
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      136 1 ror Up-to-date TAILORING.. MIEN CKON6 Tom ore assured ol real satisfaction. nm Coleman St. Singapore. Pbow 48 H> /'<s*B HPr room, dining room and verandah i&iß&ti&h furniture refinished. DULUX PAII\TS USED THROUGHOUT ENQUIRIES TO: THE BORNEO CO., LTD. Ine rrioratcd ir kvglandi SINGAPORE— KUALA LUMPUR —IPOH- PENANG MALACCA. W.P.3. IO9A
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      1218 2 SITUATIONS WANTED LADY STENOGRAPHER English, thoroughly experienced seeks re-engagement temporary or permanent. Box 868. Straits Times. EUROPEANS KECOMMEND a very good Cook or Head Boy. Widely experienced sultsbls for Services Messoa, as Caterer cr Head Bar Boy. Box 780 Straits Times. PROFESSIONAL To European and Astatic Commercial and Professional firms
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      481 2 BOARD ft RESIDENCE -GLEN HOLLY" 47, Kllllney Road, Central modern furn., airy rooms. $30 up, Board optional, modern sanitation, attractive rates. AT SUNNYSIDC 7 Oxley Rd. Tel. 657S small nicely furnished flat also tingle room, private bathr attached. H. C. water every possible comfort. ON THE SEA. Tn* Grove." 103
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      387 2 HOUSES FLATS, TO LET FULLY FURNISHED FLAT, suit En;IL«U people. March 15th— Oct. lit. Lounge. 3 Beds, dining rm, Mod. San. Garage. Boys qtrs. $95 per month. Call or Phone 7593. 10, St. Nicolas Flat*, River Valley Road. TO LET, LARGE HOUSE, furnlshedwith mod. un. and baths, to let from
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      614 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. Ur.corporated tn England.) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. Co. MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES OUTWARD mOM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Tonnage Due Spore. SOMALI 6.800 Mar. 10 CORFU 15.000 Mar. 10 CHITHAL 15.000 Mar. 24 CARTHAGE 15.000 Apr. 7 BANGALOKE 6,000 Apr. 8
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      514 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. dncoTvorated lo Jaoui> GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. SHORT TRIPS TO JAPAN VIA BOMCKOHC AND SHANGHAI. B.S. HAKOZAKI MAHD Mar 8 s.s. SUWA MARTJ Mar. 20 tmj. TERUKUNI MARU Mar. 31 S.S. HAKUSAN MARU Apr. 16 SS. HARUNA MARU Apr. 30 Round trip tickets for
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      755 3 bw i ii^^^^^u^u^pjy i BANGKOK lINB CHTNA/JAPAM LINK Luxurious One Class Motorshlpg. Most < Big Cargo vessels ante Umltea Put cornCabin? Have Adjoining Private Bath, j fnrtable Paiweneer Aoromniodstior To: MARSEILLES LONDON, KOTTKK- To PORT SAID, PALESTINE, ROTDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. I TERDAM, HAMBURG COPENHAGEN T*. S i^^;. S D
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      592 3 MANSFIELD CO LTD. Ocean Bonding. Collyer QoaT Sln(apor« Tel 5151. Chartered Bank Building Penang Trl 1368. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES. LONDON N CONTIM NT AM) OUktCXM* (in eonjnnctlnn irith the Glen Llnr) l>nr DEUCALION Mars, L'don. R'dam. n'burg, G'gow In port H GLENEARN Mars. L'don, Dunkirk, A'd.im. H'hui
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    Wall Street Quotations
    425 4 New York, Feb. 2T. PIE following quotations were those ruling when the Stoctc Exchange closed today:— DOW-JONES AVERAGES Yesterday's Today's Close Close Cnanges 30 Industrials 146.82 148.68 Off .20 20 Rails 31.25 31.61 up -30 15 UtlUties 25.60 25.60 unch'ged 40 Bonds 90.54 90.77 up .23 Business
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    BROKERS' COMMENT
    133 4 I WHITE. WELD AND CO., New York. repor 1 by cable to 8. E. Levy and Co.:— Foreign developments which were favourably regarded Included the British recognition of General Franco and Sir John Simon's expression of optimism regarding the economic outlook. There was further firmness In our commodity
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    NEW TANKERS FOR MEXICO
    53 4 Mexico City, Feb. 13. Fis officially stated that the Mexican Government Is aiming at building Us own fleet of tankers so that It will be independent of other countries for the shipment of oil. Three tankers, each with a capacity of 100,000 barrels, are now being
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    SOUDAN
    25 4 The Soudan has left Hong Kong and is expected to arrive here at 8 a.m. tomorrow. She will proceed alongside the wharf on arrival.
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      267 4 Totoy Aden (Imperial) m m 1 Dm Gut Africa (Imperial) > PJa South Africa (Imperial) 1 PJ» Burma (Imperial) > f> m Whole Canada (Imoerlal) o.m China, Hoihow Shanghai (Imperial) 2 pm. Egypt, Sudan and Palestine iinioenaii 9-Bi Great Britain and ireu.Dd (Imperial) B Europe Great Britain
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      FROM MALACCA
      145 4 Correspondence lor 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. Ntw Zealand. Java and Timor Dilly by air (Qantas) 6 pjn. Tomorrow. Mcdan by air (Netherlands) ..I.lspjn. Java and Southern Sumatra by air
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      TIDE TABLE
      260 4 SINGAPORE Today L. W. 10.47 a.m. 2.5 ft.; 10.30 p.m. 5 ft. H. W. 3.4S a.m. 8 ft.; 5.40 p.m. 6.3 ft. Wednesday H. W. 4.56 a.m. 7.8 ft.; 7.52 p.m. 6.5 ft. L. W. 12.29 p.m. 2.5 ft. Thursday H. W. 6.37 a.m. 7.7 ft.; 9.10 p.m.
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      286 4 Air Mail Arrivals And Departures LNWAKD Wearies: From Penans, Ipoh and Koala Lumpur Arrives ever? evening. X.L.M.: From Europe: Dae THIS evenlnt. X.L.M.: From Netherlands Indict: Arrives THIS afternoon. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives THIS afternoon Imperial: From Ear op*: Due Wednesday morning. Expected Thursday morning. K.N.1. 1..M.: I torn Nelberland*
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      SURFACE MAILS EXPECTED
      33 4 Malls from China and Japan expected today. Feb 28, by Yasukuni Maru. Mails from China expected tomorrow. Mar. 1. by Soudan. Mails from China expected on Mar. 2, by Santhla
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      608 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in F.M.8.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433 Passage 5431 jm JflMj Bufc/^VM Chiiauu -i Norm America— K^SvjmTCTTTTT^itvpjM Europe Past through trains direct Kr T*TllflFJl n JJ rom snlps slde at Vancouver tn ■f^Bffi V >j[rVMi '£>{ Jf\ Canada's Everfrrem playground MJM^il^lßl siy|^M^l Eec tne ma l estlc Canadian
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      233 4 HOUSES. FLATS TO LET TO LET. fro Meyer Road. Apply Meyer TO LET. new flat at Katong, about 50 yds. Brothers from Beach, near Sea View Hotel, ready March 8. Rent $50 p.m. Apply Box 851, i Straits Times. AHIiMOKK FLATS: To let first floor corner flat uinlurnishecl). Immediate occupation.
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      321 4 FOR BACKACHE KIDNEY AND BLADDER TROUBLE Stop Getting Up Niglu* and Feel Younger Here's one good way to flush harmful waste from kidneys and stop bladder Irritation that often causes .scanty, burning and smarting passage Ask your chemist for a 60-cent box of Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules a splendid
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      SINGAPORE
      159 5 TODAY Kill. 225 metre*. CUP 30.98 metres p.m. 5.00 Songs by Ahmad C.B. (Malay). t 5.30 Kronrhongs.t 6.00 Teochew selection.^, i 6.40 Teochew drama. t 7.00 Children's programme. (English^ 7.30 Time, weather and news announcements. 7.48 Health talk— "Malaria— 2— It's causes." 8.00 Light orchestral concert, with Georges Boulanger
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      PENANG
      35 5 TODAY ZOJ 6.08 me s (49.30 m.), p.m. 5.55 Indian music. 7.00 Theatre memori?* 7.45 Violin recital. 8.00 Sports talk. 8.20 Pianoforte recital. 8.50 Share market report, 8.58 N- ws bulletin. 9.00 Clo.se down
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      KWEIYANG
      83 5 TODAY XPSA 6.98 me '3 »2.98 OO p.m. *..2O Interval 8.10 Chorus songs. 8. 20 Speeches, Chinese music, comments on current events. Relay from the Chinese Centra] Radio Station. 3 45 War nens In Chinese. Amoy and Cantonese dialects, and Malay music. 9.05 Reports in Japanese and announcement of
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      CHUNGKING
      110 5 TODAY The Voice of China XRVG. U.I] me s (26.27 m). p.m. 12.20 National antium 12.25 Chinese music reports In Cantonese 12.35 Western music: reports In Japanese 12.4a 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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      EMPIRE STATION
      206 5 TODAY TRANSMISSIONS 2 AND 3. GSH M4J mc/i (1S.»7 a.); GSQ 17.7' irst (16.86 m.); GSF 13.14 me/* (19.82 m.) GSJ 21.63 UO/f (13.9S m): GSD 11.75 mo/f na u m.) p.m. 6.05 Big Ben. 'Sweet Thames Flow Softly."* 7.00 Violincello recital by W. H. Squire.* 7.20 "Three
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      BERLIN
      107 5 TODAY IMA 9.56 me 'i (31.3 m DIB 15.10 mc/s (19.7 m.), DJQ 15.28 mc/s (19.6m), DJN 9.51 mc/s (31.4S m.). p.m. 5.05 Big \ariety concert. 6.20 Concert of liqht music. 7.20 News in EnRlish. 7.35 Concert of light music (contd.V 8.20 News and economic review in German. 8.35
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      NIROM
      101 5 TODAY FDA 6.04 mc'» (49.6 m.). YDB 965 me s (31.20 m YDB 11.86 ne'i (25.3 m PMN 10.26 me i (29.2 m.). p.m. 1.10 New? and weather reports. 1.22 Julius Tauster and his band. 1.50 English selections. 2.10 News 2.20 Close down 4.50 Programme preview 4.54 Adalbert Lutter
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      CALCUTTA
      40 5 TODAY Vic 6 10 mo j (49.1 m p.m. 6.50 For the chlldien. 7.50 Indian music and songs. 10.10 News and announcements 'Bengali). 10.35 News and announcements (English). 10.55 Running commentary on boxing championships. 12.40 OtoM down. Gramophone records.
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      PHOHI HOLLAND
      33 5 TODAY PHI 17.77 mc/i (16.88 m.). p.m. 8.00 Opening announcement. 8.05 Mary, O Mary. 8.20 News commentary. 8.50 Report on the Amsterdam Stocfc Exchange. 9. 00 Running commentary. 9.10 Close down.
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      ROME
      22 5 TODAY t-RO 11.81 Me/t 2J.1 a.) p.m. 5.20 Announcemiut. News in English Selections from operas. Talk (in Japanese;. News in Italian.
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      205 5 UGLY fAT GONE Trained Nurse Loses Sfclbsaweek |m) Why put up with a bodr of these Dres»e« PKiwfl j!^WlS)n'Kora not 'only rcducci 3B* J.^^^BlbrcJtliinv, m >p* heart thumpBonKoraS^ffi B ,n K,»ra Joe? not contain harmful, weakeninc drup. N.. nercisct— no du-nns— but cat what you like. R'uKora i* a tjrcfully
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      425 5 RIDE THE T.T. WINNERS "VELOCETTES" Solo Agents for Malaya; KEE HUAT RADIO CO., 122-124, Orchard Road, SINGAPORE Phone 4566 ARRIVED 1939 STEWART -WARNER RADIOS WORLD WIDE RADIO CO. 98, Robinson Road, Singapore. I OR THE RACES AND SPORTS S Uiing them Closer lo Virw. NEW C HINA OPTICAL CO, 71,
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      MINING
      585 6 issur. vai M-a&et uo. LyaU Si Evatt Buvers SellersBuyers Sellers i/~ Ampat Tin 3/6 4/- 3/6 4/5/- Austral Amal 4/6 5/El Austral -aa.ay 40/- 45/-cd 40/- 50/5/- Iyer tiuan 21/- 22/- 21/6 22/6 1 Ayci Wctg 0.65 0.70cd 0.57 0.62 £1 Bangrtn Tin 19/6 20/6 20/- 21/6 1 Batu
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      GENERAL
      463 6 1 2 2 2 10 10 1 1 10 5 11 n £i n n si 10 5 10 10 5 5 6 5 1 1 10 10 10 3 10 10 10 10 [k 125 Alex Brtcfc Ord. l.M 1.4U Co 'V 2 f Prefs. 2.20 2. JO
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS
      259 6 iv< Mayuara s uo. luj ssu.uuu int Apr. 30 Oct. 31 90 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 9c ll»01 rea 1940 $400,000 UH Mar SI Sept. 30 103^ y,<r, J9C7 red 194"y $1,6(10.000 Int Mar 31 Sept :J0 108<, V> 1W* red 1955 $1,000,000 In- Mar. 31 Sept 30 115'.'
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      RUBBER SHARES
      381 6 fraiei fc Co Lyall Evatt Allenby 125 1.30 1.25 1.35 Aloi (iajah 0.95 1.00 0.94 1.00 Amal Malay 1.40 1.48 145 1.55 Ayei Hitam 0.00 1.(3 0.90 1.00 Aver Molefc O.')O 0.95 0 90 1.00 lyci Pana* 1.22% J :i0 25 1-30 3assett 0.50 0.55 0.52 0.56 Batu
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      568 6 BRIGHTER CONDITIONS CONTINUE RUBBER STEADY BUT DULL Bv Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Feb. 28. AS usual all sections of the local markd hare reflected the brighter atmosphere largely due to the continued improvement, in the price of rubber. This morning London leporls a slightly higher market :.t
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      London Stock Exchange
      411 6 Home Industrials Record Gains London, Feb. 27. THE Stock Exchange today was gen- erally brighter and Home industrials attracted considerable attention showing many useful net gains. Home rails were also m demand though they were less active In the late trading. In other sections, Cable and Wireless
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      LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      92 6 London. Fe'o 27. The following were today's closing I mean rates Paris 177 63 64 Athens 5474 I New York 4.69 3,16 Rio 3 1/16 'Montreal 4.70 5 16 sellers official Brussels 27.89 Belgrade 209 Geneva 20.62 Bucharest 66t Amsterdam 8.82 Buenos Aires 20.34 Milan 89 3
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      SUEZ (ANAL RECEIPTS
      18 6 ■yRAFFIC receipts of the Sues Canal from Jan. 30 to Feb. 5 amounted to £163,400.
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      FIXED TRUST QUOTATIONS
      107 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 27. s. d. British Empire "A' 18 9 British Empire "B -> 9 v'~ British Empire Cumulative 14 6 British Empire C'prehcnsive 14 6 British General "A" 18 0 British General "B" 16 3 British General "C" 14 9 Gola reducers
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      TEA QUOTA DECISION ON THURSDAY
      169 6 TEA QUOTA DECISION ON THURSDAY Cut Of 2Vt Per Cent. May Be Made London, Feb. 27. "THE International Tea Committee meets in London on Thursday. The question of whether the quota for tlie next regulation year will be left unchanged or reduced by 2\ 2 per cent. to 87',2. per
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      117 6 Preparatory Work For Trade Talks Berlin. Feb. 27 "I am very satisfied with my visit." Mr. G. H. Ashton Gwatkin. Head of the Economic Department of the Top Office, told Renter a.s he w lor London last ni^ht. He is returning, he nid, with j I strong impression of the
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      JANUARY RUBBER CROPS
      46 6 'THE following rubber crops wen harvest ?d by the respect i-. in January: Ayer Ktmlng Rubber Badek Rubber Estate Bradwall Rubber Chersonese Estates Dennistown Rubber Estate- 30 Highlands and Lowlands Klaban?; Rubber 110.J Krian Rubber Plantatlo Sungei Krian Rubber 111 Sungci Way Rubber
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      AIM OF GERMAN FOREIGN TRADE POLICY
      1519 7 Clearing Agreements: Barter Principle: Choice For Britain CINCE the advent to power of I the Nazi Government Germany has pursued a policy of centralised direction and control of economic activity of her citizens at home and abroad. How has Germany's external trade fared as
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      MORE MOTOR-CARS REGISTERED
      226 7 Advance Goes On In December ALTHOUGH the total number of new motor vehicles registered in December was slightly lower than in the same month ol 1937, the total of motor- cars and cycles was higher. The advance was set off by a decrease in goods, hackney and
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      192 7 Singapore Feb. 2", noon. Buyers Sellers Gambier 7.50 Hamburg Cube $13.50 Java Cube $12.00 Pepper White Muntok $13.75 White $13.25 Black 8.75 Copra Mixed $3.45 Sun Dried $3.75 Sago Flour No. 1 Lingga $2.30 Fair $2.30 Sarawak $2.25 Jelotong Palembang 56.73 Banja 57.25 Sarawak $7.25 Tapioca Small
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      MORE GOLD FOR US.
      38 7 j|li|ORE gold has gone to the United States. In the three days to Feb. 16 £3,988.752 of refined bullion left Great Britain for U.S., other exports being £45,472. Imports into the JU.K. were £122,461.
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
      77 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Books Company Dividend Close TIN. Austral Malay 9d. No. 48 3d. bonus Feb. 24 Iyer Weng 5% Int. Mar. 6 Raub 5:! final 2d. bonus Mar. 8 RUBBEB reluk Anson 5% final Mar. 24 Singapore, Feb Date Ex. Dlv. Payable Date Mar. 3 Feb.
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      Correspondence. I.R.R.C. AGAIN ATTACKED
      870 7 Correspondence. I.R.R.C. AGAIN ATTACKED PRICE FACTOR SHOULD GOVERN RELEASES CONSUMERS GET TOO MUCH CONSIDERATION To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, One reads from time to time grouses against the I.R.R. Committee, and as I am still deeply interested in rubber production, and am still an optimist in regard
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      325 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated in China by Special Charter*. 12. Cecil Street. Singapore. Telephones: Manager's Office CH* Asrt. Manager's Office 6142 Exchange DepL 64M General Office SIM-i Cable Address: "CHl'NfiKL'O." Paid Up Capttal Ch. S ♦O.MQ.OM o« Reserve Funds In excess of Ch. S 6.200.0 ft 01 T»UI Assets approximately
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      309 8 THE TOWN'S BIG LAUGH SHOW t% a nwnpAr 3 shows today VAlrAJiVtj 3.15—6.15 9.15 The Greatest "EVENT" of the Sporting Era! JOE E. BROWN vs. MAN MOUNTAIN DEAN Can you imagine the Fun? DAVID L LOEW prttenlt <^__%»^ /jffi l.Bßßwlf\ Y^fJM! Arm l MOORE-LUCIEHLimtjJ^Jk :Jy F^f%^ FIELD ROBERT lt% 7
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      191 8 AMERICA'S ANSWER TO "THE CITADEL" OPENING TONIGHT 6.15 9.15 N0 BIG STAR NAMES BUT p A V 1 T I i\ N ACCLAIMED A TRULY IMPORTANT MOTION PICTURE ACHIEVEMENT!! l READ WHAT THESE PROMINENT CRITICS SAY... I "ONE OF THE BEST FILMS SEEN IN YEARS' R^J "SPLENDID FILM NOT TO
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    SHANGHAI IS LIKE AN ARMED CAMP
    278 9 SHANGHAI IS LIKE AN ARMED CAMP Authorities Take Measures Against Terrorists Shanghai, Feb. 27. j THE Japanese authorities at Shanghai are likely to accept the Municipal Council's reply to their proposals for dealing with "terrorism," according to the Tokio newspaper Asahi Shimbun, reports Reuter. Shanghai Like Armed Camp" read one
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    SHANGHAI QUESTION IN COMMONS
    97 9 London, Feb. 27. ASKED by Sir John Wardlaw-Milne (Un., Worcester) whether his attention had been drawn to Japan's I demands in Shanghai, the Under-Sec-retary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. R. A. Butler, in the House of Commons tonight, replied in the affirmative and added that suggestions by
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    I GUERILLAS BEHEAD THREE "TRAITORS"
    79 9 I GUERILLAS BEHEAD THREE "TRAITORS" Shanghai, Feb. 27. THREE decapitated heads, two belonging to women, were found this morning impaled on fence poles in the Japanese-controlled western suburbs of Shanghai. The victims were Chinese. Guerillas were presumably responsible. It Is reported they told countryfolk: "Shooting for Japanese traitors is all
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    MORE FOREIGN AID FOR CHINA?
    151 9 loklo. Feb. 27. j 17URTHER assistance to the Chiang Kai-shek regime by Britain and I France In the form of loans is reportled by a Paris correspondent of the I Nichl-Nlchl Shlmbun. Britain will grant new loans to the Kuomlntang Government, it is stated, to
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    WARDERS OPEN FIRE
    56 9 Hyderabad, Feb. 27 ONE warder and one convict were Killed and 13 warders and four convicts injured in a serious riot at Tarangel, Dcccan, today. It is stated 100 long-term convicts broke open their wards, released other pdioun, and MlMtttd the gaol offline poliefl opened flre and
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    HONG KONG BOMBING
    59 9 London, Feb. 27. TTHE Under-Secretary tor Foreign Affairs, Mr. R. A. Butler, announced in the House of Commons tonipht that the Hone Kong bombing incident of last week had been settled, the Japanese having expressed profound regret. He aded that the Japanese had promised strict disciplinary action
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    Papal Election To Be Broadcast
    185 9 Plans For Coronation j Of The New Pope Vatican City, Feb. 26. WIRELESS will be used for the first jj time to keep the world Informed r of the progress of the Papal election. Twice daily during the Conclave, beginning on Wednesday, the Vatican station
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    MORE CREDITS FOR CHINA URGED
    193 9 Campaign In London London, Feb. 27. rE China Campaign Committee has completed arrangements for a National China Conference to be neis in London on Mar. 10, 11 and 12 The chairmen of the various sessions will be Lord Lytton. Sir Archibald Sinclair and Dr. U.
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    GERMAN PROTEST TO JAPAN
    130 9 Hong Kon?, Feb. 27. j "THE German consul-General IB I Shanghai has protested to the Japanese over the Japanese search of i a German liner and the detention of passengers aboard the liner off the mouth of the Woosung, east of Shanghai. A German liner belonging
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    TRAIN WRECKED
    70 9 Peiplng, Feb. ST. TRAVELLERS from Paottagfu (Hopel) state Chinese guerillas destroyed a railway culvert a few miles north of I Paotingfu, wrecking part of a freight train which afterwards was attacked. The guerillas tore up 200 yards of track, causing serious traffic delays.— Reuter. Eight men accused of
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    Palestine Flare-Up
    239 9 MANY DEAD IN NEW BOMB OUTRAGES Jerusalem, Feb. 27. TWENTY-FOUR Arabs were killed in three bomb explosions in Arab districts of Haifa today; three Arabs were killed and six wounded in a terrific bomb explosion in the market place of the Old City at Jerusalem; an Arab was
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    MEXICAN OIL DISPUTE
    199 9 Offer Of $150,000,000 To Be Made Washington, Feb. 27. ANEW formula for settlement of the dispute arising from Mexico's expropriation of foreign oil properties is expected to be submitted by representatives of oil companies to the Mexican Government this week. A Mexico City telegram to the New
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    FRENCH ARMS PLANTS AND SPAIN PYRITES
    72 9 Burgos, Feb. 27. f INE of the first results of the recouniXT tion of Gen. Franco by France and Britain will be, it is understood, a systematic effort by French industry and trade to regain their former position in the Spanish market. It Is
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    FRENCH PRESIDENTS VISIT TO LONDON
    82 9 London. Feb. 27. DURING their visit to Lonaon next month, M. Lebrun. President of the French Republic, and Madame Lebrun, will visit the Institute Francais dv Royaume Unl for thj opening Df its new premises in Kensington. The Princess Royal, who, with the French President.
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    FLOODS AFTER DROUGHT IN VICTORIA
    65 9 Melbourne, Feb. 27. PE worst drought in Victoria in 26 years ended in the week-end when five inches of rain fell In two days. Flood warnings have been iitued in several districts and refugees from last month's flres are living in tents in a desperate
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  • SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEB. 28, 1939.
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      Children's Charter
      1104 10 In a first reading of the extremely clear and compact speech made by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs yesterday, in introducing the Bill to re-enact the Children's Ordinance, two or three points stand out at once. Firstly, it is gratifying to learn that this is not another instance
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      CONSTITUTION FOR MALTA
      56 10 CONSTITUTION FOR MALTA Malta. Feb. 27. a PHE Governor, Sir Charles Bonham- Carter proclaimed the new Con- c Litution today providing for the esta- t llshment of a Council of Government 1 .■inch will represent the people hrough elected representatives in as- 1 uciat!on with the Government. No date has
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    ANTI-PLANTER ATTITUDE?
    819 10 Indian Association Policy CHAMPIONS OF THE LABOURER To the Editor of the Strait* Times. Sir,— Mr. W. L. Harvey's allegation that the memorandum submitted by the Central Indian Association cl Malaya is hostile to the planter Is not true. I can assure Mr. Harvey that no sensible Indian
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    G.P.O. SCRUMS Saturday Morning Stampede
    302 10 G.P.O. SCRUMS Saturday Morning Stampede PUBLIC Vs. TAMBIES To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— l am not a tamby and my business takes me very frequently to the General Post Office, where I am Jostled, thrust out of my turn, Impeded, frustrated and annoyed by a crowd of
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    BETTER HORNS FOR HORNBLOWERS?
    343 10 Woman Driver Suggests "Soft, Deep Note" To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— Having been a car owner and j driver for the last fourteen years in Canada, the United States and also Malaya. I think I am Justified in expressing an opinion on this
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    FIVE PER CENT. NOW
    168 10 Mr. R.J. Farrer's Singapore s Comparisons p To the Editor of the Straits Times. y Sir,— Your correspondent "A Con- t] Irmed-Hornblower is clearly qualified or inclusion in Koko's "Little List." 1 Singapore now and Singapore 15 (or sven eight) years ago are very different things.-
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    719 10 NOTES Of The DAY Pneumonia's Toll AS pneumonia ranks first in the list of causes of death in Singapore, and will certainly kill nearly two thousand people in this city during the present year, It behoves us to take an interest in a new drug discovered by English research chemists
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  • BRITAIN & FRANCE RECOGNISE FRANCO'S REGIME
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      Assurances Received By Mr. Chamberlain
      441 11 "INDEPENDENCE OF SPAIN WILL BE ENSURED" Premier On Reasons For Government's Action 'THE Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, announced in the House of Commons !last night that the British Government had decided to accord full recognition to General Francisco Franco's administration as the de jure
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      182 11 Warsaw, Feb. 27. AN official statement issued today declares that if order is not restored in the Danzig Polytechnic, Poland will be obliged to take appropriate action. No hint is given what the appropriate action would br- in the event of Jtory reply, bat It Is thought it would take
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      BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
      61 11 Berlin, Feb. 28. X better late than never," is how a German spokesman described the news of Britain's refognition of Gen. Franco. He added. "We genuiiiclj nelionie the news without any recriminations. Spain is part of Europe and anything contributing to the settlement of the Spanish
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      SCENE IN COMMONS
      304 11 Labour VI.P. Calls Premier 'Traitor' THERE was i k breeze in the House of Commons following Mr. Chamberlain's announcement of the recognition of General Franco. Major Attlee reminded Mr. Chamberlain that last Thursday the Prime Minister stated he was not in a position to add to previous
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      JAPANESE AIRCRAFT LOSSES PUT AT 1,034
      43 11 Chungking, Feb. 27. JAPANESE aircraft losses since the Sino- Japanese hostilities started are estimated at 1034, according to the spokesman of the Chinese Air Force. He added that Japanese aircraft losses since Jan. 1 totalled 24 Reuter
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      LENIN'S WIDOW DIES
      36 11 The death occurred in Moscow yes.erday of Madejda Krupskaya, widow if Lenin, at the age of 70, reports London, Feb. 27. Brigadier-Genrral Sir Terence Keyes, >rother of Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, lifd today.-Reuter.
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      Reich Force For Libya?
      190 11 BIG TROOP MOVES REPORTED London, Feb. 27. CONSIDERABLE numbers of Gei man troops have been dispatched to Italian possessions in Africa, says the Manchester Guardian. Consignments of German war materials are being sent to Italy in a steady stream, with Genoa as their destination, the newspaper
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      BRITISH NAVAL MANOEUVRES
      204 11 Gibraltar, Feb. 27. TpH£ British Mediterranean Fleet to- day arrived from Malta and joined the Home Fleet here. Fifty-five ships of the Home Fleet aftrrwards left for manoeuvres lin the South Atlantic. The Fleet In- eluded battleships, cruisers, aircraftcarriers, destroyers and submarines. They will be called the
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      IF AMERICA MUST FIGHT
      278 11 Prompt Action Is Imperative Washington, Feb. 27. THE hostile attitudes of certain dictator controlled imperialistic nations," was referred to by Senator Sheppard, chairman of the Military Affairs Committee, when the debate on the Government's $358,000,000 air force and army rearmament bill began in the Senate today.
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      TIME NOT RIPE FOR PEACE PARLEY
      125 11 Premier On Conditions For World Stability London, Feb. 27. j A SKED in the House of Commons whether he would call a world peace conference, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, declared that the British Government believed permanent peace could only be secured by
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      GERMAN AIR SERVICE TO JAPAN
      63 11 Berlin, Feb. 27. AS a preliminary to establishment of a regular Berlin- Tokio alr- mail service, via Bangkok, one of Germany's fastest Junkers planes will make a test flight over the territory shortly under the auspices of the German Government. Official circles admit that the
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      AMERICAN ATTITUDE TO GEN. FRANCO'S GOVERNMENT
      249 11 Washington, Feb. 28. IT is learned in well-informed circles that there are two reasons why the United States is likely to take time before recognising Gen. Franco. First, Washington is Interested to see what policy Gen. Franco will adopt to the South American nations
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      Jewish Indignation At Palestine Proposals MR. MACDONALD ON WRONG FORECASTS OF NEW PLAN
      520 11 Jewish Indignation At Palestine Proposals MR. MACDONALD ON WRONG FORECASTS OF NEW PLAN THE Council of the Jerusalem Jewish community last nifhi telegraphed to Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald declaring thai they will combat determinedly. any proposals which arc contrary to the British war-time promises to Jews. Meanwhile, opposition continues to
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    COMPLETE BLACK-OUT FOR MANOEUVRES
    382 12 Special Efforts To Be Made During Next Month ALL ROAD TRAFFIC WILL BE STOPPED AT "ZERO HOUR" CINGAPORE civilians will aid the garrison in the "war" against the Royal Navy on the night of Mar. 16 to 17, when the whole island and its territorial waters
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    GARRISON AND COLONY LIFE Archdeacon On Problems
    410 12 GARRISON AND COLONY LIFE Archdeacon On Problems FROM a commercial emporium Singapore had jumped to the front rank of world fortresses, said the Archdeacon, Yen. Graham White presiding at the annual parochial meeting of St. Andrews Cathedral yesterday. This change had affected life in the Colony In every way. The
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    DRIVER EXONERATED
    78 12 AT a Coi oner's inquiry yesterday into the death of a Javanese gardener. Suradee. who died as the result of injuries received when he was knocked down by a car on Dec. 5, driven by a European. H. G. Riches, the Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, at the
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    30 CHINESE IN FIGHT
    25 12 •T*WO arrests were made following a gang fight between Hokkiens and Hokchias in Tras Street yesterday afternoon. Nobody was badly injured.
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    NEW HOSPITAL AT SIGLAP
    322 12 Governor To Open It Today $70,000 BUILDING FREE OF DEBT pOSTING about $70,000 for build- Ing and equipment but yet entirely free of debt, the new St. Andrew's Orthopaedic Hospital at Siglap will be opened by the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, and Lady Thomas and dedicated
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    SIR SHENTON TO STAY AT KUALA KANGSAR
    87 12 THE High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, and Lady Thomas, accompanied by the Private Secretary and Aide-de-Camp, will leave Singapore by train tomorrow evening for Kuala Kangsar where His Excellency will stay at King's Pavilion during the installation of the Sultan of Perak. His
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    EMPRESS OF BRITAIN DOCKS TODAY
    78 12 A DVANCE information received In- dicates that about 130 passengers in the cruise liner Empress of Britain, arriving at West Wharf, Singapore, at 6.30 p.m. today, will scour Singapore shops for Malacca canes and Malay silver during the vessel's 23 hours' stay in port. She
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    Ban On Hooting Starts In City Area Tomorrow
    243 12 TJJK )ja» on hooting in certain parti of {Singapore will come into force tomorrow. Motorists will be prohibited from bounding their horns, except to prevent an accident, in the main business area of the city, around Raffles Place, between 8 a.m. and
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    Stopped By Japanese Warship
    62 12 The 700-ton butch AJfC cargo vessel Postidon, which is undergoing repairs at Keppel Harbour after drifting strveral days in the China Sea with a broken crankshaft. After leaving Haiphong, Indo-China, tchere she had landed a cargo of drums of petrol, the Poseidon was stopped by a
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    MUNITIONS FOR HOME IMPORTANT—GOVERNOR
    440 12 MUNITIONS FOR HOME IMPORTANT— GOVERNOR ''MUNITIONS for the home are just as important as muni- tions for the country" declared the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, replying in the Legislative Council yesterday to Sir John BagnaU's suggestion regarding food supplies, reported in later editions of the Straits Times yesterday. The Governor
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    BIG PROBLEM FOR THE I.T.C.
    255 12 Meeting Postponed To Get Statistics QUOTA FOR SECOND QUARTER THE International Tin Committee, which was to have met in London on Mar. 15, has postponed its meeting until a week later, states Reuter. The committee was to have fixed the exportable quota for the second
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    STOP PRESS
    65 12 Tilt Daily Express Berlin corres- pondent, quoting a "high official of the Wilhelmstrasse,*' announces a sensational change in Herr Hitler's policy. The newspaper says Germany is alleged to be ready to offer arms limitation and nonaggression pacts. which would guarantee European peace for a quarter or half a
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    MALAYA WILL BENEFIT FROM ENDING OF U.S. SLUMP
    269 13 New American Trade Officer Takes Optimistic Viewpoint further outlet for rubber in spom;]- motor-car cushions "THE industrial recession which set in during the middle of 1937 in the United States has lifted and the present very encouraging outlook should have some favourable
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    Not Humane To Remove Lepers To Province —DR. SMITH
    214 13 Not Humane To Remove Lepers To Province DR. SMITH THAT it was not humane to remove lepers from Singapore to the proposed female leper asylum in Province Wellesley. was contended by Dr. J. E. Smith (Penang unofficial) in the Legislative Council yesterday. Pointing out that no fewer than 119 cases
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    BIGGER VOTE FOR GAOL RATIONS
    27 13 BIGGER VOTE FOR G AOL RATIONS ■■■<• 000 in ihe vote for s approved by ative Council yesti He Singapore di bl; ipulation was not Estimati ijm i
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    IMPROVEMENTS FOR STUDENTS' HOSTEL
    101 13 IMPROVEMENTS FOR STUDENTS HOSTEL ■rvETERIORATION in the beams and •^floors has become progressively worse, and more extensive repairs arc necessary." says the report cf toe Finance Committee, presented to Legislative Council yesterday, regarding the condition of the F M 8 Students' Hostel at the Medical Co'lege The cament floors to
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    MONEYLENDING HILL WITHDRAWN
    420 13 'r (Amendment) Bill was withdrawn In Legislative Council yesterday. "The Government has decided to i withdraw Clause 3 which sought to limit interest rates to 24 per cent in- stead of <3 per cent] and it is hardly nile proceeding with the second j clause." said the
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    Better Traffic Control Plan For
    177 13 School Area HOURS NOT LIKELY TO BE CHANGED IMPROVEMENTS In the control of tiffin-hour traffic from scho: is debouching on to Stamford and Orchard Roads are to be introduc- ed, the Straits Times understands, j It is not known whether or not school closing hours
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    EARLIER CLOSING OF LOCAL MAILS
    94 13 I p*ROM tomorrow the closing limes for mails despatched from Singapore by the day and night mail trains will be advanced to permit weighing of mails before despatch. This is done annually to compute the amount to be paid by the Post Office to the
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    FINE PICTURE OPENING AT PAVILION
    86 13 A BENEVOLENT rural doctor, un- appreciated rtad unpaid by hi? penny-pinching atients for mor? than 20 years, is a character brilliantly played by Edward Ellis in "A Man to Remember" openir..* at the PaTillon today. With the main theme, an echo of a if cent
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    INDIAN FILM'S SUCCESS
    57 13 PARTY celebrating the success of the Indian social picture "Seva Sadhan took place at the Marlborough Theatre, Singapore, yesterday when a large number of Indians responded to the invitation of Kannabiran and Co., distributors of the picture In. Malays. The picture has been shown continuously for 25
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    Perak Installation Supplement
    59 13 Perak Installation Supplement THE Straita limes will on Thurs- day publish supplement dealing with the installation of the Sultan of Perak. Ihc supplement will contain special articles and pictures describing the ancient Malay ceremonies to be enacted at Kuala K:iii;;sar on Saturday. As the supplement will be publicised on Thursday,
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    Jockey Weds In Singapore
    43 13 Mr. and Mrs. P. Tankard ajtcr their welding at the Cainedral "7 the Good Shepherd. Singo.pare, i/cslcrday. Mr. Phillip Tankard is a well-known Malayan jockey and his bride teas lormerly Miss Yvonne Pearl Bonn can Godfrey. Straits Times picture.
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    ALLEGED TO HAVE POSED AS NAVAL BASE EMPLOYEES Three Men Face Series Of Preliminary Charges
    518 13 ALLEGED TO HAVE POSED AS NAVAL BASE EMPLOYEES Three Men Face Series Of Preliminary Charges CLAIMING trial on a series of preliminary charges ol cheating, forgery, abetment of forgery and using :< forged document, M. Frugtneit, C. Rodrigo and V. 11. Williams appeared before Mr. Conrad Oldham, in the Singapore
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    AMBULANCE PARADE
    141 13 600 Men& Women At Jalan Besar INSPECTION BY THE GOVERNOR CIX HUNDRED men and wo will stajro Ih*> biggest i Ambulance Brigade parade held in Malaya at the Jalan B< stadium tomorrow evening, they will bo reviewed I>\ the I ernor, Sir Shenton Thomas. The parade will be
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    $10.000 HAIL FOR THREE CHINESE
    68 13 |>AIL of $10 000 each was allowed to three Chinese Ong H' and Low Fong. in the 81ni Criminal District Court when they claimed tr al t"> a ehai doing an act preparatory to lm| chandu into the Colony, i morning. It is alleged that
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    EUROPEAN ON TRAFFIC CHARGE
    32 13 A EUROPEAN, J M Jac Traffic District Court wit conform with a trai junction of High Btri on Dec. 5. Accused claimed I was postponed to \far. 8
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    CHINESE CHARGED WITH DEFAMING EUROPEAN
    387 13 j (From Our Own Correspondent.; Johore Bahru, Feb. 27. j ALLEGED to have given informa- tion to Towkay Ng Keoh, of I Gunong Pulai, during December,! 1938, that Mr. J. Tolmie, Superintendent of Customs, had received bribes from Sungei Melayu Estate in connection with rubber
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    COUNCIL TRIBUTES TO RETIRING POLICE CHIEF Work Of Three Unofficial Members Praised By Colonial Secretary
    666 14 COUNCIL TRIBUTES TO RETIRING POLICE CHIEF Work Of Three Unofficial Members Praised By Colonial Secretary CONGRATULATIONS t 0 Sir Alexander Small, Colonial Secretary, on the knighthood conferred on him recently by the King and a tribute to Mr. R. H. de S. Onraet, Inspector-General of Police, were expressed by Sir
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    Singapore Man On Pilgrimage To Mecca
    193 14 Singapore Man On Pilgrimage To Mecca DV making their pilgrimage to Mecca without sufficient money, Malayan pilgrims among the 59,000 other overseas pilgrims underwent great suffering," Mr. J. ML I. Maricar, a Singapore resident told a Straits Times reporter on his return from Mecca and a three months tour of
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    ART SHOW FOR KUALA LUMPUR
    213 14 Woman Traveller's Pictures (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 26. A WOMAN artist who saw a South American revolution in La Paz. one of the highest towns in the i world, is holding an exhibition of I drawings and painting- at the Station Hotel
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    EUROPEAN'S APPEAL DISMISSED
    93 14 UR. Justice Home, in the Singapore High Court yesterday, conlrined a fine of $25 imposed in the magistrate's court on E. K. O. Hugo, a European, for negligent driving of a motor car. Hugo, conducting his own appeal against the conviction, contended that several points made before
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    500 REFUGEES IN LINER
    135 15 Several Seeking Work In Malaya |NOTHER 500 German Jewish re- lugees filled the 18.000-ton Llcyd I'riestino liner Conte Rosso, when she irrlved at Singapore bound tor Shanpiai yesterday of them sought permi ipore and it is expected ;hat a number of qualified people will permission to
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    \NIMAL HEALTH IN COLONIES
    63 15 Our Own Correspondent.) London. Feb. 15. I which nee sine? 19 „1 in the l Commons tonight that the matter I der consideration wh< i s. F. Markhan 'Nat. Lab. ham) If he was aware of the hteh the I was suti< i continued lack of
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    Changed Ship In Mid-Ocean
    229 15 Changed Ship In Mid-Ocean INJURED ENGINEER WHEN a tew days sail from Bingain the Indian Ocean, the 18 000-ton Lloyd Triestino Hiv > red a life-boat when d lor medical assistance and transhipped a Norwegian seaman witli a badly fractured le« from the small 1 100-ton Monretlan vessel. Rnndi. 1
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    ELEPHANTS IN A PERAK INSTALLATION CEREMONY
    272 15 All Comiminiiies To Present Addresses Of Congratulation COLOURFUL SCENE ON POLO GROUND AT KUALA KANGSAR (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Kangsar, Fe«). 27. A COLOURFUL gathering nf about 10,000 representing all communities in the State is expected io a3"omble at the Iskandar Polo Ground
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    Installation Of Raja Raja Perempuan
    186 15 DESCRIPTION OF THE THRONE ROOM s< Kuala Kangsar, Feb 27. •"PHE Raja Perempuan, consort of the Sultan of Perak, will be installed with solemn ceremony in the ceantlrcl Astana Iskandriah throne room on Monday, the fifth day of the Sultans installation celebrations. Only those with
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    PERAK CHIEFS TO BE INVESTED
    181 15 PERAK CHIEFS TO BE INVESTED Finale In Installation Ceremonies (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Kangsar, Feb. 27. WITH full Malay ceremonial, seven Rajas and Chiefs will be invested on V/ednesday, Mar 8, the seventh and last day of the Sultan of Perak's Installation festivities. The Investiture will take place in
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    CHINESE VICTORY IN E. HONAN
    247 16 1,000 Japanese Casualties GUERILLAS AID IN 3-DAY BATTLE Loyang, Feb. 26. THINESE troops scored a spectacular victory at Changyingchu, town in east Honan near the Lung-Hai Railway, on Feb. 20 after severe engagements with Japanese in which the enemy lost about 1,000 men, it is
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    ANTI-WAR ACTIVITIES IN JAPANESE EMPIRE
    75 16 Chungking, Feb. 26. MANY instances of sabotage and anti-war activities among Korean and Formosan workers and soldiers (Japanese subjects) pressed into service by the Japanese have been reported since the outbreak of the present hostilities. Revolutionary activities have been intensified in Korea and Formosa. To
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    RULING GUERILLAS HOLDING OUT
    91 16 Nanchang. Feb. 26. THE Chinese guerilla force surround- ed on Kullng Mountain have so far successfully held out against the new Japanese offensive. Or. Feb. 23 the Chinese waylaid Japanese infantry advancing under cover of artillery, and killed 30 of the invaders, the rest fleeing. Chinese
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    Ex-Ogpu Chief Who Fled Soviet Purge
    65 16 General M. Lishukov, former chief of the dreaded Ogpu (Soviet Secret Police) in East Siberia, who fled from Russia about a year ago when he was in danger of being included on the purge list. Lishukov (who is on right) found a welcome in
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    Unrest In Japanese Navy Suspected
    98 16 Hong; Kong, Feb. 26. /"■ASKs of Japanese warships ramming each other have occurred frequently lately, according to foreign sources, which reveal that Japanese submarine No. 62 ran into the second class Japanese cruiser Kinakami, near Tientsin. Only six members of the submarine's crew survived. A
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    JAPANESE SEIZE CANTON TRADE
    268 16 Many New Shops Being Opened •In City Canton. REMINISCENT of Nanking, Hankow and other large Chinese cities under Japanese occupation, I Japanese shops of all descriptions] are springing up in Canton. Several Japanese hotels have also opened, complete with waitresses, while it is reported that the
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    Relief Of War Refugees Chungking Spends $14,000,000
    230 16 Relief Of War Refugees Chungking Spends $14,000,000 Chungking, Feb. 26. rvURING the first 19 months of the Sino-Japanese war the Chinese Government spent nearly $)4,000,000 (Chinese currency) on the relief of war victims all over the nation, according to tho National Relief Commission A total of $10,500,000 was spent on
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    Foot-Binding Banned By Japanese
    143 16 Peiping THE binding of the feet of Chinese girls, which continues in many cases today, in spite of orders to suppress the practice issued by the Chinese authorities many years ago, j has been officially banned once again j —this time by the Japanese author!- ties
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    Outlasting Japan's Wartime Economic Strength
    180 16 Chungking, Feb. 26. OF the hundreds of organisations working in the Interest of national reconstruction and selfsufficiency throughout China, three constitute the main sources, the Mini^ries of Finance, Economics and Communications, which control China's economic life. These organs not only aim at outlasting Japan's wartime
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    DIFFICULT YEARS FOR CHILDREN
    105 16 DIFFICULT YEARS FOR CHILDREN It's when children start to shoot up suddenly, that they need your special attention. Children who are growing) fast often tire easily, get pale, listless and do poorly at school. The trouble Is that children have a. double job of work to do. They use* up
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    GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT TO BE AMENDED?
    509 17 Preparation For Military Emergenci es Alleged New Delhi, (By Mail). JT is reliably learnt that the British Government is considering the amendment of the Government of India Act with a view to giving wider powers to the Governor-General in times of emergency, for
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    ABUL KALAM AZAD AT THE FRONTIER
    129 17 Important Discussions With Leaders Peshawar, Feb. 18. Pview of the important nature of th: deliberations which Maulana Abui Kalam Azad is at present having with the Frontier Congress M.L.A.'s including Ministers and prominent Congress leaders of the Province, at Peshawar, he has cancelled his
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    DEATH OF SOUTH INDIAN FILM PRODUCER
    76 17 Madras, Feb. 19. rE death has occurred here of Mr. A. Narayan, the weli-known pioneer in the South Indian fllm industry, yesterday, at his residence. The death cf Mr. Narayan removes from South India a notable film personality who was fully aware of the
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    SUBHAS BABU'S HEALTH
    38 17 Calcutta, Feb. 21. UK. Subhas Chandra Bose, the Congress President, is having a temperature of 103 degrees. A patch of broncho pneumonia was detected over his left lung yesterday morning. Prolonged rest has been advised.
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    "USEFUL THOUGH NOT HELPFUL"
    212 17 Orissa Premier On Talks With Political Agent Cuttack. Feb. 20. INTERVIEWED by the Associated Press regarding the discussions that I tcok place between the Orissa Minis[ters and Major C. S. Searle, Political Agent. Orissa States, Mr. Biswanath Das, Premier, said that the talks were very useful
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    STATE PEOPLES' CONFERENCE Pandit Nehru's Appeal For Funds
    82 17 STATE PEOPLES' CONFERENCE Pandit Nehru's Appeal For Funds Luc^ncw, F'b. 19. AN appeal on behalf of the All-India State Peoples' Conference to ail interested in the welfare of the States as well as in the wider national movement for Indian freedom to contribute their mite to the funds of the
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    The Aga Khan On Federation
    193 17 The Aga Khan On Federation "May Not Be Thrust On Unwilling India" Karachi, Feb. 20. TTHAT a conference would take place in India composed among others of Congress Ministers and representatives of the States at which Federation would term the main subject for consideration, was the opinion expressed by the
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    JAIPUR POLITICALS ON HUNGER-STRIKE ?
    34 17 JAIPUR POLITICALS ON HUNGER-STRIKE Jaipur, Feb. 20. IT is reported that the arrested mera- bers of the Praja Mandal have gone on hunger-strike as a protest against the quality of food supplied to them.
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    CAHN'S TEAM IN NEW ZEALAND
    47 18 Playing the first match ol their tour Ol New Zealand at Christchurch, Sir Jullen Calm's cricket team complied 410. of which Hurdstalf made 100. The match was drawn. Canterbury, the home side made 4C4 and 233.— Rcuter. SIR JI'I.IKN AM) LADY CAHN
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    TAIPING HOCKEY
    196 18 Punjabi Soldiers Beat Jollylads (I^om Our Own Correspondent. i Taiping. Feb. 26. In an exciting game of hockey played at the Regimental ground yestertl.iy. the 1st Battalion 2nd Punjab Regiment defeated the Jollylads by 2-1. A feature of the match wa3 the excellent goalkeeping of Sher Khan for
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    FRIENDLY SOCCER
    63 18 The following will represent the Hindu Association against the T. T. S. H. R. C. in a friendly game of soccer today at the J.C.S. A. at 5 pm. Ruguram. S. Govindasamy, V. G. Bnan. V. K. Shunmugam, Kanda- j iCip,ain>, L. A. V. Vcloo, S inn, Paul
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    KENG HOCK SCORES FOUR FOR CHINESE
    642 18 Manchesters Beaten Six Goals To One I^ENG Hock promises to be chief scorer for the Chinese soccer team this season. Leading the S.C.R.C. attack against the Manchestera in a friendly match at Anson Road yesterday, Keng Hock contributed four goals out of six scored
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    R.S.Y.C. EVENTS
    205 18 On Friday, there will be the usua: afternoon races for all classes at the R.S.Y.C. to start at 5.25 p.m. On Sunday, the Royal Singapore Yacht Club wili sail a team race against the Royal Air Force Yacht Clvb —one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
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    5. T. C. SPRING MEETING
    311 18 Winning Owners I IST of winning owners and stakes won at the Singapore Turf Club Spring meeting are: Stakes won 1st 2nd 3r< Mr. Clieah $3,480 2 11 Mr. A. Van Tooren 3 280 3 0 3 Hon. Mr. S. B. Palmer 2 780 2
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    EUROPEAN BOXERS ARRIVE
    65 18 Two European boxers, Teddy Donavan welterweight) and Tiger Donasne 1 featherweight 1 arrived here this morning. They are bound for America and will leave Singapore on March 4. Both boxers are agreeable to fight during their stay in Singapore and arrangements are being made to match 1
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    JUBILEE TROPHY
    90 18 The Royal Singapore Yaciit Club announce that the sixth race for the Jubilee Trophy for Merchants Ship's Life boats presented in commemoration of the Silver Jubilee of His late Majesty King George V will be held on Monday Liar. 13, at 4.30 p.m. Any ship whose owners have
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    TAIPING CHINESE RECREATION CLUB
    84 18 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Feb. 26. At a committee meeting of the Chinese Recreation Club, Taiping. held last night, Mr. Yeoh Tong Khoo was elected captain of the Club's cricket team this season. This will be the first time the Club has entered a team,
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    THE SPORT DIARY
    16 18 TODAY Soectr: Hindoo Association vs. Tan Toct Seng Hospital R.C., J.S.C.A. Tennis: V.M.C.A.
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    Edrich Strikes Form In Match With Natal
    103 18 TN reply to Natal's first innings total of 295, the M.C.C. totall- ed 407 at Pietermaritzburg yesterday. Edrich was in great form and made 150, hitting one six and 21 fours. Ames made 62 and the pair added 114 in 67 minutes for
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    Irish XV To Play Wales
    34 18 The Irish rugby team to meet Wales at Belfast on Mar. 11 is: Murphy, Morar. Mckibben, Torrens, Lyttle, Cromey. Morgan. Alexander, Irwin, Mayne, Sloughlin, Ryan, Sayers. Teehan Tlernsy.— Reuter.
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    TENNIS "OPEN" SOON?
    118 18 117 T. TILDEN, former Wimbledcn champion, gives amateur tennis "five more years to live" as now constituted. After that, he considers an open championship between amateurs and professionals must come. "All the great players are gradually drawing away from the amat?ur game," he said on arrival in
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    New Horses Classified
    181 18 Two Go To First Class CIX new horses arc among the amendment to classifications issued by the Straits Racing Association yesterday. Two of them Hybla and Tovarich are classified in class one. Hyb!a. it is understood, is another purchase by Lee Nam, the veteran Selangcr Chinese, who
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    £100,000 Scheme To Improve Stamford Bridge
    84 18 £100,000 Scheme To Improve Stamford Bridge Chelsea expert to spend over C 100.000 on improvements to Stamford Bridge during the next few years. Mr. Leslie Knighion staled that a start would be made during the close season with a stand at the totalisator end of the ground which would afford
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    Scotland's XV To Play England
    44 19 The Scottish rugby team to meet England at Murrayfields on Mar. 18 is Roberts, Innes, Macßac. R. Shaw, Fyfe, Bruce j Lockhart, Dorward, Henderson, Graham, Purdie, Horsburgh, Roy, W. H. Crawford, of United Services. Mackenzie and Young, j Renter.
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    England Lose Tennis Test
    118 19 Capetown. Feb. 27. j SOUTH A.'rlca won the lawn tenni; t.?st by seven matches to one. Results were: Mrs. Retains beat Miss Scott 2— G. 6—l. c— l. Kirby 'Smith Africa) beat Buuer 2 C. 6—l. 6—3. Mtossfl Scott and Saunders (Great Britalnt beat Miss Craze
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    CARDIFF CITY LIKELY TO VISIT INDIA
    247 19 Calcutta, Feb. 11. THE possibility that Cardiff City, a Third Division English Football League team, may visit India during June is being discussed both in India and England. Cardiff are anxious to be the first in professional football teams to visit India, so much
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    WALKING RECORD
    47 19 Sydney, Feb. 25. Athol Stubbs who will probably 'represent Australia in the 1940. Olympic Gair.es, established a world. i mile walking record ol 6 mm. 18 1/3! dec. today, beating the previous record j of 6 irln. 21sec. held by P. Bernard, of j Latvia.
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    Two Centuries In K. L Cricket
    175 19 (From Our Own Correspondent* Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 27. OCORING a fast' 111 before lunch on Sunday, V. K. Ponnlah batting for the Indians against the Central WorKshop cricket team, beat Henry of the T.P.C.A. In the race for the first century of the cricket
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    Y.M.C.A. TENNIS
    67 19 Ties for tomorrow In the V MCA. open tennis tournament are: "C" CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP A. Nathaniels vs Harry L. Wee. M. Takagaki vs. Ng Wing Choon. Wong Cheong Wong vs. Gafur bin Pakir, C. :J. Moxon vs. Ivan van Geyzel. KNOWLES CIP j Kamis vs. S. A. Dawood.
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    GRAND NATIONAL AND LINCOLN CALLOVERS
    192 19 pALLOVERS for the Grand National and the Lincolnshire are cabled by Heuter as follows: GRAND NATIONAL 15—2 Kllstar taken and offered. 100— 9 Royal Danieli.. 15—1 Rockquilla. 100—6 Workman and Temewillow. 20—1 Brendan's Cottage and Undirbid offered. 20—1 Royal Mail offered, 22—1 taken. 22—1 Cooleen
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    Mrs. Moncur Wins At R. 5. G. C.
    150 19 THE L.G.U. medal competition played! at Bukit Timah yesterday result :d| in v win for Mrs. J. Moncur in the silver division with 89—16—73 and in a tie in the bronze division between Mrs. J. S. English, 93-28—65. and Mrs. H. Gild,
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    SPHINX B.P. WIN
    136 19 In a friendly encounter the !>econQ team of the Sphinx B.P. beat the Useful BP. "B" team at badminton Dy eight games to one at the rormers court on Sunday last. Detailed scores are as follows:— Singles —Joseph dc Stuira beat Ong Say Yeo 15—12; 11—15; I^—s;
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    Cricket Club Beat Loyals Two Goals To-Nil
    213 19 TpVO goals scored in the first half tory over a Loyals side in a frier Padang, yesterday. The standard The Club fielded the better forward line, weakest link of which was the right wing, Morrison. Rothery was outstanding in the defence, while McCaffery.
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    RECS. DRAW WITH SAPPERS
    228 19 No Goals In Padang Soccer Match TAME soccer was witnessed on the padang yesterday when the 5.R.C. and the R.E. Changi drew, soth sides leaving the field without i goal scored. Although both sets of forward.-; had repeated "chancas of scoring, they either fumbled or kicked
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    SEGAMAT SOCCER
    59 19 (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Feb. 27. The P.W.D. and the Indo-Ceylonese. two of the strongest soccer teams In the district this year, met tor th: 1 first time on the town padanc; today and played a draw in a friendly match, jeach side scoring three gcais. Piay
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    SEGAMAT CRICKET
    38 19 (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Feb. 27. Cricket will be ushered in next week when the Tampin Recreation Club will be visitors to Genuang to play the Genuang C.C. in the opening interclub match in Johore.
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    CHARITY SOCCER MATCH
    61 19 A charity soccer matcn will be p:ay- ed in aid of the China Relief Fund dctween the Slong 800 Athletic Associa- j tion, champion team of the S.C.F.A. league, and the Rest of the S.C.F.A. at the Anson Road Stadium, on Saturday, Mar. 4, at 5.15 p.m.
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    Oxford Boat Race Crew
    79 19 THE Oxford < rew for the h«i race against Cambridge on Apr. 1 will row in the following order: G. Huse. of I'pper I.atymer School and Oriel bow, J. Garton, Eton and Magdalen. A. S'emiek Stedwards and Stedmund Hall, R. Stewart, Eton and Magdalen, R. Burnell.
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    Europeans vs. Rest Cricket For Negri
    217 19 (From Our Ow.i »,one*pondent.) Serenban, Feb. '28. pRICKETERS in Negri Sembilan will bo pleased to heat that an annual Europeans vs. Rest match is to be held at Sereir.ban tor a shield presented by Towkay Goh Eng Thye of Seremban. A fixture of this
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    1914 OLYMPICS
    48 19 Home. The Italian Olympic Committee lias announced that Rome w:l! be ofTicia'.ly Dropoied as the p'.ace of the 13th Olympic Games In 1044, at a meoting of the International Olympic Committee in London in June. Other competitors are Budapest, Athens. Lausanne. London and Canada. Ancta. Transocean.
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