The Straits Times, 18 August 1928

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    13 1 The Straits Times No. 28,863 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1928 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      76 1 Milkmaid Sweetened I 1 Full Cream Milk »♦♦♦»>»♦♦«««««»< H '^Bh MILK is the indispensable food of infancy and childhood. It is therefore of the utmost importance that you should insist on having "BEAR BRAND" because it is the rich, natural, sterilized milk oi the finest cows in the world, the
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      66 1 "DOB! NSOM'C" SOMETHING NEW IN v GENTLEMEN'S UNDERWEAR MADE IN ENGLAND V^€I&HCSC WASH LIKE SILK. UNDERWEAR^MEN Jnl v 'flu Button front, short sleeves. "^J^E^V I 1 ROBINSON Co., Ltd. 147^ Singapore. WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A NEW SHIPMENT OF AMERICAN VEGETABLES WHICH HAVE ARRIVED IN EXCELLENT CONDITION— POTATOES CARROTS BEETROOTS
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      4 1 MiliviT.a:i SfMTfcJSd Natural Milk
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    "BUTCHER OF CAWNPORE."
    695 2 NANA SAHIB MYSTERY CLEARED UP The jfieat Umjiejß of Nepal, on the southern .slopes of the Himalayas, is one of the few independent states that remain in Itutia, and has always jealously guarded its frontiers against the whi^e man. Kew are the travellers who have been permitted
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    INDIAN PRINCES' RIGHTS.
    321 2 Allegations Of I nj list iiiii hie Trealment." Co> "el K. N. Haksnr, member nt tin' special organisation which has beer, set up by the Chamber of Princes tt; p.epari material tor submission to t!io iml Kin States Committee which, undi the chairmanship of Sir Him-ourt Butler.
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    MYSTICS IN PINE FOREST.
    277 2 Rrishnamurti at Strange Holland (^{hcring. i. Aug. 7. Bus i pondt nt at Ormv.cn. I th.".: in the pin--woodi "i Estat _'..'n)o men and v omen in let af the St:. a the fot by Dr. Annie I having gathered there from ccunti ie in iar
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    ANTI-VIVISECTIONISTS' WILL.
    301 2 N.S.P.C.A. Have To Refuse Legacy Of 110.000 It was >lat.'.| in an action before Mr. Jui.tice Romer iti tl»- oancery Division .hai because the Royal Society for the Prevention of < ruelty i<i Animals felt iial thej could not fulfil the condition accompanying a legacy to them of
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    PORT OF LONDON.
    182 2 Vast Improvements In Custom* Accommodation. A further step towards tha completion >f tl'.e scheme to provide I-mulon wiiii np-.o-date. facilitic- [oi paeienger trafie was :ik-n by :!n Pori of London Authority it their fortnightly meeting luring nail .veek, when the fMMlnr *M accepted for the election of
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    FACT SUPPORTS FICTION.
    88 2 C'riminolouisl Solves .Mm dm* \l\sleiy. Kdmonton (Alberta), July _'ii. A Shartoek Holniesian acumen was lisplaypd by I)r. Langsea, a Viennese riinhiologi i Whih Mlm rla, >he polii i i hi in sol nur'l* r «i woman and tfarct mtn. Dr. examined tho md t~!d th c. lie;
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      322 2 The Studebaker Comoiander now holds 48 official Speed, Endurance and Long Distance records for STOCK cars in Australia. Wizard Smith, the motoring Editor of the Sydney Sunday Times, did FREMANTLE to BRISBANE in 147 hours 32 minutes, during which run he broke the following records FREMANTLE to ADELAIDE FREMANTLE to
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      195 2 If *W M iliinqs emm I JijJ 't H y Even a bottle of the Purest CHATELAIN'S SPECIALITIES URODONAL, PAGEOL, FANDOBINE, SiMWERASE, GLOBEOL, JUBOL, FILUDIISE, FUROSYL, yOCTYL. OBTAINABLE FROM ALL PHARMACIES. Sole Agents BUP9SE BSOTHERS, LTD, SINGAPORE. sizes /t.f\¥Yrfcf^¥l SIZES STOCKED lillv^r^t^rt i'»c\;:-i 1 in. x 3 ply 3 in.
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    CO-OPTIMIST CAR.
    657 3 SIX BRITISH MAKES IN ONE. BID VOti DOMINIONS MARKET That leading British car manufacturers are negotiating with a view to evolving a new car which will compete with the high-powered American makes in the Dominions is rumoured at Home, and the handicap represented by the horsepower tax was
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    NEW PHASE OF BOYCOTT.
    109 3 Japanese Goods Ruined By Acid In Transit. A new phase of the Chinese boycott of Japanese goods is reported in the Bangkok papers. i Recently a Siam Steamship Co. vessel arrived in Bangkok from Singapore. When the cargo were discharged Nai I Fan Thuang. an Indian,
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    STRIKES AND STARVATION
    77 3 Indian Leader's Reply To Earl Winterton. Bombay, Aug. 4. One strike leader, at a meeting of strikers, replied to Lord Winterton's statement made in the course of the Indian Debate in the House of Commons. Industrial unrest, said the strike loader, was not due to Commun activities,
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    SUN BATHS IN BAGHDAD.
    335 3 MANY CONVERTS TO NEW HEALTH CULT. What may be described as a new cult of sun worship is now in Vogue among tii« British community in Bagdad, and is attracting an increasing number of converts, writes the Baghdad correspondent of the Calcutta Statesman. Previously the European
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    BRIDE'S $400,000 PALACE.
    208 3 Oil King Weds His Adopted Daughter. Mr. Ernest \f. Marland, ajted fifty-four, the multi-millionaire president of the Marlund Oil Company, married Miss Lydie Miller Roberts, aged twenty-eifrht, his former adopted daughter, in New York on July 15. The ceremony was performed in Flowertown, a suburb of Philadelphia,
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    ARMLESS STUDENT.
    217 3 Answers Examination Papers With His Feet. Amnnj: the 250,000 entrants for the Daily Sketch Empire Free Travel and BftwhuiMp Scheme was George Foreman, aged 10, of Alorpcth, Northumberland, who, suffering from the fearful handicap of being without arms, wrote out all the answers to a series of examination
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    MILLIONS OF CAPITAL.
    126 3 Remarkable Figures Of British Registration. Public companies representing a total capital of nearly £70,000,000 were regiai< re I il ii intr the first six nu>nths of the year in Great Britain. No company has been registered this year with a capital larger than £2,500,000, but there have
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      103 3 EXCEPTIONAL VALUE IN DEPENDABLE USED CARS You are invited to visit our Show-rooms and inspect our Dependable used Cars. All are ready for immediate use. LYONS MOTORS, LTD. 92-100, Orchard Road, SINGAPORE. ELECTROLUX REFRIGERATORS are BRITISH. ELECTROLUX, LTD., 57, Robinson Road, Singapore. (Incorporated in England) THE DIFFERENCE Between an ordinary
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      557 3 ECZbl ON FACEJDJAO Was Ashamed To Go Out. Healed by Cuticura. "I had weeping eczema. My facr and bead were covered with sore eruption* «o that I was ashamed to go out. Later it broke out all over my body and down to rny knee. j..J then spread to my
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      707 3 SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB NOTICE The Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Singapore Cricket Club will b* hi-ld in the Club Pavilion on Wednesday, August 22, ID2B, at fi.lfi p.m. RI'SINEBB. 1. To receive and it approved, adopt th* Annual Report and Accounts for th* year ended June 30,
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      581 4 P. ft 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated In England) MAIL AND PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PaTNTNSULAR AND OfUINTAL SJ4. CO. I UNDER CONTRACT WITn HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SLKVICE. OUTWABDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Tonoag* due Spore KA3HGAR 9 000 Aug. 26
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      605 4 Shipping Announcements (NIPPOxN YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON Naples, Marseille*, London, Antwerp and Rotterdam Ve.sel. Tonnage Due Sail KASHIMA MARU 10,000 Aug. 30 31 HAKONK MARU 10,600 Bapt. 10 II SUWA MARU 11,000 Sept. 27 28 FUSHIMI MARU 11,000 Oct. 11 12 1 HAKOZAKI MARU 10,600 Oct. £6 26 HAKUSAN MARU
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      493 4 SURNS PKILP LINE (Incorporated in Aa»tralla) FOR BRISBANE. SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND Regular monthly stilling, by ta* welll.nowa steamer MARK!. LA 1 7,876 ton.) and Ihe new motor vessel, MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.s. MARELI.A is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to
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      650 4 X. P. M. (ROYAL PACKET W, CO. OF BATAVIA^ (Incorporated in Holland) Under contract with the NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVLRNMENT Telephone No. 3640, with sub-connections in l'as.<Rire. KreitfM, Transhipment Mann. Depts. and Manager's Dpsk. Repreaentativen for Singapore and Straits Settlement of the Offi:ial Tourist B.reau of Java. All information, detailed itiaararlai
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      551 4 THE DLUE FUNNEL LIKE THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LIMITED. THE CHINA HUTAL STEAM NAY. CO, LTD. (Incorporated in England) REGULAR SERVICE TO LONDON. AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, AMTWXKF, HAMBURG AND BREMEN.— GENOA, MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW.— MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW.— BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE-LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT.
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      458 4 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. i Incur;. orated in Slam) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE. For Kretay, Trongganu, KelanUn. Bangnara, Telupin, Palani, Singora. Lacor., Bandon, l E«a.aa»ai, Lanicsuan, Chumpon and Bangkok. Arrival Departur. SI DDHAOfB Aui;. Ann. 22 The Maaaßan are f.ttod throughout with oltctric light and have excellent accommodaItion for
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      574 5 Shipping Announcements ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD, (Incorporated in England) M ELLERMAN LINH PASS "NC;:r AM) FKhlGHT 8EBVIC1 TO 1HK UNIT! D KINGDOM AMD CONTINENT FKEIGIIT SERVIC1 Ot'TWARDS TO Ilong Ki.im Shanghai ami Japaa line 8'pore s.s. CITY OF KHIOS Sent S f.». CITY OK GLASGOW Sept. 22 ■>.■. riTV
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      450 5 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINK ROUND-THE-WORLD SERVICE NEW YORK and BOSTON via COLOMBO PORT SAID. ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA and MARSEILLES Arrive Leave Leave S'pore Spore Penang President Harrison Aug. 20 Aug. 23 Aug. 25 /•resident .Monroe Sept. 3 Sept. 6 Sept. 8 President Wilson Sept. 17 Sept. 20 Sept. 22 I'rcsidi.il Van
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      390 5 MESSAGERIES MARITIMES Under contract with the French Government Mill and Passenner Service. Direct Fortnightly Far Eastern Service. OUTWARD MAILS To JAPAN via SAIGON. HONG KO.N'G and SHANGHAI. Gross Tonnage ATHOS II 16,200 Au«. 18 DARTAGNAN 15,200 Sept. 2 HOMEWARD MAILS To MARSEILLES via COLOMBO. DJIBOUTI and I'ORT SAID Tons ANDRE
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      329 5 V FOR mfc rain gg WATER t AND SANITARY WORK. Better and not more expensive than zinc pipes. BROS3ARD MOPIN (bcarpon M i/> Ftaaat) SINGAPORE. MHNG TURF CLUB AMATEUR MEETING. Wednesday, August 15 and August 18, 1928. 8 Races for Horses classes 2 and S. 6 iiarrs for Ionics class
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      113 5 HOME FOR THE HOUDA Direct Sailing to Europe >ki SINGAPORE-COLOMBO-BOMBAY EMPRESS OF CANADA Leave Hong Kon« Nov. 2s HinjraMfc Htt- Singapore Doc. 2 Cotombo Dec! 6 Colombo Dee. <, m Boaibi v <> Bombay Dec. i, Bymsjtfc Drr. L« BOOKING NOW OPEN For further particulars, [.lease apply tci Messrs. BOUSTEAD
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      351 6 Victoria Theatre TO-MCHT AT 9.30 CECILIA HANSEN The World's Foremost Woman Violinist At the PIANO— BORIS ZAHFAROFF. Booking at LITTLE'S, Prices $4, $2 and $1. THE QUAINTS August 22 nnd August K. THE SILENT HOUSE NO, NO, NANNETTE THE ELUE "TRAIN SPORT ""oV KINGS 'i "list 2S. GN APPROVAL BmUtJ
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      324 6 PAVILION From Tuesday, August 1 1 to Monday, August 20, at 9.15 p.m. sharp. THE LATEST PATHE GAZETTE MOM BANKS PLAY SAFE! and BEBE DANIELS CAMPUS FLIRT In the First Show at 7.30 p.m. HERBERT RAWLINSON in THE FLAME FIGHTER Episodes 1 and 2—42 4 Reels. (irs A UNIVERSAL SERIAL).
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      313 6 CHEER IP BRIGHTER SINGAPORE King Carisival IS COMING Combined with HARRY E. HANDY S CIRCUS MENAGERIE and WILD WEST THE BIGGEST SHOW IN THE EAST GRAND OPENING NIGHT, "WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29 at 5.30 p.m. Location t— ANBQM ROAD, SINGAPOM. See GUNBOAT JACK See THK MENAGERIE Others may copy M none
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    DAILY TIME TABLE
    196 7 FIXTURES. Saturday, \niriivt 18 w. o.n s.o. > 7.0, fi.HO p.m., C.5. Tournament, Services v. 8.8. ">nd IP, .Singapore v. N. Cecilia ,n«m, Violinist, Tic. Theatre. Bakit Timah Sunda>. \ut;ust IS W. |.1| p. m 8.0. Malacca: 11. \V. ;).:io a.m., 7.0, 10 p.m. 6.3. Eurasian Co.
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    172 7 Bataraay, \;:;:u<t is. Shipa aloncniilr the \S'harves or rvprctcd tv »rri\c. KEI'PF.L HARBOCR Main WhaW Groaingen, A| H.M.S. Ormonde Cl nl Wharf Sea Belle I IH I IN PHY DOCKS Tanjime I'a^ar. Albert Dock Raaa Dock Nil Kopprl H.irbojr. Akor:i ■N". 1 Hock X.M.S. Hoppers A and
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    83 7 T-i-day. ■nil I Rrooajr) 2 vi land, Pladjot I'alemb.ng pjn. del I'arru' p.,.,. :t Ti i-i 1 p.m. I d V V. .-si SunnBella I ttol 4 p.m. :.l:.:ul I StIUKX) I p.n Tkaj«M lial.'i and Lahoean Bilik 4 p.m. ■neo, Jolo Marndul I p m ll
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    34 7 KovK»r P. der .\V.|..rla.i.|..n J>n«j»i Left Wrt Spore London Ill's- 6 July 30 July 11 Aug. 6 Jnl» 13 Auc 7 July IS Auk. A. Julv Auf. 13 July Aug. J3
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    SHARE MARKET REPORT.
    178 7 ■■M Macphail and Co. re, I. omii. n.- I'jl.i.or ;i If.;.. um-hanjccil. London. Tin nil, up a Steady. };:ih>n:i". Hydraulic i:;7'.lungei Way 2^o-2.90, Hong K:,tN ;dKaeaal 1.40-1.42, Malay.. nta, S.<uth Taipina 14-46 ping 1.06-I. OK, Noit:i raiping 1.03-I.OS, Petaling i.l'ii-i.j-.. Klanc Riv.-r 8.75-4, rronoh \'.<. 6d.-18i. 6d.
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    CHINA AIR SERVICE.
    129 7 Shanghai-Hankow I in<* To He Started. Tb) inauiruratior i ■om ncreiul :iir service connecting Shanghai and Canton, Shanghai ami Hankow, and Hankow ana lVkinjr, the lir.-t to be undertaken by the Cantos branch ol the National Association. lh.> second by the Hankow hianch, aiv! the third by
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    MOUNT AUSTIN ESTATES.
    166 7 Th directors' n.';;.irt at to moating >f the Hoant Austin (Johorej Babboi Bitnti a, \A4., which was held in Coponhagon, X., on August 7, atai I he nit profit ad ti-c jFoari working .■■is 170,284 ;;s. M. after providing For depreciation <in buildintrs, plant and machinery. The
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    EXCHANGES.
    80 7 [nHTTisn imperial xadio] ■thy. Auk. it. Foreign exchanges .ire Amsterdam 18.10k, Athena 378 Berlin 20.3R. Bumbuy la. ."> l"j-lt>d., Brussels MAO, Bucharest 7<t7'_. buonos Airrs 47 7-Ki, Cupenhafrcn 18.18 :1 4. Gencn 25^06, ticUmct'ors lic'.'Jii, Hong Konc 2s. 0',d., Kobe Is. 0.1. r >-16d., Lisbon 19 7-3S, lUdrid j:m;.
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    119 7 The Singapore Municipal health .-tut ■m II*. for tin- v.u!\ ending II, ;;ivis ihc total number of d male i Vl'. Feraak This repn 'it flcath ra< of &M per miBe per manna compared with L':».4it in the preceding week and 12.51 in the corresponding week PI eanaea of i
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    76 7 Writinp of the h-at wave at home M»\ (I. V:i!|>y, formerly of Singapore an I now of M, But Holm. N W. 11, 1 that a wot a::. I rl: v li'li th-imomcU-i-showed temperature of 81 iU-jt. «i ••>- an! fil'u- <U'(r. we*. I have MW, h«' ;i'l<!s. c\|)i- need
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    58 7 The report (or 19X7 M the work "f :.lute lfc*WI that 7:! mwtn trMtwl in the hospit'i 1 I'utii-nts were fioni the (ollowiBf, aniov. many othrr, countries: Malaya, Straitl S<tt lenient*. Chin;:, BonMO, an. I .J.aa. Ti;>- MHtlM of cMendinp the hospital and the p;-o\i.-ton of a few private rooms
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    44 7 Mi-s ,i lia Sanaen, the accomplished violinist, wilt pive hrv final Motel in ;'i Hi- Victoria Theatn i<> i';rht. uh. 11 an inlen im will inclode U oncerto. The viiitcr, who lea\cs for Hung Konc to.norrow, pave a successful recital in Kuala i Th'ir«day.
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    14 7 Th^ no-:» S^n^p-.T-c Ctmti ti Assize 1 1 will open on Twsday, September 18.
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
    233 7 EXCHANGE S.nw.iiorc. AuK.it On London, Hank 4 m/s 2 t% Demand I 111 16 Private m. endit I 4 I .:u Or. Now York. Demand l/l« On Homt Kont Bank T.T. It", p., n hal T.T. r.T. On Jap:in. Unk 1.1. 125 Berlin Msrlu, i.T. bar Silver
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    SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    54 7 12 o'clock ni-on Aujjiist 18. Tone of Market ';uiot. LatcH Cable I— London Spot Sheet MM. per lb New York Spot Sheet centa 19* per !b. R.S.S. equal to Stnndnrd, Q.C.F. Stanilr.rd R.S.S. on Tender Bpot S, ft. Oi Dei Jan.-Mar. 31 H 81«
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
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      MINING.
      443 7 W:!."lM. •1 £1 tin K ii.n). nnu' fi fl HuiuTin Tin l J Batting Padang 1 1 ISatu Caws £1 £1 ChendprianR X 1 < hin Chin £1 £1 Kastcrn Siain i'l i'l I!:. .1(1 V.'ii 1 J Ilifim Da 1 1 Hong Fatt II £i Hoay Tot Orel.
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      GENERAL.
      178 7 Vui. N. BoyHl Sellers 2 2 Ak\. Brii-k Prcfs. 1.07" ».0t' 'J 2 Ales. Brick Unis. MO D £1 lirit. Am. Tobacco 5.!."..'p bS.0 1 1 Central Eofta* i' 0J5S l l Cyel« Carriac* 0.40 o.r.o U £1 K. Smeltini- Co. ltffl Ifiifl PraMi i N««*a 17.00 17.80 DO
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      DEBENTURE AND LOANS.
      105 7 Km,-, r, p.,. i .L'2."».non ,v; a~,. ,r." Singapore Cold Storage Dt-b. 7 n.c. tSSS.OOO 106- 110 Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. eflMl red, IBM 5i.875.000 par. s%prem.: ;tnirapore Muaieipal 4V4 i>..-. of ISO 7 red. IM7 »1.600,000 00 par. iintr.-ipore Municipal 4'j p.c. d L9OO red. 1V66
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      406 7 Kr.iser an.l Oa. :>!id Ljrall and) Kvatt's quotations. To-days Prices Fras»r Lrall Co. Evr.tt Allcnby ($1) Alor (.ii.iah ($1) A. llitain ($1 I A. uninc ($1 I Am. Miihiy (Sgj Moick ($1) A. Tunas s.'. 1 Halt'.iwuio ($1) Ba Btt i?li ($1) Brunei V. i It. Jclutonc (M
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      IN MEMORIAM
      30 7 A Requiem ;:•:.-•> Mui trill C«th< riral c.r. I Shepherd, on I Auku-u gi, ing, ;lt tM un. .lam.- md i.r.v.rs ,.f rvtathrea and rrlendj ■n Mm '»tljr wtlfclttil
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      40 7 Mr*. Adeline PHUi an.i famil) bet i i thank thi- rolativci ami friandi and :V tuff on i r.... I.ii!.. v.,: ■.I tlv •>:i!c,-al of the late PllUi, and also for vraatat and letter* emutoteaei leal la tk*rr twreavement
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      115 7 SECOND-HAND CARS FIAT .-.09 MODEL, 2 *«ater S 7.'.0 509 2 I 7..' r,09 i 2 door S :.i): TOritTTR < '.'0» 50 i K>5 :.ji 'jjo 501 BALOOM tUUt mi j Mater toi:i;er si.ooo >!AXV. i;LI. TOt'RKR S 300 NORKIS <(>\\i BY S .-..-.o CHEVROLET TOrRF.R S 4.'.« BAVLJM
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      39 7 FRANKEL'S OR URNITURE VICTORIA STREET. (Watch Our Advt. Page 1G). 634 T.K.K.'s Leather Shoei with Rubber Solet and Bulbs for Mctor Horns at 65 cts. each are obtainable from TENG SENG GUAN, 6$4 North Bridge Ro«d, TeL No, 2415
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      343 7 in r.t jii Collins. ou ho I Or. odiltrd cliff ami U«el I I»*WHMMMMMBMM« 'ilQILi pj/i.s\siirr's You lm tag Lubrication. H Minimum Consumption. Carbonization. Distributors I Hi 1'pn'C— K. Lumpur. i- Ibdib RUBBER SEEDS Tin: PANAMOEKAN AM) TJIASE.V LAND! 8OEBANO, JAVA. (T!ic Angto-Datel PlanUtfOni of Javi. I London) will havivailablc
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      600 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Other Classified Advtc, 6*e par* IS. WANTS, FOR SALE. FT(\ I LET, IS8, D. ti\ DIAMONDS. K. > TO LtuT, im ihop In i Building. Immediate entry I. > n> LET, hii.iv. Amber M 'i. Market Street. dp") ATTRACTIVE BOOM iw), patwn Hew, .••d»h. Hoard opt. 2, Lloyd
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      71 7 METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. Kandunt; Kerbau Station. (By Courtly »i Government Health Office.) I'or tho 2! Hours endinz at Midnight on I -I 17. ;-T. I ■lure -.:t.K I •■in.- r. 7u'^ i- H ix. W, M.n. I n t u r t:..t I'. «rj chesi Ml nil HILL BTATIOM RECORDS. i!:.;
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18. THOSE ESTATE STOCKS.
    657 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18. THOSE ESTATE STOCKS. In his weekly review of the rubber situation published in the Straits Times of August 7 Mr. A. W. Still expressed the opinion that world stocks at the end of the current year would not exceed 200,000 tons and that
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    NORTH ABERDEEN.
    177 8 The impression that the Liberal Party is not likely to make any considerable ncudwuy in next year's general election ■ir.ds ample support in the result of the by-clcclion in North Aberdeen, caused by 'he death of Mr. F. H. Rose. It was not ■i) by upactad that there
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    COUNTY CHAMPIONS.
    159 8 Today's cricket news will bring disappointment to those enthusiasts from the South of England who hoped to see Kent wrest the championship from Lancashire after a prolonged spell of Northern supremacy. The men from the hop county carried all before them early in the season, but their first
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    JOHORE TERRITORY.
    501 8 [SLANDS GIVEN BACK TO THE STATE. A hundred and four years after the signing of the Treaty by which the island jf Singapore and certain adjacent island.and waters were ceded to the East India Company, and in the same month, an r.gTeement is published in the Govern ment
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    JUDGE ON EASY CREDIT.
    195 8 Surprised at Facilities Given To Bankrupt. In the Bankruptcy Court yesterdax Mr. P. Battishill apiplied for the discharge of Chua Tian Wee, to which the Assistant Official Assignee objected. During the application it was shown that the bankrupt, who is a clerk, was loaned $8,000 by
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    KUALA LUMPUR " REDS."
    146 8 KUALA LUMPUR REDS." Bobbed- Haired Chinese Woman In Dock. In the Kuala Lumpur Police Court oi Thursday a number of young Chinese and one Chinese woman were charged with being found in possession of seditious literature. No evidence was forthcoming in that day's proceedings as the police intimated that their
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    CAR REGISTRATION.
    60 8 Duty Transferred From Police To Other Authorities. There is to be introduced in the Legislative Council a Bill to amend Ordinance No. 129 (Traction Engines and Motor Cars). The object of this Bill is to transfer the duty of registering traction engines a.:d motor cars from the Chief
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    13 8 From China, by Cremer, due at Singa pore daylight on Tuesday.
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    517 8 Mr. H. E. D. Hancock, of Penan*, is acting temporarily as agent, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Kuala Lumpur. The resignation of the commission of Lieutenant L. W. Learraount, D.5.0., M.C., from the S.S.V'.F. has been accepted. Mr. \V. J. Woodgate, the well-known Kuala Lumpur trainer, will
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    RETURN TO DEATH PENALTY.
    115 8 Transportation Not Deterrent Enough." Bombay, Aug. 9. The Nizam of Hyderabad has issued ihe following firman "It has been the practice for some years to commute death sentences to sentences of transportation for life, but experience has proved that the sentence of transportation for life is
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    SIR JAMES AGG GARDNER.
    93 8 First Elected To Parliament In 1874. London, Aug. 9. Sir James Agg Gardner, M.P., was found dead to-day in a London hotel. He was most aged M.P. and achieved the distinction of making his first set speech in a quarter of a century a few months
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    65 8 Henderson, Helm and Company, Inc. New York, send us the following cable dated Aug. 17, their quotations being in I gold dollar cents closing bid prices Rubbei exchange sales to-day 1,325 tons. August 19.20, September 19.20, October 19.20, November 19.20, December 19.10, January 19 cents, February 19. 10,
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    PAYING FOR BASE DEFENCES.
    1677 9 LONDON COMMENT. A. B. M. AND MILITARY CONTRIBUTION. SIR F. SWETTEN HAM'S VIEW. That the Colony may expect strong support in London for it:; opposition to the Home (lovcrninent's policy of charging the cost of the Naval Bum MtMM to the Straits Treasury was shown at
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    FLYING MADE EASY.
    219 9 CAPT. BROAD'S NEW RECORD. [REUTER TELEGRAM] London, Aug. 17. A new world's endurance record for ligh'l aeroplanes has been established by Capt. Hubert Broad, who flew a GypsyMoth for 24 hours at Edgware. [BRITISH IMPERIAL RADIO] Rugby, Aug. 17. Capt. Broad went up last evening with fuel
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    CATHIRVALO'S AFFAIRS.
    410 9 Bankrupt Unable to Find Bailor. The Shakespearean tag about the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune might well have been applied to 8. Cathirvalo, the young Indian bankrupt who refused an offer to sell Triang Rubber Estate for a million dollars during the rubber boom, when he appeared
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    FLOODS IN U.S.A.
    42 9 Thousands Of Acres Of Farm Lands Ruined. [reuter telegram] New, York, Aug. 17. Thousands of acres of farm lands have been ruined and innumerable houses wrecked by heavy storms and floods in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
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    COMMUNISTS IN INDIA.
    54 9 [reuter telegram] Delhi, Aug. 17. The Government of India publish the texU of a long letter dated December 30, IM7, lrom the Indian Communist Roy to the central committee of the Communist paity in India and Indian workers and peasants. It contained instructions for pursuing an active
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    CONSUL'S WIFE KIDNAPPED.
    32 9 [TRANS-OCEAN VIA PAN-ASIA] Berlin, Aug. 17. The wife ut the Dutch Consul at Salonika has been kidnapped by bandits. They demand 500,000 drachmae:) as ransom under threat of death.
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    WAR HORRORS OF THE FUTURE.
    250 9 DIRE PROPHECIES. LESSONS OF BRITISH AIR MANOEUVRES. [reuter telegram] London, Aug. 17. Visions of London and the home counties being laid waste in any future war are evoked as the result of the Royal Air Force's week of mimic warfare. Mr. Lloyd George, interviewed, envisaged
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    ABERDEEN BY-ELECTION. Big Majority For Labour Candidate.
    125 9 ABERDEEN BY-ELECTION. Big Majority For Labour Candidate. [reuter telegram] London, Aug. 17. The by-election at North Aberdeen owing to the death of the Labour member, Mr. F. H. Rose, resulted as follows Capt. Wedgwood Benn, Labour, 10,646. Dr. Laura Sandeman, Conservative, 4,69b'. Mr. Aitken Ferguson, Communist, 2,618. Mr. James Rutherford,
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    MAILS BY AIR. Speeding Up Service To South America.
    87 9 MAILS BY AIR. Speeding Up Service To South America. [REUTER TELEGRAM] London, August 17. Following the successful experiment of speeding up the trans-Atlantic mails by the use of aeroplanes, the Post Office has started a cekly air mail service to South America. Letters will be carried by air over the
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    JAPAN AND CHINA.
    99 9 Modification of Policy Not Yet Possible. [Nichi-Nichi Service.] Tokio, Aug. 16. It is announced that in view of the difference of opinion among Nationalist leaders disclosed at the recent congress, the Japanese Cabinet is of opinion that the unification of China is as yet in too crude
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    FRANCIS LIGHTS HOUSE.
    57 9 Bought For Use As Boarding School. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penan?, Aug. 17. The historic Suffolk House, which was first occupied by Captain Francis Light, the founder of this Settlement, and which was built by convict labour in 1795, has been acquired by the Methodist Mission for
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    ROYALTY IN CAFE BRAWL.
    95 9 STABBING AFFRAY. KING ALFONSO'S COUSIN INVOLVED. [reuter telegram] Deauville, Aug. 17. A cousin of the King of Spain was stabbed in the ribs in the course of a quarrel at a res tar rant between Le Touquet and Etaples, while he and three Spaniards and a
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    COLONY PENSIONS.
    253 9 Women Officers to Retire After Marriage. A Bill is to consolidate and amend the law relating to. the granting of pensions, gratuities and other allowances to persons who have held office in the public Rervice of the Colony is to be introduced in the Legislative Council. The principal
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    Cable News in Brief.
    155 9 [REUTER TELEGRAM] Washington, Aug. 17. Mr. Reuben Clark, a Salt Lake City lawyer, has been appointed Undersecretary to assume charge of the State Department during Mr. Kellogg's absence. [trans-ocean via pan-asia] Berlin, Aug. 17. Following the launching of the new liner Bremen, the Rcichs President has
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    A FAMOUS EXPLORER.
    94 9 Capt. Cook's Memory Honoured In Hawaii. [reuter telegram] Waimea, Hawaii, Aug. 17. On the occasion of the 150 th anniversary of the death of the explorer Capt. Cook and his discovery of Hawaii, monument was unveiled in the presence of a number of Naval officers representing Great
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    AN ALPINE TRAGEDY.
    87 9 [TSANS-OCKAN VIA PAN-ASIA] Berlin, Aug. 17. Another tragedy of the Alps has to be reported. Three mountaineers fell on Mont Blanc, but were still alive when three would-be rescuers reached them. The rescuers found that they could do nothing and therefore left as much of their clothing
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    FALL IN THE YEN.
    41 9 [Nichi-Nichi Service.] Tokio, Aug. 16. The fact that the Yen has fallen below 45 cents gold has caused a sensation in financial circles. The Government are stated to be unable to do anything to rectify the position.
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    THE L 55 TRAGEDY.
    143 9 BODIES TO BE SENT BACK TO BRITAIN. [reuter telegram] Moscow, Aug. 17. The bodies of 43 men found in submarine L 55 have been placed in coffins awaiting burial. Their possessions were collected and registered for the purpose of being forwarded to the next of kin.
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    THE NAVAL AGREEMENT.
    125 9 Speculation in United States. [REUTER TELEGRAM] New York, Aug. 17. There is considerable speculation with regard to the Naval agreement between France and Great Britain. The newspapers draw attention to the fact that Admiral Hughes, chief of the Naval operations staff, conferred with President CooMdge at the
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    A PERSIAN NAVY. Contract For Warships Goes To Italy.
    55 9 A PERSIAN NAVY. Contract For Warships Goes To Italy. LTRANS-OCIAN TIA PAN-ASIA] Berlin, Aug. 17. An Italian shipyard has obtained the contract to construct Persia's first tor-pedo-boat destroyer. Five destroyers and one cruiser will follow in the course of the next five years, Italy granting credit. Persian Naval officers will
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    CUBA AND CHINA. Creating a Market For Surplus Sugar.
    90 9 CUBA AND CHINA. Creating a Market For Surplus Sugar. [REUTER TELEGRAM] Havana, Aug. 17. General Ma>.hado de Morales, President of Cuba, has formally recognised the Chinese Nationalist Government. The recognition of the Nationalist Government ot China, now announced, is interpreted as a move to create a market surplus of Cuban
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    BOGUS INSPECTORS.
    285 9 Mean Fraud on Poor Chinese Householders. A mean fraud practised on the poorer class of Chinese was described in the District Court yesterday, when Low Kirn Hock, Ngee Kuan Sek, and Sieiw Ah Chu were each charged on three accounts of cheating. Chief Court Inspector Meredith said that,
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    WALL STREET AND MR. HOOVER.
    42 9 [reuter telegram] New, York, Aug. 17. Although Wall Street is reported to be opposed to the nomination of Mr. Hoover as President, Mr. Thomas Lamont, partner in the J. P. Morgan Company, has decided to support him.
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    ILLICIT OPIUM TRAFFIC.
    355 9 STILL INCREASING. FAILURE OF PREVENTIVE MEASURES. BRITAIN ASKS FOR NEW COMMISSION. [BRITISH IMPERIAL RADIO] Rugby, Aug. 17. The British Government have placed upon the agenda for the forthcoming Council meeting of the League of Nations a proposal for the appointment of a League commission to collect information
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    LAND ACQUISITION.
    177 9 Amendment For Improvement Trust and Rural Boards. A Bill to amend Ordinance No. 49 (Land Acquisition) is about to be introduced in the Legislative Council. The objects and reasons state A declaration under Ordinance No. 49 (Land Acquisition) that any particular land is needed for a public purpose
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    WRONG MAN ARRESTED.
    126 9 Colombo Police Act On Singapore Message. Folios :.:g: .:g the arrest of Mr. Van Laer, of Singapore, in Shanghai on a warrant issued in Singapore, news come from Colombo that the police of that port arrested a Mr. Van Laer, a commercial magnate of Saigon and Switzerland,
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    ITALY AND YUGO-SLAVIA.
    66 9 [TRANS-OCEAN VIA PAN-ABU] Berlin, Aug. 17. Anti-Italian disorders in Dalmatia, especially at Spalato, have aroused much feeling in Yugo-Slavia and Italy. It i* feared that the tension cannot be appeased by mere ratification of the Nettuno Treaties. Italy's demand for satisfaction, including punishment of the Dalmatian authorities,
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    COUNTY CRICKET.
    663 10 KENT BADLY BEATEN BY LANCASHIRE. M \NY WICKETS FORT ATE \M) WHITE. I hum "f Kent winning the ip;» Rid as the .i i baatiag administered 1" than by Lancashire, their .il in match began at itmHliy Lancashire, following upon ii i illapee of thing in ;he Meoad
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    40 10 There hu ivcntl.v hmm placed on exhin in the Bird Gallery of the British i. in (Natural History) a male Argmi 1 ."a-ant. from the Malay Peninsula, ituiunui! in the extraordinary attitude of ..> assumed in its courtship of the hon.
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    58 10 '■■< r I i :><■ |..-i,,i I,,..- i, i. ii< t i'i n >; Pn '.'I South I harivl '.Mth di.- Chin r riodtcal entitled ■ic ipiir Huh Po which coitain* d imU with intent to incite tha i wit a breach of the pi-ice the 'a:';u"-.-c, were before thu
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    ROWING. Altered Times for To-day'S Regatta.
    172 10 ROWING. Altered Times for To-day'S Regatta. The times of the rowing races in to-day'; regatta at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club have been altered and the two even'.s are to start 15 minutes later than as previously published. The steam launcu. Moonstone, will leave Johnston's Pier at 4.,"!0 and not
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    U. S. AND OLYMPIC GAMES. Unsporting Method Of Scoring Condemned.
    355 10 U. S. AND OLYMPIC GAMES. Unsporting Method Of Scoring Condemned. New lork, Aug. 7. During the Olympic Games, the BSJWSpaper here daily gave prominence to pouts supposedly scored by the various countries and always showing America loading by a big margin as a result of ih;' method of scoring employed,
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    GOLF.
    125 10 Keppel v. Sepoy Lines Match To-morrow. The following are the teams for a match between the Keppel and Sepoy Lines golf clubs to be played at Keppel to-morrow. Sepoy Lines players arc mentioned first 'J, English and Carson or Lowson v. Craik and Stewart. U.i, Doijj and Cowap v.
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    TENNIS PLAYERS ON TOUR.
    98 10 in net For Australia: British Party's World Trip. London, Aug. I, Cochet has accepted the invitation of the Australian Lawn Tennis Association to visit Australia, in the eosmhag white.'. He will probably return via India and Egypt. Cochet may be accompanied by one or two young
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    TAIPING RACES.
    26 10 Scratching for To day. 2. --Tinker. 3. Pauline, Bonzo. 5. Biddeon, Red Gauntlet. 6. Pigmy, Lady Maud. 7.— Keniidor. Harelaw. la Dignity, Mountain Lover.
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      SINGAPORE FOOTBALL.
      954 10 First and Second Division Honours. The S.i'.A. Li: .:.'-h an r.eaily completed and Ike cheuapions of each section arc p ncticaily certain. The allI conquering! LhtkeV hold the topmost posi1 Ision, Imving lost only one p: ir.» and two goals, almost a record for ihe competition. The only
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      BOXING.
      641 10 Wins for Walley And Mauro. Every time Bod Walley is scon in the ring he confirm* the Iniiimsstuii that on sheer boxing ability he*fa the Iks', pur former who has appeared in .Singapore. He la cleverer than hb brother "Boy" Walley who has done sci well in California and
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      TENNIS.
      141 10 S.R.C. Autumn Tournament. A tournament comprising the following events will be held at the Singapore Recreation Club during September Championship Singles, Championship Doubles, Handicap Singles A and B, Handicap Doubles, Handicap Mixed Doubles, Veterans Handicap Doubles (40 bind over). Entries close at G p.m. on September 3. S.C.R.C. Tournament.
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      CRICKET TOURNAMENT.
      107 10 li.li. and I. Opening Batsmen Score Freely. The Hamilton-King-Findlay batting combination of the B.li. and I. eleven got tohag again in the S.C.C. tournament came on the padang yesterday, and in .in hour's play put on 161 runs for the loss of one wicket. The Services bowl- <
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      SWIMMING.
      57 10 That will be a 10<) metre, race at llie Chines" gWUUBJBC Club at 12.30 to- 1 Borrow, followed by a water polo Iraguc i natch Sea Serpents v. Dragons. I At the* Singapore Swimming Club to- i Borrow there will be a two lengths race s is the first
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION.
    125 10 Guthric and Co., Ltd.'s report of the 17th inst. states The tone of the market has been more suhdued during the past week and values have eased a shade on the spot position. Factory interest continues, but arrivals are freer and there is more offering to meet
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    PENANG LITIGATION.
    71 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 17. The hearing concluded in the Appeal Court of the anpeai against a decision which held a Chinese lady named Lan Tai Thye, to have been the secondary wife of Chung Wang Kee deceased, and gave her twelve years arrears of her
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    21 10 The tender of Woh Hup ($10,800) has been accepted for the erection of a gymnasium at the Police Depot, Thomson Road.
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    79 10 No arrests have yet been made, .says Thurday's Times of Malaya, in connection with the brutal attack «n Tuesday MiscJii on Mr. M. O. 'iay •>( I'hin S-».'n Mm hi h>'. bungalow al Tanjuiij: Tua '.•nj:. The victim is not able to make any i'atcrcent and. wfcibt he bthevee to
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    STOWAWAY TO AMERICA.
    1035 10 DETAILS OF LOCAL PLOT REVEALED. j Details wore disclosed before the Second (Police Magistrate (Mr. W. N. Gouriay) -yesterday afternoon of the scheme to J smuggle Chinese into America from Singapore which was revealed recently r j when 12 Chinese stowawa;. wnv covered at Port Said on
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    54 10 i.nnival -how and rim .""I meaager onbine>d offered by U E I'andv WMMM 'King C-irmval will open on the Anjon Road ground :n Singapore on Augutt 2'J. Gunboat Jack in his motor cycle act is one of the attractions. Tho menagerie includes a baboon over eight feet hieh
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    EX-MINISTER'S FORTUNE.
    217 11 Wellington Koo Loses His Property. The Narl.ing Government has decided I contisiate the property of Dr. Wellinj;M k."., former Chinese Minister at FaaMngtea ami tanMf Premier and Wreiga Minister in Peking. Dr. Koo is itwjral victims dc-sig.iatcd in the ami' older from Nanking. Dr. Koo's plight illustrate-s the
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO.
    222 11 F IFTY YEARS AGO. econstruction Work Near Tank Road. (From the S. T. of August 17, 1878.) We iiotice Major GrayV l— ifcll luisily t work asain upon the ;rian«ulai wamp lying between Tank ilnail ami iw-r Valley Koail, which ii now iu\ir!y llf.l up l>y the cuttings from Fort
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    INDIAN TRADE DISPUTE BILL.
    303 11 ho Types of Tribunals To He Established. oimla, Aug. v The Trade l)i. puU-s Bill, which the oveiruunt of India propose to introkM Bl the Simla session of the Legislaire, |>ro\ ides for the establishment cf M dirterent tyi>es of tribunals for ie investigation and settlement
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    CHOLERA IN MADRAS.
    28 11 Ma<lra>. Auk. 8. Cholera is racine in •■pidemk- form in ■iM < ity. Li.L uttai-k* an.l ;tli deaths i-ing recorded between July 20 and ugust 7.
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    RUBBER RETURNS.
    13 11 RU BBER RETURNS. Jim«h— 23A3l Ib. I'unitKur --12,4^0 Ib. Liv SeUngur.— 4,4B6 lt>
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    BRITISH CARS IN THE EAST.
    285 11 Head of Vauxhali Company In Malaya. A motor-bus service throughout Malaya was one of the ideas propounded by Mr. Leslie Walton, managing director of Vauxhali Motors when speaking to a representative of the Straits Times yesterday afternoon. Mr. Walton said he had! motored through Malaya
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    "THE SILENT HOUSE."
    287 11 Thriller At Victoria Theatre Next Week. The story of The Quaints, by which Mr. K. B. Salisbury's company ol players icoatiawa to 0e known, is one of making I various experiments to please Eastern I audience*. Ten fMn n^> the Quaints were a concert party aiui they
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    BOARDING-HOUSE TRAGEDY.
    168 11 Two Deaths Caused By Morphine Poisoning. London, Aug. 8. At the resumed inquest on the deaths of Manmathanath Sanyal, an Indian medical student, and Gwennylh Rose Lewis, a Welsh pill, aged 25, the Home Office Analyst expressed the opinion that they both died from morphine poisoning. He thought
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    PIGTAIL FILM STRIKE.
    118 11 Chinese Supers And A Badge Of Slavery." Uvt two hundred and fifty Chinese *u;>crs who had been engaged to give realism in the MM version of the British him, The Silent House," struck ftork btvause of a pigtail. I'itftuils were abandoned in China when the country became
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    AGRICULTURE IN MALAYA.-IV.
    930 12 MII/H CATTLE ON STOCK FARM. SOILS AND OTHER LOCAL INVESTIGATIONS. Further (and final) extracts from the 1927 report of tka S.S. and F.M.S. Department of f'ommerce are jriven below A Poland-China boar was received from Munila at the close of the year. It is intrrrVtl to use
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    SOUNDS AND SILENCE.
    852 12 MOVIETONE AND THE SCREEN. Ortain ill-advised critics have for a long time lamented the silence of the films, and now disastrously they have been answered, wrif.es the cinema critic of the Times. The Movietone has removed the silence, and it is now possible to hear an animated
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    THE ANTIWAR PACT.
    132 12 Representatives Of Nine Nations To Be Present. Definite announcement was made by tro Foreipn Office on July 25 that the antiwar treaty proposed by Mr. Frank B. Kcllugc American Secretary of State, will be sinned on Aufrust *27, says a United Pnm Manga. i t j s
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    WOMEN OF TO-DAY.—III.
    1058 13 WOMEN OF TO-DAY.— III. LOVE AND THE SPIRIT OF COMEDY. (My the l::u.i <•»> S|i«lh Soli maihtr.) Cdlil-licu;..! MM) vain. These ar words whirh are l-.iul.il abool frpily by the older ain.-t the voting woman of 1..-ilay. In consvk 'irir \\..r.lof this iaarrlpHlia it well, pel haps, to pause and
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    THE ARCHIVES OF ROME.
    429 13 KEEPER OF VATICAN'S SECRETS. The man who perhaaa knew more State Mcreta than any other man in the world lied M-cently in Rosas lie was a secret Vatican diplomat and he had a remarkable position. Por thirty years he lived ik. a |>iis'iner in "some rooms"
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    ENGLAND'S OAKS VANISHING.
    163 13 Question In Forestry Commission Keport. Will Knglan i one day Ik- without its oaks? Bach a possibility is indicated in the Forestry Commission's report on tht ■ensus of woodlands. The census shows that oak planting ha-; gone out of fashion in favour of conifers, ami tho report
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