The Straits Times, 20 July 1939

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1 8 The Straits Times
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    36 1 The Sraits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.) MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 28 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 28 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1939 PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      226 1 MIEN CHONG TAILORING W* only ask for a trial order. Coleman St. O"r Singapore. Phone 4816 OTYPE 40 TWO-STAGE f3_ AIR-COOLED COMPRESSORS J^fcHßH are Popular Machines No water or water piping Minimum attendance 'an B^ Easy to mov Type 40 Compressors are avail- T HE I R Type 40 com
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      280 1 REMINGTON RAND ELECTRIC CLOSE SHAVER J f&s*^ Gives a Faster, N 5^ A Closer Shave! \^l^^^B|^^^^ J/J because of the htQP W^^P^Jv Remington Shaving I AC Head t h c finest y\ or precision instrument ever /^J^/^^ '^o^^^^ DC devised for removing f y V^ hair from the face. "''sJr
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      14 1 Exclusive GOWNS Salons at MADAME PAGE 13, Battery Rd. Singapore MAJESTIC HOTEL Kuala Lumpur.
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      344 2 HAWLEY.— At Harrow, Middlesex, on July 18, to Eileen Mary, wife of J. D. Hftwlcy, son (Peter Jeremy). VALPY.—At the Maternity Ho&pltal, Penan";, on July 18, 1939, to Elizabeth, wife of L. O. Valpy (Malayan Police, Sungcl Patar.l) a son. SITUATIONS VACANT When apply**! rot asty position advertise In Ibes*
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      471 2 WANTED 111 1 WANTED, 2nd. hand motor lannrn about 20 feet long, flat bottom, shallow Uafi, Inboard motor. State speed, price and fall particulars. Box 990. Straits Times. TWO ATTRACTIVELY furnished rooms In private bungalow, own entrance, and modern fanitation. suitable fat two frlenai can also be let separately. Apply
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      815 2 HOUSES FLATS, TO LET ENGLISHMAN OFFERS comfortable accommodation In large airy modern bouse, near sea, to two quiet bachelors. Radiogram, tennis, 7 mlns. town. Apply Box No. M6, S. T. FOB EUROPEANS ONLY. Modern Furn: Flatlets In Select House Grounds. M. San. Tennis. Garage, Phone. Real. Terms. Now available at
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      704 2 PERSONAL THE MARRIAGE BUREAU. 119. New Bcna Street, London. W.I. Introductions giver. privately and confidentially. May fair 9634. WHEN ON LEAVE WE SPECIALISE 71 a very rapid Tailoring Service, Our prices are very keen tv cash (SulU 7 gns.) Give trial order we have ever* confidence that you will be
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      512 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. "~the~"day~&~"nTght""~ PRIVATE DETECTIVE AGENCY (Private and Commercial Investigation) throorhMt S.S. F.M.S. Experienced Detective Available. SCOTTS ROAD. PHONE 444t MODERN OFFICE ACCOMMODATION. area 2.800 sq. tt. Ist floor, overlooking Battery Road. lift and Pans. Apply No. 648 Straits Times. INSTITUUT SOEKABOEMI Europeesche Lagere School met lnternaat voor Jongens
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      143 2 asa> caiF BARGAINS Ring for Demonstration No Obligation. Phone 5088. SAVE NEW CAR DEPRECIATION ON THESE MODERN SALOONS. 1937 AUSTIN 10 $1250.1937 CITROEN 775.1937 MORRIS 0 825.1937 CHEVROLET $1275.1936 CHEVROLET 875 1936 FORD 10 825.1936 SINGER 9 S 775.1936 HILLMAN MINX 950.THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL Jpl FOR& 8 H.R. SALOON. An
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      706 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LIKE. i incorporated in Englacd) E-LMNHULAK AND ORIKNIAX fiN Co MAU PASSENGER AND CAKOO SERVICES OUWAKL) r'KUM LONDON KOR CHINA AND JAPAN Tonnage Uue Spore CARTHAU* J 5.000 July 28 SOMALI 6.800 July 28 RAJPUTANA 17.000 Aug II RAMCHI 17.000 Aug 25 BANGALORE 6.000
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      551 3 < Incorpoiatea in jsu»u> GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO LONDON fenang. Colombo, Aden. Suei. Pert Said Naples. Marseilles, Gibraltar. London. Antwerp. Rotterdam and Hamburg Vessels Tonnage Dv Sail KASIMA MARU 9.900 Aug 2 3 HAKONE MARU 10.400 Aug IS 17 UUSIMI MARU 19.000 Aug SO <1
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      615 3 LUXURY wit b ECONOMY ONE-CLASS MOTORBUIP& CARIES WITU PRIVATE BATH. EXCELLENT CUISINE. MODERATE FAKr S re: MAKSHLLtS IONDON. ROTTEK i AI *o TI>IE Bm -ncRI»AM RAM DAN HAMBURG ANO COPENHAGEN T ■otpWHAGEn"*"' ISSmia UU Au? 15 DANMARK From Penang .bt. July 2S ST Sepl 5 *™«A .bt. Aug 7 SELANDLA
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      122 3 Incorporated 1 W Oonnany 1 The undermentlonea are tnt company m tended fixtures: OUTWARD FOR MANILA. HONG KONG. SHANGHAI. NORTH CHINA AND JAPAN. Due 3 'X>r» 3 AUGSBURG In port 3 REGENSBURO omlU Manila In port STHARNHORST omits N. China Aug. a HOMEWARD FOR HOLLAND. HAMBURG AND BREMEN Sails from
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      710 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean BuUdrng CoUyet Qaay Slngaswre Tel (ISL Chartered Baak BaUdmt Penam Tel ISM BLUE FUNNEL LINE. I'ASI SKRVICfcS MAMSEILLKS LO.NUO.N N (lIMIMM AND GLASGOW (IB conjonrtloai with the Gten IJnel Due Sa!l> OLENEARN Man, L'don. R'dam. Ham. Ant. Mldd. July 23 July 25 PATROCLOB Man., Casa.. L'don,
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      311 4 China Holhow ft Shanghai (van HeuUt) 2 p.m luiju': ana U Britain iK.L.U.) 3 v.in Hong Kong (van Hcutss) ..2 p.m. Iran (X.L.M. > 2 O.u Ueaao iK.L.M.) 2 ora Aden (Karapcra) 3 p.m. East Africa (Kaiapara) I p.m. Burma iKaraparai 3 p.m. Uanaua e.ictpi western Canada
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      PASSENGERS IN PERSEUS
      87 4 AMONG passengers for Singapore in the Blue Funnel liner Pers^ms which sailed from Plymouth on July 6. and is due at Penang on Aug. 4 and in Singapore on Aug. 0, are Mrs. T. o. Betterldge, Mr. O. H. Br-wn, Miss R E P. Cameron. Mr. and
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      316 4 INWARD tVearnca Prom rcnant. Ipoh and Kuala Lampiu Arrnc* tirtj cvcai>(. fanpeTtal: Fran Europe: Arrlrea THIS after naOB. X.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives This afternoon. Qantas From Australia: Arrives Frlda) afternoon. KXJH.: From Europe: Arrives Saturday Msajsjaa, K.N.1.L.M.: From Sai(oo: Arrives Tuesday alter—on. K..V1.1. M
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      FROM MALACCA
      110 4 Correspondence lor transmission toy air via Netherlands most be folly prepaid and clearly superscribed *By K.LM." Walls wlli close from Malacca as follows: Today. Ad"n. Burma, Canada. E. ft S. Africa, Egypt. Great Britain. Ireland, India, Iraq. Kuwait. Mauritius. Newfoundland. Palestine. Sudan and TransJordan by air (Imperial) Ipm
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      SURFACE MAILS DUE
      53 4 Mails from Japan expected today, July 30, by Sumatra Maru. Malls from Europe ("London mails) expected tomorrow, July 31, by 8.1. (Rajula) will be delivered to boxnnld rs at 9 a.m General delivery of letters at 9 a.m. Mails from CJima and Japan expected on July 23,
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      197 4 Singapore, My 19, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler $7.50 Hamburg Cube 513.25 _J»Ta Cube «j.OO Ptpptr White lfunto* 51!. 50 White sii.og Black $750 Copra Mixed $3.20 Sun Dried $3.55 Sago Flour No 1 Llngga $2.50 V*tr $2.50 $2.50 Sarawak $2.55 Jetotong Palerr.bang $7.25 Banja $7JO Sarawak $7.00
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    Wall Street Quotations
    254 4 New York, July 19. THE following quotations wore those 1 ruliiu when the Stock Exchange cJosed toda7. DOW-JCN:3 AVERAGES Yes.c:c}ay'> Today's Close C'.cse Change" 30 Indu-trlals 113.76 142.64 off 1.12 Halls 29.53 29.14 off .3"< lo Utilities 25.57 35.22 ofl .15 *0 Bonifa 89.61 89.62 up .01
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    POLITICS AFFECT DUTCH SHARES
    64 4 Big Drop Last Month Amsterdam, July 10. POLITICAL tension was responsible for a substantial reaction on tho Amsterdam Bourse during June. The market value of 80 representative Dutch shares, compiled by »he Telegmaf, declined from F1.3,178.171 800 on June 1 to F1.2.9«4,<W5 1000, a drop of
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
    152 4 The following ships r.re alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected to arrive East Wharf: Entrance Gate I: Edt I: Anhiri. Promlie 22. Main Wharf: Entrance Gate 2: Kr.it 3Talans Akar 18; Aaie Maersk. Nagpore 16 Kudat 13; Mentor 11; Orestes 9. Empire Dock: Entrance Gate
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    DEPARTURE FROM EVIAN PRINCIPLE
    310 4 Assistance To Refugees From {jtvui-! London, July 13. 'TH-: Faynuuci-r General, Lord Win* tertan; told the Intcr-uove::i-mcntal Committee lor Relusc Ceirr.any. which sat at the Fdrc v Office today, that, becaue of the Ereal difficulty found by private c. tlor.s in raising meney needed for cmi«
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    BOMBAY GOLD SHIPMENT
    37 4 Bombay, July 10. 'THE p. and o. liner Ranpura has left here for London with gold on board to the value of R5.6,789,000 (£503.175', Of Which R5^.375,000 (£403,125) is OTJ option for New York.
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      607 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (InrarooratM m MB) XSLCrBONBi Kresjhl MSI Pasaan MIL W 'jfr^i THE EMPRESS WAY F/^^^^rmm To North Amer ca E jr °P e L/ t BK y y flB fortni^Uy **i:-n{* to Vicuna V". BniJlillU#^^^-*i nd Vancouver.. Direct or via litil afflt H. _nstf^l Honolulu sfiip-»-»4df rail oon.
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      125 4 O.S.K. LINE LUXURY SPEED ECOWOM t _^MatfslmlmV m.s. "ARGENTINA MARU (Sistership of the "Brasil Maru.") Maiden Voyage July 24th. 1931. This de luxe vessel makes record time between Singapore and Africa and South America. Designed for tropical travel, she offers comfortable accommodation and an Open Air Swimminrr Pool, Bail Room,
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      487 4 1 1 1 > K TAKLB SINGAPORE IMf. B. W. 00.15 a.m. 10. ft.; l.ll p.m. 9.2 It. L. W. 6.52 a.m. 0.9 ft.: 6.!6p.m. 3.2 ft. Fuiooctow H. W. 1.02a.m. 10.3ft.; 1.95 p.m. 9.1 ft. L. W. 7.34 a.m. 1 ft.; 7.4& p.m. 1 ft. Saturday H. w. i.M
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      128 4 YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Stations n< max. rain- briRl. temp, nil s'!>bi m n. IW (OAST. Alor Ptcr 89 1.0C g.S 7J Pena' 88 Nil 13.6 77 SftlaTOri !U 0.P3 n.B 74 Br;:;t Jcram 01 Nl! 9.tf 75 Malacca 87 0.55 2 8 70 INLAND. Kuala Upls n^ Nil 8.1 73 iDOh
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    46 5 The famous Welsh singers led by Mine. Muriel Jones, M.8.E.. A.R.A.M.. and wearing their national costume arrived at Paddinrton Station recently. They sane at the Welsh Luncheon at Grosvenar House recently, and afterwards made a tour of London. Picture shows them leaving Paddington Station on arrival.
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      316 5 EXCITING NEW WAY TO COLOUR UPS! O4v*4M rt»4MW rt»4> thlMltw MtcttflMlHf«#^tf flttt it the beiury-wise r<^^M> South Ses niiidtu'i secret i of irretistiblv alluring lips, j 97 TATTOO I Luscious trans- jfci parent colour that doesn't {m^ come off. iastead of pasty i fj/yji lipstick that doti! Apply VMI TATTOO
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      132 5 i >~^\ *'\\i j: 1(1/.' lS' KALMINE SAFE-EASY TO TAKE. The sure cure for lu'iul-.u'lio, neuralgia, rheumatism, colds, influenza and inigmitu'. On sale everywhere in tins of 1, 6 and 12 cachets. Distributors: GRAFTON LABORATORIES Ltd. Singapore and Kuala t.umpur 19J9 AMERICAN H.M.V. RADIOS. RAOIO6RAM MOOEL 11 QU 1 1
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      582 5 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 215 metre*. ZHP Zt.H metres. p.m. 5.00 Hindustani music. t 5.30 Hokkien Amoy drama: "Tan Sun Bua Kla."t 8.C5 Teochew selections from: "Hua Kwang Choot 8ee."t 7.00 Children's programme. (English). 7. IS Time, weather, news and announcements. 7.30 Talk: "A Visit to the Aldenhot Tattoo" by
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      778 5 EMPIRE STATION TODAY TRANSMISSIONS 2 AND 3 GSB 21.47 Ml (13.S7 m.) GSG 17.71 me i (l»M m.); GSF 15 11 rat'i (ISM GSJ SIM me i (13.91 m.1, GSD 11.75 me (25.53 m.) p.m. 6. OS Big Ben. Renara, Queen cf Svccopation.* (.20 Band of His Majesty s Koval
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      197 5 NIROM TODAY TDA s.M me m.) TDB 9.M mc'i (Sl.Zt m.) TDB 11J« me I (IS J m.) PMN l«.i« me 119 m.1 p.m. 4.50 Time signal. Programme preruc. Tern concert. 5.50 The Eagle's Nest. 6.20 Popular solo. 6.50 News and weather reports. 7.12 Swing music 7.40 Oen»ral political review
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      210 5 BERLIN TODAY DJA 9.M mo (II. 1 m.) DJB 15.2* me a (If.T ml DJQ 15.«g me t (19« m.> OJK 1.54 me/i (H.45 m.) p.m. S.OS Beautiful melodies. 0.20 Concert of light music. 7.20 News In English 7.35 Concert of light music (contd.) 8.20 News and economic review In
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      525 6 RUBBER EASIER BUT FAIR INQUIRY INDUSTRIALS MEET GOOD DEMAND By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, July 19. MARKETS have suffered a worldwide setback, directly as a result of German statements that thp' still propose to exert pressure in the Danzig problem, coupled with President Roosevelt's statement that he
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      FOREIGN EXCHANGES
      69 6 London, July 19. 1'oaay's closing mean rales were- P«rl» 176 23 o/ Stockholm 19.4U1 New York 4 68 13 16 Athens 547',, 1.09 II Bi'lgrade 21 i) i.T.5r Bucharest 660 Rio 2 n liuenos Alxci Ml.'iG N l/ll lu.ilevicico 1 8 l. Bombav II 29/JJd. i iiikoliama 2d
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        MINING
        570 6 All shares quoted above are fully paid. Buyers Sellers buyers Sellei 4/- Ampai Tin 3/6 4/- 3/7'.' 2 4/5/- Austral Amal 4/6 5/- 4/6 5/£1 AusUal Malay 38/- 40/- 38/- 40/6/- Ayer Hltam 19/9 20/9 19/6 21/1 Ayer Weng 0.72 0.76 0.71 0.75 £1 Bangrln Tin 18/9 19/9 18/6
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        GENERAL
        468 6 2 2 Alex Brick Onl 1.30 1.40 1.32V, 1 40 2 2 do 7'/2% prefs. 2.15 2.25 2.20 2.25 10 10 Atlas Ice 4.7b b 25 b.OU 5 50 1 1 B M Broadcasting 0 55 0.60 3.50 ISO 10 5 B M Trustee 4 75 7 50 8
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS
        262 6 6T. Maynard Co. Ltd. $30,000 Int. Apr 30 Oct. 31 90 100 nom SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 5'r 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. hit Mar. 31 Sept. 30 101 102 nom t%V6 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar 31 Sept 30 106 108 r.oni 1309 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int.
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        RUBBER SHARES
        361 6 Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated) "Ulenby 1.10 Mot Oajah 0.85 fVrnal Malay 1.40 *yer Hltam 0.90 *yer Molek 0.85 Ayer Panas 1.12 Bassett 0.50 Batu Lintang 0.98 Bedford 0 80 Benta 1C1 Borelli 110 3rogas 0 56 Brunei Un 0.50 Rukit Katll 0.6b BukU K B 0.25
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    88 6 Thursday, July 20, noon. No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) 28 7 16 28 9/16 No. IX R.S.S. f.o.b. In cases July-Auc. 28 11/16 28 7/8 G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. In bales July 28 7/16 28 9/l« FAQ. R.S.S. f.o.b. In bales July 28', 28** FUTURE QUOTATIONS
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    EXCHANGES
    178 6 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the dally circular Issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation xjndon T.T 2/4 x>ndon demand 2/4 -yons demand 2055 Switzerland demand 241& lamburg demand 135 Jew York demand 54% Montreal demand 54 9/1 Jatavia demand 101% 'amarang
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    London Stock Exchange
    357 6 Prices React And Are Easier London, July 19. AN the Stock, Exchange today, prices generally reacted, which was natural in view of the recent sharp advances. The following are today's closing middle quotations. Shares are ot tU denomination unless otherwise stated The quotations for American stocks are
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    5 PER CENT. RUBBER QUOTA INCREASE
    182 6 Lewis And Peat's Weekly Report Fa weekly report on the rubber market, issued this morning, Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Ltd., write:— The last two days have seen a small Improvement and a little more activity in the market. New York has been mainly responsible
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    CHINESE DOLLAR STABILIZATION
    271 6 SHOULD BRITAIN GIVE FURTHER SUPPORT London, July 19. IN an editorial today on the break In the Chinese dollar, The Financial News, referring to the question whether Great Britain should support the dollar further, says that the stability of the Chinese dollar is undoubtedly to the Interest
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
    173 6 446 Tons Sold Yesterday 'THE Singapore Chamber of Cjm- merce Rubber Arsociation held its 1,443rd auction yesterday when of 1,407,459 lfc. '628.33 tons* catalogued 1,228,238 It). '575.11 tons) was offered and 999,424 1b. '446 17 tons) was sold. London spots price 8 3<16d. a pound. New York
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    MANILA GOLD SHARES
    68 6 Manila, July 20. QUOTATIONS, in pesos, for 10 centnvo gold shares on the Manila Stoc* Exchange this mornlnc comparPd with yesterday's were Previous Today's Asked Bid Asked Bid AnUmofc 0.21 0.20 0.21'i 0.20 Coco Grove 0.24 0.23 0.J4 0.22' Masbat« .0.12 0.:m O.im 0.11 Mine Operations 0.13's
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      73 6 COCHRAN BOILKRS f ~^V The Cochran Patent Boiler. i f~"* by its special arrangement of horizontal flue tubes, L /I iia s a large heating surface. K^JM^Q3TZ!^r^_Zi thereby combining the adfir« 1 V I vantages of the Vertical ~J Boiler with the Economy Ik of the Locomotive or MultlII All
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    LONDON TIN CHAIRMAN REVIEWS A DIFFICULT YEAR
    2761 7 "Popular Misconceptions" About Restriction In Malaya CO-OPERATION BETWEEN DUTCH AND ENGLISH SMELTERS Steps Taken To Improve Dredge Recoveries In Tin Mining REFERRING to the buffer tin pool at the annual meeting of London Tin Corporation in London on July 10, Capt. Oliver Lyttcltnn,
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    135 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, Jul lv 19, 5 p.m. Booki Companj Dividend Close TIN. Dats Ex. DiT. Payable Date ToUl for financial year to date Kampoug Lanjut (d. No. 13 July 26 Punjab 3d. No. 18 6d. bonui July 21 Rant«u ju% No. 3A July 21 Sthn
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      460 7 OUR SERVICES ARE AT YOUR DISPOSAL fa keep aareaat with tka pragma at economic deveiop■Mta. aa basiaeas ccactn caa afford Mt ta taka advantage at the a»ltitariM» aarvicaa efferea" by a reputed baakiag msWation wits years at financial axatnaacs. I: l ):'fl'lfl?l' ll l l iti.1 l Jf aslert.. PUBLIC
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      517 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated In China br Suethil Charter It. Cecil Street. Singapore TeJephooes: Manacer'* Off ire MM Sub- Manager* Offire lilt KxchiUice Cept. Kill Oiitial Office SISB f CaMa Address "CIM M.MO raid Vp Capital Ch. f 4».««*.««g.4l Emm. rands is Ch. I UM.OOO.M T»tal Asset! approximate!; Ch. $t.*7M*t.ooo.t«
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      403 8 A SINGING, LOVING, D'ARTAGNAN FIGHTS TO SAVE A THRONE TODAY 3.15, 6.15 9.15 PJVI. A A liglng 0 f/ don the m# j AMECHE RITZ BROTHERS M A Musical Comedy Verson cPaLEXANDRE DUMAS' «M I THE THREE MUSKETEERS B V J" lINNIE MINES*? GLORIA STUART IV% I PAULINE MOORE J«
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      250 8 MARLBOROUGH TONIGHT-6.15&9.15 The Most Gigantic Wild Animal Thriller "JUNGLE KING" Starring JOHN CAVAS (INDIA'S TARZAN) (Ofei^CajDilbt: 31, Stamford Road, Singapore CHINESE WORKS OF ART JEWELLERIES LINEN GOODS, etc PEKING CARPETS. PEWTER— COPPEB^-BKASS— CURIOS. Call and Inspect oar widest rente. OPENING TONIGHT 6.15 9.15 A DIGNIFIED AND IMPRESSIVE STORY of a
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      325 8 j^m^ JB% .^^l2^. .^M^^^^L^Hk Ciai.S. .Anne Shirley and A 2^S^Lb L^. ellfu ~> V L^BaV "°"> 'ood's jroanc lovrlies 0| *»^^^B( Lmi^o^.^l L^H r' il bK* w9 Tomorrow lD rtcry &j«- *#^T^afcf^^ wk wi lof wlidl y- beaUn s hMrtf X !TJ*" J^-ffc-fw^Bl Ik IB If the corner of romanrc
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    JAPAN HEARS BRITAIN'S VIEWS ON CHINA
    264 9 Tokio Talks Of 'Conciliatory' Attitude Of Sir R. Craigie Tokio, July 18. IT is believed that the British Ambassador to Tokio, Sir 1 Robert Craigie, today gave the Japanese Foreign .Minister, Mr. Hachiro Arita, a frank statement of Britain's views on Japanese wishes to
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    NEW CHINA BEING BORN
    131 9 Stronger Than The Old One London, July 19. 44 A NEW CHINA has come into being "and with it a new unity and spirit," declared Brig.-Gen. C. R. Woodroffe, chairman and managing director of Pekin Syndicate, Ltd., at a meeting of the company today. He said
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    BRITISH TRADERS AND EMPIRE
    123 9 A "Square Deal" is Asked For London, July 19. A SQUARE DEAL for British commerce, to be obtained oy using the great power and strength of the British import market to help exports, was advocated by Sir Charles Granvine Gibson at the Congress of Chambers of
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    SUBSIDISED REICH EXPORTS
    110 9 Favourable June Trade Balance Berlin, July 19. pERMANVS foreign trade returns for June show an excess of exports over imports of 94.000,000 marks, the biggest this year and representing an increase of 48,000. 000 over May. The report admits, however, that prices which obtained in June were
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    GOERING TOURS AIR DEFENCES OF REICH
    54 9 Berlin, July 19. F ELD-MARSHAL GOERING, Rei<-h Air Minister, is making a tour of Inspection of Germany's western defences. When visiting Wiesbaden air defences zone behind the Siegfried Line he told workers that they had contributed decisively to a happy future for Germany and
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    TEXAS MEN NOT TO FLY TO OIL FIRE
    96 9 New York, July 19. fHE THREE TEXAS oilmen cancelled their flight to Damman, Arabia, to extinguish the oil well are, when notified that the fire had Just twr.ii put out. It had been burning for nine days and the Texas men planned
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    Nuffield Aid For Chinese
    153 9 London, July 19. j I ORD Nuffleld has subscriDed £500 towards an appeal by the Chinese Red Cross to the British Orthopaedic Association, which, in co-operation with the British fund for the relief of distress in China, has been asked to provide a teaching unit of
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    THREE CRUISERS IN 25 HOURS
    90 9 London. July 19. THE 8,000-ton cruiser Mauritius, which I is being launched today at Wallsend is a sister ship of H M.S. Nigeria, which was launched yesterday at Walker-on-Tyne naval yard. She will be the third cruiser launchled in 25 hours, for yesterday H.M.S. j
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    700 ART EXPERTS TO MEET IN LONDON
    72 9 London. July 19. IJEARLY 700 art experts from about 30 countries will attend the sixteenth congress of the history of art in London next week. This will be the first time that the congress, which is held every three years, has taken place
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    NEW BRITISH G.O.C. FOR MIDDLE EAST
    55 9 London, July 19. f lEUT-GENERAL Sir Archibald 1 Mavell has been appointed General Officer Commanding -in -Chief, British Land Forces, Middle East. His functions in peacetime will be to supervise the preparation of the defence plans at these forces and tn the event or
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    BRITAIN HAS BIGGER WHEAT RESERVES
    42 9 London, July 19. THE Minister of Agriculture, Mr. W. S. Morrison, revealed that considerable additions had roc-ntly been made to the country's wheat reserves when answering questions on the price of wheat In the House of CommonsRenter.
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    REASON FOR P. & O. LINER EXPLOSION
    63 9 REASON FOR P. O. LINER EXPLOSION Colombo, July 19. THE court of inquiry found 1 that the accident aboard the P. O. liner Narkunda, in which four of the crew were killed and several injured, was caused by fire generating in an explosive pocket of gas in the cargo, which
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    Safety Aboard Submarines
    145 9 Safety Aboard Submarines NEW DEVICES BEING TESTED London, July 19. ADMIRAL Sir Martin Dunbar- Nasmith, Commander-in-Chiet at Plymouth, announced at the Thetis inquiry that a committee of which he is chairman hi* already made recommendations concerning submarines following the disaster. Thes2 included experiments to be made with a view to
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    Reclaiming Irak Lands
    140 9 Reclaiming Irak Lands .London, July 19. A BRITISH engineering firm, Balfour, Beatty and Company, has secured a £900,000 contract from the Government of Irak for the construction of works near Ramadi designed to arrest the extensive flooding of the River Euphrates and so convert thousands of acres of water-logged land
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    R.A.F. Over France Again
    114 9 R.A.F. Over France Again London, July 19. pAPTAIN H. A. BALFOUB, UnderSecretary of State for Air, was a member of the crew of one of the Wellington bombers which, with other air squadrons, numbering 100 and including Whiteley bombers and Blenheims, had a second training flight over France today. Some
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    THE KING ATTENDS BIG MASONIC CEREMONY
    116 9 London, July 19. PLEVEN THOUSAND Freemasons from Home and overseas throned j Olympia this afternoon when the Kins, I as Grand Patron of the order, installed the Duke of Kent as Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England In succession to the
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    SCANDINAVIANS FOR AUSTRALIA
    52 9 Melbourne, July 19. AN EXTENSION of the scheme for immigration from Europe under plans similar to those already approved by the Swiss and Netherlands Governments is announced by Senator Toll, Minister of the Interior. It it believed that the scheme provides tor Immigrants from Denmark, nnl&ad and
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1939. THE CINEMA AND PROPAGANDA
    913 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1939. THE CINEMA AND PROPAGANDA Controversy over the action of the Singapore film censor in banning the American-made "Confessions of a Nazi Spy," a decision reversed by the Appeal Board yesterday, provides an opportunity for considering the question of propaganda through the cinema
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    LONDON VIEWS ON CHINESE DOLLAR
    81 10 London. July 19. Reuter understands that no question has yet been raised of further British support for the Chinese Currency Stabilisation Fund, though it is generally thought In the City that such support would be available if necessary. Some observers, while recognising the effect on
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    New York World's Fair Retrenchment
    46 10 New York, July 19. Several hundred employees of the New York World's Fair have been dismissed in an economy move dictated by the failure of attendance to come up to expectations. It Is believed that vislbfy a thousand are affected.— Reuter.
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    Portuguese Officers Visit England And France
    33 10 Paris, July 19. A party of Portuguese Army officers, who have been studying military problems In England, have arrived here- They are staying for several days.— Reuter.
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    Retail Price Level
    48 10 London, July 10. At July 1 the average level of retail prices in Britain was approximately 56 per cent above the level of July, 1914, as compared with 53 per cent at June 1, 1939, and 59 per cent at July 1, 1938 -British Wireless.
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    26 10 Malta. July 19. A number of French Naval and air, officers have arrived by air to dls-' cuss matters of mutual interest with the Malta authorities.—Reuter.
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    A LOCAL-BORN VIEWPOINT
    326 10 European Girls In Offices "PRESTIGE" AND PAY To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. As a Eurasian stenographer, I have read with Interest and a good deal of amusement the article In your paper of July 13 bemoaning the lot of the European stenographer in Malaya,
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    TUBERCULOSIS ON ESTATES
    253 10 Dresser, Medical Officer And Manager To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, In your paper a few days ago. under the heading A Public Danger," there was an editorial appeal for efficient treatment and segregation of tuberculous patients, and one eagerly hopes that the overdue sanatorium
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    "OKLAHOMA KID"
    115 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— We have Just returned from seeing what once must have been an entertaining and exciting film. Alas, after the censor's guillotine, "The Oklohoma Kid," starring the toughest of all tough guys, moves Jerkily through an Incoherent Jumble of peaceful Incidents,
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    LETTERS IN PAGE 15
    60 10 EURASIAN TROOPS. A British general's support for the Eurasian ambition to serve in the British fighting line as well as in the Army technical units. "THE FOUR FEATHERS.* A gchoolboy reveals the fact that although *Ml film has been banned by the censor, the novel on
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    THE SUPREME COURT
    876 10 Waterfront And Skyline .With the new Supreme Court building ready for the formal opening on Aug. 3, the following retrospect by Mr. Richard Sidney I Is interesting. It is reproduced from the magazine British Malaya. JUOTHING has changed the skyline more In this city than the magni1
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    614 10 Bougainvilleas FEW people could describe the flowering habits of the bougainvllleas in their gardens, and in particular the fact that certain kinds are seasonal in flowering la not generally known, so I will pass on some information on this subject which I have gleaned from the
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    GERMANY TRYING TO KEEP ALIVE DANZIG TENSION
    321 11 Von Brauchitsck And 6 A n Important Speech BERLIN CARS MAY BE REQUISITIONED SOON Big Black-Out Exercise Begins Next Week DANZIG tension is being kept alive in Berlin by all possible means. General von Brauchitsch, the German Commander-in-Chief, is breaking his leave to
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    GROWING TENSION IN DANUBIA
    174 11 Budapest, July 19. TENSION between Hungary and 1 Rumania is growing. Bitter attacks ere being made in an anti-Rumanian press campaign, a Government newspaptc declaring that "the life of the Hungarian minority is unbearable." The newspaper says: "There are no workers for the harvest, they are
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    NO BRITISH DANZIG TROOPS
    127 11 London, July 19. A SKED by Mr. Geoffrey Mander (Lib., Wolvcrhampton) whether he would cons der the advisability of sending detachments of British and French troops to Danzig, in order to make clear our dt termination to stand firm," the Foreign Under-Secretary, Mr. R. A. Butler,
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    U.S. DELAYS NEUTRALITY
    353 11 Mr. Roosevelt On European Perils Washington, July 19. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, in appealing to Senate leaders for action on neutrality legislation In this session of Congress, Is reported to have told them that the European situation Is much more dangerous than is generally sus- > pected, adding— declares
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    U.S. Action In Event Of New Crisis
    275 11 U. S. Action In Event Of New Crisis Washington, July 19. 'THE decision to give up the neutrality fight for this session has elicited a wide variety of views from congressmen. Senator Key Plttman said there was a belief among some persons that popular sentiment in favour of Mr. Roosevelt's
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    Tyrol Scheme Should Be Applied To Danzig
    194 11 London, July 19. I*HE Marquess of Clydesdale asked in the Commons today whether, in view of the fact that South Tyrol is the only place in Europe where frontier revision provides a simple solution of a racial problem but where Herr Hitler apparently,
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    MOB ATTACKS OFFICES
    228 11 Wrecks Furniture And Equipment Petplng, July 10. AilOß attacks on British property at Tsinan, capital of Bhantung, are reported from Japanese sources. Yesterday a large Chinese mob entered the offices of the British shipping company of Jardlne Matheson and Co. and wrecked all the furniture and equipment.
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    BRITAIN AND~NEW REICH CRUISERS
    88 11 BRITAIN AND~NEW REICH CRUISERS London, July 19. MO NEW SHIPS have been projected as a direct reply to the launching of German cruisers, stated Mr. Geoffrey Shakespeare, Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, who reminded his questioner that the British Commonwealth already possessed 15 eight-inch gun cruisers and the Commonwealth's material
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    LEAVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR SERVICES
    85 11 London, July 19. A QUESTION was asked in the House of Commons whether the arrangements by which the Navy would take its summer leave In July lnsteud of August this year would be followed by the other defence services. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,
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    Terrible' Thetis Disclosure DRAMATIC STORY AT INQUIRY
    477 11 Terrible' Thetis Disclosure DRAMATIC STORY AT INQUIRY London, July 18. A PASSAGE-AT-ARMS occurred to- day between the Attorney-Oeneral. Sir Donald Somervell, and a witness during the testimony of a salvage expert, Mr. Cox. who worked on the raising of the German warships at Scapa Flow. Mr. Cox asserted that If
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    BRITISH CONCENTRATION CAMPS FOR IRISHMEN?
    413 11 Drastic Powers Against I. R. A. In Unprecedented New Bill London, July 18. THE Government's Emergency Bill to deal with I.R.A. 1 terrorism, published tonight, contains drastic powers, with heavy penalties for non-compliance. The I.R.A., however, is not declared an illegal organisation and no action
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    German Aircraft Lost In North Sea
    65 11 Copenhagen, July 19. pIVE persons today were r sighted from a Danish airliner clinging to the wreckage of a German aircraft in the North Sea. It Is feared they must have perished before help could have arrived. The airliner responded to a distress signal,
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    British Ship Subsidies
    196 11 British Ship Subsidies VITAL SERVICES London, July 18. DV 224 votes against 141, the Com- mons today passed the second reading of the Shipping Subsidies Bill, after rejecting a labour member'! amendment regretting that the assistance to shipping which the Bill grants was not accompanied by a measure of public
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    PLANS FOR WELCOMING NEW MALAYAN G.O.C.
    390 12 Will Be Met By Councillors And Services Chiefs ARRIVAL HERE NEXT WEEK VIALAYA'S new G.0.C., Major-General L. V. Bond, who arrives at Singapore by the P. and O. liner Carthage on Friday of next week, will assume command of the Troops, Malaya, the following
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    SALVATION ARMY TO HELP YOUTH
    110 12 WHEN a 15-year-old Chinese youth, Tay Ah Nya, appeared before Mr. Conrad Oldham in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to be sentenced en a charge of theft of a ryele in Katong Park, an official of the Salvation Army offered to take the bey
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    21 12 Mr. F. B. Roberts, manager of Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Milk Products, Ltd., Kuala Lumpur, left Singapore last night for Kun'a Lumpur.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    215 12 WMIW uma M<>lll Orchestral Concert 8.15 tot .15 p.m. Dinner Deuce 'Formal) 9.45 to Midnight. CAKkItK TlltAXKh «.H I Ast, Go!den Chrysanthemum Sweet Bitter. Double Feature Cantonese Talkies at 7.45 p.m. OsWAI Y\OKLI> Cabaret 9p.m. to midnight. Globe: Slim. Sky: Marry the Girl. Little World: The enly Amusement Park
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    GEN. DOBBIE'S FAREWELLS
    186 12 GEN. DOBBIE 'S FAREWELLS LEA YES SAME DA V AS SUCCESSOR ARRIVES THE retiring G.0.C., Major-General 1 W. G. S. Dobbie, will leave for England by the P. and O. liner Chitral on Friday of next week a few hours before the new G.0.C.. Major-General L. V. Bond, arrives. It
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    ARRESTED IN POLICE CHIEF'S COMPOUND
    85 12 A DMITTING that he trespassed <v the compound of the Chief Police Oflicei s house at Fort Canning, Retnam, a 28-year-old Tamil, was nn?d $2. or in default of payment sentenced to three days' imprisonment, when he appeared In the Singapore Third Police Court, yesterday.
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    PERSONAL ITEMS
    43 12 Mr. and Mrs. N. Raghaven, of Penang, were among the passengers who left Singapore last night for Penang by mail train. Mr. Roland Braddell is unwell and will be unable to attend to all engagements for another four or five days.
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    Singapore Stays Calm Over Currency Moves
    164 12 ALTHOUGH the fluctuations in Chinese currency yesterri day brought a rush to banks and post office in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore remained quiet. The figure quoted of $19 Straits to owing to the Japanese occupation of $100 Chinese was the lowest ever re- large towns.
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    RIOT SQUAD AT FACTORY
    271 12 50 In Brickworks Fight Today FLOOR-SWEEPING STARTS TROUBLE A DISPUTE over the sweeping of the floor In the brirkmaking shed of Alexandra Brick Works, Ltd., Paslr Panjatig Rsad, resulted in a free-for-all fluht between about 50 Chinese and Tamil labourers this morning. Bricks, iron bars, changkols
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    Cabaret Girls "Serious Menace"
    236 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 13. r I^HE 700 taxi-dancers employed in 1 cabarets in the Straits Settlements have created a problem, the tolution of which the Government has so far been unable to find. Mr. A. B. Jordan, Secretary for Chinest AfTairs, Malaya, told
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
    98 12 IT IS UNDERSTOOD that a special meeting of the Legislative Council will be held on July 31. The only business at the meeting •a 111 be to consider a proposed amendment to the Trade Marks Ordinance. This amendment seeks to extend by three months the time
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    24 12 Major-General W. O. S. Dobbie talking to Mr. Kao Ling Pai, ConsulGsneral {or China, at the Flagstaj House garden party yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    MOTOR COACH TOURS' MALAYAN INNOVATION
    319 12 MOTOR COACH TOURS' MALA YA N INNOVA TION (from Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 20. CONDUCTED motor coach tours, j an innovation in Malaya, will be run from Kuala Lumpur early iiext month. The General Transport Company is organising a series of tours of places of local interest. These
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    Local Boys Who Become Gangsters
    209 12 A NEW PHASE in crime- the entry of lccally-born youths who cannot be banished—is receiving special treatment by the police, reveals Mr. R. H. de S. Onraet, the InspectorGeneral of Police, in his report. They have, he states, to be watched most carefully. The presence
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    WARRANT ISSUED
    43 12 A warrant of arrest was today issued in Singapore for an Asiatic employee of Strickland and Co., brokers, in the Arcade. The warrant was Issued after a complaint had been lodged with the police by the firm, alleging loss of money.
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    GERMAN SPY FILM
    425 12 Committee Lift Censor's Ban WILL BE SHOWN WITHOUT CUTS pOMFESSIONS of a Nazi Spy, ktM anti-Nazi Him produced by Warnor Bros, in Hollywood, bat ban p.isasd by the Committee of Appeal, which has Jurisdiction in the Straits Settlements, the Federated Ma!ay States and JohOKt. .Banned by the
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    SERIOUS REPERCUSSIONS OF WAR IN CHINA
    753 13 Patriotic Demonstrations Lead To Clashes With Police COMMENTS ON COLONY DISTURBANCES BY THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL "THE war in China has had serious repercussions in the Colony," states Mr. R. H. de S. Onraet, InspectorGeneral of Police, reviewing police activities in his annual report, issued last
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    MORE ACID-THROWING
    71 13 AN INCREASE. In acid-throwing cases in Singapore and Penang last year j from two in 1937 to five was entire- j ly due to political repercussions and the attempts made by hooligans to damage persons and property during the Singapore Traction Company strike by throwing vessels containing acid
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    TROUBLE OVER BEER IMPORT
    585 13 Admonition For European r. ZAMARA, European manager of Atlas Importers Limited, Nunes Building, Singapore, appeared before Mr. C. H. Koh in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, to answer a summons charging him with removing dutiable liquor from godown 38 of the Singapore Harbour Board other
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    MOTHER KILLED BY TAXI
    188 13 Case Against Driver Is Postponed A FATAL motor accident along Sem- bawang Road on May 22, when a Chinese woman, Ong Ah Yit. and her five-month-old child were knocked down by a taxi, the woman dying from her Injuries, had its sequel In the Singapore Traffic
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    53 13 Watching the tennii at the garden party given by Major-General and Mrs. W. G. S. Dobbie at Flagstaff House yesterday were (left to right): Mr. C. Spanton, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. H. Gunning, Mrs. W. J. Douglass, Mrs. M. R. Davidson, Capt. Douglass and Mr. M. P. E. Evans.—
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    DEALING WITH SINGAPORE'S TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
    778 13 Light Signal System Urged THE adoption of automatic traffic lights, introduced in 1 Singapore last year, was urged by the Police more than 12 years ago. This is revealed in the annual report of the InspectorGeneral of Police, Mr. R. H. de S. Onraet, who
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    Fewer European Inspectors Jn S.S. Police Force
    318 13 Fewer European Inspectors Jn S.S. Police Force BEING REPLACED BY ASIATICS A DECREASE of ten In the number of European inspectors in tlia Straits Betttanedta Police Force Is reported by the Inspector-General, Mr. R. H. de S. Onraet, in his annual report. This decrease, and the corresponding increase in the
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    21 13 A THREE-YEAFT-OLD Chinese girl, while playing outsidp the house, was drowned in a pool at Ampan>:;tn near Seremban, says our correspondent.
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    IMPOSSIBLE TO STAMP OUT ALL SECRET SOCIETIES?
    338 14 Mr. Onraet's Comments On Power Activities Of Chinese Gangs AN INSULT between members of rival gangs, an individual success with the women, or an attack by a Hokkien owned dog on a Teochiu »:b will often start a war between rival secret societies.
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    Fight Against Corruption
    268 14 DISMISSAL OF 26 DETECTIVES •rvEBT, once more, was the chief problem, says the Inspector-General of Police. Mr. R. H. de S. Onraet. referring to discipline in his annual report. "It is extremely doubtful whether total eradication of what appears to be extravagant debt can be separated from
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    44 14 The tableaux of the Sable Cicada at the performance organized by the Selangor Chimete Women Athletic Association in aid of the China Red Cross Fund, at Kuala Lumpur. Left is Sabie Cicada (Miss Tap Chee Meng) and right Liv Po (Mrs. Chew Sze Foong).
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    SAILING FOR SEVEN YEARS IN COLLAPSIBLE CANOE
    256 14 Young German Adventurer Who Passed Through Singapore (From Our Own O 3 /r»_. A «_'li ASCAR Speck, a young Germa v seven years in an 18-foot c Ik, has ieft Samarai, bound ul passed through Singapore near His route will be via Port
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    CITY'S 4-ARMED POLICEMEN
    122 14 TRAFFIC •"wings," which make Singa- pore traffic police so plctures&uei and yet so efficient, were invented in 1926 by Mr. N. L. Lindon, the then Assistant Superintendent of Police. Traffic Branch, Singapore. This Is mentioned by the InspectorGeneral of Police, Mr. R. H. de S. Onraet, now
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    K.L. SOUTH INDIAN MUSLIM'S COMMITTEE
    113 14 THK South Indian Muslim Mosque Provisional Committee. Kuala Lumpur, hu been elected to comprUe of the following: Trustees: Janab. Tambl All bio Tambi Abdullah. Janab. K. A. Abdul Gafloor. Janab Hajl M. A. Mohamed Yusuff, Janab. V. K. Mohamed Hussaln, Janab. K. Mohamed Kassim Committee
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    PLANTER'S ENGAGEMENT
    58 14 The engagement was announced In London on July 11, of Mr. Daniel Wright, Pucbong Estate, Selangor, only son of the late Lt.-Col. A. W. Orerbeck Wright, I M.S., and of Mrs. Overbeck Wright, wltn Mls» Hannah Appleby. youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs Robert Appleby, of Durham. The
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    MR. AW BOON HAW
    49 14 AFTER inspecting the construction of his new $75,000 Industrial ho«ae for refugees and their children at Hoa? Kong, Mr. Aw Boon Haw, the wellknown Malayan Chinese, returned yesterday by the Lloyd TrlesUno liner Conte Rosso. The home will be completed In about two months time
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    CHARGE AGAINST EX-PLANTER
    84 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July I*. pHARGEI) with attempted suifide, Edgar Henry Smith, formerly a rubber planter, was at KjMom (Surrey) Police Court remanded in rnstody for a medical report. Father Morlty. a Roman Catholic priest, described finding Smith in a bathroom with a geyser gas
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    Boycott Causes Hooliganism
    208 14 "PATRIOTISM* OF GANGSTERS THE RAMIFICATIONS of secret jacie1 ties are dealt with by Mr. R. H de S. Onraet, the Impector-Oeneral of Police, in his annual report. S There are known to be 156 H >kkien and Teochiu societies and criminal gangs, each with a membership of
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    COLONIAL SERVICE APPOINTMENTS
    73 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 10. *|*HE following Malayan appointments and promotions, most of which ne already known in Malaya, were announced by the Colonial Office today: Mlsm P. Sharpington to be a European mistress; Miw H. W. Hlslop to be a nursing sister; Mr. L.
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    Y.M.C.A. SCHOOL PRIZE DAY
    48 14 Prize day of the V.M.C.A. Bchool, Singapore, will be held on Friday, July 21, at 10.30 ajn. Prizes will be distributed by the Bishop of Singapore, wno will also address the students. Mr. T. P. P. McNelce, Chairman of the School Committee, will preside.
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    "CHINA WILL WIN" SAYS WELL KNOWN AUTHOR
    336 14 1 American War plane Factory Near The Burmese Bonier? (From Om Own Correspondent) London, July 12. "If if firm opinion is that China *ill win her war with Japan ITI though victory may be long in coming," declared Mr. Carl Crow to a
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    22 14 Owii.s to unavoidable circuir.s ;nccs. Mr. Harold Scott's piano recital advertised for next Friday at the Empire Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, is cancelled.
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    24 14 Mr. H Thackwell Lcuis, the new Judicial Cammissioner, Sarawak. who is m Singapore on his way to take up his post .—Straits Timet picture.
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    MAJOR GRIST SHOOTS AT BISLEY
    53 14 Major D. H. Grist. F.M.S.V.F, score? 47 out of a passib.e 50 in the Dally Telegraph Cup competition on thopening day of the Imperial Ritle meeting at Bislry. writes our London Correspondent. A variable wind troubled the competitors and 15 tied fcr first place with
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    40 14 The marriage took place at St. Jude's I Church, Courtfield Gardens, London, lon July 4. o^Dr. Bertram A. T«Bg I with Miss Betty Mostyn Hoops, youngest daughter of Dr. A. L. and Mrs. Hoops. until recrnMy v:cll-known residents ir Malaya.
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      329 15 More Criticism Of S. T. C. Service To the Editor of the Straits TIniej Sir, I agree with Mr. Joseph's letter Appearing in your Issue of July 15 complaining about the unsatisfactory state of the bus service along Balestier Road. Only one omnibus plies along tm section
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      PETITION FROM BALESTIER
      138 15 To tfae Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— We, living at Balestler Road. Kirn Keat Road and the vicinity would be mosi thankful if you would be kind enough 10 al'.ow us a little space in your /aluabl? paper to voice our difficulties. We, living at th?
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      EURASIANS AND THE CLERICAL UNION
      156 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l mus: admit that the Clerical Union, with tho Hon'ble Mr. Tay Llan Ti ck as ttt president, is doing some t'ood, and the criticism put forward by your correspondent "Eurasian" does not seem to b» reasonable.
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      TIP FOR CHINESE
      106 15 To ii.i Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— ln writing the following, I belii re I am acting as the mouthpiece al the Indian merchants of Sereriban. Thi' other &.\y the China Relief Fund collectors were going around In batches. None of them called in our shops.
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      KATONG PARK
      346 15 The Municipality's Chairs To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, For the information of your correspondent, 5.D.8., I wish to point out that, as far as I can recollect, the practice of charging for seats at band performances at Katong Park w;r instituted some years ago. I
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      A BRITISH GENERAL ON THE EURASIAN
      842 15 POLICE AND DEFENCE FORCES To the Editor of the Straits Times j Sir,— ln the light of recent corres- pondence on the aspirations and needs jof the Eurasian community in this colony, your readers may be interested In a letter written to The Times
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      11 15 Children at a band concert in the Botanic Gardens.
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      "THEY CAN'T TAKE IT"
      196 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l am writing to express my entire agreement with those correspondents who are querying the banning of "Nazi Spy." There are more Germans in proportion to the total population In London than in Malaya; yet London ts allowed
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      VOLUNTEERING An Indian Leader DISPUTE
      342 15 Indian Association Reforms APPEAL FOR UNITY To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. Very recently some of your Indian readers have shown their bitterness against the administration of the Indian Association, especially In connection with their action regarding the Volunteer Corps. Criticism Is highly
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      INDIANS UNDER ARMS
      248 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— lt seems someone has gone so far as to remark that he thinks the local Government or any other British ■Government is unlikely to train the Indians in lighting units. They may "destroy their teachers"! This is an absurdity.
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      NEHRU ECHOES
      190 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Your correspondent "B. Blltzen" advances his own reasons for the Government net sanctioning an Indian Volunteer Unit in Singapore, and says a number of his European friends think likewise. Every man Is free to think what he likes according to
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      S.V.C. SIGNALS
      121 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,—ln your Usue of July 17 I observe that a correspondent who signs himself "Ramasarny" states "that there are Indian Volunteers, but these belong to the Ambulance and Signals sections of the S.V.C." I admit that the Indians are allowed tojein
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      40 15 The amount of correspondence on the Indian Volunteering question and the proposed deputation to the Governor that is being received by the Straits Times is so great that it is impossible |to publish more than a selection of these letters.
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      A SCHOOLBOY'S LETTER
      272 15 "Four Feathers" In Class To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.—On hearing that the film Ilia Four Feathers" is being bannrd, I havo written in appeal to you to have the ban lifted. The film is of groat importance to me and my class-ma res, fcr
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      38 15 Co. xspondenls are reminded that letters must be acc:v:panied by the name and address of (he xtrAer. not for publication unices desired, but as a guarantee of good faith. All correspondence is -dealt tcith i.i strict confidence—(Ed., S.TJ.
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    PANDIT NEHRU ON CEYLON
    502 16 "Failure Would Be Calamity" Allahabad, July 12. PANDIT Jawaharlal Nehru, in a statement on his forthcoming visit to Ceylon over the question of Indian repatriation states 1 have undertaken the task in no light-hearted spirit because I realize the difficulties, but I am heartened by the
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    INDO-BURMA TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
    114 16 Scope Of Discussions Outlined Simla, July 13EXPLORATORY trade talks between the representatives of India and Burma are expected to begin on 17th July when Mr. J. H. Wise, Secretary for Commerce and Industries, Government of Burma is due to arrive here. The talks will centre mainly on
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    RICH OIL FIELDS IN INDIA
    102 16 Reported Discovery In Jodhpur State London, July 16. EXTENSIVE ell fields have been dls- covered at four different places in British India, according to reports received here. The exact location of the oil fields will not be revealed for the time being In order to
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    33 16 Mr N. S. Parthasarathy Swami, of Madras, has now returned to Singapore after giving a few lyrical lectures in Sumatra. He will give some performances in Slngarwre shortly before returning tv Madras. jl
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    INDIAN NEWS
    447 16  -  R. V. AIYAR Presented By PROSPECTS OF FEDERATION ARE REVIVED Lord Linlithgow's Sympathy Mentioned As Great Factor Simla, July 12. A distinct atmosphere of optimism with regard to early inauguration of federation is establishing itself as a result of the week-end conference of Ruling Princes of the Punjab
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    13 16 MR. M. CT. M. CHIDAMBARAM CHETTIAR, who is on a visit to Malaya
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    LEAVE WITH PAY IN BOMBAY?
    183 16 Scheme For Workers Proposed Bombay, July 7. THAT the Government of Bombay has 1 under contemplation a scheme of sickness Insurance and leave with pay to be Introduced in the province was revealed during the debate in the Municipal Corporation here when a proposal that
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    SEQUEL TO REMOVING CONGRESS FLAG
    44 16 Lahore, July 14. TWO British soldiers who are reported to have removed the Congress trl-colour flag from the Simla Khadl Bhandar In May last are stated to have expressed their apologies for their behaviour to the All-India Spinners' Association.
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    "A DISSERVICE TO CONGRESS"
    67 16 Abbottabad, July 13. MAHATMA Gandhi in a state- ment on Mr. Subhas Hose's public declaration on prohibition :#ts: Subbas Babu baa rendered a treat disservice to the Congress by raising a communaf cry > n <l the cry of minorities. Independence of India is impossible if
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    Mahatma Gandhi In Frontier
    278 16 CONGRESS AFFAIRS DISCUSSED Abbottabad, July 10. MAHATMA Gandhi held important deliberations with Khan Abdul Gaffer Khan, when, it Is learnt, the general situation in the Frontier Province, with special reference to the purification of the Congress organization was discussed. Later Qazi Attaullah Khan, Education Minister, who
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    IMMIGRATION INTO KENYA
    70 16 Simla, July 12. FOLLOWING representation of the Government of India to His Majesty's Government an Indian gentleman has now been appointed a member of the Board established in October last In the Colony protectorate of Kenya for the purpose of advising the Commissioner of Police on such
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    CONGRESS LEADERS TO VISIT MADRAS
    46 16 Calcutta. July 12. WR. Subhas Bose will tour Madras ITl in the third week of July. It Is possible that Sardar Vallabhai Patel, who has programmed a tour of South India, will reach Madras about the same time as Mr. Bose.
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    "SATYAGRAHA" IN AFRICA?
    47 16 Bombay, July 12. T\R. Dadoo, leader of the national group of the Transvaal Indian Congress, informs the Associated Press that at a meeting of Indians at Johannesburg on Sunday last a decision was taken to resort to civil disobedience against the AntiAsiatic Land Act.
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    HYDERABAD REFORMS
    102 16 Far-Reaching Innovations Hyderabad, July it. T"HE Nizam of Hyderabad has sane- tioned far-reaching reforms, including the constitution of a Legislative Assembly, comprising 85 members, of whom 42 will be elected from constituencies formed on the basis of economic interests, and under a system of Joint electorates, with equal
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    SUSPENSION OF SHIV MANDIR AGITATION
    60 16 Lyallpur, July 13 DANDIT Madan Mohan Malaviya has Issued Instruction to suspend the Shiv Mandir agitation in Delhi since, he says, he is informed that it is contemplated to file an appeal in the High Court against the lower court's decision. He says that till
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      337 16 STEADILY GROWING POPULARITY!^ The last few years In the history ol the I'MTEO INDIA have witnessed spectacular succession of one brilliant achievement after another. Speaking, particularly, of fresh business, n' v Policies assuring for R*. 15.400.01 M were Issued during 1938. as against E». 12.30 •,«H during 1937, and Rs.
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    EATING HOUSE TRENDS IN THE NEW CANTON
    1508 17 Order Being Restored In WarShatiered District Straits Times Canton Letter Canton, July 7. DEFORE the influx of the Japanese, rich and poor, merchant and coolie fled, whither they were .coing hundreds knew not any place was good enough BO lonjr as they were
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    33 17 Betty Frankiss (lie actress was married at MTirlr^ic Register Office Ir.'t w;r<c to htr solicitor, Mr. M'luard Sydney Johnson. After a t^rre wi?fcV hoirynvion. Mi^i Praak'si vi| return to "Me and My QM."
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    HOW CHINA RECRUITS
    484 17 HOW CHINA RECRUITS Alimy Soldiers Volunteers Chungking. AT least half of the hundred? of Umnhmml I of young men who are bciner trained in the interior of China n'*e vohmteer.-? ifor war serv'ce, stated a h'>h military official afier a fourj month tour of inspection of the training of recruits
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    MANCHESTERS AND S.C.C. DRAW ONE-ALL
    545 18 Club Unable To Maintain Early Lead POINTS were divided at the Stadi urn yesterday when the Cricket Club and the Manchester met in the first division of the league, each side scoring once. The Club got their goal early i n the first, the soldiers
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    BIRA CRASHES, WALKS OFF
    217 18 London, July 19. DRINCE BIRA, of Slam, the young racing motorist, had his third serious crash yesterday and for the third time he escaped with superficial injuries. He was practising at Rhelms the French Grand Prix meeting when his car— a British EJt.A.— shot off the
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    THREE CENTURIES ON TAMPIN WICKET
    87 18 <Trom Our Own Correspondent' Seremban, July 19. The cricket pitch at Tampin lived up to its reputation as a batsman's paradise when last week-end the third century lr. Nsgrl Sembllan cricket was scored on the ground, the batsman being Dr. J. H. Strahan. the Negrl
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    Y.M.C.A. WATER-POLO
    67 18 The following have been selected to play Water-Polo for the V.MC.A. Junior Department against RAJ. team on Wednesday, at Selarang Barracks at S p.m. Players are requested to meet in the Junior Department lor transport at 4 pjn. Vow Wan Sung. B. Fones. Loh Heng Kec, Chua Kirn
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    ENGINEERS WIN FARRER CUP TWO-ONE
    451 18 Late Goal Brings Victory In Fast Soccer A LAST minute goal, heralded by the firing of crackers, gave the Municipal Engineers a 2—l2 1 victory over the Health Department in the Farrer Cup final at Farrer Park, yesterday. The Engineers, who have won the Cup
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    BASEBALL
    155 18 Local baseball fans will be treated to some lively competition next Sunday afternoon, when the Japanese and the American Association teams meet at 3.30 p.m. on the Japanese Club ground, oft Serangoon Road. I The Japanese, who have formerly had two Singapore teams, have now combined them into one,
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    Muthucumaru Injured
    133 18 V. MLTHICIMAIU, well-known Singapore sportsman, injured while joalkerpine for the Health Department in the Farrer Cap football final at Farrer Park, yesterday, was taken to hospital by ambulance. Muthucumaru, who was hurt while making a save and falling to the ground, is understood to have suffered slight concussion.
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    AIR FORCE AND EXCISE SHARE TWO GOALS
    303 18 Keen Soccer In Second Division Match AFTER being a goal down for th= greater part of the game, the R.A.F. (Headquarters) did well to share the points with the Excise Sports Club in a division 118 soccer league fixture played on the Harbour
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    KNOCKOUT SOCCER AT TAIPING
    80 18 (From Our Own Correspondena i Talplng, July 19. The Young Muslims defeated the Sanicals C in the second round of the Saw Ah Choy Cup knockout soccer competition played yesterday on the Esplanade. The winners won by two goals to nil. Both goals were scored in
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    VINES BEATS BUDGE
    26 18 Birmingham, July 17. j Vines beat Budge 6—2, 7—9, 7—9 in j an exhibition tennis match before 10,000 people on Aston Villa's ground.
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    CUSTOMS WIN 8-0 AT JOHORE
    206 18 (From Our Own Corresponds: i i Johore Bahru, July 19. DEATING the Bella by eight goal* without a reply in a league match at the Istana padang today, the Cur* terns excelled the scoring record set up by the Prisons against the Education on Tuesday.
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    SOCCER TEAMS
    119 18 The following v/ill represent tha Borneo Co. XI In a friendly Earn* of soccer against the S.C.C. 'B tc-xm on the padang today Choy Khun Heng. Secw Kiiiam Chuan, W. R. Ravie (Capt.i, Sim K:;:w7 Hal, Charlie Kang, Chua Ah Hoe, R. H. Stevens. Khor Tlan Hock, Harry
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    MAID OF CASHEL WINS AGAIN AT IPOH RACES
    1789 19 Two Horses Better Record For 5i Furlongs |U[AID OF CASHEL won her second race for the meeting yesterday, the second day of the Perak Turf Club's July meeting: at Ipoh, when she won the last race of the day. Dividends were good
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    SEGAMAT SOCCER LEAGUE
    99 19 (From Our Own Correspondena) Scgamat, July 19. The Police created the biggest upset in the Begamat and District soccer league today when they scored a hard earned win over the Government Setvices, league leaders, and placed themselves on a level in the table. The matamatas won by
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    300 19 Weights for Saturday, the third day of the Ipoh races, are: Rones, Class 1. Div. 1, fvs. Royal Hampton 9.07 Pure Gold 8 04 Eastern Nlffat 9.C2 Barford 8 on Tovaricb 8.11 Where Am I 7.03 Bombua t.OS Horses, Class 1, Div. 2, 6 fan. Artful Sailor
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    19 19 Soccer Resr. Div., Malays vs. Police, at S.H.B. ground Div. 118, Moravia vs. J.C.S.A. at J.C.S.A.
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    CHINESE BEAT CIVILIANS 7-1
    217 19 SHOWING superiority in all departments, the B.C.F.A. defeated the Chang! Civilians by seven goals to one In a second division ib> fixture played on the Clerical Union ground yesterday. The winners combined wen and kept play for most of the game in the Civilians' twenty-five. From
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    JAMES BRUEN HEADS OPEN FIELD
    96 19 Newcastle, County Down, July 19. Scoring a 74 in the second round James Bruen leads the Irish Open field with an aggregate of 140. Ths leading 80 will qualify for the final t«o rounds. Second after the first two rounds Is ;Leos (69—72—141). Other scores
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    OLD ENGLAND TEST CRICKETER DIES
    65 19 London, July 17. The death Is announced in London of Thomas Hayward. England and Surrey chicketer. In 1899 Hayward made two centuries against Australia, 130 a' Manchester and 137 at the Oval. At Johannesburg he made 122 a<jairur. South Africa, in 1895. With J. B.
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    SEGAMAT BEAT KLUANG
    255 19 Losers Unlucky In McConechy Cup (From Our Own Correspondents Eegamat, July 19. Losing their goalkeeper with n tne first minute of play due to a fractured linger, Kluang P.W.D. were unlucky tv oe beaten by the Scgamat P.W.D. in the McConechy Cup knockout soccer competition on the
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    291 19 Mayfair B.P. Win Four-Threa The second ftrinz of th" Mayfair B. Pa-lv rcglster..-d a win ov r tne Endeavour BP. 'B team at formers court by lour giunes to three. Detail scores are as fonows: (Mayrair ntmed Hist j Singles: Tan luu? Klat brat Nobl Tan 15—4, 14 14,
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      1219 1 June Lee Says CYKRY normal woman wants to pel married because in marriasrc n-'i.i. tivcl> fools, she Rnd her greatest happines*. iiv young i bo are attached offices and whose intelligence QQciency aro unquestioned. Yet none feel thai emotionally, intell 'dually or btotoglcmlrj, she
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      262 1 IT is not so long since manufacturers and importers of laces were deploring the fact that it was vanishing from frocks and furnishing*. Now it has returned to both, striking a rieliirht fully nine note. For a time ne strove to be -mannish" 1n our homes,
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      705 2  - A Maid In Mayfair Daughter Sees Last Curtain At Mother's Theatre Alyse Allynghame i by- r J^'HEN the curtain fell for the last time at the Lyceum four women watched from a box Mist Edith Craig, daughter of the late Ellen Terry, Miss Violet Vanbrugh, Mist Olive Terry and Miss
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      879 4  -  Diana Dane by T AST week we v talked of the collection of home dinner gowns, negligees and housecoats sent to America by a designer working in London. Now comes a kind of tit for tat gesture on the part of the Americans, who have sent
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        425 4 PETTING CANNOT SOOTHE ■iuci ampd BABY S?UWL| B|L %jf li ml- i 4% **S^R C^ fff jftl B i%k s^mZ In i fit r '*E Bk* c 1 t Iff i 489 1 j J^ When a baby's skin is inflamed and irritated by "nappy" soreness a liberal dusting with
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      Physical Culture For The Chinese Girl Student
      125 5 i]H UN G Hid C students are given physical culture each morning before school opens. 'THESE girls were given a few minutes off duty to pose on the slide for the Women's Supplement cameraman. DEADY to go, this student is obviously enjoying the
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        104 5 Many and many a mother in the tropics looks back with thankfulness to the day =^ss^^^ when someone said, "Have you tried giving m Lactoaen "1 Baby took it and liked it I and things began to come right. The weigh* I in'austral^J^ in 3 machiu told good news: there
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      Tasty— Jams From Malayan —Fruits
      978 6 Tasty— Jams From Malayan —Fruits authority on her subject, and her recipes should be useful to Malayan housewives U/HY don't we make "'more use of Malaya's fruit season. When we think of the enormous quantities of fruit imported from Australia, South Africa, Palestine, United States, it seems reasonable that something
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        153 6 IIV aWi 3^^^\ 1* JOSEPH TRAVERS SONS. LTD. Hinxaporc, Prnmr and Kuala Lumpur. Are You Sure YOU ARE FREE FROM UNDERARM ODOUR? There is only one way to be sure of your freshness. Prevent underarm perspiration before it starts Keep the underarm dry! Deodorants that merely deodorize perspiration without checking
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        213 6 inPi^ NEW BEAUTY KujiWffl IN YOUR fingertips U^-^IJI En oy the thriU of faultlessl y mani Rll^Srt cure^ na s soft accents to bring new 11^^^*"""^ grac* n( l beauty to your hands! Make your manicure a semi-weekly beauty COMPIKMiNICUM tltU f W lth h C tcx and s c
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      New Notions In Jewellery
      379 7 COME of the smartest jewellery combines emeralds and diamonds. Many clips and brooches are made of these two stones. There are large insects such as bettles cut out of green stone, and set with emerald eyes, with small brilliants decorating its body. We also see small
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      Latest Recordings
      320 7 A NEW recording by H.M.V. of Tchaikovsky's Pathetique symphony, following closely upon one by Columbia, is the most noteworthy of recent gramophone record releases. Symphony No. 6 in B minor Op 74 (The Pathetique), Tchaikovsky Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Wilhelm FurtwangleH.M.V. Colombia's new recording of the Pathe
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        239 7 EXPERT Ladies Dress Makers lome and Select your Requirements JL ancy Silk Materials And Lingerie At The Newest Silk Shop Vishnu Silk Store, 46, North Bridge Road. H Phone 4546 OF WOM|M WCj Ej Jfc IT 1j j T^S P SAx****^ J/t*&^ BB ■BB9BI^TI I f^^ d Oc t.. •Vn
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      810 8 Special To The Straits Times Apples (green) 5 7 eta. each Excellent. Auit. Apples (red) 3/8 eacb Small. Sweet Bananas (green) 01 each Plentiful. Bananas (red) 1H each Scarce. Bananas (yellow) 08 tor ten Nice flavour. Chlcocs 1H each Good. ami*"* (r«1> 70 BO a nmmrt South
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      468 8 fALASTINES are among the most taity of all cold dishes for supper. Beef Galantine. \<t Ib. of beef steak, 4 oz. of breadcrumbs, pepper, salt, sweet herbs to taste, two eggs, and 4 oz. of bacon. Put the meat through the mincer, mix in the breadcrumbs, seasonings
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      Australian Oranges Are Outstanding
      281 8 NAVEL oranges, which arrived from Australia a few days ago, are really outstanding and exceptionally sweet. Prices vary according to size but are actually quite reasonable. Australian red and green apples, on sale at present, are in first-class condition. From California this week we have plums,
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      105 8 4 shc'.d'r chops 1 egg 2 tablespoons milk 2/3 cup rolled crumb* •i teaspoon salt Is teaspoon paprika 6 tablespoons fat H cup boiling water 1 tablespoon chopped onions 2 tablespoons minced celery Wipe off chops with a damp rloth. Dip into egg mixed with milk and
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