The Straits Times, 3 June 1939

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    41 1 ETIM Al ETlTkl rIWAL C,U 1 PI. The Straits Times ESTABLISHED NEARLS A CENTXJaY.J 3/i4Li4K4'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-LARGEST NET SALES 24 PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1939. PRICE CENTS The Straits Times 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1939 PRICE 5 CENTS
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      213 1 SINGAPORE: 140. CECIL ST. (PHONE 5471). For JJp-to-date BAILOR ING... MIEN rCHONG Ycu are assured 0/ real satisfaction. nm Colom.ir, St. Singapore. Phone 4816 SISSONS' PERMANENT STAINS for FLOORS, SEATS, FURNITURE &c. 1OO"* BRITISH H hat is more pleasing than a Bright Clear Home or Office The floor i» a
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      153 1 Choose a "Zeiss" Obtainable from all first class Opticians.' -MASTERS LAMINATED STEEL PADLOCKS Strongest in the World. From AC Dealers. Sol* Agents: RAH AM IN PEN HAS. H7125, CECIL STREET, SINGAPORE. DENTALLY INSURED cvM the Tek "SHDRT-HEAD'POLICY Be sure your children grow up with healthy strong teeth, clean not only
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      137 1 kuala lumpur. 25, JAVA ST. CPHONE 3683). COFFEE MUST BEGOOD lfelW3#ll^# r^* "P P"F P fJi w^Ss-kS t Specially Blended— i/l '%)/fr^~* i —^^l^^ v H»-o«J^ yVv 'Z 7 Freshly Roasted Ground ***^%s%< ill li{' 4l^\ Daily The Secret of the £T fwM\ Of Finest Coffee in Malaya. M^'^^ ====^=Ss^.
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      15 1 Madame Page 13, Battery Bide. Singapore's Leading Dressmaker. New Collection. Day Evening Gowns in STOCK
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATH
      81 2 •COH—Madam Goh Chin Neo wife of the late Mr. Llm Kirn Tian passed away peacefully tin Tuesday, May 30th. 1939. at her residence No. 355-D. Kirn Chuan Road, at the age of 79. She leaves behind one Kin Mr. Llm Keng Tiam of the Successors of Molne Comte Sc
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      47 2 Mrs. Joseph Chong and family express their .sincere thanks to all the friends and relai ho were kind enough to pay visits to the house, sent wreaths, letters and teleof condolence, offered masses, and al! those who attended the funeral ceremonies !'<>th at Taipeng and Penang.
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      975 2 PERSONAL THE MARRIAGE BUREAU, 135, New Bond Street. London, W.I. Introductions frten privately and confidentially. Mayfalr 9524. WANTED WANTED TO Bl'Y Seaside Bungalow. Moderate Price. Full particulars to Box No. 505, Straits Tiroes. WANTED— to rent house in good location, possibly furnished. 4 bedrooms or more. State price Box 509,
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      909 2 FOR SALE FIAT BALILA Ist class running condition low petrol consumption price $800 ($3OO cash. balance in easy instalments). Also Philco 11 valve radio cheap. Box No. 508, Straits Tunes. BOARD RESIDENCE EAST ANGLIA 6. Oxlev Rise Tele. 4300. Enqaire new Bate*, at 2 Lloyd Rd. Bd. opt FURN. ROOMS
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      515 2 MOTOR VEHICLES USED CARS: Austins T, '10. '12', Morris, Standard, Ford, Citroen, Morgan, etc. The Eastern Auto Co.. Ltd., Singapore. FOR SALE, 1937 2 Litre M.G. Saloon, 20,000. New tyres. Recently overhauled. $1,530. Box No. 493, Straits Times. FOR HIRE REFRIGERATOR— N»w or Dsed Phone 3333 MOTORING LESSONS LEARN DRIVING
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      450 2 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE The Exchange Banks will be closed on: Thursday, June 8, King's Birthday (Public Holiday). SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. NOTICE is hereby given that Owen Road between Dorset Road and Norfolk Road will be closed, in sections, to through traflic from the 9th instant until further notice for the purpose
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      239 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc MASSAGE HA LLA MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs HARU and Miss HANA 60, WATERLOO STREET, Jl Telephone 7467. JOIN THE GREEN CIRCLE~ LENDING LIBRARIES Ist. FLOOR, 18-F. BATTERY RD., P.O. BOX 34, SINGAPORE. NEW BOOKS EVERY MAIL. Open Daily: 8.3* A.M. to 8 P.M. Saturdays: 8.30 A.M. to
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      1295 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INL'iA lifcM^ll^N AND APCAR LINE. U "™™l!V^ .lncorporaieo in Eneland) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS PENINSULAR ANU ORIENTAI B.N Co FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES OUTWARD FKOM LONDON fOII CHINA ~~TZ~T^7J^Z AND JAPAN TOJLONDON Tonnage Uue Spore. Penang, Colombo, Aden. Suei. Port Said
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      646 3 Mp^fa i J^y y v ~"*V" y~~j ■■■^^ji LUXURY wltb ECONOMY ONE-CLASS MOTORSHII-S. CABINS WITH PRIVATE BATIL EXCELLENT CUISINE. MODERATE FARES To: MARSEILLES. LONDON, ROTTEK- To: PALESTINE. ROTTERDAM. HAM DAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN BURG AND COPENHAGEN BORINGIA June 13 JAVA abt. June 7 LALANDIA July 4 ASIA June 16 JUTLANDIA
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      659 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building. Collyer Qunf Singapore Tel 5151. Chartered Bant Building. Penan* Tel 136 C. BLUB FUNNEL LINE. FASI SERVICES MARSEILLES LONDON N. CONTINENI AND GLASGOW (In conjunction wltb the Glrn Line) Due Sails GLENIFFER L'don. D'klrfc. Rdam. Ham. Ant. Si Mid. June 5 June 7 AENEAS Mars,
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    Wall Street Quotations
    557 4 New York, June 2. ■THE following quotations were those ruling when the Stocks Exchange closed today. BROKERS' COMMENT CWAN. CULBERTSON AND FRITZ report on yesterday's New York markets Prices advanced with net gains ranging up to a point. Favourable news included improvement In retail and wholesale business
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
    141 4 The following ships are alongside the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves or expected to arrive: Fast Wharf, Entrance Gate 1; Exit 1:— Yuensang 22. Sheers Wharf. Entrance Gate 1; Exit 1:— H.M.S. Herald 19. Main Wharf. Entrance Gate 2: Exit 3:— Rawalpindi IS; Kamuning 16; Capt St. Andrew
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      240 4 TCKUJ Europe and G. Britain (X.L.M.) D.m Iran (X.L.M.) 2 p.m. Medan (X.L.M.) 2 p.m Pontlanak (Tcmori) 3 p.m. Germany (Parcels only) (Nordmark) 3.30 p.m. Bagan, Bengkalis Selat Pandjang (Toboall) P- m Djambl &K. Toengtal (Togian) 4 p.m. Labocan Bilik (Jarak) ..4 pm. Muntok and Falembarg (Senang)
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      SURFACE MAILS DUE
      42 4 Malls from Europe (London parcel mails) expected yesterday, by P. O. v Rawalpindi) delivery today, June 3, at 9 a.m. Malls from Japan expected on June 5, by Brisbane Maru. Mails from Holland etc. expected on June by Baloeran.
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      267 4 INWARD Wearnes From Penang, Ipob and Kuala Lumpur. Arrives every evening. X.L.M. From Netherlands indies: Arrives THIS afternoon. X.L.M From Europe: Arrives THIS evening. QanUn: From Australia: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. Imperial From Europe: Due Mom!u> afternoon. K.N.1.L.M.: From Saigon: Arrives Wednesdays. K.N.1.L.M.: From Netherlands: Indies:
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      FROM MALACCA
      95 4 Correspondence for transmission by j air via "Netherlands' must be fully prepaid and clearly superscribed By X.L.M." Mails will close from Malacca as follows: Today. Mtdan by air (Netherlands) p.m. Siam. Burma. Ind.a, Kuwait. Iraq, Palestine, Egypt, Mauritius. Europe, nreat Britain. Ireland. N. ft S. America. E. <i
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      LABOUR CO-OPERATES WITH GOVERNMENT
      87 4 London, June 2. fOMMENIING on the singular freedom of industry in 1938 from labour disputes, the annual report of the i Ministry of Labour says: '"This freedom and reluctance oi employers and workpeople to pursue their claims to the extrsme point may not unfairly be attributed
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    PARLIAMENT MEETS ON MONDAY
    55 4 London, Ju'ie 2. THE Prime Minister and Mrs. Chamberlain, who are still in the country, are coin 1 direct tomorrow to Cheouers, whVre they will spend the week-end. It is probable that they will return to Downing Street on Sunday ni"ht. Parliament reassembles after ihe Whltsun
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    NEW HEADQUARTERS FOR IMPERIAL AIRWAYS
    119 4 To Be Opened In London On Monday IMPERIAL Airways announces that its new headquarters and terminal building in Buckingham Palace Road, London, will be open for the use of pnjKagen on June 5. All services will then dp operated from the new building. Empire p.:sscntjers
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    BRITISH SUBMARINE DISASTERS
    190 4 (Continued from p:'V 11.) IMt— Al struck by Hi. or oli Ilc i li lives lot. In I. i \4 In i j!i; ion at Plymouth, four live* lo: t. IMb- Al. exrldslur. oi petrol vapour at Q'.'cc.i lied, ni'i? inju:- .1. l!) 0".— T "-:r:!o ion
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      665 4 BOUSTEAD 6s. CO., LTD. ilocorporUed Is HIS) TI I I IMIONK Fieltbl 5433. Pastate MIL CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS. LIMITED. (Incorporated in England) FARES SINGAPORE/EUROPE First and Cabin class from £105.17.9 Tourist class from £75.8.8. AROI'NU HIE WORLD FARES B¥ C PR /F. O. lirst and Cabin Class Tourist clas f
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      208 4 EXTENDED LEAVE f •ihe/t yon fly 80 YU DUTCH «IR iIHES =T the tmootk n'lent air line Oon ->penc jieciou^ ea/e 'imc 'uveiing oe' on a M piane ana 'uKurious, nleresling diqht in one ot *he tamous Douglas DC.3 air mers Steward service on board nctdenta evoenset ere ess since
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      125 4 YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Stations Last max. rain- bright night temp, fall s'shine mln. 'P Inches nn. *F WEST COAST. Alor Star 90 0.63 8.6 74 Penang 90 1.42 9.3 74 Sitlawan 91 0.83 8.7 72 Bukit Jeram 90 2.17 8.2 71 Malacca 82 Nil 3.1 75 INLAND. Kuala Llpis 92 1.30
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      572 4 TIDE TABLE &I.VGAPOKE Today H. W. 11.59 a.m. 8.4 ft.; 11.17 p.m. 9.3 ft. L. W. 5.30 ?..m. 0.3 ft.: 5.31 p.m. 3.8 ft. Tomorrow H. W. 12.37 p.m. 8.3 ft.; 11.52 p.m. 9.3 ft. L. W. 6.06 a.m. 0.2 ft.; p.m. 3.8 ft. Monday H. W 1.11 p.m. 8
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    HOW TO STOP FEVERS Take these strengthening tonic tablets
    194 5 HOW TO STOP FEVERS Take these strengthening tonic tablets :uny bouts ol fever are dangerous. Each attack leaves your system a little weaker— a little more prone to far more dangerous ills. If you feel an attack corning on or if you have just recently recovered, lose no time in
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    44 5 Every letter received by the 8.8.C from Empire listeners is not only answered, but indexed, carefully analysed, and circulated among tho departments it concerns. An analysis form and the 'blue jacket' in which correspondence goes the rounds can be clearly seen in th« photograph.
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    B. B. C's NEW LISTENER RESEARCH SERVICE Organised Effort To Find Out What The Public Wants
    937 5 B. B. C's NEW LISTENER RESEARCH SERVICE Organised Effort To Find Out What The Public Wants London, May 21 PEOPLE all over Britain are hclp-i ing the 8.8.C. to discover what listeners want, when they want it,! and how they want it— switching on the light, as it were, for
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      210 5 Da iaea Hours: I rcm 8 an. t» 8 p.m. Mon. Sat.. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday. ARE YOU GREY? ->^^^ No matter however grey 4gK— > T^H you may be VIVALINE Mm sm *'^M HAIR OIL restores grey ■Ail hair to its natural flLj. remarkably and OD^I :;hout
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      48 5 &jjSsfflt.iiBH Distributors— GRAFTON LABORATORIES LTD Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Roundtrip from Singapore to Hongkong/Shanghai and back via Manila, Saigon and Bangkok per Luxury Liner Boissevain," Ruys or Tegelberg." Roundtrip tare $250 .0 0f 320 .00 Full information from Pan. Dept., X.P.M. Line. 1 (Incorp. in Holland.) (Phone 5451)
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      747 5 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 225 metres. ZUP 30.06 metres, p.m. 12.45 Light orchestral concert. Relayed from the Adelphi Hotel. 1.30 Midday rubber and tin prices. 1.32 Light orchestral concert. Relayed from the Adelphi Hotel (contd.). 2.00 Interval. p.m. 5.00 Malay request programme 5.30 Peiping selections.! 6.10 Mandarin programme. t 7.00
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      547 5 EMPIRE STATION TODAY TRANSMISSIONS 2 AND 3 GSII 21.4? mc/i (13.97 m.'; GSG 17.71 I me > ilii.Xb m.); GSI' 15.14 me/i (19.82 m.): GSJ 21.63 mcs (13.93 m.): GSD 11.75 oc/l 123.53 m.) p.m. C.05 Big Ben. "Lucky Dip" presented 'oy William MacLUTf. Including: popular music; sport; comedy; and
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      490 5 NIROM TODAY VDA 6.01 mr/s (tt.6 m). VDB 9.65 me/1 (31.20 m.). YDB 11.86 me/3 (25.3 m.). PMN 10.26 me/1 (".9.2 m.). p.m. 4.50 Time signal. Programme prevuo. 4.54 Tea concert. 6.05 Van Beithovrns violin concert 0.50 News bulletin 7.12 Variety. 7.40 What occupies us. 8.00 Studio orchestra. 8.50 Inspector
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      554 6 STEADIER CONDITIONS IN HOME CENTRES RUBBER SLIGHTLY EASIER By Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, June 3. IT is obvious from London cables that although confidence may have been slightly lowered by recent political events it is by no mean* i,eriously undermined Conditions on the London Stock Exchange yesterday
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      DEFENCE OF BELGIAN COLONIES
      16 6 Brusiels, June 2. Td tlic olonies i nioutt) 01 tin 1 Cong
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      MINING
      562 6 issue Val. Ktaser Co Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 3/7 V 2 4/1 Vi 3/6 4/5/- Austral Amal 4/7'/ 2 5/1 Va 4/10 5/3 £1 Austral Malay 38/- 42/- 40/- 45'5 Ayer Hitam 22/9 23/9 22/6 23/6 1 Ayer Weng 0.63 0.73 0.68 0.72 £1
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      GENERAL
      426 6 i i aicx uricK ura. l.su 1.4U l.isz'/j l.w 2 2 do. 7Vi r 'o prefs. 2.15 2.25 2.17 2 22 10 10 Atlas Ice 4.75 5.25 5.00 5 50 1 1 B. M. Broadcasting 0.55 0.60 0.50 1 60 10 5 B. M. Trustee 5.75 7.50 6.75 7.50
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS
      268 6 6'- Maynard Co. Ltd. $30,000 Int. Apr 30 Oct. 31 90 100 norn SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. y.< 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 100 101 norn 4'<> 2 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 10G 108 norn 4> 2 1909 red.
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      RUBBER SHARES
      364 6 (bnares are Si unless otherwise stated) Fraser Si Co. Lyall Evatt Allenby 1.25 1.30 1.25 1.35 A!or Gajah 0.92 V 2 0.97 V 2 0.95 1.00 Amal Malay 1.50 1.60 1.47 1.55 Ayer Hitam 0.90 1.00 0.95 1.05 Ayer Molek 0.35 0.95 0.95 1.05 Ayer Panas 1.20 1.25
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      104 6 Friday, June 2. noon. No. IX a.S.S. (Spot loose) 28' i 29 No. IX K.s.S. f.o.b. in rases June HH 29' G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bale* June 28 9/16 28 11/ 16 I Al| R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales June 28 7/16 28 9/16 FUTURE QUOTATIONS
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      EXCHANGES
      186 6 Friday, June 2. The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the dally circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING London T.T. 2/3 25/32 London demand 2/3 25/32 Lyons demand 2040 Switzerland demand 239% Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54>/ 8 Montreal
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      London Stock Exchange
      404 6 Account End Quiet With Prices Firm London, June 2. *T*HE Stock Exchange account closed quietly today with prices In most groups firm. Oils were distinguished by Attocks which advanced from 625. 6d. to 645. 4d. on publication of the annual report. Kaffirs benefited from Continental buying. Industrials
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      FOREIGN EXCHANGES
      88 6 London, June 2. Today's closing mean rates were'— Paris I7d?i Athens 547 1 New York 4.e6'j Belgrade 2iO Montreal 4.6S 1 Bucharest 6fO Brussels 27. M> Rio 2 25/32 Geneva 20.74 Buenos Aires 20. io 1 Amsterdam 8.70\i Montevideo 13 Milan 89 1/15 Bombay l/5"i.1. Berlin 11.6'iV. Yokohama
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      TREASURY BILLS
      41 6 London, June 2. •■pHE total amount applied for in tenders for £45.000,000 Treasury Bills was £64.040,000. The average rate per cent, for Bills at three months was 13s. 1.65 d. against 13s. 1.91 d. a week ago. British Wireless.
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      ANGLO-JAPANESE NAVAL TALKS
      128 6 But Situation Remains Same As Before Shanghai, June 2. A THREE-HOUR meeting of the British and Japanese Com-manders-in-Chief, Admiral Sir Percy Noble and Vice-Admiral Oikawa, took place 'this morning in the Japanese flagship Izumo. It is understood all major AngloJapanese naval issues were discussed, including th e
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      Franco Frees 90 Soviet Army Officers
      43 6 Istanbul, June 2. FREED by Gen. Franco after long imprisonment in a Nationalist concentration camp, &0 Soviet army officers and sailors who participated in the Spanish war arrived aboard an Italian steamer on their way to Russia.—Reuter.
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      WHITE HOUSE TALKS WITH BUSINESS MEN
      66 6 Washington, June 2. MR. H. L. Hopkins, Secretary of Commerce, at today's press conference said that he hopes to arrange further White House conferences with buyinossmen, with representatives of labour and agriculture possibly included. He said that President Roosevelt was very satisfied with last
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      MR. ATTLEE TO UNDERGO OPERATION
      64 6 THE Leader of the Opposition In the House of Commons, Mr. C. R. Attlee, is going into a nursing home over the week-end to undergo an operation. Mr. Attlee was taken ill on arriving at Southport for the annual conference of the Labour Party at
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      SUICIDE ATTEMPTS WHEN NOT ALLOWED TO LAND
      61 6 Hamburg, June 2. NINE hundred and twenty- two Jewish refugees in the HamburgAmerika liner St. Louis who were refused permission to land in Cuba will be brought back to Hamburg unless it is found possible to land them elsewhere. At Havana, when news
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      QUEEN MARY'S PROGRESS SATISFACTORY
      33 6 London, June 2. QUEEN MARY, who was badly bruised and shaker> when her car overturned on May 23 when returning from the Chelsea Flower Show, is progressing satisfactorily.— Reuter.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      GREAT BRITAIN'S DEFENCE REQUIREMENTS
      549 7 Repercussions On Industry Will Be Considerable '"THE repercussions on industry ot 1 the defence propramme will Inevitably be considerable," says the Westminster Bank Review in nn article on "Industry and Defence" in its May issue. In thi- short run they may appear beneficial." the article says,
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      TIN SHIPMENTS FALL IN MAY
      186 7 FOREIGN exports of tin, being linal shipments on ocean (teamen at all Malayan ports in May totalled 5.064 tons, compared vith 6,444 tons in April. Total shipments for the five months of this year are 25,7 M tons, compared with 31,146 tons in the corresponding
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      149 7 Singapore. Jun^ D3oa. C.-.i:-. S 7.50 C«be $13.25 Java Cube 112.00 sper $12.25 111.75 I 7 M I 13 17 2 $7.25 I3an;a $7.00 $7.00 Tav $4 jO $4.25 $5.50 $5.00 R:v,No i No Stock Sia:n W.'st C >ast M 1 No Stock Rio Stock Broken No.
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      SINGAPORE PROPERTY SALES
      84 7 SINGAPORE PROPERTY SALES AT ar. auction on May 31. the fflliOW- tag pro-Terries in Singapore w^te scld for the rt-s^ mentioned: A^prOA. Pr:o3 Sq. feet 19 ar.d 50 Chir.a Scree: ar.d 29 Kanldn Street 2.i36 ttSJOC T "A ar.d 7B Cross Street 1,884 19.500 J. |A l»d SB Cress Street
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      FAVOURABLE GERMAN TRADE BALANCE
      106 7 Ber::n. May 25. GERMANY'S April trade returns are the first for many months to record a fivourablf balance. Imports :ctailed Rm.402.600,000 and exports Rm. -437. 700. 000 giving an excess or exports over imports of Rm.35.100.000 £2.925.000. These figures, however, need careful eoMidccattan, since for the
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      KEMPAS ASSESSMENT INCREASED
      62 7 THE standard production of rubber "Itatn owned by Kempas Ltd. for 19:59 has been provisionally assessed r. :i 972..->;»i m.. compared with 3,729,97.) U. for l!)" 8. I Tin 1 Birmingham Railway Carriage md Wa'-jon Co., Ltd.. has received an ;rdi>r from the Crown Agents for the
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      LONDON COPRA MARKET
      429 7 S. S. OFFER VERY SPARINGLY (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 25. /"•OPRA prices have risen steadily Vx in London during the past month, there having been a very good demand, particularly lo France and Holland. Frank Fehr and Co., the well-known commodity dealers, report that while
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      IMPERIAL AIRWAYS
      195 7 Offer Ratified By Shareholders IMPERIAL Airways announces that at i an extraordinary meeting on May 23. shareholders present ratified the directors' acceptance of the offer made j by the Government— subject to the ap- > r>i'oval of Parliament— of 32s 9d for each ordinary share with interest from
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      RUBBER SHIPMENTS IN MAY
      51 7 /"VF 42.214 tons of rubber shipped from Malaya in May 19,459 tons were consigned to the United States: 7,664 tons to the United Kingdom; 6,008 tons U) the Continent of Europe; 5.058 tons to British Possessions: 2.721 tons to Jaoan and 1,304 tons to other foreign
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      HIGHER RUBBER PRICES EXPECTED
      294 7 BARTER SCHEME HAS MANY DIFFICULTIES LEWIS AND PEAT'S WEEKLY REPORT IN a weekly report on the London rubber market, dated May 23, Lewis and Peat Ltd. write: The slight improvement In values following the meeting of the International Regulation Committeo has born fully maintained and there
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      SHELL FINAL OF 2 1/2 PER CENT.
      349 7 YEAR'S TOTAL AGAIN 20 PER CENT. TAX FREE ROYAL DUTCH PAYS I FURTHER 3% "TniE Shell Transport and Royai Dutch Petroleum Companies arf both paying final dividends, bringln? j tne 1938 totals up to the previous year's Ipvpl The directors of the Shell
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      MANILA GOLD SHARES Manila, June 2.
      96 7 MANILA GOLD SHARES Manila, June 2. QUOTATIONS, in pesos, for 10 centavo gold shares on the Manila Stock Exchange Utii morning; compared with yesterday's as followsPrevious Today's Asked Bid Asked Bid I Antamok 0.27 0.26'-j 0.3f1'._. O.SB j Coco Giove 0.36 O.J5 1 f1.34 1 j Itogon 0.22'- 0.22 0.23
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
      62 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS 3ingjp~r:\ Junr 2, 5 p.m. Boij. Total for C.imp:i::v Dividend CloFf Dal.' Ex. Div financial year TIN livable Date to date Raub 3d. :nt June 8 June 14 JOM 3 5% CENTRAL Rrnong C nsold. 6d. Inl. No. 26 June 17 June 34 June
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    TOKIO VIEW OF THE SOVIET PREMIER'S SPEECH
    410 9 Russia Returning To Old Policy Of Isolation Is Belief Tokio. Juno 2. "A MACHIAVELLIAN move calculated to split the A Anglo-French camp on one hand and on the other to estrange Italy, Germany and Japan from the Anti-Comin-tern bloc" is seen by the
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    RECONSTRUCTION OF CHINA
    175 9 "British Co-operation Needed More More" London, June 2. A NEW agency has been created in London and entitled the Chinese Government Trading Commission. Its offices are In Gracechurch Street and it is composed of the Chinese Ambassador, Mr. Quo Tai-chi (chair- man), Mr. D. G. M. Bernard
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    FISHING BOAT HELD BY SOVIET
    103 9 ToMo, June 2. THE 29-ton fishing boat Hakuyo Maru of the Nishida Fishing Co. wa* seized by the Soviet while engaged m crab-flshlng off the Kamchatka coast. according to the Asahi Shlmbun. The newspaper says the crew of 12 was arrested by a Soviet coast
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    Launch Of New Destroyer
    174 9 London, June 2. JJ M.S. KIMBERLEY, which was launched yesterday by Lady Kimberley from Thornycroifs Woolston Yard, Southampton Water, is the last of eight destroyers of the X class of the 1937 programme to be put afloat. They are of 1,690 tons with a speed of
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    GERMAN CRUISERS AS BATTLESHIPS
    137 9 Heavier Armaments Than British 10,000-Ton Ships London, June 2. THE British cruisers of the County class are not equal to the German 10,000-ton cruisers, in the opinion of the Dally Telegraph. Classification oi the new German cruiser Bluecher as a 10,000-ton cruisor has rather understated the
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    JAPANESE SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA?
    56 9 Tokio, June 2. ASKED today whether the regular air service between Japan and her mandated South Seas Islands would be extended to Australia, RearAdmiral Kanazawa. Publicity Director of the Navy Ministry, said that the question had never come up for discussion. Nor had any decision been
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    To Remain China's Capital
    125 9 Chungking To Be Splil Into Municipalities Chungking. Junr 2. CHUNGKING is to remain the wartime capital of China, in spite of the recent severe air raids But in future it is not to be a single city, but a group of municipalities clustered around the present
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    JAPANESE DEMANDS TO KULANGSU
    153 9 "Some Progress In Talks At Amoy Tokio, June 2. THE spokesman of the Foreign Office today revealed that negotiations at Amoy for the solution of the Kulangsu affair had progressed to some extent." According to a press message from Amoy, the first meeting of the consular
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    "NO TERRITORIAL ATMS IN SOUTH SEAS"
    59 9 Tokio, June 2. JAPANS policy toward the South Pacific aimed at. legitimate economic expansion, as repeatedly announced by the Government, according to Rear-Admira! Masao Kanazawa. Director of the Publicity Bureau In the Navy Ministry, in reply to a foreign newspaper correspondent today. He said
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    MAURETANIA'S MAIDEN TRIP ON JUNE 17
    62 9 London, Junp 2 THE new 34,000-ton Cunard-White 1 Star liner Mauretanla underwent speed tests in the Fifth of Clyde yesterday and, after cruising off the Irish Coast for adjustment of compasses and other tests, is due back i n the Mersey tomorrow to prepare
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    35 9 Shanghai. June 2. THE ban Imposed on May 18 on four local Chinese language newspapers, the Britlsh-ownrd Standard and News Digest, the American-owned Ta Mcl Pao, and the Chinese-American Daily News was lifted today.— Reuter
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    STUDY OF MALNUTRITION IN COLONIAL EMPIRE
    475 9 London, June 2. I IN conformity with the practice begun last year of presenting to, Parliament with the Colonial andj Middle Eastern estimates a review; of the year's work In the ColonialEmpire, a Blue Book was issued last night which records developments up to
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    Afraid to Eat?
    155 10 Pitting can't cure you, says Dr. F.B. Scott, M.D., Paris i. hvu- many stomach v, me with this complaint ...Thru say: "Bui. Doctor, I'm, a/raid to eat gri s.ult terrible pains after meals." Often they are really il! -ucak from uniltr Rowlihmeui due to unwise dieting. .'s<■.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1939. A Balkan Tangle
    1027 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1939. A Balkan Tangle Following closely upon his State visit to Rome, Prince Paul, the Regent of Yugoslavia, is now being feted in Eerlin in an astonishingly lavish manner. It remains to be seen whether Herr Hitler will have more success than Signor
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    Japanese Claim Defeat Of Outer Mongols
    34 10 Tokio, June 2. A Japanese dispatch claims that the Outer Mongol troops who allegedly crossed the Khalha River were routed in a four-hour battle.— Eastern News and Reuter.
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    Greece Denies Frontier Movements
    24 10 Athens, June 2. The Greek Foreign Ministry emphatically denies foreign reports about Greek troop concentrations along the Albanian frontier.— Trans-Ocean.
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    SINGAPORE BUS SERVICES
    638 10 Messrs E. A. Brown T. H. Stone A CHINESE REPLIES To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l have patiently studied tho pros and cons of the principle ot allowing limited competition on the existing main routes of the Singapore Traction Company. I am strongly opposed
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    FROM TIONG BAHRU TO TOWN
    105 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Much has been said about Tlong Bahru lighting in a letter in your lssus of May 31. While hundreds of these modern houses are under construction, it is a pity that very little attention has been paid
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    BOURGEOISIE IN INDIA
    618 10 An Eastern Bookshelf Criticism From One Of Them Indian Pilgrimage. Ry Ranjec G. Shahani. (Michael Joseph, 155.) Mr. Edward Garnctt told Dr. Shahani that '"an ounce of truth is worth a jallon of gush." Ihs latter has taken this saying to heart, and has written a true
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    Fort Canning From Tanglin
    173 10 Seventy Years Ago (From the Straits Times fi c, of 18.9) WAS going to begin by asking a conundrum why is ons half of Fort Canning Flagstaff Invisible But, as every inhabitant of Tanglin has known the answer for some months because It is not In
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    711 10 Days done By "THE death of my old colleague, V. A. Snewin, has set me thinking about the Straits Times office as it was when t first met him in this building, as a junior fresh from Home. Th 3 European editorial staff at that time
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    HOPE GIVEN UP OF MORE SUBMARINE RESCUES
    742 11 86 Feared Dead In Thetis Disaster DESPERATE FIGHT AGAINST TIME BY ADMIRALTY Only Four Saved By The Escape Apparatus AN official of Messrs. Cammell Laird announced to the crowds waiting at the gates of their shipyard at Birkenhead that hope had been given
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    3 11 'ir.c submarine Thetis.
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    VESSEL COST £350,000
    420 11 TTHE suhmarme Thetis was com- missioned at Portland on Mar. I last. She is 265 feet long, has a tonnage of between 1,000 and 1,500 tons, carries one 4-inch gun and six torpedo tubes, has a speed of more than 15 knots and cost £350,000 to build.
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    STOP PRESS
    32 11 London, June 3. T:iK Admiralty states that the j divers reported at 1 a.m. j (CULT.) faint tappings in the sunken submarine Thetis, salvage operations on which are proceeding. Kcutcr.
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    POPE'S PEACE EFFORT
    216 11 Assurances From Hitler Duce? Rome, June 2. IN his first public reference to his recent peace move, the Pope today revealed that it met with the sympathy of Governments and resulted in his receiving assurances of good will and a resolve to maintain the peace." Addressing the
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    ELECTIONS IN RUMANIA
    166 11 All Members Of The Government Returned Bucharest, June 2. IN the general election, in which more than 1,750,000 electors voted out of a possible total of just over 2,000,000, all members of the Government were returned and head the lists in various districts and corporations for which
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    BIG PALESTINE BATTLE
    176 11 Jerusalem, June 2. •TROOPS are fighting a major engagement this evening with a large Arab gang which ambushed a railway patrol earlier at Kalkilieh, 35 miles north-west of Jerusalem, earlier in the day, when four British policemen and three Jewish supernumeraries were killed. Aircraft have located the
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    King And Queen Invited To Pay Visit To Belgium
    98 11 London, June U. AN invitation by King Leopold to the King and Queen to pay a state visit to Belgium this Autumn to return his visit to London is now on the way to Canada. It is learned the dates suggested
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    War Chiefs Going To London
    183 11 War Chiefs Going To London French And Turkish Missions Due London, June 2. IT is learned that General Game- lin, Chief of the French General Staff, will attend the Aldershot Tattoo next Wednesday. The visit presuambly will coincide with that of the Turkish Military Mission, which is leaving Istanbul today.
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    Rome Tin Barter Mystery
    81 11 Paris. June 2. CIRCLES in close touch with the Bolivian tin delegation have no information on the reported Bolivian-Italian tinrayon barter deal. The report is regarded as amazing, since 20,000 tons exceeds Bolivia's whole annual output and, moreover, the value of the amount Involved would be
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    U.S. NAVY'S LARGEST SINGLE ORDER
    50 11 Washington, June 2. CONTRACTS for th« construction of 24 warships, including two 45,000-ton battleships and a 20,000ton aircraft carrier have been awarded by the Navy Department, total cost being- $350,000,000, the largest single order ever given by the United States Navy in peace time Reuter.
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    SNOWSTORM CATCHES KING AND QUEEN
    90 11 Jasper, June 2. THE King and Queen, who spent the night at Japer Park Lodge, were caught in a snowstorm during the afternoon, while climbing Mount Edith Cavell, close to the glacier, at an altitude of 7,000-feet. During their stay here they saw all the
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    SOVIET REPLY TO BRITAIN
    243 11 Message Handed To Envoy Moscow, June 3. THE Soviet reply to the latest Anglo-French proposals for a common front against aggression 'was handed this evening to Sir William Seeds, the British Ambassador, who had proceeded to the Kremlin at the invitation of M. Molotov. theh Premier
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    Baltic Solidarity To Be Demonstrated
    89 11 Kaunas, June 2. IMORE than 300 delegates from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will attend a meeting of the Baltic Congress here on Friday, Saturday and Sunday next week. The cor gross, which meets from ti:r.o to time, is being held this year to "demonstrate the
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    TRAPEZE ARTISTS WIN $10,300 JUDGMENT
    1232 12 Judge Finds German Stars Wrongfully Dismissed ARGUMENT "MUD SLINGING" (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 2. JUDGMENT for X10,3«X) against Franz Isako, proprie- j J tor of hako's Circus, was given in favour of two German trapeze artists, Otto and Katherine Kutnar, by j
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    212 12 SI.NUAPOttt RAJ i 1.1. S HIB •'ai Coocarl 8.15 to a. 15 Dinner Dance Formal > f1.45 lo Midnight t. AKKH X THtATKt, GI.VI AMj The Miracle Rider (Whole Serial* I reel.- at 7.30 p.m. u;m woki.i) Cabaret: 8 30 to Midnight. Globe Theatn Breaking the Ice. Ebb IHde.
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    50 12 Mr. A. L. Stallworthy, new chairman of the F.M.S. Transport Board. He succeeds Mr. Stanley W. Nelson, who leaves Kuala Lumpur on June 16 for England. Before coming out to Malaya, Mr. Stallworthy was enforcement officer for the Traffic Commissioners and Licensing Authority for the West Midlands area of England.
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    PENANG FIRING GROUNDS
    97 12 ANOTHER INDICATION of the pro- Kress which Is being made with the fortification of Penang, Malaya's northern garrison, is given by the publication in the Straits Settlements Gazette last night of Penang firing ground rules. The rules will not come into force until approved by a resolution
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    JUDGES IN COLONIES Must Have Been 5 Years At Bar
    109 12 JUDGES IN COLONIES Must Have Been 5 Years At Bar THE SECRETARY OF STATE for the Colonies, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, has decided to suggest to the Governments of all colonies where statutory qualifications do not already exist that legislation be introduced to provide that those appointed to be judges
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    CYCLIST CAUSES BUS ACCIDENT
    107 12 Fined $40 For Causing Hurt By Negligence A TAMIL cyclist who caused a motor bus containing seven passengers to turn over in a drain was fined $40 by Mr. C. H. Whitton, in the Singapore Traffic Court yesterday. He pleaded guilty to a charge of causing
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    DUTCH AIR SERVICE TO SYDNEY
    86 12 PERMISSION for Royal Dutch Airlines (X.L.M.) to fly from London to Sydney is likely to be granted by the Commonwealth Government within the next few days, it is understood. At present, the XX.M. service, ends at Batavia, linking there with an associated company, K.N.1.L.M., which
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    PERSONAL ITEMS
    229 12 Mr. C. O. Jennings, Building Inspector, Kuala Lumpur, and Mrs. Jennings are leaving Malaya by the P. and O. liner Rajputana on home leave this week-end. Mr. Harry Fredericks, youngest brother of the late Mr. A. J. Fredericks, of Kuala Lumpur, Is joining the Medical College as a
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    Quarantine For Dogs
    111 12 6 MONTHS BEFORE ENTERING MALAYA rjISCRETIONARY powers regarding the quarantining of dogs imported from outside the Colony or a Malay State are to be removed from the Director of Veterinary Research. Information to this effect was contained in a letter from the Colonial Secretary, Sir Alexander Small,
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    BUILDING TRADE DISPUTE
    149 12 Workers Reject Increase Of Five Per Cent. AT a meeting held at the Singapore Chinese Contractors' Association between representatives of the labourers, sub-contractors and Chinese contractors last night, the Chinese contractors offered to pay an Increase of five per cent, on existing labour rates. This offer was
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    DRIVER AND DEAD MAN MYSTERY
    106 12 RETURNING an open verdict, at the conclusion yesterday of an inquiry into the death of an elderly Chinese, the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. O. Porter, found that the deceased was knocked down by a motor vehicle. "There is, however, no evidence to show the identity
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    HIGH STREET FATALITY
    89 12 RELIEVED to have been knocked down by a motor vehicle in High Street, on May 13, a 60-year-old Chinese, Chan Ah Loh, died in hospital three days later. At the Inquiry into his death, held yesterday, it was revealed the police had mude extensive inquiries, but were
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      280 12 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—l have read with some consternation your critic's review of our film in which he makes a rather sweeping statement about the censor's scissors used on "Man's Castle." To do justice to the official film censor, I wish
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    HILL CLIMB AT GAP
    115 12 Entries Closing On Monday ENTRIES for the hill climb to be held by the Automobile Association of Malaya at the Gap, Singapore, on Sunday, June 11, close on Monday. The event is open to members of the Services and it is believed 'nit motorcycle teams will
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    33 12 This is Major-Geveral P. J. Mackesy, who passed through Singapore by Empire flying-boat yesterday on his way back to England after attending the Pacific Defence Conference in Nero Zealand recently. Straits Times picture.
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    THREE CONTRACTS LET
    107 12 THREE large contracts have been let by the Government, in Singapore. Penang and Malacca. They are for filling and raising sites at the Wireless Receiving Station off St. Michael's Road, Singapore, for which the tender of Hock Hin for $56,250 has been accepted. For the construction of
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    MALAYA'S GIFTS FOR DEFENCE
    272 12 "Government s Appreciation** (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 24. "H/ARM appreciation" of the '•grn- erous gifts" made by Ma'aya for Imperial Defence was voiced by Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on behalf of the Government in the House of Common*
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    HONG KONG GIItL FINED
    78 12 MARY CHAN, a Hong Kong girl, ap- peared before Mr. C. H. Whitton, in the Singapore Traffic Court yesterday, and pleaded guilty to charges of driving without a licence and without. a third party insurance policy. Imposing fines of $2 and $18. respectively, Mr. Whitton told
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    IMMIGRATION LAWS
    74 12 CURTHER evidence of the tightenine up of the immigration regulations iis provided in a bill to amend the Aliens Ordinance. The Bill is to be introduced into the Legislative Council shortly. The ordinance at present does not provide for the offence of possessing or using a forged or
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    SULTAN'S NEPHEW CITED AS CO-RESPONDENT
    1312 13 Kuala Kangsar Headmaster's Divorce Action Succeeds ADULTERY ALLEGED BETWEEN WIFE AND FORMER SCHOOL PUPIL (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 26. RAJA Mohamed, nephew and adopted son of the former Sultan of Perak, was cited as co-respondent by Mr. Hernard Preedy, formerly headmaster of Clifford
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    JOHORE DIRECTOR OF MILITARY TRAINING
    97 13 Major Morrison Arrives J^AJOR C. E. Morrison, M.C., arrived iv in the P. and O. liner Rawalpindi yesterday to take up his appointment as Director of Training, Johore Military Forces and Johore Volunteer Forces. Major Morrison has been serving with the Leicestershire Regiment in Palestine.
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    R.A.F. PLANE IN SEA SALVAGED
    60 13 THE Vickers Vildebeeste aircraft of No. 4 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, Royal Air Force, Far East, which made a forced landing in the sea off Beting Kusa. near Changi, during night exercises on Tuesday night, has been salvaged. When the plane was forced down the three
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    OWEN ROAD CLOSING
    27 13 /"JWEN ROAD, between Dorset and Norfolk Roads will be closed, in sections, to through traffic from next Friday while a sewer is being laid.
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    STABBED MAN WITH SPANNER
    206 13 Ricksha Puller Fined $10 ALLEGED to have stabbed a compatriot on the left side of the chest I with a spanner, Yeong Ah Kheng, a 31 -year-old Chinese ricksha puller, pleaded guilty in the Singapore Third Police Court, yesterday. Yeong Ah Kheng was fined $lfj, in
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    GAZETTE ITEMS
    332 13 j ITEMS In the Straits Settlements i Government Gazette last night in- j eluded the following: Mr. W. J. D. Pinkerton to act as Director. Drainage and Irrigation, S.S. Mr. H. C. R. Rendle. M.C.S.. to officiate as First Assistant Establishment Officer. Messrs. H. P. Bryson. M.C.S., H.
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    AUSTRALIAN CHIEF OF STAFF COMING HERE
    51 13 i From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 1, MAJOR' GEN. J. D. LAVARACK, Chief of the Australian General Staff, Is now in England. After studying the latest military developments and attending the British Army manoeuvres, he will visit the Singapore Base, probably early next
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    DAMAGES IN RAIN CASE
    466 13 Silk Merchant Awarded $1,318 COMMENTS BY JUDGE DELIVERING a two-hour judgment, Mr. Justice Worley awarded damages totalling' $1,318.15 to Utoomal Udhandas, proprietor of U. Gulabrai, against T. V. Pereira, proprietor of the Ensign Bool< Store, both of High Street, in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Udhandas
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    EURASIAN LAD WITH DAGGER
    134 13 "Mixed In Bad Company •■•"PKE lad is unemployed and I think he has got mixed up in rather bad company," remarked Court Inspector M. M. Whittles, when Luke Rodriguese, 19-year-old Eurasian youth, pleaded guilty to a charge of carrying in public a dagger, r.ot being licensed
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    SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN BOMBAY
    238 13 Leading Parsce Woman Worker Here IN BDmbay we are solving the beggar problem by removing beggars from the streets and building homes for them," Mrs. Baprey Sabavala, one of the foremost social workers in Bombay told a Straits Times reporter on arrival at Singapore by the
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    NEARLY 300 SINGAPORE ACCIDENTS IN MAY
    76 13 Altogether 298 calls were attended by the accident ambulance service of the Singapore Fire Department in May. Motor lorry and bus mishaps numbered 18 and five respectively sumpared with nine and one in February. The accidents were made up as follows Motor car accidents,
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    "SACK FOR SPEEDING"
    258 13 Bench's Advice To Employers MALAY VAN DKiYKII FINED $70 IT would have a good effect on bad driving if employers would warn their drivers that; they would be instantly dismissed if convictions of speeding and negligent driving were brought against them," said, the Singapore Traffic Court Judge,
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    KING'S BIRTHDAY
    39 13 TTHURSDAY, June 13, of next year will be a public holiday in substitution for the birthday of King George, which falls on Dec. 14. This year the King's birthday holiday is being celebrated on Thursday, June 8.
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    CO – ORDINATION BETWEEN PROVINCES AND CENTRE
    1606 14 CO ORDINATION BETWEEN PROVINCES AND CENTRE Sir Reginald Maxwell's Plea To Home Ministers FEARS ABOUT RECENT AMENDMENT OF INDIA ACT GROUNDLESS? Simla, May 25. THE words "common front" would be applicable to the spirit in which the Provinces and the Centre in India met their responsibilities, said Sir Reginald Maxwell,
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    34 14 land Young. Fay Bainter, May Robson. Gcnevieve ■Ma and lan ituoter in a scene from "Yes, My Darling znghtrr." A ffM— Bros, picture starring Priscilla 9 :uid ItStltJ Lynn no» sho-.v.ng at The AlfesaArm.
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    MR. SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE UNWELL
    70 14 Calcutta, May 24. KAR. Subhas Chandra Bose, who has been suffering from a sudden attack of influenza, is unable to proceed to Dacca as previously arranged. His temperature was 101.2 this afternoon and it is apprehended that his temperature will rise still further. He was
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    PUNJAB GOVERNMENT'S APPEAL TO PRESS
    46 14 Lahore. May 27. AN appeal to the Punjab press to place a voluntary check on the nublieation of news and comments reatini? to the Hyderabad "satyajraha" 'ias been made to th? e:urso 01 a press •ommunique issued by che Punjab Governir.ent.
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    FRENCH INDIA POLITICS
    380 14 Conference [n Paris Pondicherry. KM LOUIS BONVIN, the Gover- nor of French India, is quite >ptimistic about the future of the rolitical conditions of French India," observed M. Pierre Brutinel, ;he Chief Secretary with the Government of French India, when interviewed regarding the mission if the Governor
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    DR. SCHACHT IN INDIA
    53 14 IK. H. Schaiht, former President of the Reiehsbank, who is now on a toirr of India, arrived in Calcutta recently Cram Benares, and was met at Hoivrah station by Dr. W. Pausch, acting Consul -Genera! for Germany in Calcutta. Picture shows Dr. Schach t (left) on
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    A WEEKLY INDIA LETTER
    53 14 rE Straits Times correspondent at the Government of India headquarters, who specially report•i for us the Indo-Malayan immigration negotiations early this year, will send a weekly news-letter from India touching on the important social, economic and political developments. His first letter will be published In this
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    WELDING OF RAILS PLANNED
    126 14 Protection Against Sabotage Simla, May 25. A PROTECTION against sabotage HI expected to be partially secured by the application of welding to the rail- i way track. It will be recalled that a number o: accidents have recently been found to be due to the removal
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    Manufacture Of Anns In India
    134 14 Chatfield Committee a Reported Plan Calcutta, May 28. THE Simla correspondent of the Amrita Bazar Patrika states that it is understood that the Indian Army authorities have inciuircd of the Tata Iron And Steel Co., Ltd.. if they can undertake the manufacture of armour plates
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    SIR TEJ BAHADUR SAPRU MAKING PROGRESS
    26 14 Allahabad, May 20. SIR Tej Bahadur Sapru has been successfully operated oil for carbuncle and he is making satisfactory progress.
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    CHINESE VIEW OF OUTER MONGOL CLASHES
    228 15 Paving The Way For Japan's Entry Into Alliance With Axis Chungking, June 1. THE Chinese press, which paying close attention to the Outer Mongolian border clashes, is of the opinion that the publicity given to the new border incidents by the Tokio War Office
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    DEATH OF GENERAL SIR W. MARSHALL
    87 15 London, June 2. THE di>:itli Is announced of Lieu' I Gen. Sir William Marshall, aged 73. r< ports Reuter. Tne late Sir William who received his military training at Sandhurst and then served in India and South Africa, was promoted Major-General In 1915. II
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    JAPANESE PLANE ATTACKS FERRY
    93 15 36 Persons Killed And 30 Wounded Foochow, June L A FERRY plying in the Mm River was deliberately attacked by one of the Japanese planes raiding Foochow on May 29. Foochow stands at the mouth of the Mm River. The boat was packed with passengers and
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    NEW ANTI-BRITISH ACTIVITIES
    91 15 Chungking, June 1. '•TPHK British people must be completely wiped out in China, and Asia must be made safe for Asiatics alone." said a Japanese spokesman before a mass meeting in Wuhu, 55 miles above Nanking, according to a foreigner who just returned from the lower Yangtse
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    Japan & The Philippines
    158 15 Japan The Philippines ECONOMIC MOVES PROPAGANDA Chungking, June 1. i JAPAN'S invasion of China is fraught with precious lessons lor the people of the Philippines, declares a manifesto issued by the Philippine Congress for Democracy and Collective Security organized by 30 religious, educational, trade, youth, peasant and labour organizations under
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    Chinese Successes In Honan Province
    115 15 Loyang, June 1. HONAN, a fertile and populous province in Central China, intersected by the Yellow River, was the scene of a string of minor Chinese victories during May. Besides an effective blow dealt on the Japanese from south Honan In a recent battle, the
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    Judicial Yuan Head Reported Killed
    64 15 I\/|R. Yu Yu-jen, President of the Judicial Yuan in the Kuomintane Government, was killed in Chungking in the fourth Japanese air-raid of May 25, it is reported in Shanghai, says Eastern News. The shock of the explosion of a bomb which hit on a house
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    Fresh Japanese Reverses
    378 15 Fresh Japanese Reverses 'Mopping Up' Campaigns End In Defeat Sian (Shensi), June 1. AFTER about one month's continued heavy fighting, the Chinese troops entrenched on the Hope i-Shansi-Chahar provincial border, in North China, have successfully repulsed 15,000 Japanese troops who have been making a vain attempt to dislodge the Chinese
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    NEW TERMINUS OF IMPERIAL AIRWAYS
    117 15 London, June I. I*HE new London air terminus of Im1 perial Airways adjoining Victoria Station will be open for the use of passengers next Monday, from which date all the company's services, European and Empire, will operate from there. Empire passengers will leave tor Southampton
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    TRADE VALUE IN GERMANYUGOSLAV RELATIONS
    208 15 Foreign Minister Marcovitch Stresses Reich Closeness Berlin, June 1. THE Yugoslav Foreign Minister, Dr. Cincar Marcovitch, 1 who is at present in Berlin with the Regent, Prince Paul, discusses German- Yugoslav relations in an article published in Europaeische Revue. THE Foreign Minister points out that
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    35 15 Jesse Owens, the coloured sprinter, who won three events for the United States In the 1936 Olympic Game? has filed a voluntary petition In bankruptcy, listing his assets as £410 and his labilities as £1,778.
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    NEW ATTEMPT TO CROSS PACIFIC
    176 15 Man Reaches Japan In 29-Ton Junk Tokio June 2. IJNDAUNTED by the fate of Mr. w Richard Halliburton, American traveller and author who disappeared in mid-ocean several weeks ago while attempting to sail across the Pacific in a Junk, Mr. John Anderson, owner and skipper
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    HOW LUDENDORFF'S PLAN WAS FORESTALLED
    955 16 Turning Point Of Great War: Foch's Skilful Use Of Reserves THE Official History of the War, France and Belgium, compiled by Brig.-Gen. Sir James Edmonds, has now been carried to the period May 27-Aug. 7, 1918, and the volume covering this period has been published.
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    Great War Veteran
    25 16 Gen. Sir Alexander Godley distinguislied British soldier, photographed when he passed through Singapore in February, 1937, on his way to Hong Kong.
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    BRITISH COUNCIL SCHOLARSHIPS
    125 16 £300 Awards To Four Dominion Students F London, June 1. OUR students from the Daminions who have been awarded scholarships of £300 by the British Council will start a year's post-graduate work next October at Oxford, Cambridge and London. They are Mr. W. D. Borrie, of Oamaru.
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    ROOSEVELT CONFINED TO BED
    58 16 Washington, June 2. PRESIDENT Roosevelt last night met a dozen big business men at the White House for a discussion of economic problems. The meeting was held in spite of the President beiny confined to his bed with a slight fever which had resulted in his
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    PROCLAIMING THE TRINITY TO A HEARTLESS WORLD
    463 16 Contribution Which The Church Is Able To Make Today COME few months ago the question was asked in one of our periodicals as to what contribution the Church was able j to make in the world today, the writer, coming to the con-
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    Tomorrow's Church Services
    1425 16 tllllUll OF ENGLAND ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL.— Trinity Sunday, 6.50 a.m., Holy Communion; 7.30 a.m.. Matins; 8 a.m., Choral Eucharist; 10.18 a.m.. Children's service; 5.30 p.m.. Evensong and sermon. Preacher: The Lord Biihop. Weekdays. Holy Communion ou Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8 a.m.:! Holy Communion en Tuesday,
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    SUNGEI BULOH EXPERIMENT STATION
    2315 17 IN these days when planting practices change so quickly and in which so many agricultural and scientific experiments are being conducted on rubber trees, I believe that visits to the Rubber Research Institute's experimental station at £ungei Buloh have become more desirable and that no planter,
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    Proposed U.S. Barter Scheme Entirely One-Sided
    670 17 Prospect Looked Upon With Much Disfavour By Rubber Trade IN a weekly report on the London I rubber market dated May 24, j Symington and Wilson comment on the i proposed barter agreement with the United States. This firm .says: Cables from America on
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    TURKEY'S REBUFF FOR GERMANY
    178 17 £2,250,000 Contract Being HeM Up A FURTHER order by Turkey for British rolling stock to the value of £500,000 has just been announced. At the same time it Is learned that a £2.250,000 contract, reported to have been secured by a German group, has not yet
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    Review Of Sport In North Johore
    787 18 Although Batu Pahat drew at s it must be said that they were lucky game and were faster, though they It was a lesson to see the fine ball control, the good combination and above all the stamina of the visitors. The local team
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    13 18 i, ...<• Uinr.i.uj the Derby from fox Cub and Heliopolis, with lenjt'iis to spare.
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    TENNIS TEAMS
    64 18 The following will represent Malay Sports Association at tennis against Tan Tock Seng Recreation Club today at 3 p.m. Singles: Che' Bostam, Che' Ismail Aziz dan Tuan Haji Yahya. Doubles: Che' Hamid Jumat and Che' Abdullah Yunos, Che' K. Din and Che' Basir, Che' Mohamed Ghanl and Che'
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    AIR FORCE BEAT S.R.C. THREE GOALS TO ONE
    599 18 Winners Not At Their Best In First Division Soccer ALTHOUGH the R.A.F. were definitely better than the S.R.C. they had a lot of difficulty in getting goals at the stadium yesterday when they beat the Recs by 3 1 in th;; first
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    CHINESE LOSE BY PENALTY
    291 18 Moravia Win By Three-Two A PENALTY goal scored in the very last minute of play gave Moravia a 3—23 2 victory over the Chinese In a thrilling second division (b) league soccer encounter at the Singapore Harbour Board ground yesterday. This victory for Moravia smashes an
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    Penang Tennis Completed
    127 18 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, June 2. 'THE Penang tennis championships concluded today with the final of the mixed doubles, which Goon Kok Ying and Mrs. O. W. S. Hartley won, beating Goon Kok Lem and Mrs. C. P. Purcell. It was a good game, but the
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    BADMINTON
    65 18 The team to represent the Joybells B. P. In a friendly badminton match of seven singles against the Paya Lebar Epworth League on Thursday, June 8. at 2.30 p.m. will be selected from the following: Koh Chek Tuan, Goh Tian Chye, Lim Ah Chiang, Sect Thlam Hock, K. R.
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    S.C.C. CRICKET
    58 18 The following will play for S.C.C. "A" vs. Klang today and tomorrow at 2 p.m. and 11 a.m. respectively at S.C.C. T. G. D. A. Cooper, H. L. Ward, A. C. Growder, A. Foster, W. K. Jagger, J. T. Rea, J. E. Jeans, K. C Johnson-Hill, P. W.
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    S.R.A. SHOOT
    77 18 The Singapore Rifle Association is holding a spoon shoot at the Buklt j Timah Range on Sunday at 7.30 a.m., M shoot being held toda:-. The following will play for S.C.C. "B" vs. Naval Police- in a friendly game on Monday at S.C.C. Lt. E. A. de L.
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    21 18 B. Destremau (France) in play igainst C. E. Hare in the first •Angles match of the Davis Cup at 9 Wimbledon.
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    67 18 T'm opposing side must have had a tough time heavlr.y the r ,<> thit team if the rest of them were Wee these hco outsize mernbtn. They are not content just to lend their wiight either, for judging by their expressions they're putting all they've got into it. The occasion
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    ROMANS TAKE HONOURS AT SCHOOL SPORTS
    505 18 CENDING last year's cham second place, the Romans for the first time in the Radin Mas English School Second and third places were Tan Chwee S^ng won the Individual championship in "A" division. In "B" d'vjsion, Fan Kwan Chen? and Ponnarr.^alam tied. Competition was
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    Selections For Today's Races
    113 19 Selections For Today 's Races Selections for today's races at Penang are as below: Straits Times Rate I: DISTINGUISHED, Fulco. Race 2: PRIMMER BOY, Bal Tabarin. lUce 3: ALL GOLD, Silverlaw. Race 4: ECHO, Newzy. Race 5: STARLIGHT, Maid of Cashel. Race 6: COOLTIPT, Heroic Star. Race 7: FAIR KING.
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    CHANGI YACHT CLUB NOTES
    493 19 THE Changi Yacht Club paid a visit to the Johore Yacht Club last week when the return race for the inter-Club Pennant was sailed in the j i Intern." tiunal 14 footers of the home!] Club. j, The weather was ideal for sailing j with a
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    THE BEST DIET DURING CONVALESCENCE
    118 19 THE BEST DIET DURING CONVALESCENCE After operations, or wasting and other diseases, you feel so weak and exhausted that you wonder whether you'll ever feel really well again Everyone urges you to eat Yet food nauseates you. But you simply must eat. Doctors all over the world have found that
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    PROGRAMME FOR FINAL DAY OF PENANG RACES
    1194 19 Complete programme for today's races at Penang are as below Horses, Class 3, Div. 3, 7 furs. 0 0 4 ORIENT EXPRESS H 9.02 Mr. M. van Breulcelen Owner 1 0 0 0 SLAPDASH 8.1:1 Sir D'Arcy Lindsay Billett 4 2 3 FULCO
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    27 19 tils iawn was WemrfHA during the cpening ceremony but few pj-,;e kept to the shade provided by the attractive new stand at the Penang racecourse last Saturday.
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    TWO KNOCK-OUTS IN LAST NIGHT'S FIGHTS
    368 19 TWO KNOCK-OUTS IN LAST NIGHT'S FIGHTS Rodrigues Stopped In First Round By Arenas TW O of the four fights at the covei early knockouts. Al Roriripttes knocked out by Kid Aivnas \jt the 1 substituted for Smart Cruz^ stayed The principal bout betwwn Young Dundee and Speedy HastfCn was disappointing
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    Heavy Going At Penang
    42 19 Heavy rain last night and early this morning has made the going soft for todaj T the final day of the Penang Turf Club's opening meeting. Up to yesterday it was anticipated that the going would be hard.
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    POLICE WIN 7—5 AT BATU PAHAT
    198 19 'From Our Own Correspondent) Batu Pahat, June 1. By virtue of a win over the Young Men whom they beat 7—5 the Police top the league with 11 points. The game was quite Interesting and the Young Men did well to be able to
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    BATU PAHAT TENNIS
    105 19 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Batu Pahat, May 31. Winning four games out of the five. played today against the Malay Teachers, in the final of the Interclub Junior tennis Tournament, the Chinese won the Sang Tong Cup easily. The third singles -was postponed owing to the failing
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    MOTOR RECORDS
    55 19 Leipzig, June Z Major Gardner repated his feat of two days ago driving a M.O. of 1,500 c.c. and broke class F records for h mile, a kilometre and five kilometres respectively at 203.8 m.p.h., 204.2 m.p.n. and 200.8 m.p.h. The previous records were respectively 164 m.p.h., 1482
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    Home Cricket Results
    165 19 London, June 2. /BOUNTY CRICKET matches ending today resulted as follows: Yorkshire won by an innings and 54 runs. Warwick 219 (Bowes seven for 50) and 144 (Verity five for 38, Bowes five for 49). Yorkshire 417 (Hutton 158). Lancashire won by an innings and 86 runs.
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    LAWN TENNIS
    51 19 The following have been selected to represent the V.M.C.A. In a tennis match against R.A.F. today at 4.30 p.m. at the V.M.C.A. Courts: Lim Hee Chin, C. Y. Koh, L. C. Gon, Wee Eng Lock. S. K. Gaw, M. I. Reshty, C. Reshty, Jack Manasseh and Ahmad j
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    30 19 The R.A.F. gathered full points jro:a tat S.K.L. at the Sttaiaw yesterday, winning by 3—l3 I in the first division. Picture shows an Airman about to shoot.— Straits Times picture.
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    Weekend Sports Events
    114 19 TODAY Soccer: Div. I, Chinese vs. Po'lre, at the stadium; Div. 118, Minesweepers vs. J.C.S.A., at the Depot. Cricket: S.C.C. "A" vs. Klang, at the padang, M.F.A. vs. r.W !>., at P.W.D. ground. S.C.R.C. vs. St. Joseph's, at Hong; Lim <irren, 5J.0.8. vs. Loyals. st GUlman Barracks,
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    MAYFAIR B.P.
    84 19 The final inter team tournament of the Mayfair B.P. will be held tomorrow between the spade and club teams at 3.45 p.m. The following are the players who will take part: Spade Team: Mr. Low Cheng Koon Messrs. Tok Kee Leng; Choong Kul Sen and Tan Eng Kiat
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    INTER-CLUB TENNIS
    45 19 The following mem tiers nave ueen invited to represent t^e S.R.C. In a friendly tennis- match against the R'.A.F. at Eeletar today at 5 p.m. P. D'Almeida and E. Le Merrier. E. G. Wheatley and A. Watt*, F. Moreira and H. E. Hughes.
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    DANISH ROYAL COUPLE ENTERTAINED IN LONDON
    104 20 ABOVE: The Crown Prince and Princess of Denmark with the Danish Minister at the dinner of the AngloDanish Society in London following the return of Their Royal Highnesses from New York where they attended ■the World's Fair. 4BOVE: The Duche=s of Gloucester wears a
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  • The Straits Times MALAYAN SPORTS SUPPLEMENT
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      16 1 The Straits Times MALAYAN SPORTS SUPPLE MENT OUR PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1939 No. 34.
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      WILL SINGAPORE REACH MALAYA CUP FINAL?
      962 1 Services Likely To Offer Strong Resistance U/ILL Singapore continue its unbroken record of being in the Malaya Cup final every year, or will the Combined Services have the honour of meeting the winners of the Northern section? Singapore's prospects are being widely discussed in
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      Referee's Corner By Whistler
      394 1 I have had a query from a reader at Tanglin this week. He writes "I have watched several games this season In which penalty kicks have been awarded. The goalkeeper seemed to me, on several occasions, to make good saves and I have been astonished to
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      Law 10—Method Of Scoring
      179 1 Law 10 Method Of Scoring Except as otherwise provided by these laws, a goal is scored when the whole of the ball has passed over the goal-line, between the goal-posts and under the cross-bar, provided it has not been thrown, propelled by hand or arm, or carried by a player
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      Segamat Sports Review By Rover
      328 1 Segamat Sports Review By Rover With the increase in the number of cricket teams in Segamat district it would be an interesting feature if a competition on the league system similar to the soccer and hockey ones, is run. The only centre in Johore where such a competition was thought
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      New Turf Club Opening Meeting A Success
      414 1 the initial meeting is any indication, the Penang Turf Club* new course is going to do a good deal to revive racing in the Northern centre. Last Saturday and Monday saw good crowds present but it is anticipated that today will see better
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      Rest Victory Was Well Deserved MELDING WAS WEAKNESS IN EUROPEAN SIDE
      534 1 Rest Victory Was Well Deserved MELDING WAS WEAKNESS IN EUROPEAN SIDE AS expected the Clarke Cup cricket match resulted in a decisive win for the Rest over the Europeans last week end. They did not have things all their own way but they played better cricket throughout the three days
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        78 1 I like to see some I delicacy of touch. s WMr A late cut steered L*i i Wjmm& past third man for Wmmmi two pleases me far MMttbiSikLflifll more than a loose six over the Pavilion. Placing's another matter. It only comes with years of practice and experience. You've a
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      Kuala Lumpur Sports Review By Video
      709 2 fHK old saying that Cricket is a game of chance was never more aptly demonstrated than in the Penang-Selangor cricket match last week-end which Selangor won by 208 runs in spite of pessimistic critics. The argument put forward before the match was that as
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      39 2 R. D. Chapman (Greenwich Country, U.S.A.), who beat fhc ho'.der, Charles Yatcs, at Hoylakc, photographed driving in the British Amateur Golf Championship. He won, this match against A. S. G. Thompson (Aldeburgh) at the 19th in the fourth round.
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      Fine Displays In Amateur Boxing Championships
      352 2 AMATEUR boxing has come to proved by the splendid display Singapore Amateur Eoxinp eh; dium last Saturday night. It was over two cars ago that I tcur boxiiif,' enthu- contest of this kind, with th° exception of th 2 animal .St. Andrew's School boxing
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      Szabados And Kelen To Arrive In Malaya This Month
      850 2 U/HAT has happened to the reported visit of M. Szabados and I. Kelen, the world famous Hungarian table tennis professionals who were expected to arrive in Malaya at the end of last month? This is the question which table tennis players
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      23 2 Henry Arvistrong being presented with the championship ir~ 'y, watched hy Roderick whom he beat in the world welterweight title fight at Harringay.
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      Two Big Sports Meetings This Month
      520 2 'THIS month is the month of all months for Singapore athletes. Military athletes will have their Garrison sports starting on June 21. while the Singapore A.A.A. championships will start on June 29. The Garrison sports meeting last year was notable for a great struggle
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      How To Get Best Results From Niblick
      1297 3 In this article, the tenth of a series of 14 written for the Straits Time; Mr. Charles Whitcombe, famous British golfer, writes on alternative routes to the pin and discusses the use of the mashie-niblick. By Charles Whitcombe The club I have reserved
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      26 3 Three prominent Jpoh racing men interested in the opening of the new course. From left to right: Mr. Phil Loguc, Mr. Ramsay and Mr. Boyd Walker.
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      Perak And Penang Now Badminton Forces To Be Reckoned With
      611 3 Perak And Penang Now Badminton Forces To Be Reckoned With THE recent decision of the badminton Association to invite the press to meetings of the committee is not a matter of great concern to this paper, as news on the game appearing from time to time in these columns has
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